SummaryBackground Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common hospital-acquired infections, with an estimated 75% of UTIs caused by urinary catheters. In addition to significant healthcare costs and patient morbidity, escalating antimicrobial resistance reported uropathogens make investigation efficacious new strategies urgent importance. Aim To examine ...

The supercritical extraction process is a technique that has increasingly been applied in various industries recent years. Solubility determination the region key feature for this process. However, high expenses and time consuming experiments task obligates need modeling. In study, thermodynamic model proposed to correlate solubility of solid hydrocarbons, namely, 1-hexadecanol, 1-octadecanol, ...

This study assessed the relationships between ethylbenzene exposure and levels of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) among spray painters. Sixty-four male workers employed at a large shipyard were recruited for this investigation. Fifteen spray painters exposed to paint, together with two non-exposed groups, namely 19 sandblasting workers and 30 office staffs were selected as the subjects. Person...