Use of combined coagulation-adsorption process as pretreatment of landfill leachate.

Landfill leachate is an important pollution factor resulting from municipal landfill sites. Physical and chemical processes are the better option for pretreatment or full treatment of landfill leachate. This article presents a combination of pre-treatment method (coagulation and adsorption) for leachate collected from municipal solid waste open dumping site.

Longitudinal course of substance treatment benefits in older male veteran at-risk drinkers.

Background: This investigation aims to determine the 12-month drinking trajectory of older at-risk drinkers in treatment. Furthermore, the drinking trajectory between at-risk drinkers who had met the threshold suggestive of alcohol dependence (problem at-risk drinkers) and those who did not meet this threshold (nonproblematic at-risk drinkers) were compared.

Methods: This investigation is a component of the PRISM-E (Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for the Elderly) Study, a multisite randomized trial comparing service use, outcomes, and cost between Integrated (IC) versus Enhanced Specialty Referral (ESR) care models for older (65+ years) adults with depression, anxiety, and/or at-risk alcohol consumption.

Pharmacologic management of Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease is a chronically progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Examinations of brains of Alzheimer's disease patients have shown various neuropathologic and neurochemical deficits, especially decreases in acetylcholine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and some neuropeptides. During the long course of the illness, almost every patient experiences psychiatric symptoms and exhibits behavioral disturbance, most of which can be treated effectively with antidepressant, antipsychotic, and mood-stabilizing drugs.