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#LabPlot at the service of #science and #researchers!

@labplot@lemmy.kde.social

Boosts appreciated! :boost_love:🚀

We're pleased to know that #LabPlot was used in this recent study on ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) tolerance/persistence:

▶️ link.springer.com/article/10.1

SpringerLinkCeftazidime-avibactam tolerance and persistence among difficult-to-treat KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from bloodstream infections - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious DiseasesPurpose Tolerance and persistence occur “silently” in bacteria categorized as susceptible by antimicrobial susceptibility testing in clinical microbiology laboratories. They are different from resistance phenomena, not well-studied, and often remain unnoticeable. We aimed to investigate and characterize ceftazidime-avibactam (CZA) tolerance/persistence in 80 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from bloodstream infections. Methods We used the Tolerance Disk Test (TDtest) to detect CZA tolerance/persistence and investigate the avibactam (AVI) influence on them, and time-kill assays with minimal duration for killing (MDK) determination to characterize/differentiate CZA tolerance from persistence, for selected isolates. Whole genome sequencing was performed for 49/80 selected isolates to investigate genes related to beta-lactam tolerance/persistence and resistance as well as phylogeny studies. Results Tolerance/persistence to CZA was detected in 48/80 (60%) isolates, all extensively drug-resistant (XDR) or multidrug-resistant, carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKp), KPC producers, and previously categorized as susceptible (not resistant) to CZA. No heteroresistance was detected. CZA tolerance/persistence occurred due to ceftazidime tolerance/persistence and was not related to AVI in the CZA combination. 5/11 isolates were characterized as CZA-tolerant and 5/11 as CZA-persistent. The single (1/11) XDR and CRKp non-KPC producer was truly susceptible. All the CZA-tolerant/persistent isolates (ST11, ST258, ST340, ST437, ST16, ST17, and ST307) harbored the carbapenemase-encoding gene blaKPC−2. Mutation in only two genes (rpoS and degQ) related to beta-lactam tolerance/persistence was found in only 7/49 CZA-tolerant/persistent isolates, suggesting the presence of yet unknown beta-lactam tolerance/persistence genes. Conclusion Among the K. pneumoniae bloodstream isolates studied, 60%, previously categorized as susceptible to CZA, were, actually, tolerant/persistent to this antibiotic, all these KPC producers.

The #KrononautMoon Project seeks to make contact with #TimeTravelers — i.e., extradimensional beings — by promoting decentralized community experiments during the #TotalLunarEclipse. There will be 3 #TLEclipses in the next 2 years. The first of the triad occurs next month on 2025 Mar 14, the night of the #FullMoon & March's #WormMoon. All are invited (even skeptics) to celebrate on Thursday or Friday evening under the stars — wherever you are.

🔗 KronoMoon.org 🔗 Medium.com/write-under-the-moo
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_travel 🔗 Pushkin.fm/podcasts/the-last-a

@KronoMoon on #Mastodon shares toots, articles & videos on various sub-themes and sub-theories, because any theory of #TimeTravel is polydimensional, beyond our current technology, and incomplete. Often associated with #UFOs or #UAP, a real-life encounter with a #spacetime ship or a #TimeMachine is less likely than some kind of #quantum #signal. It's possible that such signals have been beaming toward us for a long time. Please take lots of #photos of the #Moon and share them with @KronoMoonPhotos, so that we can document any anomalous phenomena. The plan focuses on Lunar Eclipses that are "Total" (typically occurring about once per year) and not other types of Eclipses.

@KronoMoon toots use a variety of #hashtags:

#Muticultural #Multilingual #Community #Connections & #Empathy
(because we need to peacefully coexist with others)
#native #aborigine #indigenous #intersectional #FirstPeople #POC #BLM #PWD #DEI #LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈

#Philosophy & #Spirituality
#consciousness #mindbody #dualism

#Microcosm & #Macrocosm
#quantumphysics #higherdimensions #topology #astronomy #basicresearch #cosmology

#QuantumEntanglement & #Wormholes
#darkmatter #darkenergy #manyworlds

#SciFi & #Speculative #Fiction
#movies #books #spokenword

#Experimental & #Conceptual #Arts
#film #performance #dance #drumcircles

#UAP #Ufology & #Alien #Intelligence
#experiencers #whistleblowers #researchers

#Time #Timelessness & #TimeTravel
#entropy #evolution #ancient #history #migrations #fossils #cavepaintings #myths #stonecircles

#Observation & #Documentation
#research #media #reporting #photo #digital #archives

The Krononaut Moon ProjectThe Krononaut Moon ProjectCommunity Time Travel Research since 1982 Mar 09. 🏳️‍🌈 ☮️

New University of #Groningen Press publication 🥳

➡️ Spinoza’s #Yoga: Practice of #Power and Experience of the Infinite
🔗 books.ugp.rug.nl/ugp/catalog/b

#University of Groningen Press is an #OpenAccess publisher, providing a publishing platform for #journals, #books and series, inaugural lectures and open textbooks by #teachers and #researchers working at or with the #University of Groningen.
rug.nl/research/ugp/

🥳 The #Dutch #Diamond #OpenAccess Expertise Center is now live!

🔗 openaccess.nl/en/diamond-open-

The center aims to reinforce and future-proof the Netherlands' #DiamondOA #publishing landscape.
It serves as a knowledge hub connecting #researchers, publishers, #librarians, #policymakers, and #funders.

🤩 We're excited to be a partner with our University of Groningen Press.

www.openaccess.nlAbout | Open Access

🐱 A study by @universityofgroningen #researchers of #Dutch #cat owners reveals:

Many of them anthropomorphize their pets, attributing #human #social roles like family member or #child.

➡️ "Cat owners’ anthropomorphic perceptions of feline emotions and interpretation of photographs"

This can lead to misinterpreting #feline emotions and behaviours by projecting complex human-like social and emotional characteristics onto cats.

🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Continued thread

What do #researchers at our university say about #DiamondOA initiatives they support or work with?

"The scholar-led journal 'Demographic Research' by the @maxplanckgesellschaft is a gem in the world of #demography. With its commitment to diamond open access, exceptional variety of content, and a peer review process that rivals the best, it's a great pick for all fellow demographers."

Read all testimonials
🔗 rug.nl/library/open-access/dia