BACKGROUND Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) resistance is a growing concern in and outside hospitals. Physicians often face a true clinical dilemma when initiating empirical antibiotic treatment in patients admitted to internal medicine departments. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of risk factors for ESBL resistance in patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) admitted to inte...

Various relationships between internal organs and the skin are known. Skin sensitivity, temperature, hydration, colour as well as electrical parameters may be changed by internal organ pathology. The correlation between psychological status and skin electrical resistance, known as the psychogalvanic reaction, is utilized in polygraph tests. The impact of endocrinological function and autonomic ...

Established …rms often fail to maintain leadership following disruptive market shifts. We argue that such …rms are more prone to internal resistance. A radical adjustment of assets a¤ects the distribution of employee rents, creating winners and losers. Losers resist large changes when strong customer goodwill cushions the consequences. Partial adaptation may lead winners to depart to form new …...

This paper considers the approach to the measurement of internal resistance of the battery in the uninterruptible power sources (UPSs [1]). Advantages of the approach are the measurements in power supplies without switching-off the battery, simplicity in realization of algorithm. The basic expressions of the theory used in the method about internal resistance of the storage battery are consider...

The lithium-ion battery is a viable power source for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and, more recently, electric vehicles (EVs). Its performance, especially in terms of state of charge (SOC), plays a significant role in the energy management of these vehicles. The extended Kalman filter (EKF) is widely used to estimate online SOC as an efficient estimation algorithm. However, conventional EKF ...