Impact of oral administration of single strain Lactococcus lactis spp. cremoris on immune responses to keyhole limpet hemocyanin immunization and gut microbiota: A randomized place... by Mahdi Saghari, Mahdi Saghari, Pim Gal, Pim Gal, Hendrika W. Grievink, Hendrika W. Grievink, Erica S. Klaassen, Andrea Itano, Duncan McHale, Matthijs Moerland, Matthijs Moerland

“…Eighty-one healthy subjects (median 28, range 18–59 years) were randomized to 28 days of enteric-coated capsules at five doses (n = 13) (1.5 * 1012 total cells daily), freeze-dried powder at one dose (n = 12) (3.0 * 1011 total cells daily) or five doses (n = 12), minitablets at one dose (n = 12) or five doses (n = 12), or placebo (n = 20) prior to KLH immunization. …”
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Cyclic di-GMP Signaling Links Biofilm Formation and Mn(II) Oxidation in Pseudomonas resinovorans by Ainelén Piazza, Lucia Parra, Lucila Ciancio Casalini, Federico Sisti, Julieta Fernández, Jacob G. Malone, Jorgelina Ottado, Diego O. Serra, Natalia Gottig

“…Finally, we observed that high c-di-GMP levels were correlated with higher lyophilization efficiencies and higher groundwater Mn(II) oxidation capacities of freeze-dried bacterial cells, named lyophiles, showing the biotechnological relevance of understanding the role of c-di-GMP in MOB-513. …”
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Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid and Reliable Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Sputum Samples by B K Sharma, B D Pandey, K Sharma, B Sapkota, A Singh, N Adhikari, B Maharjan

“…Methods: A total of 106 (53 fluorochrome staining positive and 53 fluorochrome staining negative) sputum samples were collected in this study. Mycobacterial DNA was extracted from concentrated sputum samples by freezing and boiling method. …”
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Effect of preservation procedures on the body shape of the golden mojarra, Diapterus aureolus (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Gerreidae), and its repercussions in a taxonomic study by F.J. Vergara-Solana, F.J. García-Rodríguez, J. De La Cruz-Agüero

“…Canonical Variate Analysis verified that there were significant differences among three groups (fresh D. aureolus, fixed D. aureolus, and D. brevirostris; P < 0.001 for both CV1 and CV2), which were correctly classified (98.9%). …”
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Ice formation and development in aged, wintertime cumulus over the UK: observations and modelling by I. Crawford, K. N. Bower, T. W. Choularton, C. Dearden, J. Crosier, C. Westbrook, G. Capes, H. Coe, P. J. Connolly, J. R. Dorsey, M. W. Gallagher, P. Williams, J. Trembath, Z. Cui, A. Blyth

“…No ice particles were observed to be falling into the cloud tops from above. …”
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EFFECT OF A SHORT-TERM DAILY TEMPERATURE DROP ON THE COLD TOLERANCE OF LEAVES OF DIFFERENT AGE by Elena Sherudilo, Tatyana Shibaeva

“…Plants were subjected to short-term (2 h at the end of the night)temperature drops to 12<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;">°</span></span><span style="font-family: PragmaticaBook-Reg; font-size: xx-small;" lang="JA"><span style="font-family: PragmaticaBook-Reg; font-size: xx-small;" lang="JA">C (cucumber) or 4 </span></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: xx-small;">°</span></span><span style="font-family: PragmaticaBook-Reg; font-size: xx-small;" lang="JA">C (wheat) for 6 days in the phase of the actively </span>growing first (wheat) or true second (cucumber) leaf (DROP1) or growth-completing, i. e. mature first or second leaf, respectively (DROP2). …”
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Unhealthy Pressure: How Physician Pay Demands Put the Squeeze on Provincial Health-Care Budgets by Hugh M. Grant, Jeremiah Hurley

“…In the last decade, the average doctor went from earning three-and-a-half times the average Canadian worker’s salary, to earning nearly four-and-a-half times as much, a more than 25 per cent relative increase. …”
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Influence of the surface moraine on the state of Djankuat Glacier (Central Caucasus) by 2025 by A. A. Rezepkin, V. V. Popovnin

“…During this time, the glacier has lost about 60 m w.e. mainly by areas of the smallest ice thickness, i.e. the steep slopes of the rocky framing of the fi n basin which become exposing from ice due to conditions of extreme instability. …”
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Calculation of climatic probability of winter and spring frost damages in the main peach and apricot growing districts of Hungary by L. Lakatos, Z. Szabó, L. Szalay, M. Soltész, J. Nyéki

“…Around April 5-8 the probability of freezing temperatures diminishes steeply at all sites, whereas the risk of frost increases again around April 9— 11. …”
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Unhealthy Pressure: How Physician Pay Demands Put the Squeeze on Provincial Health-Care Budgets by Hugh M. Grant, Jeremiah Hurley

“…In the last decade, the average doctor went from earning three-and-a-half times the average Canadian worker’s salary, to earning nearly four-and-a-half times as much, a more than 25 per cent relative increase. …”
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1H NMR-Based Metabolomics Approach Revealing Metabolite Variation of Black Turmeric (Curcuma caesia) Extracts and Correlation with Its Antioxidant and α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Acti... by Nurul Najiha Ain Ibrahim, Nurkhalida Kamal, Ahmed Mediani, Azliana Abu Bakar Sajak, Soo Yee Lee, Khozirah Shaari, Hafeedza Abdul Rahman

“…Rhizome and leaves of C. caesia were dried with oven (OD) and freeze (FD)-drying methods, and extracted with different Φ(ethanol,water)=100:0, 80:20, 50:50 and 0:100. …”
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Phosphorus dynamics during early soil development in a cold desert: insights from oxygen isotopes in phosphate by Z. Frkova, Z. Frkova, C. Pistocchi, Y. Vystavna, Y. Vystavna, K. Capkova, K. Capkova, J. Dolezal, J. Dolezal, F. Tamburini

“…Biological P transformations were studied with the help of the isotopic composition of oxygen (O) in phosphate (<span class="inline-formula"><i>δ</i>¹⁸</span>O<span class="inline-formula">_P)</span> coupled to sequential P fractionation performed on soil samples (0–5 cm depth) from four sites of different age spanning 0 to 100–150 years. …”
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Composição química e digestibilidade de partes e subprodutos de aves nas formas crua e cozida para cães Chemical composition and digestibility of raw and cooked chicken parts for d... by G.C.M.B. Tavares, A.H.B. Araújo, G.L. Colnago, C.A.R. Lima, W.L. Lima

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Biomarker metabolite mating of viable frozen-thawed in vitro-produced bovine embryos with pregnancy-competent recipients leads to improved birth rates by Isabel Gimeno, Pascal Salvetti, Susana Carrocera, Julie Gatien, Pablo García-Manrique, Cristina López-Hidalgo, Luis Valledor, Enrique Gómez

“…In vitro-produced embryos cultured singly for 24 h (from d 6 to 7) were transferred to d 7 synchronized recipients as fresh or after freezing and thawing. …”
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Preferences, Adherence, and Satisfaction: Three Years of Treatment Experiences of People with Multiple Sclerosis by Hoffmann O, Paul F, Haase R, Kern R, Ziemssen T

“…Including patient preferences and expectations in shared decision-making may improve treatment satisfaction, adherence, and persistence.Purpose: To investigate long-term alignment of individual preferences and expectations of pwMS with their actual DMT and its effect on treatment satisfaction, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), adherence, and treatment discontinuation.Methods: A total of 401 pwMS beginning a new DMT were enrolled from 2015 to 2018 in a non-interventional study at three German MS centres. …”
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Laboratory study of the heterogeneous ice nucleation on black-carbon-containing aerosol by Wolf, Martin Johann, Cziczo, Daniel J.

“…Soot and black carbon (BC) particles are generated in the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biomass, and biofuels. These airborne particles affect air quality, human health, aerosol-cloud interactions, precipitation formation, and climate. …”
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Equilibration of Tyrosyl Radicals (Y[• over 356], Y[• over 731], Y[• over 730]) in the Radical Propagation Pathway of the Escherichia coli Class Ia Ribonucleotide Reductase by Yokoyama, Kenichi, Smith, Albert A., Stubbe, JoAnne, Corzilius, Bjorn, Griffin, Robert Guy

“…Pulsed electron–electron double-resonance spectroscopy on samples prepared by rapid freeze quench (RFQ) methods identified three distances: 30 ± 0.4 Å (88% ± 3%) and 33 ± 0.4 and 38 ± 0.5 Å (12% ± 3%) indicative of NO[subscript 2]Y[• over 122]–Y[• over 356], NO[subscript 2]Y[• over 122]–NO[subscript 2]Y[• over 122], and NO[subscript 2]Y[• over 122–Y[• over 731(730)], respectively. …”
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Muon spin spectroscopy and high magnetic field studies of novel superconductors and magnetic materials by Foronda, F

“…I also investigate the effect of intercalating additional ammonia, via reversible adsorption and desorption in the related superconductor Li_x[(NH₂)_y(NH₃)_1-y]_zFe₂Se₂ (z = 1, 2). These reactions were carried out in situ on the muon beamline so that the superfluid stiffness could be measured using transverse-field μSR on a single sample.…”

Improving transport and storage of mesenchymal stem cells through investigations into their energy metabolism by Chen, T

“…For primary MSCs, metabolite changes over 6 days were too low to measure.</p>…”

The global aerosol–climate model ECHAM6.3–HAM2.3 – Part 2: Cloud evaluation, aerosol radiative forcing, and climate sensitivity by Neubauer, D, Ferrachat, S, Siegenthaler-Le Drian, C, Stier, P, Partridge, D, Tegen, I, Bey, I, Stanelle, T, Kokkola, H, Lohmann, U

“…E63H23 has a more physically based aerosol activation scheme, improvements in the cloud cover scheme, changes in the detrainment of convective clouds, changes in the sticking efficiency for the accretion of ice crystals by snow, consistent ice crystal shapes throughout the model, and changes in mixed-phase freezing; an inconsistency in ice crystal number concentration (ICNC) in cirrus clouds was also removed. …”