Four chromogenic media were compared for their ability to detect urinary tract pathogens in 299 urine specimens, of which 175 were found positive, allowing the growth of 279 microorganisms. After 18 to 24 h of incubation, the CPS ID4, CPSE, CPSO (bioMérieux), and UriSelect4 (Bio-Rad) media showed sensitivities of 97.1%, 99.3%, 99.6%, and 99.6%, respectively.

in this paper we study the module contractibility ofbanach algebras and characterize them in terms the conceptssplitting and admissibility of short exact sequences. also weinvestigate module contractibility of banach algebras with theconcept of the module diagonal.

Background:Despite some successful dynamic simulation of self-impact double pendulum (SIDP)-as humanoid robots legs or arms- studies, there is limited information available about the control of one leg locomotion.Objective :The main goal of this research is to improve the reliability of the mammalians leg locomotion and building more elaborated models close to the natural movements, by modelin...

We have investigated the role of Caenorhabditis elegans RAD-51 during meiotic prophase and embryogenesis, making use of the silencing effect of RNA interference (RNAi). rad-51 RNAi leads to severe defects in chromosome morphology in diakinesis oocytes. We have explored the effect of rad-51 RNAi in mutants lacking fundamental components of the recombination machinery. If double-strand breaks are...

Let G be a finite group and k a fixed algebraically closed field of characteristic p>0 . If p is odd, let H(; be the subring of H*(G,k) consisting of elements of even degree; following [20-22] we take H~=H*(G,k) if p=2, though one could just as well use the subring of elements of even degree for all p. H a is a finitely generated commutative k-algebra [13], and we let Va denote its associated a...

Abstract. In this article, we study tensor product of Hilbert C∗-modules and Hilbert spaces. We show that if E is a Hilbert A-module and F is a Hilbert B-module, then tensor product of frames (orthonormal bases) for E and F produce frames (orthonormal bases) for Hilbert A⊗B-module E ⊗F , and we get more results. For Hilbert spaces H and K, we study tensor product of frames of subspaces for H an...

BACKGROUND Rad (Ras associated with diabetes) GTPase is the prototypic member of a subfamily of Ras-related small G proteins. The aim of the present study was to define whether Rad plays an important role in mediating cardiac hypertrophy. METHODS AND RESULTS We document for the first time that levels of Rad mRNA and protein were decreased significantly in human failing hearts (n=10) compared ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Modern imaging techniques have increased the incidental detection of renal atherosclerotic disease (RAD). Because immune activation may hasten RAD progression, identifying cellular immune markers might provide clues to clinical activity. In this study, cellular immune markers were assessed in early RAD. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Immune cell marker...

BACKGROUND The small GTPase Rad is a negative regulator of voltage-dependent L-type calcium channel current (ICaL); however, the effects of Rad ablation on cardiomyocyte function are unknown. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that Rad-depletion causes positive inotropic effects without inducing cardiac hypertrophy. METHODS AND RESULTS Ventricular myocytes from adult Rad(-/...

A recombinant adenovirus (rAd) expressing Cre recombinase derived from bacteriophage P1 has already been extensively used for the conditional gene activation and inactivation strategies in mammalian systems. In this study, we generated AxCAFLP, a rAd expressing FLP recombinase derived from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and carried out quantitative comparisons with Cre-expressing rAd in both in vitro...