Show Me My DNA: Engaging Florida Elementary Students in Biotechnology by Patricia Fajardo-Cavazos, Wayne L. Nicholson

“…Nicholson, gives step-by-step instructions for an elementary school class exercise in which students isolate visible strands of their own DNA using easily obtained materials. …”
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Coupled Coincidence Point and Coupled Fixed Point Theorems via Generalized Meir-Keeler Type Contractions by Hassen Aydi, Erdal Karapınar, İnci M. Erhan

“…We prove coupled coincidence point and coupled fixed point results of 𝐹∶𝑋×𝑋→𝑋 and 𝑔∶𝑋→𝑋 involving Meir-Keeler type contractions on the class of partially ordered metric spaces. Our results generalize some recent results in the literature. …”
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REPETITIVE DNA SEQUENCES IN THE GENOMES OF PLANTS by A. B. Shcherban

“…The main classes of repetitive DNA sequences, including coding (rRNA genes) and non-coding sequences (tandem and dispersed repeats) are characterized. …”
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Multivalued φ-Contractions on Extended b-Metric Spaces by Maria Samreen, Wahid Ullah, Erdal Karapinar

“…In this paper, we have established some fixed-point results for the class of multivalued φ-contractions in the setting of extended b-metric space. …”
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Zero-One Law for Connectivity in Superposition of Random Key Graphs on Random Geometric Graphs by Y. Tang, Q. L. Li

“…We study connectivity property in the superposition of random key graph on random geometric graph. For this class of random graphs, we establish a new version of a conjectured zero-one law for graph connectivity as the number of nodes becomes unboundedly large. …”
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On the Analysis of Numerical Methods for Nonstandard Volterra Integral Equation by H. S. Mamba, M. Khumalo

“…We consider the numerical solutions of a class of nonlinear (nonstandard) Volterra integral equation. …”
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Peculiarities of Bounds on States through the Concept of Linear Superposition by Amit Bhar

“…We also investigate the entanglement behaviour of such classes of states, specifically their monotone nature. …”
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An operational procedure for Hankel type integrals by C. Nasim

“…Then making use of some basic properties of this operator, an elementary procedure is developed for evaluating integrals for a special class of analytic functions. A few example are given to illustrate the technique.…”
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Impulsive Fractional Semilinear Integrodifferential Equations with Nonlocal Conditions by Xue Wang, Bo Zhu

“…This paper is devoted to a class of impulsive fractional semilinear integrodifferential equations with nonlocal initial conditions. …”
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Fuzzy super irresolute functions by S. E. Abbas

“…Several characterizations, properties, and their effect on some fuzzy topological spaces are studied. Also, a new class of fuzzy topological spaces under the terminology fuzzy S∗-closed spaces is introduced and investigated.…”
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Caristi Type Selections of Multivalued Mappings by Calogero Vetro, Francesca Vetro

“…In this paper we continue this theory and prove the existence of Caristi type selections for generalized multivalued contractions on complete metric spaces, by using some classes of functions. Also we prove fixed point and quasi-fixed point theorems.…”
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On a Family of High-Order Iterative Methods under Kantorovich Conditions and Some Applications by S. Amat, C. Bermúdez, S. Busquier, M. J. Legaz, S. Plaza

“…This paper is devoted to the study of a class of high-order iterative methods for nonlinear equations on Banach spaces. …”
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Laser induced desorption and ablation: mechanism of metal removal from an Al-Cu-Fe alloy and a quasicrystal of the same composition by Mauro Satta, Haichen Liu, Xianglei Mao, Giuliano Moretti, Richard E. Russo, Anna Giardini, Aldo Mele

“…Quasicrystals are a special class of metallic alloys that share some of the properties of crystals. …”
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Limit Cycles in a Cubic Kolmogorov System with Harvest and Two Positive Equilibrium Points by Qi-Ming Zhang, Feng Li, Yulin Zhao

“…A class of planar cubic Kolmogorov systems with harvest and two positive equilibrium points is investigated. …”
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M1 and M2 Macrophage Polarization Correlates with Activity and Chronicity Indices in Lupus Nephritis by Chutima Chavanisakun, Rassamon Keawvichit, Nontawat Benjakul

“…<b>Results:</b> Lupus nephritis biopsies with ISN/RPS class II–V were included (class II: 3 cases (2%), III: 30 cases (19%), III + V: 16 cases (10%), IV: 73 cases (46%), IV + V: 18 cases (11%), and V: 20 cases (12%)). …”
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Steady-state mixing state of black carbon aerosols from a particle-resolved model by Z. Zhang, Z. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, N. Riemer, C. Liu, C. Liu, Y. Jin, Y. Jin, Z. Tian, Z. Tian, J. Cai, J. Cai, Y. Cheng, Y. Cheng, G. Chen, G. Chen, B. Wang, B. Wang, S. Wang, A. Ding, A. Ding

“…The distribution of CT follows an exponential linear distribution and can be characterized by a single slope parameter <span class="inline-formula"><i>k</i></span>. This distribution is independent of the BC core's distribution. …”
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Bio-active composition, antibacterial activity and molecular docking studies of Salicia nitida (Benth.) root extracts by Wisdom U. Ike, Okereke C. Stanley, Nosiri Ijeoma, Okamgba C. Okezie, Nwokocha W. Osita, Aguwanba Chinedu, Aaron C. Friday

“…Molecular docking was utilized to predict the binding affinity and energy of the bioactive components, butylated hydroxytolene and 5-eicosene, as ligand compound with class A beta-lactamase enzyme as protein receptor. …”
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Determinants of fertility in timed artificial insemination programs in beef cattle: predictive ability and risk factors from almost 2 million data points by R.E.F. Assis, F. Baldi, L.B. Temp, R. Ungerfeld, M.F. de Sá Filho

“…Farm, A.I. technician, sire, and the interaction between the female category and BCS class were the variables with the highest predictive abilities on pregnancy per TAI. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of AI-Based Multi-Spectral Imaging and PCR-Based Assays for Early Detection of <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> Infection on Pepper Plants by Dimitrios Kapetas, Eleni Kalogeropoulou, Panagiotis Christakakis, Christos Klaridopoulos, Eleftheria Maria Pechlivani

“…The classifier achieved an overall accuracy of 87.42% with an F1-Score of 81.13%. The per-class F1-Scores for the three classes were 85.25%, 66.67%, and 78.26%, respectively. …”
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OXA β-lactamases from Acinetobacter spp. are membrane bound and secreted into outer membrane vesicles by Lucia Capodimonte, Fernando Teixeira Pinto Meireles, Guillermo Bahr, Robert A. Bonomo, Matteo Dal Peraro, Carolina López, Alejandro J. Vila

“…A bioinformatics study on all sequenced β-lactamases was performed that revealed a predominance of putative lipidated enzymes in the Class D OXAs. Namely, 60% of the OXA Class D enzymes contain a lipobox sequence in their signal peptide, that is expected to trigger lipidation and membrane anchoring. …”
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