Quantitative release assessment for beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli of dairy origin into vegetables by Kohei Makita, Dongsheng Zhang, Ayaka Okamura, Akira Fukuda, Natsumi Tokunaga, Tetsuo Asai, Yoko Shimazaki, Masaru Usui

“…The estimated concentration of bla-harboring E. coli in mixed fresh manure at affected farms was 3.33 log10 CFU/g (95% CI: 3.33–3.34). The concentrations were reduced to 0.83 (95% CI: 0.34–1.25) and −0.54 log10 CFU/g (95% CI: −1.04 to −0.05) in soil after immature manure, and slurry spraying, respectively. …”
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Development of a droplet digital PCR assay for the detection of BK polyomavirus by Lu Ai, Yating Zhao, Chianru Tan, Lu Bai, Gang Huang, Ruizhi Wang, Hao Huang, Xuegao Yu, Yong Guo, Peisong Chen

“…The coefficients of variation for the repeated detection of BKPyV standard DNA were 2.55 and 4.71 at concentrations of 6.2 and 3.2 log10 IU/mL, respectively. The linear range was 2.2–6.2 log10 IU/mL, and the lowest detection limit was 100 IU/mL. …”
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A Fast and Accurate Numerical Approach for Pricing American-Style Power Options by Tsvetelin S. Zaevski, Hristo Sariev, Mladen Savov

“…It is important to note that although a log-normal process raised to a power is again log-normal, the resulting change in variables may lead to a negative dividend rate, and this case remains largely understudied in the literature. …”
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Measles vaccination in children with neurological disorders by S. P. Kaplina, S. M. Kharit, O. V. Goleva, E. I. Aleksandrova

“…It is shown that the level of specific antibody to measles in children with pathology of nervous systems at 30 days after vaccination was 5,04±0,16 log 2, which did not differ from the comparison group (5,88±0,31 log 2). …”
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Bond Yield Characteristics of Undisturbed Completely Decomposed Granite by Pan Liu, Xiaowen Zhou, Yongbin He

“…From the test data, some insights are obtained as follows: for undisturbed CDG soils, the bond yield point during shearing could be identified on the curve of the normalized tangential stiffness Etan/p′ versus axial strain on log-log scale. The consolidation pressure P0′ has a significant influence on the bond yield characteristics of undisturbed CDG during shearing, the bonds inside undisturbed CDG tend to be damaged relatively more seriously as P0′ is higher, accordingly the initial normalized stiffness Eitan/p′ will be smaller at the beginning of the shearing process, and the axial strain at the bond yield point will also be smaller. …”
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BEKKs: An R Package for Estimation of Conditional Volatility of Multivariate Time Series by Markus J. Fülle, Alexander Lange, Christian M. Hafner, Helmut Herwartz

“… We describe the R package BEKKs, which implements the estimation and diagnostic analysis of a prominent family of multivariate generalized autoregressive conditionally heteroskedastic (MGARCH) processes, the so-called BEKK models. Unlike existing software packages, we make use of analytical derivatives implemented in efficient C++ code for nonlinear log-likelihood optimization. …”
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Linear bifurcation analysis with applications to relative socio-spatial dynamics by M. Sonis

“…The objective of this research is the elaboration of elements of linear bifurcation analysis for the description the qualitative properties of orbits of the discrete autonomous iteration processes on the basis of linear approximation of the processes. …”
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Can damselfly larvae serve as bioindicator species for assessing contamination of organophosphate esters in aquatic environments? by Wanru Zhang, Mei Wang, Ang Zhao, Yangyang Liu, Yuting Ren, Huijie Dang, Jianzhong Xu, Chao Wei, Yuxia Yang, Haoyu Liu

“…However, there was no significant correlation between logKow (octanol-water partition coefficient) and log BCF (bioconcentration factor), suggesting that logKow may not be the sole factor affecting biological enrichment of OPE compounds in damselfly larvae. …”
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The physicochemical and microbiological quality of meat produced in a traditional slaughterhouse in Mansoura City, Egypt by Mahmoud Ahmed Mahros, Hend Ali Elshebrawy, Samir Mohammed Abd-Elghany, Mohammed Mohammed Elgazzar, Kálmán Imre, Adriana Morar, Viorel Herman, Khalid Ibrahim Sallam

“…Cultivation using the wet-dry triple swab technique sampled from the outer surfaces of cattle, buffalo, and sheep carcasses revealed that about 47.9% of the tested carcasses were contaminated, with total viable count levels exceeding 7 log10 cfu/cm2, and 42.7% were contaminated with Enterobacteriaceae, with levels > 3 log10 cfu/cm2. …”
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Perspectives for next generation sequencing in patients with follicular lymphoma by E. O. Kunevich, I. S. Martynkevich, M. A. Mikhaleva, А. N. Bogdanov, E. V. Motyko, A. Yu. Kuvshinov, S. V. Sidorkevich, S. V. Voloshin

“…The most enriched cellular pathways according to GSEA results were regulation of cell activation (–log10(q-value) = 6.357), chromatin remodeling (–log10(q-value) = 5.707), histone modification (–log10(q-value) = 4.569). …”
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Temporal Evolution and Convergence Patterns of Urban Expansion in China: Evidence from 315 Cities over Two Decades by Shengqiang Jing, Fangqu Niu, Jintao Yang, Linda Dai

“…Our results reveal that the per capita urban area increased by a factor of 1.58 amid a fluctuating process on a national scale. Moreover, the log t regression test rejects convergence at national and regional levels while identifying six distinct convergence clubs. …”
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Comprehensive Analysis and Production of Powdered Starter Using <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> YM45 by Su Jeong Lee, Joo-Yeon Kim, So-Young Kim, Soo-Hwan Yeo, Chan-Woo Kim

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Synergist effect of thermosonication and NaCl on inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella flexneri in lettuce: The effect of acoustic field and reaction kinetics by Reza Roohi, Seyed Mohammad Bagher Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Zarrinpour Balaei

“…When exposed to thermosonication, the population of S. aureus and S. flexneri could be reduced by 5.1 to 6.9 log CFU/g and 5.5 to 7.4 log CFU/g, respectively, at temperature levels of 30 and 60 °C. …”
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RadiomixNet: Integrating Radiomics and Feature Extraction for Advanced Pneumonia Diagnosis by Rahul Gowtham Poola, Siva Sankar Yellampalli

“…The dataset, consisting of chest X-ray images, was pre-processed using techniques such as denoising, resizing, and enhancement to ensure uniformity and high image quality. …”
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EFFECT OF INFRA-RED AND ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ON STERILIZATION AND TRYPSIN INHIBITOR DEACTIVATION OF COWPEA SEEDS by Tarek FOUDA, Mohamed ELKHOLY, Adel Helal ELMETWALLI, Dalia SALEH

“…This level of radiation intensity and exposure time, showed total microbial count of 2.3 Log CFU/g., protein content 28.88 %, trypsin inhibitor 1.148 TIU/mg and moisture content 8.13 % of cowpea seeds. …”
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Performance Analysis of Wireless Cooperative Networks with Iterative Incremental Relay Selection by S. Poursajadi, M. H. Madani

“…As the cost of improvement, it is seen that the average required feedback bits to implement the IIRS scheme leads to I*log2(I+1) bits at low signal to noise ratio (SNR), while it leads to log2(I+1) bits at higher SNRs which is acceptable for implementation. …”
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Modeling Potential Productivity Gains from SME Growth: A Monte Carlo Simulation for Turkish Manufacturing Firms by Fatih Cemil Özbuğday

“…Purpose: The paper estimates the labor-productivity gains that Turkish manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can expect when they scale up from micro to small and from small to medium size classes.Methodology: Using value-added-per-employee data from TurkStat, we run Monte Carlo simulations that keep the technological tier constant while varying firm size. Log-normal and gamma shock processes are combined with three coefficients of variation (0.5, 1.0, 2.0) to represent alternative degrees of within-class heterogeneity.Findings: High-technology SMEs realize the highest average gains—around TL 260–370 thousand—especially in the small-to-medium transition. …”
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Efficacy of Air and Oxygen Micro-nano Bubble Waters Against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Impacts on Postharvest Quality of ‘Fan Retief’ Guava Fruit by Harold K. Malahlela, Zinash A. Belay, Rebogile R. Mphahlele, Oluwafemi James Caleb

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Pan-immune-inflammation value is associated with poor prognosis in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis by Fengping Zhang, Luohua Li, Xianfeng Wu, Yueqiang Wen, Xiaojiang Zhan, Fenfen Peng, Xiaoyang Wang, Qian Zhou, Xiaoran Feng

“…Regarding all-cause death, compared with the lowest tertile, the multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of the highest and middle tertiles were 1.55 (1.25–1.94) and 1.77 (1.43–2.19), respectively; PIV (log2 processing) was associated with 17% excess of mortality in the continuous model.Conclusions A high PIV at baseline was significantly associated with an increased risk of deaths due to all-causes, CVD and infection in patients undergoing PD.…”
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The global proteome of Streptococcus pneumoniae EF3030 under nutrient-defined in vitro conditions by Supradipta De, Larissa M. Busch, Gerhard Burchhardt, Manuela Gesell Salazar, Rabea Schlüter, Leif Steil, Uwe Völker, Sven Hammerschmidt

“…Notably, proteins involved in DNA uptake and processing—such as choline-binding protein CbpD, competence factors ComGA and ComEA, and ssDNA-binding proteins Dpr and DprA—were more abundant in the late log phase.DiscussionThese findings highlight dynamic proteomic changes associated with pneumococcal adaptation to nutrient-limited conditions and provide insights into the biology of strain EF3030 during colonization. …”
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