Biofilm Compositions and Bacterial Diversity on Kitchen Towels in Daily Use by Yao Zhang, Kexin Li, Yibo Ru, Yue Ma

“…Thus, we investigated the color changes, structural integrity, and biofilm development on towels used continuously for 10 weeks by 12 volunteers in specific kitchen environments. Apparent biofilms composed of bacteria and extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) were found on all used towels. …”
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Development of Embedded Boot Software for a Satellite Instrument Control Unit: Lessons Learned by Jesús Fernández-Conde, Jaime Gómez-Saez-de-Tejada, David Pérez-Lizán, Rafael Toledo-Moreo

“…A satellite spacecraft is generally composed of a central Control and Data Management Unit (CDMU) and several instruments, each one locally controlled by its Instrument Control Unit (ICU). …”
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Study on forming process and microstructure of FeCrAl-ODS alloy by selective laser melting by Shenghua Zhang, Fudong Li, Yu Wang, Zhonghua Li, Senming Zhang, Yen-Ling Kuo, Peikang Bai, Bin Liu

“…A higher laser coupling efficiency and melt pool temperature led to a lower proportion of subgrains composed of low-angle grain boundaries in the FeCrAl-ODS alloy. …”
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Biochemistry of Bacterial Biofilm: Insights into Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms and Therapeutic Intervention by Kashish Azeem, Sadaf Fatima, Asghar Ali, Ayesha Ubaid, Fohad Mabood Husain, Mohammad Abid

“…Biofilms, composed of structured communities of bacteria embedded in a self-produced extracellular matrix, pose a significant challenge due to their heightened resistance to antibiotics and immune responses. …”
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An Ultrasound Assessed Extraction Combined with Ion-Pair HPLC Method and Risk Assessment of Nitrite and Nitrate in Cured Meat by Babiker Yagoub Abdulkair, Amin O. Elzupir, Abdulaziz S. Alamer

“…The best separation was achieved on a phenyl-hexyl column (150 mm × 4.6 mm, 3 µm) with a mobile phase composed of 25% acetonitrile and 75% buffer (2 mM disodium hydrogen phosphate and 3 mM tetrabutylammonium bromide, pH = 4). …”
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Bacterial Composition, Community Structure, and Diversity in Apis nigrocincta Gut by Christian Apolinaris Lombogia, Max Tulung, Jimmy Posangi, Trina Ekawati Tallei

“…Many of these bacteria belong to the group of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), which was claimed to be composed of beneficial bacteria involved in maintaining a healthy host. …”
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Heuristic UTD Solution for Antennas Near a Complex Platform by Awika Pimpatang, Titipong Lertwiriyaprapa, Chuwong Phongcharoenpanich

“…Unlike the previous works that consider primarily plane wave scattering, the developed solution can also treat radiation/scattering problems of antennas near finite material-coated metallic surfaces which are composed of edges and corners. The developed solution, which is formulated by using a heuristic approach, recovers the proper local plane wave Fresnel reflection coefficient. …”
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Robotic Ultrasonic Measurement of Residual Stress in Complex Curved Surface Components by Qinxue Pan, Chang Shao, Dingguo Xiao, Ruipeng Pan, Xiaohao Liu, Wei Song

“…The system is mainly composed of a motion control system, an ultrasonic detection system, and a data processing system. …”
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Denaturation Kinetics of Whey Protein Isolate Solutions and Fouling Mass Distribution in a Plate Heat Exchanger by Marwa Khaldi, Gilles Ronse, Christophe André, Pascal Blanpain-Avet, Laurent Bouvier, Thierry Six, Saloua Bornaz, Thomas Croguennec, Romain Jeantet, Guillaume Delaplace

“…Experimental investigations have been carried out to observe the relationship between the deposit mass distribution generated in plate heat exchangers (PHE) by a whey protein isolate (WPI) mainly composed of β-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) and the ratio between the unfolding and aggregation rate constants. …”
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A new species of Acanthosaura Gray, 1831 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from the Truong Son Mountain Range, Vietnam by Hai Ngoc Ngo, Linh Tu Hoang Le, Tao Thien Nguyen, Tuan Minh Nguyen, Ngan Thi Nguyen, Tien Quang Phan, Truong Quang Nguyen, Thomas Ziegler, Dang Trong Do

“…Acanthosaura cuongi sp. nov. differs from its congeners by a combination of the following diagnostic characteristics: size moderate (snout-vent length: 79.4–104.61 mm); the absence of a diastema between the short nuchal and dorsal crest spines; vertebral crests composed of two rows of enlarged, keeled, pointed scales, arranged in a zipper line; various body coloration with light-green, orange-yellow, and light or purple-gray; black eye patch extending posteriorly to the anterior edge of tympanum. …”
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An Efficient Cluster Authentication Scheme Based on VANET Environment in M2M Application by You-Boo Jeon, Keun-Ho Lee, Doo-Soon Park, Chang-Sung Jeong

“…In this paper, we proposed cluster authentication scheme that mutually authenticates between vehicles by composing vehicle movement as cluster configuration architecture. …”
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Algorithm for Calculating Statically Indeterminate Trusses Using the Force Method by Vladimir V. Lalin, Timur R. Ibragimov

“…The compatibility matrix of the system is composed of rows of compatibility equations for independent statically indeterminate truss loops. …”
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Are you understanding what I am saying? The critical importance of communication competency in epidemiology by Alison G. Abraham, Alison G. Abraham, WayWay M. Hlaing

“…Most epidemiology programs in academia do not focus on the skills needed to translate scientific evidence and its uncertainty into a comprehensible and culturally appropriate message to the diverse public composed of varying race/ethnicities as well as varying health and numerical literacy levels. …”
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Emerging roles of extracellular vesicles in oral and maxillofacial areas by Qianting Wang, Jiayu Sun, Haci Jiang, Mengfei Yu

“…Abstract The oral and maxillofacial region is a highly complex area composed of multiple tissue types and bears various critical functions of the human body. …”
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Tight junction proteins in glial tumors development and progression by Jakub Moskal, Slawomir Michalak, Slawomir Michalak

“…Tight junctions are composed of a group of integral membrane proteins, which include the claudin family, tight junction-associated Marvel protein family, junctional adhesion molecule family, and proteins that anchor the cytoskeleton, such as zonula occludens proteins and the cingulin family. …”
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Effects of V on the dual-phase heterostructure FeCrNiVx medium-entropy alloys by Peng Sang, Ningning Liang, Lei Gu, Liangyu Chen, Yuan Lei, Zan Zhang, Yongsheng Li

“…The strength-ductility change is attributed to the collaboration of second-phase and hetero-deformation strengthening, the dual-phase heterostructure composed of soft FCC matrix and hard BCC phase supplies the phase boundary strength, by obstructing the dislocation slip, increasing the dislocation density and promoting the strain hardening. …”
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Dominant Height Model for Site Classification of Eucalyptus grandis Incorporating Climatic Variables by José Roberto Soares Scolforo, Romualdo Maestri, Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho, José Márcio de Mello, Antônio Donizette de Oliveira, Adriana Leandra de Assis

“…Of the four environmental variables most responsible for database variation, the two with the highest correlation to the mean annual increment in dominant height (mean monthly precipitation and temperature) were selected to compose the asymptote modifier. Model validation showed a gain in precision of 33% (reduction of the standard error of estimate) when climatic variables were inserted in the model. …”
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Structural characterization of oligosaccharide from Spirulina platensis and its effect on the faecal microbiota in vitro by Bingna Cai, Xiangxi Yi, Qian Han, Jianyu Pan, Hua Chen, Huili Sun, Peng Wan

“…The molecular weight of the tetrasaccharide SPO-1 was 650.2 Da, and it was mainly composed of glucose with α-type glycosidic linkages. …”
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Study on hot deformation behavior of 9Cr18Mo stainles bearing steel by ZHANG Yu, WANG Jianguo, LIU Dong, LIANG Zhirui, ZHAO Jiahang

“…In combination with the calculation results of the JMAPTPRO software, it was determined that the coarse banded carbides were not dissolved in the matrix at high temperature were composed of M7C3 carbide and M23C6 carbide.…”
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Synthetic transmembrane DNA receptors enable engineered sensing and actuation by Ze-Rui Zhou, Man-Sha Wu, Zhenglin Yang, Yuting Wu, Weijie Guo, Da-Wei Li, Ruo-Can Qian, Yi Lu

“…The synthetic DNA receptors are composed of three parts, including an extracellular signal reception part, a lipophilic transmembrane anchoring part, and an intracellular signal output part. …”
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