An innovative method used for the identification of N-glycans on soybean allergen β-conglycinin by Cheng Li, Yang Tian, Jianli Han, Yu Lu, Meiyi Zou, Yue Jia, Chengjian Wang, Linjuan Huang, Zhongfu Wang

“…Glycopeptides hydrolyzed from β-conglycinin were purified by cotton hydrophilic chromatography. Trifluoromethylsulfonic acid was then used to release glycans from glycopeptides, and new glycopeptides containing one single N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) moiety were then utilized for mass spectrometry. …”
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Screening of local barley accessions for sensitivity to photoperiod by I. A. Zveynek, O. N. Kovaleva

“…Barley seeds were planted in cuvettes with moistened cotton wool. After the emergence of shoots, they were placed in the climate chamber where the plants remained until the stage of the second leaf with the 10-hour photoperiod and the temperature regime of a low daytime (+8°C) and high nighttime (+25°C) temperatures. …”
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Aerosol Filtration Testing of Fabrics for Development of Reusable Face Masks by Adrian Stan, Sandro Steiner, Shoaib Majeed, Sandra Schorderet Weber, Samik Gosh, Tanja Živković Semren, Philippe Alexandre Guy, Stefan Lebrun, Jérôme Steinhauser, Yanik Tardy, Andreas Hogg, Sophie Chiquet, Jean-Luc Perret, Arkadiusz Kuczaj, Manuel Peitsch, Julia Hoeng

“…Using aerosol particle size spectrometers, we performed particle size distribution measurements and calculated the fractional aerosol particle size-selective filtration efficiencies of over 300 fabrics and fabric-assemblies, including chiffon, cotton, synthetics, and various promising layered combinations. …”
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Pattern of Bacterial Pathogens and Their Susceptibility Isolated from Surgical Site Infections at Selected Referral Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Walelign Dessie, Gebru Mulugeta, Surafael Fentaw, Amete Mihret, Mulu Hassen, Engida Abebe

“…Wound specimens were collected using sterile cotton swab and processed as per standard operative procedures in appropriate culture media; and susceptibility testing was done using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique. …”
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Invasive Aspergillus niger Is the Sole Etiological Agent for CSOM : A Clinical Case from Nepal by Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, Rabindra Bhakta Pradhananga, Niranjan Prasad Sah, Basista Prasad Rijal, Bharat Mani Pokhrel, Santosh Dulal

“…Thereafter, the fungal colony was investigated via a lactophenol cotton blue (LPCB) tease mount which displayed the structure of Aspergillus. …”
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Agricultural waste management generated by agro-based industries using biotechnology tools by D. Sivakumar, P. Srikanth, P. Ramteke, J. Nouri

“…Various agro-wastes such as wheat straw, barley straw, cotton stalks, sunflower stacks, and oil cakes from various agriculture goods, as well as major horticulture wastes such as apple, mango, orange peels, and potato peels, were used to create beneficial products in this review.  …”
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Formaldehyde-free wood adhesives based on protein materials from various plant species by Bernardo Grossi, Benedetto Pizzo, Francesco Siano, Antonio Varriale, Rosanna Mabilia

“…Materials from seven plants (soybean, cotton, hemp, carob, grape, maize, and jatropha) were analysed for water resistance and mechanical strength in dry and wet conditions using wood-wood joints (WWJ) and the tests used to characterise plywood. …”
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A Graphene/MXene-Modified Flexible Fabric for Infrared Camouflage, Electrothermal, and Electromagnetic Interference Shielding by Xianguang Hou, Ziyi Zang, Yaxin Meng, Tian Wang, Shuai Gao, Qingman Liu, Lijun Qu, Xiansheng Zhang

“…Here, graphene/MXene-modified fabric with superior infrared camouflage, Joule heating, and electromagnetic shielding capabilities all in one was prepared by simply scraping a graphene slurry onto alkali-treated cotton fabrics, followed by spraying MXene. The functionality of the modified fabrics after different treatment times was then tested and analyzed. …”
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Biodegradability of Cellulose Fibers, Films, and Particles: A Review by Martin A. Hubbe, Jesse S. Daystar, Richard A. Venditti, Joel J. Pawlak, Marielis C. Zambrano, Morton Barlaz, Mary Ankeny, Steven Pires

“…Various forms of cellulose, such as cotton, paper pulp fibers, and microcrystalline cellulose can be regarded as benchmarks for biodegradability, when comparing other materials. …”
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Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) as an upper respiratory tract model for respiratory syncytial virus infection by Sophie M. Kolbe, Kate Guilfoyle, Wencke Reineking, Geert van Amerongen, Guido van der Net, Sandra Lockow, Wolfgang Baumgärtner, Martin Ludlow, Albert D.M.E Osterhaus

“…For preclinical efficacy testing of prophylactic and therapeutic treatments cotton rat and ferret models can be used. However, these can be expensive, difficult to source and house, and often have limitations such as insufficient virus replication in the respiratory tract and/or lack of horizontal transmission. …”
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Effects of alkali treatment on the bending and fracture behavior of biomaterial bamboo by Xiaohan Chen, Xianke Wang, Shaohua Gu, Aiyue Huang, Haitao Cheng

“…Therefore, appropriate alkali treatment can maintain the strength of bamboo and improve its flexibility, which is similar to the principle of mercerized cotton. The modified bamboo has application potential in curved components in the transportation field and can meet the requirements of lightweight, flexibility, and environmental protection.…”
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Radiology Department: A Potential Source of Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms: A Cross-Sectional Study at Tertiary Hospital, Palestine by Zena Odeh, Safaa Abatli, Mohammad Qadi

“…Samples were taken at 7:00 a.m. using cotton swabs following the regular cleaning procedure. …”
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Evaluation of enzymatic hydrolysis of palm kernel meal in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) by Tao Ding, Hao Wang, Xiaofang Liang, Jie Yang, Yaping Zhu, Min Xue

“…Experimental diets substituted 5 % soybean meal and 3 % wheat flour with 5 % palm kernel meal or enzymatic hydrolysis of palm kernel meal, and 3 % cotton protein concentrate (CPC) labeled as PKM and EPKM. …”
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Contamination and washing of cloth masks and risk of infection among hospital health workers in Vietnam: a post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Bayzidur Rahman, Holly Seale, Tham Chi Dung

“…This was the only published RCT of cloth masks at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.Objective To do a post hoc analysis of unpublished data on mask washing and mask contamination from the original RCT to further understand poor performance of the two-layered cotton cloth mask used by HCWs in that RCT.Setting 14 secondary-level/tertiary-level hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam.Participants A subgroup of 607 HCWs aged ≥18 years working full time in selected high-risk wards, who used a two-layered cloth mask and were part of a randomised controlled clinical trial comparing medical masks and cloth masks.Intervention Washing method for cloth masks (self-washing or hospital laundry). …”
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Green guardians: The biocontrol potential of Pseudomonas-derived metabolites for sustainable agriculture by Ruihuan Yang, Xiangning Du, Moein Khojasteh, Syed Mashab Ali Shah, Yongzheng Peng, Zhangfei Zhu, Zhengyin Xu, Gongyou Chen

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Simultaneous central retinal vein and cilioretinal artery occlusion in a young female patient with progestin-only oral contraceptive use: a case report by Sardar Noman Qayyum, Risha Naeem, Faraz Azhar, Gulmeena Aziz Khan, Tehreem Zubair, Samim Noori

“…Fundoscopic examination revealed optic disc edema, preretinal hemorrhages, venous dilation, and cotton wool spots consistent with central retinal vein occlusion, alongside ischemic changes in the foveal region suggestive of cilioretinal artery occlusion. …”
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Determination of the Levels of Heavy Metals and Formaldehyde in Baby Clothes in South Africa: A Case Study of Stores in the Greater Cape Town Region by P. Nyamukamba, C. Bantom, Z. Mququ, T. Ngcobo, S. Isaacs

“…Herein, we report on the determination of formaldehyde, pH, and heavy metals (Pb, As, Co, Cr, Ni, and Cd) in various baby apparel (cotton, polyester, nylon, elastane, and polyethylene) of different colours (light, medium, and dark) purchased from both high-end and low-end market stores. …”
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Evaluation of selected agricultural by-products as potential feeds for rearing edible grasshopper, Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) by Amos Acur, Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga, Philip Nyeko

“…Methods We evaluated the biology (survival, developmental duration, and adult fresh weight) of Ruspolia differens reared on eleven locally available agricultural by-products in Uganda, namely; dry maize cob, waste from a locally brewed finger millet drink, cotton seed cake, soybean hull meal, sunflower cake, pumpkin pulp, peelings of unripe banana, cassava, sweet potato, pineapple and pumpkin. …”
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An adenoviral vector encoding an inflammation-inducible antagonist, HMGB1 Box A, as a novel therapeutic approach to inflammatory diseases by Kari Ann Shirey, John Joseph, Lynda Coughlan, Haye Nijhuis, Alan W. Varley, Jorge C. G. Blanco, Stefanie N. Vogel

“…We have engineered a non-replicative AdV vector that produces HMGB1 Box A, an antagonist of HMGB1-induced inflammation, under the control of an endogenous complement component C3 (C3) promoter sequence, that is inducible by LPS and influenza in vitro and ex vivo in macrophages (Mϕ) and protects mice and cotton rats therapeutically against infection with mouse-adapted and human non-adapted influenza strains, respectively, in vivo. …”
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Improving natural red pigment production by Streptomyces phaeolivaceus strain GH27 for functionalization of textiles with in silico ADME prediction by Gehad H. El Sayed, Mohamed Fadel, Rasha Fouad, Hend M. Ahmed, Ahmed A. Hamed

“…In comparison to conventional and nanotechnological attributes, printed samples exhibit significant color strength without environmental repercussions. The treatment of cotton, wool, and polyester samples suppressed pathogen growth to differing extents. …”
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