INTRODUCTION Nosocomial infections are serious complications that increase morbidity, mortality and costs and could potentially be avoidable. Antiseptic body wash is an approach to reduce dermal micro-organisms as potential pathogens on the skin. Large-scale trials with chlorhexidine as the antiseptic agent suggest a reduction of nosocomial infection rates. Octenidine is a promising alternative...

Background: Artemisia is a herbal plant that its anticandidal effect has been investigated in different studies. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Artemisia sieberi mouth wash on denture stomatitis.Methods: This double blind clinical trial study was performed on 30 patients with denture stomatitis (type II, III). They were randomly divided into two groups. The patients in contro...

background: car wash wastewater contains several contaminants such as organic matter, oil, grease, detergents and phosphates, all of which are harmful for the environment. in this study, the application of electrocoagulation (ec) to treat car wash wastewater has been studied, and the operating parameters optimized. the electro-fenton (ef) for further contaminant removal was also investigated. m...

The effects of laundering and time of exposure on the insecticidal activity of military uniform fabric impregnated with permethrin at 0.125 mg active ingredient (AI)/cm2 are reported from susceptibility tests with laboratory-reared mosquitoes, Culex pipiens, and sand flies, Phlebotomus papatasi. Knockdown/mortality resulting from exposure of groups of female insects for periods of 1, 3, 5, 7, a...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of post-wash total progressive motile sperm count (TPMSC) and semen volume on pregnancy outcomes in intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles. MATERIAL AND METHODS The retrospective study included a total of 156 cycles (141 couples) and was performed in our center over a 24-month period. The semen parameters were recorded for each m...

Picture credits: Close up photographs of mussels and cockles on the back cover courtesy of the Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee. All other photographs, CEFAS. Introduction 1. Since 1970, previously artisanal fisheries for cockles and mussels in The Wash have been transformed by the rapid introduction of more powerful fishing gears and vessels and the modernisation of processing plant to se...

Women face greater challenges than men in accessing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) resources to address their daily needs, and may respond to these challenges by adopting unsafe practices that increase the risk of reproductive tract infections (RTIs). WASH practices may change as women transition through socially-defined life stage experiences, like marriage and pregnancy. Thus, the rela...

In vitro protein-synthesizing systems from Escherichia coli can be categorized as either chloramphenicol-sensitive or chloramphenicol-insensitive. The chloramphenicol-sensitive systems used in this study required the presence of factors removed from ribosomes with 1.0 m NH(4)Cl when chromatographically purified ribosomes were used for amino acid incorporation. These ribosomal wash factors inhib...

Background: Car wash wastewater contains several contaminants such as organic matter, oil, grease, detergents and phosphates, all of which are harmful for the environment. In this study, the application of electrocoagulation (EC) to treat car wash wastewater has been studied, and the operating parameters optimized. The electro-Fenton (EF) for further contaminant removal was also investigated. ...