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Rabbits were inseminated artificially and inoculated 1 week later with rubella virus. The attenuated vaccine strain HPV-77 or strain 67-1127 which had been through 12 cell culture passages was used. Half of the rabbits in each group had been inoculated 1 month prior to insemination with the corresponding strain. Evidence of infection induced by either strain was obtained by immunofluorescence in lung, spleen, and placenta. Rubella virus antigen was also found in the lung of a 2-month-old rabbit of a dam inoculated with strain 67-1127. A high rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths and poor weight gain occurred in litters of the 67-1127 group.

Penicillinase activity was found in commercial samples of Limburger, Liederkranz, and Brick, as well as in Roquefort and Danish Blue cheeses. The numbers of penicillinase-producing bacteria in the cheese flora were estimated by use of the most probable numbers technique coupled with penicillinase determinations on the individual cultures. Although streptococci constituted the predominant flora in most of the samples, significant numbers of penicillinase-producing bacteria were also observed. Six of seven penicillinase-producing isolates that were studied in detail were micrococci; the other was an unidentified gram-positive, catalase-positive rod. The results suggest the widespread occurrence of penicillinase-forming micrococci on the surfaces of soft types of cheese.

A method for the detection of deoxyribonuclease activity in semisolid agar cultures was investigated. When cultures were overlaid with an acridine orangedeoxyribonucleate-agar (ADA) mixture, incubated for 1 to 3 hr, and observed under ultraviolet light, clear halos developed around colonies that produced deoxyribonuclease. A variation of the method for use with broth cultures involved impregnation of filter-paper discs with a small portion of the culture and overlaying the discs with the ADA mixture. This alteration has the advantage that the test tube cultures are easily heat-treated prior to assay to determine the heat resistance of the enzyme.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "My Own Public Funding Story" by Sara Hutchinson Ratcliffe which appeared in the 2nd issue of volume 36.

IntroductionMost older care home residents will die in the care home environment. The majority of older people would like the opportunity to discuss end-of-life care, though this rarely happens. The current model of palliative care does not cater well for care home residents.This study explores the narratives shared by older people living in care homes.Aims1. What are the issues facing elderly people in the last years of life?2. What are the key events that shape this phase and how do their interactions and relationships with carers, healthcare professionals, family and friends affect this?MethodsFive participants were recruited from two care homes in the South West of England. Each participant was interviewed at least three times over ten months. A structural narrative analysis was performed and a typology generated to present the different narratives that might constrain and/or empower the participants in relation to their ageing process.ResultsParticipants’ narratives are presented in three different contexts: Becoming a care home resident, living in a care home and death and dying. A variety of narrative types emerged, but the concept of “imposed dependency” was a key thread. In addition to presenting the findings in the traditional academic format, 5 illustrations have been commissioned to bring some of the relevant themes to life.ConclusionsThe narratives constructed suggest that there is still much to be done in order to improve transition into a care home and to promote autonomy and choice, particularly at the end of life.References. Bingley AF, Thomas C, Brown J, Reeve J & Payne S (2008) Developing narrative research in supportive and palliative care: the focus on illness narratives, Palliative Medicine, 22: 653–658.. Borgstrom E (2015) Social death in end-of-life care policy. Contemporary Social Science, 10(3): 272–283. Cornwell J (1984) Hard-Earned Lives: Accounts of Health and Illness from East London, London: Tavistock.. Gilleard C & Higgs P (2010) Ageing without agency: Theorising the fourth age, Ageing & Mental Health, 14(2): 121–128.. Gott M, Small N, Barnes S, Payne S & Seamark D (2008) Older people’s views of good death in heart failure: implications for palliative care provision. Social Science & Medicine, 67: 1113–1121.. Greenhalgh T & Hurwitz B (1999) Narrative based medicine: Why study narrative?BMJ, 318:48.. Higgs P and Rees Jones I. (2009) Medical Sociology and Old Age: Towards a sociology of health in later life, Abingdon: Routledge.. Kelly CN. (2013) Moving to Manage: A mixed methods study of later life relocation into supported housing. Edinburgh Napier University. PhD thesis.. Kinley J, Hockley J, Stone L, Dewey M, Hansford P, Stewart R, McCrone P, Begum A, Sykes N. (2014) The provision of care for residents dying in UK nursing care homes. Age and Ageing, 43(3):375–379.. Lloyd L, Calnan M, Cameron A, Seymour J & Smith R (2014) Identity in the fourth age: perseverance, adaptation and maintaining dignity. Ageing and Society, 34:1–19.. Mathie E, Goodman C, Crang C, Froggatt K, Iliffe S, Manthorpe J & Barclay S (2012) An uncertain future: The unchanging views of care home residents about living and dying, Palliative Medicine, 26: 734. National End of Life Care Intelligence Network (2013) What We Know Now 2013: New Information Collated by the National End of Life Care Intelligence Network. London: Public Health England.. Phoenix C, Smith B & Sparkes AC (2010) Narrative analysis in ageing studies: A typology for consideration. Journal of Ageing Studies24: 1–11.. Public Health England (2017) End of Life Care Profiles: Place of Death. Available at: http://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/end-of-life/data#page/0/gid/1938132883/pat/6/par/E12000004/ati/102/are/E06000015 (Accessed 24/01/17). Riessman C. (2008) Narrative methods for the human sciences. London: Sage.. Shepherd V, Wood F & Hood K (2017) Establishing a set of research priorities in care homes for older people in the UK: a modified Delphi consensus study with care home staff. Age and Ageing46 (2): 284–290

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White mice of the Nya: NYLAR strain were infected with coxsackie B1 or B4 virus and studied for persistence of virus, antibody conversion, histologic changes, and glucose tolerance during periods up to 13 months. Pancreatitis was observed during the acute phase of infection. Suggestions of subclinical diabetes were found during the first six months after virus inoculation. A normal glucose tolerance at 10 to 13 months suggests that the functional lesion is temporary.

Toxin production by Clostridium botulinumwas inhibited by sodium nitrite levels above 50 μg/g of wiener. Sodium ascorbate at levels of 105 and 655 μg/g of product did not decrease the effectiveness of the sodium nitrite inhibition, nor did sodium ascorbate potentiate it. The results indicate that the use of sodium ascorbate in vacuum-packaged wieners does not appreciably alter the inhibition of C. botulinumtoxin formation by sodium nitrite.

Discusses the principles that should be considered when selecting insulation for low-temperature building. Reason for insulating low-temperature building.

Reports on builders' use of the Internet for business. Effect of Internet to contractor's ability to gain a competitive advantage and increase profitability; Navigating the World Wide Web; Global Construction Network site; Opportunities awaiting contractors in the Internet.

Discusses the impact of the information superhighway on the construction industry. Use of communications technology in businesses; Services offered by the Global Construction Network, an Internet site dedicated to the construction industry. INSET: Internet uses in construction..

The poem "In This World" by Jeanine Deibel is presented. First Line: you earn badges for crimes you're about to commit. Last Line: diagonals to avoid darts and the rampant owl population.

The poem "Effigy" by Jeanine Deibel is presented. First Line: If you could whittle me out of a tree what would; Last Line: in a mound of seeds.

GROWTH of some facultatively anaerobic micro-organisms under anaerobic rather than aerobic conditions leads to an impaired synthesis of hæm compounds1–3. This is accompanied by a large accumulation of coproporphyrin in cultures of Bacillus cereus1and by a diminished synthesis of catalase in cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae4. Previous work in this laboratory has revealed that Staphylococcus epidermidisalso exhibits an impaired hæm synthesis during anaerobic growth, which results in an inability to reduce nitrate under these conditions5,6. Results reported in this communication indicate that the accumulation of coproporphyrin and the decreased catalase synthesis which occur during anaerobic growth of one strain, of S. epidermidisare markedly affected by the addition of hæmin to the growth medium.

The relationship between heat-stable deoxyribonuclease and coagulase production was investigated in the interest of developing more rapid diagnostic and quantitative procedures for distinguishing toxigenic and pathogenic staphylococci from closely related saprophytic organisms.

Low numbers of salmonellae in a dried skim milk sample that was implicated in an outbreak of salmonellosis grew rapidly upon rehydration and incubation.

A survey of food, feed, and pharmaceutical products was undertaken to compare an accelerated Salmonelladetection procedure by enrichment serology (ES) to the traditional procedure outlined in the Bacteriological Analytical Manual(BAM). Excellent agreement between the two methods was obtained in the results of 689 test samples involving 35 different products. In addition to being more rapid and simpler to perform, the ES procedure was just as accurate and sensitive as the BAM procedure.

We survey the properties of all orbit families in the rotating frame of a family of realistic triaxial potentials with central supermassive black holes (SMBHs). In such galaxies, most regular box orbits (vital for maintaining triaxiality) are associated with resonances which occupy two-dimensional surfaces in configuration space. For slow figure rotation all orbit families are largely stable. At intermediate pattern speeds a significant fraction of the resonant box orbits as well as inner long-axis tubes are destabilized by the "envelope doubling" that arises from the Coriolis forces and are driven into the destabilizing center. Thus, for pattern rotation periods 2 x 108 yr [?] Tp [?] 5 x 109 yr, the two orbit families that are most important for maintaining triaxiality are highly chaotic. As pattern speed increases there is also a sharp decrease in the overall fraction of prograde short-axis tubes and a corresponding increase in the retrograde variety. At the highest pattern speeds (close to that of triaxial bars), box-like orbits undergo a sudden transition to a new family of stable retrograde loop-like orbits, which resemble orbits in three-dimensional bars, and circulate about the short axis. Our analysis implies that triaxial systems (with central cusps and SMBHs) could either be very rapidly rotating like fast bars or slowly rotating like triaxial elliptical galaxies or dark matter halos found in N-body simulations. Collisionless triaxial systems that remain in stable dynamical equilibrium are unlikely to have intermediate pattern speeds which produce a high level of stochasticity in both the box and inner long-axis tube orbit families.

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A short cut review was carried out to establish whether re-insertion of the stylet before needle removal changed the incidence of post-lumbar puncture syndrome and headache. Altogether 235 papers were found using the reported search, of which two presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated.

Stresses the importance of preparing for long-term care. Nursing home costs; Daily benefits offered by a long-term care insurance; Waiting period for long-term care; Sample annual premiums of a policy.

Reports on the impact of the Internet to the construction industry in the United States. Features of the World Wide Web; Information offered by the Internet site Global Construction Network to the construction industry.

Suggests that the February 2000 computer hacker attacks on the Internet's top commercial Web sites served notice about the perils of electronic commerce. Possible conflict between the Internet's global openness and the capitalist system; Criticisms on the United States government proposal for Internet security; Purpose of the Internet Policy Institute.

Deals with companies which developed programs to protect their workers from repetitive stress injuries. Workplaces estimated by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that has met the draft standards for workers' safety; Employers that bound to fight the proposal; Estimated annual costs of compliance for employers.

Compares the economy of the United States (US) in the 1920s with the 1990s. Effect of the October 29, 1929 stock market crash on the US economy; Unemployment rate during the 1929 Depression; Purpose of the financial safeguards.

Focuses on issues concerning employees' loyalty. Comments of Cynthia Trudell, head of General Motors independent Saturn division; Reasons for the loss of employees' loyalty; Comparison of the working attitude between older and younger workers.

Reports on the trend of corporate telecommuting in the United States (US). Number of federal workers telecommuting as of 1998 according to the US General Service Administration; Drawback to corporate telecommuting; Comments from Kathy Gallo, director of human resource matters for Andersen Consulting.

Reports on the efforts of the United States (US) government to eliminate its debts. Plans of the US Treasury to buy back securities; Role of treasury securities in the government; Comments of economists on the government's plan.

Focuses on the views of employers on the employment of employees with substance abuse history in the United States. Condition of the job market in the country; Comment from several executives of business enterprises; Trends in job screening and testing.