OXA β-lactamases from Acinetobacter spp. are membrane bound and secreted into outer membrane vesicles by Lucia Capodimonte, Fernando Teixeira Pinto Meireles, Guillermo Bahr, Robert A. Bonomo, Matteo Dal Peraro, Carolina López, Alejandro J. Vila

“…These findings reveal that membrane-bound β-lactamases are more common than expected and support the hypothesis that OMVs loaded with lipidated β-lactamases are vehicles for antimicrobial resistance and its dissemination. This advantage could be crucial in polymicrobial infections, in which Acinetobacter spp. are usually involved, and underscore the relevance of identifying the cellular localization of lactamases to better understand their physiology and target them.IMPORTANCEβ-lactamases represent the main mechanism of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative pathogens. …”
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Rapid and simple detection of Candida albicans using closed dumbbell-mediated isothermal amplification by Yanli Zhang, Xuhan Chen, Yeling Zhong, Fei Guo, Guifang Ouyang, Rui Mao

“…The CDA technique was carried out by specific primers targeting at the conserved C. albicans ITS2 gene. All primers were selected and evaluated by real-time fluorescence monitoring and endpoint visual judgement indicated by hydroxy naphthol blue (HNB). …”
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A Liouville Type Result for Schrödinger Equation on Half-Spaces by Baiyu Liu

“…Using a Hardy-type inequality and the moving plane method, we obtain a Liouville type result for its nonnegative solutions.…”
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Geospatial indicators of bikeability index as cyclefriendly city design: a systematic review by Alfredo Leopoldo Enrique Messenger Valenzuela, Adalberto Aparecido dos Santos Lopes, Pablo Antônio Bertasso de Araujo, Marcelo Dutra Della Justina, Gabriel Claudino Budal Arins, Cassiano Ricardo Rech

“…The study protocol was registered in PROSPERO under the registration number CRD42020166795, following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guide. …”
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Le tribunal figural de la fiction expressionniste by Sylvain Louet

“…This fiction is a major work of the German expressionist current because of the originality of its visual inventions. The faces are painted and grimed. …”
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Les coopératives de montagne en Slovaquie by Michel Lompech

“…These collective farms were created within the frame of the former administered economy and have survived its break up. The specific temporality of the collectivization in mountain and the structure of local communities are important factors in the stages of change. …”
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The Interest Rate Should not be Interpreted as a Price by Martin Hellwig

“…Prices are exchange ratios for different objects; the interest rate is a parameter characterising an intertemporal exchange ratio but is not itself an exchange ratio. Therefore, negative (real) interest rates can arise naturally without policy interventions. …”
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Organizing collective cell migration through guidance by followers by Boutillon, Arthur

“…It focuses on one recently discovered mechanism called “guidance by followers”, through which a cell is oriented by its immediate followers. In the gastrulating zebrafish embryo, during embryonic axis elongation, this phenomenon is responsible for the collective migration of the leading tissue, the polster, and its guidance by the following posterior axial mesoderm. …”
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Research on Pure Modes I and II and Mixed-Mode (I/II) Fracture Toughness of Geopolymer Fiber-Reinforced Concrete by Sundaravadivelu Karthik, Kaliyaperumal Saravana Raja Mohan, Gunasekaran Murali, Gobinath Ravindran

“…One such substitute for cement in concrete production is geopolymer concrete, although this material is prone to cracking and fracturing due to its low tensile strength, leading to costly repairs or even structural collapse. …”
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Study on the Regulation Effect of Optogenetic Technology on LFP of the Basal Ganglia Nucleus in Rotenone-Treated Rats by Zongya Zhao, Yanxiang Niu, Peiqi Chen, Yu Zhu, Liangliang Shi, Xuewei Zhao, Chang Wang, Yehong Zhang, Zhixian Gao, Wenshuai Jiang, Wu Ren, Renjun Gu, Yi Yu

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurological degenerative disease that cannot be completely cured, although drugs can improve or alleviate its symptoms. Optogenetic technology, which stimulates or inhibits neurons with excellent spatial and temporal resolution, provides a new idea and approach for the precise treatment of Parkinson’s disease. …”
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Low Cost Skin Segmentation Scheme in Videos Using Two Alternative Methods for Dynamic Hand Gesture Detection Method by Eman Thabet, Fatimah Khalid, Puteri Suhaiza Sulaiman, Razali Yaakob

“…This is mostly due to the attractive characteristics of skin colour and its effectiveness to object segmentation. On the contrary, there are certain challenges in using human skin colour as a feature to segment dynamic hand gesture, due to various illumination conditions, complicated environment, and computation time or real-time method. …”
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Accurate range-based distributed localization of wireless sensor nodes using grey wolf optimizer by Nabil Abdelkader Nouri, Abdenacer Naouri, Sahraoui Dhelim

“… Various ranging techniques are frequently employed in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to determine the distance between a node and its neighboring anchor nodes. The distance measurement, as mentioned earlier is subsequently employed to estimate the location of the node whose location is unknown. …”
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Involvement of RBP-J interacting and tubulin-associated protein in the distribution of protein regulator of cytokinesis 1 in mitotic spindles by Julia Caspers, Andreas Ritter, Badi Bahrami, Samira Catharina Hoock, Susanne Roth, Alexandra Friemel, Franz Oswald, Frank Louwen, Nina-Naomi Kreis, Juping Yuan

“…These data suggest a novel role for RITA in mitotic distribution of PRC1 and that its deregulation may contribute to defective chromosome movement during mitosis. …”
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WORK EXPERIENCE INTERNSHIP THROUGH THE EYES OF TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (ON THE MATERIALS OF SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH) by Alexandr Yu. Myagkov, Maria V. Grigorieva, Irina V. Zhuravleva, Svetlana L. Zhuravleva

“…The aim of the investigation is to study the problem of efficiency of work experience internship in a technical university and its role in the education of future professionals (problem has been investigated in the framework of the research project «Monitoring of social well-being and problems of professional adaptation of ISPEU students»).Methods. …”
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A Semi-Stochastic Propagation Model for the Study of Beam Tilting in Cellular Systems by Konstantinos B. Baltzis

“…Comparisons with data in the literature confirm its validity. Furthermore, the effect of beam tilting on system downlink performance in terms of bit error rate and capacity is investigated.…”
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Specific Features of Legal Regulation of Local Taxes and Fees by O. V. Pabat

“…The peculiarity of local taxation systems in Ukraine is its variability due to the instability of tax legislation. …”
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The place and role of insurance in shaping a “greenˮ economy by M. N. Stepanova

“…Another important conclusion that has been brought up for discussion is that the potential of insurance as a risk management tool within the green economy strategy is not to be confined to environmental insurance, but should be considered in expanding its scope of application to include both the fuller coverage of risk carriers and the range of potential hazards.…”
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Research of Variation Characteristic of Conveyor Belt of Vehicle Group Chain Conveyor based on Elastic Catenary Theory by Yaocheng Zhang, Yang Li

“…Compared with existing general belt conveyors, its load-bearing component-the conveyor belt has less tension when the entire machine is running. …”
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Correlation between the heating value and the chemical characteristics of Eucalyptus biomass by Eraldo Antonio Bonfatti Júnior, Rudson Silva Oliveira, Elaine Cristina Lengowski, Alan Sulato de Andrade, Dimas Agostinho da Silva

“…ABSTRACT: The chemical characteristics of lignocellulosic biomass determine its suitability as an energy source, affecting its combustibility, flame stability, and overall energy efficiency. …”
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Designing a Model for Demand Side Management in Electricity Sector Based on Collaborative Governance by Gholamreza kazemian, Mohammadreza Raecy, Reza Vaezi, Vajollah Ghorbanizadeh

“…It seeks to develop an innovative model for Demand Side Management in the electricity sector, integrating a collaborative governance framework into its core. This research is both developmental in nature and applied in terms of its specific objectives. …”
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