Background and Purpose: Aspergillosis is one of the most common opportunistic fungal infections in immunocompromised and neutropenic patients. Aspergillus fumigatus (A. fumigatus) is the most common causative agent of this infection. Due to variable CO2 concentrations that pathogens are exposed to during the infection process and to understand the role of CO2, we examined the effects of various...

Background. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, is the most common reason of liver disorders that can be controlled by dieting and regular physical activity.  Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of aerobic continuous training on serum levels of myonectin, insulin resistance and liver enzymes in rats with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Methods. Thirty-four male W...

The effects of solution concentration and temperature on the electrochemical behavior Fe-based amorphous (AMCs) coatings in NaCl were studied by using conventional measurement XPS analysis. Results indicated that as increased, current density for AMCs increased pitting potential decreased. This reduced corrosion resistance was derived from decreased passivation index polarization resistance, wh...

Double inoculation (15 h apart) of the soybean cultivar Williams with Bradyrhizobium japonicum I-110ARS reveals a rapid regulatory plant response that inhibits nodulation of distal portions of the primary root (M Pierce, WD Bauer 1984 Plant Physiol 73: 286-290). Only living, homologous rhizobia elicit the response. We conducted similar double inoculation experiments to test the hypothesis that ...

ABSTRACT Pi7(t), a dominant blast resistance gene derived from the rice cultivar Moroberekan, confers complete resistance against the fungal pathogen Magnaporthe grisea. Pi7(t) previously was positioned on chromosome 11 by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) mapping of a recombinant inbred line population. One derivative of this population, recombinant inbred line (RIL)29, was desig...

Currently, the standard short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis comprises a 6-month regimen, with a four-drug intensive phase and a two-drug continuation phase. Alternative chemotherapy using more costly and toxic drugs, often for prolonged durations generally >18 months, is required for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis. Directly observed treatment, as part of ...