In order to evaluate the direct-method test of sensitivity to drugs used in the principal tuberculosis treatment regimes, in the Organon Teknika MB/BacT system, we tested 50 sputum samples positive to microscopy taken from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and with clinical indications for an antibiogram, admitted sequentially for examination during the routine of the reference laboratory. T...

This study was undertaken to determine whether trisodium phosphate decontamination of poultry could give a competitive advantage to pathogens and increase microbiological risk to consumers. Chicken legs were co-inoculated with similar concentrations of pathogenic (Salmonella Enteritidis or Listeria monocytogenes) and spoilage (Pseudomonas fluorescens or Brochothrix thermosphacta) bacteria. Samp...

Chemical fertilizer use in agricultural areas causes a variety of issues, including pollution, health risks, disruption natural ecological nutrient cycles, and the loss biological communities. In this case, chemical fertilizers, herbicides, other supplements are replaced by plant growth promoting bacteria for sustainable agriculture. The present research work focus on isolation from Kadi vegeta...

The aim of this study was to describe personal assistants’ risks for harmful effects in client transfer situations at work. Observation and assessment of their working postures in transfer situations were performed by the Swedish ergonomic regulations concerning “red flags” (AFS 1998:1), by video recordings and by biomechanical analysis. The results showed that among eight home care assistants,...

OBJECTIVE In early infancy the infant's thumb is not infrequently enclosed within the palm, ie, thumb-in-fist (TIF). This posture has received scant attention in the neurodevelopmental literature. Its prevalence, resolution, and clinical associations were investigated in this study. METHODOLOGY Two hundred sequentially born, apparently healthy full-term newborn infants comprised the cohort. T...

Philipson, K. D. (1985) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 821,367-376 Reeves, J. P., Hale, C. C., de la Pena, P., Slaughter, R. S., Boulware, T., Froehlich, J., Kaczorowski, G. J. & Cragoe, E. J. (1984) in Epithelial Calcium and Phosphate Transport: Molecular and Cellular Aspects (Bronner, F. & Peterlik, M., eds.), pp. 77-82, Alan Liss Inc., New York Blaustein, M. P. (1977) Biophys. J . 20,79-111 Chapman,...

Sports participation may lead to musculoskeletal adaptation and alter foot posture; however, the effect of high impact sports on foot posture has not fully been understood yet. The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in foot posture between elite collegiate athletes participating in high impact sports and sedentary college students using the Foot Posture Index (FPI). Foot po...

New motor rehabilitation therapies include virtual reality (VR) and robotic technologies. In limb rehabilitation, limb posture is required to (1) provide a limb realistic representation in VR games and (2) assess the patient improvement. When exoskeleton devices are used in the therapy, the measurements of their joint angles cannot be directly used to represent the posture of the patient limb, ...