Q fever in humans and coxiellosis in ruminants are caused by Coxiella burnetii , a zoonotic obligate intracellular bacterium. This infection poses significant health and economic risk. Effective control strategies rely on a thorough understanding of their epidemiology. In this study, we examined the prevalence of C. burnetii in 372 ruminants (190 goats, 133 cattle, and 49 sheep) from the Lower Shabelle and Benadir Regions of S...

In the last few decades with rapid growth in world population and industrial revolution, the generation and consumption of goods has increased resulting in increased production of waste materials. In Alexandria, Egypt, uncollected solid waste causes, bad smell, drain block- age, invites scavengers, public annoyance and become good breeding site for insects. This study analysis the transformative effects of incorporating geogra...

Regular exercise reduces the incidence and improves the prognosis of many cancer types, but the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Evidence suggests that exercise exerts its therapeutic effects through extracellular vesicles (EVs), which are essential for cellular communication. Here, we hypothesized that exercise-induced EVs from serum of healthy individuals would exert anti-tumorigenic effects on human colon cancer HT-29...

A rapid, cost-effective spectrofluorometric method was developed for levothyroxine (T4) detection using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) as a fluorescent probe. The method exploits FITC fluorescence quenching by T4 in Tris/phosphate buffers (pH 7.4),with linear ranges of 8.00 × 10⁻⁶ – 6.40 × 10⁻⁵ mol/L and detection limits of 9.60 × 10⁻⁶ mol/L (Tris) and 8.80 × 10⁻⁶ mol/L (phosphate). Stern-Volmer analysis confirmed dynamic q...

One efficient physiochemical method for removing pollutants from soils, particularly those with low permeability, is soil electrokinetic remediation (SEKR). For the ex-situ laboratory scale, we have introduced the perforated cathode pipe SEKR system (PCPSS). The first effort to examine scaling up PCPSS for removing inorganic pollutants from real contaminated soil is presented in this article. First, the effects of various enha...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a pain disorder characterized by pervasive musculoskeletal pain associated with exhaustion, depression, and irregular sleep patterns. Semaglutide, an innovative glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonist, has shown analgesic effects by modulating pain hypersensitivity in animal models of inflammatory pain. The objective of this study is to ascertain semaglutide's therapeutic potential against FM-like symptoms...

There has been limited systematic monitoring of seaweed growth with simultaneous measurement of important yield determinants. This study reports on Kappaphycus alvarezii (Cottonii) seaweed experiments in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The first (June – Oct 2023) experiment showed lower yields for the lowest seedling weight and similar yields for the medium/high seedling weight. During this period, seaweed losses from lines (empty...