Polymicrobial communities impose a great challenge for clinical management of chronic infections. It is a consensus now that microbes exist as aggregated colonies shielded within polymeric matrix. Within this matrix more than one bacterial species can exist either in symbiotic or rival relationships. Herein, we investigated the host-specific interspecies interactions between Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in...

The aims of this study were to investigate gastrocnemius medialis (GM) muscle properties in male academy soccer players (ASP) and age- and sex-matched control participants (CON); and to explore the relationships between GM characteristics and jump performance. Thirty-four participants (ASP, n = 22, age 18.8 ± 1.4 years, height 1.82 ± 0.08 m, mass 75.1 ± 5.9 kg; and CON, n = 12, 22.2 ± 2.9 years, 1.75 ± 0.05 m, 71.6 ± 7.4 kg) c...

The aims of this study were to investigate (i) differences in gastrocnemius medialis (GM) tendon properties between adult male soccer players from an English category one academy (ASP) and male control participants (CON); and (ii) the relationships between GM tendon properties and jump performance. The GM tendon force–elongation relationship was measured in 13 ASP (mean ± SD height 1.81 ± 0.07 m; mass 73.6 ± 5.4 kg; age 18.8 ±...

Motivation Freshwater ecosystems have been heavily impacted by land‐use changes, but data syntheses on these impacts are still limited. Here, we compiled a global database encompassing 241 studies with species abundance data (from multiple biological groups and geographic locations) across sites with different land‐use categories. This compilation will be useful for addressing questions regarding land‐use change and its impact...