CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIES Lactobacillus paracasei is a Gram-positive, non-spore forming, homofermentative rod that is a common inhabitant of the human intestinal tract (1,2). L. paracasei strains are also found naturally in fermented vegetables, milk and meat. Strains of this species are used in many food products, including traditional fermented milks and cheese. Selected strains of this ...

A large percentage of pediatric anesthesia practice takes place outside the traditional operating room (OR) environment. This practice presents unique challenges because of unfamiliar surroundings, lack of sufficient space, and ancillary personnel who are not familiar with anesthetic procedures and techniques. Furthermore, we are often scheduled in multiple locations throughout the institution ...

ITE JOURNAL / NOVEMBER 1999 HIGHWAY-RAILROAD GRADE crossings are a relatively unique and sometimes perilous intersection of two transportation modes. The cost of collisions at these intersections is high in both dollars and human lives. The amount and type of sight distance provided at highway-railroad grade crossings can have significant impacts on safety. The proper calculation of these sight...

Erica Brownfield, MD Emory University School of Medicine Approximately 23 million people undergo surgery each year in the United States. Despite pharmacologic interventions, at least 40-50% of postoperative patients report inadequate pain relief. In addition, the practice of withholding analgesics due to fear of masking symptomatology and delaying diagnosis is still widespread in many emergency...

Introduction Recent surveys have shown acupuncture treatment to be safe and the risk of major complications extremely low. Subacute bacterial endocarditis is a known serious complication that can follow acupuncture treatment but the reporting of such events in the literature is rare. Of these isolated reports, most have been associated with the use of semi-permanent needles, which have been lef...

As long as health communications have existed in the USA, Americans have faced the task of sorting the agenda of the source from the advice it provides. That task has become more complicated as advances in the science of nutrition and the technology used to present it have heightened the complexity of nutrition communications. Getting consumers to adopt a healthier diet has been a protracted un...

Introduction This is the second of a series of articles that highlight human anatomy issues of relevance to acupuncture practitioners. Whilst the framework of the articles is built around anatomical structures that should be avoided when needling, the aim is not to frighten practitioners, but rather to instil confidence in safe needling techniques. Most textbooks of acupuncture use relative sca...

ESP practitioners in universities are increasingly being requested to edit their faculty colleagues’research manuscripts. This newly emerging relationship between text editor and requestingparty involves a form of mediation that goes beyond the traditional relationship between teacherand learner. Providing the task is performed assiduously, ESP practitioners can only gain fromth...

BACKGROUND There are few literatures evaluating the association between cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) positive strains of Helicobacter pylori (HP) and the severity of coronary heart disease (CHD). This study was designed to investigate this association. METHODS Medical and drug history of 112 consecutive patients who were candidate for coronary angiography were taken. Fasting blood sampl...

BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by activation of T and polyclonal B lymphocytes. IL-18 was originally identified as a factor which enhances IFN-γ production and is a potent inducer of the inflammatory mediators by T cells, causing severe inflammatory disorders in SLE. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the association of plasma...