Conventional biological treatment process is not very efficient for the treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) that contains high-concentration of organic contaminants. Prior to biological treatment, an additional pretreatment process for PRW is required for the effluent to meet the discharge standards. While re-circulated bio-filter (RBF) has been applied as a pretreatment process in...

www.pharmacypractice.org 219 ABSTRACT Objectives: This pilot study was designed to evaluate the impact of a pre-rotation workshop (PRW) on pharmacy students’ clinical skills and preparation for clinical Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) involving direct patient care. Methods: Randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with Institutional Review Board approval. PRW act...

PURPOSE This study was performed to evaluate the structure-function relationship between Bruch's membrane opening (BMO) parameters of the optic nerve head (ONH) and visual field (VF) sensitivity. METHODS Forty-six right eyes of 46 patients with open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in the patient group and 12 right eyes in the control group were included. Standard automated perimetry (SAP) and spectral-d...

Warranty is an important factor of marketing products; however, warranty always involves additional costs to the seller and these costs usually depend on product reliability. Burn-in is considered as a part of the production process in which the manufactured products are operated under accelerated stresses for a short time period before their release and has been applied as a way for enhancing ...

Introduction Petroleum refining utilize large quantities of water for desalting, distillation, thermal cracking, catalytic and treatment processes to produce useful products [liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, asphalt and petrochemical feedstock] 1-3. Refining process generates wastewater (0.4-1.6 times the volume of crude oil processed)4. Discharge of untreated petroleu...

OBJECTIVES This pilot study was designed to evaluate the impact of a pre-rotation workshop (PRW) on pharmacy students' clinical skills and preparation for clinical Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) involving direct patient care. METHODS Randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with Institutional Review Board approval. PRW activities designed to simulate rotation ...