Comparison of Phase Estimation Methods for Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping Using a Rotating-Tube Phantom by Kathryn E. Keenan, Ben P. Berman, Slávka Rýger, Stephen E. Russek, Wen-Tung Wang, John A. Butman, Dzung L. Pham, Joseph Dagher

“…We found a wide range of repeatability and reproducibility for off-the-shelf MRI acquisition and phase estimation approaches, and this variability may prevent the techniques from being widely integrated in clinical workflows. …”
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Advances in tissue engineering of peripheral nerve and tissue innervation – a systematic review by Jayson Sueters, Rowan van Heiningen, Ralph de Vries, Zeliha Guler, Judith Huirne, Theo Smit

“…Original in vivo or in vitro studies meeting the inclusion criteria (tissue-engineered peripheral nerve/innervation of tissue) and no exclusion criteria (no full text available; written in foreign language; nonoriginal article; tissue-engineering of central nervous system; publication before 2012; insufficient study quality or reproducibility) were assessed. A total of 68 out of 3626 original studies were included. …”
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Highly conductive graphene@phosphotungstic acid nanocomposite for sensitive electrochemical detection of acetaminophen based on analysis induction strategy in foods by Ruiyu He, Jingjie Zhang, Shixin Li, Yuzhen Yang, Yaru Xu, Zhixiang Xu, Yufeng Sun

“…The proposed sensing platform exhibited excellent anti-interference capability, repeatability, reproducibility and stability. Furthermore, the beef and lamb samples were employed to perform recovery test with a satisfactory recovery rate (88.0 %-107.6 %). …”
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Development of RT-PCR Assays for Simple Detection and Identification of Sabin Virus Contaminants in the Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccines by Olga Singh, Hasmik Manukyan, Erman Tritama, Shwu-Maan Lee, Jerry P. Weir, Majid Laassri

“…Results: The two assays exhibit high specificity, reproducibility, and sensitivity to detect 0.0001% and 0.00001% of Sabin viruses in nOPV, respectively. …”
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The spectrum-efficacy correlation of Kai-Xin-San for cognition of Aβ42 transgenic Drosophila and verification of its active ingredients by Jinfu Wu, Hang Sun, Yiyang Zhao, Lian Lian, Hongsheng Bian, Yong Guo, Dan Li, Lili Huang

“…The HPLC fingerprint method for KXS demonstrated excellent precision, accuracy, and reproducibility, making it suitable for quality evaluation and control of KXS. …”
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Laser Writing of GaN/Ga2O3 Heterojunction Photodetector Arrays by Pengxiang Sun, Xun Yang, Kexue Li, Zhipeng Wei, Wei Fan, Shaoyi Wang, Weimin Zhou, Chongxin Shan

“…The GaN/Ga2O3 heterojunctions exhibit good reproducibility, uniformity, and ability to operate under zero bias, with a responsivity of 110.22 mA W−1, a detection rate of 5.56 × 1011 jones, and an external quantum efficiency of 42.34%. …”
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Smartphone postural sway and pronator drift tests as measures of neurological disability by Michael Calcagni, Peter Kosa, Bibi Bielekova

“…The pronator drift test only captured cerebellar dysfunction, had less reproducible biomarkers, but provided additive value when combined with postural sway biomarkers into models predicting global scales of neurological disability. …”
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HISS: Snakemake-based workflows for performing SMRT-RenSeq assembly, AgRenSeq and dRenSeq for the discovery of novel plant disease resistance genes by Thomas M. Adams, Moray Smith, Yuhan Wang, Lynn H. Brown, Micha M. Bayer, Ingo Hein

“…However, there is not yet a unified workflow available and researchers must instead configure approaches from various sources themselves. This makes reproducibility and version control a challenge and limits the ability to perform these analyses to those with bioinformatics expertise. …”
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Computational Study Protocol: Leveraging Synthetic Data to Validate a Benchmark Study for Differential Abundance Tests for 16S Microbiome Sequencing Data [version 2; peer review: 2... by Clemens Kreutz, Eva Kohnert

“…Background Synthetic data’s utility in benchmark studies depends on its ability to closely mimic real-world conditions and reproduce results obtained from experimental data. …”
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Development and validation of highly sensitive multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay for detection of classical swine fever virus genome by A. S. Sadchikova, A. S. Igolkin, R. S. Chernyshev, A. A. Kozlov, I. S. Kolbin, A. V. Sprygin, D. A. Biryuchenkov, I. A. Chvala, A. Mazloum

“…The following validation parameters were defined: accuracy, repeatability, reproducibility, specificity and sensitivity. For comparative analysis of the developed as say sensitivity, swabs, samples of organs and tissues collected from pigs experimentally infected with an epizootic strain of the classical swine fever virus (spleen, kidney, liver, blood, lymph nodes, rectal and oral smears), animal-contaminated feed and virus-containing material with known virus titres were also tested in parallel with coded test systems No. x1 andx2. …”
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Reconstruction of S. Margherita Project of 1685 as designed by Agostino Barelli by Fabrizio Ivan Apollonio, Federico Fallavollita, Riccardo Foschi

“… • The reconstructive methodology is exhaustive, easily reproducible and transparent, and the 3D model is built and published in a way that is interoperableand accessible. …”
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Derivatization of Levoglucosan for Compound-Specific δ13C Analysis by Gas Chromatography/Combustion/Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry by Dongling Zhang, Swe Swe Aung, Yong Han, Yanlin Zhang, Yingjun Chen, Hongli Li, Feifei Yu, Yangjun Wang, Jialiang Feng, Wu Wang

“…The developed method achieved excellent reproducibility and high accuracy. The differences in the carbon isotopic compositions of the target boronate trimethysilylated derivative between the measured and calculated ranged from 0.09 to 0.36‰. …”
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Octodon degus laboratory colony management principles and methods for behavioral analysis for Alzheimer’s disease neuroscience research by B. Maximiliano Garduño, Todd C. Holmes, Todd C. Holmes, Robert M. J. Deacon, Xiangmin Xu, Xiangmin Xu, Xiangmin Xu, Patricia Cogram, Patricia Cogram

“…This lack of standardization potentially impacts study reproducibility and makes it difficult to compare results between different laboratories. …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Anti-inflammatory Effects of E-MTA, Ketac-E, and Sealapex on Human Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells by Ayesha Imtiaz, Kiran Nayyar, Khadija Akhtar, Muhammad Yousuf Ali, Naresh kumar, Ehsan Ul Haq

“…Expression profiling via Real Time-PCR of anti-inflammatory biometers was determined via RNA extract from 24h MTT assay due to its greater reproducibility. Data were subjected to statistical analysis (ANOVA Testing) to compare the effectiveness of each sealer using SPSS version 22 with a significant p-value<0.05. …”
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Ki67 Predicts Progression in Early CIN: Validation of a Multivariate Progression-Risk Model by Arnold-Jan Kruse, Jan P. A. Baak, Emiel A. Janssen, Kjell-Henning Kjellevold, Bent Fianec, Kjell Lovslett, Johan Bergh, Stanley Robboy

“…Routine application of the quantitative Ki67-model in CIN1 and CIN2 was well reproducible. In conclusion, the results confirm that quantitative Ki67 features have strong prognostic value for progression in early CIN lesions.…”
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American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Score: a study protocol for the translation and validation of the Dutch language version by Cornelis H Van der Vlies, Esther M M van Lieshout, Michael H J Verhofstad, Duncan E Meuffels, A Siebe de Boer, Wim E Tuinebreijer, P Ted Den Hoed

“…Descriptive statistics (including floor and ceiling effects), internal consistency, construct validity, reproducibility (ie, test–retest reliability, agreement and smallest detectable change) and responsiveness will be assessed for the AOFAS DLV.Ethics and dissemination This study has been exempted by the Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC) Erasmus MC (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). …”
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Stacking and Analysis of Melamine in Milk Products with Acetonitrile-Salt Stacking Technique in Capillary Electrophoresis by Yu Kong, Chong Wei, Zhanwu Hou, Zilong Wang, Jiaqiang Yuan, Jiang Yu, Yongxi Zhao, Yuhai Tang, Meili Gao

“…Melamine could be detected within 20.0 min at +10 kV with a low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.03 μmol/L. Satisfactory reproducibility (inter- and intraday RSD% both for migration time and peak area was lower than 5.0%) and a wide linearity range of 0.05 μmol/L ~ 10.0 μmol/L were achieved. …”
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Quantum dots enhanced stability of in-situ fabricated perovskite nanocrystals based light-emitting diodes: Electrical field distribution effects by Xulan Xue, Menglin Li, Zhenjie Liu, Chenhui Wang, Jincheng Xu, Shuangpeng Wang, Hanzhuang Zhang, Haizheng Zhong, Wenyu Ji

“…In comparison with PNC films with pristine toluene as the anti-solvent, the as-prepared FAPbBr3 PNC films with a QD monolayer on the surface exhibit improved photoluminescence quantum yield, enhanced photostability and better reproducibility. Benefiting from these advantages, the peak luminance and the maximum external quantum efficiency of the PeLED containing QD monolayer are increased from 6807 cd/m2 to 86,670 cd/m2 and 2.4% to 7.1%, respectively. …”
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Dual Functions of Androgen Receptor Overexpression in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Complex Prognostic Marker by Umay Kiraz, Emma Rewcastle, Silja K. Fykse, Ingrid Lundal, Einar G. Gudlaugsson, Ivar Skaland, Håvard Søiland, Jan P. A. Baak, Emiel A. M. Janssen

“…Overall, the DIA method provides reproducibility, high AR-DIA (≥10%) shows opposing survival effects in different TNBC subgroups, and AR evaluation is crucial for prognosis and AR-targeted therapies.…”
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Electrocatalytic detection of Acetaminophen by sodium ferrite by Saima Perveen, Jameel Ahmed Baig, Mohammad Nur-e-Alam, Mohsin Kazi, Shahabuddin Memon, Tasneem Gul Kazi, Khalil Akhtar, Sajjad Hussain

“…Further, the developed method showed excellent stability in addition to reproducibility for the sensing of APN (% RSD < 5.0). …”
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