Antibacterial mechanism of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum SHY96 cell-free supernatant against Listeria monocytogenes revealed by metabolomics and potential application on chicken br... by Ming Liang, Hongwei Wang, Zhaoquan Zhou, Yechuan Huang, Huayi Suo

“…Additionally, application of LCFS96 significantly reduced L. monocytogenes_02 viable counts by 84.93%, while maintaining the pH, TVB-N and organoleptic properties of chicken meat under refrigeration at 4 °C for 12 days. …”
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Omentin-1 Ameliorated Free Fatty Acid-Induced Impairment in Proliferation, Migration, and Inflammatory States of HUVECs by Yubin Chen, Fen Liu, Fei Han, Lizhi Lv, Can-e Tang, Fanyan Luo

“…Cell proliferation was analyzed with the Cell Counting Kit assay and flow cytometry. Scratch and transwell assays were used to evaluate cell migration. …”
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Efficient and Scalable Graph Similarity Joins in MapReduce by Yifan Chen, Xiang Zhao, Chuan Xiao, Weiming Zhang, Jiuyang Tang

“…Leveraging the MapReduce programming model, we propose MGSJoin, a scalable algorithm following the filtering-verification framework for efficient graph similarity joins. It relies on counting overlapping graph signatures for filtering out nonpromising candidates. …”
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Systematic study on the evaluation method of surface antibacterial activity based on the fluorescent observation of bacterial growth by Noriko Nakamura, Tatsuki Yamagishi, Wataru Nagata, Yuki Akahane, Hyemin Seo, Ayaka Otsuka, Daiki Hishikawa, Risa Yoshimoto, Nobuhiro Miyamae, Seiichi Ohta

“…The standard assessment procedure for antibacterial surfaces involves bacterial culture on a film-covered substrate followed by transfer onto agar for colony counting (ISO22196:2011). However, this assessment lacks temporal and spatial information regarding bacterial growth, resulting in an incomplete and inaccurate evaluation of the antibacterial activity of the surface. …”
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Current status and innovative developments of CAR-T-cell therapy for the treatment of breast cancer by Hany E. Marei, Khaled Bedair, Anwarul Hasan, Layla Al-Mansoori, Sara Caratelli, Giuseppe Sconocchia, Alice Gaiba, Carlo Cenciarelli

“…Summary Breast cancer will overtake all other cancers in terms of diagnoses in 2024. Breast cancer counts highest among women in terms of cancer incidence and death rates. …”
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Pulmonary Toxoplasmosis Diagnosed on Transbronchial Lung Biopsy in a Mechanically Ventilated Patient by Delyse Garg, Nikhil Madan, Omar Qaqish, Sandhya Nagarakanti, Vipul Patel

“…In persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), toxoplasmosis occurs when CD4 counts are very low and is considered an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) defining illness. …”
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Phase I study of efineptakin alfa (NT-I7) for the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma by Leonard D’Amico, Martin Cheever, Steven P Fling, Anna Wright, Kathryn Lurain, Ramya Ramaswami, Irene Ekwede, Thomas S Uldrick, Robert Yarchoan, Judith C Kaiser, Angela Shaulov Kask, Manoj P Menon, Paul Couey, Eli Burnham, Allysson Angeldekao, Byung Ha Lee, Li-Lian Kwok, Chia-Ching Jackie Wang

“…The overall KS objective response rate to NT-I7 was 42.9% (95% CI 9.9%, 81.6%) and all three responders were PWH. Absolute lymphocyte counts, CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell counts increased among all participants following administration of NT-I7. …”
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Rat models of postintracerebral hemorrhage pneumonia induced by nasal inoculation with Klebsiella pneumoniae or intratracheal inoculation with LPS by Ruihua Wang, Changlian Gan, Rui Mao, Yang Chen, Ru Yan, Geng Li, Tianqin Xiong, Jianwen Guo

“…Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid was collected for leukocyte counting, and supernatant was prepared to measure MPO activity. …”
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Inflammatory Markers and Severity in COVID-19 Patients with Clostridioides Difficile Co-Infection: A Retrospective Analysis Including Subgroups with Diabetes, Cancer, and Elderly by Teodor Cerbulescu, Flavia Ignuta, Uma Shailendri Rayudu, Maliha Afra, Ovidiu Rosca, Adrian Vlad, Stana Loredana

“…We collected baseline demographics, comorbidities, and laboratory parameters including C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), ferritin, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts, albumin, platelet counts, and calculated indices (C-reactive protein to Albumin Ratio (CAR), Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), SII). …”
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Unusual presentation of secondary CNS lymphoma with punctate intralesional and intraventricular hemorrhage by Daniel De-Liang Loh, Ira Sun, Shiong Wen Low, Pin Lin Kei

“…The conventional wisdom is that the presence of intralesional hemorrhage in an immunocompetent patient strongly counts against the diagnosis of lymphoma; however more recent evidence suggests that the distinction is more nuanced. …”
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Novel yeast Pichia kudriavzevii alleviates aflatoxins induced toxicopathology in broiler chickens through immunomodulation and antioxidant enhancement by Ashiq Ali, Aisha Khatoon, Muhammad Kashif Saleemi, Rao Zahid Abbas, Bilal Murtaza, Kaynaat Akbar, Qaisar Tanveer, Sami Ullah Khan Bahadur, Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini, Mai Ahmad Alghamdi

“…Assessment encompassed a comprehensive array of parameters including performance metrics, hepatic and renal biomarkers, interleukin concentrations, blood cell counts, hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, antibody response to sheep red blood cells, lymphoproliferative response to PHA-P, phagocytic response utilizing the carbon clearance assay system, as well as evaluation of oxidants and antioxidants. …”
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Identification of Worm In Digestive Tract of Consumed Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) In Ujung Pangkah, Gresik by Nisa' Rachmaningtyas Putri, E Djoko Poetranto, Nunuk Dyah Retno Lastuti, Setiawan Koesdarto, Bambang Sektiari Lukiswanto, Kusnoto Kusnoto

“…Fecal samples were examined by native, sedimentation, coconut-sugar floating method and EPG counting with Lucient Brumpt. And the worm morphology from dissection of digestive tract would be identify with source book, journal, and discussed with supervisor. …”
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Cultivable Fungi from Amazon River Dolphins Engaged in Wildlife Ecotourism in the Anavilhanas National Park, Brazil by Marla Jalene Alves, Fernanda Rodrigues Fonseca, Layssa do Carmo Barroso, Érica Simplício de Souza, Marcelo Derzi Vidal, Ani Beatriz Jackisch-Matsuura, João Vicente Braga de Souza, Salvatore Siciliano

“…Water samples exhibited higher fungal counts and diversity, with Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, Exophiala dermatitidis, Penicillium citrinum, Fomitopsis meliae, and Nectria pseudotrichia identified at the collection site and Candida spencermartinsiae and Penicillium chermesinum at the city harbor. …”
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Hydrogen Peroxide Induced Colitis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Dushyant Pawar, Anna Calara, Roy Jacob, Nancy Beck, Alan N. Peiris

“…Physical exam, vital signs, blood, and electrolyte counts were normal, but CT scans showed mucosal thickening of the rectum and colon. …”
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An emerging view of neural geometry in motor cortex supports high-performance decoding by Sean M Perkins, Elom A Amematsro, John Cunningham, Qi Wang, Mark M Churchland

“…MINT’s computations are simple, scale favorably with increasing neuron counts, and yield interpretable quantities such as data likelihoods. …”
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Glutamate enhances shrimp antibacterial ability by boosting its cellular immunity by Lei Ma, Wenyong Jiang, Zhiyao Lu, Yanmei Tong, Qingyun Liu, Zhonghua He, Xiuli Chen, Yongzhen Zhao, Fan Wang

“…In this study, we demonstrate a correlation between plasma glutamate increased the total hemocyte counts in shrimp within two hours, an effect that was reversed by co-injection with a Grik2 inhibitor. …”
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Enterococcus faecium WB2000 Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Oral Cariogenic Streptococci by Nao Suzuki, Masahiro Yoneda, Yuko Hatano, Tomoyuki Iwamoto, Yosuke Masuo, Takao Hirofuji

“…After culturing, the pH did not differ between single and dual cultures. The viable counts of floating mutans streptococci were lower in dual cultures with E. faecium WB2000 than in single cultures. …”
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Prediction of Punching Capacity of Slab-Column Connections without Transverse Reinforcement Based on a Backpropagation Neural Network by Jie Bu, FanZhen Zhang, Meng Zhu, Zhiyang He, Qigao Hu

“…The statistical eigenvalue method shows that the BPNN model has the highest accuracy and the lowest dispersion. The defect point counting method shows that the BPNN model had the fewest total number of defects and was the safest and most economical. …”
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Assessing the product attributes of Iranian localized frozen dumpling dough incorporated with fish paste by M. Shirazy, N. Mooraki, M. Honarvar

“…There was a noticeable variation (P < 0.05) in the overall counts of yeast and mold in the samples. Discriminant Analysis (DA) and Product Characterization analysis indicated that replacing 20% FP and storing for 90 days did not meet consumer demand. …”
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Design and implementation of state-of-charge estimation based on back-propagation neural network for smart uninterruptible power system by Shuo Li, Song Li, Haifeng Zhao, Yuan An

“…The performance of state-of-charge estimation based on back-propagation neural network is tested by connecting to uninterruptible power system and compared with the ampere-hour counting method and the actual test data. The results show that the state-of-charge estimation based on back-propagation neural network can achieve high accuracy in estimating state of charge of uninterruptible power system and can reduce the error accumulation caused in long-term operation.…”
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