Prevalence of Oral Pigmented Lesions in Dental Outpatient Attending Piramerd Dental Health Center in Sulaimani by Tavga Ahmad Hussain, Balkees Taha Garib

“…Most of the patients (97.8%) had diffused or multifocal pigmentation, while a focal pattern was identified in only three patients (% 2.1). …”
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Thin-Layer, Intermittent, Near-Infrared Drying of Two-Phase Olive Pomace: Mathematical Modeling and Effect on Recovery of Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity by Ioanna Pyrka, Nikolaos Nenadis

“…Drying at 140 °C reduced time by 68% compared to 70 °C. The corresponding sample had the highest total phenolics content, antioxidant activity (DPPH^●, CUPRAC assays) and triterpenic acid (maslinic, oleanolic) content, and a significant amount of hydroxytyrosol, despite the increased sample browning. …”
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A budget-friendly integrating sphere for reliable quantum yield characterization of fluorescent solutions by Yordi Afiq Syahrizal, Septian Budiman, Deski Beri

“…This study presents the development of a budget-friendly integrating sphere system for accurate Φf measurements in solution-phase samples. The 28 cm sphere was fabricated using resin-reinforced rubber and coated internally with white paint and barium sulfate (BaSO₄) to ensure diffuse reflectivity. …”
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What are we eating?. Detection of antibiotic resistance mechanisms in frozen chicken nuggets imported from Brazil by Nicolás F. Cordeiro, Nadia Coppola, Federica Ferreira, Rafael Vignoli, Inés Bado

“…Isolates were identified using MALDI-TOF, and antibiotic susceptibility was assessed by disk diffusion. Eight samples were also analyzed using shotgun metagenomic sequencing processed through the SqueezeMeta pipeline.Nineteen Enterobacterales resistant mainly to β-lactams and to a lesser extent, to quinolones and aminoglycosides, were identified. …”
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Exploration of a Novel Catalytic Approach for Synthesizing Glycolide and ε-Caprolactone Copolymers and Their Application as Carriers for Paclitaxel by Rafał Wyrębiak, Ramona Figat, Ewa Oledzka, Adam Kasiński, Karolina Kędra, Anna Laskowska, Marcin Sobczak

“…The resulting copolymer samples underwent Neutral Red Uptake (NRU) and Umu tests, revealing no signs of cyto- or genotoxicity. …”
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Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) Detection in Klebsiella Pneumoniae in Canary Birds (Serinus canaria) Imported from Malaysia by Tri Endah, Mustofa Helmi Effendi, Muhammad ‘Ahdi Kurniawan, Izzatul Istiana, Fifin Kurnia Sari, Dina Agylia Rahmandari

“…The Kirby-Bauer diffusion test was used to determine antibiotic sensitivity. …”
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Characterization of Defects by Non-Destructive Impulse Excitation Technique for 3D Printing FDM Polyamide Materials in Bending Mode by Fatima-Ezzahrae Jabri, Imi Ochana, François Ducobu, Rachid El Alaiji, Anthonin Demarbaix

“…Furthermore, internal sound diffusion from 3 and 5 mm defects enhances air losses and damping. …”
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In-situ aluminum 7075 metal matrix composites development for additive friction stir deposition by Huan Ding, Selami Emanet, Saeid Zavari, Tristan D. Thai, Yehong Chen, Ehsan Bagheri, Shengmin Guo

“…High-quality and fully dense AFSD samples were successfully deposited using both HP and LP rods. …”
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Occurrence, antimicrobial susceptibility and genomic characterization of Salmonella enterica isolated from milk and related sources by Frederick Adzitey, Boniface Awini Tibile, Francis Addy, Gideon Adu-Bonsu, Alvin Senatu Atsu Amagloh, Ernest Junior Noyoro, Victor Edem Tsigbey

“…The study sought to identify and characterize the genetics and antimicrobial resistance attributes of Salmonella enterica isolated from milk and related sources, totally 250 samples. Bacteria identification was done using a modified procedure of BAM of US-FDA and antimicrobial resistance was evaluated using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method whereas a partial fragment of the invA gene was amplified and sequenced for molecular characterization. …”
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Antifungal effect of soil Bacillus bacteria on pathogenic species of the fungal genera Aspergillus and Trichophyton by Mahnour Alsadat Taghavi, Maryam Ahmadi, Davoud Dehghan-Nayeri, Zahra Salehi, Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi, Fatemehsadat Jamzivar, Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh

“…Results: Among 50 samples, fifteen showed antifungal effects, yielding 55 bacterial strains. …”
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Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Artisanal Cheeses in México by Roberto Adame-Gómez, Jeiry Toribio-Jimenez, Amalia Vences-Velazquez, Elvia Rodríguez-Bataz, Maria Cristina Santiago Dionisio, Arturo Ramirez-Peralta

“…Isolates were subjected to biotyping, the methicillin resistance was analyzed using the disk diffusion, and the Staphylococcus enterotoxin A (SEA) production was examined by a dot-blot analysis. …”
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MORPHOLOGY OF Ni-TiN/Si3N4 COMPOSITE COATINGS AT HIGH-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION by Esmar Budi, Widyaningrum Indrasari, Riser Fahdiran, Hadi Nasbey

“…High temperature oxidation process on the samples was performed by heating at temperature of 700 ℃ for 2 hours within air conditions. …”
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Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli in diarrheic children in Egypt: molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility by Mostafa Mohamed M Ali, Salwa Fouad Ahmed, John D Klena, Zienat Kamel Mohamed, Tarek AA Moussa, Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh

“…Methodology: Escherichia coli was isolated from stool samples of 62 diarrheic and 43 non-diarrheic (control) Egyptian children. …”
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Prevalence of blaCTX-M and blaTEM Genes in Cefotaxime-Resistant Escherichia coli Recovered from Tertiary Care at Central Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study by Rani Kumari Sah, Pragyan Dahal, Ranjana Parajuli, Gorkha Raj Giri, Era Tuladhar

“…Altogether, 1050 urine samples were processed to obtain 165 isolates of E. coli. …”
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Antimicrobial activity of PMMA enriched with nano-clay loaded with metronidazole and chlorhexidine by Eduardo Buozi Moffa, Samuel Santana Malheiros, Larissa Tavares Sampaio Silva, Delcio Ildefonso Branco, Regis Cléo Fernandes Grassia Junior, William Cunha Brandt, Flavia Goncalves, Valentim Adelino Ricardo Barao, Letícia Cristina Cidreira Boaro

“…Antimicrobial efficacy was assessed via agar diffusion tests against Enterococcus faecalis and Porphyromonas gingivalis. …”
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High prevalence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> and <i>Escherichia coli</i> in clinical infections in a tertiary care hospital in southwe... by Oluwatoyin Akinde, Babatunde Odetoyin

“…Materials and Methods: two hundred ninety-one non-duplicate isolates from diverse clinical samples were collected and matched with patients' biographical information. …”
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Antibiogram Profile of Patients Having Urinary Tract Infection Treated with Most Commonly Used Antibiotics by Bilal Ahmad, Faleesha Gul, Said Hassan, Haseeba Arif, Amber Javaid, Shawkat Ali

“…A total of 384 patients' urine samples were collected through a convenient technique and processed as per standard guidelines.  …”
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Antibiotic resistance pattern of Escherichia coli isolates from outpatients with urinary tract infections in Somalia by Malyun Adam Mohamed, Omar Abdifetah, Fatima Abdullahi Hussein, Sa’adia Abdullahi Karie

“…Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Shaafi Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia. A total of 128 samples were collected from outpatients suspected of UTI and tested through bacteriological investigations and antimicrobial susceptibility tests following the Kirby-Bauer agar disc diffusion method. …”
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Investigating Antimicrobial Resistance and ESBL Producing Gene in Klebsiella Isolates among Neonates and Adolescents in Southern Bangladesh by Afroza Akter Tanni, Nahid Sultana, Wazir Ahmed, Md. Mahbub Hasan, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Sajjad Hossain Noyon, Md. Mobarok Hossain, Adnan Mannan

“…The disk diffusion method was used to detect Kpn’s sensitivity to 16 antibiotics in a drug susceptibility test. …”
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Bacterial Isolates and Antibacterial Resistance Patterns in a Patient with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital, Southwest Et... by Abdulhakim Mussema, Getenet Beyene, Mulatu Gashaw

“…Demographic, clinical, and sputa samples were collected from 39 study participants, who were diagnosed with AECOPD. …”
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