The risk of foodborne diseases as well the dissemination antibiotic resistant bacteria increases with consumption street-vended food and beverages. This study investigated prevalence Salmonella spp. Citrobacter in beverages sold Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method was used to identify resistance profile isolates towards 11 selected antibiotics. Six beverage sampl...

The development of a quantitative intersection aggressiveness propensity index (API) is described in this paper. The index is intended to capture the overall propensity for aggressive driving to be experienced at a given signalized intersection. The index is a latent quantity that can be estimated from observed environmental, situational and driving behavior variables using structural equations...

The ability of Branhamella catarrhalis to cause nosocomial infections is a matter of some controversy. The API ZYM research kit for detecting 89 enzymes was used on 49 isolates of B catarrhalis to select enzymes of potential use in differentiating clinical isolates. Twenty nine enzymes were produced by all isolates (13 strongly positive) and many of these were esterases; 16 enzymes were not det...

More and more individuals and organizations are making their data available online publicly, resulting in a growing market of technologies and services to help consume data and extract its real value. One of the several ways to publish data on the Web is via Web APIs. Unlike other approaches like RDF, Web APIs provide a simple way to query structured data by relying only on the HTTP protocol. S...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous contaminants found in the environment. Immunoassays represent useful analytical methods to complement traditional analytical procedures for PAHs. Cross-reactivity (CR) is a very useful character to evaluate the extent of cross-reaction of a cross-reactant in immunoreactions and immunoassays. The quantitative relationships between the molecu...

This paper develops an index of pollution based on the epidemiological dose-response function associated with each pollutant, and the welfare losses due to exposure to pollution. The probability of damage is translated into welfare losses, which provides the common metric required for aggregation. Isopollution surfaces may then be used to compare environmental quality over time and space. An Ai...

A total of 371 (97%) of 382 strains of Enterobacteriaceae representing 26 species were identified cheaply, accurately, and rapidly by using a test system based upon standard 96-well microdilution plates and the API 20E profile data.

BACKGROUND Characterization of IgE-binding epitopes of allergens and determination of their patient-specific relevance is crucial for the diagnosis and treatment of allergy. OBJECTIVE We sought to assess the contribution of specific surface areas of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1.0101 to binding IgE of individual patients. METHODS Four distinct areas of Bet v 1 representing in tota...

Web search engines have become an indispensable utility for Internet users. In the near future, however, Web search engines will not only be expected to provide quality search results, but also to enable applications to search and exploit their index repositories directly. We present here SharpSpider, a distributed, C# spider designed to address the issues of scalability, decentralisation and c...

To provide some useful information about the control of air pollution in China, we studied the spatial-temporal characteristics of air pollution in China from 2001-2014. First, we drew several line charts and histograms of the Air Pollution Index (API) and Air Quality Index (AQI) of 31 capital cities and municipalities to research the distribution across different times and cities; then, we res...