A novel approach in predicting virtual garment fitting sizes with psychographic characteristics and 3D body measurements using artificial neural network and visualizing fitted bodies using generative adversarial network.

Advances in technology have brought accessibility to garment product fitting procedures with a virtual fitting environment and, in due course, improved the supply chain socially, economically, and environmentally. 3D body measurements, garment sizes, and ease allowance are the necessary factors to ensure end-user satisfaction in the apparel industry. However, designers find it challenging to recognize customers' motivations and emotions towards their preferred fit and define ease allowances in the virtual environment.

Engineering and optimization of phosphate-responsive phytase expression in Pichia pastoris yeast for phytate hydrolysis.

Phytate is the major storage form of phosphorus in plants. It is present in cereals and raw materials of vegetable origin used in animal and human diets. However, non-ruminant animals have little phytase activity in their guts and, therefore, cannot digest phytate.

Potential role of Candida albicans secreted aspartic protease 9 in serum induced-hyphal formation and interaction with oral epithelial cells.

Introduction: Candida albicans possesses the ability to switch rapidly between yeast to hyphal forms. Hyphal formation is a remarkable pathogenic characteristic, which allows C. albicans to invade into host cells.

Candida albicans orf19.3727 encodes phytase activity and is essential for human tissue damage.

Candida albicans is a clinically important human fungal pathogen. We previously identified the presence of cell-associated phytase activity in C. albicans.

Purpurin triggers caspase-independent apoptosis in Candida dubliniensis biofilms.

Candida dubliniensis is an important human fungal pathogen that causes oral infections in patients with AIDS and diabetes mellitus. However, C. Dubliniensis has been frequently reported in bloodstream infections in clinical settings.

Purpurin suppresses Candida albicans biofilm formation and hyphal development.

A striking and clinically relevant virulence trait of the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans is its ability to grow and switch reversibly among different morphological forms. Inhibition of yeast-to-hypha transition in C. albicans represents a new paradigm for antifungal intervention.

Differential phytate utilization in Candida species.

The present study was undertaken to evaluate and characterize the phytase activity in different Candida species. A total of 113 Candida isolates representing eight species were examined for phytase activity by an agar plate assay using the calcium salt of phytic acid as the sole phosphorus source. A phytase-positive phenotype was identified by the formation of a clear halo around a fungal colony.

Metergoline-induced cell death in Candida krusei.

Metergoline possesses potent antifungal activity against Candida krusei, a notorious yeast species that is inherently resistant to the common antifungal agents. In an attempt to elucidate the action mechanisms of metergoline, the present study was designed to investigate its effects on a number of classical markers of apoptosis in C. krusei.

Antifungal activity of baicalein against Candida krusei does not involve apoptosis.

The present study was designed to evaluate the antifungal activity of baicalein against Candida krusei isolates. Using a broth microdilution assay, baicalein exhibited potent in vitro antifungal activity against C. krusei isolates with a minimum inhibitory concentration of 2.

Novel antifungal activity of purpurin against Candida species in vitro.

The antifungal activity of purpurin (1,2,4-trihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone), a natural red anthraquinone pigment in madder root (Rubia tinctorum L.), was evaluated by a broth microdilution assay against a total of 24 Candida isolates representing six species. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) range of purpurin was 1.

A single Phe54Tyr substitution improves the catalytic activity and thermostability of Trigonopsis variabilis D-amino acid oxidase.

The industrial importance of Trigonopsis variabilisd-amino acid oxidase (TvDAAO) is represented by its biocatalytic oxidative deamination of cephalosporin C (CPC) to yield glutaryl-7-aminocephalosporanic acid (GL-7-ACA). The process has been incorporated into a two-step bioconversion to produce 7-aminocephalosporanic acid, the crucial synthetic nucleus for several semi-synthetic cephalosporin antibiotics. A homology model of TvDAAO indicated that residue F54 is in a close proximity to the in silico docked CPC.

Isolation and characterization of Candida kefyr orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase (URA3) gene.

Candida kefyr is a common yeast species that can be found in fermented milk and cheeses. As a first step to developing a gene transfer system for C. kefyr, the orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase (URA3) gene was cloned, using degenerate PCR and genome walking.