A Multiagent Alphavirus DNA Vaccine Delivered by Intramuscular Electroporation Elicits Robust and Durable Virus-Specific Immune Responses in Mice and Rabbits and Completely Protect... by Lesley C. Dupuy, Michelle J. Richards, Brian D. Livingston, Drew Hannaman, Connie S. Schmaljohn

“…Previously, we demonstrated that a VEEV DNA vaccine that was optimized for increased antigen expression and delivered by intramuscular (IM) electroporation (EP) elicited robust and durable virus-specific antibody responses in multiple animal species and provided complete protection against VEEV aerosol challenge in mice and nonhuman primates. …”
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Experimental data suggest between population reversal in the condition dependence of two sexually selected traits by Gergely Hegyi, Miklós Laczi, Gyula Szabó, Dóra Kötél, Fanni Sarkadi, János Török

“…Experimental tests of condition-dependence are few and refer to one population per species. The first brood size manipulation experiment aimed to test ornament condition-dependence had been reported from a Swedish population of collared flycatchers. …”
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Development of Genomic Simple Sequence Repeat Markers for Evaluating Resources of Armillaira ostoyae and Their Transferability to Armillaira gallica by Sohee Kim, Hwayong Lee

“…In this study, we aimed to develop simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers for evaluating resources in Armillaria ostoyae and examine their transferability to Armillaria gallica, related species. SSR markers were developed using the released A. ostoyae whole-genome sequence (GenBank assembly accession: GCA_900157425.1). …”
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Promotion Effect of CaO Modification on Mesoporous Al2O3-Supported Ni Catalysts for CO2 Methanation by Wen Yang, Yanyan Feng, Wei Chu

“…The high CO2 conversion over Ni/CaO-Al2O3 was mainly caused by the surface coverage by CO2-derived species on CaO-Al2O3 surface.…”
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Remediating Cambridge: Human and Horse Co-Relationality in a Culture of Mis-Re-Presentation by Francesca A. Brady, Jennifer McDonell

“…The embodied interspecies knowledge that informs the training and care of equines (and all animal species) is always historically situated within permeable, dynamic worlds of self and other that are fluid, contextual, and always in relation. …”
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Microbial Contamination, an Increasing Threat to the Consumption of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Today’s World by Gadafi Iddrisu Balali, Denis Dekugmen Yar, Vera Gobe Afua Dela, Priscilla Adjei-Kusi

“…They include normal flora that is nonpathogenic, which contribute to the larger percentage, and pathogenic species which are few. Hence, the activities of humans cannot be completely separated from microbes. …”
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Methodology for risk assessment of multi-event scenarios on radioactive waste repository by Karyoung Choi, Minseok Kim, Kibeom Son, Gyunyoung Heo

“…Deep geological disposal, which is a permanent method that isolates a storage facility in rocks 200 to 1000 m deep underground, plays a role in safely disposing spent nuclear fuel to prevent excessive radioactive species from leaking out and its safety should be primarily proved. …”
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Genomics and proteomics of the liver fluke <em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> by V. A. Mordvinov, N. I. Ershov, O. G. Zaparina, M. Y. Pakharukova

“…Together with closely related species of trematodes O. viverrini (Poirier, 1886) and Clonorchis sinensis (Loos, 1907), O. felineus is a part of a triad of epidemiologically important trematodes in the family Opisthorchiidae. …”
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Stimuli-responsive hydrogel dressing for wound healing by Wei Zhang, Jun Hu, Hao Wu, Xiufei Lin, Limei Cai

“…We introduce the design scheme of stimulus-response hydrogels in detail based on the local wound biological/biochemical peculiarities (pH, reactive oxygen species glucose, and enzymes, etc.) and physical microenvironments (temperature, light, ultrasound, and electric fields, etc.). …”
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A novel strategy for eradication of staphylococcal biofilms using blood clots by Kayla E. Grooters, Sheridan L. Hayes, David M. Richter, Jennifer C. Ku, Robert Sawyer, Yong Li

“…IntroductionInfections with coagulase negative staphylococcal species (CoNS) are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in joint and heart valve replacement procedures, largely due to biofilm formation. …”
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Effects of Friction Plate Hardness and Surface Orientation on the Frictional Properties of Cereal Grain by Zdzisław Kaliniewicz, Krzysztof Jadwisieńczak, Zbigniew Żuk, Stanisław Konopka, Adam Frączyk, Zbigniew Krzysiak

“…The angle of static friction of kernels representing four major cereal species was measured on six friction plates with different hardness. …”
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Onychomycosis Caused by Fusarium spp. in Dakar, Senegal: Epidemiological, Clinical, and Mycological Study by Khadim Diongue, Mouhamadou Ndiaye, Mame Cheikh Seck, Mamadou Alpha Diallo, Aïda Sadikh Badiane, Daouda Ndiaye

“…Almost all patients were from suburban areas of Dakar region. The most frequent species isolated belong to Fusarium solani complex. …”
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Supplementation with Alpha-Tocopherol and Ascorbic Acid to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease’s Statin Therapy in Men by Nikola Hadzi-Petrushev, Katerina Dimovska, Nikola Jankulovski, Dine Mitrov, Mitko Mladenov

“…After the treatment, the levels of all three antioxidant markers were reduced to the same degree in both groups of patients, indicating therapy-induced lower level of reactive oxygen species production and/or improved nonenzymatic antioxidant mechanisms. …”
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Intestinal Helminth Infections Among Domesticated Cats in Malate, Manila, Philippines by Jan Michael Chan, Mary Jane Flores, Eligio Santiago Maghirang, Helenar Chan

“…Due to the zoonotic potential of some intestinal helminths, cats, and other mammalian species with direct contact to humans may act as reservoir hosts and provide a medium for the transmission of zoonotic infections. …”
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Epigenetic regulation of the nuclear genome associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) by Aswathy P. Nair, Ambika Selvakumar, Janani Gopalarethinam, B. Abishek Kumar, Balachandar Vellingiri, Mohana Devi Subramaniam

“…The iron-sulfur clusters of the electron input domain were distorted in the absence of NDUFS4, which reduced complex I function and elevated the production of reactive oxygen species. Therefore, here, we studied the epigenetic alterations of NDUFS4 by focusing on histone activation and repressive markers. …”
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Intensity and Prevalence of Ectoparasites in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) fry from Traditional Pond and “Longyam” at Sukamulya Villages, Singaparna, Tasikmalaya by I. Rustikawati, R. Rostika, D. Iriana, E. Herlina

“… The experiment was done to find out species, intensity and prevalence of common crap fry from traditional ponds and "longyam" at Sukamulya village, Singaparna, Tasikmalaya. …”
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Impact of polyvinyl chloride nano-plastics on the biochemical status of Oreochromis niloticus under a predicted global warming scenario by Ahmed Mohamed Soliman, Ayman S. Mohamed, Amr A. Abdel-Khalek, Shereen R. Badran

“…Despite harmful studies on both subjects, there are few studies on how temperature increases plastics’ adverse effects on aquatic animals, mainly freshwater species. So, this study aims to clarify the potential impact of temperature increases on the toxicological properties of polyvinyl chloride nano-plastics (PVC-NPs) in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by measuring biochemical and oxidative biomarkers. …”
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Optimization of Time-Varying Temperature Profiles for Enhanced Beer Fermentation by Evolutive Algorithms by Pablo Ruarte, Nadia Pantano, Marianela Noriega, Cecilia Fernández, Emanuel Serrano, Gustavo Scaglia

“…The aim of this study is to optimize the beer fermentation process by maximizing the ethanol concentration while minimizing species that adversely affect the organoleptic properties of beer. …”
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Differential Evolutionary Constraints in the Evolution of Chemoreceptors: A Murine and Human Case Study by Ricardo D’Oliveira Albanus, Rodrigo Juliani Siqueira Dalmolin, José Luiz Rybarczyk-Filho, Mauro Antônio Alves Castro, José Cláudio Fonseca Moreira

“…These genes present strikingly high variability in copy numbers and pseudogenization degrees among different species, but the mechanisms underlying their evolution are not fully understood. …”
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Effect of biogenic polyamines on sliding motility of mycobacteria in the presence of antibiotics by I. V. Tsyganov, A. G. Tkachenko

“…Sliding is a process of passive movement on the surface of semi-liquid mediums which was originally described for mycobacteria and other bacterial species deprived of the organelles specialized for movement. …”
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