Reusable Tourniquets as Potential Transmitters of Infection: A Microbiological Analysis by Julia Szymczyk, Monika Kurpas, Bartosz Krasiński, Katarzyna Zorena, Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska

“…Bacterial contamination on the surfaces of the tourniquets was measured using Columbia agar blood medium and expressed as colony-forming units (CFUs) per cm². Results: Significant bacterial loads were detected on reusable tourniquets, with contamination levels varying by location and duration of use. …”
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The Maternal Cytokine and Chemokine Profile of Naturally Conceived Gestations Is Mainly Preserved during In Vitro Fertilization and Egg Donation Pregnancies by Alicia Martínez-Varea, Begoña Pellicer, Vicente Serra, David Hervás-Marín, Alicia Martínez-Romero, José Bellver, Alfredo Perales-Marín, Antonio Pellicer

“…The main outcome measures were, firstly, to follow up plasma levels of interleukin (IL) 1beta, IL2, IL4, IL5, IL6, IL8, IL10, IL17, interferon gamma, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα), transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ), regulated upon activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), stromal cell-derived factor 1 alpha (SDF1α), and decidual granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) during the three trimesters of pregnancy during the three trimesters of pregnancy; secondly, to evaluate if the cytokine and chemokine pattern of ED pregnant women differs from that of those with autologous oocytes and, thirdly, to assess if women with preeclampsia show different cytokine and chemokine profile throughout pregnancy versus women with uneventful pregnancies. …”
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Identification of a new alphacoronavirus (Coronaviridae: <i>Alphacoronavirus</i>) associated with the greater horseshoe bat (<i>Rhinolophus ferrumequinum</i>) in the south of Europ... by Sergey V. Lenshin, Tatyana V. Vishnevskaya, Alexey V. Romashin, Yulia I. Bulycheva, Oleg I. Vyshemirsky, Sophya A. Solovyeva, Asya K. Gitelman, Alexey S. Pazilin, Dmitry K. Lvov, Ben Hu, Zheng-Li Shi, Sergey V. Alkhovsky

“…Infection rates in a single R. ferrumequinum colony during autumn 2021 reached 59.2% and 70.5% for Kudep and Khosta-1, respectively. …”
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Intra-Amnionic Threonine Administered to Chicken Embryos Reduces Salmonella Enteritidis Cecal Counts and Improves Posthatch Intestinal Development by Alexandre L. de B. Moreira Filho, Celso J. B. Oliveira, Oliveiro C. Freitas Neto, Candice M. C. G. de Leon, Mauro M. S. Saraiva, Maria F. S. Andrade, Bryan White, Patrícia E. N. Givisiez

“…At 2 days of age, half of the birds from each in ovo treatment were given either 0.5 mL of nutrient broth (sham-inoculated) or nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella Enteritidis (SE NalR) in nutrient broth (8.3 × 107 colony forming units (CFU) SE NalR/mL). The birds were distributed using a completely randomized design with four treatments after the Salmonella challenge: no in ovo Thr supplementation and sham-inoculated in the posthatch challenge (NT-SHAM), in ovo Thr supplementation and sham-inoculated (T-SHAM), no in ovo Thr supplementation and SE NalR-challenged (NT-SE), and in ovo Thr supplementation and SE NalR-challenged (T-SE). …”
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Inflammatory Cytokine Pattern Is Sex-Dependent in Mouse Cutaneous Melanoma Experimental Model by Mihaela Surcel, Carolina Constantin, Constantin Caruntu, Sabina Zurac, Monica Neagu

“…Cytokine/chemokine pattern was assessed using xMAP technology and the following molecules were quantified: interleukins (IL)-1-beta, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12 (p70), interferon (IFN)-gamma, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP-1), and keratinocyte-derived chemokine (KC). …”
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Resistance to P. brasiliensis Experimental Infection of Inbred Mice Is Associated with an Efficient Neutrophil Mobilization and Activation by Mediators of Inflammation by Felipe Fornias Sperandio, Gisele Pesquero Fernandes, Ana Carolina Silvério Cerqueira Mendes, Giulia Maria de Alencar Castro Bani, Vera Lucia Garcia Calich, Eva Burger

“…We also assessed the fungal colony forming units and the levels of soluble inflammatory mediators (LTB4, KC, IFN-γ, GM-CSF, and IL-10) inside subcutaneous air-pouches to compare the efficiency of the PMN present at this site in relation to the two main neutrophil functions: initial lysis of the invading pathogen and modulation of the acquired immune response. …”
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Exploring the Orca Predation Algorithm for Economic Dispatch Optimization in Power Systems by Vivi Aida Fitria, Arif Nur Afandi, Aripriharta

“…This research shows that Orca Predation Algorithm consistently does better than other bio-inspired algorithms like Particle Swarm Optimization, Whale Optimization Algorithm, Grey Wolf Optimizer, the Bat Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm and Ant Colony Optimization in terms of minimum cost, average cost, and solution stability. …”
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Responses to novelty in wild insular birds: comparing breeding populations in ecologically contrasting habitats by Samara Danel, Nancy Rebout, Léna Bureau, Timothée Zidat, Dora Biro, Francesco Bonadonna

“…In the first population (Chionis minor ssp. crozettensis), the “Crozet group” (Baie du Marin, Ile de la Possession, Crozet Islands), breeding pairs inhabit a variable habitat close to penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) colonies. In the second population (Chionis minor ssp. minor), the “Kerguelen group” (île Verte, Morbihan gulf, Kerguelen Islands) breeding pairs live in penguin-free territories. …”
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Unit commitment in microgrid systems using artificial intelligence techniques by Barnabas I. Gwaivangmin, Ganiyu A. Bakare, Ya’U S. Haruna, Abdullahi L. Amoo

“…The study compared three techniques: particle swarm optimization (PSO), Enhanced hybrid particle swarm optimization–ant colony optimization (E-HPSO–ACO), and Enhanced hybrid particle swarm optimization–simulated annealing (E-HPSO–SA). …”
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Methyltransferase DNMT3B promotes colorectal cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting PLCG2 by Ji Yong, Wang Yang, Zou Jiacheng, Liu Guanghao, Xia Mingyu, Ren Jun, Wang Daorong

“…Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) and colony formation assays are used to assess the proliferation of colorectal cancer cells. …”
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Sustained-Release Fillers for Dentin Disinfection: An Ex Vivo Study by Bernhard Funk, Sharonit Sahar-Helft, David Kirmayer, Michael Friedman, Doron Steinberg

“…The obtained dentine powder was collected in test tubes containing phosphate-buffered saline, sonicated, and plated on agar plates. Colony-forming units were counted after 48 h of incubation. …”
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Coexistence of blaMIR-1 and blaNDM-1 resistance genes with a novel ST type in Enterobacter roggenkampii from a stool sample: A genome sequencing study by Qin Wang, Sayyed Salman, Ye Luo, XiaoMei Tong

“…Cultures were then spread on MacConkey agar containing meropenem and incubated for 18–24 h to select carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Individual colonies were isolated, and bacterial species were identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. …”
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Enterococcus durans SL70, a Novel Exopolysaccharide Producer from Traditional Sourdough Fermentation of Einkorn (Triticum monococcum L. ssp. monococcum) by Berna Genc, Seyda Merve Karatas, Merve Tuğçe Tunç

“…Lactic acid bacteria were isolated and purified using the single colony technique on MRS and M17 media. The isolates were characterised using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass (MALDI-TOF) spectrometry. …”
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Notch Fatigue Damage Evolution Mechanism of TC21 Alloy with Multilevel Lamellar Microstructures by Xiaosong Zhou, Xiang Li, Chaowen Huang, Quan Wu, Fei Zhao

“…The findings reveal that increasing aging temperature primarily contributes to the augmentation of α colony (α_c) thickness, grain boundaries α phase (GBα) thickness, and α fine (α_fine) size alongside a reduction in α lath (α_lath) thickness and α_fine content. …”
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Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Axially Ligated Zn(II)5,10,15,20-meso-tetra(p-chlorophenyl)porphyrin with Oxygen and Nitrogen Donors by Gauri D. Bajju, Sujata Kundan, Ashu Kapahi, Deepmala Gupta

“….,” which shows that with the increase in the concentration of the complexes, the colony diameter decreases and hence percent inhibition increases.…”
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INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES IN THE USE OF VITAMIN E AND ROSEMARY AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FOR ENHANCING THE SAFETY AND PRESERVATION OF MINCED POULTRY MEAT DURING REFRIGERATION by S. M. Farhan, H. M. Alnori, S. I. Yousif, N. Mirzan, S. Abdulateef, N. M. Jebril, A. A. Al-Azzami, O. A. Saeed, B. F. Sulaiman, S. Y. Sardary

“…The study showed that incorporating rosemary and vitamin E extracts into minced chicken significantly reduced colony-forming units (CFU) of total bacteria, E. coli, and psychrophilic bacteria relative to the control group. …”
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Transcriptome Analysis Revealed the Molecular Mechanism of Acetic Acid Increasing <i>Monascus</i> Pigment Production in <i>Monascus ruber</i> CICC41233 by Yan Wang, Weiwei Wu, Xiaoshu Wu, Weiyu Li, Jingjing Cui, Chuannan Long

“…Compared with no acetic acid or HCl addition, the diameter of <i>M. ruber</i> CICC41233 colonies increased significantly under acetic acid conditions. …”
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Prosaposin – A plausible biomarker in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Avradeep Datta, Rajandeep Kaur, Anshika Chauhan, Geeta Singh Boora, Himanshu Garg, Debajyoti Chatterjee, Jaimanti Bakshi, Sushmita Ghoshal, Arnab Pal

“…Cell proliferation, cell migration, cell invasion, and colony formation were found to be significantly reduced with the downregulation of PSAP. …”
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Exploring the Relationship Between Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor (GHSR) Gene and Body Proportions in Bangkok Chickens: Insights from DNA Sequencing and Hin6I Enzyme-Restrict... by Gayuh Syaikhullah, Rosa Tri Hertamawati, Muhammad Adhyatma

“…Bangkok chickens were kept in colony cages with ad libitum feeding and drinking. …”
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Detection of Mycotoxins and Aflatoxigenic Fungi Associated with Compound Poultry Feedstuffs in Saudi Arabia by Youssuf A. Gherbawy, Karima E. Abdel Fattah, Abdullah Altalhi, Pet Ioan, Mohamed A. Hussein

“…A quantitative enumeration of fungal colony-forming units (CFUs) was performed on Dichloran Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar (DRBC) and Czapek Iprodione Dichloran Agar (CZID) media. …”
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