Photothermal inactivation of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus : anti‐biofilm mediated by a polypyrrole–carbon nanocomposite by Niloufar Behzadpour, Neda Akbari, Naghmeh Sattarahmady

“…In this study, antimicrobial effects of a polypyrrole–carbon nanocomposite (PPy‐C) upon laser irradiation in order to destroy the pathogenic gram‐positive bacterium, methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were assessed. …”
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Phage-Derived Endolysins Against Resistant Staphylococcus spp.: A Review of Features, Antibacterial Activities, and Recent Applications by Mina Golban, Javad Charostad, Hossein Kazemian, Hamid Heidari

“…They possess glycosidase, lytic transglycosylase, amidase, and endopeptidase activities, effectively destroying the peptidoglycan layer and resulting in bacterial lysis. …”
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Development of Thermoresponsive Composite Hydrogel Loaded with Indocyanine Green and Camptothecin for Photochemotherapy of Skin Cancer After Surgery by Yu-Hsiang Lee, Chieh-Lin Chung

“…Furthermore, ICHHPG may provide a remarkably enhanced cancericidal effect compared to the equal concentration of free ICG (≤10 μM) or CPT (≤1000 μM) alone, and more than 95% of cancer cells can be destroyed as the intra-gel doses of ICG/CPT were elevated to 10/800 μM. …”
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Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus α-Hemolysin Production Using Nanocurcumin Capped Au@ZnO Nanocomposite by Majid S. Jabir, Taha M. Rashid, Uday M. Nayef, Salim Albukhaty, Faizah A. AlMalki, Jawaher Albaqami, Amal A. AlYamani, Zainab J. Taqi, Ghassan M. Sulaiman

“…The results showed that the prepared nanoparticles (Cur-Au@ZnO) served as an antibacterial agent and can destroy the bacterial cells by losing the cell wall integrity and penetrating the cytoplasmic membrane. …”
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Perbandingan Jumlah Trombosit pada Pasien COVID-19 dengan Kadar Glukosa yang Berbeda by Imanta Alifia Octavira, Agrijanti Agrijanti, Lalu Srigede, Siti Zaetun

“…Thrombocytopenia in COVID-19 patients occurs through a variety of mechanisms, such as uncontrolled production of cytokines destroying bone marrow progenitor cells, direct inhibition of hematopoiesis viral infection of the bone marrow, increase in autoantibodies and immune complexes that cause platelet destruction, and lung injury that causes platelet aggregation and consumption of platelets so that platelets in the circulation are reduced. …”
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The effects of ozone pretreatment on the physicochemical, functional, bioactive, textural, and sensory properties of medicinal plants: A comprehensive review by Zahra Shafiee, Bahram Hosseinzadeh Samani

“…Background and aims: Ozone technology is utilized to inactivate enzymes, destroy microorganisms, and preserve and maintain food quality without chemicals as antimicrobial agents. …”
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Financial and economic consequences of the war for Ukraine by Olena Lytvyn

“…According to the World Bank’s RDNA3 methodology, damage is the direct costs of destroyed or damaged physical assets and infrastructure, valued in monetary terms. …”
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Study on Application Effect of Sand Consolidating Agent for the Slope of Highway Subgrade in Season Frozen Zone by Dongliang Zhang, Guangqing Yang, Xiaodi Niu, Lu Zhang, Zhijie Wang

“…In deep season frozen areas, the solidified layer is easy to be destroyed due to the influence of freeze-thaw cycles after the surface layer of the sandy slope is solidified by chemical methods. …”
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Knowledge Management in Road Accident Detection Based on Developed Deep Learning by Bvss Subbarao, Ramana K

“…A vehicle's sensors can be destroyed in various ways, including through minor accidents or fixed interactions. …”
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THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL WATCHING METHOD ON EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ON PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AT SDN MOJOREJO 2 SRAGEN by Erika Dewi Noorratri, Irma Mustika Sari

“…There are many consequences of eartquakes, on of which is that many buildings and destroyed or collapsed. School children can get involved in disaster preparedness at their schools because it is an effective, dynamic, and sustainable strategy that teaches kids to recognize the signs of disasters that happen around them from an early age. …”
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Scenario-Based Risk Assessment for Düzce Province by Zeynep Mıhçı, Hüseyin Bayraktar

“…However, following the earthquake event of 12 November 1999, 80% of the built environment in the Düzce area had been destroyed and after the removal of the ruins, it was transformed into a huge open space. …”
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Monitoring Volcanic Eruptions with Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing Methods: The Case Study of Cumbre Vieja Volcano (Spain) by Özer Akyürek

“…In this area, it was revealed in the analyzes that 2,749 buildings were destroyed or partially damaged. The length of the damaged transportation lines reached 80.1 km. …”
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Common insect pests in homes and cultural heritage sites by Bouthaina Hasnaoui, Fabien Fohrer, Philippe Parola, Jean-Michel Berenger

“…Cloth moth larvae are known to damage textiles, including carpets, furniture, clothes, and tapestries. Some wood-destroying species of cockroaches have the potential to harm historic buildings. …”
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Constituer des archives en sexologie francophone : un essai d’autoethnographie by Alain Giami

“…The survey revealed that the majority of French-speaking sexologists do not have any major concerns or archival culture; that a large proportion of them have already destroyed the few archives they have accumulated during their career when they retire. …”
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Trade in floodplain medieval settlements of the Lower Kama region in the XII–XIV centuries (based on the finds of metal mirrors) by Rudenko Konstantin A., Kazakov Evgeniy P.

“…All these finds are from the collapsed cultural layer, as these archaeological sites were destroyed by the Kuibyshev reservoir from the middle of the XX century and now they do not exist. …”
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War crimes and spirituality: to prosecute or to forgive and reconcile by Goran Šimić

“…Can and should the victims forgive their torturers, the ones who burned down their homes, killed their beloved ones, destroyed their lives and burdened them with memories that do not fade away? …”
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A Survey on the Understanding and Viewpoints of Renewable Energy among South African School Students by Daniel Raphael Ejike Ewim, Sogo Mayokun Abolarin, Temiloluwa Olatunji Scott, Chidebe Stanley Anyanwu

“…This is because conventional energy supply is limited, nearing its limits, and or destroying our environment. The complete transition to renewable energy is a major approach to achieving sustainable and clean energy distribution progress in this ever-changing and demanding world. …”
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Large-Area Saline-Alkali-Tolerant Rice Growth Environment Monitoring System Based on LoRa+UAV by Chunmei Mo, Zaimi Xie, Ji Wang

“…It effectively prevents the UAV from destroying the communication capability of the external network due to energy exhaustion during operation. …”
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STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT LUBRICATION STATES ON BENDING FATIGUE CHARACTERISTICS OF WIRE ROPE (MT) by WANG ShaoLei, WANG ZhanYing, LI Xin, LIANG JianMing, ZHU ChunHua

“…Under the same lubrication condition, the increase of tension force destroys the lubricating oil film between the wire rope and pulley groove on the one hand, on the other hand, under the action of compressive stress, the lubricating oil in the rope core is not easy to infiltrate into the side of the wire rope and pulley groove, which deteriorates the lubrication state.…”
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An experimental study on mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced concrete of energy piles by Songying Zhao, Lei Chen, Yan Fu

“…The heat transfer tubes are embedded in the concrete foundation piles, destroying the mechanical bearing capacity of the piles and damaging the safety of the buildings. …”
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