Evaluation and testing of polymethylmetacrylic (PMMA) bone cements with admixed Amphotericin B by Florian A. Frank, Barbara Krampitz, Julia Steiner, Rainer Strathausen, Mario Morgenstern, Martin Clauss, Klaus-Dieter Kühn

“…Sterile Amphotericin B powder for preparing an infusion solution contains only small amounts of pure drug. In vivo polymicrobial Candida-infections with bacterial co-infection were successfully treated using the combination of Copal cements with added Amphotericin B without systemic nephrotoxic impact. …”
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Factors Associated with Anemia among People Living with HIV/AIDS Taking ART in Ethiopia by Ketema Bizuwork Gebremedhin, Tadesse Bedada Haye

“…The majority (62.5%) of the patients were taking ZDV-containing ART drug (ZDV/3TC/NVP). The overall anemia prevalence was 34.6%, while about 5%, 15.6%, and 14% of the patients had severe, moderate, and mild prevalence of anemia, respectively. …”
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Boolean Algebra of Soft Q-Sets in Soft Topological Spaces by Samer Al Ghour

“…And as a corollary, the class of soft Q-sets contains simultaneously the classes of soft clopen sets and soft nowhere dense sets. …”
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A Primer on Exporting to El Salvador by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…It is hoped that the information contained in this report provides a useful starting point for individuals interested in exploring export or investment opportunities in El Salvador. …”
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Design of the Monopulse Feeding Network for a Slotted Waveguide Array on an Annular Disk by Zongxin Wang, Yulan Wang, Shengchi Zhu, Peng Chen

“…Quasiplanar magic tees are designed and used to construct the compact sum and difference comparator. The antenna system contains two comparators, which are used to generate sum and difference beams for horizontal polarization and vertical polarization, respectively. …”
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Palm-based oils as milk fat alternatives in Mozzarella cheese analogue by N.H. Ismail, M. Mat Yusuff, N. A. Mohd Hassim, M. H. Saw, H. Wazir, T.K. Tang, S. Kanagaratnam

“…The objective of this study was to examine the properties of a palm-based Mozzarella cheese analogue (P-MCA) in comparison to a fat-free Mozzarella cheese analogue (FF-MCA) and a commercial Mozzarella cheese sample (C-MC) containing 68% palm-based Mozzarella cheese analogue. …”
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Evaluation and Influence of Chinese Enterprises' Financial Efficiency Based on the Malmquist Index by Shaodong Yu, Chunling Li

“…This paper introduces a superefficiency financial efficiency model with undesirable output based on the features that the output of industrial enterprises contains desirable output as well as undesirable output. …”
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Effect of Porous Coating on Heat Transfer in Minichannels with Intensive Localised Heating by Pukhovoy M.V., Zaitsev D.V.

“…As a result, three different thin (150 μm scale) porous coatings were obtained: Nickel (100% Ni) and two bimetallic coatings containing copper or zinc powders (80% Ni + 20% Cu, 50% Ni + 50% Zn). …”
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The genome sequence of Cory’s shearwater, Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Joan Ferrer Obiol, Guillem Izquierdo Arànega, Marta Riutort León, Raül Ramos Garcia, Jacob González-Solís Bou, Julio Rozas Liras

“…The haplotype-resolved assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1,366.19 megabases and 1,211.47 megabases, respectively. …”
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Ecología del capital, educación ambiental moderna y transición eco-geo-histórica desde/con los territorios del Abya Yala by Cristian Abad Restrepo

“…From this perspective, an analysis of the discourse of the philosophical assumptions contained in the Public Policy of Environmental Education of the Department of Antioquia is proposed. …”
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Bubble connectivity in experimentally-sheared crystal-bearing silicic melts by Daffos, Camille, Martel, Caroline, Arbaret, Laurent, Champallier, Rémi

“…The pre-deformed samples contain 0 to 50 vol% of plagioclase crystals (40–90 $\mu $m size) in a hydrated haplogranitic melt with 20–30 vol% vesicularity mainly consisting of decompression-induced H2O bubbles (${\sim }$20–250 $\mu $m in diameter). …”
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Geotechnical Properties of Wood Ash-Based Composite Fine-Grained Soil by Bayshakhi Deb Nath, Grytan Sarkar, Sumi Siddiqua, Md. Rokunuzzaman, Md. Rafiqul Islam

“…Chemical investigation of wood ash depicts that it contains approximately 30% CaO, which directs it to behave like a pozzolanic material. …”
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven approach to climate action and sustainable development by Haein Cho, Emmanuel Ackom

“…Middle- and low-income countries with high emissions tend to have low NDC targets and contain similar information in VNR reports. High-income countries show less alignment between their NDCs and VNRs. …”
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Preventing Escape of Non-Native Species from Aquaculture Facilities in Florida, Part 2: Facility Evaluation Strategies by Jeffrey E. Hill, Quenton M. Tuckett, Carlos V. Martinez, Jared L. Ritch, Katelyn M. Larson

“…This 6-page fact sheet is the second in a four-part series devoted to educating industry and other stakeholders on the importance of preventing the escape of non-native species from aquaculture facilities, as well as strategies for non-native species containment and regulatory compliance. It describes farm layouts, explains how fish escape, and outlines a process that aquaculturists can complete to identify potential escape points on their farms. …”
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Query-Biased Preview over Outsourced and Encrypted Data by Ningduo Peng, Guangchun Luo, Ke Qin, Aiguo Chen

“…However, searching for the desired documents becomes problematic since it is costly to download and decrypt each possibly needed document to check if it contains the desired content. An informative query-biased preview feature, as applied in modern search engine, could help the users to learn about the content without downloading the entire document. …”
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Petroleum Hydrocarbons Contamination Profile of Ochani Stream in Ejamah Ebubu, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria by Akuro Adoki

“…The study revealed a total number of nine dump pits on this site. The pits contained weathered crude oil. Seven of them were located on the elevated dry land to the southwest and slope towards the swampy bush. …”
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Impact of Tomato Varieties and Maturity State on Susceptibility of Tomatoes to Salmonella by Massimiliano Marvasi, George Hochmuth, Max Teplitski

“… Non-typhoidal Salmonella has emerged as one of the problematic human pathogens associated with fresh produce, nuts, and complex foods containing them. Recent research shows that some varieties of plants are more “resistant” to colonization by the pathogens than others. …”
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Evolution of Mesopores in Monolithic Macroporous Ethylene-Bridged Polysilsesquioxane Gels Incorporated with Nonionic Surfactant by Atsushi Mushiake, Kazuyoshi Kanamori, Kazuki Nakanishi

“…During the hydrothermal treatment under the basic condition, the reorganization of the polysilsesquioxane gel network occurred differently depending on the alkoxy group contained in the precursors. From 29Si CP/MAS NMR measurements, it was revealed that the crosslinking density of the hydrothermally treated gels was increased so that the highly ordered mesostructure of the wet gel could be preserved even after the evaporative drying of solvent.…”
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Synthesis of Specific ZnF Based Nanoparticles (ZnFe2O4): Antimicrobial Properties, Surface Characteristics, and Adsorption Activity for AB 29 Textile Dye by Ferda Gönen, Gökhan Tekinerdoğan

“…In this investigation, the color removal from synthetic wastewaters containing Acid Blue 29 (AB 29) dye was investigated by ZnF-based nanomaterials (ZnFe2O4) synthesized by the coprecipitation method in a batch system. …”
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Investigation of Rheological Characteristics of Powdered Activated Carbon Modified Bitumen for Use in Self-Healing Mechanism of Asphalt Concrete by Omid Jafari Ani, Gholamali Shafabakhsh, Seyed Mohamad Mirabdolazimi

“…The results revealed that the specimens containing Powdered Activated Carbon exhibited better performance against rutting. …”
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