Time to Diagnosis and Persistence: The Two Major Determinants of Effective Tuberculosis Control [PDF]
, 2015 The greatest challenge confronting effective tuberculosis (TB) eradication is the time to diagnosis, and duration of treatment of chronically infected individuals which represent a pool of infection.
Ruthe, Alaine Tess
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Crystal Structure of VapBC-1 from Nontypeable \u3ci\u3eHaemophilus influenzae\u3c/i\u3e and the Effect of Pin Domain Mutations on Survival During Infection [PDF]
, 2019 Toxin-antitoxin (TA) gene pairs have been identified in nearly all bacterial genomes sequenced to date and are thought to facilitate persistence and antibiotic tolerance.
Battaile, Kevin P. +6 more
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Emerging Patterns of Manufacturing Structural Change [PDF]
In the past, research on changes in relative importance among broad three sectors— agriculture, industry, and service—showed general patterns of a country’s structural transformation along with economic development.
Gorazd Rezonja, Nobuya Haraguchi
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Human pallidothalamic and cerebellothalamic tracts: anatomical basis for functional stereotactic neurosurgery [PDF]
, 2008 Anatomical knowledge of the structures to be targeted and of the circuitry involved is crucial in stereotactic functional neurosurgery. The present study was undertaken in the context of surgical treatment of motor disorders such as essential tremor (ET)
A Forel +100 more
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Vapor pressure and evaporation rate of certain heat-resistant compounds in a vacuum at high temperatures [PDF]
The vapor pressure and evaporation rate of borides of titanium, zirconium, and chrome; and of strontium and carbides of titanium, zirconium, and chrome, molybdenum silicide; and nitrides of titanium, niobium, and tantalum in a vacuum were studied.
Bolgar, A. S. +2 more
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Wake Me When It\u27s Over- Bacterial Toxin-Antitoxin Proteins and Induced Dormancy [PDF]
, 2016 Toxin-antitoxin systems are encoded by bacteria and archaea to enable an immediate response to environmental stresses, including antibiotics and the host immune response.
Coussens, Nathan P., Daines, Dayle A.
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Weak institutions and credit availability: the impact of crime on bank loans [PDF]
This paper analyzes the relationship between the terms on bank loans and local crime rates, employing a sample of over 300,000 bank-firm relationships.
Emilia Bonaccorsi di Patti
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A 4800 bps CELP vocoder with an improved excitation [PDF]
The Stochastic or Code Excited Linear Predictive Coder (CELP) is among the promising candidates for producing good quality speech at low bit rates. However, the speech quality produced suffers from perceived roughness.
Brindamour, Andre +2 more
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Targeting the Pin Domain of Type II Toxins Is a Novel Approach to Treat Infections Caused by Nontypeable \u3ci\u3eHaemophilus Influenzae\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2019 Toxin-antitoxin (TA) gene pairs have been identified in nearly all bacterial genomes sequenced to date and are thought to facilitate persistence and antibiotic tolerance.
Molinaro, Ashley Lynne
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Regional Opportunities and Policy Initiatives for New Venture Creation [PDF]
This paper investigates the determinants of new venture creation across industries and locations for 103 Italian provinces between 1997 and 2003. We allow for differences in regional opportunities across industries and investigate the impact of a range ...
Carree, M.A. +2 more
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