Ballard Persson

The purified peptide displays antimicrobial activity against E. coli, as previously shown. Furthermore, we also tested its antimicrobial activity against the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and found that Bin1b is also capable of inhibiting the growth of this bacterium. In conclusion, we developed a practical methodology for the…[Read more]

001), psychological disability (P<.001) and social disability (P=.029) subscales.

The counselling programme plus jaw exercise protocol showed greater improvement in oral health-related quality of life than the group performing only the counselling programme in patients with DDWR.

The counselling programme plus jaw exercise protocol…[Read more]

The difference was in the frequency and level of threshold shift used to determine hearing loss, and the recommended course of action once hearing loss is detected. The UKHSE scheme is simple and provides guidance on steps to be taken thereafter. This was demonstrated in a case study among miners in a mining company in Tanzania. CONCLUSION The…[Read more]

Overall, this study highlights the role of POC-derived GDNF in BMMSC migration and osteogenic differentiation, suggesting that GDNF regulates bone metabolism. .Skeletal myogenesis is a complex process that is finely regulated by myogenic transcription factors. Recent studies have shown that saturated fatty acids (SFA) can suppress the activation…[Read more]

Ascorbate oxidase (AO) is an enzyme involved in catalyzing the oxidation of apoplastic ascorbic acid (AA) to dehydroascorbic acid (DHA). In this research, the potential of AO spraying to induce systemic resistance was demonstrated in the interaction between sugar beet root and cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii and the mechanism was elucidated.…[Read more]

Despite a high burden of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) in Pakistan, Aspergillus-specific IgG testing is currently not available. Establishing cut-offs for Aspergillus-specific IgG for CPA diagnosis is crucial due to geographical variation. In settings such as Pakistan, where non-Aspergillus fumigatus (mainly A. flavus) Aspergillus species…[Read more]

By employing our models in a pathline-based cardiovascular model building pipeline we substantially reduce the manual segmentation effort required to build accurate cardiovascular models, and reduce the overall time required to perform patient-specific cardiovascular simulations. While our method is applied here for cardiovascular model building…[Read more]