a 2-year period a tenacious film formed. Daily free passage of sponge rubber balls through the tubing only removed the loose surface biofouling layer and was inadequate as a countermeasure in both titanium and aluminum alloy tubes. Chlorination at 0.05, 0.07, and 0.10 mg liter-' for 1 h day'1 lowered biofouling rates. Only at 0.10 mg liter-' was chlorine adequate over a 1-year period to keep fi...

The flexible goal adjustment (FLEX) and tenacious goal pursuit (TEN) scales are used regularly in aging research. The current study examined their validity in a sample of 517 women (30-75 years) in multiple ways. Overall, the findings show that the scales do not clearly distinguish between FLEX and TEN. The direction in which the items were formulated was just as important as what was being mea...

Daptomycin has been approved and successfully launched for the treatment of complicated skin and skin-structure infections caused by gram-positive pathogens [1] and bacteremia and right-sided endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus, including strains that are resistant to methicillin or other antibiotics [2]. The development of the drug, however, was not straightforward; it involved a cast of...

The flexible goal adjustment (FLEX) and tenacious goal pursuit (TEN) scales are used regularly in aging research. The current study examined their validity in a sample of 517 women (30–75 years) in multiple ways. Overall, the findings show that the scales do not clearly distinguish between FLEX and TEN. The direction in which the items were formulated was just as important as what was being mea...

Dr. Robyn J. Barst was a fighter, but an advocate; she was tenacious, but she was loving; and she was difficult, but she was kind. Robyn Barst was this way in every aspect of her life: As a physician, a clinical researcher, a mother, a wife, a hostess, a diner in a restaurant, an audience member at the opera. It was her insurmountable stamina and her passion for making a difference that made th...

There has been considerable speculation about the potential impact of the Supreme Court of Canada's judgment in Chaoulli v. Quebec. Even if those who are most friendly--or most hostile--to Canadian medicare are exaggerating the impact of the decision, its impact will be large. While the decision does not strike down any existing single-payer medicare system in any province, including Quebec's s...

The purpose of this study was to determine the ability students' mathematical disposition at one college in Aceh Barat Daya district. This research is descriptive quantitative, data collection technique used a questionnaire. subjects are 21 students mathematics education program, results show that for indicator confidence learning mathematics, 67.1 less category, flexibility doing math work 76....

This article aims to describe the tradition of merantau in Indonesian novels depicting Minangkabau community. The is a that has its roots and intends shape character younger generation. To analyze activity novel, sociology literature approach was used, especially genetic structuralism. theory structuralism relevant for dismantling because this related closely aspects novel. study concludes comm...