Electroacupuncture combined with cognitive rehabilitation outperforms cognitive rehabilitation alone in treating post-stroke cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial by Yisha Guo, Tingting Sun, Fengxi Qiu, Xueyi Li, Weiwei Cui, Zhenhua Liao, Jiajia Yao

“…Cognitive assessments and Diffusion Tensor Imaging tests were performed pre- and post-intervention. …”
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Spatial-Temporal Evolution Characteristics and Countermeasures of Urban Innovation Space Distribution: An Empirical Study Based on Data of Nanjing High-Tech Enterprises by Shuang Tang, Jingxiang Zhang, Fangqu Niu

“…The results showed the following: (1) the distribution of urban innovation space has significant spatial agglomeration characteristics, and the degree of agglomeration continued to rise; (2) regardless of the macro- or microperspective, the distribution of urban innovation space has shown the characteristic of diffusion at the initial, but the trend of polarization in recent years is significant; and (3) the distribution of urban innovation space exhibited diverse agglomeration modes and evolution trends in different regions, and it can be divided into three categories: grouped, banded, and scattered.…”
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Time Characteristics of the Influence Radius by Injecting N2 to Displace Coalbed Methane: A Case Study by Chen Li-wei, Yang Tian-hong, Yang Hong-min, Wang Li-guo

“…Based on gas seepage-diffusion theory, a model for injecting N2 to displace coalbed methane was established. …”
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Increasing Trend of Resistance to Penicillin, Tetracycline, and Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae from Pakistan (1992–2009) by Kauser Jabeen, Summiya Nizamuddin, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Faisal Malik, Afia Zafar

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed and interpreted according to Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) criteria using the disk diffusion methodology against penicillin, ceftriaxone, tetracycline and ofloxacin. …”
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Kombucha Beverage: Comparative Study Based on Bioactive Properties and Antimicrobial Potentials of Different Plant Infusion by Cemhan Doğan, Nurcan Doğan

“…Antimicrobial activity is applied to various foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli (E. coli), Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), and C. albicans with based disc diffusion method and spectrophotometric technique. …”
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A Triangular Personalized Recommendation Algorithm for Improving Diversity by Biao Cai, Xiaowang Yang, Yusheng Huang, Hongjun Li, Qiang Sang

“…To date, many personalized recommendation algorithms have aimed to improve recommendation accuracy from the perspective of vertex similarities, such as collaborative filtering and mass diffusion. However, diversity is also an important evaluation index in the recommendation algorithm. …”
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Muon spectroscopy of a 12-phosphatetraphene with extremely efficient radical trapping properties by Shigekazu Ito, Kohei Yasuda, Keisuke Ishihara, Victoria L. Karner, Kenji M. Kojima, Iain McKenzie

“…This muoniated radical was produced by the diffusion-controlled regioselective addition of muonium (Mu = [µ+e–]) to the sp2-hybridized phosphorus atom. …”
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Geography of Sand and Gravel Mining in the Lower Mekong River by Jean-Paul Bravard, Marc Goichot, Stéphane Gaillot

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Emergency Planning Zones Estimation for Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 Nuclear Power Plants using Gaussian Puff Model by Sümer Şahin, Muhammad Ali

“…Emergency planning zones (PAZ and UPZ) around the Karachi-2 and Karachi-3 nuclear power plants (K-2/K-3 NPPs) have been realistically determined by employing Gaussian puff model and Gaussian plume model together for atmospheric transport, diffusion, and deposition of radioactive material using onsite and regional data related to meteorology, topography, and land-use along with latest IAEA Post-Fukushima Guidelines. …”
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Enhanced Urea Oxidation Reaction Through Layered Double Hydroxides: Insights From ZIF‐67‐Derived Nanostructures by Yuri Jeon, Jury Medvedev, Yeeun Seong, Xenia Medvedeva, Cheongwon Bae, Jeongeon Kim, Anna Klinkova, Juyeong Kim

“…The resulting hollow structure with an expanded electrochemically active surface in LDHs with high Ni content could improve mass transport and diffusion at the electrode interface, leading to better reaction kinetics and higher current densities. …”
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Schistosome feeding and regurgitation. by Patrick J Skelly, Akram A Da'dara, Xiao-Hong Li, William Castro-Borges, R Alan Wilson

“…We suggest that the balance between surface and gut in nutrition is determined by the constraints of solute diffusion imposed by differences in male and female worm morphology. …”
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Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P. Karst. - bioecological characteristics, significance and possibility of use for medical purposes (medicinal properties) by Radulović Zlatan, Karadžić Dragan, Milenković Ivan

“…The colony of this fungus in media amended with gallic and tannic acid shows a positive oxidase reaction (the diffusion zone is dark brown, opaque, spread over a considerable distance from the colony’s periphery, with equal intensity on media with gallic and tannic acid). …”
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ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MANGOSTEEN BARK FRACTION (GARCINIA MANGOSTANA L.) SALMONELLA TYPHI ATCC 13311 by Salmah Wilujeng Anggraini, Vevi Maritha, Susanti Erikania

“…This study used five treatments (fraction with a concentration of 20%, 40%, 80%, chloramphenicol 30µg as a positive control, and DMSO as a negative control) which tested their antibacterial activity against Salmonella typhi ATCC 13311 by disc diffusion. Result: The results showed that the ethyl acetate fraction of mangosteen stem skin had the greatest average inhibition zone, that is 13.86 ± 0.72 mm compared to the n-hexane fraction of mangosteen stem skin with an inhibition zone of 10.43 ± 0.73 mm. …”
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Cognitive Stimulation for Apathy in Probable Early-Stage Alzheimer's by Linda L. Buettner, Suzanne Fitzsimmons, Serdar Atav, Kaycee Sink

“…The study used a pre-post design with randomization by site to avoid contamination and diffusion of effect. Interventions were offered twice weekly after baseline evaluations were completed. …”
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Bacterial Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of the Isolates from Stethoscope, Thermometer, and Inanimate Surfaces of Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital, Southwe... by Teshale Worku, Dejene Derseh, Abera Kumalo

“…The isolated bacteria were checked for susceptibility by the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method following the standards of CLSI 2014. …”
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Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of β-Lactamases among Enterobacterial Uropathogens in Southeastern Nigeria by M. C. Ugwu, M. Shariff, C.M. Nnajide, K Beri, U. M. Okezie, I. R. Iroha, C. O. Esimone

“…Their antibiotic susceptibility patterns were evaluated using disk diffusion, screened, and confirmed phenotypically for the presence of β-lactamases: ESBL, AmpC, carbapenemase, and MBLs. …”
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La quadrature de la bande dessinée by Pascal Krajewski

“…Enfin, la mise au carré s’achève par une prise en compte de ce qui est venu chambouler la donne depuis quelques années déjà : le numérique, qui bouleverse les processus d’édition, de diffusion, mais aussi de narration et de réception.Le médium BD alors naviguerait dans ces eaux troubles, explorant ses frontières poreuses, accroissant son territoire à la recherche de lui-même. …”
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Magnetic core‐shell Fe3O4@TiO2 nanocomposites for broad spectrum antibacterial applications by Nisha Rani, Brijnandan S. Dehiya

“…The antibacterial studies of magnetic nanoparticles and the titania‐coated magnetic nanocomposite were carried out against gram+ve, and gram–ve bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella flexneri, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella typhi) using well diffusion technique. The inhibition zone for E. coli (17 mm after 24 h) was higher than the other bacterial strains; nevertheless, both the uncoated and TiO2‐coated magnetite nanocomposites showed admirable antibacterial activity against each of the above bacterial strains.…”
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Study on the Behaviors and Mechanism of Ni(II) Adsorption at the Hydroxyapatite-Water Interface: Effect of Particle Size by Xiaolan Zhao, Wangsuo Wu, Duoqiang Pan, Hanyu Wu

“…As for micro-HAP, Ni2+ adsorbed through slow diffusion and replacement with Ca2+ and then incorporated in the lattice at pH between 6.5 and 9.0, which was confirmed by the results of kinetics, thermodynamics, and desorption. …”
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Association of qnr Genes and OqxAB Efflux Pump in Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains by Fereshteh Amereh, Mohammad Reza Arabestani, Seyed Mostafa Hosseini, Leili Shokoohizadeh

“…The antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the disk diffusion method. The frequencies of genes encoding OqxAB efflux pumps and qnr were investigated by PCR. …”
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