Category: B

Saprophytic aerobic Gram-positive bacillus, short and with rounded ends.  

Saprophytic spore-bearing bacterium possessing many of the characteristics of B. anthracis, but distinguishable from it by being motile.  

Causative organism of anthrax, an acute septicaemic infection of sheep and other animals, transmissable to man. Non-motile, capsulated, straight aerobic spore bearing bacterium 4-8×1- IViiim in size. Gram-positive and peculiarly rectangular in shape. Blood films from infected animals, stained with polychrome methylene blue, show teeming masses of the bacilli, and between them purplish amorphous material…

A document adopted by a corporation or association which governs its business conduct and the rights and responsibilities of its members. Bylaws may also authorize the separate issuance of rules and regulations to govern specific activities. The process for changing the rules and regulations is less cumbersome than that for changing the bylaws themselves.  

Regulations which owners must meet in the construction, use, and maintenance of buildings. Building codes are promulgated and enforced by government agencies and are designed to ensure that buildings are durable and safe. The National Fire Protection Association (NHPA) issues, and periodically revises, a standard called the Life Safety Code which covers both construction and…

A part of the legislative budgeting process which defines federal programs in such a manner that program costs are consistent with Congress’ decision as to how much money is to be spent for the program in question.  

A term which came into use as part of the prospective payment system (PPS) to mean that the new payment system may not pay hospitals, in the aggregate, any more or less for Medicare patients than the hospitals would have been paid under the previous system. More generally, a budget may be said to be…

A computer program used to read (browse) information on the Internet’s World Wide Web.  

A chart graphically presenting the results of a break-even analysis.  

The contract between a bondholder and the institution (for example, a hospital) issuing the bond.