Interrogating the performance and microbial ecology of an enhanced biological phosphorus removal/post-anoxic denitrification process at bench and pilot scales.

Research focused on interrogating post-anoxic enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) at bench and pilot scales. Average bench-scale effluent ranged from 0.33 to 1.

Interrogating nitritation at a molecular level: Understanding the potential influence of Nitrobacter spp.

Water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) increasingly must maximize nitrogen and phosphorus removal, but concurrently face challenges to reduce their energy usage and environmental footprint. In particular, biological nutrient removal (BNR), which targets removal of phosphorus and nitrogen, exhibits a large energy demand. However, a BNR process achieving partial oxidation of NH to NO (nitritation) could reduce energy demands, with secondary environmental emission benefits.

A Pilot Study Assessing Sexual Behavior as Self-Injury in College Students.

Objective: The use of sexual activity to self-injure has been proposed in research literature but remains underexplored. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility of identifying sexual activity as self-injury in a U.S.

Arterial Stiffness in a Cohort of Young People Living With Perinatal HIV and HIV Negative Young People in England.

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased life expectancy and consequently the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults living with HIV. We investigated the levels and predictors of arterial stiffness in young people (YP) living with perinatal HIV (PHIV) and HIV negative YP in the Adolescents and Adults Living with Perinatal HIV (AALPHI) study.

Methods: AALPHI was a prospective study evaluating the impact of HIV infection and exposure to ART on YP living with PHIV (aged 13-21 years) who had known their HIV status for at least 6 months, and HIV negative YP (aged 13-23 years) who either had a sibling, friend or parent living with HIV.