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Low cost, high reliability and easy maintenance are key criteria in the design of routing protocols for wireless sensor networks (WSNs). This paper investigates the existing ant colony optimization (ACO)-based WSN routing algorithms and the minimum hop ...
Ailian Jiang, Lihong Zheng
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Background: Fermented foods are gaining interest because of their ability to improve health, as well as their good taste, and the desire of many to eat them.
A.R.E. El-Hadary +2 more
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Demonstration of early functional compromise of bone marrow derived hematopoietic progenitor cells during bovine neonatal pancytopenia through in vitro culture of bone marrow biopsies [PDF]
Background Bovine neonatal pancytopenia (BNP) is a syndrome characterised by thrombocytopenia associated with marked bone marrow destruction in calves, widely reported since 2007 in several European countries and since 2011 in New Zealand. The disease is
Ballingall, Keith T +8 more
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Accurate counts of wild populations are essential to monitor change through time, but some techniques demand specialist surveyors and may result in unacceptable disturbance or inaccurate counts.
Graham Rush +3 more
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Microbiological Quality and Safety of Retail Chicken and Beef Products in Lebanon
Background: Controlling and reducing the food-borne illnesses remain one of the most challenging problems encountered by food authorities worldwide. This study was conducted to assess the microbiological quality of chicken breast, chicken liver, local ...
J. Yammine, L. Karam
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Cleaning and disinfection in neonatal intensive care units: correlation of evaluation methods [PDF]
Objectives: to correlate surface cleaning and disinfection monitoring methods in two neonatal intensive care units and compare threshold values for adenosine triphosphate. Methods: a correlational study with 864 assessments was conducted using adenosine
Maria Heloisa Silva +5 more
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Microbial Safety of Black Summer Truffle Collected from Sicily and Umbria Regions, Italy
Background: Tuber aestivum Vittad., known as black summer truffle, represents high-value food especially used as garnishment in nouvelle cuisine. The aim of this study was to investigate on the viable microbial populations associated with T.
F. Cirlincione +5 more
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Due to many cases of antibiotic resistance in typhoid fever, efforts have been made to combine antibiotic therapy or active compounds with herbs. Curcumin is an active compound found in herbal plants. Curcumin has an antimicrobial effect; through binding
Ami Febriza +8 more
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Development of Multiple Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for Ceratina calcarata (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Using Genome-Wide Analysis [PDF]
The small carpenter bee, Ceratina calcarata (Robertson), is a widespread native pollinator across eastern North America. The behavioral ecology and nesting biology of C.
Brittain +7 more
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Investigation on the hygienic quality of natural mineral waters sold in the city of Tabriz in 2008 [PDF]
With the significant increase in bottled natural mineral water production and consumption over the last decade in our country, there has been a growing concern over the microbiological quality of such products.
j Khandaghi, M.R Sehat khah
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