Bacteria of the phylum Chlamydiae infect a diverse range of eukaryotic host species, including vertebrate animals, invertebrates, and even protozoa. Characteristics shared by all Chlamydiae include their obligate intracellular lifestyle and a biphasic developmental cycle. The infectious form, the elementary body (EB), invades a host cell and differentiates into the replicative form, the reticul...

We consider the notion of replete object in the category of directed complete partial orders and Scott-continuous functions, and show that, contrary to previous expectations, there are non-replete objects. The same happens in the case of ω-complete posets. Synthetic Domain Theory developed from an idea of Dana Scott: it is consistent with intuitionistic set theory that all functions between dom...

It is well known that closure operators on a complete lattice, ordered pointwise, give rise to a complete lattice, and this basic fact plays an important rôle in many fields of the semantics area, notably in domain theory and abstract interpretation. We strengthen that result by showing that closure operators on any directed-complete partial order (CPO) still form a complete lattice. An example...

Simpson, A.K., A characterisation of the least-fixed-point operator by dinaturality, Theoretical Computer Science 118 (1993) 301-314. The paper addresses the question of when the least-fixed-point operator, in a Cartesian-closed category of domains, is characterised as the unique dinatural transformation from the exponentiation bifunctor to the identity functor. We give a sufficient condition o...

Objectives: In this study, we compared the performance of a rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method in detecting carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPOs) and its impact on infection prevention control (IPC) measures with culture PCR method. Methods: All patients requiring CPO screening were included. Rectal swabs collected double rayon (Copan 139C). They simultaneously analyzed for presenc...

background post-mastectomy breast reconstruction is commonly performed in the united states with numerous options available to patients and providers. this study evaluated patient race and provider in prediction of patient satisfaction following post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. methods the patient satisfaction for women who underwent post mastectomy breast reconstruction at university of ...

abstract background: effective patient–professional communication can be of crucial importance to long-term psycho-social outcomes in patients with cancer. a cross sectional study was conducted to examine cancer patients' satisfaction with regard to various aspects of communication and information given by nurses. methods: a proportional stratified sampling method was done and data collect...

Introduction Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of preventable cancer-related deaths, and Blacks and Latinos are disproportionately affected. While CRC screening reduces cancer disparities, barriers exist at the system, clinician and patient levels. Prevention Care Management (PCM) has increased CRC screening rates in eleven CHCs and four Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MM...

In this paper, we show that the category of directed complete posets with bottom elements (cpos) endowed with an action of a monoid $M$ on them forms a monoidal category. It is also proved that this category is symmetric closed.