Optimization of a structured illumination spectrophotometric technique for optical properties determination of dense solutions by Thomas Koffi, Guy-Oscar Regnima, Emmanuel Gozoua, Mensah Edoe, Serge Adepo, Evariste Amany, Jocelyne Bosson, Jérémie Zoueu

“…This study clearly shows that the SLIPI technique could be a good alternative to the limits of the classical Beer-Lambert absorptivity law for dense and diffusing solutions.…”
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Resolving Non-Proportional Frequency Components in Rotating Machinery Signals Using Local Entropy Selection Scaling–Reassigning Chirplet Transform by Dapeng Quan, Yuli Niu, Zeming Zhao, Caiting He, Xiaoze Yang, Mingyang Li, Tianyang Wang, Lili Zhang, Limei Ma, Yong Zhao, Hongtao Wu

“…It holds strong potential for precise fault detection and condition monitoring in domains such as aerospace and renewable energy systems.…”
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Possible Synergism between Ampicillin and Some Pain-reducing Drugs against <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> by Thoraa Abdul Amir Drees, Falah Hasan Obayes AL-Khikani, Haider Hussein Yas Khudair, Haider Abdul Hussein Nuri, Ali Amer Hussein

“…The tested bacteria isolated and identified by using standard bacteriological methods. Detection antibiotic sensitivity pattern of isolates was determined by agar well diffusion method. …”
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Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Antibiogram of Nontyphoidal Salmonella from Beef in Ambo and Holeta Towns, Oromia Region, Ethiopia by Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Gezahegn Tafesse Soboka, Bizunesh Mideksa Borana, Lencho Megersa Marami, Edilu Jorga Sarba, Nega Desalegn Tadese, Hirut Abebe Ambecha

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the disk diffusion method. Besides, a structured questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data and potential risk factors for contamination of meat. …”
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Characterization of Conjunctival Microflora and Antibiotic Sensitivity Patterns in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery by Aldo Vagge, Filippo Lixi, Diego Ponzin, Chiara Del Noce, Davide Camposampiero, Marcello Santocono, Carlo Enrico Traverso, Vincenzo Scorcia, Giuseppe Giannaccare

“…Swabs were processed for the detection of the microbial growth and for species identification. …”
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Occurrence, Antibiotic Resistance and Biofilm-Forming Ability of <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> in Chicken Carcasses and Cuts by Sarah Panera-Martínez, Rosa Capita, Ángela Pedriza-González, María Díez-Moura, Félix Riesco-Peláez, Carlos Alonso-Calleja

“…Culturing methods involving isolation based on the UNE-EN-ISO 11290-1:2018 norm and identification of isolates by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect the <i>lmo1030</i> gene allowed the detection of <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> in 75 samples (72.1% of the total; 50.0% of the carcasses and 94.2% of the cuts). …”
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Antimicrobial resistance profile and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus isolates in Tripoli Central Hospital, Libya by S Aetrugh, M Aboshkiwa, W Husien, M Erhuma, M Corrente, E Grandolfo, M Ellabib, T Emahbes, M Mustafa

“…This was shown by early detection of mecC gene among MRSA isolates.…”
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Bacterial isolates and antibiotic resistance in critically ill sepsis patients at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia by Girum Tesfaye Kiya, Zeleke Mekonnen, Elsah Tegene Asefa, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Hanan Ahmed, Getenet Beyene, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…The Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method was employed to conduct the antimicrobial susceptibility test. …”
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Artificial Olfactory System Enabled by Ultralow Chemical Sensing Variations of 1D SnO2 Nanoarchitectures by Yun‐Haeng Cho, Dong‐Su Kim, Jung Hwan Seo, Jae Han Chung, Zion Park, Ki Chang Kwon, Jae‐Kwon Ko, Tae Won Ha, Jeong‐O Lee, Gyu‐Li Kim, Seong‐Jun Ro, Hyojung Kim, Chil‐Hyoung Lee, Kwangjae Lee, Young‐Seok Shim, Donghwi Cho

“…Specifically, 1D SnO2 nanonetworks functionalized with Au and Pd nanocatalysts are fabricated via a systematic deposition process, enhancing gas diffusion and reaction kinetics. Stability improvements through controlled aging process reduce the coefficient of variation to below 5% across seven target gases: acetone, hydrogen, ethanol, carbon monoxide, propane, isoprene, and toluene. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence for the screening of prostate cancer in biparametric magnetic resonance imaging: a systematic review by Oksana V. Kryuchkova, Elena V. Schepkina, Natalia A. Rubtsova, Boris Y. Alekseev, Anton I. Kuznetsov, Svetlana V. Epifanova, Elena V. Zarya, Ali E. Talyshinskii

“…Accurate and timely detection of prostate cancer is important under the current conditions. …”
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Feasibility of an indocyanine green-hyaluronic acid mixture (LuminoMark™) for targeting suspicious axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer by Jeeyeon Lee, Byeongju Kang, Jin Hyang Jung, Hye Jung Kim, Won Hwa Kim, Jung Dug Yang, Joon Seok Lee, Yee Soo Chae, Soo Jung Lee, In Hee Lee, Ji-Young Park, Nora Jee-Young Park, Ho Yong Park

“…Conclusion Although both methods demonstrated high detection rates, the rate was higher using LuminoMark™. …”
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Analysis of Polarized Dust Emission Using Data from the First Flight of SPIDER by P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, A. S. Bergman, R. Bihary, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, J. A. Bonetti, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, O. Doré, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Eriksen, J. P. Filippini, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, S. Gourapura, R. Gualtieri, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Karakci, C. L. Kuo, Z. D. Kermish, J. S.-Y. Leung, S. Li, D. S. Y. Mak, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, C. B. Netterfield, M. Nolta, R. O’Brient, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, B. Racine, A. S. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, T. M. Ruud, J. A. Shariff, E. C. Shaw, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. F. van der List, A. C. Weber, I. K. Wehus, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young, Spider Collaboration

“…Component-separation algorithms operating in both the spatial and harmonic domains are applied to probe their consistency and to quantify modeling errors associated with their assumptions. Analyses of diffuse Galactic dust emission spanning the full Spider region demonstrate (i) a spectral energy distribution that is broadly consistent with a modified-blackbody (MBB) model with a spectral index of β _d = 1.45 ± 0.05 (1.47 ± 0.06) for E ( B )-mode polarization, slightly lower than that reported by Planck for the full sky; (ii) an angular power spectrum broadly consistent with a power law; and (iii) no significant detection of line-of-sight polarization decorrelation. …”
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Unveiling the molecular epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in lung infections among cystic fibrosis patients in the Brazilian Amazon by Maria Isabel Montoril Gouveia, Edilene do Socorro Nascimento Falcão Sarges, Herald Souza dos Reis, Danielle Melo Sardinha, Pabllo Antonny Silva dos Santos, Layana Rufino Ribeiro, Marcos Jessé Abrahão Silva, Marcos Vinicios Hino de Melo, Ana Judith Pires Garcia Quaresma, Danielle Murici Brasiliense, Luana Nepomuceno Godim Costa Lima, Karla Valéria Batista Lima, Yan Corrêa Rodrigues

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns were determined using VITEK-2 system and Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion. Virulotypes were defined by molecular detection of exoS, exoU, exoT, exoY, algU, and algD genes. …”
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Relationships between Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Small Dust Grains, H2, and H i in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies NGC 6822 and WLM Using JWST, ALMA, and the VLA by Ryan Chown, Adam K. Leroy, Alberto D. Bolatto, Jérémy Chastenet, Simon C. O. Glover, Rémy Indebetouw, Eric W. Koch, Jennifer Donovan Meyer, Nickolas M. Pingel, Erik Rosolowsky, Karin Sandstrom, Jessica Sutter, Elizabeth Tarantino, Frank Bigiel, Médéric Boquien, I-Da Chiang, Daniel A. Dale, Julianne J. Dalcanton, Oleg V. Egorov, Cosima Eibensteiner, Kathryn Grasha, Hamid Hassani, Hao He, Jaeyeon Kim, Sharon Meidt, Debosmita Pathak, Sumit K. Sarbadhicary, Snezana Stanimirovic, Vicente Villanueva, Thomas G. Williams

“…The images of NGC 6822 reveal filaments, edge-brightened bubbles, diffuse emission, and a plethora of point sources. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance in the Aconcagua River, Chile: Prevalence and Characterization of Resistant Bacteria in a Watershed Under High Anthropogenic Contamination Pressure by Nicolás González-Rojas, Diego Lira-Velásquez, Richard Covarrubia-López, Johan Plaza-Sepúlveda, José M. Munita, Mauricio J. Carter, Jorge Olivares-Pacheco

“…Antibiotic susceptibility was evaluated using the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method in accordance with CLSI guidelines. …”
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Preparation of PET matrix gradient composite fiber membrane for coal mine and Study on the dust filtration-moisture permeability by Gang ZHOU, Zhuo XU, Liwei JIANG, Guanshuang CHEN, Yunlong MA, Rulin LIU, Yongmei WANG

“…In this study, using PET as substrate, hydroxylated graphene was added to enhance diffusion and electrostatic adsorption effects to capture dust. …”
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Phenotypic and genomic changes in enteric Klebsiella populations during long-term ICU patient hospitalization: the role of RamR regulation by Benedicte Langlois, Francois Guerin, Christophe Isnard, Clement Gakuba, Damien Du Cheyron, Jean-Christophe Giard, Sylvain Brisse, Simon Le Hello, Francois Gravey

“…Among them, enteric Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex (KpSC) populations were detected. For each isolate, extensive antimicrobial resistance profiles were determined using the disk diffusion method, and the whole genome was sequenced using an Illumina platform. …”
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Resistance Patterns of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> in PLHIV: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Republic of Cyprus, 2015–2023 by Michaela Takos, George Siakallis, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Maria Alexandrou, Panagiota Papadamou, Loukia Panagiotou, Danny Alon-Ellenbogen

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Whilst there has been no increase in resistance rates over time, the detection of ceftriaxone-resistant <i>N. gonorrhoeae</i> is a significant public health concern. …”
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Interdependence of plasma membrane nanoscale dynamics of a kinase and its cognate substrate underlies Arabidopsis response to viral infection by Marie-Dominique Jolivet, Anne Flore Deroubaix, Marie Boudsocq, Nikolaj B Abel, Marion Rocher, Terezinha Robbe, Valérie Wattelet-Boyer, Jennifer Huard, Dorian Lefebvre, Yi-Ju Lu, Brad Day, Grégoire Saias, Jahed Ahmed, Valérie Cotelle, Nathalie Giovinazzo, Jean-Luc Gallois, Yasuyuki Yamaji, Sylvie German-Retana, Julien Gronnier, Thomas Ott, Sébastien Mongrand, Véronique Germain

“…Viruses are intracellular pathogens and as such the role of the plant PM in detection and resistance against viruses is often overlooked. …”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of thermophilic Campylobacter species from human, pig, and chicken feces in Rwanda by Noel Gahamanyi, Noel Gahamanyi, Arsene Musana Habimana, Jean Paul Harerimana, Josiane Mukayisenga, Salomon Ntwali, Anathali Umuhoza, Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, Emmanuel Irimaso, Jean Bosco Shimirwa, Cheol-Ho Pan, Erick Vitus Komba, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Nadine Rujeni, Raghavendra G. Amachawadi

“…C. jejuni was the predominant species in all hosts with detection frequencies of 92.6%, 66.7%, and 73.9% in humans, pigs, and poultry, respectively. …”
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