Analysis of Changes in Flavor Substances of Tomato Fruits in Different Ripening Stages by Headspace-Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry by FU Xiaohui, SHI Lu, SUN Qingzhen, DONG Xiaoxing, PIAO Fengzhi, DU Nanshan

“…High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and headspace-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) were employed to analyze the changes in volatile metabolites in wild-type Ailsa Craig tomato fruits in four ripening stages (mature green, breaker, light ripe and red ripe) at the metabolic and transcriptional levels. …”
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Diminished Expression of Complement Regulatory Proteins on Peripheral Blood Cells from Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients by Ana Paula Alegretti, Laiana Schneider, Amanda Kirchner Piccoli, Odirlei Andre Monticielo, Priscila Schmidt Lora, João Carlos Tavares Brenol, Ricardo Machado Xavier

“…CD55, CD59, CD46, and CD35 are proteins with complement regulatory (Creg) properties that ensure cell and tissue integrity when this system is activated. …”
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Full-Scale Laboratory Test of Cutting Large-Diameter Piles Directly by Shield Cutterhead by Yuqing Wang, Xinyu Wang, Yangyang Xiong, Zhuangzhi Yang, Jie Zhang

“…It is recommended that majorities of the cutters shall be disc cutters and supplemented with drag bits and tear cutters.…”
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A Modified Total Crossing Time Model of Bidirectional Pedestrians at Signalized Crosswalks by Zhanzhong Wang, Liying Zhao, Ningbo Cao, Yue Lu, Mingtao Chen

“…The discharge time depends primarily on the maximum queue length, which is determined by pedestrian arrival rate, red interval, waiting position distribution, and the crosswalk width. …”
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Biofilm-Producing Bacteria and Risk Factors (Gender and Duration of Catheterization) Characterized as Catheter-Associated Biofilm Formation by Wani Devita Gunardi, Anis Karuniawati, Rainy Umbas, Saptawati Bardosono, Aida Lydia, Amin Soebandrio, Dodi Safari

“…A catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI) is preceded by biofilm formation, which is related to several risk factors such as gender, age, diabetic status, duration of catheterization, bacteriuria before catheterization, virulence gene factor, and antibiotic usage. …”
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The proposed protein and carbohydrate ingredients and the acceptance of moist feed by newly hatched Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) by Natthawut Chanlek, Jirapan Satjarak, Yuzuru Ikeda, Nutt Nuntapong, Karun Thongprajukaew

“…Suitable protein ingredients included the meat of blue swimming crab, catfish, emperor fish, Indian anchovy, Indian mackerel, Nile tilapia, Pacific white shrimp, striped catfish, trash fish and yellow-stripe scad. …”
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Antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of kaffir lime essential oils and their active constituents against Staphylococcus aureus focusing on sortase A by Chayapol Pontanayodsakorn, Chatchakorn Eurtivong, Pimsumon Jiamboonsri

“…Antibiofilm activities were assessed using Congo red agar (CRA) well diffusion method, pre-biofilm inhibition resazurin assay, and post-biofilm inhibition assay. …”
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Independent Heath Facility Meets Cancer Care Ontario and Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Guidelines for Endoscopic Procedure Wait Times While Meeting Quality Indicators: A... by Fraser Kegel, Niv Sne, Timothy Rice, Eric Joy, Shayan Shahsavar, Celeste A. Collins, Maria Gagarine, Alexandra Allard-Coutu, Lisa Klotz, Angela Coates, Kamyar Kahnamoui, Marko Simunovic

“…Median wait times from referral to colonoscopy met the recommendations set out by the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and Cancer Care Ontario for all indications: chronic abdominal pain: 43 days; new onset change in bowel habits: 36 days; bright red rectal bleeding: 42 days; documented iron-deficiency anemia: 43 days; fecal occult blood test positive: 38 days; cancer likely based on imaging or physical exam: 23 days; chronic diarrhea and chronic constipation: 42 days; and screening colonoscopies: 55 days. …”
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Biofilm Formation and Detection of Fluoroquinolone- and Carbapenem-Resistant Genes in Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii by María-Guadalupe Avila-Novoa, Oscar-Alberto Solís-Velázquez, Daniel-Eduardo Rangel-López, Jean-Pierre González-Gómez, Pedro-Javier Guerrero-Medina, Melesio Gutiérrez-Lomelí

“…We found 86.6% of A. baumannii strains to be low-grade biofilm formers and 13.3% to be biofilm negative; culturing on Congo red agar (CRA) plates revealed that 73.3% of the A. baumannii isolates to be biofilm producers, while 26.6% were not. …”
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Kigezi Mountain Mosaic by Ian, Cantwell

“…My boss, Miha Logar, suggested that I expand on the history a little, which was like a red rag to a bull. Plans changed and a website was mooted where I would have infinite space. …”
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Fatigue and Exercise Intolerance as Initial Manifestations of a Nonsyndromic Mitochondrial Disorder Due to the Variant m.3243A>G by Josef Finsterer, Sinda Zarrouk

“…Workup for suspected MID revealed ragged-red fibers and NADH-deficient muscle fibers, and biochemical investigations revealed a mild complex-I defect. mtDNA sequencing revealed the variant m.3243A>G with a heteroplasmy rate of 70% in the muscle. …”
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Study of Biofouling on Fly ash – Bottom ash (FABA) Media Subtract by Selvia Mila, Saptarini Dian

“…It was revealed that there was still accumulation of tube worms and bryozoans in the fly ash – bottom ash concrete substrate, but there was a decrease in diversity, and found eight types of macrofouling in twenty-two concrete feed media, namely tube worms, barnacles, crabs, bryozoans, green algae, tunicates, hydroids, brown algae, sponges, and red algae.…”
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