Coexistence of bla NDM-1, mcr-1 and bla CTX-M-199 in an ST499 multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate by Xinjun Hu, Bingyou Yin, Ruishan Liu, Lu Gong, Xiaolu Yang, Zhenghao Lou, Haowei Ye, Bingyang Shang, Yibing Shang, Yingjian Zhang

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) was conducted via agar dilution and the broth microdilution procedure. The AST results revealed that L5151 is resistant to a variety of antibiotics. …”
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Citizen Science from the Perspective of Higher Education Professors by Helton Luis Nina Lameira, Mayerly Alexandra Guerrero-Moreno, Everton Cruz Silva, Paulo Roberto Brasil Santos, Maria Alexandra Teodósio, José Max Barbosa Oliveira-Junior

“…Future efforts should focus on fostering faculty engagement, implementing robust training and validation procedures, and developing inclusive, community-based research models.…”
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Screen-based sedentary behavior and BMI among Chinese adolescents: weight concern as a mediator moderated by body image perception by Shuoyuan Tan, Libo Zhou, Gulqihra Abdukerima, Wei Yin, Ning Chen, Ling Yuan, Ya Gao, Pauline Sung-Chan Po Lin, Zhaoxin Wang, Jianwei Shi

“…Path analysis and bootstrap procedures with bias-corrected 95% confidence intervals were used for data analysis. …”
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The Perioperative NonaGEnaRIan And cenTenarian suRgICal (GERIATRIC) Risk Stratification Tool by Laurence Weinberg, PhD, Dong Kyu Lee, PhD, Luke Fletcher, MD, Bobby Ou Yang, MD, Jadon Karp, MD, Anoop N Koshy, PhD, Ranjan Guha, FANZCA, Hugh Slifirski, MD, Michael R D’Silva, MD, Rinaldo Bellomo, PhD, Leonid Churilov, PhD

“…In this retrospective observational study, nonagenarians and centenarians undergoing any surgical procedure were profiled. Surgery severity was stratified, and the incidence and grade of postoperative complications were recorded. …”
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Reusability of filtering facepiece respirators after decontamination through drying and germicidal UV irradiation by David Vernez, Jonathan Save, Anne Oppliger, Nicolas Concha-Lozano, Nancy B Hopf, Hélène Niculita-Hirzel, Grégory Resch, Véronique Michaud, Laurie Dorange-Pattoret, Nicole Charrière, Kiattisak Batsungnoen, Guillaume Suarez

“…When respirators had been used by healthcare workers and undergone decontamination, they had particle penetration significantly greater than never donned respirators.Conclusion This decontamination procedure is an attractive method for respirators in case of shortages during a SARS pandemic. …”
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Multiplex vs. singleplex assay for the simultaneous identification of the three components of avian malaria vector-borne disease by DNA metabarcoding by Eduard Mas-Carrió, Judith Schneider, Victor Othenin-Girard, Romain Pigeault, Pierre Taberlet, Philippe Christe, Olivier Glaizot, Luca Fumagalli

“…Our insights from this proof-of-concept study will help improve laboratory procedures for accurate and cost-efficient medical diagnosis of vector-borne diseases, the spread of which is globally exacerbated by current climate change.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Alveolar Nerve Block with 2% Lidocaine–Epinephrine and 4% Articaine–Epinephrine Buccal Infiltration in Mandibular Premolar and Molar Region in Children: A... by Jelena Komsic, Sanja Vujkov, Isidora Neskovic, Duska Blagojevic, Ana Tadic, Bojan Petrovic, Branislav Bajkin

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: Buccal infiltration with 4% articaine is more effective than 2% lidocaine administered via IANB for invasive dental procedures in children, providing superior pain control and positive patient responses.…”
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Characteristics and prognosis of skip lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer: a retrospective study by Kuang-Hua Lo, Kuo-Hung Huang, Wen-Liang Fang, Shih-Chieh Lin, Yi-Ping Hung, Ming-Huang Chen, Chew-Wen Wu, Ching-Yun Kung

“…Abstract Background Lymph node dissection is a standardized procedure in gastric cancer surgery. Typically, lymph node metastasis begins in the perigastric (PG) region and then extends to the extraperigastric (EP) region. …”
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A Sparse Bayesian Technique to Learn the Frequency-Domain Active Regressors in OFDM Wireless Systems by Carlos Crespo-Cadenas, María José Madero-Ayora, Juan A. Becerra, Elías Marqués-Valderrama, Sergio Cruces

“…However, the adoption of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as a prevalent modulation scheme in current wireless communication standards provides a promising avenue for employing an FD approach. In this work, a procedure to model nonlinear distortion in wireless OFDM systems in the frequency domain is demonstrated for general model structures based on a sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) algorithm to identify a reduced set of regressors capable of an efficient and accurate prediction. …”
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Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Desmopressin for Post–Kidney Biopsy Bleeding by Narayan Prasad, Jeyakumar Meyyappan, Deependra Kumar Yadav, Brijesh Yadav, Ravi Kushwaha, Manas Patel, Vamsidhar Veeranki, Dharmendra Bhadauria, Manas Behera, Monika Yachha, Anupama Kaul, Jai Kishun, Dheeraj Khetan, Anupam Verma, Heera Lal

“…Methods: In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted from February 2019 to January 2023 at a teaching institute in Lucknow, India, 203 patients aged 18 to 65 years undergoing indication kidney biopsy were randomized to receive desmopressin (300 μg) or placebo intranasally an hour before the procedure. Outcomes included postbiopsy bleeding (primary) and hemoglobin drop, hypotension, hematuria, hematoma, transfusion need, and radiological or surgical interventions (secondary). …”
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A focal extramedullary hematopoiesis of the spleen in a patient with essential thrombocythemia presenting with a complicated postoperative course: a case report by Kiyotaka Hosoda, Akira Shimizu, Koji Kubota, Tsuyoshi Notake, Shinsuke Sugenoya, Koya Yasukawa, Hikaru Hayashi, Ryoichiro Kobayashi, Yuji Soejima

“…Therefore, strict management of platelet count using medication is crucial in patients with ET who require invasive procedures, especially splenectomy. Case presentation A 68-year-old man with ET was found to have an enlargement of a focal splenic tumor. …”
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Unlocking the Potential of Remanufacturing Through Machine Learning and Data-Driven Models—A Survey by Yong Han Kim, Wei Ye, Ritbik Kumar, Finn Bail, Julia Dvorak, Yanchao Tan, Marvin Carl May, Qing Chang, Ragu Athinarayanan, Gisela Lanza, John W. Sutherland, Xingyu Li, Chandra Nath

“…Recently, the integration of cutting-edge technologies, such as sensor-based product data acquisition and storage, data analytics, machine health management, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven scheduling, and human–robot collaboration (HRC), in remanufacturing procedures has received significant attention from remanufacturers and the circular economy community. …”
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Recent advances in machine learning for defects detection and prediction in laser cladding process by X.C. Ji, R.S. Chen, C.X. Lu, J. Zhou, M.Q. Zhang, T. Zhang, H.L. Yu, Y.L. Yin, P.J. Shi, W. Zhang

“…The emergence of defects during the cladding procedure poses substantial challenges for the quality and performance of the cladding layers. …”
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Diagnosis, treatment and clinical outcomes of extrauterine sites of leiomyomatosis: a systematic review by Jacopo Di Giuseppe, Leonardo Natalini, Mila Bordini, Daniele Crescenzi, Linda Grementieri, Jessica Petrucci, Arianna Asaro, Luca Giannella, Giovanni Delli Carpini, Camilla Grelloni, Andrea Ciavattini

“…Greater awareness among clinicians is needed regarding surgical procedures involving ligation and/or cutting of major uterine vessels, which appear to contribute to the development of EAELs, and morcellation, which tends to promote intraperitoneal metastatic spread.…”
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Practice of quality control circle activities in improving the accuracy of inhalants usage in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (提高慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者吸入剂规范使用率的品管圈实践)... by SUN Zhiling (孙志玲), XU Yuanle (许远乐), FU Xiaoli (付晓丽), GUO Ling (郭苓), DUAN Juanping (段娟平), WENG Yinchen (翁银晨), ZHANG Yu (张钰), WANG Ningli (王宁丽)

“…Targeted nursing countermeasures were carried out including comprehensive health education, standard operating procedure, enhanced training and evaluation, and diversified exercise of respiratory function. …”
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The Effects of Suburethral Tension Adjustable Sling (Remeex system) for Female Urinary Incontinence between Pure Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency and Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency w... by Sang Wook Lee, Woong Bin Kim, Kwang Woo Lee, Jun Mo Kim, Jae Heon Kim, Ji Eun Moon, Si Hyun Kim, Jae Joon Park, Young Ho Kim

“…Use of 1 hr pad weight test showed that incontinence decreased after the procedures in both groups, and that of group I patients was significantly lower than that of group II patients. …”
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Infective Larvae of <i>Haemonchus contortus</i> (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae) Are Captured and Destroyed by Nematode-Trapping Fungi <i>Dactylellina</i> spp. (Fungi: Orbiliales) by Manuel Salvador Balanzar-Aguilera, Enrique Gutiérrez-Medina, Gustavo Pérez-Anzúrez, Edgar Jesús Delgado-Núñez, María Eugenia López-Arellano, Ana Yuridia Ocampo-Gutiérrez, Pedro Mendoza-de Gives

“…The identification of NF was achieved using morphological identification keys, which was corroborated by molecular procedures using the PCR technique in the ITS4 and ITS5 regions. …”
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Frozen elephant trunk repair of aortic aneurysms: How to reduce the incidence of endoleak and reinterventionCentral MessagePerspective by Sandhir Kandola, FRCS (Vasc), PhD, Ahmed Abdulsalam, FRCS (C-Th), MSc, Mark Field, FRCS, DPhil, Robert K. Fisher, FRCS, MD

“…Methods: In this retrospective analysis of 63 cases in which FET was used to repair aneurysms between 2008 and 2019, 36 were intended as single-stage procedures. Effective sizing and sealing of distal stents were analyzed by preoperative and postoperative computed tomography angiography (CTA). …”
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Grid Forming Inverters for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations to Enhance Distribution Grid Resilience by Stefano Barsali, Radu Bojoi, Massimo Ceraolo, Vincenzo Mallemaci, Fabio Mandrile, Susanna Mocci, Gianluca Pasini

“…Through detailed simulation of five representative case studies, our results show that GFM converters can sustain isolated grids, support black-start procedures, and provide voltage/frequency regulation. …”
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Optimization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Immature Embryo Transformation System and Transformation of Glyphosate-Resistant Gene 2mG2-EPSPS in Maize (Zea mays L.) by Gui-rong YU, Yan LIU, Wen-ping DU, Jun SONG, Min LIN, Li-yuan XU, Fang-ming XIAO, Yong-sheng LIU

“…Using the optimized transformation procedure, more than 800 transgenic plants were obtained from 78599, Zong 31 and BA. …”
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