Enhancing Wearable Fall Detection System via Synthetic Data by Minakshi Debnath, Sana Alamgeer, Md Shahriar Kabir, Anne H. Ngu

“…To address this, we explore methods for generating realistic synthetic multivariate fall data to supplement limited real-world samples collected from three fall-related datasets: SmartFallMM, UniMib, and K-Fall. …”
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Evaluating the susceptibility to ceftazidime-avibactam in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from an apex medical hospital in north Ind... by Nargis Bali, Tufail Ahmed, Biswajyoti Borkakoty, Roseleen Bali, Anjum Ara Mir, Zubair Teli, Qounser Nisar, Tantray Faisal

“…Materials and Methods: Clinical samples from Jan 2022 to Dec 2023 at SKIMS Soura, were processed for the recovery of K. pneumoniae and P. aeruginosa. …”
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Applying kinetic models to the study of the influence of wood contact surface area/volume ratio on the ageing of Brandy de Jerez by Rocío Trillo-Ollero, Luis M. Trillo-Gutiérrez, M. Valme García-Moreno, M. Carmen Rodríguez-Dodero, Dominico A. Guillén-Sánchez

“…Regarding the diffusion models, the results were better fitted to the parabolic model, which suggests that during the ageing of the spirit a number of parallel reactions take place that affect the values actually reached by the parameters considered in our study. …”
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Speciation of Clinically Significant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci Isolates from Clinical Samples and their Susceptibility Pattern: A Cross-sectional Study from Western Uttar Pr... by Priya, Ismat Rehana, Anita Pandey, Rajesh Kumar Shah, Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary

“…Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) was conducted using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method, and the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) for vancomycin was assessed using the automated Vitek-2 Compact system. …”
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Physical Properties of the K0.5Na0.5NbO3 Compound Doped With Li, La, and Ti in Concentration Lower Than 1.3 mol% by C. Montero‐Tavera, M. D. Durruthy‐Rodríguez, K. M. Moya‐Canul, J. M. Estrella‐Nuñez, Daniel Olguín, J. M. Yáñez‐Limón

“…The sample KNNLa0.75 showed an orthorhombic phase, and the rest showed a mixture of monoclinic and orthorhombic phases. …”
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Investigating the Fatigue Response of Cathodically Charged Cold-Finished Mild Steel to Varied Hydrogen Concentrations by Emmanuel Sey, Zoheir N. Farhat

“…Initially, as hydrogen permeation increased, the number of cycles to failure substantially decreased, demonstrating the detrimental effect of diffused hydrogen on the fatigue resistance of samples. …”
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The effect of using polypropylene fibers on the durability and fire resistance of concrete by Hassan Suiffi, Anas El Maliki, Fatima Majid, Omar Cherkaoui

“…All the results relating to the indicators (porosity accessible to water eb, to the oxygen permeability Kapp.gas and diffusivity Dns) indicate that the addition of polypropylene fibers in a cement matrix represents only a small effect on durability. …”
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A high fat, high sugar diet exacerbates persistent post-surgical pain and modifies the brain-microbiota-gut axis in adolescent rats by Sabrina Salberg, Matthew Macowan, Angela Doshen, Glenn R. Yamakawa, Marissa Sgro, Benjamin Marsland, Luke A. Henderson, Richelle Mychasiuk

“…Between p68–72 rats underwent in-vivo MRI to examine brain volume and diffusivity. At p73 fecal samples were used for downstream 16 s rRNA sequencing. …”
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Sm3+ activated Ba3LaNa(PO4)3F fluorophosphate phosphor: Synthesis, characterization and their photoluminescence investigation for warm WLEDs by Rahul V. Tikale, Abhijeet R. Kadam, Ashish Mathur, S.J. Dhoble

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Enhanced LED light driven photocatalytic degradation of Cefdinir using bismuth titanate nanoparticles by Sara Ishaq, Ahmed H. Nadim, Joliana F. Farid, Sawsan M. Amer, Heba T. Elbalkiny

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Accounting for effects of coagulation and model uncertainties in particle number concentration estimates based on measurements from sampling lines – a Bayesian inversion approach w... by M. Niskanen, A. Seppänen, H. Oikarinen, M. Olin, P. Karjalainen, S. Mikkonen, S. Mikkonen, K. Lehtinen

“…There is, however, a risk with these and any other kind of PN measurements with high number concentrations, which is that physical processes such as coagulation and diffusion losses inside sampling lines can alter, sometimes dramatically, the particle size distribution and bias its measurement. …”
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Effect of perforations and slits on hygrothermal properties of EPS by Mergim Gaši, Bojan Milovanović, Ivana Banjad Pečur, Marina Bagarić

“…Also, the results of this study show that the effective vapour diffusion coefficient depends on the thickness of the perforated EPS samples.…”
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In vitro antibacterial activity of ethanolic crude extracts of Capsicum annum against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli isolated from pus and stool samples at Ruhengeri Re... by Solange Gahongayire, Ibrahim Ntulume, Kagimbura Ervine, Bizimana Évariste, Adamu A. Aliero

“…Fruits and leaves of C. annum samples were collected from Sina Gerard enterprise in Rulindo District in July, 2012. …”
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The Determinants of International Certification among Manufacturing Firms in Pakistan by Farrukh Iqbal, Aadil Nakhoda

“…By analyzing a large, random sample of Pakistani manufacturing firms, we find strong correlations between these factors and international certification. …”
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One-Day Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase (ESBL) and Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria in Fecal Samples from Surgical Patients: A Concerning Trend of Antibiotic R... by Sintondji K, Lègba B, Koudokpon CH, Fabiyi K, Dougnon V

“…Identification was done using Maldi Tof mass spectrometry, and antibiotic susceptibility was tested using disk diffusion and specialized tests for ESBL (double disk synergy technique) and carbapenem (NG-TEST CARBA 5) resistance detection. …”
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Genetic profiling of extended-spectrum β-Lactamase and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from clinical samples among diarrheal patients in Shashemene, Ethiopia by Shimelis Teshome Ayalneh, Biruk Yeshitela Beshah, Yeonji Jeon, Ashenafi Alemu Wami, Seifegebriel Teshome, Solomon Gebreselassie, Se Eun Park, Mekonnen Teferi, Woldaregay Erku Abegaz

“…This study aimed to investigate the genetic profile of ESBL and carbapenemase coding gene carriage in E. coli O157:H7 from clinical stool samples and evaluate antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. …”
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Research on a Multi-Dimensional Information Fusion Mechanical Wear Fault-Diagnosis Algorithm Based on Data Regeneration by Qifan Zhou, Bosong Chai, Kunwen Ran, Yingqing Guo, Shan Zhou, Wangyu Wu, Kun Wang, Yao Ni

“…In this paper, we adopt the combination of the diffusion model and TTT (test-time training), based on the sample distribution of feature data under the laboratory conditions, and we use the pre-trained decoder to decode the data into a continuous potential representation of natural language for sampling, to achieve data regeneration. …”
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The human dorsal hippocampal commissure: Delineating connections across the midline using multi-modal neuroimaging in major depressive disorder by Anurag Nasa, Caoimhe Gaughan, Muhammad Mahmoud, John R. Kelly, Elena Roman, Kirk J. Levins, Denis Barry, Thomas Frodl, Erik O'Hanlon, Veronica O'Keane, Darren William Roddy

“…Using high-resolution T1 and T2 magnetic resonance imaging in conjunction with High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging and Constrained Spherical Deconvolution tractography, we investigated if there are differences between the DHC of a sample of 54 healthy controls and 38 patients diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). …”
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Predicting neurodevelopmental outcomes from neonatal cortical microstructure: A conceptual replication study by Andrea Gondová, Sara Neumane, Yann Leprince, Jean-François Mangin, Tomoki Arichi, Jessica Dubois

“…This allowed us to evaluate whether some limitations of the original study (mainly small sample size and limited variability in the input and output features used in the predictive models) would influence the prediction results. …”
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Evaluation of Setting Time, Compressive Strength, Microleakage and Antibacterial Properties of Nano Hydroxyapatite Incorporated GIC: An In-vitro Study by Akshada Chougaonkar, Updesh Masih, Abhilasha Manker, Neelesh Gautam, Nidhi Soni

“…For antibacterial properties, 50 samples (n=10) were taken for each strain, i.e., Strain A: S. mutans and Strain B: L. fermentum and the disk diffusion method was employed. …”
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