Nitrofurantoin Drug Resistance Among Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections by Puranik VS, Balaraju T P, Pavitra T

“… Background Nitrofurantoin is a preferred choice of antibiotic for treating urinary tract infections UTIs caused by vancomycin-sensitive and vancomycin-resistant strains including cases associated with catheter use. …”
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Tuning block-parallel all-pairs shortest path algorithm for efficient multi-core implementation by O. N. Karasik, A. A. Prihozhy

“…To tune the algorithm to the target multi-core system, the preferable block size can be found once for the graph size whose in-memory matrix representation is larger than the size of cache shared among all processor’s cores. …”
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A Qualitative Analysis on the Definition of Zakat in the Turkish Tax System and Institutionalization of Zakat by Mehmet Cural, Esra Berika Dönmez

“…A qualitative method and semi-structured interviews are preferred in the research. Accordingly, interviews are conducted with 21 income taxpayers who pay zakat. …”
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Drivers’ Interaction with Adaptive Cruise Control on Dry and Snowy Roads with Various Tire-Road Grip Potentials by Ioana Koglbauer, Jürgen Holzinger, Arno Eichberger, Cornelia Lex

“…The results show that on snowy roads the drivers set in average a lower ACC speed and preferred a larger ACC time gap. Drivers’ workload and effort were higher when using the ACC on snowy as compared to dry roads. …”
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Impact of the Aversive Effects of Drugs on Their Use and Abuse by Anthony L. Riley, Hayley N. Manke, Shihui Huang

“…In support of this position, the present review describes the aversive effects of drugs (assessed primarily in conditioned taste aversion learning), the fact that they occur concurrently with reward as assessed in combined taste aversion/place preference designs, the role of aversive effects in drug-taking (in balance with their rewarding effects), the dissociation of these affective properties in that they can be affected in different ways by the same manipulations, and the impact of various parametric, experiential, and subject factors on the aversive effects of drugs and the consequent impact of these factors on their use and abuse potential.…”
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Searching, Navigating, and Recommending Movies through Emotions: A Scoping Review by Nuno Piçarra, Eduardo Reis, Teresa Chambel, Patrícia Arriaga

“…., ratings, tags) were the preferred source of information. The documents examined approached emotions from both a categorical (n=35) and dimensional (n=18) perspectives, and nine documents offer a combination of both approaches. …”
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Mechanisms of cage noise generation in machine tool bearings by Kazuho Takeshima, Keisuke Mutoh, Kenji Imanishi, Shunichi Oshima

“…In machine tool spindles, which require high rotational precision, outer ring-guided cages are often preferred over common ball-guided cages. While outer ring-guided cages suppress instability modes caused by sliding friction between the cage and balls, increased interaction between the cage and outer ring can introduce other instability modes, leading to noise. …”
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CONTEMPORARY ENERGY SECURITY STUDIES: THEORETICAL ASPECTS by K. V. Trachuk

“…Although proponents of neorealist and neoliberal frameworks disagree on several key points, a large number of scholars, both in Russia and abroad, prefer a combined approach based on elements on neorealist and neoliberal theories. …”
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Strategies to innovate emergency care of status epilepticus by Jaideep Kapur

“…Although three different benzodiazepines, diazepam, lorazepam and midazolam terminate early SE, midazolam is preferred. It is administered via the intramuscular route, which saves time and is at least as practical or more effective than intravenous lorazepam. …”
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Grain Sorghum Response to Hybrid, Row Spacing, and Plant Populations along the Upper Texas Gulf Coast by Dan D. Fromme, Carlos J. Fernandez, W. James Grichar, Rick L. Jahn

“…Moench) along the upper Texas Gulf Coast is planted at different row spacings, plant populations, and hybrids according to grower preference and location. This study was conducted over a 3-year period (2001 to 2003) to determine the combination of hybrid, row spacing, and plant population on yield and net return per hectare. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Mechanical Pedaling System for Separating and Sieving Sand. by Ahimbisibwe, Peter Marvin

“…For example; plastering or wall finishes would require fine smooth sand particles most preferably river sand. This has led to processes like sieving where sand particles are separated according to particle sizes. …”
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Financial accountability mechanisms in local governments in Uganda: a case of Kabale District Local Government by Perpetua, Arinaitwe, Eton, Marus, Moses, Agaba, Abanis, Turyahebwa, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Fabian, Mwosi

“…This paper suggests that the local government should ensure that the district’s budget demonstrates community preference; salaries and wages should be paid in accordance with the district’s approved budget; expenditures on development should always be as per the approved budget, and the mode of financial reporting, particularly on liabilities should be standardized.…”
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Financial accountability mechanisms in local governments in Uganda: a case of Kabale District Local Government by Eton, Marus, Moses, Agaba, Abanis,Turyahebwa, Perpetua, Arinaitwe, Fabian, Mwosi, Bernard, Patrick Ogwel

“…This paper suggests that the local government should ensure that the district’s budget demonstrates community preference; salaries and wages should be paid in accordance with the district’s approved budget; expenditures on development should always be as per the approved budget, and the mode of financial reporting, particularly on liabilities should be standardized.…”
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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy of a rare epicardial tumour by Toshiyuki Nakai, Atsushi Miyamoto, Mana Ogawa, Akimasa Morisaki, Nobuhiro Izumi, Sayaka Tanaka

“…Background Cardiac tumors are rare, and a nonsurgical diagnosis is preferred for determining appropriate treatment strategies.Research Question Can Endobronchial ultrasound-guided cryobiopsy (EBUS-cryo) be useful for diagnosing cardiac tumors?…”
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Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease by Maria Khan, Imama Naqvi, Asha Bansari, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal

“…In terms of secondary prevention of stroke due to intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis, aspirin continues to be the preferred antiplatelet agent although clopidogrel along with aspirin has shown promise in the acute phase. …”
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Prediction of suitable habitat for tundra swans in the Nanji wetland Nature Reserve of Poyang Lake under different water level conditions by Tianwei Fang, Jin Jin, Chao Chen, Li Zhang, Yankuo Li, Chaoyang Li

“…Results showed that: (1) Soil humidity, distance to settlements, elevation, wetland landscape type, and NDVI (Normalized difference vegetation index) played dominant roles in the habitat selection of tundra swans. (2) The southwestern lakelets were preferred habitats for tundra swans, whereas the lake branches in the northern region were potentially suitable at various water levels. …”
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Novel Hybrid Radial-Based Neural Network Model for Predicting the Compressive Strength of Long-Term HPC Concrete by Hanlie Cheng, Shiela Kitchen, Graciela Daniels

“…The results conclude that the AORBF model can be preferred as an applicable model for compressive strength prediction.…”
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Neutrosophic TOPSIS-OWA framework for evaluating data protection strategies in judicial systems by Luis Ramiro Ayala Ayala, Eduardo Luciano Hernández Ramos, Sebastián Alejandro Contento Correa

“…This study presents a novel neutrosophic multi-criteria decision-making approach, combining the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) methods, to assess data protection strategies for procedural fairness in judicial systems. …”
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Enhancing procedural equity in judicial decision-making within neutrosophic contexts by Edwin Bolívar Prado Calderón, Cecilia Campaign Muñoz Leny, Salomón Alejandro Montece Giler, Leonso Dagoberto Torres Torres

“…By integrating the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) with Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) within a neutrosophic context, the proposed approach addresses the inherent ambiguity and uncertainty of judicial processes. …”
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Parents’ awareness towards preventive and interceptive orthodontic treatment by Samah Alfuriji, Adeem Alofi, Maram Albalawi, Ghaida Alnaqa, Kwlood Alrufayyiq, Maha Alharbi, Dania Aljeaid, Shug Albarrak

“…However, a few parents refused early treatment, mainly because they preferred to wait until the eruption of all permanent teeth. …”
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