OBJECTIVES Heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) have a higher predisposition to select for VISA with thickened cell walls upon vancomycin exposure, but the pharmacodynamic relationship of this occurrence with clinical doses is unknown. This study investigates the impact of clinical vancomycin dose simulations on cell wall thickness (CWT) and the emergence of resis...

Soil-root plate dimensions and structural root architecture were examined on 46-year-old Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) trees that had been mechanically uprooted. Rooting depth was restricted by a water table, and root system morphology had adapted to resist the wind movement associated with shallow rooting. The spread of the root system and the ratio of root mass to shoot mass (...

agent oriented software engineering (aose) is an emerging field in computer science  and  proposes some systematic ideas for multi agent systems analysis, implementation and maintenance. despite the various methodologies introduced in the agent-oriented software engineering, the main challenges are defects in different aspects of methodologies. according to the defects resulted from weaknesses ...

Respiratory diseases of young animals cause significant economic damage. One the factors their occurrence is ammonia (“volatile alkali”), which formed from urine and feces in litter. The purpose research was to study effect sanitary hygienic agent “Biological inactivator toxic gases” on formation some indicators homeostasis cold method calf rearing. In course study, it found that use an animal ...

W1 Thickening of small bowel folds (> 3 mm) can be caused by any process that increases the volume of fluid or cells in the submucosal or mucosal region (Table 1). The critical diagnostic observation is whether the general pattern of the thickening is regular or irregular. Regular thickening of small bowel folds, which are perpendicular to the bowel lumen and parallel to neighboring folds, is u...

Recent results support the notion that macromolecular 'crowding' enhances protein aggregation, at the expense of correct folding. The results can be rationalised in terms of kinetic competition between distinct processes, taking into account the relative influence of crowding on each process.

BACKGROUND The clinical features of asbestos-related diffuse pleural thickening (DPT) remain unclear. OBJECTIVES To clarify the association between radiological findings of DPT and respiratory function. METHODS Medical data from patients with asbestos-related DPT were collected, including their history of occupational or neighborhood asbestos exposure, initial symptoms, modified Medical Res...

Complex wells with high temperature and the presence of carbon dioxide hydrogen sulfide acid gas require use high-temperature high-density anti-corrosion cement slurry for cementing operations, conventional does not have advantages density, resistance, or corrosion resistance. In order to avoid severe by at temperatures, solid phase particles different particle sizes are combined polymer materi...

BODY: Objectives : A new F-18 agent for PET myocardial perfusion imaging (BMS747158) has been shown to have excellent image quality in a Phase I clinical trial. In a subgroup of patients undergoing imaging with this agent in a Phase II clinical trial, we assessed if dual gated perfusion study is feasible and leads to improved image quality. We generated motion free perfusion images by combining...

Anther formation and dehiscence are complex pivotal processes in reproductive development. The secondary wall thickening in endothecial cells of the anther is a known prerequisite for successful anther dehiscence. However, many gaps remain in our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms underlying anther dehiscence in planta, including a possible role for jasmonic acid (JA) and H(2)O(2) in se...