Microbiological tests of fresh bull semen collected at breeding establishment by M. A. Sushkova, I. Ya. Stroganova, S. А. Schislenko

“…Analysis of microbiological test results showed that semen was rejected for sanitary reasons at the breeding establishment due to isolation of the following opportunistic microorganisms: Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6.4% samples) and Proteus vulgaris (8.5% sample) in 2017 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2.4% samples) in 2018. …”
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Isolation, Screening and Antibiotic Sensitivity of Pseudomonas species from Kelana Jaya Lake Soil in Selangor Malaysia by Idris A. Ahmed, Abdalati I Aljondi, Alabed Ali A. Alabed, Abdullah Y. Al-Mahdi, Rasheed Abdsalam

“…Pseudomonas identification was done by using API 20 kit. Disc diffusion was employed as well as the oxidase test. …”
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Use of Anionic Surfactant-Modified Activated Carbon for Efficient Adsorptive Removal of Crystal Violet Dye by Rumi Goswami, Amit Kumar Dey

“…Cations like NO2- caused an increase in the capacity of adsorption but cations like Fe2+decreased the capacity of adsorption in the sample solution. The effectiveness of film diffusion and intraparticle has been shown by mass transfer parameters. …”
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Fast carbidization of silicon in additive manufactured Si-C-SiC composite by Tsovinar Ghaltaghchyan, Khachik Nazaretyan, Viktorya Rstakyan, Marina Aghayan

“…The mechanism of interaction was explained.The heating rate has critical effect on silicon carbide formation, impacting the atomic diffusion rate between silicon and carbon, final microstructure and density of the samples. …”
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Functionalization of 3D Polylactic Acid Sponge Using Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma by G. Gatti, D. D’Angelo, M. Errahali, M. Biasizzo, L. Marchese, F. Renò

“…In particular, the pulsed plasma treatment was found to functionalize uniformly not only the sample surface but also inside the open cavities thanks to its permeability and diffusion in the porous 3D scaffold. …”
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OSMOTIC PRESSURE INFLUENCE ON THE VEGETABLE CHIPS DEHYDRATION PROCESS by LILIANA I. MIHALCEA, IULIA I. BLEOANCĂ, CĂTĂLINA M. MIHAI, DANIELA D. BORDA

“…Results have shown that the activation energy required during drying by the chips treated with HW (23.89 kJ·mol-1) and CW (20.06 kJ·mol-1) is lower than in the reference sample (31.02 kJ·mol-1). Moreover, these represents a smart valorization of a by product from dairy industry rich in valuable minerals, proteins and sugars in the veggie industry.…”
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Kombucha Beverage: Comparative Study Based on Bioactive Properties and Antimicrobial Potentials of Different Plant Infusion by Cemhan Doğan, Nurcan Doğan

“…Antimicrobial activity is applied to various foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli (E. coli), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), and C. albicans with based disc diffusion method and spectrophotometric technique. …”
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On the Influence of Microstructure and Properties of Direct Laser Deposited 50Cr6Ni2Y Coatings with Different TiC Contents by Xueting CHEN, ZiChun YU, Zhanqi LIU, Guili YIN

“…The microstructure, microhardness, and wear resistance of DLD samples were studied. The results indicate that DLD coatings were composed of α-Fe (Fe-Cr-Ti), γ-Fe (Fe-Ni), and TiC. …”
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Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles green synthesized with Bunium persicum essential oil by Neda Akhtari, Elham Mahdian, Fatemeh Oroojalian, Vahid Hakimzadeh

“…Fedtsch. essential oil in both disc diffusion and microbroth dilution methods (p < 0.05). …”
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Efficient removal of aqueous Pb(II) using partially reduced graphene oxide-FeO by Ting Guo, Chaoke Bulin, Bo Li, Zhiwei Zhao, Huitao Yu, He Sun, Xin Ge, Ruiguang Xing, Bangwen Zhang

“…The composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectra, Fourier transformation infrared, Raman spectrometer, N 2 adsorption–desorption, vibrating sample magnetometer, and zeta potential analyses. …”
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Analisis Kandungan Metabolit Sekunder, Antioksidan dan Uji Aktivitas Antibakteri Minuman Tradisional Serbat Khas Kalimantan Barat dengan Variasi Komposisi dan Lama Perendaman by Syarifah NYRS Asseggaf, Mistika Zakiah, Ridha Ulfah

“…Results: The secondary metabolites contained in each serbat water sample, antioxidant activity from strongest to weakest among the serbat samples, and the absence of visible inhibition zones. …”
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Highly efficient and rapid removal of Congo red dye from textile wastewater using facile synthesized Mg/Ni/Al layered double hydroxide by Eslam A. Mohamed, Hend M. Ahmed, Amal A. Altalhi, Hamdan A. S. Al-Shamiri, Nabel A. Negm

“…The kinetics indicated the occurrence of three stages, and the diffusion of dye molecules into the pores was the rate-determining step. …”
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Onion Essential Oil-in-Water Emulsion as a Food Flavoring Agent: Effect of Environmental Stress on Physical Properties and Antibacterial Activity by Elham Taghavi, Afifah Syazwani Abdul Salam, Navideh Anarjan, Elexson Nillian, Mohd Nizam Lani

“…Results show that emulsion with 7% (w/w) sodium caseinate was the most desirable sample in terms of physical properties and antibacterial activity. …”
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Commercially Viable Manufacturing of High Entropy Carbide Feedstocks by Kevin Kaufmann, James Vecchio, Kenneth S. Vecchio

“…For example, the most commonly reported synthesis routes require high energy ball milling to reduce the diffusion lengths before producing a bulk HEC article. …”
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Adsorptive Removal of Methylene Blue and Crystal Violet onto Micro-Mesoporous Zr3O/Activated Carbon Composite: A Joint Experimental and Statistical Modeling Considerations by H. Ait Ahsaine, Z. Anfar, M. Zbair, M. Ezahri, N. El Alem

“…The obtained results suggested that the MB and CV adsorption might be influenced by the mass transfer that involves multiple diffusion steps. The maximum adsorption capacities are 208.33 and 204.12 mg/g for MB and CV, respectively. …”
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An information security assessment model for bring your own device in the South African healthcare sector by C. B. Moeketsi, T. S. Adeyelure, M. A. Segooa

“…The target population size of 170 with a sample size of 118 with the feedback responses with additional 10, which were also included in the analysis data statistics that was done for 128 received responses. …”
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Superbugs-related prolonged admissions in three tertiary hospitals, Kano State, Nigeria by Alkali, Bashir, Garba, Iliyasu, Adamu, Almustapha Aliero, Abdurrazak, Kibiya, Muhammad, Hassan Abubakar, Ibrahim, Ntulume, Faruku, Sarkinfada, Ezera, Agwu

“…Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done using Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method. Results: One hundred and thirty eight (138) isolates were recovered, from the studied participants. …”
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Study on factor-state artificial neural network model for water quality prediction by GUO Zong-lou, SHEN Wei

“…Combination of informative diffusion with falling shadow technique forms information diffusion falling shadow technique together with factor BP artificial neural network for solving the problem of insufficient knowledge, of non-countable samples which result in slow or idle BP artificial neural network. …”
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Effect of Laser Shock Processing and Aluminizing on Microstructure and High-Temperature Creep Properties of 321 Stainless Steel for Solar Thermal Power Generation by Wei Li, Huang Huang, Dongliang Xu, Jian Chen, Lu Zuo, Guozhi Ma, Jianjun He, Cong Li, Zhuoyin Peng, Yanjie Ren, Sheng-de Zhang

“…The anticreep life of aluminized sample with three times LSP was increased by 232.1% as compared to aluminized steel, which could attribute to the increased dislocation density in the peened sample as well as the decrease of creep voids in size and density.…”
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Numerical simulation of oxidative corrosion of metallic uranium in a confined environment with a validation through existing experimental data by Mengxian Xiang, Weiquan Liang, Ning Ma, Sizhi Zuo-Jiang, Xuzhou Jiang, Hongying Yu, Dongbai Sun

“…Moreover, smaller specific surface area of the sample can slow down the process of oxidative corrosion, but the final oxide film thickness increases. …”
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