Concert recording 2019-11-16a

[Track 1]. Concert etude / Alexander Goedicke -- [Track 2]. Concerto in F minor. I. Allegro moderato [Track 3]. II. Adagio religioso, allegretto III. Rondo / Oskar Bohme -- [Track 4]. Four miniatures. I. Fanfare [Track 5]. II. Intermezzo [Track 6]. III. Canto [Track 7]. IV. Tarantella / Joseph Turrin -- [Track 8]. Albumblatt / Alexander Glasunow -- [Track 9]. Sonata, op. 18. I. Allegro con brio [Track 10]. II. Andante con espressione [Track 11]. III. Allegro con anima / Thorvald Hansen -- [Track 12]. The maid of the mist / Herbert L. Clarke

Concert recording 2018-11-07

[Track 1]. Concert etude / Alexander Goedicke -- [Track 2]. Concerto in E-flat major. I. Allegro / Franz Joseph Haydn -- [Track 3]. Oliver\u27s birthday / Bruce Broughton -- [Track 4]. Sonata for trumpet and piano. I. Sarabande / Jean Hubeau -- [Track 5]. Sonata for trumpet and piano. I. With strength and vigor / Kent Kennan -- [Track 6]. Rustiques / Eugene Bozza -- [Track 7]. Concerto in E major. I. Allegro con spirito / Johan Nepomuk Hummel -- [Track 8]. Concerto (abridged) / Alexander Arutunian -- [Track 9]. Sonata for trumpet and piano. I. Mit Kraft / Paul Hindemith -- [Track 10]. My regards / Eward Llewellen

Concert recording 2019-04-01

[Track 1]. Glory to God -- [Track 2]. Morning tide -- [Track 3]. Name -- [Track 4]. Light from below -- [Track 5]. Demented dances. I. Erratic polka II. Waltz in limbo III. Grandiose gigue

Long-range charge transport in single G-quadruplex DNA molecules

DNA and DNA-based polymers are of interest in molecular electronics because of their versatile and programmable structures. However, transport measurements have produced a range of seemingly contradictory results due to differences in the measured molecules and experimental set-ups, and transporting significant current through individual DNA-based molecules remains a considerable challenge. Here, we report reproducible charge transport in guanine-quadruplex (G4) DNA molecules adsorbed on a mica substrate. Currents ranging from tens of picoamperes to more than 100 pA were measured in the G4-DNA over distances ranging from tens of nanometres to more than 100 nm. Our experimental results, combined with theoretical modelling, suggest that transport occurs via a thermally activated long-range hopping between multi-tetrad segments of DNA. These results could re-ignite interest in DNA-based wires and devices, and in the use of such systems in the development of programmable circuits

International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortiu (INICC) report, data summary of 43 countries for 2007-2012. Device-associated module

We report the results of an International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) surveillance study from January 2007-December 2012 in 503 intensive care units (ICUs) in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. During the 6-year study using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) U.S. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions for device-associated health care–associated infection (DA-HAI), we collected prospective data from 605,310 patients hospitalized in the INICC's ICUs for an aggregate of 3,338,396 days. Although device utilization in the INICC's ICUs was similar to that reported from ICUs in the U.S. in the CDC's NHSN, rates of device-associated nosocomial infection were higher in the ICUs of the INICC hospitals: the pooled rate of central line–associated bloodstream infection in the INICC's ICUs, 4.9 per 1,000 central line days, is nearly 5-fold higher than the 0.9 per 1,000 central line days reported from comparable U.S. ICUs. The overall rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia was also higher (16.8 vs 1.1 per 1,000 ventilator days) as was the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (5.5 vs 1.3 per 1,000 catheter days). Frequencies of resistance of Pseudomonas isolates to amikacin (42.8% vs 10%) and imipenem (42.4% vs 26.1%) and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates to ceftazidime (71.2% vs 28.8%) and imipenem (19.6% vs 12.8%) were also higher in the INICC's ICUs compared with the ICUs of the CDC's NHSN