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Efficacy of cecropin A-melittin peptides on a sepsis model of infection by pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have prompted the search for therapeutic alternatives. We evaluate the efficacy of four cecropin A-melittin hybrid peptides (CA-M) in vivo. Toxicity was determined in mouse e...
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Genetic Relatedness Among the Different Genetic Lineages of Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola
Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola is an economically important pathogen of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and a research model in phytobacteriology. The analysis of the physiological and g...
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Spatial and temporal variability of ground-level ozone in Castilla-León (Spain)
Ozone is a secondary air pollutant that has received extensive attention in the literature, mainly because of the adverse effects that exposure to it can cause, particularly in vegetation during the growing se...
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Incidental findings on trauma ultrasonography
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of incidental findings detected on the focused abdominal sonogram for trauma. Methods: From November 1996 to February 1998, 1914 radiologist-assisted trauma ultrasound examin...
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Amyloid precursor proteins in the cerebellar cortex of Alzheimer's disease patients devoid of cerebellar β-amyloid deposits: immunocytochemical study of five cases
Five human brains affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD), but without cerebellar amyloid (Aβ) deposits, were investigated for the presence and location of amyloid precursor proteins (APP). This was parallel to ...
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of Quinacrine: An effect of excitation wavelengths and pH
Quinacrine (C23H30CIN3O) is a dye of the acridine family that has been widely used as staining agents for DNA and model compounds for intercalators in numerous biophysical studies [1]. Quinacrine is an antimalari...
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Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Humic Substances Model Molecules
Humic substances are a complex mixture of polymer chains of different molecular sizes and structure, which results from the degradation of organic matter in soils. Owing to their important role in the metaboli...
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Free and immobilized cultures of Spirulina maxima for swine waste treatment
We have analyzed the behavior of spirulina maxima at increasing concentration of ammonium nitrogen present in swine waste when it is either growing in suspension or immobilized in polymeric supports. We compared ...
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Characterization of Developmentally Regulated Molecules of Leishmania
Parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania have a relatively simple developmental life cycle. The flagellated promastigotes multiply within the alimentary tract of the sandfly vector. In the mammalian host, proma...
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1471 POSTNATAL HEAD GROWTH IN HEALTHY PREMATURE INFANTS
Sixteen healthy premature infants born with no pre- and perinatal complications at The Downstate Medical Center from 1974 to 1975 and at The Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center from 1979 to Nov. 1980 had weekly head...