Prevalence of Tinea Versicolor among Dormitory Students by Soheil Taherpouran, Ali Asadi Zeidabadi Asadi Zeidabadi, Arian Alhani, Ensieh Lotfali

“…Background: Tinea versicolor is a common cutaneous fungal infection of the skin caused by a part of the resident flora of skin known as Malassezia species. This infection is recognized by pigmentation disturbance in the form of lesions and superficial scaling in the skin. …”
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Electronic course of a discipline as a structural element of the digital educational environment of a university by Ludmila A. Loginova, Ekaterina V. Tkachenko

“…Digital educational environment appears in universities: digital libraries, educational process support systems and distance learning (Diskurs, Flora LMS, Moodle, Docebo, Open edx, etc.), new forms of educational process construction (online courses, video lessons, etc.), various courses to improve digital literacy of university teaching staff, which contributes to the intensification of the learning process. …”
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Effect of Relocation, Social Housing Changes, and Diarrhea Status on Microbiome Composition of Juvenile Cynomolgus Macaques (<i>Macaca fascicularis</i>) by Keely McGrew, Nicole Monts de Oca, Therese A. Kosten

“…Diarrhea may reflect a negative shift in the gut flora (“gut dysbiosis”). This study reported on changes in the gut microbiome composition of juvenile primates (<i>Macaca fascicularis</i>) that experienced a change in social housing and exhibited diarrhea. …”
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Decreased Clostridium Abundance after Electroconvulsive Therapy in the Gut Microbiota of a Patient with Schizophrenia by Misako Kanayama, Maiko Hayashida, Sadayuki Hashioka, Tsuyoshi Miyaoka, Masatoshi Inagaki

“…Clostridium, which occupied 86.5% of her bacterial flora, decreased to 72.5% after 14 ECT sessions, while Lactobacillus increased from 1.2% to 5.5%, and Bacteroides increased from 9.1% to 31.5%. …”
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Wetland Tourism Marketing: The Influence of Experience Dimensions and Memorable Tourism Experience on Tourist Loyalty of the Bakut Island Nature Tourism Park, Indonesia by Muhammad Naparin, Mahrus Aryadi, R. R. Yulianti Prihatiningrum, Suyatno Suyatnob

“… In the tourism sector, wetlands provide a wealth of biodiversity and diverse landscapes including natural resource conservation tourism (flora fauna). In this context, marketing is needed to provide sustainable competitiveness for natural tourism parks. …”
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Metaphors in the dictionary of German football language by R. V. Beliutin

“…The conducted analysis makes it possible to conclude that the German football discourse is highly metaphorical, capable of correlating with diverse conceptual spheres serving as source domains («war», «religion», «mechanisms», «flora», «fauna», «medicine», «arts», «construction» and others). …”
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Preparation methods, biological activities, and potential applications of marine algae oligosaccharides: a review by Li-Xin Zheng, Yang Liu, Shijie Tang, Wancong Zhang, Kit-Leong Cheong

“…Marine algae are valuable sources of health-promoting molecules that have been consumed by Asians for decades. Among aquatic flora, marine algae stand out in terms of high content of marine algae polysaccharides (MAP) such as carrageenan, alginate, fucoidan, laminaran, agarose, rhamnan, and ulvan. …”
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The TIR Domain Containing Locus of Enterococcus faecalis Is Predominant among Urinary Tract Infection Isolates and Downregulates Host Inflammatory Response by Thomas Daniel Kraemer, Orlando Daniel Quintanar Haro, Eugen Domann, Trinad Chakraborty, Svetlin Tchatalbachev

“…Screening of E. faecalis samples revealed that tcpF is more common in isolates from urinary tract infections (UTIs) than in human faecal flora. tcpF alleles showed moderate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) among UTI isolates. …”
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Delineating the environmental justice implications of an experimental cheetah introduction project in India by Yashendu C. Joshi, Stephanie E. Klarmann, Stephanie E. Klarmann, Louise C. de Waal

“…In this perspective piece, we use Project Cheetah as a case study to exemplify broader issues applicable to rewilding and restoration projects that necessitate attention by proponents and authorities responsible for issuing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) import and export permits.…”
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Separating and Characterizing Functional Nitrogen Degraders via Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Isolation by Yujiao Sun, Meng Yin, Danyang Zheng, Lei Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, Jie Li

“…These results prove that the complex flora created after the addition of MNPs is more adaptable to newly introduced pollutants, and MMI is a powerful tool for studying pollutant-degrading microorganisms under in situ conditions.…”
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Patterns of Understory Diversity in Mixed Coniferous Forests of Southern California Impacted by Air Pollution by Edith B. Allen, Patrick J. Temple, Andrzej Bytnerowicz, Michael J. Arbaugh, Abby G. Sirulnik, Leela E. Rao

“…Much work has been done to assess the impacts of these pollutants on trees, but little is known about how the diverse understory flora has fared. Understory vegetation has declined in diversity in response to elevated N in the eastern U.S. and Europe. …”
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Effects of Environmental Variability on the Genus Olea L. by Atayeva Leyla, Ahmadova Sariye, Nasirli Lala, Aghayeva Jamala, Zakharova Gulnar, Mammadova Vagida

“…In Azerbaijan, as well as on the Absheron Peninsula, the pressing problems of our time are climate change, emissions of harmful gases into the atmosphere, high temperatures, changes in groundwater levels, drought and suppression of local flora by introduced invasive species. Deformations of vegetative organs, developmental delays, premature transition to the generative phase, early aging, and infestation with various pests are observed in bioindication species sensitive to environmental changes. …”
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A Case Report on Pasteurella multocida Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis: When Cats Think Medical Equipment Are Toys by Saeid Mirzai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Aron Tidrick, Qitan Huang, Justin Hale

“…Pasteurella multocida is an aerobic gram-negative coccobacillus usually found in the oral cavities of most healthy cats and dogs as part of their natural oral flora. This zoonotic pathogen can cause a variety of infections in humans through bites, scratches, or licking. …”
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Decolorisation of Reactive Red 120 Dye by Using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Aqueous Solutions by Edris Bazrafshan, Ferdos Kord Mostafapour, Ali Reza Hosseini, Ataolah Raksh Khorshid, Amir Hossein Mahvi

“…Dyes are one of the most hazardous chemical compound classes found in industrial effluents and need to be treated since their presence in water bodies reduces light penetration, precluding the photosynthesis of aqueous flora. In the present study, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) was used as an adsorbent for the successful removal of Reactive Red 120 (RR-120) textile dye from aqueous solutions. …”
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Climate change mitigation through biodiversity conservation of wild nutmeg (Myristica spp.) and its habitat (case study in Halmahera Forest, North Maluku) by Mandea Abdul Rahmat, Nandariyah, Yuniastuti Endang, Parjanto, Melati Rima

“…Changes in the growing environment (habitat), including the habitat of wild nutmeg (Myristica spp.) due to deforestation, land degradation due to mining, erosion of soil fertility, reduced density of flora, fauna, and microorganisms can increase the risk of climate change. …”
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Determinación y caracterización botánica de hábitats mapuche del sector Zewko-Rüpükura, comuna de Nueva Imperial (IX Región, Chile) by Carolyn Sánchez, Enrique Hauenstein, Luis Peralta

“…Vegetacionalmente se caracterizaron dos comunidades vegetales nativas, la pradera húmeda de junquillo (Juncetum procerii), correspondiente al malliñ, y el bosque pantanoso de temo y pitra (Blepharocalyo-Myrceugenietum exsuccae), que corresponde al menoko. Con respecto a la flora vascular se identificaron 91 especies en el sector, de las cuales el 72% correspondió a especies nativas. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis of myelin-microbe interactions suggests multiple types of molecular mimicry in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. by Ali Bigdeli, Mostafa Ghaderi-Zefrehei, Bluma J Lesch, Mehrdad Behmanesh, S Shahriar Arab

“…MBP and MOG were associated with antigens from different viruses and bacteria, including Aspergillus species, Lactobacillus, Burkholderia, Clostridium, Schizosaccharomyces, SARS-CoV-2, and some gut flora metabolites. We also identified similarities between MBP and MOG proteins and bile salt hydrolase (BSH), glycosyltransferase (WcfQ), and Wzy enzymes. …”
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Effects of highland barley β-glucan on gut microbiota composition and metabolism in vitro fermentation by Yinchen Ge, Jiaci Liu, Huacheng Tang, Yanqing Zang, Yang Cao

“…However, the effects of HBG on gut flora and metabolites are unknown. Therefore, the effects of HBG on the gut microbiota during fermentation were analyzed by 16 s rRNA sequencing and untargeted metabolomics. …”
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30 anos de dinâmica espaço-temporal (1984-2015) da região de influência do Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros – Goiás by Mariana Santos da Silva, Helen Gurgel, Anne-Elisabeth Laques, Bruna Drumond Silveira, Rogério Vidal de Siqueira

“…Considering this kind of use affects environment negatively with loss of natural cover, generating direct impacts to soil and water quality, and fauna and flora dynamism, it creates negative effects to the quality of life of the local population. …”
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Introducción inadvertida de especies vegetales exóticas by A.L. Oliván, C.R. Volponi

“…El objetivo del trabajo consistió en evaluar la presión que ejercen las especies así introducidas sobre la flora autóctona, a través de un análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo. …”
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