Molecular Detection of mecA Gene in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Surfaces of some Public Hospitals in Katsina State, Nigeria by A A Sunusi, M A Dangari, M K Salihu, Aminu Ado

“…Antibiotic Susceptibility testing and phenotypic detection of MRSA were conducted using disc diffusion method.  …”
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Molecular characterization of carbapenemases production among environmental Gram-negative isolates at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: first detection of NDM Producers in hospital environmen... by Shemse Sebre, Aminu Seman, Tewachew Awoke, Woldaregay Erku Abegaz, Wude Mihret, Adane Mihret, Tamrat Abebe, Zelalem Desalegn

“…Resistance genes (blaKPC, blaNDM, blaOXA-48) were detected via PCR in isolates with reduced meropenem susceptibility. …”
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XAI-Based Assessment of the AMURA Model for Detecting Amyloid-β and Tau Microstructural Signatures in Alzheimer’s Disease by Lorenza Brusini, Federica Cruciani, Gabriele Dall'glio, Tommaso Zajac, Ilaria Boscolo Galazzo, Mauro Zucchelli, Gloria Menegaz

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Detection of Quinolone Resistance Genes of Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection attending Some Selected Hospitals in Irbid, Jordan by Idris, S.L., Shboul, S.A., Dabo, N.T.

“…The present study was designed to detect the presence of quinolone resistance genes: Chromosome and Plasmid mediated genes (PMQR) in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated in patients attending some selected hospitals in Irbid, Jordan. …”
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Evaluation of vascular cognitive impairment and identification of imaging markers using machine learning: a multimodal MRI study by Haoying He, Dongwei Lu, Sisi Peng, Jiu Jiang, Fan Fan, Dong Sun, Tianqi Sun, Zhipeng Xu, Ping Zhang, Xiaoxiang Peng, Ming Lei, Junjian Zhang

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Application of Chelex-100 and SPR-IDA Resin in Combination with the Optimized Beam Deflection Spectrometry for High-Sensitivity Determination of Iron Species in Sediment Porewater by Hanna Budasheva, Mohanachandran Nair Sindhu Swapna, Arne Bratkič, Dorota Korte

“…The limit of detection (LOD) is then reduced by a factor of 2 (to the value of 20 nM). …”
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An effective microscopic image augmentation approach by Wanying Li, Linhe Yang, Guobei Peng, Guangyao Pang, Zhenming Yu, Xiaoying Zhu

“…The approach consists of two aspects: first, we design the conditionally guided microscopic image generation model (CGMIGM), which combines the denoising diffusion probabilistic models (DDPM) based conditional guidance technique to efficiently generate rare features and thus alleviate the class imbalance problem. …”
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Thermal features prediction in asphalt pavements using ANFIS-based regression by Mohammad Ali Khasawneh, Hiren Mewada, Ahmad Ali Khasawneh, Ansam Adnan Sawalha

“…The model development process was structured in three phases: (1) feature reduction to detect multicollinearity, (2) outlier detection and removal, and (3) application of the ANFIS regression model. …”
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Exploring the causal involvement of the rIPL and white matter interindividual variability in spatial orienting and consciousness by Joaquín J. Ramírez-Guerrero, Cristina Narganes-Pineda, Mar Martín-Signes, Ana B. Chica

“…White matter properties were explored through diffusion-weighted imaging tractography and whole-brain NODDI analysis. …”
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Sparse Deep Neural Network for Encoding and Decoding the Structural Connectome by Satya P. Singh, Sukrit Gupta, Jagath C. Rajapakse

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Validation of cross-sectional and longitudinal ComBat harmonization methods for magnetic resonance imaging data on a travelling subject cohort by Sophie Richter, Stefan Winzeck, Marta M. Correia, Evgenios N. Kornaropoulos, Anne Manktelow, Joanne Outtrim, Doris Chatfield, Jussi P. Posti, Olli Tenovuo, Guy B. Williams, David K. Menon, Virginia F.J. Newcombe

“…Indeed, attempting harmonization obscured the true biological effect for some regions of interest. Diffusion data contained marked scanner effects and was successfully harmonized by all methods, resulting in smaller scanner effects and better detection of true biological effects. …”
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The first report of antibiotic resistance and virulence factor profiles in multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of from Pontianak, Indonesia by Mardhia Mardhia, Delima Fajar Liana, Mahyarudin Mahyarudin, Hariyanto Ih

“…Methods A total of 24 isolates underwent antimicrobial susceptibility testing using the disk diffusion method, an extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) production test, and molecular gene detection. …”
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Aerial Spray Droplet Deposition Determination Based on Fluorescence Correction: Exploring the Combination of a Chemical Colorant and Water-Sensitive Paper by Ziqi Yu, Mingyang Li, Boli Xing, Yu Chang, Hao Yan, Hongyang Zhou, Kun Li, Weixiang Yao, Chunling Chen

“…With the rapid development of precision agriculture spraying technology, the evaluation and detection of deposition effects have gradually become research hotspots. …”
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Ecofriendly synthesis of NiZnFe2O5 nanoparticle by papaya leaf extract for electrochemical detection of ascorbic acid in orange juice and pharmaceuticals by Gubbihalli Nanjundappa Chandana, Murudagalli Basavaraju Shivaswamy, Mandya Shivananju Asha, Shanthalingaiah Jeevitha, Honnegowdanahalli Shivabasappa Nagendra Prasad, Bendekere Shankarappa Hemanth, Madanahalli Ankanathappa Sangamesha, Beejaganahalli Sangameshwara Madhukar, Lingappa Mallesha, Jamballi G. Manjunatha

“…The average diameter of the nanoparticle is 47.93 nm, which was determined using the dynamic light scattering method. UV/Vis diffuse reflectance spectrum results revealed that the NiZnFe2O5 NPs band gap is 1.8 eV. …”
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Combining the unequal variance signal detection model with the health belief model to optimize shared decision making in tinnitus patients: part 2—patient profiling by Zsófia Zs Lehóczky, Zsófia Zs Lehóczky, Adriana L. Smit, Adriana L. Smit, Sarah Kaldenbach, Arnold Lieftink, Arnold Lieftink, Huib Versnel, Huib Versnel, Robert J. Stokroos, Robert J. Stokroos, Alexander E. Hoetink, Alexander E. Hoetink

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Brain Imaging Findings in Dyslexia by Ying-Fang Sun, Jeun-Shenn Lee, Ralph Kirby

“…Reduced neural activities in the left temporal and left parietal cortices, and diffuse widespread activation patterns in the cerebellum could be detected using functional magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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Identity and Temporal Fragmentation in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Systematic Review by Ilaria Faggioli, Cecilia Maria Esposito, Giovanni Stanghellini

“…Functional and structural alterations were detected to explain narrative incoherence, as well as symptoms such as emotional dysregulation and cognitive biases. …”
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Neurovisualization features of brain anatomy in children with spastic cerebral palsy revealed by magnetic resonance tractography by E. A. Klyuev, G. E. Sheiko, M. G. Dunaev, E. V. Lobanova, M. V. Rasteryaeva, E. D. Sharabrin

“…The experimental group showed a decrease in the absolute number of fibers at the central and posterior segments of the corpus callosum, corticospinal tracts, and left inferior longitudinal fasciculus. Besides, we detected a decrease in fractional anisotropy at 2–5 segments of the corpus callosum and right lateral corticospinal tract, an increase in the apparent diffusion coefficient at 2, 4, and 5 segments of the corpus callosum and left lateral corticospinal tract, and a decrease in the myelination coefficient in all the examined tracts, except for superior longitudinal fasciculus. …”
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Multidimensional evaluation of 3.0T HR-MRI, ultrasound imaging, and GATA3 protein expression in breast cancer, and their prognostic analysis by Yang Bai, Ting Xie, Xiangyang Mo, Yong Luo, Man Chen

“…All patients underwent preoperative 3.0T HR-MRI and ultrasound examinations. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) parameters, including mean diffusivity (MD), fractional anisotropy (FA), radial diffusivity (Dr), and axial diffusivity (Da), were assessed. …”
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The use of intravoxel incoherent motion in differentiation between benign and malignant BI-RADS 4 (or above) breast lesions combined with abbreviated MRI sequence in comparison wit... by Mohamed Karam Samak, Salma Hassan Tantawy, Amal Ibrahim Ahmed Othman

“…Aim of the work To assess the value of intravoxel incoherent motion technique based on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI-IVIM) sequence for antegrade identification of benignity and malignancy of BI-RAD 4 or above lesions and correlation to the histopathology findings as a gold standard. …”
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