OBJECTIVES To identify the mechanism(s) underlying cefotaxime resistance in 118 of 21,641 (0.55%) non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica isolates collected from humans throughout England and Wales from January 2010 to September 2012. METHODS Non-duplicate isolates (n = 118) resistant to cefotaxime (MICs >1 mg/L) were screened by PCR for genes encoding CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) a...

Mine water is a menace to coal mining. Transient Electromagnetic Method (TEM) is a relatively quick and efficient method to detect the water yield property of a targeted layer. Based on mine-oriented 3D TEM observing system, the signal of induced voltage is obtained. TEM 3D data volume can be calculated through the calculation of late-period resistivity and time-depth conversion. After setting ...

This paper describes the self-assembly of hydrogen-bonded polymeric rods based on the lattice of cyanuric acid and melamine (CA‚M). Data from 1H NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) are interpreted as indicating that the self-assembly of a bisisocyanuric acid (bisCA) and a bismelamine (bisM) formed polymeric nanorods ...

During allergic reactions, basophils migrate from the blood compartment to inflammatory sites, where they act as effector cells in concert with eosinophils. Because transendothelial migration (TEM) represents an essential step for extravasation of cells, for the first time we have studied basophil TEM using HUVEC. Treatment of HUVEC with IL-1beta significantly enhanced basophil TEM, which was f...

The structural characteristics of SrRuO3 thin films deposited on a (001) SrTiO3 substrate by pulsed laser were studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution TEM. TEM studies of cross-sectional specimens revealed the epitaxial growth of the films with the SrRuO3-(110) plane parallel to the SrTiO3-(001) plane. Two types of 90° rotational domain structures were observed in ...

Many Arabic character recognition systems have been proposed since the early eighties. Most systems reported high recognition rates, however, they overlooked a very i m portant factor in the process; the speed factor. I n this paper, a parallel Arabic character recognition sys tem is introduced. T h e goal of the sys tem is t o achieve both full accuracy and high speed. Th i s has been accompli...

This a r t i c l e i n t r o d u c e s a b i d i r e c t i o n a l g r a m m a r genera t ion sys tem called fea ture s t ructure-directed generat ion, developed for a d ia logue t rans la t ion sys tem. The sys tem utilizes typed feature structures to control the top-down derivation in a declarative way. This generation system also uses disjunctive feature structures to reduce the number of co...

This study evaluates the occurrence of bacteriophages carrying antibiotic resistance genes in animal environments. bla(TEM), bla(CTX-M) (clusters 1 and 9), and mecA were quantified by quantitative PCR in 71 phage DNA samples from pigs, poultry, and cattle fecal wastes. Densities of 3 to 4 log(10) gene copies (GC) of bla(TEM), 2 to 3 log(10) GC of bla(CTX-M), and 1 to 3 log(10) GC of mecA per mi...