Progress reports will be reviewed by the SSC, and amendments recommended, culminating in a first draft. The draft will be offered to the ICS membership and additional relevant experts for comment. Further revision, if needed, will result in a document, which the SSC will submit to the ICS Trustees, as arbiters of whether the document should be adopted as an ICS Standard. The SCC will then coordinate with the WG to ensure that the new ICS Standard is published and disseminated. Implementation strategies, such
as education, audit, accreditation, and research initiatives will be linked to the Standards where selleck inhibitor appropriate. Revisions of ICS Standards will be undertaken to maintain contemporaneous relevance. Neurourol. Urodynam.
31:621624, 2012. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.”
“BACKGROUND: Electro-flotation (EF) could improve thickening and subsequent dewatering characteristics of activated sludge although the settling characteristics of the sludge were very poor. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the performance of EF in the thickening and dewatering of activated sludge and the effects of current density and electrode material on the dewaterability of the sludge.
RESULTS: The specific resistance to filtration (SRF) of the sludges thickened by EF was much lower than that by gravity sedimentation. The SRF of the thickened sludge decreased exponentially with increase of gas generation rate of the EF system. MK5108 ic50 Gas generation rate could be controlled by varying the current density of the electrode. Degassing of the microbubbles by moderate mixing of the thickened sludge layer deteriorated
the dewaterability of the sludge. Therefore, it is obvious that the gas bubbles entrapped in the thickened sludge play a key role in the observed dewaterability improvement. The effect of electrode material on the thickening and dewatering efficiency was trivial compared with the effect of current AZD1208 concentration density of the electrode.
CONCLUSION: The EF system was quite promising as an alternative to gravity sedimentation for thickening of activated sludge and the dewaterability was also improved by microbubbles generated in the system. (C) 2009 Society of Chemical Industry”
“Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nails that causes discoloration, thickening, and separation from the nail bed. Onychomycosis occurs in 10% of the general population, 20% of persons older than 60 years, and 50% of those older than 70 years. It is caused by a variety of organisms, but most cases are caused by dermatophytes. Accurate diagnosis involves physical and microscopic examination and culture. Histologic evaluation using periodic acid Schiff staining increases sensitivity for detecting infection. Treatment is aimed at eradication of the causative organism and return to a normal appearance of the nail.