background: free-living amoebae (fla) are protozoa that are widely distributed in the environment mainly in water and soil related habitats. thermophilic amoebae are among the most common fla in water bodies, being vermamoeba vermiformis one of the most common species reported worldwide from these sources. interestingly, v. vermiformis has often been reported to survive at high temperatures and...

Background. Patients with mental disorder presenting with medically unexplained symptoms (somatized mental disorder) are common in primary care, difficult to treat, and function poorly in their daily lives. Aim. To examine the effects on patient outcome and satisfaction of a training package for somatized mental disorder delivered to general practitioners (GPs). Method. A prospective study of a...

The relationship between foreign language anxiety (FLA) and enjoyment (FLE) experienced during a creative collaborative oral English-as-a-foreign-language task, the relationships FLE/FLA task speech fluency were investigated. was performed by mid-intermediate/high-intermediate English learners ( N = 43) in groups culminated 2-minute monologues every participant, breakdown (the ratio length of m...

Objective: Free-living amoeba (FLA) are protozoa living in soil and natural man-made water systems. They attract much attention owing to the illnesses associated with them their relationships bacteria. In this study, effect of cell-free supernatant (CFS) obtained from FLA against Staphylococcus was investigated. Materials Methods: Environmental strains (A1, A2, A3) were lake swimming pools Ista...

The fluorescent leprosy antibody absorption (FLA-ABS) test was improved by absorbing the serum with suspensions of BCG and M. vaccae. This test was positive in nearly 100% of patients with bacteriologically positive forms of leprosy and in approximately 80% of tuberculoid cases but negative in 18 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, in 50 healthy noncontacts, and in 136 of 138 non-leprosy pati...

Free-living amoebae pose a potential health risk in water systems as they may be pathogenic and harbor potential pathogenic bacteria known as amoebae resistant bacteria. Free-living amoebae were observed in 150 (87.2%) of the environmental water samples. In particular, Acanthamoeba sp. was identified in 22 (12.8%) using amoebal enrichment and confirmed by molecular analysis. FLA were isolated i...

Today’s logistic systems in companies depend on optimum solutions of Facility Location-Allocation (FLA) problems in order to minimize cost values the company is dealing with. Therefore, FLA plays an important role in nowadays business environment. In this paper, a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm (HGA) is proposed to solve FLA. The HGA is a combination of Genetic Algorithm and Tabu Search while NSGA II...

BACKGROUND Isolation of free-living amoebae (FLA) is reported sparsely from water taps, ventilators, air conditioners, haemodialysis units and dental irrigation systems of hospitals worldwide. Their prevalence in hospital environment especially in wards having immunocompromised patients may pose a risk to this group of susceptible population as they may cause disease themselves or may carry pat...