Drug Resistance among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Calabar, Nigeria by Akaninyene Otu, Victor Umoh, Abdulrazak Habib, Soter Ameh, Lovett Lawson, Victor Ansa

“…This study aimed to determine the pattern of drug susceptibility to first-line drugs among pulmonary TB patients in two hospitals in Calabar, Nigeria. …”
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Profile of Candida bloodstream infections among blood culture-positive patients at a tertiary care hospital by S. Shreya, K. Sandhya Bhat

“…Background: Candidemia is a cause of concern today, due to their high rates of association with morbidity and mortality. …”
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Green Dentistry: State of the Art and Possible Development Proposals by Stefano Speroni, Elisabetta Polizzi

“…<b>Objectives</b>: The objective of this narrative literature review was to highlight all dental procedures attributable to sectoral waste and to consider possible alternatives in line with the concept of sustainable development. …”
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Evaluating the merit of carbon credits: Is there a lack of effectiveness in transitioning from direct payments for ecosystem services to REDD+ community-based incentives? by Virginia Hernanz, Sonia Quiroga, Cristina Suárez, José Evelio Aguiño

“…However, around 20% of farmers below the poverty line lack knowledge of carbon credits, threatening REDD + effectiveness. …”
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Impacts of Different Driving Automation Levels on Highway Geometric Design from the Perspective of Trucks by Shuyi Wang, Bin Yu, Yang Ma, Jinzhou Liu, Wen Zhou

“…Finally, impacts of each level on computed values of those elements were evaluated. Results show that high or full driving automation could substantially lower the requirements of geometric design. …”
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A new framework for mitigating urban heat island effect from the perspective of network by Jieling Luo, Ling Zhu, Hui Fu

“…In this study, from the perspective of an ecological network, a combined cooling pattern of “point (source) −line (cooling corridor) −surface (cooling range and important area)” was proposed. …”
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Effect of a blood culture collection bundle on decreasing the contamination rate. by Miki Doi, Yoshio Takesue, Miyuki Makino, Yousuke Kihara, Akiko Tanikawa, Yasushi Murakami, Hitoshi Ogashiwa, Yukiko Nakano, Soichiro Nakama, Takashi Ueda, Kazuhiko Nakajima, Yasuhiro Nozaki

“…A high contamination rate was found in August and September during the control period. …”
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The Reduced-Order Model for Droplet Drift of Aerial Spraying under Random Lateral Wind by Wencheng Li, Wenyun Wang, Xiaomao Huang, Chenyang Li

“…The droplet drift during aerial spraying process of oilseed rape, which is induced by complex flow field including random lateral wind, is difficult to predict and suppress. In this study, the high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is employed to simulate the two-phase flow of droplets in the rotor flow field, and the influence of main operation parameters on spraying effect is investigated numerically. …”
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EFEKTIVITAS PELATIHAN DAN INTERNSHIP OTC BALI UNTUK KOMPETENSI TENAGA KERJA PARIWISATA by PEP. Redyanti, I Nyoman Sudiarta, IGPB. Sasrawan Mananda

“…The results showed that training and internship programs have a high level of effectiveness in improving workforce competence.…”
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Evaluation of Agronomic Management Practices on Farmers’ Fields under Rice-Wheat Cropping System in Northern India by Dinesh Kumar Singh, Purushottam Kumar, A. K. Bhardwaj

“…Agronomic management is the most important input for getting potential yield and high net returns in any crop or crop sequence. Most of the farmers used to grow old varieties of rice and wheat without any row arrangement. …”
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Investigating the Effects of Leader Credibility on Employee Communication Satisfaction by Effective Communication by Abbas Ghaedamini Harouni, Reza Ebrahimzadeh Dastjerdi, Morteza Torabi

“…Standard questionnaires were used to collect the required data in this study, and their validity and reliability were tested, which had high validity and reliability.Findings: The results of the analysis performed in the research showed that the credibility of the leader affects communication satisfaction through effective communication. …”
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Automatic Control System Design for Industrial Robots Based on Simulated Annealing and PID Algorithms by Yahong Zhu, Jian Jiao

“…As a new automatic production line operation equipment, the development of manipulators can greatly improve the automation production level of enterprises and improve labour efficiency. …”
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Multiresolution Models of DC Traction Power Supply Systems With Reversible Substations by Fulin Fan, Yafang Li, Smail Ziani, Brian G. Stewart

“…Furthermore, it can model the transient effects of pantograph-to-line arcing by inserting arc voltage profiles at the train’s input stage. …”
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Is Pulp Inflammation a Prerequisite for Pulp Healing and Regeneration? by Michel Goldberg, Akram Njeh, Emel Uzunoglu

“…Beneath a calciotraumatic line, a thin layer identified as reactionary dentin underlines the periphery of the pulp chamber. …”
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Isoferulic acid facilitates effective clearance of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae through targeting capsule. by Tingting Wang, Huaizhi Yang, Qiushuang Sheng, Ying Ding, Jian Zhang, Feng Chen, Jianfeng Wang, Lei Song, Xuming Deng

“…With the decline of the "last resort" antibiotic class and the decreasing efficacy of first-line antibiotics, innovative alternative therapeutics are urgently needed. …”
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A Novel Excavation and Construction Method for an Extra-Long Underwater Tunnel in Soft Soils by Jian Wu, Zhifang Zhou, Wenjun Xia, Haixiao Wang, Zhongqiang Fang

“…Therefore, an assembly line for the tunnel excavation was established to accelerate the construction speed. …”
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Laser Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Claudio Maurizio Pacella, Giampiero Francica, Giovanni Giuseppe Di Costanzo

“…Available clinical data suggest that LA is highly effective in terms of tumoricidal capability with an excellent safety profile; the best results in terms of long-term survival are obtained in early HCC so that LA can be proposed not only in unresectable cases but, not differently from radiofrequency ablation, also as the first-line treatment.…”
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Introduction to the January 2025 Issue by Peter H. Siegel

“…As we begin our fifth year of publication, we are moving into phase two of our mission to create a stand-alone, high-quality, open access journal that does not directly compete with our core publications within the Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S). …”
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Constructing Core Backbone Grid Based on the Index System of Power Grid Survivability and BBO Algorithm by Feifei Dong, Dichen Liu, Jun Wu, Fei Tang, Chunli Song, Haolei Wang, Lina Ke, Bingcheng Cen, Wentao Sun, Zhenshan Zhu

“…Based on survivability, a method of constructing core backbone grid with the optimal criteria of the minimal total line length and the largest integrated survivability index is put forward. …”
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ON THE INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF RUSSIA FOR 2018-2030 by D. V. Manturov

“…Achieving this aim in terms of export volume requires constant high growth rates of industrial production – at least 4.2% per year. …”
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