The mechanisms underlying bacterial tolerance to antibiotics are unclear. A possible adaptation strategy was explored by exposure of drug-naive methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strain FDA209P to vancomycin in vitro Strains surviving vancomycin treatment (vancomycin survivor strains), which appeared after 96 h of exposure, were slow-growing derivatives of the parent strain. Although...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to develop models of personality change after traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on information provided by the TBI survivor and a significant other (SO), and to compare the models generated from the two different sources of information. METHODS Individuals with and without TBI and an SO were interviewed separately about their current personality. The SOs...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the experience of loneliness for women more than a year following breast cancer treatment. RESEARCH APPROACH Qualitative, phenomenologic. SETTING Interviews conducted in women's setting of choice (e.g., home, library). PARTICIPANTS Purposive sample of 13 women, 1-18 years following breast cancer treatment. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH Streubert's descriptive phen...

minimum inhibitory concentrations (mic) of some essential oils and citric acid were determined against two micro-organisms associated with spoilage of orange juice (saccharomyces cervisiae and leuconostoc mesenteroids) and against four unidentified microorganisms isolated from citrus surface and spoiled orange juice. mic for limonene were obtained less than 5% w/v aqueous against saccharomyces ...

Introduction: The objective of this project was to engage survivor–advocates by describing their experiences living with lung cancer in an era of increasing treatment options. Methods: This was a qualitative engagement project with participants from a lung cancer advocacy organization’s survivor advisory board. Interviews were conducted, transcribed, and analyzed for stages and associated exper...

1. Using the loss of turgidity of the cells as a criterion it is found that the toxicity curve of copper chloride with Nitella is sigmoid. An empirical equation can be constructed which will approximately fit the curve. 2. When the concentration of the copper chloride is varied the toxic effect varies as a constant, fractional, power of the concentration. This relation holds when the concentrat...

Background: Liver cirrhosis (LC) is still being important public health concern, due to the rising of global incidence and mortality. There risk progression in LC patients acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) with high complication short-term mortality rate. It needs rapid simpler predictor immediate accurate triage patient. The aim this study review systematically role PWR predict ACLF patien...