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culture
culture (kul-cher) 1. n. a population of microorganisms, usually bacteria, grown in a solid or liquid laboratory medium (
c. medium), which is usually agar, broth, or gelatin.
stock c. a permanent bacterial culture, from which subcultures are made. See also
tissue (culture).
2. vb. to grow bacteria or other microorganisms in cultures.
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Cultures for Cellulitis.
Newspaper article from: Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Reports; 1/1/1999; 700+ words
; Cultures for Cellulitis ABSTRACT...obtaining a sample for culture from a focus of...anxious child for culture of periorbital cellulitis...the value of blood cultures. In immunocompetent...material for bacterial culture. Cultures of tissues and blood...
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Blood Cultures Taken During the First 72 Hours of Antibiotic Therapy Are a Waste of Time and Money.(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Infectious Disease Alert; 5/15/2001; 700+ words
; ...diagnostic value of blood cultures obtained in the...Usefulness of blood culture for hospitalized...Of the 598 blood culture sets obtained...started. Blood cultures were negative or...the preantibiotic culture results before deciding...of taking blood cultures during therapy is...
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Culture-performance research: challenges and future directions.
Magazine article from: Journal of Academy of Business and Economics; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; 1. CULTURE-PERFORMANCE RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND...demonstrate a link between organizational culture and performance, findings have yielded...more cohesive models of the corporate culture and performance link. Specifically, researchers...
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Culture, culture learning and new technologies: towards a pedagogical framework.
Magazine article from: Language, Learning & Technology; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...approaches to the learning and teaching of culture using new technologies by relating the key qualities and dimensions of the culture concept to elements within a pedagogical...In Part One, five facets of the culture concept are developed: culture as...
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The culture of culture. (widespread use of the word 'culture')
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 6/6/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...with the intermediate "cultures" that Eliot mentions...he understood the "culture" of the Pentagon...of a male-dominated culture trying to shed a reputation...intractable clash of cultures between Warner and Time...needs "a new economic culture...a culture of dealing...
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Culture as a management tool for medical groups.(Group Practice Management)
Magazine article from: Physician Executive; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...is known about these cultures and how they influence...disparity. First, while culture as a social construct...concept of organizational cultures is less well articulated...concept of organizational culture can be traced to the...be conceptualized as cultures rather than impersonal...
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Culture et droit processuel : le cas du Quebec.
Magazine article from: McGill Law Journal; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...process. The normative culture promotes a resurgence...exists a plurality of cultures within Quebec's procedural...rather than an integrated culture. He calls for a deeper...a une pluralite des cultures au sein du droit processuel...existence d'une culture integree. Il en appelle...
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Culture drives ISO registration: the right company culture can help, or hinder, ISO registration.(Quality Management)
Magazine article from: Quality; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...significant reason for this difference is company culture. Company culture describes the company, how it is managed, how it...workers respond to their work environment. Company culture can be divided into three general categories: constructive...
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The culture based model: constructing a model of culture.(Report)
Magazine article from: Educational Technology & Society; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...In anthropology, models of culture take a holistic examination of cultures looking for shared behavior...inquiry suggests that models of culture provide a framework to examine cultures, guide the design of culture-based products and services...
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Culture, power and pain. (female circumcision)
Magazine article from: WIN News; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...words, about the connection between culture, power and pain. Those who defend...argue that it is a part of traditional culture, and that we should respect every people's right to their own culture. But what is <a people>...
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Culture, Low and High
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...scientific research on culture revolves around...words, are some cultures more valued than...Herbert Gans, cultures can be divided...American Popular Culture and High Culture in a Changing...x201C; taste cultures ” are...
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culture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...studies material culture, the remains of extinct human cultures (e.g., pottery...comparisons among various cultures. Theories of Culture Investigations have...relations among cultures. Important theorists on culture have included Franz...
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Nasopharyngeal Culture
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...cases of upper respiratory tract infections, a throat culture is more appropriate than a nasopharyngeal culture. However, the nasopharyngeal culture should be used in cases where throat cultures are difficult to obtain or to detect the carrier states...
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Stool Culture
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Stool Culture Definition Stool culture is a test to identify bacteria in...several advantages over standard stool cultures: they require only very small samples...possible infectious organisms. Stool culture normally doesn't require any special...
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Culture-Fair Test
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
Culture-fair test An intelligence test in which performance is not based on experience with or knowledge of a specific culture. Culture-fair tests, also called culture-free tests, are designed to assess...
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