STUDY OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERN OF CLINICAL ISOLATES

“…The level of resistance was determined by Replica plate technique and tube dilution method. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC), MIC50, MIC90 and % of sensitive and resistant organisms were deter­mined. …”
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Are Individual Microentrepreneurs who Intend to Grow Alert to Opportunities? by Jaci José Cenci, Hilka Pelizza Vier Machado, Carlos Eduardo Carvalho

“…The specific objectives are to test the multidimensionality of the construct entrepreneurial alertness and to verify whether there is a relationship between growth intentions and all other dimensions of alertness. The research method employed was a survey, which was carried out with 134 MEIs, and hypothesis testing on the multidimensionality of the construct alertness, which had empirical support, and on the relationship between growth intentions and entrepreneurial alertness, which was only partially supported by the empirical analysis. …”
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Agreeing and Impacting: The Effect of the Shareholders' Agreement on Firms' Market Value by Andre Leonardo Pruner da Silva, Jeferson Lana, Rosilene Marcon

“…The empirical strategy comprises the fixed effects method on a panel data model. The results show that the effect on firm value is positive as the degree of protection of minority shareholders is higher. …”
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GARRI PRODUCTION IN IDOMALAND, NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS by Samuel Alegwu Omanchi, Godwin Adadu Ogaba

“…The main thrust of the paper is to irradiate garri production in Idomaland, North Central Nigeria,with a focus on the challenges and prospects of garri production in the area.To achieve this, anthropological and historical methodologies were used to generate data, while the qualitative method was used for the analysis. Supplementary secondary sources were also used. …”
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Survey research in practical theology and congregational studies by C. Hermans, W. J. Schoeman

“…First, we shall describe survey research as a methodology, in order to explain its relevance as an empirical method for doing practical theology. Secondly, we shall explain the relevance of survey research for congregational life. …”
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Causes and Prevention of Emitter Plugging In Microirrigation Systems by D. Z. Haman

“…Over the past two decades, microirrigation has emerged as a preferred method for both irrigation and freeze protection in trees and horticultural crops. …”
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Is it the End of the Ice Age? by Susan Y Kwiecien

“…The use of the RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) protocol has been the preferred method of treatment for acute musculoskeletal injuries for decades. …”
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USING CHESSBOARD TECHNIQUE IN RESPONDING TO THE SHORT STORY TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL by Putu Karolina

“… This study aimed to answer whether using chessboard technique in responding to short story develops student’s speaking skill or not. The method used in this study was one of the quasi-experimental designs: pretest-posttest non-equivalent comparison control group design. …”
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Narrative preaching: theory and praxis of a new way of preaching by Johan Janse van Rensburg

“…It may create the impression that narrative preaching is a never-before-discovered new method of communicating the gospel of salvation. Of course, stories have been used in sermons for a very long time. …”
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SUSILO BAMBANG YUDHOYONO’S SPEECH THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN CHANGING THE WORLD: SEMANTIC ANALYSIS by Nurlaila Sari Harahap, Umar Mono, Bahagia Tarigan

“…This study focused on associative meaning and conducted by using descriptive qualitative method. The researcher found that there are 131 utterances in SBY’s speech categorized as associative meaning. …”
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ATTITUDE ANALYSIS OF “THE GUARDIAN” EDITORIAL: LOCKDOWN POLICY AND THE GOVERNMENT by Ratih Laily Nurjanah

“…This is a qualitative study using the method of Systemic Functional Language framework with the specification of interpersonal meaning especially appraisal analysis with 22 appraising items taken from the editorial as the sources of data. …”
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Gauging generalised symmetries in linear gravity by Chris Hull, Maxwell L. Hutt, Ulf Lindström

“…We give a systematic method to gauge these 1-form symmetries by coupling the currents to background gauge fields and introducing a particular set of counter-terms involving the background fields. …”
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LEADERSHIP, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by ADENIYI ADEKUNLE

“…It also x-rayed the concepts of leadership, good governance and development. The method of data collection for this work is secondary data. …”
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Consumer Trust in and Emotional Response to Advertisements on Social Media and their Influence on Brand Evaluation by Ivanete Schneider Hahn, Flavia Luciane Scherer, Kenny Basso, Marindia Brachak dos Santos

“…The study used a survey method, and the studied population consisted of 927 Brazilian social media users (Facebook subscribers). …”
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Study of Transitivity, Periodic Density and Sensitivity for Chaotic Non-Autonomous Fuzzified Dynamical System by Renu Verma, Ram Yadav

“…A non-autonomous discrete dynamical system has been framework  using the series technique map method to elaborate the relationships between the non-autonomous discrete dynamical system in the original (crisp) system and its g-fuzzified system. …”
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The Strategic Involvement of Stakeholders in the Efficiency of Non-Profit Sport Organisations: From a Perspective of Survival to Sustainability by Dina Alexandra Marques Miragaia, Joao José de Matos Ferreira, Vanessa Ratten

“…In order to analyse the efficiency of these clubs, we made recourse to the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method. We also applied the Mann-Whitney test, to identify whether there are significant differences between efficient and non-efficient clubs with regards to the influence held by their stakeholders. …”
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The Utilization of Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the Evaluation for Ischiofemoral Impingement: A Perspective for Rehabilitation Providers by Robert C. Manske, Chris Wolfe, Phil Page, Michael Voight, Beth Bardowski

“…MSKUS offers a non-invasive, cost-effective, and dynamic method for assessing the IFS and associated musculature in real time, allowing for high-resolution visualization of soft tissues, bones, and neurovascular structures. …”
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Denitrification in Seepage-Irrigated Vegetable Fields in South Florida by Eric H. Simonne, Benjamin Morgant

“… Seepage irrigation is the most common irrigation method in south Florida on muck and sandy soils, and consists of maintaining a water table perched on an impermeable layer. …”
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Image recognition technology for bituminous concrete reservoir panel cracks based on deep learning. by Kai Hu, Yang Ling, Jie Liu

“…The improved model achieves a 97.6% accuracy and a Matthews correlation coefficient of 0.98, remaining stable under varying lighting conditions. This method not only provides a fresh approach to crack detection but also greatly enhances detection efficiency.…”
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Microsprinkler Irrigation for Cold Protection of Florida Citrus by Lawrence R. Parsons, Brian J. Boman

“…More than nearly any other factor, freezes have caused some of the most dramatic changes in fruit supply, availability, and price. Thus, any method that provides some cold protection can be of major importance to citrus growers. …”
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