This book deals with all aspects of human immuno-deficiency virus infection and the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It includes chapters describing the human immuno-deficiency in detail, clinical features of HIV infection of various systems and opportunistic infections which occur in patients rendered immuno -deficient. It also includes useful chapters concerned with special problems relat...

BACKGROUND The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, still remain a mystery. It has been suggested that M. ulcerans persists with difficulty as a free-living organism due to its natural fragility and inability to withstand exposure to direct sunlight, and thus probably persists within a protective host environment. METHODOLOGY/PRINC...

The objective of the experiment was to determine the effects of fat supplementation on cyclicity, progesterone concentration, follicular development, conception rate, embryo mortality, and plasma concentrations of prostalglandin F metabolite (PGFM) in cattle. The hypothesis of this experiment was that feeding flaxseed, which is a source rich in C18:3, would increase conception rate of dairy cow...

Abstra c t N A N D fla sh m emory b ecomes one of the most popula r s t o rage d e vice s in e m bed d e d sy stem a n d m ob ile computers. Efficient flash fil e sy stem designs are important for sy st e m d esigners a n d use r s . In t his p aper, w e s t u d y the d esign issues and p erforma n ce of flash-specific fil e systems a n d d efine four p e rfo rmance metrics t o evaluate fla sh ...

Free-ling amoebae (FLA) including Acanthamoeba spp., Naegleria fowleri, Balamuthia mandrillaris and Sappinia pedata, can cause opportunistic infections leading to severe brain pathologies. Human infections with pathogenic FLA have been increasingly documented in many countries. In Switzerland, thus far, the occurrence and distribution of potentially pathogenic FLA has not been investigated. Swi...

Abstra c t N A N D fla sh m emory b ecomes one of the most popula r s t o rage d e vice s in e m bed d e d sy stem a n d m ob ile computers. Efficient flash fil e sy stem designs are important for sy st e m d esigners a n d use r s . In t his p aper, w e s t u d y the d esign issues and p erforma n ce of flash-specific fil e systems a n d d efine four p e rfo rmance metrics t o evaluate fla sh ...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental bacteria increasingly associated to public health problems. In water systems, free-living amoebae (FLA) feed on bacteria by phagocytosis, but several bacteria, including many NTM, are resistant to this predation. Thus, FLA can be seen as a training ground for pathogenic bacteria. Mycobacterium llatzerense was previously described as frequently...

Current challenges and innovations in prostate cancer management concern the development of focal therapies that allow the treatment of only the cancer areas sparing the rest of the gland to minimize the potential morbidity. Among these techniques, focal laser ablation (FLA) appears as a potential candidate to reach the goal of focusing energy delivery on the identified targets. The aim of this...

OBJECTIVE To our knowledge, there is no study dealing with the prevalence of free-living amoebas (FLA) in water sources in Turkey, previous studies were mostly case presentations. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of FLA from tap water and natural water sources in different parts of the city. METHODS In the study, 250 samples were collected from the city centre, d...