The existing body of evidence suggests that cinacalcet is an effective drug for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) control in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis (CKD-5D) [1–10]. Indeed, available evidence suggests that by modulating the parathyroid calcium-sensing receptor affinity to serum calcium, cinacalcet lowers by 40–50% (250–350 pg/mL) serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) (Table 1). A...

Both nitrate (NO3-N) and ammonia (NH4-N) concentrations are in general highly variable during a lake’s seasonal cycle. During the growing seasonal peak, such concentrations can be very low due mainly to its’ sequestration by phytoplankton. With the aim to study NO3-N and NH4-N mean concentration variation along the increase of the trophic state of lakes, this study simultaneously analyses the i...

Soil salinity is considered as one of the major challenges in coastal agriculture in Bangladesh yet geographical extent of soil salinity and nutrients status have received little or no attention. This study investigated the patterns of soil salinity, total nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and sulfur between agricultural and fallow land along a 90 km distance from the coastline in Noakhali, Bang...

Moisture play a crucial role in vermicomposting of pressmud (filter cake) (P). Five levels of moisture contents of pressmud (55-57%, 60-62%, 65-67%, 70-72% and 75-77%) at 31±2°C on earthworm activities (growth, reproduction and recovery rate of vermicompost) of Perionyx excavatus (Perrier)-an indigenous species and total microbial population, activity and nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium conten...

Taipei Feitsui Reservoir supplies drinking water to more than five million citizens in northern Taiwan. The Feitsui Reservoir Administration and Tea Research and Extension Station have implemented a new pollution control measure for the use of low-phosphorous (low-P) fertilizers to prevent eutrophication. In this study, we compared the quality of the soil, effluent and tea from two test fields....

Case A. A. 16 years old, female referred to our service for evaluation of hypercalcemia. The patient presented with fracture at the thoraco-lumbar spine after being accidentally slipped on the floor. She sought consult at a private hospital and an orhtopedic brace was applied. Three months after the incident, the patient complaint of limping and eventually with difficulty in ambulating. She was...

anzali wetland on the south west of caspian sea is a unique ecosystem was registered as ramsar site at 1975. anzali wetland was deteriorated due to numerous disorder and poor water quality. the riverin input were strongly affective in the process of eutrophication where the eastern and central region was more degraded. the first survey on the eutrophication process was conducted at 1969, since ...

Development of cost-effective amendments for treating dairy slurry has become a critical problem as the number of cows on farms continues to grow and the acreage available for manure spreading continues to shrink. To determine effectiveness and optimal rates of addition of either alum or zeolite to dairy slurry, we measured ammonia emissions and resulting chemical changes in the slurry in respo...