Antimicrobial Activity of Thermocycled Polymethyl Methacrylate Resin Reinforced with Titanium Dioxide and Copper Oxide Nanoparticles by Rashin Giti, Kamiar Zomorodian, Maryam Firouzmandi, Zahra Zareshahrabadi, Sedigheh Rahmannasab

“…The specimens were thermocycled, and their antimicrobial activity was assessed against standard strains of yeast including Candida albicans and C. dubliniensis and oral bacteria species including Streptococcus mutans, S. sobrinus, S. salivarius, and S. sanguis. …”
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Epidemiology of Brucellosis in Small Ruminants of Rural and Peri-Urban Areas of Multan, Pakistan by Mian Muhammad Awais, Bakhtawar Khadim, Masood Akhtar, Muhammad Irfan Anwar, Gohar Khadim, Abdul Sammad Ali Khan Shirwany, Halil Selcuk Biricik, Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Sibtain Bhatti

“…All the ELISA positive samples were confirmed by PCR using genus-specific primers, and frequencies of Brucella species in positive samples were enumerated using species-specific primers. …”
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Assessment of potentially toxic elements pollution in soils and plant leaves along the high-traffic highway zones in Tehran, Iran by Mahdieh Hosseinzadeh, Hamid Toranjzar, bbas Ahmadi, Nourollah Abdi, Javad Varvani

“…This study evaluated the concentrations of five PTEs—copper (Cu), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), and zinc (Zn)—in soils and leaves of three urban plant species (Pine, Cypress, and Mulberry) across six highways in Tehran, Iran, categorized into high, medium, and low-traffic zones. …”
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The Origin, Applications, and Breeding Goals of Jujube in China by Menghan Wu, Yaoxi Liu, Tingjian Jiang, Yiteng Liu, Zhuo Chen, Xiaofei Wang, Huafeng Yue, Fangdong Li, Gaopu Zhu, Mengmeng Zhang

“…Jujube (<i>Ziziphus jujuba</i> Mill.) is one of the three traditional woody crop species in China, where it originated from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. …”
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Sulfur Resistance of Pt-W Catalysts by Carolina P. Betti, Juan M. Badano, Ivana L. Rivas, Vanina A. Mazzieri, M. Juliana Maccarrone, Fernando Coloma-Pascual, Carlos R. Vera, Mónica E. Quiroga

“…Activity differences between the catalysts were mainly attributed to electronic effects due to the presence of different electron-rich species of Pt0 and electron-deficient species of Ptδ+. …”
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Exploring Traditional Knowledge and Potential Uses of Local Freshwater Algae and Aquatic Plants in Thai Wetland Communities by Pasin Norkum Ai, Angkhana Inta, Sarana Rose Sommano, Kittiya Phinyo, Kritsana Duangjan, Tibet Tangpao

“…By integrating local cultural practices and focusing on high-impact species like <i>Lemna perpusilla</i> Torr. and <i>Hydrilla verticillate</i> (L.f.) …”
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Seasonal Profile and Five-Year Trend Analysis of Malaria Prevalence in Maygaba Health Center, Welkait District, Northwest Ethiopia by Fitsum Tigu, Tsegay Gebremaryam, Asnake Desalegn

“…A collaborative action between the national malaria control program and its partners towards the transmission, prevention, and control of the two deadly species is highly recommended.…”
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Another way? An investigation into an institution’s use of the Wayson stain in re-evaluating “no organisms seen” on Gram stain smears from positive blood cultures by Christopher C. Attaway, Jessica Smith, Daniel D. Rhoads

“…The Wayson stain aided in detecting gram-negative genera such as Capnocytophaga, Campylobacter, and Fusobacterium species and other rarely identified species.IMPORTANCEThe Wayson stain, a rapid one-step stain that provides contrast between microorganisms and the background, was historically used for the presumptive diagnosis of Yersinia pestis from bubo specimen. …”
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First Look at the Venoms of Two <i>Sinomicrurus</i> Snakes: Differences in Yield, Proteomic Profiles, and Immunorecognition by Commercial Antivenoms by Xiang-Yu Li, Ya-Qi Zhang, Xin-Ru Qian, Hong-Yan Zhao, Hong-Liang Lu, Jian-Fang Gao

“…The venoms of these two species varied in their electrophoretic profiles, as well as in the presence or absence and relative abundance of protein families. …”
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SPARC Levels Modulate the Capacity of Mitomycin to Inhibit the Proliferation of Human Tenon’s Capsule Fibroblasts by Yuanyuan Guo, Shouxiang Ni, Weiyan Zhou, Jiangping Hou, Jiaquan Shen

“…This study demonstrates that in HTF, (1) MMC downregulates the expression of SPARC in protein and mRNA levels; (2) SPARC depletion has synergistic effect on the antifibrotic effect of MMC; and (3) reactive oxygen species are the possible mediator in the antifibrotic effect of MMC and si-SPARC.…”
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Depletion of key gut bacteria predicts disrupted bile acid metabolism in inflammatory bowel disease by Daniel Peterson, Christopher Weidenmaier, Sonia Timberlake, Rotem Gura Sadovsky

“…We further found that bai genes from the Clostridium species best characterized as BA transformers were more prevalent in IBD patients than in non-IBD controls, while bai genes from uncharacterized taxa known only from MAGs were much more physiologically relevant in non-IBD samples. …”
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A practical approach to building a calcareous nannofossil knowledge graph by Hongyi Zhao, Bin Hu, Chao Ma, Shijun Jiang, Yi Zhang, Xin Li, Lirong Chen, Can Cai, Longgang Ye, Shengjian Zhou, Chengshan Wang

“…By delving into the structured data associated with calcareous nannofossil biozones (the UC zone, CC zone and NC zone), we propose an ontology to describe the semantic units and logical relationships of paleontological biozones and species and then integrate relevant species records from unstructured research reports to construct a knowledge graph for calcareous nannofossils, that integrates multisource paleobiological data and knowledge reconstruction. …”
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Development of Genomic SSR Markers for Assessing Genetic Diversity in Korean Native <i>Fallopia multiflora</i> by Raveendar Sebastin, Ki Hyun Kim, Hye Ran Shin, Jin-Tae Jeong, Ju-Kyung Yu, Yoon-Sup So, Jong-Wook Chung

“…However, there is still confusion about the botanical origin of the species and the phylogenetic relationship between the cultivars and the wild relatives. …”
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Antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of peptide PvGBP2 against pathogenic bacteria that contaminate Auricularia auricular culture bags by Shen Yang, Zijin Yuan, Jude Juventus Aweya, Shanggui Deng, Wuyin Weng, Yueling Zhang, Guangming Liu

“…Bacteria contamination in Auricularia auricular culture bags reduces yield and increases the risk of food safety. In this study, 5 species of bacteria, mainly gram-positive bacteria including three species of Bacillus spp., Arthrobacter arilaitensis and Staphylococcus warneri, were isolated and identified from bacteria-contaminated A. auricular culture bags. …”
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Extreme Heating of Minor Ions in Imbalanced Solar-wind Turbulence by Michael F. Zhang, Matthew W. Kunz, Jonathan Squire, Kristopher G. Klein

“…We use the hybrid-kinetic particle-in-cell code Pegasus++ to drive imbalanced Alfvénic turbulence in a 3D low- β plasma with additional passive ion species, He ^2+ and O ^5+ . A helicity barrier naturally develops, followed by clear phase-space signatures of oblique proton-cyclotron-wave heating and Landau-resonant heating from the imbalanced Alfvénic fluctuations. …”
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Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities by Jonathan J. Henn, Brian E. Sedio, Christopher P. Catano, Emily Dewald‐Wang, Dilys Vela Díaz, James A. Lutz, Sean M. McMahon, Geoffrey Parker, Jonathan A. Myers, Marko J. Spasojevic

“…Across tree species, we find that most metabolomic traits are not correlated with morphological traits, adding a unique dimension to functional trait space. …”
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Multi-Host of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi on Dipterocarpaceae in Tropical Rain Forests by Maliyana Ulfa, Eny Faridah, Su See Lee, Sumardi Sumardi, Christine le Roux, Antoine Galiana, Patahayah Mansor, Marc Ducousso

“…The research also found that multi-host of ectomycorrhizal fungi to dipterocarpaceae is formed both in different species and growth stages of host (tree and seedling). …”
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Composition of the sputum bacterial microbiome of patients with different pathomorphological forms of non-small-cell lung cancer by V. G. Druzhinin, E. D. Baranova, P. S. Demenkov, L. V. Matskova, A. V. Larionov

“…Further research should be devoted to the search for microbiome biomarkers of lung cancer at the level of bacterial species using whole-genome sequencing.…”
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Diploid Ancestor Tracing of Allopolyploid Cultivars in <i>Camellia reticulata</i> Based on ITS and <i>RPB</i>2 Sequences by Zhifeng Fan, Wei Zheng, Chengmin Yan, Xiaodan Xu

“…<i>Camellia reticulata</i> is a well-known ornamental species with a type specimen that is an allohexaploid, possibly descended from diploid ancestors like <i>C. saluenensis</i>, <i>C. pitardii</i>, and diploid <i>C. reticulata</i>. …”
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Drought before fire increases tree mortality after fire by C. Alina Cansler, Micah C. Wright, Phillip J. vanMantgem, Timothy M. Shearman, J. Morgan Varner, Sharon M. Hood

“…Increased climatic moisture stress amplified tree death, reducing the threshold that causes tree mortality across all conifers under +4°C warming, with more subtle and species‐specific reductions for the +2°C scenario. …”
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