Biofilmed-PGPR: Next-Generation Bioinoculant for Plant Growth Promotion in Rice under Changing Climate by Jeberlin Prabina Bright, Hemant S. Maheshwari, Sugitha Thangappan, Kahkashan Perveen, Najat A. Bukhari, Debasis Mitra, Riyaz Sayyed, Andrea Mastinu

“…A new biofilm-based formulation comprising the diazotrophic cyanobacteria Anabaena AMP2, P-solubilizing Bacillus megaterium var. phosphaticum PB1, and K-solubilizing Rhizobium pusense KRBKKM1 was tested for efficacy in rice. The growth medium with half-strength BG-11 medium supplemented with 3% glucose showed best for biofilm formation under in vitro conditions. …”
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Design and assessment of lipase-CuO nanoparticle conjugates for enhanced antimicrobial efficacy against clinical pathogens by Eman M. Handak, Dina H. Amin, Mai M. Elhateir

“…The antimicrobial activity of Lipase-CuO nanoparticles conjugates was tested against a range of clinical pathogens. The results demonstrated a significant increase in antimicrobial potency compared to both CuO nanoparticles and lipase alone particularly against E. coli strain NRC B-3703 with remarkable increase of 373.6% and 75% followed by S. aureus with increase of 50 and 42.8%compared to that of individual CuO nanoparticles and lipase enzyme, respectively. …”
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Molecular identification and genetic diversity analysis of Cryptosporidium spp. infecting dogs from central and northern Jordan: Detection of zoonotic genotype IId. by Rami M Mukbel, Eman M Etoom, Haifa B Hammad, Heidi L Enemark, Marwan M Abu Halaweh

“…Among the successfully sequenced samples, 25 (58.1%) were Cryptosporidium canis, 15 (34.9%) were Cryptosporidium parvum, and three (7.0%) were Cryptosporidium baileyi. Multiple diversity tests were employed, indicating low genetic differentiation between the studied populations of C. parvum and C. canis. …”
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Coping with sand and dust storms: Developing and validating of an adaptation assessment tool by Shiva Salehi, Ali Ardalan, Abbas - Ostadtaghizadeh, Armin Zareiyan, Gholamreza Garmaroudi, Abbas Rahimiforoushani

“…The reliability of the tool was then calculated using Cronbach's alpha test and the intra -cluster correlation index. Results: After calculating the item effect score index with values higher than 1.5, the content validity ratio higher than 0.49, and the content validity index higher than 0.79, 40 items out of the initial 101 were selected. …”
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Maternal Serum Uric Acid as an Index of Perinatal Outcomes in Severe Preeclampsia by Rozhan Yassin Khalil, Awat Saber Muhammed

“…SPSS v21 was used for obtain mean, standard deviation, frequency and percentage. One way ANOVA test used to obtain P value with consider <0.05 significant value. …”
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Validation of In-field Calibration for Low-Cost Sensors Measuring Ambient Particulate Matter in Kolkata, India by Siddharth Nobell, Arnab Majumdar, Shovon Mukherjee, Sukumar Chakraborty, Sanjoy Chatterjee, Soumitra Bose, Anindita Dutta, Sandhya Sethuraman, Daniel M. Westervelt, Shairik Sengupta, Rakhi Basu, V. Faye McNeill

“…Cross-calibration between co-located LCS-RGM pairs was tested. The LCS data after cross-calibration correctly identified days as being in or out of attainment with the 24h National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 60 µg m−3 91% of the time. …”
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Multi-Objective Simulated Annealing for Efficient Task Allocation in UAV-Assisted Edge Computing for Smart City Traffic Management by Ahmed Shamil Mustafa, Salman Yussof, Nurul Asyikin Mohamed Radzi

“…The peak load scenario tested system performance under significantly increased computational demands and reduced resource availability. …”
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Erratum to ‘Should post-operative stereotactic radiosurgery be the standard of care in Craniopharyngioma patients?’ [World Neurosurgery: X (22C) (2024) 100327] by Saurabh Gupta, Deepak Agrawal, Shweta Kedia, Shashank Sharad Kale

“…Kaplan–Meier analysis, and log-rank tests showed better 3-year PFS (92.3 % vs. 77.7 %, p = 0.03), and 3-year OS (97.1 % vs. 74.6 %, p = 0.009) for patients who received post-operative GKRS. …”
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Exploring knowledge, attitudes, practices, and determinants regarding emergency contraception use among female university students in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cros... by Patricia Lukusa Mishika, Olivier Mukuku, Amos Kamundu, Kaymarlin Govender, Stanislas Okitotsho Wembonyama, André Kabamba Mutombo

“…The data were analysed via STATA 16, with chi-square tests to compare variables, considering a significance threshold of 5%. …”
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La traducción y difusión de la literatura hispánica en la Italia fascista by Adele Pia Villani

“…Aun así, el estudio se propone demostrar cómo, pese a las razones históricas que la impulsaron, la circulación de la producción editorial hispánoamericana en Italia se debió más a encuentros fortuitos entre editores italianos y españoles que a una clara línea política del régimen. Entre estos destaca el nombre de Mario Puccini, quien, por ejemplo, creó las circunstancias para difundir en Italia las obras de Blanco Fombona y Amado Nervo. …”
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A Characterisation and Profiling of District Health Indicators in Zimbabwe: An Application of Principal Component Analysis in a Data Limited Setting by Shepherd Shamu, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Charles Hongoro

“…The 10 composite indices (population, immunisation, child mortality, antenatal care, HIV/TB, malaria, non-communicable diseases, socioeconomic, health seeking behaviour and infrastructure) were tested for construct and content validity and were found to be statistically robust, reliable and consistent with observed behaviour. …”
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PCR-based detection of Botryosphaeria canker pathogens in fig trees by Mahdiyeh Ghaedi, Zeinab Bolboli, Hamed Negahban, Reza Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa

“…The species-specific primers TUB-Bd1 (specific for Botryosphaeria dothidea), TUB-Np1 (specific for Neofusicoccum parvum), and RPB-Nd2 (specific for Neoscytalidium dimidiatum) effectively amplified target gene sequences in pure cultures and infected tissue samples using PCR and nested PCR conditions. The efficiency test results demonstrated that TUB-Bd1, TUB-Np1, and RPB-Nd2 primer pairs could detect specific DNA fragments at very low concentrations in nested PCR. …”
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OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR EXTRACTION PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS AND FLAVONOIDS FROM MILLET BRAN AND STUDYING SOME OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY by Mariem M. A.AL-Abas, Jassem. M. Nasser

“…Therefore, this treatment was adopted in conducting the free radical scavenging test, at different concentrations (0.125, 0.250, 0.500, 0.750, 0.800) mg/ml, as RSA were (24.68, 40.18, 67.56, 81.98, 89.55%), respectively, compared to ascorbic acid at the same concentrations, which were (40.14, 57.34, 73.46, 89.93, 99.55%). …”
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Las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) como forma investigativa interdisciplinaria con un enfoque intercultural para el proceso de formación de los estudiantes... by Miguel Alejandro Cruz Pérez, Mónica Alexandra Pozo Vinueza, Alex Fabian Andino Jaramillo, Alan David Arias Parra

“…Sin embargo, los docentes hoy en día no comprenden con eficacia la utilidad que puede significar el uso de las TIC en el desarrollo del proceso de formación de los estudiantes; esto se refleja en la calidad educativa. Por lo cual este manuscrito tiene como objetivo analizar Las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación como forma investigativa interdisciplinaria con un enfoque intercultural para fortalecer el proceso de formación de los estudiantes. …”
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Valores de referencia para TSH y T4 libre en la población de Medellín, Colombia by Maria Antonia Rico Mesa, Sara León-Aldana, Marta Gómez, Liliana Ocampo, Silvana Builes, Verónica Abad

“…Conclusiones: para una población entre los 10 y 65 años, de la ciudad de Medellín, los valores mencionados previamente en los resultados no presentaron diferencias estadísticamente significativas por edad o sexo. Estos valores fueron definidos con el fin de tener un referente para la toma de decisiones con la clínica de cada de paciente. …”
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A harmonic model validation methodology for power generation units based on voltage-current phasor characteristic by Kia Malekian Boroujeni, Farhad Safargholi, Kaveh Malekian

“…The practicability of the methodology is shown by employing some test-bench (photovoltaic power generation unit) and on-site (wind power generation unit) measurement campaigns for validating some linear and nonlinear harmonic models. …”
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Comparison of serum ischemia modified albumin levels between preeclamptic and healthy pregnant women by Dinç Zuhal, Çakar Erbil, Kumru Pınar, Erel Özcan, Neşelioğlu Salim, Cimsit Nilüfer, Boz Gizem

“…Serum IMA levels were measured by the Albumin Cobalt Binding (ACB) test. Results The mean IMA values were found to be significantly higher in the preeclampsia group compared to the control group (p<0,001). …”
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Evaluation of centering ability of XP endo shaper, Edge Evolve and Hyflex CM in simulated curved canals by Van B. Werdina, Ihsan N. Bahnam

“…The data were analyzed statistically using one way ANOVA, Welch ANOVA, Least significant differences (LSD) and Games-Howell post hoc test. Results: the results of this study demonstrated that the Edge Evolve instruments showed a significantly better centering ability than both XP endo shaper and Hyflex CM at four levels of measurements except at last level (HO) which XP endo shaper scores the best centering ability. …”
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Retrospective clinical analysis of time to recovery from diabetic ketoacidosis in Ethiopia by Angefa Ayele, Dube Jara, Alo Edin, Digafe Hailu, Mihiret Kifle, Yohannes Fekadu

“…Data were entered into Epi-data version 4.6 and analyzed with STATA version 17, employing Kaplan-Meier survival curves, log-rank tests, and Cox-proportional hazards models to identify predictors. …”
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Mental health disorder symptom changes among public safety personnel after emotional resilience skills training by R.N. Carleton, S. Sauer-Zavala, T.A. Teckchandani, K.Q. Maguire, L. Jamshidi, R.E. Shields, T.O. Afifi, J. Nisbet, K.L. Andrews, S.H. Stewart, A.J. Fletcher, R. Martin, R.S. MacPhee, J.C. MacDermid, T.M. Keane, A. Brunet, M. McCarron, L.M. Lix, N.A. Jones, G.P. Krätzig, J.P. Neary, G. Anderson, R. Ricciardelli, H. Cramm, J. Sareen, G.J.G. Asmundson

“…The current study pilot-tested ERST effectiveness among diverse PSP. Methods: A 16-month longitudinal design engaged serving PSP (n = 119; 34 % female; firefighters, municipal police, paramedics, public safety communicators) who completed PSP-delivered ERST. …”
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