Publications by authors named "M Bamba"
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- * Among the 35 female drug users studied, a significant portion were aged 15-20 and predominantly used multiple substances, particularly cannabis, benzodiazepines, and cocaine, often for self-medication.
- * The findings highlight the negative aspects of their social environment, including poor family support, peer pressure, and easy access to drugs, emphasizing the need for targeted awareness and prevention initiatives to address their unique challenges.
Although microbial inoculation may be effective for sustainable crop production, detrimental aspects have been argued because of the potential of inoculated microorganisms to behave as invaders and negatively affect the microbial ecosystem. We herein compared the impact of rhizobial inoculation on the soil bacterial community with that of agricultural land-use changes using a 16S rRNA amplicon ana-lysis. Soybean plants were cultivated with and without five types of bradyrhizobial inoculants (Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens or Bradyrhizobium ottawaense) in experimental fields of Andosol, and the high nodule occupancy (35-72%) of bradyrhizobial inoculants was confirmed by nosZ PCR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground/aim: Diagnosing primary splenic malignant lymphoma (PSML) is challenging due to the non-specific nature of splenomegaly, necessitating splenic biopsy for confirmation. However, performing partial splenic resection for diagnostic purposes is an elective procedure due to the risk of major hemorrhage. Despite the longstanding practice of splenectomy over the past few decades, it remains invasive and may result in severe early or late complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe biological interactions between plants and their root microbiomes are essential for plant growth, and even though plant genotype (G), soil microbiome (M), and growth conditions (environment; E) are the core factors shaping root microbiome, their relationships remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of G, M, and E and their interactions on the Lotus root microbiome and plant growth using an in vitro cross-inoculation approach, which reconstructed the interactions between nine Lotus accessions and four soil microbiomes under two different environmental conditions. Results suggested that a large proportion of the root microbiome composition is determined by M and E, while G-related (G, G × M, and G × E) effects were significant but small.
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- CADASIL is a hereditary disease that progressively leads to stroke, cognitive decline, and dependency, caused by mutations in a specific gene, and requires better predictive models to assess patient outcomes and inform clinical trials.* -
- The study aimed to enhance an existing model predicting cognitive performance over three years by incorporating new genetic data related to the location of mutations within the gene.* -
- Results from a study involving 367 patients indicated that those with mutations in a specific genetic domain had a significant additional decrease in cognitive scores, showing the improved predictive capability of the new model compared to previous versions.*