Clostridium septicum Gas Gangrene in Colon Cancer: Importance of Early Diagnosis by Sowmya Nanjappa, Sweta Shah, Smitha Pabbathi

“…Clostridium septicum is a rare subgroup known to cause atraumatic myonecrosis and is associated with colonic malignancy or immunosuppression. It is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus found in the gastrointestinal tract and can lead to direct, spontaneous infections of the bowel and peritoneal cavity. …”
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Novel Ethyl 1,5-Disubstituted-1H-Pyrazole-3-Carboxylates as a New Class of Antimicrobial Agents by Radwan Awwad A., Ghorab Mostafa M., Alsaid Mansour S., Alanazi Fares K.

“…All the newly synthesized compounds were assayed for their antimicrobial activity against the Grampositive bacteria Staphyllococcus aureus and Bacillius subtilis and the Gram-negative bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in addition to the fungi organisms, Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis and C. tropicalis. …”
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Entre o lícito e o ilícito: a dinâmica do roubo de cargas e suas zonas cinzentas by Leonardo José Ostronoff, Fernando Salla

“…It addresses cargo theft as an expression of gray areas that are established between legal and illegal, between public and private. …”
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A new Lactobacillus gasseri strain HMV18 inhibits the growth of pathogenic bacteria by Xiang Gao, Zixuan Wang, Xiang Li, Xiaoling Zhang, Shengqiang Du, Miaomiao Jia, Dailun Hu, Xianxian Jia, Bin Cong, Yan Zhang, Chunling Ma, Song Zhou, Jun Zhang

“…The new isolate was identified as L. gasseri by the colony morphology, Gram staining, biochemical reactions and confirmed by the 16S rDNA sequencing. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oils of the Amazon Annona Species by Joelma Moreira Alcântara, Juliana Mesquita V. M. de Lucena, Marcia Ortiz Mayo Marques, Jennifer Araújo Oliveira Lima, Maria da Paz Lima

“…The EO from A. exsucca, rich in γ-muurolene (20.2%), exhibited significant antibacterial activity against the gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus sanguinis (MIC: 10 μg.mL-1).   …”
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Leukocyte Production of Inflammatory Mediators Is Inhibited by the Antioxidants Phloretin, Silymarin, Hesperetin, and Resveratrol by Jezrom B. Fordham, Afsar Raza Naqvi, Salvador Nares

“…Recognition of conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns is a crucial component of innate immunity to Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, as well as the periodontal pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. …”
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Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Crude Extracts from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Strains by Idaira Jerez-Martel, Sara García-Poza, Gara Rodríguez-Martel, Milagros Rico, Cristina Afonso-Olivares, Juan Luis Gómez-Pinchetti

“…The strain Euglena cantabrica showed the highest concentration of phenolic compounds, particularly gallic and protocatechuic acids (5.87 and 2.97 mg per gram of dried biomass, resp.). Aqueous and methanolic extracts of microalgae Euglena cantabrica also exhibited the highest antioxidant activity, probably due to the presence of the high contents of phenolics.…”
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White Matter Injury in Central Nervous System Disorders by Zheng L, Wang X, Li P, Hao Y, Zhang H, Chen H, Zheng Z

“…Diseases of the CNS cause not only gray matter damage, which is primarily characterized by the loss of neurons, but also white matter damage. …”
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<i>Akkermansia muciniphila</i>: A Potential Target for the Prevention of Diabetes by Kairu He, Feiyu An, Henan Zhang, Danli Yan, Tong Li, Junrui Wu, Rina Wu

“…<i>Akkermansia muciniphila</i>, a Gram-negative anaerobic bacterium colonizing the intestinal mucus layer, is regarded as a promising “next-generation probiotic”. …”
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Analisis Potensi Kebangkrutan: Perbandingan Model Altman dengan Zavgren by Wardayani Wardayani, Azhar Maksum

“…Thus, the financial state of cosmetics companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) during the 2016 to2018, according to the Altman Z Score model can be categorized into 2 criteria, they are: Gray Area; MBTO and Sound Area: MRAT, KINO and TCID. …”
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Privatized Futures, Climate Control, and Resistance in Recent Scottish Dystopian Fiction by Peter Clandfield

“…After discussing Alasdair Gray’s 1982, Janine (1984) as an influential confrontation with the increasingly toxic military-industrial state of 1980s Britain, the essay interprets Matthew Fitt’s But n Ben A-Go-Go (2000), John Aberdein’s Strip the Willow (2009), and the multiple-author graphic novel IDP: 2043 (2014), edited by Denise Mina, as what Umberto Eco calls “novels of anticipation,” or warnings of the undesirable eventualities that present tendencies may bring about. …”
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Identification of mitophagy-related key genes and their correlation with immune cell infiltration in acute myocardial infarction via bioinformatics analysis by Zulong Sheng, Rui Zhang, Zhenjun Ji, Zhuyuan Liu, Yaqing Zhou

“…Moreover, we found a lower abundance of immune cells such as gamma delta T and natural killer cells in the high-risk group, and the expression of key genes showed a significant correlation with immune infiltration levels in both groups. …”
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The well-being of Polish general practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic-cross-sectional questionnaire-based study by Katarzyna Nessler, Krzysztof Studziński, Esther Van Poel, Sara Willems, Ewa Wójtowicz, Elżbieta Kryj – Radziszewska, Adam Windak

“…Spearman’s correlation was used to measure the strength and direction of association between general practitioners’ distress level and continuous variables, and for ordinal variables, Gamma correlation was recommended for many tide ranks. …”
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Discovering the anti-parasitic activity of melatonin loaded lecithin/chitosan nanoparticles against giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis in Balb/c infected mice by Mohamed Nasser, Mona B. Abd El-atif, Habiba Alaa, Mariam Abdelaziz, Mariam Mustafa, Mustafa Masour, Salma Magdy, Salma Mohsen, Yomna El Karamany, Alyaa Farid

“…Moreover, mice of group V, which received Mel-LCNP treatment, exhibited significantly normal levels of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) as well as healthy control mice group (group I). …”
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Isolation and optimization of Bacillus thuringiensis BRB-3 isolated from germinated black upland rice seeds for GABA production by Rungnapha Wannasutta, Sophon Boonlue, Nuntavun Riddech, Wiyada Mongkolthanaruk

“…Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a non-coded amino acid that recently gained increased attention within the functional food industry. …”
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Role of Serum and Ultrasonometric Markers in the Early Diagnosis of Malignant Transformation of Periductal Liver Fibrosis in Patients with <i>Opisthorchis Felineus</i> Infection by A. Е. Kovshirina, O. S. Fedorova, Yu. V. Kovshirina, V. A. Petrov

“…A comprehensive one-stage comparative study was conducted in a case-control design, using the assessment of biochemical parameters (lactate, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, alkaline phosphatase, glucose, direct and indirect bilirubin, high-density lipoproteins and low-density lipoproteins, triglycerides, urea and total protein), immunological parameters (transforming growth factor beta) and tumor markers (CA 19-9, СYFRA 21-1) in blood serum samples obtained from patients with O. felineus infection, with and without periductal fibrosis, O. felineus-infected patients with cholangiocarcinoma and representatives of control groups. …”
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Protective Effect of Thalidomide on 2,4,6-Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid-Induced Experimental Colitis in Rats via the Inhibition of T Helper 17 Cells by Ying Xie, Dandan Li, Xiaoshuang Luan, Shuang Jin, Bo Yan, Feng Tian

“…The colonic protein and mRNA expression levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-17, IL-23, and retinoic acid receptor-related orphan nuclear receptor gamma t (RORγt) were determined using immunohistochemistry, western blot, and qRT-PCR. …”
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Association of Frailty Index at 66 Years of Age with Health Care Costs and Utilization Over 10 Years in Korea: Retrospective Cohort Study by Jieun Jang, Anna Kim, Mingee Choi, Ellen P McCarthy, Brianne Olivieri-Mui, Chan Mi Park, Jae-Hyun Kim, Jaeyong Shin, Dae Hyun Kim

“…Generalized estimating equations with a gamma distribution and identity link function were used to investigate the association between the frailty index and health care costs and utilization until December 31, 2019. …”
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Hepatoprotective Role of 4-Octyl Itaconate in Concanavalin A-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis by Wenchang Yang, Yaxin Wang, Peng Zhang, Tao Wang, Chengguo Li, Xin Tong, Xiangyu Zeng, Yuping Yin, Kaixiong Tao, Ruidong Li

“…Moreover, OI effectively inhibited the expression of proinflammatory cytokines including interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), and IL-1β induced by Con A. Furthermore, OI decreased hepatocyte apoptosis and malondialdehyde levels and increased the reduced glutathione/oxidized glutathione ratio in the Con A-induced liver injury model. …”
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Neuroprotective Role of Transchalcone in Parkinson‘s Disease through AMP-activated Protein Kinase-mediated Signaling Pathway by Yao Cheng, Shaik Althaf Hussain, Turki Mayudh Alrubie, Xiaomin Zhang

“…This study investigates the neuroprotective effects of transchalcone in a rat model of PD, focusing on its impact on the activation levels of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling pathway, sirtuin1 (SIRT1) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC1α) proteins, and mitochondrial-inflammatory responses. …”
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