ibn sina considers the first being in the world to be the first intellect, which issues from the necessary being on the basis of the principle, ‘only one issues from that which is one in all respects’, and through the different aspects of which all other beings come into existence. ibn arabi rejects the basis of ibn sina’s theory of the first emanation, which is the above mentioned principle, a...

This communication focuses on the efficacy of a specific lytic phage, phage Phi S1, as a control agent of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms. The effect of phage infection temperature and the host growth temperature were evaluated. The results obtained showed that the phage infection process was temperature dependent and that the optimum temperature of infection of planktonic cells and biofilms w...

Human bocavirus 1 (HBoV1) is an emerging human-pathogenic respiratory virus. We characterized two important features of HBoV1 infection in polarized primary human airway epithelia (HAE). Apical HBoV1 infection of HAE at a low multiplicity of infection causes disruption of the tight junction barrier, loss of cilia, and epithelial cell hypertrophy, which are hallmarks of the airway epithelial dam...

Motivation Outcome of a bloodstream infection/sepsis (BSI/S) is defined in different ways in different research projects [1]. In this, BSI/S share the characteristics of other fields of medicine; specific issues are related to diversity of causative agents, the clinical focus of infection, severity of comorbid conditions, presence of indwelling devices, multiplicity of affected patient populati...

Breakdown of HeLa cell DNA begins within 90 min after infection with vaccinia virus at a multiplicity of infection of 2-plaque-forming units per cell, and ends about 7.5 hr after infection. HeLa cell DNA is degraded to a uniform size of 1 to 2 x 10(7) daltons, as judged by alkaline sucrose sedimentation analysis. The rate of host-cell DNA degradation by vaccinia virus increased directly with th...

We recently reported that induction of NOD2 by human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) resulted in virus inhibition and upregulation of antiviral and inflammatory cytokines. Here we investigated the effects of muramyl dipeptide (MDP), a bacterial cell wall component that activates NOD2, on HCMV replication and antiviral responses. HCMV infection of human foreskin fibroblasts induced NOD2, the downstream r...

Malaria in eastern Sudan is characterised by limited seasonal transmission, with the majority of the year remaining transmission-free. Some inhabitants who contract malaria during the transmission season retain long-lasting sub-patent infections, which probably initiate transmission the following year. Here we have monitored Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence and gametocyte production d...