113. Procedure-specific Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevalence Widely Varies within Certain NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network) Surgery Groups Mohammed Saeed, MBChB, MPH; Erik R. Dubberke, MD, MSPH; Margaret Olsen, PhD, MPH; Internal Medicine/Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University S...

Iftikhar Ahmad, Mudassar Saeed Pansota, Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Shahzad Saleem, Shafqat Ali Tabassum Assist.Prof., Deptt. of U&RT, BVH/Quaid-e-Azam MC Bahawalpur. P. Graduate Resident, Deptt. of U&RT, BVH/Quaid-e-Azam MC Bahawalpur. MO/P. Graduate Resident, Deptt. of U&RT, BVH/Quaid-e-Azam MC Bahawalpur. MO, Deptt. of U&RT, BVH/Quaid-e-Azam MC Bahawalpur. Head of Deptt. of U&RT, BVH/Quaid-e-Az...

Lal Hussain1*,2, Imran Shafi3, Sharjil Saeed2, Ali Abbas2, Imtiaz Ahmed Awan2, Sajjad Ahmed Nadeem2, Syed Zaki Hassan Kazmi2, Saeed Arif Shah2, Saqib Iqbal2, Bushra Rahman4 1*Quality Enhancement Cell, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan 2Department of Computer Science & IT, The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, City Campus, 13100, Muzaffaraba...

Seatbelt legalisation was implemented in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January 1999. This provided the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of the legislation in the Eastern District of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the UAE by establishing levels of injury severity from motor vehicle crashes (MVC) before and after the legislation and the rate of compliance with the legislation. Data were obtain...

Inhibitors of calpains, calcium-activated neutral proteases, protect against cell death produced by anoxia and a variety of toxicants both in vitro and in vivo. The problems with known calpain inhibitors are a lack of specificity, low membrane permeability, and/or low potency. The goal of this study was to determine the effects of seven novel dipeptide and tripeptide calpain inhibitors on calpa...

The Internet is now being used for commercial, social and educational interactions, which previously relied on direct face-to-face contact in order to establish trust relationships. Thus, there is a need to be able to establish and evaluate trust relationships relying only on electronic interactions over the Internet. A trust framework for Internet applications should incorporate concepts such ...

AIM The purpose of this study was to test a new root canal sealer (Epiphany) and 5 other root canal sealers (Diaket, Endomethasone, AH 26, Sealapex, Sultan) for their antimicrobial effect on Enterococcus faecalis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The antimicrobial effect of 6 root canal sealers was tested by the agar diffusion method. The freshly mixed sealers were placed in prepared wells of agar plate...

Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal nematode with a complex life cycle capable of a free living cycle, a parasitic cycle and autoinfection. It is usually asymptomatic in a healthy host but causes life threatening hyperinfection involving multiple organs in immunocompromised patients. However, reports of gastric involvement are very rare. This is a report of gastric strongyloidiasis with ...