The objective of the present study was to determine the grades of nonspecific bacterial infection of genitalia of repeat breeding cattle by a simple and rapid test under field condition. For this purpose, a total of 100 crossbred Jersey cows comprising of 80 repeat breeding animals presented for treatment and 20 normal cyclic (control group) animals presented for artificial insemination at thei...

Using 255 serum samples with various reactivities, we evaluated the Syphilis Fast latex agglutination test (Syphilis Fast) against the Treponema pallidum particle agglutination test (TP-PA) for confirming a diagnosis of syphilis. We found 98.8% agreement between the Syphilis Fast and the TP-PA. The Syphilis Fast, however, had a couple of advantages over the TP-PA: the test takes only 8 min to p...

BACKGROUND/AIMS We herein propose a hand-gesture imitation test, consisting of a simple one-handed sign of a 'fox' and a complex two-handed sign of a 'pigeon', as a rapid, game-like test for detecting dementia/Alzheimer disease (AD) with low psychological burden. The test measures the visuomotor function, which deteriorates in the early stages of AD. METHODS We examined 88 demented subjects, ...

Objective: This study, conducted between March 2015 and July 2016, investigated the sensitivity specificity of OV-16 RDT Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for skin snip microfilaria (MF) detection in Ogun State.
 Methods: Five hundred eighty-eight (588) members 16 first-line communities 8 endemic Local Government Areas (LGAs) provided fingerstick whole blood ...

background: rose bengal is a common test for serologic diagnosis of brucellosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement rate between modified rose bengal, rose bengal and rapid wright tests for detection of antibody positive serum samples.  methods: c ross section study was designed. 941 serum sample of patients referred to the central medical laboratory of kermanshah, were evaluat...

This paper presents the results of fast user trial of multimedia services that are enabled when a mobile terminal has access to converged services over digital broadcast and mobile telecommunications networks. It first describes the motivations behind developing this system and describes the service scenarios that benefit most from it. It then provides an overview of the service components of t...

OBJECTIVE The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all negative rapid diagnostic tests for Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis be backed up by culture, which creates a dilemma for clinicians who must make treatment decisions without complete diagnostic information at the time of visit. The use of a follow-up serial rapid antigen test instead of a follow-up culture would provide a more ...

This paper reports the automatic extraction of eleven negative symptoms of schizophrenia from patient medical records. The task offers a range of difficulties depending on the consistency and complexity with which mental health professionals describe each. In order to reduce the cost of system development, rapid prototypes are built with minimal adaptation and configuration of existing software...