Polymer-Dispersed Liquid Crystal Gas Sensor for Acetone Detection Using Correlated Laser Speckles by Xiaoquan Bai, Ning Bu, Yuxiang Yan, Yifei Ma, Mei Wang, Suotang Jia, Xuyuan Chen, Zhaomin Tong

“…The experimental results indicated that the PDLC gas sensor was selectively sensitive to different concentrations of the acetone vapor, ranging from 1 800 ppm to 3 200 ppm. …”
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A high-entropy image encryption scheme using optimized chaotic maps with Josephus permutation strategy by Nawal El Ghouate, Mohamed Amine Tahiri, Ahmed Bencherqui, Hanaa Mansouri, Ahmed El Maloufy, Hicham Karmouni, Mhamed Sayyouri, Sameh Askar, Mohamed Abouhawwash

“…This algorithm uses Kepler Chaotic Optimisation Algorithm (CKOA) to select the most suitable chaotic maps, guaranteeing optimal diffusion and complex pixel confusion. …”
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Microenvironment engineering by targeted delivery of Ag nanoparticles for boosting electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction by Ting Xu, Hao Yang, Tianrui Lu, Rui Zhong, Jing-Jing Lv, Shaojun Zhu, Mingming Zhang, Zheng-Jun Wang, Yifei Yuan, Jun Li, Jichang Wang, Huile Jin, Shuang Pan, Xin Wang, Tao Cheng, Shun Wang

“…Specifically, compared to the conventional surface loading mode in the acidic media, our freestanding and binder free electrode can achieve obvious higher CO selectivity of 94%, CO production rate of 23.3 mol g−1 h−1, single-pass CO2 conversion of 58.6%, and enhanced long-term stability of 8 hours. …”
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Scientific communication of research results in the Cienfuegos Medical Sciences University teachers by Yuleydi Alcaide Guardado, Rosmery Ortega Consuegra, Belkis González Aguiar, Enrique Acosta Figueredo, Juan Luis Vidal Martí, Mabel Rocha Vázquez

“…Teachers, researchers and scientists are key subjects in the knowledge dissemination and diffusion.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe the teachers’ scientific production at the Cienfuegos Medical Sciences University.…”
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Preparation of Phosphorus-Doped Boron Nitride Aerogel and Its Heavy Metal Ion Adsorption Properties by Junzhong ZHANG, Zheng LIU, Bo LIU, Yanlong LI

“…Competitive adsorption tests in mixed solutions highlighted the selectivity of P-BNaerogel for Cu2+, with a selectivity coefficient α(Cu/Pb) of 2.17, which was attributed to d-orbital electron interactions between Cu2+ and P—O groups. …”
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Exploring the antibacterial potential of Clidemia hirta leaf extract against the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: in vitro and in silico approaches by Vignesh Murugesan, Pargovan Palanivel, Gokul Ramesh, Dwarakesh Ganesh, Helan Soundra Rani Michael, Shivakumar Bandhumy Lingam, Rathish Kumar Sivaraman

“…The MIC of the plant extract was determined to be 20 μg/mL, while its selectivity index was 4.54, indicating its antibiotic potential. …”
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Research Progress on NOx Catalytic Reduction by CO in Industrial Flue Gas by Yixi WANG, Yujie YUAN, Yang YANG, Chaoqun LI, Wenqing XU, Tingyu ZHU

“…The most common NOx removal method for stationary sources is selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology using NH3 as a reducing agent, referred to as NH3-SCR. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance and carbapenemase dissemination in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Libyan hospitals: a call for surveillance and intervention by Nasrin K. Gadaime, Randa N. Haddadin, Asem A. Shehabi, Intisar N. Omran

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined using agar disc diffusion. The presence of resistance genes (blaCTXM, blaTEM, blaSHV-1, blaGES-1, blaKPC, and blaNDM) was screened using PCR. …”
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Study of the Reasons for Sponsorship of Football in Iran (A Meta-Analytical Study) by Fahimeh Abdolhosseinlou, Mohammad Nasiri

“…., 11 studies that met the criteria for entering the meta-analysis were selected from the statistical population. Data analysis was performed using CMA2 and SPSS software.Results: A total of 73 factors were extracted and classified into seven main categories and entered the meta-analysis process. …”
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3D vector field-guided toolpathing for 3D bioprinting by Meghan Rochelle Griffin, Spencer E. Bertram, Noah P. Robison, Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, Ravi Janardan, Michael C. McAlpine

“…Directional imaging modalities, such as diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DTMRI), can be used to derive a 3D vector map of fiber orientation. …”
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Biocontrol Activities of Olive Endophytic Bacteria Isolates Against Pseudomonas savastanoi by Avin O. Ali, Tavga S. Rashid

“…Also, their secondary metabolites extracted at different times of incubation and tested using the agar well diffusion method showed great inhibition of the pathogen. …”
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Influence of oxalic acid and CTAB on the structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline tungsten oxide synthesized via co-precipitation method by R. P. Neethu, G. Madhu

“…Different annealing temperatures were selected systematically based on the thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) of the precursors. …”
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Antibacterial Effect of Dill Seed Oil Anethum graveolens Anethum graveolens by Nadia Mohammed Mahdi

“…Methodology: an experiment was run to study the antibacterial activities of Dill seed oil on six isolates of bacteria: E. coli, K. pneumonia, P. mirabilis, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus, , and E. faecalis which isolated of patients suffer of  different infections of both genders their age ranged (15-50) year, used agar well diffusion method. The isolates selected of Baghdad Teaching Hospital-Teaching Laboratories in December 2014 to the February 2015. …”
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In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of the Hydroalcoholic Extract of the Leaves of Myrcianthes hallii on Proteus spp by Abdel Bermúdez Sol, María José Goyes Baca, Diego Fernando Salazar Martínez

“…For the phytochemical characterization of the selected plant species, it was collected, identified, conditioned and extracted with hydroalcoholic solvent for subsequent phytochemical screening. …”
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Magnetic Resonance Urogram in Pediatric Urology: a Comprehensive Review of Applications and Advances by Benjamin Press, Joo Cho, Andrew Kirsch

“…Advancements in MRU technology, including the use of 3T MRI for superior spatial resolution, diffusion-weighted imaging, and dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging, have enhanced its diagnostic capabilities. …”
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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of New Amide Compounds Containing Azo Group Using Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) as Coupling Agent by Dania Mohammed Saleh, Bushra Kamel Al-Salami

“…The effectiveness of inhibiting fungi was also studied against Candida albicans by agar diffusion method. Finally, the antioxidant capacities of the prepared compounds were determined by using DPPH radical scavenging method. …”
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Understanding e-government adoption among government employees: the mediating role of perceived attitude across key predictors by Abdulkadir Jeilani, Said Abubakar Ahmed, Abdisatar Arabow

“…A purposive sampling technique was utilized to select participants with relevant experience and exposure to e-government platforms. …”
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The effect of sink strength on helium bubble formation at elevated temperatures by Zhanfeng Yan, Yanru Lin

“…This can be attributed to the comparable mean free path of He diffusion with the inter-particle distance for high particle density in 9YWTV. …”
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In silico gene prioritization by integrating multiple data sources. by Yixuan Chen, Wenhui Wang, Yingyao Zhou, Robert Shields, Sumit K Chanda, Robert C Elston, Jing Li

“…Based on the informativeness of available data sources with respect to each specific disease, we also propose an adaptive threshold score to select a small subset of candidate genes for further validation studies. …”
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Plasmid Profile, Curing Analysis, and antibacterial Activity of Alcea arebellensis plant Against Multidrug Resistance Staphylococcus aureus by Zirak F. A. Abdulrahman, Khadija Kh.M.Barzani, Aryan A. Rasheed

“…S. aureus tested for antibiotics susceptibility test using  agar diffusion method .The antibiotics susceptibility testing showed that  49(98%) , 48(96%), 48(94%), 9(18%),8(10%), 7(14%), and 4(8%), were resistant to chloramphenicol , Amikacin, ampicillin, Vancomycin ,Cefotaxime, Cefazolin ,and ceftriaxone but all the isolates were sensitive to amoxicillin. …”
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