The static loading plate tests have been done in different engineering works and particularly in earthwork quality control. At Portugal AFNOR NF P94-117-1 and DIN 18134 standards are frequently used for this purpose. These standards differ on the test protocol and on test interpretation, which reflects on the final elastic modulus obtained. Attempting the importance that this parameter assumes ...

A method has recently been described (Elek, 1948) for the detection in vitro of toxin-producing organisms including C. diphtheriae. The present paper has two purposes. The first is the examination of a larger series of strains of C. diphtheriae with a view to establishing the reliability of the procedure, for if the method is to be of any practical value for clinical purposes it must demonstrat...

A flexible software based platform for number plate recognitions applications is described. It breaks the processing into several explicit modules, with the implementation for each module provided by a software plugin using a DLL interface. The modular structure greatly facilitates the comparison between different algorithms for a particular step, and allows code to be reused between applications.

Similar results were obtained when testing human sera for Salmonella antibodies by the tube agglutination test and by the Microtiter plate agglutination test. The plate test was easier to perform and saved time, space, antigen, and serum.

Background and objectives: Halo interference around antibiogram disc is one of the problems seen in Agar media. This study aimed at applying graded plate method to reduce this problem. Material and Methods: Forty-eight millimeter plates, before putting disc, were graded and the location of discs was determined. Instead of full disc, we used half-disc and then compared the haloe interference, ba...

drop plate technique has a priority and preference compared with the spread plate procedure, because of less time, quantity of media, effort requirement, little incubator space, and less labor intensive. the objective of this research was to compare the accuracy and fidelity of drop plate method vs. spread plate method by parametric and nonparametric statistical tests. for bacterial enumeration...

in this study, the performance of shred tire mixed with railway subgrade is evaluated to reduce environmental vibrations caused by trains’ passage. since incorporating the shred tire seeds in soil affects on its shear strength and deformability parameters so, the first stage of the study was allocated to conducting a series of laboratory tests such as the unconfined compression test, and cbr an...