We have used differential RNA-seq (dRNA-seq) to characterise the transcriptomic architecture of S. Typhimurium SL1344, and its dependence on the bacterial alarmone, guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) during late stationary phase, (LSP). Under LSP conditions we were able to identify the transcriptional start sites (TSSs) for 53% of the S. Typhimurium open reading frames (ORFs) and discovered 282 c...

The reliability of the ESP Culture System II (herein referred to as ESP II) for testing susceptibilities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and streptomycin was evaluated by comparing results to those of the method of proportion (MOP), which was considered the reference method, for 20 clinical isolates and 30 challenge strains provided by the Centers for ...

In the USA, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) is endemic in hospitals, despite lack of carriage among healthy individuals. In Europe, however, hospital outbreaks are rare, but VREF carriage among healthy individuals and livestock is common. We used amplified fragment-length polymorphism analysis to genotype 120 VREF isolates associated with hospital outbreaks and 45 non-epidemic ...

In the ESP tradition, genre is often defined as “structured communicative events engaged in by specific discourse communities whose members share broad communicative purposes.” ESP genre research has generated numerous descriptions and explanations of discipline-specific genre exemplars and has produced various pedagogical proposals. However, what learners learn from these genre descriptions an...

The relationship between the structure and cytotoxic activity of azulenequinones and trihaloacetylazulenes was investigated based on theoretical calculations. Four different dipole moments (mu(G), mu(ESP-G), mu(W) and mu(ESP-W)) and heats of formation (DeltaH(f)) of the azulenequinones [1-27] and trihaloacetylazulenes [28a,b-40a,b] were separately calculated in gas phase and aqueous solution us...

The ability to colonize patients successfully may be essential for the emergence and spread of resistant nosocomial strains. We determined the presence of Esp, a surface protein involved in colonization ability in Enterococcus faecalis, in 96 Enterococcus faecium isolates from hospitalized patients (77 PFGE clones), 33 faecal isolates from healthy volunteers (32 clones) and 20 environmental iso...

In this article we will try to show the impact of widespread deployment of a driver assistance systems called: Electronic Stability Program ESP on the data of road accidents in Morocco. We will indicate the state of road safety in Morocco, then the reasons for which the choice of deploying ESP is a convenient choice in Morocco. As a result, we will conclude by evaluating the predictable impact ...

We have studied the angle-resolved energy distribution of spin-polarized electrons emitted during ion-surface scattering. At clean Fe surfaces, electron spin polarization values (ESP) of up to 48% are found. Varying the scattering angle of the ions from 1 ° to 45 °, we find that the layer-dependent, average ESP at the topmost surface layer is enhanced by 32% compared to that of the bulk and tha...