<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:28:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/stemsunday/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A Night at the Lab: Thin Blood Smears]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is something fun from work this week. We don't often get positive malaria smears, but they do happen. The key to reading malarial smears is knowing what is not in normal blood.          I have attached]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/a-night-at-the-lab-thin-blood-smears</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/a-night-at-the-lab-thin-blood-smears</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[enforcer48]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 00:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5k2tWE6P7gjtWGNDHKvBHJvQxDpXTRkafWUHyj8A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Amount of Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how much workload a clinical lab at a good-sized hospital process in a month? Well, here's a partial look at those statistics. The numbers here only apply to tests and patient samples that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/the-amount-of-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/the-amount-of-work</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[enforcer48]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:35:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9AuYdkcLWj1sdwuSart8AxLzmLHfqQhx91YgXxit7f5JFFNjH1uWqAf92GjMwSi4k9B18JtHLmKCJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practical Microbiology: Processing AFB Cultures II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some acronyms that could help you read this post: AFB = acid fast bacillus MGIT = mycobacteria growth indicator tubes And this post is a continuation of this one.          Remember the stats I showed you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/practical-microbiology-processing-afb-cultures-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/practical-microbiology-processing-afb-cultures-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[enforcer48]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:20:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeC8pxrZxf1HNRjSZWGNQFrshnakKLdFbjjgLNmAPufPaZWo2UsvhTL3gHSc3Zz4R4o6hMWjBt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Future Space Travel could be more Romulan than Federation]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the fictional Star Trek universe most space-faring civilizations use matter-antimatter annihilation to power their spacecrafts. For 2020 A.D. Earth that is literally a tall order because antimatter]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-115131/@holovision/why-future-space-travel-could-be-more-romulan-than-federation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-115131/@holovision/why-future-space-travel-could-be-more-romulan-than-federation</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-115131]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holovision]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:10:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eQLbnrjqvb1JNKjhnmL3xKt4DuPLteW1HXk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practical Microbiology: Processing AFB Cultures]]></title><description><![CDATA[AFB = acid fast bacilli          Processing acid fast bacilli cultures takes quite a bit of time. In fact, it usually occupies a third of my 10-hour shift. I often do them along side of fungal cultures]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/practical-microbiology-processing-afb-cultures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@enforcer48/practical-microbiology-processing-afb-cultures</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[enforcer48]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 04:26:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[#stemsunday Competition (STEM Miner giveaway)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supporting Steemians on STEMGeeks! Hello STEMgeeks! @stem.curate is running a competition over the next week where you will be able to win 1 STEM miner token. This is a value of 20 Steem and if staked]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@stem.curate/stemsunday-competition-stem-miner-giveaway</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163521/@stem.curate/stemsunday-competition-stem-miner-giveaway</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163521]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stem.curate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:04:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMfYQ1KVQ8Eg9mb4Wp98i?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy - Hydroelectric]]></title><description><![CDATA[Water is our life's blood. Our bodies thrive on it. Civilizations rise and fall from its use. Water also provides power. Ancient civilizations perfected methods to use the power provided by water to simplify]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@scholaris/energy-hydroelectric-1579443774</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@scholaris/energy-hydroelectric-1579443774</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scholaris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:22:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNv5UDabJadJr1sXeVRFiRCzXhR3uzdTqTfAif41ZpBHQzKSt3mZQhLZv5chsH2qPezbnCDz74S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trouble Brewing in the Lab]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, this was an unexpected surprise from my department supervisor.          Without knowing anything, one could tell something terrible had happened. 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