Fatigue crack tip damaging micromechanisms in a ferritic-pearlitic ductile cast iron by Francesco Iacoviello, Vittorio Di Cocco, Mauro Cavallini

“…Due to the peculiar graphite elements shape, obtained by means of a chemical composition control (mainly small addition of elements like Mg, Ca or Ce), Ductile Cast Irons (DCIs) are able to offer the good castability of gray irons with the high mechanical properties of irons (first of all, toughness). …”
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Evaluation of Vibration Performance Variation of Rolling Bearing based on Fuzzy-set Theory by Xia Xintao, Chen Xiangfeng, Cheng Li

“…Firstly,the original data sequence of the rolling bearing vibration is divided into the sample sequences,and then the intrinsic sequence is selected to calculate the standard deviation of each sample sequence and the absolute correlation degree,the gray confidence level and the closeness degree relative to the intrinsic sequence as new sample values. …”
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Enterococcus avium: A Rare Opportunistic and Multidrug Resistant Pathogen in Healthcare Setting by Peetam Singh, Anita Pandey, Gaurav Saini

“… The enterococci are Gram positive and catalase negative bacteria usually inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans. …”
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Automatic Optimization of Guidance Guardrail Layout Based on Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm by Wei-Li Liu, Yixin Chen, Xiang Li, Jinghui Zhong, Rongjun Chen, Hu Jin

“…The paper incorporates guidance signs into the guardrails and designs a coding-decoding scheme based on Gray code to enhance the flexibility of the guardrail layout. …”
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Pigeon Fever in Florida Horses by Sally DeNotta, Amanda House

“…C. pseudotuberculosis is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria that can survive for weeks to months (or possibly even years) in the soil. …”
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Migrations et intégrations urbaines des verriers italiens en France, xvie-xviiie siècles by Corine Maitte

“…À partir de l’exemple des verriers italiens des xvie et xviiie siècles, l’article illustre la gamme assez variée des rapports possibles entre migrants et « société d’accueil » à l’époque moderne.…”
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AKTIVITAS ANTIBAKTERI NANOPARTIKEL KITOSAN DARI LIMBAH CANGKANG RAJUNGAN (Portunus pelagicus) TERHADAP BAKTERI Staphylococcus epidermidis by Fauliya Fauliya, Liza Yudistira Yusan

“… Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria are commonly associated with causing acne, which is a type of Gram-positive bacteria. Chitosan nanoparticles have potential as antibacterials that can be developed into alternative therapies. …”
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Pseudoseptic Arthritis: A Case Series and Review of the Literature by Brian P. Oppermann, Jonida K. Cote, Stephanie J. Morris, Thomas Harrington

“…Pseudoseptic arthritis is an acute inflammatory monoarthritis with a sterile synovial gram stain and culture. Pseudoseptic arthritis has been previously described in the literature in a variety of settings including rheumatoid arthritis and microcrystalline disease. …”
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Giant Merkel Cell Carcinoma Masquerading as a Benign Cyst on the Buttock of an African American Man by Marissa J. Perman, Janelle M. King, Laurel L. Leithauser, Hugh M. Gloster

“…He subsequently received adjuvant radiotherapy limited to the tumor bed at a dose of 60 gray.…”
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Rhinoscleroma Causing Upper Airway Obstruction by Geetika Verma, D Kanawaty, R Hyland

“…The causative organism is Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis, a Gram-negative coccobacillus. Diagnosis is made on the basis of culture of the organism and the characteristic pathology of Mikulicz cells on light microscopy. …”
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Clinical simulation training for first responders in pediatric emergencies with family interaction: a scoping review by Karine Silva Fogaça, Gabriella Figueiredo Marti, Andréia Insabralde de Queiroz Cardoso, Rodrigo Guimarães dos Santos Almeida, Fernanda Ribeiro Baptista Marques, Maria Angélica Marcheti

“…Methods: A scoping review based on the guidelines of the JBI Manual for Evidence Syntheses and reported according to the PRISMA-ScR checklist, covering eight databases and gray literature, without time or language restrictions. …”
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Style and Influence: Computing Hebrews and the Early Christian Stylistic Fingerprint by Erich Benjamin Pracht, Thomas McCauley

“…Stylistic units of analysis in this study are two-word sequences (N-Grams), 40 of which recur in Hebrews as a function of influence from the author’s literary network. …”
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Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh by Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Anne-Maree Parrish, Mohammad Saud Alotaibi, Hassan Hosseinzadeh

“…This study has significant implications for designing prevention pro-grams and policy development in relation to predictors of SA and its effect on HRQoL.…”
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The Role of Pneumococcal Virulence Factors in Ocular Infectious Diseases by Angela H. Benton, Mary E. Marquart

“…Streptococcus pneumoniae is a gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic pathogen that can cause severe infections such as pneumonia, meningitis, septicemia, and middle ear infections. …”
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Video Multiple Watermarking Technique Based on Image Interlacing Using DWT by Mohamed M. Ibrahim, Neamat S. Abdel Kader, M. Zorkany

“…In this technique, three-level discrete wavelet transform (DWT) is used as a watermark embedding/extracting domain, Arnold transform is used as a watermark encryption/decryption method, and different types of media (gray image, color image, and video) are used as watermarks. …”
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Surgical Management of Calciphylaxis Associated with Primary Hyperparathyroidism: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Jennifer Bishop, Eric Brown, Augusto Podesta, Cathrine Troy, Xiang (Eric) Dong

“…Subsequent parathyroidectomy identified the presence of a hyperactive mediastinal parathyroid adenoma, weighing 0.62 grams. Postoperatively, the patient had normalization of hypercalcemia and parathyroid hormone levels, with subsequent healing of her thigh wounds. …”
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Avaliando impactos econômicos do programa “Reflorestar” de pagamentos por serviços ambientais by Renato Nunes de Lima Seixas, Pablo Medeiros Jabor

“…This article aims to estimate the economic impacts of the “Reflorestar” pro-gram for payments for environmental services implemented in the state of Espíri-to Santo in 2014. …”
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Textural Characteristics of Resorcinol—Formaldehyde Resin and Temperature Behavior of Bound Water Affected by Co-Adsorbed Trifluoroacetic Acid or Pyridine in Weakly Polar Organic M... by Vladimir M. Gun'ko, Vladimir V. Turov, Viktor M. Bogatyrov, Jadwiga Skubiszewska-Zięba, Barbara Charmas

“…The interfacial behavior of water at low (h = 0.05 g of water/gram of dry RFR) and high (h = 2 g/g) hydration degrees depends on temperature and pore size filled by unfrozen water because its freezing-point depression increases in narrower pores. …”
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Confirmatory identification and antibiotics resistance profiling of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a laboratory-based study by Hafsa Abdulhamid Abdulsalam

“…Five isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were collected from the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika Zaria and subjected to Gram staining and biochemical tests for initial identification. …”
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Marchiafava-Bignami Disease: a Reality. A Case Report by Masleidy Valladares Valle, Juan Ibrahim García Leonard, Ada Sánchez Lozano

“…Magnetic resonance imaging of the skull revealed demyelination of the corpus callosum, white and gray matter of the parietal and frontal lobes, leading to the diagnosis of acute Marchiafava-Bignami type A disease. …”
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