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Salmonella enterica can colonize all parts of the tomato plant. Tomatoes have been frequently implicated in salmonellosis outbreaks. In agricultural settings, Salmonella must overcome stress, nutritional and competition barriers to become established on plant surfaces. Knowledge of the genetic mechanisms underlying Salmonella-plant associations is limited, especially when growing epiphytically. A genome-wide transcriptomic analysis of Salmonella Typhimurium (SeT) was conducted with RNA-Seq to elucidate strategies for epiphytic growth on live, intact tomato shoot and root surfaces. Six plasmid-encoded and 123 chromosomal genes were significantly (using Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted p-values) up-regulated; 54 and 110 detected in SeT on shoots and roots, respectively, with 35 common to both. Key signals included NsrR regulon genes needed to mitigate nitrosative stress, oxidative stress genes and host adaptation genes, including environmental stress, heat shock and acid-inducible genes. Several amino acid biosynthesis genes and genes indicative of sulphur metabolism and anaerobic respiration were up-regulated. Some Type III secretion system (T3SS) effector protein genes and their chaperones from pathogenicity island-2 were expressed mostly in SeT on roots. Gene expression in SeT was validated against SeT and also the tomato outbreak strain Salmonella Newport with a high correlation (R2 = 0.813 and 0.874, respectively; both p less then 0.001). Oxidative and nitrosative stress response genes, T3SS2 genes and amino acid biosynthesis may be needed for Salmonella to successfully colonize tomato shoot and root surfaces.Reverse order laws for generalized inverses of matrix products are a classic object of study in the theory of generalized inverses. One of the well-known reverse order laws for a matrix product AB is ( A B ) ( i , … , j ) = B ( s 2 , … , t 2 ) A ( s 1 , … , t 1 ) , where ( ⋅ ) ( i , … , j ) denotes a i , … , j -generalized inverse of matrix. Because i , … , j -generalized inverse of a singular matrix is not unique, the relationships between both sides of the reverse order law can be divided into four situations for consideration. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of plenty of results concerning reverse order laws for i , … , j -generalized inverses of the product AB, from the development of background and preliminary tools to the collection of miscellaneous formulas and facts on the reverse order laws in one place with cogent introduction and references for further study. We begin with the introduction of a linear mixed model y = A B β + A γ + ϵ and the presentation of two least-squares methodology (MEM), and the matrix rank methodology (MRM).Magnesium oxide remained interesting from long time for several important phenomena like; defect induced magnetism, spin electron reflectivity, broad laser emission etc. Moreover, nanostructures of this material exhibited suitability for different kinds of applications ranging from wastewater treatment to spintronics depending upon their shape and size. In this way, researchers had grown nanostructures in the form of nanoparticles, thin films, nanotubes, nanowalls, nanobelts. Though nanoparticles and thin films are well known form of nanostructures and wide variety of synthesis approaches are available, however, limited methodology for other nanostructures are available. In order to grow these nanostructures in an optimized way an understanding of these methods is essential. Belumosudil Thus, this review article depicts an overview of various approaches for design of different kinds of nanostructures.There is little information available about the effects of early-life parental stress on the reproductive potential of the next generation. The aim of this study is to examine the reproductive potential of male mice whose parents experienced maternal separation stress. In the present study, male first-generation offspring from parents were undergone of maternal separation (MS) were examined. Sperm characteristics, histological changes in testis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, expression of apoptotic and inflammatory genes and proteins were assessed. Findings showed that MS experienced by parents significantly decreased the morphology and viability of spermatozoa. Furthermore, significant changes in testicular tissue histology were observed. Increased production of ROS, decreased glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) concentrations, and affected the expression of genes and cytokines involved in inflammation. Finally, the mean percentage of caspase-1 and NLRP3 (NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3) positive cells was significantly higher in first-generation group. MS experienced by parents may negatively affect the reproduction of first generation offspring.We collect the nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs of 63 subjects with severe symptoms or contacts with COVID-19 confirmed cases to perform a pilot-study aimed to verify the "in situ" expression of SARS-CoV-2 host invasion genes (ACE2, TMPRSS2, PCSK3, EMILIN1, EMILIN2, MMRN1, MMRN2, DPP4). ACE2 (FC = +1.88, p ≤ 0.05) and DPP4 (FC = +3, p less then 0.01) genes showed a significant overexpression in COVID-19 patients. ACE2 and DPP4 expression levels had a good performance (AUC = 0.75; p less then 0.001) in distinguishing COVID-19 patients from negative subjects. Interestingly, we found a significant positive association of ACE2 mRNA and PCSK3, EMILIN1, MMRN1 and MMRN2 expression and of DPP4 mRNA and EMILIN2 expression only in COVID-19 patients. Noteworthy, a subgroup of severe COVID-19 (n = 7) patients, showed significant high level of ACE2 mRNA and another subgroup of less severe COVID-19 patients (n = 6) significant raised DPP4 levels. These results indicate that a group of SARS-CoV-2 host invasion genes are functionally related in COVID-19 patients and suggests that ACE2 and DPP4 expression level could act as genomic biomarkers. Moreover, at the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that shows an elevated DPP4 expression in naso- and oropharyngeal swabs of COVID-19 patient thus suggesting a functional role of DPP4 in SARS-CoV-2 infections.