Design and Construction of a Plasma Sterilizing Machine Using Locally Available Materials. by Kule, Joseph Muhana

“…Some saloons were sampled purposively and the blades of the shaving machines were inoculated to make a sample solution of about 80cm3 from which I cm3 sample was placed on microscopic slides and observed under medium and high power to find out the microbial population in the samples made. …”
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Antimalarial Combination Therapies Increase Gastric Ulcers Through an Imbalance of Basic Antioxidative‑Oxidative Enzymes in Male Wistar Rats. by Kalange, Muhamudu, Nansunga, Miriam, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Kasolo, Josephine, Namulema, Jackline, Kasande Atusiimirwe, Jovile, Tiyo Ayikobua, Emanuel, Ssempijja, Fred, Munanura, Edson Ireeta, Matama, Kevin, Semuyaba, Ibrahim, Zirintunda, Gerald Gerald, Okpanachi, Alfred Omachonu

“…In addition, levels of MDA were significantly higher in the combination of therapies while levels of GSH were lower in comparison to Artesunate and the negative control. Microscopically, antimalarial combination therapies were associated with severe inflammation and tissue damage than Artesunate in the gastric mucosa showing that antimalarial combination therapies exert their toxic effects through oxidative stress mechanisms, and this leads to cellular damage. …”
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Mechanical and Frictional Behavior of Jute-Textile-Reinforced Polymer Composites With Matrix Modification by Farhin Tabassum, M. R. Asekin, M. Salim Kaiser, S. Reaz Ahmed

“…The results of optical microstructures, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images, and energy dispersive x-ray (EDX) spectra are found to be in support of the results observed through direct measurements. …”
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Performance of Rejuvenated Asphalt and Mixtures with Waste Engine Oil Bottom and Liquid Styrene-Butadiene Rubber by Gang Zhou, Yi Tian, Liang Gong, Zhansheng Pang, Tianquan Chen

“…The AFM test showed that WEOB-S effectively dispersed the agglomerated bee-like wax crystals or macromolecular asphaltene structures in the aged asphalt, decreased the number and crests of the bee-like structures, and improved the microscopic uniformity, thus obtaining better macroscopic physical properties. …”
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Chitin Hydrogels Prepared at Various Lithium Chloride/N,N-Dimethylacetamide Solutions by Water Vapor-Induced Phase Inversion by Khoa Dang Nguyen, Takaomi Kobayashi

“…As for viscoelasticity, the complex modulus of the chitin hydrogels indicated that the increment of the LiCl concentration up to 7% formed the tight hydrogels. Atomic force microscopic (AFM) image revealed the formation of the entanglement network and larger domains of the aggregated chitin segments. …”
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Feasibility and Limits of Magnetically Labeling Primary Cultured Rat T Cells with Ferumoxides Coupled with Commonly Used Transfection Agents by Cedric Berger, Martin Rausch, Philipp Schmidt, Markus Rudin

“…By using this protocol, up to 60% of harvested T cells could be labeled. Microscopic investigation revealed FeO/TA nanoparticles not only localized within the cytoplasma of the cells but also sticking to the outer membrane surface.…”
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Distribution and heterogeneity of mast cells in different regions of the genital canal in female quails during the prepubertal and postpubertal periods by Nariste Kadyralieva, Hasan Huseyin Donmez

“…<p> <b>Results: </b>The light microscopic examination of the tissue sections treated with both fixatives demonstrated that mast cells were round to oval or spindle-like in form and localized especially around blood vessels in the tunica mucosa, tunica muscularis and tunica serosa layers. …”
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Antibacterial and Anticancer Potentials of Presynthesized Photosensitive Plectranthus cylindraceus Oil/TiO2/Polyethylene Glycol Polymeric Bionanocomposite by Musarat Amina, Nawal M. Al Musayeib, Nawal A. Alarfaj, Maha F. El-Tohamy, Gadah A. Al-Hamoud

“…The surface morphology of the resulted bionanocomposite film was characterized by various spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. The antibacterial potential of the fabricated bionanocomposite film was investigated against four pathogenic strains. …”
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Study on the Adsorption Performance and Adsorption Mechanism of Graphene Oxide by Red Sandstone in Aqueous Solution by Na Li, WenHao Dai, HaiBo Kang, Beifeng Lv, Ping Jiang, Wei Wang

“…XRD and FT-IR tests showed that CaCO3 in red sandstone was involved in the adsorption of GO. SEM, TEM, and AFM microscopic results showed that GO was adsorbed on the surface of red sandstone particles. …”
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Heterotopic Pancreas in the Gallbladder: Case Report and Literature Review by Emad Aborajooh, Ibrahim Khalil Khairi Ghayada, Yasser Mustafa Issa Lafi

“…Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed with an uneventful postoperative course, and the patient was discharged the next day. Microscopic examination of the gallbladder showed that a heterotopic pancreatic tissue, composed of a large number of pancreatic acini and few ducts with the absence of islets of Langerhans, was found around the cystic duct. …”
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Use of compounded dispersing media for extemporaneous pediatric syrups with candesartan cilexetil and valsartan by Musko Monika, Sznitowska Malgorzata

“…The stability of preparations was studied during 35 days of storage in a dark place at controlled temperature of 25 and 4 °C. During the study, microscopic observation was carried out and pH, viscosity, and concentration of candesartan cilexetil and valsartan were analyzed. …”
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Tuberculosis of the thyroid gland: A rare case report by Manisha Kamlesh Galani, Kamlesh Jamnadas Galani, Swati Nileshkumar Lakhani

“…Diagnosis poses a challenge due to the lack of distinctive clinical features—microscopic examination revealing epithelioid granulomas, sometimes with caseous necrosis and Langhans-type giant cells, aids in diagnosis. …”
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Efficacies of corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis vaccines against caseous lymphadenitis in mice and sheep by Osman Erganiş, H. Hüseyin Hadimli, Kürşat Kav, Aslı Sakmanoğlu, Zafer Sayın, Yasemin Pınarkara

“…In addition, lymph nodes were examined microscopically by the presence any abscess. Antibody titers to C. psedotuberculosis in mice and sheep were determined by modified ELISA.…”
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Appendiceal Intraluminal Gas: A CT Marker for Gangrenous Appendicitis by Chantelle Ip, Edward H. Wang, Michael Croft, Wanyin Lim

“…Intraluminal gas in the appendix was identified in 26 patients (28%), of which 54% had macroscopic and/or microscopic evidence of gangrenous appendicitis. This is in contrast to the subgroup of patients who did not have intraluminal gas (72%), of which only 33% had gangrenous appendicitis. …”
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Extracting the femtometer structure of strange baryons using the vacuum polarization effect by The BESIII Collaboration

“…Abstract One of the fundamental goals of particle physics is to gain a microscopic understanding of the strong interaction. …”
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GLI1-altered mesenchymal tumor involving the parietal pleura: case report and literature review by Yuanli Zhong, Baizhou Li, Gangping Wang, Yuqing Liu, Zhenwei Chen

“…We present the first documented case of a GLI1-altered mesenchymal tumor occurring in the pleura. Microscopic examination revealed that the tumor was composed of ovoid-to-round and vaguely epithelioid cells, as well as a few spindle cells, all exhibiting a uniform morphology and organized in a nested and reticular arrangement, accompanied by a rich capillary network in the stroma. …”
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Water Retention Behaviour and Fracture Toughness of Coir/Pineapple Leaf Fibre with Addition of Al2O3 Hybrid Composites under Ambient Conditions by L. Natrayan, P. V. Arul Kumar, S. Baskara Sethupathy, S. Sekar, Pravin P. Patil, G. Velmurugan, Subash Thanappan

“…The fractured specimens were analyzed using scanning electron microscopic (SEM) pictures to recognize better the failure process of composites during mechanical testing.…”
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Atrophic Myenteric and Submucosal Neurons Are Observed in Parkinson’s Disease by Bodil Ohlsson, Elisabet Englund

“…Parkinson’s disease is often accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms, especially constipation. Microscopic studies of the enteric nervous system and enteric neuropathy have often been performed by immunostaining in the myenteric plexa. …”
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Influence of the Branched Structure of Polyoxyethylene Units in Nonionic Surfactants on the Wettability of Anthracite: A Combined Modeling and Experimental Study by Xuanlai Chen, Guochao Yan, Guang Xu, Xianglin Yang, Jiajun Li, Xuyang Bai

“…The development of high-efficiency dust suppressants is hampered by a lack of understanding of the microscopic interaction process between coal dust and surfactants. …”
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Experimental Study of Dynamic Mechanics Characteristics of Saturated Marble under Low Temperature by Yang Yang, Jianguo Wang

“…According to fracture morphology analysis, water-ice phase transformation at −5°C leads to the nucleation and expansion of a large number of microcracks and micropores in marble, and the interaction between slip separation cracks and microstructures caused by shear deformation under impact separates the massive crystals inside the rock into microscopic crystals, thus reducing the bearing capacity and strength of marble. …”
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