Correction: Intestinal pathogenic : insights for vaccine development.

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The Last Whistle: Unveiling the Relationship between the Career Path and Retirement Age in Professional Soccer.

This study explores the relationship between Career Indicators (CIs) and the retiring age of Portuguese soccer players, focusing on the impact of early career experiences and career discontinuation stages. Data were analyzed from retired Portuguese soccer players registered on a private digital platform, using specific CIs related to different stages of their athletic careers. The analysis involved a two-level mediation model incorporating various CIs.

Rhamnose biosynthesis is not impaired by the deletion of putative genes, and , in sp. PCC 6803.

Cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) mainly composed of heteropolysaccharides can be attached to the cell wall as capsular polysaccharides (CPS) or released to the environment as released polysaccharides (RPS). These polymers have an unusually high diversified monosaccharidic composition, making them attractive for biotechnological/biomedical applications. However, their production is still poorly understood, hindering their optimization for industrial needs.

Mozzarella cheese snacks produced by microwave vacuum drying: Protein profile, protein digestibility, flavor, and texture.

This study investigated the microwave vacuum drying (MWVD) of low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese and its impact on protein quality, aroma profile, and texture. Cheese snacks showed a high protein content, corresponding to more than 50% of their dry matter. The MALDI-TOF analysis identified a similar protein profile before and after drying, indicating no structural modifications.

Assessment of myocardial work in sarcomere gene mutation carriers, healthy controls and overt nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is defined by unexplained hypertrophy and often characterized by diastolic and systolic dysfunction. HCM patients are known to have impaired left ventricular (LV) myocardial work (MW), a more load-independent parameter compared to global longitudinal strain (GLS). We hypothesized that impaired MW might occur in sarcomere mutation carriers without LV hypertrophy.

Molecular properties of the RmlT wall teichoic acid rhamnosyltransferase that modulates virulence in Listeria monocytogenes.

Wall teichoic acids (WTAs) from the major Gram-positive foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes are peptidoglycan-associated glycopolymers decorated by monosaccharides that, while not essential for bacterial growth, are required for bacterial virulence and resistance to antimicrobials. Here we report the structure and function of a bacterial WTAs rhamnosyltransferase, RmlT, strictly required for L. monocytogenes WTAs rhamnosylation.

3D-printed orthoses and prostheses for people with physical disability in rehabilitation centers: a scoping review.

Aims: The World Health Organization points out that, by 2030, two billion people will need at least one assistive product. 3D printing can be used to meet the demands when dispensing these products.

Purpose: This review aims to map the use of 3D printing in the manufacture of orthoses and prostheses for people with physical disability at rehabilitation centers.

Leishmania and HIV co-infection: first naturally Leishmania strain presenting decreased susceptibility to miltefosine, recovered from a patient in Portugal.

Background: In Europe, up to 70% of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases occurring in adults living with HIV. People living with HIV with VL co-infection often display persistent parasitemia, requiring chronic intermittent anti-Leishmania therapies. Consequently, frequent VL relapses and higher mortality rates are common in these individuals.

Variation in a Darwin Wasp (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Community along an Elevation Gradient in a Tropical Biodiversity Hotspot: Implications for Ecology and Conservation.

Understanding how biodiversity varies from place to place is a fundamental goal of ecology and an important tool for halting biodiversity loss. Parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera) are a diverse and functionally important animal group, but spatial variation in their diversity is poorly understood. We survey a community of parasitic wasps (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) using Malaise traps up a mountain in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, and relate the catch to biotic and abiotic habitat characteristics.

Specific Proteomic Identification of Collagen-Binding Proteins in O157:H7: Characterisation of OmpA as a Potent Vaccine Antigen.

is a versatile commensal species of the animal gut that can also be a pathogen able to cause intestinal and extraintestinal infections. The plasticity of its genome has led to the evolution of pathogenic strains, which represent a threat to global health. Additionally, strains are major drivers of antibiotic resistance, highlighting the urgent need for new treatment and prevention measures.

Added value of lymphocyte subpopulations in the classification of Sjögren's syndrome.

Sjögren's Syndrome (SjS) is a chronic systemic immune-mediated inflammatory disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration and consequent lesion of exocrine glands. SjS diagnosis and classification remains a challenge, especially at SjS onset, when patients may have milder phenotypes of the disease or uncommon presentations. New biomarkers are needed for the classification of SjS, thus, we aimed to evaluate the added-value of lymphocyte subpopulations in discriminating SjS and non-Sjögren Sicca patients.

The Effect of Pretreatments on the Physical Properties and Starch Structure of Potato Chips Dried by Microwaves under Vacuum.

Native potato starch has a semi-crystalline structure associated with a low glycemic index. Microwave vacuum drying (MWVD) produces crispy snacks under mild temperatures, reducing starch structural changes. However, blanching pretreatment gelatinizes starch, reducing crystallinity.

How spatial constraints afford successful and unsuccessful penetrative passes in elite association football.

Background: The aim of the present study was to examine the spatial relations between teams (macro-level) and groups of players (meso-level) that afford successful penetrative passes (off-ball advantage) in elite football.

Methods: Three balanced home matches from a Premier League team with 91 ball possessions in which a pass was performed into the opposition defensive area and overpassed the first defensive line, promoting a perturbation of the defensive team equilibrium, were selected for analysis. The spatial relations between teams were measured through spatial variables that captured the areas occupied by the teams, while the spatial relations between players were measured through variables that captured the distances and angles between attacking and defending players near the ball.

Superstring Loop Amplitudes from the Field Theory Limit.

We propose a procedure to determine the moduli-space integrands of loop-level superstring amplitudes for massless external states in terms of the field theory limit. We focus on the type II superstring. The procedure is to (i) take a supergravity loop integrand written in a BCJ double-copy representation, (ii) use the loop-level scattering equations to translate that integrand into the ambitwistor string moduli-space integrand, localised on the nodal Riemann sphere, and (iii) uplift that formula to one on the higher-genus surface valid for the superstring, guided by modular invariance.

Career Planning in Elite Soccer: The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy, Career Goals, and Athletic Identity.

This study proposed a model to examine the role of self-efficacy, career goals, and athletic identity (AI) on the career planning of elite soccer players. Two hundred and eighty-one elite soccer players (males) participated in this study. Means, SD, and bivariate correlations were calculated for the variables under analysis.

A review of the spider-attacking species-group (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with descriptions of seven new species from South America.

The Neotropical species-group is revised. We describe seven new species from South America: , , , , , , and In addition, we provide a diagnosis and an identification key to all species of the group.

Corneal sub-basal nerve plexus assessment and its association with phenotypic features and lymphocyte subsets in Sjögren's Syndrome.

Purpose: To assess and compare corneal sub-basal nerve plexus morphology with circulating lymphocyte subsets, immunologic status and disease activity in Sjögren syndrome (SjS) patients.

Methods: Fifty-five SjS patients, 63 Sicca patients (not fulfilling SjS criteria), 18 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and 20 healthy controls (HC) were included. Systemic disease activity in SjS was assessed with the ESSDAI score.

Association between EBV serological patterns and lymphocytic profile of SjS patients support a virally triggered autoimmune epithelitis.

Sjögren's syndrome (SjS) is characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands, i.e. autoimmune epithelitis.

The Secretome landscape of Escherichia coli O157:H7: Deciphering the cell-surface, outer membrane vesicle and extracellular subproteomes.

Among diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC), enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) are the most virulent anthropozoonotic agents.