Colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and its associated factors in cancer patients at the University of Gondar Comprehen... by Eden Getaneh Mekonnen, Abebe Birhanu, Mulugeta Yimer, Segenet Bizuneh, Mucheye Gizachew, Baye Gelaw

“…Antibiotic susceptibility was evaluated using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method, with minimum inhibitory concentrations for vancomycin determined via E-test strips. …”
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Executive dysfunction relates to salience network desegregation in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia by Melanie A. Matyi, Hamsanandini Radhakrishnan, Christopher A. Olm, Jeffrey S. Phillips, Philip A. Cook, Emma Rhodes, James C. Gee, David J. Irwin, Corey T. McMillan, Lauren Massimo

“…Given that behavioral variant frontotemporal degeneration (bvFTD) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with executive dysfunction and selective vulnerability of the salience network, we tested the hypotheses that bvFTD structural networks are de-differentiated compared to cognitively normal controls (CNC) and that network de-differentiation relates to worse executive function. Methods: In a sample of 90 patients with bvFTD and 71 age-matched CNC with diffusion MRI data we generated probabilistic tractography maps and calculated system segregation, a metric that compares within-network to between-network connectivity, to reflect the extent to which brain networks were differentiated. …”
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Pan-drug, colistin, streptomycin, erythromycin, clindamycin resistant Salmonella enterica serovars isolated from slaughtered cattle and human in mansoura, Egypt by Shimaa El Baz, Hanan Ahmed Zaher, Wafaa Ragab

“…Initially, pre-enrichment of the samples was conducted using buffered peptone water. …”
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Serogrouping and Molecular Characterization of ESBL-Producing Avian Pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> from Broilers and Turkeys with Colibacillosis in Algeria by Nadia Safia Chenouf, Chafik Redha Messaï, Isabel Carvalho, Tamara Álvarez-Gómez, Vanessa Silva, Abdelghani Zitouni, Ahcene Hakem, Patricia Poeta, Carmen Torres

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by the disk diffusion method. PCR assays and sequencing were used to detect antimicrobial resistance genes, integrons, phylogrouping, and MLST. …”
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A proposal for analyzing the inflammatory and remodeling processes of mucosa in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis through MRI by Débora de Carvalho Garcez, Miguel Soares Tepedino, Debora Petrungaro Migueis, Pedro Miño Vianna, Andrea Santos Dumont Costacurta, Elyzabeth Avvad Portari, Alexandre Malta da Costa Messeder, Richard Louis Voegels, Alexandre Coelho Boggi, Reginaldo Raimundo Fujita, Andrew Thamboo, Rogério Pezato

“…The pathologist, blinded to MRI results, also compared the tissue sample from the most central and the most peripheral portion of the polypoid tissue adjacent to the floor of the nasal fossa. …”
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Design and Application of a Liquid Detection Device Based on Transmission Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging by Jintao Liu, Li Luo, Xiangyang Yu, Yefan Cai, Weibin Hong

“…This device allows rapid and noncontact acquisition of spectral imaging signals from transparent liquid samples. The design of the device mainly includes two parts: a shooting system and a master computer, and the optical path is optimized by selecting the appropriate diffusion plate. …”
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Biclustering Multivariate Longitudinal Data with Application to Recovery Trajectories of White Matter After Sport-Related Concussion by Caleb Weaver, Luo Xiao, Qiuting Wen, Yu-Chien Wu, Jaroslaw Harezlak

“…Biclustering is the task of simultaneously clustering the samples and features of a data set. In doing so, subsets of samples that exhibit similar behaviors across subsets of features can be identified. …”
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Investigation of Drying Kinetics and Powder Product Properties of Dragon Fruit Powders Dried by Microwave Assisted Foam Drying Method by Kadriye Altay

“…The highest R2 and lowest RMSE and χ2 values of foam dried samples obtained from the Silva models. The effective moisture diffusion coefficient values of the samples (5.93×10-8-1.16×10-7 m2/s) increased due to the increase of microwave power. …”
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DOLOMITE THERMAL-DECOMPOSITION MACROKINETIC MODELS FOR EVALUATION OF THE GASGENERATORS SORBENT SYSTEMS by K. V. Dobrego

“…The  paper  analyzes  peculiarities  of  several  contemporaneous  models  of  dolomite and calcite thermal decomposition and infers on reasonable practicality for creating compact engineering dolomite-decomposition macrokinetic models and universal techniques of these models parameter reconstruction for specific dolomite samples. Such technics can be founded on thermogravimetric data and standard approximation error minimizing algorithms.The author assumes that CO2  evacuation from the reaction zone within the particle may proceed by diffusion mechanism and/or by the Darcy filtration and indicates that functional dependence of the thermal-decomposition rate from the particle sizes and the temperature differs for the specified mechanisms. …”
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Web-based technologies as key catalysts in improving work productivity and creativity by Blessing Mbatha

“…This article is informed by the diffusion of innovation theory. Through a survey, key government departments in the Zululand District Municipality were sampled employing systematic and purposive sampling techniques. …”
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Preparation and characterization of the PLA: GA: ZnO nanofibers-based drug delivery system by Ghadeer Ihsan Ali, Salih Abbas Habeeb

“…All nanofiber samples' diffusion coefficient (n) values were n < 0.45, confirming that the drug release mechanism follows Fickian diffusion. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalysis of Well-Dispersible Phase-Pure Anatase TiO2 Nanoparticles by Xiuzhen Wei, Guangfeng Zhu, Jinfeng Fang, Jinyuan Chen

“…High-purity anatase TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared using an improved sol-hydrothermal method. The as-prepared sample was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra. …”
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Frequency and Antibiotics Resistance of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBLs) Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolated from Patients in Gaza Strip, Palestin... by Ghassan Tayh, Nahed Al Laham, Imene Fhoula, Nahed Abedelateef, Mohamed El-Laham, Abed Elkader Elottol, Karim Ben Slama

“…Methods: Ninetysix isolates, comprising 69 E. coli and 27 K. pneumoniae were obtained from urine, wound, blood, and ear discharge samples from April-June 2013 in Gaza hospitals. The ESBL-producing isolates were screened using the double-disc diffusion test. …”
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Exponential Stabilization of Coupled Hybrid Stochastic Delayed BAM Neural Networks: A Periodically Intermittent Control Method by Yunjian Peng, Birong Zhao, Weijie Sun, Feiqi Deng

“…Furthermore, a framework to establish simulation algorithm with sampled states is presented to implement the stabilization controller. …”
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Isolation and Molecular Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Providencia spp. from Raw Cow’s Milk in Baghdad, Iraq by Nagham Mohammed Ayyal Al‐Gburi

“…A total of sixty raw milk samples were collected from (street vendors and shops) from Baghdad city, Iraq. …”
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Research on application of multiparametric MRI to predict FNCLCC grading and ki67 expression in soft tissue sarcoma biopsy pathology: Based on a CT-MRI fusion image registration me... by Nan Xu, Yang Lu, Xingrong Yang, Juan Tao, Lei Shi, Chuanshu Sun, Shaowu Wang

“…The FNCLCC high-grade group and Ki67 high-expression group had lower Apparent diffusion coefficient(ADC) values and higher Cholin/Creatin (Cho/Cr) ratios. …”
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Experimental Study on the Transport of Light Gas Molecules through Low-Density Polyethylene Films by Riccardo Checchetto

“…The procedure is validated using as test material a thin low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film: the transport of four test gases with different molecular sizes and condensation properties (CO2, N2, D2, and He) is studied in the 295 to 350 K temperature interval. The CO2 diffusivity values well compare with values previously obtained studying the same LDPE film samples by integral permeation technique measuring the time lag value. …”
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Bacterial Isolation and Identification from Feces of Healthy Camel in Mosul Province by Hiafaa Hassain, Al-Abedi Semaa F.H.

“…Forty fecal samples were collected from healthy camels in Mosul province in period from December 2013 to April 2014. …”
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The Influence of Innovation, Network, and Technology on Customer Switching to Bank Syariah Indonesia by Hadratullah Hadratullah, Rina Hidayati

“…This study uses a survey method with a quantitative approach, involving 100 BSI customer respondents who were taken by purposive sampling. Data were collected through questionnaires and analyzed using simple linear regression. …”
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Impact of the vibrocathode on the patterns and properties of electrolytic copper powders by Marina V Korchagina, Alexander A. Naumenko, Valery M. Lipkin

“…The effect of the working properties improvement of the samples doped with copper powder obtained from a copper-ammonium solution is observed.…”
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