cssi/SciSciGPT-SciSciNet huggingface dataset:
Nurse practitioner services: content and relative work value.

Abstract The resource-based relative value scale is used to quantify work for reimbursement of services in the Medicare Fee Schedule. This pilot study explored use of the resource-based relative value scale for services provided by nurse practitioners. Estimation of relative work values for office visits by nurse practitioners was consistent with the Medicare Fee Schedule. Content analysis revealed that nurse practitioners provide additional services including comprehensive patient evaluation and education and attendance to social factors. Future research is needed to examine systems that identify and reimburse nurse practitioners for their services. Nurs Outlook 2000;48:269-75.
Local surface interpolation with Be´zier patches: errata and improvements

Abstract This brief report corrects errors in the triangular patch subdivision scheme described in [Shirman & Sequin '87]. Furthermore, an improvement of the quadrilateral subdivision scheme discussed in the same paper is presented.
QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7 IN GROUND BEEF BY IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION AND POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

ABSTRACT A quantitative assay for viable Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef based on immunomagnetic separation (IMS) and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed. Bacterial cells inoculated into ground beef, were captured by immunomagnetic beads (IMB) after a 6 h non-selective enrichment. The percent capture of the target cells was consistent for the inoculation levels of 0.7 to 70 colony-forming-units (CFU)/g. Captured bacteria were lysed with PCR buffer containing 0.2 mg/mL proteinase K at 65°C for 30 min. DNA sequences of Shiga-like toxin 1 and 2 (Stx 1 and 2) were amplified independently. Log-linear relationships were observed between CFU of E. coli O157:H7 inoculated into ground beef and the integrated fluorescent image of the PCR products with Stx 1 and 2 primers after enrichment. The quantitative range was between 0.7 to 70 CFU/g.