The reuse of components increases the need to document the components in a standard way, because proper documentation assists a buyer to assess the credibility and maturity of a component and validate the functional and quality properties of a component. This document provides a general template for documenting software components in a standard way whereby the component buyer and developer view...

In June, an alert Anchorage pediatrician notified our office of a possible case of botulism in a three-month old Valdez resident. The infant presented to Providence Hospital with a 9 day history of constipation, increasing lethargy, and decreasing muscular tone. The mother reported a decreased suck reflex, inability to swallow, choking, a droopy head and a weak cry. These symptoms developed ove...

748 Emerging Infectious Diseases • Vol. 8, No. 7, July 2002 Additionally, the high conversion rate (two of five) in those who reported consistent mask use when caring for active TB cases may suggest overreporting of mask use, poor adjustment of the mask, contact with unsuspected active cases (9), or contact with a contaminated environment. This high TST conversion rate and incidence of TB demon...

Different patterns of strand asymmetry have been documented in a variety of prokaryotic genomes as well as mitochondrial genomes. Because different replication mechanisms often lead to different patterns of strand asymmetry, much can be learned of replication mechanisms by examining strand asymmetry. Here I summarize the diverse patterns of strand asymmetry among different taxonomic groups to s...