Listeria sps are ubiquitous in nature. Infection due to L. monocytogenes causes illness in animals and humans worldwide. Aim of the present study was to standardize a multiplex PCR for the identification and differentiation of important Listeria species, in particular, Listeria monocytogenes and to detect toxigenic potential of L. monocytogenes. Employing primers for truncated regions of seven ...

Vision can serve many purposes when employed on a mobile robot. In order to explore the capabilities of a visually guided mobile robot, an existing robot kit used in the Intelligent Autonomous Robotics course at the University of Edinburgh was enhanced through the addition of a webcam. An API was then created for controlling the webcam within the development platform used by the robot kit. The ...

Isolation and identification of Candida spp. and determination of their antifungal susceptibilities that cause mycotic mastitis in cattle in Tekirdag province and its counties in Marmara Region were aimed in this research. 100 mastitis milk samples were used in the study. Microorganisms isolated as Candida spp. were identified by API 20C AUX rapid identification kit. Antifungal susceptibility r...

Danaparoid sodium salt, is the active component of ORGARAN, an anticoagulant and antithrombotic drug constituted of three glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) obtained from porcine intestinal mucosa extracts. Heparan sulfate is the major component, dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate being the minor ones. Currently dermatan sulfate and chondroitin sulfate are quantified by UV detection of their unsat...

Supplier selection plays a vital role in the process of product development. The purpose of this research is to integrate the state of the art Web technologies with business theories to establish a Web-based distributed environment for supplier selection. A Web Services-oriented multipossibility supplier selection system has been developed, which helps manufacturers to make decisions for select...

Most hospital bacteriologists have divided staphylococci into two groups: Staphylococcus aureus and the coagulase-negative staphylococci of which the novobiocin-resistant varieties are termed S. saprophyticus. The identification of S. aureus has been easy but that of the other staphylococci has provided some difficulties and most currently available methods are expensive or time consuming. Mult...

The objective of the study was to develop regression models to describe the epidemiological profile of dental caries in 12-year-old children in an area of low prevalence of caries. Two distinct random probabilistic samples of schoolchildren (n=1,763) attending public and private schools in Piracicaba, Southeastern Brazil, were studied. Regression models were estimated as a function of the most ...

Chemical imaging technology is a rapid examination technique that combines molecular spectroscopy and digital imaging, providing information on morphology, composition, structure, and concentration of a material. Among many other applications, chemical imaging offers an array of novel analytical testing methods, which limits sample preparation and provides high-quality imaging data essential in...

UML Profile for Schedulability, Performance and Time is designed to add standard real-time extensions to UML in order to facilitate real-time analysis capabilities, such as rate monotonic analysis, based on the profile. In this paper we explore issues involved in generating code for the OSEK API, which is a popular realtime operating systems standard in the automotive industry.