The Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Raw Chicken Meat Samples by Omid Zarei, Leili Shokoohizadeh, Hadi Hossainpour, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani

“…The antibiotic resistance patterns of E. coli isolates were determined by the disk diffusion method. The genetic relatedness of the E. coli O157 isolates was analyzed by ERIC-PCR. …”
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La Ligne verte, frontière de l’Union européenne ? by Etienne Copeaux, Claire Mauss-Copeaux

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A Comparative Study of Three Resolving Parameters of Graphs by Hafiz Muhammad Ikhlaq, Hafiz Muhammad Afzal Siddiqui, Muhammad Imran

“…It is also useful in airplane scheduling and the study of diffusion mechanisms. The parameters computed in this article are very useful in pattern recognition and image processing. …”
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Functional and Structural Brain Plasticity Enhanced by Motor and Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis by Luca Prosperini, Maria Cristina Piattella, Costanza Giannì, Patrizia Pantano

“…In this systematic review, we summarize the existing evidences that motor and cognitive rehabilitation may enhance functional and structural brain plasticity in patients with MS, as assessed by means of the most advanced neuroimaging techniques, including diffusion tensor imaging and task-related and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). …”
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Anti-amoebic effects of selected herbal extracts against Acanthamoeba species isolated from different borehole water samples from Budiriro District in Harare, Zimbabwe by Kudzai Fambisai, Petros Muchesa, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“…The selected plant samples, Murumanyama (Xeroderris stuhlmannii) bark extract, Munhundurwa (Solanum incanum) fruit extract and Mufandichimuka (Myrothamnus flabellifolius) stem and leaf extracts were then investigated for their anti-amoebic effects against the isolated Acanthamoeba castellannii, using agar well diffusion method. Chlorhexidine gluconate antibiotic was used as a control. …”
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Photocatalytic decomposition of fatty stains by TiO2 thin films by Juan Peris Vicente, Thierry Gacoin, Philippe Barboux, Jean-Pierre Boilot, Mauricette Rondet, Léthicia Guéneau

“…The mechanism for stain decomposition is shown to be associated to a shrinkage of the solid film at the surface of the porous oxide film after a diffusion of the excited radicals from the oxide.…”
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Role of New Functional MRI Techniques in the Diagnosis, Staging, and Followup of Gynecological Cancer: Comparison with PET-CT by Elena Alvarez Moreno, Mar Jimenez de la Peña, Raquel Cano Alonso

“…This article reviews the techniques and clinical applications of new functional MRI (fMRI) including diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI), dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MRI, comparing with PET-CT. …”
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Study on the Dispersion of Radionuclides under Different Hydrological Conditions of Spent Fuel Shipping in Daya Bay by Liwei Chen, Weihua Chen, Jiazhen Lin, Chunhua Chen, Yalin Luo, Longlong Tao

“…In addition to limiting the diffusion range, the vortex effect can also cause the accumulation of radionuclides near the vortex, which helps to provide more practical information for nuclear emergency decision makers.…”
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Improvement in Carbonation Resistance of Portland Cement Mortar Incorporating γ-Dicalcium Silicate by Zhengxin Chen, Yunsu Lee, Hyeongkyu Cho, Hanseung Lee, Seungmin Lim

“…In this study, γ-dicalcium silicate (γ-C2S) was incorporated into ordinary Portland cement (OPC) to sequester CO2 to enhance the carbonation resistance of cement-based composite materials. γ-C2S can react with CO2 rapidly to form vaterite and high dense SiO2 gel which could block the pores off and then inhibit further diffusion of CO2 into the system. Cement mortar specimens containing 0%, 5%, 10%, 20%, and 40% γ-C2S as cement replacement were prepared. …”
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Study on the Durability of Concrete under an Underwater Coupling Environment by Chunhua You, Gen He

“…It is suggested that the water-cement ratio of 0.34 and the cementitious material of 480 kg/m3 be selected for the preparation of the pile foundation concrete; when the content of fly ash is 15%, the antisulfuric acid corrosion ability of the concrete cementitious system can be enhanced and the concrete with 40% mineral powder has strong antichloride ion corrosion ability; the results show that the chloride diffusion coefficient of concrete samples with seven mix proportions is less than 6∗10–12 m2/s, which can meet the durability design requirements and reduce the damage of concrete. …”
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Estimation of Aperture and Stiffness of Fractures under High Water Pressure Using Hydrological Data and Slurry Consolidating Body by Jianbo Li, Yanchun Xu

“…Under the grouting pressure of 15 MPa and the designed slurry diffusion radius of 30 m, the normal stiffness of the fracture filled with slurry consolidating body ranges from 0.5 to 14.4 GPa/m. …”
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Sulfurization- Desulfurization of Iron-Calcium Oxygen Carriers during Chemical Looping Combustion of Syngas by Yu-Lun Chen, Young Ku, Ya-Chun Chang

“…Reduction kinetics for chemical looping combustion of both H2 or CO in syngas with CaFe-378 were adequately described by the 2-dimension diffusion model. The activation energies of H2 and CO with CaFe-378 were determined to be 35.4 kJ mol−1 and 46.0 kJ mol−1, respectively. …”
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Tight junction proteins in glial tumors development and progression by Jakub Moskal, Slawomir Michalak, Slawomir Michalak

“…Tight junctions form a paracellular barrier in epithelial and endothelial cells, and they regulate the diffusion of fluids, molecules, and the penetration of cells across tissue compartments. …”
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Enhanced Fluid Mixing in Microchannels Using Levitated Magnetic Microrobots: A Numerical Study by Ali Anil Demircali, Abdurrahim Yilmaz, Huseyin Uvet

“…The numerical simulations, conducted using COMSOL^® (Finite Element Method, FEM) software, integrate Maxwell’s equations for magnetic field interaction with momentum and transport-diffusion equations to analyze fluid dynamics within the microchannel. …”
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Determining the enterotoxin genes and methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus isolated from goat milk and its products by Mustafa Bilgin, Mustafa Atasever

“…While the incidence of methicillin resistance was found to be 3% by the disc diffusion method, the incidence of the mecA gene was found to be 2% by PCR. …”
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Atypical Mal de Meleda in a Hispanic Patient by Mónica Guevara, Michelle Mafla, Camila Miño

“…MDM is characterized by bilateral diffusion of PPK plaques with delimited yellowish lesions that transgredien to the dorsum of the hands and feet. …”
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An Effective Chaos-Based Image Encryption Scheme Using Imitating Jigsaw Method by Zhen Li, Changgen Peng, Weijie Tan, Liangrong Li

“…The postprocessing further increases the diffusion characteristics. Moreover, the test experiment and security analyses are given; the results show that our proposed cryptosystem has both security and speed performance.…”
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Diabetes Patients with Foot Ulcers by Tamil Selvi Sivanmaliappan, Murugan Sevanan

“…Multidrug resistance for about 8 to 11 antibiotics was observed among the 55.5% of the isolates. Disk diffusion results show 100% resistance to ampicillin, cefoperazone, erythromycin, norfloxacin, and only cefotaxime, ciprofloxacin exhibited greater activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.…”
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Environment-assisted quantum transport of excitons in perovskite nanocrystal superlattices by Daria D. Blach, Victoria A. Lumsargis-Roth, Chern Chuang, Daniel E. Clark, Shibin Deng, Olivia F. Williams, Christina W. Li, Jianshu Cao, Libai Huang

“…As temperature increases, a peak in the long-time diffusion constant is observed at a temperature where static disorder and dephasing are balanced, which substantiates evidence for environment-assisted quantum transport. …”
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Preparation of Improved p-n Junction NiO/TiO2 Nanotubes for Solar-Energy-Driven Light Photocatalysis by Lan Ching Sim, Kai Wern Ng, Shaliza Ibrahim, Pichiah Saravanan

“…The samples were characterized for crystalline phase, morphology, topography, chemical composition, Raman shift, and UV-Vis diffusion reflection properties. The finding shows that the loading of NiO did not influence the morphology, structure, and crystalline phase of TNTs but it exhibited significant effect on crystallite size and optical absorption properties. …”
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