Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Mycoplasma hyosynoviae strains isolated from five European countries between 2018 and 2023 by Ulrich Klein, Dorottya Földi, Eszter Zsófia Nagy, Lilla Tóth, Nikolett Belecz, Karola Költő, Enikő Wehmann, Szilvia Marton, Marianna Merenda, Michele Gastaldelli, Salvatore Catania, Joachim Spergser, Ute Siesenop, Philip Vyt, Krisztián Bányai, Zsuzsa Kreizinger, Wouter Depondt, Miklós Gyuranecz

“…In the absence of a commercial vaccine improvement of housing conditions and antibiotic therapy are the only options to alleviate the clinical signs. …”
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Piloting an external quality assurance program (QAP) for COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs): findings and lessons learned from Cambodia by Vonthanak Saphonn, John Kaldor, Deborah Williamson, Sothavireak Bory, Philip Cunningham, Jessica Markby, Kennarey Seang, Jacqueline Prestedge, Chan Leakhena Phoeung, Marilyn Ninan, Kanika Heng, Andrew Valley

“…In Cambodia, several commercial Ag-RDTs have become available since the COVID-19 outbreak, but quality control (QC) and external quality assurance (EQA) of these rapid tests have yet to be fully and systematically implemented. …”
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Invited perspectives: Integrating hydrologic information into the next generation of landslide early warning systems by B. B. Mirus, B. B. Mirus, T. Bogaard, R. Greco, M. Stähli

“…More recently, broader access to commercial sensors and telemetry for real-time data transmission has invigorated new research into hydrometeorological thresholds for LEWSs. …”
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Comparison of Two Wavefront Autorefractors: Binocular Open-Field versus Monocular Closed-Field by Gonzalo Carracedo, Carlos Carpena-Torres, Laura Batres, Maria Serramito, Anahí Gonzalez-Bergaz

“…To evaluate the agreement and repeatability between a new commercially available binocular open-field wavefront autorefractor, as part of the Eye Refract system, and a monocular closed-field wavefront autorefractor (VX110). …”
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Impact of Peracetic Acid on the Dynamic Cyclic Fatigue of Heat-Treated Nickel-Titanium Rotary Endodontic Instrument by Suhad Jabbar Hamed Al-Nasrawi, Zuha Ayad Jaber, Nibrass Talib Al-Quraine, Abtesam Imhemed Aljdaimi, Sattar Jabbar Abdul-Zahra Al-Hmedat, Saleh Zidan, Julfikar Haider

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of PAA on the cyclic fatigue resistance of three commercial heat-treated nickel-titanium (NiTi) rotary files. …”
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Non-Linear Biomechanical Evaluation and Comparison in the Assessment of Three Different Piece Dental Implant Systems for the Molar Region: A Finite Element Study by Jesus Alejandro Serrato-Pedrosa, Ignacio Villanueva-Fierro, Rodrigo Arturo Marquet-Rivera, Rosa Alicia Hernández-Vázquez, Salvador Cruz-Lopez, Verónica Loera-Castañeda

“…Thus, three different commercially available dental implants designed to be placed in the jaw molar region were considered for evaluation through the finite element method under both oblique and occlusal loading conditions. …”
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Characterization and optimization of cerium oxide nanoparticle-doped cellulose acetate films using the Box-Behnken Design by Lívia Viana Aguiar de Oliveira, Noemi Raquel Checca Huaman, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Ulisses Oliveira Costa, Letícia Vitorazi

“…Optimized films exhibited superior mechanical properties, achieving 45.39 MPa tensile strength, 2.090 GPa modulus, and 24.38% strain at break, surpassing commercial CA materials. SEM, EDS, and AFM confirmed a well-dispersed CeO₂ phase, reducing surface roughness from 22.3 nm to 8.4 nm. …”
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A successful case study of using HCl and viscoelastic diverting acid systems for carbonate matrix acidizing in an oil well with optimized predictive model by Javad Mahdavi Kalatehno, Ehsan Khamehchi, Mostafa Keihanikamal, Fatemeh Yousefmarzi, Matin Dargi, Peyman Daneshfar

“…However, the absence of standardized formulations for VDA requires a careful evaluation of commercial additives to ensure their reliability and effectiveness in diverse reservoir conditions. …”
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Green nanoparticles synthesized from damask rose petals: Evaluation of their antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, anti-Alzheimer, and photocatalytic properties by Zeinab Alizadeh, Mohammad Fattahi, Alireza Farokhzad, Behvar Asghari, Soheil Yousefzadeh-Valendeh, Hadi Alipour, Javier Palazon

“…Furthermore, the antioxidant, photocatalytic, antimicrobial, and anti-diabetic properties of G-ZnO NPs were investigated and compared with two commercial ZnO NPs of different sizes (C-ZnO NPs1 (10–30 nm) and C-ZnO NPs2 (50–60 nm)). …”
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Pre-emergent herbicides during the off-season of irrigated rice to control weedy rice and reduce the soil seed bank by Tilio Adan Lucas, Simone Puntel, Rafaella Boemo Mario, Leonardo da Silva Bolson, Arícia Ritter Corrêa, Pedro Henrique Folharini, Murilo Vieira Loro, André da Rosa Ulguim

“…Field experiments were conducted in a randomized complete block design with four replications in a commercial rice production area in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 growing seasons in Dom Pedrito (RS). …”
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A novel placement method of a calibration‐free pH capsule for continuous wireless measurement of intragastric pH in horses by Evelyn Hodgson, Marthe Thirouin, Pranav Narayanan, Tallia‐Rume Romano, Jessica Wise, Stephanie Bond

“…Data were analyzed using commercially available software. Values are reported as median (interquartile range). …”
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Development of an Adaptable Qualification Test Set for Personnel Involved in Visual Inspection Procedures of Parenteral Drug Products Manufactured Under Good Manufacturing Practice... by Tessa van den Born-Bondt, Harmen P. S. Huizinga, Koen R. Kappert, Hans H. Westra, Jacoba van Zanten, Herman J. Woerdenbag, Jacoba M. Maurer, Bahez Gareb

“…The current practice is to either procure a standardized QTS from a commercial supplier or amass sufficient manufacturing rejects during visual inspection procedures to compile in-house QTSs. …”
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Oxidative Stability of the Meat of Broilers Fed Diets Supplemented with Various Levels of Blackcurrant Extract (Ribes nigrum L.) during Different Time Period by Kamil Sierżant, Małgorzata Korzeniowska, Barbara Król, Janusz Orda, Aneta Wojdyło

“…In the 20 d experiment, the influence of different concentration and supplementation period of commercial blackcurrant extract (BC) in the broiler diets on the oxidative stability of breast and thigh meat, as well as selected performance indices, was investigated. …”
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The yield of multi-rowed barley (var. pallidum) in the arid steppe zone by G. V. Kozubovskaya, V. I. Balakshina

“…The nursery was set up according to the standard technique, and 120 multi-rowed spring barley accessions representing the pallidum variety from 11 countries were selected for the research. The commercialized two-rowed barley cultivar ‘Donetsky 8’ of the medicum variety was chosen as a reference. …”
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Design and assembly of plant-based COVID-19 candidate vaccines: reсent development and future prospects by E. A. Uvarova, P. A. Belavin, E. V. Deineko

“…With two plant expression systems – stable and transient – as examples, the development of work on the creation of recombinant subunit vaccines against COVID-19 in various laboratories and commercial companies is shown. The authors emphasize that plant expression systems have promise for the development of not only protective means under conditions of rapid response (subunit vaccines), but also therapeutic agents in the form of monoclonal antibodies against COVID-19 synthesized in plant cells.…”
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Sex differences in anaerobic performance in CrossFit® athletes: a comparison of three different all-out tests by Tomás Ponce-García, Jerónimo García-Romero, Laura Carrasco-Fernández, Alejandro Castillo-Domínguez, Javier Benítez-Porres

“…One high-intensity sport that has experienced exponential growth and attracts increasing numbers of participants yearly is commercially known as CrossFit® (CF). Therefore, the primary purpose of this study was to determine the anaerobic performance differences between sexes in CF athletes in terms of absolute and relative values. …”
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Effect of Preservation Methods on Physicochemical Quality, Phenolic Content, and Antioxidant Activity of Stevia Leaves by Nadia Hidar, Abdelhamid Noufid, Ayoub Mourjan, El Mustapha El Adnany, Safa Mghazli, Mohammed Mouhib, Abderrahim Jaouad, Mostafa Mahrouz

“…The results obtained indicated that freeze-drying and gamma irradiation treatments caused significant reduction (p ≤ 0.05) of moisture and fat contents in comparison with those of commercial leaves, while ash content was not significantly affected. …”
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Changes in scanning orientation effects of Gafchromic EBT-3 film irradiated with ultra-high dose rate proton beams by Hiroshi Yasuda, Hassna Bantan, Masumi Umezawa, Masashi Yamada, Katsunori Yogo, Toshiyuki Toshito

“…Abstract While the FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH RT) using ultra-high-dose-rate (UHDR) proton beams has the potential to achieve more effective cancer treatment, reliable and practical dosimetry of UHDR beams remains challenging. Although the commercial radiochromic films, named “Gafchromic film,” can be promising tools for the measurements of UHDR beam profiles, these films have some unfavorable features such as scanning orientation effects and lateral response artifacts. …”
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Banxia Xiexin Decoction Ameliorates t-BHP-Induced Apoptosis in Pancreatic Beta Cells by Activating the PI3K/AKT/FOXO1 Signaling Pathway by Li-juan Du, Bing Pang, Yu-meng Tan, Ya-nan Yang, Mei-zhen Zhang, Qing Pang, Min Sun, Qing Ni

“…Malondialdehyde and glutathione peroxidase content and superoxide dismutase activity were measured using commercial kits. The expression of PI3K/AKT/FOXO1 signaling pathway-related signal molecules, and that of apoptotic indicators Bax, P27, and Caspase-3, was quantified using western blotting. …”
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A simple and highly efficient protocol for 13C-labeling of plant cell wall for structural and quantitative analyses via solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance by Tasleem Javaid, Akshayaa Venkataraghavan, Matrika Bhattarai, Debkumar Debnath, Wancheng Zhao, Tuo Wang, Ahmed Faik

“…Results In this study, a simplified protocol for 13C-labeling of plant materials is introduced that allows ca 60% labeling of the cell walls, as quantified by comparison with commercially labeled samples. This level of 13C-enrichment is sufficient for all conventional 2D and 3D correlation ssNMR experiments for detailed analysis of plant cell wall structure. …”
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