Lawrence Kruger

Evaluation of the Capilia TB assay for culture confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Zambia and South Africa Running title: Capilia TB Assay evaluation

The Effect of Varicocelectomy on Assisted Reproductive Technique Indications and Outcomes based on Kruger Strict Morphology Test: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Background: A significant percent of infertile varicocele patients remained infertile after varicocelectomy and finally most of them refer for assisted reproductive technique (ART) procedures as intra uterine insemination (IUI), in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). In order to achieve the best results, more strict and accurate standards for ...

Evaluation of the Capilia TB assay for culture confirmation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in Zambia and South Africa.

The performance and cost of the Capilia TB assay were evaluated for use in a resource-limited setting. The sensitivity and specificity were 99.6% and 99.5%, respectively. The incremental costs of the Capilia test were estimated to be $1.46 and $1.84 when the test was added to liquid and solid culture processes, respectively. These findings suggest that the Capilia TB assay represents a rapid, s...

Microbeads in Sediment, Dreissenid Mussels, and Anurans in the Littoral Zone of the Upper St. Lawrence River, New York.

Global plastic production has exceeded 300 million tons per year (Plastics Europe, 2015). In the marine and freshwater environments, larger plastics abrade and photo-degrade resulting in persistent environmental microplastics that are not effectively removed by existing wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The ecological effects of microplastics on the marine environment are poorly understood, ...

An Architecture for Real-Time Warehousing of Scientific Data

The management and processing of terabyte-scale data sets is time-consuming, costly, and an impediment to research. Researchers require rapid and transparent access to the data without being encumbered with the technical challenges of data management. The contribution of this work is an architecture for archiving and analyzing real-time scientific data that isolates researchers from the complex...