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Climate Vulnerability of Australian Seafood Systems: A National Assessment of Exposure and Adaptive Capacity

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marine waters are becoming warmer and acidified and experiencing more intense and longer heatwaves under climate change. These changes are already impacting marine ecosystems and seafood production, which are vital for supporting food security and economic productivity.
Stephanie Brodie, Laura K. Blamey, Ana Bugnot, Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Julia L. Blanchard, Lara Buhagiar, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Alistair J. Hobday, Éva E. Plagányi, Anthony J. Richardson, Richard Matear, Skipton N. C. Woolley, Rebecca Darbyshire   +12 more
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Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity of Hypericum brasiliense extract and its fractions on Staphylococcus of canine origin

Scientific Reports
The growing resistance to antimicrobials, partly due to the ability to form biofilms, poses a challenge for developing new antimicrobial agents. This study assessed the antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of Hypericum brasiliense extract, Japonicin ...
Yasmim de M. Assumpção, Lialyz S. P. Andre, Izabel M. Teixeira, Carolina O. da Fonseca, Francisco P. Machado, Tainara A. N. Ribeiro, Renata F. A. Pereira, Daniela Sachs, Leandro M. Rocha, Bruno Penna   +9 more
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Study on the anticancer activity of Poria cocos extract mediated gold nanoparticles in the treatment of pancreatic cancer

Materials Research Express, 2021
Poria cocos , a fungus used extensively in the Chinese herbal medicine, has been known for myriad of pharmacological applications. There is a growing body of evidence on developing medications for antitumor therapies.
Miao Nie, Peijun Sun
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Mechanisms underlying the protective effects of San‐Bai decoction against UV radiation on the skin

International Journal of Cosmetic Science, EarlyView.
Combining conventional differential expression analysis with differential network analysis offers a promising strategy to uncover the mechanistic basis of the holistic benefits provided by herbal blends. Our findings demonstrated that San‐Bai decoction modulates multiple pathways—not only those related to skin pigmentation, such as ET‐1 signalling, but
Rui Zhang, Hong Zhang, Chengming Zhang, Wencai Jiang, Luonan Chen, Yimei Tan, Ying Zou, Xuelan Gu   +7 more
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COCO: Performance Assessment

CoRR, 2016
We present an any-time performance assessment for benchmarking numerical optimization algorithms in a black-box scenario, applied within the COCO benchmarking platform. The performance assessment is based on runtimes measured in number of objective function evaluations to reach one or several quality indicator target values.
Hansen, Nikolaus, Auger, Anne, Brockhoff, Dimo, Tusar, Dejan, Tušar, Tea   +4 more
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Fluoride‐Free Mouthwashes Available Over‐The‐Counter in the US‐An Overview

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Fluoride‐free mouthwashes (FFM) are commonly used by patients for a variety of cosmetic and/or therapeutic reasons. The purpose of this study was to investigate the composition and purposes of FFM available over‐the‐counter in the US.
Astrid C. Valdivia‐Tapia, Jaime A. Cury, Antonio P. Ricomini‐Filho, Frank Lippert   +3 more
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Multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST70 harboring bla NDM in a migratory Penguin

Scientific Reports
The growing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance poses a global threat to human and animal health. In this study, we investigated the occurrence and genetic basis of antimicrobial resistance in a Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) rescued off
Sandryelle Merces Freire, Annelise Kyllar, Marina Côrtes, Thiago P. G. Chagas, Felipe Pinheiro, Renata F. A. Pereira, Fabio Aguiar-Alves, Bruno Penna   +7 more
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Detection of Hanseniaspora opuntiae in anovaginal samples of pregnant women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—a case report

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
In this study, we report the first isolation of Hanseniaspora opuntiae obtained from four pregnant women in Brazil. Clinical isolates were obtained from four samples taken between 35 and 37 gestational weeks, as part of the routine antenatal care for ...
Tatiane Nobre Pinto, Laura M. A. Oliveira, Gisela L. da Costa, Natália Silva Costa, Elaine Cristina Francisco, Tatiana C. A. Pinto, Manoel M. E. Oliveira   +6 more
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Contingent Convertible Bonds as an Alternative to Strengthen Banks' Ability in Financing a Real Economy

Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 2015
The main goal of this paper is to analyse whether Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCos) are equally safe for banks and for the real economy because of their, sometimes, uneasy to understand features.
Jolanta Zombirt
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Analysis of weighted gene co-expression network of triterpenoid-related transcriptome characteristics from different strains of Wolfiporia cocos

Scientific Reports, 2021
The fungus Wolfiporia cocos has wide-ranging and important medicinal value, and its dried sclerotia are used as a traditional Chinese medicine. Modern studies have shown that triterpenoid, the active ingredient of W.
Guiping Zeng, Zhong Li, Zhi Zhao
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