Bacterial isolates and antibiotic resistance in critically ill sepsis patients at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia by Girum Tesfaye Kiya, Zeleke Mekonnen, Elsah Tegene Asefa, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Hanan Ahmed, Getenet Beyene, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…The Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method was employed to conduct the antimicrobial susceptibility test. …”
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ISOTOPIC REGIME OF SUBGLACIAL LAKE VOSTOK ON EVIDENCE FROM DEEP ICE CORE STUDIES by A. A. Ekaykin, V. Ya. Lipenkov, A. V. Kozachek

“…Meanwhile, in the nearest future this study will be developed by the completing of the measurements of the whole 5G-2 core (to the depth of3769 m), as well as the analysis of the short-term (1 cm) variations in the bottom part of the ice core, where the isotopic signal must be fully preserved without being erased by the molecular diffusion. Also, the measurement of the first lake water sample recovered from the drill after the penetration will allow the comparison with the lake ice isotope content in order to experimentally define the effective isotope fractionation coefficient and thus constrain the possible mechanism of the lake ice formation.…”
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Argentinian multicenter study on urinary tract infections due to Streptococcus agalactiae in adult patients by Laura Vigliarolo, Barbara Arias, Mariana Suárez, Evert van Haute, Verónica Kovacec, Horacio Lopardo, Laura Bonofiglio, Marta Mollerach

“…Susceptibility tests were performed by the disk diffusion and/or agar dilution methods. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of the patients were considered to identify associated comorbilities. …”
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Bacteriological Profile of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and its Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Geeta Geeta, Naveen G, Apoorva P, Harish MO, Arathi Nair, Harshitha MC, Kiran Revankar, Girish PB

“…Antibiotic sensitivity testing was done using Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method on Mueller– Hinton Agar. Results Mean age of participants was 33.5 years. 94.1% had the unilateral infection. 94.4% had a tubo-tymphanic type while 5.6% had attico-antral type. 70 (77.8%) samples showed mono-microbial growth, 13 (14.4%) showed poly-microbial growth and 7 (7.8%) samples showed no growth in aerobic culture. …”
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Occurrence of extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia 2022: A hospital-based study by Ebrima Barrow, Abou Kebbeh, Haddy Bah, Abdoulie Badjan, Sainey Ceesay, Kalipha Sanneh Darboe, Baba Fofana, Peter Adewuyi

“…Data on demographic characteristics, ward and sample type was collected from laboratory registers and request forms. …”
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Mechanistic investigation of the surface blackening phenomenon in GH3625 nickel-based superalloy by Zhicheng Cheng, Yan Yang, Wenzhu Sun, Ao Jiang, Ying Han, Wei Yu

“…A comparative analysis is performed on the annealed surface morphology and microstructure of samples treated with and without oil treatment. The findings reveal that O2/CO2/H2O molecules form oxide and carbide layers through adsorption, bonding, and subsequent diffusion into the Ni matrix. …”
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Aspects of Thermal Protection of Machine-Building and Power Equipment: Application of Oxidation-Resistant Combined Nickel-Based Coatings by V. N. Varavka, O. V. Kudryakov, V. I. Grishchenko

“…A combined electroplating of the Mo-Ni-Cr system with a total thickness of 12–35 μm was formed on the experimental copper tubular samples. A Mo sublayer with a thickness of about 1.5 μm on the surface of the copper tube was formed to prevent the diffusion of Cu into the Ni coating. …”
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Nasal colonization by methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among medical students by Mohammad Al-Tamimi, Nisreen Himsawi, Jumana Abu-Raideh, Deaa Abu jazar, Hussam Al-jawaldeh, Sameer Al Haj Mahmoud, Nawal Hijjawi, Hasan Hawamdeh

“…Consistency between disc diffusion, Vitek 2, and PBP 2 methods for MRSA screening were satisfactory compared to molecular analysis. …”
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Improving food safety: Synthetic data augmentation for accurate mushroom species identification in complex environments by Mengze Du, Fei Wang, Weibing Yan, Jie Guo, Lu Liu, Ping Lv, Yong He, Xuping Feng, Yuwei Wang

“…To address these challenges, this study proposes a diffusion model-based data augmentation that preserves essential morphological features while diversifying training samples. …”
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Coating-by-design: design a high-temperature oxidation and corrosion resistant Zr-doped MCrAlY coating fabricated by magnetron sputtering by Shen Tao, Hui Peng, Anqin Zhang, Hongbo Guo

“…Nevertheless, Zr diffusion from the coating into the thermally grown oxide (TGO) forms Zr-rich bands, which significantly inhibit Al outward diffusion. …”
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Biogenic amorphous calcium phosphate: a sustainable alternative for dentin remineralization by M. Madhana Madhubala, G. S. Nayantara, R. Jayasree, Janis Locs, Sekar Mahalaxmi

“…Microhardness testing showed BACP-treated samples had the highest post-treatment hardness (59.97 HV), followed by SACP (53.80 HV) and control (42.30 HV). …”
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Effect of inert gas blowing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of semi-solid cast Al–20 %Mg2Si composite by Moein G. Shabestari, Ahad Nasimi Asl, Saeed G. Shabestari

“…Additionally, GISS operations were conducted to evaluate the increase in entry points for the inert gas into the melt, utilizing two diffusers separately on a fixed sample. microstructural evaluations revealed that the sample produced at 660 °C, with a flow rate of 6 L min−1 using two graphite diffusers for 20 s, exhibited an average particle size of 32 μm for the primary Mg2Si, a sphericity of 65 %, and a primary Mg2Si particle count of 405 per mm2. …”
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Biotechnological Potential of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated From Ethiopian Honey Wine, Tej by Minyilal Sisay, Asnake Desalegn, Fitsum Tigu, Mogessie Ashenafi, Feng-Yan Bai, Dagim Jirata Birri

“…The antioxidant capacity was assessed by the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl free radical-scavenging capacity, and the antibiotic susceptibility of isolates was tested by the disk diffusion method. A total of 143 LABs were isolated from Tej samples. …”
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Influence of Ni and Nb Addition in TiVCr-Based High Entropy Alloys for Room-Temperature Hydrogen Storage by Srilakshmi Jeyaraman, Dmitri L. Danilov, Peter H. L. Notten, Udaya Bhaskar Reddy Ragula, Vaira Vignesh Ramalingam, Thirugnasambandam G. Manivasagam

“…The samples were characterized using hydrogen sorption studies. …”
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Synergistic effect of pre-treatment and microwave drying on the physicochemical and functional properties of Chausa mango peel: Process optimization and HPLC analysis to identify m... by Srutee Rout, Soubhagya Tripathy, Shivendu Ranjan, Prem Prakash Srivastav

“…Utilizing steam for blanching purposes increased the moisture diffusivity in the sample and, thus, reduced the energy consumption for microwave dried sample. …”
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Research on Simulation of Multi-Path Fading of Narrow-Band Channel Based on Stochastic Bridge by Lei Liu, Wei Xia, Jianghong Han

“…The propagating stochastic rays were employed to simulated multi-path components（MPC）, which tracks were represented by samples of stochastic bridge processes. The laws of physics about stochastic ray diffusing in percolation lattices were studied to improve constraints of physical diffusion, which made it with enough samples to model power delay probability. …”
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Research on Simulation of Multi-Path Fading of Narrow-Band Channel Based on Stochastic Bridge by Lei Liu, Wei Xia, Jianghong Han

“…The propagating stochastic rays were employed to simulated multi-path components（MPC）, which tracks were represented by samples of stochastic bridge processes. The laws of physics about stochastic ray diffusing in percolation lattices were studied to improve constraints of physical diffusion, which made it with enough samples to model power delay probability. …”
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White Matter Imaging Phenotypes Mediate the Negative Causality of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number on Sleep Apnea: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study and Mediation Analysis by Ying Q, Wang M, Zhao Z, Wu Y, Sun C, Huang X, Zhang X, Guo J

“…This study aimed to investigate the causality between mtDNA-CN and SA while identifying potential mediating brain imaging phenotypes (BIPs).Methods: Two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis was performed to estimate the causal relationship between mtDNA-CN and SA, with further validation using Bayesian framework-based MR analysis. …”
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Аdsorption of Co²⁺ and radioactive ⁶⁰Со by mesoporous TiO₂ by H. V. Vasylyeva, I. F. Mironyuk, I. M. Mykytyn

“…Four simplified kinetic models: pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order equations, firstly applied by Lagergren, intraparticle diffusion and Elovich (Roginsky-Zeldovich) kinetic models were applied to experimental data. …”
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Randomised controlled clinical trial of a structured cognitive rehabilitation in patients with attention deficit following mild traumatic brain injury: study protocol by Roshan das Nair, Nor Asiah Muhamad, Avril Drummond, Mazlina Mazlan, Norhamizan Hamzah, Vairavan Narayanan, Norlisah Ramli, Nor Atikah Mustapha, Nor Adibah Mohammad Tahir, Li Kuo Tan, Mahmoud Danaee, Sing Yau Goh

“…Based on multiple estimated calculations, the minimum intended sample size is 50 participants (Cohen’s d effect size=0.35; alpha level of 0.05; 85% power to detect statistical significance; 40% attrition rate).Interventions Intervention group will receive individualised structured cognitive rehabilitation. …”
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