The household and community variations summarise the effects of biological, parental competence, genetic, customs and other unobserved factors that are not accounted for by the fixed effects at household and community level respectively.
For several years, the Hygiene Department of Besançon University Hospital has placed all its means (computer facilities and biological platform) and competences at the disposal of a 120-bed chronic-care-centre (Tilleroyes Health Care Centre), with a view to controlling MRSA infections.
Some experts, including Malhi, believe there aren't enough scientists who can combine biological insight with competence in modeling the physics of biological systems.
I would feel a lot more comfortable about condemning "Drug-Fueled Sports Superstars" (editorial, Aug. 7) if I believed in the chain of custody of the athlete's biological samples and the competence, security and impartiality of any one laboratory.
Biological differences, including vector competence for the protozoan parasite Theileria parva have been reported among populations of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) from different geographic regions.
Finally, a previous study by the current authors on the behaviour of a decellularized human dermis (HDM_derm), cultured with primary rat tenocytes, showed in vitro a high biological performance and mechanical competence of HDM_derm [ 14].
We also confirmed 5 gene biomarkers of oocyte developmental competence using different biological samples.
SPA evaluates sperm function capacity by examining sperm competence in distinct biological processes required for fertilization; capacitation, acrosome reaction, spontaneous recognition of and fusion with vitelline membrane to the end-point of chromatin decondensation [ 13].
To our knowledge, these are the first demonstrations of the functional expression of an Aedes CSAS and the presence of Sia moieties in mosquito tissues, which may have important biological consequences for DENV-vector competence.
Many of these changes have been linked with puberty, the biological process that culminates in reproductive competence and a defining event of adolescence (Sisk & Foster, 2004).
However, as the population density reaches a certain threshold level, accumulated AIs are easily detected, setting off a variety of biological processes including EPS biosynthesis, motility, competence, and virulence factor secretion [ 4- 6].
