THE ABILITY TO DETACH FROM BIOFILMS IN THE LUNG AIRWAYS PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION TO ANOTHER HOST IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFECTIOUS PHENOTYPE OF MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS

IntroductionMycobacterium abscessus is a pathogen recently associated with patients with chronic lung conditions such as bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis.M.abscessus is an environmental bacterium but recent evidence suggests that the pathogen is also transmitted from host-to-host.Because M.abscessus is known to form biofilms on the respiratory mu

Background: Among the three pharmacological agents available for alcohol de-addiction, acamprosate and naltrexone are considered anti-craving agents.Among these two, acamprosate is better tolerated, has low abuse potential, and is safe in overdose.But the mechanism of action of acamprosate still remains unclear.Case Report: This case report gives a

An improved spectral reflectance estimation method was developed to transform captured RGB images to spectral reflectance.The novelty of our method is an iteratively reweighted regulated model that combines polynomial expansion signals, which was developed for spectral reflectance estimation, and a cross-polarized imaging system, which is used to e

The dielectric behavior of composite materials (barium zirconium titanate / epoxy system) was analyzed as a function of ceramic concentration.Structure and morphologic behavior of the composites was investigated by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron micros

The environmental pollution and high energy consumption caused by the coal-dominated energy structure in China have been the focus of attention for a long time.The co-firing of biomass with coal can save coal resources and realize effective utilization of biomass.In this paper, brewery wastewater sludge (SD) and bituminous coal (BC) were blended fo