A Pathological Analysis of Canaliculitis Concretions: More Than Just Actinomyces by Balaji Perumal, John Andrew Carlson, Dale Robert Meyer

“…In addition, the success of bacterial culture can be variable; therefore, pathological analysis can assist in determining the etiology.…”
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Exploring the antimicrobial potential of two haloarchaeal strains belonging to the genera Halopiger and Natrialba isolated from the Algerian Sahara by Inès Quadri, Imene Ikram Hassani, Hocine Hacène

“…Materials and Methods: The antimicrobial activity of the strains was evaluated, along with the effects of UV radiation and culture conditions on growth and compound production. …”
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Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Dysfunctions among Indian Pregnant Women by Preetha Ramachandra, Arun G. Maiya, Pratap Kumar, Asha Kamath

“…Most commonly reported musculoskeletal discomforts by pregnant women are low back pain and symphysis pubis pain. The culture and the environmental factors may influence the discomforts experienced by a pregnant woman. …”
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Fuzzy Neural Network-Based Evaluation Algorithm for Ice and Snow Tourism Competitiveness by Ying Zhao, Qinghua Zhu, Jiujun Bai

“…This paper researches and analyzes the evaluation of the competitiveness of ice and snow tourism, uses the improved fuzzy neural network algorithm to process the system flow diagram of ice and snow tourism development through the function and characteristics of the power system of ice and snow tourism, and finally selects more than 40 indicators of the three subsystems of resources, economy, and culture. Based on the construction of cloud fuzzy neural network model, the above method is used for experimental comparison analysis, and experiments are conducted through University of California Irvine (UCI) dataset and engineering examples to compare with the traditional cloud model, fuzzy neural network, and BP neural network to analyze the operation efficiency, accuracy rate, and several rules of the algorithm. …”
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Acinetobacter baumannii Lipopolysaccharide Influences Adipokine Expression in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by Yuka Unno, Yoshinori Sato, Satoshi Nishida, Akiyo Nakano, Ryuichi Nakano, Tsuneyuki Ubagai, Yasuo Ono

“…The effects of A. baumannii-derived LPS on MIP-2 expression were similar in comparison with that of LPS prepared from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli in our cell culture-based system. This study suggests that A. baumannii-derived LPS functions as a signaling molecule that impacts the inflammatory function of white adipose tissue on the level of gene expression.…”
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Blastomyces dermatitidis Yeast Lysate Antigen Combinations: Antibody Detection in Dogs with Blastomycosis by Alex R. Boyd, Jamie L. VanDyke, Gene M. Scalarone

“…Based on results obtained from a preliminary comparative study, five combinations of these isolates and one individual isolate were tested against 92 serum specimens from dogs with culture-proven or histologically-confirmed blastomycosis, using the indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). …”
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Study of the Effect of Methyl Jasmonate Concentration on Aflatoxin B1 Biosynthesis by Aspergillus parasiticus in Yeast Extract Sucrose Medium by Dido Maria Meimaroglou, Dia Galanopoulou, Panagiota Markaki

“…Treatment of A. parasiticus cultures with 10−2 M MeJA inhibited mycelial growth and AFB1 production as well. …”
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Autologous CIK Cell Immunotherapy in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma after Radical Nephrectomy by Yajing Zhang, Jin Wang, Yao Wang, Xue-Chun Lu, Hui Fan, Yang Liu, Yan Zhang, Kai-Chao Feng, Wen-Ying Zhang, Mei-Xia Chen, Xiaobing Fu, Wei-Dong Han

“…CD3+, CD3+/CD8+, CD3+/CD4+, and CD3+/CD56+ levels increased after CIK cell culture (P<0.01). The median PFS in CIK cell treatment group was significantly longer than that in control group (PFS, 32.2 months versus 21.6 months; log-rank, P=0.032), all patients were alive during the course of followup, and there are no statistically significant differences between two groups in OS (log-rank, P=0.214). …”
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Prospective Zinc Solubilising Bacteria for Enhanced Nutrient Uptake and Growth Promotion in Maize (Zea mays L.) by Praveen Kumar Goteti, Leo Daniel Amalraj Emmanuel, Suseelendra Desai, Mir Hassan Ahmed Shaik

“…The pH of the broth was almost acidic in all the cases ranging from 3.9 to 6.1 in ZnCO3 and from 4.1 to 6.4 in ZnO added medium. Short term pot culture experiment with maize revealed that seed bacterization with P29 @ 10 g·kg−1 significantly enhanced total dry mass (12.96 g) and uptake of N (2.268%), K (2.0%), Mn (60 ppm), and Zn (278.8 ppm).…”
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Encapsulated LyeTx III Peptide: Cytotoxic Agent Isolated from <i>Lycosa erythrognatha</i> Spider Venom by Daniel Moreira dos Santos, Livia Ramos Santiago, Nayara Araújo dos Santos, Wanderson Romão, Jarbas Magalhães Resende, Maria Elena de Lima, Márcia Helena Borges, Rosy Iara Maciel de Azambuja Ribeiro

“…Significantly, when liposome-encapsulated, LyeTx III demonstrates selective activity against tumor cells in culture. Our MTT results showed that the cytotoxicity of the peptide increased against HN13 cells when administered as liposomes, with their viability in HN13 cells alone being 98%, compared to 38% in liposome-encapsulated form. …”
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Rapid preparation of bioactive composites for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion by Baozhi Ding, Xin Wang, Changqing Zhao, Jie Zhao

“…Abstract The current stem cell tissue engineering always requires in vitro cell culture. To solve this problem, the bone mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) screen-enrich-combine circulating system (SECCS) was created to rapidly enrich stem cells and combined with β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) to immediately produce bioactive MSCs/β-TCP composites. 37 patients who underwent transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery were included in this study and randomly divided into two groups. …”
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Molecular genetic methods for intestinal microbiome investigation by O. L. Kardymon, A. V. Kudryavtseva

“…Meanwhile, today, to distinguish species and strains of microorganisms at DNAs or RNA level, standard culture and visual method are combined to molecular biology and genetics methods even more frequently. …”
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Identification of CβS and ODC antimony resistance markers in anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis field isolates by gene expression profiling by Farzaneh Zarrinkar, Iraj Sharifi, Razieh Tavakoli Oliaee, Ali Afgar, Elaheh Molaakbari, Mehdi Bamorovat, Zahra Babaei, Ebrahim Eskandari, Ehsan Salarkia, Marzieh Asadi

“…Two smears were prepared from the edge of each active lesion; one for microscopic direct smear preparation and the other for inoculation into monophasic NNN media, then for mass production of promastigotes into RPMI-1640 monophasic culture for performing nested PCR and gene expression quantification by real-time PCR. …”
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PLLA honeycombs activated by plasma and high-energy excimer laser for stem cell support by P. Slepička, N. Slepičková Kasálková, J. Musílková, L. Bačáková, B. Frýdlová, P. Sajdl, Z. Kolská, E. Rebollar, V. Švorčík

“…In all, we used a combination of honeycomb pattern (HCP) laser treatment and plasma treatment to construct an optimal scaffold for adipose stem cell culture.…”
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Spatial Distribution of PCB Dechlorinating Bacteria and Activities in Contaminated Soil by Birthe V. Kjellerup, Piuly Paul, Upal Ghosh, Harold D. May, Kevin R. Sowers

“…Bioaugmentation of soil samples contaminated with PCBs ranging from 4.6 to 265 ppm with a pure culture of the PCB dechlorinating bacterium Dehalobium chlorocoercia DF-1 also yielded heterologous results with significant dechlorination of weathered PCBs observed in one location. …”
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Modulation of Dental Pulp Stem Cell Odontogenesis in a Tunable PEG-Fibrinogen Hydrogel System by Qiqi Lu, Mirali Pandya, Abdul Jalil Rufaihah, Vinicius Rosa, Huei Jinn Tong, Dror Seliktar, Wei Seong Toh

“…It was found that the cell morphology of encapsulated DPSCs, odontogenic gene expression, and mineralization were strongly modulated by the hydrogel cross-linking degree and matrix stiffness. Notably, DPSCs cultured within the highest cross-linked hydrogel remained mostly rounded in aggregates and demonstrated the greatest enhancement in odontogenic gene expression. …”
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Synovitis, Acne, Pustulosis, Hyperostosis, and Osteitis Syndrome with Purely Osteolytic, Not Osteosclerotic, Lesions Mimicking a Malignant Tumor by Hideyuki Kinoshita, Takeshi Ishii, Hiroto Kamoda, Yoko Hagiwara, Toshinori Tsukanishi, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuhide Inage, Naoya Hirosawa, Seiji Ohtori, Tsukasa Yonemoto

“…However, needle biopsy revealed no malignancy and bacterial culture was negative, thus suggesting SAPHO syndrome. …”
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Effect of lighting cycles and wastewater concentrations on biomass growth and lipid content of green microalgae in laundry wastewater treatment by Vera Viena, Elvitriana, Juwandi, Suhendrayatna

“…This study aimed to evaluate green microalgae's potential for treating laundry wastewater by reducing BOD, COD, phosphate, pH, and temperature and analyzing lipid content under varying lighting cycles. Microalgae were cultured in photobioreactors at 100 %, 75 %, and 50 % (v/v) wastewater concentrations with aeration and stirring over 12 days under 24 h, 12 h, no-light, and solar lighting conditions. …”
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Temperature Depended Role of Shigella flexneri Invasion Plasmid on the Interaction with Acanthamoeba castellanii by Amir Saeed, David Johansson, Gunnar Sandström, Hadi Abd

“…A. castellanii in the absence or presence of wild type, IpaB mutant, or plasmid-cured strain S. flexneri was cultured at 30∘C and 37∘C and the interaction was analysed by viable count of both bacteria and amoebae, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, and statistical analysis. …”
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Use of Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Bone Marrow for the Treatment of Naturally Injured Spinal Cord in Dogs by Euler Moraes Penha, Cássio Santana Meira, Elisalva Teixeira Guimarães, Marcus Vinícius Pinheiro Mendonça, Faye Alice Gravely, Cláudia Maria Bahia Pinheiro, Taiana Maria Bahia Pinheiro, Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo, Ricardo Ribeiro-dos-Santos, Milena Botelho Pereira Soares

“…Here, we examined the therapeutic effects of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) transplantation in four dogs with natural traumatic spinal cord injuries. MSC were cultured in vitro, and proliferation rate and cell viability were evaluated. …”
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