Search Results - "Ostrowsky, B."

Entanglement-Enabled Delayed-Choice Experiment by Kaiser, Florian, Coudreau, Thomas, Milman, Pérola, Ostrowsky, Daniel B., Tanzilli, Sébastien

“…Wave-particle complementarity is one of the most intriguing features of quantum physics. To emphasize this measurement apparatus–dependent nature, experiments…”
Get full text

A polarization entangled photon-pair source based on a type-II PPLN waveguide emitting at a telecom wavelength by Martin, A, Issautier, A, Herrmann, H, Sohler, W, Ostrowsky, D B, Alibart, O, Tanzilli, S

“…We report the realization of a fiber coupled polarization entangled photon-pair source at 1310 nm based on a birefringent titanium in-diffused waveguide…”
Get full text

Lessons Learned from Implementing Clostridium difficile–Focused Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions by Ostrowsky, B., Ruiz, R., Brown, S., Chung, P., Koppelman, E., van Deusen Lukas, C., Guo, Y., Jalon, H., Sumer, Z., Araujo, C., Sirtalan, I., Brown, C., Riska, P., Currie, B.

“…Objective. To determine whether controlling the prescription of targeted antibiotics would translate to a measurable reduction in hospital-onset Clostridium…”
Get full text

Lessons learned from implementing Clostridium difficile-focused antibiotic stewardship interventions by Ostrowsky, B, Ruiz, R, Brown, S, Chung, P, Koppelman, E, van Deusen Lukas, C, Guo, Y, Jalon, H, Sumer, Z, Araujo, C, Sirtalan, I, Brown, C, Riska, P, Currie, B

“…To determine whether controlling the prescription of targeted antibiotics would translate to a measurable reduction in hospital-onset Clostridium difficile…”
Get full text

Successful treatment of a left ventricular assist device infection with daptomycin non‐susceptible methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus: case report and review of the literature by Levy, D.T., Steed, M.E., Rybak, M.J., Guo, Y., Gialanella, P., Hanau, L., Muggia, V., Ostrowsky, B.

“…Recipients of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are highly susceptible to the development of infections with multidrug‐ resistant (MDR) organisms. We…”
Get full text

PPLN waveguide for quantum communication by TANZILLI, S, TITTEL, W, DE RIEDMATTEN, H, ZBINDEN, H, BALDI, P, DE MICHELI, M, OSTROWSKY, D. B, GISIN, N

“…We report on energy-time and time-bin entangled photon-pair sources based on a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide. Degenerate twin photons at…”
Get full text

Increased pump acceptance bandwidth in spontaneous parametric downconversion process using Bragg reflection waveguides by Thyagarajan, Krishna, Das, Ritwick, Alibart, Olivier, de Micheli, Marc, Ostrowsky, Daniel B, Tanzilli, Sébastien

“…In this paper we show that by suitably tailoring the dispersion characteristics of a Bragg reflection waveguide (BRW) mode, it is possible to achieve efficient…”
Get full text

On the genesis and evolution of Integrated Quantum Optics by Tanzilli, S., Martin, A., Kaiser, F., De Micheli, M.P., Alibart, O., Ostrowsky, D.B.

“…Applications of Integrated Optics to quantum sources, detectors, interfaces, memories and linear optical quantum computing are described in this review. By…”
Get full text

Serratia marcescens Bacteremia Traced to an Infused Narcotic by Ostrowsky, Belinda E, Whitener, Cynthia, Bredenberg, Helen K, Carson, Loretta A, Holt, Stacey, Hutwagner, Lori, Arduino, Matthew J, Jarvis, William R

“…An outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia among patients in a surgical intensive care unit was extensively investigated. A total of 26 infected patients…”
Get full text

Control of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus in Health Care Facilities in a Region by Ostrowsky, Belinda E, Trick, William E, Sohn, Annette H, Quirk, Stephen B, Holt, Stacey, Carson, Loretta A, Hill, Bertha C, Arduino, Matthew J, Kuehnert, Matthew J, Jarvis, William R

“…During the past decade, vancomycin-resistant enterococci have emerged and become endemic at many health care facilities in the United States. 1 – 6 A major…”
Get full text

A quantum relay chip based on telecommunication integrated optics technology by Martin, A, Alibart, O, De Micheli, M P, Ostrowsky, D B, Tanzilli, S

“…We investigate an integrated optical circuit on lithium niobate designed to implement a teleportation-based quantum relay scheme for one-way quantum…”
Get full text

A Cluster of VanD Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: Molecular Characterization and Clinical Epidemiology by Ostrowsky, Belinda E., Clark, Nancye C., Thauvin-Eliopoulos, Claudie, Venkataraman, Lata, Samore, Matthew H., Tenover, Fred C., Eliopoulos, George M., Moellering, Robert C., Gold, Howard S.

“…VanD-mediated glycopeptide resistance has been reported for an isolate of Enterococcus faecium, BM4339. Three clinical isolates of vancomycin-resistant E…”
Get full text

The SHEA/APIC Communication Network – Taking the Pulse on Infection Prevention and Control and Hospital Epidemiology Issues through Surveys and Technical Advances by Fauerbach, L.L., MS, CIC, Ostrowsky, B., MD, MPH, Arias, K.M., MS, CIC, Perl, T.M., MD, MSc

Get full text

Chromium-doped silica optical fibres: influence of the core composition on the Cr oxidation states and crystal field by Felice, V, Dussardier, B, Jones, J.K, Monnom, G, Ostrowsky, D.B

“…We have made chromium-doped, silica-based preforms and optical fibres by modified chemical vapour deposition (MCVD) and have studied the influence of the…”
Get full text

High-visibility two-photon interference at a telecom wavelength using picosecond-regime separated sources by Aboussouan, Pierre, Alibart, Olivier, Ostrowsky, Daniel B., Baldi, Pascal, Tanzilli, Sébastien

“…We report on a two-photon interference experiment in a quantum relay configuration using two picosecond regime periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN)…”
Get full text

Antibiotic resistance in the community by Gonzalez, A, Bischoff, T, Tallent, S, Sheke, G, Ostrowsky, B, Edmond, M.B, Wenzel, R.P

Get full text

Integrated optical source of polarization entangled photons at 1310 nm by Martin, A, Cristofori, V, Aboussouan, P, Herrmann, H, Sohler, W, Ostrowsky, D B, Alibart, O, Tanzilli, S

“…We report the realization of a new polarization entangled photon-pair source based on a titanium-indiffused waveguide integrated on periodically poled lithium…”
Get full text

Should We Be Worried? Investigation of Signals Generated by an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System — Westchester County, New York by Terry, William, Ostrowsky, B., Huang, A.

“…Introduction: In January 2003, the Westchester County Department of Health (WCDH) began conducting electronic syndromic surveillance of hospital emergency…”
Get full text

Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia at 5 US Academic Medical Centers, 2008–2011: Significant Geographic Variation in Community-Onset Infections by David, Michael Z., Daum, Robert S., Bayer, Arnold S., Chambers, Henry F., Fowler, Vance G., Miller, Loren G., Ostrowsky, Belinda, Baesa, Alison, Boyle-Vavra, Susan, Eells, Samantha J., Garcia-Houchins, Sylvia, Gialanella, Philip, Macias-Gil, Raul, Rude, Thomas H., Ruffin, Felicia, Sieth, Julia J., Volinski, Joann, Spellberg, Brad

“…Background. The incidence of community-onset (CO) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia rose from the late 1990s through the 2000s…”
Get full text

High dynamic range temperature point sensor using green fluorescence intensity ratio in erbium-doped silica fiber by Maurice, E., Monnom, G., Ostrowsky, D.B., Baxter, G.W.

“…We propose a sensor based on the temperature dependant behavior of the two lines of green emission of the erbium ion. The ratio of the intensities of these two…”
Get full text