Target-agnostic identification of human antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum sexual forms reveals cross-stage recognition of glutamate-rich repeats by Axelle Amen, Randy Yoo, Amanda Fabra-García, Judith Bolscher, William JR Stone, Isabelle Bally, Sebastián Dergan-Dylon, Iga Kucharska, Roos M de Jong, Marloes de Bruijni, Teun Bousema, C Richter King, Randall S MacGill, Robert W Sauerwein, Jean-Philippe Julien, Pascal Poignard, Matthijs M Jore

“…One mAb, B1E11K, was cross-reactive to various proteins containing glutamate-rich repetitive elements expressed at different stages of the parasite life cycle. …”
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The microbiome of Total Suspended Particles and its influence on the respiratory microbiome of healthy office workers by Giulia Solazzo, Sabrina Rovelli, Simona Iodice, Matthew Chung, Michael Frimpong, Valentina Bollati, Luca Ferrari, Elodie Ghedin

“…Additionally, both indoor and outdoor TSP samples contained broad spectrum antibiotic resistance genes. …”
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Effect of dietary lecithin on antioxidant defense of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss broodstock and offspring by Fatemeh Jafari, Naser Agh, Farzaneh Noori, Abdoljabbar Irani, Reyhaneh Ravanbakhsh, Mahdi Imani

“…Materials and methods: For this purpose, fish were fed four isoproteic and isolipidic diets containing graded levels of soybean lecithin (SBL) as a source of phospholipid (including 0, 2, 4 and 6%) for 190 days. …”
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Analysis of the anthropogenic effect on the Silencio River in Salvador Escalante, Michoacán, México by Mario Alberto Pérez-Méndez, Guadalupe Selene Fraga-Cruz, Gustavo Álvarez-Gómez, Fabricio Nápoles-Rivera, Gladys Jiménez-García, Rafael Maya-Yescas

“…Organic and inorganic contaminants evolved from various sources cause the degradation of water quality. …”
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The Influence of Vertical Resolution on Internal Tide Energetics and Subsequent Effects on Underwater Acoustic Propagation by L. Hiron, M. C. Schönau, K. J. Raja, E. P. Chassignet, M. C. Buijsman, B. K. Arbic, A. Bozec, E. F. Coelho, M. S. Solano

“…Increasing the number of isopycnal layers, up to 48, increases the available potential energy contained in high (third‐to‐eighth) tidal baroclinic modes. …”
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From canonical to unique: extension of a lipophilicity scale of amino acids to non-standard residues by Antonio Viayna, Paulina Matamoros, David Blázquez-Ruano, William J. Zamora

“…This effect is expected as one model contains a hydrogen bond donor (Model 1) while the other one uses a hydrogen bond acceptor (Model 2). …”
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Membrane-bound model of the ternary complex between factor VIIa/tissue factor and factor X by Melanie P. Muller, Alex Mortenson, Josepha C. Sedzro, Po-Chao Wen, James H. Morrissey, Emad Tajkhorshid

“…Tissue factor (TF) and factor VIIa (FVIIa) form the EC together with FX on phosphatidylserine-containing membranes, leading to FX activation by TF:FVIIa. …”
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A dataset on environmental DNA, bacterio-, phyto- and zooplankton from an emerging periglacial lagoon in Svalbard, ArcticMendeley DataMendeley Data by Sergej Olenin, Dzmitry Lukashanets, Anastasija Zaiko, Aurelija Samuilovienė, Irina Olenina, Evelina Grinienė, Tobia Politi, Aleksej Šaškov, Greta Kilmonaitė, Andrius Šiaulys

“…The sampling was carried out at 26 sites across various sections of the lagoon, spanning from close proximity to the glacier to the furthest point away. The dataset contains the results of bacterioplankton (total cell concentration and carbon biomass), phytoplankton (taxonomic composition, cell size for selected taxa, abundance, biomass and carbon biomass), zooplankton (taxonomic composition, abundance), and environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. …”
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Mechanically powered negative pressure dressing reduces surgical site infection after stoma reversal by Brian Williams, MD, Aubrey Swinford, MD, Jordan Martucci, MD, Johnny Wang, MD, Jordan R. Wlodarczyk, MD, Abhinav Gupta, MD, Kyle G. Cologne, MD, Sarah E. Koller, MD, Christine Hsieh, MD, Marjun P. Duldulao, MD, Joongho Shin, MD

“…We present a novel approach to stoma closure in which a self-contained mechanically powered negative pressure dressing (MP-NPD) is applied to primarily closed stoma reversal wounds. …”
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Genome-wide characterization of the MADS-box gene family in Paeonia ostii and expression analysis of genes related to floral organ development by Xueting Yang, Qi Guo, Shaodan Liu, Duoduo Wang, Dingding Zuo, Tongfei Niu, Dongfeng Wei, Lili Guo, Xiaogai Hou

“…Analysis of the cis-acting elements revealed that the 110 PoMADS genes contained different kinds of hormones and stress-related cis-acting elements in their promoter regions. …”
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Optimization of Medium Composition and Fluidized Bed Drying Conditions for Efficient Production of Dry Yeast by Hyun-Jin Kang, Hwan Hee Yu, Chang-Won Cho, Young Kyung Rhee, Tae-Wan Kim, Young-Wook Chin

“…A dry cell weight of 36 g/L was achieved during 24 h of batch fermentation in a 30-L bioreactor containing this medium. Analysis of protective agents against fluidized bed drying revealed Span 80 as the strongest protective agent for <i>S. cerevisiae</i> ReY4-7. …”
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Supplementation with active vitamin D3 ameliorates experimental autoimmune thyroiditis in mice by modulating the differentiation and functionality of intrathyroidal T-cell subsets by Chun-Mei Wang, Ying-Jie Chen, Bo-Cheng Yang, Jia-Wen Yang, Wei Wang, Yang Zeng, Jun Jiang

“…Some research has suggested that vitamin D3 supplementation reduces thyroid inflammation, but this remains controversial.MethodsEAT was induced in female NOD/ShiLtJ mice by giving them water containing 0.05% sodium iodide, and 1μg/kg of 1α,25-(OH)2D3 was injected intraperitoneally every other day. …”
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Education and Training on Infection Prevention and Control Provided by Long-Term Care Homes to Visitors: A Scoping Review by Rachel MacLean, Pamela Durepos, Lisa Keeping-Burke, Richelle Witherspoon, Patricia Morris, Caroline Gibbons, Natasha Taylor, Rose McCloskey

“…<b>Results:</b> The 26 included documents contained guidelines, policies, educational resources, and opinion papers. …”
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A “Catastrophic” Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia by D. Barcellona, M. Melis, G. Floris, A. Mameli, A. Muroni, G. Defazio, F. Marongiu

“…It is caused by antibodies directed to complexes containing UFH or LMWH and a self-platelet protein: the platelet factor 4 (PF4). …”
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Prevalence and characteristics of HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of adolescent females across Saudi Arabia by Sahar Othman, Ranya Ghamri, Wala Alhamadah, Anwaar Alsatty, Dhuha Khesfaty, Ohoud Alghamdi, Ragad Arbaein, Alaa M. Baglagel, Jumana Khayyat, Bushra Almalki

“…The participants completed a self-administered online questionnaire containing the validated Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS), which was originally developed in 2015 by the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunization. …”
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Decoration of carbon nanotubes in the substrate or selective layer of polyvinyl alcohol/polysulfone thin-film composite membrane for nanofiltration applications by Mahdie Safarpour, Niloofar Fathi Majd, Samira Jabbarvand Behrouz, Samira Arefi-Oskoui, Alireza Khataee

“…Nanofiltration (NF) membranes demonstrate considerable promise for desalinating saline water and wastewater containing mineral salts to overcome the lack of fresh water and improve drinking water quality. …”
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Infection Frequency and Allelic Variants of <em>Toxoplasma gondii</em> in Wildlife from the Panama Canal Zone by Evelyn Henríquez-Carrizo, Hector Cruz, Alessandra Jurado, Diorene Smith, Delba Villalobos-Cerrud, Lorena Fábrega, Carolina de la Guardia, Ryan Cano, Ricardo Correa, Edy Frías, Anabel Argelis García, Nivia Ríos, Nidia Sandoval, Alex O. Martínez Torres, Armando Castillo-Pimentel, Zuleima Caballero E.

“…The genetic diversity of the <i>T. gondii</i> population contained in the tissues of wild animals was analyzed by the Multilocus Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique, using five genes called SAG1, SAG2, SAG3, GRA6, and Apico. …”
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Structural Characterization of Polygonum divaricatum L. Polysaccharide and Its Inhibitory Effect on Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Inflammation in RAW264.7 Cells by CUI Yanyan, YUAN Yongxu, GUO Mingkun, HE Wenbing, LI Ming, PEI Shichun, LI Dajun

“…PSPDL was an α-pyran polysaccharide containing (1→4)-α-D-Glcp linkage. PSPDL inhibited the release of inflammatory factors and related gene mRNA expression, ameliorated oxidative stress, down-regulated the protein expression levels of p38, p-p38, IκB-α, p65, and p-p65. …”
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The Potential of Defatted Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Meal as an Alternative Protein Source for Juvenile Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) by Wenxiang Yao, Chunyan Zhang, Sai Zhang, Guoan Hua, Sitong Zhao, Huiyang Shuang, Ningyang Sun, Yijun Sun, Lumpan Poolsawat, Jianguo Wang, Quan Wang

“…Four hundred juvenile Chinese mitten crabs (4.94 ± 0.08 g) were randomly distributed into five groups in quadruplicate (20 crabs per tank), and each group was fed with diets that replaced FM with DYM at 0% (CON, containing 200 g/kg FM), 25% (DYM25), 50% (DYM50), 75% (DYM75), and 100% (DYM100) for 8 weeks, respectively. …”
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Spermatozoa motility and viability of turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) semen in egg yolk nanoparticles-phosphate buffered saline extender at 3-5°C storage by Nabila Ayu Saraswati, Herry Agoes Hermadi, Tri Wahyu Suprayogi, Tatik Hernawati, Eka Pramyrtha Hestianah

“…The results showed that turkey semen in T3 extender containing 20% ​​egg yolk nanoparticles in PBS was able to maintain spermatozoa motility for up to eight hours, better than T0 and T2 extenders which supported spermatozoa motility for six hours. …”
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