Effect of selected Indonesian plants on Giardia intestinalis in an experimental in vitro model by Radka Pecková, Karel Doležal, Bohumil Sak, Dana Květoňová, Martin Kváč, Ivan Petřík, Wisnu Nurcahyo, Ivona Foitová

“…Methods Plant extracts of different concentrations (400, 100, 25 and 6.25 µg/ml) and metronidazole (100 µg/ml), a standard giardicidal drug, were incubated with 25,000 trophozoites per milliliter of growth medium in 12-well tissue culture plates under anaerobic conditions for 72 h. Cultures were counted in a hemocytometer using a light microscope and then statistically evaluated. …”
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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits the collagen accumulation of oral submucous fibrosis induced by arecoline by Ge Gao, Ge Gao, Caipeng Lin, Caipeng Lin, Ruibo Li, Xi Xie, Hai-Bin Luo, Hai-Bin Luo

“…Optimal ARE concentrations were established using the Cell Counting Kit-8. The impact of ARE on extracellular matrix (ECM)-related protein expression was assessed through RT-qPCR and Western blot techniques. …”
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Unveiling risk factors: a prognostic model of frequent peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients by Qi-jiang Xu, Qi-jiang Xu, Zhi-yun Zang, Xue-li Zhou, Xue-li Zhou, Ni-ya Ma, Li Pu, Li Pu, Zi Li

“…In the training set, we found several independent risk factors significantly associated with frequent episodes in PDAP patients, including diabetes mellitus (DM), hemoglobin (HB), serum albumin (ALB), lactatic dehydrogenase (LDH), serum potassium (K), N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and peritoneal dialysate white cell counts on day 1. And we constructed a prediction model with an area under curve (AUC) values of 0.75 in the training set and 0.76 in the test set, which showed excellent predictive performance.ConclusionWe constructed a predictive model that demonstrated excellent predictive performance for identifying high-risk frequent episodes in PDAP patients and developed a more intuitive nomogram for evaluating the risk. …”
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Projected background and sensitivity of AMoRE-II by A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal, J. Beyer, B. Bhandari, R. S. Boiko, K. Boonin, O. Buzanov, C. R. Byeon, N. Chanthima, M. K. Cheoun, J. S. Choe, Seonho Choi, S. Choudhury, J. S. Chung, F. A. Danevich, M. Djamal, D. Drung, C. Enss, A. Fleischmann, A. M. Gangapshev, L. Gastaldo, Y. M. Gavrilyuk, A. M. Gezhaev, O. Gileva, V. D. Grigorieva, V. I. Gurentsov, C. Ha, D. H. Ha, E. J. Ha, D. H. Hwnag, E. J. Jeon, J. A. Jeon, H. S. Jo, J. Kaewkhao, C. S. Kang, W. G. Kang, V. V. Kazalov, S. Kempf, A. Khan, S. Khan, D. Y. Kim, G. W. Kim, H. B. Kim, Ho-Jong Kim, H. J. Kim, H. L. Kim, H. S. Kim, M. B. Kim, S. C. Kim, S. K. Kim, S. R. Kim, W. T. Kim, Y. D. Kim, Y. H. Kim, K. Kirdsiri, Y. J. Ko, V. V. Kobychev, V. Kornoukhov, V. V. Kuzminov, D. H. Kwon, C. H. Lee, DongYeup Lee, E. K. Lee, H. J. Lee, H. S. Lee, J. Lee, J. Y. Lee, K. B. Lee, M. H. Lee, M. K. Lee, S. W. Lee, Y. C. Lee, D. S. Leonard, H. S. Lim, B. Mailyan, E. P. Makarov, P. Nyanda, Y. Oh, S. L. Olsen, S. I. Panasenko, H. K. Park, H. S. Park, K. S. Park, S. Y. Park, O. G. Polischuk, H. Prihtiadi, S. Ra, S. S. Ratkevich, G. Rooh, E. Sala, M. B. Sari, J. Seo, K. M. Seo, B. Sharma, K. A. Shin, V. N. Shlegel, K. Siyeon, J. So, N. V. Sokur, J. K. Son, J. W. Song, N. Srisittipokakun, V. I. Tretyak, R. Wirawan, K. R. Woo, H. J. Yeon, Y. S. Yoon, Q. Yue, The AMoRE Collaboration

“…We report the estimated background level that meets the $$10^{-4}$$ 10 - 4 counts/(keV $$\cdot $$ · kg $$\cdot $$ · year) requirement for AMoRE-II in the Region Of Interest (ROI) and show the projected half-life sensitivity based on the simulation study.…”
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Methyltransferase DNMT3B promotes colorectal cancer cell proliferation by inhibiting PLCG2 by Ji Yong, Wang Yang, Zou Jiacheng, Liu Guanghao, Xia Mingyu, Ren Jun, Wang Daorong

“…Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) and colony formation assays are used to assess the proliferation of colorectal cancer cells. …”
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The Model of the Optimal Number of Public Transport Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Flow Conditions: A Case Study by Milja M. Simeunović, Vuk Z. Bogdanović, Milan M. Simeunović, Pavle M. Pitka, Zoran M. Papić, Dane M. Drašković

“…In order to develop the transport model, counting and analysis of the characteristics of traffic flow at 61 intersections on the city territory were carried out. …”
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Human inborn errors of immunity underlying Talaromyces marneffei infections: a multicenter, retrospective cohort study by Huifeng Fan, Zhiyong Yang, Yuhui Wu, Xiulan Lu, Tian Li, Xuyang Lu, Gen Lu, Liming He, Guoping Lu, Li Huang

“…Elevated levels of IgE were detected in five cases, and six cases exhibited decreased T lymphocyte absolute counts. Four children were diagnosed with hyperimmunoglobulin M syndrome (HIGM) due to CD40LG mutations, three cases had severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and five were diagnosed with hyper-IgE syndrome (HIES). …”
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Microbial Contamination and Food Safety Aspects of Cassava Roasted Flour (“Rale”) in Mozambique by Andreia Massamby, Su-lin L. Leong, Bettina Müller, Lucas Tivana, Volkmar Passoth, Custódia Macuamule, Mats Sandgren

“…Aflatoxin-producing molds were observed infrequently in this study, and only at low counts, thus, the risk for aflatoxin contamination appears to be low. …”
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Cardiac Migration of Endogenous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Patients with Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Felicitas Escher, Sophie Van Linthout, Uwe Kühl, Kapka Miteva, Jochen Ringe, Thomas Zobel, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Carsten Tschöpe

“…MSC defined as CD45−CD34−CD11b−CD73+CD90+ cells accounted for 0.010 [0.0025–0.048]%/peripheral mononuclear cell (PMNC) and as CD45−CD34−CD11b−CD73+CD105+ cells for 0.019 [0.0026–0.067]%/PMNC, both with similar counts in patients with or without cardiac inflammation. …”
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The natural course of cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours in MEN1 by Eline N M van Vliembergen, Carolina R C Pieterman, Annenienke C van de Ven, Arthur J A T Braat, Gerlof D Valk, Joanne M de Laat

“…Cystic lesions had a median diameter of 26 mm at the time of resection, compared to 18 mm for solid lesions, with comparable Ki-67 indices and mitotic counts. We conclude that cystic and solid PanNETs in MEN1 patients appear to be morphological variations of the same entity, suggesting that similar management approaches should be considered.…”
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RAPID: real-time automated plankton identification dashboard using Edge AI at sea by Sophie G. Pitois, Robert E. Blackwell, Hayden Close, Noushin Eftekhari, Sarah L. C. Giering, Mojtaba Masoudi, Eric Payne, Joseph Ribeiro, James Scott

“…Nevertheless, we found similar variability in the counts of the three classes in the output of the dashboard (after data loss) with that of the post-survey processing of the entire dataset. …”
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INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES IN THE USE OF VITAMIN E AND ROSEMARY AS ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FOR ENHANCING THE SAFETY AND PRESERVATION OF MINCED POULTRY MEAT DURING REFRIGERATION by S. M. Farhan, H. M. Alnori, S. I. Yousif, N. Mirzan, S. Abdulateef, N. M. Jebril, A. A. Al-Azzami, O. A. Saeed, B. F. Sulaiman, S. Y. Sardary

“…The alcoholic rosemary extract exhibited the most significant reduction in bacterial counts, followed closely by the aqueous rosemary extract and rosemary leaf powder at the 1%/kg dosage. …”
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Fractional exhaled nitric oxide in a respiratory healthy general population through the lifespan by Christina Bal, Caspar Schiffers, Marie-Kathrin Breyer, Sylvia Hartl, Alvar Agusti, Ahmad Karimi, Wolfgang Pohl, Marco Idzko, Robab Breyer-Kohansal

“…Multiple regression analyses showed that body height and blood eosinophil counts were associated with higher FeNO levels, both in children/adolescents and adults. …”
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Epidemiology of urinary tract infections in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990–2021 by Fatemeh Amiri, Saeid Safiri, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Kamaleddin Hassanzadeh, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Shahnam Arshi

“…Metrics such as absolute counts, age-standardised rates, and percentage changes from 1990 to 2021 are presented with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). …”
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Unravelling hybridization in Phytophthora using phylogenomics and genome size estimation by Kris Van Poucke, Annelies Haegeman, Thomas Goedefroit, Fran Focquet, Leen Leus, Marília Horta Jung, Corina Nave, Miguel Angel Redondo, Claude Husson, Kaloyan Kostov, Aneta Lyubenova, Petya Christova, Anne Chandelier, Slavcho Slavov, Arthur de Cock, Peter Bonants, Sabine Werres, Jonàs Oliva Palau, Benoit Marçais, Thomas Jung, Jan Stenlid, Tom Ruttink, Kurt Heungens

“…Analyses based on locus- and allele counts and especially on the combination of species-specific loci and genome size estimations allowed us to confirm and characterize 27 previously described hybrid species and discover 16 new hybrid species. …”
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Definitions matter: Multicenter investigation of incidence and outcome of poor graft function after hematopoietic cell transplantation by Konradin F. Müskens, Winny N. R. Collot‐d'Escury, Rana Dandis, Saskia Haitjema, Jürgen Kuball, Moniek A. deWitte, Marc Bierings, Caroline A. Lindemans, Stefan Nierkens, Mirjam E. Belderbos

“…To assess the impact of definition heterogeneity, we conducted a multicenter study, analyzing over 35.000 longitudinal blood counts from 427 pediatric and 405 adult HCT recipients. …”
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Extracting Regular Building Footprints Using Projection Histogram Method from UAV-Based 3D Models by Yaoyao Ren, Xing Li, Fangyuqing Jin, Chunmei Li, Wei Liu, Erzhu Li, Lianpeng Zhang

“…Subsequently, we employ 2D indexing and counting grids for efficient data processing and utilize a sophisticated connected component labeling algorithm to precisely identify the extents of the roofs. …”
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Click chemistry-enabled gold nanorods for sensitive detection and viability evaluation of copper(II)-reducing bacteria by Tongtong Tian, Wenjing Yang, Xiaohuan Wang, Te Liu, Baishen Pan, Wei Guo, Beili Wang

“…Using dark-field microscopy (DFM), we demonstrated a strong linear correlation between AuNR counts and the logarithm of bacterial concentration for both Gram-negative Escherichia coli (including KPC-2-expressing antibiotic-resistant strains) and Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus across a range of 101 to 107 cells, achieving a remarkable detection limit of 101 cells. …”
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A Novel Wild-Type <i>Lacticaseibacillus paracasei</i> Strain Suitable for the Production of Functional Yoghurt and Ayran Products by Ioanna Prapa, Chrysoula Pavlatou, Vasiliki Kompoura, Anastasios Nikolaou, Electra Stylianopoulou, George Skavdis, Maria E. Grigoriou, Yiannis Kourkoutas

“…The strains were able to grow at low pH and high NaCl concentrations, conditions that prevail in food systems (cell counts ranged from 1.77 to 8.48 log CFU/mL after exposure to pH 3 and from 5.66 to 9.52 log CFU/mL after exposure to NaCl concentrations up to 8%). …”
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Comparison of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Expression in Odontogenic Keratocyst and Ameloblastoma: An Immunohistochemical Study by Hiroshi Takahashi, Shuichi Fujita, Shigeru Yamabe, Takeshi Moriishi, Haruo Okabe, Yoshifumi Tajima, Akio Mizuno

“…The percentage of PCNA-positive cells determined by point counting was significantly lower in the ameloblastomas (mean 9.4%, standard deviation (SD) 11.0) than in odontogenic keratocysts (mean 29.9%, SD 24.0). …”
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