Effect of Oral Administration with Lactobacillus plantarum CAM6 Strain on Sows during Gestation-Lactation and the Derived Impact on Their Progeny Performance by César Betancur, Yordan Martínez, Guillermo Tellez-Isaias, Rogel Castillo, Xinghua Ding

“…Treatments included a basal diet (T0) and basal diet +10 mL biological agent containing 109 CFU/mL L. plantarum CAM6 (T1). No antibiotics were used throughout the entire experimental process of this study. …”
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A functional approach to analyze the genetic basis for differences in virulence of monkeypox virus clades by Patricia L. Earl, Jeffrey L. Americo, Sara Reynolds, Wei Xiao, Catherine Cotter, Bernard Moss

“…Mpox, the disease caused by monkeypox virus (MPXV) is increasing in Africa and in 2022 spread to more than 100 countries sickening more than 100,000 individuals. …”
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Simultaneous Quantification of Six Bioactive Components in Decoction of Ziziphi spinosae Semen Using Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Triple-Quadrupole Mass... by Xiao Liu, Xiaochai Zhu, Hui Zhu, Li Xie, Jia Ma, Yinghui Xu, Qigang Zhou, Zejun Wu, Baochang Cai

“…This paper was conducted to develop a method containing ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple-quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry for simultaneous quantification of six bioactive components in the decoction of Ziziphi spinosae Semen. …”
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Vaginal Microbiota Diversity of Patients with Embryonic Miscarriage by Using 16S rDNA High-Throughput Sequencing by Linfen Xu, Lingna Huang, Chengying Lian, Huili Xue, Yanfang Lu, Xiujuan Chen, Yong Xia

“…Crude examination of the vagina isolates showed that compared with the control group, 80% of the embryonic miscarriage group contained a significantly lower number of Lactobacillus, the major healthy microbe in the vagina. …”
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Species of Sulfur in Sour Gas Reservoir: Insights from In Situ Raman Spectroscopy of S–H2S–CH4–H2O System and Its Subsystems from 20 to 250°C by Yifan Yu, Wenxuan Hu, I-Ming Chou, Lei Jiang, Ye Wan, Yiqun Li, Yang Xin, Xiaolin Wang

“…Fused silica capillary capsules (FSCCs) are inert to S and H2S and, therefore, were employed in this study as microreactors containing the S–H2S–CH4–H2O system and its subsystems, representing the composition of sour gas. …”
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In Vitro Evaluation of the Antifungal Activity of Ghassoul-Based Formulations with Oregano and Thyme Essential Oils against Penicillium sp. by Hamid Ziyat, Mohammed Naciri Bennani, Safae Allaoui, Jamal Houssaini, Hasna Nait M’barek, Soukaina Arif, Hassan Hajjaj

“…The main constituents of thyme EO were thymol (67.13%), ρ-cymene (4.85%), Z-caryophyllene (1.77%), and γ-terpinene (2.74%). Oregano EO contained carvacrol (59.82%), γ-terpinene (10.85%), and α-pinene (9.89%). …”
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Purple Corn (Zea mays indurata) Ice Cream as an Immune Booster in The Pandemic Era by Faza Saiqur Rahmah, Fitriyani Fitriyani, Lisa Aulia Zahra, Muhamad Abdulloh Umar, Muhammad Abbas Arriziq, Burhan Ma'arif

“…Food as a source of nutrients had a vital role as an immunomodulator. As an agricultural country with food production commodities that were still massive, agricultural products are needed to develop food innovations, such as purple corn. …”
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Nutritional composition and antioxidant potential of Kluai Pakchong KU 46 and Kluai Nam wa Pakchong 50 banana cultivars and properties of their flours by Kunlayanee Suvittawat, Rutai Ruangthamsing, Pimnipa Phengchang, Kwanhatai Tanongjid, Arpathsra Sangnark, Nongnuch Siriwong

“…A comparative analysis of physical characteristics, nutritional composition, bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Kluai Pakchong KU 46 (KU-46) and Kluai Nam Wa Pakchong 50 (PC-50) banana cultivars at unripe and ripe stages were conducted. KU-46 bananas contained higher levels of dietary fiber than that of PC-50 at both ripeness stages. …”
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Feather hydrolysate as a promising nitrogenârich fertilizer for greenhouse lettuce cultivation by Lisiane Sobucki, Rodrigo Ferraz Ramos, Elci Gubiani, Gustavo Brunetto, Douglas Rodrigo Kaiser, Daniel Joner Daroit

“…Methods Lettuce seedlings were transplanted to soil pots containing FH, obtained through feathersâ bioconversion by Bacillus sp. …”
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Blood Glucose Lowering Efficacy of Strawberry Extracts Rich in Ellagitannins with Different Degree of Polymerization in Rats by Juśkiewicz Jerzy, Jurgonski Adam, Kołodziejczyk Krzysztof, Kosmala Monika, Milala Joanna, Zduńczyk Zenon, Fotschki Bartosz, Żary-Sikorska Ewa

“…ETD) extract more positively mitigated sugar-induced post-prandial glycaemic load. Contrary to expectations, the effect of extracts on pre-diabetic rats was negligible. …”
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Comparison of analytical sensitivity of automated microbiological blood culture systems by Lyamin A.V., Ismatullin D.D., Kozlov A.V., Alekseev D.V., Kayumov K.A., Bochkareva P.V., Antipov V.A.

“…The devices included in the study have comparable analytical parameters and allow to obtain a positive growth signal after inoculating material containing < 10 CFU per vial. However, it is necessary to consider increased probability of a negative result in case of inoculation dose equal to CFU ≤ 2.…”
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Analysis of quantitative trait loci and candidate gene exploration associated with cold tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) during the seedling stage by Sumin Jo, Seong-Gyu Jang, Sais-Beul Lee, Ji-Yoon Lee, Jun-Hyeon Cho, Ju-Won Kang, Yeongho Kwon, So-Myeong Lee, Dong-Soo Park, Soon-Wook Kwon, Jong-Hee Lee

“…Fine-mapping of qCTS1022/23 narrowed the candidate region to a 300-kb interval containing 44 polymorphic single-nucleotide polymorphisms. …”
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Exploring the bidirectional causality between neuroticism and frailty: a Mendelian randomization analysis by Yuhang Xing, Rui Pu, Mengdie Fu, Zhikang Wang, Zhen Wang, Xiaopeng Shang, Guoli Yang, Zhiwei Jiang

“…Methods The neuroticism genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from the UK Biobank contained twelve neuroticism-related traits with 489,212 participants. …”
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Phenotypic divergence across populations does not affect habitat selection in an Amazonian poison frog by Martin Mayer, Lia Schlippe Justicia, Bibiana Rojas

“…We hypothesized that habitat selection differs (1) among populations containing different variants, predicting that larger-bodied frogs are less dependent on moisture-retaining structures; (2) between disturbed and pristine areas, predicting frogs in disturbed areas being more reliant on structural diversity and water bodies; and (3) between males and females, predicting stronger differences in habitat selection in populations with greater sexual size dimorphism. …”
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Evolution of Self-reported Neuropsychiatric Symptoms After Switching from Dolutegravir/Abacavir/Lamivudine to Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide: Results from the Rand... by Barbara Rossetti, Micol Ferrara, Lucia Taramasso, Francesca Bai, Francesca Lombardi, Nicoletta Ciccarelli, Miriam Durante, Francesca Alladio, Federica Bonazza, Ilaria Rancan, Francesca Montagnani, Antonio Di Biagio, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte, Maurizio Zazzi, Massimiliano Fabbiani, for DOBINeuro study group

“…Abstract Introduction Central nervous system adverse events (AE) have been a cause of discontinuation of dolutegravir-containing therapy, especially in combination with abacavir. …”
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Supplementation of lake extender with cysteamine preserves quality parameters and fertility potential of post-thawed rooster sperm during cryopreservation process by Reza Masoudi, Saeid Esmaeilkhanian, Maryam Hatami, Mohsen Sharafi, Ali Hatefi, Fatemeh Zarei, Reihaneh Nateghi, Mohammad Reza Tohidkia

“…Methods Semen samples were collected from 10 proved Ross-308 roosters, diluted and cryopreserved in the Lake extender which contained 0, 1, 2, 4, and 8 mM of CYS (C-0, C-1, C-2, C-4, and C-8, respectively). …”
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Adverse health effects after breast cancer up to 14 years after diagnosis by Marianne J. Heins, Kelly M. de Ligt, Janneke Verloop, Sabine Siesling, Joke C. Korevaar, Annette Berendsen, Daan Brandenbarg, Anneriet Dassen, Agnes Jager, Jacqueline Hugtenburg, Gerda van der Weele

“…Methods: We retrieved data on 11,495 women diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000–2016 and 23,242 age and sex matched controls from the PSCCR-Breast Cancer, a database containing data about cancer diagnosis, treatment and primary healthcare. …”
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Feasibility of cattle urine as nutrient medium for the microalgal biomass production by A. Suresh, S. Tamilvanan, K. Harini, H.V. Seventhi, R. Deepan Guna, R. Mahalakshmi, S. Suriyapriya, D. Sharmila, M. Thenmozhi

“…Therefore in this study, focused feasibility of cattle urine as a cheap source of nutrients for microalgal growth, because, it contains various minerals and economical which may support the growth of microalgae and reduce the medium cost. …”
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Incidence and mortality of upper tract urothelial carcinoma in Korea: A nationwide population-based study conducted from 2002 to 2020 by Seongmin Moon, Yun-Sok Ha, Mina Kim, Hoseob Kim, Won Tae Kim, Yong-June Kim, Seok-Joong Yun, Sang-Cheol Lee, Ho Won Kang

“…"Purpose: To describe the incidence and mortality of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) from 2002–2020 using data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service, which contains data from the entire Korean population. Materials and Methods: Reimbursement records for 43,255 patients diagnosed with primary UTUC (according to the International Classification of Disease 10th revision code C65 and C66) between 2002–2020 were retrieved. …”
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A thermo-responsive chitosan-based injectable hydrogel for delivery of curcumin-loaded polycaprolactone microspheres to articular cartilage: in-vitro and in-vivo assessments by Farnoosh Kalantarnia, Sasan Maleki, Amir Shamloo, Kazem Akbarnataj, Sayed Navid Tavoosi

“…The hydrogel system containing drug-loaded microspheres showed ∼23.55 % drug released by day 7. …”
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