Discovery of MicroRNAs and Their Target Genes Related to Drought in Paulownia “Yuza 1” by High-Throughput Sequencing by Minjie Deng, Yabing Cao, Zhenli Zhao, Lu Yang, Yanfang Zhang, Yanpeng Dong, Guoqiang Fan

“…Furthermore, the expression levels of seven miRNAs (ptf-miR157b, ptf-miR159b, ptf-miR398a, ptf-miR9726a, ptf-M2153, ptf-M2218, and ptf-M24a) and their corresponding target genes were validated by quantitative real-time PCR. The results provide relevant information for understanding the molecular mechanism of Paulownia resistance to drought and reference data for researching drought resistance of other trees.…”
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Quantum order by disorder is a key to understanding the magnetic phases of BaCo2(AsO4)2 by Sangyun Lee, Shengzhi Zhang, S. M. Thomas, L. Pressley, C. A. Bridges, Eun Sang Choi, Vivien S. Zapf, Stephen M. Winter, Minseong Lee

“…This model, supported by combined first principles calculations and theoretical modeling, quantitatively reproduces our experimental data. In BCAO, the combination of strong bond-independent XXZ anisotropy and geometric frustration leads to significant quantum order by disorder effects that stabilize colinear phases under both zero and finite magnetic fields.…”
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Allergic Contact Dermatitis Is Associated with Significant Oxidative Stress by S. Kaur, K. Zilmer, V. Leping, M. Zilmer

“…In 40 patients, interleukin- (IL-) 6, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP-1), and IL-10 levels were measured in sera with the Evidence Investigator Cytokine & Growth factors High-Sensitivity Array, total peroxide concentration (TPX) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) by means of spectrophotometry, and the plasma concentrations of adiponectin and leptin by the quantitative sandwich enzyme immunoassay technique. Results. …”
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Separation characteristics of vortex three-phase flotation for offshore produced water treatment by LIU Meng, DAI Guohua, QU Zhaoguang, LIU Chunyu, CHEN Zhengwen, MA Jinxi, JIN Qiu

“…In order to promote the application of vortex three-phase flotation on offshore platforms, the effects of water clarifier concentration, processing capacity, gas intake volume and oil properties on the treatment were quantitatively studied. The experimental results showed that as the injection concentration of water clarifier increased, the oil concentration at the outlet of the equipment gradually decreased and then slightly increased. …”
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Factors affecting financial well-being: the mediating role of financial behavior towards religiosity and anti-consumption lifestyle – evidence from Indonesia by Arief Budiyanto, Abdul Mujib, Mohammad Nur Rianto Al Arif, Riris Aishah Prasetyowati

“…This study devises a metric for financial well-being, incorporating variables such as religiosity, anti-consumption lifestyle, and financial behavior through a quantitative approach using Structural Equation Model. …”
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Influence of Duodenal–Jejunal Implantation on Glucose Dynamics: A Pilot Study Using Different Nonlinear Methods by David Cuesta-Frau, Daniel Novák, Vacláv Burda, Daniel Abasolo, Tricia Adjei, Manuel Varela, Borja Vargas, Milos Mraz, Petra Kavalkova, Marek Benes, Martin Haluzik

“…In order to assess the validity of this assumption, we conducted a quantitative analysis based on several nonlinear algorithms (Lempel–Ziv Complexity, Sample Entropy, Permutation Entropy, and modified Permutation Entropy), well suited to the characterization of biomedical time series. …”
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Application of Next-Generation Sequencing Technology Based on Single Gene Locus in Species Identification of Mixed Meat Products by Xinmei Liu, Zhiyang Liu, Yiyu Cheng, Haijing Wu, Wei Shen, Yan Liu, Qiushi Feng, Jun Yang

“…The meat composition could be detected as low as 0.5% in the mixed samples using the NGS technology targeting GHR gene fragments, which was superior to those targeting mitochondrial 16S rRNA. However, the quantitative detection of species in the mixture was not likely to be quite accurate due to the amplification bias of PCR amplification. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Fracture Evolution in Sandstone Containing an Intersecting Hole under Compression Using DIC Technique by Hao Wu, Guoyan Zhao, Weizhang Liang, Enjie Wang, Shaowei Ma

“…Moreover, the propagation characteristics of primary tensile cracks were studied further by quantitatively analyzing the strain variation during the loading process, and the propagation mechanism of “open-close-reopen” of primary tensile cracks was explained in detail.…”
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Long-term tracking of neural and oligodendroglial development in large-scale human cerebral organoids by noninvasive volumetric imaging by Sangjun Park, Cheol Hong Min, Eunjin Choi, Jeong-Sun Choi, Kyungjin Park, Seokyoung Han, Wonjun Choi, Hyun-Jong Jang, Kyung-Ok Cho, Moonseok Kim

“…Furthermore, our sophisticated volumetric segmentation algorithm has yielded a robust four-dimensional quantitative analysis, encapsulating both neuronal and oligodendroglial maturation. …”
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Insulin Resistance Predicts Atherogenic Lipoprotein Profile in Nondiabetic Subjects by Flávia De C. Cartolano, Gabriela D. Dias, Maria C. P. de Freitas, Antônio M. Figueiredo Neto, Nágila R. T. Damasceno

“…IR, previously DM2 diagnosis, is a strong predictor of quantitative and qualitative features of lipoproteins directly associated with an increased atherogenic risk.…”
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Estimation of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Human Health Risk Assessment of Simulated Indoor Environment Consisting of Upholstered Furniture Made of Commercially Available... by Alena Capíková, Daniela Tesařová, Josef Hlavaty, Adam Ekielski, Pawan Kumar Mishra

“…This study was conducted for the qualitative and quantitative determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) from polymeric foam materials used in upholstered furniture. …”
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PHARAOH: A collaborative crowdsourcing platform for phenotyping and regional analysis of histology by Kevin Faust, Min Li Chen, Parsa Babaei Zadeh, Dimitrios G. Oreopoulos, Alberto J. Leon, Ameesha Paliwal, Evelyn Rose Kamski-Hennekam, Marly Mikhail, Xianpi Duan, Xianzhao Duan, Mugeng Liu, Narges Ahangari, Raul Cotau, Vincent Francis Castillo, Nikfar Nikzad, Richard J. Sugden, Patrick Murphy, Safiyh S. Aljohani, Philippe Echelard, Susan J. Done, Kiran Jakate, Zaid Saeed Kamil, Yazeed Alwelaie, Mohammed J. Alyousef, Noor Said Alsafwani, Assem Saleh Alrumeh, Rola M. Saleeb, Maxime Richer, Lidiane Vieira Marins, George M. Yousef, Phedias Diamandis

“…By providing cluster-level labels on only a handful of cases, we show how custom PHARAOH models can be developed efficiently and used to guide the quantification of cellular features that correlate with molecular, pathologic and patient outcome data. …”
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Proteomic Profiling of Ex Vivo Expanded CD34-Positive Haematopoetic Cells Derived from Umbilical Cord Blood by Heiner Falkenberg, Teja Falk Radke, Gesine Kögler, Kai Stühler

“…At days 3 and 7, expanded cells were harvested and analyzed by flow cytometry and quantitative proteomics. 2970 proteins were identified, whereof proteomic analysis showed 440 proteins significantly changed in abundance during ex vivo expansion. …”
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LPS from P. gingivalis and Hypoxia Increases Oxidative Stress in Periodontal Ligament Fibroblasts and Contributes to Periodontitis by L. Gölz, S. Memmert, B. Rath-Deschner, A. Jäger, T. Appel, G. Baumgarten, W. Götz, S. Frede

“…Human primary PDL fibroblasts were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide from Porphyromonas gingivalis (LPS-PG), a periodontal pathogen bacterium under normoxic and hypoxic conditions. By quantitative PCR, immunoblot, immunostaining, and a specific ROS assay we determined the amount of NOX4, ROS, and several redox systems. …”
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A remote sensing evidence on the marginality, stagementation and spatiotemporal heterogeneity of vegetation evolution characteristics in the Yinshan Mountains, China: Based on PKU... by Menglin Yan, Jingyang Lu, Yingying Ma, Chao Ma

“…The Theil-Sen (T-S) Median trend analysis &amp; Mann-Kendall (M-K) trend test, Hurst index, correlation analysis, partial correlation analysis, residual analysis and bivariate spatial autocorrelation (Bi-SA) analysis were used for quantitative analysis. Findings revealed: (1) Vegetation distribution had spatial heterogeneity, with a stepwise distribution from southeast to northwest; (2) Vegetation growth had temporal stagementation, with “stable-plunge-rise” pattern; (3) Climate trend displayed “warmer and wetter”, with growth rates of 0.045 °C/a and 0.558 mm/a, respectively; (4) Vegetation response to precipitation was sensitive with strong spatial correlation (Moran’s I = 0.88, P < 0.01); (5) Influence of human activities on the growth of vegetation was weak. …”
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Downregulation of HBx Restrains Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion of HepG2 Cells by Chaoqun Huang, Wei Liu, Xiaochuan Zhao, Libin Zhao, Fuxiang Wang

“…HBx and XB130 expression was detected by reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and Western blot. …”
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The Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins MIP1α (CCL3) and MIP2α (CXCL2) in Implant-Associated Osteomyelitis: Linking Inflammation to Bone Degradation by Ulrike Dapunt, Susanne Maurer, Thomas Giese, Matthias Martin Gaida, Gertrud Maria Hänsch

“…To address the question of how the local inflammatory response is linked to bone degradation, tissue samples were taken during surgery and gene expression of the macrophage inflammatory proteins MIP1α (CCL3) and MIP2α (CXCL2) was assessed by quantitative RT-PCR. MIPs were expressed predominantly at osteolytic sites, in close correlation with CD14 which was used as marker for monocytes/macrophages. …”
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Prediction of Lycii Cortex Quality Marker Based on Network Pharmacology and Chemometrics Methods by Xinrui Wang, Guotong Li, Haoqiang Ding, Xiqin Du, Lanying Zhang, Jingze Zhang, Dailin Liu

“…At the same time, the “component–target–disease” network diagram was constructed by network pharmacology to predict the potential active components of LC. A UPLC–MS/MS quantitative analysis method was established to determine the contents of 11 components such as kukoamine A in 35 batches of LC from seven producing areas. …”
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Nanomodification analysis of pore structure in GO-enhanced CWRB based on metal intrusion and BSE imaging with deep learning by Jiajian Yu, Yi Gong, Yuan Gao, Hao Sui, Xiaoli Xu, Yanming Liu

“…Understanding the microstructural reinforcing mechanism benefits for graphene oxide (GO) on cemented waste rock backfill (CWRB) strengthening. However, quantitatively characterizing the reinforcing effects of GO and locating the modified nano/microscale features remain critical challenges due to the disorderliness of the composites. …”
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Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Drives Proliferation of Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Possible Novel Therapeutic Target by Mingxia Wang, Shangling Zhu, Weixiang Peng, Qiuxia Li, Zhaoxia Li, Minqi Luo, Xiaoxue Feng, Zhuofeng Lin, Jianlin Huang

“…Expression of Shh signaling related components (Shh, Ptch1, Smo, and Gli1) in RA synovial tissues was examined by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in FLS by IHC, immunofluorescence (IF), quantitative RT-PCR, and western blotting. Expression of Shh, Smo, and Gli1 in RA synovial tissue was higher than that in control tissue (P<0.05). …”
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