Pentachlorophenol (PCP) has been widely used for many years and belongs to the most toxic pollutants. Spent engine oils enter environment every day in many ways. Both of them cause great environmental concern. In the present work we focused on identifying metabolites of PCP biodegradation formed in cultures of Mucor ramosissimus IM 6203 and optimization of medium composition to enhance PCP remo...

The effect of soya lecithin (SL) on solubilization and biodegradation of pentachlorophenol (PCP) by Anthracophyllum discolor was evaluated. Besides, the PCP effect on critical micelle concentration (CMC) of SL and the effect of PCP and SL on the ligninolytic activity of A. discolor were evaluated. The PCP solubilization test was performed for 100, 200 and 400 mg∙L with SL solution varying conce...

BACKGROUND In medication therapy management there is a need for a tool to document medication reviews and pharmaceutical care plans (PCPs) as well as facilitate collaboration and sharing of patient data between different healthcare providers. Currently, pharmacists and general practitioners (GPs) have their own computer systems and patient files. To facilitate collaboration between different he...

BACKGROUND Lack of discussion regarding actual asthma medication use by physicians with caregivers of children with asthma may result in low caregiver and physician concordance about prescribed asthma medications. OBJECTIVE The primary objective was to examine the concordance between primary care providers (PCP) and caregivers regarding child asthma medication use. METHODS Current asthma me...

Definition 1 ((r, q)-verifier) An algorithm V is an (r, q)-verifier for a language L if on input strings x and y: step 1 V reads input x and draws r random bits ρ ∈ {0, 1}. step 2 V decides (after a polynomial-time computation in |x|) on q indexes: i1, . . . , iq and on a predicate φ : {0, 1} → {0, 1}. step 3 V outputs φ(y[i1], . . . , y[iq]). and the following holds, 1. (Completeness) If x ∈ L...

Schizophrenia patients, long-term abusers of phencyclidine (PCP), and monkeys treated with PCP all exhibit enduring cognitive deficits. Evidence indicates that loss of prefrontal cortex spine synapses results in cognitive dysfunction, suggesting the presence of synaptic pathology in the monkey PCP model; however, there is no direct evidence of such changes. In this study we use the monkey PCP m...

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients. Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is more sensitive than microscopic examination for the detection of P. jirovecii but also detects colonized patients. Hence, its positive predictive value (PPV) needs evaluation. In this 4-year prospective observational study, all immunocompromised patients wit...

The discriminant effects of several behaviorally active and inactive analogs of phencyclidine [PCP; 1-(phenylcyclohexyl) piperidine] and the actions of PCP and three Ca-channel antagonists were examined on electrical excitability in frog and crayfish skeletal muscles. In frog sartorius muscle, 1-[1-(2-thienylcyclohexyl)piperidine (TCP; 100 microM), a behaviorally active analog of PCP, increased...

BACKGROUND Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is one of the most fungicides and pesticides. Acute and chronic poisoning from PCP may be occurred by dermal absorption, and respiration or ingestion. With respect to health and environmental effects of PCP, many methods were considered regarding its removal. Microwave assisted other methods are environmental friendly, safety, and economical method, consequent...