Conclusion. FFPE tissue analysis by multigene targeted PCR assays expands the opportunities for rapid identification of Mycobacterium species, allows differentiation of MTBC from NTM, and helps to detect co-infections. Using multigene targeted PCRs in combination with histopathology and IHC improve the accuracy of diagnosis, particularly in the presence of commensal and environmental pathogens....

Conclusion. Our findings suggest that the model can reasonably identify patients whose infections would be likely to be covered by cefazolin. Further, the majority of patients would have been covered by a narrower spectrum antibiotics than what they received. Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the NIH under Award N...

This paper considers some preliminary evidence about environmental disclosures of Australian gold/copper mining companies with interests in PNG, Indonesia, or both. First, comment is made about the possible importance of the content of annual reports to stakeholders. Second, a framework of expectations about annual report disclosures of multinationals is developed. Third, the technique of conte...

We use MD&A disclosures to predict current-year firm-level accruals using support-vector regressions. We call these predictions MD&A accruals. Our aim is to measure the explanatory power of MD&A disclosures for liquidity and critical accounting choices. We find that MD&A accruals explain a statistically and economically significant portion of firm-level accruals and identify more persistent acc...

This article presents two studies examining the effects of disclosing online native advertising (i.e., sponsored content in blogs) on people’s brand attitude and purchase intentions. To investigate the mechanisms underlying these effects, we integrated resistance theories with the persuasion knowledge model. We theorize that disclosures activate people’s persuasion knowledge, which in turn evok...

The Data Track is a transparency-enhancing tool that aims to educate users by providing them with an overview of all their data disclosures. In this paper, we describe a cryptographic scheme for storing all data disclosures tracked by the Data Track centrally in the cloud in a privacy-friendly way. Our scheme allows users to store their data anonymously, while keeping the cloud provider account...

Disclosures. All authors: No reported disclosures. 305. Acute Q Fever in Israel: Clinical and Demographic Data 2006–2016 Sharon Reisfeld, MD; Shayma Hasadia Mhamed, MD; Michal Stein, MD and Michal Chowers, md; Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, Infectious Diseases Unit, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel, Internal Medicine B, Hillel Yaffe Medical Cente...

Author Affiliations: Department of Medicine, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Goyal) ([email protected]); and St Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri (Drs Spertus and Kosiborod). Conflict of Interest Disclosures: The authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Dr Spertus reported receiving grants...

This paper studies two disclosure regimes when a firm with superior private information must rely on a strategic certifier to disclose credibly its prospects. In the ex ante (ex post) disclosure regime, the firm must decide on whether to hire the certifier before (after) observing the certifier's noisy assessment. Endogenously determined certification fees can actually cause the disclosure prob...

The formation of coronary collateral vessels constitutes a compensatory adaptation of the heart to ischemia. This vascular response increases blood supply to the myocardium reducing the area of hypoxic damage and, ultimately, infarct size. The recruitment of collateral vessels within the coronary circulation is favored by multiple episodes of ischemia, which provide the stimuli necessary for th...