In vitro antibacterial activity of patchouli batik (Pogostemon Cablin) plant extract varieties from Southeast Sulawesi and South Sulawesi by Tuty Yuniarty, Ratih Feraritra Danu Atmaja, Julianti Isma Sari Usman, Theosobia Grace Orno

“…This experimental research aimed to determine the effect of stem and leaves extracts of patchouli Batik from South Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi and patchouli from Bulukumba, South Sulawesi, on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus mutans using the diffusion method (Kirby-bauer). The diffusion test was expressed as the width of inhibition zone in millimetres The results showed that the total flavonoid content of the leaves and stems of patchouli Batik from South Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi was 301.823 mg QE/gr and 119.905 mg QE/gr, and the total flavonoid content of the leaves and stems of patchouli from Bulukumba, South Sulawesi was 474.120 mg QE/gr and 148.856 mg QE/gr. …”
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Investigation of Antibacterial Activity of Carvacrol, Alpha-Terpineol and Eugenol on Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli Strains Isolated from Chicken Meat by Tülin Güven Gökmen

“…Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing Escherichia coli, previously isolated only from clinical samples, is now also isolated from foods. This poses a major threat to public health and food safety. …”
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Can label or protein deuteration extend the phase relaxation time of Gd(III) spin labels? by E. Edinach, X. Zhang, C.-Y. Cui, Y. Yang, G. Mitrikas, A. Bogdanov, X.-C. Su, D. Goldfarb

“…Results indicate that protons within 5 Å of the Gd(III) ion do not contribute to nuclear spin diffusion (NSD), and protein deuteration offers minimal enhancement in <span class="inline-formula"><i>T</i>_m</span>. …”
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Chemical Composition, Antibacterial Activity, and Food Application of Sprouts from Fabaceae and Brassicaceae Species by Christine (Neagu) Dragomir, Corina Dana Misca, Sylvestre Dossa, Călin Jianu, Isidora Radulov, Monica Negrea, Loredana Paven, Ersilia Alexa

“…The antimicrobial potential of the sprout extracts obtained was tested using the disk diffusion method on five bacterial strains: <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Proteus mirabilis</i>, <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>, <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i>, and <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>. …”
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Bacteriological quality of Nono, a milk product sold at retail outlets in Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria by George Onyemauwa Uzoaga, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Aishat Bukola Usman, Grace Sabo Kia, Emmanuel Chukwudi Okolocha

“…We used a multistage sampling technique for sample collection. Culturing on appropriate media and conventional biochemical tests were carried out for identification and isolation of bacteria of interest while further confirmatory tests were carried out using Microbact/Mocrogen® kits. …”
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Epidemiological Trends and Evolving Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Burn Patients: A 3‐Year Cross‐Sectional Surveillance in Northern Iran by Mahsa Sadeghi, Mohammadreza Mobayen, Tofigh Yaghubi Kalurazi, Zahra Mehrdad, Mohammadamin Khajavi Gaskarei, Sina Kamrani Moghadam, Hadi Sedigh Ebrahim‐Saraie, Meysam Hasannejad‐Bibalan

“…Methods A retrospective cross‐sectional study was conducted on 535 samples collected from burn patients. P. aeruginosa isolates were identified using standard microbiological methods and tested for susceptibility to various antibiotics through the disc diffusion method. …”
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Realizing mesoporous *MRE zeolites using polyethylene glycol and their catalytic evaluation in palm oil and polyethylene cracking by St Mardiana, Andre Kusnadi, I Made Arcana, Ismunandar, Grandprix T.M. Kadja

“…Therefore, in order to improve the catalytic performance, the presence of mesopores in *MRE zeolites is urgently needed, considering the diffusion resistance that may be caused by their micropores. …”
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Occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella enterica in milk along the supply chain, humans, and the environment in Woliata Sodo, Ethiopia by Seblewengel Ayichew, Ashagrie Zewdu, Bekele Megerrsa, Teshale Sori, Fanta D Gutema

“…Methods We collected 644 samples from 106 dairy farms that include direct milk from cow, bulk tank milk, milkers’ hand swabs, teat surfaces swabs, farm floors swabs, milk storage containers swabs, collectors’ bulk milk, retailers’ bulk milk, and stool from diarrheic patients. …”
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The frequency of polidrug use in a driving population in Rome by Giovanni Michele Lagravinese, Alessia Mammone, Carla Rossi, Miriam De Vita, Valeria Marino, Alessandro Feola, Luigi Tonino Marsella

“…</p><p>The choice of this kind of population allows to have an accurate and reliable epidemiological data about the real diffusion of voluptuary use of drugs. The study examines 182 samples subjected to routine toxicological investigations in the period be-tween October 2011 and August 2012. …”
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SEROTYPES AND ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF NASOPHARYNGEAL PNEUMOCOCCI ISOLATED FROM CHILDREN IN 2010–2016: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY by Nikolay A. Mayanskiy, Natalia M. Alyabieva, Olga A. Ponomarenko, Tatiana V. Kulichenko, Inga V. Artemova, Anna V. Lazareva, Ekaterina A. Brozhozovskaya, Olga V. Shamina, Lyubovj K. Katosova

“…A total of 1,111 pneumococcal isolates were examined; the sample was obtained from children with a median age of 4 years (P25–P75, 2.4–6.5 years). …”
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Hospital Hygiene Paradox: MRSA and Enterobacteriaceae Colonization Among Cleaning Staff in a Tertiary Hospital in Saudi Arabia by Maher S. Alqurashi, Asma A. Sawan, Mahmoud M. Berekaa, Basavaraja C. Hunasemarada, Mohammed D. Al Shubbar, Abdulaziz A. Al Qunais, Ammar S. Huldar, Loay M. Bojabara, Saud A. Alamro, Ayman A. El-Badry

“…<i>Materials and Methods:</i> This current cross-sectional study was conducted on 96 cleaning staff at King Fahad Hospital of the University and Family and Community Medicine-Centre, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Sample collection targeted hands and nostrils using cotton swabs, followed by laboratory testing, including MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for bacterial identification, and the cefoxitin disc diffusion test for the screening of MRSA. …”
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Lentil-Husk-Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization and Antibacterial Activity by Kshama Parajuli, Lekha Nath Khanal, Ganga GC, Samjhana Koju, Shushan Bhujel, Devendra Khadka, Motee Lal Sharma, Bishweshwar Pant, Bhoj Raj Poudel

“…XRD examination of the prepared sample suggested face-centred cubic crystals of the HAgNPs. …”
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Adansonia digitata and Daniella oliveri seed oils and cosmeceutical products exhibited potent pharmacological and marginal toxicity on fibroblast cells by O. Atolani, A.T. Kola-Mustapha, D.E. Tarigha, E.T. Areh, A.T. Hamzat, O.S. Adeyemi

“…Human foreskin fibroblast cells were used to evaluate the cytotoxicity of the sample, while using staurosporine as positive control drug. …”
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Test study on flow field morphology of high-pressure abrasive water jet and erosion and failure characteristics of coal by Bingbing HE, Qiheng REN, Qingxiang WANG, Fucheng ZHANG, Lingjun MA, Yayou XU, Baofu WANG, Xiaolin SONG

“…In view of the demand for coal mine gas control, this study took a coal sample from a mining area in Inner Mongolia as the research object, and carried out a study on the coal breaking mechanism of quartz sand abrasive jet based on the theory of hydraulic pressure relief and permeability enhancement. …”
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7 Tesla multimodal MRI dataset of ex-vivo human brain by Qinfeng Zhu, Sihui Li, Zuozhen Cao, Yao Shen, Haoan Xu, Guojun Xu, Haotian Li, Zhaopeng Cui, Keqing Zhu, Zhiyong Zhao, Jing Zhang, Dan Wu

“…However, ex-vivo MRI is challenging in sample preparation, acquisition, and data analysis, and existing ex-vivo MRI datasets are often single image modality and lack of ethnic diversity. …”
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Measuring community resilience of flash floods using a multilevel interpretive structure model: Quantification and time-varying responses by Ming Zhong, Feng Ling, Weichen Zhong, Qian Zhang

“…Since most of the surveyed communities are located in areas with frequent flash floods, residents have a high awareness of disaster prevention and mitigation, and rural show the higher community resilience than the sample of urban and suburban. With the expansion of inundation, the resilience of all three types of communities shows a consistent trend of “sharp decrease − rapid increase − slow decrease”. …”
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Microstructural investigation of low-activity and high-activity aluminide coatings fabricated by vapor phase aluminizing on IN792 superalloy by Ali Azari Beni, Saeed Rastegari

“…This research examined the vapor phase aluminizing method. The samples were aluminized through a single-step vapor phase at 1050 °C for a duration of 4 h. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Soil Adsorption Effects on Water Migration in Simulated Lunar Conditions by Yasheng Li, Zhi Wen, Wei Ma, Mingli Zhang, Chengdan He

“…Adsorption is a key mechanism governing water vapor diffusion in lunar regolith. To investigate this process, we conducted experiments under simulated lunar conditions—Knudsen diffusion conditions—using three soil types with varying water vapor adsorption heats and specific surface areas. …”
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Bridging neuro-biomarkers and MR imaging: The synergistic role of glial fibrillary acidic protein in early CNS disease diagnosis by Mohammad Ghaderian, Daryoush Shahbazi-Gahrouei, Safoora Nikzad, Elnaz Didehban, Hossein Hafezi, Ismail Laher, Fahime Hossein Beigi, Saghar Shahbazi-Gahrouei, Tahereh Boustani

“…Advanced molecular imaging techniques, including Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI), along with conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), provide visual scoring, local morphometry, and volumetric analysis. …”
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Flow behavior and processing map of newly developed ECO-AlMag8 alloy during hot compression by Majid Seyed Salehi, Ali Sonboli, Nam Seok Kim, Bong Hwan Kim, Shae Kwang Kim, Ghasem Eisaabadi B․

“…The calculated hot deformation activation energy of the ECO-AlMag8 (157.1 kJ.mol⁻¹) was considerably higher than that of self-diffusion of pure Al (122 kJ.mol⁻¹), which suggests that the flow behavior, dynamic recovery, and dynamic recrystallization of the alloy are controlled by the diffusion of impurity atoms such as Fe and Mn. …”
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