conclusions biofilm formation (both strong and weak) strongly correlated with psla gene carriage. biofilm formation also correlated with mbl and ampc β-lactamase production. more importantly, multiple-β-lactamase phenotype was associated with formation of strong biofilms. results biofilm formation was observed in 43.5% of the isolates, of which 66.7% produced strong and 33.3% formed weak biofil...

generally, the evaluation and assessment critical condition of rill formation are useful for a better understanding of soil erosion processes. the inherence characteristics of soils, which have much dynamic variations on the hill-slopes and are affected by rill formation, are the soil critical shear stress and soil erodibility factors. this study aims to assess experimental rill incision thresh...

Recurrent pregnancy loss is usually defined as the loss of two or more consecutive pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation, which occurs in approximately 5% of reproductive-aged women. It has been suggested that women with thrombophilia have an increased risk of pregnancy loss and other adverse pregnancy outcomes. Thrombophilia is an important predisposition to blood clot formation and is cons...

the hydrolysis of cadmium nitrate was studied spectrophotometrically at different ionic strengthsof sodium perchlorate in a wide ph range, 1-12, and at 25 c. least squares calculations areconsistent with the formation of m(oh)+, m(oh)2, m(oh)3- and m(oh)42- species, which m iscd2+. the dependency on ionic strength in the background electrolyte solutions was taken intoaccount by using a debye-hu...

Budding is a good method of propagation in the Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.)., However, success of budding is low due to higher root pressure as well as the presence of phenolic compounds in the xylem sap. This study was conducted to compare various budding methods and cut below budding union on two and three-year-old Persian walnut under field conditions. The experiment was conducted based...

OBJECTIVE Feedback activation of factor XI by thrombin is a likely alternative for tissue factor-dependent propagation of thrombus formation. However, the hypothesis that thrombin can initiate and propagate its formation in a factor XI-dependent and platelet-dependent manner has not been tested in a plasma milieu. METHODS AND RESULTS We investigated thrombin generation in recalcified platelet...

Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, produces a tripartite toxin composed of two enzymatically active subunits, lethal factor (LF) and edema factor (EF), which, when associated with a cell-binding component, protective antigen (PA), form lethal toxin and edema toxin, respectively. In this preliminary study, we characterized the toxin-specific antibody responses observed in 17 ind...