In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Volatile Compounds from the Lichen <i>Pseudevernia furfuracea</i> (L.) Zopf. Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Fish Pathogens by Yasser Essadki, Adel Hilmi, Antonio Cascajosa-Lira, Mariana Girão, El Mehdi Darrag, Rosário Martins, Abderrahmane Romane, Soukaina El Amrani Zerrifi, Richard Mugani, Zakaria Tazart, El Mahdi Redouane, Angeles Jos, Ana M. Cameán, Vitor Vasconcelos, Alexandre Campos, Fatima El Khalloufi, Brahim Oudra, Mustapha Barakate, Maria de Fátima Carvalho

“…The antimicrobial activity of these compounds was assessed using disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods. Both samples demonstrated significant antimicrobial effects against multidrug-resistant human bacteria, reference microorganisms, fish pathogens, and <i>Candida albicans</i>, with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 1000 µg/mL to 31.25 µg/mL. …”
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VIS-NIR-SWIR spectroscopic mapping for classification of hydrothermal-metasomatic alterations on the flanks of the Stolbovoe uranium deposit (Eastern Cis-Sayan) by E. N. Karmanov, N. V. Ledeneva, V. A. Rassulov, A. V. Tomashev

“…This study confirmed the efficiency of the method applied for the diagnostics of all varieties of clayey (kaolinite, montmorillonite) and fine micaceous (phengite, sericite, paragonite and their illite varieties) minerals, as well as carbonates (dolomite, ankerite, siderite) and chlorites in the rock in situ or in samples without preliminary sample preparation.Conclusions. …”
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Drying kinetic models, thermodynamics, physicochemical qualities, and bioactive compounds of avocado (Persea americana Mill. Hass variety) seeds dried using various drying methods by Desta Dugassa Fufa, Tilahun Bekele, Aynadis Tamene, Geremew Bultosa

“…Moreover, the study showed that the sample treated with roasting and dried using hot air drying (HAD) achieved the maximum desirability value of 0.9256 for thermal profile coefficients. …”
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The challenges of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: the diagnosis and current treatments of a problematic tumor by Manar Mikhail Atyah, Yongliang Sun, Zhiying Yang

“…The different types of this hepatic tumor (single, multiple-nodular or diffused) indicate different prognosis and treatment plans. …”
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Serum Zinc, Calcium, Vitamin D and Ferritin level in Chronic Telogen Effluvium Among Women in Mosul: A Case- Control Study by Nagham F.K. Alamory, Osama M.M. Alsabaawy, Shaymaa AH. Jasim, Haitham B. Fathi

“…To measure the zinc, calcium, vitamin D and ferritin, ten milliliters of blood were extracted. The independent two sample t-test was applied to examine the groups' differences of these nutrient factors. …”
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Rhythms, Patterns and Styles in the Jaw Movement Activity of Beef Cattle on Rangeland as Revealed by Acoustic Monitoring by Eugene David Ungar, Ynon Nevo

“…The algorithm used to analyze the acoustic signal furnished (without classification) a data sample of ≈5 M ingestive and ruminatory jaw movements. …”
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Rapid Path Planning Algorithm for Percutaneous Rigid Needle Biopsy Based on Optical Illumination Principles by Jian Liu, Shuai Kang, Juan Ren, Dongxia Zhang, Bing Niu, Kai Xu

“…The experimental evaluation demonstrates an average computation time of just 1.905 s per sample, which is significantly faster than traditional methods that require seconds to minutes. …”
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Drying characteristics, functional properties and in vitro digestion of purple potato slices dried by different methods by Gan QIU, Yong-li JIANG, Yun DENG

“…With reference to the samples dried by VFD, the starch granules of the samples obtained by HAD, FIHPD, and AIJD exhibited different extent of disruption, which significantly increased their water absorption capacity, swelling power, and in vitro digestibility, but decreased the peak viscosity. …”
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Pneumothorax in a patient with pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2: A case report by Novković Ljiljana, Čekerevac Ivan

“…A chest X-ray (CXR) demonstrated diffusely accentuated interstitial pattern and reduced parenchymal transparency, left perihilar. …”
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Effects of Subsetting by Parent Materials on Prediction of Soil Organic Matter Content in a Hilly Area Using Vis-NIR Spectroscopy. by Shengxiang Xu, Xuezheng Shi, Meiyan Wang, Yongcun Zhao

“…In total, 232 topsoil (0-20 cm) samples were collected for SOM analysis and scanned with a Vis-NIR spectrometer in the laboratory. …”
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Sustainable thermal buffering of microencapsulated bio-phase change materials through an engineered biochar dopant by Dimberu G. Atinafu, Ji Yong Choi, Jihee Nam, Beom Yeol Yun, Sumin Kim

“…Further analysis reveals the impact of the KOH/biochar mass ratio on the thermal properties of bio-PCM. Sample FW6PCM, in which the biochar is activated at 600 °C with a KOH/biochar mass ratio of 1, exhibits the highest enthalpy storage capacity. …”
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Effect of different restorative materials for use in CAD-CAM in biaxial bending resistance after accelerated aging by Taynara Franciele da Silva Souza, Luiza Oliveira de Almeida, Antonio José Tôrres Neto, Manassés Tercio Vieira Grangeiro, Viviane Maria Gonçalves de Figueiredo

“…Results: The CL group exhibited a more diffuse surface, and chemically, it showed the presence of Silicon, Oxygen, Aluminum, Sodium, Potassium, and Calcium. …”
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Stillbirth Caused by Vitamin A Deficiency in Captive African Lion Cubs (Panthera leo) by Yashar Gharehaghajlou, Monireh Khordadmehr, Farinaz Jigari‐Asl, Mohammadreza Ghorani, Katayoon Nofouzi, Hassan Sadri

“…Methods At first, a systematic necropsy was performed, and then, the samples of various tissues were collected and divided into three parts for bacterial culture, histopathology studies and molecular analysis. …”
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“I would be very proud to be part of an initiative that didn’t exclude people because it was hard”: mapping and contextualising health equity responsibilities and decision-making t... by Tristan Bouckley, David Peiris, Devaki Nambiar, Samuel Prince, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Gill Schierhout

“…This showed diffuse responsibilities for health equity across system levels. …”
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Impact of pH-Responsive Cisplatin/Ribavirin-Loaded Monodispersed Magnetic Silica Nanocomposite on A549 Lung Cancer Cells by Dana Almohazey, Vijaya Ravinayagam, Hatim Dafalla, Rabindran Jermy Balasamy

“…The surface charge by zetasizer and saturation magnetization by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) were found to be −15.3 mV and 8.4 emu/g. …”
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New insights for preformed martensite of carbide-free bainitic steels austempered below Ms temperature: Inconsistent effects of microstructure, stability of retained austenite, and... by Qingchao Wang, Decheng Jia, Runzhou Dong, Huajun Fu, Dongyun Sun, Xiaoyong Feng, Zhinan Yang, Xinliang Gao, Fucheng Zhang

“…Results indicate that with the volume fraction of PM increases, the carbon diffusing from the PM also increases correspondingly. …”
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The cutting type of vegetables influences the spontaneous fermentation rate by Valence, Florence, Junker, Romane, Baty, Céline, Rué, Olivier, Mariadassou, Mahendra, Madec, Marie Noëlle, Maillard, Marie-Bernadette, Bage, Anne-Sophie, Chuat, Victoria, Marché, Laurent, Thierry, Anne

“…Despite the variety of cutting types and their potential role in the rate of solute diffusion from vegetable tissue, and hence the fermentation rate, the effect of this factor has been little studied. …”
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Origin of Radio Emission in Three Nearby Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies with Signatures of Luminous Buried Active Galactic Nuclei by Takayuki J. Hayashi, Yoshiaki Hagiwara, Masatoshi Imanishi

“…In each case, this steepening arises from spectral aging in diffuse kiloparsec-scale emission, which is resolved out by the VLBA observations. …”
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A case of primary intraocular B-cell lymphoma masquerading alongside varicella-zoster virus retinitis by Sarah Jong, J. Anthony Chacko, Soumya Pandey, Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio, Muthu V. Kumaran, Michael S. Lowry, Ahmed B. Sallam

“…VZV was not detected in the repeat vitreous sample sent for qPCR, indicating adequate antiviral therapy. …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Congenital Pneumonia in Newborns with Low and Extremely Low Body Weight (Morphological Study) by S. A. Perepelitsa, E. F. Smerdova

“…The average gestational age of the newborns was 26.4±2.7 weeks and the body weight at birth was 972.4±355.8 grams. In the sample, 78.3% of infants had an extremely low birth weight (ELBW). …”
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