One-year surveillance of Chlamydia spp. infection in stray cats from northeastern Italy by Laura Bellinati, Letizia Ceglie, Elisa Mazzotta, Mery Campalto, Laura Lucchese, Alda Natale

“…Stray cats potentially act as reservoir for zoonotic agents, posing a risk of exposure to humans and domestic cats. The most prevalent Chlamydiaceae species in cats is Chlamydia (C.) felis, which is frequently associated with conjunctivitis and/or upper respiratory disease. …”
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The Potential of Acalypha indica L. Leaf Extract as a Repellent Against Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes by Laily Masruroh, Marlik -, Demes Nurmayanti, Windri Khusuma Pratiwi, Slamet Wardoyo

“…Number one of the issues in controlling Aedes aegypti mosquitoes is the limitations of using chemical repellents, which often have harmful side effects for humans and the environment. The solution to this problem is using natural materials, such as Acalypha indica L. …”
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Complex Probiotics Suppress Inflammation by Regulating Intestinal Metabolites in Kittens by Shimin Zhu, Musu Zha, Yanan Xia

“…Cats are popular companions for humans, and their health is of importance to a growing number of pet owners. …”
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Frontostriatal connectivity dynamically modulates the adaptation to environmental volatility by Yuxuan Zhang, Nicholas T. Van Dam, Hui Ai, Pengfei Xu

“…Humans adjust their learning strategies in changing environments by estimating the volatility of the reinforcement conditions. …”
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Starch can expedite the screening for bacterial aflatoxin degraders by Natalie Sandlin, Babak Momeni

“…Abstract Aflatoxins (AFs) are secondary fungal metabolites that contaminate common food crops and are harmful to humans and animals. The ability to degrade or remove aflatoxins from common feed commodities will improve health standards and counter the economic drain inflicted by AF contamination. …”
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Repetitive Noninvasive Monitoring of HSV1-tk-Expressing T Cells Intravenously Infused into Nonhuman Primates Using Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography with F-FEAU by Gianpietro Dotti, Mei Tian, Barbara Savoldo, Amer Najjar, Laurence J.N. Cooper, James Jackson, Amanda Smith, Osama Mawlawi, Rajesh Uthamanthil, Agatha Borne, David Brammer, Vincenzo Paolillo, Mian Alauddin, Carlos Gonzalez, David Steiner, William K. Decker, Frank Marini, Steven Kornblau, Catherine M. Bollard, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Juri G. Gelovani

“…This study represents a proof of principle and supports the application of 18 F-FEAU PET-CT imaging for monitoring the distribution of intravenously administered sr39HSV1-tk gene-transduced CTLs in humans.…”
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Histopathological, Immunohistochemical and Biochemical Studies of Murine Hepatosplenic Tissues Affected by Chronic Toxoplasmosis by Samah Hassan Yahia, Samia Elsayed Etewa, Nesreen Saeed Saleh, Samira Metwally Mohammad, Nora Ibrahim Aboulfotouh, Ahmad Mansour Kandil, Mohamed Hassan Sarhan

“…Toxoplasmosis is a serious health problem in humans and animals resulting from obligatory intracellular invasion of reticuloendothelial tissue by Toxoplasma gondii. …”
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Unified Fingerprinting/Ranging Localization in Harsh Environments by Javier Prieto, Juan F. De Paz, Gabriel Villarrubia, Fernando De la Prieta, Juan M. Corchado

“…Context-awareness in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) relies mainly on the position of objects and humans. The provision of this positional information becomes challenging in the harsh environmental conditions where WSNs are commonly deployed. …”
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Anti-amoebic effects of selected herbal extracts against Acanthamoeba species isolated from different borehole water samples from Budiriro District in Harare, Zimbabwe by Kudzai Fambisai, Petros Muchesa, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“… Acanthamoeba species are the major cause of Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK) of eyes, Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis of the central nervous system, and fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) of the brain in humans. These diseases are difficult to treat due to their resistance to extreme temperatures, pH, alcohol, and pressure. …”
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Retrovirus Entry by Endocytosis and Cathepsin Proteases by Yoshinao Kubo, Hideki Hayashi, Toshifumi Matsuyama, Hironori Sato, Naoki Yamamoto

“…Retroviruses include infectious agents inducing severe diseases in humans and animals. In addition, retroviruses are widely used as tools to transfer genes of interest to target cells. …”
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Optimal Preference Satisfaction for Conflict-Free Joint Decisions by Hiroaki Shinkawa, Nicolas Chauvet, Guillaume Bachelier, André Röhm, Ryoichi Horisaki, Makoto Naruse

“…However, probabilistic preferences appear naturally in relation to the stochastic decision-making of humans, and therefore, we theoretically derive conflict-free joint decision-making that satisfies the probabilistic preferences of all individual players. …”
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Facial Emotion Recognition and Classification Using the Convolutional Neural Network-10 (CNN-10) by Emmanuel Gbenga Dada, David Opeoluwa Oyewola, Stephen Bassi Joseph, Onyeka Emebo, Olugbenga Oluseun Oluwagbemi

“…This model offers a powerful instrument for reliably detecting and comprehending facial expressions, supporting usage in recognition of emotions, interaction between humans and computers, cognitive computing, and other areas. …”
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A TB model: Is disease eradication possible in India? by Surabhi Pandey, Ezio Venturino

“…It contains the current medical epidemiologists' understanding of the spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans, which is substantiated by field observations at the district level in India. …”
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FSAS: An IoT-Based Security System for Crop Field Storage by Chandra Prakash, Anurag Barthwal, Shwetank Avikal, Gyanendra Kumar Singh

“…Agriculture is vital for economic growth and also for the survival of humans. Farmers living in rural areas of India face a common problem of the theft of equipment like induction motors from small storage houses meant for storing commodities in crop fields. …”
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Epidemic spread of influenza viruses: The impact of transient populations on disease dynamics by Karen R. Ríos-Soto, Baojun Song, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…The recent H1N1 ('swine flu') pandemic and recent H5N1 ('avian flu') outbreaks have brought increased attention to the study of the role of animal populations as reservoirs for pathogens that could invade human populations. It is believed that pigs acquired flu strains from birds and humans, acting as a mixing vessel in generating new influenza viruses. …”
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The effect of consumption of cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) on Escherichia coli adherence to feline uroepithelial cells in a blind randomised cross-over trial in cats by Carvajal-Campos Amaranta, Trebossen Lucile, Jeusette Isabelle, Mayot Gilles, Torre Celina, Fragua Victor, Fernandez Anna, Martino Patrick Di

“…Escherichia coli is the most common uropathogen in humans, dogs and cats. Dietary consumption of cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is known to be associated with a reduction in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) adhesion to human and canine urinary epithelial cell lines, but this has not been shown in cats.…”
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Exploring its Incidence in Malaysia and the Potential of Streptomyces sp. as an Anti-Vibrio Agent by Ke-Yan Loo, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Priyia Pusparajah, Sunny Hei Wong, Kok-Gan Chan, Learn-Han Lee, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…The frequent isolation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the surrounding environment is of concern as it can cause infections in marine animals and transmitted to humans. V. parahaemolyticus is the leading cause of foodborne gastroenteritis worldwide. …”
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Our journey with François Gros by Butler-Browne, Gillian, Mouly, Vincent

“…She characterized the expression profile of different myosin isoforms during both human and rodent development. Vincent Mouly joined this laboratory for his PhD in 1982, and defined the different populations of myoblasts appearing during development in birds and then in humans. …”
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Negative and Positive Bias for Emotional Faces: Evidence from the Attention and Working Memory Paradigms by Qianru Xu, Chaoxiong Ye, Simeng Gu, Zhonghua Hu, Yi Lei, Xueyan Li, Lihui Huang, Qiang Liu

“…Visual attention and visual working memory (VWM) are two major cognitive functions in humans, and they have much in common. A growing body of research has investigated the effect of emotional information on visual attention and VWM. …”
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Comparison of transcriptomic profiles between intracellular and extracellular Bartonella henselae by Shiva Kumar Goud Gadila, John R. Caskey, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Ricardo G. Maggi, Monica E. Embers

“…Abstract The Bartonella genus of bacteria encompasses ubiquitous species, some of which are pathogenic in humans and animals. Bartonella henselae, the causative agent of Cat Scratch disease, is responsible for a large portion of human Bartonella infections. …”
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