Advances, applications, and limitations of portable and rapid detection technologies for routinely encountered foodborne pathogens.

Traditional foodborne pathogen detection methods are highly dependent on pre-treatment of samples and selective microbiological plating to reliably screen target microorganisms. Inherent limitations of conventional methods include longer turnaround time and high costs, use of bulky equipment, and the need for trained staff in centralized laboratory settings. Researchers have developed stable, reliable, sensitive, and selective, rapid foodborne pathogens detection assays to work around these limitations.

Whole-Genome Analysis of Escherichia Phage vB_EcoM-S1P5QW, Isolated from Manures Collected from Cattle Farms in Maine.

Here, we report a complete genome sequence of Escherichia phage vB_EcoM-S1P5QW, a T4-like bacteriophage that was isolated from manures collected from cattle farms in Maine. Escherichia phage vB_EcoM-S1P5QW can infect Escherichia coli O26:H11 strains and is devoid of virulence, antibiotic resistance, and lysogeny-associated genes, which may be meaningful for further biocontrol studies.

[Comparative evaluation of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia treated with conventional versus atypical neuroleptics: results of a transversal study].

Aim: The World Health Organization has defined quality of life as "the perception of an individual, his/her place in life, in the context of the culture and the system of values in which he/she lives and in relation to his/her objectives, expectations, standards and concerns". The quality of life of the schizophrenic patients has been largely studied for the evaluation of their medical, social and therapeutic needs. The impact of neuroleptics, in particular atypical neuroleptics, on the subjective quality of life of these patients remains to be specified.

The subjective quality of life in deficit and nondeficit schizophrenic patients.

We assessed the subjective quality of life (QOL) of 30 deficit schizophrenic patients compared to 112 nondeficit schizophrenic patients. The deficit patients did not differ in term of QOL, total score of positive symptoms, general psychopathology from the nondeficit patients. This result suggested an absence of impact of primary negative symptoms on the subjective QOL in schizophrenic patients.

Saccadic and smooth-pursuit eye movements in deficit and non-deficit schizophrenia.

We have analyzed eye movement performances in schizophrenics showing primary negative or deficit symptoms (n=16) and non-deficit schizophrenics (n=55), and compared them with those of controls (n=34) in order to study the relationships between negative symptoms and eye movement abnormalities. Patients were subtyped into deficit and non-deficit subgroups using the Schedule for the Deficit Syndrome. Three oculomotor paradigms were used: smooth pursuit, a reflexive saccade paradigm and an antisaccadic task.