Reduction of Multiplicative Noise in Radar Images by A. A. Tuzova, V. A. Pavlov, A. A. Belov

“…The Frost filter and the anisotropic diffusion filter with optimal parameters showed the best processing quality according to the SSIM metric.…”
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Prevalence, identification of virulence genes, and antibiotic resistance properties of Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains isolated from ice cream and juice in sa... by Elyas Shahrivar, Ebrahim Rahimi, Faham Khamesipour

“…Samples were analyzed using biochemical and molecular methods for STEC detection. Antibiotic sensitivity was evaluated using the disc diffusion method against 14 antibiotics. …”
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Dark Matter Distinguished by Skewed Microlensing in the “Dragon Arc” by Tom Broadhurst, Sung Kei Li, Amruth Alfred, Jose M. Diego, Paloma Morilla, Patrick L. Kelly, Fengwu Sun, Masamune Oguri, Hayley Williams, Rogier Windhorst, Adi Zitrin, Katsuya T. Abe, Wenlei Chen, Liang Dai, Yoshinobu Fudamoto, Hiroki Kawai, Jeremy Lim, Tao Liu, Ashish K. Meena, Jose M. Palencia, George F. Smoot, Liliya L.R. Williams

“…Many microlensed stars discovered by JWST closely follow the winding critical curve of A370 along the “Dragon Arc” with m _AB  > 26.5, which we show comprises asymptotic giant branch stars microlensed by the observed level of diffuse cluster stars, corresponding to ≃1% of the dark matter density. …”
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Effect of disease progression on CSF-directed AAV gene therapy in a large brain animal model of lysosomal storage disease by Jacqueline E. Hunter, Caitlyn M. Molony, Wojciech K. Panek, Charles H. Vite, Sanjeev Chawla, Harish Poptani, John H. Wolfe

“…These results further demonstrate the importance of early detection and treatment of a lysosomal storage disease to successful outcomes.…”
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Tetrahedral-modified magnetic nanorobotic probe for enhanced imaging of cancer-related miRNA by Xue Wu, Huijie Bai, Lingfeng Jiang, Cuiping Mao, Yi Li, Diangeng Li, Yong Wang, Shan Liu, Jinhong Guo

“…However, most imaging probes are constructed on nanoparticles that rely on passive diffusion to interact and bind with the target substance, resulting a long response time and a low target recognition capability due to the solution viscous resistance. …”
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Experimental characterization of chemical mineral composition and morphology of titanium in carbonized slag particles by Jianxin Wang, Dong Yue, Liangying Wen, Liwen Hu, Xueming Lv

“…The TiCxOy phase is diffusely distributed within the carbonized slag particles. …”
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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) nanomechanical characterization of micro- and nanoplastics to support environmental investigations in groundwater by Massimiliano Galluzzi, Michele Lancia, Chunmiao Zheng, Viviana Re, Valter Castelvetro, Shifeng Guo, Stefano Viaroli

“…Multifrequency AFM allows the detection of MNPs up to the nanometric scale based on elastic modulus assessments. …”
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The Desmoid Dilemma: Challenges and Opportunities in Assessing Tumor Burden and Therapeutic Response by Yu-Cherng Chang, Bryan Nixon, Felipe Souza, Fabiano Nassar Cardoso, Etan Dayan, Erik J. Geiger, Andrew Rosenberg, Gina D’Amato, Ty Subhawong

“…Moreover, imaging biomarkers could facilitate earlier detection of treatment efficacy or resistance, enabling tailored therapy. …”
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Review of clinical and imaging findings in autoimmune glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy to aid in early diagnosis by Xiaomeng Li, Jiacun Li, Han Xu, Xiaohui Liu, Meilin Li, Jingzhen He, Jianjun Xiu

“…In addition to the classic reversible splenium of corpus callosum syndrome (type I), this study found the much rarer type II with diffusion restriction on DWI (Diffusion Weighted Imaging) in the corpus callosum. …”
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Occurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pets and their owners in rural and urban communities in Trinidad by Naomi Scott, Christopher Seeraj, Brandon Satram, Natalie Michelle Sandy, Keenan Seuradge, Brittany Seerattan, Ishta Seeram, Alva Stewart-Johnson, Abiodun Adesiyun

“…The resistance of S. aureus initially assessed detection of MRSA isolates to cefoxitin and confirmed by the PBP2a latex agglutination test. …”
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Three-dimensional diffractive acoustic tomography by Luca Menozzi, Tri Vu, Aidan J. Canning, Harshal Rawtani, Carlos Taboada, Marie Elise Abi Antoun, Chenshuo Ma, Jesse Delia, Van Tu Nguyen, Soon-Woo Cho, Jianing Chen, Theresa Charity, Yirui Xu, Phuong Tran, Jun Xia, Gregory M. Palmer, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Liping Feng, Junjie Yao

“…Abstract Acoustically probing biological tissues with light or sound, photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging can provide anatomical, functional, and/or molecular information at depths far beyond the optical diffusion limit. However, most photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging systems rely on linear-array transducers with elevational focusing and are limited to two-dimensional imaging with anisotropic resolutions. …”
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Pet and Stray Dogs as Reservoirs of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli by Laura Marchetti, Daniel Buldain, Lihuel Gortari Castillo, Andrea Buchamer, Manuel Chirino‐Trejo, Nora Mestorino

“…The surveillance of its resistance including the detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) in Escherichia coli as indicator bacteria is an important tool to control the use of antimicrobials. …”
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Evaluation of the antagonistic effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa toxins on azole antifungal resistance in Candida albicans species isolated from clinical samples in Iran by Masoumeh Sadat Hosseini, Masoumeh Navidinia, Sima Sadat Seyedjavadi, Mehdi Goudarzi, Helia Rasouli, Amir Mohsen Mahdavian, Elina Rahimi Zamani

“…The antifungal activity of these toxins against C. albicans spp. was determined using methods such as minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC90), radial diffusion assay (RDA), and detection of reactive oxygen species (ROS). …”
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Calcium Ion Sensors with Unrivaled Stability and Selectivity Using a Bilayer Approach with Ionically Imprinted Nanocomposites by Antonio Ruiz-Gonzalez, Roohi Chhabra, Xun Cao, Yizhong Huang, Andrew Davenport, Kwang-Leong Choy

“…Systematic evaluation revealed that perfluoroalkane-functionalized silica nanoparticles enhanced Ca²⁺ selectivity by minimizing K⁺ diffusion, confirmed by both potentiometric measurements and quartz microbalance studies. …”
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Fabrication of Patterned Magnetic Particles in Microchannels and Their Application in Micromixers by Tianhao Li, Chen Yang, Zihao Shao, Ya Chen, Jiahui Zheng, Jun Yang, Ning Hu

“…Due to the extremely low Reynolds number, the mixing of substances in laminar flow within microfluidic channels primarily relies on slow intermolecular diffusion, whereas various rapid reaction and detection requirements in lab-on-a-chip applications often necessitate the efficient mixing of fluids within short distances. …”
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Tuning localized surface plasmon resonance of star-like gold nanoparticles by in situ growth on crystalline nanocellulose for SERS substrates by Alfredo Ayala-Fonseca, Gonzalo Ramírez-García, Andrés De Luna Bugallo, Elder De la Rosa, Pedro Salas

“…The substrates exhibited high sensitivity, with the 0.3CNC0.08Au sample (CNC: 0.3 mg ml ^−1 , Au: 0.08 mg ml ^−1 ) detecting multiple vibrational modes of 4-ATP at a limit of detection of 1.048 × 10 ^−9 M. …”
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KPC: an important mechanism of resistance in K. pneumoniae isolates from intensive care units in the Midwest region of Brazil by Caroline Conci Campos, Náthalia Franco Roriz, Camila Nogueira Espínola, Fernando Aguilar Lopes, Caroline Tieppo, Andyane Freitas Tetila, Claudia Elizabeth Volpe Chaves, Priscilla Alexandrino de Oliveira, Marilene Rodrigues Chang

“…The detection of carbapenemase was performed using the modified Hodge test and polymerase chain reaction. …”
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Combinations of multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers and cognitive test scores to identify patients with cognitive impairment by Yuriko Nakaoku, Soshiro Ogata, Kiyotaka Nemoto, Chikage Kakuta, Eri Kiyoshige, Kanako Teramoto, Kiyomasa Nakatsuka, Gantsetseg Ganbaatar, Masafumi Ihara, Kunihiro Nishimura

“…The structural, perfusion, and diffusion MRI-derived biomarkers remained in the identification model with variable selection with the elastic net algorithm, and were thus considered important variables.ConclusionOur multisource elastic net model demonstrated high performance at detecting MCI, suggesting that the combination of multimodal neuroimaging biomarkers contributes to MCI discrimination.…”
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Molecular characterization of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from broiler farms in Northern Palestinian territories by Ghaleb Adwan, Sameh Abuseir, Ghadeer Omar, Mahmoud Albzour

“…Antibiotic resistance was detected using the disk diffusion method. Phylotyping and virulence genotyping of the APEC isolates were performed using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). …”
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Urinary Tract Infections, Associated Risk Factors and Antibacterial Susceptibility Profile Among Pregnant Women in Central Ethiopia by Ketema Bizuwork Gebremedhin, Haile Alemayehu, Girmay Medhin, Wondwossen Amogne, Katarina Slaba, Girma Belay, Shubhada Bopegamage, Tadesse Eguale

“…The Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method was used to evaluate antibacterial susceptibility. …”
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