We consider the block LDL factorizations for symmetric indefinite matrices in the form LBL , where L is unit lower triangular and B is block diagonal with each diagonal block having dimension 1 or 2. The stability of this factorization and its application to solving linear systems has been well-studied in the literature. In this paper we give a condition under which the LBL factorization will r...

Mutations in a 69-bp region of the rpoB gene associated with rifampin resistance (Rif(r)) in 100 isolates (82 Rif(r)) from three states of Brazil were studied. Twenty-one different kinds of mutations were identified in the Rif(r) isolates, and six new alleles are described.

A large body of literature on "within-individual retrieval-induced forgetting" (WI-RIF; Anderson, Bjork, & Bjork, 1994) shows that repeatedly retrieving some items, while not retrieving other related items, facilitates later recall of the practised items, but inhibits later recall of the non-practised related items. This robust effect has recently been extended to "socially shared retrieval-ind...

Because rifampin (RIF) induces hepatic enzymes and inhibits uptake transporters, dosing a drug that is a dual substrate of enzymes and uptake transporters on the final day of an inducing regimen should exhibit less inductive effect than dosing on the following day in the absence of RIF, since RIF decreases drug uptake into liver. In vitro and in vivo rat studies were conducted using digoxin as ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The use of genetic probes for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has been well described. However, the role of these assays in the diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis is unclear. We therefore assessed the diagnostic utility of the Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis/rifampicin (MTB/RIF) assay, and estimated the prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB in the Indian pop...

The antimycobacterial activities of a new rifampin (RIF) derivative, 3-(4-cinnamylpiperazinyl iminomethyl) rifamycin SV (To), against 20 susceptible and multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and 20 Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) strains were investigated. The radiometric MICs of T9 for M. tuberculosis were significantly lower than those of RIF. The MICs of T9 and RIF at w...

Sixty rifampin (RIF)-resistant and 75 RIF-susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Shandong Province, China, were analyzed for rpoB gene mutations and genotyped. Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit (MIRU) genotype 223325173533 was overrepresented among RIF-resistant isolates. MIRU combined with IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis as the second-line genoty...

Many standard matrix algorithms are diicult to implement as systolic arrays, because they involve data movement that cannot be determined a priori, resulting in high timing complexity. In the case of dense matrix inversion, Gaussian elimination (GE) with pivoting has largely been supplanted by alternative schemes, such as Givens rotations and the Gram-Schmidt method, which are costly and comple...