Burden of mortality related to pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Cuba 2005-2018 by Delia María Galvez Medina, Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, José Luis Peñalvo García, Miguel Ángel Martínez Morales, Vivian Herrera Gómez

“…The ratio averaged 48.8 deaths for every 100 000 live births. Years of life potentially lost were 42,582: 23,433 for direct deaths, 12,724 for indirect deaths, and 6,425 for other deaths.…”
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Utilizing kombucha culture for coffee fermentation and biochemical characteristic analysis by Hayeong Kim, Jihyeon Jeon, Jiyeon Lee, Chaeri Song, Boncheol Gu, Nahyun Mariah Kim, Tae-hui Yang, Sejin Oh, Soochul Park, Kunal Pal, Ghahyun Jeffrey Kim, Doman Kim

“…The total phenolic and flavonoid content increased 1.77- and 1.95-fold in K-coffee and 2.07- and 2.60-fold in CK-coffee, respectively, after 24 h of fermentation compared to the coffee control, in which the kombucha broth was not inoculated, with an increased in trigonelline, chlorogenic acid and caffeic acid content. …”
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Understanding Investigational Perspective of Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of Rice by Intan Farahanah, Shariza Sahudin, Hannis Fadzillah Mohsin, Siti Alwani Ariffin, Liyana Dhamirah Aminuddin

“…Other antioxidant assays are also discussed, alongside methods used to evaluate antibacterial properties, including disc diffusion, well diffusion, broth or agar dilution, and advanced techniques such as flow cytofluorometric and bioluminescent assays. …”
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Chromosomal abnormalities in children as a predictor of the development of congenital heart and vascular diseases by Z.V. Selska, O.R. Sadova, V.I. Bobrova, K.E. Popov

“…CHDs occur on average in 8-10 cases per 100 live births. The complexity and diversity of cardiovascular defects is traditionally explained by multifactorial etiology, due to the interaction between several genes and environmental factors (the so-called “polygenic model”), but chromosomal abnormalities are often the leading factor in the occurrence of CHDs. …”
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‘‘Near Miss’’ Obstetric Cases: 4 Years Experience of a Tertiary Center by Hüseyin Cengiz, Cihan Kaya, Ramazan Ateş, Yusuf Ziya Yener, Murat Ekin, Levent Yaşar

“…RESULTS: During the study period, 6833 adults required ICU admission; 41 (0.60%) of them were obstetric patients. The total number of births reported during the study period was 9841. …”
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The Effectiveness and Cost Analysis of a Pilot Newborn Hearing Screening Program at a Hospital in a Low- to Middle-Income Country by Pariya Lertbussarakam, Pittayapon Pitathawatchai

“…Methods: All high-risk births at Hatyai Hospital were recruited for newborn hearing screening between January and December 2021. …”
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Komunikasi visual multikultural ornamen bangunan bangsal kencana keraton Yogyakarta by Sri Wahyuning Septarina, Eko Wahyu Sentavito

“…Yogyakarta disebut sebagai miniatur Indonesia, memiliki cerita historis yang panjang sejak dibangunnya bangunan Keraton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat (Keraton Yogyakarta) dua setengah abad lalu. …”
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Maternal Hyperglycemia Directly and Rapidly Induces Cardiac Septal Overgrowth in Fetal Rats by Erin E. Gordon, Benjamin E. Reinking, Shanming Hu, Jianrong Yao, Kok L. Kua, Areej K. Younes, Chunlin Wang, Jeffrey L. Segar, Andrew W. Norris

“…Cardiac septal overgrowth complicates 10–40% of births from diabetic mothers, but perplexingly hyperglycemia markers during pregnancy are not reliably predictive. …”
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A Novel Nitrite Reductase from <i>Acinetobacter haemolyticus</i> for Efficient Degradation of Nitrite by Xiao-Yan Yin, Emmanuel Mintah Bonku, Jian-Feng Yuan, Zhong-Hua Yang

“…We constructed a heterologous expression system using <i>E. coli</i> BL21/pET28a-<i>Ah</i>Nir, which exhibited remarkable nitrite reductase enzyme activity of 29 U/mL in the culture broth, substantially higher than that reported for other strains. …”
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Maternal-neonatal care with an ancestral approach by Liliana Alexandra Ríos García, Angélica Salomé Herrera Molina, Viviana del Rocío Mera Herrera, Mayra Carola León Insuasty, Yuleydi Alcaide Guardado, Jacobo Cambil Martín

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> 74 % have attended between 10 and 49 births at home and the same percentage reported having kits for childbirth care. …”
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Chemical profiling, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil of Matricaria recutita (Chamomile) by Ram Prasad Baral, Rameshwar Adhikari, Achyut Adhikari

“…Additionally, the essential oil exhibited notable antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC6538P and Candida albicans, displaying zones of inhibition measuring 10.64 mm and 14.44 mm, respectively. The broth method also revealed that the MIC is above the 250 mg/mL range and has more potential for inhibition. …”
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Illustrated type catalogue of marine Isopoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Brazil by Cristiana S. Serejo, Agatha C. S. Fernandes

“…In general, the type materials are in good condition, however, the holotype of Robustura parvula (Albuquerque, 1978) and all type material of Pseudione serejoae Brito, Cardoso and Boyko, 2018 have been lost and await the designation of neotypes. …”
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Antibacterial activity of selenium nanoparticles/copper oxide (SeNPs/CuO) nanocomposite against some multi-drug resistant clinical pathogens by Ahmed Morad Asaad, Sara A. Saied, Mohammad M. Torayah, N. I. Abu-Elsaad, Samah Mohammed Awad.

“…The antimicrobial activity of Se-NPs/Cu2O was investigated using the standard broth microdilution method. The fabricated Se-NPs/Cu2O nanocomposites were detected as stable and highly crystallized nanospheres with an average size of 98.6 nm. …”
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Nematicidal potential of Microbacterium maritypicum Sneb159 against Heterodera glycines and the complete genome sequence analysis by Jing Zhao, Jing Zhao, Jing Zhao, Zhifu Xing, Aatika Sikandar, Yuxi Duan

“…Biological control provides a strategy for sustainable and environmentally friendly nematode management.MethodsIn this study, solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS) was used to reveal the volatile nematicidal compounds of Microbacterium maritypicum Sneb159 and the mode of action was further elucidated via whole genome sequencing.ResultsThe present study demonstrated that M. maritypicum Sneb159 fermentation broth showed strong nematicidal activities against H. glycines. …”
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Purification, Characterization and Antibacterial Mechanism of Plantaricin 2-1 by Mengyang LI, Xiaoxue CHE, Qingshen SUN

“…To explore the basic properties and antibacterial mechanism of bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum L3, the strain was sub-cultured in MRS medium, and the broth was extracted by ethyl acetate extraction, followed by purification serially through dextran gel chromatography, cation exchange chromatography and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), and finally identified by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). …”
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Rifabutin and Furazolidone Could Be the Candidates of the Rescue Regimen for Antibiotic-Resistant H. pylori in Korea by Youn I Choi, Sang-Ho Jeong, Jun-Won Chung, Dong Kyun Park, Kyoung Oh Kim, Kwang An Kwon, Yoon Jae Kim, Seol So, Jeong Hoon Lee, Jin-Young Jeong, Sun-Mi Lee

“…The susceptibility of the H. pylori strains to seven antibiotics (clarithromycin, metronidazole, levofloxacin, amoxicillin, tetracycline, rifabutin, and furazolidone) and minimum inhibitory concentration were tested using the broth microdilution technique. Results. Among 31 antibiotic resistance strains for H. pylori, there were no strains resistant to rifabutin or furazolidone, which had MICs of <0.008 and 0.5 μg/mL, respectively. …”
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Effect of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy on Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Biofilm using Confocal Fluorescence Imaging—An In vitro Study by R Sindhujaa, PL Ravi Shankar, K Raja Pandian, Deepak Chandrasekharan, A Sheryl Dolly, KM Mohamed Rashik

“…Materials and Methods: Bacterial cultures were cultured in Brain Heart Infusion broth, supplemented with horse blood, hemin, and menadione. …”
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Testing the Purity of <i>Limnospira fusiformis</i> Cultures After Axenicity Treatments by Michael Schagerl, Alexander Kaptejna, Fabian Polz, Sameh S. Ali, Shuhao Huo, Joana Seneca, Petra Pjevac, Vera Hechtl

“…For testing axenicity, we considered the most common verification method plate tests with Lysogeny Broth (LB) medium, which indicated axenicity after treatments were performed. …”
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SURGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR COMPLEX SYNDACTYLY IN APERT SYNDROME: A SERIAL CASE by Williams Mesang, Agus Santoso Budi, Magda Rosalina Hutagalung

“…The incidence of Apert Syndrome is reported to be approximately 1 per 100,000 to 160,000 live births and its incidence in Indonesia is not yet known. …”
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Subsequent pregnancy outcomes and fertility rates in the case series that underwent bilateral hypogastric artery ligation (BHGAL) due to severe postpartum hemorrhage by OKUTUCU Gulcan, EVSEN Mehmet S, PEKER Nurullah, YAMAN TUNC Senem, ICEN Mehmet S

“…A total of 25 pregnancies, including first and second pregnancies, developed, and 15 of these pregnancies resulted in term delivery, six preterm births, one stillbirth, and three abortions. Conclusions: The postoperative pregnancy rate was found to be higher than the rate of women with infertility problems, and this surgery does not seem to adversely affect pregnancy outcomes. …”
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