Globally, about 54 million ha of cropland are irrigated with saline water. the soils associated 1 billion affected by salinization. A small decrease in irrigation water salinity (and soil salinity) can result a disproportionally large increase crop yield. This study uses zero-valent iron desalination reactor to effect surface processing ground water, obtained from an aquifer, partially desalina...

A microbial desalination cell (MDC) is a new approach for desalinating water based on using the electrical current generated by exoelectrogenic bacteria. Previously developed MDCs have used only one or two desalination chambers with substantial internal resistance, and used low salinity catholytes containing a buffered or acid solution. Here we show that substantially improved MDC performance c...

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the main leading causes of mortality and morbidity. Despite the progress in the treatment of AMI, streptokinase is still being used in many countries. Because of the critical condition of patients with AMI and complications of streptokinase therapy, this study was performed to evaluate the pattern of adverse drug reaction (ADRs) induced by streptokina...

breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies among women. although chemotherapy remains a major therapeutic approach to treat cancers, drug therapy often fails for several reasons, particularly the drug resistance. resistance to multiple chemotherapeutic agents is one of the most important problems in the treatment of different types of cancers. therefore, in this study a resistant sub ...

Models of varying complexity are available to provide estimates of recharge in headwater Chalk catchments. Some measure of how estimates vary between different models can help guide the choice of model for a particular application. This paper compares recharge estimates derived from four models employing input data at varying spatial resolutions for a Chalk headwater catchment (River Pang, UK) ...

STUDY DESIGN  Systematic review.Clinical questions: What is the effectiveness of multilevel cervical artificial disc replacement (C-ADR) compared with multilevel fusion with respect to pain and functional outcomes, and are the two procedures comparable in terms of safety? What is the effectiveness of multilevel C-ADR compared with single-level C-ADR with respect to pain and functional outcomes,...

OBJECTIVE To identify, classify and quantify the frequency of negative clinical adverse drug reactions (ADR) resulting in hospital admission from the emergency department (ED). To determine ADR preventability, identify ADR-related admission factors, calculate related costs and recognise which drugs are the most often involved. METHOD Cross-sectional, prospective and observational study of pat...

Development of one or more large-scale seawater desalination plants in the State of Texas will provide a sustainable source of drinking water and represents a key component of alternative water resources planning for the future. Planning and implementation of a seawater desalination plant represents a significant infrastructure project and requires positive action in the areas of funding, envir...

Feasibility study on nuclear seawater desalination plant in which a 200 MW nuclear heating reactor (NHR-200) couples with MED processes has being finished at Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology (INET) of Tsinghua university in China, the Chinese government has agreed to built the kind of nuclear seawater desalination plant in Shandong peninsula of China. Two different kinds of MED processes,...

miRNA-16 (miR16) plays an important role in modulating the drug resistance of SGC7901 cell lines to adriamycin (ADR). A variety of viral carriers have been designed for miRNA delivery. However, the safety concerns are currently perceived as hampering the clinical application of viral vector-based therapy. Herein a type of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) was designed and synthesized using poly(eth...