The dairy industry suffers massive economic losses due to staphylococcal mastitis in cattle. The Staphaureux latex agglutination test (Oxoid, Basel, Switzerland) was reported to lead to negative results in 54% of bovine Staphylococcus aureus strains, and latex-negative strains are thought to be less virulent than Staphaurex latex-positive strains. However, comparative information on virulence a...

In the previous article in this series I started by giving a description of the files in the ‘base’ LATEX distribution. In part 2, I shall cover the ‘tools’ and ‘graphics’ distributions. These are distributed in the tools and graphics subdirectories of the CTAN directory macros/latex/ packages. Although these files are not part of the minimal base distribution they should normally be included i...

This handy reference describes techniques and tricks needed to illustrate LATEX documents, and answers common user questions about graphics and PostScript fonts. It provides the first full description of the standard LATEX color and graphics packages, and shows how you can combine TEX and PostScript capabilities to produce beautifully illustrated pages. Following the successful format of The LA...

6 LATEX support 94 6.1 Preliminaries : : : : : : : : : : : : 94 6.2 Creating a new LATEX file : : : : : : 97 6.3 LATEX macros : : : : : : : : : : : : 98 6.4 LATEX environments : : : : : : : : 99 6.5 Common commands : : : : : : : : 99 6.6 Math mode : : : : : : : : : : : : : 100 6.7 Dots, commas, and quotation marks 100 6.8 Font changes : : : : : : : : : : : : 101 6.9 Comments : : : : : : : : : :...

Latex allergy is an emerging health issue believed to affect 5 to 10 percent of healthcare workers. The increase in the prevalence of latex allergy is believed to be associated with the increased use of latex gloves by healthcare workers in the mid 80’s in response to the AIDS epidemic. While statistics are unclear for the prevalence within the general population, it is estimated that somewhere...

bacillus sp. sbs25, a gram positive bacteria isolated from soil was found to be effectivein the biodegradation of natural rubber latex. the products of latex biodegradation were separated from the ether extract by thin layer chromatography. gas chromatography and mass spectrometry showed the biodegradation of the major compound into three simpler fractions with low molecular weights. this was f...

Occupational exposure to various environmental factors usually produces serious health problems among the employees all over the world. Allergy is an important cause of work related i l lness. During 1980s and 90s allergy to Natural Rubber Latex(NRL),which contain a complex blend of water soluble plant proteinshas become a major source of concern in clinical science (1). Latex is ubiquitous in ...

You?re on to something here ? even when dealing with a potential latex sensitivity, it?s wise to still be thinking about safer sex strategies. But, an allergic reaction to latex can be one itchy situation, especially when it occurs down south! Fear not though, for there are non-latex options available (more on that in a bit). In the case of any sort of genital rash or irritation with unknown ca...

Latex and cell-free extracts of various organs and stages of plant and capsule development in Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy, synthesized dopamine, an alkaloid precursor, from 14C-dopa. The 1000 g X 30 min supernatant from latex of the pedicel-capsule junction converted more dopa than latex supernatant from the upper capsule or lower pedicel regions, although there was more protein in the ...