background and objectives: bacterial resistance to conventional antibiotics has become a widespread public health prob- lem. the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of zinc oxide nanoparticles (zno nps) on the antibacterial activity of several conventional antibiotics against pseudomonas aeruginosa. materials and methods: zno nps were prepared by solvothermal method and dispersed...

This study gives the reliability analysis of bearing capacity of large-diameter piles under osterberg test. The limit state equation of dimensionless random variables is utilized in the reliability analysis of vertical bearing capacity of large-diameter piles based on Osterberg loading tests. And the reliability index and the resistance partial coefficient under the current specifications are c...

The effects of partial (intermittent) versus consistent reward on the acquisition and extinction of a shuttling response were studied in 3 experiments with foraging honeybees (Apis mellifera). Adding nonrewarded trials to rewarded trials (the equated-reinforcements design) improved performance in acquisition and increased resistance to extinction. Substituting nonrewarded trials for some reward...

Eight plasmids out of 26 tested confer partial serum resistance to Escherichia coli K-12 strains (Bhs character). Four Bhs+ plasmids were tested in a rough Salmonella typhimurium host, and three conferred partial serum resistance to this host as well. Plasmids representative of 19 different incompatibility groups were examined; the Bhs+ property was found in some (but not all) representatives o...

Anthracnose, one of the most important diseases of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), is caused by the fungus Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. A "candidate gene" approach was used to map anthracnose resistance quantitative trait loci (QTL). Candidate genes included genes for both pathogen recognition (resistance genes and resistance gene analogs [RGAs]) and general plant defense (defense response ...

Serial passage of axenically cultured Leishmania chagasi promastigotes results in a progressive diminution in resistance to complement-mediated lysis (CML), whereas high CML resistance is seen in infectious metacyclic promastigotes from the sandfly vector as well as metacyclic-like promastigotes within low-passage cultures at stationary growth phase. As we previously reported, in a screen seeki...

The occurrence of postresistance exercise hypotension (PEH) after resistance exercise remains unknown. This study examined blood pressure and heart rate (HR) responses to an acute bout of low- and high-intensity resistance exercise, matched for total work, in trained males. Sixteen resistance-trained males (23.1 ± 5.9 years) performed an acute bout of low- (40% of 1 repetition maximum [1RM]) an...

CONTEXT Multiple surveillance programmes have reported a decline in antibiotic susceptibility of P. aeruginosa. AIM Our study aimed to study the relationship between the use of antipseudomonal drugs and the development of resistance of P. aerogenosa to these drugs. SETTING AND DESIGN Our study is retrospective. It was conducted in a medical surgical intensive care unit during a five-year pe...

This paper provides a method to directly extractK element, or partial reluctance from the physical meaning of partial reluctance. The approach of directK extraction reveals the locality nature of partial reluctance and explains why inductance effect can be captured by sparseK matrix without knowing the current loop first. We use a 3-D discretization of a magneto-quasi-static integral formulatio...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The prevalence and significance of remission and relapse in children, adolescents, and young adults with lupus nephritis in the United States are poorly understood. Patterns and predictors of disease progression in a southeastern U.S. pediatric cohort with severe lupus nephritis are presented. DESIGN, SETTINGS, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Individuals age 21 or less ...