The occurrence of TERT promoter mutations has been well described in soft tissue sarcomas (STS). However, the biological role of these mutations as well as their impact on telomere length in STS is still unclear. We analyzed 116 patient samples diagnosed with 22 distinct histological subtypes of bone and STS for the occurrence of TERT promoter mutations by Sanger sequencing. We observed TERT pr...

Emissions of H2S from publicly owned treatment works is a serious problem, therefore collection and treatment of these emissions is essential. In this work, the performance of a bench scale activated sludge system used for the removal of H2S from foul air was investigated, and the effects of H2S concentration (5 to 50 ppm,) on COD reduction and biomass settleability were studied. After biomass ...

Background and purpose: The performance of full-scale moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) was evaluated as an alternative for upgrading of Kish Island Mirmohana wastewater treatment plant. In this study activated sludge process upgrade to MBBR process and different operating parameters were compared. Materials and Methods: Effect of upgrading on different parameters such as organic loading rate (...

a lab-scale cross flow membrane bioreactor (cf-mbr) was operated to determine the biokinetic coefficients under mlss concentrations of 5000 and 3000 mg/l. the investigation showed that the yield (y), the endogenous decay coefficient (kd), the maximum specific growth rate (μm) and the saturation constant (ks) were 0.276 mg/mg, 0.07 /day, 0.653 /day, and 396.62 mg cod/l respectively for mlss 500...

Nutrient enrichment of lakes from anthropogenic activities is a significant and increasing issue globally, impairing the health, biodiversity service provisioning lakes, with impacts on cultural, recreational, economic aesthetic values. Internal nutrient loads lakebed sediment releases are primary cause lake eutrophication have necessitated geoengineering methods to mitigate speed up recovery e...

The activated sludge has been acclimatized with chromium (VI) ions from 5 mg/L to 20 mg/L. It is observed that the chromium removal percentage, COD removal and mixed liquor suspended solid (MLSS) decrease with the increase in dilution rate. Maximum food to microorganisms ratio (F/M) is found to be 0.19. When initial metal ion concentration increases from 5 mg/L to 20 mg/L, the chromium removal ...

Abstract We examined the agreement between heart rate deflection point (HRDP) variables with maximal lactate steady state (MLSS) in a sample of young males categorized to different body mass statuses using index (BMI) cut-off points. One hundred and eighteen (19.9 ± 4.4 years) underwent standard running incremental protocol individualized speed increment 0.3 1.0 km/h for HRDP determination. was...

Creating an object-oriented design from user requirements, given as a set of use-cases, means deriving a detailed class structure that can support an implementation of those requirements. We introduce here the Augmented Finite-State (AFS) model for a set of use-cases. An AFS model of a single usecase U incorporates the inputs, outputs, and operations for each interaction in U , including the ”i...