Publications by authors named "J S Zima"

Boron doped diamond has been considered as a fouling-resistive electrode material for in vitro and in vivo detection of neurotransmitters. In this study, its performance in electrochemical detection of dopamine and serotonin in neuron cultivation media Neurobasal™ before and after cultivation of rat neurons was investigated. For differential pulse voltammetry the limits of detection in neat Neurobasal™ medium of 2 µM and 0.

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Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement initiative was to determine the impact of a nurse-administered foot care intervention bundle (NA-FCIB) upon self-management knowledge, skills, and outcomes in patients with diabetic foot ulcerations.

Participants And Setting: The sample comprised 39 patients being treated for diabetic foot ulceration at a wound care clinic in a tertiary care hospital in Arlington, Virginia. The project was conducted from August 2017 to February 2018.

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  • The study analyzed endolithic colonization in gypsum from Sicily using various scientific techniques, revealing a dominance of cyanobacteria and pigmented microalgae.
  • New methods such as metagenomic profiling and sequencing provided detailed insights into the diversity of these microorganisms and their habitat preferences across different gypsum types.
  • The presence of specific pigments, like carotenoids, gloeocapsin, and scytonemin, indicates their importance in the biology of these organisms and offers potential biomarkers for identifying cyanobacteria.
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The importance of gut microbiomes has become generally recognized in vector biology. This study addresses microbiome signatures in North American species of public health significance (vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi) linked to their blood-feeding strategy and the natural habitat. To place the -associated microbiomes within a complex evolutionary and ecological context, we sampled sympatric populations, related predatory reduviids, unrelated ticks, and environmental material from vertebrate nests where these arthropods reside.

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Grey voles (subgenus ) represent a complex of at least seven closely related and partly cryptic species. The range of these species extends from the Atlantic to the Altai Mountains, but most of them occur east of the Black Sea. Using ancient DNA analyses of the Late Pleistocene specimens, we identified a new mtDNA lineage of grey voles in Europe.

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