According to asthma treatment guidelines the main goal of pulmonary rehabilitation is optimum asthma control. The Asthma Control Test (ACT) is a standardised five-item questionnaire for the assessment of asthma control. The study compares the pre- and post-treatment (subterraneotherapy) ACT score with other conventional respiratory parameters. The study included 21 patients with bronchial asthm...

The screening and treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) using Na2FeO4 was explored. Elemental composition performed, an Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) for the raw treated AMD. AMD samples were collected from three different sampling sites:(Raw Tailing Water 1 (RTW1), Raw 2 (RTW2) 3 (RTW3)) in Pretoria, South Africa, with acidic pH ranging between 2.50 3.13. T...

The haloarchaeal diversity of a salt mine, a natural cave in central Anatolia, was investigated using convential microbiological and molecular biology methods. Eight halophilic archaeal isolates selected based on their colony morphology and whole cell protein profiles were taxonomically classified on the basis of their morphological, physiological, biochemical properties, polar lipid and protei...

A novel extremely halophilic archaeon KCY07-B2(T) was isolated from a salt mine in Kuche county, Xinjiang province, China. Colonies were cream-pigmented and cells were pleomorphic rod-shaped. Strain KCY07-B2(T) was able to grow at 25-50 °C (optimum 37-45 °C) and pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum 7.0). The strain required at least 1.9 M NaCl for growth. MgCl2 was not required. Cells lysed in distilled water. ...

The Infostations wireless data network architecture features discontinuous coverage and ultra-high radio rates for burst transfers of information between base and mobile. It has been shown previously that the infostations architecture can greatly increase the capacity of wireless data systems at the expense of increased delivery delay. In this work we explicitly consider the multiple access iss...