Treatment of bovine mastitis caused by Staphylococcus (S.) aureus is becoming very difficult due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains. Hence, the search for novel therapeutic alternatives has become of great importance. Consequently, bacteriophages and their endolysins have been identified as potential therapeutic alternatives to antibiotic therapy against S. aureus. In the present s...

GDANSK, Poland (A P) — Solidarity ch ief Lech W alesa re tu rned to a joyful hom ecom ing yesterday after m ysteriously disappearing for m ore than a day following his release from 11 m onths in martial-law custody. There was no im m ediate explana­ tion for Walesa’s delay in com ing hom e to the first-floor apartm ent in this Baltic port city w here his wife, seven children and hundreds of fri...

introduction: patient/customer satisfaction and loyalty have gained increasing attention from executives across the healthcare industry. discharge against medical advice (dama) can be considered as one of the indicators of patient dissatisfaction. it has negative effects on patient treatment and leads to increased hospital costs. study of predictors of dama in a teaching hospital was the aim of...

abstract bottom intake is one of the most appropriate systems for diverting discharge in steep rivers. bottom intake with porous media is a new system of diverting discharge which can be replaced by bottom rack intakes. to investigate the hydraulic flow characteristics on diverted discharge of this intake, an experimental model was designed in which the inflow, diverted discharge and remained f...

venturi flumes are measurement structures commonly used in water systems to measure the flow discharge. some of them are not well installed or present some geometrical defects. the objective of this study is to investigate the hydraulic influence of a number of typical wrong installations and geometrical defects of long-throated venturi flumes: significant positive or adverse slopes, humps and ...

introduction: nowadays, myocardial infarction is the second factor of the deaths after accidents and cancers in the world. the coronary artery diseases are stressful for patients. this research was performed to determine the influence of discharge planning on anxiety levels in acute myocardial infarction patients.   materials and methods: this quasi-experimental study was performed on 60 patien...