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Multi-drug resistance poses a serious threat to the public health worldwide. The situation becomes worse when multidrug-resistant bacteria develop resistance against last resort antibiotics such as colistin at...
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International exchange of plants/planting material carries an unintended risk of introduction of exotic pests or their new virulent races/strains into new areas. History has evidenced several examples of dange...
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Open AccessProspects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
We present our current best estimate of the plausible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next several years, with the intention of providi...
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Reticulitermes flaviceps is an invasive subterranean termite in China. The alates of this species stay in their natal colony for about 5 months before dispersal flight. Due to lack of nutrition information of the...
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Factors influencing Detrital Mineralogy and Tectono-provenance of Fort Member Sandstone, Jaisalmer Formation, Western Rajasthan, India
Detrital mineralogy of the sandstone of Fort Member of Jurassic Jaisalmer basin has been investigated with respect to provenance, the influence of palaeoclimate, distance of transport and effects of diagenesis...
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Densities of acefylline piperazine (AP) in aqueous, aqueous methanol, and aqueous ethylene glycol (10% v/v) systems are determined in the concentration range 0.04-0.14±0.001 mol/dm3 at different temperatures (298...
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Investigating management of Irrigation Water in the Upstream Control System of the Upper Swat Canal
Expertise in water management and modeling is needed for optimal use of irrigation water. The main objective of this paper was to investigate the operations of an upstream control irrigation system with respe...
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We present possible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community...
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Temperature-Dependent Electrical Properties of Cr Doped Magnetoplumbite Ferrites
Co-precipitated nanoparticles, with nominal composition SrFe12−x Cr x O19 (x = 0.0–0.3), were characterized for their structural and temperature-dependent...
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Emphasis on the early diagnosis of antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis: retrospective analysis over 16 years at one Chinese center
Antithyroid drug (ATD)-induced agranulocytosis is a rare but life-threatening adverse drug reaction that occurs in patients during the treatment of Graves’ disease. We aimed to comprehensively examine data for...
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Open AccessCurrent tidal power technologies and their suitability for applications in coastal and marine areas
A considerable body of research is currently being performed to quantify available tidal energy resources and to develop efficient devices with which to harness them. This work is naturally focussed on maximis...
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Diagnostics of Seed-Borne Plant Pathogens for Safe Introduction and Healthy Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources
Most of the crop diseases are either seed or soil-borne or both. Hence, seeds alone or along with soil clods, plant debris and fruiting structures of the pathogens are primary source of inoculum for long dista...
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The splintering of general surgery into subspecialties in the past decade has brought into question the relevance of a continued emphasis on traditional general surgical training. With the majority of trainees...
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The out-of-plane transverse shear characteristics of a Nomex honeycomb core have been studied. Finite-element analyses were performed to find the equivalent transverse shear moduli of the honeycomb core by usi...
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