Identification of the Keratin-Associated Protein 22-2 Gene in the <i>Capra hircus</i> and Association of Its Variation with Cashmere Traits by Zhanzhao Chen, Jian Cao, Fangfang Zhao, Zhaohua He, Hongxian Sun, Jiqing Wang, Xiu Liu, Shaobin Li

“…Keratin-associated proteins (KAPs) play an important role in maintaining wool structure. The gene encoding the keratin-associated protein 22-2 (<i>KAP22-2</i>) gene has been identified in selected species other than goats, such as humans, mice, and sheep. …”
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Emergency Vaccination as a Control Strategy against Sheeppox Outbreak in a Highly Susceptible Population by Atef Oreiby, Ayman S. Seada, Mohamed F. Abou Elazab, Walied Abdo, Mohamed Kassab, Yamen Hegazy, Hazim O. Khalifa, Tetsuya Matsumoto

“…Cutaneous lesions in other sheep in the flock in the form of macules, papules, and scabs were common in wool-less areas of the body, in addition to fever and respiratory disorders. …”
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Thermal and flow characteristics under oscillating acoustic field in a channel by Harikumar, Govind

“…For this system, porous steel wool which was characterized based on the ratio of hydraulic radius to the thermal penetration depth was investigated and found to generate considerably high temperature difference which illustrates the thermoacoustic effect and the viability of using porous media as an alternative to regular geometries of stacks in standing wave systems. …”
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Improved in-vitro propagation protocol for hermaphrodite papaya (Carica papaya L. cv. eksotika) by Hashim, Halimah

“…In ex vitro conditions, rooted plantlets grown in vermiculite substrate showed highest survivability after transplantation in a mixture of peat moss, sand, and vermiculite in a ratio of 2:1:1 (v/v) compared to those plantlets grown in perlite, rock wool and zeolite substrates. Overall, the results proved the efficiency of micropropagation procedure to produce in vitro hermaphrodite Carica papaya L. cv. …”
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First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae causing stem Canker of Jatropha curcas in Malaysia. by Sulaiman, Roslina, Sri Thanarajoo, Sathis, Kadir, Jugah, Vadamalai, Ganesan

“…Inoculation was conducted by inserting a 10-mm-diameter PDA plug of mycelium into the wound and wrapping the inoculation site with wetted, cotton wool and Parafilm. Control plants were treated with plugs of sterile PDA. …”
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Treatment of palm oil mill effluent by electrocoagulation process by Mohd Nasrullah, Zulkifli

“…Monopolar series (MP-S) has been chosen instead of monopolar parallel (MP-P) and bipolar (BP) as the electrode arrangement due to the highest removal of 65, 62 and 60% for COD, BOD and SS respectively. Steel wool has been chosen rather than iron and aluminium plate for the highest removal of 74, 70 and 66% of COD, BOD and SS respectively. …”
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The premature newborn in mid-twentieth century according to Julius Hess Recém-nascido prematuro em meados do século xx, na ótica de Julius Hess by Tatiana de Oliveira Gomes, Andreia Neves Sant'Ana, Amanda de Vasconcellos Braga, Fernando Rocha Porto

“…Results: For the admission of the newborn , measures such as the use of wool hooded cloak or a combination of gauze with sterile cotton to engage the RN should be used as well as or the use of bottles with hot water and incubators for maintaining the temperature . …”
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Visual display system of changes in physiological state for patients with chronic disorders by Svetlana A. Vostrikova, Kira O. Pogorelova, Daniil S. Shiryaev, Ivan S. Polukhin, Yurii S. Andreev, Irina G. Smirnova, Ekaterina A. Kondratieva, Vladislav E. Bougrov

“…The object of the visual display consists of three layers: a duvet cover on the underside, a wool blanket, a cotton backing with LED strips. The paper presents an assessment of the heating of the proposed visual display system for patients with chronic disorders and a comparison of the results with the maximum permissible heating of human skin. …”
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Isolation and characterization of a temperature-sensitive lethal strain of Anopheles arabiensis for SIT-based application by Cyrille Ndo, Yacouba Poumachu, Danale Metitsi, Herman Parfait Awono-Ambene, Timoléon Tchuinkam, Jeremie Lionnel Roger Gilles, Kostas Bourtzis

“…The mutagen was added to 10% sucrose solution and mosquitoes fed ad-libitum for 24h and 48h on a cotton wool soaked with sucrose-mutagen solution placed at the top of the cup. …”
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Vector-Borne Pathogens with Veterinary and Public Health Significance in <i>Melophagus ovinus</i> (Sheep Ked) from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau by Qing-Xun Zhang, Ye Wang, Ying Li, Shu-Yi Han, Bo Wang, Guo-Hui Yuan, Pei-Yang Zhang, Zi-Wen Yang, Shuang-Ling Wang, Ji-Yong Chen, Hai-Shun Zhong, Xue-Qing Han, Hong-Xuan He

“…In addition to causing inflammation, wool loss, and skin damage to the animal hosts, <i>M. ovinus</i> also serves as a vector for a variety of pathogens and is highly likely to participate in the life and transmission cycle of pathogenic organisms. …”
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Genome-Wide Signal Selection Analysis Revealing Genes Potentially Related to Sheep-Milk-Production Traits by Ruonan Li, Yuhetian Zhao, Benmeng Liang, Yabin Pu, Lin Jiang, Yuehui Ma

“…Among these breeds, dairy sheep have a smaller population than meat sheep and wool sheep, and less research is performed on them, but the lactation mechanism in dairy sheep is critically important for improving animal-production methods. …”
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High-density genotyping reveals signatures of selection related to acclimation and economically important traits in 15 local sheep breeds from Russia by Andrey A. Yurchenko, Tatiana E. Deniskova, Nikolay S. Yudin, Arsen V. Dotsev, Timur N. Khamiruev, Marina I. Selionova, Sergey V. Egorov, Henry Reyer, Klaus Wimmers, Gottfried Brem, Natalia A. Zinovieva, Denis M. Larkin

“…These regions contain well-known candidate genes related to morphology, adaptation, and domestication (e.g., KITLG, KIT, MITF, and MC1R), wool quality and quantity (e.g., DSG@, DSC@, and KRT@), growth and feed intake (e.g., HOXA@, HOXC@, LCORL, NCAPG, LAP3, and CCSER1), reproduction (e.g., CMTM6, HTRA1, GNAQ, UBQLN1, and IFT88), and milk-related traits (e.g., ABCG2, SPP1, ACSS1, and ACSS2). …”
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Scientometrics Approach to Research in Ovine Mastitis from 1970 to 2019 (with a Complete List of Relevant Literature References) by Daphne T. Lianou, George C. Fthenakis

“…The original papers refer to dairy (n = 428), meat (n = 113), or wool (n = 1) production systems and present field (n = 329), laboratory (n = 163), or experimental (n = 67) work; the papers report aetiology (n = 146), risk factors (n = 100), pathogenesis (n = 92), diagnosis (n = 88), effects (n = 66), treatment (n = 50), control (n = 36), or descriptive epidemiology (n = 32) of the disease. …”
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The premature newborn in mid-twentieth century according to Julius Hess Recém-nascido prematuro em meados do século xx, na ótica de Julius Hess by Tatiana de Oliveira Gomes, Andreia Neves Sant'Ana, Amanda de Vasconcellos Braga, Fernando Rocha Porto

“…Results: For the admission of the newborn , measures such as the use of wool hooded cloak or a combination of gauze with sterile cotton to engage the RN should be used as well as or the use of bottles with hot water and incubators for maintaining the temperature . …”
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Colibacillosis in lambs and kids in Egypt: Prevalence, serogroups, antibiogram profile, virulence genes distribution and antimicrobial resistance genes by Heba Hassan El-Nady, Mohamed Ibrahim Eissa, Naser Zeidan Abo-Zeid, Eman Beshry Abd-Elfatah, Ayman Ahmed Shehata, Elshaima Mohamed Fawzi

“…Background: Small ruminants have a socioeconomic impact on Egypt&apos;s production of meat, milk and wool. Hence, every effort should be taken to prevent infections. …”
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Fluoridation of the public water supply and prevalence of dental fluorosis in a peripheral district of the municipality of Bauru, SP Fluoretação da água de abastecimento público e... by Irene Ramires, Kelly Polido Kaneshiro Olympio, Andréa Gutierrez Maria, Juliano Pelim Pessan, Vanessa Eid Silva Cardoso, Carolina Simonetti Lodi, Marília Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf

“…Only one person examined the children, after supervised toothbrushing and drying with cotton wool rolls. The TF index was used. RESULTS: The fluoride concentrations in the water samples ranged from 0.62 to 1.20 mg/L, with a mean of 0.9 mg/L. …”
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The premature newborn in mid-twentieth century according to Julius Hess Recém-nascido prematuro em meados do século xx, na ótica de Julius Hess by Tatiana de Oliveira Gomes, Andreia Neves Sant'Ana, Amanda de Vasconcellos Braga, Fernando Rocha Porto

“…Results: For the admission of the newborn , measures such as the use of wool hooded cloak or a combination of gauze with sterile cotton to engage the RN should be used as well as or the use of bottles with hot water and incubators for maintaining the temperature . …”
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Preliminary investigation of the effect of artificial sweat on a wearable textile sensing system by Valeria Galli, Tyler J. Cuthbert, Chakaveh Ahmadizadeh, Carlo Menon

“…Moisture-resilient graphene-dyed wool fabric for strain sensing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(11), 13265–13274. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b20964 …”
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3D Self-Supported Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes Incorporated Co/CoO_x Nanoparticles: Application to Dyes Degradation by Electro-Fenton-Based Process by Ahmed Barhoum, Therese Favre, Syreina Sayegh, Fida Tanos, Emerson Coy, Igor Iatsunskyi, Antonio Razzouk, Marc Cretin, Mikhael Bechelany

“…We developed free-standing nitrogen-doped carbon nanofiber (CNF) electrodes incorporating Co/CoO_x nanoparticles (NPs) as a new cathode material for removing Acid Orange 7 (AO7; a dye for wool) from wastewater by the heterogeneous electro-Fenton reaction. …”
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The equilibrium moisture of building enclosures as function of calculated climatic parameters/Pastatų atitvarinių konstrukcijų nuostoviojo drėgnio priklausomybė nuo skaičiuojamųjų... by Ivan Gnip, Vladislovas Keršulis, Sigitas Vėjelis

“…W t 0 is equal to 12,3% (vol) for ceramic and sand-lime, brick masonry as well as for porous concrete, expanded clay aggregate, slag fillings and is equal to 0,028% (vol) for rock wool products in traditional enclosures (Fig 1). …”
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