Exposure to biocides may result in cross-resistance to other antimicrobials. Changes in biocide and antibiotic susceptibilities, metabolism, and fitness costs were studied here in biocide-selected Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae mutants. E. coli and K. pneumoniae mutants with various degrees of triclosan susceptibility were obtained after exposure to triclosan (TRI), benzalkonium chl...

Extensive bibliography on isomerism of cyanuric acid is presented. Nine possible isomers of cyanuric acid are characterized computationally. The tri-oxo tautomer is by far the most stable isomer of cyanuric acid. The tri-hydroxy form is by more than 100 kJ mol 1 higher in energy than tri-oxo. Cyanuric acid under all experimental conditions exists as tri-oxo tautomer. g r a p h i c a l a b s t r...

We present a tri-modality imaging system and fully integrated tri-modality probe for intravascular imaging. The tri-modality imaging system is able to simultaneously acquire optical coherence tomography (OCT), ultrasound (US), and fluorescence imaging. Moreover, for fluorescence imaging, we used the FDA-approved indocyanine green (ICG) dye as the contrast agent to target lipid-loaded macrophage...

Ontogeny and fatty acid chain-length specificity of gastrointestinal lipases in neonatal piglets were examined to explore the basis for variations in postnatal use of medium-chain triacylglycerols (MCT). Twenty-four newborn pigs were studied at 4 ages: 0, 6, 18, and 48 h postpartum (n = 6 pigs/age). Piglets were gastrically intubated and given 3.0 mmol/kg of BW(0.75) each of emulsified tri-C6:0...

Applying relational tri-training (R-tri-training for short) to web page classification is investigated in this paper. R-tri-training, as a new relational semi-supervised learning algorithm, is well suitable for learning in web page classification. The semi-supervised component of R-tritraining allows it to exploit unlabeled web pages to enhance the learning performance effectively. In addition,...

Debris flows pose severe hazards to communities in mountainous areas, often resulting in the loss of life and property. Helping debris-flow-prone communities delineate potential hazard zones provides local authorities with useful information for developing emergency plans and disaster management policies. In 2003, the Soil and Water Conservation Bureau of Taiwan proposed an empirical model to d...

Barrett's oesophagus is an acquired precancerous condition that develops from mucosal injury incurred due to chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux. The aim of this study was to determine if bile and/or acid components of the refluxate can induce DNA damage in vitro. The oesophageal cell lines FLO-1 and HET1-A were exposed to primary bile salts, individually or as a mixture, and the secondary bile s...