Background: Coagulase-negative staphylococci, which belong to the normal microbiota of the skin and mucous membranes, are opportunistic pathogens.sasX, a newly described protein, is thought to play an important role in nasal colonization and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus virulence, and it may be acquired from coagulase-negative staphy
At the surface of the earth, the available radiative energy Rn is distributed between the ground heat flux and the sensible and latent heat fluxes according to the Console Back Housing surface energy balance (SEB) equation.In the past decades, most attempts to measure the individual terms of this equation have revealed a non-closure problem, regard
Abstract Background IL-22 is induced by aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) signaling and plays a critical role in gastrointestinal barrier function through effects on antimicrobial protein production, mucus secretion, and epithelial cell differentiation and proliferation, giving it the potential to modulate the microbiome through these direct and indi
The concept of retrofitting an existing building towards green building was introduced to move towards greener development.This paper investigates the benefits of retrofitting an existing building to green building.The potential retrofit of the existing Sultan Ismail Parliament building was also determined and later the elements of the building to