Three hundred Enterococcus isolates from the rumen and faeces of three sheep were analysed for antibiotic resistance. Resistance to tetracycline, kanamycin, and streptomycin was predominant, followed by erythromycin resistance. About 7% of the isolates were resistant to ampicillin and vancomycin only. All tested isolates were susceptible to chloramphenicol. The presence of selected antibiotic r...

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is common in tropical Sub-Saharan countries. The allele most frequently associated with G6PD deficiency in this a region is G6PD 376G/202A. Here, we show that, the prevalence of G6PD deficiency is 12% in the Sereer ethnic group from Senegal ant that the 376G/968C genotype is predominant; the frequency of the 376G/202A genotype is very low in t...

This paper outlines a method for the MIREX05 contest “Audio Melody Extraction”. The method aims at extracting the fundamental frequency (F0) trajectory of the predominant melody, such as the lead singing, within polyphonic and multitimbral audio signals. The method is based on a multiple-F0 estimator front-end followed by the probabilistic modeling of note events and their relationships. The pe...

Atopic dermatitis of the head and neck (HNAD) is recognized as a separate condition. Malassezia, the predominant skin microbiota fungus, is considered to exacerbate atopic dermatitis (AD), especially HNAD. In the present study, we investigated the relationships between the levels of specific IgE antibodies, colonization frequency of eight predominant Malassezia species, and clinical severity in...

Low-dose ketamine anaesthesia was compared with neuroleptanaesthesia, in respect of immediate and longer-term psychomimetic reactions, in 40 female patients undergoing elective gynaecological surgery. Qualitatively, but not quantitatively, different psychomimetic reactions occurred in both groups. In the neurolept group the predominant complaint was of a dissociative nature, reported after 24 h...

The aim of the study was to analyze the relations of cognitive processors and conative regulators with specific motor abilities of elite boxers. Three sets of variables including 3 cognitive and 6 conative variables as predictors, and 6 specific motor (boxing) variables as criteria were used in a sample of 92 boxers. A series of regression analyses between the set of cognitive variables and par...

BACKGROUND & AIMS The pathogenesis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains only partially understood, and no specific or universally effective patient management procedure has been developed to date. Our study was designed to evaluate if colonic luminal serine-proteases may be a relevant pathophysiologic marker of IBS. METHODS Fecal samples of 38 IBS patients, 15 patients with ulcerative co...

background: transfusion is the mainstay treatment of patients with thalassemia major and occasionally in thalassemia intermediate. alloimmunization is an unwanted side effect of blood transfusion. the present study intended to determine the frequency of alloimmunization in patients with β- thalassemia major and thalassemia intermediate in southwest iran. patients and methods: this was a cross-s...