This paper applied the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) technique and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) procedure to evaluate the wastewater treatment for enterprises. Based on the characteristics of wastewater treatment for enterprises in Taihu basin, an evaluating index system was established for enterprise and analysis hierarchy process method was applied to determine index weight. Then t...

Background: Air fresheners are products with fragrances used to mask unpleasant odor in the environment. However, air fresheners contain diverse chemical substances that pose health challenges to the users; hence are of public health significance. Although previous studies have shown that air fresheners affect the lungs, liver and reproductive organs, the neurobehavioral effects of these agent...

block ramps are hydraulic structures which are commonly used in river restoration projects. especially in the last few decades, the use of this type of structures have become more and more popular. they furnish a correct balance between the hydraulic functioning and the environmental care, as they minimize the impact on the environment in which they are located. in addition, they can be conside...

Forced hydraulic jump in a horizontal stilling basin with one and two continuous sills at the downstream end of an ogee standard weir was investigated. Experiments were completed on sills of five different heights which were fixed at two different distances from the toe of the weir. The main characteristics of the jump such as the sequent depth ratio, relative roller length, and relative ener...

479 and XIIIa. Low-grade myxofibrosarcoma is positive for vimentin, but it is negative for CD34 and desmin. Myxoid neurofibroma is a tumor of neural origin, showing positive immunohistochemistry for S100, which is of help in making a differential diagnosis of SAF [1-5]. It is known that SAF has a benign natural course, for which the standard treatment modality is complete surgical removal. Inco...

The 263K strain of scrapie in hamsters (1,2) has become the most important system for experimental research aimed at discovering the slow unconventional agent which natural ly causes the chronic subacute spongiform encephalopathy 'scrapie' in sheep (3). Other unidenti f ied but similar agents cause similar diseases in man (#), mink (3), and captive mule deer (5). In 1981 P. Merz et al. for the ...

BACKGROUND Advanced glycation end products are involved in the vascular complications of diabetes, in chronic kidney disease, and in the aging process. Their accumulation in the elderly people, as reflected by skin autofluorescence (sAF), may be a marker of metabolic memory. We aimed to examine the association of sAF with glycemic and renal status 10 years earlier in older persons. METHODS In...

We are developing hollow fiber-based specific antibody filters (SAFs) that selectively remove antibodies of a given specificity directly from whole blood, without separation of the plasma and cellular blood components and with minimal removal of plasma proteins other than the targeted pathogenic antibodies. A principal goal of our research is to identify the primary mechanisms that control anti...

OBJECTIVE The present study investigated the antioxidant, antiglycation and inhibitory potential of flavonoid fraction of Saraca ashoka flowers (SAF) against alpha-glucosidase and alpha-amylase (the enzymes linked to type 2 diabetes) and LDL oxidation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antioxidant capacity of SAF was evaluated by estimating total antioxidant activity (TAA) and its protective effects agai...