Surgical site infections are one of the most important causes of healthcare associated infections (HCAI), accounting for 20% of all HCAIs. Surgical site infections affect 1% of joint replacement operations. This study was designed to assess whether theatre clothing is contaminated more inside or outside the theatre suite. Petri dishes filled with horse blood agar were pressed on theatre clothes...

Several types of widespread errors in performing Scatchard plot analysis resulting in fatal distortions of calculated affinities are surveyed more or less systematically. It appears that graphical analysis of non-linear Scathard plot “by eye” is almost impossible; and, moreover, results calculated by computer programs for affinity analysis often require additional "interpretation". Some of repo...

Monday night's SA meeting served up a n in te res t ing combination of the absurd and the important. Among the topics of discussion were budgets , resolut ions, and circuses. The first item of business was the approva l of the C a m p a n i l e budget . Af ter listening to Campanile editor Wiley Sanders give a brief descr ipt ion of where the money was going, the Senate voted to approve the bud...

The established role of the male partner in overall infertility is almost 50%.1 most significant cause degraded number as well quality sperms.2 Spermatogenesis governed by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) then follicle-stimulating (FSH) and finally testosterone, which linked with puberty, essentially required controlled hypothalamic-pituitary axis leading Leydig cells along Sertoli cells.3...