Aflatoxin B(1) (AFB(1)) is one of the most harmful mycotoxins in animal production and food industry. A safe, effective and environmentally sound detoxification method is needed for controlling this toxin. In this study, 65 samples were screened from various sources with vast microbial populations using a newly developed medium containing coumarin as the sole carbon source. Twenty five single-c...

Group B streptococcus (GBS), which commonly colonizes the female genital tract and rectum, can cause infections in newborns with varying severity, possibly leading to death. The aim of the present study was to evaluate Hitchens-Pike-Todd-Hewitt (HPTH) medium performance for GBS screening in pregnant women. A descriptive analytical cross-sectional study was performed with 556 pregnant women, of ...

The article contains the analysis of alternative sources and the perspectives of application low-powered nuclear thermoelectric power stations for electromagnetic compatibility on distance oil and gas fields with mesh power networks from 6 to 35 kV.

Fifty clinical isolates of Trichophyton rubrum were selected to test with ketoconazole, fluconazole, itraconazole, griseofulvin, and terbinafine by following the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards susceptibility testing guidelines for filamentous fungi (M38-A). In addition, other susceptibility testing conditions were evaluated: (i) three medium formulations including RPMI 164...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to assess the progression of Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSF) by investigating the correlation between clinical mouth opening and muscle-epithelial distance in tissue sections. Characterization of changes involving muscle was ascertained. MATERIAL AND METHODS 50 cases and 10 controls were included in this case-control study. Inter-incisal mouth opening was mea...

Two theories of distance perception-ie, the angular expansion hypothesis (Durgin and Li, 2011 Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 73 1856-1870) and the intrinsic bias hypothesis (Ooi et al, 2006 Perception 35 605-624)-are compared. Both theories attribute exocentric distance foreshortening to an exaggeration in perceived slant, but their fundamental geometrical assumptions are very different...

Anther culture is a relatively easy and high-efficiency technique; however, low efficiency in plant regeneration may restrict its use crop breeding. Activated charcoal often used vitro culture, it ameliorate or hinder growth depending on genotype tissue used. Pepper one of the main vegetable crops Solanaceae family, but some pepper genotypes are known to be recalcitrant androgenesis formation h...