Disk diffusion (DD) is a simple antifungal susceptibility method for Candida. This study examined the impact of fluconazole DD testing on antifungal de-escalation. We enrolled patients with candidemia whose Candida isolates were tested for fluconazol...
In this paper, a multi-module electrodynamic exciter based on moving-magnet disk voice coil motor is presented to meet the demands of high torque and high bandwidth in a dynamic torsional stiffness test. A variable pole-arc ratio disk Halbach array (...
Bacterial contamination is a major and constant threat to the establishment and subculture of in vitro plant culture. In this study, we used a slightly modified qualitative disk diffusion method to screen optimal antibiotics to control the growth of...
The reference method for cefiderocol antimicrobial susceptibility testing is broth microdilution (BMD) with iron-depleted-Mueller-Hinton (ID-MH) medium, whereas breakpoints recommended for disk diffusion (DD) are based on MH-agar plates. We aimed to...
Pin-on-plate and pin-on-disk wear tests are typically used for assessing the wear behavior of a given material coupling and estimating its wear coefficient using the Archard wear law. This study investigates differences in the Archard law for pin-on-...
One of the most effective methods to limit the mechanical vibrations of bladed disks is the use of friction damping at mechanical joint interfaces. Unfortunately, dedicated tests to assess the impact of mistuning and the effectiveness of friction dam...
Elizabethkingia anophelis has recently emerged as a cause of life-threatening infections. This study compared the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) conducted for E. anophelis through different methods. E. anophelis isolates collec...
Increasing antibiotic resistances and a lack of new antibiotics render the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections increasingly difficult. Therefore, additional approaches are being investigated. Macrolides are not routinely used against Gram...
Accurate antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of cefiderocol remains a diagnostic challenge, especially in infections caused by metallo-β-lactamase (MBL)-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae. While disk diffusion offers a cost-effective alterna...
Background/objectives: One of the most crucial responsibilities of clinical microbiology laboratories involves conducting precise and fast antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) on bacterial isolates, necessary to guide antibiotic therapy. Standa...
Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings are the gold standard for diagnosing herniated discs, there are many limitations to accessing MRI scanning devices in practice. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between functional tests...
Background/Objectives: While new methods for measuring antimicrobial susceptibility have been associated with improved patient outcomes, they should also be validated using standard protocols for error rates and other test metrics. The objective of t...
Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) is widely implemented to achieve lightweight and optimized components in power transmissions (e.g., internal gear in planetary stages), by substituting steel castings or a combination of Ductile Iron and steel-assembled...
To improve the pod-picking efficiency of the combine harvester for both peanut seedlings and peanuts, a longitudinal axial flow pod-picking device is designed in this study. The fixation and adjustment modes of the pod-picking rod were determined. Th...
This paper evaluates the fracture of notched epoxy matrix composites using the Brazilian disk (BD) test from both numerical and experimental points of view. The study began with a comprehensive experimental program covering three different composite...
The resistance to antimicrobials (AMR), especially antibiotics, represents a serious problem and, at the same time, a challenge. In the last decade, a growing interest in the use of essential oils (EOs) as antimicrobial substances was observed. Comme...
Centrifugal disk dispensers are widely used in various tasks of dosing bulk, dispersed materials. The design of the disk depends on the physical and mechanical characteristics of the dosing medium. The work discusses the development of an analytical...
Antimicrobial susceptibility tests, achieved through the use of antibiotic-impregnated disks in a suitable laboratory environment, are conducted to determine which antibiotics are effective against the bacteria present in the body of an infected pati...
Data on colonization and hospital contamination of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (CR-GNB) are limited in low- and middle-income countries. We designed this study to determine the prevalence and co-existence of carbapenemase genes among...
A tamping machine is the key equipment of large coking coal cake forming in the steelmaking industry, where the loose coal is compacted into a coal cake by the reciprocating movement of its tamping hammer. In the long-term friction process, the third...
Background: This study evaluated the utility of fluconazole disk diffusion on CHROMagar Candida Plus for differentiating Candidozyma auris from Candida parapsilosis. Methods: In this in vitro study, clinical isolates of both C. auris and C. parapsilo...
The aim of this study was to compare the reference broth microdilution (BMD) method with the Disk Diffusion (DD) test and strip test against a collection of 75 well-characterized Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing Klebsiella pneumoni...
Objectives: To develop a system for the rapid detection of Acinetobacter baumannii 173-p1 antibiotic resistance (to ensure reliable fixation of bacteria on a cantilever without losing their nanomotion, to show that nanomotion is due to bacterial meta...
A major quality challenge in the application of titanium alloys is the persistence of substances known as “hard-alpha inclusions”. Although hard-alpha inclusions are extremely rare and typically small in size in high-quality titanium allo...
Background: The alarming increase in carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales is a matter of grave public health concern. The most ubiquitous carbapenemases, Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-, New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)-, and o...
Glass fiber-reinforced composite cylinders, capable of withstanding internal pressure generated during service, are increasingly utilized as insulators in high voltage circuit breakers. Different testing procedures have been suggested by various stan...
Cefiderocol is a last-resort option for infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative organisms. However, susceptibility testing is technically demanding: variable performances have been observed for disk diffusion (DD), and gradient d...
This article aims to investigate the influence of different contact conditions on the friction properties of an Nb-stabilized AISI 430 ferritic stainless-steel sheet with deep drawing quality. Three tribological tests were performed: pin-on-disk, ben...
Due to bacterial resistance to antimicrobials, antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infections (UTIs) has become a major challenge for clinicians. The present work aimed to compare the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of 53 uropathogenic Escheri...
Crumb rubber concrete (CRC) is a concrete that contains rubber crumbs. This article presents a study of three experiments on long aged CRC specimens that were cored from a decade old CRC bridge deck in Tianjin, China. The three experimental tests con...
The FGH95 superalloy used for turbine disk manufacturing was strengthened by the oblique laser shock processing (OLSP). The laser energy, beam diameter, and number of impacts were selected as the test factors, and the three-factor three-level oblique...
Background: The combination of aztreonam (ATM) and avibactam (AVI) presents an important therapeutic option for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, particularly the NDM-producing Enterobacterales. In 2024, both the CLSI and EUCAST published their...
Funding is often a constraint when planning research, especially in countries where basic research is underfunded. Researchers must take into account these limitations, e.g., in relation to the selection of appropriate reagents, the source of which m...
Background/Objectives: In recent years, antimicrobial resistance has become a major threat to global health, and scientific research aiming to identify new therapeutic resources is a priority. Essential oils (EOs), obtained from spices belonging to t...
Background/Objectives: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) pose an increasing risk of antimicrobial resistance, and novel diagnostic tests have been developed to address the limitations of standard urine culture in these cases. It is important that these...
The transfer of antibiotic resistance via the food chain is a global concern. Nevertheless, more attention is required to non-pathogenic strains, such as spoilage bacteria, which could transmit genes to pathogens. Although Lactic Acid Bacteria are mi...
The slotted disk spring has been widely used given its nonlinear characteristics. However, the number of studies on them is limited, and the influences of nonuniform thickness have not been investigated theoretically and experimentally. Additionally,...
Background: Coffee is a major dietary source of polyphenols. Previous research found that coffee had a protective effect on periodontal disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether coffee extract and its primary phenolic acid, chlorogenic...
WHO (World Health Organization) reports from recent years warn about the growing number of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. Therefore, there is an urgent need to constantly search for new substances effective in the fight against microorganism...
The forming process of ultra-high-strength steel (UHSS) may cause premature damage to the tool surface due to the high forming pressure. The damage to and wear of the tool surface increase maintenance costs and deteriorate the surface quality of the...
Wet clutch transmits its power by the friction torque between friction and separate disks. Conical groove friction disk is a new attempt in Wet clutch. Its configurations allow significant enhancement of torque delivery performances, compared with th...
This study evaluates the tribological behavior of two elastomeric sealing materials—EPDM and TPV—sliding against 30 wt.% glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 66 (PA66GF30), a composite widely used in structural and guiding components. The app...
The spread of antimicrobial resistance is one of the major health emergencies of recent decades. Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria threaten not only humans but also populations of domestic and wild animals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate th...
Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health concern that requires multiple strategies to be tackled effectively. While the discovery of new antimicrobial molecules is essential, the repurposing of existing compounds also plays a s...
Background: Here, we validate a unique and rapid susceptibility assay, Pooled Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (P-AST), used for complicated, persistent, and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), following Clinical and Laboratory Standards Inst...
Scrap tire rubber and nylon fiber are waste materials that could potentially be recycled and used to improve the mechanical properties of asphalt pavement. The objective of this research was to investigate the properties of scrap tire rubber and nylo...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a leading cause of treatment failure for many infectious diseases worldwide. Improper overdosing and the misuse of antibiotics contributes significantly to the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria. The co-contaminati...
The SOS/umu genotoxicity assay evaluates the primary DNA damage caused by chemicals from the β-galactosidase activity of S. typhimurium. One of the weaknesses of the common umu test system based on spectrophotometric detection is that it is unable to...
Basalt fiber-reinforced concrete is increasingly being used in shotcrete support systems for rock mass excavation engineering due to its superior mechanical properties and durability. Rapid freeze–thaw cycling tests were performed to simulate f...
A new piezoelectric actuator combining interdigitated ring electrodes and a PZT-52(Lead Zirconate Titanate) disk was investigated for the large displacement requirements of piezoelectric actuators. Finite element models were established according to...
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