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High proliferation rate and robustness are vital characteristics of bacterial pathogens that successfully colonize their hosts. The observation of drastically slow growth in some pathogens is thus paradoxical and remains unexplained. In this study, we sought to understand the slow (fastidious) growth of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa Using…[Read more]

The main systemic findings were associated with comorbidities, age, and sepsis, in addition to possible tissue damage due to the viral infection such as myositis, dermatitis, myocarditis and orchitis. Conclusions MIA-US is safe and effective for the study of severe COVID-19. Our findings show that COVID-19 is a systemic disease with major events…[Read more]

Today, the possibility exists to measure a number of different vitamin D metabolites with accurate and precise methods. The most abundant vitamin D metabolite, 25(OH)D, is considered the best marker for estimating vitamin D status and is therefore the most commonly measured in clinical practice. There is no consensus on the added value of…[Read more]

kasmira was highly abundant, its presence and abundance were not associated with discernable changes in the fish community, and was not present deeper than 120 m. Finally, five species of commercially- and recreationally-important ‘Deep 7’ fisheries species were also observed, but the artificial reef complex was mostly too shallow to provide…[Read more]

Acid tolerance and aroma profile are crucial factors for wine production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, most wine yeasts to date fail to endure low-pH environments, therefore resulting in problems such as lengthened fermentation and poor flavor during acidic fruit wine production. In the present study, we established a multiple-step…[Read more]

We asked participants to discriminate the gender of pedestrians in static video frames and found that the altered saccadic localization correlated with the degree of crowding of the saccade targets. Taken together, our results provide strong evidence that crowding impacts both recognition and goal-directed actions in natural driving…[Read more]

© 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd.The systematic killing of trees is usually aimed at eradicating pests or alien plant species susceptible to harm existing natural ecosystems. In some cases, trees may become the subject of dispute between neighbors, which sometimes ends in tree death after months or years of dispute. In this paper, we analyze a…[Read more]

Invasion of dentinal tubules and pulp tissue by pathogenic bacteria may cause infection leading to pulpitis. Sirtuin 6 (SIRT6) is a NAD-dependent protein deacetylase encoded by the SIRT6 gene. The effect of SIRT6 on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced pulpitis and its mechanism of action were discussed in this study. Dental pulp cells (DPCs) were…[Read more]

The automatic needle centroid localisation improves the usability of the algorithm and has the potential to decrease the fiducial localisation and target registration errors associated with the guided-US calibration method.Automatic recognition of instruments in laparoscopy videos poses many challenges that need to be addressed, like identifying…[Read more]

In ultrasound elastography, plane-wave acquisitions and angular displacement compounding (ADC) are often used and combined to allow high frame rates and to improve accuracy of lateral displacement estimates, respectively. This study investigates the performance of displacement and strain estimation for ADC as a function of; the…[Read more]