The occurrence of clostridia was investigated in a total of 60 commercially available curry roux samples. Clostridia were isolated from 37 (62%) samples, and Clostridium perfringens was isolated from 7 (12%) samples. The isolates of C. perfringens did not produce enterotoxin. The frequency of occurrence was higher by the enrichment broth culture detection method than by the agar plate or pouch ...

BACKGROUND Women of African descent are disproportionately affected by intimate partner abuse; yet, limited data exist on whether the prevalence varies for women of African descent in the United States and those in the US territories. OBJECTIVE In this multisite study, we estimated lifetime and 2-year prevalence of physical, sexual, and psychological intimate partner abuse (IPA) among 1,545 w...

Brainstem A2/C2 neurons are catecholamine (CA) neurons within the solitary tract nucleus (NTS) that influence many homeostatic functions, including cardiovascular reflexes, food intake, and stress. Because NTS is a major interface between sensory visceral afferents and the CNS, NTS CA neurons are ideally suited to coordinate complex responses by their projections to multiple brain regions. To t...

This paper investigates the application of flow-permeable materials as a solution for reducing jet-installation noise. Experiments are carried out with flat plate placed in near field single-stream subsonic jet. The is modular and solid surface trailing edge can be replaced different inserts, such metal foam perforated structure. time-averaged jet flow characterized through planar PIV measureme...

BACKGROUND The use of elderly donors (ED) and dual kidney transplantation (DKT) procedures have become common in clinical practice. A correct evaluation of kidneys from ED is crucial to avoid unsuccessful transplantation or the use of DKT when a single transplant (ST) would be equally successful. The aim of this investigation was to assess the role of renal biopsy (RB) in the assessment of kidn...

STUDY OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the incidence of transient U-wave inversion during vasospasm of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) with ST-segment depression as opposed to that with ST-segment elevation. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Cardiology division of acute-care hospitals. PATIENTS We studied 49 patients with vasospastic angina whose vasospasm was induced i...