REST – An Innovative Rapid Eye Screening Test

A rapid screening test for pleural exudates.

An Innovative Computer Assisted Proficiency Test

A description is given of the CAPTEAP system that generates English proficiency tests (EPTs) automatically. Because the work is targeted at non-native, graduate students who need to develop technical writing skills, CAPTEAP tests the student's ability to understand and produce technical writing in English, also helping him/her develop the schemata for the academic discourse. For this reason the...

An Innovative Simple Test Circuit for Single-Phase Short Circuit Making Test of High-Voltage Switching Devices

Nowadays, high-voltage circuit breakers have reached such high short-circuit capabilities that testing them under the full rated voltage is generally not possible with direct tests, and they are conducted by using the synthetic test methods. Although the phenomena associated with making tests is of particular importance especially in case of load break switches, but making tests are rather d...

Evaluation of an innovative school eye health educational mode.

An innovative mode of using school children as health educators for transmitting messages on eye health care in the school environment was evaluated. Fifty children were evaluated at baseline and immediately after the educational session. A significant change in cognitive aspects of eye care was demonstrated (p < 0.001). Knowledge on vitamin A related aspects and childhood ocular trauma improve...

Rapid screening test for enterotoxin-producing Bacillus cereus.

Culture supernatants of 30 enterotoxin-producing Bacillus cereus isolates produced a characteristic progressive destruction of McCoy cell monolayers. Enterotoxin-negative B. cereus and other group 1 Bacillus spp. caused no monolayer disruption. The McCoy cell tissue culture system appears to provide a rapid screening assay for detection of enterotoxin-producing B. cereus.