urinal News
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Halftime Flush Goes `Hush` - The legend of the halftime flush is silenced by waterfree “urinal of champions”
As restroom traffic kicks into overdrive during championship bowl games, water departments may find themselves waiting for a halftime surge that will never happen. The legendary halftime flush has been silenced at The Rose Bowl Stadium and Sun Life Stadium (host of Super Bowl XLIV), by hundreds of ‘conservation bowls,’ otherwise known as waterfree urinals.The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena hosted ...
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Jamison Services Installs Hundreds of Falcon Waterfree Urinals in California Class-A Office Buildings to Upgrade and Improve Restrooms
Jamison Services, one of the top commercial property management firms in California, has joined a rapidly expanding list of building owners and managers with tens of millions of square feet of Class-A office space across the country that have selected Falcon Waterfree urinals. As facility managers across the globe stage head-to-head sustainability competitions, as Jamison did, to weigh options ...
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Does volume matter? Impact of collection volumes on detection of biomarkers and HPV DNA in first-void urine
The study by Laura Téblick (University of Antwerp, Belgium) investigated whether varying first-void urine collection volumes, including 4, 10 and 20 mL collected with Colli-Pee, affects the detection of human and viral endpoints (i.e., glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), β-actin (ACTB), β-globin (HBB) and Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The results showed that all ...
By Novosanis NV
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Biofuel from human urine
Micro-algae can grow on undiluted human urine. This offers opportunities for new water purification methods and perhaps even for converting urine into usable chemical substances and biofuels. Researcher Kanjana Tuantet published the results of tests on algae that had been grown on undiluted urine in the September edition of the scientific Journal of Applied Phycology. Her study showed that the ...
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Novosanis research grant
Research grant of (up to) € 25 000 in support of the most impactful proposal and (up to) 200 Colli-Pee urine collection devices for use with the project. Novosanis is offering a research grant exclusive to EACR members to stimulate innovative research in cancer biomarker detection using urine as a sample type. As urine sampling is easy, quick and non-invasive it has the potential to change ...
By Novosanis NV
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Novosanis launches Colli-Pee containing UAS Large Volumes, offering a new solution for oncology research
Today, Novosanis has launched its novel solution for oncology research applications. Together with our sister company DNA Genotek, we have developed a novel stabilization chemistry, UAS, for the preservation of extracellular vesicle (EV) RNA, and cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in urine, collected with Colli-Pee. Novosanis hereby offers a solution for applications in the field of oncology research and ...
By Novosanis NV
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Winner announcement of EACR & Novosanis Research Grant: Cancer Biomarker Detection in Urine
We are pleased to announce that Dr Barbara Guinn from University of Hull UK is the winner of the EACR & Novosanis Grant for Cancer Biomarker Detection in Urine. The grant awards the most impactful proposal in cancer related research using urine as a sample type, which has shown to be an emerging non-invasive liquid biopsy. For urine sample collection, the Colli-Pee device will be provided by ...
By Novosanis NV
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Health & Wellness: What Urinalysis Could Say About Your Well-being
Most people would agree that only looking at your bank account once a year is a bad idea, yet when we look at our own health, the only data many of us collect is from a once-a-year checkup, in which doctors will run a series of laboratory tests. These tests are a single data point describing the very dynamic systems that are our bodies, which change throughout the year. In order to start ...
By Fluxergy
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GC-MS used successfully to identify bladder cancer from urine headspace
Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK and a group of scientists have experimented with a new non-invasive way to potentially diagnose it in the future. As studies have previously indicated that volatile organic compounds specific to bladder cancer may exist in urine headspace, scientists have decided to research this further by analysing urine samples from two goups; ...
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NanoExplore Recruiting Companies in Certain EU Member States to Participate in Study of Occupational Exposure to Nanomaterials
The NanoExplore project, which is supported by the European Union’s (EU) LIFE program, aims at an integrated approach for exposure and health effects monitoring of engineered and incidental nanomaterials in occupational settings. The project is currently in its pilot phase. According to NanoExplore, the pilot study will take place following a two-step procedure over two field campaigns ...
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Now that you have the particles of grossness sucked up
Now that you have the particles of grossness sucked up, time to work on sweat and other stains. Spray the surface of the mattress lightly with 1 teaspoon liquid dish soap and 1 cup of warm water. Let the solution sit for a few minutes, then scrub the mattress with a damp towel to act as the rinse cycle. If your mattress has pet urine stains, I recommend using the handheld attachment on your ...
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Clinical labs in the Czech Republic are using CE system Capel-205
Сapillary electrophoresis (CE) system Capel-205 was installed in Tomas Bata Hospital. It is the second CE instrument in the clinical labs in the Czech Republic. The main tasks for Capel-205 in the hospital’s biochemical laboratory are the determination of transferrin with percentage calculation of its disialo-form and analysis of patients’ urine samples for the presence of ...
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INTIN - Creator of a Male Sperm Analyzer and Ovulation Tester
The global fertility services market is estimated to reach $45 billion by 2027. This opens up a massive opportunity for startups to innovate in the space. One of the most innovative startups is INTIN, the creator of a male sperm analyzer called OVIEW-M, which uses the camera on a smartphone to analyze sperm counts. They are also the creators of an at-home ovulation tester that uses salvia instead ...
By INTIN Inc.
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Guidance: sustainable and safe school sanitation
To underline the importance of sustainable and safe school sanitation, HEAL member WECF, has published a guildlines on how to provide hygienic, affordable and indoor sanitation in areas without a functioning waste water system. School sanitation is an important but often neglected issue for public health. Children are most vulnerable and affected by poor sanitation conditions. Related diseases, ...
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ImmunogenX to Make Highlighted Presentations at DDW 2022
Based on the results obtained from the CeliacShieldTM trial (NCT03585478) by ImmunogenX, Inc. and conducted at the Mayo Clinic, the work has been selected as a Lecture Presentation at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) Conference, the foremost gastroenterological event in the world, being held at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA on May 21-24. The presentation entitled: ...
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FlavourSpec feasibly detects hepatocellular carcinoma urinary biomarkers in clinical practice
The Imspex Group’s proprietary gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (GC-IMS) technology was part of a ground-breaking cancer detection study that was recently carried out by a team of researchers from the University of Warwick, Coventry University and the University of Leicester. In this study, the FlavourSpec® headspace analysis device showed that volatile organic compounds ...
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miR Scientific to Present the Award-Winning Prostate Cancer Application of its Liquid Biopsy Disease Management Platform at the Jefferies Virtual Healthcare Conference
NEW YORK, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- miR Scientific, LLC, a healthcare company dedicated to transforming global cancer management by providing early and highly accurate detection, characterization and monitoring of disease, announced today that its Chairman & CEO, Sam Salman, will be presenting at the Jefferies Virtual Healthcare Conference. Mr. Salman will discuss the planned commercial ...
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miR Scientific to Present the Prostate Cancer Application of its Liquid Biopsy Disease Management Platform at the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- miR Scientific, LLC, a healthcare company whose purpose is to transform global cancer management by providing early and highly accurate detection, characterization and monitoring of disease, announced today that its Chairman & CEO, Sam Salman, will be virtually presenting at the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Mr. Salman will introduce ...
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U-M-led study adds to understanding of how phthalate exposure impacts pregnancy
In recent years, scientists have linked chemicals known as phthalates with complications of pregnancy and fetal development. Now, a study led by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health sheds light on the mechanism that may be to blame. Phthalates are chemicals used to make plastic materials more flexible and can also be found in personal care products such as perfumes, ...
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BioLargo`s product wins cat fancy magazine editor`s choice award
BioLargo, Inc. (OTCQB: BLGO) today announced that Cat Fancy Magazine awarded its Litter Deodorizing Concentrate an "Editor's Choice Award," naming it one of the 18 "Best Products of the Year" for 2013. Detailed in the December issue on newsstands now, the Cat Fancy editor commented, "I have four cats in a small house. After I started using this, I noticed an immediate reduction in odor and ...
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