(1) Background: Applications using touch screens are increasingly deployed in medical facilities, as well public areas. When touching the display with fingers, potentially pathogenic microorganisms such methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can be transmitted. An automated process to decontaminate device between users would highly useful. (2) Methods: Thin glass plates were superfi...

Abstract In coastal dunes, shrub encroachment disrupts natural disturbance, and reduces habitat heterogeneity species composition. this paper, we implemented a pilot scale trial aimed at restoring dunes affected by the Retama monosperma (hereinafter ) as well strengthening populations of Thymus carnosus (regionally cataloged ‘Critically Endangered’). A total 3 ha was clearcut in two sites with ...

wound healing in the skin depends upon the availability of appropriate trace metals as enzyme cofactors and structural components in tissue repair. the present study is a part of a series of experimental investigations to examine the influence of bentonite on skin wound healing. surgically induced skin wounds in 48 young adult male rats were exposed topically to bentonite (12 round wound and 12...

In this study we have shown that Eap (extracellular adherence protein) plays a role in the internalization process of Staphylococcus aureus into eukaryotic cells. Eap is a protein that is mostly extracellularly and to a lesser extent is bound to the bacterial surface as a result of rebinding. Eap is able to bind to several plasma proteins, such as fibronectin, fibrinogen, and prothrombin. It ha...