Gallibacterium anatis as an emerging pathogen in pet birds: biofilm formation contributes to treatment challenges and persistence by Katayoon Nofouzi, Setareh Shakeri, Shadi Nikkhah, Reza H. Hosseini, Monireh Khordadmehr, MohammadSadegh Madadi, Hossein Jabbari Khamnei, Naghmeh Moori Bakhtiari

“…Methods In this study, 191 fecal and tissue samples were collected from various companion birds. …”
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Carbapenem-resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii: prevalence, antibiotic resistance profile and carbapenemase genes in clinical and hospital environmental strains by Folasade Muibat Adeyemi, Esther Abiodun Akinlade, Nana Aishat Yusuf-Omoloye, Olaoniye Habeebat Ajigbewu, Alabi Peter Dare, Abideen Akinkunmi Wahab, Omotayo Opemipo Oyedara, Habeeb Salman Isiaka, Alimat Olamide Usamat

“…Methods A total of 150 clinical and hospital environmental samples were analysed using culture-dependent and molecular methods for the detection of Acinetobacter baumannii. …”
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The impact of heat treatment on microstructure, residual stress, and mechanical behavior of laser powder bed fusion additively manufactured Ti–6Al–2Sn–4Zr–2Mo alloy by Matin Vafaei, Reza Ghanavati, Abdollah Saboori, Luca Iuliano

“…This resulted in the activation of diffusion of elements such as molybdenum, causing a proportion of the α′ to decompose into the more ductile α+β structure. …”
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Prognostic and predictive imaging markers of hepatocellular carcinoma: a pictorial essay by Claudia Deyirmendjian, Banmeet Padda, Kathryn J. Fowler, Victoria Chernyak, Claude B. Sirlin, Hanyu Jiang, Kim-Nhien Vu, Joseph R. Dadour, Jessica Murphy-Lavallée, Jean-Sébastien Billiard, Damien Olivié, Bich N. Nguyen, An Tang

“…Imaging findings such as tumor size, multifocality, and low apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) have also been associated with microvascular invasion—an independent marker of poor prognosis. …”
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Streptococcus pyogenes in Neonates and Postpartum Women: First Report on Prevalence, Resistance, emm Typing, and Risk Factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by BASIT ABDUL, HUSSAIN MUBBASHIR, QASIM MUHAMMAD, KHAN TAJ ALI, NAVEED HASSAN, REH-MAN ABDUL, SHAH MIAN MUFARIH, FATIMA MADIHA, ALZAHRANI KHALID J., ALSHARIF KHALAF F.

“…A total of 384 clinical samples were collected from postpartum women (n = 192) and neonates (n = 192) in maternity wards. …”
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<i>Streptococcus agalactiae</i> Infection in Wild Trahira (<i>Hoplias malabaricus</i>) and Farmed Arapaima (<i>Arapaima gigas</i>) in Brazil: An Interspecies Transmission in Aquati... by Carlos Augusto Gomes Leal, Rafael Gariglio Clark Xavier, Guilherme Alves de Queiroz, Tarcísio Martins França Silva, Júnia Pacheco Teixeira, Flávia Figueira Aburjaile, Guilherme Campos Tavares

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility was evaluated using disc diffusion assays. In addition, whole-genome analysis also was performed. …”
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Drug resistance, serotypes, and phylogenetic groups among uropathogenic Escherichia coli including O25-ST131 in Mexico City by José Molina-López, Gerardo Aparicio-Ozores, Rosa María Ribas-Aparicio, Sandra Gavilanes-Parra, María Elena Chávez-Berrocal, Rigoberto Hernández-Castro, Hipólito Ángel Manjarrez-Hernández

“…Methodology: A total of 119 E. coli isolates were recovered from urine samples from outpatients with clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated UTIs from 2004 to 2007. …”
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Enhancement of the mechanical and biological properties of hydroxyapatite ceramics via a self-phase-nanoparticle additive approach by Phanrawee Sriprapha, Kamonpan Pengpat, Komsanti Chokethawai, Sujitra Tandorn, Burit Kongmali, Chamnan Randorn, Nopakarn Chandet, Waraporn Boontakam, Gobwute Rujijanagul

“…The observed improvements were linked to the nano-additive's significant promotion of surface diffusion during the sintering process. Bio-properties testing, including simulated body fluid (SBF), MTT assay, and protein adsorption tests demonstrated that the investigated HAp ceramic samples exhibited a desired bio-performance. …”
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Adsorption of cisplatin by the surface of the magnetic sensitive nanocomposite Fe₃O₄/Al₂O₃/С by P. P. Gorbyk, A. L. Petranovska, N. V. Kusyak, N. M. Korniichuk, A. P. Kusyak, O. I. Oranska, T. V. Kulyk, B. B. Palianytsia, O. A. Dudarko

“…The limiting factor of adsorption is the external diffusion mass transfer processes, which correlates with the calculated parameters of the pseudo-first-order model (r2 = 0.985). …”
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Spectrum of chemo-radiotherapy induced fungal infection in head and neck cancer patients at tertiary care centre of Eastern India by Vidyut Prakash, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Kumar Saurabh, Vikas Kumar, Roushan Kumari, Shailesh Kumar, Kamlesh Rajpal, Dinesh Kumar Sinha, Akhtar Parwez

“…Antifungal susceptibility was done by disc diffusion method. Results: Out of 188 patient specimens, 83 throat swabs and 7 urines were positive for Candida species. …”
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The Therapeutic Potential of West Indian Lemongrass (<i>Cymbopogon citratus</i>) Essential Oil-Based Ointment in the Treatment of Pitted Keratolysis by György Schneider, Bettina Schweitzer, Anita S. Steinbach, Ágnes S. Hodován, Marianna Horváth, Eszter Bakó, Anna Mayer, Szilárd Pál

“…This was also confirmed by the Franz diffusion cell drug release test; after 30 min, several active compounds could be detected in the HM samples, in contrast to the other bases. …”
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Multi-sequence MRI based radiomics nomogram for prediction expression of programmed death ligand 1 in thymic epithelial tumor by Jie Shen, Lantian Zhang, Shuke Li, Xiaofei Mu, Tongfu Yu, Wei Zhang, Yue Yu, Jing He, Wen Gao

“…Radiomics features were extracted from T1-weighted, T2-weighted fat suppression, and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) map images to establish a radiomics signature in the training cohort. …”
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Electrochemical Performance of Pre-Modified Birch Biochar Monolith Supercapacitors by Ferric Chloride and Ferric Citrate by Ziyue Song, Tianjie Feng, Donald W. Kirk, Charles Q. Jia

“…Contact angle measurements demonstrated the enhanced wettability of the biochar surfaces following pre-modification, with the C₆H₅FeO₇-modified samples exhibiting superior wettability compared to the other groups. …”
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Occurrence of community-acquired Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing and enterotoxin-producing methicillin-resistant staphylococci in companion dogs by Morenike O. ADEOLA, Faith I. AKINNIBOSUN, Odaro S. IMADE

“…Phenotypic tests, Kirby Bauer disc diffusion test and 16S rRNA gene analysis were used to identify presumptive colonies of staphylococci and MRS. …”
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Influence of ambient NO and NO₂ on the quantification of total peroxy nitrates (ΣPNs) and total alkyl nitrates (ΣANs) by thermal dissociation cavity ring-down spectrosco... by L. Wüst, P. Dewald, G. N. T. E. Türk, J. Lelieveld, J. N. Crowley

“…We also show that using a photochemical source of PAN to characterise the TD inlets can result in a much stronger apparent bias from NO to NO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> conversion than for a diffusion source of synthesised (“pure”) PAN at similar mixing ratios, especially if high acetone concentrations (and thus radical concentrations) are involved. …”
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Identification of Carbapenemase within Class 1 Integron Structure in Intrinsically Colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae by Negin Bolourchi1, Omid Azizi2, Mahdi Rohani1, Soha Seyyedi Abhari1, Armaghan Soltani Shirazi1, Farzad Badmasti1, 3

“…The resistance to imipenem and colistin was determined by disk diffusion and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assays. …”
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Combination of PI-RADS version 2.1 and amide proton transfer values for the detection of clinically significant prostate cancer by Li Zhang, Longchao Li, Xia Zhe, Min Tang, Xiaoyan Lei, Jing Zhang, Xianglong Duan

“…All patients underwent T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), amide proton transfer (APT), diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI. …”
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Drying kinetics and thermodynamic analysis; enhancing quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) quality profile via pre-treatments assisted germination and processing by Jabir Khan, Palwasha Gul, Qingyun Li, Kunlun Liu

“…Among evaluated models, page and logarithmic showed the best fit, presenting the highest, R2 ≥ 0.9991, X2 ≤ 0.0013, RMSE ≤ 0.0022, and RSS ≤ 0.0201. Moisture diffusion varied from 3.74 × 10−9 to 8.36 × 10−9, with R2 0.9272 to 0.9837, and energy activation from 18.25 to 28.41 kJ/mol with R2 0.9533–0.9896. …”
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Prevalence of ESBL resistance genes and fecal carriage of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with chronic kidney disease at the Laquintinie Hospital... by Ballue S.T. Dadjo, Armelle T. Mbaveng, Michael F. Kengne, Ornella D. Tsobeng, Giresse D.T. Fonjou, Victor Kuete

“…The study was conducted at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala from January 2022 to December 2023. Stool samples were used to isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Cetrimide agar. …”
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Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Wound and Pus Bacterial Pathogens at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Fizza Khalid, Christy Poulose, Dalal Farah Mousa Farah, Abid Mahmood, Azza Elsheikh, Osamah T. Khojah

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility was tested using the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method as well as by MIC determination through the Vitek2 compact. …”
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