Task scheduling problem (TSP) is huge challenge in cloud computing paradigm as number of tasks comes to cloud application platform vary from time to time and all the tasks consists of variable length, runtime capacities. All these tasks may generated from various heterogeneous resources which comes onto cloud console directly effects the performance of cloud paradigm with increase in makespan, energy consumption, resource costs. Traditional task scheduling algorithms cannot handle these type of complex workloads in cloud paradigm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Faecal carriage of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) has been extensively investigated in hospitalized patients, but limited data is available on the carriage rate in healthy individuals in India.
Methods: A total of 1000 stool samples were screened for CPE from healthy individuals in Chennai (n = 50), Hyderabad (n = 184) and Mumbai (n = 766). Diluted stool samples were cultured on chromID CARBA SMART plates.
Indian J Crit Care Med
September 2013
Unlabelled: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, a ubiquitous gram-negative aerobic bacillus, is an emerging hospital acquired pathogen in patients on dialysis. It has been isolated in the hospital environment in water supplies, disinfectants, and medical devices. We present here an analysis of eight healthcare-acquired infections with this organism in adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The Diphyllobothrium genus belongs to the Diphyllobothridea order of tapeworms. Diphyllobothrium spp., which is commonly known as fish tapeworm, is generally transmitted in humans, but also in other species, such as bears, dogs, cats, foxes, and other terrestrial carnivores.
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