The operation of an activated sludge process at a paper mill (AIPM) in Hedera, Israel, was often characterized by disturbances. As part of a research and development project, a study on new biological treatment was initiated. The study included the operation of three pilot units: a. anaerobic treatment by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB); b. aerobic treatment by two pilot units including ...

The identification of nearly a dozen ion channel genes involved in the genesis of human atrial and ventricular arrhythmias has been critical for the diagnosis and treatment of fatal cardiovascular diseases. In contrast, very little is known about the genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying human sinus node dysfunction (SND). Here, we report a genetic and molecular mechanism for human SND. W...

OBJECTIVES The standard surgical treatment for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is lobectomy with systematic nodal dissection (SND). Lobe-specific patterns of nodal metastases have been recognized, and lobe-specific SND (L-SND) has been reported. We performed L-SND depending on patient-related factors, such as age or the presence of diabetes or respiratory dysfunction, or in the...

Acute heat stress activates visceral sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) in young rats, and the functional integrity of the rostral ventrolateral medulla (RVLM) is required for sustaining visceral sympathoexcitation during peak increases in internal body temperature (T(c)). However, RVLM mechanisms mediating SND activation to hyperthermia remain unknown. In the present study, we investigated the ...

A double toxin-double lesion strategy is well-known to generate a rat model of striatonigral degeneration (SND) such as multiple system atrophy-parkinsonian type. However, with this model it is difficult to distinguish SND from Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we propose a new rat model of SND, which is generated by simultaneous injection of 6-hydroxydopamine into the medial forebrain b...

PURPOSE To describe the utility of school-wide use of mission-based reporting (MBR) for medical school deans and department chairs. METHOD All faculty members in the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine reported their clinical, creative, teaching, and service activities for 2000-2001 to the MBR system. The authors report on school-wide and department MBR profiles, and profiles ...

The selection of optimum high strength wastewater treatment process is complicated. Be familiar with wastewater treatment methods is not enough to design a plant. In this research, five alternative wastewater treatment methods (upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) + membrane bioreactor (MBR), UASB + Extended aeration (EA), Anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR), anaerobic lagoon (ANL) + aerated lago...

Like many enzymes, the biogenesis of the multi-subunit CO(2)-fixing enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) in different organisms requires molecular chaperones. When expressed in Escherichia coli, the large (L) subunits of the Rubisco from the archaeabacterium Methanococcoides burtonii assemble into functional dimers (L(2)). However, further assembly into pentam...

In conventional activated sludge (CAS) involving aerobic biological processes, the retention of silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) has no detrimental effect on chemical oxygen demand (COD) and ammonia nitrogen (NH3–N) removal. However, for the membrane bioreactor (MBR) system, which is also based on the activated sludge process in addition to the membrane separation process, it has implications no...

Proinflammatory cytokines and acute physical stress influence sympathetic nerve discharge (SND). Because interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) produces physiological responses that require central neural integration and because the sympathetic nervous system mediates physiological responses to environmental stress, we hypothesized that IL-1 beta modulates SND responses to acute physical stress. Theref...