AS HRAE Jou rna l ash rae .o rg M a y 2 0 0 8 Michael D. Larrañaga, Ph.D., P.E., is Simplex Professor and department head of the School of Fire Protection and Safety at the Oklahoma State University, School of Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology, Stillwater, Okla. Mario G. Beruvides, Ph.D., P.E., is professor and director of the Center for Systems Solutions at Texas Tech Universit...

The majority of current biotechnological applications are of microbial origin, and it is widely appreciated that the microbial world contains by far the greatest fraction of biodiversity in the biosphere. Because of their biotech impact, numerous efforts are being undertaken worldwide, with an ultimate goal to deliver new usable substances of microbial origin to the marketplace. However, the di...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether unemployment and alcohol consumption were associated with different types of crime in Trinidad and Tobago. METHODS This study made use of secondary data from the Central Statistical Office of Trinidad and Tobago for the period 1990-1997. Pearson product moment correlations and stepwise multiple regression analysis were used to ident...

OBJECTIVES To describe the sources that active offenders in Trinidad and Tobago use to obtain firearms and report their motivations for obtaining them. To estimate relationships between gang involvement, drug selling, and firearm ownership (or possession). SETTING Port of Spain (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago). METHODS A cross-sectional research design was used to collect self-report data ...

listeria monocytogenes can cause serious infection and recently, relapse of listeriosis has been reported in leukemia and colorectal cancer, and the patients with klebsiella pneumoniae are at increased risk of colorectal cancer. translation initiation codon recognition is basically mediated by shine-dalgarno (sd) and the anti-sd sequences at the small ribosomal rna (ssu rrna). in this research,...

background mobile learning affects learners through motivation, cooperation, information sharing, and availability. it provides opportunities for learners, learning providers and universities. this study aimed to examine the role of mobile learning on the academic achievement and self-regulation of paramedical sciences in birjand university of medical sciences. methods this survey is a quasi-ex...

bacteria make up about half of the living organisms inside of the rumen. however, they do more than half of the work in the rumen. the bacteria work together. some breakdown certain carbohydrates and proteins which are then used by others. some require certain growth factors, such as b-vitamins, which are made by others. some bacteria help to clean up the rumen of others’ end products, such as ...

extracellular polymeric substances are defined as high molecular weight compounds secreted by the microorganisms in the surrounding area. since these extracellular substances are mainly polysaccharide, they are named exopolysaccharide. microbial exopolysaccharides composed of sugar residue have growing interest as a new class of microbial products which can be used in food, pharmaceutical, and ...

Editorial When we are young, we hear a lot about " germs " from the adults in our lives: " Don't put that in your mouth! " and " Wash your hands! " Enrolling in a microbiology course takes these concepts to a whole new level; by seeing microbes firsthand and learning about how they grow and thrive, we begin to truly understand how ubiquitous microbes are within our environment. Indeed, this cau...