Knowledge of risk factors of heart disease among medical students and interns: A cross-sectional study from King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia by Nasser G. Alqahtani, Amira Yasmine Benmelouka, Reem Hamad S Aldosari, Lama Gasem Asiri, Lujain Y. AlKasi, Shatha A. Almasswary, Alshaima Alassim, Aljohrah M. Al Hunaif, Shuruq Abdullah M Alqahtani, Miad A. Abu Mughaedh, Amr Ehab El-Qushayri

“…Education and information diffusion of the general population and especially of future health care providers play a pivotal role in CVD prevention. …”
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Colistin susceptibility among multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacilli isolated from Tertiary hospital in Egypt by Shimaa, A. Abdel Salam, Raghda, Hager

“…However, a large scale study is recommended to detect colistin resistance among GNB.…”
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The Use of Machine Learning in the Diagnosis of Kidney Allograft Rejection: Current Knowledge and Applications by Tanja Belčič Mikič, Miha Arnol

“…In this review, we addressed studies that investigated the detection of kidney allograft rejection over the last decade using various ML algorithms. …”
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Hybrid deep learning framework based on EfficientViT for classification of gastrointestinal diseases by Vishesh Tanwar, Bhisham Sharma, Dhirendra Prasad Yadav, Abolfazl Mehbodniya

“…At the same time, it includes the capacity of the ViT model to recognize the context of images of the GI tract for the detection of slight disease patterns and precursors of disease diffusion. …”
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Nontyphoid Salmonella gastroenteritis in pediatric patients from urban areas in the city of Mérida, Venezuela by María Araque

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by the disc-diffusion assay. Genetic characterization included plasmid profiling, PCR detection of the spv region and inv genes, and IS200 typing. …”
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Inducible Clindamycin Resistance and its Molecular Characterisation among Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from A Tertiary Care Centre in South Kerala by Ashna Ajimsha, Kiran Subhash, Ashish Jitendranath, J.T. Ramani Bai

“…Real-time PCR was done for gene detection on all iMLSB positive isolates. The majority of the isolates – 22 (52.4%) showed both ermA and ermC genes; out of which 13 (56.5%) were MSSA, whereas 9 (47.4%) were MRSA. …”
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Voltammetric Determination of Anethole on La2O3/CPE and BDDE by Mateusz Kowalcze, Jan Wyrwa, Małgorzata Dziubaniuk, Małgorzata Jakubowska

“…The lowest detection limit of 0.004 mg L−1 was reached on La2O3/CPE (3 mm), what may be compared with the most sensitive conjugate methods, but in the proposed approach, no sample preparation and analyte separation was needed. …”
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Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes Isolated from Ready-to-Eat Foods in Turkey by Pınar Şanlıbaba, Başar Uymaz Tezel, Gürcü Aybige Çakmak

“…Seventeen L. monocytogenes strains were examined by the disk diffusion assay for their resistance to 23 antibiotics. …”
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Analysis of Persian News Agencies on Instagram, A Words Co-occurrence Graph-based Approach by Mohammad Heydari, Babak Teimourpour

“…By employing this method, it is possible to use other graph-based algorithms, such as community detections. The results help us to identify the key role of different news agencies in information diffusion among the public, identify hidden communities, and discover latent patterns among a massive amount of data.…”
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Digital technologies for signal radio vision and radio monitoring by M. S. Kostin, K. A. Boikov

“…Radiophysical processes involving the electrodynamic formation of signal radio images diffusely scattered by the signature of small-sized objects or induced by the near field of radio devices are relevant for identifying radiogenomic (cumulant) features of objects in the microwave range in the development of neuroimaging ultra-short pulse (USP) signal radio vision systems, telemonitoring, and near-radio detection. …”
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Phenotypical and Genotypical Comparison of Clostridium difficile Isolated from Clinical Samples: Homebrew DNA Fingerprinting versus Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST) and Clos... by Javid Sisakhtpour, Fatemeh Savaheli Moghadam, Sepideh Khodaparast, Nima Khoramabadi, Ashraf Mohabati Mobarez

“…All samples underwent enriched anaerobic culture, confirmed by detection of gluD gene with PCR. Toxin status and AST were assessed by the disk diffusion method (DDM) and minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of metronidazole, vancomycin, and rifampin. …”
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Network biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease risk derived from joint volume and texture covariance patterns in mouse models. by Eric W Bridgeford, Jaewon Chung, Robert J Anderson, Ali Mahzarnia, Jacques A Stout, Hae Sol Moon, Zay Yar Han, Joshua T Vogelstein, Alexandra Badea

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) lacks effective cures and is typically detected after substantial pathological changes have occurred, making intervention challenging. …”
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Hydrodynamic characterization of the redox chemistry of crown-encapsulated uranyl complexes by Alexander C. Ervin, James D. Blakemore

“…Rotating disk electrode (RDE) studies have been used to quantify the diffusion coefficients of the U(VI) and U(V) complexes, and standard heterogeneous electron transfer rate constants (k0) for the redox have been determined using a conventional Koutecký-Levich analysis. …”
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Phenotypic characterization and antifungal susceptibility profile of Candida isolates from women with vulvovaginal candidiasis at a community health center linked to a teaching ins... by Sangeeta Rawat, Rajender Singh, Garima Mittal

“…Antifungal testing was done using the disk diffusion method. Results: A total of 257 females with complaints of abnormal discharge were enrolled in this study. …”
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spa typing and antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus from healthy humans, pigs and dogs in Tanzania by Abdul Sekemani Katakweba, Amandus Pachificus Muhairwa, Carmen Espinosa-Gongora, Luca Guardabassi, Madundo M A Mtambo, John Elmerdahl Olsen

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were determined by disc diffusion method. Results: S. aureus was isolated from 22 % of humans, 4 % of pigs and 11 % of dogs. …”
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Predominance of extensively-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii carrying bla OXA-23 in Jordanian patients admitted to the intensive care units. by Qutaiba Ababneh, Neda'a Aldaken, Ziad Jaradat, Ekhlas Al-Rousan, Zeina Inaya, Dua'a Alsaleh, Dua'a Alawneh, Sara Al Sbei, Ismail Saadoun

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The A. baumannii isolates included in this study were identified by the detection of the blaOXA-51 gene, and a multiplex PCR assay. …”
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Imaging and Image Processing Techniques for High-Resolution Visualization of Connective Tissue with MRI: Application to Fascia, Aponeurosis, and Tendon by Meeghage Randika Perera, Graeme M. Bydder, Samantha J. Holdsworth, Geoffrey G. Handsfield

“…To further these advances, we discuss the integration of UTE with Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and explore image processing techniques to enhance the localization, labeling, and modeling of connective tissues. …”
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Application of MALDI-TOF MS and FT-IR spectroscopy in identification and antibiotic resistance profiling of lactic acid bacteria by Tamás Kocsis, Anna Győrffy, Andrea Pomázi

“…This demonstrates FT-IR as a rapid, non-invasive tool for the early detection of resistant strains, facilitating real-time monitoring of bacterial adaptation during fermentation. …”
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Extended-spectrum and Metallo-beta lactamase enzymes mediated resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in clinically isolated specimens by Farooq Ali, Seema Kamal, Qismat Shakeela, Shehzad Ahmed

“…After identification, all the isolates were tested for the sensitivity pattern following Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. The presence of ESBL and MBL enzymes were detected following DDST and IMP-EDTA detection tests respectively. …”
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Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of ESKAPE Pathogens Isolated from Patients with Bacteremia in Tehran, Iran by Amir Emamie, Pouria Zolfaghari, Atefe Zarei, Mahdi Ghorbani

“…The ESKAPE isolates were subjected to multidrug-resistant (MDR), extensively drug-resistant (XDR), extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), metallo-β-lactamase (MBL), methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) by the disk diffusion and E-test methods. In the case of VRE, molecular detection was done for vanA and vanB genes. …”
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