In principle, FEMA supports the implementation of ITS technology that has the potential to provide added safety, comfort and economy to road users provided that: their use is not mandatory, and does not exclude unequipped vehicles from the road; they take into account the needs, characteristics and limitations of powered two wheeler users and their vehicles; they do not create an additional haz...

Climate change has caused uncertainty in the hydrological pattern including weather change, precipitation fluctuations, and extreme temperature, thus triggering unforeseen natural tragedies such as hurricanes, flash flooding, heatwave more. Because of these unanticipated events occurring all around globe, study influence climate on alteration flooding patterns gained a lot attention. This resea...

We developed, validated, and implemented real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of the femA gene for Staphylococcus aureus and the mecA gene for methicillin resistance directly from BACTEC (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD) blood culture bottles showing gram-positive cocci in clusters. For the 332 positive blood cultures tested, the assay had 100% sensitivity and specificity for identi...

Methods A total of 20 isolates of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from 25 cases of breast abscess from a tertiary hospital during January 2010-October 2010. Isolation was done by culturing the pus sample drained from the abscess with 16 gauge needle. The S. aureus isolates were screened for susceptibility to various antibiotics including cefoxitin, clindamycin, fusidic acid, mupirocin, vanc...