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subtilis vegetative cells and spores after a single filtration. Hence, the present work suggests the feasibility of using EOC-functionalized supports as filtering aids to enhance the microbial quality of liquid matrices with spore-forming microorganisms. PRACTICAL APPLICATION The developed antimicrobial-coated filters have shown remarkable removal properties against an important spore-forming bacterium in food industry. These filters may be used as a potential sterilization technique for preservation of different beverages alone or in combination with other mild-thermal or nonthermal techniques.

The pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is not fully clarified, although excessive glutamate (Glu) transmission and the downstream cytotoxic cascades are major mechanisms for motor neuron death. Two metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlu

and mGlu

) are overexpressed in ALS and regulate cellular disease processes. Expression and function of mGlu

receptors are altered at early symptomatic stages in the SOD1

mouse model of ALS and knockdown of mGlu5 receptors in SOD1

mice improved disease progression.

We treated male and female SOD1

mice with 2-chloro-4-((2,5-dimethyl-1-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethynyl)pyridine (CTEP), an orally available mGlu

receptor negative allosteric modulator (NAM), using doses of 2 mg·kg

per 48 h or 4 mg·kg

per 24 h from Day 90, an early symptomatic disease stage. Disease progression was studied by behavioural and histological approaches.

CTEP dose-dependently ameliorated clinical features in SOD1

mice. The lower dose increased survival and improved motor skills in female mice, with barely positive effects in male mice. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/TGX-221.html Higher doses significantly ameliorated disease symptoms and survival in both males and females, females being more responsive. CTEP also reduced motor neuron death, astrocyte and microglia activation, and abnormal glutamate release in the spinal cord, with equal effects in male and female mice. No differences were also observed in CTEP access to the brain.

Our results suggest that mGlu

receptors are promising targets for the treatment of ALS and highlight mGlu5 receptor NAMs as effective pharmacological tools with translational potential.

Our results suggest that mGlu5 receptors are promising targets for the treatment of ALS and highlight mGlu5 receptor NAMs as effective pharmacological tools with translational potential.Infectious diseases are one of the most important problems of the last century. Epidemics have caused the stigmatization of managers, healthcare professionals, and those likely to be infected throughout history. Although many infectious diseases caused stigmas both in the past and today, a new name is added to the list of epidemics in various regions in the world each year and the masses become alerted. The latest disease added to the list is the new coronavirus (COVID-19). Today, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has influenced the whole world, the risk of social stigmatization reappears. In this context, it is very important to take the necessary measures to prevent stigmatization and to plan the interventions.Salmonella, being one of the most widespread foodborne pathogens, is a compulsory test item required by national food safety standard of China and many other countries. More sensitive and specific Salmonella detection method is still needed since traditional methods are time consuming and highly dependent on enormous manpower and material resources. In this research, a bacteria detection method based on CRISPR-Cas13a system (where CRISPR is Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) was proposed. The target DNA was amplified by PCR and transcribed into RNA by T7 transcriptase, which can activate the RNase activity of the Cas13a protein. The self-folding quenched fluorescent probe can be cleaved by the activated Cas13a protein to generate fluorescent signal. We named this method as PCF detection (PCR-CRISPR-Fluorescence based nucleic acid detection). In this study, PCF detection showed excellent sensitivity, which can detect Salmonella genomic DNA with a minimum of 101 aM or 10° CFU/ml Salmonella bacteria in 2 hr. It also showed good specificity with no cross-reaction with other common foodborne bacteria. PRACTICAL APPLICATION The PCF detection method proposed in this article can detect Salmonella sensitively and specifically, providing a novel strategy for the detection of foodborne pathogens in food and has great application potential in other microbial detection fields.

This study was conducted to determine the effect of yoga on burnout and job satisfaction of nursing academicians.

The research is an experimental clinical trial conducted as pretest-posttest with control groups between March and August 2019 in a Nursing Faculty. Participants in the experimental group were given yoga practice (n = 33) twice a week for 8 weeks. Data were collected by using MBI and MSQ.

The experimental group's mean posttest Personal Achievement, Extrinsic Satisfaction and General Satisfaction scores were higher than that of control group participants, and a highly significant difference was found between the groups.

Yoga practice is effective in reducing the burnout and increasing job satisfaction of nursing academicians.

Yoga practice is effective in reducing the burnout and increasing job satisfaction of nursing academicians.Acrylamide (AA), which is a carcinogen in humans, has been a research focus in terms of food risk assessment. However, few published studies have explored protein strategies to reduce the health risks of AA. The objective of this study was to investigate the binding of AA with soy protein isolate (SPI) and elucidate the binding mechanism. The results showed that AA could bind with nontreated, heat-treated, high-pressure homogenization-treated, and ultrasound-treated SPI in vitro. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy suggested that secondary structure of SPI changed significantly after binding with AA in the nontreated and different treated groups. Moreover, fluorescence quenching experiments suggested that the quenching of SPI by AA was static quenching and hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions, and van der Waals forces were involved in this process. PRACTICAL APPLICATION The study of SPI and AA binding could provide a new perspective for reducing the bioaccessibility of AA in human body by using protein.