Standards-based Semantic Integration of Manufacturing Information: Past, Present, and Future.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has been identified as a key to enabling the emerging manufacturing paradigms such as smart manufacturing, Industrie 4.0, and cloud manufacturing where things (i.e.

Phenotypic Heterogeneity Affects Stenotrophomonas maltophilia K279a Colony Morphotypes and β-Lactamase Expression.

Phenotypic heterogeneity at the cellular level in response to various stresses, e.g., antibiotic treatment has been reported for a number of bacteria.

Additional disinfection with a modified salt solution in a root canal model.

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the disinfecting properties of a modified salt solution (MSS) and calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) in a non-direct-contact ex-vivo model.

Methods: Seventy-four single-canal roots infected with Enterococcus faecalis were treated with 1% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) irrigation or with NaOCl irrigation with subsequent dressing with MSS or Ca(OH)2. After removal of the dressings, the roots were filled with bacterial growth medium and incubated for seven days to enable the surviving bacteria to repopulate the root canal lumen.

Circulating levels of soluble klotho and FGF23 in X-linked hypophosphatemia: circadian variance, effects of treatment, and relationship to parathyroid status.

Context: Circulating fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-23 is variably elevated in individuals with X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), and klotho has recently been shown to effect renal phosphate handling, yet limited data are available on circulating FGF23 and klotho in XLH.

Objective: The objective of the study was to characterize circulating FGF23 and klotho in XLH.

Design: Children and adults with XLH withheld medication for 14 d.

Patterns of osteocalcin and bone specific alkaline phosphatase by age, gender, and race or ethnicity.

A variety of biochemical markers of bone turnover that assess bone formation or resorption are now available for research and clinical application. However, our understanding of the usual pattern of these measures over age in the general population is limited. Therefore, values of two bone formation markers, serum osteocalcin (Oc) and bone specific alkaline phosphatase (bone ALP), were compared by age, gender, and race or ethnicity using serum obtained from a subsample of blacks, whites, and Mexican Americans from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).