We studied the food habits of the Formosan rock macaques (Macaca cyclopis) in Jentse via fecal analysis and direct field observation from October 1991 to September 1992, and recorded macaques eating ...51 plant species and insects of ≥5 orders. Macaques in Jentse spent more time feeding on fruits than on other plant parts or insects. However, there was seasonal variation in their food habits, i.e., they spent a higher proportion of time feeding on fruits and insects in summer, and on leaves and stems in winter. The major plant species consumed and the patterns of seasonal variation in the macaque diets identified by fecal analysis and field observation are similar. However, there are discrepancies between results from the two methods in some of the finer details of estimated dietary composition.PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae types not included in pneumococcal conjugate vaccines has increased, including a penicillin- and ...meropenem-resistant serotype 15A-ST63 clone in Japan. During 2013-2017, we collected 206 invasive pneumococcal isolates in Taiwan for penicillin and meropenem susceptibility testing. We found serotypes 15B/C-ST83 and 15A-ST63 were the most prevalent penicillin- and meropenem-resistant clones. A transformation study confirmed that penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2b was the primary meropenem resistance determinant, and PBP1a was essential for high-level resistance. The rate of serotype 15B/C-ST83 increased during the study. All 15B/C-ST83 isolates showed an ermB macrolide resistance genotype. Prediction analysis of recombination sites revealed 12 recombination regions in 15B/C-ST83 compared with the S. pneumoniae Spain
-ST81 genome. Pneumococcal clones rapidly recombine to acquire survival advantages and undergo local expansion under the selective pressure exerted by vaccines and antimicrobial drugs. The spread of 15B/C-ST83 is alarming for countries with high antimicrobial pressure.
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DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, ODKLJ, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease caused by antimicrobial-resistant
Streptococcus pneumoniae
types not included in pneumococcal conjugate vaccines has increased, including a penicillin- and ...meropenem-resistant serotype 15A-ST63 clone in Japan. During 2013–2017, we collected 206 invasive pneumococcal isolates in Taiwan for penicillin and meropenem susceptibility testing. We found serotypes 15B/C-ST83 and 15A-ST63 were the most prevalent penicillin- and meropenem-resistant clones. A transformation study confirmed that penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2b was the primary meropenem resistance determinant, and PBP1a was essential for high-level resistance. The rate of serotype 15B/C-ST83 increased during the study. All 15B/C-ST83 isolates showed an
ermB
macrolide resistance genotype. Prediction analysis of recombination sites revealed 12 recombination regions in 15B/C-ST83 compared with the
S. pneumoniae
Spain
23F
-ST81 genome. Pneumococcal clones rapidly recombine to acquire survival advantages and undergo local expansion under the selective pressure exerted by vaccines and antimicrobial drugs. The spread of 15B/C-ST83 is alarming for countries with high antimicrobial pressure.
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Dostopno za:
DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, ODKLJ, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Lower serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels are associated with increased intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) risk. However, reverse causality and residual confounding has not attracted ...public attention. Therefore, we assessed whether people with LDL-C have increased risk of mortality adjusting for potential confounders using two large Taiwan cohorts.
The Mei-Jhao (MJ) cohort has 414,372 adults participating in a medical screening program with 378 ICH deaths within 15 years of follow-up (1994-2008). Cox proportional hazards regressions estimated hazard death ratios according to LDL-C levels. We identified 4,606 ICH patients from the Taiwan Stroke Registry (TSR) and analyzed the impact of LDL-C on 3-month mortality.
Low cholesterol (LDL-C <100 mg/dL), found in 1/4 of the MJ cohort, was highly prevalent (36%) among young adults (age 20-39). There was a graded relationship between cholesterol and mortality for ICH Hazard ratio, 1.56; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.13-2.16. Compared with patients with an LDL-C of 110-129 mg/dL in TSR, the risk for mortality was 1.84 (95% CI, 1.28-2.63) with an LDL-C of <100 mg/dL.
Lower serum LDL-C level independently predicts higher mortality after acute ICH. While its causative role may vary, low cholesterol may pose potential harms in Taiwan.
Abstract Chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum was observed in a woman with steroid use. Her chronic sclerosing osteomyelitis was cured with ciprofloxacin. ...English literature review found 4 cases of bone–joint infection due to C. meningosepticum . The implications of treatment with a fluoroquinolone were discussed.
Nowadays people become more aware of good nutrition due to food scandals. The main products are nutritional supplements which are selling by distributors in Taiwan. This study aims to evaluate ...whether members loyalty is increased. The study conducts survey according to the members of company S as the participants. For the sake of evaluating service quality of company S and member loyalty, Importance-performance Analysis (IPA) identifies two improvements in need of improvement from 18 questions of the questionnaire and to provide strategies. Moreover, simultaneous importance-performance analysis listed improvement to evaluate the improvement of assessment to enhance member loyalty and company's business performance.
The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effects of different colors produced by LED on Brown Tsaiya duck.
A total of 144 female Brown Tsaiya ducks were randomly allocated into three ...individual cage rearing chambers with different LED illumination colors as treatments. Three different treatments were: (1) white color (2) blue color and (3) red color. The experiment periods were from ducks 21 to 49 weeks of age, determined traits included (1) egg laying performance (2) feed intake (3) egg shell breaking strength (4) egg shell thickness (5) egg Haugh unit (6) egg weight (7) serum Estradiol and Progesterone concentration and (8) behavior pattern.
The results indicated that when compared with white and blue color, red color could stimulate ducks sexual maturation and raised the egg laying performance. The red light group was also observed the highest feed intake among three treatments. The blue treatment had the lowest egg shell breaking strength and the highest egg weight among three treatments, nevertheless, no significant difference was observed among three treatments on egg shell thickness and egg Haugh unit. The red light group had higher serum estradiol concentration than the white and blue groups, but no significant difference among treatments on the serum Progesterone concentration was found. The results of behavior pattern indicated that red light group showed more feeding and less resting behavior compared to the blue light group.
We found the potential of applying red light illumination in the indoor laying duck raising system with positive results on egg laying performance and acceptable egg weight, equivalent egg qualities compared to white and blue light.
Vietnam is a developing country which joined the globalization (WTO) in 2007. Since that turning-point, Vietnamese companies have faced more challenges and business risk. To cope with these problems, ...especially to increase the effectiveness of financial operation, the application of capital budgeting techniques on evaluating investment projects becomes more and more significant for Vietnamese firms. Nevertheless, there has been no research revealing the capital budgeting practice in this country so far. Therefore, this study conducts a survey within 62 Vietnamese manufacturing companies to provide information about the current capital budgeting practice in Vietnam, regarding two aspects: the application of capital budgeting techniques and the effects of some factors on the application of these techniques. By using Two-way ANOVA with Repeated Measures and Multivariate Analysis, the results indicate there is significant difference in the importance and application frequency of each capital budgeting techniques by the type of investment project. Furthermore, the survey finds no significantly different application of evaluation techniques by the size of projects. However, empirical evidence in this study also implies that sophisticated capital budgeting technique is preferred by higher educated officers. It supports and extends the finding of previous researches regarding capital budgeting practice in developing countries.
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