Job adjustment predictive factors of healthcare midwives in health system reform in Iran.

Background: Possessing sensitive and multiple responsibilities in the country's health system, particularly after the implementation of the health reform in Iran, midwives must be able to optimally perform their duties in their new job as healthcare providers. This study aimed to identify the factors that predict job adjustment for Iranian midwives working in healthcare.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 310 midwives were recruited from 209 health centers in the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan using the census method and asked to complete research questionnaires.

Growth of on human serum albumin triggers programmed cell death.

Aims: Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) constitutes the primary growth substrate for . The goal of this work was to evaluate the growth of different strains of on human serum albumin (HSA), a major constituent of GCF.

Methods: Growth of five different strains of in the HSA medium was examined and, surprisingly, three of the strains underwent autolysis within 24 h.

Atypical cyclic di-AMP signaling is essential for Porphyromonas gingivalis growth and regulation of cell envelope homeostasis and virulence.

Microbial pathogens employ signaling systems through cyclic (di-) nucleotide monophosphates serving as second messengers to increase fitness during pathogenesis. However, signaling schemes via second messengers in Porphyromonas gingivalis, a key Gram-negative anaerobic oral pathogen, remain unknown. Here, we report that among various ubiquitous second messengers, P.

Metabolic plasticity enables lifestyle transitions of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Our understanding of how the oral anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis can persist below the gum line, induce ecological changes, and promote polymicrobial infections remains limited. P. gingivalis has long been described as a highly proteolytic and asaccharolytic pathogen that utilizes protein substrates as the main source for energy production and proliferation.

PPAD Activity Promotes Outer Membrane Vesicle Biogenesis and Surface Translocation by Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Many bacteria switch between a sessile and a motile mode in response to environmental and host-related signals. , an oral anaerobe implicated in the etiology of chronic periodontal disease, has long been described as a nonmotile bacterium. And yet, recent studies have shown that under certain conditions, is capable of surface translocation.