Characterizing the APEC pathotype

Characterizing the APEC pathotype.

The purpose of this study was to compare avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolates to fecal isolates of apparently healthy poultry (avian fecal E. coli or AFEC) by their possession of various traits in order to ascertain whether APEC and AFEC are distinct and if the APEC strains constitute a distinct pathotype. Four hundred and fifty-one APEC and one hundred and four AFEC isolates were ...

APEC Study Centers Consortium 2011 : Promoting Academic Dialogue Among the APEC Economies APEC Update

1 The annual APEC Study Centers Consortium (ASCC) conference convened on September 22-23, 2011, in San Francisco, California, with Vinod Aggarwal of the Berkeley APEC Study Center and Richard Feinberg of the UC San Diego APEC Study Center co-chairing the conference. Within the context of the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) III, the ASCC 2011 conference brought together scholars from 19 of the 21...

Regional Port Productivity in APEC

The regional growth of the goods and services trade has placed greater pressure on the ports of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) members, especially in the developing countries. The purpose of this study is to apply the generalized metafrontier Malmquist productivity index (gMMPI) to compare the port productivity of developed countries (DCs) and developing countries (LDCs) in APEC. ...

Apec as an International Institution

APEC and the Middle Income Trap

 The Middle Income Trap has come to dominate headlines and policy discussions in the Asia-Pacific. Recent research suggests that growth past a certain threshold requires a qualitative ‘shift’ as economies transition from labourand capital-intensive growth to productivityand technology-driven growth. However, while more and more countries have attained middle income levels, very few have been a...