The homodimeric flavoenzyme glutathione reductase (GR) maintains high intracellular concentrations of the antioxidant glutathione (GSSG + NADPH + H(+) <--> 2 GSH + NADP(+)). Due to its central function in cellular redox metabolism, inhibition of GR from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum represents an important approach to antimalarial drug development; therefore, the catalytic mechani...

Abstract. Application of the convergent close-coupling (CCC) method to electronimpact ionization of the ground state of atomic hydrogen is considered at incident energies of 15.6, 17.6, 20, 25, 27.2, 30, 54.4, 150 and 250 eV. Total through to fully differential cross sections are presented. Following the analysis of Stelbovics [submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/physics/9905...

The reduction of free or added sugar intake (sugars added to food and drinks as a sweetener) is almost universally recommended to reduce the risk of obesity-related diseases and dental caries. The World Health Organisation recommends intakes of free sugars of less than 10% of energy intake. However, estimating and monitoring intakes at the population level is challenging because free sugars can...

Abstract. Herawati E, Ramadhan R, Ariyani F, Marjenah, Kusuma IW, Suwinarti W, Mardji D, Amirta Arung ET. 2021. Phytochemical screening and antioxidant activity of wild mushrooms growing in tropical regions. Biodiversitas 22: 4716-4721. This study aims to determine the presence secondary metabolites which generally have bioactivity that is with phytochemical tests Auricularia auricula, Schyzoph...

The live weight of pigs has always been an important reference index for growth monitoring and the health status breeding pigs. An accurate acquisition is key to guide scientific feeding improve economic benefits. Compared with traditional contact measurement method, non-contact weighing method can greatly reduce human–pig errors. In this paper, a deep neural network constructed which automatic...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is a global concern, especially in low–middle-income countries such as Pakistan, which require the redressal of MSW treatment issues to attain sustainability sector. The prosperity municipal collectors, i.e., sanitary workers, critical hierarchy. Hence, health, safety, social welfare, economic conditions and overall wellbeing this tier need be focused on m...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the temporal trends of seroprevalence to pH1N1 among the Guangdong population following 2009 H1N1 pandemic wave, we conducted three cross-sectional serology surveys in 2010. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Three surveys were carried out consecutively in 2010 from January 8 to January 24, from March 15 to April 10 and from August 23 to September 4. Sample populations comp...

BACKGROUND Hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease is an important indication for revascularization. Stress myocardial perfusion imaging is a noninvasive alternative to invasive fractional flow reserve for evaluating hemodynamically significant coronary artery disease. The aim was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of myocardial perfusion imaging by single-photon emission computed...