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Detection of class 1 integron-associated gene cassettes and tetracycline resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolated from ready to eat vegetables

. . Mohamed SA, Ardiyati T, Rifa’i M, Widodo. . Ann Med Surg (Lond). 2020 May 21;55:327-331. doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2020.04.044. 2020 Jul. Abstract BACKGROUND: Ready to eat (RTE) vegetables are easily accessible healthy foods that are commonly consumed globally, including in Indonesia. However, these RTE vegetables contain potential contamination from pathogens and multi-drug resistant bacteria. Therefore, …

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GC-MS, GC-MS/MS and GC-IR differentiation of desoxy cathinone derivatives: Cyclic tertiary amines related to MDPV

. . Abiedalla Y, DeRuiter J, Clark CR. . J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2017 Mar 24;1048:38-48. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2017.01.045. Epub 2017 Feb 7. Abstract The desoxy phenethylamine analogues in this study represent a combination of alkyl side-chain and cyclic amines (azetidine, pyrrolidine, piperidine and azepane) to yield a set of molecules of …

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Mechanisms of distinct activated carbon and biochar amendment effects on petroleum vapour biofiltration in soil

. . Bushnaf KM, Mangse G, Meynet P, Davenport RJ, Cirpka OA, Werner D. . Environ Sci Process Impacts. 2017 Oct 18;19(10):1260-1269. doi: 10.1039/c7em00309a. Abstract We studied the effects of two percent by weight activated carbon versus biochar amendments in 93 cm long sand columns on the biofiltration of petroleum vapours released by a non-aqueous …

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Research on psychosocial aspects of epilepsy in Arab countries: a review of literature

. . Al-Khateeb JM, Al-Khateeb AJ. . Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Feb;31:256-62. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.09.033. Epub 2013 Nov 5. Abstract This study reviewed research conducted on the psychological aspects of epilepsy in Arab countries. Several databases (Medline, PubMed, Science Direct, Springer Link, and PsycInfo) were searched using the following two sets of search words: (1) Arab, Jordan, …

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Penalised logistic regression and dynamic prediction for discrete-time recurrent event data

. . Elgmati E, Fiaccone RL, Henderson R, Matthews JN. . Lifetime Data Anal. 2015 Oct;21(4):542-60. doi: 10.1007/s10985-015-9321-4. Epub 2015 Jan 28. Abstract We consider methods for the analysis of discrete-time recurrent event data, when interest is mainly in prediction. The Aalen additive model provides an extremely simple and effective method for the determination of …

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Characterization of the pathogenicity of clinical Cronobacter malonaticus strains based on the tissue culture investigations

. . Alsonosi AM, Holy O, Forsythe SJ. . Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2019 Mar;112(3):435-450. doi: 10.1007/s10482-018-1178-6. Epub 2018 Oct 12. Abstract Cronobacter malonaticus is a member of the genus Cronobacter which is considered an opportunistic pathogen. The significance of C. malonaticus has recently increased since it was documented to be involved in several serious neonatal …

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Ocular Defect Rehabilitation Using Photography and Digital Imaging: A Clinical Report

. . Buzayan MM, Ariffin YT, Yunus N, Mahmood WA. . J Prosthodont. 2015 Aug;24(6):506-10. doi: 10.1111/jopr.12235. Epub 2014 Oct 14. Abstract Ocular disorders occasionally necessitate surgical intervention that may lead to eye defects. The primary objective in restoring and rehabilitating such defects with an ocular prosthesis is to enable patients to cope better with …

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Single-Grain Quartz OSL Characteristics: Testing for Correlations within and between Sites in Asia, Europe and Africa

. . Hu Y, Li B, Jacobs Z. . Methods Protoc. 2019 Dec 26;3(1):2. doi: 10.3390/mps3010002. Abstract We studied the characteristics of the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signal of single-grain quartz from three sites in China, Italy, and Libya, including the brightness, decay curve and dose response curve (DRC) shapes, recuperation, and reproducibility. We demonstrate …

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