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A multi-epitope subunit vaccine providing broad cross-protection against diverse serotypes of Streptococcus suis

npj Vaccines
Streptococcus suis infection represents a major challenge in pig farming and public health due to its zoonotic potential and diverse serotypes, while existing vaccines lack effective cross-protection.
Jianan Liu, Zhen Zhang, Wanxia Pu, Xinming Pan, Pei Li, Qiankun Bai, Song Liang, Caiying Li, Yong Yu, Huochun Yao, Jiale Ma   +10 more
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Modular, Textile‐Based Soft Robotic Grippers for Agricultural Produce Handling

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article introduces textile‐based pneumatic grippers that transform simple textiles into robust bending actuators. Detailed experiments uncover how cut geometry and fabric selection shape performance. Successful handling of fragile agricultural items showcases the potential of textile robotics for safe, scalable automation in food processing and ...
Zeyu Hou, Eran Beeri Bamani, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Lucas Ferrari Gerez   +4 more
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Identification of two immunodominant and neutralizing linear B-cell epitopes exposed on the surface of the porcine deltacoronavirus spike protein

Veterinary Research
Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is an enteropathogenic virus that causes severe diarrhea in pigs, particularly suckling piglets, and exhibits cross-species transmission with zoonotic potential. The S1 subunit of the viral spike (S) protein mediates cell
Xi Li, Huan Ye, Xinna Ge, Lei Zhou, Xin Guo, Jun Han, Yongning Zhang, Hanchun Yang   +7 more
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Intranasal delivery of a recombinant adenovirus vaccine encoding the PEDV COE elicits potent mucosal and systemic antibody responses in mice

Microbiology Spectrum
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is an enteropathogenic coronavirus that causes substantial economic loss to the global pig industry. The emergence of PEDV variants has increased the need for new vaccines, as commercial vaccines confer inferior ...
Shijie Yan, Yi Luo, Ningjia Zhan, Haoran Xu, Yao Yao, Xiang Liu, Xiaoqing Dong, Li Kang, Guozhong Zhang, Pinghuang Liu   +9 more
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Workers and Climate Change: The Need for Academic–Industry Partnerships to Improve Agricultural Worker Health, Safety, and Wellbeing

, 2022
Climate change will have negative consequences for human health worldwide. Agricultural workers are especially vulnerable to the health consequences of climate change. This communication demonstrates how a Total Worker Health® approach is utilized to
Katherine A. James, Lee S. Newman, Lyndsay Krisher, Miranda Dally, Francesca Macaluso   +4 more
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Overexpression of outer membrane protein A (OmpA) increases aminoglycoside sensitivity in mycobacteria

BMC Microbiology
Background Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) complex infection, is a leading cause of death worldwide from a single infectious agent. The emergence of drug resistance Mtb clinical strains makes the situation more serious.
Xiuling Ma, Huoming Li, Jiahong Ji, Lingyuan Zeng, Minghui Tang, Chengrui Lei, You Zuo, Hao Li   +7 more
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Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Eimeria acervulina modulates the functions of chicken dendritic cells to boost Th1 type immune response and stimulates autologous CD4+ T cells differentiation in-vitro

Veterinary Research, 2020
Dendritic cells (DCs) play a pivotal role to amplify antigen-specific immune responses. Antigens that sensitize T cells via antigen-presentation by DCs could enhance the capacity of host immunity to fight infections.
Shakeel Ahmed Lakho, Muhammad Haseeb, Jianmei Huang, Zhang Yang, Muhammad Waqqas Hasan, Muhammad Tahir Aleem, Muhammad Ali-ul-Husnain Naqvi, Muhammad Ali Memon, XiaoKai Song, RuoFeng Yan, Lixin Xu, XiangRui Li   +11 more
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Occupational Health and Safety for Agricultural Workers in Thailand: Gaps and Recommendations, with a Focus on Pesticide Use

New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 2015
Over 16.7 million workers in Thailand (42 percent of the working population) are engaged in agriculture, disproportionately from the lower socioeconomic strata of Thai society.
O. Kaewboonchoo, P. Kongtip, S. Woskie
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Technical Feasibility Study of Autonomous Field Robot‐Based on‐the‐go Assessment of Soil Nutrients Using Ion‐Sensitive Field‐Effect Transistors

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Autonomous field robots equipped with ISFET‐based sensors enable rapid, spatially resolved soil nutrient analysis directly in the field. An automated system based on the BoniRob platform is presented for standardized on‐site extraction and measurement of key macronutrients and soil pH.
Vadim Riedel, Stefan Hinck, Edgar Peiter, Arno Ruckelshausen   +3 more
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