self collection of specimens for nucleic acid based diagnosis of pharyngeal cervicovaginal urethral and rectal neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis infections
... Fuegian of southernmost Chile to the Inuit of northernmost Alaska, and from the Maori of the remote Cook Islands to Siberian Yakut Some of them describe, of course, strictly local concepts and sensations, ... much as I x Foreword I’ve done my best to check the accuracy of all the terms but if you have any suggestions for changes (and, of course, I’d love to know of your own favourite foreign words) ... Meaning of Tingo Hey you! O nce the first encounter is out of the way the correct form of address is important Most of us know the difference between the intimate French tu and the more impersonal (and...
... the EPA Office of Water/Office of Science and Technology/Standards and Applied Science Division To conduct the assessment required estimates of several factors The factors and the sources of the ... of Risks from Exposure of Humans, Terrestrial and Avian Wildlife, and Aquatic Life to Dioxins and Furans from Disposal and Use of Sludge from Bleached Kraft and Sulfite Pulp and Paper Mills Office ... concentrations of TCDD for two subsectors of the industry andof pentachlorophenol for three subsectors of the industry (Table A-3) However, assuming human consumption of both water and organisms,...
... 3, 10, 12, andfor males, and 1, 4, 11, 17, andfor females ‡Number of cases in body of table rounded and not always, therefore, add up to the totals given Table 4: Estimated number of radiation-induced ... prostate (9%) andrectal cancer (6%) in men, and ovarian (6%), cervical (6%), and endometrial cancer (4%) in women Therefore, to obtain an estimate of the total risk of solid cancers and leukaemia ... estimation of radiationinduced risk UK cancer incidence and all-cause mortality rates We used cancer incidence rates for England and Wales (1988–92) for male and female individuals in 5-year age bands.16...
... for RdRp and 0.015 for HSP70h) than the populations in either tree were to populations sampled from tree C5 (for RdRp Kst* = 0.15 and 0.16 for comparisons of C5 with C3 and C6 respectively; for ... = 0.042 and 0.051 for comparisons of C5 with C3 and C6 respectively) Unlike the association between CTV virulence and population structures observed by Sentandreu et al [9], there therefore appears ... extension of 72°C for minutes Cloning and sequencing of amplified fragments RT-PCR amplified DNA fragments were separated by agarose gel, and DNA fraction was cut and purified using Per- Page of (page...
... due to specific combinations of males and females; m is the vector of random plot effects; e is the vector of random residual deviations of individual trees; X, Z1 , Z2 and W1 are incidence matrices ... transition age for specific gravity and tracheid length in loblolly pine They reported mean ages of transition of 11.5 and 10.4 y for specific gravity and tracheid length, respectively Szymanski and Tauer ... control of stiffness of standing Douglas-fir; from the standing stem to the standardized wood sample, relationships between modulus of elasticity and wood density parameters, Part 1, Ann For Sci...
... evolution and selection pressures exerted The interaction of HIV-1 Rev with RRE is critical for viral gene expression and replication of the virus Data from various geographic location and subtypes ... Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh by Dr A Wanchu (Clinician and one of the authors) after obtaining all requisite ethical clearances The clinical features of all the ... common for both subtypes B and C and placed them under CMV/T7 promoter of the expression vector pCDNA3.1 (Promega Biotech.) that was digested with Hind III and Bam H1 Following primers were used: Forward:...
... indication of association between phenotype and mtDNA lineage Methods Trout samples collection In 2005 and 2006, a total of 78 sampling sites were electrofished in rivers in Albania and the Megali ... model tree for genus Salmo based on 561 bp of the 5'-end mtDNA control region and on a Kimura 2-parameNeighbour-joining (NJ) Neighbour-joining (NJ) tree for genus Salmo based on 561 bp of the 5'-end ... manuscript and A Sandoz for drawing the map of Albania This study was funded by a grant awarded by the French Embassy in Tirana, Albania, to Dr AJ Crivelli and Dr M Lutz, and by the Ministry of Science...
... Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this case report and accompanying images A copy of the written consent is available for review by the Editor-in-Chief of this ... the need of our patient of removing the lipomatous formation while keeping the tattoo intact, during the surgical treatment of the lipoma, we followed the exact lines of the tattoo itself thus ... managed the data collectionand contributed to writing the paper All authors read and approved the final manuscript COMPETING INTERESTS Figure Pre-operative photo of the lipomatous formation with...
... Taylor, D.W 1948 Fundamentals of soil mechanics John Wiley & Sons, New York 700 pp Feng and Lee References Casagrande, A., and Fadum, R.E 1940 Notes on soil testing for engineering purposes Harvard ... Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Feng and Lee point from the U–T1/2 plot in Fig of the discussed paper is not as difficult as that implied...
... Nakata and Kurane, 1999) Table shows the composition of fatty acids released by acid hydrolysis of the polymers The composition and ratios were similar, i.e., the main fatty acid was palmitic acid, ... ratio of the UV-absorbing peak indicated it was composed mainly ofnucleicacid In the profile of the NaOH-extracted polymer (B), the elution volume (80 ml) of saccharide corresponded to that of ... acid, followed by oleic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, and linoleic acid Other fatty acids were present only in small or trace amounts Electrophoresis Fig SDS-PAGE of Polymers Extracted...
... temperature-controlled bath for 168h for LA and 120h for AC-Fe These were performed under room temperature (25oC) and atmospheric condition The samples were taken then acidified and analyzed for residual arsenic ... breakthrough curves for different ratios of LA and AC-Fe portion Figure shows the breakthrough curve for three single adsorbents: AC, LA, and AC-Fe and Figure illustrates the comparison of LA-AC and LA-AC-Fe ... concentration and inlet flow rate The samples taken were acidified and analyzed for residual arsenic concentration A mixture of 70% As[III] and 30% As[V] was used in all experiments and the total...
... Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (2008) Total area and cultivated land area, Statistics of Cultivated Land and Planted Area, Statistics and Information Department, Ministry of Agriculture, ... increase of TN was caused mainly by the increase of NO3-N and DON The average concentration of TN was 2.18 mg l-1 NO3-N, DON and PN occupied 33, 30 and 25% of TN The changing patterns of the storm-runoff ... 1771 and 2335 mm Water chemistry of paddy fields TN concentrations of drainage, percolation, and irrigation were shown in Fig 2, in which the average concentrations and standard deviations of the...
... (iron) for the removal of both As[III] and As[V] from simulated groundwater using a mixture of 70% As[III] and 30% As[V] for all experiments The effects of initial arsenic concentration, pH, and ... (Brunauer, Emmett and Teller) analysis - 45 - Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Vol 7, No 2, 2009 Figs.1a and 1b SEM (magnification of 2000x, width 66.0um) for original RH and iron-modified ... range of 1.42 - 7.39 mg/L andof adsorbent doses within the range of 0.5 - 5.0g/L, as well as equilibrium and adsorption kinetics in a series of 1000mL flasks Each flask contained adsorbents and...
... sample and some related samples by using GC/MS in the present study MATERIALS AND METHODS Chemicals and Sample Preparation Fenitrothion and fenitrooxon were purchased in purity grade of Standards for ... obtained by custom order from Chemical Soft R&D Inc (Kyoto, Japan) 20 mg of each of the chemicals is dissolved into L of distilled water and mg-Cl/mg-C of sodium hypochlorite was added at pH 7.0±0.2 ... were used The oven temperature was kept at 70°C forand then programmed to reach 250°C at a rate of increase of 10°C/min and was kept at 25 °C for 12 Helium carrier gas flow rate was set at 0.8...
... analysis was performed with an X-ray diffractometer (RINT2000, Rigaku, Japan) for the estimation of the form of Cd on the charcoal Adsorption of Cadmium Two-hundred milliliters (for adsorption ... Charcoals and Estimate offor Pore Structure, Waste Manag Res., 19(3), 191-196 (In Japanese) Ichinose I., Kurashima K., and Kunitake T (2004) Spontaneous Formation of Cadmium Hydroxide Nanostrands ... Therefore, further research about the effects of heating rate and carbonization time on the yield and characteristics of the fabricated charcoal might improve the preparation methodology of the...
... western side of the region faces the Seto Inland Sea, around which are Fig.1 - Location of study area and distribution of citrus groves in Matsuyama region - 112 - Journal of Water and Environment ... the cultivation and the ratio of the increased amount of SS to the increased amount of Chl.a was higher than that of the algae Increased amount of SS were higher in the cases of high nitrate ... from points Four samples of leachate were collected from the upper part of the grove The collection points Le.1, Le.2, Le.3, and Le.4 have elevations of 76m, 69m, 66m, and 60m, respectively Stream...
... in mechanisms of CO2 sequestration and storage, as a part of an integrative solution for biomass management and in the production of synthetic carbon -based materials with a variety of applications ... carbonization of whey in preparation, 2010 Vogtländer, J., van der Lugt, P., Brezet, H The sustainability of bamboo products for local and Western European applications: LCAs and land-use Journal of Cleaner ... reactor and test procedure Experimental runs on HTC of the bamboo were performed in a batch reactor, as shown in Figure The HTC reactor was 0.6 m high and inside diameter of 50 mm It was made of stainless...
... long-term followup, for distinctive diagnostic groupings (ICD-9, converted to ICD-10 and all psychoses), andfor different groupings of ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries And, by one reckoning, ... their efforts to negotiate marriages for afflicted members, and then contrive to secure and support them to preserve the lineage Dharma overrides stigma but at the cost of great effort and long ... for listening and understanding Similarly, when Estroff (2003) ´ channels the rage and pain of ‘c/s/x’ communiques, she means not merely to indict but to challenge: the point is not to read and...
... thank Assoc Prof Dr Vu Xuan Phuong, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology for plant identification, Dr Lawrence N.M for reading and providing ... of the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnamese Academy of Science an Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam Fresh leaves were shredded and their oil was obtained by steam distillation for ... for the C longepetiolatum Costerm apud Phamh found in Vietnam As a part of the research on the essential oils of Medicinal and Aromatic plants of the Vietnam flora, especially in the course of...