Phenotypic and Genomic Comparison of <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Lytic Phages: vB_KpnM-VAC66 and vB_KpnM-VAC13 by Olga Pacios, Laura Fernández-García, Inés Bleriot, Lucia Blasco, Antón Ambroa, María López, Concha Ortiz-Cartagena, Felipe Fernández Cuenca, Jesús Oteo-Iglesias, Álvaro Pascual, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Pilar Domingo-Calap, María Tomás

“…Here, we annotated and compared the genomes of two lytic phages that infect clinical strains of <i>K. pneumoniae</i> (vB_KpnM-VAC13 and vB_KpnM-VAC66) and phenotypically characterized vB_KpnM-VAC66 (time of adsorption of 12 min, burst size of 31.49 ± 0.61 PFU/infected cell, and a host range of 20.8% of the tested strains). Transmission electronic microscopy showed that vB_KpnM-VAC66 belongs to the <i>Myoviridae</i> family. …”
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Histological and ultrastructural characterization of the dorso-ventral skin of the juvenile and the adult starry puffer fish (Arothron stellatus, Anonymous 1798) by Fatma A. Madkour, Ahmed M. Abdellatif, Yassein A. Osman, Ramadan M. Kandyel

“…The study aims to characterize the dorso-ventral skin of the juvenile and the adult starry puffer fish using light and scanning electron microscopies. Twenty specimens of juvenile and adult fresh fishes were used. …”
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Broadband photodetection using one-step CVD-fabricated MoS2/MoO2 microflower/microfiber heterostructures by D. Mouloua, N. S. Rajput, S. Saitzek, K. Kaja, K. Hoummada, M. El Marssi, M. A. El Khakani, M. Jouiad

“…An arsenal of characterization methods were used to elucidate the properties of these novel heterostructures including Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectrometry, high-resolution transmission and scanning electron microscopies, and Kelvin probe force microscopy. …”
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Implantable porous gelatin microspheres sustained release of bFGF and improved its neuroprotective effect on rats after spinal cord injury. by Li Lan, Fu-Rong Tian, De-Li ZhuGe, Qi-Chuan ZhuGe, Bi-Xin Shen, Bing-Hui Jin, Jian-Ping Huang, Ming-Ze Wu, Lu-Xin Fan, Ying-Zheng Zhao, He-Lin Xu

“…The particle sizes and surface porosity of the blank GMSs were carefully characterized by scan electronic microscopy. The blank GMSs have a mean particle size of 35μm and theirs surface was coarse and porous. bFGF was easily encapsulated inside the bulk GMSs through diffusion along the porous channel. 200μg of bFGF was completely encapsulated in 100mg of GMSs. …”
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Unraveling an Ultrafast Electron Transport Mechanism in a Photocatalytic “Micromachine” for Their Potential Light Harvesting Applications by Nivedita Pan, Lopamudra Roy, Md. Nur Hasan, Amrita Banerjee, Ria Ghosh, Meshari A. Alsharif, Basim H. Asghar, Rami J. Obaid, Arpita Chattopadhyay, Ranjan Das, Saleh A. Ahmed, Samir Kumar Pal

“…Detailed structural characterization, including High Resolution Transmission Electronic Microscopy (HRTEM) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), has been performed on the nanohybrid. …”
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Ultrastructural changes in renal tissue in rats with renal failure under the influence of herbal composition BNO 2103 by V. V. Chernykh, К. О. Zupanets, S. K. Shebeko

“…After animals were sacrificed, their kidneys were obtained and studied with standard electronic microscopy methods. Results. BNO 2103 normalized the ultrastructural picture of the kidneys, however, with the presence of minor pathological signs. …”
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Nano-Structuration of WO₃ Nanoleaves by Localized Hydrolysis of an Organometallic Zn Precursor: Application to Photocatalytic NO₂ Abatement by Kevin Castello Lux, Katia Fajerwerg, Julie Hot, Erick Ringot, Alexandra Bertron, Vincent Collière, Myrtil L. Kahn, Stéphane Loridant, Yannick Coppel, Pierre Fau

“…The material was characterized by electronic microscopy (SEM, TEM), TGA, XRD, Raman and solid NMR spectroscopies. …”
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Functionalization of Silica Nanoparticles to Improve Crosslinking Degree, Insulation Performance and Space Charge Characteristics of UV-initiated XLPE by Yu-Wei Fu, Yong-Qi Zhang, Wei-Feng Sun, Xuan Wang

“…The grafted functional groups are verified by molecular characterizations of Fourier transform infrared spectra and nuclear magnetic resonance hydrogen spectra. Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) indicates that the functionalized silica nanoparticles have been filled into polyethylene matrix with remarkably increased dispersivity compared with the neat silica nanoparticles. …”
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Normothermic Ex Situ Machine Perfusion of Vascularized Composite Allografts with Oxygen Microcarriers for 12 Hours Using Real-Time Mitochondrial Redox Quantification by Valentin Haug, Yifeng Peng, Bianief Tchiloemba, Alice T. Wang, Florian Buerger, Padraic Romfh, Ulrich Kneser, Brian D. Polizzotti, Bohdan Pomahac

“…Oxygenation of the skeletal muscle was assessed with Raman spectroscopy, tissue pO₂-probes, and analysis of the perfusate. Transmission electronic microscopy was utilized to assess the ultrastructure of mitochondria of the skeletal muscle. …”
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TRIAMCINОLON IN THE TREATMENT OF THE SIMPLE BACTERIAL CYSTITIS (EXPERIMENTAL STUDY) by Ya. V. Shikunova, G. V. Slizovsky, A. V. Gudkov, V. V. Ivanov, Ye. A. Gereng, Ye. P. Krasnozhenov, L. S. Mushtovatova

“…The bladder wall ultrastructure was analyzed by the method of transmission electronic microscopy.Rresults. According to the research data, decongestion of the swelling enchasing mass was observed after 5 days of triamcinоlon instillations both with antibiotics and without it in comparison with the inflammatory process without any treatment and with the antibiotics injections only. …”
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Effect of Pore Structure on Thermal Conductivity and Mechanical Properties of Autoclaved Aerated Concrete by Gonglian Chen, Fenglan Li, Pengfei Jing, Jingya Geng, Zhengkai Si

“…The steam curing systems of AAC and the base material were determined based on SEM (Scanning Electronic Microscopy) and XRD (X-ray Diffraction) tests. …”
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Silicates from Lherzolites in the South-Eastern Part of the Kempirsay Massif as the Source for Giant Chromitite Deposits (the Southern Urals, Kazakhstan) by Dmitri E. Saveliev, Darkhan K. Makatov, Ildar R. Rakhimov, Ruslan A. Gataullin, Vladimir V. Shilovskikh

“…The results of deformation-induced processes at the submicron scale are recorded by optical and electronic microscopy. In olivine, the plastic deformation caused segregation of impurities at structural defects. …”
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Comparative study on the tensile mechanical behavior of GFRP bars under and after high temperature exposure by Chunheng Zhou, Jinjing Pan, Zihua Zhang, Yaohong Zhu

“…The effects of high temperature on the degradation mechanisms of GFRP bars were investigated using scanning electronic microscopy. The results showed that carbonization of resin and exposure of fibers in GFRP bars occurred gradually as the temperature increased. …”
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Sustainable augmentation in lyocell knitted sportswear functionality by in-situ synthesis of biogenetically reduced silver nanoparticles by B.H. Patel, Tasnim N. Shaikh, S.B. Chaudhari

“…The lyocell fabric augmented with silver nanoparticles was characterized for its surface morphology by scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) technique. The uniform distribution of AgNPs was seen from the SEM image. …”
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Uric acid–driven NLRP3 inflammasome activation triggers lens epithelial cell senescence and cataract formation by Hong Liang Lin, Sheng Wang, Kota Sato, Yu Qiao Zhang, Bei Ting He, Jing Xu, Toru Nakazawa, Yong Jie Qin, Hong Yang Zhang

“…To better understand the underlying mechanisms, we investigated UA-driven senescence in human lens tissue samples obtained during surgery, rat lens organ cultures, and in vivo experiments, using senescence-associated β-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) staining, electronic microscopy, Western blotting, and histological analyses. …”
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<i>Phytobacter diazotrophicus</i> from Intestine of <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> Confers Colonization-Resistance against <i>Bacillus nematocida</i> Using Flagellin (FliC) as an In... by Qiuhong Niu, Suyao Liu, Mingshen Yin, Shengwei Lei, Fabio Rezzonico, Lin Zhang

“…It could be shown that the <i>B. nematocida</i> B16 grows in chains rather than in planktonic form in the presence of FliC. Scanning Electronic Microscopy results showed that protein FliC-treated B16 bacterial cells are thinner and longer than normal cells. …”
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Effect of Temperature on the Daily Increment Deposition in the Otoliths of European Sardine <i>Sardina pilchardus</i> (Walbaum, 1792) Larvae by Claudia Soares, Susana Ferreira, Pedro Ré, Maria Alexandra Teodósio, António Miguel Santos, Hugo Batista, Nuria Baylina, Susana Garrido

“…The increase of growth increments with larval size was higher for larvae reared at 17 °C until 35 days post-hatching than those growing at 15 °C. Scanning electronic microscopy confirmed that increments are deposited daily, with an average width smaller than 1 µm and as low as 0.33 μm, therefore impossible to distinguish using light microscopy. …”
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Melatonin and sciatic nerve injury repair: a current perspective by Altunkaynak BZ, Delibaş B, Altun G, Deniz ÖG

“…Keywords: peripheral nerve injury, melatonin, regeneration, light and electron microscopy…”
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A Silver Yarn-Incorporated Song Brocade Fabric with Enhanced Electromagnetic Shielding by Xiuling Zhang, Zimin Jin, Lizhu Hu, Xinyi Zhou, Kai Yang, Dana Kremenakova, Jiri Militky

“…The weaving structure of the two samples were investigated by scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) and laser optical microscopy (LOM). …”
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Wastewater Contaminated with Hydrazine as Scavenger Agent for Hydrogen Production by Cu/Ti Nanostructures by Mariana Hinojosa Reyes, Roberto Camposeco, Vicente Rodríguez González

“…The materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), N₂ physisorption, Scanning Electronic Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), Ultraviolet-visible-Diffuse Reflection Spectroscopy, Ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy as a function of the temperature, (Temperature Programmed Reduction) TPR-chemisorption, XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) and OH determination through DRIFTS (Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy). …”
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