Isolation and Characterization of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactobacillus plantarum SKT109 from Tibet Kefir by Wang Ji, Zhao Xiao, Tian Zheng, He Congcong, Yang Yawei, Yang Zhennai

“…Studies on the milk fermentation characteristics of L. plantarum SKT109 showed that the strain survived well in fermented milk with counts about 8.0 log cfu/g during 21 days of storage at 4°C. …”
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Lightweight AES Design for IoT Applications: Optimizations in FPGA and ASIC With DFA Countermeasure Strategies by Salman Ahmed, Nabihah Ahmad, Nasir Ali Shah, Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro, Ardhi Wijayanto, Abdinasir Hirsi, Abdul Rehman Altaf

“…This paper offers a comprehensive review of the latest lightweight AES architectural designs, including optimizations to the Substitution Box (S-Box), Sub-Bytes, Shift Rows, Mix Columns, and Add Round Key steps, assessing their impact on gate count, area, maximum frequency, power consumption, and throughput in field programable gate arrays (FPGA) and Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) implementations. …”
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Immunogenicity of Type IV Pilin Proteins from <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> in Chickens by Audrey Charlebois, Nicolas Deslauriers, Lila Maduro, Martine Boulianne

“…Mean OD₄₅₀ values ten times higher than the controls were obtained for IgY (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and a significantly lower cecal count of <i>C. perfringens</i> was observed in the birds injected with PilA3. …”
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Landscape of the Peripheral Immune Response Induced by Intraoperative Radiotherapy Combined with Surgery in Early Breast Cancer Patients by Danian Dai, Xuerui Li, Hongkai Zhuang, Yun Ling, Lezi Chen, Cheng Long, Jinhui Zhang, Yunjie Wang, Yuehua Li, Hailin Tang, Bo Chen

“…Following IORT combined with surgery (defined as IORT+Surgery), PBMC counts remained stable, with increased proportions of T cells, mononuclear phagocytes, and plasma cells, and a reduction in neutrophil proportions. …”
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Over-Dimension and Over-Load (ODOL) truck in highways: Prevalence and modeling intention to operate ODOL truck, lesson learned from Indonesia by Ari Widyanti, Justin Mulya Gananda, Titah Yudhistira, Widyarini Weningtyas, Ludfi Pratiwi Bowo, Sinung Nugoroho

“…The purpose of this study is to observe the prevalence of ODOL trucks on Indonesian highways and the factors that influence the operation of ODOL trucks from the view of the driver and owner.Observation on site is conducted to observe over-dimension trucks, whereas the over-load truck is counted using observation of CCTV. A survey is applied to obtain the perception and influence factors of ODOL truck operation from the view of the driver. …”
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Neutrophils Are Dysregulated in Patients with Hereditary Angioedema Types I and II in a Symptom-Free Period by Tereza Grymova, Marcela Vlkova, Premysl Soucek, Roman Hakl, Jana Nechvatalova, Peter Slanina, Julie Stichova, Jiri Litzman, Tomas Freiberger

“…Patients’ neutrophil-alerted state was further supported by increased CD11b, decreased CD16 plasma membrane deposition, and increased relative CD274+ and CD87+ neutrophil counts, but not by increased neutrophil elastase or myeloperoxidase plasma levels. …”
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Tongue-LiteSAM: A Lightweight Model for Tongue Image Segmentation With Zero-Shot by Daiqing Tan, Hao Zang, Xinyue Zhang, Han Gao, Ji Wang, Zaijian Wang, Xing Zhai, Huixia Li, Yan Tang, Aiqing Han

“…Based on the basic SAM model, the improvement involved modifying the image encoder by integrating two lightweight ViT-Tiny image encoders, effectively reducing the model&#x2019;s parameter count. Additionally, data perturbation techniques were employed to enhance the zero-shot segmentation capability of the model and ensure robust performance across different data sources. …”
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Mitigative Effect of Erythromycin on PMMA Challenged Preosteoblastic MC3T3-E1 Cells by Yi Shen, Weili Wang, Xiaomiao Li, David C. Markel, Weiping Ren

“…Cell viability was evaluated by both a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay and cell counts. Cell differentiation was determined by activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP). …”
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Leveraging Next-Generation Sequencing Application from Identity to Purity Profiling of Nucleic Acid-Based Products by Rucha Wadapurkar, Swarda Deo, Renuka Khanzode, Ajay Singh

“…We determined the sequence identity, DNA and RNA contamination, off-target RNA contamination, and poly-A count with the proposed workflow. <b>Results</b>: Our workflow predicted most of the critical quality controls of mRNA vaccine and plasmid DNA samples, especially focusing on the identity and the nucleotide-based impurities. …”
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Safety and Biodistribution of an Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cell Infusion into Renal Arteries in Patients with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Phase 1 Study by Bruno Freire Botelho, André Luis Barreira, Marcio Gomes Filippo, Karina Dutra Asensi, Lanuza A P Faccioli, Anna Beatriz dos Santos Salgado, Elizabeth Figueiredo de Salles, Carlos Eduardo Cruz Marques, Pedro Leme Silva, Regina Coeli dos Santos Goldenberg, Angelo Maiolino, Bianca Gutfilen, Sergio Augusto Lopes de Souza, Maurilo Leite Junior, Marcelo Marcos Morales

“…A transient increase in creatinine was observed after the cell therapy, with improvement on day 30. 99mTc-BMDMCs were detected in both kidneys and counts were higher after 2 hr compared with 24 hr. …”
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Legionella pneumophila response to shifts in biofilm structure mediated by hydrodynamics by Ana Rosa Silva, C. William Keevil, Ana Pereira

“…Finally, shear conditions favoured the transition of L. pneumophila to VBNC states (∼94 %), despite the high viable cell counts (∼8 log10 CFU/cm2) found throughout the experiments. …”
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Cold Plasma Activity Against Biofilm Formation of Prosthetic Joint Infection Pathogens by Christopher Spiegel, Débora C. Coraça-Huber, Michael Nogler, Rohit Arora, David Putzer

“…Afterwards, colony-forming units were counted. Results: The results of this study showed that air and argon plasma could be considered for applications during surgeries at a 1 cm distance. …”
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Impact of Combined Antiretroviral Treatment (cART) on Latent Cytomegalovirus Infection by Aura Temereanca, Luminita Ene, Gratiela Tardei, Camelia Grancea, Cristian L. Achim, Simona Ruta

“…A good immune response to treatment was significantly associated with CMV-specific cellular immunity: IFN-γ level was positively correlated with CD4 and CD8-T cell counts. No differences were observed between patients with suppressed/non-suppressed HIV viremia in terms of CMV humoral and cellular immune response. …”
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Clinical Manifestations Associated with Overweight/Obesity in Puerto Ricans with Fibromyalgia Syndrome by Ruth M. Fred-Jiménez, Mariangelí Arroyo-Ávila, Ángel M. Mayor, Grissel Ríos, Luis M. Vilá

“…In addition, the tender point count was higher in the overweight/obese group. In the logistic regression analyses, self-reported memory impairment and urinary frequency differences remained significant after adjusting for confounding variables. …”
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The Role of Glucocorticoid Receptors in Dexamethasone-Induced Apoptosis of Neuroprogenitor Cells in the Hippocampus of Rat Pups by Chun-I Sze, Yung-Chieh Lin, Yuh-Jyh Lin, Ting-Hui Hsieh, Yu Min Kuo, Chyi-Her Lin

“…Hippocampi were isolated for western blot analysis, TUNEL, cleaved-caspase 3 staining for cell counts, and morphological assessment. Control pups received normal saline (NS). …”
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Effect of Moxidectin Treatment at Peripartum on Gastrointestinal Parasite Infections in Ewes Raised under Tropical Andes High Altitude Conditions by J. J. Vargas-Duarte, H. Lozano-Márquez, H. A. Grajales-Lombana, C. Manrique-Perdomo, D. A. Martínez-Bello, C. Saegerman, M. Raes, N. Kirschvink

“…This study tested the impact of moxidectin at peripartum on nematode fecal egg count (FEC) and clinical parameters on ewes in the high altitude tropical Andes of Colombia. …”
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New formyl indole derivatives based on thiobarbituric acid and their nano-formulations; synthesis, characterization, parasitology and histopathology investigations by Walaa Ali Abdelhalim, Ahmed R. Rabee, Saied M. Soliman, Mohamed Hagar, Esraa A. Moneer, Basant A. Bakr, Assem Barakat, Matti Haukka, Hanaa A. Rasheed

“…Moreover, the nano formulation of compound 3b showed a significant reduction percent of oocyst count of cryptosporidium infected mice representing 66%. …”
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Cricket protein-based film containing Caralluma fimbriata extract-based nanoparticles for preservation of cheddar cheese by Aunzar Bashir Lone, Hina F. Bhat, Sunil Kumar, Abderrahmane Aït-Kaddour, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Abdo Hassoun, Zuhaib F. Bhat

“…Application of the films containing Car-Fim-NPs (1.0–3.0 %) increased the antioxidant potential (DPPH, ABTS and FRAP activities), lipid (TBARS and free fatty acids) and protein (total carbonyl content) oxidative stability, and microbial quality (microbial counts) of the Ched-Chee during 90 days of storage. …”
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Survival and Effect of Exopolysaccharide-Producing Lactobacillus plantarum YW11 on the Physicochemical Properties of Ice Cream by Zhang Jian, Zhao Wen, Guo Xialei, Guo Ting, Zheng Yi, Wang Yuetong, Hao Yijiang, Yang Zhennai

“…After 4 weeks of storage, viable counts of the YW11 strain decreased in all groups by 0.8–1.61 log cfu/g. …”
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Effect of Packaging on Instant Foods from Root Vegetables by Oleg K. Motovilov, Olga V. Golub, Nataliia I. Davydenko, Galina P. Chekryga, Alla G. Stepanova

“…The mesophilic aerobic and facultative anaerobic microbial count for porridge cups fell by 11.0 times after 6 months of storage and by 3.2 times after 8 months of storage, compared to the sachets. …”
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