Cameroon belongs to the group of countries highly endemic for hepatitis C viruses. Coinfection of hepatitis C and HIV are also common due to the shared route of transmission of both viruses. In hospital settings in Cameroon, diagnosis prior to treatment of hepatitis C is based solely on the results obtained with an immunochromatographic rapid strip test (97%). This study was aimed at determinin...

Israel and the Palestinian Authority share the southern Mediterranean coastal aquifer. Long-term overexploitation in the Gaza Strip has resulted in a decreasing water table, accompanied by the degradation of its water quality. Due to high levels of salinity and nitrate and boron pollution, most of the ground water is inadequate for both domestic and agricultural consumption. The rapid rate of p...

Soil phosphorus (P) release capability could be assessed through the degree of P saturation (DPS). Our main objective was to determine DPS and, hence, P threshold DPS values of an Ultisol treated with triple superphosphate (TSP), Gafsa phosphate rocks (GPR), or Christmas Island phosphate rocks (CIPR), plus or minus manure. P release was determined by the iron oxide-impregnated paper strip (stri...

Manuscript Received 4-June-2012 and revised 18-September-2012 ISSN: 2322-3936 Accepted on 1December-2012 Abstract—This paper presents a new approach for the design of a multiband uniplanar CPW-fed monopole antenna. The antenna consists of a fork like monopole strip to which is added an inverted U-shaped strip. The three branch fork like strip can create three resonant bands within the WLAN rang...

This clinical trial compared the effects of hydrogen peroxide concentration and toothbrushing on clinical response to vital bleaching. Tooth bleaching was accomplished with a flexible, polyethylene strip coated with a hydrogen peroxide bleaching gel worn for 30 minutes twice daily over a 14-day period. A total of 36 subjects were randomized to 1 of 3 treatment groups: 5.3% hydrogen peroxide str...

We have developed a new litmus paper test (DipTest) for detecting Escherichia coli (E. coli) in water samples by performing enzymatic reactions directly on the porous paper substrate. The paper strip consists of a long narrow piece of cellulose blotting paper coated with chemoattractant (at bottom edge), wax hydrophobic barrier (at the top edge), and custom formulated chemical reagents (at reac...

a new competitive immunochromatography (icg) strip test based on polyclonal antibody (pab) conjugated with gold nanoparticles (nps) was developed and its applications for primary screening of immunoglobulin (ig) a in serum were evaluated. nanocolloidal gold as the detection reagent, with an average particle diameter of 20 nm, was synthesized and labelled pab. the antibody-nanocolloidal gold pro...

Timing Resistive Plate Chambers in multi-strip configuration, pioneered by the FOPI collaboration [1], are planned for covering the low-granularity part of the CBM-TOF wall. A recent experiment at GSI cave-B has shown that, with an adequate optimization of the strip layout and readout, the multi-strip concept is sound in terms of timing and efficiency, and well suited for a multi-hit environmen...