Conventional tube cell culture was compared with a 2 day and 5 day spin-amplified shell vial indirect immunofluorescence assay for the detection of mumps virus in swabs from the area of Stensen's duct. The sensitivity and specificity of the shell vial assay were 95.9 and 100%, respectively. The shell vial detected 66.3% of the positive cultures within 2 days of inoculation while the first posit...

A shell vial technique was used to recover respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from frozen nasopharyngeal specimens previously tested by rapid diagnostic methods. With specimens determined to be positive by direct fluorescence assay (DFA), the shell vial technique was at least as sensitive as conventional tissue culture (92 versus 90%). The majority of RSV isolates were detected within 16 h posti...

En los últimos años hemos asistido a un cambio lento, pero sustancial, en la cultura de la seguridad vial. Tras d ecadas considerando los accidentes de tr afico como una fatalidad inevitable, la prevención de las lesiones por accidente de tr afico empieza a incorporarse como parte de los comportamientos cotidianos: se conduce a menor velocidad, se consume menos alcohol en caso de tener que cond...

The purpose of this study is to clarify the presence of so much insoluble microparticles in the injections and to confirm the usefulness of the final filter for its removal. The test drugs used were Doyle 1 g vial, Cefotax 1 g vial, Minomycin 100 mg vial, Omegacin 0.3 g vial, Maxipime 1 g vial, Rocephin 1 g vial, Isovorin 25 mg vial, Diamox 500 mg vial and Fungizone 50 mg vial. 1) An appropriat...

The objective of this work was to determine the drying kinetics and thermodynamic properties process germinated seeds from faba beans Olho-de-Vó Preta (OVP), Raio-de-Sol (RS) Branca (B) varieties. Additionally, physicochemical subsequent dried flours were determined. A thin layer using a convective dryer at temperatures 50, 60, 70 80 °C. Mathematical models applied experimental data. samples fu...

The aim of this article is to discuss the concept posttraumatic growth (PTG) from perspective humanistic psychology. Research findings in PTG have posed what seem be challenging theoretical questions. Questions that perplexing or paradoxical mainstream research are: whether a normative process, if it better described as personality change, its relationship with PTSD, same resilience, illusory, ...

The optimal viewing position (OVP) effect indicates that words are identified most quickly when the eyes fixate near word centre in alphabetic languages. In two studies, we tested OVP typically developing readers and children with developmental dyslexia (DD), coordination disorder (DCD) both disorders (DD + DCD), using a variable-viewing-position technique. Study 1 showed had developed highly a...

Vial design features can play a significant role in heat transfer between the shelf and the product and, consequently, in the final quality of the freeze-dried product. Our objective was to investigate the impact of the variability of some geometrical dimensions of a set of tubing vials commonly used for pharmaceuticals production on the distribution of the vial heat transfer coefficients (Kv) ...