Could Increased Expression of Hsp27, an “Anti-Inflammatory” Chaperone, Contribute to the Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cell Bias towards Tolerance Induction in Breast Cancer Patients?... by Ana Paula Silva de Azevedo-Santos, Mirtes Castelo Branco Rocha, Sulayne Janayna Araujo Guimarães, André Alvares Marques Vale, Fabio Martins Laginha, Flavia Raquel F. Nascimento, Maria Aparecida Nagai, Patrícia C. Bergami-Santos, José Alexandre Marzagão Barbuto

“…Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most efficient antigen-presenting cells and link the innate immune sensing of the environment to the initiation of adaptive immune responses, which may be directed to either acceptance or elimination of the recognized antigen. …”
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) in seminal plasma of buffalo bulls possess spermatozoa specific fertility associated proteins and enzymes by Rakesh Kumar, Mir Ahmad, Bala Subramaniam, Ankit Pal, Aditya Patel, Shiva Shiva, Vitika Chauhan, Seema Karanwal, Mukesh Bhakat, Tirtha K. Datta

“…The NTA analysis provides a quantitative abundance of EVs, and the EVs population was 1.5x109 to 2.9x1011 EVs/ml in seminal plasma. …”
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Integrative network pharmacology, transcriptomics, and proteomics reveal the material basis and mechanism of the Shen Qing Weichang Formula against gastric cancer by Yi Wang, Xiaoyu Sun, Mingming Ren, Fangqi Ma, Ruohan Zhao, Xiaohong Zhu, Yan Xu, Nida Cao, Yuanyuan Chen, Yongfu Pan, Aiguang Zhao

“…Molecular docking, immunohistochemistry, quantitative real-time PCR, and western blot were applied to validation. …”
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Orthodontic Ceramic Bracket Removal Using Lasers: A Systematic Review by Mateusz Michalak, Sylwia Kiryk, Agnieszka Kotela, Kamila Wiśniewska, Jan Kiryk, Jacek Zbigniew Zborowski, Jacek Matys, Maciej Dobrzyński

“…Further randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are necessary to develop evidence-based protocols for safe and efficient laser-assisted bracket removal in orthodontic practice.…”
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A Dual-Technology Approach: Handheld NIR Spectrometer and CNN for <i>Fritillaria</i> spp. Quality Control by Fengling Li, Wen Lei, Juan Li, Xiaoting Wang, Jingyu Su, Tangnuer Sahati, Xiahenazi Aierkenjiang, Ruyi Tian, Weihong Zhou, Jixiong Zhang, Jingjing Xia

“…., a handheld near-infrared spectrometer was combined with a convolutional neural network (CNN) to establish an efficient and convenient quality assessment method. …”
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Optimizing the Cost of Process as a Decision-Making Tool to Determine the Selling Price by Mukti Prasaja, Rufaidho Dwi Lestari, Aan Nurrohman

“…The data used is descriptive quantitative research. The analysis technique used in this study is descriptive with a quantitative approach, with stages namely grouping data based on cost classification, calculating the cost of production with the process costing method, calculating the selling price with the cost-plus pricing approach, and comparing the calculation of MSMEs Tenun Ikat Medali Mas with the researcher's calculation. …”
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Analisis Kinerja Keuangan Baznas Provinsi Bengkulu Dengan Metode Iszm by Onti Laura Citra, Rizky Hariyadi

“…The research method used is a quantitative method with a quantitative descriptive approach. …”
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Assessment of Integrated Safety-security Barriers Performance to Support the Management of Industrial Installations by Valeria Casson Moreno, Giulia Marroni, Michela Guarguaglini, Sanneke Kuipers, Gabriele Landucci

“…This work presents a methodology for the quantitative integration of safety and security aspects within the Event Tree Analysis (ETA), a widely used tool in Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA). …”
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The Proposal and Application of Quality-adjusted Life Years by Yixuan LI

“…Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) is a quantitative health measure that integrates both life expectancy and quality, proposed in the 1970s as an effective tool for aiding the rational allocation of healthcare resources while balancing efficiency and equity. …”
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Budgetary participation and organizational performance in Chinese public hospitals: facilitation or inhibition? by Qiwen Jiang, Jing Zhou, Xuemei Kuang, Shuang Chen

“…This article aimed to understand whether and how public hospital budget participation affects organizational performance in China.MethodsBased on the novel insights of Latour’s Actor-Network Theory and self-efficiency theory, this article combines qualitative and quantitative research methods. …”
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Exploration of the optimal deep learning model for english-Japanese machine translation of medical device adverse event terminology by Ayako Yagahara, Masahito Uesugi, Hideto Yokoi

“…Results GPT-4 outperformed other models in both the quantitative and qualitative evaluations, with ChatGPT showing the same capability, but with lower quantitative scores, in the qualitative evaluation. …”
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Supply chain management and optimization in transportation logistics by Saoussen Krichen

“…SCM can also be seen as the process of optimizing a set of decisions that generate cost-effective solutions which provide efficient plans for acting on numerous levels while considering all decision-making standpoints. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Electromagnetic Nondestructive Testing Technology for Elasto–Plastic Deformation of Ferromagnetic Materials Based on Magneto–Mechanical Coupling Effect by Xiangyi Hu, Xiaoqiang Wang, Haichao Cai, Xiaokang Yang, Sanfei Pan, Yafeng Yang, Hao Tan, Jianhua Zhang

“…A numerical tool for simulating the detection signals of electromagnetic nondestructive testing technology (ENDT) is of great significance for studying detection mechanisms and improving detection efficiency. However, the quantitative analysis methods for ENDT have not yet been sufficiently studied due to the absence of an effective constitutive model. …”
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Automatic construction of global cloud sample database based on Landsat imagery by Tao He, Guihua Huang, Lei Zhang, Daiqiang Wu, Yichuan Ma

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Financial Hindrances to Growth: Understanding Profitability Issues in Pakistan’s Islamic Banking Sector by Zuha Ali, Saleh Nawaz Khan, Omar Masood, Wajid Alim

“…Design/Methodology/Approach: A Secondary data collection method has been used in this quantitative nature of study. Using quantitative analysis with Stata software, this study analyzes data from 2015 to 2023 sourced from Islamic banks' official websites.  …”
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Health Financing and Equity in Healthcare for Disadvantaged Groups in Vietnam by Thi Xuan Huong Le, Thi Hai Duong Nguyen, Thi Thuy Dung Nguyen, Thi Huu Ai Nguyen, Thi Huong Tram Le, Nguyen Zen Nguyen

“…Quantitative and qualitative research methods have helped us evaluate the current health financing and equity in healthcare for disadvantaged people in Vietnam. …”
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Design principles for the glycoprotein quality control pathway. by Aidan I Brown, Elena F Koslover

“…Quality control is required to distinguish between proteins that have completed native folding, those that have yet to fold, and those that have misfolded. Using quantitative modeling, we explore how the design of the quality-control pathway modulates its efficiency. …”
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The Role of the School Counselor in Diagnosing the Aggressive Behavior and Learning Disabilities: A Case Study in Algeria by Mhamel Imad Eddine

“…Nevertheless, the quantitative indices are a form of observation at the superficial level. …”
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New measurements of digital technology use: the Immersion in Digital Life and Quality of Digital Experience scales by Joanna Witowska, Ruth Ogden, Christine Schoetensack, Katarzyna Goncikowska, Marc Wittmann, Vanda Černohorská, Nuria Codina, Chantal Martin-Soelch, Mónica Fernández Boente, Georgina Giner, José V. Pestana, Julie Papastamatelou

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Liquid biopsy of colorectal cancer: a new approach to evaluation of aberrant methylation of the <i>SEPT9</i> gene by I. V. Botezatu, V. N. Kondratova, A. M. Stroganova, S. L. Dranko, A. V. Lichtenstein

“…The proposed method for the quantitative assessment of aberrantly methylated DNA is simple, implemented in the closed-tube format, does not require normalization and usage of standard curves. …”
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