Identification of an IncHI5-like plasmid co-harboring blaNDM−1 and blaOXA−1 in mcr-8.1-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate by Xu Liu, Tingting Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Zhiyang Yu, Zhiyang Yu, Shangshang Qin, Shangshang Qin, Muchen Zhang, Muchen Zhang, Yan Li, Yan Li

“…The dissemination of blaOXA−1 in variable region is related to the structure of class 1 integron, while IS26 mediates the integration of blaNDM−1 on IncHI5-like plasmid. …”
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Design of the testing procedure for investigation of Eryx conicus dermal armour characteristics by Blanka Žaloudková, Petr Koudelka, Petra Frýdlová, Mykhailo Drozdenko, Jan Šleichrt, Daniel Kytýř

“…To identify and characterise the structure of snake skin and to prove the protective function of osteoderms, all samples were subjected to high resolution X-ray computed tomography. …”
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Theoretical study on the pressure-induced phase transition in vanadium dioxide by A. G. Grebenyuk, V. N. Kaurkovskaya, V. V. Lobanov

“…When increasing the coordination number of vanadium atoms to that characteristic of the bulk structure, the necessary pressure has been found to decrease. …”
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Forced Vibration Analysis for a FGPM Cylindrical Shell by Hong-Liang Dai, Hao-Jie Jiang

“…The cylindrical shell is assumed to have two-constituent material distributions through the thickness of the structure, and material properties of the cylindrical shell are assumed to vary according to a power-law distribution in terms of the volume fractions for constituent materials, the exact solution for the forced vibration problem is presented. …”
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Possible stick‐slip behavior before the Rausu landslide inferred from repeating seismic events by Masumi Yamada, Jim Mori, Yuki Matsushi

“…Our observations show that heterogeneous structure, such as asperities on the slip surface, can play an important role in the initiation of landslides, adding a new aspect to the conventional understanding of mechanisms controlling large mass movements.…”
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Long-term dynamics and current state of yellowfin sole <i>Limanda aspera</i> stocks in the waters of Sakhalin Island by Alexander O. Zolotov, Alexander V. Smirnov, Lev N. Baranchuk-Chervonny, Anna Yu. Dubinina

“…Commercial stocks of two yellowfin sole populations on the western and eastern shelves of Sakhalin Island are assessed by VPA method using the data on their size-age structure and fishery statistics for 1950-2013. Results of the assessment are compared with the data of bottom trawl surveys conducted in 2000-2013. …”
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Pnictogen bonding enabled photosynthesis of chiral selenium-containing pyridines from pyridylphosphonium salts by Qiang Liu, Bei-Bei Zhang, Chao-Shen Zhang, Jia-Nan Han, Zhi-Xiang Wang, Xiang-Yu Chen

“…Pyridylphosphonium salts, which are readily available and air and thermally stable, have been used to effectively synthesize structurally diverse pyridines. Herein, we report the pnictogen bonding (PnB) enabled photoactivation of pyridylphosphonium salts with catalytic potassium carbonate to generate pyridyl radical for pyridine synthesis. …”
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Mössbauer Spectroscopy as a Valuable Analysis Technique in Biomedical Research by Jasim Hassen, Jack Silver

“…Because of its sensitivity to nuclear hyperfine interactions, this technique yields incredibly accurate data regarding the electronic and magnetic states of nuclei, chemical bonds, and the local electronic environment structure around iron atoms. This review demonstrates how Mössbauer spectroscopy contributes to biomedical sciences. …”
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Luminescent properties of complexly substituted oxides Ме2Ln8 (XO4)6O2 (Me=Sr, Ca; Ln=La, Gd, Eu; X= Si, P) by A. A. Vasin, M. G. Zuev

“…In the current work it is established that the maximum intensity of a luminescence of crystalline phosphors with structure silicate-apatite of general formulae: Ca2Eu8Si6(1-x)P6xO26, Sr2Gd7.2Eu0.8Si6(1-x)P6xO26 and Ca2La8(1-x)Eu8xSi6O26 is reached at concentration of europium equal 0,15. …”
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Natural Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on Highly Ordered TiO2 Nanotube Arrays by Na Li, Nengqian Pan, Danhong Li, Shiwei Lin

“…Furthermore, the influences of the crystal structure of TiO2 nanotube arrays on the performance of the natural DSSCs were discussed.…”
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Clinical-laboratory and instrument indices of the thyroid gland state after surgical treatment of tumors of the chiasmatic-cellar region by Ya. A. Kan, M. G. Zhestikova, S. M. Bryzgalina, N. P. Shakhvorost

“…Most patients, who had been operated in terms of tumours of chiasmal-cellular area, have normal volume and structure of thyroid gland in the background of decreased level of free thyroxine and absence of increasing of level of TSH on the principle of feedback, it indicates to the secondary character of destruction of thyroid gland. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Cultivated Areas with Major Crops in Buzau County by Simona-Beatrice Manolache, Nina Sava

“…The results highlight differences and disparities in the evolution of cultivated areas, reflecting changes in the structure of horticultural crops and their adaptation to climatic and economic conditions. …”
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Meanings of family under the perspective of parents of adolescent students by Francisca Georgina Macedo de Sousa, Leda Barros de Castro, Ana Larissa Araujo Nogueria, Italo Rodolfo Silva, Dennyse Cristina Macedo da Silva, Nayra Michele Anjos Amorim

“…Eight themes emerged: Structure, values and meanings of family; Roles and functions of family members; Family and school; Family dynamics and the health-disease process in the family; Affective bonds and family relationships; Strategies for family functioning; Feelings and support network; Adolescence and the adolescent in the family. …”
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Evolution endodontic obturation of systems as indicator of technical progress in stomatology

“…Results showed decrease of quantity and the size of pores, closer locating of particles and more homogeneous structure in samples of the seals mixed after influence on it of EMP than in samples without influence of EMP. …”
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Dynamical behaviours of soliton solutions with stability analysis to the q-deformed Tanh-Gordon model in optical fiber by Muhammad Idrees Afridi

“…These answers might shed more light on the model's mathematical structure and characteristics. A stability analysis, which validates the dependability of obtained solutions, was thus employed to validate the findings. …”
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Event-Triggered Bipartite Consensus of Single-Integrator Multi-Agent Systems with Measurement Noise by Cui-Qin Ma, Yun-Bo Zhao, Wei-Guo Sun

“…We find that the weakest communication requirement to ensure the mean square bipartite consensus under event-triggered protocol is that the signed digraph is structurally balanced and contains a spanning tree. Numerical examples validated the theoretical findings where the system shows no Zeno behavior.…”
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Gastric schwannoma (a case report) by S. M. Zavhorodnii, M. B. Danyliuk, M. A. Kubrak, M. F. Shchurov

“…Histological examination did not reveal sufficient findings regarding the tumor structure, which required immunohistochemical diagnostics with the following results: the tumor cells showed positive staining for vimentin, protein S-100 and SOX-10, weak positive for CD34, but no staining for desmin, smooth muscle actin, CD117/c-kit, Dog1, pan-cytokeratin. …”
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NEW APPROACH IN DESIGN OF EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR THE MANAGERS IN NANOINDUSTRY by Tatyana A. Gavrilova, Margarita A. Gladkova

“…It is based on the usage of instruments of the modern smart-cards for presenting the structure of education resources. This kind of presentation enables to form the content of education resources clearly and vividly at different levels simultaneously as well as determine the elements which either are in demand, or intersect, or are superfluous.…”
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Perceptual consequences of change in vocoded speech parameters for various reverberation conditions by Szymon Drgas, Magdalena Błaszak

“…The results have shown that the fine structure information is a relevant cue in speech perception in reverberation conditions. …”
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Investigation of electric and magnetic characteristics of high-temperature hall sensor based on AlGaN/GaN heterostructure by B. P. Стемпицький, Динь Ха Дао

“…The active layer of the proposed structure is a two-dimensional electron gas region, which is formed between the barrier layer Al0,3Ga0,7N and the undoped GaN channel layer. …”
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