The effect on the nasopharyngeal bacterial flora of therapy for 10 days with co-amoxiclav or cefprozil was studied in 50 children with acute otitis media. Before therapy, potential pathogens (Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis) were isolated in 14 (56%) of those treated with co-amoxiclav and 15 (60%) of those treated with cefprozil. Following therapy, the reduction in the number of these pathogens was the same in the two groups. However, differences between the groups were noted in the recovery of organisms with interfering capability, namely alpha-haemolytic streptococci, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius and Prevotella melaninogenica. Fifty interfering organisms were recovered from each group before therapy. After therapy with co-amoxiclav or cefprozil their number declined to 11 and 42, respectively (P< 0.001). 相似文献
This paper describes a Data Base design for geotechnical and geological purposes, created for use and implementation on a
microcomputer, although its logical structure can be adapted to large computers. Both, the geological and geotechnical information
obtained from boreholes sunk in an urban area in Barcelona (Spain) have been used to set up the system, which provides facilities
not only for retrieving information stored in the Data Base, but also for drawing contour maps using a probabilistic formulation.
Base de données géologiques et géotechniques pour microordinateurs
Résumé L'utilisation des banques de données géologiques et géotechniques s'est généralisée depuis 1960. L'un des plus importants
problèmes posés est comment réaliser une bonne définition des champs et variables. Les questions posées par la définition
et la conception d'une banque constituée de données géologiques et d'essais géotechniques est présentée et la solution adoptée
pour un microordinateur est développée. Le logiciel permet de traiter des fichiers géologiques-géotechniques et leur exploitation
sur écran, et de déboucher sur une cartographie automatique.
This paper reports on the development of two techniques designed to measure the electric responses to periodic tactile and thermal0 stimuli on the skin of the hand. 相似文献
The development of digital media, the increasing use of social networks, the easier access to modern technological devices, is perturbing thousands of people in their public and private lives. People love posting their personal news without consider the risks involved. Privacy has never been more important. Privacy enhancing technologies research have attracted considerable international attention after the recent news against users personal data protection in social media websites like Facebook. It has been demonstrated that even when using an anonymous communication system, it is possible to reveal user’s identities through intersection attacks or traffic analysis attacks. Combining a traffic analysis attack with Analysis Social Networks (SNA) techniques, an adversary can be able to obtain important data from the whole network, topological network structure, subset of social data, revealing communities and its interactions. The aim of this work is to demonstrate how intersection attacks can disclose structural properties and significant details from an anonymous social network composed of a university community.
Multimedia Tools and Applications - The cab services, present in most of the cities, are one of the most used offerings for passenger transportation. Nowadays their business model is being... 相似文献
Digital forensics and analysis have emerged as a discipline to fight against cyber and computer-assisted crime. In particular, taking into account the increasing of unconstrained pornographic content over Internet and the spreading cases of Child Sex Abuse material distribution, there is a growing need of efficient computational tools to automatically detect or/and block pornographic videos. The primary objective of this study is to review the different strategies available in the literature for pornography detection in videos and identify research gaps. This survey shows that deep learning based techniques detect videos with sexually explicit content more accurately compared with other conventional detection strategies. The accuracy of the strategies reported in this work, is found to be dependent on features extraction techniques, architecture, and learning algorithms. Finally, further research areas in pornographic video detection are outlined.
Spa centres in northern Italy use clayey admixtures for the formulation of muds to be used in pelotherapy. The basic ingredient (“virgin” clay) is a dressed bentonitic geomaterial with mineralogical composition: smectite 60–70%, illite 5–10%, kaolinite 10–15%, quartz 5–10%, calcite 5–10% and feldspars 2–3%.The peloid muds are obtained by “maturation” of the virgin clay with mineral waters gushing out in situ which have different geochemistry: sulphureous, Ca-sulphate, Ca–Mg-sulphate and Br–I-salty (after the Italian regulation DPR 105/92). The maturation treatment is varying with respect to the mixing procedure and lasting time.Peculiar parameters have been tested to verify the effects of various maturation treatments, i.e., changes with respect to virgin clay.Formation of organic matter is due to the presence of microorganisms and algae in the maturation habitat. The <2 μm fraction is generally decreased due to clay particles agglomeration. Mineralogical changes are mainly concerning the degradation of clay minerals, as smectite and illite, and subordinately to the dissolution of calcite. Cation exchange capacity (CEC), soluble salts, water retention, swelling index, activity, consistency parameters (WL, WP and PI), thermal behaviour and cooling kinetics are influenced by the geochemistry of mineral waters used for the maturation treatments but with some opposite trends for Br–I-salty water, and for sulphureous and Ca-sulphate waters, respectively.Noteworthy was the influence of high-pH value of the virgin clay on the pH of peloid muds (in fact, the pH of the used mineral waters is ranging around the natural value). Furthermore, the temperature reached by the peloid muds after 20 min of application (calculated after an innovative mathematical model) is influenced by water retention. An increase in plasticity index and a slower cooling are considered to improve the quality of the obtained peloid muds for pelotherapy.The observed different cation exchange behaviour and soluble salt content could be discriminant for either dermatological masks or thermal body cataplasms.A need of regulation (standard procedures) is suggested to certificate the clay geomaterials suitable for pelotherapy and also for drugs formulation. 相似文献
The aims of this work were (a) to select the minimum concentrations of two bacteriocin-producing lactobacilli strains to reduce Listeria monocytogenes growth in whole milk, (b) to evaluate the individual and combined application of these chosen lactobacilli concentrations as protective culture in this food and, (c) to estimate if lactobacilli growth caused undesirable changes in the visible characteristics of milk. The selected minimum lactobacilli concentration with antilisterial activity was 106 CFU ml−1 for both lactobacilli. Although a high initial concentration of L. monocytogenes (104 CFU ml−1) was added to milk, a notable reduction on listerial counts (2–4 log CFU ml−1) was achieved in comparison to the control. These lactobacilli showed a good adaptability in milk reaching optimal counts and not causing undesirable visible changes. In conclusion, the use of these lactobacilli could be considered as a bio-strategy potentially effective to limit the contamination by L. monocytogenes in certain milk-derived products. 相似文献