Effect of Near-Infrared Blood Photobiomodulation on Red Blood Cell Damage from the Extracorporeal Circuit during Hemodialysis In Vitro

The contact of blood with the bioincompatible membranes of the dialyzer, which is part of the extracorporeal circuit during hemodialysis (HD), causes upregulation of various cellular and non-cellular processes, including massive generation and release of reactive oxygen species (ROS), (which is one of the primary causes of anemia in chronic renal f

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Prevalence of Listeria species in camel sausages from retail markets in Aydin province in Turkey and RAPD analysis of Listeria monocytogenes Isolates

Abstract Samples were taken from read more 100 camel sausages from the different retail markets in Aydin province in the south-west of Turkey and they were tested for the presence of Listeria spp by biochemical methods.Samples were enriched using Listeria Enrichment Broth and they were inoculated onto Listeria Selective Agar.Listeria monocytogenes

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On Saving Theology in Public Universities in South Africa

The status of theological education is declining in public universities in Africa.This article focused on the decline of theology in South African public universities.The article attempted to assess the attempts to restore the status of theology through pluralist, ecumenical, scientific interdisciplinary and humanist approaches.It argued that these

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Transcriptional and Antagonistic Responses of Biocontrol Strain Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11 to the Plant Pathogenic Oomycete Pythium aphanidermatum

Lysobacter enzymogenes is a ubiquitous, beneficial, plant-associated bacterium emerging as a novel biological control agent.It has the potential to become a new source of antimicrobial secondary metabolites such as the Heat-Stable Antifungal Factor (HSAF), which is a broad-spectrum antimycotic with a novel mode of action.However, very little inform

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Food of sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 (Pisces: Atherinidae) in the estuary of the Mala Neretva River (middle-eastern Adriatic, Croatia)

The feeding habits of sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 in the mouth of the Mala Neretva River were studied berkley power worm 100 pack by examining the stomach contents of 1236 fishes collected from March 2001 to February 2002.Thirteen different food categories were identified.The greatest diversity was recorded in winter, especially in Janu

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