Preventing Foodborne Illness: E. coli “The Big Six” by Susanna Richardson, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Keith R. Schneider

“…Escherichia coli is a bacterium usually found in the digestive system of healthy humans and animals and transmitted through fecal contamination. There are hundreds of known E. coli strains, with E. coli O157:H7 being the most widely recognized because of the severe illness it causes. …”
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Antenatal Hepatitis C Screening: A Pilot Study by Joseph Valamparampil, Jaswant Sira, Maxine Brown, Saket Singhal, Deirdre Kelly

“…Four hundred and ninety women were included in the study. …”
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Insights into self-reported food allergies in Romanian schoolchildren by Claudia Felicia Pop, Daniela Rajka, Ioana Corina Bocsan, Petronela Alina Coblisan, Gabriela Edita Ichim, Anna Lazar, Paraschiva Chereches-Panta

“…The aim of this study is to analyze the prevalence and severity of FA and to assess the extent of information the medical and teaching staff in schools have on students’ medical history.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was performed in schoolchildren from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, using an online questionnaire delivered to their parents.Results and conclusionsSeven hundred and eight individuals completed the entire questionnaire. …”
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Echinococcus granulosus Prevalence in Dogs in Southwest Nigeria by Oyeduntan Adejoju Adediran, Temitope Ubaidat Kolapo, Emmanuel Chibuike Uwalaka

“…The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of canine echinococcosis in Southwest Nigeria using direct enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect sera antigen. Two hundred and seventy-three (273) canine sera were tested for the presence of Echinococcus antigen. …”
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The role of implicit beliefs about emotions and emotion regulation on psychological adjustment: a study among youth athletes by Miguel Cunha, Rui Sofia, Cláudia Dias

“…This study aimed to understand the role of self-control and emotion regulation on the young athlete’s psychological well-being, while also considering the influence of implicit beliefs about emotions. Methods One-hundred and forty-five athletes ranging from 15 to 21 (16.21 ± 1.44) completed an online survey with selfreport measures of trait anxiety, perceived stress, positive and negative affect, subjective happiness, life satisfaction, implicit beliefs about emotions, self-control, and emotion regulation. …”
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Are Wolf-Rayet Stars Able to Pollute the Interstellar Medium of Galaxies? Results from Integral Field Spectroscopy by Enrique Pérez-Montero, Carolina Kehrig, Jarle Brinchmann, José M. Vílchez, Daniel Kunth, Florence Durret

“…In contrast, we found an overabundance of N/O in spatial scales of the order of hundreds of pc associated with or close to the positions of the WR stars in 4 out of the 6 galaxies. …”
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Nanopore sequencing reveals that DNA replication compartmentalisation dictates genome stability and instability in Trypanosoma brucei by Marija Krasiļņikova, Catarina A. Marques, Emma M. Briggs, Craig Lapsley, Graham Hamilton, Dario Beraldi, Kathryn Crouch, Richard McCulloch

“…Eleven megabase-sized chromosomes each comprise a transcribed core flanked by silent subtelomeres, housing thousands of Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSG) genes. Additionally, hundreds of sub-megabase chromosomes contain 177 bp repeats of unknown function, and VSG transcription sites localise to many telomeres. …”
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Assessing Errors Inherent in OCT-Derived Macular Thickness Maps by Daniel Odell, Adam M. Dubis, Jackson F. Lever, Kimberly E. Stepien, Joseph Carroll

“…Cumulative error can exceed hundreds of microns, even under “ideal observer” conditions. …”
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Deep terrestrial indigenous microbial community dominated by Candidatus Frackibacter by Sian E. Ford, Greg F. Slater, Katja Engel, Oliver Warr, Garnet S. Lollar, Allyson Brady, Josh D. Neufeld, Barbara Sherwood Lollar

“…Here we characterized microbial communities within the Kidd Creek Observatory subsurface fracture water system with mean residence times of hundreds of millions to over one billion years. 16S rRNA analysis revealed that biosamplers well isolated from the mine environment were dominated by a putatively anaerobic and halophilic bacterial species from the Halobacteroidaceae family, Candidatus Frackibacter. …”
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Enhancing DNA Vaccine Delivery Through Stearyl-Modified Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Improved Antigen Expression and Immune Response In Vitro and In Vivo by Sheng Jiang, Cheng Zu, Bin Wang, Yiwei Zhong

“…In vivo, S-Cr9T significantly increased antigen expression and triggered a robust immune response, including a threefold increase in IFN-γ secretion and several hundred-fold increases in antibody levels compared to control groups. …”
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A Brief Review on Medicinal Plants-At-Arms against COVID-19 by Shivani Srivastava, Fangzhou He, Yuanding Huang, Meng Niu, Alok Adholeya, Weng Kung Peng

“…Accordingly, this review highlights the unprecedented opportunities offered by medicinal plants and their compounds, candidates as the therapeutic agent, against COVID-19 by acting as viral protein inhibitors and immunomodulator in (32 clinical trials and hundreds of in silico experiments) conjecture with modern science. …”
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Observed Sprite Streamer Growth Rates by H. C. Stenbaek‐Nielsen, M. G. McHarg, N. Y. Liu

“…Abstract Sprites have been recorded at ∼100,000 frames per second. One hundred and sixty five essentially vertically propagating streamers, 110 downward and 55 upward, have been selected for analysis. …”
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The social media scale for depression in adolescence by Eve Twivy, Daniel Freeman, Ciorsdan Anderson, Bao Sheng Loe, Felicity Waite

“…We aimed to develop a questionnaire assessing different ways of using social media, and use it to understand potential associations with depression in adolescence. One thousand one hundred and forty adolescents completed an item pool. …”
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Unusual violation of the Wiedemann–Franz law at ultralow temperatures in topological compensated semimetals by Yi-Yan Wang, Xin Rao, Ying Zhou, Xiang-De Zhu, Xia Zhao, Gang Chen, Na Li, Hui Liang, Tian-Long Xia, Xue-Feng Sun

“…The obtained Lorenz ratio is hundreds of times lower than Sommerfeld’s value even when approaching the zero-temperature limit. …”
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Assessment of Hair Aluminum, Lead, and Mercury in a Sample of Autistic Egyptian Children: Environmental Risk Factors of Heavy Metals in Autism by Farida El Baz Mohamed, Eman Ahmed Zaky, Adel Bassuoni El-Sayed, Reham Mohammed Elhossieny, Sally Soliman Zahra, Waleed Salah Eldin, Walaa Yousef Youssef, Rania Abdelmgeed Khaled, Azza Mohamed Youssef

“…The aim of this study was to assess the levels and possible environmental risk factors and sources of exposure to mercury, lead, and aluminum in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as compared to their matched controls. Methods. One hundred ASD children were studied in comparison to 100 controls. …”
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The Contribution of Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Imaging in the Preoperative Assessment of Breast Tumors: A Preliminary Report by K. Kalmantis, C. Dimitrakakis, Ch. Koumpis, A. Tsigginou, N. Papantoniou, S. Mesogitis, A. Antsaklis

“…The aim of this study was to determine the value of 3D and 3D Power Doppler sonography in the detection of tumor malignancy in breast lesions and to find new diagnostic criteria for differential diagnosis. Methods. One hundred and twenty five women with clinically or mammographically suspicious findings were referred for 3D Power Doppler ultrasound prior to surgery. …”
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Outcome of Allogeneic Adult Stem Cell Therapy in Dogs Suffering from Osteoarthritis and Other Joint Defects by Kiran Shah, Tara Drury, Ivelise Roic, Peter Hansen, Mark Malin, Richard Boyd, Huseyin Sumer, Ray Ferguson

“…In this report, we describe the outcome of the treatment of two hundred and three dogs diagnosed with degenerative arthritis with severe chronic pain in joints causing lameness at walk, reduced mobility, and functional disability. …”
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Prevalence and Infection’s Degree of Gastrointestinal Nematode Worm in Friesian Holstein Dairy Cows at KUTT Suka Makmur Pasuruan Regency by Kinanti Putri Utami, Kuncoro Puguh Santoso, Lucia Tri Suwanti, Poedji Hastutiek, Dian Ayu Permatasari, Agus Sunarso

“…The study was conducted in July – September 2023. One hundred of feces samples were collected from four districts at KUTT Suka Makmur working area. …”
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Multi-locus CRISPRi targeting with a single truncated guide RNA by Molly M. Moore, Siddarth Wekhande, Robbyn Issner, Alejandro Collins, Anna J. Cruz, Yanjing V. Liu, Nauman Javed, Salvador Casaní-Galdón, Jason D. Buenrostro, Charles B. Epstein, Eugenio Mattei, John G. Doench, Bradley E. Bernstein, Noam Shoresh, Fadi J. Najm

“…A truncated guide with hundreds of sequence match sites can reliably disrupt enhancer activity, which expands the targeting scope of CRISPRi while maintaining repressive efficacy. …”
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Optimizing the production of Polyphosphate from Acinetobacter towneri by J. Aravind, T. Saranya, P. Kanmani

“…Inorganic polyphosphates (PolyP) are linear polymers of few to several hundred orthophosphate residues, linked by energy-rich phosphoanhydride bonds. …”
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