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Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacterial etiologies of urinary tract infections among students attending Sick-Bay of Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria

Aims: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect people of all ages, genders and races. Urinary tract infections result from the invasion and colonization of tissues of parts of the urinary tract, with inflammatory responses. Asymptomatic cases occur but complicated cases are often discomforting. Treatment is necessary, but relies largely on appropriate diagnoses and antibiotic susceptibility testing. Hence, this research determined the bacterial etiologies of UTIs, their distribution and susceptibility to antibiotics amongst students presenting with UTI symptoms at Ahmadu Bello University Sick-bay, Nigeria. Methods: Mid-stream urine (MSU) samples were collected from 100 students with UTI symptoms and inoculated onto sterile plates of Cystine Lactos-Electrolyte-Deficient (CLED) agar and Mannitol Salt Agar (MSA). They were incubated at 37oC for 24–48 hours. The structured questionnaires were administered to the patients to gather some demographic data. Pure isolates were identified by Gram staining and biochemical characterization. The isolates were challenged with selected antibiotics. Results were statistically analyzed at p = 0.05. Henry Gabriel Bishop1, Fahad Shehu2 Affiliations: 1BSc. , MSc. , Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria; 2BSc, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Corresponding Author: Henry Gabriel Bishop, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, 810001; Email: gabrielhenrybishop@gmail.com Received: 16 March 2016 Accepted: 19 May 2016 Published: 08 June 2016 Results: Bacterial growths occurred from half (50) of the samples. The isolates comprised of 43(86.0%) and 7(14.0%) Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria respectively. The most prevalent uropathogen was E. coli (39%). Klebsiella pneumoniae (3%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1%), Staphylococcus aureus (7%) were also isolated. E. coli had higher occurrence among the females (22%). Age-group 26–30 years had the highest occurrences of E. coli and S. aureus, but P. aeruginosa occurred only in age-group 36–40 years. Bacterial UTI cases increased with increase in age, peaked at 26– 30 years, and then gradually decreased in like fashion. All the isolates were most susceptible to ciprofloxacin (10 μg), oflaxacin (10 μg) followed by pefloxacin (30 μg) and chloramphenicol (30 μg). Gentamycin (10 μg) had the least activity against the isolates. Conclusion: Bacterial UTI cases increased with age, but after peaking at 26– 30 years age group, they decreased continuously. Escherichia coli remains the predominant cause of UTIs. The most potent antibiotics against bacterial UTI-etiologies were ciprofloxacin (10 μg), oflaxacin (10 μg) followed by pefloxacin (30 μg) and chloramphenicol (30 μg). Gentamycin (10 μg) was the least effective against the isolates.
Habit reversal training as a treatment for refractory OCD – A case study

Nearly 4 million American men and women from all geographic, ethnic, or economic backgrounds are diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). While a combination of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and psycho-pharmaca seems successful for 50% to 60% of patients, for intractable cases the typical recommendation is more medication or more CBT, however there is little evidence that the intensified treatment regimen is successful. In this paper, habit reversal training, including awareness training, competing/other response training, self-monitoring, social support, and generalisation, was implemented with a long-term treatment-refractory OCD patient. Treatment gains and long-term maintenance indicate the potential of habit reversal procedures with these patients.
Probiotics in young and newborn animals

The generation of "natural microbial products" which promote the barrier effect of the intestine and which are efficacious in the treatment of enteric infections, remains a critical target. To date, lactic acid bacteria have been the focus of much research and product development. Recent technical developments in molecular microbiology have identified other probiotic strains which may have greater potential for enhancing disease resistance. New research on the mechanisms of bacterial/ mucosal interactions will define their mode of action in the neonatal gut and provide a validation of the probiosis concept.
Infra-specific morphological diversity in Phlomis olivieri (Labiatae)

Context : Compare the effect of different ecological conditions on phenotypical traits of Phlomis olivieri. Objective: To observe morphological variation between and within different populations of Phlomis olivieri Benth. Materials and Methods : Morphological characters of eleven populations of Phlomis olivieri were investigated in the both levels: between and within populations. Samples were collected from different parts of Iran and from each population, 3 to 4 samples were elected randomly and sixteen quantitative and qualitative morphological traits from the both vegetative and reproductive organs were examined. Results: Analysis of variance test as well as one-sample test confirmed significant variations for quantitative morphological traits. Morphological features varied between populations, consequently populations were separated from each other in the UPGMA tree and also PCO and PCA plots, among these, populations K, A, D and B placed far from others. Some degrees of polymorphism in morphological traits occurred within populations and individuals of each stand separated from others. Conclusion: This study showed that ecological factors had strong effect on morphological features of different populations of same plant species. This phenomenon was called phenotypic plasticity which created infraspecific variations at both levels interpopulation and intrapopulation or morphological polymorphism among populations. J. bio-sci. 22: 59-67, 2014
Electric Field Induced Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes: Methodology and Outcomes

In the current chapter, achievement of aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) network within the matrix via various kinds of electric fields (AC and DC) was evaluated. In this case, alignment mechanism of CNTs within the matrix and two useful techniques for justifi - cation of CNT alignment throughout the matrix were examined and presented, respec-tively. Afterward, effective factors in matter of CNT alignment and applicable procedures for fabrication of nanocomposites containing aligned CNTs were studied and presented, respectively. At the end, significant effects of CNT alignment on overall properties of nanocomposites that include electrical and mechanical properties were evaluated. Achieved results revealed that alignment of CNTs within the matrix can lead to signifi - cant improvement in the electrical and mechanical properties of nanocomposites at the same filler loading compared with randomly distribution of CNTs within the matrix, while production steps and conditions can also highly affect the outcome data. for compression-molded and injection-molded nanocomposites. Their that of via injection molding method had higher D ∥ /D ⊥ and G ∥ /G ⊥ values compared to the compression-molded samples, which contain randomly distributed CNTs. They also found out that D-band is more sensitive to MWCNT alignment than G-band; thus, higher values of D ∥ /D ⊥ than G ∥ /G ⊥ are expected for the aligned nanocomposites compared to unaligned nanocomposites.
Simulation and optimal control of hybrid electric vehicles

New strategies for controlling the power split in hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) are described. The strategies focus in a planetary gear system, where kinematic and dynamic constraints must be fulfillied. The aim is to satisfy driver demands and to reduce fuel consumption. Two strategies are presented, one inspired on optimal control and the other derived from Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle. It is shown that, under appropriate choice of weighting parameters in the cost function of the Hamiltonian, both strategies are similar. The resultant power flow control is continuous and uses the internal combustion engine with the maximum efficiency possible. The main advantages are the low computational cost, when compared to other optimization based approaches, and the easiness to tune. The strategy is tested by simulations using a mathematical model of a power train of a hybrid diesel-electric bus subject to the power demands of representative urban area driving cycles. The main elements of the vehicle, internal combustion engine (ICE), battery state of charge (soc), electric machine (EM) and vehicle inertia are simulated with high order models. Simulation results indicate that both strategies achieves small speed tracking errors and attain good fuel consumption reduction levels.
Evolution of the phytoplankton assemblage in a long-lived mesoscale eddy in the eastern Gulf of Alaska

We tracked changes in the phytoplankton species composition in an anticyclonic mesoscale eddy (Haida-2000a) in the eastern Gulf of Alaska (GOA) 4 times over a 20 mo period as it propagated westward away from the coast and into high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll waters. Phyto- plankton species diversity in the eddy was higher in late summer/early autumn (September) than in spring (June) and it declined between the first and second years of evolution. Phytoplankton diver- sity within the eddy was greater than in the surrounding area in September (but not in June) in both the first and second years of evolution. Small cells dominated the phytoplankton assemblages throughout the study at all sites. The prevalence of coastal species in the eddy and its surroundings declined between the first and second years of eddy evolution. During the same period, the contribu- tion of haptophytes and pelagophytes increased. Haida-2000a had a lower abundance of diatoms than its surroundings after one year of evolution, possibly due to the preferential export of silica from the eddy. Pigment and phytoplankton distributions indicated that edge sites differed from the center and outside, either due to the advective entrainment of surrounding waters into eddy circulation, or as a consequence of local upwelling at the eddy margins. The data suggest that eddies may respond differently than surrounding waters to external forcing, including storms and iron deposition events, thereby contributing to variability and large-scale patchiness of phytoplankton populations observed in the GOA.
Review of ultrasound elastography quality control and training test phantoms

While the rapid development of ultrasound elastography techniques in recent decades has sparked its prompt implementation in the clinical setting adding new diagnostic information to conventional imaging techniques, questions still remain as to its full potential and efficacy in the hospital environment. A limited number of technical studies have objectively assessed the full capabilities of the different elastography approaches, perhaps due, in part, to the scarcity of suitable tissue-mimicking materials (TMMs) and appropriately designed phantoms available. Few commercially available elastography phantoms possess the necessary test target characteristics or mechanical properties observed clinically, or indeed reflect the lesion-to-background elasticity ratio encountered during clinical scanning. Thus, while some phantoms may prove useful, they may not fully challenge the capabilities of the different elastography techniques, proving limited when it comes to quality control (QC) and/or training purposes. Although a variety of elastography TMMs, such as agar and gelatine dispersions, co-polymer in oil and poly(vinyl) alcohol cryogel, have been developed for specific research purposes, such work is yet to produce appropriately designed phantoms to adequately challenge the variety of current commercially available elastography applications. Accordingly, there is a clear need for the further development of elastography TMMs and phantoms to keep pace with the rapid developments in elastography technology, to ensure that the performance of these new diagnostic approaches are validated, and for clinical training purposes.
Topic Detection of Chinese News Based on Word Entropy

We propose a method of automatic news topic detection in large-scale data. First, topic words are detected based on their word entropy. Then, the topic word co-occurrence net is constructed via the semantic relationships of topic words represented by their orders in which they appear within the original text. Finally, implied communities are detected in the topic word co-occurrence net through modularity measures. Each implied community is regarded as a news topic. Experimental results show that this method can be used to effectively identify the key topic of each news report, with the presence of topic content in human-readable form.
PARAMETRIC SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS USING REDUCED PCR/PLSR MODELS FOR BETTER ESTIMATES OF EXPECTED COST AND SPECIFICATIONS

Quick advancement of industrial robots along with its usage by the assembling industries for various applications is a basic assignment for the determination of robots. As an outcome, the choice procedure of the robot turns out to be particularly entangled for the potential users since they have a broad arrangement of parameters of the accessible robots. In this paper, Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR) and Principal Component Regression (PCR) algorithm are utilized for the selection of industrial robots. In this proposed technique, eleven different parameters are taken as direct inputs for selecting a robot as compared to those of the existing models, which are limited up to seven parameters. Basing upon the proposed algorithm, the rank of an industrial robot is estimated. Moreover, the best robot that has been selected should satisfy the benchmark genuinity for a targeted application. In addition to this, the robot selection algorithm is measured through Mean Square Error (MSE), and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE), R-squared error(RSE).
A FRAMEWORK FOR TENANCY SCRUTINIZE WITH MASSIVE AMOUNT OF SOURCES

This paper surveys the present creates occupancy monitoring and multi-modal data fusion approaches for smart commercial structures. Within this paper, we surveyed and examined the present efforts for occupancy monitoring in smart structures for energy efficiency purposes. Particularly, we first identified the issue types that are based on people occupancy. Wireless APs happen to be used extensively for indoor localization previously. These works, however, concentrate on individual user localization, presuming that the individual has a wireless device and often an application around the user’s system is needed. A comparative analysis of existing approaches and future predictions for research challenges will also be provided. Enabled by such occupancy monitoring abilities, you will find extensive possibilities for increasing the energy use of structures via smart Heating and cooling control. The aim would be to lay lower a framework for future research to take advantage of the spatio-temporal data acquired from a number of various IoT devices for example temperature sensors, surveillance cameras, and RFID tags which may be already being used within the structures.
The Graves Theorem Revisited

In 1950 Graves proved the following theorem: If the function f from a Banach space X into a Banach space Y is strictly differentiable at x0 and the strict derivative ∇f(x0) is onto, then f is open with linear rate around x0. Under fairly general assumptions, the latter property is equivalent to either the metric regularity or to the Aubin property of the inverse. In this paper, we prove that the Graves theorem is a consequence of the following general result: the openness with linear rate of a locally closed set-valued map F around a point (x0, y0) of its graph is invariant with respect to a perturbation of the form f + F provided that the strict derivative of f at x0 is zero.
Nurses’ Caring Behaviors for Dying Patients in Southern Thailand

Background: Nowadays, the end-of-life care becomes an indicator of the quality of care in a hospital. However, current nursing standards and quality of care related to the end of life do not meet the desired expectations of both dying patients and their families. Therefore, caring behaviors of nurses need to be described. Purpose: The purpose of this descriptive research was to describe the level of nurses’ caring behaviors for dying patients in southern Thailand. Method: Proportionate stratified random sampling was used to select 360 registered nurses who had been working in general hospitals and regional/university hospitals in southern Thailand for at least one year. Instruments used in the study included the Demographic Data Questionnaire (DDQ) and the Nurse’s Caring Behavior for Dying Patients Questionnaire (NCBDQ). The questionnaires were content validated by three experts. The reliability of the NCBDQ was tested with 30 nurses yielding a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of . 97. The data were analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Results: The level of nurses’ caring behaviors for dying patients was high (M = 2.12, SD = .43). The five dimensions of the nurses' caring behaviors including compassion, confidence, conscience, commitment and comportment were also at a high level. However, the competence dimension was at a moderate level (M = 1.82, SD = .51). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that nurses perceived themselves as having a moderate level of competency in taking care of dying patients. Therefore, educational intervention on enhancing nurses’ competency for end of life care is recommended. In addition, factors relating to nurses’ caring behavior for dying patients should be further explored. Keywords: caring behaviors, dying patients, nurses, southern Thailand
Molecular analysis of gene banks for sustainable conservation and increased use of crop genetic resources.

The effective use of crop genetic resources stored in genebanks by breeding programs is limited. The number of accessions deposited in genebanks, however, is continuously growing. Slow germplasm characterization has been pointed out as a major cause of this discrepancy. Molecular marker technology offers opportunities to increase the use of crop genetic resources deposited in genebanks. High throughput genotyping of germplasm accessions allows for the examination of genetic relationships and sampling of core collections representative of the allelic richness of the genebank. Core collections can be used for intensive phenotypic evaluation of traits of agronomic importance and re-sequencing of candidate genes associated with their control. Single nucleotide polymorphism variation between the accessions of the collection can be associated with phenotypic variation. The integration of genomic technology and characterization of germplasm banks will play an importante role in the sustainable conservation and increased use of crop genetic resources.
Impaired Fat Oxidation and Reduced Resting Energy Expenditure after a Fat Load in Individuals with Liver Steatosis

To date, the factors involved in the progression from simple liver steatosis to liver fibrosis have not been clarified. The postprandial phase after a high fat meal is pro-inflammatory and chronic low-grade inflammation is associated with the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of an oral fat load on fat oxidation in individuals with vs. without liver steatosis. Twelve adults without liver steatosis and seventeen with liver steatosis underwent an oral tolerance tests with 190 grams of a fresh cream (343 kcal/100 g, calories from fats 84%). Respiratory quotient and resting energy expenditure were evaluated using indirect calorimetry at 0, 90 and 120 minutes after load ingestion. In the subjects without liver steatosis, the fat load induced a reduction in the respiratory quotient (basal value=0.88 ± 0.07 vs. 90 min value=0.85 ± 0.06, p=0.020; and basal value=0.88 ± 0.07 120 min value=0.84 ± 0.06, p=0.001) with no change in resting energy expenditure. The liver steatosis led to a delayed switch to fat oxidation after the fat load (90 min value 0.88 ± 0.07 vs. 120 min value = 0.85 ± 0.06; p=0.032) with a significant reduction of the resting energy expenditure after 120 min (p=0.011). An impaired fat oxidation, suggesting a reduced metabolic flexibility, and reduced resting energy expenditure is demonstrated after a fat load in individuals with liver steatosis. These mechanisms may be involved in the progression from liver steatosis to fibrosis.
Capital Flight and Economic Development: The Experience of Cameroon

The paper investigates the relationship between capital flight and economic development in the Cameroon economy during the period1970-2013. Applying the Fully Modified Least Squares (FMOLS) technique, we found evidence in support of a negative significant relationship between capital flight and economic development in Cameroon over the period of the study. Other variables with significant negative impact on economic development are external debt and exports. On the other hand, a factor such as real interest rate was found to associate positively with economic development.
Comparison of retrospectively ECG-gated coronary computed tomography with and without adaptive tube voltage, tube current parameters and individualized contrast media injection protocol to reduce ionizing radiation dose

Comparison of retrospectively ECG-gated coronary computed tomography with and without adaptive tube voltage, tube current parameters and individualized contrast media injection protocol to reduce ionizing radiation dose Objective: The aim of the study was to estimate the decrease in ionizing radiation exposure dose using adaptive tube voltage, tube current parameters and individualized contrast media injection protocol compared to basic retrospectively ECG-gated CCTA protocol and to compare image quality. Methods: This retrospective study consisted of 30 consecutive patients who had body mass index (BMI) between 25 kg/m2 and 30 kg/m2 and underwent retrospectively ECG-gated CCTA. We have enrolled 15 patients which were scanned with an adaptive tube voltage, tube current and an individualized contrast media injection protocol (study group), the other 15 patients underwent basic retrospectively ECG-gated CCTA protocol (control group). Comparison of ionizing radiation effective dose, subjective and objective image quality was accomplished. Differences in ionizing radiation effective dose were deemed statistically significant if p < 0.01, for other variables we considered a p value of less than 0.05 to be statistically significant. Results: he difference of a mean effective dose between study and control groups was statistically significant (6.39 ± 0.88 mSv and 17.44 ± 2.45 mSv, p < 0.01). Despite significantly higher image noise, significantly lower contrast-to-noise ratio and signal-to-noise ratio in a study group, both groups showed comparable average image quality (62.03±16.85 and 39.98±8.79, p < 0.01; 5.16±2.03 and 7.71±1.28, p < 0.01; 3 (2.5-3) and 2.75 (2.75-3), p = 0.95). Conclusions: Despite higher image noise compared to basic retrospectively ECG-gated CCTA protocol, adaptive tube voltage, tube current parameters and individualized contrast media injection protocol allows substantial reduction in ionizing radiation exposure dose to a patient (up to 63%) with an adequate image quality for the evaluation of coronary arteries.