Emerging antibiotic resistance in Vibrio cholerae: a study of cholera prevalence and resistance patterns in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province by David Chisompola, John Nzobokela, Roy Moono, Elijah Chinyante, Allen Chipipa, Nancy Chapuswike, Moses Chakopo, Nswana Mukuma, Martin Chakulya

“…However, because the number of antibiotics used in antimicrobial susceptibility testing across isolates varies, these results should be interpreted cautiously. …”
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Bacterial profile and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of community and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections among UTI suspected geriatrics in Gondar town, Northwest Ethi... by Getachew Bitew Alebachew, Mulat Dagnew, Aklilu Ambachew, Belay Tessema

“…Escherichia coli (E. coli) (38.6%) predominated across the two groups, followed by Klebsiella spp. (15.8%), S. saprophyticus (12.2%), P. mirabilis (9.1%), S. aureus (5.9%), and Citrobacter spp. (2.8%). …”
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Physics of secondary flow phenomenon and erosion characteristics in the injector of a Pelton turbine by Tao Guo(郭涛), Si-yuan Liu(刘思远), Xue-jie Hu(虎雪洁), Zhu-mei Luo(罗竹梅)

“…Due to the stronger internal vortex structure in injector 3, Dean vortices appear on both sides, and erosion is distributed in spots across both surfaces. (3) Smaller injector openings result in greater maximum erosion and a wider erosion range. …”
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Decoding cortical chronotopy—Comparing the influence of different cortical organizational schemes by Falko Mecklenbrauck, Jorge Sepulcre, Jana Fehring, Ricarda I. Schubotz

“…We collected resting-state fMRI, task-fMRI, and diffusion-weighted imaging data from 47 individuals. …”
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Rapid and Scalable Lubrication Coating for Industrial and Medical Applications via Sequential Dip‐Coating by Yeontaek Lee, Kayoung Son, Yejin Jo, Seung Hyun Lee, Jeuhee Lee, Tae Young Kim, Seonghyeon Eom, Youn‐Hoo Hwang, Dae‐Eun Kim, Inhee Choi, Jung Seung Lee, Jungmok Seo

“…This is envision that SLIME coatings will serve as a practical and scalable solution for an advanced surface lubrication method, significantly enhancing device durability, operational efficiency, and performance across industrial and biomedical applications.…”
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Impact of high-speed rail on intercity technology transfer and its mediating pathways by JIAO Jingjuan, ZHANG Yaolong, DU Delin

“…The impact of accessibility extends across the entire distance range. Nevertheless, as the distance between cities grows, the effect gradually diminishes. …”
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Dielectric Passivation Treatment of InGaN MESA on Si Substrates for Red Micro-LED Application by Hongyu Qin, Shuhan Zhang, Qian Fan, Xianfeng Ni, Li Tao, Xing Gu

“…The passivation layers effectively suppress hydrogen diffusion and preserve p-GaN activation, ensuring improved ohmic contact formation and reduced forward voltage, which is measured by the probe station. …”
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A Robust Cross-Channel Image Watermarking Technique for Tamper Detection and its Precise Localization by Muhammad Ashraf, Adnan Nadeem, Oussama Benrhouma, Muhammad Sarim, Kashif Rizwan, Amir Mehmood

“…This study introduces a novel cross-channel image watermarking technique that randomly scatters the watermark pattern across a 24-bit image structure so that no emergence of embedding signatures and fidelity issues occurs after the process. …”
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Mechanisms of γ-ray irradiation induced oxidation corrosion in SnBi eutectic solder joints: Insights from first-principles calculations by Qilong Guan, Shengli Li, Kai Li, Xuan Li, Ruiqi Wang, Xiaojiu Tang, Chunjin Hang

“…Additionally, the low diffusion energy barrier of Sn atoms into SnO2 facilitates their continuous migration across the Sn/SnO2 interface and SnO2, thereby promoting the sustained thickening of the SnO2 oxide layer. …”
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Alterations in bacterial structure and function in seawater due to Mytilus coruscus farming: implications for sustainable aquaculture management by Fenglin Wang, Fenglin Wang, Lijia Gao, Kobi Talma, Yufeng Pan, Qi Liu, Yaodong He, Zhengwei Peng, Xiumei Zhang

“…Homogeneous selection was the primary assembly mechanism of bacterial communities in the AA group, while diffusion limitation was predominant in the NAA group. …”
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« Une femme en Côte d’Ivoire, une femme au Burkina Faso » by François Ruf

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Estimation of Ultrahigh Resolution PM_2.5 in Urban Areas by Using 30 m Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 AOD Retrievals by Hao Lin, Siwei Li, Jiqiang Niu, Jie Yang, Qingxin Wang, Wenqiao Li, Shengpeng Liu

“…The algorithm utilized aerosol optical depth (AOD) products retrieved from the Landsat-8 OLI and Sentinel-2 MSI measurements from 2017 to 2020, combined with multi-source auxiliary data to establish a PM_2.5-AOD relationship model across China. The results showed an overall high coefficient of determination (R²) of 0.82 and 0.76 for the model training accuracy based on samples and stations, respectively. …”
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Investigation of geometric modifications in T-type micromixers for enhanced microfluidic mixing and ZIF-8 synthesis by Tao Peng, Jinghao Liang, Xueling Zhang, Lei Chen, Yanlin Chen, Jun Qiang, Shuai Yuan

“…Experimental validation demonstrates an improvement in mixing efficiency across Reynolds numbers of 1–100 compared to other designs. …”
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The Tectonic Control on Shale Oil Migration and Accumulation of the Lower Jurassic Daanzhai Member of the Ziliujing Formation, Sichuan Basin, China by Zhuopei Li, Haihua Zhu, Minglei Wang, Benjian Zhang, Yadong Zhou, Haitao Hong, Yucong Li, Xingzhi Wang

“…The vertical migration of shale oil into or across the lamina is not obvious and is mainly micro-scale. (2) The migration pathway includes a lamina interface, shell–clay interface, calcite cleavage, feldspar or calcite dissolution pores, and quartz or kaolinite intergranular pores. …”
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Extracellular biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Bacillus subtilis and their antibacterial activity against clinical bacterial species by Nouran H. Assar, Aya allah T. Mohamed, Rehab M. Abd El-Baky, Reham Ali Ibrahem

“…The recorded Z-average (d. nm) was 135.0 nm; with 99.2 % of the NPs displaying a hydrodynamic distance across of 188.0 nm (SD= 117.7). The polydispersity index was 0.246 and the Zetapotential value was - 17.2 mV, which indicates good colloidal stability. …”
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Strain rate and temperature dependent viscoplasticity of sintered Cu nanoparticles by Leiming Du, Gerald Schaffar, René H. Poelma, Jiajie Fan, Willem D. van Driel, Xuejun Fan, Daniel Kiener, Guoqi Zhang, Verena Maier-Kiener

“…Micro-pillar compression tests were performed across strain rates of 0.0001 s−1 to 0.01 s−1 and temperatures from 25°C to 350°C. …”
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A neural network-based programming paradigm for heat transport of Eyring-Powell fluid with physiological blood flow applications by Abaker A. Hassaballa, Ali Imran, Ines Hilali Jaghdam, Jongsuk Ro

“…Complex cilia waves have diverse applications in physiological flow transport across various biological systems. This study presents a novel investigation into the effects of electroosmosis in a non-uniform channel lined with cilia for an Eyring-Powell model fluid. …”
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RoadDiffBox: Automatic Road Distress Diagnosis through Controlled Image Generation and Semi-Supervised Learning by Yuanyuan Hu, Ning Chen, Hancheng Zhang, Yue Hou, Pengfei Liu

“…Test results show that RoadDiffBox demonstrates strong generalizability across geographic regions (Germany, China, and India) and shows cross-domain potential in medical imaging applications. …”
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Prevalence, serotype distribution, and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Sea Nomad children under 5 years of age in Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi,... by Wa Ode Dwi Daningrat, Wisiva Tofriska Paramaiswari, Hanifah Fajri Maharani Putri, David Aanensen, Dodi Safari

“…Pre-vaccine Streptococcus pneumoniae data from across the country could be critical to enable vaccine impact evaluation in the future. …”
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Major Intrinsic Proteins in Fungi: A Special Emphasis on the XIP Subfamily by Jean-Stéphane Venisse, Gisèle Bronner, Mouadh Saadaoui, Patricia Roeckel-Drevet, Mohamed Faize, Boris Fumanal

“…Beyond their established function in facilitating water transport, MIPs mediated the bidirectional diffusion of a range of small inorganic and organic solutes, ions, and gases across cellular membranes. …”
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