conclusions our findings indicate that probiotic bacterial strains of lactobacillus have a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of p. aeruginosa ptcc 1430. the antimicrobial potency of this combination can be useful for designing and developing alternative therapeutic strategies against p. aeruginosa infections. results the results showed a significant effect of cfs on the growth of p. a...

We propose two methods for avoiding the checkerboard distortion which is caused by finite word length error. The first method is deriving a bit length of filter taps required for avoiding the checkerboard distortion under a certain word length. In the second method, the checkerboard distortion can be avoided by using the cascade structure which consist of zero-hold kernel and a time-invariant f...

Checkerboard pattern can be used in many computer vision areas by matching the pattern as a surface, such as camera calibration, stereo vision, projector-camera system and even surface reconstruction. However, most existing checkerboard pattern recognition methods only work in planar and fine illuminating circumstances. A robust recognition method for checkerboard pattern is proposed in this pa...

The Feynman checkerboard problem is an interesting path integral approach to the Dirac equation in ‘1+1’ dimensions. I compare two approaches reported in the literature and show how they may be reconciled. Some physical insights may be gleaned from this approach.

We present a new checkerboard detection algorithm which is able to detect checkerboards at extreme poses, or checkerboards which are highly distorted due to lens distortion even on low-resolution images. On the detected pattern we apply a surface fitting based subpixel refinement specifically tailored for checkerboard X-junctions. Finally, we investigate how the accuracy of a checkerboard detec...

In vitro interaction of anidulafungin with voriconazole was tested by a microdilution broth checkerboard technique and an agar diffusion method against 30 Aspergillus clinical isolates belonging to five different species. By using a complete inhibition endpoint, indifferent interactions were observed for 97% of the isolates by the checkerboard technique (FIC index from 0.5 to 2) and for 100% of...

Two different synergy testing methods, the checkerboard and the E test methods, were used to compare the in vitro efficacies of various antimicrobial combinations against 16 Brucella melitensis strains isolated from blood cultures. The rate of agreement of the E test and checkerboard methods was found to be 55%. The most concordant results were found for the streptomycin-doxycycline combination...