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Figure 3 PGG Dose-response in an E. coli Peritoneal Sepsis Challenge. Groups of 10 mice each received 0.2 mL of the various concentrations of PGG in sterile saline by bolus intravenous (iv) injection (transthoracic cardiac puncture). A control group received 0.3 mL of sterile saline. Mice were challenged 3-4 hours after administration of PGG by intraperitoneal injection with 0.1 mL (lxlO8 CFU/ml) of an E. coli culture. Survival was recorded at 48 hours after challenge.

In conclusion, with respect to cultural diversity and sustainability of the agroecosystems, indigenous soil knowledge can be used as a complement to scientific knowledge. Both are fundamental to establishing strategies and practices to maintain sustainable agriculture, as well as for cultural survival and a healthy ecosystem. In addition, better biodiversity usually occurs on or adjacent to traditional ecosystems as compared to nontraditional ecosystems, and it will only be protected if the... 

Progeny of long-term mouse and human CNS stem cell cultures survive transplantation and differentiate into neurons and glia. Borg, L.L., Vescovi, A.L., Blote, K, Kyle, A.L., Hettiaratchi, P., Reynolds, B.A., Mudrick-Donnon, L A. (1996). Abstr SocNeurosci, 22 (1-3) 47. 

Brown, I. F., A. Alechandre, H. S. Y. Sassagawa, and M. A. de Aquino. 1995. Empowering local communities in land-use management The Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre, Brazil. Cultural Survival Quarterly. Winter 54-57. 

Figure 33. Jason W. Clay, Sandra Steingraber, and Peter Niggli, The Spoils of Famine Ethiopian Famine Policy and Peasant Agriculture, Cultural Survival Report no. 25 (Cambridge, Mass. Cultural Survival, 1988), p. 248. Used by permission of Cultural Survival, Inc.

Figure 2 Decay of viability of microbial cultures as a function of the number offreeze-thaw cycles in the cryocycler. Viable cells (CFU/ml) in cultures derived from one of the soils (first light bar in each cycle set) were compared to pure cultures of P. chlororaphis (grey, second bar in each cycle set) or E. coli (black, third bar in each cycle set). In this series of experiments only the soil culture survived 48 freeze-thaw cycles. Error bars represent standard deviations.

In addition to the improved structure and cell connectivity, three-dimensional cultures have shown increased survival and enhanced neuronal differentiation compared to traditional mono-layer cultures [36, 37], The increased survival could be related to the improved cell-cell and cell-matrix contact as it leads to improved cell signaling and gap junction connections. Also cellcell signaling can promote proliferation of glial and NSCs that can contribute to increased culture survival. Moreover, the improved cellcell interaction in the 3D structure, especially between astrocytes and neurons, enhances neurogenesis, synapse formation, and axon myelination. 

Lee Harris, in his book The Suicide of Reason (Harris, 2007), believes that Islamic fanaticism today represents a struggle for cultural survival in the face of a rapidly changing world. The aim of Muslims is to preserve their culture and try to convert others all over the world. Islamic fanaticism is an attempt to expand the Islamic religion by violence if necessary. 

Schein, Edgar (1999), The Corporate Culture Survival Guide , San Francisco Jossey-Bass Publishers. 

Davidson, R. H., Duncan, S. E., Hackney, C. R., Eigel, W. N., Boling, J. W. (2000). Probiotic culture survival and implications in fermented frozen yogurt characteristics. Journal of Dairy Science, 83, 666-673. 

Hirsch, P. (1999). Dams in the Mekong region Scoping social and cultural issues. Cultural Survival Quarterly, 25(3), 37-40. 

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