Article | 27-August-2018
heterogeneous membrane’s material. Diffusion coefficients in ion-exchange membranes tested in this study were found to be dependent on concentration of the upstream solution, with an exception of Ca2+ in anionexchange membranes and NO3- in cation-exchange membranes. The role of osmosis in water transport in ED-M process was found negligible.
Hanna JAROSZEK,
Piotr DYDO
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 9 , ISSUE 4, 115–121
Article | 16-December-2013
The essential oil is mostly depends on the temperature. The temperature will influence the final product of the extraction process. The existing steam distillation processes are giving less intention on this issue. This work implemented the robust self-tuning fuzzy PID (STFPID) controller to monitor the steam temperature in the hydro-diffusion essential oil extraction system. The hydro-diffusion system is built to overcome some weakness of existing systems. The effectiveness of the STFPID using
Zakiah Mohd Yusoff,
Zuraida Muhammad,
Mohd Hezri Fazalul Rahiman,
Mohd Nasir Taib
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 6 , ISSUE 5, 2055–2074
Research Article | 12-December-2017
We adopt temporal graph model to explore the dynamic temporal properties of three mobility datasets in DTN (Delay Tolerant Network), collected from different sources, including one university campus WLAN and two conferences WLANs. With this model, we observe that the temporal network density of DTN changes with time and approximate varies periodically. Then we study the impact of this phenomenon on information diffusion. Our studies and findings can be used for establishing more realistic
Lintao Yang,
Sai Wang,
Hao Jiang
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 4 , ISSUE 1, 35–52
Research Article | 15-February-2020
This paper proposes a computational model of the mass-sensitive chemical sensor with plasma-organic-polymerfilm-coated quartz crystal resonators for use in sensor signal processing to develop a high-performance electronic nose system. Assuming one-dimensional Fickian diffusion of sample gas molecules, diffusion equation is applied to sample gas molecules in the sensor film bulk to describe the responses of the chemical sensor to the sample gas. Green’s function is introduced to solve the
Kazuhiko Takahashi,
Naoki Nishiwaki,
Iwao Sugimoto
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 7 , ISSUE 5, 1–4
research-article | 05-January-2021
. COVID-19 is the first pandemic of its kind in the age of social media. The amount and nature of information available to the public has changed significantly and is constantly evolving. Unfortunately, a crucial but surprisingly understudied phenomenon is the diffusion of health information on social media (Zhou et al., 2018; Aramburu et al., 2020).
Twitter, a microblogging service, has become one of the most important sources of realtime news updates, with more than 64 million users in the U.S
Ian Kim,
Thomas W. Valente
Connections: The Quarterly Journal, Volume 40 , ISSUE 1, 129–142
research-article | 26-March-2021
schizophrenia (e.g. occupational impairment, financial dependence, poor social relationships and worse quality of life) and remains one of the most important scientific and societal problems related to schizophrenic psychosis remediation (Kaiser et al., 2011; Bijanki et al., 2015; Dollfus and Lyne 2017; Correll and Schooler, 2020).
Recently, analyses of WM alterations in the schizophrenic brain are performed using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). DTI is based on the estimation of the diffusion of water
Przemysław Adamczyk,
Olga Płonka,
Dawid Kruk,
Martin Jáni,
Piotr Błądziński,
Aneta Kalisz,
Stynke Castelein,
Andrzej Cechnicki,
Miroslaw Wyczesany
Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, Volume 81 , ISSUE 1, 80–95
research-article | 30-November-2020
R. de Fazio,
A. Sponziello,
D. Cafagna,
R. Velazquez,
P. Visconti
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 14 , ISSUE 1, 1–28
Article | 03-November-2017
doping gas concentration. The doping process is reversible, and the experimental results are interpreted in terms of adsorption and diffusion of the gas in the polymer, charge transfer, and transport of the injected carriers in the polymer chain. These experimental results and previous studies on other polymers and oxidizing gases demonstrate the potentiality of such materials to be used as sensitive part of gas sensors.
Allal LARBI,
Bachir DJEDOU,
Layachi BENNACER,
Mounir BOUSBIA-SALAH
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 2 , ISSUE 3, 448–462
Research Article | 30-November-2014
“identity” has been integrated as a core diagnostic criterion for personality disorders.One of the most central tasks of normal adolescent development is the consolidation of identity. Crises in the development of identity usually resolve into a normal and consolidated identity with flexible and adaptive functioning. By contrast, identity diffusion is viewed as a lack of integration of the concept of the self and significant others; it is also seen as the basis for subsequent personality pathology
Susanne Schlüter-Müller,
Kirstin Goth,
Emanuel Jung,
Klaus Schmeck
Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Volume 3 , ISSUE 1, 63–70
Article | 26-August-2018
Przemysław BRZYSKI
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment, Volume 9 , ISSUE 2, 47–56
research-article | 27-March-2019
population control in broader social structures is also gaining momentum, as recent studies on diffusion have shown that fertility choices often are made within a social network (Behrman et al., 2002; Kincaid, 2000; Montgomery and Casterline, 1993; Rutenberg and Watkins, 1997; Perkins et al., 2015). Even so, few studies have focused on the role of men enmeshed within social and institutional structures. This is especially wanting in the fertility studies in the South Asian context, which is characterised
Bhanu Bhatia
Journal of Social Structure, Volume 20 , ISSUE 2, 1–19
Research Article | 13-December-2017
N. N. Sharma,
R.K. Mittal
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 1 , ISSUE 1, 87–109
Research Article
That social networks play a central role in religious life is well accepted by most social scientists. We are reasonably confident, for instance, that they are crucial for the recruitment and retention of members, the diffusion of religious ideas and practices, motivating individuals to volunteer and become politically active, the health and well-being of people of faith, and conflict, radicalization, and (sometimes) violence. However, in conference presentations, journal articles, and books
Sean F. Everton
Journal of Social Structure, Volume 16 , ISSUE 1, 1–34
Research Article
The structural cohesion model is a powerful theoretical conception of cohesion in social groups, but its diffusion in empirical literature has been hampered by operationalization and computational problems. In this paper, we start from the classic definition of structural cohesion as the minimum number of actors who need to be removed in a network in order to disconnect it, and extend it by using average node connectivity as a finer grained measure of cohesion. We present useful heuristics for
Jordi Torrents,
Fabrizio Ferraro
Journal of Social Structure, Volume 16 , ISSUE 1, 1–36
Original Paper | 04-December-2017
The scope of the experiments included analysis of the antimicrobial activity of ethanolic, methanolic and aqueous extracts against bacterial and fungal cultures and determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration of plant extracts tested microbial growth. Analysis of the antifungal and antibacterial activity was carried out by the disc diffusion method using paper discs. In the experiment 11 species of microorganisms – 8 bacterial and 3 fungal strains were used. The highest
Monika Cioch,
Paweł Satora,
Magdalena Skotniczy,
Dorota Semik-Szczurak,
Tomasz Tarko
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 4, 463–472
Original Paper | 10-December-2018
antibiotic susceptibility test was done using the diffusion method. Biofilm formation was evaluated with microplate method using TTC. Bacteremia caused by Proteus spp. was found in 97 patients, mainly secondary to urinary tract infection. Most of the strains were susceptible to piperacillin with tazobactam (95.9%) and amikacin (86.7%). Elderly patients have a higher risk of mortality after BSIs caused by Proteus spp. A detailed analysis was made for randomly chosen 26 strains isolated from 11 patients
JOANNA KWIECIŃSKA-PIRÓG,
KRZYSZTOF SKOWRON,
EUGENIA GOSPODAREK-KOMKOWSKA
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 67 , ISSUE 4, 471–478
Research Article
Labor mobility, both as a mechanism of knowledge diffusion and as a kind of social glue that holds together small production communities operative within a given territory, deserves serious consideration. In this context, focusing on a specific industrial cluster in Ankara, this paper reveals the extent and characteristics of the social networks created by the mobile laborers in order to understand the interconnections between social context, knowledge spillovers, innovation and labor mobility
Burak Beyhan
Journal of Social Structure, Volume 12 , ISSUE 1, 1–33
Article | 01-March-2015
based on similar likelihood function for dynamic programming problems arise energy diffusion gives improved dynamic programming algorithm: weighted dynamic programming algorithm, the algorithm implementation steps, testing and experimental structure the results were analyzed, the results show that the algorithm for small moving target detection with good results. Finally, this paper studied the infrared image reject false target trajectory get the real target trajectory correlation method, so as to
Hao Chen,
Hong Zhang,
Yifan Yang,
Ding Yuan
International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, Volume 8 , ISSUE 1, 497–515
Original Paper | 04-December-2017
Tropical, wild-type fruits are considered biodiverse “hotspots” of microorganisms with possible functional characteristics to be investigated. In this study, several native lactic acid bacteria (LAB) of Ecuadorian Amazon showing highly inhibitory potential were identified and characterized. Based on carbohydrate fermentation profile and 16S rRNA gene sequencing, seven strains were assigned as Lactobacillus plantarum and one strain as Weissella confusa. Using agar-well diffusion
Karina Garzón,
Clara Ortega,
Gabriela N. Tenea
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 4, 473–481
Original Paper | 10-December-2018
Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium are among the main agents associated with nosocomial infections with high mortality in immunocompromised patients. Antibiotic resistance, especially against gentamicin and vancomycin among Enterococci, is a risk factor that could increase the morbidity and mortality rate. 179 Enterococci isolates from burn patients were included in this study. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was done using the disk diffusion test and minimum inhibitory
MARYAM LABIBZADEH,
GHOLAM ABBAS KAYDANI,
MOHAMMAD SAVARI,
ALIREZA EKRAMI
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 67 , ISSUE 4, 401–406
original-paper | 14-August-2020
from 30–100°C. BS was exposed to the temperatures tested for 15 min, then cooled down to room temperature before conducting the E24 experiment. To determine the stability of BS under various pH conditions, the pH of the BS solution was adjusted to 2–10 using 1N HCl or 1N NaOH. At that point, the E24 was determined. All experiments were carried out in triplicate.
Determination of antimicrobial activities by the agar well diffusion method. Antimicrobial activities of cell-free supernatant from strain
JINDARAT EKPRASERT,
SASIWIMON KANAKAI,
SULADDA YOSPRASONG
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 69 , ISSUE 3, 273–282
Article | 20-July-2021
Introduction: Anchorage is crucial in controlling tooth movement during orthodontic treatment. Different designs have been introduced to increase the stability of miniscrews. A new miniscrew, The Sydney Mini Screw (SMS), with a hollow chamber and lateral port holes, has been developed to allow the diffusion of an injectable bone graft substitute (iBGS) into cancellous bone. The aim of this study was to analyse the optimum iBGS application with ideal chemo-mechanical properties to be used in
Anastasia Bakopoulou,
Ali Fathi,
Hang Xu,
Andrew J. Ruys,
Aysin Darendeliler,
Oyku Dalci,
M. Ali Darendeliler
Australasian Orthodontic Journal, Volume 34 , ISSUE 2, 179–187
original-paper | 05-December-2019
was the primer extension at 72°C for 7 min. Primer-specific annealing temperatures for amplifying the nine gene fragments were: 59.2°C for CAP1, 55°C for CAP59, and 56°C for PLB1 (Chowdhary et al. 2011).
Antifungal susceptibility testing. To determine the antifungal susceptibility patterns, the agar disk diffusion method was employed as described by CLSI (2008). Four antifungal agents were used to examine the susceptibility patterns of the yeast species recovered from pigeon feces: Ciclopirox
HUSSEIN H. ABULREESH,
SAMEER R. ORGANJI,
KHALED ELBANNA,
GAMAL E.H. OSMAN,
MESHAL H.K. ALMALKI,
AHMED Y. ABDEL-MALEK,
ABDULLAH A.K. GHYATHUDDIN,
IQBAL AHMAD
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 4, 493–504
Original Paper | 15-March-2016
diffusion tests and E-Tests. We also performed PCR detection of resistance determinants in antibiotic resistant strains. Clonal structure of analyzed strains was evaluated with PFGE and MLVF methods. All three species are difficult to distinguish using automated diagnostic methods and the same is true for automated MIC evaluation. Our analysis revealed SAG strains are rarely isolated in Poland, predominantly from purulent infections. All isolates are very diverse on the genomic level as estimated by
Katarzyna Obszańska,
Izabella Kern-Zdanowicz,
Aleksandra Kozińska,
Katarzyna Machura,
Elżbieta Stefaniuk,
Waleria Hryniewicz,
Izabela Sitkiewicz
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 65 , ISSUE 1, 33–41
Original Paper | 30-March-2017
periodontitis patients. In vitro laboratory susceptibility was carried out using the modified agar diffusion method by measuring the diameters of inhibition zones on agar plates coated with selected microbial strains. Both calcium chloride (CaCl2) activated and non activated samples were tested. Both activated PRP and PPP, of both patients and controls, effectively inhibited the growth of A. actinomycetemcomitans, P. gingivalis and C. albicans. However, a statistically significant difference in favor of PRP
Reham L. Aggour,
Lina Gamil
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 1, 31–37
original-paper | 30-November-2018
10 ml of the medium I (without agar and gelatin – liquid medium), incubated at 32°C for 48 h with shaking (160 rpm). After incubation, the cultures were centrifuged at 4500 rpm for 10 min. The supernatant and biomass were collected for further experiments. The ability of isolated strains to degrade cellulose was investigated using a diffusion method (Mayrhofer et al. 2008; Pastuszewska and Gryń 2013). Biomass was inoculated directly on the medium I (as a spot). Additionally, for the cell-free
AGNIESZKA WITA,
WOJCIECH BIAŁAS,
RADOSŁAW WILK,
KATARZYNA SZYCHOWSKA,
KATARZYNA CZACZYK
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 68 , ISSUE 1, 105–114
original-paper | 19-March-2021
(30 μg) were carried out on Mueller-Hinton agar (Oxoid Limited, Hampshire, England) using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method, according to the recommendations by the Clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI 2019). Vancomycin MIC was detected by VITEK 2 compact system (bioMérieux, Inc., Durham, NC, software version 8.01 and AST-GP580).
DNA isolation and PCR conditions. DNA extraction was carried out with a mercantile DNA isolation kit (Promega, USA) according to the manufacturer’s
KHAIRALLAH A.S. MOHAMMED,
ZAHRAA H. ABDULKAREEM,
AYOOB R. ALZAALAN,
AMEL K. YAQOOB
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 70 , ISSUE 1, 79–85
Article | 15-August-2021
Objectives: To evaluate the antibacterial properties and effects of an orthodontic adhesive containing copper nanoparticles (NPs) on the material’s shear bond strength. Methods: Antimicrobial activity was analysed by a disk diffusion test against S. aureus, E. coli and S. mutans. The NPs were added to the orthodontic adhesive at 0.0100 wt%, 0.0075 wt%, and 0.0050 wt%. Sixty extracted bicuspids were divided into two groups and the enamel of all teeth was conditioned with phosphoric acid. A
Liliana Argueta-Figueroa,
Rogelio J. Scougall-Vilchis,
Raúl A. Morales-Luckie,
Oscar F. Olea-Mejía
Australasian Orthodontic Journal, Volume 31 , ISSUE 1, 42–48
Original Paper | 27-September-2017
isolates were identified using standard microbiological methods and were tested for their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns using single disc diffusion method according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute recommendations. Thirty P. aeruginosa isolates were randomly selected and tested for their MBL production by both phenotypic and genotypic methods. Diagnostic Epsilometer test was done to detect metallo-beta-lactamase enzyme producers and polymerase chain reaction test was done to
Amani F. Abaza,
Soraya A. El Shazly,
Heba S.A. Selim,
Gehan S.A. Aly
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 3, 297–308
Original Paper | 28-June-2017
the frequency of 16S-RMTase among third generation cephalosporin-resistant clinical isolates in Egypt. One hundred and twenty three cephalosporin resistant Gram-negative clinical isolates were screened for aminoglycosides resistance by the Kirby Bauer disk diffusion method and tested for possible production of 16S-RMTase. PCR testing and sequencing were used to confirm the presence of 16S-RMTase and the associated antimicrobial resistance determinants, as well as the genetic region
Mona T. Kashef,
Omneya M. Helmy
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 2, 163–169
Original Paper | 17-March-2016
. Results and Discussion. None of the five patients, who were aged between 68 and 92 years, showed any etiologic factor other than a history of cerebrovascular disease (CVD). Magnetic resonance imaging studies of the patients revealed old infarcts and transitional diffusion restrictions. The clinical and EEG findings decreased substantially upon antiepileptic drug treatment. Herein, we illustrate the first patient who had confusion, visual hallucinations, and ictal and interictal LPD in her consecutive
Hava Ozlem Dede,
Nerses Bebek,
Ozlem Gelisin,
Murat Mert Atmaca,
Nilufer Yesilot Barlas,
Candan Gurses,
Betul Baykan,
Aysen Gokyigit
Journal of Epileptology, Volume 24 , ISSUE 1, 15–23
Original Paper | 28-June-2017
. Antibiotic susceptibility testing was performed by the disk diffusion method and E-test. Resistance genes (mecA in staphylococci; vanA/vanB/vanC in enterococci; blaKPC/blaVIM/blaNDM in Klebsiella spp.) were detected by PCR. In total, 4607 (9.7%) blood cultures were positive from 47451 sets sent to Department of Microbiology, representing 1732 BSIs. Gram-negative bacteria (52.3%) were the most commonly isolated, followed by Gram-positive (39.5%), fungi (6.6%) and anaerobes bacteria (1.8%). The
Fevronia Kolonitsiou,
Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris,
Anastasia Spiliopoulou,
Vasiliki Stamouli,
Vasileios Papakostas,
Eleni Apostolopoulou,
Christos Panagiotopoulos,
Markos Marangos,
Evangelos D. Anastassiou,
Myrto Christofidou,
Iris Spiliopoulou
Polish Journal of Microbiology, Volume 66 , ISSUE 2, 171–180