Vertical Transmission of Group B Streptococcus, Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile among Newborns Delivered at Health Facilities in Jigjiga Ci... by Addisu Tesfaye, Mahlet Fekede, Fasil Getu, Surafel Mekuria, Tigist Abebe, Daniel Tollosa, Shamil Barsenga, Bawlah Tahir, Abdurahman Kedir Roble, Sara Tesfaye, Muluken Walle

“…The modified Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method was used for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for Colonization with Carbapenem-Resistant Microorganisms in Patients Admitted to a Multidisciplinary Hospital by O. G. Ni, B. Z. Belotserkovskiy, A. N. Kruglov, M. I. Matyash, A. O. Bykov, S. V. Yakovlev, E. M. Shifman, D. N. Protsenko

“…The study included 733 patients aged 18 to 94 years. Biological samples were taken from the rectum, upper and lower respiratory tract. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of K-Ta Mixed Oxides for Hydrogen Generation in Photocatalysis by Beata Zielińska, Ewa Mijowska, Ryszard J. Kalenczuk

“…It was also found that the sample composed of KTaO3 and traces of unreacted Ta2O5 (annealed at 600°C) exhibits the highest activity in the reaction of photocatalytic hydrogen generation. …”
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Optimization of ultrasound assisted extraction of sappan (Caesalpinia sappan L) wood for preparation of high quality extract by Moh Djaeni, Setia Budi Sasongko, Devi Yuni Susanti, F Widhi Mahatmanti, Andri Cahyo Kumoro, Laeli Kurniasari

“…Additionally, the extraction process was modeled, resulting in a validated effective diffusivity (De) of 1.8 × 10?? cm²/s, The kinetic study was useful in industrial application especially to determine appropriate extraction time.…”
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NEW CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR SCLERODERMA SYSTEMATICA (a lecture) by Lidia Petrovna Ananyeva

“…Testing the novel criteria on a validation sample of 405 people showed that their sensitivity and specificity were 91 and 92%, respectively.…”
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Assessment of Impacts of Wastewater Discharge in River Rwizi in Mbarara City. by Niwenyesiga, Dison

“…Water and Wastewater samples were taken from one discharge sampling point representing residential origin and that from River Rwizi. …”
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Pump–probe reciprocal-space mapping using energy-resolved XFEL pink beam pulses by Ouyoung Kwon, Sungsoo Ha, Do Young Noh, Hyonchol Kang, Mazhar Iqbal, Muhammad Ijaz Anwar, Sunam Kim

“…A thin slab of RSM, whose thickness corresponds to the energy bandwidth of the pink beam, is successfully reconstructed using the proposed method. By rocking a sample in a few steps, we obtained a 3D RSM covering both the diffuse scattering and the Bragg rod in NiO thin films during a pump–probe X-ray diffraction measurement.…”
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Antibiotic and colistin resistance pattern of Salmonella spp. isolated from pediatric patients with diarrhea in the Southern region of Vietnam by Nga Thi Le, Phuong Hoai Hoang, Chinh Van Dang, Tinh Huu Ho, Phuc Le Hoang, Dinh Quang Truong, Ha Thi Thanh Nguyen, Chuong Van Le, Tuom Thi Tinh Truong, Phuong Nhat Tran, Trang Thi Phuong Phan

“…Methods: This study involved the collection of 500 stool samples from children with diarrhea from two tertiary pediatric hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. …”
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Tailoring Al-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles via Scalable High-Energy Ball Milling–Solid-State Reaction: Structural, Optical, and Dielectric Insights for Light-Activated Antimicrobial Defe... by Zurayfah Al-Shammari, Imen Massoudi, Amani Rached, Ibtisam Ababutain, Azzah Alghamdi, Reem Aldakheel, Kamal Amin, Essam Kotb, Amor Ben Ali

“…This study reports the synthesis of aluminum-doped ZnO nanoparticles (Al-ZnO NPs) via a top-down mechanochemical solid-state reaction (SSR) approach using high-energy ball milling (HEBM) as a rapid, controllable, and efficient method. Al-ZnO samples were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. …”
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Effect of Particle Size on Structural, Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Highland Barley Bran by Tong WANG, Xueqing WANG, Yaning TIAN, Jingjing YANG, Bin DANG, Xiaogang SHEN, Fengzhong WANG, Lili WANG

“…These parameters of four samples were then analyzed in terms of particle size distribution, microstructure, physicochemical composition, pore characteristics, and functional properties. …”
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Bowel “Dissection” in Microvillus Inclusion Disease by Ming-Chou Chiang, Jen-Fu Hsu, Chuen Hsueh, Hsun-Chin Chao, Tzu-Hao Wang, Chih-Ping Chen, Ming-Wei Lai

“…The peripheral blood sample also revealed MYO5B mutation. He had been on long-term parenteral nutrition. …”
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YOLOPoul: Performance evaluation of a novel YOLO object detectors benchmark for multi-class manure identification to warn about poultry digestive diseases by Wenxiang Qin, Xiao Yang, Yang Wang, Yongxiang Wei, Yan Zhou, Weichao Zheng

“…However, traditional data augmentation methods were not fully effective in expanding abnormal manure samples. To address this issue, generative models were explored for data augmentation, where denoising diffusion probabilistic models generated realistic images, showing promising potential. …”
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Accumulation of Circulating Cell-Free CpG-Enriched Ribosomal DNA Fragments on the Background of High Endonuclease Activity of Blood Plasma in Schizophrenic Patients by E. S. Ershova, E. M. Jestkova, A. V. Martynov, G. V. Shmarina, P. E. Umriukhin, L. V. Bravve, N. V. Zakharova, G. P. Kostyuk, D. V. Saveliev, M. D. Orlova, M. Bogush, S. I. Kutsev, N. N. Veiko, S. V. Kostyuk

“…We determined cfDNA concentration (RNase A/proteinase K/solvent extraction; fluorescent dye PicoGreen) and endonuclease activity (NA) of blood plasma (radial diffusion method) in the untreated male SZ group (N=100) and in the male healthy control group (HC) (N=96). …”
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First detection of resistance genes and virulence factors in Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp in Togo: the case of imported chicken and frozen by-products by Kossi Touglo, Bouraïma Djeri, Haziz Sina, Bawa Boya, Guy Géoffroy Ayadokoun, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Yaovi Ameyapoh

“…In total, 285 poultry meat and cut samples were analyzed following standardized AFNOR microbiological protocols. …”
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Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Uropathogens Isolated from Urinary Tract Infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh by Sara Sadia Chowdhury, Promi Tahsin, Yun Xu, Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek, Howbeer Muhamadali, Royston Goodacre

“…<b>Methods</b>: Standard microbiological techniques were used to identify uropathogens, and AMR patterns were determined using the Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method. <b>Results</b>: Out of 6549 urine samples, 1001 cultures were positive. …”
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Antibiotic resistance and serotype distribution of Shigella strains in Bangladesh over the period of 2014–2022: evidence from a nationwide hospital-based surveillance for cholera a... by Mokibul Hassan Afrad, Md. Taufiqul Islam, Yasmin Ara Begum, Md. Saifullah, Faisal Ahmmed, Zahid Hasan Khan, Zakir Hossain Habib, Ahmed Nawsher Alam, Tahmina Shirin, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Edward T. Ryan, Ashraful Islam Khan, Firdausi Qadri

“…The susceptibility to antibiotics was tested using the disk diffusion method. Structured questionnaires were used to collect participants’ socioeconomic status and clinical, sanitation, and food history. …”
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Study on bioactivities of Morinda citrifolia L. fruit hydroalcoholic extracts and detection of novel phytoconstituents by UPLC-Q-exactive orbitrap-tandem mass spectrum analysis by Aslee Tailulu, Hanyue Cui, Liren Wu, Yuhu Shen, Ping Shi

“…Methods: In this study, dry noni samples were immersed in hydro-alcoholic solvents, ethanol (EtOH) and methanol (MeOH). …”
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An infrared, Raman, and X-ray database of battery interphase components by Lukas Karapin-Springorum, Asia Sarycheva, Andrew Dopilka, Hyungyeon Cha, Muhammad Ihsan-Ul-Haq, Jonathan M. Larson, Robert Kostecki

“…The data library includes attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction data, collected in inert atmospheres provided by custom sample chambers. The data library presented in this work (and online repository) simplifies access to reference data that is otherwise either diffusely spread throughout the literature or non-existent, and provides energy storage researchers streamlined access to vital interphase-relevant data that can accelerate battery research efforts.…”
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Combined impact of biosynthesized selenium nanoparticles and imipenem against carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their associated virulence factors by Mohamed Shawky, Mohamed H. Kalaba, Gamal M. El-Sherbiny

“…Methods CRPA isolates were isolated from different clinical samples, identified, and subjected to antibiotic profiling using Vitek-2 method. …”
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Microbial profile and associated factors of external ocular bacterial and fungal infections in Arba Minch General Hospital: a cross-sectional study by Melat Woldemariam, Addis Aklilu, Aseer Manilal, Masresha Mengistu, Dagimawie Tadesse, Munira Siraj, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Bassam Khalid Alnafisi, Akbar Idhayadhulla

“…The demographic data were obtained using a structured questionnaire, while corneal scrapings and conjunctival swabs were collected for culture. Samples were inoculated onto MacConkey, blood, mannitol salt and Sabouraud dextrose agar plates. …”
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