Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Lateral Flow Assay (OXA-48 K-SeT) for Rapid Detection of OXA-48-Like Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriaceae

We evaluated an immunochromatographic lateral flow assay for the detection of OXA-48-like carbapenemases (OXA-48 K-SeT) in Enterobacteriaceae (n=82). 100% sensitivity and specificity was observed using bacteria recovered from both solid media and spiked blood culture bottles, with the result obtained in less than 10 minutes

The Lived Experiences of Mexican Heritage Mothers Caring for Overweight Preschool Children

Mexican heritage children are at greater risk to become overweight or obese than children of other ethnic or racial groups. The objective of this study was to gain insight into the lived experiences of Mexican-heritage mothers caring for overweight or obese preschool children. A qualitative, hermeneutic phenomenological design was selected for this study. Saturation was achieved with 12 mothers of Mexican heritage. Data collection and analysis was guided by the phenomenological approach of Max van Manen. Six themes and sixteen subthemes emerged from the data. Maternal caring practices were influenced by their Mexican heritage, emotional burdens, perceptions of child\u27s weight status, disconnectedness and connectedness with family and health care professionals, being resourceful, and the linking of past family history and practices with present needs in order to protect children from untoward consequences of overweight

The Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln: A Brief History 1964–2014

This volume is a provisional account of the origins and subsequent work of the Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL). This study was prepared at the request of Julia McQuillan, Chair of the UNL Department of Sociology and a past BOSR Director, for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Bureau in April 2014. This study falls within the field known generally as “the sociology of sociology” and this accounts for the devising of a typology of sociologies that delineates the intellectual field of play historically occupied by the Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Harriet Martineau advised, “The grand secret of wise inquiry . . . is to begin with the study of THINGS, using the DISCOURSE OF PERSONS as a commentary upon them.” Thus, the present investigation is based almost entirely on documentary sources (die Quellen) — and these are often frustratingly fragmentary. As much as possible, the author has tried to avoid the difficulties that not infrequently confront writers of organizational histories, especially in cases where many of the central protagonists are still living. The Bureau of Sociological Research, established in 1964, was founded as a formal organization within the Department of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It is part of a departmental heritage that is now more than a century long. Directors of the Bureau have included Herman Turk, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson, Hugh P. Whitt, Lynn K. White, Helen A. Moore, D. Wayne Osgood, Laura A. Sanchez, Dan R. Hoyt, Julia Mcquillan, Philip Schwadel, and Jolene D. Smyth.https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook/1042/thumbnail.jp

The Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln: A Brief History 1964–2014

This volume is a provisional account of the origins and subsequent work of the Bureau of Sociological Research (BOSR) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL). This study was prepared at the request of Julia McQuillan, Chair of the UNL Department of Sociology and a past BOSR Director, for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Bureau in April 2014. This study falls within the field known generally as “the sociology of sociology” and this accounts for the devising of a typology of sociologies that delineates the intellectual field of play historically occupied by the Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Harriet Martineau advised, “The grand secret of wise inquiry . . . is to begin with the study of THINGS, using the DISCOURSE OF PERSONS as a commentary upon them.” Thus, the present investigation is based almost entirely on documentary sources (die Quellen) — and these are often frustratingly fragmentary. As much as possible, the author has tried to avoid the difficulties that not infrequently confront writers of organizational histories, especially in cases where many of the central protagonists are still living. The Bureau of Sociological Research, established in 1964, was founded as a formal organization within the Department of Sociology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It is part of a departmental heritage that is now more than a century long. Directors of the Bureau have included Herman Turk, Alan Booth, David R. Johnson, Hugh P. Whitt, Lynn K. White, Helen A. Moore, D. Wayne Osgood, Laura A. Sanchez, Dan R. Hoyt, Julia Mcquillan, Philip Schwadel, and Jolene D. Smyth.https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook/1042/thumbnail.jp

Serials Spoken Here–Reports of Conferences, Institutes and Seminars

This quarter's column offers a report from the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, held May 14–17, 2016, in Timberline Lodge, Oregon, and also provides coverage of multiple sessions from the Kraemer Copyright Conference, held June 6–7, 2016, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Some reports are collected, as well, from the NASIG Annual Conference, held June 9–12, 2016, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, held June 23–28, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. Lastly, there is a report from the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress, held August 13–19, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Topics covered include open access, linked data, copyright, text mining, e-resource management, and digitization

Triangle Journal News, volume 7, number 12

Co-Editors: Allen Cook, John Stilwell. Staff Writers: Vincent Astor, Ira L. King. National News Editor: Mike Morgan. Contributors: David Bianco, Greg Bullard, Dr. Simon LeVay, Miss Page Turner, Butch Valentine. Production: Vincent Astor, Allen Cook, Bob Dumais, John Stilwell. Advertising: Vincent Astor, Bob Dumais. Special thanks to Rhodes College and the Paul Barret Jr. Library for providing initial scanning of this collection.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-outmemphis4/1083/thumbnail.jp

Dos años de vigilancia de la dinámica Clonal de Staphylococcus Aureus resistentes a meticilina aislados en un hospital de tercer nivel en Quito-Ecuador

El objetivo del presente estudio fue vigilar la dinámica clonal de dos años de aislados de Staphylococcus aureus resistentes a meticilina (SARM) en un hospital ecuatoriano de tercer nivel a través de un estudio con muestras colectadas desde Abril 2009 a Diciembre 2010. El genotipaje fue realizado con Multi-Locus Variable- Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis (MLVA), el tipaje con Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec), y los genes (lukS/F-PV) de PVL (Panton Valentine Leukocidin) fueron detectados. A partir de 82 pacientes con infecciones por SARM, se analizaron 93 aislamientos. En general, al referirnos a los porcentajes más altos: 68 (73,1%) fueron USA300 (ST8) y variantes, 72 (77,4%) albergaron SCCmec atípicos, y 59 (63,4%) presentaron genes para PVL, incluyendo 44 (71,0%) de los 62 casos de infecciones en piel y tejidos blandos. Fenotípicamente, 30 (44,1%) de 68 aislados ST8 fueron sensibles a todos los antibióticos probados, exceptuando cefoxitina. Todos los 93 aislamientos fueron resistentes a cefoxitina y no se encontró niveles de resistencia para vancomicina o linezolid. La epidemiologia molecular revelo que los aislados ecuatorianos pertenecían a 2 grandes complejos clonales: CC8 y CC5. Con 22 de 31 genotipos representando al ST8, el CC8 es la población predominante en Ecuador. Sin embargo, la dinámica clonal no fue simple. El clon USA300 (ST8) y variantes circularon continuamente durante el período de 21 meses pero otros clones como el Brasileño (ST239), USA800/pediátrico (ST5), Ibérico (ST247), SLV de ST239 (ST241), Coreano (ST72) y Alemán del sur/Italiano (ST228) también estuvieron en circulación. La circulación esporádica de diferentes ST sugiere una alta diversidad de linajes junto con transferencia horizontal de genes apoyada por la variedad encontrada en el SCCmec. Los autores creen que el surgimiento y la sustitución clonal de SARM están sucediendo más frecuentemente de lo que se había pensado anteriormente. Los resultados de este estudio complementan la investigación epidemiológica en la región dado que este estudio es el primer paso en la elucidación de las cepas de SARM predominantes de Ecuador y perfiles de resistencia

The Politics of Translating Science Fiction. An Analysis of Translated Anglo-American Science Fiction in Italy (1950s - 1970s)

The main objective of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the translation of popular literature and socio-cultural practices and formations, explored through the case study of Anglo-American science fiction translated into Italian between the 1950s and 1970s. The thesis starts with an examination of how popular literature has been defined, arguing that its low cultural status has consequences in relation to its translation, both in terms of textual practices and social dynamics. It then moves on to consider the genre of science fiction (SF), focusing on its development in Italy and showing how translation and other types of rewriting (Lefevere, 1992a) played a role in constructing different images of the genre at different moments in the history of SF in Italy. Chapter II looks at the way in which science fiction was presented and interpreted by its first publishers, editors and critics during the 1950s. Chapter III examines the anthology of translated science fiction Le meraviglie del possibile (1959), arguing that the collection had a key role in starting a process of legitimization of the genre in Italy. Chapter IV and Chapter V focus on the production of science fiction in the troubled decade of the 1970s, looking at how new book-series and SF magazines used paratextual elements and translation to reconceptualise SF as proper literature and as a medium for social and political criticism. Informed by cultural and sociological approaches to the study of translation (Hermans, 1985, 1999; Bassnett & Lefevere, 1998; Wolf and Fukari, 2007) and using a variety of methodological tools (comparative textual analysis, paratextual analysis, multimodality), the thesis shows how the translation of science fiction in Italy became the symbolic terrain of a power struggle between different groups and individuals who used the genre to express their ideas about society, literature and politics

A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea

Aim: The Red Sea is characterised by a unique fauna and historical periods of desiccation, hypersalinity and intermittent isolation. The origin and contemporary composition of reef-associated taxa in this region can illuminate biogeographical principles about vicariance and the establishment (or local extirpation) of existing species. Here we aim to: (1) outline the distribution of shallow water fauna between the Red Sea and adjacent regions, (2) explore mechanisms for maintaining these distributions and (3) propose hypotheses to test these mechanisms. Location: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean. Methods: Updated checklists for scleractinian corals, fishes and non-coral invertebrates were used to determine species richness in the Red Sea and the rest of the Arabian Peninsula and assess levels of endemism. Fine-scale diversity and abundance of reef fishes within the Red Sea were explored using ecological survey data. Results: Within the Red Sea, we recorded 346 zooxanthellate and azooxanthellate scleractinian coral species of which 19 are endemic (5.5%). Currently 635 species of polychaetes, 211 echinoderms and 79 ascidians have been documented, with endemism rates of 12.6%, 8.1% and 16.5% respectively. A preliminary compilation of 231 species of crustaceans and 137 species of molluscs include 10.0% and 6.6% endemism respectively. We documented 1071 shallow fish species, with 12.9% endemic in the entire Red Sea and 14.1% endemic in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Based on ecological survey data of endemic fishes, there were no major changes in species richness or abundance across 1100 km of Saudi Arabian coastline. Main conclusions: The Red Sea biota appears resilient to major environmental fluctuations and is characterized by high rates of endemism with variable degrees of incursion into the Gulf of Aden. The nearby Omani and Arabian Gulfs also have variable environments and high levels of endemism, but these are not consistently distinct across taxa. The presence of physical barriers does not appear to explain species distributions, which are more likely determined by ecological plasticity and genetic diversity