Antibacterial effect of cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) against bacteria isolated from cats with otitis externa by Mokhtar, Aimi Najwa

“…There were significant differences in the diameter of inhibition zone (DIZ) of each bacterium tested against different antibiotics and the cinnamon paste (p = 0.000). …”
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A Proposed Framework of Unemployment and Youth Restiveness in the North-Eastern Nigeria: Exloring the Role of the “Almajiri” Culture by Abbo, Usman, Romle, Abd Rahim

“…More so as unemployment in Nigeria increase by 16% from 2011 to 2013 representing 39.9%, with youth unemployment representing 50% of this, where the north-eastern region continue to manifest the worst poverty rate compare to the other five geo-political zones couple with the existence of about 10 million “Almajiris” in the entire northern region which is much more than the total population of Sweden and the result of several investigation panels revealing the involvement of “Almajiri” in most of the violence occurring in the northern region from 1980 to 2010, where the vulnerability of the “Almajiri” due to abject poverty makes them a tool for unleashing violence by some unscrupulouselements. …”
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Biomechanical study on arthroscopic biceps tenodesis fixation techniques by Lim, Gideon Boon Hao

“…The interference screw fixation used in the procedure is said to provide stiffer construct but fails catastrophically in osteoporotic bones. Thus, it is important to find the best repair technique among the two different techniques through biomechanical experiments. …”
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Musculoskeletal regeneration: a zebrafish perspective by Kaliya-Perumal, Arun-Kumar, Ingham, Philip William

“…Upon muscle injury, quiescent stem cells - known as satellite cells - become activated, proliferate, differentiate and fuse to form new myofibres, while bone fracture results in a phased response involving hematoma formation, inflammation, fibrocartilaginous callus formation, bony callus formation and remodelling. …”
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Direct imaging of exoEarths embedded in clumpy debris disks by Defrere, D., Stark, C., Cahoy, K., Beerer, I.

“…Hence, the presence of large amounts of dust in the habitable zone around nearby main-sequence stars is considered as a major hurdle toward the direct imaging of exoEarths with future dedicated space-based telescopes. …”
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Temporal and spatial characteristics of the Beaufort Sea ambient noise environment by Chen, R., Schmidt, H.

“…In particular, the influx of warm Pacific water, so called the Beaufort Lens, has dramatically altered the level and vertical directionality of ambient noise, creating a low noise zone in the ∼75–250 m depth interval with a noise notch at low grazing angles. …”
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An abundant bacterial phylum with nitrite-oxidizing potential in oligotrophic marine sediments by Zhao, Rui, Jørgensen, Steffen L, Babbin, Andrew R

“…Nitrosediminicola aerophilus) is generally confined within the oxic zone, another (Ca. Nitrosediminicola anaerotolerans) additionally appears in anoxic sediments. …”
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Single-crystal growth of organic semiconductors by Jiang, Hui, Kloc, Christian

“…The growth of large crystals from the melt by zone melting, the Bridgman, or the Czochralski methods has been used to produce stable materials used in wafer manufacturing or large scintillator detectors. …”
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Evaluation of unsaturated soil slope stability by incorporating soil-water characteristic curve by Zhai, Qian, Tian, Gang, Ye, Weimin, Rahardjo, Harianto, Dai, Guoliang, Wang, Shijun

“…Loess soils are unsaturated and widely distributed in the northwest zone in China. Many steep slope of unsaturated are observed are observed to be naturally stable. …”
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Studies on coordination chemistry of a nitrogen–sulfur donor ligand with lighter and heavier metal ions and biological activities of its complexes by H. Tarafder, M. Tofazzal, Asmadi, A., Talib, Siti M. S., Ali, A. M., Crouse, K. A.

“…[Fe(SBDTCA)3], [Sb(SBDTCA)3] and [Sb(SBDTCA)2Cl · H2O] were strongly effective against bacteria giving clear inhibition zones with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus. …”

Assessment of the biological durability of oil palm trunk modified with 1,3-dimethylol-4,5-dihydroxy-ethyleneurea (DMDHEU) following subsequent curing at elevated temperatures by Rosli, Siti Nurul Ashikin, Chin, Kit Ling, Lee, Chuan Li, Maminski, Mariusz, Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Toczylowska-Maminska, Renata

“…High curing temperature (> 180 °C) caused cracks and ruptured the cell walls, exposing the untreated zone of the OPT to biological attack. As a non-biocidal wood modification, homogeneous dispersion of DMDHEU with adequate concentration and curing temperature is important to fully prevent OPT degradation by wood-destroying fungi and termites. …”
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Development of temperature and mass transfer-based empirical models for estimating reference evapotranspiration in Nigeria by Awhari, Dauda Pius, Jamal, Mohamad Hidayat, Muhammad, Mohd. Khairul Idlan, Kamai, Matthew Boniface, Yaseen, Zaher Mundher, Shahid, Shamsuddin

“…The spatial distribution analysis of performance metrics showed both equations exhibited superior accuracy in estimating ET0 across diverse climatic zones in Nigeria. The incorporation of PSO in model development, coupled with spatial analysis, highlights the study’s multidimensional approach. …”
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Optimised “green solvent” extraction of long-chain menaquinones (Vitamin K2) from wet Lactococcus lactis biomass by Lee, Sze Ying, Hu, Xiao, Stuckey, David C.

“…Menaquinone (vitamin K2) is an essential fat-soluble vitamin for bone and cardiovascular health. Long-chain menaquinones are exclusively synthesised by bacteria, and Lactococcus lactis appears promising as a microbial production platform. …”
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Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles-cell interaction: new approaches to disclose the fate of membrane-bound and internalised nanoparticles by Bonany, Mar, Pérez-Berná, Ana Joaquina, Dučić, Tanja, Pereiro, Eva, Martin-Gómez, Helena, Mas-Moruno, Carlos, van Rijt, Sabine, Zhao, Zhitong, Espanol, Montserrat, Ginebra, Maria-Pau

“…Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles are popular tools in bone regeneration, but they have also been used for gene delivery and as anticancer drugs. …”
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Nation in action : making Chinese in the rural borderland between China and North Korea by Chen, Shiwei

“…Part II includes three empirical chapters that examine three aspects of everyday nationhood and ethnicity in the ethnic Korean village: the uses of a stone monument that commemorates the Korean War as part of nation-building (Chapter 4), economic development policy implementation and the uses of ethnic and national framing related to their implementation (Chapter 5), and the governance of emigration and the utilizations of ethnic capital and its impact on social relationship in both the sending and receiving societies (Chapter 6). …”
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Soil moisture-based drought monitoring using remote sensing over Africa by Lu, Catherine S.

“…Additionally, a methodology of exponential time filtering is explored to convert surface soil moisture from SMAP into root-zone soil moisture, which can be more relevant for agricultural production. …”
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Numerical modeling of explosion of a reinforced concrete magazine : secondary trajectory of debris due to roll-and-bound motion by Ang, Adele Yu Hui

“…One of the factors is considering the required clearance zone measured from the hazardous source such as an explosive-storing magazine. …”
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Behaviour of motorists during changeover of rates of the electronic road pricing system by Tan, Kelvin Yik Keong

“…The project also found that the hourly profile of motorcyclists entering the Restricted Zone displayed a notably different trend from that of cars, and that motorcyclists appear to be more price-sensitive as compared to car owners. …”
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Injection effects on settling velocity by Le, Duc Anh

“…The acceleration profile or the length of acceleration zone is found to remain relatively consistent under injection effects.…”
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Thermal regulation and its impacts on human comfort and energy efficiency by Xiang, Zhenhui

“…However, this model has some limitations such as people who undergone the experiments are from a narrow range of age group; in addition, the experiment environment was under moderate thermal climate zones only. In order to find a more energy efficient HVAC system design, one must find a suitable thermal comfort model which best suits the climate and the region, as well as the building types. …”
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