Emerging Challenges in Methicillin Resistance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci by Marta Katkowska, Maja Kosecka-Strojek, Mariola Wolska-Gębarzewska, Ewa Kwapisz, Maria Wierzbowska, Jacek Międzobrodzki, Katarzyna Garbacz

“…Meanwhile, the latex agglutination test and CHROMagar culture accurately identified BORCoNS but not OS-MRCoNS. …”
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Filamented hydrogels as tunable conduits for guiding neurite outgrowth by Hao Liu, Anna Puiggalí-Jou, Parth Chansoria, Jakub Janiak, Marcy Zenobi-Wong

“…Finally, laminin was added to the resin to enhance the bioactivity of the biomaterial, resulting in a further increase in maximum neurite outgrowth to 3.5 mm after 4 days of culture in softer matrices. Overall, the varied matrix properties achieved through FLight significantly enhance neurite outgrowth, highlighting the importance of adaptable scaffold characteristics for guiding neurite development. …”
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Optimization, characterization and biosafety of oregano, rosemary and mint oil mixture against Penicillium digitatum in citrus using L-optimal mixture design by Rahaf Khaled, Sara Mohamed, Amira Mohamed, Aya Khairy, Hesham Elhariry, Ashraf Bakry, Neima K. Elsenosy, Naglaa Ebeed, Salem S. Salem, Thanaa ElNoby, Samah H. Abu-Hussien

“…It was deposited in GenBank with gene accession number PP930644 and deposited in MIRCEN culture collection as EMCC 358874. The antimicrobial activity of individual essential oils was evaluated, with oregano exhibiting the highest antifungal activity (inhibition zone diameter of 4.2 cm) against P. digitatum. …”
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β-Fructofuranosidase and β –D-Fructosyltransferase from New Aspergillus carbonarius PC-4 Strain Isolated from Canned Peach Syrup: Effect of Carbon and Nitrogen Sources on Enzyme Pr... by Gustavo Carvalho do Nascimento, Ryhára Dias Batista, Claudia Cristina Auler do Amaral Santos, Ezequiel Marcelino da Silva, Fabrício Coutinho de Paula, Danylo Bezerra Mendes, Deyla Paula de Oliveira, Alex Fernando de Almeida

“…The screening for best culture conditions showed an increase of invertase production values by 5.10-fold after 96 h cultivation compared to initial experiments (fungi bioprospection), while FTase production increased by 14.60-fold (44.40 U/mL) after 168 h cultivation. …”
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La responsabilisation des usagers, une modalité contestée de gouvernance des déchets ménagers : étude de la réception d’une politique locale de réduction des déchets par la populat... by Maxence Mautray

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TGFβ-specific T cells induced by a TGFβ-derived immune modulatory vaccine both directly and indirectly modulate the phenotype of tumor-associated macrophages and fibroblasts by Mads Hald Andersen, Inés Lecoq, Evelina Martinenaite, Maria Perez-Penco, Lucia Lara de la Torre

“…The indirect and direct effects of the TGFβ vaccine on these cell subsets were evaluated by culturing M2 macrophages or fibroblasts with tumor-conditioned media or with T cells isolated from the spleen of mice treated with the TGFβ vaccine or a control vaccine, respectively. …”
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Renovatio imperii Romani: The aspect of Christian wored outlook by Marius Ščavinskas

“…A bit more attention was given to such problems as interaction of ancient Balts with Christian culture, Baltic view at Christianity. Usually, those topics are squeezed into the XIII-XIV century frame, which is more actual. …”
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Effects of Compressive and Tensile Strain on Macrophages during Simulated Orthodontic Tooth Movement by Agnes Schröder, Paul Käppler, Ute Nazet, Jonathan Jantsch, Peter Proff, Fabian Cieplik, James Deschner, Christian Kirschneck

“…RAW264.7 macrophages were seeded onto conventional 6-well cell culture plates for pressure or on Bioflex plates for tension assays and preincubated for 24 h. …”
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Assessment of Water Quality and Heavy Metal Contamination in River Water and Fish Species from the Bangshi River, Tangail, Bangladesh by Mausumi Rehnuma, Jannatul Firdous Jui, Jannatul Hasna, Umme Habiba, Anamul Haque

“…TDS levels were 83 to 175 ppm in the wet season and 328 to 563 ppm in the dry season, with most dry season samples exceeding fish culture limits. DO values (1.98 to 4.26 ppm) were consistently below recommended levels, while BOD (2.33 to 4.83 ppm) and alkalinity (80.7 to 382.23 ppm) surpassed permissible thresholds, particularly in the dry season. …”
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Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers by Caio Ambrosio Leal-Dutra, Lok Man Yuen, Bruno Augusto Maciel Guedes, Marta Contreras-Serrano, Pedro Elias Marques, Jonathan Zvi Shik

“…We next confirmed that autophagy plays a critical role in gongylidium formation both: (1) in vitro as gongylidium suppression occurred when isolated fungal cultures were grown on media with autophagy inhibitors, and (2) in silico as differential transcript expression (RNA-seq) analyses showed upregulation of multiple autophagy gene isoforms in gongylidia relative to undifferentiated hyphae. …”
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Feeding for larvae of catfish Pangasionodon sp. larvae in different ages by Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Ricky Ramadhan, Dedi Jusadi

“…Evaluation was conducted on the growth and survival of catfish larvae in 14 days of culture. There were four treatments of feeding in triplicates i.e. larvae were given natural feed without artificial feed, given artificial feed started from d3, d6, and d9) with three replications. …”
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Extended spectrum betalactamase and Carbapenemase producing gram negative bacteria from healthcare workers gowns at Debre Berhan Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia by Sisay Gebrish Sharew, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna, Demissew Shenkute Gebreyes, Tsegahun Asfaw Abebe, Agumas Shibabaw

“…A total of 226 swab samples were collected from gowns of HCWs and cultured on MacConkey agar. Bacterial identifications were done by standard biochemical tests. …”
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Effect of Inflammation on Gingival Mesenchymal Stem/Progenitor Cells’ Proliferation and Migration through Microperforated Membranes: An In Vitro Study by M. Al Bahrawy, K. Ghaffar, A. Gamal, K. El-Sayed, V. Iacono

“…Fetal bovine serum (FBS) was used as a chemoattractant in the culturing systems, and both groups were compared to their negative controls without FBS. …”
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Prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of FDG-PET/CT for the detection of sternal wound infection post-sternotomy by Angela Cai, Mehrshad Bakhshi, Yoan Lamarche, Francois Harel, Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau

“…Gold standard diagnosis was established by chart review of clinical follow-up, surgical findings, and cultures. To characterize the time between sternotomy and imaging, participants were subsequently subdivided into recent (< 3 months) or remote surgery (≥ 3 months) groups. …”
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Dynamic Changes of Th1 Cytokines and the Clinical Significance of the IFN-γ/TNF-α Ratio in Acute Brucellosis by Guang Xu, Peng Zhang, Rongjing Dang, Yanfang Jiang, Feng Wang, Bin Wang, Mingyuan Yang

“…Besides, the cytokine levels were not significantly different between the positive and negative blood culture groups. IFN-γ levels significantly decreased from 6 months to 12 months post treatment (p<0.05). …”
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Biological significance of soluble IL-2 receptor by Calogero Caruso, Giuseppina Candore, Diego Cigna, Antonio Tobia Colucci, Maria Assunta Modica

“…The sIL-2R has been shown to be present in the culture supernatants of activated MNCs as well as in normal sera and, in higher amounts, in sera from subjects affected by several diseases including neoplastic, infectious and autoimmune ones, and in sera from transplanted patients suffering allograft rejection. …”
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Microbiological Isolates and Antibiotic Susceptibilities in Cases of Posttraumatic Endophthalmitis: A 15-Year Review by Chunhong Liu, Jian Ji, Zhujian Wang, Huiwen Chen, Wenjun Cao, Xinghuai Sun

“…Of the 3,163 cases of posttraumatic endophthalmitis, 1,003 culture-positive isolates were identified. Among these, there were 848 (84.5%) Gram-positive isolates, 109 (10.9%) Gram-negative isolates, and 46 (4.6%) fungal isolates. …”
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Prevention of White Spot Syndrome Virus Infection on Penaeus monodon by Immersion in CEPM Extract of Avicennia sp. and Sonneratia sp. by D. Wahjuningrum, S.H. Sholeh, Sri Nuryati

“… The quality and survival rate are still being the problem that hampers the productivity of black tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon culture.  Impaired quality of larval shrimp and environmental conditions can confer shrimp be infected by diseases, including viruses such as white spot syndrome virus (WSSV).  …”
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Protection of the Peritoneal Membrane by Peritoneal Dialysis Effluent-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in a Rat Model of Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis by Lan Zhou, Ming Zong, Qiunong Guan, Gerald da Roza, Hao Wang, Hualin Qi, Caigan Du

“…In vitro incubation with pMSC-conditioned medium prevented cell death in cultured human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMCs) and downregulated proinflammatory (i.e., CXCL6, NOS2, IL1RN, CCL5, and NR3C1) while upregulated anti-inflammatory (i.e., CCR1, CCR4, IL9, and IL-10) gene expression in activated THP1 cells. …”
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Lean Transformation Success: The Role of Management and Employee Engagement by Ivona Jovanović, Milena Gatić, Dragana Stojanović, Dušan Gošnik

“…It gives practitioners guidelines on building a corporate culture where management and employees’ roles and involvements are directed towards achieving successful Lean transformation. …”
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