Rapid assays are still needed to detect rifabutin (RFB) susceptibility for proper tuberculosis treatment. To assess the use of the GenoType MTBDRplus assay and subsequent rpoB gene sequencing on detection of RFB susceptibility, we analyzed 800 multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates, and 13% (104/800) were RFB susceptible. Of the 104 RFB-susceptible isolates, 71 (68.3%) isolates...

In the wake of increasing share renewable energy-based generation systems in power mix and reducing risk global environmental harm caused by fossil-based systems, energy storage system application has become a crucial player to offset intermittence instability associated with systems. Due capability store large amounts an efficient way, redox flow batteries (RFBs) are becoming choice for large-...

Redox Flow Batteries are a promising option for large-scale stationary energy storage. The vanadium redox flow battery is the most widely commercialized system thanks to its chemical stability and performance. This work aims optimize scheduling of that stores produced by renewable power plant, keeping into account thorough characterization performance, with variable efficiencies capacity fade e...

The drug-drug interaction between rifabutin (RFB) and darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r) was examined in a randomized, three-way crossover study of HIV-negative healthy volunteers who received DRV/r 600/100 mg twice a day (BID) (treatment A), RFB 300 mg once a day (QD) (treatment B), and DRV/r 600/100 mg BID plus RFB 150 mg every other day (QOD) (treatment C). The sequence of treatments was randomized...

Redox-flow batteries are relevant to store energy from intermittent sources such as solar panels or wind turbines, thereby smoothing their supply. Up now, most redox-flow based on vanadium. Vanadium is a rare and expensive material, thus recent research has focused organic compounds and, in particular, anthraquinones electroactive materials. However, the tunability of chemistry poses needle-in-...

Research on redox-flow batteries (RFBs) is currently experiencing a significant upturn, stimulated by the growing need to store increasing quantities of sustainably generated electrical energy. RFBs are promising candidates for the creation of smart grids, particularly when combined with photovoltaics and wind farms. To achieve the goal of "green", safe, and cost-efficient energy storage, resea...

The recently developed solid oxide metal-air redox battery is a new technology capable of high-rate chemistry. Here we report that the performance, reversibility and stability of a solid oxide iron-air redox battery can be significantly improved by nanostructuring energy storage materials from a carbothermic reaction.

This paper presents an error correction method known as restorative feedback (RFB) that provides error-correction for both permanent and temporal logic faults in any M-ary logic system. The RFB method is a variant of triple modular redundancy (TMR), which achieves error correction in logic circuits by using three-fold redundancy. Unlike TMR, the RFB method has well-defined application to arbitr...