Frequency of Detection of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Campylobacter spp. in the Faeces of Wild Rats (Rattus spp.) in Trinidad and Tobago by Comfort Nkogwe, Juliah Raletobana, Alva Stewart-Johnson, Sharianne Suepaul, Abiodun Adesiyun

“…Characterization of E. coli was done on sorbitol MacConkey agar to determine non-sorbitol fermentation, blood agar to determine haemolytic and mucoid colonies and by using E. coli O157 antiserum to determine O157 strain. …”
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Impact of temporal and rearing environment variations on brood ester pheromone production in the honey bee Apis mellifera by Mondet, Fanny, Beslay, Dominique, Cousin, Marianne, Le Conte, Yves

“…This study validates the use of in vitro rearing methods for studying the chemical ecology of honey bee larvae and increases our understanding of the ecophysiology of one of the most important pheromones of honey bee colonies.…”
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The protoplast two-way fusions and fusant characteristics of Antrodia cinnamomea and Cordyceps militaris by Wei-Kuang Lai, Yang-Chang Wu, Tai-Sheng Yeh, Chun-Ren Hsieh, Yi-Hong Tsai, Chien-Kei Wei, Chi-Ying Li, Ying-Chen Lu, Fang-Rong Chang

“…We selected each of two best-growing fused colonies Ac-Cm-1, Ac-Cm-2, Cm-Ac-1, and Cm-Ac-2, together with parental A. cinnamomea and C. militaris, and studied their morphology, growth antagonism tests, and genetic relationships by 18S rRNA sequencing. …”
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Mobilization of Stem Cells Using G-CSF for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Controlled, Pilot Study by Kameshwar Prasad, Amit Kumar, Jitendra Kumar Sahu, M. V. P. Srivastava, Sujata Mohanty, Rohit Bhatia, Shailesh B. Gaikwad, Achal Srivastava, Vinay Goyal, Manjari Tripathi, Chandrashekar Bal, Nalini Kant Mishra

“…There is emerging evidence to support the use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke. …”
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The Influence of Aging on the Regenerative Potential of Human Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Monika Marędziak, Krzysztof Marycz, Krzysztof A. Tomaszewski, Katarzyna Kornicka, Brandon Michael Henry

“…The hASCs were characterized according to the number of fibroblasts colony forming unit (CFU-F), proliferation rate, population doubling time (PDT), and quantified parameters of adipogenic, chondrogenic, and osteogenic differentiation. …”
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Insecticide resistant Anopheles from Ethiopia but not Burkina Faso show a microbiota composition shift upon insecticide exposure by Netsanet Worku, Antoine Sanou, Juliane Hartke, Marion Morris, Fatoumata Cissé, Salimata Ouédraogo, Madou Tapsoba, Nicola Vallon, Tewodros Debebe Akilu, Ligabaw Worku, Moussa Wamdaogo Guelbeogo, Victoria A. Ingham

“…This result is supported by data from laboratory colonies originating in Burkina Faso across two countries. …”
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Unearthing the reality of ‘Zombie energy systems’ in Africa’s energy transition by Michael O Dioha, Magnus C Abraham-Dukuma, Prudence Dato

“…These ZES hinder Africa’s energy transition, yet they receive limited attention in the international energy development arena. Rooted in colonial-era legacies, economic constraints, and policy shortcomings, these energy systems have led to a persistent misalignment between energy supply and development goals, perpetuating energy poverty and limiting economic growth. …”
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Effect of Zirconium Oxide and Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Physicochemical Properties and Antibiofilm Activity of a Calcium Silicate-Based Material by Juliane Maria Guerreiro-Tanomaru, Adinael Trindade-Junior, Bernardo Cesar Costa, Guilherme Ferreira da Silva, Leonardo Drullis Cifali, Maria Inês Basso Bernardi, Mario Tanomaru-Filho

“…The analysis was conducted by using the number of colony-forming units (CFU/mL). The compressive strength was performed in a mechanical testing machine. …”
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The Effect of Age on the Regenerative Potential of Human Eyelid Adipose-Derived Stem Cells by Mingqi Zhang, Zhuoshi Wang, Yan Zhao, Lirong Zhang, Ling Xu, Liu Cao, Wei He

“…For each group, the proliferative capacity, colony-forming ability, surface markers, differentiation ability, wound healing function, and secreted protein were contrastively evaluated and quantified for statistical analysis. …”
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MABC: Power-Based Location Planning with a Modified ABC Algorithm for 5G Networks by Ruchi Sachan, Zahid Muhammad, Jaehoon (Paul) Jeong, Chang Wook Ahn, Hee Yong Youn

“…This paper proposes an improved Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm which uses the set of variables such as the transmission power and location of each base station (BS) to improve the accuracy of localization of a user equipment (UE) for the efficient energy consumption at BSes. …”
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AEBP1 Promotes Glioblastoma Progression and Activates the Classical NF-κB Pathway by Kai Guo, Lei Song, Jianyong Chang, Peicheng Cao, Qi Liu

“…The expression of AEBP1 in GBM was assessed by bioinformatics analysis and qRT-PCR; the effects of AEBP1 on GBM cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and tumor growth in vitro and in vivo were detected by a CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay, scratch assay, Transwell assay, and subcutaneous tumor formation, respectively. …”
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Multi Objective Prioritized Workflow Scheduling Using Deep Reinforcement Based Learning in Cloud Computing by Sudheer Mangalampalli, Syed Shakeel Hashmi, Amit Gupta, Ganesh Reddy Karri, K. Varada Rajkumar, Tulika Chakrabarti, Prasun Chakrabarti, Martin Margala

“…Heterogeneous Earliest First Deadline, Cat Swarm Optimization, Ant Colony Optimization. Results revealed that our proposed MOPDSWRL outperforms existing state of art algorithms by minimizing makespan, energy consumption.…”
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Antimicrobial Effect of Platelet-Rich Plasma against Porphyromonas gingivalis by Thuy Anh Vu Pham, Thao Thi Phuong Tran, Ngan Thi My Luong

“…The round, smooth, and black colony appeared in the agar disk after 7–10 days of incubation under anaerobic conditions. …”
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Is neutropenic fever an obstacle to effective stem cell harvesting? by Semih Başcı, Ersin Bozan, Samet Yaman, Bahar Uncu Ulu, Mehmet Bakırtaş, Tuğçe Nur Yiğenoğlu, Ali Kılınç, Nurgül Özcan, Mehmet Sinan Dal, Merih Kızıl Çakar, Fevzi Altuntaş

“…A subset of patients’ adequate stem cell harvest is not achievable with a solitary use of granulocyte colony-stimulating agents (G-CSF). Generally, chemomobilization is employed for patients failing G-CSF and its most feared complication febrile neutropenia (FN). …”
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MicroRNA-4735-3p Facilitates Ferroptosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Targeting SLC40A1 by Cairong Zhu, Zhiquan Song, Zhen Chen, Tianqi Lin, Haili Lin, Zhenqiang Xu, Fen Ai, Shijiao Zheng

“…Human ccRCC cell lines were transfected with the miR-4735-3p mimic or inhibitor to manipulate the expression of miR-4735-3p. Cell proliferation, colony formation, cell migration, cell invasion, cell death, oxidative stress, lipid peroxidation, and iron metabolism were determined. …”
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A Case of Onychomycosis Caused by Rhodotorula glutinis by Hatice Uludag Altun, Tuba Meral, Emel Turk Aribas, Canan Gorpelioglu, Nilgun Karabicak

“…The causative agent was identified as R. glutinis based on the pinkish-orange color; mucoid-appearing yeast colonies on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar at 25°C; morphological evaluation in the Corn Meal-Tween 80 agar; observed oval/round budding yeast at 25°C for 72 hours; no observed pseudohyphae; positive urease activity at 25°C for 4 days; and assimilation features detected by API ID 32C kit and automated Vitek Yeast Biochemical Card 2 system. …”
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L’urbanisme balnéaire : processus de colonisation ou aménagement durable du littoral ? by Roland Vidal

“…The almost systematic repetition of this urban design harks back to the colonial cities and the rare relationships they have with the territory on which they were built. …”
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International Organizations: the Main Factors of Emergence and Development by L. S. Voronkov

“…The article presents the main factors that in later stages of internationalization and development of contemporary international relations gave the impetus to emergence and development of international organizations, including the military-technological revolution, that gave birth to mass destruction weapons and avalanche-like growth of the number of human and material losses during wars and military conflicts, the Cold War between world communism and world capitalism, the collapse of the colonial system and formation ofa new main contradiction of the world politics between the "Club of rich countries" and states of the "global periphery", beginning of development of regional integration processes and, finally, the emergence of global problems. …”
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Riesgo e incertidumbre en la compra a crédito de parcelas en las colonias de Marcos Juárez (Córdoba) a fines del siglo XIX by Luis Alberto Tognetti

“…Luego, se definen las características básicas del mercado primario colonial correspondiente al espacio abarcado por la investigación. …”
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A Denoising Based Autoassociative Model for Robust Sensor Monitoring in Nuclear Power Plants by Ahmad Shaheryar, Xu-Cheng Yin, Hong-Wei Hao, Hazrat Ali, Khalid Iqbal

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