Gene Expression of IGF1, IGF1R, and IGFBP3 in Epiretinal Membranes of Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Preliminary Study by Dorota Romaniuk, Malgorzata W. Kimsa, Barbara Strzalka-Mrozik, Magdalena C. Kimsa, Adam Kabiesz, Wanda Romaniuk, Urszula Mazurek

“…The examined group comprised 6 patients with secondary ERMs after PDR and the control group consisted of 11 patients with idiopathic ERMs. Quantification of IGF1, IGF1R, and IGFBP3 mRNAs was performed by real-time QRT-PCR technique. …”
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A comparative analysis for crack identification in structural health monitoring: a focus on experimental crack length prediction with YUKI and POD-RBF by Zenzen, Roumaissa, Ayadi, Ayoub, Benaissa, Brahim, Belaidi, Idir, Sukic, Enes, Khatir, Tawfiq

“…Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) has emerged as a pivotal tool for assessing structural health, with an emphasis on damage detection, localisation, and quantification, particularly through vibration-based methods that exploit variations in modal properties as precursors to structural damage. …”
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Understanding HR attributions and creativity of SMEs employees in Colombia: a qualitative study by Lisseth Gutierrez-Gonzalez, Ernesto Monroy, Melissa Johnson Morgan, Retha Wiesner

“…Future studies should quantitatively test the impact of HR attributions on SME employees’ creativity.…”
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The Sensitivity of Heavy Precipitation to Horizontal Resolution, Domain Size, and Rain Rate Assimilation: Case Studies with a Convection-Permitting Model by Xingbao Wang, Peter Steinle, Alan Seed, Yi Xiao

“…The dispersion of skill scores with control run used as “truth” shows that the impacts of the model resolution and domain size on the quantitative precipitation forecast are not less than those of perturbed physics and initial field uncertainties in these not intentionally selected heavy precipitation cases. …”
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Signal-to-Noise Ratio Analysis Based on Different Space Remote Sensing Instruments by Lei Zhang, Bo Li, Hanshuang Li, Guochao Gu, Xiaoxu Wang

“…Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) analysis is a crucial component of optical system development for space remote sensing instruments. It serves as a quantitative assessment of the imaging quality and radiometric characteristics of space remote sensing. …”
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Morphometric study of the cell nucleus of endometrioid carcinoma of the uterus by Ridyl Sarduy Rodríguez, Raisel García Pérez, Norma Bárbara Hernández Pérez, Neisy Pérez Ramos, Belkis Yanes Milián, Iván Triana de la Paz

“…Conclusions: there are quantitative differences between the morphometric variables of the normal endometrium and those of the endometrioid carcinoma, the lowest values of the morphometric parameters were observed in the glandular cells of the normal endometrium while the highest values were observed in the endometrioid carcinoma.…”
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Assessment of Real-Time Compaction Quality Test Indexes for Rockfill Material Based on Roller Vibratory Acceleration Analysis by Tianbo Hua, Xingguo Yang, Qiang Yao, Hongtao Li

“…Combined with the spectrum analysis of the acceleration signal, it was found that the CF index best characterizes the compaction degree of the rockfill material among the four indexes. Furthermore, the quantitative relations between the real-time index and compaction quality index were established to determine the control criterion of CF, which can instruct the site work of compaction quality control in the rockfill rolling process.…”
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RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH COMPARING THE EFFICIENCY OF MARINE SAMPLERS IN RESEARCHING THE CONTENT OF MICROPLASTIC IN BOTTOM SEDIMENTS by V.O. Iemelianov, Ye.І. Nasiedkіn, T.S. Kukovska, N.O. Fedoronchuk, S.M. Dovbysh

“…This allows not only to improve the selection method and prevent the loss of actual material, but also to form the appropriate coefficients of quantitative conversion in the event that it is necessary to involve both options for obtaining samples of bottom sediments within the framework of one task. …”
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Observing Supernova Neutrino Light Curves with Super-Kamiokande. V. Distance Estimation with Neutrinos by Yudai Suwa, Akira Harada, Masamitsu Mori, Ken’ichiro Nakazato, Ryuichiro Akaho, Masayuki Harada, Yusuke Koshio, Fumi Nakanishi, Kohsuke Sumiyoshi, Roger A. Wendell

“…Recent advancements in the analysis method of supernova (SN) neutrinos, especially in quantitative analysis, have significantly broadened scientific possibilities. …”
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CSTN: A cross-region crop mapping method integrating self-training and contrastive domain adaptation by Shuwen Peng, Liqiang Zhang, Rongchang Xie, Ying Qu

“…CSTN uses pseudo-labels in the target region generated by the self-training strategy to assist supervised learning, and aligns features across regions using class-aware prototypes. Qualitative and quantitative evaluations demonstrate that CSTN significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods with a 12.29 % increase in average F1-score, particularly in maize identification. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of 39 Plant Toxins in Honey by Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry with Solid Phase Extraction by LIU Chuan, CHEN Yanqiu, LIN Hao, WANG Luyao, SHI Peiyu, LIU Rong, WANG Yi, WU Wenlin, MAO Rui, XIAO Quanwei, SONG Juan, DAI Qin

“…The developed method involved sample extraction with 0.1% formic acid, purification using a hydrophilic-lipophilic balanced (HLB) cartridge, detection in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, and quantification using the matrix-matched external standard method. …”
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Correlation of Dynamic PET and Gene Array Data in Patients with Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors by Ludwig G. Strauss, Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Dirk Koczan, Leyun Pan, Peter Hohenberger

“…Compartment and noncompartment models were used for the quantitative evaluation of the dPET examinations. Gene array data were based on tumor specimen obtained by surgery after the PET examinations. …”
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Partial Least Square Structural Equation Model “PLS-SEM” to Predict Total Quality Management in UAE Higher Education: A Comprehensive Framework for Organizational Performance Enhan... by GUPTA Babeet, SRIVASTAVA Riktesh, UC Harish, ABURAYYA Ahmed

“…The association between TQM components and organization performance was investigated using a quantitative research technique based on a survey study design. …”
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Intelligent Soft Computing on Forex: Exchange Rates Forecasting with Hybrid Radial Basis Neural Network by Lukas Falat, Dusan Marcek, Maria Durisova

“…This paper deals with application of quantitative soft computing prediction models into financial area as reliable and accurate prediction models can be very helpful in management decision-making process. …”
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The Visualization of Biofilms in Chronic Diabetic Foot Wounds Using Routine Diagnostic Microscopy Methods by Angela Oates, Frank L. Bowling, Andrew J. M. Boulton, Philip G. Bowler, Daniel G. Metcalf, Andrew J. McBain

“…Debridement samples, collected from the foot wounds of diabetic patients, were histologically sectioned and examined using bright-field, fluorescence, and environmental scanning electron microscopy and assessed by quantitative differential viable counting. All samples (n = 26) harboured bioburdens in excess of 5 log10 CFU/g. …”
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Research on Failure Mechanism and Strengthening of Broken Roadway Affected by Upper Coal Pillar by Fulian He, Zheng Zheng, Hengzhong Zhu, Bo Yang

“…Compared with traditional methods, it facilitates quantitative analysis. Moreover, we combine the semiplane theory and we obtain the stress distribution on the coal pillar’s bedrock and the strengthening control area from the “change point” position along a 21 m horizontal line. …”
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Risk Profile Assessment ofRisk profile assessment of core capital adequacy: capital adequacy tier-book strategy Core Capital Adequacy: Capital Adequacy Tier-Book Strategy by Lis Sintha Oppusunggu, Yusuf Rombe M.Allo

“…This research is included in quantitative analysis. This study uses purposive sampling, and data collection is carried out using the documentation method by looking at the annual financial reports on the OJK (Financial Services Authority) website, BI (Bank Indonesia) website, and the Bank's website object of research. …”
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Soft X-ray tomography reveals variations in B. subtilis biofilm structure upon tasA deletion by Anthoula Chatzimpinou, Anne Diehl, A. Tobias Harhoff, Kristina Driller, Bieke Vanslembrouck, Jian-Hua Chen, Kristaps Kairišs, Valentina Loconte, Mark A. Le Gros, Carolyn Larabell, Kürşad Turgay, Hartmut Oschkinat, Venera Weinhardt

“…This approach offers 50 nm isotropic spatial resolution, rapid imaging, and quantitative native analysis of biofilm structure. Using Bacillus subtilis biofilms, we detected coherent alignment and chaining of wild-type cells towards the oxygen-rich capillary tip. …”
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Enhanced Bearing Fault Detection Using Step-Varying Vibrational Resonance Based on Duffing Oscillator Nonlinear System by Yongbin Liu, Zhijia Dai, Siliang Lu, Fang Liu, Jiwen Zhao, Jiale Shen

“…Two evaluation indices are investigated to qualitatively and quantitatively assess the fault detection capability of the SVVR method. …”
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The Impacts of the Infectious Disease Epidemic on the Permanent Volatility of Precious Metal and Crude Oil Futures Markets: A Long-Term Perspective by Yue Shang, Xiaodan Chen, Yifeng Zhang, Yu Wei

“…The aim of this paper is to identify the quantitative impacts of the infectious disease pandemic on the permanent volatility of precious metal and crude oil futures from a long-term perspective by using a recently constructed Infectious Disease Equity Market Volatility Tracker (ID-EMV) to capture the epidemic severity and with a novel mixed data sampling GARCH (GARCH-MIDAS) method. …”
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