Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates Obtained from Patients in Canadian Hospitals: Results of the CANWARD 2007 Study by Andrew Walkty, Melanie DeCorby, Kim Nichol, Melissa McCracken, Michael R Mulvey, James A Karlowsky, Daryl J Hoban, George G Zhanel

“…Isolates with reduced antimicrobial susceptibility and MDR isolates were more often obtained from ICU patients. All of the MDR isolates remained susceptible to colistin.…”
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De la police coloniale française à la police nationale marocaine : décolonisation et héritages policiers (1953-1960) by Benjamin Badier

“…It inherits the structures of the Cherifian Police, and many French police officers remain in the Moroccan national police as collaborators (one-third of the personnel in 1957). …”
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The theory of reputation economy as a new paradigm for the study of the region economic potential by M. R. Safiullin, A. S. Grunichev, A. A. Abdukaeva

“…If earlier the material productive factors was played a key role, today their importance is to some extent offset by the increasing role of non-material factors of production, the most important of which should include reputation capital. …”
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Ecological approaches in planning for sustainable cities: A review of the literature by T. Yigitcanlar, D. Dizdaroglu

“…The paper provides insights on the interaction between the natural environment and human activities by identifying environmental effects resulting from this interaction; provides an introduction to the concept of sustainable urban development by underlining the important role of ecological planning in achieving sustainable cities; introduces the notion of urban ecosystems by establishing principles for the management of their sustainability; describes urban ecosystem sustainability assessment by introducing a review of current assessment methods, and; offers an outline of indexing urban environmental sustainability. …”
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Licensing of Agricultural Row Crop Pesticide Applicators in Florida by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Published by the UF Pesticide Information Office, July 2006. …”
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Synchronised Object Retrieval: the enhancement of information retrieval performance in multimedia environments using synchronisation protocols by Brophy P.

“…The retrieval of objects from within collections of multimedia presentations poses a number of problems but also offers opportunities for enhancing retrieval performance, by utilising information about the relationships between objects. …”
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Football Fans in Indonesia and Malaysia in the 2000s: Fanaticism, Conflict, and Friendship by Faishal Hilmy Maulida

“…Mania, the identity of the Indonesian football culture, and Ultras Malaya, the identity of the Malaysian football culture, have emerged as distinct cultures among football fans from the two nations. The harmony that often exists between fans of Indonesia and Malaysia started to alter as a result of the positive relationships that exist between fan bases at the club level, as demonstrated above by the friendship between Aremania (Indonesia) and UltrasSel (Malaysia).…”
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The possibility of effective using the conservative and the minimally invasive treatment methods at various stages of the Dupuytren disease by Ekaterina K. Ovchinnikova, Sergey I. Gilfanov

“…These methods can be used at the earliest stages of the disease, however, the absence of proper evidence base often hinders their wide implementation. Up to the present moment, there is no commonly acknowledged approach to managing and treating the patients with early stage of the disease. …”
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Das konzeptuelle Potenzial des deutschen Konfixes bio-. Eine korpusbasierte Netzwerkanalyse by Elżbieta Pawlikowska-Asendrych

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Hydroxyurea mitigates diabetic kidney disease through mTOR-S6K signaling pathway in STZ-induced diabetic mice by Wanying Cheng, Cenzhu Wang, Meican Ma, Yu Zhou

“…Such a combination approach could simultaneously address hyperglycemia and renal dysfunction, offering a more comprehensive management strategy for DKD.…”
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Technology Efficacy in Active Prosthetic Knees for Transfemoral Amputees: A Quantitative Evaluation by Amr M. El-Sayed, Nur Azah Hamzaid, Noor Azuan Abu Osman

“…This paper combined both insights, that is, a technical examination of the components used, with an evaluation of how these improved the gait of respective users. This study aims to offer a quantitative understanding of the potential enhancement derived from strategic integration of core elements in developing an effective device. …”
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Mobile application adjunct to the WHO basic emergency care course: a mixed methods study by Juma A Mfinanga, Hendry R Sawe, Anya L Greenberg, Andrea G Tenner, Alexandra Friedman, Paulina Nicholaus, Christian C Rose, Newton Addo, Catherine Reuben Shari, Upendo N George, Michael J Losak

“…Both arms had significantly improved test scores from enrolment (prior to distribution of materials) to day 1 of the BEC course and from day 1 of BEC course to immediately after BEC course completion. The drop-off in mean scores from immediately after BEC course completion to 4 months after course completion was not significant for either arm. …”
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Rethinking the Viability and Utility of Inhaled Insulin in Clinical Practice by Lutz Heinemann, Christopher G. Parkin

“…Improvements in the PK/PD characteristics of today’s SC insulins provide more physiologic coverage of basal and prandial insulin requirements than regular human insulin; however, they do not achieve the rapid on/rapid off characteristics of endogenously secreted insulin seen in healthy, nondiabetic individuals. …”
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Un cortège « hors des cadres » au devant de la manifestation des organisations syndicales by Hugo Melchior

“…The stakes of this article are to make intelligible this wrongly identified object which intrigues, but also to realize the way union officials position themselves in front of this invasive and unruly collective actor, which deeply disturbs the protest order.…”
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The effectiveness of community-wide screening for pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review by Susanna S. van Wyk, Ntombifuthi Blose, Lester Kapanda-Phiri, Mareli Claassens, Taryn Young

“…The review focused on interventions offering TB screening to entire communities, comparing them to standard care or alternative approaches. …”
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Optimized Production of Biodiesel Using Internet of Things Sensed Temperature with Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization by G. Loganathan, M. Kannan

“…Biofuel production offers a non-fossil fuel that can be utilized in modern engines without any redesign. …”
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Evaluation of Waterlogging Risk in an Urban Subway Station by Haiying Yu, Chuan Liang, Ping Li, Kaijie Niu, Faxing Du, Junhu Shao, Yuyong Liu

“…The model in the study provides a new idea for evaluating waterlogging risks in urban subway stations, and these results can offer important information for local government to strengthen management on waterlogging risks.…”
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Pricing Decisions in Dual-Channel Supply Chain considering Different Fairness Preferences and Low-Carbon Advertising Level by Hong Huo, Dan Luo, Zhanghua Yan, Hao He

“…This paper analyzes the effect of low-carbon advertising level on pricing strategies of online retailers and offline stores and compares pricing strategies of online retailers and offline stores in four decisions. …”
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Standard: Human gastric organoids by Fan Hong, Ronghui Tan, Ting Wang, Nanshan Zhong, Hongling Zhao, Rui-hua Xu, Lin Shen, Yingbin Liu, Xuebiao Yao, Dongxi Xiang, Lijian Hui, Jianping Xiong, Dong Gao, Bing Zhao, Zhifeng Miao, Jie Hao, Yong Li, Shijun Hu, Boqiang Fu, Guoqiang Hua, Lei Wang, Zhao-Lei Zeng, Chong Chen, Jianmin Wu, Changlin Wang, Chunnian Wang, Xianbao Zhan, Chen Song, Chunping Yu, Yingying Yang, Gengming Niu, Yalong Wang, Tongbiao Zhao, Ye-Guang Chen

“…Abstract Organoid technology provides a transformative approach to understand human physiology and pathology, offering valuable insights for scientific research and therapeutic development. …”
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VisGraphVar: A benchmark generator for Assessing Variability in Graph Analysis Using Large Vision-Language Models by Camilo Chacon Sartori, Christian Blum, Filippo Bistaffa

“…This research emphasizes the importance of a comprehensive evaluation across graph-related tasks, extending beyond reasoning alone. VisGraphVar offers valuable insights to guide the development of more reliable and robust systems capable of performing advanced visual graph analysis. …”
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