Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Postexposure Prophylaxis against HIV Infection among Healthcare Workers in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia by Endalkachew Mekonnen Eticha, Ashenafi Beru Gemeda

“…Postexposure chemoprophylaxis can prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in risk health care workers; however routine adoption of these practices by the workers has been limited. …”
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Interplay between Intravitreal RvD1 and Local Endogenous Sirtuin-1 in the Protection from Endotoxin-Induced Uveitis in Rats by S. Rossi, C. Di Filippo, C. Gesualdo, F. Testa, M. C. Trotta, R. Maisto, B. Ferraro, F. Ferraraccio, M. Accardo, F. Simonelli, M. D’Amico

“…Rat endotoxin-induced uveitis (EIU) is a well-established model of human uveitis. In this model, intravitreal injection of resolvin D1 (RvD1, 10–100–1000 ng/kg) 1 hour after subcutaneous treatment of Sprague-Dawley rats with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 200 μg/rat) significantly prevented the development of uveitis into the eye. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Therapeutic Effects of MSCs From Umbilical Cord, Bone Marrow, and Adipose Tissue and Investigating the Impact of Oxidized RNA on Radiation-Induced Lung... by Rui Zhai, Fumin Tai, Kexin Ding, Xin Tan, Hujie Li, Zhengyue Cao, Changhui Ge, Xiaofei Zheng, Hanjiang Fu

“…This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects and mechanisms of action of three distinct sources of MSCs, including human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UCMSCs), bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs), and adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs), in thoracically irradiated mice. …”
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Chitosan and its derivatives as promising plant protection tools by A. B. Shcherban

“…However, traditional, chemical PPPs, despite their effectiveness, have significant drawbacks, namely, pollution of environment, ecological damage, toxicity to humans. Recently, biological PPPs based on natural compounds have attracted more attention, since they do not have these disadvantages, but at the same time they can be no less effective. …”
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Livelihood vulnerability household fishermen household due to climate change in Lampung Province, Indonesia. by Maya Riantini, Maesti Mardiharini, Saptana, Bedy Sudjarmoko, Eka Kasymir, Lestari Gita Nur'aini, Salsa Hentia Anindita, Mat Syukur, Armen Zulham, Budi Wardono, I Ketut Ardana, Chandra Indrawanto, Agus Wahyudi

“…Fishermen employ an adaptation mechanism that engaged the five fundamental facets of income capital, namely natural capital, human capital, physical capital, financial capital, and social capital.…”
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Clinical outcomes and long-term efficacy of high tibial osteotomy in treating knee instability: An updated systematic review by Mustamsir Edi, Aji Aulia Pandu, Adiwangsa Ahmad Abdilla, Akmalizzan Azfar Ahnaf

“…Eligible studies included human subjects with at least six months of follow-up and focused on HTO for knee instability. …”
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Conditions and factors affecting the accuracy of olfactometric detection by Petra Riedlova, Spiros Tavandzis, Josef Kana, Jaromir Roubec

“…This method has great advantages; the dog can detect a tumour in the human body already in preclinical stages, when the patient has no symptoms yet. …”
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Study of Lophomonas blattarum Infection in Kidney Transplant Patients in Mashhad City, Iran by Zahra Gheisari, Fariba Berenji, Fatemeh Nazemian, Seyed Ali Akbar Shamsian, Lida Jarahi, Mahmoud Parian, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farash, Ghodratollah Salehi Sangani

“…Lophomonas blattarum is a flagellate protozoan which is known as an emerging parasite in the human respiratory system. Organ transplant recipients are considered as immunocompromised patients due to prescription of immunosuppressive drugs. …”
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Bisphenol S Induces Lipid Metabolism Disorders in HepG2 and SK-Hep-1 Cells via Oxidative Stress by Kai-Xing Lin, Zi-Yao Wu, Mei-Lin Qin, Huai-Cai Zeng

“…To observe BPS effects on lipid metabolism in HepG2 and SK-Hep-1 human HCC cells, a CCK-8 assay was used to assess cell proliferation in response to BPS, and the optimal concentration of BPS was selected. …”
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Prevalence and characteristics of HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of adolescent females across Saudi Arabia by Sahar Othman, Ranya Ghamri, Wala Alhamadah, Anwaar Alsatty, Dhuha Khesfaty, Ohoud Alghamdi, Ragad Arbaein, Alaa M. Baglagel, Jumana Khayyat, Bushra Almalki

“…PurposeVaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) is pivotal in preventing HPV-related diseases, including cervical cancer. …”
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Surface functionalization of microscaffolds produced by high-resolution 3D printing: A new layer of freedom by Oliver Kopinski-Grünwald, Stephan Schandl, Jegor Gusev, Ourania Evangelia Chamalaki, Aleksandr Ovsianikov

“…Previously, we demonstrated the successful differentiation of such building blocks, produced from immortalized human adipose-derived stem cells, towards different phenotypes, and the possibility of creating macro-sized tissue-like constructs in vitro. …”
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Electrotextile-Based Flexible Electromagnetic Skin for Wearables and Remote Monitoring by Rossella Rizzo, Giuseppe Ruello, R. Massa, Maxim Zhadobov, Giulia Sacco

“…Its thickness is optimized to approach the target reflection coefficient of the human skin. For the angles of incidence from <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0 ^{\circ}$</tex-math></inline-formula> to <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$60 ^{\circ}$</tex-math></inline-formula> the maximum relative error in respect to the target value is <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2.6\%$</tex-math></inline-formula> for the magnitude and <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$13\%$</tex-math></inline-formula> for the phase when considering impinging transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarized plane wave. …”
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Mechanical Strain-Mediated Tenogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Is Regulated through Epithelial Sodium Channels by Hui Yin Nam, Malliga Raman Murali, Raja Elina Ahmad, Belinda Pingguan-Murphy, Hanumantha Rao Balaji Raghavendran, Tunku Kamarul

“…The present study was thus conducted to investigate the role of ENaC in human bone marrow-derived MSCs (hMSCs) tenogenic differentiation during uniaxial tensile loading. …”
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Refined Mapping of Subsurface Water Ice on Mars to Support Future Missions by G. A. Morgan, N. E. Putzig, D. M. H. Baker, A. Pathare, C. M. Dundas, M. B. Russell, M. R. Perry, M. Chojnacki, H. G. Sizemore, A. M. Bramson, E. I. Petersen, S. Nerozzi, R. H. Hoover, Z. Bain

“…Motivated by science and the need to find suitable human landing sites, the Mars Subsurface Water Ice Mapping (SWIM) project has developed techniques to map out buried ice. …”
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Determination of the levels of some selected metals in ocimum lamiifolium in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Eyob Yishak, Teferi Tademe Dadebo

“… Medicinal plants have worldwide applications in the treatment of different types of human diseases. Among the medicinal plants of Ethiopia, Ocimum lamiifolium Hochst. …”
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Bio-computational modeling, POM analysis and molecular dynamic simulation for novel synthetic quinolone and benzo[d][1,3]oxazine candidates as antimicrobial inhibitors by Doaa A. Elsayed, Mohamed E. Abdu, Mohammed A. Marzouk, Elsayed M. Mahmoud, Walaa H. El-Shwiniy, Andrew M. Spring, Wesam S. Shehab

“…Specifically, when comparing the cytotoxic effects on human lung fibroblast (WI38) cells to those of Doxorubicin, a well-known chemotherapy agent, compounds 8, 15, and 17 showed weak cytotoxic effects on the normal WI38 cells. …”
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Antimicrobial Effects of Gum Arabic-Silver Nanoparticles against Oral Pathogens by Omnia Ahmed, Nicole R. S. Sibuyi, Adewale O. Fadaka, Abram M. Madiehe, Ernest Maboza, Annette Olivier, Mervin Meyer, Greta Geerts

“…The antibiofilm of GA-AgNPs was evaluated on the surface of human tooth enamel that had been exposed to S. mutans with and without the GA-AgNPs using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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Synergistic Antimicrobial Effect of Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L., Rosaceae) Preparations and Probiotic Bacteria on Enteric Pathogens by Justyna Bauza-Kaszewska, Ewa Żary-Sikorska, Andrzej Gugolek, Anna Ligocka, Monika Kosmala, Elżbieta Karlińska, Bartosz Fotschki, Jerzy Juśkiewicz

“…Due to the increasing microbial tolerance to commonly used food preservatives, as well as growing consumer awareness of their adverse impact on human health, alternative methods of pathogens reduction in food are widely investigated. …”
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Risk assessment of complex organoarsenic species in food by EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM), Helle Katrine Knutsen, Agneta Åkesson, Vasileios Bampidis, Margherita Bignami, Laurent Bodin, James Kevin Chipman, Gisela Degen, Antonio Hernández‐Jerez, Tim Hofer, Christer Hogstrand, Stefano Landi, Jean‐Charles Leblanc, Kyriaki Machera, Evangelia Ntzani, Guido Rychen, Salomon Sand, Katharina Vejdovszky, Barbara Viviani, Lars Barregård, Diane Benford, Eugenia Dogliotti, Kevin Francesconi, Jose Ángel Gómez Ruiz, Hans Steinkellner, Tanja Schwerdtle

“…There is no indication of an association with adverse outcomes in human studies. The highest 95th percentile exposure for AsB was observed in ‘Toddlers’ with an estimate of 12.5 μg As/kg bw per day (AsB expressed as elemental arsenic). …”
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Therapeutic efficacy of LysGH15 against necrotising pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a rabbit model by Bowei Zhang, Liran Song, Yongran Wang, Meimei Zhang, Chong Chen, Hui Ning, Li Wang, Cao Qiu, Xinwu Wang, Changjiang Sun, Xin Feng, Wenyu Han, Wenyu Han, Bin Wang, Yalu Ji, Jingmin Gu, Jingmin Gu

“…IntroductionStaphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the most important zoonotic pathogens and can be transmitted to humans through the meat diet routes, causing necrotising pneumonia.MethodsThis study investigated the therapeutic effect of bacteriophage lysin LysGH15 on necrotising pneumonia in rabbit model caused by S. aureus.ResultsIn the in vitro experiments, 50 μg/mL LysGH15 not only significantly reduced the viable count (approximately 3.24 × 106 CFU/g) of chicken meat stored at 4°C for 48 h but also effectively reduced the viable count of chicken meat thawed at 4°C and 30°C, with reductions of approximately 1.42 × 106 CFU/g and 2.78 × 106 CFU/g, respectively. …”
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