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Prevalence of beta-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli from Retail Meat in Turkey	2015	Dept. of Food Hygiene and Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mustafa Kemal Univ, Hatay, Turkey.; Dept. of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mustafa Kemal Univ, Hatay, Turkey.; Dept. of Biology, Faculty of Art and Science, Mustafa Kema	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of Food Science Periodical, Abbrev. J.Food Sci. Pub Date Free Form Sep Volume 80 Issue 9 Start Page M2023 Other Pages 9 Notes CI: (c) 2015; JID: 0014052; 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents); 0 (Bacterial Proteins); 0 (Escherichia coli Proteins); 0 (Qnr protein, E coli); EC 3.5.2.6 (AmpC beta-lactamases); EC 3.5.2.6 (beta-Lactamases); OTO: NOTNLM; 2015/02/17 [received]; 2015/06/23 [accepte Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 1750-3841; 0022-1147 Accession Number PMID: 26256548 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM DOI 10.1111/1750-3841.12984 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 26256548 Abstract Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) and plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase (pAmpC) producing Escherichia coli have been shown to be present in humans and animals representing a significant problem worldwide. This study aimed to search the presence of ESBL and/or AmpC-producing E. coli in retail meats (chicken and beef) in Turkey. A total of 88 beta-lactamase-producing E. coli were isolated from chicken (n = 81/100) and beef meat (n = 7/100) samples and their susceptibility to several antimicrobials were tested using disc diffusion method. E. coli isolates were further characterized for their phylogenetic groups. beta-Lactamase encoding (blaTEM , blaSHV , blaOXA , blaCTX-M , and blaAmpC ) and quinolone resistance genes (qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, qepA, and acc(6')-Ib-cr) were also secreened by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, in regard to beta-lactamase genes, 84 of 88 isolates were positive for blaCTX-M-1 (n = 39), blaCTX-M-3 (n = 5), blaCTX-M-15 (n = 4), blaTEM-1b (n = 2), blaSHV-12 (n = 1), blaCTX-M-1 /blaTEM-1b (n = 10), blaCTX-M-1 /blaTEM-1b /blaSHV-5 (n = 1), blaCTX-M-1 /blaCMY-2 (n = 1) and blaTEM-1b /blaCMY-2 (n = 6), blaCTX-M-15 /blaSHV-12 (n = 1), blaCTX-M-15 /blaTEM-1b (n = 1), blaTEM-1b /blaSHV-12 (n = 1), and blaCMY-2 (n = 12) genes. Resistance to cefuroxime (75.6% and 85.7%), nalidixic acid (89% and 85.7%), tetracycline (91.4% and 100%), streptomycin (40.2% and 100%), and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (36.6% and 85.7%) was observed among strains isolated from chicken and beef, respectively. However, all isolates were found to be susceptible to amikacin, imipenem, and cefepime. Resistance to ampicillin and cefoxitin was significantly linked to blaCMY-2 gene, while there was a significant correlation between CTX-M type ESBL and antimicrobial resistance to cefuroxime and streptomycin (P Descriptors Links Book Title Database Publisher Institute of Food Technologists(R) Data Source Authors Pehlivanlar Onen,S., Aslantas,O., Sebnem Yilmaz,E., Kurekci,C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20150807 PMCID Editors
Self-reported school difficulties and tobacco use among fourth- to seventh-grade students	2002	Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, PO Box 016069 (R-699), Miami, FL 33101, USA. dlee@med.miami.edu	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full The Journal of school health Periodical, Abbrev. J.Sch.Health Pub Date Free Form Nov Volume 72 Issue 9 Start Page 368 Other Pages 373 Notes LR: 20071115; JID: 0376370; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 0022-4391; 0022-4391 Accession Number PMID: 12557632 Language eng SubFile Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; IM; N DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 12557632 Abstract This study examined the relationship between academic and behavioral difficulties at school, and tobacco use in students. Participants included 1,219 students in fourth to seventh grade at the time of enrollment. Interviews were repeated eight months later with 85% of baseline participants. Telephone interviews assessed use of cigarettes, cigars, and chewing tobacco; students also were asked if they liked school, how often they got in trouble at school, and how well they were doing in school. At baseline, students reporting school difficulties were 1.4-5.6 times more likely to report a lifetime history of cigarette, cigar, and chewing tobacco use relative to students who did not report these difficulties. Average to below-average academic performance at baseline was predictive of new cigarette use at the eight-month follow-up (Relative Risk = 3.35; 95% Confidence Interval = [1.36, 8.22]). Self-reported school difficulties are associated with lifetime use of all major forms of tobacco and are predictive of future cigarette use in fourth- to seventh-grade students. Descriptors Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Child, Child Behavior Disorders/epidemiology, Cohort Studies, Female, Florida/epidemiology, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Risk Factors, Smoking/epidemiology, Students Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Lee,D. J., Trapido,E., Rodriguez,R. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Water and hygiene: The case of North Carolina farmworkers	1986	Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of environmental health Periodical, Abbrev. J.Environ.Health Pub Date Free Form 1986/ Volume 49 Issue 1 Start Page 24 Other Pages 27 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0022-0892 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract This study uses a linear regression model to examine the determinants of reported personal hygiene practices of children in 87 migrant and seasonal farmworker families in eastern North Carolina. The results suggest that by ensuring that families have water piped into multiple taps in the house, handwashing is substantially increased and that by having access to heated water and showers, bathing of children, too, may be substantially increased. It is concluded that if hygiene practices of farmworkers are to be improved, enforcement of existing State and Federal legislation will have to be improved and amendments to this legislation enacted. Descriptors agricultural worker, child, geographic distribution, human, migrant worker, normal human, organization and management, personal hygiene, prevention, United States, water supply Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Briscoe,J., Barron,W. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Effects of oxalic acid on the regrowth of heterotrophic bacteria in the distributed drinking water	2004	Dept. of Environmental Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, #250, Kuo Kuang Rd., T.,	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Chemosphere Periodical, Abbrev. Chemosphere Pub Date Free Form / Volume 57 Issue 7 Start Page 531 Other Pages 539 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0045-6535 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Three laboratory-scale water pipe systems were set up to study the effects of adding oxalic acid on the bacterial regrowth and biofilm formation in the distributed drinking water. The results of water pipe experiment displayed that around 38% carbon in the oxalic acid could be converted to bacterial biomass. The maximum HPCs in biofilm were equal to 3.5 Ã— 104, 3.38 Ã— 105 and 2.8 Ã— 106 CFU cm-2 while the maximum HPCs of free bacteria were equal to 1.2 Ã— 103, 2.54 Ã— 103 and 3.78 Ã— 104 CFU ml-1 for the blank and with addition of 10 and 50 Î¼g OA eq-C l-1, respectively. These results imply that the addition of oxalic acid to distributed water has positive effect on the assimilable organic carbon content of drinking water and bacterial regrowth in water pipe. This effect is enhanced with addition of high-level oxalic acid. Batch tests were also conducted using water samples collected from a Taiwanese drinking water distribution system. The bacterial regrowth potentials (BRPs) of the blank were equal to 4.25 Ã— 103, 1.46 Ã— 104, 4.9 Ã— 104 and 7.54 Ã— 104 CFU ml-1 for water samples collected from treatment plant effluent, commercial area, mixed area, and residential area, respectively. These results show that the biological stability of distributed drinking water is the highest in treatment plant effluent, the moderate in the commercial area and mixed area, and the lowest in the residential area. Â© 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Descriptors drinking water, organic carbon, oxalic acid, article, biofilm, chemical composition, colony forming unit, comparative study, controlled study, effluent, laboratory, microbial biomass, nonhuman, plate count, tube Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Chu,C., Lu,C. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Selective vulnerability of the inner ear to decompression sickness in divers with right-to-left shunt: the role of tissue gas supersaturation	2009	Dept. of Anesthesiology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. dr.m@xtra.co.nz	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md.: 1985) Periodical, Abbrev. J.Appl.Physiol.(1985) Pub Date Free Form Jan Volume 106 Issue 1 Start Page 298 Other Pages 301 Notes LR: 20131121; JID: 8502536; N762921K75 (Nitrogen); 2008/09/18 [aheadofprint]; ppublish Place of Publication United States ISSN/ISBN 8750-7587; 0161-7567 Accession Number PMID: 18801958 Language eng SubFile Comparative Study; Journal Article; IM DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.90915.2008 [doi] Output Language Unknown(0) PMID 18801958 Abstract Inner ear decompression sickness has been strongly associated with the presence of right-to-left shunts. The implied involvement of intravascular bubbles shunted from venous to arterial circulations is inconsistent with the frequent absence of cerebral symptoms in these cases. If arterial bubbles reach the labyrinthine artery, they must also be distributing widely in the brain. This discrepancy could be explained by slower inert gas washout from the inner ear after diving and the consequent tendency for arterial bubbles entering this supersaturated territory to grow because of inward diffusion of gas. Published models for inner ear and brain inert gas kinetics were used to predict tissue gas tensions after an air dive to 4 atm absolute for 25 min. The models predict half-times for nitrogen washout of 8.8 min and 1.2 min for the inner ear and brain, respectively. The inner ear remains supersaturated with nitrogen for longer after diving than the brain, and in the simulated dive, for a period that corresponds with the latency of typical cases. It is therefore plausible that prolonged inner ear inert gas supersaturation contributes to the selective vulnerability of the inner ear to short latency decompression sickness in divers with right-to-left shunt. Descriptors Adaptation, Physiological, Brain/metabolism/physiopathology, Computer Simulation, Decompression Sickness/blood/complications/physiopathology, Diffusion, Diving, Ear, Inner/metabolism/physiopathology, Embolism, Air/blood/etiology/physiopathology, Foramen Ovale, Patent/blood/complications/physiopathology, Humans, Kinetics, Labyrinth Diseases/blood/etiology/physiopathology, Models, Biological, Nitrogen/blood, Partial Pressure, Reaction Time Links Book Title Database Publisher Data Source Authors Mitchell,S. J., Doolette,D. J. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic 20080918 PMCID Editors
The sulphur:nitrogen ratio of conifer foliage in relation to atmospheric pollution with sulphur dioxide	1977	Dept. Forestry Natural Resources, Univ. Edinburgh	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Plant and Soil Periodical, Abbrev. Plant Soil Pub Date Free Form 1977/ Volume 47 Issue 1 Start Page 89 Other Pages 102 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0032-079X Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The S:N ratio of the current foliage of two commonly planted conifers, Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) was determined for areas known to have unpolluted atmospheres. The mean values of the ratio (0.034 and 0.028 respectively) were used to compare similar foliage from a) an industrialised area, and b) a series of transects radiating from a brickworks chimney. The established ratios were used to predict foliar S concentrations and the greater amounts found were ascribed to foliar absorption of atmospheric S. The 'excess' S was negatively related to distance from the supposed source, and also to needle weight which itself was positively related to distance. It is concluded that this measure derived from the S:N ratio is theoretically and practically a more sensitive indicator of the accumulation of S in conifer foliage exposed to atmospheric pollution than the analysis for elemental S or the SO4-ion alone. Descriptors nitrogen, sulfur, sulfur dioxide, sulfuric acid derivative, unclassified drug, plant, tree Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Malcolm,D. C., Garforth,M. F. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Head loss in water pipes	1981	Dept. Civ. Engin., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2G7	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Environmental Technology Letters Periodical, Abbrev. ENVIRON.TECHNOL.LETT. Pub Date Free Form 1981/ Volume 2 Issue 4 Start Page 171 Other Pages 178 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0143-2060 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract A unique method of calculating the head loss in water lines is presented. A table of 'Resistance' values, based on the Hazen & William's formula enables the rapid computation of head loss for single, series or parallel pipes. Descriptors drinking water, pipeline, prevention, sewage treatment, therapy, water treatment Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Bouthillier,P. H. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Heat transfer models for a subsurface, water pipe, soil warming system	1973	Dept. Chem. Engin., Univ. Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. 72701	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Journal of environmental quality Periodical, Abbrev. J.Environ.Qual. Pub Date Free Form 1973/ Volume 2 Issue 2 Start Page 188 Other Pages 196 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0047-2425 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Mathematical models are developed for the prediction of heat losses from subsurface pipes carrying hot water. The method of images is used to calculate the heat loss from a hot water pipe buried at a given depth below the surface of a homogeneous soil with a constant soil surface temperature. The heat loss is described as a function of the difference between the temperature of the water and the temperature of the soil surface. The energy balance is used to determine the longitudinal temperature distribution of the water. The method is extended to describe the heat loss and the longitudinal temperature distribution for a system of equally spaced, parallel, subsurface pipes with water flowing in the same direction in neighboring pipes. Finally, the method is extended to calculate the heat loss and the longitudinal temperature distribution for a system of equally spaced, parallel, subsurface pipes with water flowing in opposite directions in neighboring pipes. Soil temperature profiles around the buried pipes are presented. The models are used to calculate the land area which can be heated with an underground piping system carrying the cooling water from the condensers of a 1000 megawatt nuclear powered steam generation electric power plant. Descriptors environmental health Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Kendrick,J. H., Havens,J. A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
Investigations of pipe-borne water pollution in Benin city, Nigeria	1980	Dept. Biol. Sci., Univ. Benin	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Water, air, and soil pollution Periodical, Abbrev. Water Air Soil Pollut. Pub Date Free Form 1980/ Volume 13 Issue 4 Start Page 425 Other Pages 437 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0049-6979 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract Two important environmental parameters could be identified as being the main causes of pipe-borne water contamination in the City of Benin. These are combined effects of rainfall and excessive construction work and, secondly, the lack or inadequacy of plumbing codes. To study the combined effects of rainfall and excessive construction on the contamination of water, samples were tested for total coliform using the multiple-tube fermentation test. Sites were chosen to allow for the comparison of the coliform counts in areas of comparatively insignificant construction to areas of excessive public construction. Results show that in the areas of heavy public construction, the curves for both the rainfall and the coliform counts in the consumer lines were skewed in the same manner. The peak rainfall was in September (437.1 mm), which corresponds to peak coliform number in the consumer lines for both Zone A (62 coliforms/100 ml) and Zone B (60 coliforms/100 ml) for the same month. When compared to the area of insignificant public construction as shown in Zone C, rainfall had little or no effect on the coliform counts either at the pumping station or in the consumer line. The maximum number of coliforms recorded for the consumer line was 5/100 ml during the month of June. Results suggest that the high counts of coliforms in the Benin City water supply could be attributed primarily to the effects of construction which resulted in pipe breakage. During heavy rainfall and flooding, water under flood pressure enters the pipes through cracks, improperly tightened joints and damaged pipes. The improper enforcement of plumbing codes or lack of such codes was also identified as another cause of the water contamination as shown in Zone D. A study of the effects of water pipes passing through septic tank drain fields also shows that such effluents served as another source of major contamination. The highest recorded number for coliforms for the pipe-borne water just before entering the septic tank drain field was 12/100 ml, and after it passed through the field the number had gone up to 60/100 ml. Artificial contamination of the septic tank effluents to try to detect leaks in the water pipes passing through the absorption field was investigated. The bacterial contaminant could be recovered in the pipe-borne water and the quantity was skewed in the same manner as total rainfall between periods of sampling. Descriptors coliform bacterium, geographic distribution, Nigeria, septic tank, sewer, water quality Links Book Title Database Embase Publisher Data Source Embase Authors J-Nkanga,E. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors
The pharmacological effect of fractions obtained by smoking cannabis through a water-pipe. II. A second fractionation step	1980	Dept. Biol. Chem., Med. Sch., Univ. Athens	Read more...
Source Type Print(0) Ref Type Journal Article Periodical, Full Experientia Periodical, Abbrev. Experientia Pub Date Free Form 1980/ Volume 36 Issue 12 Start Page 1407 Other Pages 1408 Notes Place of Publication ISSN/ISBN 0014-4754 Accession Number Language SubFile DOI Output Language Unknown(0) PMID Abstract The catatonic activity, prolongation of phenobarbital sleeping-time, convulsant action and disruption of nest building activity were assessed in mice subjected to 4 cannabis pyrolysis products and their tobacco analogues. All but one of the cannabis fractions prolonged the pentobarbital sleeping-time and disrupted the nest-building activity of mice in a way not related to their content in the main cannabinoids. Nest-building activity seems to be the most valid assay we have used so far. Descriptors cannabinol derivative, cannabis, phenobarbital, phenytoin, placebo, tetrahydrocannabinol, animal experiment, behavior, catatonia, central nervous system, convulsion, drug screening, mouse, sleep time, epanutin Links Book Title Database Embase; MEDLINE Publisher Data Source Embase Authors Lazaratou,H., Moschovakis,A., Armaganidis,A. Original/Translated Title URL Date of Electronic PMCID Editors

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