Cystic fibrosis (CF) predisposes patients to bacterial colonization and infection of the lower airways. Several species belonging to the genus Burkholderia are potential CF-related pathogens, but microbiological identification may be complicated. This situation is not in the least due to the poorly defined taxonomic status of these bacteria, and further validation of the available diagnostic as...

In this brief review we describe the coming of age of Magnus expansions as an asymptotic and numerical tool in the investigation of linear differential equations in a Lie-group and homogeneous-space setting. Special attention is afforded to the many connections between modern theory of geometric numerical integration and other parts of mathematics: from abstract algebra to differential geometry...

Effect of foreign direct investment on gross national income in Nigeria, 2006-2017 Kelechi Johnmary Ani Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria E-mail: [email protected] Chigozie Onu Nnamdi Azikiwe [email protected] Submission: 11/4/2020 Revision: 12/15/2020 Accept: 1/5/2021 ABSTRACT The study analyzed the effect over period 2006- 2019. main type data used this is secondary; which wer...

BACKGROUND European Union public healthcare expenditure on treating smoking and attributable diseases is estimated at over €25bn annually. The reduction of tobacco consumption has thus become one of the major social policies of the EU. This study investigates the effects of price hikes on cigarette consumption, tobacco tax revenues and smoking-caused deaths in 28 EU countries. METHODS Employi...

Classical biotyping characterizes strains by creating biotype profiles that consider only positive and negative results for a predefined set of biochemical tests. This method allows Salmonella subspecies to be distinguished but does not allow serotypes and phage types to be distinguished. The objective of this study was to determine the relatedness of isolates belonging to distinct Salmonella e...

This technical report summarized facts from the basic theory of generalized closure spaces and gives detailed proofs for them. Many of the results collected here are well known for various types of spaces. We have made no attempt to find the original proofs. 1. Set-Valued Set-Functions 1.1. Closure, Interior, Neighborhood, and Convergent. In this section, which in part generalizes the results o...

INTRODUCTION Self-rated health is demonstrated to vary substantially by both personal socio-economic status and national economic conditions. However, studies investigating the combined influence of individual and country level economic indicators across several countries in the context of recent global recession are limited. This paper furthers our knowledge of the effect of recession on healt...

Pr imary bact eremia and shor t -t erm cat het er -relat ed bacteremia (PB/ CRB) are relat ively f requent infect ions in cr i t i cal pat ient s. In a recent one-day cross-sect ional prevalence evaluat ion of 1265 Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in 75 count ries, 1 close t o 20% of t he 14,414 pat ient s had a diagnosis of bact eremia or vascular cat het er-relat ed infect ion. In Spain, the data ...

BACKGROUND The incidence and mortality of kidney cancer have steadily increased by 2%- 3% per decade worldwide, and an increased risk of kidney cancer has been observed in many Asian countries. The information on the incidence and mortality of a disease and its distribution is essential for better planning for prevention and further studies. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to assess the incidence...

BACKGROUND It is generally believed that overweight is less prevalent than undernutrition in the developing world, particularly in rural areas, and that it is concentrated in higher socioeconomic status (SES) groups. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of adult female overweight and underweight in the developing world by using categories of urban or rural status and SE...