Bulgarian-Italian scientific and cultural collaboration through the National Institute of Archaeology with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences by Miglena Stamberova

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Editorial – 23.1 February 2025 by Elaine Cox

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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Adelges tsugae (Annand 1928) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Adelgidae) by Jeremiah R. Foley, Scott Salom, Carey Minteer

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IMPACT OF FISH WASTE PROTEIN ENZYMETIC HYDROLYSATE ON GROWTH OF SOME OF Lactobacillus sp. AND Bifidobacterium sp. by A. S. Mohammed

“…Two type protein concentrates were prepared from defatted carp fish waste powder, the first at pH 2/4.5 and the second at pH 12/4.5. They were hydrolysed by pepsin enzyme lyophilized powder ≥ 2500 units/mg conc.1.5gm/100gm protein concentrates for (30, 60, 90, and 120) minutes. …”
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NV center creation in diamond by local CW laser irradiation of shallow implanted nitrogen by Alexius Enke, Nicole Raatz, Jan Meijer, Ralf Wunderlich

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A new atypical splice mutation in PKD2 leading to autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in a Chinese family by Junlin Zhang, Yiting Wang, Yingwang Zhao, Fang Liu

“…Conclusion: The data available in this study provided strong evidence that IVS6+5G>C is the potential pathogenic mutation for ADPKD. …”
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<i>Escherichia Coli</i> Removal from Water Using Electrophotocatalytic Method by A Rezaee, Kashi A Jonidi-Jafari, AR Khataee, A Nili-Ahmadabadi

“…Optimal removal (MPN: 0) was obtained at pH 8, time of electrolysis: 5 minutes, 2 layer of nano ZnO, and voltage of 10 V. …”
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Break through the mold: Hyper-IgE syndrome as a vehicle for invasive aspergillosis by Joseph Nordin, Stephen Smetana, Rachel Johnson, Angela Bartosiak, Nicholas Nassif

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Dietary changes are associated with an increase in air pollution-related health and environmental inequity in China by Biao Luo, Jianwei Huang, Xueying Liu, Mei-Po Kwan, Amos P. K. Tai

“…Here we show that the PM2.5-related mortality attributable specifically to dietary changes and the associated rising agricultural emissions has a high Gini coefficient of 0.369 in China in 2010, and raises the Gini coefficient of all-cause PM2.5-related mortality from 0.189 to 0.197 with more uneven allocation among income groups, reflecting worsened health inequity and an export of pollution from richer coastal regions to poorer agricultural regions via food trade. …”
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Analysis of Leaching Rate of Heavy Metals from Fly Ash at Varying Leachant pH & Cumulative Liquid to Solid Ratios by Tobby, Micheal Agwe, Sharma, S. N., Pandey, Govind

“…This continued disposal of FA into the environment makes the heavy metals contained therein to move out in the leachate generated, polluting the soil, surface and ground water sources among others. In this study, 5 sets of leaching test columns were packed with an equal quantity of air dried fly ash samples and each of them leached with leachant of pH 5.87, 6.08, 6.41, 6.46 and 7.01 and eluate from each column collected at cumulative liquid to solid (L/S) ratios in l/kg of 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0. …”
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Attitudes of healthcare workers at a District in KwaZulu-Natal regarding institutionalisation of antimicrobial stewardship by Andile P. Dlungele, Lehlohonolo J. Mathibe

“…Method: This was a prospective, cross-sectional and a 5-point-Likert-scale (1 = minimal; 2 = limited; 3 = average; 4 = good and 5 = comprehensive) questionnaire-based arm of a larger mixed-methods study. …”
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Prognostic factors in severe dengue patients: A multi-center retrospective cohort study. by Cheng-Hsun Yang, Ing-Kit Lee, Yi-Chun Chen, Wen-Chi Huang, Jui-Chi Hsu, Chien-Hsiang Tai, Chung-Hao Huang, Chun-Yu Lin, Yen-Hsu Chen

“…The median time from illness onset to death among the 91 SD patients who died was 5 days. Multivariable regression analysis revealed increasing odds of death associated with older age (odds ratio [OR], 1.037; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.009-1.066), altered consciousness (OR, 8.591; 95% CI, 2.914-25.330), gastrointestinal bleeding (OR, 1.939; 95% CI, 1.037-3.626), and leukocytosis (OR, 2.504; 95% CI, 1.124-5.578) upon arrival, as well as organ impairment during hospitalization, including acute kidney injury (OR, 2.627; 95% CI, 1.373-5.028), severe hepatitis (OR, 5.324; 95% CI, 2.199-12.889), and pneumonia (OR, 2.250; 95% CI, 1.054-4.802).…”
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Cost-effectiveness of Catheter Ablation Versus Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: A Canadian Perspective by Yaariv Khaykin, Peter J. Mallow, John A. Rizzo, Atul Verma, Lauren Chun, Shelby Olesovsky, Matthew R. Reynolds

“…The 10-year probability of achieving cost-effectiveness was 74%, 100%, and 100% at the $25,000, $50,000, and $100,000 thresholds, respectively. The 5-year probability of achieving cost-effectiveness was 0%, 0.9%, and 100% at the 3 cost per QALY thresholds. …”
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Effect of inulin in pineapple jam: physicochemical and sensory analysis among school children by Kétlin Ariane Santos, Priscila Naiverth Faix, Elisvânia Freitas dos Santos, Maria Raquel Manhani, Érica Caroline da Silva, Daiana Novello

“…The samples did not show substantial differences among them in none of the evaluated attributes, and the tasters showed great sensory acceptance. Comparing F1 with F5 in the physicochemical analysis, we saw F1 presented higher carbohydrate content than F5. …”
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Evaluation of microleakage of three different types of pit and fissure sealants using invasive and non-invasive techniques (An in-vitro study) by Hiwa S. Khidir, Hemn M. Suleman

“…The teeth thermocycled between 5±2°C and 55±2°C for 500 cycles with a dwell time of 30 seconds; All teeth sealed apically and coated within 1.5 mm of the sealant margin with two layers of nail varnish, then immersed in 1% Methylene blue solution. …”
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Exogenous nitric oxide relieves iron-inhibitory effect on wheat seed germination by Shuqian Shi, Zhe Zhang, Rongrong Ma, Yihui Tao, Ziling Wang, Yingli Yang

“…Specifically, seeds of the wheat cultivar ‘Ningchun 4’ were treated with 1 mM FeCl3 (Fe) or with the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and/or the specific NO scavenger 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide (PTIO). …”
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Genotype B of deformed wing virus and related recombinant viruses become dominant in European honey bee colonies by Fabrice Sircoulomb, Eric Dubois, Frank Schurr, Pierrick Lucas, Marina Meixner, Alicia Bertolotti, Yannick Blanchard, Richard Thiéry

“…These were not randomly distributed, but mainly clustered in three genomic areas: the 5’UTR, leader peptide and helicase coding sequences. …”
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Comparison evaluation of bacterial DNA extraction methods for improved molecular diagnostic accuracy of sepsis-causing pathogens in clinical whole blood samples by Byungjoon Na, Junghun Park, Sojin Park, Eunseon Park, Jimin Jang, Yu-Hee Kim, Jinyeop Lee, Hae-Sun Chung

“…The K-SL DNA Extraction Kit and GraBon™ system exhibited higher accuracy rates of 77.5% (22/40) and 76.5% (21/40), respectively, compared to the QIAamp DNA Blood Mini Kit, which had an accuracy rate 65.0% (12/40) for Escherichia coli detection, whereas the GraBon™ system demonstrated higher accuracy rate of 77.5% (22/40) than the other two methods, which had an accuracy rates of 67.5% (14/40) for Staphylococcus aureus detection. …”
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Translaminar synchronous neuronal activity is required for columnar synaptic strengthening in the mouse neocortex by John Vargas-Ortiz, Lin Lin, Vena K. Martinez, Rong-jian Liu, Rachel Babij, Zhe Ran S. Duan, Sam Wacks, Liyuan Sun, Amanda Wang, Sajida Khan, John Lee Soto-Vargas, Natalia V. De Marco García, Alicia Che

“…Monosynaptic rabies tracing and slice electrophysiology experiments reveal that layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons receive significant layer 5 inputs during the first postnatal week, and silencing layer 5 synaptic outputs results in a significant reduction in spontaneous activity, abnormal sensory-evoked activity and disrupted layer 4-layer 2/3 connectivity. …”
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Life cycle assessment of electronic, electric and nonelectric detonators; a site-specific case for Czech Republic by Hana Brunhoferová, Tatiana Trecáková, Vladimír Kočí

“…For the detonation itself (module A5), the non-electric detonator exhibits relatively high results for Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (7,45E-06 kg NMVOC eq.), while the electric detonator shows highest burdens for Ecotoxicity Freshwater (5,39E-03 CTUe). …”
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