Antimicrobial activity of Chitosan-silver nanoparticles made from jewelry industry silver waste by Perdana Muhammad Iqbal, Kusuma Ikhwan Yuda, Dwandaru Wipsar Sunu Brams, Yulianti Evy, Tóth Barbara, Csupor Dezső, Takó Miklós, Vágvölgyi Csaba

“…Agar disk diffusion showed inhibitory effects for CS-AgNPs on the growth of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida albicans that depended on the concentration of AgNO3 solution used for preparation. In these tests, S. aureus was more susceptible to the treatment than E. coli and C. albicans. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Pyrene Mineralizing Mycobacterium spp. from Contaminated and Uncontaminated Sources by Christopher W. M. Lease, Richard H. Bentham, Sharyn E. Gaskin, Albert L. Juhasz

“…PAH enrichment studies were prepared using pyrene and inocula obtained from manufacturing gas plant (MGP) soil, uncontaminated agricultural soil, and faeces from Macropus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo). …”
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Physical Characteristics of Amorphous and Crystalline Coconut Sugar Powder with the Addition of Tricalcium Phosphate (TCP) as an Anticaking Agent by Bambang Nurhadi, Nandi Sukri, Rudy Adi Saputra, Fatonah Isnaini Wandhani, Afifah Indah Nurlita

“…The two types of coconut sugar were prepared by the conventional method, which gave it a predominantly crystalline structure, and the vacuum drying method, which gave it a mainly amorphous structure. …”
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Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of Hydrazides of Malonic Acid with Different Substitutes by T.V. Ghochikyan, A.I. Martiryan, G.A. Shahinyan, M.A. Samvelyan, A.S. Galstyan, H․R. Sargsyan, H․H. Ghazoyan

“…We studied physicochemical properties including antioxidant activity of the prepared compounds. The UV-Vis absorption spectroscopic studies reveal the effect of substituents on both absorption wavelength and molar absorption coefficient. …”
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Thermo-Mechanical and Wear Properties of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Epoxy Composites for Structural Applications by Mayank Bharadvaj, Jitendra Yadav, Brijesh Gangil

“…Grewia Optiva fiber-based polymer composites were prepared with the addition of Marble dust (MD) in varying percentages by hand-layup technique. …”
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Ultrasound Microbubble-Mediated microRNA-505 Regulates Cervical Cancer Cell Growth via AKT2 by Leilei Xu, Qin Zhang, Changhua Li, Fu Hua, Xiaoping Liu

“…We aimed to discuss the effects of USMB-miR-505 on cervical cancer (CC) development. miR-505 mediated by USMB was prepared. The effect of miR-505 on its transfection efficiency and the effect of miR-505 on HeLa cell proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, migration, and invasion were studied. …”
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Dilemmas in solving one type of exponential equations in mathematics teaching by Marković Olivera R., Zubac Marina A.

“…We analysed how solving these so-called powerexponential equations shown in textbooks and collections of math problems for the second grade of vocational schools and grammar schools, as well as in some collections of math problems intended for the preparation of the entrance exam at technical faculties in the Republic of Serbia. …”
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Determination of cefuroxime in human blood and urine using UHPLC-MS/MS and its application to stability study of cefuroxime over 278 days by Karolina Nowak, Marcin Zawadzki, Paweł Szpot

“…In cases of prolonged material storage, the concentrations should be cautiously interpreted in the prepared expertise. …”
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Antibacterial Effects of Erbium Chromium Laser along with/without Silver Nanoparticles in Root Canals Infected by Enterococcus faecalis by Seyedeh Sareh Hendi, Negin Amiri, Banafsheh Poormoradi, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Saeid Afshar, Maryam Farhadian

“…In the present study, 90 extracted human single-rooted teeth were selected and standardized to a length of 15 mm. The canals were prepared by V-taper Gold rotary files and then incubated with E. faecalis for 21 days. …”
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Application of LDH/Halloysite Nanocomposite as Solid-Phase Microextraction Fiber Adsorbent for Determination of Phenolic and Chlorophenols Compounds by Marzieh Piryaei, Mir Mahdi Abolghasemi, Sona Hassani

“…The size, morphology, composition, and properties of the prepared nanocomposite were also characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform- infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). …”
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Protective Effects of Aqueous Extract of Solanum nigrum Linn. Leaves in Rat Models of Oral Mucositis by Alkesh Patel, Subhankar Biswas, Muhammed Haneefa Shoja, Grandhi Venkata Ramalingayya, K. Nandakumar

“…Aqueous extract of Solanum nigrum leaves (AESN) was prepared and subjected to various phytochemical screening. …”
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Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Tannin-Rich Extract and Coating onto Cotton Textiles for Catalytic Degradation of Congo Red by Penwisa Pisitsak, Kwandee Chamchoy, Varanrada Chinprateep, Wiphawan Khobthong, Pisutsaran Chitichotpanya, Sarute Ummartyotin

“…Transmission electron microscopy showed the as-prepared AuNPs to be predominantly spherical, with an average diameter of 17 nm. …”
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Multi-direction health monitoring with carbon nanotube film strain sensor by Tao Xu, Qingdong Qiu, Shaowei Lu, Keming Ma, Xiaoqiang Wang

“…Using the molding machine, the circular carbon nanotube film senor and the rectangular carbon nanotube film sensor are surface bonded with composite laminates, respectively, to compare the multi-direction strain monitoring characteristics. With the prepared laminates, the stretching tests are committed at 0°, 30°, 60°, and 90° using the universal tensile machine. …”
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Titanium Dioxide and Evaluation of Its Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity by Junjie Qian, Guanjun Cui, Mingjun Jing, Yan Wang, Min Zhang, Jianjun Yang

“…It was found that nanotube ammonium titanate (NAT) was produced as an intermediate during the preparation of N-doped TiO2 from NTA, as evidenced by the N1s X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic peak of NH4 + at 401.7 eV. …”
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Sulfated Alkyl Glucopyranans with Potent Antiviral Activity Synthesized by Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Anhydroglucose and Alkyl Anhydroglucose Monomers by Shiming Bai, Davaanyam Budragchaa, Shuqin Han, Taisei Kanamoto, Hideki Nakashima, Takashi Yoshida

“…Sulfated glucopyranans having long alkyl groups were prepared by the ring-opening copolymerization of benzylated 1,6-anhydroglucopyranose with 3-O-octadecyl 1,6-anhydro-β-d-glucopyranose monomers, and subsequent deprotection and sulfation. …”
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Design Optimization of HANARO Irradiation Capsule for Long-Term Irradiation Testing by Kee Nam Choo, Man Soon Cho, Seong Woo Yang, Byung Hyuk Jun, Myong Seop Kim

“…As HANARO has been recently required to support new R&D relevant to future nuclear systems requiring much higher neutron fluence, two types of bottom rod tip of the capsule were preliminarily prepared. The first one is a conventional design made of STS304 and welded using a tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding method. …”
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Chicken collagen hydrolysates differentially mediate anti-inflammatory activity and type I collagen synthesis on human dermal fibroblasts by Marina Offengenden, Subhadeep Chakrabarti, Jianping Wu

“…However, all hydrolysates are not equally effective in exerting the beneficial effects; hence, further research is needed to determine the factors that improve the therapeutic applicability of such preparations. We used different enzymatic conditions to generate a number of different collagen hydrolysates with distinct peptide profiles. …”
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Phoenix dactylifera L. (date palm) fruit extracts and fractions exhibit anti-proliferative activity against human pancreatic cancer cell lines by Reem A. Al Alawi, Jörg D. Hoheisel, Mohamed Saiel Saeed Alhamdani, Younis Baqi

“…In this study, extracted and fractions obtained from date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruit using ethyl acetate and n-butanol as solvents. The prepared date fruit extracts and fractions were pharmacologically evaluated on three pancreatic cancer cell lines: PT45P1, PANC-1, and SUIT-2. …”
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Vascularization of Nanohydroxyapatite/Collagen/Poly(L-lactic acid) Composites by Implanting Intramuscularly In Vivo by Hai Wang, Xiao Chang, Guixing Qiu, Fuzhai Cui, Xisheng Weng, Baozhong Zhang, Xiaojie Lian, Zhihong Wu

“…In previous studies, a nanohydroxyapatite/collagen/poly(L-lactic acid) (nHAC/PLA) composite, similar to natural bone in both composition and structure, has been prepared. It could repair small sized bone defects, but they were restricted to repair a large defect due to the lack of oxygen and nutrition supply for cell survival without vascularization. …”
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An innovative aluminization process for solid oxide cell interconnects: From the design to the processing and testing by E. Zanchi, H. Javed, S.De La Pierre, M. Ferraris, G. Cempura, A. Benelli, A.R. Boccaccini, F. Smeacetto

“…The mechanical resistance of the alumina-coated steel joints, both in their initial state and after 1000-hour aging, was assessed via torsion tests, with a shear strength of 31.2 ± 2.0 MPa and 33.0 ± 1.0 MPa for as-prepared and aged samples, respectively, revealing a cohesive fracture mode and no interface degradation even after prolonged aging.…”
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