Color Synesthesia

Encyclopedia entry on color synesthesia with cognitive/neurscientific focu

The Perception of Virtue

In this paper, I put forward an argument for the view that emotional responses of esteem to perceived demonstrations of good character represent the perceived character traits as valuable, and hence, as virtues. These esteeming experiences are analogous to perceptual representations in other modalities in their epistemic role as causing, providing content for and justifying beliefs regarding the value of the traits they represent. I also discuss the role that the perceiver’s own character plays in their ability to recognize and respond appropriately to virtue in others, showing that moral virtues are also epistemic virtues when it comes to facilitating knowledge about the character of people we encounter

Folklore Term Paper: Folk Medicine

A typed folklore term paper completed at Franklin and Marshall College and entitled, Folk Medicine , by Edward J. Matey, dating from circa 1950. Within, Matey details various folk cures and pow-wow practices derived from interviews in Lancaster County.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/1265/thumbnail.jp

Alimentación de modelos cuantitativos con información subjetiva: aplicación Delphi en la elaboración de un modelo de imputación del gasto turístico individual en Catalunya

El presente artículo presenta un estudio realizado para el Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya, donde se ha aplicado una técnica que trabaja con información subjetiva (el Método Delphi) para obtener unos datos que puedan ser empleados en la alimentación parcial de un modelo matemático, que se nutre principalmente de datos estadísticos (objetivos), con el fin de incrementar la utilidad global del modelo. El artículo justifica la utilización en determinadas circunstancias de la información subjetiva, describe el método Delphi y plantea una serie de proposiciones referentes a la utilidad, empleo y mejora de esta técnica que se ven refrendadas en el caso expuesto

Resistance of Common Circulating Enteric Bacterial Pathogens to Prescribed Antibiotics Among Under Five Years in Selected Public Hospitals in Kenya

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Prevalence, virulence genes and Antimicrobial Resistance of Shiga-toxigenic E.coli in diarrhoea patients from Kitale, Kenya

Introduction: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are among the most important causes of food-borne diseases. They cause illnesses ranging from mild diarrhea to more severe conditions that may progress to hemorrhagic colitis (HC) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The burden of STEC in patients with diarrheal illness in Kitale county referral hospital, Trans-Nzoia County had not been established.Objectives: To determine the prevalence of STEC, its associated virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance among patients seeking treatment for diarrhoeal illness at Kitale County Referral Hospital.Methods: Stool samples from patients seeking treatment for diarrheal illness and had consented to participate in the study were collected and cultured for enteric bacteria. Suspect E.coli isolates were further identified using conventional biochemical methods. Conventional multiplex PCR targeting Shiga toxins (stx1, stx2, hlyA and attaching and effacing mechanisms (eaeA) were used to detect STEC virulence markers responsible for the Pathogenicity of STEC infection among other E.coli pathotypes.Results: A total of 295 participants were enrolled; median age 120 months (IQR: 36-312). 39 %( 115) were children aged <5yearsof whom 54% (160) were females. The prevalence of pathogenic E.coli was 19%56/295 and STEC was the most prevalent among E.coli pathotypes at5.4%16/295. The Stx2 gene and the Stx1/Stx2/hlyAcombination were the most prevalent in the STEC strains. The virulence genes (Stx1, Stx2, eaeA* and HlyA*)were observed in 13, 19, 9 and 14 in STEC isolates respectively.The most common gene was Stx2 and combinations of (Stx1+Stx2+hlyA)genes. Antimicrobial resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics: chloramphenicol, ampicillin 10μg, erythromycin15μg, gentamicin10μg, ciprofloxacin 5μg, tetracycline 30μg, Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole 25 μg, Cefotaxime 30 μg, furazolidine (8μg) and nalidixic acid 30 μg. were observed for all E.coli isolates except one (1.8%; 95% CI=0.1-9.6%). No isolates among STEC showed resistance to Furazolidine drug. However, Trimethoprim / Sulphurmethoxazole) was the drug which exhibited the highest resistance at (94%, 95% CI 70 to 99%).Conclusion and recommendation: Prevalence of STEC was 5.4%, (Stx1/Stx2/hlyA) virulence genes combination was the most common. High resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics were observed in E.coli isolates and may be an existing problem that needs to be further research investigation.Keywords: Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC), antimicrobial resistance, Kitale County referral hospitalAfr J Health Sci. 2017; 30(2):105-11