Three different methodologies, reduction of litmus milk (LM) and acidification of arabinose (ARA), acidification of methyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (MGP), and rapid motility (RM), for differentiating isolates of Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus gallinarum (intrinsically vancomycin-resistant enterococci [IVRE]) from Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium were evaluated. All 33 ...

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The excimer-forming fluorophore dipyrenylpropane has been used to measure the relative fluidity of total membranes isolated from Escherichia coli grown at 30 or 45 degrees C, or exposed to a heat-shock from 30 to 45 degrees C for various periods of time. Parallel experiments were performed using [35S]methionine pulse-labeling of cells, to study the induction of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) at dif...

This study investigates the optical properties of human blood during the coagulation process under statics using optical coherence tomography (OCT). OCT signal slope (OCTSS) and 1∕e light penetration depth (d(1∕e)) were obtained from the profiles of reflectance versus depth. Results showed that both OCTSS and d(1∕e) were able to sensitively differentiate various stages of blood properties durin...

This paper proposes a Compromise Programming (CP) model to help investors decide whether to construct photovoltaic power plants with government financial support. For this purpose, we simulate an agreement between the government, who pursues political prices (guaranteed prices) as low as possible, and the project sponsor who wants returns (stochastic cash flows) as high as possible. The sponsor...

introduction: few studies are conducted on the efficacy of antispasmodics in the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children. we evaluated the effectiveness of a smooth-muscle relaxant (mebeverine) in the treatment of childhood functional abdominal pain (fap).   materials and methods: children (n=115, aged 6-18 years) with fap were randomized to receive mebeverine 135 mg twic...