Colorimetric Detection of Class A Soybean Saponins by G-Quadruplex-Based Hybridization Chain Reaction by Congcong Yin, Qiaoling Zhao, Aiqin Yue, Weijun Du, Dingbin Liu, Jinzhong Zhao, Yongpo Zhang, Min Wang

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Narrative Sandplay Interviews: Methodology, Implications and Lessons Learned From a COVID-19 Border Study by Tarryn Phillips, Poh Lin Lee, Catherine Trundle

“…Sandplay is often used in therapy to enable sensitive conversations and visually represent personal experiences. The method involves providing interlocutors with a large tray of sand and displaying a choice of miniature figurines to incorporate into their stories about their past, present, or imagined futures. …”
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Blending Western and Australian Aboriginal Approaches: A Study Protocol for Codesign of Bicultural Teleoncology Models of Care in Remote Australian Communities by Emma Webster, Gemma Purcell-Khodr, Billie Townsend, Allan Hall, Yvonne Hill, Cecil See, Katrina Ward, Florian Honeyball

“…Data will be collected in individual or small group yarning style sessions and recorded on a visual template. Framework analysis will be used to map each round of data collection to consolidate visual models of cancer care for each town. …”
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Program Evaluation and Improvement by a Homeless Community Using a Human Centered Design Approach by Conner Olson, Stuart W. Grande, William Toran, William Walsh

“…This study describes a method for program and product evaluation that people with lived experience of homelessness can use to determine the value of new offerings and then design improvements based on their evaluation. …”
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Multi-Ethnic, Multisource Grounded Theory: Illustration From a Study Investigating Why Inequities in Survival Occur By Ethnicity by Simone Watkins, Rachel Brown, Sue Crengle, Teuila Percival, Kim Ward

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High-Accuracy Determination of Potassium and Selenium in Human Serum by Two-Step Isotope Dilution ICPMS by Jian Yang, Lixia Chi, Shengmin Li

“…A high-accuracy measurement technique for determining potassium and selenium in human serum was developed by using two-step Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) in this research. A more accessible method of the quadrupole ICPMS was employed in this research to achieve an equally high accuracy which had been achieved by a much more expensive method, namely, high-resolution sector field ICPMS (SF-ICPMS), with a comparatively easy and simple operation. …”
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The Cost of Youth Voices: Comparing the Feasibility of Youth GO Against Focus Groups by Sara T. Stacy, K. Malulani Castro, Ignacio D. Acevedo-Polakovich

“…Results indicate that when compared to focus groups, Youth GO represents an equally effective—albeit more cost and time efficient—participatory qualitative method for researchers and practitioners that desire to collaborate with youth. …”
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Selecting Optimal Dimensions of Internal Tube in Tube-in-Tube Structural Systems Based on Structural Parameters by Mohammad Babaei, Yaghoub Mohammadi, Amin Ghannadiasl

“…The results revealed that the inner tube dimensions play an important role in improving the design parameters and the best dimension of the inner tube in a square plan is equal to half of the dimension of the outer tube.…”
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Sum and Tensor of Quantitative Effects by Giorgio Bacci, Radu Mardare, Prakash Panangaden, Gordon Plotkin

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Playing Stochastically in Weighted Timed Games to Emulate Memory by Benjamin Monmege, Julie Parreaux, Pierre-Alain Reynier

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Transformative Learning: Narrative Analysis or Analysis of Narratives? by Jane Robertson, James Lappeman

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Evaluation of Damage Index of Eccentrically-Braced Frames according to Link Beam’s Length with Soil-Structure Interaction Effects by H. Rahami, S. Fadaee, S. M. Mirhosseini Hezaveh

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Same or Different? Comparing the Coverage Rate of Five Different Approaches for Testing the Difference of Two Groups Means by Bittmann, Felix

“…In this research paper, five widely available methods are compared to investigate the coverage of the generated 95\% confidence intervals. …”
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Regular Model Checking Upside-Down: An Invariant-Based Approach by Javier Esparza, Michael Raskin, Christoph Welzel-Mohr

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Photographs, Emotions and Protest at a Colonial Memorial in Brazzaville (Congo) by Moudwe Daga, Issa Djimet

“…We argue that the interaction with photographs made the research participants feel more comfortable and at ease sharing their perspectives on the Savorgnan de Brazza Memorial, and the most salient benefit of the method derived from how people express their feelings and emotions. …”
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Quality Assessment of Ojeok-San, a Traditional Herbal Formula, Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Combined with Chemometric Analysis by Jung-Hoon Kim, Chang-Seob Seo, Seong-Sil Kim, Hyeun-Kyoo Shin

“…The chemometric analysis used, principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA), also showed that the OJS water extract produced using a laboratory method clearly differed from the commercial OJS granules; therefore, an equalized production process is required for quality control of OJS preparations. …”
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Removal Efficiency and Mechanism of Sulfamethoxazole in Aqueous Solution by Bioflocculant MFX by Jie Xing, Ji-Xian Yang, Ang Li, Fang Ma, Ke-Xin Liu, Dan Wu, Wei Wei

“…Bioflocculant, as a novel method, is proposed to improve the removal efficiency of PPCPs, which has an advantage over other methods. …”
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Rapid Screening of Drug-Protein Binding Using High-Performance Affinity Chromatography with Columns Containing Immobilized Human Serum Albumin by Ying-Fei Li, Xiao-Qiong Zhang, Wei-Yu Hu, Zheng Li, Ping-Xia Liu, Zhen-Qing Zhang

“…Good correlation (a coefficient correlation of 0.96) was attained between the reciprocal values (X) of experimentally obtained retention time of reference compounds eluted through HSA column and the reported PPB values (Y) with a correlation equation of Y =92.03−97.01X. The method was successfully applied to six test compounds, and the result was confirmed by the conventional ultrafiltration technique, and both yielded equal results. …”
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How Best to Perform Co-Research With Children and Adolescents: A Rapid Qualitative Evidence Synthesis by Karolina Seidl, Anna Wahl, Daniela Rojatz, Lisa Affengruber, Isolde Sommer, Irma Klerings, Lisa Gugglberger, Rosie Nash, Johanna Mahr-Slotawa, Ursula Griebler

“…In addition, we provide an overview of targeted co-research methods for young age groups, which offers valuable guidance for future co-research initiatives.…”
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A University-Stakeholder Collaborative Approach to Designing Early Childhood Mentor Teacher Training by Edith Nicolas, Cristina Guarrella, Parian Madanipour

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