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Providing a Comparative Geo-referenced Database for Religious Artefacts in Ai Khanoum and Taxila’s Sirkap Mound

Journal of Open Archaeology Data, 2023
The cities of Taxila in Pakistan, and Ai Khanoum in Afghanistan, are emblematic of the post-Alexandrian and post-Mauryan political landscapes of the broader South and Central Asian regions. While both have been thoroughly excavated, there has been little
Christos Nikolaou
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An epidemic CC1-MRSA-IV clone yields false-negative test results in molecular MRSA identification assays: a note of caution, Austria, Germany, Ireland, 2020

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2020
We investigated why a clinical meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolate yielded false-negative results with some commercial PCR tests for MRSA detection.
S. Monecke, Elisabeth König, M. Earls, E. Leitner, E. Müller, G. Wagner, D. Poitz, L. Jatzwauk, Teodora Vremerǎ, O. Dorneanu, A. Simbeck, A. Ambrosch, I. Zollner-Schwetz, R. Krause, W. Ruppitsch, W. Schneider-Brachert, D. Coleman, I. Steinmetz, R. Ehricht   +18 more
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An epidemic CC1-MRSA-IV clone yields false negative test results in molecular MRSA identification assays: a note of caution

medRxiv, 2020
Background: A variety of rapid molecular PCR tests has been developed and commercialised that interrogate the junction site between the staphylococcal core genome, and the mobile genetic element (SCCmec) which harbours the gene responsible for ...
S. Monecke, Elisabeth König, M. Earls, E. Leitner, E. Müller, G. Wagner, D. Poitz, L. Jatzwauk, Teodora Vremerǎ, O. Dorneanu, Alexandra Simbeck, A. Ambrosch, I. Zollner-Schwetz, R. Krause, W. Ruppitsch, W. Schneider-Brachert, D. Coleman, I. Steinmetz, R. Ehricht   +18 more
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Developing a Practice-Based Guide to Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) for Heritage Documentation

Heritage
This research advances the integration of terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) in heritage documentation, targeting the development of holistic and practical guidance for practitioners to adopt the technology effectively.
Junshan Liu, Danielle Willkens, Russell Gentry   +2 more
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Persistence and Heritage from Medieval Bustān Gardens: Roses in Ancient Western Islamic Contexts and Abandoned Rural Gardens of Spain

Heritage
Medieval Islamic bustān gardens in the western Mediterranean played a crucial role in preserving and enriching rose diversity through the cultivation of species from the eastern Mediterranean and western Asia.
Diego Rivera, Julio Navarro, Inmaculada Camarero, Javier Valera, Diego-José Rivera-Obón, Concepción Obón   +5 more
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Livestock-Associated MRSA CC1 in Norway; Introduction to Pig Farms, Zoonotic Transmission, and Eradication

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Farm animals have been identified as an emerging reservoir for transmission of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) to humans.
P. Elstrøm, C. A. Grøntvedt, C. Gabrielsen, M. Stegger, Ø. Angen, Solfrid Åmdal, H. Enger, A. Urdahl, S. Jore, M. Steinbakk, M. Sunde   +10 more
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Advanced Isotopic Techniques to Investigate Cultural Heritage: The Research Activities at the iCONa Laboratory

Heritage
Isotopic analyses are useful tools with a wide range of applications, including environmental studies, archaeology and biomedicine. Founded in 2019 at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, the iCONa laboratory specialises in stable isotope mass ...
Noemi Mantile, Simona Altieri, Maria Rosa di Cicco, Valentina Giacometti, Carmine Lubritto   +4 more
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Multidisciplinary Approach in the Structural Diagnosis of Historic Buildings: Stability Study of the Bullring of Real Maestranza de Caballería de Ronda (Spain)

Heritage
The structural health monitoring of historic buildings represents one of the most significant challenges in contemporary structural analysis, particularly for large-scale structures with accumulated damage.
Pablo Pachón, Carlos Garduño, Enrique Vázquez-Vicente, Juan Ramón Baeza, Víctor Compán   +4 more
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Archaeological Site Vulnerability Modelling: The Influence of High Impact Storm Events on Models of Shoreline Erosion in the Western Canadian Arctic

Open Archaeology, 2017
Much of the Inuvialuit archaeological record is situated along shorelines of the western Canadian Arctic. These coastal sites are at substantial risk of damage due to a number of geomorphological processes at work in the region.
O’Rourke Michael J. E.
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Comparison of LJ Medium and BACTEC MGIT 960 Culture System for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

, 2020
Introduction: Sputum negative pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem. So, the emergence of new techniques for a more precise and rapid microbiological identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples is of great ...
P. Kumari, Jiwesh Kumar Thakur, Prashant Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Deval Parekh   +4 more
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