Bacteria Living in Biofilms in Fluids: Could Chemical Antibiofilm Pretreatment of Culture Represent a Paradigm Shift in Diagnostics? by Lorenzo Drago, Andrea Fidanza, Alessio Giannetti, Alessio Ciuffoletti, Giandomenico Logroscino, Carlo Luca Romanò

“…However, more and more reports point out the fact that even biological fluids and semifluid, such as synovial liquid, blood, urine, or mucus and feces, harbor “non-attached” biofilm aggregates of bacteria, which represent a significant phenomenon with critical clinical implications that remain to be fully investigated. …”
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« Adieu veau, vache, cochon, couvée… » La boucherie à l’Ancien Empire : croisement des données iconographiques, textuelles et archéologiques by Fanny Hamonic

“…Meat comprised an important element of an individual’s diet, both physically, as it was high in calories, and theoretically, as the representations of the flesh, blood and the kill are laden with symbolism. It is these two facets of the subject that we set out to examine, focussing on a key moment in the sequence of actions transforming the animal into a simple foodstuff, the kill. …”
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Social status of women in Ancient Sparta by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…She publicly ridiculed the bachelors and cowards. If her own son turned out to be a coward, she could kill him herself. …”
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Liminarités, fissures et réécritures : un événement à la frontière entre le nord du Portugal et la Galice by Paula Godinho

“…Local history, language and sociability reveal a reality rolled out with time through coexisting local populations, either quarrelling or cooperating beyond or against the state’s norms and jurisdictions. …”
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Evaluation of the effect of soil and irrigation water characteristics on the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Mentha spicata L. essential oil: A plant used in tra... by Vajiheh Gandomi Hosnaroodi, Mansureh Ghavam

“…After extracting the essential oils by water distillation (Clevenger) and determining the yield, the chemical compounds of the essential oils were identified by a chromatograph coupled with a mass spectrometer. …”
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“The advice? Think bigger”: Community perspectives on dairy farming, including surplus calves—An Australian focus group study by Sarah E. Bolton, Bianca Vandresen, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk

“…The aim of this study was to attain an in-depth understanding of Australian public attitudes toward sustainability and animal welfare in dairy production, as well as early-life killing of surplus dairy calves and cow-calf separation, issues commonly identified as being out of step with public values. …”
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Genealogy of the Arab tribes living in Syria during the Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS)Typology of the Arab Tribes Living in the Levant during the Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS) Typology... by Akram sadat Hoseini, Yahya Mirhoseini

“…In this research, we undertook a systematic analysis of the Levantine community by first identifying a sample of 80 Arab tribes residing in the region. …”
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Insecticidal Action of Local Isolates of Entomopathogenic Fungi Against <i>Bactrocera oleae</i> Pupae by Spiridon Mantzoukas, Alexandros Margaritis, Thomais Sourouni, Vasiliki Georgopoulou, Chrysanthi Zarmakoupi, Vasileios Papantzikos, Ioannis Lagogiannis, Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos, George Patakioutas

“…The results show that certain known entomopathogenic fungi are able, in their natural environment, to kill <i>B. oleae</i> pupae to a significant extent. …”
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An Update on National Consensus Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Hepatitis C & Literature Review in Epidemiology of Hepatitis C in Pakistan - 2022 by Sibt ul Hasnain Syed, Muhammad Umar, Hamama tul Bushra Khaar, Tayyab Saeed Akhter, Tassawar Hussain, Amjad Salamat, Syed Irfan Ahmad, Rai Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Khurram, Anwar A. Khan, Fazl-e-Hadi, Aftab Mohsin, Waseem-Ud-Din, Saleem Qureshi, Sohail Iqbal Bhutta, Javeria Zahid Khan, Sadia Ahmad, Aqsa Naseer, Anum Abbas, Misbah Noreen, Faiza Aslam, Zahid Mahmood Minhas, Asif Abbas Naqvi, Atifa Shoaib, Saima Ambreen, Gul Nisar, Mohammad Mujeeb Khan, Talal Khursheed, Mohammad Osama

“… Hepatitis C is a global health problem affecting around 58 million people worldwide and killing almost 0.29 million in on one year [1]. …”
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Combined therapeutic option for NDM-producing Serratia Marcescens – an in vitro study from clinical samples by Balbina Chilombo Albano, Leticia Ramos Dantas, Gabriel Burato Ortis, Paula Hansen Suss, Felipe Francisco Tuon

“…Synergy evaluation involved a static macrodilution test followed by a time-kill curve assay. …”
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Are You My Host? An Overview of Methods Used to Link Bacteriophages with Hosts by Paul Hyman

“…Until recently, the only methods for finding out if a particular strain or species of bacteria could be a host for a particular bacteriophage was to see if the bacteriophage could infect that bacterium and kill it, releasing progeny phages. …”
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The Effect of Clove Leave Essential Oil (Syzigium aromaticum, L) on Mortality Level of Aedes aegypty Mosquitos by Iva Ariska

“…The use of natural materials as a safe control for health and environmentally friendly is an option for the community. …”
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« Chez nous, on ne tue pas le chien sans raison » by Christian Seignobos

“…The patterns of matrimonial alliances have widely addressed this in the past.To kill a dog with iron is a crime, to let it starve to death, a heavy infamy. …”
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Soul-foods as pharmaka: female bodies and poisons in the Upper Rio Negro by Pedro Lolli, Geraldo Andrello

“…Setting out from the mythical genesis of tobacco, coca, paricá, and caapi (ayahuasca), we examine the relationship between these substances and diverse aspects of female bodies and their reproductive powers, suggesting that these psychoactives can be conceived as pharmaka in the classic sense of the term, acting both to increase a person’s vital force and/or to harm and kill. …”
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‘Bright Cynthia comes to hunt and revel here’ : constellations mythologiques et cynégétiques dans Titus Andronicus et Thomas of Woodstock by Agnès Lafont

“…The various aspects of the myth of Diana the Huntress are normatively described by mythographers in their dictionaries or by emblematists; typically, she is the goddess of chastity as one can understand from the set phrase: “as chaste as Diana”. Once included in a dramatic text however, the myth of Diana can turn out to be only a mask under the cover of which bloody deeds may be perpetrated. …”
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Screening of the Dichloromethane: Methanolic Extract of Centella asiatica for Antibacterial Activities against Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Shigella sonnei, Bacillus subtili... by Berick Moturi Sieberi, George Isanda Omwenga, Rachael Kitondo Wambua, Judith Chemutai Samoei, Mathew Piero Ngugi

“…They included preliminary screening of dichloromethane: methanolic extract of Centella asiatica against human pathogenic bacteria including Salmonella typhi ATCC 19430, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Shigella sonnei ATCC 25931, Bacillus subtilis ATCC 21332, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 using agar disc diffusion, broth microdilution method, and time-kill kinetics with tetracycline as a positive control. …”
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Apocalyptic Propaganda: How the U.S. Government Manufactured Consent on The War on Terror by Carin Blom, Tomas Lindgren

“…War and propaganda have been linked together for a long time because of a natural human inhibition against killing other humans. …”
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Induction of Resistance to Larvae Crocidolomia pavonana F. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) using Rhizobacteria to the Cabbage by Indri Yanil Vajri, Trizelia, Haliatur Rahma

“…The test was carried out by soaking the seeds in a suspension containing rhizobacteria with a population density of 10⁸ cells/ml. …”
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Some Customary Law Nuance on that Hagiography: Attempt of Interpretations by Marius Ščavinskas

“…It is said that Netimer's brother Zebedene, who probably came when he found out about Netimer's baptism, told them to kill Brunon. …”
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Chemotherapy-related side effects in childhood cancer in Hiwa Hospital Sulaimani city/Kurdistan region, Iraq by Awayi Ghazy Abdulkareem, Zhian Salah Ramzi, Jamal Ahmad Rashid, Heshu Sulaiman Rahman

“…The present study aimed to assess chemotherapeutic side effects in children with cancer. A single chemo drug can treat cancer; however, in order to come up with better and quicker results, sometimes a number of drugs are used in a specific order or combination which is referred to as combination chemotherapy. …”
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