BACKGROUND Maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy is a suggested determinant of bone-mineral content (BMC) in offspring, but has been assessed in small studies. We investigated this association in a large prospective study. METHODS Eligible participants were mother-and-singleton-offspring pairs who had participated in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, and in which the mothe...

The interaction of chemical dispersants and suspended sediments with crude oil influences the fate and transport of oil spills in coastal waters. A wave tank study was conducted to investigate the effects of chemical dispersants and mineral fines on the dispersion of oil and the formation of oil-mineral-aggregates (OMAs) in natural seawater. Results of ultraviolet spectrofluorometry and gas chr...

The heat exchanger is one of the important units for processing petroleum which acts as a between fluids through solid media. Cepu Oil and Gas Human Resources Development Center (PPSDM Migas Cepu) itself has five exchangers with details three (HE-01 HE-02) arranged horizontally two vertically (HE-03, HE-04, HE-05). HEs have shell tube types same function, namely preheater by utilizing from dist...

Using a high-statistics sample of neutral current elastic neutrino interactions, MiniBooNE measured the fluxaveraged neutral current elastic differential cross-section on mineral oil (CH2). Using the latter, a χ2 test of MC with different values of the axial vector mass has been performed. Also, a possibility of using a sample of neutral current elastic protonenriched events above Cherenkov thr...

Soil application of biogas residues (BGRs) is important for closing nutrient cycles. This study examined the efficiency and impact on yields and yield formation of solid-liquid separated residues from biodegradable municipal and industrial wastes (bio-waste) in comparison to complete BGRs, nitrification inhibitor, agricultural BGRs, mineral fertilizer and unfertilized plots as control. The expe...

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Autoimmune neutropenia (AIN) of early childhood is caused by autoantibodies against antigens on the neutrophil membrane. Human leukocyte (HLA) have previously been associated with AIN. This study investigated HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 alleles in 160 antibody positive patients compared 1000 controls. Increased risk was observed for DRB1*10, DRB1*14, DRB1*16 DQB1*05, lower DRB1*04, DRB1*13 DQB1*03. H...

Background and aims SLE is multisystem autoimmune disease, having known HLA-DRB1*15 and DRB1*03 risk alleles and an association with EBV in the Caucasoid population. We compared the association of HLA-DRB1 and EBV in North Indian cohort of adult and paediatric SLE Methods We analysed 109 adult SLE (aSLE) and 52 paediatric SLE (pSLE) with 278 age and sex matched control adult (CA) and paediatric...

Mineral oil (or Hydrocarbon oil) in water samples is determined by liquid-liquid extraction, followed by a clean-up step on Florisil, and GC-FID analysis. Using the Agilent 7696A Sample Prep WorkBench system, drying and clean-up of samples obtained after liquid-liquid extraction can be automated. High recoveries and excellent reproducibility are obtained for the mineral oil fraction, while the ...