Evolution of Cerebral Atrophy in a Patient with Super Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated with Barbiturate Coma by Christopher R. Newey, Pravin George, Premkumar Nattanmai, Christine Ahrens, Stephen Hantus, Aarti Sarwal

“…Radiological sequelae of status epilepticus include diffusion weighted abnormalities and T2/FLAIR cortical hyperintensities corresponding to the epileptogenic cortex. …”
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Experimental Investigation of MgAl-NO2 and MgAl-CO3 LDHs on Durability of Mortar and Concrete by Zhanguo Li, Huan Du, Zigeng Wang, Caiyun Jin, Yue Li

“…In addition, the effects of LDHs on pore structure, chloride resistance, carbonation resistance, shrinkage, and creep of concrete were investigated by SEM, mercury injection test, XRD, chloride ion diffusion coefficient test, chloride salt corrosion depth test, carbonation depth test, shrinkage test, and creep test. …”
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Mathematical Modeling of Marine Oil Spills in the Luanjiakou District, near the Port of Yantai by Daming Li, Xingchen Tang, Yanqing Li, Xiao Wang, Hongqiang Zhang

“…The simulation considers three parts, which consist of (1) the spreading of an oil slick on its edge as well as the diffusion and drift under dynamic actions, (2) the evaporation and spreading thickness of an oil slick in its interior, and (3) the adsorption and emulsification near shorelines and islands. …”
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Clinical evidence based review and systematic scientific review in the identification of malignant transformation of inverted papilloma by Cai Long, Basel Jabarin, Alexandra Harvey, Jennifer Ham, Amin Javer, Arif Janjua, Andrew Thamboo

“…Results Based on clinical research studies, convoluted cerebriform pattern and apparent diffusion coefficient values on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can help differentiate benign IP from SCC and increased SUVmax on PET/CT is associated with higher probability of malignancy although not as specific. …”
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Design of a Novel W-Sinker RF LDMOS by Xiangming Xu, Han Yu, Jingfeng Huang, Chun Wang, Wei Ji, Zhengliang Zhou, Ying Cai, Yong Wang, Pingliang Li, Peng-Fei Wang, David Wei Zhang

“…Deep trench W-sinker (tungsten sinker) is employed in this technology to replace the traditional heavily doped diffusion sinker which can shrink chip size of the LDMOS transistor by more than 30% and improve power density. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Face Anonymization Methods on Computer Vision Tasks: A Trade-Off Between Privacy and Utility by Roland Stenger, Steffen Busse, Jonas Sander, Thomas Eisenbarth, Sebastian Fudickar

“…The study findings indicate a clear trade-off between increased privacy and decreased CV performance. Latent diffusion (called L-Diff in the following) shows the best results with minimal performance decrease on all CV tasks with a low recognition rate. …”
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Investigation of new exopolysaccharides produced by strains of donkey milk by Arevik Israyelyan, Tsovinar Balabekyan, Lara Aleksanyan, Inesa Sahakyan, Anna Gasparyan, Flora Тkhruni

“…The antibacterial activity of EPS was investigated by agar diffusion assay. Determination of the immunostimulating property was carried out using the ELISA method. …”
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Real-Time Smart Parking Systems Integration in Distributed ITS for Smart Cities by Muhammad Alam, Davide Moroni, Gabriele Pieri, Marco Tampucci, Miguel Gomes, José Fonseca, Joaquim Ferreira

“…This can be significantly reduced through the availability and diffusion of local information regarding vacant parking slots to drivers in a given area. …”
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The Preparation of C-S-H Powder Seeds and Their Effect on the Early Hydration Performance of Cement Paste by Chunlong Huang, Yiren Wang, Zhongyuan Wei, Yong Yu

“…When the dosage of nucleating agents reached 2%, the cement hydration process bypassed the phase boundary reaction control stage and transitioned directly from the crystallization nucleation and crystal growth control process to the diffusion-controlled phase. Although the influence of powder seeds on the enhancement of the early-stage strength of mortar was slightly lower than that of the suspension, the powder was beneficial to its storage and transportation. …”
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Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Catharanthus roseus Flower Extracts and the Determination of Their Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Photocatalytic Activity by Mathivathani Kandiah, Kavishadhi N. Chandrasekaran

“…The synthesized AgNPs showed significant antimicrobial activity against Gram-negative Escherichia coli compared to Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus assayed using the agar well diffusion method. Furthermore, the photocatalytic activity of the synthesized purple flower AgNPs at two different concentrations 5000 ppm and 333 ppm was analyzed by the removal of methyl orange dye from an aqueous solution under sunlight irradiation in the presence of NaBH4 catalyst. …”
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Evolution of Microstructure and Microsegregation of Ti-45Al-8Nb Alloy during Directional Solidification by Xiangjun Xu, Rui Hu, Junpin Lin, Jian Guo

“…There exists an obvious back diffusion process of Al during solidification and cooling after solidification. …”
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Antibacterial and Antifungal Activities of the Leaf Exudate of Aloe megalacantha Baker by Demoze Asmerom, Tesfay Haile Kalay, Gebrehiwot Gebremedhin Tafere

“…Hence, the present study was aimed to evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal effects of the leaf exudate of Aloe megalacantha. Agar well diffusion was employed to determine the antibacterial and antifungal effects. …”
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Antibiogram Pattern of Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli in Baghdad Province, Iraq by Nuha Abd Al.rheem Saad, Raghad Hassan Hussein, Nadia M.M. Al-Shakir

“…Following diagnosis, 10 different types of antibiotics were tested for their sensitivity on E. coli strains using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Results: Out of 264 urine samples, 175 (66%) contained Gram-negative bacteria, E. coli was the most common uropathogenic isolate (38%), followed by K. pneumoniae (16%) and Streptococcus epidermidis (12%). …”
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Intravenous thrombolysis prevents neurological deterioration in patients with acute pontine infarction by Zhenxiao Chai, Weili Chen, Yichan Ye, Mengwan Song, Lingling Lin, Dongdong Lin, Xuerong Huang, Lifen Chi, Ruyue Huang

“…We determined whether intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with tissue plasminogen activator soon after pontine infarction prevents ND.MethodsWe retrospectively enrolled consecutive patients admitted to our hospital within 4.5 h after the onset of isolated pontine infarction identified using diffusion-weighted imaging. Patients were divided into the IVT and non-IVT groups. …”
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Analysis of Rainfall Erosion and Protective Measures for the Aeolian Sand Subgrade Slope of the Wuma Expressway by Wenhua Yin, Fang Wang, Weizheng Liu, Yongxiang Wu, Xu Wang

“…The research found the stability of the subgrade slope given potential for rainfall erosion due to concentrated-rainfall periods in an aeolian sand region is promoted through measures including slope drainage on the highway combined with side ditch drainage, strengthening of the box culvert under embankment ditches, and local protection by laying geogrid in the embankment to produce a significant lateral diffusion effect.…”
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Sustained release biodegradable solid lipid microparticles: Formulation, evaluation and statistical optimization by response surface methodology by Hanif Muhammad, Khan Hafeez Ullah, Afzal Samina, Mahmood Asif, Maheen Safirah, Afzal Khurram, Iqbal Nabila, Andleeb Mehwish, Abbas Nazar

“…The release mechanism followed Higuchi and zero order models, while n > 0.85 value (Korsmeyer- Peppas) suggested slow erosion along with diffusion. The optimized SLMs have the potential to improve nebivolol oral bioavailability.…”
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Effects of applying a graphene/polyurethane composite thermally conductive film on capacitor heat dissipation performance by Qinghua Miao, Ruihan Guo, Pengfei Liu, Jie Li

“…The thermal conductivity of the composite films was measured using a heat conduction analyzer, and the thermal diffusion coefficient was calculated. The steady-state thermal analysis showed that the capacitor with the composite film exhibited better thermal performance under the same conditions and significantly reduced the center temperature compared with those observed with other configurations. …”
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Contribution of Medical Wards Contamination to Wound Infection among Patients Attending Ruhengeri Referral Hospital by Emmanuel Munyeshyaka, Parfait Cyuzuzo, Callixte Yadufashije, John Karemera

“…Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 was used for data analysis. …”
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The Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Bacterial Strains Isolated from Patients with Hospital-Acquired Bloodstream and Urinary Tract Infections by Hamed Ghadiri, Hamid Vaez, Samira Khosravi, Ebrahim Soleymani

“…Antibiotic sensitivity was ascertained using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion technique according to CLSI guidelines. Patient's data such as gender and age were recorded. …”
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Olfactory Loss and Brain Connectivity after COVID-19: Structural Follow-Up at One Year by Fabrizio Esposito, Mario Cirillo, Rosa De Micco, Giuseppina Caiazzo, Mattia Siciliano, Andrea G. Russo, Caterina Monari, Nicola Coppola, Gioacchino Tedeschi, Alessandro Tessitore

“…To complement this finding, here we report the outcome of an identical high angular resolution diffusion MRI analysis on follow-up data sets collected in 18/27 COV+ subjects (10 males, mean age±SD: 38.7±8.1 years) and 10/18 COV- subjects (5 males, mean age±SD: 33.1±3.6 years) from the previous samples who repeated both the olfactory functional assessment and the MRI examination after ~1 year. …”
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