THIS latest edition of Tredgold and Soddy's Textbook of Mental Deficiency in many ways rcpresents a healthy departure from static descriptions of pathological states alone to a more dynamic approach to the understanding of problems of social and psychological adjustment in mentally defective individuals. This owes much to the lessons learned from Child Psychiatry, and indeed the chapters on nor...

OBJECTIVE We describe an external quality assurance (EQA) study designed to assess the efficiency and accurateness of molecular and serological methods used by expert laboratories performing YF diagnosis. STUDY DESIGN For molecular diagnosis evaluation, a panel was prepared of 14 human plasma samples containing specific RNA of different YFV strains (YFV-17D, YFV South American strain [Brazil]...

Microorganisms are everywhere - in the air, soil, and human body as well as on inanimate surfaces like laboratory benches and computer keyboards. The ubiquity of microbes creates a copious supply of potential contaminants in a laboratory. To ensure experimental success, the number of contaminants on equipment and work surfaces must be minimized. Common among many experiments in microbiology are...

This is a review of the main biological tests that can be requested by nephrologists to diagnose hepatitis C virus infection, together with a tentative specification of their indications and interpretation methods. This diagnosis is mainly based on serological tests (ELISA). The second and third generation tests contain, in addition to the NS4, proteins of the core and NS3 region. The latter tw...

The 2 2 model of perfectionism examines the relation between four subtypes of perfectionism and psychological adjustment (Gaudreau & Thompson, 2010). Researchers have investigated subtypes of perfectionism using common multivariate statistical analyses. The development of a new measure is warranted to evaluate whether individuals can, with a decent degree of certainty, assess by themselves thei...

–Cryptosporidium parvum is a significant cause of gastrointestinal disease in humans. Many diagnostic techniques are available for its detection. Most of these includeMicroscopic methods, Serological methods, and Molecular methods. The present review aims in describing various diagnostic techniques available along with their advantages and limitations. Keywords––Cryptosporidium parvum, diagnost...

results in this setting, detection rate of the disease is 34.86%, if the high normal titer for the wrights test titer assumed 1/80 and is 44.95% if the titer assumed 1/40, while elisa test had detection rate of 58.72% for those suspicious cases. furthermore, the detection rate for diagnosis of active brucellosis with 2me tests was 17.54% with high normal titer of 1/80 and was 59.64% with a high...