Although the virulences and host ranges differ among members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (TBC; M. tuberculosis, M. africanum, M. canettii, M. microti, M. bovis, and M. bovis BCG), commercially available molecular assays cannot differentiate these organisms because of the genetic identities of their 16S rRNA gene sequences. Comparative genomic analyses with the complete DNA sequenc...

CONTEXT The health and economic burden of hypertension, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is substantial. This systematic review evaluated the economic evidence of self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring interventions to control hypertension. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION The literature search from database inception to March 2015 identified 22 studies for inclusion with three typ...

Thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems are coating systems containing a metallic bond coat and a ceramic top coat. TBCs are used in gas turbines for thermal insulation and oxidation resistance. Life prediction of TBCs is important as high-temperature exposure degrades the coatings through mechanisms such as thermal fatigue and the formation and growth of thermally grown oxides (TGOs). This thesi...

Tubulin-binding cofactor (TBC)-B is implicated in the presentation of α-tubulin ready to polymerize, and at the correct levels to form microtubules. Bioinformatics analyses, including secondary structure prediction, CD, and crystallography, were combined to characterize the molecular architecture of Trypanosoma brucei TBC-B. An efficient recombinant expression system was prepared, material-puri...

During apoptosis, dying cells are quickly internalized by neighboring cells or phagocytes, and are enclosed in phagosomes that undergo a maturation process to generate the phagoslysosome, in which cell corpses are eventually degraded. It is not well understood how apoptotic cell degradation is regulated. Here we report the identification and characterization of the C. elegans tbc-2 gene, which ...

Indonesia menempati urutan kedua dengan jumlah Tuberkulosis (TBC) terbanyak didunia. Investigasi kontak merupakan salah satu strategi eliminasi TBC yang dapat dilakukan oleh kader kesehatan namun belum mampu melakukan investigasi di masyarakat. Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini untuk meningkatkan kemampuan dalam TBC. Metode yaitu pendampingan berupa orientasi, simulasi dan praktek. Hasi...

Abstract This paper examines possibilities for improving the existing strategies of consistency management highly-distributed transactional database in a hybrid cloud environment. With detailed analysis models distributed and standard including Classic, Quorum Tree Based Consistency (TBC), it is concluded that an improved advanced model so-called visible adaptive needs to be applied environment...