item: #1 of 37 id: biol-106 author: Gonzalez, Elizabeth Anne title: Reusable Areas of Clinically Used Ventilators Carry Low Numbers of Aerobic Bacteria date: 2014-10-26 words: 3537 flesch: 53 summary: Keywords: ventilators, reusable, cleaning, disinfecting, bioburden, ventilator associated pneumonia Introduction While mechanical ventilation can be a life-saving and necessary procedure, it often presents complications for patients such as ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP).1 VAPs result in an increase in hospital stay time and cost for patients.2,3 Additionally, patients that acquire VAP while in the ICU have a higher mortality rate, although the exact risk of death associated with VAP is still unclear due to confounding variables.1 While VAP rates have decreased in recent years, at least partly due to changes in clinical practices such as elevating patients at an angle rather than lying horizontally,4 they still remain a problem. Once immunocompromised patients are ventilated, they have an increased rate of VAP and mortality.14,15 The most concerning bacteria isolated from the ventilators were S. aureus resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, or MRSA. keywords: areas; bacteria; healthcare; patient; screen; ventilator cache: biol-106.pdf plain text: biol-106.txt item: #2 of 37 id: biol-112 author: Damjanovski, Sashko title: Analysis of the effects of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1, -2 and -3 N- and C-terminal domains on signaling markers during X. laevis development date: 2014-10-29 words: 4854 flesch: 44 summary: Specifically, changes in apoptosis were assayed using an active caspase-3 antibody, proliferation via a phosho-histone- 3 (PH3) antibody, and RECK protein levels using a RECK antibody. Additionally, we examined changes in RECK levels, as the TIMP-2 C-terminal domain has previously been shown to increase RECK protein levels in cultured human endothelial cells20. keywords: cell; constructs; domain; embryos; laevis; levels; protein; reck; terminal; timp-1 cache: biol-112.pdf plain text: biol-112.txt item: #3 of 37 id: biol-113 author: Makhzoum, Abdullah; Bjelica, Anica; Petit-Paly, Genevieve; Bernards, Mark A title: Novel Plant Regeneration and Transient Gene Expression in Catharanthus roseus date: 2015-03-27 words: 6504 flesch: 56 summary: Nevertheless, our data provide the basis for further studies on shoot apical meristem genetic transformation as a tool to overcome the intrinsic difficulties in C. roseus genetic transformation, as well as the basis for plantlet regeneration. Furthermore, C. roseus meristem tissues were shown to have high shoot regeneration potential under conditions optimised for cotyledon- and hypocotyl-derived shooting. keywords: agrobacterium; bap; cultures; explants; gus; meristem; plant; regeneration; roseus; shoots; transformation; tumefaciens cache: biol-113.pdf plain text: biol-113.txt item: #4 of 37 id: biol-114 author: Ngumah, Chima; Umeh, Sarah; Chinakwe, Etienne; Ngumah, Jane title: Antifungal potencies of ethanol leaf extracts of four plants found around traditional Yan Barns in south eastern Nigeria on five Yam pathogens implicated in postharvest Yam rot date: 2015-08-28 words: 2107 flesch: 58 summary: Microsoft Word - Ngumah_Proofreaded.docx                                                                                                                    Issue 2, Vol 6, 2015, 24-29 ANTIFUNGAL  POTENCIES  OF  ETHANOL  LEAF  EXTRACTS  OF  FOUR  PLANTS  FOUND  AROUND   TRADITIONAL  YAM  BARNS  IN  SOUTH  EASTERN  NIGERIA  ON  FIVE  YAM  PATHOGENS  IMPLICATED  IN   POSTHARVEST  YAM  ROT Chima    Ngumah1*,  Sarah  Umeh1,  Etienne  Chinakwe1,  Jane  Ngumah2   1Department  of  Microbiology,  Federal  University  of  Technology  Owerri,  P.M.B  1526  Owerri,  Nigeria.   The  filtrates  were  evaporated   to   dryness   by   forced   air   pressure   using   a   rotary   evaporator   to   a   yield   of   about   12.5%   w/w   (with   respect  to  the  powdered  plant  material).3     Preparation  of  plant  extract  diluent                      1000mg  quantity  of  each  ethanolic  extract  (hot   and   cold)   was   reconstituted   with   5   ml   of   10%   dimethyl  sulfoxide  (DMSO)  to  obtain  a  concentration   of  200  mg/ml.4      A  two  fold  serial  dilution  was  used  to   obtain  the  following  concentrations  in  sterile  distilled   water:   100   mg/ml,   50   mg/ml,   25   mg/ml,   and   12.5   mg/ml.   keywords: extracts; leaf; plant; yam cache: biol-114.pdf plain text: biol-114.txt item: #5 of 37 id: biol-115 author: Alcantara, David title: Thank you to reviewers of negative results in 2014 date: 2014-12-01 words: 264 flesch: 34 summary: Microsoft Word - editorial.docx Thank you to reviewers of negative results in 2014 David Alcántara All Res. More info for sponsors at: sponsors@arjournals.com EDITORIAL Issue 4, Vol 5, 2014, 23 Thank you to reviewers of negative results in 2014 David Alcántara Editor in Chief, The All Results Journals:Biol The mission of The All Results Journals:Biol is the communication of excellent research work obtaining negative results from all fields of biology and biomedicine. keywords: results; reviewers cache: biol-115.pdf plain text: biol-115.txt item: #6 of 37 id: biol-116 author: Siermontowski, Piotr; Pedrycz, Agnieszka; Kopczyński, Janusz; Kaczerska, Dorota; van Damme-Ostapowicz, Katarzyna; Olszański, Romuald title: An attempt to use immunohistochemical methods for semi-quantitative determination of surfactant in bronchial secretion after hyperbaric exposures date: 2015-11-23 words: 2616 flesch: 52 summary: Design Sputum samples were collected before, during and after hyperbaric air or oxygen exposures; histological preparations were prepared and stained immunohistochemically to visualize surfactant. The samples from oxygen exposures were collected during oxygen tolerance test. keywords: exposure; hyperbaric; method; oxygen; preparations; samples; sputum; surfactant; toxicity cache: biol-116.pdf plain text: biol-116.txt item: #7 of 37 id: biol-121 author: pan, yan; Hsu, Chia Jie; Koh, Rhun Yian; Ong, Chin Eng; Chieng, Jin Yu title: In vitro study of modulatory effects of extracts of Strobilanthes Crispus on human cDNA-expressed cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6) and CYP3A4 date: 2016-05-09 words: 5702 flesch: 58 summary: For example, S. crispus extract has been shown to induce apoptosis in breast cancer cells via mitochondria the dependent p53 pathway.33 Alternatively, the anti-cancer effect of the plant extract might be mediated by down- regulation of c-myc, an oncogene, in hepatocellular carcinoma.34 In addition, S. crispus extract has been found to possess anti-angiogenic properties and hence inhibit cancer cell growth in that way.35 It is advised that other CYP isoforms also be investigated, such as CYP2E1, which is involved in the metabolism of nitrosamine N- nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) in rats’ livers,8 or CYP1A2 and CYP1B1, which play roles in colon cancer carcinogenesis- S. crispus extract’s cytotoxicity to this cancer has been demonstrated.36 Independence of CYP2A6 and CYP3A4 activities from action of S. crispus extracts was an encouraging finding in terms of drug-herb interaction assessment. keywords: activity; cancer; concentration; crispus; cyp2a6; cyp3a4; drug; extract; figure; ity; leaf; mg; s. crispus; stem; tro; values cache: biol-121.pdf plain text: biol-121.txt item: #8 of 37 id: biol-123 author: SIDDIQUE, YASIR HASAN; Faiz Mujtaba, Syed; Faisal, Mohammad; Naz, Falaq title: Effect of Withania somnifera leaf extract on the dietary supplementation in transgenic Drosophila model of Parkinson’s disease date: 2015-09-14 words: 4754 flesch: 60 summary: The results suggest that W. somnifera leaf extract is not potent in reducing the PD symptoms in transgenic Drosophila model of Parkinson’s disease. The control flies treated with 0.25, 0.50, and 1.0µl/ml of W. somnifera leaf extract were associated with mean climbing ability of 9.4 ± 0.28, 9.2 ± 0.23 and 9.5 ± 0.32, respectively (Figure 4). keywords: disease; drosophila; extract; flies; leaf; model; somnifera cache: biol-123.pdf plain text: biol-123.txt item: #9 of 37 id: biol-124 author: Edogbanya, Ocholi Paul; Dangana, Ezekiel; Apeji, Yonni title: Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity of Adansonia digitata L. Seed oil gotten from Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria, on some strains of bacteria date: 2015-12-22 words: 2311 flesch: 58 summary: *Corresponding Author: +23408138381212, ocholiedogbanya@gmail.com Graphical Abstract Abstract The use of essential oils as antibacterial agents have become popular over the years, this is in a bid to search for alternative ways of dealing with strains of bacteria that have become resistant to conventional antibiotics. Keywords: Adansonia digitata; Antibacterial; Bacteria; Essential oils; seed 37 All Res. J.Biol, 2015, 6, 37-41     Introduction The World health Organisation has reported that diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria are one of the main cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide1. keywords: adansonia; antibacterial; digitata; oil; oils cache: biol-124.pdf plain text: biol-124.txt item: #10 of 37 id: biol-128 author: Amiri, Mahshid; Jalali-Javaran, Mokhtar; Ehsani, Parastoo; Haddad, Raheem title: Challenge towards plant recombinant protein expression: instability in nuclear and chloroplast transformation date: 2016-05-09 words: 4824 flesch: 52 summary: More info for sponsors at: sponsors@arjournals.com ARTICLE                                                                                                                    Issue 1, Vol 7, 2016, 13-19 Challenge towards plant recombinant protein expression: instability in nuclear and chloroplast transformation   Mahshid Amiri1, Mokhtar Jalali-Javaran*1, Parastoo Ehsani2, Raheem Haddad3 1  Department of Plant Breeding & Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University(TMU), Tehran, Iran; Molecular Biology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran Corresponding author: Mokhtar Jalali-Javaran: Department of Plant Breeding & Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University(TMU), Tehran, Iran; jalali.mokhtar@gmail.com,Tel: 098-2148292104       Grafical Abstract         Abstract: It is crucial to maintain the stability of transgene and its expression level. Position effects and epigenetic silencing of plant transgenes. keywords: activator; chloroplast; expression; instability; nuclear; pcr; plants; plasminogen; protein; tissue; tpa; transformation; transgene cache: biol-128.pdf plain text: biol-128.txt item: #11 of 37 id: biol-130 author: Alcantara, David title: Thank you to reviewers of negative results in 2015 date: 2015-12-23 words: 256 flesch: 41 summary: Microsoft Word - editorial.docx Thank you to reviewers of negative results in 2015 David Alcántara All Res. More info for sponsors at: sponsors@arjournals.com ARTICLE Issue 3, Vol 6, 2015, 30 Thank you to reviewers of negative results in 2015 David Alcántara Editor in Chief, The All Results Journals:Biol keywords: results cache: biol-130.pdf plain text: biol-130.txt item: #12 of 37 id: biol-132 author: Domínguez-Vías, Germán; Segarra Robles, Ana Belén; Ramírez Sánchez, Manuel; Jiménez Serrano, Sara title: Relationship of angiotensinase and vasopressinase enzymatic activities between hypothalamus and plasma in an obese rat model by high-fat diet date: 2016-07-07 words: 4768 flesch: 59 summary: Dietary fatty acid composition affects aminopeptidase activities in the testes of mice. We found no angiotensinase and vasopressinase activities in hypothalamus and plasma, with no significant correlations between enzymatic activities in either region. keywords: activities; ang; diet; fat; fatty; hypothalamus; oil; plasma; prieto; ramírez; segarra; vasopressinase cache: biol-132.pdf plain text: biol-132.txt item: #13 of 37 id: biol-133 author: Fuchs, Daniela Viviana; Fuchs, Daniela Viviana; Montalti, Diego title: Do morphometric measurements allow sex discrimination in Mockingbirds (Mimus sp)? date: 2016-10-05 words: 4546 flesch: 71 summary: M. thenca (45 specimens), M. patagonicus (95), M. saturninus (88), M. triurus (152), and M. dorsalis (7). There were significant differences between sexes in wing chord for M. patagonicus, M. saturninus and M. triurus; tail length for M. patagonicus and M. triurus; tarsus length for M. patagonicus; and in middle toe length for M. triurus. keywords: bill; birds; chord; dimorphism; discriminant; length; measurements; sex; sexual; species; triurus; wing cache: biol-133.pdf plain text: biol-133.txt item: #14 of 37 id: biol-136 author: Wang, Peixiang; Israelian, Lori; Xue, Yunlin; Song, Siyuan; Attisano, Liliana; Minassian, Berge title: SGK1 (glucose transport), dishevelled2 (wnt signaling), LC3/p62 (autophagy) and p53 (apoptosis) proteins are unaltered in Lafora disease date: 2016-10-05 words: 3525 flesch: 50 summary: They then tested whether pSGK1 is increased in laforin ko LD mice and reported this to be the case. Secondly, it was shown that laforin or malin ko mice do not have increased amounts of soluble GS or GS activity3, 21, 22, bringing into question the relevance of the malin action on GS seen in cell culture experiments. keywords: disease; glycogen; lafora; laforin; malin; mice cache: biol-136.pdf plain text: biol-136.txt item: #15 of 37 id: biol-137 author: Caesar, Lindsay Kate; Hayes, M Melissa; Adelberg, Jeffrey title: Identification of Endogenous Bacteria in Micropropagated Helleborus ×nigercors date: 2016-12-23 words: 4386 flesch: 52 summary: MBCs were used to determine plant treatments. Many endophytic Paenibacilli produce compounds that aid in plant growth, such as auxins, cytokinins, and antibiotics (Ulrich et al. 2008; McSpadden Gardener 2004). keywords: antibiotic; bacteria; gentamicin; genus; growth; microbiol; ml⁻1; plantlets; stenotrophomonas; sulfate; tissue; treatments; ×nigercors cache: biol-137.pdf plain text: biol-137.txt item: #16 of 37 id: biol-140 author: Fartyal, Dr. Meenakshi; Kumar, Padma title: Insufficient Antifungal Potential of Crude Extracts of Carissa Carandas Linn. & Nerium Oleander Linn.” date: 2016-12-23 words: 3765 flesch: 56 summary: WHO [1] reported that 80% of the global population relies on traditional therapies which involve the use of plant extracts or their active constituents. Considering the rich diversity of plants, it is expected that screening and scientific evaluation of plant extracts for their 48 All Res. J.Biol, 2016, 7, 47-54     antimicrobial activity may provide new antimicrobial substances. keywords: activity; antifungal; carandas; concentration; extracts; mentagrophyte; nerium; oleander; parts; plant cache: biol-140.pdf plain text: biol-140.txt item: #17 of 37 id: biol-149 author: Naidoo, Natasha; Pillay, Balakrishna; Bubb, Martin; Kumar, Ajit; Chiliza, Thamsanqa; Pillay, Manormoney title: Signal peptide prediction suggests Mycobacterium tuberculosis curli pilin subunit secretion via the Sec pathway may hinder MTP overexpression in Escherichia coli date: 2017-07-22 words: 8469 flesch: 58 summary: The maltose binding protein (MBP) has not been cloned alongside MTP protein and this fusion tag has been used to successfully express M. tuberculosis transmembrane proteins 26. The inadequate expression of M. tuberculosis protein in E. coli may be due to the significant differences in the G-C composition of E.coli (50%) and M. tuberculosis (65-70%), resulting in differences in codon usage between the mRNA of these 2 microbes 11,12. keywords: clone; coli; expression; gene; lane; mtp; mtp clone; peptide; pet101; pgex-6p-1; protein; secretion; signal; tuberculosis cache: biol-149.pdf plain text: biol-149.txt item: #18 of 37 id: biol-151 author: SIDDIQUE, YASIR HASAN; Anjum, Simmi; x, Rahul; Jyoti, Smita title: Evaluation of the toxic potential of aspartame in third instar larvae of transgenic Drosophila melanogaster (hsp70-lacZ) Bg9 date: 2017-07-22 words: 6618 flesch: 64 summary: But in MMS exposed group the activity was significantly higher as compared to untreated, and aspartame exposed groups. Microsoft Word - LayoutEditing.docx Evaluation of the toxic potential of aspartame in third instar larvae of transgenic Drosophila melanogaster (hsp70- lacZ) keywords: activity; aspartame; control; doses; drosophila; et al; exposure; fig; flies; instar; larvae; melanogaster; p<0.05; study; transgenic; µm aspartame cache: biol-151.pdf plain text: biol-151.txt item: #19 of 37 id: biol-156 author: Jerez, María Belén; Juri Ayub, Maximiliano title: Activity on non-methylated DNA limits the use of endonuclease MspJI for epigenetic analyses date: 2018-03-07 words: 3113 flesch: 55 summary: Keywords: DNA methylation; restriction enzyme; star activity; epigenetic; cytosine; MsPJI; Real time PCR 1 All Res. J.Biol, 2018, 9, 1-6 Introduction Methylation of DNA is associated with transcriptional repression, as well as other highly specialized processes such as genomic imprinting and X chromosome inactivation There is also growing evidence linking DNA methylation to pathological processes such as cancer development [2]. keywords: cpg; dna; figure; genomic; methylation; mspji; pcr; restriction; sites cache: biol-156.pdf plain text: biol-156.txt item: #20 of 37 id: biol-165 author: Edogbanya, Ocholi Paul; Olorunmola, Johnson; Suleiman, Maryam Oyiza; Aminu, Ruth; Oijagbe, Jonah Irabor title: Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial activity of Terminalia catappa seed oil obtained from Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria, on Some Selected Clinical Isolates date: 2020-04-01 words: 3073 flesch: 58 summary: The study was carried out to evaluate the antimicrobial efficacy of Terminalia catappa seed oil obtained from Anyigba, Kogi State Nigeria, on some selected clinical isolates of selected microorganisms (Aspergillus niger, Staphylocuccos aureus, Escherichia coli). This work was carried out to determine the phytochemical components as well as evaluate the antimicrobial activity of Terminalia catappa seed oil. keywords: activity; catappa; control; extract; journal; oil; seed; terminalia; terminalia catappa cache: biol-165.pdf plain text: biol-165.txt item: #21 of 37 id: biol-171 author: Van Dongen, Stefan; Danckaers, Femke; Beerten, Jessie; Huysmans, Toon title: Women’s preferences for male facial masculinity are not condition-dependent in a large online study date: 2019-10-22 words: 3764 flesch: 45 summary: Keywords: woman preferences; masculinity; forced-choice experiment, context-dependent, repeatability Introduction In humans, male masculinity is regarded as a signal of ‘genetic quality’. Nevertheless, masculinity preferences of both types of stimuli were significantly correlated (Fig.4) indicating that they reflect comparable underlying biological preferences of facial aspects. keywords: masculine; masculinity; photos; preference; scans; variation; women cache: biol-171.pdf plain text: biol-171.txt item: #22 of 37 id: biol-180 author: Carter, Taylor Howell title: Electroporation Inefficiency in Caulobacter henricii CB4 date: 2022-12-23 words: 3995 flesch: 55 summary: Thus, CB4 cells tend to stick to each other in ways that are not observed with C. crescentus cells. The highest concentration of glycine that allowed CB4 to grow was 0.1%, and electrocompetent cells were prepared from CB4 cells grown in the presence of 0.1% glycine. keywords: caulobacter; cb4; cells; copa; crescentus; efficiency; electroporation; layer; plasmid cache: biol-180.pdf plain text: biol-180.txt item: #23 of 37 id: biol-28 author: Ebikeme, Charles; Giménez, Victoria Valdivia title: The Malaria Problem: short communication date: 2010-08-02 words: 5764 flesch: 50 summary: History and current status of Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance in Madagascar. Antimalarial drug resistance and combination chemotherapy. keywords: antimalarial; chloroquine; drug; falciparum; journal; malaria; plasmodium; resistance; treatment cache: biol-28.pdf plain text: biol-28.txt item: #24 of 37 id: biol-40 author: Alcantara, David; Blois, Joe; Ceacero, Carlos Juan title: Editorial date: 2010-10-07 words: 2162 flesch: 47 summary: This trend might be perpetuated by the attitude of researchers who have deliberately hidden negative results or by the ones who neglected or forgot about results entirely (mainly due to lack of time). J. Biol), a very unique journal that publishes articles and reviews with negative results in the field of Biology. keywords: biol; biology; journals; publication; results cache: biol-40.pdf plain text: biol-40.txt item: #25 of 37 id: biol-46 author: Irwin, Maria; Finkral, Alex; Bailey, John title: Effects of thinning, burning, seeding, and slash arrangements on understory communities in pinyon-juniper woodlands of northern Arizona date: 2011-11-12 words: 5792 flesch: 64 summary: We tested 16 treatment combinations designed to restore stands to historic conditions by examining the impact on understory plant richness and abundance. We compared understory plant richness and abundance for 2005 vs. 2006 in the 3 control (no thinning and no burn/seed method) sub-plots at each site. keywords: abundance; arrangement; burn; fire; juniper; pinyon; plant; richness; seed; seeding; site; slash; soil; thinning; understory; woodlands cache: biol-46.pdf plain text: biol-46.txt item: #26 of 37 id: biol-55 author: Nema, Vijay title: Rectification of artificial molecular recombination with the use of high fidelity enzyme in the amplification of 16S rDNA sequences from Stool sample. date: 2012-06-11 words: 2046 flesch: 55 summary: Variation in % difference between clone sequence (query) and ACGO02000005.1 sequence (subject). Apart from other sequences showing similarity with other organisms, a few clone sequences were found to be 99-100% identical with Lactobacillus gasseri gene for 16S rRNA, complete sequence (accession no. AB517146.1). keywords: 16s; amplification; dna; fidelity; sample; sequences cache: biol-55.pdf plain text: biol-55.txt item: #27 of 37 id: biol-61 author: Lucas, Anne title: Some Limits of Biocompatibility Testing for Lipophilic Leachates date: 2012-05-25 words: 3273 flesch: 57 summary: Initially, 25 ml of the extraction oils (cottonseed, olive, or peanut oil) were tested to select the best oil with cell culture media as a point of comparison. There were significant differences in toxicity for cells in dialysis tubing from devices extracted between peanut oil and media. keywords: cells; dialysis; media; oil; peanut; test; tubing cache: biol-61.pdf plain text: biol-61.txt item: #28 of 37 id: biol-67 author: Alcantara, David title: A closer look date: 2012-06-27 words: 616 flesch: 47 summary: This has been a positive and encouraging sign for us to continue working and publishing good quality work focused on negative results. We encourage new submissions from researchers from all Biology disciplines and look forward to publishing good quality work within the scope of our journal. keywords: devices; journal; work cache: biol-67.pdf plain text: biol-67.txt item: #29 of 37 id: biol-68 author: DHANDAPANI, NAGASAMY VENKATESH title: Pelletization by Extrusion-Spheronization- A detailed review date: 2012-10-23 words: 9516 flesch: 55 summary: Powdered cellulose as excipient for extrusion–spheronization pellets of a cohesive hydrophobic drug, Eur. With HPMC and HEC, pellets absorbed water producing a viscous gel matrix and dissolved or eroded slowly, unlike MCC pellets which stayed intact without dissolution or erosion.79 Hence, these excipients find application in pellet formulation of water sensitive drugs and in those formulations where organic liquid must be used as wet massing liquid in place of water. keywords: cellulose; drug; eur; extruder; extrusion; extrusion spheronization; formulation; influence; int; j. pharm; j.m; mcc; microcrystalline; pellets; pharm; process; properties; release; size; spheronization; water cache: biol-68.pdf plain text: biol-68.txt item: #30 of 37 id: biol-69 author: CHINIKAR, Sadegh; SHAH-HOSSEINI, Nariman; MOSTAFAVI, Ehsan; MORADI, Maryam; KHAKIFIROUZ, Sahar; JALALI, Tahmineh; R. FOOKS, Anthony title: Surveillance of Rift Valley Fever in Iran between 2001 and 2011 date: 2013-04-09 words: 1961 flesch: 55 summary: Electron cryo-microscopy and single-particle averaging of Rift Valley fever virus: evidence for GN-GC glycoprotein heterodimers. IgG-sandwich and IgM-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibody to Rift Valley fever virus in domestic ruminants. keywords: animal; fever; human; iran; rift; rvf; samples; valley cache: biol-69.pdf plain text: biol-69.txt item: #31 of 37 id: biol-70 author: Tafuri, Simona; Pavone, Luigi Michele; Santoro, Dionea; Albarella, Sara; Rea, Silviana; de Pasquale, Valeria; Della Morte, Rossella; Peretti, Vincenzo title: Genetic analysis of congenital hemimelia in buffaloes from Southern Italy date: 2013-04-15 words: 2753 flesch: 65 summary: Our results do not show genetic alterations in the WNT7A exons and ESCO2 exon 2 coding sequences of malformed buffaloes, although further studies on ESCO2 gene are needed to rule out its involvement in the pathogenesis of these congenital malformations. PCR to amplify ESCO2 exon 2 from genomic DNA was performed as it follows: after an initial 5 min denaturation step at 95°C, 35 amplification cycles (94°C for 40 s, 60°C for 30 s, 72°C for 1 min) were carried out followed by a 10 min incubation at 72°C. keywords: buffaloes; cows; esco2; exon; hemimelia; limb; wnt7a cache: biol-70.pdf plain text: biol-70.txt item: #32 of 37 id: biol-71 author: Cordoba-Matson, Miguel Victor title: Evaluation of growth, cell size and biomass of Isochrysis aff. galbana (T-ISO) with two LED regimes date: 2013-04-09 words: 6330 flesch: 64 summary: The culture system consisted of 3 flasks for applying red LEDs, 3 flasks for white LEDs and 3 control group flasks illuminated with the normal fluorescent lighting at the similar light intensity of ~60 µM m–2 s–1. The system built consisted of 3 flasks for applying red LEDs and three for white LEDs and 3 control group flasks illuminated with the normal fluorescent lighting typically used to grow I. galbana in the laboratory. keywords: aff; cell; control; days; flasks; fluorescent; galbana; growth; isochrysis; leds; light; microalgae; red; size; white cache: biol-71.pdf plain text: biol-71.txt item: #33 of 37 id: biol-72 author: Van Noorden, Cornelis J.F title: Publication bias in laboratory animal research by non-publication of “negative” results date: 2013-04-09 words: 626 flesch: 40 summary: More info for sponsors at: sponsors@arjournals.com EDITORIAL                                                                                                                    Issue 1, Vol 4, 2013, 1 Editorial: Publication bias in laboratory animal research by non- publication of “negative” results Cornelis J.F. Van Noorden Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.   Besides, The All Results Journals, The Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine as well as specific sections for negative results publications in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Neurobiology of Aging and Gynaecological Oncology were explicitly mentioned to minimize this type of publication bias. keywords: publication; results cache: biol-72.pdf plain text: biol-72.txt item: #34 of 37 id: biol-73 author: Kongkiatpaiboon, Sumet; Moongkarndi, Primchanien; Gritsanapan, Wandee title: Low effects on cytotoxicity against neuroblastoma cancer cell line (SK-N-SH) and free-radical scavenging activity of Stemona alkaloids date: 2013-08-01 words: 2406 flesch: 48 summary: Stemona alkaloids represent a unique chemical character of the family Stemonaceae4,5. Determination of free radical scavenging activity The free radical scavenging activity of Stemona alkaloids was investigated using DPPH radical scavenging assay. keywords: activity; alkaloids; cell; croomine; scavenging; stemona; tuberostemonine; type cache: biol-73.pdf plain text: biol-73.txt item: #35 of 37 id: biol-80 author: Momen, Bahram; Anderson, Paul D. title: Temperature and light acclimation of photosynthetic capacity in seedlings and mature trees of Pinus ponderosa date: 2014-03-02 words: 2760 flesch: 49 summary: For seedling and mature ponderosa pines of three genotypes, we used a response-surface methodology and ANOVA to evaluate changes in maximum net photosynthesis (An max), and its corresponding light (LAn max) and temperature (TAn max) to diurnal and seasonal changes in ambient temperature during summer and autumn. Anderson2 1Environmental Science and Technology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 2Pacific Northwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR 97331-8550, USA *Corresponding author e-mail: bmomen@umd.edu Abstract A preliminary step to understand the impact of possible rise in temperature on carbon dynamics of forests is to examine the temperature elasticity of key processes involved in carbon fixation in forest trees. keywords: foliage; light; max; pine; ponderosa; seedlings; temperature; trees cache: biol-80.pdf plain text: biol-80.txt item: #36 of 37 id: biol-87 author: Arome, David; Chinedu, Enegide; Ameh, Solomon Fidelis title: Anxiogenic Like activity of Sarcocephalus latifolius Fruit Extract in Mice date: 2014-01-09 words: 2973 flesch: 57 summary: I: Effect of ethanolic fruit extract Sarcocephalus latifolius on elevated plus maze Treatment Time spent in seconds Number of entries Open arms Closed arms Centre Open arms Closed arms Physiological Saline (5 ml/kg) Abstract: The use of pharmacological agents in the treatment of anxiety disorders have fallen out of favour as their unwanted side effects have become evident. keywords: activity; anxiety; anxiogenic; arms; extract; latifolius; sarcocephalus cache: biol-87.pdf plain text: biol-87.txt item: #37 of 37 id: biol-88 author: Kumari, Neelam title: Is Coffee Consumption associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy? date: 2014-03-12 words: 4386 flesch: 57 summary: Several past studies support the hypothesis that habitual coffee consumption is associated with a substantially lower risk of type 2 diabetes.3,28 Going by this hypothesis, coffee consumption should be associated with a lower risk of AMD and DR; however, our study did not demonstrate an inverse relationship between coffee consumption and risk of AMD and DR. Several epidemiological studies have evaluated the association between coffee consumption and risk of systemic diseases; however, there is paucity of data in relation to coffee consumption and risk of eye diseases. keywords: amd; coffee; coffee consumption; consumption; day; risk; singapore; study cache: biol-88.pdf plain text: biol-88.txt