background and objective: breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. many of the women with breast cancer suffer from sleep disorders. this study aimed to investigate the quality of sleep and its related issues in women with breast cancer referred to the hematology and oncology research center affiliated with tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran. materials and methods: ...

abstract the effect of land use type on soil functioning within an ecosystem can be assessed and monitored using soil quality attributes. such studies, which are carried out to create a balance between the biological production and the maintenance and improvement of land resource quality, provide a framework for land degradation control and also for identification of sustainable management. in ...

The Science Advisory Panel (SAP) evaluated the potential for microbiological environmental and public health impacts of wastewater discharges from large passenger ships. Historically, fecal coliform bacteria have been used to indicate the presence of sewage in environmental waters and as an index of the sanitary quality of the water. Because fecal coliform are always found in the intestinal tra...

Biogenic amines were determined by HPLC in four beer types. In spontaneously fermented beers (SF beers), the amounts of vasoactive amines reached high levels, namely a mean value (1) above 20 mg/l for tyramine and (2) close to 10 mg/l for histamine. Considering the bacterial origin of these amines, we established a calculation formula for a Beer biogenic amine index (Beer BAI), reflecting the m...

background: contamination of swimming pools’ water can lead to the transfer of different diseases to humans. the aim of this study was to investigate the quality of water in kerman swimming pools. methods: in this cross-sectional study, sampling from swimming pools was performed before and after swimming, every week. total number of samples collected was 150 samples. samples were investigated i...

conclusions a high prevalence of sleep disorder was found in this population, specifically among female students. analysis of the relationship between sleep disorder and academic performance indicates a significant relationship of psqi scores with marital status, habitat, smoking, physical activity, and academic performance. results a total of 177 respondents, with a response rate of 55%, were ...

UNLABELLED This study investigated the capability of three rapid microbiological methods to detect microorganisms in aseptically prepared pharmacy preparations at National Health Service hospitals in the United Kingdom. BacT/ALERT 3D (bioMerieux), AKuScreen (Celsis), and BactiFlow ALS (AES Chemunex) technologies were used to detect levels of microorganisms in pharmaceutical products. Four produ...

Microbiological food safety surveillance is a system that collects data regarding food contamination by foodborne pathogens, parasites, viruses, and other harmful microbiological factors. It helps to understand the spectrum of food safety, timely detect food safety hazards, and provide relevant data for food safety supervision, risk assessment, and standards-setting. The study discusses the mic...