PROGRESS IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: THE ROLE FOR SYSTEMS IMMUNOLOGY


Study of oxide nanoparticles as additives for vegetable lubricants

Currently, vegetable oils have been studied as biolubricants in order to reach new environmental standards.Besides being non-renewable, mineral oils from petroleum bring consequences to the environment due to its low biodegradability.Thus, the aim of this work is to develop a biolubricant and to add oxide nanoparticles (ZnO and Mountaineering - Acc

read more

Acinetobacter baumannii and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in long-term care facilities in eastern Taiwan

Objective: The prevention of infections is crucial in long-term care programs.Investigations of the occurrence and sources of pathogens in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are still lacking, especially Speed Sensor Clip in eastern Taiwan.In this study, we conducted a surveillance of two common pathogens, Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) and methicilli

read more

Diagnostic Performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra Compared with Predecessor Test, Xpert MTB/RIF, in a Low TB Incidence Setting: a Retrospective Service Evaluation

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra (Ultra) compared with its predecessor, Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert), in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) in a low TB incidence country.Retrospective analysis was performed on 689 clinical samples received between 2015 and 2018, on which Xpert was performed, and on 715

read more

High-throughput and low-overhead probabilistic routing based on multi-player bargaining game for opportunistic networks

To address the problems existing in the present probabilistic routing based on bargaining games,including unidirectional transmission of messages degrades the success ratio,depending on the virtual money decreases the purchasing power of nodes,and redundancy exists in the interaction process of messages,an routing algorithm based on multi-player ba

read more