Monitoring BaTiO3 sintering using nanosecond pulsed electric field by Hiroyuki Saito, Hideto Fruno, Keisuke Nishida, Zhiming Shen, Wataru Mita, Yuya Takimoto, Tadachika Nakayama, Koichi Niihara

“…Cross-sectional analysis revealed smaller grain boundaries at the sample centre and pore formation near the electrodes, suggesting that nanosecond pulsed electric fields regulate oxygen reduction and void diffusion without promoting grain growth. …”
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BROADBAND PENETRATION, MOBILE DATA PRICING, AND E-COMMERCE ADOPTION IN SOUTH AFRICA by NAGERI Kamaldeen

“…A purposive sampling technique was used, and data was analysed using multiple linear regression via STATA 17. …”
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Study of Structural Evolution and Magnetic Behavior of Ni50Mn45Sn5 Alloy by Dinesh Saini, Satyavir Singh, MK Banerjee, K. Sachdev

“…Systematic study on microstructural evolution and magnetic properties after different milling time is conducted by X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) and Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM). It is revealed that formation of single phase alloy with an average of ~ 7 nm crystallite size is achieved after 20 hr milling by mechanically induced inter-diffusion of atoms. …”
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Calcination Temperature Effect on Characteristic Properties of Na2/3[Fe1/2Mn1/2]O2 Synthesized by Sol-Gel Reaction by Diah Agustina Puspitasari, Supriyono Supriyono, Christina Wahyu Kartikowati, Mar’atul Fauziyah, Femiana Gapsari, Vania Mitha Pratiwi, Devina Annora H Br Butar-Butar, Ira Marisa D.N, Rashieka Putri Maghfiroh, Yudha Bhakti Prasetia, Rivanda Adi I. R, Irginata Aqil H, Roihan Rajabi, Umar Khalid Zaki Abdul

“…The X-ray diffraction revealed that the sample was identified as Na2/3[Fe1/2Mn1/2]O2 with a hexagonal crystal structure. …”
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How Agricultural Innovation Talents Influence County-Level Industrial Structure Upgrading: A Knowledge-Empowerment Perspective by Lizhan Lv, Feng Dai

“…However, whether agricultural innovation talent can facilitate this process requires further investigation. Based on a sample of 1771 Chinese counties, this study employs a quasi-natural experiment using China’s “World-Class Disciplines” construction program in agriculture and establishes a difference-in-differences (DID) model to examine the impact of agricultural innovation talent on county-level industrial structure upgrading. …”
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Evaluation of Synergistic Activity of Black Seed Extract (Nigella sativa), Honey and Zamzam Water on Candida albicans by Ummasalma Aliyu Saulawa, Sani Liti Hamisu

“…The clinical isolates C. albicans was cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA). Agar well diffusion method was used in evaluating the synergistic activity of the test samples on C. albicans. …”
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Multi‐Scale Analysis of Dispersive Scalar Transport Across Porous Media Under Globally Nonlinear Flow Conditions by Hamid Moghimi, Mohaddeseh Mousavi Nezhad, Alberto Guadagnini

“…Sample probability density functions of pore‐scale velocities and concentrations of the migrating scalar are analyzed and related to flow conditions and degree of complexity of the pore space. …”
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A cross-sectional study to explore the association between parasocial interaction and big five personality traits toward K-wave/Hallyu by Venkata Sai Honey Ganta, Raj Kiran Donthu, Mohammed Abdul Salaam

“…Background: Hallyu or Korean wave (K-wave) is the term used to describe diffusion and export of South Korean popular culture into the global market and includes music (K-pop), TV shows (K-drama), cuisine (K-cuisine), video games, and cartoons. …”
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Determining the enterotoxin genes and methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus isolated from goat milk and its products by Mustafa Bilgin, Mustafa Atasever

“…S. aureus was detected in 4 of 50 (8%) milk samples, 2 of 25 (8%) cream samples, 3 of 25 (12%) cheese samples, and 9 of the total samples (9%). …”
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Gender influence on white matter microstructure: a tract-based spatial statistics analysis. by Richard A Kanaan, Christopher Chaddock, Matthew Allin, Marco M Picchioni, Eileen Daly, Sukhi S Shergill, Philip K McGuire

“…<h4>Results</h4>Men had higher FA in the superior cerebellar peduncles and women had higher FA in corpus callosum in both the first and second samples. The higher SLF FA in men was not found in either sample.…”
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Bacterial Etiology and Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in a Cameroonian City by Rolf Nyah-tuku Nzalie, Hortense Kamga Gonsu, Sinata Koulla-Shiro

“…The empirical antibiotherapy was noted, and identification of bacterial species was done on CLED agar; antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Results. A total of 55 patients had samples positive for a UTI. …”
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EFFECT SURFACE NITRIDING TREATMENT ON INTERFACE ADHESION AND SURFACE DAMAGE OF CL60 RAILWAY WHEELS UNDER ROLLING CONTACT CONDITIONS by WU Qiang, QIN Tao, SHEN MingXue, XIONG Wei, PENG JinFang, JI DeHui, XIONG GuangYao

“…The results showed that the surface nitriding treatment could form a uniform and dense white layer about 3 μm ～ 5 μm thick and a diffusion layer about 20 μm thick on the wheel surface. …”
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The Effect of He on the Evolution of Radiation-Induced Dislocation Loops near W/Cu Interface by Huaqing Sang, Yifan Zhang, Jing Wang

“…In the Fe-irradiated sample, the proportion of b = 1/2<111> type dislocation loops near the phase boundary on the W side increases significantly, and b = 1/2<110> type dislocation loops dominate on the Cu side. …”
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Population differences in brain morphology and microstructure among Chinese, Malay, and Indian neonates. by Jordan Bai, Muhammad Farid Abdul-Rahman, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Yap-Seng Chong, Kenneth Kwek, Seang-Mei Saw, Keith M Godfrey, Peter D Gluckman, Marielle V Fortier, Michael J Meaney, Anqi Qiu

“…We studied a sample of 75 Chinese, 73 Malay, and 29 Indian healthy neonates taking part in a cohort study to examine potential differences in neonatal brain morphology and white matter microstructure as a function of ethnicity using both structural T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). …”
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The fecal microbiota of Holstein cows is heritable and genetically correlated to dairy performances by L. Brulin, S. Ducrocq, J. Estellé, G. Even, S. Martel, S. Merlin, C. Audebert, P. Croiseau, M.-P. Sanchez

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Hygrothermal aging on the mechanical property and degradation mechanism of carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites modified by nylon 6 by Guijun Xian, Yanbo Bai, Xiao Qi, Jianling Wang, Jingwei Tian, Huigang Xiao

“…Additionally, the maximum water absorption (Mmax) and diffusion coefficient (D) of the sample at 60 °C increased by 45.98% and 6.39% compared with those at 20 °C. …”
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Study on pore structure and fractal characteristics of middle rank coal reservoir in Longtan Formation of Panguan syncline by Yu LONG, Jun CHEN, Wei GAO, Zhonghu WU

“…The results show that: there are mainly five types of microscopic pores in the middle rank coal of Longtan Formation in Panguan syncline; the pore morphology of the piezoelectric mercury curve is divided into three types; the seepage fractal dimensions are smaller than the diffusion fractal dimensions, and the comprehensive fractal dimensions mainly reflect the complexity of the diffusion pores; the seepage fractal dimensions are negatively correlated with the vitrinite reflectance, the ash, the mineral mass fraction, the porosity, the average pore size, the total pore volume, and the permeability, and positively correlated with the moisture; and the diffusion fractal dimensions are negatively correlated with the ash, the mineral mass fraction, the average pore size, and the total pore volume. …”
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Improving Turnaround Times for Routine Antimicrobial Sensitivity Testing Following European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methodology in Patients with Bacteraem... by Raewyn Edmondson, Kordo Saeed, Steve Green, Matthew O’Dwyer

“…Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST) provides the necessary information for targeted antibiotic therapy; however, the traditional method using disc diffusion can take over two days from a positive blood culture. …”
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Q-Ball high-resolution fiber tractography: Optimizing corticospinal tract delineation near gliomas and its role in the prediction of postoperative motor deficits– A proof of concep... by Pavlina Lenga, Moritz Scherer, Robin Peretzke, Peter Neher, Jessica Jesser, Andreas W. Unterberg, Sandro Krieg, Daniela Becker

“…Materials and methods: In this ongoing prospective trial, we utilized probabilistic High-Resolution Fiber Tracking (HRFT) through q-ball imaging (QBI-FT) and conventional Diffusion Tensor Imaging Fiber Tracking (DTI-FT), based on equal and standard diffusion-weighted MRI. …”
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Solid-state NMR at natural isotopic abundance for bioenergy applications by Bennett Addison, Malitha C. Dickwella Widange, Yunqiao Pu, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Anne E. Harman-Ware

“…This highlights the need for non-destructive approaches, such as solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR), which preserves the sample’s natural state while providing deep, molecular-level insights. …”
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