Establishing Differences in Thermographic Patterns between the Various Complications in Diabetic Foot Disease by Alfred Gatt, Owen Falzon, Kevin Cassar, Christian Ellul, Kenneth P. Camilleri, Jean Gauci, Stephen Mizzi, Anabelle Mizzi, Cassandra Sturgeon, Liberato Camilleri, Nachiappan Chockalingam, Cynthia Formosa

“…Participants were categorized according to a medical examination, ankle brachial index, doppler waveform analysis, and 10-gram monofilament testing into five groups: healthy adult, DM with no complications, DM with peripheral neuropathy, DM with neuroischaemia, and DM with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) groups. …”
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Prevalence and Clinical Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Reproductive-Aged Thai Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Thanyarat Wongwananuruk, Manee Rattanachaiyanont, Suchada Indhavivadhana, Pichai Leerasiri, Kitirat Techatraisak, Prasong Tanmahasamut, Surasak Angsuwathana, Chongdee Dangrat

“…Information regarding medical history and physical examination and results of 75 gram OGTT were recorded. Results. The overall prevalence of IR was 20.0%, comprising the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, and diabetic mellitus of 3.2%, 13.6%, and 5.6%, respectively. …”
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Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation of the Probiotic Potential of the Bacteriocinogenic Strain Enterococcus lactis PMD74 Isolated from Ezine Cheese by Başar Uymaz Tezel

“…The strain PMD74 was able to inhibit the growth of a number of Gram-positive bacteria, including Listeria monocytogenes, Lactobacillus sake, Staphylococcus aureus, and E. faecalis. …”
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Carbon Sink Estimation of Mangrove Vegetation Using Remote Sensing in Segara Anakan, Cilacap by Zahra Safira Aulia, Rizqi Rizaldi Hidayat, Amron Amron

“…Mangrove in Segara Anakan has the ability to absorb 8.56 Mega gram of carbon per hectare. Segara Anakan mangroves have the potential to absorb high level of carbon, so we should maintain their sustainability.…”
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Preterm Bebeğin Yoğun Bakım Ünitesi Taburculuğu Öncesi Ebeveynlerin Öğrenim Gereksinimlerinin Belirlenmesi by Emine Eşref, Funda Büyükyılmaz

“…Bu veriler frekans, ortalama, standart sapma, Mann Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis Testi ile analiz edildi.Bulgular: Araştırmaya katılan preterm bebeklerin ortalama 36,34 ± 1,29 haftalık, doğum kilosunun 2970 ± 48 gram olduğu, 4,74 ± 3,39 gün yenidoğan yoğun bakım ünitesinde tedavi gördüğü belirlendi. …”
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Contribution of domestic animals’ feces to the occurrence of diarrhoea among children aged 6–48 months in Sidama region, Ethiopia: a laboratory-based matched case-control study by Argaw Ambelu, Gorfu Geremew Gunsa, Alemayehu Haddis

“…The presence of diarrhoea-causing pathogens (Campylobacteria, Escherichia coli, non-typhoidal salmonella, Shigella and Cryptosporidium) was detected using culture media, biochemical tests, gram stain, catalase and oxidase tests. The diarrhoea risk factors were identified using conditional logistic regressions and the random forest method using R.4.3.2.Results Of the faecal specimens diagnosed, 250 (64.1%) tested positive for one or more pathogens. …”
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Lack of Proinflammatory Cytokine Interleukin-6 or Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-1 Results in a Failure of the Innate Immune Response after Bacterial Meningitis by Lea-Jessica Albrecht, Simone C. Tauber, Julika Merres, Eugenia Kress, Matthias B. Stope, Sandra Jansen, Thomas Pufe, Lars-Ove Brandenburg

“…The most frequent pathogen that causes bacterial meningitis is the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. …”
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Correlation between the Dissemination of Classic English Literary Works and Cultural Cognition in the New Media Era by Weiwei Guo

“…In parsing, a bidirectional gated recurrent unit network model based on hybrid character embedding is proposed. Based on n-gram embedding, by combining pretraining embedding and radical embedding, it can fully consider the rich semantic information in English literature works to extract. …”
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Isolation and Molecular Identification of Lactic Acid Bacteria Using 16s rRNA Genes from Fermented Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.)) Dough by Belay Tilahun, Anteneh Tesfaye, Diriba Muleta, Andualem Bahiru, Zewdu Terefework, Gary Wessel

“…A total of 24 purified bacterial isolates were found to be Gram-positive (they are coccus and rod under microscope) and were good acid producers. …”
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Screening of a Soil Tyrosianse Producing Bacterial Strain HM24 and Comparison of its Tyrosinase Activity in Different Mediums Containing Natural Sources of L-tyrosine by Seyed Muhammad Hamid Malekpour, Moj Khaleghi, Alireza Akhtarpour

“…Twenty strains were isolated from the soil of Langar, Kerman, Iran, with characteristics of actinobacteria (gram-positive filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria and powdery consistency colonies that stick firmly to agar surface). …”
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Intestinal Schistosomiasis among Primary Schoolchildren in Two On-Shore Communities in Rorya District, Northwestern Tanzania: Prevalence, Intensity of Infection and Associated Risk... by David Z. Munisi, Joram Buza, Emmanuel A. Mpolya, Safari M. Kinung’hi

“…The prevalence of S. mansoni infection was 84.01%, with geometric mean egg intensity of 167.13 (95% CI: 147.19–189.79) eggs per gram of stool (epg). Other parasites detected were Ascaris lumbricoides (1.4%) and hookworms (1.4%). …”
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A Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Placental Trophoblasts in Response to Pathogenic and Probiotic Enterococcus faecalis Interaction by Qianglai Tan, Zhen Zeng, Feng Xu, Hua Wei

“…With the ability to cross placental barriers in their hosts, strains of Gram-positive Enterococcus faecalis can exhibit either beneficial or harmful properties. …”
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Design of natural asphalt sulfamic acid (NA-NHSO3H) as a scalable natural asphalt-derived heterogeneous Brønsted acid to catalyze multicomponent reactions meeting green chemistry g... by Sahar Abdolahi, Mohammad Soleiman-Beigi

“…Furthermore, the study mentions the practical applicability of this catalyst, evidenced by tests confirming its robustness in gram-scale reactions and through hot filtration tests.…”
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Rothia mucilaginosa Meningitis in a Child with Myelodysplastic Syndromes by Fumihiro Ochi, Ryota Nakamura, Reiji Miyawaki, Kyoko Moritani, Shinobu Murakami, Hisamichi Tauchi

“…Rothia mucilaginosa is a Gram-positive coccus and an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. …”
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An analysis of the cultivation, consumption and composition of home-grown cannabis following decriminalisation in the Australian Capital Territory by Cilla Zhou, Isobel Lavender, Rebecca Gordon, Danielle McCartney, Richard C. Kevin, Miguel A. Bedoya-Pérez, Iain S. McGregor

“…Cannabis intake was a median of 1 gram on a typical day used and the number of plants grown per year was a median of 4. …”
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The Effect of Lipopolysaccharides from <i>Salmonella enterica</i> on the Size, Density, and Compressibility of Phospholipid Vesicles by Tamás Szabó, Zuzana Garaiová, Sopio Melikishvili, Marek Tatarko, Zsófia Keresztes, Tibor Hianik

“…Enteritidis, which mimics Gram-negative bacteria, were studied by various physical methods. …”
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Production of Malheuran A, a Geranylated Flavonoid with Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Activities, in Hairy Root Cultures of <i>Dalea purpurea</i> by Amit Raj Sharma, Gaurav Gajurel, Salma Abdel-Karim, Mohammad Abrar Alam, Robert Colquhoun Shields, Fabricio Medina-Bolivar

“…Malheuran A, purified from extracts of the hairy root culture medium, showed potent antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci. …”
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Comparing Two Seawater Temperatures For Human Norovirus Depuration From Oysters by Françoise S. Le Guyader, Joanna Ollivier, Sylvain Parnaudeau, Mathias Gauffriau, Mathias Papin, Christophe Stavrakakis, Virginie François, Françoise Vincent-Hubert, Pascal Garry

“…Over the experiment, quantitative RT-qPCR showed a one-log decrease of norovirus (both genogroups combined) genome copies per gram of digestive tissue after 41 days for oysters depurated at 8 °C and 24 days at 18 °C. …”
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A Multicenter Study of Beta-Lactamase Resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Reveals High Level Chromosome Mediated Extended Spectrum β Lactamase Resistance in Ogun S... by Folasoge A. Adeyankinnu, Babatunde O. Motayo, Akinniyi Akinduti, John Akinbo, Joseph I. Ogiogwa, Bukola W. Aboderin, R. A. Agunlejika

“…The present study shows an upsurge in ESBL acquisition by gram negative bacteria and evidence of cocirculation of varying subtypes of ESBL with both plasmid transmissible and chromosome encoded subtypes. …”
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Neutrophil Migration in the Activation of the Innate Immune Response to Different Flavobacterium psychrophilum Vaccines in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) by Camila J. Solís, Matías Poblete-Morales, Sergio Cabral, Juan A. Valdés, Ariel E. Reyes, Ruben Avendaño-Herrera, Carmen G. Feijóo

“…Flavobacterium psychrophilum is a Gram-negative bacterium, responsible for the bacterial cold-water disease and the rainbow trout fry syndrome in freshwater salmonid fish. …”
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