Glancing Angle Deposition in Gas Sensing: Bridging Morphological Innovations and Sensor Performances by Shivam Singh, Kenneth Christopher Stiwinter, Jitendra Pratap Singh, Yiping Zhao

“…These devices exhibit high sensitivity and selectivity toward a range of analytes, including NO₂, CO, H₂S, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), with detection limits often reaching the parts-per-billion level. …”
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Study of the antimicrobial and fungicidal activity of the essential oil Thymus x citriodorus (Pers.) Schreb. var. “Silver Queen” by Ya. M. Steshenko, O. V. Mazulin, N. M. Polishchuk

“…To test the antimicrobial and antifungal action of the essential oil, reference test strains, gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, as well as yeast-like fungi of the genus Candida were selected. The studies were performed in vitro using the disco-diffusion method. …”
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Sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) husks and seed shells are sources of phenolic compounds with potential health benefits by Nicole Valeria Polanía Cuellar, Indira Paola Hernández Peñaranda, Deicy Villalba Rey, Katherin Natalia Acuña Rodríguez, Franci Nathalie Gómez Jaimes

“…The antimicrobial activity of the extracts was evaluated against S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, and E. coli using the agar disk diffusion assay. SI-husk (1 mg) exhibited antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, with an inhibition zone of 10.5 ± 1.8 mm. …”
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Bioinspired Fern-like Fe₂O₃ Functionalized with Pd/PdO Nanoparticles for High-Performance Acetone Sensing by Gaohan Liu, Haihang Wang

“…On the other hand, the hierarchical nature of fern-like Fe₂O₃ promotes efficient gas diffusion throughout the structure. Based on its advantages, fern-like Pd/PdO-Fe₂O₃ becomes a satisfactory candidate for acetone gas sensors.…”
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The effectiveness of RIPAT approach in influencing smallholder farmers’ agroecological transition in Ruangwa District, Tanzania by Nickson J. Ringo, John F. Kessy, Emmanuel T. Malisa

“…Extension services are crucial for diffusing agroecological knowledge, facilitating the adoption of agroecological techniques. …”
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Evaluation of the Antibacterial Effectiveness of Some Antiseptics and Disinfectants by Aminu, A.I., Abdullahi, M.S.

“…Two disinfectants-D1 (Sodium hypochlorite 3.85%) and D2 (7% Tar acid, phenol, 2% cresylic creosote) and two antiseptics-A1 (Chloroxyenol B.Pc 48%nw/v, oleumpiniaromgticum 8.3%w/w) and A2 (Dichlorometaxylenol, IPA, terpinol) were selected and their efficacies against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella spp and Escherichia coli were determined using agar disk diffusion methods. …”
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Antibacterial Efficacy of Eucalyptus Essential Oil against Respiratory Infection Pathogens and Characterization of its Bioactive Compounds by Ajijolakewu Kamoldeen Abiodun, Ahmed Risikat Nike, Kazeem Muinat Olanike, Otuyelu Frank Olakunle, Abdulraheem Zulaikhat Mojisola

“…The positive effect of eucalyptus essential oil on the selected respiratory infection pathogens could make it an important part of drug (ointment formation) for the treatment of such infections. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare-associated infections and multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Italy: A systematic review by Chiara Peconi, Enrica Martini, Donatella Sarti, Emilia Prospero

“…Background: The diffused and prolonged SARS-CoV-2 transmission lead to high levels of hospitalization. …”
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Relationship between Biofilm Formation and Antibiotic Resistance and Adherence Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Raw Cow Milk in Shahrekord, Iran by Rasul Pajohesh, Elahe Tajbakhsh, Hassan Momtaz, Ebrahim Rahimi

“…An antibiotic susceptibility test was performed using the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method. PCR was used to detect several biofilm and antibiotics resistance related genes. …”
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Development of triple-diode based generalized model of photovoltaic module by Harish Kumar Khyani, Jayashri Vajpai

“…This generalized model has the flexibility of representing double and single-diode models, with nine or lesser design parameters, by considering (or neglecting) recombination and diffusion losses, and representing different materials by corresponding values of band gap energy through a customized dialog box. …”
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Adaptive image encryption approach using an enhanced swarm intelligence algorithm by Sachin Minocha, Suvita Rani Sharma, Birmohan Singh, Amir H. Gandomi

“…Therefore, this work proposes Iterative Cosine operator-based Hippopotamus Optimization (ICO-HO) to select optimal parameters for chaotic maps, which is further used to design an adaptive image encryption approach. …”
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The Antimicrobial Activities of Root Extract of Buchholzia coriacea Engler (Wonderful Kola) against Gram-positive and Gram-negative Pathogens by Anie, C.O.*

“…This study was conducted to investigate antimicrobial activity of aqueous and methanol root extract of Buchholzia coriacea against selected Gram positive and Gram-negative clinically significant bacteria as well as determine phytochemical constituent of the root of the plant. …”
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Supernatant of plant-associated bacteria potency against biofilms formed by foodborne pathogen and food spoilage bacteria by Gabriella Gandasurya, Diana Elizabeth Waturangi, Nurmaya Papuangan, Nurhasanah, Pande Gde Sasmita Julyantoro

“…Supernatants of PAB were subjected to antimicrobial activity and quorum quenching detection, both using the well diffusion method. Four supernatants inhibited the growth of B. subtilis, but none affected the growth of B. cereus. …”
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Immunological evaluation of OMP-F of native Iranian Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a protective vaccine by Hojat Ahmadi, Bahman Tabaraie, Shayan Maleknia, Farahnaz Pormirzagholi, Mehdi Nejati, Mohammad Hosein Hedayati

“…Methodology: Among all clinical samples, CSBPI: 16-190 was the most prevalent P. aeruginosa serotype which showed a high agglutination titer (4+, 320) against homologous O-specific typing sera. This serotype was selected for extraction of P. aeruginosa major outer membrane vesicles (OMP-F). …”
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Barriers and facilitators to implementation of non-medical independent prescribing in primary care in the UK: a qualitative systematic review by Nicola Carey, Judith Edwards, Melaine Coward

“…Papers were screened, selected and quality-appraised using the Quality Assessment Tool for Studies with Diverse Designs. …”
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Functional and Structural Differences of Brain in Patients With Vestibular Migraine: A Resting‐State Functional MRI and DTI Study by Ni Liu, Qijun Yu, Shaowei Gan, Yonghui Pan, Zhaowen Qiu

“…Methods 13 VM patients and 12 migraineurs were recruited from a tertiary hospital, while 9 healthy people were selected as controls (HC). All subjects were scanned with fMRI and DTI. …”
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Apoptosis mapping in space and time of 3D tumor ecosystems reveals transmissibility of cytotoxic cancer death. by Irina Veith, Arianna Mencattini, Valentin Picant, Marco Serra, Marine Leclerc, Maria Colomba Comes, Fathia Mami-Chouaib, Jacques Camonis, Stéphanie Descroix, Hamasseh Shirvani, Fatima Mechta-Grigoriou, Gérard Zalcman, Maria Carla Parrini, Eugenio Martinelli

“…A live fluorescent dye (red) is used to selectively pre-stain the cancer cells before co-cultures and a live fluorescent reporter for caspase activity (green) is used to monitor apoptotic cell death. …”
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Targeting nuc Gene for Detection of Staphylococcus aureus from Bovine Milk Samples of Assam, India and Phenotypic Identification of Antibiotic Resistance - A New Insight by Mrigakshi Gogoi, Pankaj Chetia, Raj Kumar Pegu, Jayanti Datta Roy

“…Antibiotic susceptibility profiling for variety of 16 antibiotics was obtained through the conventional disc diffusion method. Eighty-five presumptive isolates with jet-black colonies with a white halo on Baird Parker Agar were selected. …”
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Potential Risk of Transmitting Escherichia coli O157:H7 through Some Vegetables Sold in Zaria Metropolis by Sulaiman, M. A., Musa, B., Paul, M., Aliyu, M.S, Tijjani, M. B.

“…The isolates characterized biochemically as E. coli were sub-cultured on Sorbitol-MacConkey agar which is selective for E. coli O157:H7. The efficacy of salt and vinegar in disinfecting the vegetables was examined on the E. coli O157:H7 isolates. …”
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A Ship Emission Monitoring Option for Fuel Sulphur Content Measurement in Complex Environments by Fan Zhou, Xiaojia Lin, Liwei Hou

“…The gas-measured value series was then converted into a mean value series, and the peak points in the mean value series were automatically selected for the calculation of FSC. Finally, the wind speed, wind direction, automatic identification system information, plume diffusion model, and FSC results of ship targets around the equipment were correlated. …”
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