The present study was designed to characterize Enterococci isolates obtained from water samples at aquaculture and slaughterhouse facilities in Benin City, Nigeria. A total of 144 were collected facilities. All analyzed using classical microbiological molecular-based methods. identified specific primer sets (genus species primers) are as follows: E. faecalis 36 (25.5%); faecium 39 (27.7%); dura...

Microwave radiometer observations are compared with various radiative transfer model calculations based on simultaneous radiosondes. This analysis uses observations from Payerne, Switzerland, in cloud free conditions during the Temperature Humidity and Cloud (TUC) experiment in winter 2003/04. The results show a systematic bias in the brightness temperatures measured by the Radiometrics profile...

This study analysed PCB-contaminated natural soil excavated from an area adjacent to an electrical transformer station in Zadar, Croatia. For one year, PCB concentrations were measured in the soil and leachate water under natural climatic conditions. After 12 months, a negligible quantity of Aroclor 1248 (0.024% in average) and a total of seven key PCB congeners (IUPAC No: PCB-28, PCB-52, PCB-1...

During carbon dioxide (CO2) injection process, overpressure within targeted reservoirs might occur because of changes in stress related to the CO2 pressure, which could lead to deformation of the surrounding rocks, including caprocks which are geological formations with low permeability overlying a CO2 storage reservoir. The understanding for impact of effective pressure (i.e., the difference b...

Rapid startup of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and other bioreactors is desirable when treating wastewaters. The startup time with unamended wastewater (118 h) was similar to that obtained by adding acetate or fumarate (110-115 h), and less than that with glucose (181 h) or Fe(III) (353 h). Initial current production took longer when phosphate buffer was added, with startup times increasing with ...

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records and chest radiographs of 118 patients who presented during January 1998 to October 2002 at Songklanagarin Hospital in Hat Yai, Songkhla Province, Thailand who had a high serum immunofluorescent assay titer for leptospirosis. Twenty-nine of 118 (24%) patients had abnormal chest films. Nearly all of these patients had respiratory symptoms and needed...

The interpretation of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations in relation to fetal neural tube defects depends on accurate assessment of the gestational age. In a quadruple-blind study three antenatal methods of assessment--namely, menstrual dates, clinical examination, and ultrasound scanning--were correlated with postnatal assessment using the Dubowitz scoring system. The best a...