In this book, Mark Pendergrast, a journalist by training, tries to present a comprehensive history of the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). He successfully tells the stories of the elite group, but in attempting to cover so many of the outbreaks in which they have been involved, he loses the essence of their story. Some of the outbreaks clearly have more detail than others. The story of the ...

Isomerically pure nitrile complexes eis­ [Ru(dppm)zCI(NCRW (2a-d) are formed upon chloride displacement from eis-[Ru(dppm)ZChJ (1) or, alternatively, by ligand substitution from the acetonitrile complex 2a. This latter approach does also allow for the introduction of pyri­ dine (3 a,b), heptamethyldisilazane (4) or isonitrile ligands (5). All complexes are obtained as the configurationally stab...

Endogenously produced, diffusible redox mediators can act as electron shuttles for bacterial respiration. Accordingly, the mediators also serve a critical role in microbial fuel cells (MFCs), as they assist extracellular electron transfer from the bacteria to the anode serving as the intermediate electron sink. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) may be a valuable tool for evaluating t...

Z. Naturforsch. 34b, 569-572 (1979); received December 27, 1978 Triphenylphosphazenyl Derivatives, Preparation, Characterization Reaction of the ring systems NPC12(NS0X)2 and (NPC12)2NS0X (X = F, Cl, Ph) with HNPPI13 in molar ratio 1:2 gives their mono(tripbenylphosphazenyl) derivatives. The compound NPCl(NPPh3)(NSOPh)2 forms a stable 1:1 adduct with acetonitrile. All compounds are characterize...

The impact of IT networks and electronic information services and sources on academic information users is potentially enormous, and permeates all of the arenas of research, teaching, publishing and communication. The change provoked by the emergence of electronic information services (EIS), is only one of many changes taking place in higher education, which affect the nature of academic jobs a...

PurposeTo gather some empirical, baseline information on the use/non-use of selected, subscribed electronic information services (EIS) among full time Year Three undergraduates at The St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies, in Trinidad and Tobago and in the geographic area of the Caribbean. Design/methodology/approachThe study’s research design involved a mixed quantitative a...

OBJECTIVE Cancer cells exhibit altered local dielectric properties compared to normal cells. These properties are measurable as a difference in electrical conductance using electrical impedance scanning (EIS). EIS is at present not sufficiently accurate for clinical routine despite its technological advantages. To modify the technology and increase its accuracy, the factors that influence preci...

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) enables the examination of electrochemical nature electrodes and cells by applying an alternating voltage (or current) measuring resulting current voltage). The resistance capacitance components electrode can be evaluated AC changing frequency. In particular, analysis using equivalent circuit determine important parameters related to reaction electro...

INTRODUCTION Endoscopic band ligation (EBL) is superior to endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS) of oesophageal varices, however, EBL is associated with a higher rate of variceal recurrences. OBJECTIVE To examine whether the reduction of recurrent varices can be achieved by additional sclerotherapy of remnant little varices after ligation. METHODS Forty-eight patients with liver cirrhosi...