Nitrofurantoin-induced immune-mediated lung and liver disease by Milić Rade, Plavec Goran, Tufegdžić Ivana, Tomić Ilija, Šarac Sanja, Lončarević Olivera

“…We estimated typical radiographic and laboratory disturbances, also restrictive ventilatory changes, severe reduction of carbon monoxide diffusion capacity and abnormal liver function tests. …”
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A Reduced-Order Model of Lithium–Sulfur Battery Discharge by Noushin Haddad, Hosam K. Fathy

“…Previous research presents different Li-S battery models, including “zero-dimensional” models that neglect diffusion while using the laws of electrochemistry to represent reduction–oxidation (redox) rates. …”
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Maturation processes in glass-ionomer dental cements by John W. Nicholson

“…Processes involving slow diffusion of various ions and of water through the set cement bring about these changes. …”
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Role of Ag and tannin modification on photocatalytic and antibacterial properties of ZnO nanoplates by Nuray Güy, Soner Çakar, Keziban Atacan

“…The products were synthesized by microwave-hydrothermal andborohydride reduction method and they were characterized by optical,structural, morphological, antibacterial and photocatalytic features. …”
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Atomistic Simulation of Properties of Ultra-thin Layer of Liquid Argon Compressed Between Diamond Surfaces by A.V. Khomenko, D.V. Boyko, M.V. Zakharov, K.P. Khomenko, Ya.V. Khyzhnya

“…It is shown that at increasing external load the transition of film in the solid-like state occurs, which is indicated by the behavior of the velocity autocorrelation function of argon molecules, reduction of the magnitude of the diffusion coefficient and the shear viscosity increase. …”
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Rheumatoid arthritis and bacterial infections by N L Prokopjeva, N N Vesikova, I M Marusenko, V A Ryabkov

“…Bacteriological test with evaluation of flora sensitivity to antibiotics by disco-diffusion method was performed at baseline and after the course of antibacterial therapy to assess its efficacy. …”
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An Approach for Network Outage Detection from Drive-Testing Databases by Jussi Turkka, Fedor Chernogorov, Kimmo Brigatti, Tapani Ristaniemi, Jukka Lempiäinen

“…The essence of the method is to find similarities between periodical network measurements and previously known outage data. For this purpose, diffusion maps dimensionality reduction and nearest neighbor data classification methods are utilized. …”
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Investigate of electrochemical properties of Nd(II) and Nd(III) in eutectic LiCl–KCl molten salt by Xinyu Zhang, Wentao Zhou, Dezhong Wang

“…Additionally, parameters such as the diffusion coefficient, exchange current, and apparent potential were derived from the cyclic voltammetry curves. …”
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Improvement of the liquid-jet sulfitators construction to increase the efficiency of sulfitation treatment of sugar production liquids by V. O. Gorodetsky, S. O. Semenikhin, N. I. Kotlyarevskaya, M. M. Usmanov

“…The advantages of the developed centrifugal-jet sulfitators in comparison with typical liquid-jet sulfitators are noted: ensuring the operation range of 50-120% of the nominal capacity (plant production capacity); significant reduction in the technical sulfur consumption for the sulphur anhydride production, which is used as a reagent for the sulfitation treatment of liquids in beet sugar processing; reduction of harmful emissions into the atmosphere due to 100 % sulfur anhydride dissolution in the treated liquid.…”
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An evaluation of the impact of abattoir processing on the levels of Campylobacter spp. and Enterobacteriaceae on broiler carcasses by Rita Papoula-Pereira, Khalid Abdulla, Georgia Silver, Abigail Kellett, Dragan Antic

“…Abattoir processing significantly reduced final carcass microbial load, with an overall reduction in Campylobacter and Enterobacteriaceae levels of 1.14 log10 and 1.43 log10, respectively. …”
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Multiparametric MRI for assessment of early response to neoadjuvant sunitinib in renal cell carcinoma. by Stephan Ursprung, Andrew N Priest, Fulvio Zaccagna, Wendi Qian, Andrea Machin, Grant D Stewart, Anne Y Warren, Timothy Eisen, Sarah J Welsh, Ferdia A Gallagher, Tristan Barrett

“…Sunitinib therapy resulted in a reduction in median solid tumor diffusivity D from 1298x10-6 to 1200x10-6mm2/s (p = 0.03); a larger decrease was associated with a better RECIST response (p = 0.02) and longer PFS (p = 0.03) on the log-rank test. …”
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Grouting Fractured Coal Permeability Evolution Based on Industrial CT Scanning by Li Tao, Yao Banghua, Liu Yong, Wang Dengke

“…On this basis, this study built a numerical calculation model of the grouting in fractured coal samples to simulate the leakage stoppage and permeability reduction mechanism of the coal-based sealing material grouting. …”
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Multimodal Neuroimaging of Obesity: From Structural-Functional Mechanisms to Precision Interventions by Wenhua Liu, Na Li, Dongsheng Tang, Lang Qin, Zhiqiang Zhu

“…Structural alterations: 7.2% mean gray matter reduction in prefrontal cortex (Cohen’s d = 0.81). …”
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Design and Research on the Preparation of Pervious Concrete Using Carbonized Steel Slag as a Full Component by Xiao Chen, Kai Zhang, Benren Wang, Zhiqiang Wu, Mingkai Zhou

“…The carbonated steel slag pervious concrete contained approximately 82% steel slag, demonstrating high resource utilization efficiency of steel slag and significant potential for carbon emission reduction.…”
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Evaluating the Risks of Heated Tobacco Products: Toxicological Effects on Two Selected Respiratory Bacteria and Human Lung Cells by Salvatore Furnari, Rosalia Emma, Massimo Caruso, Pio Maria Furneri, Virginia Fuochi

“…Heated tobacco products (THPs) are increasingly promoted as potential harm reduction tools, offering an alternative to traditional cigarettes. …”
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Probing Redox Responses and DNA Interactions in Drug Discovery by Hüseyin Oğuzhan Kaya, Ceylin Bozdemir, Hüseyin İstanbullu, Seda Nur Topkaya

“…<b>Results:</b> For both molecules, it was determined that the electrochemical reduction processes are diffusion-controlled and irreversible, with an equal number of protons and electrons being transferred during this process. …”
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Antibacterial activity of reduced graphene-silver oxide nanocomposite against gram-negative bacteria by Rashi Chaudhary, N.B. Singh, Garima Nagpal, Fredrick K. Saah

“…Characterization techniques such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and UV-Vis spectroscopy confirmed the successful reduction and functionalization of GO with AgNPs. The antibacterial activity was evaluated using the disk diffusion method and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assays. …”
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Novel Spatio-Temporal Joint Learning-Based Intelligent Hollowing Detection in Dams for Low-Data Infrared Images by Lili Zhang, Zihan Jin, Yibo Wang, Ziyi Wang, Zeyu Duan, Taoran Qi, Rui Shi

“…Furthermore, it attained a sub-10% cross-sectional calculation error for hollowing dimensions, outperforming maximum entropy (70.5% error reduction) and OTSU (7.4% error reduction) methods, which shows our method being one novel method for automated intelligent hollowing detection.…”
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Amikacin-loaded selenium nanoparticles improved antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of amikacin against bovine mastitis-causing Staphylococcus aureus by Leila Asadpour, Maryam Alsadat Mehrbakhsh Bandari, Roozbeh Sojoudi Masouleh

“…Antibacterial properties of obtained nanoparticles against S. aureus were determined using agar disc diffusion, broth micro dilution methods and also time-kill assay. …”
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Characterizing US Spatial Connectivity and Implications for Geographical Disease Dynamics and Metapopulation Modeling: Longitudinal Observational Study by Giulia Pullano, Lucila Gisele Alvarez-Zuzek, Vittoria Colizza, Shweta Bansal

“… Abstract BackgroundHuman mobility is expected to be a critical factor in the geographic diffusion of infectious diseases, and this assumption led to the implementation of social distancing policies during the early fight against the COVID-19 emergency in the United States. …”
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