Isolation, Morphological and Biochemical Characterization of Culturable Endophytic Microflora in Paris polyphylla Sm. from Nepal by Rashal Shakya, Samriddhi Bhochhibhoya, Sanchit Regmi, Rabin Pokhrel, Aanande Ghalan, Tara Shrestha, Bishnu Maya KC, Dhurva Prasad Gauchan

“…Among the endophytic bacterial isolates, 11 isolates showed gram-positive results and 5 were gram-negative, while endospore staining showed 10 negative and 6 positive isolates. …”
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Bacteriological Assessment of the Indoor Air of Different Hospitals of Kathmandu District by Arzu Kunwar, Samyukta Tamrakar, Shyaron Poudel, Sony Sharma, Pramila Parajuli

“…CoNS, Streptococcus spp., Micrococcus spp., and Bacillus spp. and Gram-negative bacteria E.coli and Proteus spp. were identified. …”
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Erratum to “Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems” by Luca Furieri, Clara Lucia Galimberti, Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

“…Snapshots taken at time-instants τ. Colored (gray) lines show the trajectories in [0, τi] ([τi, ∞)). …”
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Microbial keratitis in Southern Malawi: a microbiological pilot study by Timothy Neal, Dean Everett, Stephen B Kaye, Alistair Darby, Moira Gandiwa, Shaffi Mdala, Caroline E Corless, Rose Herbert, Nicholas A V Beare, Tobi F Somerville, Thokozani Zungu, Malcolm J Horsburgh, Petros C Kayange

“…Moxifloxacin and chloramphenicol offered the best coverage for both Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates when susceptibility was determined using known antimicrobial first quartile concentrations and European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing breakpoints, respectively. …”
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Microbial Contamination and Antimicrobial Resistance in Use of Ophthalmic Solutions at the Department of Ophthalmology, Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia by Lemlem Tamrat, Yeshigeta Gelaw, Getenet Beyene, Addisu Gize

“…Tips of the bottles were more often contaminated than the content of the eye drop. Majority of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms were sensitive for most of the broad-spectrum antibiotics; however, there were a significant number of Gram-negative organisms resistant to almost all antibiotics used. …”
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Production of organic fertilizer using pleurotus sp. as a process accelerator by A. Medina-Buelvas, A. Garcia-Guan, B. Barraza-Amador, E. Espinosa-Fuente, M. Del Castillo-Cabrales, K. Mendez-Gutiérrez, N. Rosales-Hernández

“…To evaluate the biological efficiency of the compost, two doses were tested with each 100 gram and 200 gram of fertilizer for each 500 gram of soil using corn seeds, which were sown in bags over a period of three months. …”
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Bacterial isolates and drug susceptibility patterns in infected lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients at ALERT hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Gizealew Ayalew, Asegedech Asmamaw, Mistire Wolde, Regasa Diriba, Biruk Zerfu

“…The isolates were identified by gram staining, colony morphology, and biochemical testing. …”
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Imaging the Ultrastructure of Isolated Peptidoglycan Sacculi from Rod-Shaped <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> J99 Cells by Atomic Force Microscopy by Daniel Amiteye, Jandirk Sendker, Fabian Herrmann

“…Apart from the model organism <i>Escherichia coli</i>, ultrastructural imaging data on the murein architecture of Gram-negative bacteria is mostly missing today. This study therefore intended to further our understanding of bacterial physiology by the isolation of peptidoglycan sacculi from the Gram-negative bacterium <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> J99 and the subsequent nanoscopic imaging of the murein network by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). …”
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Evaluation of Crude Oil Extracts from Plants for Controlling Maize Infestations Caused by the Weevil Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Fikadu Kifle, Melaku Girma, Araya Gebresilassie, Yitbarek Woldehawariat, Estifanos Ele

“…These extracts were evaluated at concentrations of 0.05, 0.1, and 0.15 g per gram, diluted with 10 ml of deionized water, and applied to 50 grams of maize against Sitophilus zeamais. …”
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Towards New Scaffolds for Antimicrobial Activity—In Silico/In Vitro Workflow Introducing New Lead Compounds by Maria Mangana, George Lambrinidis, Ioannis K. Kostakis, Ioanna Kalpaktsi, Marina Sagnou, Chrysoula Nicolaou, Emmanuel Mikros, Stylianos Chatzipanagiotou, Anastasios Ioannidis

“…Compounds from both libraries that were not previously screened for their antimicrobial properties were tested in vitro against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. …”
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Evaluation of IgG binding capability to SARS-CoV-2 variants in early COVID-19 convalescent sera using an indirect ELISA by Behzad Hussain, Peizhe Zhao, Yu Liu, Bo Yang, Xiaoxiong Li, Zhichao Zhang, Guoqiang Feng, Demei Zhang, Defen Lu, Wu Changxin

“…Our results show that the currently circulating Omicron BQ.1.1, XBB.1.5 and previous Omicron BA.1, BA.2 and BA.4/5 do not show significant reduction in binding, while Omicron BA.3 and previous variants Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Kappa, and Omicron showed a significantly reduced binding when compared to the wild-type Wuhan strain. …”
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Comparative Performance of Ante-Mortem Diagnostic Assays for the Identification of <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i>-Infected Domestic Dogs (<i>Canis lupus familiaris</i>) by Conor O’Halloran, Paul Burr, Danielle A. Gunn-Moore, Jayne C. Hope

“…Circulating serum cytokine concentrations of interferon gamma and TNF-α were not statistically different between the high- and low-risk groups of dogs. …”
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Correlation between Apelin and Some Angiogenic Factors in the Pathogenesis of Preeclampsia: Apelin-13 as Novel Drug for Treating Preeclampsia and Its Physiological Effects on Place... by Reham Z. Hamza, Abdel Aziz A. Diab, Mansour H. Zahra, Ali K. Asalah, Suzan M. M. Moursi, Najah M. Al-Baqami, Fawziah A. Al-Salmi, Mai S. Attia

“…Moreover, serum apelin, placental growth factor (PLGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt-1), soluble endoglin (sEng), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), and interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels and serum superoxide dismutase enzyme (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities of all groups were estimated at the end of experiment. …”
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Enhancing Food Security via selecting Superior Camelina (Camelina sativa L.) parents: a positive approach incorporating pheno-morphological traits, fatty acids composition, and Toc... by Amin Ebrahimi, Hamzeh Minaei Chenar, Sajad Rashidi-Monfared, Danial Kahrizi

“…The total tocopherol content varied between 675 and 877 ppm, predominantly consisting of gamma-tocopherol, which accounted for over 95% of the total content. …”
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Effect of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation and Task-Oriented Training on Electroencephalography-Based Motor Recovery Chronic Stroke: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Maryam Zolghadr, Shohreh Noorizadeh Dehkordi, Javad Sarrafzadeh, Saeed Talebian, Hassan Haddadzade Niri, Marzieh Yassin

“…Results: Significant differences in the theta (P=0.000), alpha (P=0.004), beta (P=0.000) and gamma (P=0.003) relative powers were observed between groups at follow-up. …”
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Efficacy of non -thermal pressure plasma versus other modalities for disinfection of primary root canals by Shaymaa A. El Shishiny, Yomna O. Morad, Rania I. Hindi, Amina M. El-Motasem, Asmaa A. El Sheshiny, Dalia M. Alramady, Amira M. Samy

“…Samples were sterilized by gamma radiation then the bacterial suspension was inoculated inside root canals. …”
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白冠长尾雉生态的研究 by 胡小龙, 王岐山

“…<正> 白冠长尾雉Syrmaticus reevesii（Gray）是国家第二类保护动物,自河北、山西、陕西、四川、贵州、湖南、湖北、河南以至安徽,即在我国的北部及中部均有分布,…”
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Estimation of Parameters of Generalized Inverted Exponential Distribution for Progressive Type-II Censored Sample with Binomial Removals by Sanjay Kumar Singh, Umesh Singh, Manoj Kumar

“…Bayesian estimation procedure has been discussed under the consideration of the square error and general entropy loss functions while the model parameters follow the gamma prior distributions. The performances of the maximum likelihood and Bayes estimators are compared in terms of their risks through the simulation study. …”
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Studies on Synthesis and Dyeing Preformance of Acid Dyes Based on 4,7-Dihydroxy-3,8-di-α-naphthylazo-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-Dione by B. V. Patel, P. H. Dasondi

“…Some new azo acid dyes were prepared by coupling various diazotized acid components such as anthranilic acid, sulphanilic acid, laurentacid, peri acid, tobias acid, H-acid, J-acid, gamma acid, sulphotobias acid,4-aminotoluiene-3-sulphonic acid, 5-sulpho- anthranilic acid, 2-naphthylamine-3,6,8-trisulphonic acid, bronner acid, metanilic acid and cleve acid with 4,7-dihydroxy-3,8-di-α-naphthylazo-1,10-phenanthroline-2,9-dione. …”
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Some New Generalized Difference Spaces of Nonabsolute Type Derived from the Spaces ℓp and ℓ∞ by Feyzi Başar, Ali Karaisa

“…Furthermore, we determine the alpha-, beta- and gamma-duals of the space ℓpλ(B) for 1⩽p⩽∞. Finally, we investigate some geometric properties concerning Banach-Saks type p and give Gurarii's modulus of convexity for the normed space ℓpλ(B).…”
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