Overview of Antifungal Agents George R.Thompson III‚ MD‚ FACPa‚b‚*‚ Jose Cadena‚ MDa‚b‚ Thomas F. Patterson‚ MDa‚b KEYWORDS Fungal infection Invasive mycoses Triazoles Echinocandins Amphotericin Flucytosine The number of agents available to treat fungal infections has increased by 30% since the year 2000‚ yet still only 15 agents are currently approved for clinical use. The greater number of medications now available allows for therapeutic choices; however‚ differences in antifungal
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1 INTRODUCTION 1 Goals The tutorial is intended to provide information on agents and agent technology to educate more of the software development and CHI community on the impact and nature of current Agent technology. By providing a reasonable backdrop for agents‚ this tutorial hopes to allow the student to pursue additional reading material with a more objective eye for that which is real and that which is hyperbole (hysteria?). 2 Objectives The tutorial student should leave with
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individual’s athletic career: sport agents. In order to understand what a sport agent is‚ we must first understand the concept of an agent. An agent is defined as “a person authorized by another to act for him‚ one entrusted with another’s business” (Staudohar‚ 2006); thus‚ a sport agent represents most individuals involved in the sport industry‚ including athletes in sports such as football‚ baseball‚ or figure skating‚ and also coaches and sport broadcasters. A sport agent has many responsibilities and
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DELA CRUZ‚ CYNTHIA GRACE C. 2008-13749 FS 125 March 10‚ 2012 ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS 1. Introduction Food preservation has long been practiced since the olden times with processes such as heating ‚ drying‚ fermentation and refrigeration. In spite of this‚ physical methods are not enough to eliminate all microorganisms found in foods. Therefore‚ antimicrobial agents are needed to destroy these foodborne pathogens‚ so that the food will have a longer shelf-life. As technology progresses‚ improvements
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Many people watch television as part of their everyday routine‚ and according to Kerry Ferris‚ in The Real World‚ “The average American watches between two to seven hours of television per day.” The television is a common agent of socialization and is used to depict many different identities and social statuses. After looking in depth at the messages we are all receiving from television shows; it is very obvious that television makes these messages appear to be “the norm.” I chose to take a closer
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become a DEA agent unfolded. People ask me why do i want to become a DEA agent in specific and my community and the place I’ve grown up in really has made in impact in this decision. living in a neighborhood where kids as young as twelve years old are selling dope to fiends‚ and where crime rate increases by the years made me come to the realization that i could help make a change. Dealing with drugs‚ and drug trafficking in the Unites States will give me hope for the future. DEA agent training would
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until a child begins primary school. This time period is when parents play the most significant role and is the reason why family is seen as the most important agent of primary socialisation. As more mothers go back to work after maternity leave and place their children with childminders or in nurseries‚ they can also be seen as primary agents of socialisation. It could be argued that the media has an influence also as there are television programmes designed for small children‚ such as CITV and CBeebies
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Antimicrobial Agents Lisette Vazquez October 27‚ 2013 Antimicrobial Agents Antimicrobial agents are utilized to kill microorganisms that cause infections. In order to be able to kill these microorganisms we must have an understanding of the factor associated with the infection. The purpose of this paper is to explore the different types of antimicrobial agents and the differences between viral and bacterial infections. Antimicrobial Agent Categories There are several antimicrobial agents to treat
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philippine studies Ateneo de Manila University • Loyola Heights‚ Quezon City • 1108 Philippines Agents of Apocalypse‚ by De Bevoise Review Author: David Keck Philippine Studies vol. 45‚ no. 3 (1997): 431–433 Copyright © Ateneo de Manila University Philippine Studies is published by the Ateneo de Manila University. Contents may not be copied or sent via email or other means to multiple sites and posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s written permission. Users may download and print
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Agents of Socialisation Introduction Socialization is used by psychologists‚ sociologists‚ political scientists‚ educationalists and anthropologists to denote the constant process of acquiring and disseminating customs‚ ideologies and norms‚ giving a person the habits and skills that are needed for participation in a particular community or a group. It is an amalgamation of self-imposed as well as externally enforced rules and anticipations of other individuals in the society. Contrasting other
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