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Awan S, Mokhberiosgouei R, Hussain M, Meigooni A. TU-EE-A1-06: Application of TG_43U1 Formalisms to Calculate Dose Distribution Around a 5 Cm Long RadioCoil Source. Med Phys 2006. [DOI: 10.1118/1.2241591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Bracken N, Pearman C, Kent W, El-Kadri M, Hart G, Hussain M. Concentration-dependent effects of PKA inhibitor H-89 on ICa, Ito and IK1 in isolated rat ventricular myocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2006.03.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amin I, Mansoor S, Amrao L, Hussain M, Irum S, Zafar Y, Bull SE, Briddon RW. Mobilisation into cotton and spread of a recombinant cotton leaf curl disease satellite. Arch Virol 2006; 151:2055-65. [PMID: 16732497 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-006-0773-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2005] [Accepted: 03/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Analysis of a DNA beta satellite associated with a recently identified cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) strain indicated it to be recombinant, with most of the molecule originating from CLCuD DNA beta but with some sequence from a satellite isolated from tomato. Analysis of both archival (pre 2001) and recent cotton samples, shows the recombinant satellite is confined to a small area but was not present in cotton prior to 2001. This indicates that the recombinant DNA beta was recently mobilized into cotton, likely from tomato, and that recombination plays a role in the evolution of these satellites.
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Hussain M. Child abuse referral warning. Br Dent J 2006; 200:475, 477; discussion 477. [PMID: 16703061 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hussain M, Melegaro A, Pebody RG, George R, Edmunds WJ, Talukdar R, Martin SA, Efstratiou A, Miller E. A longitudinal household study of Streptococcus pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in a UK setting. Epidemiol Infect 2005; 133:891-8. [PMID: 16181510 PMCID: PMC2870321 DOI: 10.1017/s0950268805004012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 10-month longitudinal household study of pre-school children and their families was undertaken with monthly visits collecting epidemiological data and nasopharyngeal swabs in Hertfordshire, England from 2001 to 2002. Pneumococcal culture was with standard methods. In total, 121 families (489 individuals) took part. Mean prevalence of carriage ranged from 52% for age groups 0-2 years, 45% for 3-4 years, 21% for 5-17 years and 8% for >or=18 years. Carriage occurred more than once in 86% of children aged 0-2 years compared to 36% of those aged >or=18 years. The most prevalent serotypes in the 0-2 years age group were 6B followed by 19F, 23F, 6A and 14. Young children were responsible for the majority of introductions of new serotypes into a household. Erythromycin resistance (alone or in combination) occurred in 10% of samples and penicillin non-susceptibility in 3.7%. Overall the recently licensed 7-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV) would protect against 64% of serotypes with no intra-serogroup cross protection and 82% with such protection. Nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumoniae is common in a UK setting in the pre-conjugate vaccine era. PCV would protect against a large proportion of carriage isolates. However, the impact of vaccination on non-vaccine serotypes will need to be monitored.
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Wennberg B, Hussain M, Odh R, Gagliardi G, Hedlund-Svedjemyr B, Bjöhle J, Lax I, Lönn U, Näslund I, Svensson C. 242 Heart complication following left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy: a gated CT study aiming to understand which patients might benefit from gated RT treatment. Radiother Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(05)81219-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ball EAM, Hussain M, Moss ALH. Squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma arising in a naevus sebaceous of Jadassohn: case report and literature review. Clin Exp Dermatol 2005; 30:259-60. [PMID: 15807685 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.01744.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The development of a basal cell carcinoma within a naevus sebaceous of Jadassohn (NSJ) has commonly been reported. However, the development of a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is rare. There have been several reports of SCC arising within a NSJ but many contain little or ambiguous clinical information. A thorough review of the current English language literature has identified only three other well documented cases of SCC arising in a NSJ. Of these only one was a case of simultaneous occurrence of squamous and basal cell carcinoma. We report the second case of both malignancies arising within the same NSJ.
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Fry CH, Hussain M, McCarthy C, Ikeda Y, Sui GP, Wu C. Recent advances in detrusor muscle function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005:20-5. [PMID: 15545193 DOI: 10.1080/03008880410015138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Contractile activation of detrusor smooth muscle is initiated by the release of transmitters from motor nerves. Acetylcholine is a ubiquitous transmitter, as also is adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in many animal bladders and in people from several patient groups with pathological bladder function. In recent years there has been progress in explaining several cellular mechanisms that link transmitter release to contraction and these will be considered. The lifetime of ATP in the neuromuscular junction is finite and broken down ultimately to adenosine, which can exert modulatory control of contractile activation. Adenosine depresses nerve-mediated contractions and two sites of action have been proposed: an action on the motor nerves via A receptors to depress further transmitter release and a less well-defined depressant effect on the detrusor muscle. The Ca2+ ions that activate the contractile proteins are derived from intracellular stores, which releases their content via IP receptor activation and Ca2+-induced Ca2+ release. Filling of the stores in the rest interval is mediated via transmembrane flux of Ca2+through Ca2+ channels. Activation of the channels is regulated by the level of the intracellular [Ca2+], via activation and inactivation of Ca2+-sensitive K channels. Thus, Ca2+ store filling is regulated by intracellular [Ca2+] via a negative feedback process. The presence and physiological function of spontaneous contractions in detrusor remain contentious and little is known about their origin. One possibility is that they originate from random Ca2+ sparks, i.e. localized transient increases of [Ca2+] that may eventually progress to generate a cellular Ca2+ transient. Observations by confocal microscopy have revealed the presence of such sparks, especially near the cell membrane, and thus provide a cellular basis for spontaneous contractions. Finally, the questions arises as to whether detrusor smooth muscle is a functional syncitium. The demonstration of small gap junctions by electron microscopy and the demonstration of the gap junction protein connexin45 indicate that the muscle mass may indeed be functionally connected. The implications regarding the spread of excitation are discussed.
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Ebbinghaus SW, Hussain M, Tannir NM, Gordon MS, Desai AA, Knight RA, Carlson DM, Figlin RA. A randomized phase 2 study of the thrombospondin-mimetic peptide ABT-510 in patients with previously untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.4607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Alqadah FD, Alsafadi N, Shukla V, Andejani A, Hussain M, Malaker K, Darwish T, Qureishi K, Vijayananda K, Eid H. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The experience of Princess Nourah Oncology Center (POC), Jeddah. J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.5597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hussain M, Petrylak D, Dunn R, Vaishampayan U, Lara PN, Chatta G, Nanus D, Glode LM, Trump D, Chen H, Smith DC. Trastuzumab (T), paclitaxel (P), carboplatin (C), and gemcitabine (G) in advanced HER2-positive urothelial carcinoma: Results of a multi-center phase II NCI trial. J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.4507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Rosenberg JE, Kelly WK, Michaelson MD, Wilding G, Hussain M, Gross M, Small EJ. A randomized phase II study of ixabepilone (Ix) or mitoxantrone and prednisone (MP) in patients with taxane (T)-resistant hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC). J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.4566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bibi M, Hussain M. Effect of copper and lead on photosynthesis and plant pigments in black gram [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper]. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2005; 74:1126-33. [PMID: 16158851 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0698-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Friedman JD, Vaishampayan U, Montie J, Shah R, Sarkar F, Smith D, Hussain M. Neoadjuvant docetaxel and capecitabine in patients with high risk/locally advanced prostate cancer: Preliminary results of a phase II study. J Clin Oncol 2005. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.23.16_suppl.4742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fennell J, Hussain M. Serotonin syndrome:case report and current concepts. IRISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 2005; 98:143-4. [PMID: 16010782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI's) are increasingly being used as the first line therapeutic agent for the depression. It is therefore not unusual to see a case of overdose with these agents. More commonly an adverse drug reaction may be seen among the older patients who are particularly vulnerable to the serotonin syndrome due to multiple co-morbidity and polypharmacy. The clinical picture of serotonin syndrome (SS) is non-specific and there is no confirmatory test. SS may go unrecognized because it is often mistaken for a viral illness, anxiety, neurological disorder or worsening psychiatric condition.
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Wai CT, Fontana RJ, Polson J, Hussain M, Shakil AO, Han SH, Davern TJ, Lee WM, Lok ASF. Clinical outcome and virological characteristics of hepatitis B-related acute liver failure in the United States. J Viral Hepat 2005; 12:192-8. [PMID: 15720535 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2005.00581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in the outcome of acute HBV infection is unclear. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical and virological features of patients with hepatitis B-related acute liver failure (HBV-ALF) in the US. Clinical and laboratory features of consecutive patients with HBV-ALF from the US ALF Study Group were analysed. Prevalence of HBV genotypes, precore stop (G1896A) and core promoter dual (T1762A, A1764T) variants among patients with HBV-ALF were compared with a cohort of 530 patients with chronic HBV infection. Thirty-four HBV-ALF patients were studied: mean age 41 years, 56% men, 25 had detectable HBV-DNA. HBV genotypes A, B, C and D were found in 36, 24, 8 and 32% patients, respectively. Precore stop and core promoter dual variants were detected in 32 and 44% of patients, respectively. Twenty-three (68%) patients survived: 14 after liver transplant, nine without transplant. Older age was the only independent factor associated with poor outcome. Compared with patients with chronic HBV infection, patients with ALF were more likely to be non-Asians (88% vs 44%, P = 0.005) and to have genotype D (32% vs 10%, P < 0.01). A higher prevalence of HBV genotype D persisted even after matching for race and HBeAg status (32% vs 16%, P = 0.007). We concluded that HBV genotype D was more frequently found in patients with HBV-ALF than those with chronic HBV infection in the US. Further studies are needed to determine if HBV genotypes play a role in the outcome of acute HBV infection.
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Wood D, Andrich D, Allen S, Hussain M, Greenwell T, Mundy A. 747A comparison of objective and subjective success of buccal mucosal graft (BMG) urethroplasty. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s1569-9056(05)80751-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Jan F, Aslam M, Orfi SD, Hussain M. Separation of Radionuclides of Silver and Antimony from Low‐Level Liquid Waste of Research Reactor by Using Iron(II) Hydrous Oxide Coprecipitation. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2005. [DOI: 10.1081/ss-120028569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hussain M. Heilmittelverordnung nach Brustkrebsoperationen leicht gemacht. Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2005. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Hussain M, Varely R, Cheng YB, Mathys Z, Simon GP. Synthesis and thermal behavior of inorganic-organic hybrid geopolymer composites. J Appl Polym Sci 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/app.21413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wood DN, Allen SE, Hussain M, Greenwell TJ, Shah PJR. STOMAL COMPLICATIONS OF ILEAL CONDUITS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER WHEN FORMED IN WOMEN WITH INTRACTABLE URINARY INCONTINENCE. J Urol 2004; 172:2300-3. [PMID: 15538253 DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000141140.56022.7a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The ileal conduit is held to be the safest and simplest form of urinary diversion. There are few reports about long-term problems after ileal conduit formation, especially intractable urinary incontinence in females. We reviewed long-term stomal complications in patients with an ileal conduit. MATERIALS AND METHODS Notes on 93 consecutive patients in whom an ileal conduit was created were reviewed. Information was collected on patient demographics, indications for an ileal conduit and long-term complications, in particular parastomal and incisional hernias, stomal retraction, stenosis or prolapse and the development of a redundant loop. Mean followup available was 63.4 months (range 1 to 434). RESULTS A total of 33 males with a mean age of 60.1 years (range 2 to 78) and 60 females with a mean age of 48.2 years (range 4 to 79) underwent ileal conduit diversion. The main indications for an ileal conduit were intractable incontinence in 44 patients (47%), cancer in 31 (33%) and interstitial cystitis in 8 (9%). In male, continent female and incontinent female patients A parastomal hernia developed in 3 (9%), 2 (9.5%) and 12 (31%), an incisional hernia developed in 1 (3%), 1 (4.8%) and 2 (5%), stomal retraction developed in 0, 2 (9.5%) and 12 (31%), stomal stenosis developed in 0 (0%), 1 (4.8%) and 6 (15.4%), and a redundant loop developed in 0 (0%), 2 (9.5%) and 5 (12.8%), respectively. A total of 23 patients (24.7%) required further surgery for stomal problems with 13 (57%) requiring more than 1 reoperation, of whom 9 were incontinent females. CONCLUSIONS An ileal conduit is associated with a stomal complication rate of 34.4% (61% in incontinent females and 18% in other patients) and a 4.3% incisional hernia rate. Reoperation is required for stomal complications in 24.7% of cases. Stomal complication rates and reoperation rates vary by sex and the indication for ileal conduit, and they are significantly higher for those performed for intractable urinary incontinence in females.
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Fung SK, Wong F, Hussain M, Lok ASF. Sustained response after a 2-year course of lamivudine treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B. J Viral Hepat 2004; 11:432-8. [PMID: 15357648 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2004.00556.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Lamivudine has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of hepatitis B e antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B (e-CHB). However, treatment withdrawal after 1 year has been associated with a high rate of relapse while long-term treatment is associated with increasing risks of drug resistance. We report our treatment experience of 50 Chinese-Canadian patients with e-CHB. All patients received lamivudine for 2 years. Treatment was withdrawn at month 24 in patients who had undetectable hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA by PCR and normal aminotransferases during the second year of therapy. All patients had HBV genotype B or C. Biochemical response at months 6, 12 and 24 was 74%, 71% and 66%, respectively. HBV DNA was undetectable at months 6, 12 and 24 by hybrid capture and PCR assays in 100%, 92% and 86%; and 94%, 88% and 74% patients, respectively. The cumulative rates of genotypic resistance (GR) after 1 and 2 years were 15% and 25%, respectively. Four (44%) patients with GR experienced a hepatitis flare. The probability of clinical and virological relapse 6, 12, and 18 months after treatment withdrawal were 12% and 30%, 18% and 50%, and 30% and 50%, respectively. Reinstitution of lamivudine resulted in prompt virological and biochemical responses. Our study demonstrates that a sustained response can be achieved after a 2-year course of lamivudine in a subset of patients with e-CHB.
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Saleemi M, Al-Suwaiyan MS, Aiban SA, Ishaq AM, Al-Malacks MH, Hussain M. Estimation of spilled hydrocarbon volume--the state-of-the-art. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2004; 25:1077-1090. [PMID: 15515274 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2004.9619401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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With the increase in the environmental awareness and reorganization of the need for its protection, the study of soil and groundwater contamination and its remediation have become the focus of numerous researchers. Intentional and unintentional release of hydrocarbon into soil and subsurface pose a great threat to the biosphere environment. The quantification of spilled volume has primary importance for carrying out the remediation work and is considered a first step in the remediation hierarchy. Different investigators approached the problem from many viewpoints, and the resulting achievements are so extensive and scattered that it seems essential to inventory the completed works. This paper presents a systematic study of the available experimental and theoretical works. A complete picture of the present status of the problem is also provided. Issues that remain unresolved and obscure by the current day investigators are pointed out to facilitate future research directions and more comprehensive analyses of the quantification of spilled hydrocarbon volumes.
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