COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCE AND PHENOTYPE MICROARRAY ANALYSIS OF CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII SP291: A PERSISTENT ISOLATE CULTURED FROM A POWDERED INFANT FORMULA PRODUCTION FACILITY

Complete genome sequence and phenotype microarray analysis of Cronobacter sakazakii SP291: a persistent isolate cultured from a powdered infant formula production facility

Outbreaks of human infection linked to the powdered infant formula (PIF) food chain and associated with the bacterium Cronobacter, are of concern to public health.These bacteria are regarded as opportunistic pathogens linked to life-threatening infections predominantly in neonates, with an under developed immune system.Monitoring the microbiologica

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Stretching the frontiers of precaution

The increasing pace and impact of technological change in the world underline the growing need for taking due precautions.In this essay the author reviews a number of cases over the past 2 centuries where new technologies have been introduced too rapidly with too little attention to possible consequences and avoidable damage to health or the enviro

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Audit of blood bank services with emphasis on loss of workforce

Purpose: The goal of blood bank audit is to continuously improve services Cover for Radio Head to the patients by reducing rework, wastage, and inappropriate care.This can be done by establishing certain quality indicators.The rate of discarded blood and its components due to wastage, expiry, and transfusion-transmitted infection are one of such in

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The large-sized darter Anhinga pannonica (Aves, Anhingidae) from the late Miocene hominid Hammerschmiede locality in Southern Germany.

We report fossils of the darter Anhinga pannonica Lambrecht, 1916 from two late Miocene (Tortonian, 11.62 and 11.44 Ma) avifaunas in Southern Germany.The material from the hominid locality Hammerschmiede near Pforzen represents the most comprehensive record of this species and includes most major postcranial elements except for the tarsometatarsus.

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The Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Central Java Earthquake: A Preliminary Study on Consumer Belief, Attitude, and Purchase Intention

In Indonesia, Law No.40/2007 paragraph 74 on Limited Liability Corporation regulates corporate social responsibility (CSR).Although CSR is mandatory for Indonesian resource-based firms, only four months after its enactment, six parties have Panel mount asked for a judicial review to the Constitution Court as to the mandatory implementation of CSR.T

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