A modified Minitek inoculum procedure for the identification of Enterobacteriaceae from positive blood cultures was shown to be reliable. The method consisted of inoculating the Minitek enteric and nonfermenter broth with blood culture fluid and incubating the inoculum for 4 h before use.

In this paper we report on a system, "SpeechJammer", which can be used to disturb people's speech. In general, human speech is jammed by giving back to the speakers their own utterances at a delay of a few hundred milliseconds. This effect can disturb people without any physical discomfort, and disappears immediately by stop speaking. Furthermore, this effect does not involve anyone but the spe...

Macrophages (M phi s) undergo a physiological response known as the macrophage disappearance reaction (MDR) in response to certain stimuli in the peritoneal compartment. The types of stimuli that can cause the MDR, the relationship of the MDR to the host immunological response, and the possible role of the MDR in M phi activation are reviewed. The data indicate that the MDR occurs in response t...

This paper describes the DTH system for providing subscription audio and video services in Ecuador. It enumerates the DTH services presently available in-country and provides technical details and coverage information for the satellites that these services employ. It also describes the deployment and installation of the receiving antennas for each of the commercially-available systems. Finally,...

This study investigates (a) the extent to which L2 learners use phonetic information from visual cues to improve the perception of a novel phonemic contrast following a course of intensive perceptual training, and (b) the impact of perceptual training on pronunciation. 62 Japanese learners of English were initially tested on their perception of the /l/-/r/ contrast in audio, visual and audiovis...

In a cross-over study in a group of epileptic patients it was shown that replacement of the evening dose of an ordinary phenytoin preparation with the same phenytoin dose in a delayed-action preparation produced no significant change in the next morning's mean blood phenytoin concentration. However, replacement of the entire daily dose of an ordinary phenytoin preparation with the delayed-actio...

We develop an approach to find an energy-optimal stimulus that entrains an ensemble of uncertain, uncoupled limit cycle oscillators. Furthermore, when entrainment occurs, the phase shift between oscillators is constrained to be less than a predetermined amount. This approach is illustrated for a model of Drosophila circadian activity, for which it performs better than a standard 24-h light-dark...

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Twenty-five Ss were shown 10 lists of words, each list followed by a free-recall test. Overt rehearsal of the word lists was required during study and was tape-recorded. Three weeks later Ss returned for a recognition test on these words. Initial recall and three-week delayed recognition were increasing functions of amount of rehearsal accorded the item. The probability of delayed recognition d...