400. Beyond the Antibiogram: Using Monte Carlo Analysis to Optimize Institution-Specific Antipseudomonal Therapy Sarah Tennant, PharmD; Jeffrey M. Rybak, PharmD; Donna R. Burgess, RPh; David S. Burgess, PharmD, FCCP; Craig Martin, PharmD; University of Kentucky HealthCare, Lexington, KY; University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, KY; University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY...

In this paper, an MPEG-7 based album system for managing consumer-generated photographs is introduced. Face detection and recognition technologies are adopted to implement the query-by-face functionality of the content-aware album. A convenient face database construction and training mechanism is also provided. By utilizing both user attention model for visual objects and face information, the ...

BACKGROUND Arsenic in groundwater and its accumulation in plants and animals have assumed a menacing proportion in a large part of West Bengal, India and adjoining areas of Bangladesh. Because of the tremendous magnitude of the problem, there seems to be no way to tackle the problem overnight. Efforts to provide arsenic free water to the millions of people living in these dreaded zones are bein...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate antidiabetic activity ethanol extract leaves Flax plant (Linum usitatissimum) in streptozotocin (STZ) induced diabetic rats. Ethanol Linum usitatissimum (EELL) or glibenclamide administered rats orally daily for 28 days. Blood glucose levels at weekly interval and on 29th day, serum biochemical parameters were carried out its effect glucose, creatini...

methanolic extracts of five native species of salvia from the labiatae family were evaluated for antioxidant activity in low-erucic acid rapeseed oil using the schaal oven test at 60°c, with deterioration monitored by determination of peroxide value, conjugated diene content and p-anisidine value. the activity of the salvia extracts was compared with that of tbhq, ascorbyl palmitate, and extrac...