Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are More Immunosuppressive In Vitro If They Are Derived from Endometriotic Lesions than from Eutopic Endometrium by Fawaz Abomaray, Sebastian Gidlöf, Cecilia Götherström

“…ESCcyst and ESCendo expressed MSC markers, formed colonies, and differentiated into osteoblasts and adipocytes. …”
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Identifikasi Bakteri Escherichia coli dalam Air Minum Galon pada Kantin yang ada di Universitas Andalas Padang by Muhammad Rayhan Braja Gitawama, Netti Suharti, Nora Harminarti

“…Samples were taken directly using a sterile bottle, while data analysis using Most Probable Number  (MPN)  tables 5-1-1 and the presence of E. coli bacteria colonies from drinking water samples. Results: 9 of 15 water samples were contaminated by coliform bacteria with the highest MPN index of 240/100 ml that was found in 2 samples. …”
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Production of Biosurfactants by Soil Fungi Isolated from the Amazon Forest by Hellen Holanda Sena, Michele Alves Sanches, Diego Fernando Silva Rocha, Walter Oliva Pinto Filho Segundo, Érica Simplício de Souza, João Vicente Braga de Souza

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the production of biosurfactants by soil fungi isolated from the Amazon forest. Fungi colonies were isolated from soil samples and screened for biosurfactant production in submerged fermentation. …”
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Evaluation of a Simple Antibiotic-Free Cryopreservation Protocol for Drone Semen by Sophie Egyptien, Jérôme Ponthier, Fabien Ectors, Brice Thibaut, Stéfan Deleuze

“…Survival rates until egg-laying onset and female brood production were similar for both groups; however, colonies with queens inseminated with fresh semen were more likely to go into wintering. …”
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Effective adaptation of flight muscles to tebuconazole-induced oxidative stress in honey bees by Máté Mackei, Fanni Huber, Csilla Sebők, Júlia Vörösházi, Patrik Tráj, Rege Anna Márton, Zsuzsanna Neogrády, Gábor Mátis

“…The widespread and excessive agricultural use of azole fungicide tebuconazole poses a major threat to pollinator species including honey bee colonies as highlighted by recent studies. This issue is of growing importance, due to the intensification of modern agriculture and the increasing amount of the applied chemicals, serving as a major and recent problem from both an ecotoxicological and an agricultural point of view. …”
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Structural and Functional Characterization of Deceased Donor Stem Cells: A Viable Alternative to Living Donor Stem Cells by Prakash N. Rao, Dayanand D. Deo, Misty A. Marchioni, Rouzbeh R. Taghizadeh, Kyle Cetrulo, Sharyn Sawczak, Jacob Myrick

“…For the first time, we show that deceased donor femur BM grew cell colonies. Our introduction of new technology for nonenzymatic AT processing significantly increased cell recovery over the traditional enzymatic processing method. …”
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Redes delictivas y formas de crimen organizado en las ciudades de la Europa atlántica durante el Antiguo Régimen by Julia Benito de la Gala, Tomás A. Mantecón Movellán

“…El estudio de redes de contrabandistas que intervinieron en el tráfico colonial español para introducir géneros prohibidos en Canarias, Sevilla y los puertos atlánticos españoles, así como el de otras redes delictivas gestadas en Ámsterdam y Londres permite superar la imagen literaria y caracterizar el crimen organizado en las sociedades urbanas del Antiguo Régimen. …”
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Morphological analysis of cold-water coral skeletons for evaluating in silico mechanical models of reef-scale crumbling by Marta Peña Fernández, Josh Williams, Janina V. Büscher, Janina V. Büscher, J. Murray Roberts, Sebastian J. Hennige, Uwe Wolfram, Uwe Wolfram

“…We showed large morphological variations between fragments of L. pertusa colonies and branches, as well as dead and live skeletal fragments which are driven by growth and adaptation to environmental stressors, with no clear branching-specific patterns. …”
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Shionone Relieves Urinary Tract Infections by Removing Bacteria from Bladder Epithelial Cells by Hao Yin, Jiaoli Zhu, Yi Jiang, Yijing Mao, Chenquan Tang, Hui Cao, Yufang Huang, Huijun Zhu, Jianping Luo, Qingjiang Jin, Qinglei Jin, Yi Xue, Xin Wang

“…The results of immunofluorescence analysis in both in vivo and in vitro experiments revealed that Shionone reduced bacterial load and the number of E. coli colonies growing on the plates was greatly reduced. …”
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Pollution Abatement of Heavy Metals in Different Conditions by Water Kefir Grains as a Protective Tool against Toxicity by Giorgio Volpi, Marco Ginepro, Janeth Tafur-Marinos, Vincenzo Zelano

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate the concentration of heavy metal ions in several Water Kefir solutions during the fermentation process under various conditions. Two colonies of Water Kefir grain were used, and the concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Ba, and Ca were measured in Water Kefir grain solutions at different contact times (0, 24, 48, and 72 hours), different pH values in citric and acetic buffers, and different Water Kefir grains/metal solution ratios, with and without sucrose (5%). …”
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Feminismos del Sur, abriendo horizontes de descolonización. Los feminismos indígenas y los feminismos comunitarios by Catherine Moore Torres

“…La fuerza de esta apuesta reside en concebir la opresión sexual como la contracara de la dominación colonial, lo que sugiere una doble despatriarcalización de los distintos territorios frente a las formas de opresión del capitalismo, pero también del patriarcado ancestral.…”
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Atrapados en la calamidad. Coyunturas desastrosas, muertes masivas e impacto demográfico en Caracas: 1750-1830 by Rogelio Altez, Diana Osuna

“…Las muertes masivas y la destrucción acompañaron el desarrollo histórico de esta ciudad, acumulando problemas sin resolver en la vida colonial como en la organización republicana, sin recursos para consolidar un Estado deficitario ni para adecentar la vida cotidiana de su sociedad. …”
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Detection of multiple etiologies and comparison and investigation of pathological changes in small and large intestine lesions of dogs by Ozgur Kanat, Mustafa Ortatatli

“…Microscopically, histopathological findings such as degeneration, necrosis and desquamation in epithelium, bacteria colonies, hyperaemia, hemorrhages, fibrosis and inflammatory cell infiltrations in propria, degeneration, dilatation and hyperplasia in crypts, and depletion in lymphoid tissues were observed and their severity were scored. …”
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ANÁLISIS ESTRUCTURAL Y ESTRATEGIAS POLÍTICAS EN LAS TEORÍAS DECOLONIALES. UN ACERCAMIENTO A LA DISCUSIÓN by María Antonia Muñoz

“…A pesar de la diversidad del campo, a los efectos argumentativos se describirán dos posiciones: la de la diferencia colonial y la de la transmodernidad. Para sistematizar la primera se rescata principalmente a Lugones, mientras que en la segunda se recuperan la propuesta de Castro-Gómez, mediada por la de Dussel y Grosfoguel. …”
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Biopolítica y mestizaje: una reflexión del nacionalismo mexicano by Roberto Israel Rodríguez Soriano

“…La tesis que se propone es que la categoría del mestizaje es biopolítica; que en su largo proceso de formación teniendo en su núcleo definiciones identitarias elementales que el criollismo generó desde la época colonial basadas en un proyecto civilizatorio reivindicativo de sus propios intereses económicos, ha definido la caracterización de la población mexicana y determinado las diferentes políticas de gobierno clasificando y dividiendo a la población en contra de su retórica de inclusión y de respeto a las diversidades culturales.…”
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Another Look at Israel’s War with Benjamin in Judges 20 from the Perspectives of African Biblical Hermeneutics by Michael Ufok Udoekpo

“…Conscious also of issues of wars and violence in Africa, this study analyses Judg 20 from the perspective of African Biblical Hermeneutics and as a post-colonial approach within the overall context of the theology of Deuteronomistic History (Joshua–Kings). …”
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Modernity and interreligious dialogue. Difficulties posed by the ideological translation of religious categories by María A. Corpas-Aguirre

“…Since the 18th century, the solution to the problems derived from colonialism necessarily went through making the dogmatic foundations more flexible, injecting sceptical principles. …”
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Determination of extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing escherichia coli strains in chicken meat samples by Güzin İplikçioğlu Çil, Görkem Cengiz, Buse Arslan, Ufuk Tansel Şireli

“…After pre-enrichment, each sample was plated to the Brillance ESBL medium and incubated. Up to 5 suspected colonies were selected and plated to the EMB medium. …”
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Embracing Plural Curricula Amid Neoliberalism in Contemporary Universities in Africa: Asante’s Afrocentric Idea Revisited by Phefumula Nyoni, Otilia Chiramba

“… This paper focuses on how Asante’s idea of Afrocentricity could assist in the understanding of the main challenges and opportunities associated with curricula in Africa’s post-colonial universities. In terms of methodology, the paper constitutes a conceptual treatise that draws from previous empirical research that focused on Afrocentricity and a plural programme – the extended curriculum programme within a university context where neoliberalism remains dominant. …”
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Důsledky tzv. Šmalkaldské války z let 1546-1547 pro vývoj měnové integrace Evropy by Petr Vorel

“…However, during the 1540s the emperor gained his own and very important silver mines in the oversea colonies. That's why his own interests in the Reich turned the scale of the long-termed development and why II. …”
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