Streptococcus pneumoniae favors tolerance via metabolic adaptation over resistance to circumvent fluoroquinolones

ABSTRACT Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen of global health concern and the rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance poses a serious public health problem worldwide.Fluoroquinolone resistance in S.pneumoniae is an intriguing case because the prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance does not correlate with increasing usage and has r

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Development and Stability Evaluation of Liquid Crystal-Based Formulations Containing Glycolic Plant Extracts and Nano-Actives

Emulsions are of great use in cosmetic formulations due to their stability.The aim of this work was to develop and assess organoleptic, physicochemical, and microscopic properties of four auto-emulsifiable oil-in-water formulations.Such formulations were developed containing 4.0% cetearyl alcohol, dicetyl phosphate, and ceteth-10 phosphate (Formula

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A Study on the Impact of Multiview Distributed Feature Coding on a Multicamera Vehicle Tracking System at Roundabouts

Visual sensor networks are one potential enabler for the evolution of the Internet of things.Due to their limited resources in terms of energy and bandwidth, it is crucial to identify appropriate approaches that take into considerations such constraints and reduce the amount of data transmitted to the gathering point (sink).In this context, this pa

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