The reliability of the ESP Culture System II (herein referred to as ESP II) for testing susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and streptomycin was evaluated by comparing results to those of the method of proportion (MOP), which was considered the reference method, for 20 clinical isolates and 30 challenge strains provided by the Centers for ...

In the USA, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) is endemic in hospitals, despite lack of carriage among healthy individuals. In Europe, however, hospital outbreaks are rare, but VREF carriage among healthy individuals and livestock is common. We used amplified fragment-length polymorphism analysis to genotype 120 VREF isolates associated with hospital outbreaks and 45 non-epidemic ...

Pedagogy Transparency is a quality driven concept built from the junction of the new pedagogy movement, based on Vygotsky ́s social interactionist theory, and the notion of information disclosure. Pedagogy Transparency aims the disclosure to students of how they are being taught and why, as to improve their awareness about the learning process. We present a study conducted to evaluate three peda...

The relationship between the structure and cytotoxic activity of azulenequinones and trihaloacetylazulenes was investigated based on theoretical calculations. Four different dipole moments (mu(G), mu(ESP-G), mu(W) and mu(ESP-W)) and heats of formation (DeltaH(f)) of the azulenequinones [1-27] and trihaloacetylazulenes [28a,b-40a,b] were separately calculated in gas phase and aqueous solution us...

The ability to colonize patients successfully may be essential for the emergence and spread of resistant nosocomial strains. We determined the presence of Esp, a surface protein involved in colonization ability in Enterococcus faecalis, in 96 Enterococcus faecium isolates from hospitalized patients (77 PFGE clones), 33 faecal isolates from healthy volunteers (32 clones) and 20 environmental iso...

In this article we will try to show the impact of widespread deployment of a driver assistance systems called: Electronic Stability Program ESP on the data of road accidents in Morocco. We will indicate the state of road safety in Morocco, then the reasons for which the choice of deploying ESP is a convenient choice in Morocco. As a result, we will conclude by evaluating the predictable impact ...

We have studied the angle-resolved energy distribution of spin-polarized electrons emitted during ion-surface scattering. At clean Fe surfaces, electron spin polarization values (ESP) of up to 48% are found. Varying the scattering angle of the ions from 1 ° to 45 °, we find that the layer-dependent, average ESP at the topmost surface layer is enhanced by 32% compared to that of the bulk and tha...

ESP and AH protocols make use of various cryptographic algorithms to provide confidentiality and/or data origin authentication to protected data communications in the IP Security (IPsec) architecture. To ensure interoperability between disparate implementations, the IPsec standard specifies a set of mandatory-toimplement algorithms. This document specifies the current set of mandatory-to-implem...