Journal: International Journal of Nanomedicine

Article Title: New Approach For Simvastatin As An Antibacterial: Synergistic Effect With Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

doi: 10.2147/IJN.S211756

Figure Lengend Snippet: Results Of Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility And Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC), Checkerboard, And Fractional Inhibitory Concentration (FICI) For Bacterial Strains

Article Snippet: The results obtained for simvastatin against E. coli (ESBL 176 and ATCC 25922) demonstrated no antibacterial effect.

Techniques: Concentration Assay, Inhibition

Journal: International Journal of Nanomedicine

Article Title: New Approach For Simvastatin As An Antibacterial: Synergistic Effect With Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

doi: 10.2147/IJN.S211756

Figure Lengend Snippet: Time-kill curves for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus N315. AgNP bio treatment at a concentration of 212.33 mg mL −1 ; treatment with 0.062 mg mL −1 simvastatin; AgNP bio and simvastatin in combination, at concentrations of 53.08 mg mL −1 and 0.015 mg mL −1 respectively. ( A ) a Comparison of simvastatin with the combination; b comparison of AgNP bio with the combination; c comparison of simvastatin with AgNP bio ; d treatments compared to control.

Article Snippet: The results obtained for simvastatin against E. coli (ESBL 176 and ATCC 25922) demonstrated no antibacterial effect.

Techniques: Concentration Assay, Comparison, Control

Journal: International Journal of Nanomedicine

Article Title: New Approach For Simvastatin As An Antibacterial: Synergistic Effect With Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

doi: 10.2147/IJN.S211756

Figure Lengend Snippet: Time-kill curves for extended-spectrum beta lactamases-producing Escherichia coli 176. AgNP bio treatment at a concentration of 212.33 mg mL −1 ; treatment with 0.250 mg mL −1 simvastatin; AgNP bio and simvastatin in combination, at concentrations of 106.16 mg mL −1 and 0.015 mg mL −1 , respectively. a Comparison of simvastatin with the combination; b comparison of AgNP bio with the combination; c comparison of simvastatin with AgNP bio ; d treatments compared to control.

Article Snippet: The results obtained for simvastatin against E. coli (ESBL 176 and ATCC 25922) demonstrated no antibacterial effect.

Techniques: Concentration Assay, Comparison, Control

Journal: International Journal of Nanomedicine

Article Title: New Approach For Simvastatin As An Antibacterial: Synergistic Effect With Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

doi: 10.2147/IJN.S211756

Figure Lengend Snippet: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) N315 after 3 hrs of incubation. ( A ) Negative control (not treated) (25,000×). ( B ) Positive control (50,000×). ( C ) Treatment with 0.050 mg mL −1 simvastatin (25,000×). ( D ) Treatment with 0.050 mg mL −1 of simvastatin (50,000×). ( E ) Treatment with 212.33 mg mL −1 of AgNP bio (25,000×). (F) Treatment with 212.33 mg mL −1 of AgNP bio (50,000×). ( G ) Treatment with 0.012 mg mL −1 of simvastatin and 106.16 mg mL −1 of AgNP bio in combination (25,000×). ( H ) Treatment with 0.012 mg mL −1 of simvastatin and 106.16 mg.mL −1 of AgNP bio in combination (50,000×).

Article Snippet: The results obtained for simvastatin against E. coli (ESBL 176 and ATCC 25922) demonstrated no antibacterial effect.

Techniques: Electron Microscopy, Incubation, Negative Control, Positive Control

Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Spying on small wildlife sounds using affordable collar-mounted miniature microphones: an innovative method to record individual daylong vocalisations in chipmunks

doi: 10.1038/srep10118

Figure Lengend Snippet: Test of the validity of the recording method: recording data are similar for the recordings made with the spy microphones (24 h) and with the classic manual recording (directional microphone; entire field season). ( a ) Comparison of the mean number of calls recorded through the two techniques, considering the time of the day (the different points represent the mean number of calls recorded at different times of the day, for the corresponding hour). ( b ) Comparison of the percentage of call types recorded using the two techniques. Mean number of calls and percentage of call types were calculated based on the emissions of nine individuals followed during the field season and equipped with the spy microphones on the same day and at the same site.

Article Snippet: The validity and the efficiency of recording with the spy microphones were assessed through a comparison with the recordings made on the same individuals throughout the field season using a shotgun directional microphone (Sennheiser ME67/K6 connected to a Marantz PMD661 portable recorder; on 23 days, from 6 June to 20 August 2014, 176 hours of presence on the site for recording).

Techniques: Comparison

Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Spying on small wildlife sounds using affordable collar-mounted miniature microphones: an innovative method to record individual daylong vocalisations in chipmunks

doi: 10.1038/srep10118

Figure Lengend Snippet: Representation of the spy microphone’s high efficiency to record a great quantity of calls, by comparison to the quantity of calls recorded through the directional microphone. Illustration of the raw number of calls (without considering the sampling effort) recorded with the two techniques, showing the high proportion of the sample size due to calls recorded with the spy microphones. Numbers above each bar indicate the increase in individual sample size allowed with the recordings from the spy microphones.

Article Snippet: The validity and the efficiency of recording with the spy microphones were assessed through a comparison with the recordings made on the same individuals throughout the field season using a shotgun directional microphone (Sennheiser ME67/K6 connected to a Marantz PMD661 portable recorder; on 23 days, from 6 June to 20 August 2014, 176 hours of presence on the site for recording).

Techniques: Comparison, Sampling

Journal: Scientific Reports

Article Title: Spying on small wildlife sounds using affordable collar-mounted miniature microphones: an innovative method to record individual daylong vocalisations in chipmunks

doi: 10.1038/srep10118

Figure Lengend Snippet: Sound spectrograms of low frequency “chuck” calls emitted in a bout, illustrating the high quality of recordings obtained from spy microphones. ( a , b ) Comparison of four “chuck’ calls recorded for two different individuals ( a and b ) with the directional microphone ( a1 and b1 , recordings chosen for being of high quality) and with the spy microphones ( a2 and b2 , raw recordings not submitted to any filter). The grey scale represents the intensity of the sounds, so that louder sounds appear darker. The sounds recorded with the directional microphone contain a certain level of background noise (fuzzy lighter grey in spectrograms a1 and b1 , mainly caused by windy conditions), which overlaps with the calls and could affect the acoustic measurements, whereas the vocalisations recorded with the spy microphones are very clean and not affected by interference noise.

Article Snippet: The validity and the efficiency of recording with the spy microphones were assessed through a comparison with the recordings made on the same individuals throughout the field season using a shotgun directional microphone (Sennheiser ME67/K6 connected to a Marantz PMD661 portable recorder; on 23 days, from 6 June to 20 August 2014, 176 hours of presence on the site for recording).

Techniques: Comparison