ABSTRACT: There are evidences of intestinal flora influence on the airway immune response.However, this information is scarce with regard to horses.The present preliminary study aimed to investigate the effects of a commercial mineral supplement containing probiotics and prebiotics on the respiratory immune response of horses supplemented with them
Antibiotic susceptibility profile and prevalence of mecA and lukS-PV/lukF-PV genes in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from nasal and pharyngeal sources of medical students in Ecuador
Carlos A Bastidas,1,* Irina Villacrés-Granda,2,* Daniela Navarrete,1 Mishell Monsalve,1 Marco Coral-Almeida,3 Sara G Cifuentes4,*1Facultad de Ingenierías y Ciencias Aplicadas, Biotecnología, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito, Ecuador; 2Laboratorios de Water Bottle Cap Investigación, Universidad de Las Amér
Heart energy signature spectrogram for cardiovascular diagnosis
Abstract A new method and application is proposed to characterize intensity and pitch of human heart sounds and murmurs.Using recorded heart sounds from the library of one of the authors, a visual map of heart sound energy was established.Both normal and abnormal heart sound recordings were studied.Representation is based on Wigner-Ville joint time