Publications by authors named "M Elmongy"
Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bio-electrical energy generator that uses respiring microbes to transform organic matter present in sludge into electrical energy. The primary goal of this work was to introduce a new approach to the green electricity generation technology. In this context a total of 6 bacterial isolates were recovered from sludge samples collected from El-Sheikh Zayed water purification plant, Egypt, and screened for their electrogenic potential.
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- Plants can enhance their defense against heat stress through prior acclimation, with a focus on a wild azalea species showing improved thermotolerance after a heat treatment and recovery period.
- Transcriptome and proteome analyses revealed that certain heat-responsive proteins, especially Rubisco activase 1 (RCA1), remained abundant after acclimation, contributing to better protection against subsequent heat stress.
- These findings highlight the role of specific genes in heat acclimation memory, providing potential targets for genetic modification aimed at increasing thermotolerance in plants.
Objective: Primary objective was to verify whether breast cancer patients aged less than 40 years at diagnosis have poorer prognosis than older patients. Secondary to assess prognostic factors influencing disease free survival.
Methods: 941 women were diagnosed with non-metastatic breast cancer at NCI, Cairo in 2003.
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor of the peritoneum (DSRCTP) is a rare, frequently fatal tumor. This retrospective study, based on CIBMTR registry data, describes the largest reported cohort of DSRCTP patients who have undergone Auto-SCT. The probabilities of disease-free survival (DFS) at 1 year for patients in CR and not in CR were 75% (95% confidence interval: 48-94%) and 35% (15-59%), respectively.
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- Post-operative radiotherapy is crucial for invasive breast cancer treatment, aiming for uniform dose distribution at beam junctions without advanced CT planning.
- Four techniques were tested on a human phantom to find the most effective method for dose distribution, with varying success rates measured through film dosimetry.
- Technique III, involving table rotation with a half beam block, showed the best results, significantly reducing overdose risks compared to simpler methods.