Substrate stiffness modulates collective colony expansion of the social bacterium .

Many cellular functions depend on the physical properties of the cell's environment. Many bacteria have different types of surface appendages to enable adhesion and motion on various surfaces. is a social soil bacterium with two distinctly regulated modes of surface motility, termed the social motility mode, driven by type IV pili, and the adventurous motility mode, based on focal adhesion complexes.

Digital cervicography using mobile phones with real-time consultation (DCRC) to improve performance of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) in cervical cancer screening of HIV-infected women. A cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) has been adopted for cervical cancer screening in Kenya and other Low-Middle Income Countries despite providing suboptimal results among HIV-infected women. It is mostly performed by nurses in health centers. Innovative ways of improving the performance of VIA in HIV-infected women are desired.

Valorization and characterization of corn by-product polyphenols through green extraction technologies.

The amount of food waste throughout the world has become quite alarming and is contributing to lower food resources. The study aimed to extract and characterize the polyphenols from corn silks at immature and mature stages through conventional and green extraction techniques. Purposely, corn silks, which are some of the by-products of corn, ( L.