Dual EMCV-IRES-integrated dengue virus can express an exogenous gene and cellular Mdm2 integration suppresses the dengue viral replication by Tadahisa Teramoto

“…The renilla luciferase (Rluc) integration enabled the viral replication quantification. It was also revealed that a cellular gene, Mdm2, which antagonizes tumor suppressor protein p53 (TP53), could terminate the viral replication in BHK21 cells. …”
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The practice of quality assurance in the TVET system of the state of Amhara as perceived by major stakeholders by Melaku Mengistu Gebremeskel

“…The study employed the embedded design. Quantitative data were collected through questionnaires from students and teachers (809 in sum) who were drawn through stratified and simple random sampling techniques from six TVET colleges. …”
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The role of Airbnb creating a “new”-old city centre: facts, problems and controversies in Porto by Pedro Chamusca, José Rio Fernandes, Luís Carvalho, Thiago Mendes

“…We make use of qualitative and quantitative methods and draw on the official AirDNA database to analyse the relation between Airbnb and urban transformation, and the governance context. …”
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Sweat Cortisol and Cortisone Determination in Healthy Adults: UHPLC-MS/MS Assay Validation and Clinical Application by Syed N. Alvi, Kafa Abuhdeeb, Muhammad M. Hammami

“…A positive electrospray ionization interface with multiple-reaction monitoring mode was used to provide simultaneous quantification of cortisol, cortisone, and internal standard at transitions of 363.11 to 121.00, 361.18 to 163.11, and 367.19 to 121.24, respectively. …”
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Restoration of Type 17 immune signaling is not sufficient for protection during influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis by Aijaz Ahmad, Ravineel B. Singh, Kara L. Nickolich, Matthew J. Pilewski, Caden Ngeow, Kwame Frempong-Manso, Keven M. Robinson

“…In this study, we investigate the role of IL-17 and Type 17 immune signaling components during IAPA.MethodsWild-type mice were challenged with influenza A H1N1 (flu) and then exposed to Aspergillus fumigatus ATCC42202 resting conidia on day 6 post-influenza infection, followed by the quantification of cytokines and chemokines at 48 h post-fungal infection.Results and discussionThe gene and protein expression levels revealed that IL-17 and Type 17 immune cytokines and antimicrobial peptides are downregulated during IAPA compared to mice singularly infected solely with A. fumigatus. …”
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Crosslinked Decellularized Porcine Pericardium as a Substrate for Conjunctival Reconstruction by Fangyuan Chen, Jingyue Deng, Lishi Luo, Ying Zhu, Yuying Dong, Yuanting Yang, Rijia Zhang, Jian Chen, Qing Zhou

“…In vitro DPP showed lower apoptosis, highly desirable, well preservation of extracellular matrix components, and favorable macro-microstructure, which was confirmed by histology, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy, collagen and DNA quantification, and cytotoxicity assay, compared to the native porcine pericardium (NPP). …”
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Democratising Nuclear Governance: The Role of African Civil Society in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) by Michaelan Sinnett, Joelien Pretorius

“…Although several African civil society organisations partnered with ICAN, the question goes beyond the quantitative side of their participation, to its quality. …”
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Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Risk of Nuclear Power Plant by Shinyoung Kwag, BuSeog Ju, Wooyoung Jung

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate the soil-structure interaction (SSI) effect on the overall risk of a PWR containment building structure with respect to two failure modes: strength and displacement. The precise quantification of the risk within the seismic probabilistic risk assessment framework depends considerably on an accurate treatment of the seismic response analysis. …”
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Pengaruh Hormon Androgen terhadap Ekspresi Gen CD52 di Epididimis Mencit (Mus musculus) by Silvani Permatasari, Dwi Ari Pujianto, Astrid Teresa

“…The groups were control was injected ethanol 0,1 mL/day and others groups were  3, 5, 10, and 15 day used a androgen receptor antagonist, flutamide that dilute in ethanol at a dose of 50 mg/kg/day. And then quantitative real-time RT-PCR was used to analyse expression of CD52 and it’s normalized to Beta actin. …”
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Increased Mast Cell Counts and Degranulation in Microscopic Colitis by Zhikai Chi, Jing Xu, Romil Saxena

“…The specimens were used for the quantification of mast cells by examining the presence of intracellular and extracellular tryptase by immunohistochemistry. …”
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Quark-Antiquark Effective Potential in Symplectic Quantum Mechanics by Renato Luz, Gustavo Petronilo, Ademir de Santana, Caroline Costa, Ronni Amorim, Rendisley Paiva

“…In this case, the system is separated into two parts, one analogous to the oscillator and the other we treat using perturbation method. Then, we quantized the Hamiltonian with the aid of stars operators in the phase space representation so that we can determine through the algebraic method the eigenfunctions of the undisturbed Hamiltonian (oscillator solution), and the other part of the Hamiltonian was the perturbation method. …”
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Comparison of Pre-Service Physics Teachers’ Conceptual Understanding of Dynamics in Model-Based Scientific Inquiry and Scientific Inquiry Environments by Arzu Arslan-Buyruk, Feral Ogan-Bekiroglu

“…True-experimental design using quantitative and qualitative research methods was carried out for this research. …”
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Disease-Specific Target Gene Expression Profiling of Molecular Imaging Probes: Database Development and Clinical Validation by Lawrence Wing-Chi Chan, Connie Hiu-Ching Ngo, Fengfeng Wang, Moss Y. Zhao, Mengying Zhao, Helen Ka-Wai Law, Sze Chuen Cesar Wong, Benjamin Yat-Ming Yung

“…The proposed Disease-specific Imaging Probe Profiling (DIPP) database quantitatively archives and presents the gene expression profiles of targets across different diseases, anatomic regions, and subcellular locations, providing an objective reference for selecting imaging probes. …”
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Historical and Legal Features for the Development of Legal (Law) Education in 30-40s of the XX Century by N. A. Bondar

“…There were two opposite tendencies in 30s and 40s of the XX century: on the one hand, the return to University legal education, the normative consolidation and streamlining of the educational process, the increase in the quantitative indicators of the training of lawyers for various sectors of the national economy; on the other hand, the reorganization of a number of higher educational institutions, including those which had law faculties and emerged in independent Ukraine after 1917, namely the Kyiv Ukrainian People’s University and the Ukrainian State University in Kamianets-Podilskyi, and unjustified Stalinist repression, the imposition of Marxist ideology.…”
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Occupational Therapy for Parenting: Perspectives of Parents With Physical Disability by Anne Honey, Jessica Peterson, Veronica O’Mara, Margaret McGrath

“…An anonymous survey of 62 parents, primarily mothers, with physical disability about their experiences with parenting challenges and occupational therapy was analysed using both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Parents experienced challenges in engaging in a range of parenting tasks with children over a range of age groups. …”
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Unravelling the Role of Digital Partnering in Successful Construction Digitalisation – An Empirical Investigation by Aghimien Douglas, Aghimien Emmanuel, Aigbavboa Clinton, Oke Ayodeji, Zapata-Montalvo Luis

“…This study explores the concept of digital partnering among construction organisations, focusing on the essential factors that contribute to successful partnerships and their impact on achieving digital transformation. To gather quantitative data, a survey was conducted with construction professionals engaged in projects throughout South Africa. …”
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Severe Necrotizing Adenovirus Tubulointerstitial Nephritis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient by Ravi Parasuraman, Ping L. Zhang, Dilip Samarapungavan, Leslie Rocher, Alan Koffron

“…The patient was asymptomatic at presentation, and the high AdV viral load (quantitative PCR>2,000,000 copies/mL in the urine and 646,642 copies/mL in the serum) confirmed the diagnosis. …”
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Multigenerational workforce and organizational performance: A convergent analysis by Chilufya C. Chiwisa, Mubanga Mpundu

“…A convergent mixed study methodology was utilized to quantitatively define demographic parameters and qualitatively investigate concepts and themes of the phenomenon, as well as provide a comprehensive understanding of participant experiences. …”
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Redox Potential and Its Control in Research and Commercial Wine Fermentations by James Nelson, Roger Boulton, André Knoesen

“…The chemical reaction sequence, entities, and speciation thought to be responsible for establishing the redox potential in juices and wine are described. A quantitative model for control purposes remains elusive. …”
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AI-Assisted Forecasting of a Mitigated Multiple Steam Generator Tube Rupture Scenario in a Typical Nuclear Power Plant by Sonia Spisak, Aya Diab

“…Following this, uncertainty quantification employing the Best Estimate Plus Uncertainty (BEPU) methodology was undertaken by coupling RELAP5/SCDAPSIM/MOD3.4 with the statistical software, DAKOTA 6.14.0. …”
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