Antisera were prepared against type strains of the original scheme of B. Perch (Acta Pathol. Microbiol. Scand. 25:703-714, 1948) and against newly defined types to produce separate schemes for O-grouping Proteus vulgaris and Proteus mirabilis. In assessing the schemes for their effectiveness it was found that 82% of 208 P. vulgaris isolates and 88% of 194 P. mirabilis isolates from two hospital...

We carried out a randomized controlled trial in Bogotá, the recipient of Colombia's highest number of internally displaced people (IDP), to assess whether the use of SMS to communicate eligibility to social benefits fosters the welfare of victimized internal refugees. Only a fraction of IDP are eligible to benefits. We inform eligibility via SMS to a random half of such households, and estimate...

Democratic capitalism has become the popular paradigm in the modern world, and it is spreading further through globalization. It is a model based on growth, expansion and constant innovation. However, it is accompanied by social problems which may worsen despite overall gains in wealth. In this paper, we suggest that democratic capitalist societies may benefit from the application of what has b...

Phyllosilicate minerals, which form a class of naturally occurring layered materials (LMs), have been recently considered as low-cost source two-dimensional (2D) materials. Clinochlore [Mg5Al(AlSi3)O10(OH)8] is one the most abundant phyllosilicate minerals in nature, exhibiting capability to be mechanically exfoliated down few layers. An important characteristic clinochlore natural occurrence d...

ABSTRACT The Deeper, Wider, Faster (DWF) programme is optimized to detect fast transients that show luminosity changes on time-scales of sub-second days using cadence simultaneous observations and rapid response follow up. One the significant bottlenecks in DWF time required assess candidates for up manually inspect prior triggering space-based or large ground-based telescopes. In this paper, w...