Predictive model for determining the indications for automated 3D ultrasound for screening patients at low risk of developing breast tumors by A. E. Garanina, A. V. Kholin

“…It is believed that 3D ultrasound has high reproducibility, low dependence on the operator, less time spent on obtaining images, and automatic three-dimensional reconstruction of the entire breast.Purpose of the study. …”
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Automated post-run analysis of arrayed quantitative PCR amplification curves using machine learning [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] by David Garrett Brown, Darwin J. Operario, Lan Wang, Shanrui Wu, Daniel T. Leung, Eric R. Houpt, James A. Platts-Mills, Jie Liu, Ben J. Brintz

“…This approach has the potential to save time and improve reproducibility in laboratories using the TAC platform and other high-throughput qPCR approaches.…”
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Surgical planning of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors: the concept of mesenteric tumor deposits by Romain L’Huillier, Gilles Poncet, Arnaud Pasquer, Thomas Walter, Catherine Lombard-Bohas, Valérie Hervieu, Bénédicte Cayot, Pierre-Jean Valette, Helen Cheung, Laurent Milot

“…CT is essential for the surgical planning of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors, being accurate in defining the mesenteric tumor deposits, allowing one to anticipate, with a good reproducibility, the length and percentage of the remaining small bowel and the necessity for a right colectomy.…”
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Cell clone selection—impact of operation modes and medium exchange strategies on clone ranking by Marie Dorn, Christine Ferng, Kerensa Klottrup-Rees, Kenneth Lee, Martina Micheletti

“…Additionally, we evaluated the reproducibility of our results demonstrating consistency in cell clone growth performance and ranking.…”
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Analytical Performances of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA-Based Amplix® Real-Time PCR Platform for HIV-1 RNA Quantification by Christian Diamant Mossoro-Kpinde, Ralph-Sydney Mboumba Bouassa, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Serge Tonen Wolyec, Leman Robin, Mathieu Matta, Jean de Dieu Longo, Gérard Grésenguet, Laurent Andreoletti, Laurent Bélec

“…Amplix real-time PCR assay showed low limit of detection (28 copies/mL), across wide dynamic range (1.4–10 log copies/mL), 100% sensitivity and 99% specificity, high reproducibility, and accuracy with mean bias < 5%. The assay showed excellent correlations and concordance of 95.3% with the reference HIV-1 RNA load assay (Roche), with mean absolute bias of +0.097 log copies/mL by Bland-Altman analysis. …”
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Spirometric reference equations and lung function testing in adults from Southwestern Tanzania by R. Wenzel, E. Siyame, O. Ivanova, A. Bakuli, J. Lalashowi, F.C. Zekoll, M. Hoelscher, I. Sabi, A. Rachow, N.E. Ntinginya

“…RESULTS: Out of 400 recruited participants, 343 had usable spirometry results with respect to the American Thoracic Society (ATS)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) reproducibility and acceptability criteria. The mean age of participants was 32.65 years (SD 12.11), and 44,9% were females. …”
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Protocols for the application of human embryonic stem cell-derived neurons for aging modeling and gene manipulation by Hui Zhang, Shuhui Sun, Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Guang-Hui Liu, Si Wang, Weiqi Zhang, Jing Qu

“…We describe steps for neuronal differentiation and culture, siRNA transfection, and technical considerations to ensure reproducibility. Our protocol enables investigations of the molecular mechanism underlying neuronal aging and facilitates drug evaluation.For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Zhang et al.1 : Publisher’s note: Undertaking any experimental protocol requires adherence to local institutional guidelines for laboratory safety and ethics.…”
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Development and psychometric evaluation of a theory of planned behavior model-based instrument for evaluation of determinants of oral health behaviors in mothers of children younge... by Rusul Abdulameer Hadi Al-Sarray, Ahmadreza Shamshiri, Muhammad Alzubidi, Mahdia Gholami, Simin Z. Mohebbi

“…Cronbach’s alpha, intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), and percentage of agreement were employed to check the tool’s internal consistency and reproducibility reliability. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 and Amos software. …”
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Determination of Benzalkonium Chloride in a Disinfectant by UV Spectrophotometry and Gas and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography: Validation, Comparison of Characteristics, and... by Mariia Smolinska, Roman Ostapiv, Mariia Yurkevych, Liubov Poliuzhyn, Olha Korobova, Ihor Kotsiumbas, Hryhorii Tesliar

“…All proposed methods were validated according to ICH guidelines with respect to the accuracy, precision (interday, intraday, and reproducibility), linearity, the limit of detection, the limit of quantitation, and robustness. …”
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Enucleated bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells regulate immune microenvironment and promote testosterone production through efferocytosis by Lu Sun, Jiayu Huang, Xuezi Wang, Peng Huang, Baolin Dong, Zehang Liang, Jiahong Wu, Jiancheng Wang

“…However, due to the multidirectional differentiation potential and heterogeneity of stem cells, it is difficult to achieve the good efficiency and reproducibility in basic research and clinical applications. …”
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Artificial intelligence methods applied to longitudinal data from electronic health records for prediction of cancer: a scoping review by Victoria Moglia, Owen Johnson, Gordon Cook, Marc de Kamps, Lesley Smith

“…Data were extracted relating to several areas of the articles: (1) publication details, (2) study characteristics, (3) input data, (4) model characteristics, (4) reproducibility, and (5) quality assessment using the PROBAST tool. …”
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DeepExtremeCubes: Earth system spatio-temporal data for assessing compound heatwave and drought impacts by Chaonan Ji, Tonio Fincke, Vitus Benson, Gustau Camps-Valls, Miguel-Ángel Fernández-Torres, Fabian Gans, Guido Kraemer, Francesco Martinuzzi, David Montero, Karin Mora, Oscar J. Pellicer-Valero, Claire Robin, Maximilian Söchting, Mélanie Weynants, Miguel D. Mahecha

“…The paper aims to (1) streamline data accessibility, structuring, pre-processing, and enhance scientific reproducibility, and (2) facilitate biosphere dynamics forecasting in response to compound extremes.…”
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Leadership Perceptions, Educational Struggles and Barriers, and Effective Modalities for Teaching Vertigo and the HINTS Exam: A National Survey of Emergency Medicine Residency Prog... by Mary McLean, Justin Stowens, Ryan Barnicle, Negar Mafi, Kaushal Shah

“…Teaching barriers centered around lack of faculty expertise, concern for poor HINTS reproducibility, and lack of resources. Leadership would dedicate a mean of 2.0 hours/year (SD 1.3 hours/year) to implementing a formal, standardized HINTS curriculum. …”
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Intestinal Organoids in Colitis Research: Focusing on Variability and Cryopreservation by Talke F. zur Bruegge, Andrea Liese, Sören Donath, Stefan Kalies, Maike Kosanke, Oliver Dittrich-Breiholz, Sandra Czech, Verena N. Bauer, André Bleich, Manuela Buettner

“…We demonstrate that interexperimental differences pose the greatest challenge for reproducibility and explain our strategies for addressing these differences. …”
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Proximal tubule-on-chip as a model for predicting cation transport and drug transporter dynamics by Isy Petit, Quentin Faucher, Jean-Sébastien Bernard, Perrine Giunchi, Antoine Humeau, François-Ludovic Sauvage, Pierre Marquet, Nicolas Védrenne, Florent Di Meo

“…However, pharmacological research suffers from poor reproducibility across clinical, animal, and experimental models. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Metabolic and Skeletal Response of C57BL/6J and C57BL/6N Mice in a Diet-Induced Model of Type 2 Diabetes by Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy, Kelsey D. Hembree, Angela Sasaki, McKale R. Davis, Stan A. Lightfoot, Stephen L. Clarke, Edralin A. Lucas, Brenda J. Smith

“…These substrain differences should be considered when designing experiments and are likely to have implications on data interpretation and reproducibility.…”
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A guide for developing comprehensive systems biology maps of disease mechanisms: planning, construction and maintenance by Alexander Mazein, Marcio Luis Acencio, Irina Balaur, Adrien Rougny, Danielle Welter, Anna Niarakis, Anna Niarakis, Diana Ramirez Ardila, Ugur Dogrusoz, Piotr Gawron, Venkata Satagopam, Venkata Satagopam, Wei Gu, Wei Gu, Andreas Kremer, Reinhard Schneider, Reinhard Schneider, Marek Ostaszewski, Marek Ostaszewski

“…For assessing the interoperability and reproducibility we apply FAIR principles.…”
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Comprehensive analysis of ESCRT transcriptome-associated signatures and identification of the regulatory role of LMO7-AS1 in osteosarcoma by Shibing Zhao, Dasheng Tian, Fei Huang, Lei Wang, Jinhao Cheng, Zhitao He, Qitian Shen, Shuai Liang, Deliang Gong, Jun Liu, Chengfeng Yi, Chun Zhang, Erbao Bian, Juehua Jing, Tao Wang

“…Analysis of internal and external datasets revealed that the ERG signature has good predictive ability and reproducibility. Immune analysis demonstrated a significant correlation between OS patient immune status and ERG signature score. …”
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The Feasibility of Using CT-Guided ROI for Semiquantifying Striatal Dopamine Transporter Availability in a Hybrid SPECT/CT System by Chien-Chin Hsu, Yen-Hsiang Chang, Wei-Che Lin, Shu-Wen Tang, Pei-Wen Wang, Yung-Cheng Huang, Nan-Tsing Chiu

“…We therefore assessed the intra- and interobserver reproducibility of manual SPECT and CT-guided ROI methods and compared their semiquantitative data with data from MRI-guided ROIs. …”
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A guide to selecting high-performing antibodies for Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2A 56 kDa regulatory subunit delta isoform (PPP2R5D) for use in Western Blot, immunoprecipi... by Carl Laflamme, Kathleen Southern, Riham Ayoubi, Maryam Fotouhi, Charles Alende

“…These studies are part of a larger, collaborative initiative seeking to address antibody reproducibility by characterizing commercially available antibodies for human proteins and publishing the results openly as a resource for the scientific community. …”
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