Context. Transition discs are expected to be a natural outcome of the interplay between photoevaporation and giant planet formation. Massive planets reduce inflow material from outer inner disc, therefore triggering an earlier onset disc dispersal due through process known as Planet-Induced PhotoEvaporation. In this case, cavity is formed inside planetary orbit removed by photoevaporation, leav...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Reliable methods of detection of antimicrobial resistance are of paramount importance in the treatment and management of infections caused by Haemophilus influenzae. The objective of the present study was to compare and evaluate the performance of disc diffusion and E test (Epsilometer test) with agar dilution method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of H. influen...

This paper presents a method for under-approximating behavioural models with the guarantee that the abstract paths can be instantiated as executions of the models. This allows a model-based testing approach to operate on an abstraction of an infinite or very large behavioural model. We characterize the abstract transitions as may, must+ or must-. This allows us to benefit from Thomas Ball’s res...

BACKGROUND Cefoxitin is a potent inducer of the mecA gene. It is currently as a screening recommended method for presumptive identification of isolates of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The aim of the study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of the cefoxitin disc diffusion (30 μg) to oxacillin agar screening from detection of the mecA gene by PCR. METHODS Thre...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to evaluate the computational reconstruction of the articular eminence of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and semiautomatic volumetric segmentation techniques for morphological classification of the TMJ structure. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 36 MRI scans of TMJ individuals were selected and formatted by u...

PURPOSE To determine the effect of optic disc drusen on the latency of the pattern-reversal checkerboard visual evoked potentials (VEPs) and multifocal (mf)VEPs and to better understand the pathophysiology of the condition. METHODS Eighteen eyes with optic disc drusen (10 patients) and 38 control eyes (19 subjects) underwent VEP, mfVEP, and visual field testing. Only one eye of each individua...