ABSTRACT Clostridioides difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen that causes approximately 500,000 cases of C.difficile infection (CDI) and 29,000 deaths annually in the United States.Antibiotic use is a major risk factor for CDI because broad-spectrum antimicrobials disrupt the indigenous gut microbiota, decreasing colonization resistance aga

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) testing for human body model tests is an essential part of the reliability evaluation of electronic/electrical devices and components.However, global environmental concerns have called for the need to replace the mercury-wetted relay switches, which have been used in ESD testers.Therefore, herein, we propose an ESD tes

Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a rare form of juvenile diabetes mellitus, defined by early onset, absence of ketosis, non-insulin-dependent diabetes and autosomal dominant inheritance.Advances in molecular genetic analysis have identified mutations accounting for different MODY subtypes, all of them associated with defects of insuli

The University of Utah Library has teamed with a new company, Labtiva, to experiment with a product called ReadCube Access.This product allows the library to provide access to journal articles using a Twin/Full Bunk Bed with Storage patron-driven acquisition (PDA) mechanism, using a tiered pricing structure based on level and permanence of access.O