Genomic analysis and antibiotic resistance of a multidrug-resistant bacterium isolated from pharmaceutical wastewater treatment plant sludge by Ningyu Sun, Hu Gao, Xinbo Zhang, Zeyou Chen, Anping Peng

“…In this study, a multiantibiotic-resistant strain of Acinetobacter lwoffii (named N4) was isolated from the dewatered sludge of a PWWTP. …”
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Comparative evaluation of specimen type and processing conditions for studying oyster microbiomes by Esam Almuhaideb, Nur A. Hasan, Nur A. Hasan, Christopher Grim, Shah Manzur Rashed, Salina Parveen

“…Six different specimen types and processing methods were evaluated for microbial community composition using shotgun metagenomics, namely fresh oyster homogenate (FOH), oyster homogenate after simulated temperature abuse (AOH), Luria broth-enriched oyster homogenate (EOH), dissected stomach homogenate (DSH), hemolymph (HLM), and stomach-gut content (SGC). …”
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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Four Organic Acids Used in Chicks Feed to Control Salmonella typhimurium: Suggestion of Amendment in the Search Standard by Aicha El Baaboua, Mohamed El Maadoudi, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Omar Belmehdi, Ayoub Kounnoun, Rajae Zahli, Jamal Abrini

“…In this context, the present work evaluated the inhibitory effect of four organic acids, namely, acetic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, and tartaric acid, at different levels of contamination by Salmonella typhimurium. …”
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Mediation effects of subjective social status and personality traits between childhood nurturing experiences and depressive symptoms in adult volunteers by Yuki Nakagawa, Miki Ono, Chihiro Morishita, Mina Honyashiki, Yu Tamada, Yota Fujimura, Shinji Higashi, Naoki Hashimoto, Takeshi Inoue, Jiro Masuya

“…Furthermore, it was also shown that complex paths, in which the association of nurturing experiences with depressive symptoms was mediated by two factors, namely, subjective social status and neuroticism, were statistically significant as indirect effects (0.016 for Overprotection and –0.018 for Care). …”
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ThermalGS: Dynamic 3D Thermal Reconstruction with Gaussian Splatting by Yuxiang Liu, Xi Chen, Shen Yan, Zeyu Cui, Huaxin Xiao, Yu Liu, Maojun Zhang

“…To address these challenges, we propose a novel dynamic thermal 3D reconstruction method, named ThermalGS, based on 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS). …”
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Bringing Intelligence to the Edge for Structural Health Monitoring: The Case Study of the Z24 Bridge by Ali Dabbous, Riccardo Berta, Matteo Fresta, Hadi Ballout, Luca Lazzaroni, Francesco Bellotti

“…To this end, we study the application of two convolutional neural network architectures that have emerged in the literature for efficient feature extraction from time series, namely WaveNet and MINImally RandOm Convolutional KErnel Transform (MiniRocket). …”
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Fine-mapping of PmHHM, a broad-spectrum allele from a wheat landrace conferring both seedling and adult resistance to powdery mildew by Bisheng Fu, Bisheng Fu, Bisheng Fu, Zhixin Lin, Lijuan Yan, Qiaofeng Zhang, Caiyun Liu, Caiyun Liu, Jin Cai, Jin Cai, Wei Guo, Wei Guo, Ying Liu, Wenling Zhai, Shuangjun Gong, Feng Xu, Jizhong Wu, Jizhong Wu, Jizhong Wu

“…PM resistance in HHM was determined by a single dominant gene, temporarily named PmHHM. It was then fine-mapped to an interval with a genetic distance of 0.0031 cM and a physical distance of 187.4 kb on chromosome 4AL of the Chinese Spring reference sequence v.2.1. …”
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Effects of Melatonin and Epiphyseal Proteins on Fluoride-Induced Adverse Changes in Antioxidant Status of Heart, Liver, and Kidney of Rats by Vijay K. Bharti, R. S. Srivastava, H. Kumar, S. Bag, A. C. Majumdar, G. Singh, S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Gregory M. Brown

“…To accomplish this experimental objective, twenty-four adult female Wistar rats (123–143 g body weights) were divided into four groups, namely, control, F, F + BEP, and F + MEL and were administered sodium fluoride (NaF, 150 ppm elemental F in drinking water), MEL (10 mg/kg BW, i.p.), and BEP (100 µg/kg BW, i.p.) for 28 days. …”
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Rancang Bangun Sistem Kontrol dan Monitoring Data Turbin Angin Berbasis Website Menggunakan Raspberry Pi 3B+ by Meiki Eru Putra, Zulkifli Amin, Islahuddin Islahuddin, Sanny Ardhy

“…The results of testing the control system and monitoring of wind turbine data monitored through the website for 1 x24 show that the highest wind potential occurs at 13.00 to 14.00 WIB, namely at a wind speed of 3.74 m / s.</p>…”
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Ranakinestatin-PPF from the Skin Secretion of the Fukien Gold-Striped Pond Frog, Pelophylax plancyi fukienensis: A Prototype of a Novel Class of Bradykinin B2 Receptor Antagonist P... by Jie Ma, Yu Luo, Lilin Ge, Lei Wang, Mei Zhou, Yingqi Zhang, Jinao Duan, Tianbao Chen, Chris Shaw

“…Here, we describe the identification, structural and functional characterization of a heptadecapeptide (DYTIRTRLHQGLSRKIV), named ranakinestatin-PPF, from the skin of the Chinese ranid frog, Pelophylax plancyi fukienensis, representing a prototype of a novel class of bradykinin B2-receptor specific antagonist. …”
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Preparation, Characterization, and Application of Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer for Removal of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution by Marouane El Alouani, Saliha Alehyen, Mohammed El Achouri, M’hamed Taibi

“…The thermodynamic parameters, namely, Gibbs free energy (ΔG°), enthalpy (ΔH°), and entropy (ΔS°), were determined. …”
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<i>Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’</i> Shows Strong Submergence Tolerance Implying Its Potential Utilization in Construction of Ecological Ditches by Chunqiao Zhao, Ting Wu, Aoxiang Chang, Zhenyu Fan, Xiaona Li, Cui Li, Mei Zheng, Yu Sun, Xiuyun Wan, Jie Meng, Jing Zhang, Zebing Chen, Di Zhao, Qiang Guo, Xincun Hou, Xifeng Fan

“…This study focused on three drought-tolerant grasses, namely <i>Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’</i> (Mis), <i>Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Ziguang’</i> (Pen), and <i>Elytrigia repens (</i>L.…”
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Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Characteristics of 3DOF Reduced-Scale Model by Abderaouf Daci, Nassima Benmansour, Abdellatif Bentifour, Rachid Derbal

“…This work is focused on the two main dynamic characteristics of the reduced model, namely the predominant frequencies and the damping. …”
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Assessment of post-harvest fish losses at the fishers’ level in Lake Tana, Ethiopia by Solomon Birie, Minwyelet Mingist, Mulugeta Kibret

“…Assessment results revealed that fishers incur three types of losses, namely: physical, quality, and market forces, at different points in the value chain. …”
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Quercetin inhibits truncated isoform of dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein as adjuvant treatment for trastuzumab therapy resistance in HER2-positive breast cancer by Han-Sheng Chang, Tzu-Chun Cheng, Shih-Hsin Tu, Chih-Hsiung Wu, You-Cheng Liao, Jungshan Chang, Min-Hsiung Pan, Li-Ching Chen, Yuan-Soon Ho

“…We established 2 patient-derived xenografts (PDX) mice models to test the efficacy of trastuzumab, named model 1 (non-responder) and model 2 (responder). t-DARPP and p95-HER2 protein-protein interactions were detected in PDX tumor tissue from non-responders using Förster resonance energy transfer assays. …”
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A “Catastrophic” Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia by D. Barcellona, M. Melis, G. Floris, A. Mameli, A. Muroni, G. Defazio, F. Marongiu

“…The clinical scenario could be named “catastrophic HIT” like the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome since they have a similar pathogenetic mechanism involving both platelets and monocytes procoagulant activities and a similar clinical manifestation with a life-threatening multiple arterial and/or venous thromboses. …”
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Application of Flour Blends from Modified Cassava and Suweg Flours in Gluten-Free Steamed Brownies by Herlina Marta, Shifa Auliya Yusnia, Fetriyuna Fetriyuna, Heni Radiani Arifin, Yana Cahyana, Dewi Sondari

“…The blends varied in the proportions of MCF and SF by weight, namely 80:20 (F1), 70:30 (F2), and 60:40 (F3). Wheat flour-based steamed brownies (WFSB) served as the control. …”
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G-UNETR++: A Gradient-Enhanced Network for Accurate and Robust Liver Segmentation from Computed Tomography Images by Seungyoo Lee, Kyujin Han, Hangyeul Shin, Harin Park, Seunghyon Kim, Jeonghun Kim, Xiaopeng Yang, Jae Do Yang, Hee Chul Yu, Heecheon You

“…Therefore, a new network architecture named G-UNETR++ is proposed to improve accuracy in liver segmentation with moderate model complexity. …”
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Electrochemical sensor doped with core-shell structured molecularly imprinted polymer proposed for therapeutic drug monitoring of trazodone hydrochloride by Amr M. Mahmoud, Nariman A. El-Ragehy, Maha A. Hegazy, Samia A. Tawfik, Ghada A. Sedik

“…Additionally, three different approaches namely; Analytical EcoScale, Analytical GREEnness metric approach and finally, the most recent one; Red-Green-Blue model were applied to evaluate the greenness and whiteness profile of the developed method.…”
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Influence of increasing chromium content on additively manufactured tool steels: Microstructural and mechanical evolution before and after heat treatment by Nicole Ofner, Sabine Carmen Bodner, Peter Kunnas, Atacan Asci, Kevin Kutleša, Andreas Stark, Philipp Höbenreich, Christin Aumayr, Liang Wu, Christoph Turk, Jozef Keckes, Michael Meindlhumer

“…Thus, three Cr-alloyed tool steels, named Alloy A (20 wt% Cr), Alloy B (22 wt% Cr), and Alloy C (24 wt% Cr), were analyzed in the AB and HT conditions. …”
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