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Molecular, Cellular, and Behavioural Effects Produced by Perinatal Asphyxia: Protection by Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase 1 (PARP-1) Inhibition
Perinatal asphyxia implies oxygen interruption at birth, leading to death whenever reoxygenation is not promptly reestablished. Reoxygenation triggers a cascade of biochemical events for restoring function at ...
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On the NASA 2020 rover mission to Jezero crater, the remote determination of the texture, mineralogy and chemistry of rocks is essential to quickly and thoroughly characterize an area and to optimize the selec...
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Synthesis and Characterization of AgPd Bimetallic Nanoparticles as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
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Microscopical Techniques to Analyze the Hepatic and Peritoneal Changes Caused by Fasciola hepatica Infection
The helminth parasite Fasciola hepatica modulates the host immune response at early stages of infection (Rodríguez et al., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 9:e0004234, 2015; Vukman et al., J Immunol 190:2873–2879, 2013). Never...
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Open AccessA multimodal intervention program to control a long-term Acinetobacter baumannii endemic in a tertiary care hospital
Acinetobacter baumannii causes frequently nosocomial infections worldwide. Its ability to survive on dry surfaces facilitates its spread and the persistence of endemic situations, especially in the intensive care...
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Catalytic and antibacterial properties of gold nanoparticles synthesized by a green approach for bioremediation applications
In this work, we are proposing the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) using aqueous extracts of A. triphylla and evaluating their antibacterial and catalytic properties. Characterization was performed ...
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By the end of 2018, 42 years after the landing of the two Viking seismometers on Mars, InSight will deploy onto Mars’ surface the SEIS (Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure) instrument; a six-axes seismomete...
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Catalytic and antibacterial evaluation of silver nanoparticles synthesized by a green approach
In this work, silver nanoparticles were synthesized using Salvia microphylla Kunth leaves extract as reducing agent and stabilizing agent. The effect of reaction time and plant extract amount on the biosynthesize...
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Open AccessPreoperative oral antibiotic prophylaxis reduces Pseudomonas aeruginosa surgical site infections after elective colorectal surgery: a multicenter prospective cohort study
Healthcare-associated infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are associated with poor outcomes. However, the role of P. aeruginosa in surgical site infections after colorectal surgery has not been evaluated....
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Concentrations of Mercury and Other Inorganic Ions in Wet Precipitation Collected from a Mountain Mining Zone and an Urban Area in Central Mexico
We measured and compared mercury (Hg) and other ions in rainwater collected in San Joaquin (mining zone) and Juriquilla (urban area), central Mexico, from 2009 to 2012. A total of 274 rainwater samples were co...
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Characterization Microstructural and Electrochemical of AgPd Alloy Bimetallic Nanoparticles
Bimetallic nanoparticles are of special interest for their potential applications to fuel cells, among the bimetallic systems, AuPd bimetallic nanoparticles have received great interest as they can be widely u...
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Bimetallic Alloy of Fe2O3-Ag Nanoparticles: Characterization and Structural Modeling
The synthesis of Fe3O4-Ag bimetallic nanoparticles by chemical reduction was carried out. Fe nanoparticles were obtained using Fe (III) Chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3•6H2O) as precursor and sodium borohydride (NaBH4
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The role of the initial bacterial inoculates on the biocorrosion of API X52 pipeline steel coupons was evaluated by electrochemical noise technique. The experiments were performed under laboratory conditions u...
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A rural worker infected with a bovine-prevalent genotype of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus supports zoonotic transmission and inconsistency of MLST and whole-genome ty**
Whole-genome characterisation in clinical microbiology enables to detect trends in infection dynamics and disease transmission. Here, we report a case of bacteraemia due to Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in a r...
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Perinatal asphyxia (PA) is a leading cause of neuronal damage in newborns, resulting in long-term neurological and cognitive deficits, in part due to impairment of mesostriatal and mesolimbic neurocircuitries....
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