Bulk in the distal colon provides protection against a range of large bowel disorders, but a simple standardized measure of the relative bulking efficacy of foods, for use in dietary management of distal colonic bulk, has not been available. This paper describes a faecal bulking index (FBI) for standardized measurement of the relative colonic bulking efficacy of foods relative to a reference ma...

Stress urinary incontinence is a major problem at the field of female urology and urogynecology. Symptomatically, this is a losing of the urine on physical efforts, coughing or sneezing. Incompetency of the urethral closing mechanisms are causing urine loss. Mid-urethral synthetic slings are the gold standard of the treatment of the stress urinary incontinence. At the same time, different ureth...

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of different bulking agents for treating urinary incontinence in women, a systematic review including only randomized controlled trials was performed. The subjects were women with urinary incontinence. The primary outcomes were clinical and urodynamic parameters. The results were presented as a weighted mean difference for non-continuous variables and as rela...

Changes in physicochemical characteristics, chemical structures and maturity of swine, cattle and chicken manures and composts during 70-day composting without addition of bulking agents were investigated. Physicochemical characteristics were measured by routine analyses and chemical structures by solid-state 13C NMR and FT-IR. Three manures were of distinct properties. Their changes in physico...

Abstract Cleaning the oil industry's fuel storage and management facilities generates high levels of hazardous waste. This research aims to assess use biological bioremediation treatments, most commonly used for decontaminating soil, by applying them hydrocarbon-contaminated Turned pile composting using food-derived sludge as a co-substrate necessary proportion bulking agent enabled initial mix...