BACKGROUND There are limited data on region-specific drug susceptibility of tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. We performed resistance testing on specimens collected from treatment-naive patients with pulmonary TB in Southwestern Uganda for first and second line anti-TB drugs. We sought to provide data to guide regional recommendations for empiric TB therapy. METHODS Archived isolates, obtained fro...

The primary goal of Built-In Self-Test (BIST) for Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is to completely test all programmable logic and routing resources in the device such that the user can be assured that their system function is downloaded to a fault-free device. In this paper, we present case studies of developing BIST configurations for some of the less thought of, though equally importa...

AS2542.3 (Determination of Thickness – Use of Ultrasonic Testing) states: “This standard specifies six methods for determination of thickness of material based on the use of ultrasonic pulse-echo principals where the scanning and reflecting surfaces are substantially parallel”. In many cases, the principals and procedures used in AS2452.3 are not applicable for the detection and measuring of is...

In an effort to maximize grain growth of open-die forged 6061 aluminum alloy parts, samples from three of Weber Metals’s suppliers (Hidal Co-Almex USA Inc., TST Inc., and Vista Metals Corp.; to be called Supplier H, Supplier T, Supplier V respectively) were cut into cylinders with diameters of 0.75 ̋ and heights of 2 ̋, and put through a simulated forging process and heat treatment. It is possibl...

Microfabrication methods have been used to construct crevice formers of rigorously controlled gap and length. These have been used to study the IR-controlled crevice corrosion of Ni200 in 0.5 M H2SO4 to determine the effect of crevice gap ~G! on the position of the accelerated attack (xcrit) within the crevice. The experimental results were then compared to the results of computational studies....

Measurements of chloride concentration are important in a range of applications. We report here on our progress toward the fabrication and testing of small, inexpensive chloride sensors integrated with sensing electronics on a CMOS chip. We describe and demonstrate a process for formation of gold and silver chloride/ silver electrodes on a CMOS chip. Cyclic voltammetry is performed on chip-scal...

When testing multi-storey structures, most testing facilities require the testing of a reduced-scale model. A literature review on tests of scaled masonry structural components revealed that scaling of masonry was rather challenging and often significant differences in stiffness, strength and failure mechanisms between the different sized masonry were reported. This paper addresses the scaling ...