It is important for search and pay-per-click engines to penetration test their click fraud detection systems, in order to find potential vulnerabilities and correct them before fraudsters can exploit them. In this paper, we describe: (1) some goals and desirable qualities of a click fraud penetration testing system, based on our experience, and (2) our experiences with the challenges of buildin...

Soil stiffness constants govern the soil sinkage and the pressure-sinkage behaviour of the soil under load. To determine soil stiffness constants in Upadhyaya model under field conditions, a field reflecting general character of an agricultural soil was selected and multiplate penetration tests were conducted. The soil stiffness constants in Upadhyaya model were determined from five sets of soi...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes both invasive (bacteremic) and chronic noninvasive infections. A simple in vitro system to screen P. aeruginosa clinical isolates for their capacity to penetrate MDCK cell monolayers has been developed. By means of this system, P. aeruginosa clinical isolates, including 32 blood and 45 respiratory isolates, were examined. When monolayers were infected with 3.5x107 ...

BACKGROUND It has been recently observed that in implants with screw-retained abutments, in in vitro as well as in vivo conditions, bacteria can penetrate inside the internal cavity of the implant as a consequence of leakage at the implant-abutment interface. An alternative to screw-retained abutments is represented by implants that can receive cemented abutments. In this case, the abutment goe...

OBJECTIVES The degree of penetration of an antibiotic into the infected site is an important criterion for therapeutic success. Ertapenem is a new carbapenem, exhibiting activity against most Gram-positive and Gram-negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria commonly recovered from community-acquired infections. However, no studies concerning its diffusion into bone and synovial tissue are availabl...

The majority of plants live in symbiotic associations with fungi or bacteria that improve their nutrition. Critical steps in a symbiosis are mutual recognition and subsequently the establishment of an intimate association, which involves the penetration of plant tissues and, in many cases, the invasion of individual host cells by the microbial symbiont. Recent advances revealed that in the arbu...

A novel method is proposed using nanometer-sized diamond particles as detection probes for biolabeling. The advantages of nanodiamond's unique properties were demonstrated in its biocompatibility, nontoxicity, easily detected Raman signal, and intrinsic fluorescence from its natural defects without complicated pretreatments. Carboxylated nanodiamond's (cND's) penetration ability, noncytotoxicit...

A study was undertaken to determine why bacteria could penetrate lengths of consolidated sandstone (Berea) faster when the sandstone was sterilized by autoclaving than when dry heat (150 degrees C, 3 h) was used. Changes in permeability, porosity, and pore entrance size of the rock as a result of autoclaving were not sufficient to explain the differences in penetration times observed, but elect...

BACKGROUND Migration is an important virulence factor for intestinal bacteria. However, the role of bacterial mobility in the penetration of viscous mucus and their spatial organization within the colon is relatively unknown. METHODS Movements of fecal bacteria were assessed in gels of varying agarose concentrations and were compared with patterns of bacterial distribution observed in colons ...