C. Rodrigues

Publication List Details

Period

1996 - 2009

Number

60

Co-Authors

Evaluation of the bactec MGIT 960 TB system for recovery and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in a high volume tertiary care centre (2009)

Rodrigues, C, Shenai, S, Sadani, M, Sukhadia, N, Jani, M, Ajbani, K, ...

Aim: To evaluate the performance of an automated BACTEC MGIT 960, a non-radioactive, non-invasive liquid culture system for cultivation of M. tuberculosis complex in terms of recovery rate and time....

Batch culture fermentation of Penicillium chrysogenum and a report on the isolation, purification, identification and antibiotic activity of citrinin (2009)

DeSouza, L., Kamat, T., Rodrigues, C., Naik, C.G.

Batch fermentation of Penicillium chrysogenum, MTCC 5108 was carried out using potato dextrose broth medium prepared in seawater: distilled water (1:1). Biomass as dry weight was determined by...

Marine-derived fungi as a source of proteases (2008)

Kamat, T., Rodrigues, C., Naik, C.G.

Microbial enzymes have continued to assist diverse reactions as biocatalysts. Marine derived microbes offer a prospective resource for such enzymes. In this study thirteen fungi were isolated from...

Active optical structures by use of PZT thick films (2008)

Gebhardt, S., Schönecker, A., Bruchmann, C., Beckert, E., Rodrigues, C., Bastaits, R., ...

Piezoceramic thick films offer the possibility of integrated solutions for microsystems applications. The authors have developed a screen printable thick film paste based on a low sintering PZT-PMN...

Special Article - Dedicated decontamination: A necessity to prevent cross contamination in high throughput mycobacteriology laboratories (2007)

Rodrigues, C, Almeida, D, Shenai, S, Goyal, N, Mehta, A

Unrecognized cross-contamination has been known to occur in laboratories frequently, especially with sensitive recovery system like BACTEC 460 TB. In March 2001, we investigated a pseudo-outbreak of...

Sewage-pollution indicator bacteria (2007)

Ramaiah, N., Rodrigues, V., Alwares, E., Rodrigues, C., Baksh, R., Jayan, S., ...

Spatial distribution and annual cycle of sewage pollution indicator (total coliforms and total fecal coliforms) and human pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli and Streptococcus faecalis) in water...

Operating conditions of batteries in off-grid renewable energy systems (2007)

Svoboda, V., Wenzl, H., Kaiser, R., Jossen, A., Baring-Gould, I., Manwell, J., ...

Operating conditions in off-grid renewable energy systems (RES) vary significantly in different applications and locations. To describe RES and the operating conditions of their components it is...

Biotransformation of citrinin to decarboxycitrinin using an organic solvent-tolerant marine bacterium, Moraxella sp. (MB1) (2006)

Naik, C.G., Rodrigues, C.

Organic solvent tolerant microorganisms (OSTM) are novel group of extremophilic microorganisms that have developed resistance to withstand solvent toxicity. These organisms play an important role in...

New bromotyrosine alkaloids from the marine sponge Psammaplysilla purpurea (2004)

Tilvi, S., Rodrigues, C., Naik, C.G., Parameswaran, P.S., Wahidullah, S.

Seven new bromotyrosine alkaloids Purpurealidin A, B, C, D, F, G, H and the known compounds Purealidin Q, Purpurealidin E, 16-Debromoaplysamine-4 and Purpuramine I have been isolated from the marine...

High capacity xylose transport in Candida intermedia PYCC4715. (2003)

Gárdonyi, M., Osterberg, M., Rodrigues, C., Spencer-Martins, I., Hahn-Hägerdal, B.

Xylose-utilising yeasts were screened to identify strains with high xylose transport capacity. Among the fastest-growing strains in xylose medium, Candida intermedia PYCC 4715 showed the highest...

Analysis and optimization of gas-centrifugal separation of uranium isotopes by neural networks (2002)

Migliavacca,S.C.P., Rodrigues,C., Nascimento,C.A.O.

Neural networks are an attractive alternative for modeling complex problems with too many difficulties to be solved by a phenomenological model. A feed-forward neural network was used to model a...

29-Si NMR and Hidden Order in URu2Si2 (2001)

Bernal, O. O., Rodrigues, C., Martinez, A., Lukefahr, H. G., MacLaughlin, D. E., Menovsky, A. A., ...

We present new 29-Si NMR spectra in URu2Si2 for varying temperature T, and external field H. On lowering T, the systematics of the low-field lineshape and width reveal an extra component (lambda) to...

Pharmacological differences between memory consolidation of habituation to an open field and inhibitory avoidance learning (2001)

Vianna,M.R.M., Izquierdo,L.A., Barros,D.M., De Souza,M.M., Rodrigues,C., Sant'Anna,M.K., ...

Rats implanted bilaterally with cannulae in the CA1 region of the dorsal hippocampus or the entorhinal cortex were submitted to either a one-trial inhibitory avoidance task, or to 5 min of...

Increased training prevents the impairing effect of intra-amygdala infusion of the non-NMDA receptor antagonist CNQX on inhibitory avoidance expression (1999)

Roesler,R., Quevedo,J., Rodrigues,C., Madruga,M., Vianna,M.R.M., Ferreira,M.B.C.

Intra-amygdala infusion of the non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (CNQX) prior to testing impairs inhibitory avoidance retention test...

Spectropolarimetry of the Luminous Narrow-Line Seyfert Galaxies IRAS 20181-2244 and IRAS 13224-3809 (1999)

Kay, Laura E., Magalhaes, A. M., Elizalde, F., Rodrigues, C.

We observed the narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies IRAS 20181-2244 and IRAS 13324-3809 with a new spectropolarimeter on the RC spectrograph at the CTIO 4m telescope. Previously it had been suggested that...

17Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-3 deficiency: diagnosis, phenotypic variability, population genetics, and worldwide distribution of ancient and de novo mutations (1999)

Boehmer, A.L., Halley, D.J., Ruiter, P.E. De, Niermeijer, M.F., Andersson, S., Jong, F.H. De, ...

17Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-3 (17betaHSD3) deficiency is an autosomal recessive form of male pseudohermaphroditism caused by mutations in the HSD17B3 gene. In a nationwide study on male...

Solution Techniques in Finite Element Analysis. (1998)

Nour-Omid,B., Rodrigues,C., Taylor,R. L.

A desirable advantage of iterative methods is that they provide means of controlling the accuracy of the solution. In particular, when low levels of accuracy are required this can result in faster...

Multiwavelength Monitoring of the BL Lacertae Object PKS 2155-304 in May 1994. I. The Ground-Based Campaign (1997)

Pesce, J. E., Urry, C. M., Maraschi, L., Treves, A., Grandi, P., Kollgaard, R., ...

Optical, near-infrared, and radio observations of the BL Lac object PKS2155-304 were obtained simultaneously with a continuous UV/EUV/X-ray monitoring campaign in 1994 May. Further optical...

Normally saprobic cryptococci isolated from Cryptococcus neoformans infections.

Krajden, S, Summerbell, R C, Kane, J, Salkin, I F, Kemna, M E, Rinaldi, M G, ...

We report two cases in which Cryptococcus laurentii was isolated from surgically resected pulmonary lesions but the cryptococcal cells is tissue reacted positively with a specific fluorescent...

Normally saprobic cryptococci isolated from Cryptococcus neoformans infections.

Krajden, S, Summerbell, R C, Kane, J, Salkin, I F, Kemna, M E, Rinaldi, M G, ...

We report two cases in which Cryptococcus laurentii was isolated from surgically resected pulmonary lesions but the cryptococcal cells is tissue reacted positively with a specific fluorescent...

Specificity of antibodies secreted by hybridomas generated from activated B cells in the mesenteric lymph nodes of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Chao, L P, Steele, J, Rodrigues, C, Lennard-Jones, J, Stanford, J L, Spiliadis, C, ...

Hybridomas have been prepared from active B cells in lymphoid tissue draining lesions of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), by fusion of fresh mesenteric lymph node suspensions with...

Bile acid patterns in meconium are influenced by cholestasis of pregnancy and not altered by ursodeoxycholic acid treatment

Rodrigues, C, Marin, J, Brites, D

BACKGROUND—Data on meconium bile acid composition in newborn babies of patients with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) are relatively scant, and changes that occur on ursodeoxycholic acid...

The influence of game animals on the distribution and feeding habits of Glossina pallidipes in the Lambwe Valley

Allsopp, R., Baldry, D. A. T., Rodrigues, C.

The role of game animals as important hosts of some species of tsetse, including Glossina pallidipes, has been studied in detail in the Lambwe Valley area of Kenya. A large population of G....

A technique for the bioassay of insecticide deposits on leaf and bark samples in relation to tsetse control operations

Rodrigues, C., Baldry, D. A. T.

During tsetse control operations it may be necessary to determine the effective toxicity and persistence of insecticide residues on vegetation. A simple method for preparing samples of twig bark for...