BACTERIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF WOUND INFECTION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL IN SURABAYA, INDONESIA by Ika Ayunur Kholifah, Dwi Wahyu Indriati, Ratna Wahyuni, Aliyah Siti Sundari

“…Conclusion: E. coli and S. aureus are the most important causes of wound infections and the suppressor organisms in this study. Antibiotic susceptibility testing of all isolates showed that the antibiotics amikacin and meropenem were sensitive to Gram-negative bacteria especially ESBL-producing bacteria, and the antibiotics vancomycin and linezolid were sensitive to Gram-positive bacteria especially MRSA.…”
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Integration of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Into a Medical Student Clinical Reasoning Curriculum by Julia Caton, Elaina Suridis, Gabrielle R. Goldberg

“…The 1-hour and 50-minute session embedded the 4Ms framework (mentation, medications, mobility, and what matters most) in a clinical case to allow students an organic opportunity to apply the 4Ms in practice while using their communication, clinical reasoning, and hypothesis-driven physical examination skills. …”
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An agency mapping of marginalized communities and aid providers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Melati Nungsari, Nicole Fong, Chuah Hui Yin, Veena Pillai

“…Background: Given the urgent need for help amongst vulnerable populations throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, civil society organizations (CSOs) and members have stepped up to provide support for impacted communities. …”
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Revealing Halal Certification Oversight Gaps for MSEs through ArcGIS Dashboard Integration by Imam Arifa’illah Syaiful Huda, Maratun Saadah, Agus Sugiarto, Mohd Hairy Bin Ibrahim, Ravinesh Rohit Prasad, Alfyananda Kurnia Putra, Ahyat Budianto

“…The Indonesian government has developed a comprehensive halal certification program through the Halal Product Assurance Organizing Body (BPJPH). However, the halal certification recording application requires enhancements due to its lack of data elements pertaining to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) with geographical or location references. …”
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Sports in Udmurt State Agrarian University (using the example of participation in various competitions from 1954 to 2024) by Rubtsova, Lyubov V., Zhuikov, Roman A., Vorotova, Maria S.

“…Solovyov turned 90 years old and an international scientific and practical conference “Modern Problems of Physical Education and Sports in the Higher Education” was organized in his honor, which was attended by more than 70 people. …”
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Modeling Tick Populations: An Ecological Test Case for Gradient Boosted Trees by Manley, William, Tran, Tam, Prusinski, Melissa, Brisson, Dustin

“…Modern machine learning frameworks such as gradient boosted trees efficiently identify complex ecological relationships in massive data sets, which are expected to result in accurate predictions of the distribution and abundance of organisms in nature. However, rigorous assessments of the theoretical advantages of these methodologies on natural data sets are rare. …”
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Recurrent Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia cured with long-term oral minocycline treatment in a patient undergoing hemodialysis: a case report and literature review by Yutaka Kakizoe, Yasunobu Iwata, Terumasa Nakagawa, Yoshikazu Miyasato, Teruhiko Mizumoto, Yuichiro Izumi, Takashige Kuwabara, Masataka Adachi, Hideki Yokoi, Masashi Mukoyama

“…First reported in 1984 as the causative agent of proctitis in a homosexual man, it causes bacteremia, cellulitis, and infections in many organs and tissues, particularly in immunocompromised patients. …”
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Pseudomonas azotoformans and Pseudomonas putida: Novel kiwifruit-native biological control agents against Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae by Cristiana Correia, Antonio Cellini, Irene Donati, Panagiotis Voulgaris, Adebayo Ebenezer Obafemi, Elia Soriato, Elodie Vandelle, Conceição Santos, Francesco Spinelli

“…Strains of Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas azotoformans efficiently antagonized Psa on flowers and leaves and colonized all susceptible organs with high surviving rates in glasshouse conditions. …”
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Orthoweb: a software package for evolutionary analysis of gene networks by R. A. Ivanov, A. M. Mukhin, F. V. Kazantsev, Z. S. Mustafin, D. A. Afonnikov, Y. G. Matushkin, S. A. Lashin

“…These indices are important for understanding the dynamics of gene expression and its impact on the development and adaptation of organisms. Orthoweb also includes optional analytical features, such as the ability to explore Gene Ontology (GO) terms associated with genes, facilitating functional enrichment analyses that link evolutionary origins of genes to biological processes. …”
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Assessing the declining trend in soil erodibility across China: A comparison of conventional and digital K-factor maps by Zhiyuan Tian, Yan Zhao, Longxi Cao, Yuan Zhao, Yin Liang

“…This study quantified the sources of change between previous and updated national K-factor maps and demonstrated that there is a decreasing trend in K values, which is consistent with the increasing soil organic matter and improved ecological environment in China.…”
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<i>Ajuga reptans</i> L. Herb Extracts: Phytochemical Composition and Pharmacological Activity Screening by Svitlana Maliuvanchuk, Andriy Grytsyk, Oksana Popadynets, Taras Kotyk, Ain Raal, Oleh Koshovyi

“…The assays of the main substances’ groups were also determined by spectrophotometry (vitamin K1, polyphenols, tannins, flavonoids, and hydroxycinnamic acids) and titrometry (ascorbic and organic acids). <i>A. reptans</i> herb extracts are practically non-toxic, exhibit hepatoprotective activity (dose 25 mg/kg) in experimental carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatitis, moderate anti-inflammatory activity (dose 100 mg/kg) in carrageenan-induced edema models, and possess significant local hemostatic (reducing bleeding time by 40.6%) and wound-healing properties (complete wound healing after 9 days). …”
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How integrated knowledge translation worked to reduce federal policy barriers to the implementation of medication abortion in Canada: a realist evaluation by Sarah Munro, Kate Wahl, Sheila Dunn, Courtney Devane, Linda C. Li, Wendy V. Norman

“…To catalyze evidence-based regulatory change, we engaged health policy, health system, and health services decision makers, and health professional organizations in integrated knowledge translation (iKT), a research approach that engages the users of research as equal partners. …”
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Nonylphenol exposure increases the risk of Hirschsprung’s disease by inducing macrophage M1 polarization by Xuefeng Yang, Chengyan Tang, Daiwei Zhu, Xingrong Xia, Qing Du, Lu Huang, Jianguo Liu, Yuanmei Liu

“…Nonylphenol (NP), a ubiquitous environmental contaminant used as a surfactant in industrial production and classified as an endocrine disruptor, could interfere hormone secretion and exhibit neurotoxicity in organisms. Hirschsprung’s disease (HSCR), one of the most frequently observed congenital malformations of the digestive system, arises mainly due to the failure of enteric neural crest cells to migrate to the distal colon during embryonic development. …”
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Vegetation types shape the soil micro-food web compositions and soil multifunctionality in Loess Plateau by Zhiming Chen, Wenjuan Kang, Renyuan He, Guang Li, Zhuzhu Luo, Zhuzhu Luo

“…Prunus armeniaca also improved soil multifunctionality by promoting soil organic carbon and alkaline phosphatase activity. …”
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Mortality Prediction in the Emergency Service Intensive Care Patients with Possible COVID-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Mehmed Ulu, M. Kaya, Y. Tunc, H. Yildirim, A. Halici, A. Coskun

“…This study aims to determine the impact COVID-19 on mortality, evaluate the performance of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation-2 Scores (APACHE II), Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Scores (SOFA) and Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) for mortality prediction in the COVID-19 suspected patients. …”
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Kinetic Aspects of Ethylene Glycol Degradation Using UV-C Activated Hydrogen Peroxide (H₂O₂/UV-C) by Timur Fazliev, Mikhail Lyulyukin, Denis Kozlov, Dmitry Selishchev

“…Ethylene glycol by itself has relatively low toxicity to mammals and aquatic organisms, but it can lead to a substantial increase in chemical and biological oxygen demands. …”
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Silver nanoparticles coated with metabolites of Pseudomonas sp. N5.12 inhibit bacterial pathogens and fungal phytopathogens by Svitlana Plokhovska, Ana García-Villaraco, Jose Antonio Lucas, Francisco Javier Gutierrez-Mañero, Beatriz Ramos-Solano

“…TEM analysis showed that the AgNP are spherical in shape with an average particle size ranging from 13.75 ± 0.47 nm to 20.71 ± 0.43 nm, covered with a unique organic matter corona of bacterial metabolites. The best parameters for AgNP biosynthesis by Pseudomonas sp. …”
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Effect of Different Harvest Time and Microwave Aging on Aroma Characteristics of Japanese Apricot Wine by Aoting Li, Jiangfeng Song, Yike Wang, Xiao Huang, Silas Segbo, Zhihong Gao

“…We employed UPLC to examine the nutritional components such as organic acids, amygdalin, and phenolics to support the identification of the optimal ripening time. …”
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Evaluating the occurrence of trihalomethanes in drinking water and their implications for human health risk by Victor Constantin Cojocaru, Valentina Andreea Petre, Ana Ioana Paris, Nicolae Ionut Cristea, Florentina Laura Chiriac, Ioana-Antonia Cimpean

“…Trihalomethanes (THMs) are a group of volatile organic compounds that can be easily found in drinking water, especially in municipal water distribution systems supplied by water treatment stations as a result of the chlorination process. …”
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Machine learning algorithm for predict the in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with congestive heart failure combined with chronic kidney disease by Xunliang Li, Zhijuan Wang, Wenman Zhao, Rui Shi, Yuyu Zhu, Haifeng Pan, Deguang Wang

“…Notably, the SHAP values highlighted the sequential organ failure assessment score, age, simplified acute physiology score II, and urine output as the four most influential variables in the XGBoost model. …”
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