Microwave irradiation is a promising pre-treatment method for sludge stabilisation, but there are few studies focusing its effect on organic matter solubility and biodegradability of wastewater originated from the food industry. In our research, microwave was applied standalone in combination with alkaline treatment to enhance solubilisation biodegradation content meat industry municipal sludge...

OBJECTIVE To determine the systemic effect of sclerostin monoclonal antibody (Scl-AbIII) administration on markers of bone formation and compare it with a combination of sclerostin antibody and raloxifene. STUDY DESIGN Experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Medical College Animal House at King Khaled University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from January to November 2014. METHOD...

The alkaline thermal treatment of biomass has recently been proposed as a novel method for producing high purity H2 with suppressed COx formation under moderate reaction conditions (i.e., 523 K and ambient pressure). This technology has a great potential for sustainable bioenergy production because it can handle a wide range of feedstocks including biomass and biogenic wastes with high water co...

human brucellosis is a major health problem in developing countries. a number of patients with human brucellosis do not recover from the acute stage of the disease and pass into the chronic form. since the pathophysiology of this change is not well understood, we studied the t-cell subsets during the acute, subacute and chronic forms of human brucellosis. in this study we found alterations in t...

1. A comparison has been made between alkaline mannitol diuresis and alkaline glucose diuresis in the treatment of salicylate poisoning during an 8 hr period. 2. Mannitol gave a higher rate of urine flow, but there was no significant difference in the rate of salicylate excretion. 3. Serum levels of sodium, potassium and calcium fell in both groups, mainly during the first 2 hr. The mean fall i...

Using the exhaustion-pad-dry-rinse method, chitosan was applied to alkaline-scoured and bleached cotton yarns in a solution with concentrations ranging from 0.2–1% achieve good antimicrobial activity against bacteria Escherichia coli (Gram-negative) Staphylococcus aureus (Gram-positive). Studied samples were also assessed by measuring amount of introduced chitosan, accessible amino groups, mech...

background:   objective: it was investigated whether methylprednisolone had a favorable effect on osteoporotic bone tissue in oophorectomy induced osteoporotic rats whose endogenous adrenaline levels are suppressed with metyrosine.   materials and methods: bone mineral density, number of osteoblast-osteoclast, bone osteocalcin levels and alkaline phosphatase (alp) measurements were performed. o...

Alkaline soils comprise 30% of the earth and have low plant-available iron (Fe) concentration, and can cause iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC). IDC causes soybean yield losses of $260 million annually. However, it is not known whether molecular responses to IDC are equivalent to responses to low iron supply. IDC tolerant and sensitive soybean lines provide a contrast to identify specific factors ...