A qualitative exploration of the early adoption of an electronic medical record system for type 1 diabetes management in Rwanda by Nathalie Bille, Dirk Lund Christensen, Stine Byberg, Crispin Gishoma, Sarah Fredsted Villadsen, Michael Calopietro

“…Study design A qualitative study was conducted using the Diffusion of Innovation (DoI) theory to guide the focus of the analysis. …”
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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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AN AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF INNOVATION PRACTICES OF QUANTITY SURVEYING FIRMS IN GHANA by D. Owusu-Manu, A Torku, E Pärn, M.N Addy, D.J Edwards

“…The current level of innovation practices amongst the Ghanaian QS firms was interpreted using Rogers’ innovation diffusion theory. The results indicated that QS firms in Ghana are early adopters of process innovation, product/technological innovation and business system innovation. …”
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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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Role of crevice size induced microenvironment variation within the gap in initiating crevice corrosion of 201 stainless steel by Hao-Jing Ge, Yi-Han Bai, Hang Zhang, Hao-Ran Yuan, Ze-Jie Zhu, Pan Liu, Yun-Xiong Zeng, Jiang-Ying Wang

“…The crevice size affects the accumulation rate of erosive ions and the initiation time of pits corrosion within the crevice, through the volume and diffusion effect. The coupling effect of the decrease in pH value and the increase in concentration of chloride ions is the main driver for the negative shift of the open circuit potential (OCP) and corrosion potential of 201-SS.…”
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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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A Comparative Study on the Phytochemical Profile, Antimicrobial Activity and Antioxidant Capacity of Flowers and Leaves from Selected Medicinal Plants by Anisha Bhandari, Kanti Shrestha, Pramila Parajuli

“…Antimicrobial activity was evaluated using the agar well diffusion method, while antioxidant capacity was determined using the DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhyrazyl) assay. …”
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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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Effects of ketamine and propofol on muscarinic plateau potentials in rat neocortical pyramidal cells. by Anne S Fleiner, Daniel Kolnier, Nicholas Hagger-Vaughan, Johan Ræder, Johan F Storm

“…Brief wash-in of these drug concentrations failed to induce such effects, probably due to insufficient equilibration by diffusion in the slices. In contrast, pre-incubation with a high dose (100 μM) of ketamine suppressed the PPs and spiking. …”
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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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Adsorption of Volatile Organic Compounds and Microwave Regeneration on Self-prepared High-surface-area Beaded Activated Carbon by Shih-Ying Hsiao, Shu-Wen You, Can Wang, Ji-Guang Deng, Hsing-Cheng Hsi

“…Kinetic models were further employed to illustrate the desorption behavior, showing that intraparticle diffusion in SBAC and KBAC was the rate-limiting step during microwave heating. …”
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Fabrication of glipizide loaded polymeric microparticles; in-vitro and in-vivo evaluation. by Qaiser Rasheed, Kamran Ahmad Khan, Ghulam Razaque, Ashfaq Ahmad, Asif Nawaz, Naheed Akhtar, Kifayat Ullah Shah, Zahid Rasul Niazi, Muhammad Danish Saeed, Anila Alam

“…All formulated batches demonstrated controlled drug release profiles extending up to 12 hours, with glipizide release following an anomalous non-Fickian diffusion pattern. However, the drug release profiles of the reference formulation and various polymeric microparticles did not meet the acceptable limits of difference and similarity factors. …”
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Interactions among Zinc, Iron, and Paraquat in the Physiological and Toxicological Responses of the Egyptian Cotton Leafworm <i>Spodoptera littoralis</i> by Haq Abdul Shaik, David Siaussat, Archana Mishra

“…Providing important information regarding physiological responses and pest management, this study demonstrated the realistic conditions caused by the interactions of biological trace elements, such as Zn and Fe, with PQ. A disc diffusion susceptibility test in hemolymph bacteria revealed differences among Zn, Zn/Fe, and Zn/Fe/PQ, suggesting that their interaction might play an immunomodulatory role in <i>S. littoralis</i>.…”
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Neonatal Septicemia in Nepal: Early-Onset versus Late-Onset by Shamshul Ansari, Hari Prasad Nepal, Rajendra Gautam, Sony Shrestha, Puja Neopane, Moti Lal Chapagain

“…The growth was identified by standard microbiological protocol and the antibiotic sensitivity testing was carried out by modified Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Results. Among total suspected cases, the septicemia was confirmed in 116 (12.6%) neonates. …”
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Bioactive Potential of 3D-Printed Oleo-Gum-Resin Disks: B. papyrifera, C. myrrha, and S. benzoin Loading Nanooxides—TiO2, P25, Cu2O, and MoO3 by Diogo José Horst, Sergio Mazurek Tebcherani, Evaldo Toniolo Kubaski, Rogério de Almeida Vieira

“…Disks were 3D-printed into model geometries (10 × 5 mm) and the disk-diffusion methodology was used for the evaluation of antimicrobial and antifungal activity of materials in study against the clinical isolates: Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans. …”
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