Effect of colistin-tigecycline combination on colistin-resistant and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii by Suyeon Park, Yanhong Jin, Kwan Soo Ko

“…We used two strains of KPC-2-producing K. pneumoniae and OXA-23-producing A. baumannii, both of which are highly colistin-resistant. In the in vitro time-killing assays, monotherapy with colistin (2 mg/L) and tigecycline (4 or 8 mg/L) was ineffective against all strains. …”
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Clinical and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiographic Features in Patients with Postcataract Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Endophthalmitis by Lu Chen, Dahui Ma, Jieting She, Miaohong Chen, Jian Zeng, Jiantao Wang, Guoming Zhang

“…OCTA showed that, at the one-month follow-up, the vascular density (VD) and perfusion density (PD) in the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) were significantly lower than those in healthy collateral eyes. As time went on, the SCP-VD and SCP-PD values gradually improved. …”
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Multi-Channel Packet-Analysis System Based on IEEE 802.15.4 Packet-Capturing Modules by Seong-eun Yoo, Poh Kit Chong, Jeonghwan Bae, Tae-Soo Kim, Hiecheol Kim, Joonhyuk Yoo

“…There have been increasing demands for research into multi-channel-based wireless sensor network protocols and applications to support requirements such as increased throughput and real-time or reliable transmission. Researchers or developers of these protocols and applications have to simultaneously analyze the exchanged packets for correctness of both their contents and message exchange timelines. …”
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Pathogenicity test bacteria from Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus aquaculture ponds by Esti Handayani Hardi, Aldi M. Halim, Rudy Agung Nugroho, Mira Mawardi, Alim Isnansetyo, Angela Mariana Lusiastuti, Widianingsih Rahayu, Andi Niklani, Gina Saptiani

“…The result showed that each bacteria caused mortality in fish: E. coli bacteria caused fish mortality 23.33-66.67%; E. cloacae 10.00 to 90.00%; and E. amnigenus by 3.33-56.67%. The average death time of E. coli and E. amnigenus in all three fish were under 48 hours, while E. cloacae caused mortality less than 48 hours in C. gariepinus and P. pangasius. …”
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Outlier Detection Based on Multivariable Panel Data and K-Means Clustering for Dam Deformation Monitoring Data by Jintao Song, Shengfei Zhang, Fei Tong, Jie Yang, Zhiquan Zeng, Shuai Yuan

“…However, the accuracy of deformation data is the premise of dam safety monitoring analysis, and original deformation data may have some outliers caused by manual errors or instruments aging after long-time running. These abnormal data have a negative impact on the evaluation of dam structural safety. …”
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Online Version of the Self-Administered Food Frequency Questionnaire for the Iranian Adult Population by Mehrnaz Morvaridi, Majid Karandish, Hadi Bazyar, Hamid Rasekhi, Hossein Bavi Behbahani

“…There were no significant differences in the time taken to complete the questionnaires. Conclusion: The web-based FFQ demonstrated strong agreement with the validated printed FFQ, accurately reflecting nutrient and food group intakes in Iranian adults.…”
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Data Checking of Asymmetric Catalysis Literature Using a Graph Neural Network Approach by Eduardo Aguilar-Bejarano, Viraj Deorukhkar, Simon Woodward

“…The size of chemical databases can make manual data curation/checking of such sets time consuming; thus, automated tools to help this process are highly desirable. …”
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The Effect of Meat and Bone Meal on Yield and Herbage Quality in Silage Maize by Anna Nogalska, Marta Borsuk-Stanulewicz, Zenon Nogalski

“…The yield and other herbage parameters were affected by weather conditions and the amount of time that passed since the MBM application. The study demonstrated that the lowest dose of MBM (1.0 Mg·ha⁻¹), which supplied 45 kg phosphorus·ha⁻¹, fully met the phosphorus requirements of maize.…”
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TR Jets above Magnetic X-Type Null Points by Ehsan Tavabi, Mehri Heidari, Azam Mollatayefeh

“…Both wavelet and amplitude spectra analysis were used to analyze the observed kink wave and the time variations of intensities during the event. …”
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Photographic capture-recapture modeling for estimation stray animal population: a pilot study by Doğukan Özen, Erman Gülendağ, Hülya Özen

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> A predetermined route was used to collect data at Campus of Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and animals were counted at five different visiting times. Photos of animals were taken for marking purposes in each visiting time and archived. …”
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Investigation of the Effect of Physiotherapists' Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure on Life Satisfaction with Structural Equation Model by Ercan Zorba, Gökhan Dokuzoğlu, Muhammed Ömer Eren

“…Moreover, according to the result of the Independent Sample T-Test between marital status variables and Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Activity and Satisfaction with Life, a statistically significant difference was detected in all variables except the relatedness variable to Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Activity, and according to the result of the ANOVA test between Weekly Leisure variable and Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Activity and Satisfaction with Life, a statistically significant difference was detected only in the autonomy sub-dimension of Basic Psychological Needs in Leisure Time (p…”
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ArtDiff: Integrating IoT and AI to enhance precision in ancient mural restoration by Yuhan Yan, Bowen Chai, Jiapeng Li

“…Conventional methodologies for protection and restoration exhibit limitations and do not adequately address multifaceted damage conditions, thus necessitating the integration of advanced technological interventions to enhance restoration effectiveness.This paper delineates a framework for the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage buildings that uses Internet of Things (IoT) technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Using real-time environmental and structural health surveillance, in conjunction with security mechanisms, this framework markedly improves precision and efficiency in forecasting and identifying potential risks.Furthermore, in the context of mural restoration, this paper introduces the ArtDiff model. …”
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‘Trumpism’ as a Dominant Movement in the U.S. Republican Party in the 2020s by P. A. Sharikov

“…In conclusion, the article argues that ‘Trumpism’ has evolved into a powerful, independent movement within the Republican Party, one that is likely to maintain its influence in the years to come. At the same time, it suggests that Trump’s and the Republican Party’s victory in the U.S. reflects a broader global trend towards strengthening rightwing ideologies. …”
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Assessing Cephalometric Changes in Deep Bite Correction: An Analysis of Class II Division 1 Orthodontic Patients Treated with the Reverse Curve of Spee Archwire by Abhishek Sinha, Sulabh Jain, Shiji M. Kunjappan, Vini Akanksha Jai, Ranjit Kamble, Avantika Vijaysingh Jadhav

“…Cephalometric radiographs were taken at various time points to assess skeletal and dental changes. …”
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Monitoring Excavation-Induced Deformation of a Secant Pile Wall Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors by Chengyu Hong, Chengkai Xu, Weibin Chen, Jianwei Liu, Junkun Tan

“…This paper investigates the use of the BOTDA (Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis) technology to monitor a large-scale bored pile wall in the field. …”
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AnomLite: Efficient binary and multiclass video anomaly detection by Anna K. Zvereva, Mariam Kaprielova, Andrey Grabovoy

“…These attributes make AnomLite suitable for real-time applications in resource-constrained environments like urban centers and public transport hubs. …”
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Development an Artificial Neural Network Model for Estimating Cost of R/C Building by Using Life-Cycle Cost Function: Case Study of Mexico City by Henry E. Reyes, Juan Bojórquez, Laura Cruz-Reyes, Sonia E. Ruiz, Alfredo Reyes-Salazar, Edén Bojórquez, Manuel Barraza, Antonio Formisano, Omar Payán, José R. Torres

“…Finally, it is concluded that the life-cycle cost is efficiently obtained using artificial neural network models for estimating the structural reliability of reinforced concrete buildings, in such a way that it can be used as an excellent planning tool that covers long spans of time.…”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF DESCARTES’ ONTOLOGY by Anatolii M. Malivskyi

“…Scientific novelty. It is the first time that anthropological component of Descartes’ ontology became an object of particular attention. …”
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An Accurate Integral Method for Vibration Signal Based on Feature Information Extraction by Yong Zhu, Wanlu Jiang, Xiangdong Kong, Zhi Zheng, Haosong Hu

“…The great cumulative error from the traditional time-domain integral is effectively overcome. Moreover, the large low-frequency error from the traditional frequency-domain integral is successfully avoided. …”
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Mental Health Recovery: Evaluation of a Recovery-Oriented Training Program by G. K. M. L. Wilrycx, M. A. Croon, A. H. S. van den Broek, Ch. van Nieuwenhuizen

“…The study uses a two-group multiple intervention interrupted time-series design which is a variant of the stepped-wedge trial design. …”
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