RNTCP Response to Challenges of Drug resistant TB in India January 2012 (Update) Prevalence of Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB): MDR-TB is defined as resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin (two of the most potent first line anti-TB drugs)‚ with or without resistance to other first-line drugs. MDR TB is important because patients with this type of drug resistance respond extremely poorly to standard anti-TB treatment with first-line drugs. MDR TB requires relatively costly laboratory
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Earthquake Resistant Bridges Jacqueline Stoy 4/24/2013 Geography of Cultural Diversity 3350:275 Tuesday/Thursday 12:05-12:55 Throughout history‚ bridges have been a primary means of transportation. Unfortunately‚ natural disasters have come to destroy such bridges on many occasions. One of the most deadly natural disasters to face the bridges is earthquakes. The movement of the ground causes the supporting beams and columns to twist and collapse‚ often resulting in injury or death for
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9/20/2013 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus also known as MRSA is a bacteria frequently found on the skin of generally healthy people. MRSA is usually spread through skin to skin contact or contact with an object containing the bacteria. Most of the time you may be carrying the bacteria but you are not ill. Mostly people with weak immune systems and have been in health care centers
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Gold is widely used in modern day medicine to treat disorders. This is because gold is very resistant to bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms. Bacteria are prokaryotes‚ meaning the entire organism consists of a single cell with a simple internal structure. The DNA of a prokaryote is neatly packed in the nucleus. The bacterial DNA floats freely in a twisted threadlike mass called the nucleoid. Gold is unaffected by almost everything. The only materials that can affect gold are
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organization’s advisor‚ many things can be done to help the transition. It is important to approach the problem with understanding for those resistant to change but to also be realistic. As an advisor‚ providing implementation suggestions for the transition would be a good place to start. Issuing or recommending
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Question 1: Describe the background and facts of the “case” being tried in this mock trial. Who brought the suit‚ and why? Is “the story‚” for the most part‚ true? The background and basic facts of this case is that; on April 10‚ 1912‚ the ship known as R.M.S.TITANIC set out on its first voyage with passengers aboard. Four days later‚ that was on April 14‚ 1912‚ the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland at 11:40 pm and later sank at 2:20a.m. a total of 2‚227 people were aboard when
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Biology – HSC Online Extract from Biology Stage 6 Syllabus (Amended October 2002) © Board of Studies‚ NSW 9.2 Maintaining a balance: 1. Temperature range Background: All organisms are adapted to a particular environment with its characteristic temperature range. The temperature range allows the organism’s enzymes to control its metabolism by operating at their optimum efficiency within this range. Some organisms are adapted to live at high temperatures (80 - 100oC) and these are called thermophiles
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into the ground and then you would tie the muka to each stick. Then you would weave in the patterns and animal feathers. Now a days korowai are displayed at museums or they are worn by students on there graduation day. Each and every korowai has a background story to it. Whether it be about the chief who wore it or the tribe itself. At first Maori women used the Pandanus plant for weaving baskets and clothes. Then they discovered flax‚ and found that the flax fibers where much stronger and more
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Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering‚ 6 (2006) Seismic Pounding between Adjacent Building Structures Shehata E. Abdel Raheem Civil Engineering Department‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Assiut University‚ Egypt E-mail: shehataraheem@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Investigations of past and recent earthquake damage have illustrated that the building structures are vulnerable to severe damage and/or collapse during moderate to strong ground motion. Among the possible structural damages‚ seismic induced
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1.0 Background of NasionCom Holdings Berhad NasionCom Holdings Berhad (NHB) is an investment holding company. The company is organized into two main business segments: Telecommunication and multimedia services segment‚ which is engaged in the provision of voice and data services broadband Internet access and related services‚ and Wholesale services segment‚ which is involved in wholesale of telecommunication prepaid cards. The company was formerly known as High-Tech Electronics Sdn Bhd. Other operations
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