Ochratoxin A and microbiological contamination of craft beers made in Cuenca, Ecuador by Michelle Castro-Arteaga, Katty Cabezas-Terán, Jorge Saquicela, Silvana Donoso-Moscoso, Johana Ortiz-Ulloa

“…Aerobic mesophilic bacteria were present in 92.8% of analyzed samples and ranged from 6.6 to 8.4 log CFU mL-1. Mold and yeast were present in 95.2% of craft beers, ranging between 6.6 and 8.2 log CFU mL-1. …”
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Epidemiological and Molecular Surveillance of Aichi Virus A at Different Stages of Sewage Treatment: A One-Year Study in the Southeast of Brazil by Mariah C. A. do Nascimento, Camila R. Rosa, Meriane Demoliner, Dayla B. Geraldini, Guilherme R. F. Campos, Daniela M. Quevedo, Rafael N. Miceli, Fernando R. Spilki, João Pessoa Araújo, Marilia F. Calmon, Paula Rahal

“…The AiV-A mean concentration ranged from 2.05 log¹⁰ to 4.64 GC/mL, 2.31 to 4.72 log¹⁰ GC/mL, and 2.13 to 2.85 log¹⁰ GC/mL for the same treatment stages, respectively. …”
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Plasma and complement proteins are essential for the antimicrobial activity of canine platelet lysate by Melikasadat Mollabashi, Melikasadat Mollabashi, Alonza Klopfer, Alonza Klopfer, Thainá Lunardon, Thainá Lunardon, Nikolia Darzenta, Nikolia Darzenta, Emily Davis, Matt Murray, Scarlett M. Sumner, Maria C. Naskou, Maria C. Naskou

“…No significant differences were noted in the log reduction of bacteria between the centrifugation techniques. …”
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Physico-chemical and functional properties of the lao fermented bamboo shoots (Nor Mai Som) inoculated with potential probiotic bacteria, Pediococcus pentosaceus BBS1 and Lactiplan... by Viengvilaiphone Botthoulath, Ida F. Dalmacio, Francisco B. Elegado

“…The lactic acid levels in all treatments increased from the start of the process through the end of fermentation. During fermentation, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and total viable count (TVC) populations in all Nor mai som samples showed similar counts of >9 log CFU/g in 24 h of incubation. …”
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The Creation, Analysis and Applications of τ-Σ Chart in the Pulsed Neutron Attenuation by KANG Xiaoquan, HU Youliang, FAN Leyuan, LIU Houwu, FU Xin, TIAN Jian

“…Pulsed neutron attenuation logging data traditionally calculate capture cross section by slope change, and a new analysis and processing method is proposed to solve the problems of information loss and complex parameters setting. …”
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Viability of Microencapsulated Probiotics in Cross-Linked Alginate Matrices and Chia Seed or Flaxseed Mucilage During Spray-Drying and Storage by Mariela Bustamante, B. Dave Oomah, César Burgos-Díaz, Daniela Vergara, Liset Flores, Carolina Shene

“…At 4 °C, viability decreased slightly, and after 90 days, the viable probiotic count ranged from 7 to 11 Log CFU/g of dry powder. Meanwhile, viability did not exceed 4 Log CFU/g of dry powder at 37 °C. …”
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The Association of Statin Therapy with Liver and Pancreatic Fat Fraction in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Mehmet Akif Parlar, Hakan Mutlu, Betül Doğantekin, İsmail Serhat Musaoğlu, Nisa Demirboşnak Albayrakoğlu, Mustafa Lütfi Yavuz, Zehra Buşra Özbolat, Mustafa Kaplan

“…The multivariable regression analysis indicated that insulin usage decreased log(LFF) by a factor of 0.16-fold (ꞵ ± SE = −0.16 ± 0.05, <i>p</i> = 0.010), and rosuvastatin usage reduced log(PFF) by 0.16-fold (ꞵ ± SE = −0.16 ± 0.07, <i>p</i> = 0.025), irrespective of other risk factors. …”
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Favipiravir, lopinavir-ritonavir, or combination therapy (FLARE): A randomised, double-blind, 2 × 2 factorial placebo-controlled trial of early antiviral therapy in COVID-19. by David M Lowe, Li-An K Brown, Kashfia Chowdhury, Stephanie Davey, Philip Yee, Felicia Ikeji, Amalia Ndoutoumou, Divya Shah, Alexander Lennon, Abhulya Rai, Akosua A Agyeman, Anna Checkley, Nicola Longley, Hakim-Moulay Dehbi, Nick Freemantle, Judith Breuer, Judith Breuer, Joseph F Standing, FLARE Investigators

“…In the primary analysis, the mean viral load in the favipiravir+placebo arm had changed by -0.57 log10 (95% CI -1.21 to 0.07, p = 0.08) and in the lopinavir-ritonavir+placebo arm by -0.18 log10 (95% CI -0.82 to 0.46, p = 0.58) compared to the placebo arm at Day 5. …”
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Some empirical studies for the applications of fractional $ G $-Brownian motion in finance by Changhong Guo, Shaomei Fang, Yong He, Yong Zhang

“…The other one was that the daily return and log-volatility both behave essentially as fGBm with different $ \underline{\sigma}^2 $ and $ \overline{\sigma}^2 $, but Hurst parameters $ H < \frac{1}{2} $, at any reasonable time scale. …”
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Occurrence, removal, and ecological risk assessment of Emerging organic contaminants in an industrial WWTP by Yunhai Zhang, Ruiqin Yin, Xueping Yu, Jiawei Zhou, Yong Chen, Yongjun Zhang

“…The study also found a correlation between the partition coefficients (LogKd) and their octanol-water partition coefficients (logKow). …”
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Application of whey protein and pea starch edible coatings with citric acid: impact on the quality and texture of dried apple and potato slices by Ghadeer F. Mehyar, Nihad G. Alsmairat, Zaina A. Fahil, Dana M. Alangar, Nour T. Hasan, Salam A. Ibrahim

“…PS-CA and WPI + PS-CA coatings were the most effective in reducing mesophilic aerobes, coliforms, and yeasts and molds, achieving the highest reductions in coliform counts (2.6 log CFU/g and 1.9 log CFU/g, respectively) in apple slices. …”
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Preliminary evaluation of the hygienic level of refrigerated vacuum-packed wild boar meat by Caterina Altissimi, Mathieu Venuto, Marta Coppini, Raffaella Branciari, Rossana Roila, Sonia Esposto, David Ranucci

“…The mean final pH value of the muscle samples was 5.6, and the ACC and EC carcass surface average load was 2.54 and 0.79 Log CFU/cm2, respectively. Meat preparations at 21 days had ACC, EC, and E. coli mean values of 5.80, 3.13, and 2.03 Log CFU/g, respectively. …”
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Regional Assessment of COCTS HY1-C/D Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Particulate Matter Standard Products over French Coastal Waters by Corentin Subirade, Cédric Jamet, Bing Han

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Lactobacillus plantarum JCM 1149 Growth Enhancement by using Chlorella sp. KLSc61-pretreated Cells by Lalita Khanrin, Phonwimon Boonyakorn, Karn Wongsariya, Chokchai Kittiwongwattana, Cherdsak Maneeruttanarungroj, Kanogkan Leerojanaprapa, Wipawee Dejtisakdi

“…Dry microalgal biomass was previously tested as prebiotic to enhance the growth of probiotic bacteria. However, the drying process could be ineffective for scaling up probiotic production. …”
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Inhibition of plasmin-mediated TAFI activation may affect development but not progression of abdominal aortic aneurysms. by Katherine Bridge, Charlotte Revill, Fraser Macrae, Marc Bailey, Nadira Yuldasheva, Stephen Wheatcroft, Roger Butlin, Richard Foster, D Julian Scott, Ann Gils, Robert Ariens

“…<h4>Results</h4>Inhibition of TAFI in the Angiotensin II model resulted in a decrease in the mortality associated with AAA rupture (from 40.0% to 16.6% with MA-TCK26D6 (log-rank Mantel Cox test p = 0.16), and 8.3% with UK-396082 (log-rank Mantel Cox test p = 0.05)). …”
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Isolation and characterization of probiotic lactic acid bacteria from local yogurt and development of inulin-based synbiotic yogurt with the isolated bacteria by Md. Saydar Rahman, Dwip Das Emon, Asmaul Husna Nupur, Md. Anisur Rahman Mazumder, Abdullah Iqbal, Md. Abdul Alim

“…After the fermentation, the yogurt sample containing 1.5 % inulin had the highest count of Lactobacillus spp. (8.17 ± 0.01 log CFU/ml) and Streptococcus spp. (8.03 ± 0.03 log CFU/ml), highest optical density (2.931 ± 0.001), acidity (1.43 ± 0.03), and water-holding capacity (63.54 ± 0.51), and lowest syneresis (34.75 ± 0.48). …”
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Translational repression by an RNA-binding protein promotes differentiation to infective forms in Trypanosoma cruzi. by Maria Albertina Romaniuk, Alberto Carlos Frasch, Alejandro Cassola

“…Furthermore, TcUBP1-ectopic expression in non-infective late-log epimastigotes promoted full development into metacyclic trypomastigotes. …”
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Balls in Sequence Spaces by E. A. Timofeev

“…For example, the measure of a ball is discontinuous at every binary rational value of log r, where r is the radius.…”
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Evaluation of variation of salt dust hygroscopic aerosol particle size as a function of relative air humidity by Konstantin A. Chernyi, Grigorii Z. Faynburg

“…The heuristic value of the proposed approach was confirmed by the example of the Young's model record in log-log coordinates. The results of the study can be applied to calculate the processes of dust conditions formation in rock-salt and potash mines.…”
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Changes in gene expression levels caused by H3K9me3/H3K9ac modifications are associated with BmCPV infection in Bombyx mori by Qunnan Qiu, Xinyu Tong, Min Zhu, Zhe Liu, Huilin Pang, Liuyang Li, Yongjie Feng, Xiaolong Hu, Chengliang Gong

“…Intersection genes with log2foldchange of both CUT&Tag-seq peak and RNA-seq FPKM > 1 were screened and annotated. …”
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