Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: Illustrated Cases by Kam Lun Hon, Ronald C. M. Fung, Karen K. Y. Leung, Alexander K.C. Leung, Wun Fung Hui, Wing Lum Cheung

“…Staphylococcus aureus is known to be one of the most common gram-positive microorganisms and an important pathogen associated with sepsis and toxic shock. …”
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The second life of polymyxins by Ageevets V.A.

“…The rise of antibiotic resistance has led to the resurgence of polymyxins in practice and triggered an "explosive growth" in their use for treating hospital-acquired infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. This review provides a characterization of polymyxins, results from clinical studies, and defines the role of polymyxin B and colistin in the therapy of patients with severe infections considering current data on pathogen susceptibility in Russia and relevant clinical guidelines.…”
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Delftia Acidovorans: A Rare Pathogen in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised Patients by Huseyin Bilgin, Abdurrahman Sarmis, Elif Tigen, Guner Soyletir, Lutfiye Mulazimoglu

“…Delftia acidovorans is an aerobic, nonfermenting Gram-negative bacillus. It is usually a nonpathogenic environmental organism and is rarely clinically significant. …”
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Psycholinguistic and psychological features of ekphrasis by Svetlana V. Krutskaya, Lilia R. Nurtdinova

“…Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Gray". It is shown how the usage of ekphrasis manages to form a moral position of the reader.…”
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Florida Foliage House Plant Care: Adenium swazicum by Richard J. Henny, Jianjun Chen

“… Adenium swazicum is a species of desert rose whose gray-green leaves appear folded and are velvety to touch. …”
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The Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis by Deborah Money

“…Diagnostic tests include real-time clinical/microbiological diagnosis, and the current gold standard, the standardized evaluation of morphotypes on Gram stain analysis. The inappropriate use of vaginal culture can be misleading. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF CARBON FOOTPRINTS OF A TYPICAL NIGERIAN TOWNSHIP POST OFFICE: A CASE STUDY OF KAFANCHAN DISTRICT POST OFFICE, KAFANCHAN, NIGERIA by RICHARD BALTHI MSHELIA, FUNSHO BABARINDE

“…It was found that for each gram of parcel delivered, 0.0171 kgCO2e was emitted into the atmosphere. …”
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Streptococcus pseudoporcinus: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Shanza Khan, Ting Ting Wong, Nishant Prasad, Benjamin Lee, Carl Urban, Sorana Segal-Maurer, Glenn Turett

“…Streptococcus pseudoporcinus is a beta-hemolytic Gram-positive, catalase-negative, nonmotile coccus arranged in short chains, usually found in the female genitourinary tract and differentiated from Streptococcus porcinus in 2006. …”
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Transmission Risk on a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Escherichia coli versus Klebsiella pneumoniae by Tanja Artelt, Martin Kaase, Ivonne Bley, Helmut Eiffert, Alexander Mellmann, Helmut Küster, Martina Lange, Simone Scheithauer

“…Isolation precautions required for neonatal intensive care units are part of a bundle with the aim to prevent transmission, colonization, and infection with multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens as neonates face an increased risk of mortality and morbidity in case of infection. …”
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Unveiling the role of BON domain-containing proteins in antibiotic resistance by Shengwei Sun, Jinju Chen

“…The alarming rise of antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria poses a global health crisis. …”
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A Distributed K-Means Segmentation Algorithm Applied to Lobesia botrana Recognition by José García, Christopher Pope, Francisco Altimiras

“…In this article, we propose a novel method for L. botrana recognition using image data mining based on clustering segmentation with descriptors which consider gray scale values and gradient in each segment. This system allows a 95 percent of L. botrana recognition in non-fully controlled lighting, zoom, and orientation environments. …”
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Unusual Methylobacterium fujisawaense Infection in a Patient with Acute Leukaemia Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: First Case Report by Rosa Fanci, Giampaolo Corti, Alessandro Bartoloni, Enrico Tortoli, Alessandro Mariottini, Patrizia Pecile

“…Microorganisms of the genus Methylobacterium are facultative methylotrophic, gram-negative rods that are ubiquitous in nature and rarely cause human disease, mostly in subjects with preexisting causes of immune depression. …”
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Finite Time Synchronization of Extended Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Using Local Coupling by A. Acosta, P. García, H. Leiva, A. Merlitti

“…As a specific application we consider the Gray-Scott equations and perform numerical simulations that are consistent with our main theoretical results.…”
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Florida Foliage House Plant Care: Adenium swazicum by Richard J. Henny, Jianjun Chen

“… Adenium swazicum is a species of desert rose whose gray-green leaves appear folded and are velvety to touch. …”
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Chemical insight into pros and cons of coffees from different regions by Elżbieta Grządka, Agnieszka Starek-Wójcicka, Marta Krajewska, Jakub Matusiak, Jolanta Orzeł, Marek Studziński, Michał Bonczyk, Izabela Chmielewska, Aleksandra Mieczkowska, Oskar Ronda, Bartłomiej Michał Cieślik

“…The tests were carried out before and after the brewing process using the following techniques: gamma and beta spectrometry, a microwave-induced plasma optical emission spectrometer (MIP-OES), gravimetric method, UV–Vis spectrophotometry as well as thin-layer chromatography. …”
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In vitro studies on the immunomodulatory effects of fulvic acid extract from palm oil empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) by Dimarwanita Firda, Mariya Silmi, Nur Annisa Dewi Fitria, Latisya Silva, Faramitha Yora, Goenadi Didiek Hadjar

“…In vitro studies used the MTT assay to determine cytotoxicity and ELISA tests to measure cytokines associated with natural immunity (TNF-alpha and Interferon-gamma) and adaptive immunity (IL-2 and TGF-beta). …”
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Oncogenic role of RARG rearrangements in acute myeloid leukemia resembling acute promyelocytic leukemia by Feng Wang, Luyao Zhao, Yun Tan, Xufeng Cen, Huan Gao, Huimin Jiang, Ying Liu, Yunxuan Li, Tingting Zhang, Chenxi Zhao, Ting Shi, Guilin Xu, Churan Wang, Jiong Hu, Xia Li, Ya-Zhen Qin, Kankan Wang, Hong-Hu Zhu, Ke Li

“…Abstract Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) featuring retinoic acid receptor-gamma (RARG) rearrangements exhibits morphological features resembling those of acute promyelocytic leukemia but is associated with drug resistance and poor clinical outcomes. …”
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The Association of the GABRP Polymorphisms with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Hun-Soo Kim, Eun-Heui Jin, Ji-Su Mo, Hyeok Shim, Shin-Seok Lee, Soo-Cheon Chae

“…Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit pi (GABRP) is involved in inhibitory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. …”
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Analysis of competing risks model using the generalized progressive hybrid censored data from the generalized Lomax distribution by Amal Hassan, Sudhansu Maiti, Rana Mousa, Najwan Alsadat, Mahmoued Abu-Moussa

“…Bayesian estimators under gamma priors with different loss functions were generated using Markov chain Monte Carlo, and confidence intervals (CIs) were generated using the ML estimation method. …”
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Translating Unconventional T Cells and Their Roles in Leukemia Antitumor Immunity by Nilberto Dias de Araújo, Fábio Magalhães Gama, Mateus de Souza Barros, Thaís Lohana Pereira Ribeiro, Fabíola Silva Alves, Lilyane Amorim Xabregas, Andréa Monteiro Tarragô, Adriana Malheiro, Allyson Guimarães Costa

“…This ignores the great potential of unconventional T cell populations, which include gamma-delta T cells (γδ), natural killer T cells (NKT), and mucosal-associated invariant T cells (MAIT). …”
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