A RAPID ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST FOR DETERMINING YERSINIA PESTIS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DOXYCYCLINE BY RT-PCR QUANTIFICATION OF RNA MARKERS

A Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test for Determining Yersinia pestis Susceptibility to Doxycycline by RT-PCR Quantification of RNA Markers

Great efforts are being made to develop new rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests to meet the demand for clinical relevance versus disease progression.This is important especially in diseases caused by bacteria such as Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, which grows rapidly in vivo but relatively slow in vitro.This compromises the abili

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Architectural and component design of CNTs/Al hierarchical composite for enhanced mechanical/thermal properties

This study aims to fabricate heterogeneous CNTs/Al composites with a hierarchical structure using powder metallurgy techniques.The hierarchical composites are composed of alternating layers with and without CNTs.Tensile testing of the as-sintered sample, with a 3.5 mm width and containing 0.5 wt% CNTs, Knob Spring Clip revealed an ultimate tensile

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