Specific Permselectivity and Electrochemical Properties of Homogeneous Bilayer Membranes with a Selective Layer Made of DADMAC and EMA Copolymer by Aslan Achoh, Denis Bondarev, Stanislav Melnikov, Victor Zabolotsky

“…It was found that applying a thin anion-exchange layer of DADMAC and EMA to the homogeneous membrane allows for the creation of a charge-selective bilayer membrane with enhanced selectivity toward monovalent metal cations. …”
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Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing Performs Within CLSI Standards for Validation When Measured Against Broth Microdilution and Disk Diffusion Antibiotic Susceptibility Testin... by Emery Haley, Frank R. Cockerill, Rick L. Pesano, Richard A. Festa, Natalie Luke, Mohit Mathur, Xiaofei Chen, Jim Havrilla, David Baunoch

“…This assay was compared to broth microdilution (BMD) and disk diffusion (DD), following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines for assessment of error rates and agreement. …”
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LOW AND MEAN RADIATION DOSES IMPACT ON THE CEREBRAL TRACTS STRUCTURE OF THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT LIQUIDATORS IN THE REMOTE PERIOD (BASED ON ROUTINE AND DIFFUSION-TENSOR MAGNETIC RESO... by I. M. Levashkina, S. S. Aleksanin, S. V. Serebryakova, T. G. Gribanova

“…However, comparing diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging results of control group and liquidators group, statistically significant (p < 0,05) reduction of average fraction anisotropy coefficient was detected in frontal and temporal lobes. …”
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Evaluation of early chemotherapy response by combining static- and dynamic [18F]FDG-PET with diffusion-weighted MRI in subcutaneous patient-derived endometrial cancer mouse models by Heidi Espedal, Jenny M. Lyngstad, Hege F. Berg, Marta E. Hjelmeland, Kristine E. Fasmer, Camilla Krakstad, Ingfrid S. Haldorsen

“…The novel MRFDG dynamic PET imaging parameter seems most promising for detecting very early treatment response following chemotherapy.…”
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Evaluating the Risks of Heated Tobacco Products: Toxicological Effects on Two Selected Respiratory Bacteria and Human Lung Cells by Salvatore Furnari, Rosalia Emma, Massimo Caruso, Pio Maria Furneri, Virginia Fuochi

“…Methods: This study evaluated the toxicological effects of aerosols produced by THPs (IQOS 3 Duo with Heets “Sienna Selection”) in comparison to conventional cigarette smoke (1R6F). …”
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Kinetic behaviour of the roasting/selective reduction process with the use of a mixture of bituminous coal and fuel oil as the additive by Angulo-Palma Hugo Javier, Saldana Manuel, Legrá Ángel Legrá, Urgellés Alisa Lamorú, Pedrera Carlos Hernández, Gallegos Sandra, Galleguillos Madrid Felipe M., Toro Norman

“…To date, the kinetic behaviour of the roasting/selective reduction process of lateritic nickeli-ferous ores on a pilot scale is largely unknown. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils of Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae) against Selected Plant Pathogenic Bacteria by Martin Muthee Gakuubi, John M. Wagacha, Saifuddin F. Dossaji, Wycliffe Wanzala

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Assessment of the antimicrobial potential of the selected phytochemically riched medicinal plants against the antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacterial strains by Moona NAZISH, Fozia BIBI, Asif KAMAL, Muhammad A. KHAN, Saeeda NAZ, Maria SHOUKAT, Gadah ALBASHER, Wajid ZAMAN

“…This study aims to report on the ethnomedicinal uses and evaluation of the medicinal efficacy of eight selected medicinal plants of Tanawal region, KPK. These plants were selected due to their popularity and frequency of utilization among communities in the study area. …”
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Antibacterial Activities and Phytochemical Screening of Extracts of Flower of Azadiracthta indica (Neem) against Some Selected Clinical Isolates by Abdullahi, A., Nafiu, S.A, Ishaq, S.A., Alkali, Z. D, Lambu, Z. N.

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MbGWO-SFS: Modified Binary Grey Wolf Optimizer Based on Stochastic Fractal Search for Feature Selection by El-Sayed M. El-Kenawy, Marwa Metwally Eid, Mohamed Saber, Abdelhameed Ibrahim

“…GWO showed a good performance in the literature as a meta-heuristic algorithm for feature selection problems, however, it shows low precision and slow convergence. …”
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Exploring the behavior of concrete containing selectively crushed wind-turbine blade from a water-transport perspective by Víctor Revilla-Cuesta, Ana B. Espinosa, Francisco Fiol, Roberto Serrano-López, Marta Skaf

“…Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) can be separated from the other components of wind-turbine blades by mechanical cutting, and subsequently knife crushed. The resulting Selectively Crushed Wind-Turbine Blade (SCWTB) is mostly composed of GFRP-composite fibers, with small contents of porous particles of balsa wood and polymers. …”
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Antimicrobial potency of extracts from selected medicinal plants towards Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Buyinza, Daniel, Gumula, Ivan, Akampuira, Denis, Ninsiima, Herbert

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Production of Protein Hydrolysates from Cod Backbone Using Selected Enzymes: Evaluation of Antioxidative and Antimicrobial Activities of Hydrolysates by Dimitra Marinou, Charlotte Jacobsen, Davide Odelli, Krystalia Sarigiannidou, Ann-Dorit Moltke Sørensen

“…The efficiency of the enzyme treatment was evaluated based on the protein extraction yield (PEY), the degree of hydrolysis (DH), and antioxidant activity using two different in vitro assays (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging and iron chelation) and antimicrobial activity determined by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and disk diffusion assays. Selected hydrolysates showing activity were evaluated with respect to amino acid composition and molecular weight. …”
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Investigating the sensing mechanism of flexible silicon nanowire gas sensors for acetone detection by Huancong Peng, Kuibo Lan, Guoxuan Qin

“…With the rapid development of nanotechnology, silicon nanowire (SiNW) array gas sensors have shown great potential for gas detection due to their high sensitivity, fast response, and excellent selectivity. …”
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Detection of micellar structures in oil-water-surfactant systems with a photoacoustic method by S. J. POGORZELSKI, J. SZURKOWSKI, A. ŚLIWIŃSKI

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Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Evolving Challenge of Deepfake Detection: A Systematic Analysis by Reza Babaei, Samuel Cheng, Rui Duan, Shangqing Zhao

“…This literature review explores the evolution of deepfake generation methods, ranging from traditional techniques to state-of-the-art models such as generative adversarial networks and diffusion models. We navigate through the effectiveness and limitations of various detection approaches, including machine learning, forensic analysis, and hybrid techniques, while highlighting the critical importance of interpretability and real-time performance in detection systems. …”
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A novel method for the determination of organophosphorus pesticides in urine samples using a combined gas diffusion microextraction (GDME) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry... by Mohammadreza Jafari, Ali Gholami, Maryam Akhgari

“…The method showed good linearity (0.01 to 100 µg/L) and excellent sensitivity with detection limits of 0.0058 µg/L for diazinon and 0.016 µg/L for chlorpyrifos. • Results indicate the higher sensitivity and selectivity of GDME compared to traditional methods like solid-phase microextraction. • GDME method for pesticide extraction demonstrated superior performance, with a much lower limit of detection for diazinon (0.0058 µg/L) than conventional methods (0.02 µg/L). • This study highlights GDME's potential for accurate and reliable pesticide detection.…”
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An edge detection method of pantograph carbon slide based on an improved Canny algorithm by YANG Jun, GUO Youmin, WANG Jianxin, ZHAO Hongliang

“…Aiming at the problems of inaccurate extraction, discontinuity and being susceptible to noise when the edge of a carbon slide is detected by using a traditional edge detection algorithm, an edge detection method of pantograph carbon slide based on an improved Canny algorithm was proposed in the paper. …”
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Detection of antimicrobial resistance via state-of-the-art technologies versus conventional methods by Ayman Elbehiry, Eman Marzouk, Adil Abalkhail, Moustafa H. Abdelsalam, Mohamed E. A. Mostafa, Mazen Alasiri, Mai Ibrahem, Abousree T. Ellethy, Abdulaziz Almuzaini, Sahar N. Aljarallah, Akram Abu-Okail, Naif Marzook, Satam Alhadyan, Husam M. Edrees

“…Traditionally, microbiological culture and susceptibility testing methods, such as disk diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assays, have been employed to identify AMR bacteria. …”
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Soybean Weed Detection Based on RT-DETR with Enhanced Multiscale Channel Features by Hua Yang, Yanjie Lyu, Yunpeng Jiang, Feng Jiang, Taiyong Deng, Lihao Yu, Yuanhao Qiu, Hao Xue, Junying Guo, Zhaoqi Meng

“…To solve the missed and wrong detection problems of the object detection model in identifying soybean companion weeds, this paper proposes an enhanced multi-scale channel feature model based on RT-DETR (EMCF-RTDETR). …”
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