Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi Isolated From Stool Culture by Tito Aloys Ndima Etouke, Georges Ful Kuh, Boris Emmanuel Djoumsie Gomseu, Vanessa Linda Nzesseu, Jean-De-Dieu Tamokou, Jean Paul Dzoyem

“…Further studies with large-scale samples are needed to validate the present results and to monitor MDR S. …”
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Thermomechanical and thermal characterization of pressureless sintered TiB2 by Simone Taraborelli, Simone Failla, Diletta Sciti, Steven M. Smith, II, Jeremy Watts, William G. Fahrenholtz, Greg E. Hilmas

“…After 30 mins of milling, samples sintered at 2200 °C achieved a high relative density (>98 %) and a fine mean grain size (<2 µm). …”
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Prediction of drug concentrations in humans for long-acting injectable suspensions by a semi-mechanical muscle compartment model: a case study of paliperidone palmitate by Panpan Yu, Mengjun Zhang, Xiong Jin, Keheng Wu, Sihui Long, Shishi Cheng, Long Fu, Xiao Xu, Jie Liu, Dan Liu, Xue Li, Bo Liu, Jian Xu

“…By using this model, the injectable suspensions paliperidone samples were predicted to have a long release of 90–100 days in vivo.…”
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Effects of ultrasonic assisted marination on the mass transfer kinetics and quality of low-salt duck breast and thigh meat by Jiaqi Shao, Rui Ding, Chao Sheng, Xinglian Xu, Xue Zhao

“…The application of ultrasound treatment enhanced the NaCl effective diffusion coefficients (De) of duck breast and thigh meat from 0.7889−0.9472 × 10−9 m2/s to 1.2661−1.3775 × 10−9 m2/s and the highest De was found with 450 W. …”
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The Size of the Continuum Emission Region and Its Scaling Relations with Active Galactic Nucleus Luminosity and the Broad-line Region Size by Amit Kumar Mandal, Jong-Hak Woo, Shu Wang

“…By combining our new measurements with the remeasurements of the literature sample, we report a correlation between R _2500 and AGN continuum luminosity as ${R}_{2500}\,\propto \,{L}_{5100}^{0.58\pm 0.03}$ , which suggests that the observed continuum could be composed of both the disk emission and the diffuse emission from the broad-line region (BLR). …”
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C2H4 reductive plasma treatment on copper surface for copper bonding by Dongmyeong Lee, Hoogwan Lee, Junyoung Choi, Suin Jang, Sarah Eunkyung Kim

“…A bonding quality was assessed using SAT (scanning acoustic tomography), FE-SEM (field emission scanning electron microscopy), and TEM (transmission electron microscopy), revealing that the plasma-treated sample exhibited fewer voids and a diffused Cu interface, suggesting improved bonding compared to the non-plasma-treated sample. …”
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Impact of Electromagnetic Field on the Physicochemical Properties, Permeability, and Accumulation of Salicylic Acid by Karolina Zyburtowicz-Ćwiartka, Anna Nowak, Anna Muzykiewicz-Szymańska, Łukasz Kucharski, Maciej Konopacki, Rafał Rakoczy, Paula Ossowicz-Rupniewska

“…In vitro transdermal studies using porcine skin and Franz diffusion cells revealed that pulsed magnetic fields—especially with a 5 s on/5 s off cycle—and rotating magnetic fields at 30–50 Hz significantly enhanced drug permeation compared to controls. …”
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The High Performance of Multi-Metal Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) in the Removal of Organic Dyes by Soumaya Talbi, Amal El Khanchaoui, Latifa Bouissane, Abderrafia Hafid, Mostafa Khouili, Souad Rabi, Abdellatif Essoumhi

“…Using classical pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order, and intraparticle diffusion models, adsorption kinetics were investigated. …”
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Two-functional sensor of magnetic field and deformation based on Si<B, Ni> microcrystals by A. O. Druzhinin, Yu. M. Khoverko, O. P. Kutrakov, R. M. Koretskii, S. Yu. Yatsukhnenko

“…The nickel doping was conducted by the low-temperature diffusion from the precipitated film on the surface of the crystal. …”
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Psilocybin’s acute and persistent brain effects: a precision imaging drug trial by Subha Subramanian, Travis Rick Reneau, Demetrius Perry, Ravi Chacko, Timothy O. Laumann, Karin Flavin, Christine Horan, Julie Schweiger, Nicholas Metcalf, Eric J. Lenze, Abraham Z. Snyder, Nico U. F. Dosenbach, Ginger Nicol, Joshua S. Siegel

“…Precision functional mapping (PFM) combines densely repeated resting state fMRI sampling and individual-specific network mapping to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and effect size in brain imaging research. …”
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Rationale for the Choice of the Ellipsoidal Reflector Parameters for Biomedical Photometers by N. V. Bezuglaya, A. A. Haponiuk, D. V. Bondariev, S. A. Poluectov, V. A. Chornyi, M. A. Bezuglyi

“…The total transmittance, diffuse reflectance, and absorption graphs depending on the sample thickness were obtained. …”
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Prediction of technological properties of wheat flour by combination of UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis methods by R. A. Platova, E. V. Zhirkova, D. A. Metlenkin, A. A. Lysenkova, Yu. T. Platov, V. A. Rassulov

“…Over the last decades, optical spectroscopy methods that do not require complex sample preparation have been widely used to identify and control the composition of food products. …”
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Interfacial coupling heterostructure between transition metal oxide and calcium oxide with excellent sunlight-driven photocatalytic activity by Thanit Tangcharoen

“…Various metals are added to the calcium oxide powder (nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn)) and the effects of these additives upon the structures, chemical bonds, morphologies, specific surface area, chemical composition, optical, and magnetic properties, including photocatalytic capabilities were examined via the use of X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis, UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-DRS), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), and the analysis of photodegradation. …”
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Detection of C‐Reactive Protein by Electrochemiluminescence‐Based Droplet‐Free Digital Immunoassay with Tyramide Signal Amplification by Hiroya Abe, Shuri Nakamura, Kentaro Ito, Kosuke Ino, Zhengyi Liu, Shinichi Sato, Kumi Y. Inoue, Hitoshi Shiku

“…Moreover, the system exhibits high specificity, showing no response to other biomolecules and maintaining precise detection even in complex biological samples such as human serum. This study highlights the potential of the droplet‐free digital ELISA system for clinical diagnostics and the detection of low‐abundance biomarkers.…”
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Sol–Gel Thin Films for the Protection of Ancient Glass Artifacts: A Performance Comparison Between Inorganic and Hybrid Silica Compositions by Stefano Centenaro, Elti Cattaruzza, Antonella Glisenti, Leonardo Puppulin, Giulia Franceschin, Arianna Traviglia

“…Results demonstrate that hybrid coatings functionalized with methyl and octyl groups provide superior barriers against the diffusion of alkaline and alkaline‐earth elements, outperforming purely inorganic coatings. …”
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Long-term oxidation resistance of a Ti65 alloy with Cr2AlC coating by magnetron sputtering by Ke Ma, Yang Li, Jingjing Li, Jinming Wang, Jingjun Xu, Jun Zuo, Meishuan Li

“…Besides, at the coating/substrate interface, Al diffused from Cr2AlC coating into the substrate to form an Al-rich layer in substrate adjacent to the coating/substrate interface. …”
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Investigation of methicillin, beta lactam, carbapenem, and multidrug resistant bacteria from blood cultures of septicemia suspected patients in Northwest Ethiopia by Abebe Birhanu, Getachew Gebre, Eden Getaneh, Hana Yohannes, Netsanet Baye, Gizeaddis Belay Mersha, Mitkie Tigabie, Mulat Dagnew, Getachew Ferede, Teshiwal Deress, Wondwossen Abebe

“…The samples were incubated at 35–37 °C for up to 7 days to detect bacterial growth. …”
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Frequency of strains with multiple antibiotic resistance in the structure of opportunitistic pathogens by N. M. Voropaeva, U. M. Nemchenko, K. O. Sitnikova, E. D. Savilov, N. N. Chemezova, E. V. Grigorova, A. V. Sorokina, R. E. Zugeeva, N. L. Belkova

“…The study included data from 3173 bacteriological samples of various loci of the human body for 2010 and 2020–2021. …”
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Design of explosively welded Fe–Al multilayer laminated composite pipes: A critical microscopy analysis of stand-off distance and post-weld heat treatment effects on interface prop... by Mohammad Reza Jandaghi, Hesam Pouraliakbar, Johan Moverare, Vahid Fallah, Gholamreza Khalaj

“…Analysis of the SS321/AA1050 interface revealed that an increase in the PWHT temperature results in diffusion toward the reaction layer, transforming the unevenly Al-rich and Fe-rich phases into a uniform Al85(Fe,Cr,Ni)15 solid solution. …”
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The Tectonic Control on Shale Oil Migration and Accumulation of the Lower Jurassic Daanzhai Member of the Ziliujing Formation, Sichuan Basin, China by Zhuopei Li, Haihua Zhu, Minglei Wang, Benjian Zhang, Yadong Zhou, Haitao Hong, Yucong Li, Xingzhi Wang

“…In order to understand the tectonic control on shale oil migration and accumulation, samples of the Daanzhai Member of the Lower Jurassic Ziliujing Formation from the well core in a tectonically stable area and upright anticline outcrop were selected for total organic carbon (TOC) content analysis, rock pyrolysis, fluorescence scanning, and scanning electron microscopy. …”
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