Combined culture-based and culture-independent approaches provide insights into diversity of jakobids, an extremely plesiomorphic eukaryotic lineage by Tomáš ePánek, Petr eTáborský, Maria G Pachiadaki, Miluše eHroudová, Čestmír eVlček, Virginia P Edgcomb, Ivan eČepička

“…We used culture-based and culture-independent approaches to discover diversity and ecology of anaerobic jakobids (Excavata: Jakobida), an overlooked, deep-branching lineage of free-living nanoflagellates related to Euglenozoa. Jakobids are among a few lineages of nanoflagellates frequently detected in anoxic habitats by PCR-based studies, however only two strains of a single jakobid species have been isolated from those habitats. …”
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Antibacterial Properties of Hass Avocado By-Products (Peel and Seed) by Danxia Shi, Marie Wong, David Popovich

“…‘Hass’ avocado (<i>Persea americana</i> Mill) by-products (peel, and seed) are rich sources of potential antimicrobial agents. The current study used thiazolyl blue tetrazolium bromide (MTT) as a colour indicator to evaluate the antibacterial capacities of ‘Hass’ avocado by-product extracts from China, Chile, and New Zealand. …”
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Status of cardiovascular health in the Republic of Serbia: Results from the National Health Survey. by Janko Janković, Maša Davidović, Vesna Bjegović-Mikanović, Slavenka Janković

“…According to the multivariable logistic regression analysis the higher number of ideal CVH metrics was observed in women (OR = 4.46), younger people (OR = 7.12), people living without partner (OR = 1.70), more educated (OR = 2.51 for middle educated and OR = 3.57 for high educated), as well as among the rich (OR = 1.43). …”
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Is There a Possible Association between Dietary Habits and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in the Elderly? The Importance of Diet and Counseling by Adriane Rocha Schultz, Rejane Dias Neves-Souza, Viviane de Souza Pinho Costa, Caroline Luiz Meneses-Barriviera, Pricila Perini Rigotti Franco, Luciana Lozza de Moraes Marchiori

“…Results Based on a sample of 487 individuals, 117 had BPPV. Among the 117 elderly patients with BPPV, 37 (31.62%) had inadequate feeding. …”
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Collembolan Transcriptomes Highlight Molecular Evolution of Hexapods and Provide Clues on the Adaptation to Terrestrial Life. by A Faddeeva, R A Studer, K Kraaijeveld, D Sie, B Ylstra, J Mariën, H J M op den Camp, E Datema, J T den Dunnen, N M van Straalen, D Roelofs

“…<h4>Background</h4>Collembola (springtails) represent a soil-living lineage of hexapods in between insects and crustaceans. …”
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Challenges, Coping and Resources: A Thematic Analysis of Foreign Teachers’ Experience of Cultural Adaptation in China by Su Yi, Ning Wu, Xiaoqin Xiang, Liang Liu, Liang Liu

“…The potential correlations among these different themes and the influence of their interactions on foreign teachers’ adaptation experience were also discussed. …”
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Analyzing the Economic Impacts of Araz 1 and Araz 2 Production Cooperative Companies of Maku Free Zone by Jabbar Talebi, شهرام محمدزاده, Azam Rezaee

“…As well, it has caused more benefits from training courses, agricultural products insurance, and living accommodations for families. However, rich farmers have received more benefits compared to the other farmers and this has widened social gap between the members of cooperatives. …”
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NMR-Based Metabolomic Analysis of Spatial Variation in Soft Corals by Qing He, Ruiqi Sun, Huijuan Liu, Zhufeng Geng, Dawei Chen, Yinping Li, Jiao Han, Wenhan Lin, Shushan Du, Zhiwei Deng

“…Soft corals are common marine organisms that inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans. They are shown to be rich source of secondary metabolites with biological activities. …”
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Novel Approaches Towards Sustainable Management of an Agricultural Residue - The Rice Husk by A. Geethakarthi

“…This paper highlights the various field of RH applications and suggests composting of RH with nitrogen-rich garden waste to obtain an enriched soil stabilizing product with high nutrient and organic value. …”
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Study of future power interconnection scheme in ASEAN by Han Jiang, Yi Gao, Pengfei Xu, Jun Li

“…A power interconnection scheme among the ASEAN member countries as well as neighboring countries is proposed based on the power exchange potential. …”
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Ways of Everyday Food Semantization in the Eastern Slavic Culture by M. V. Kobzar

“…They are among the basic means of assimilating and describing the most significant fragments of a person’s relationship with the environment (a person’s life scripting in general, acquiring knowledge, determining moral categories, relationships between the world of the living and the dead, gender relations, treating diseases, protecting against hostile manifestations etc.). …”
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Exploration of Infant Food Microbial Composition from Formal and Informal Settings Using Viable Counts and 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing in Johannesburg, South Africa by Wellington Torgby-Tetteh, Srinivasan Krishnamoorthy, Elna M. Buys

“…Among the age groups, infants are most vulnerable to diarrhoeal infection, mainly through the ingestion of food and water. …”
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Rising trends and inequalities in cesarean section rates in Pakistan: Evidence from Pakistan Demographic and Health Surveys, 1990-2013. by Sarwat Mumtaz, Jinwook Bahk, Young-Ho Khang

“…The unit of analysis for this study was women with their most recent live birth in the five years preceding the surveys. …”
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Elements of yogic practice: Perceptions of students in healthcare programs by Christiane Brems, Dharmakaya Colgan, Heather Freeman, Jillian Freitas, Lauren Justice, Margaret Shean, Kari Sulenes

“…Those who have practiced yoga in its full form (including all eight traditional aspects) find that it touches almost every aspect of their inter- and intra-personal lives. Despite this rich history, the West has adopted limited aspects of yoga practice. …”
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Inferring metabolic states in uncharacterized environments using gene-expression measurements. by Sergio Rossell, Martijn A Huynen, Richard A Notebaart

“…These two factors: network size and lack of knowledge of nutrient availability, challenge the identification of the actual metabolic state of living cells among the myriad possibilities. Here we address this challenge by developing a method that integrates gene-expression measurements with genome-scale models of metabolism as a means of inferring metabolic states. …”
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What Do Village Household Head Names Tell Us about?

“…The novelty of the study lies in the fact that a unique village anthroponymicon is described through the rich contexts of rural speech. The practical value of the work lies in the fact that the factual data supplement regional research with new information and may be of interest to everyone who is engaged in the study of proper names and living folk words, displayed in the dialectal picture of the world.…”
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Inequality of leprosy disability in iran, clinical or socio-economic inequality: An extended concentration index decomposition approach by Rasool Entezarmahdi, Reza Majdzadeh, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mahshid Nasehi, Abolfath Lameei, Kourosh Holakouie Naieni

“…Methods: This was a cross-sectional study (2006-2007) on all living people affected by leprosy registered in W. …”
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Pain Assessment for Individuals with Advanced Dementia in Care Homes: A Systematic Review by Nansi Felton, Jennifer S. Lewis, Sarah-Jane Cockburn, Margot Hodgson, Shoba Dawson

“…The search identified 2221 studies, among which 26 were included in the review. The majority of the studies were observational, which created a rich source of data to create four major themes. …”
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Measurement and visualization of cell membrane surface charge in fixed cultured cells related with cell morphology. by Masaru Nishino, Ibu Matsuzaki, Fidele Y Musangile, Yuichi Takahashi, Yoshifumi Iwahashi, Kenji Warigaya, Yuichi Kinoshita, Fumiyoshi Kojima, Shin-Ichi Murata

“…After fixation with CytoRich Red, we measured the cell membrane surface charge of fixed cells in solution using zeta potential measurements and fixed cells on glass slides, visualizing it using antibody-labeled beads and positively-charged beads. …”
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Needs in omega 3 and ocular pathologies by Bretillon Lionel, Simon Emilie, Acar Niyazi, Berdeaux Olivier, Bron Alain, Creuzot-Garcher Catherine

“…Among age-related disorders, ocular diseases are the second most prevalent ones after 65 years. …”
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