Understanding fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) vs. their antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) during wastewater sludge treatment is critical in order to reduce the spread of antibiotic resistance through process optimization. Here, we spiked high concentrations of tetracycline-resistant bacteria, isolated from mesophilic (Iso M1-1-a Pseudomonas sp.) and thermophilic (Iso T10-a Bacillus...

BACKGROUND Whether spontaneous low levels of HIV-1 RNA in blood plasma correlate with low levels of HIV-1 RNA in seminal plasma has never been investigated in HIV controller (HIC) men so far. METHODS HIC men enrolled in the ANRS CODEX cohort were eligible for the present study if they had no symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STI). Two paired samples of blood and semen were collecte...

BACKGROUND The concept Health related Quality of life (HRQOL) is increasingly recognized as an important health outcome measure in clinical and research fields. The present study attempted to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Sinhala version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 4.0 (PedsQL™ 4.0) Generic Core Scales among adolescents in Sri Lanka. METHODS The original US PedsQ...

Background In Swaziland, as in many high HIV/TB burden settings, there is not information available regarding the household location of TB cases for identifying areas of increased TB incidence, limiting the development of targeted interventions. Data from "Butimba", a TB REACH active case finding project, was re-analyzed to provide insight into the location of TB cases surrounding Mbabane, Swaz...

Choline and glycine are inter-related through their roles in methyl metabolism. Choline is metabolized to betaine, which donates a methyl group to homocysteine to form methionine, also generating dimethylglycine, which is further metabolized to glycine. Choline is transported across the placenta and is higher in fetal than maternal plasma. Placental glycine transfer, however, is limited and poo...

Choline and glycine are inter-related through their roles in methyl metabolism. Choline is metabolized to betaine, which donates a methyl group to homocysteine to form methionine, also generating dimethylglycine, which is further metabolized to glycine. Choline is transported across the placenta and is higher in fetal than maternal plasma. Placental glycine transfer, however, is limited and poo...

What is non-parametric correlation? A non-parametric (or ordinal) correlation coefficient for two variables quantifies the extent to which there is, in the study sample, a consistent relationship between the values for the two variables. The correlation coefficient indexes the strength of the relationship found, from zero (no discernible relationship) to a maximum value of 1 (denoting a perfect...

La presente investigación tiene su origen en el estudio de los estilos aprendizaje como factor clave logro niveles óptimos estudiantes universitarios. Por ello, se ha investigado a través un diseño descriptivo y correlacional la relación entre predominancia activo, reflexivo, teórico pragmático (CHAEA) resultados académicos universitarios Ingeniería abordados por sexo, carrera profesional, pref...

Este estudio observa si existe asociación entre el capital familiar de los estudiantes y algunos indicadores centrales su formación profesional o que incidan en la misma, como trayectoria escolar universitaria, examen ingreso a educación superior EXANI-II, promedio bachillerato, reprobación universidad bachillerato. En total, 420 UPSIN fueron contemplados, pero participaron 314. Se utilizó anál...

El presente artículo tiene por objetivo hacer una correlación sobre las clases virtuales y aprendizaje de matemática I en tiempo coronavirus, estudiantes la UNTELS. Inicialmente se plantean algunos antecedentes relacionados con I; posteriormente realiza conceptualización como manera formación los alumnos institución, finalmente, enfatiza base institución. Se concluyó que existe evidencia para a...