A rapid carbohydrate utilization test for the identification of N. gonorrhoeae was investigated, with reference to its use in a routine diagnostic laboratory. The rapid test was shown to give accurate results in agreement with those of a conventional serum-free sugar medium. Because of the shorter time taken for the confirmation of an isolate, and several other advantages, it is proposed that t...

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High yield synthesis of trans-[(Me(3)P)(OC)(3)Fe = BDur] (Dur, "Duryl" = 2,3,4,6-Me(4)C(6)H) is achieved by salt elimination and subsequent liberation of trimethylsilylbromide from K[Fe(CO)(3)(PMe(3))SiMe(3)] and Br(2)BDur.

The present paper is an attempt to develop a new heuristic algorithm, find the optimal sequence to minimize the utilization time of the machines and hence their rental cost for two stage specially structured flow shop scheduling under specified rental policy in which processing times and set up time are associated with their respective probabilities including transportation time. Further jo...