Morphoanatomy and Phytochemical Content of Sente Leaves (Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.)G.Don) under Different Light Intensity in Arboretum Universitas Padjadjaran by Nadhira Zaachrany Rachma, Asep Zainal Mutaqin, Tia Setiawati, Mohamad Nurzaman, Rusdi Hasan

“…Morphological and anatomical parameters and chlorophyll content were assessed using a quantitative approach, while phytochemical content was determined qualitatively and analyzed descriptively. …”
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Organization of live animal transportation process in the Russian Federation by M. A. Shibayev, I. M. Klinovitskaya, A. V. Belchikhina, A. K. Karaulov

“…The legal framework, regulating the organization of live animal transportation using different vehicles, as well as quantitative data on live animal movements, taken from state veterinary information system “VetIS” (“Mercury” and “Cerberus” components) were analyzed. …”
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A Novel Aggregation-Induced Emission-Based Electrochemiluminescence Aptamer Sensor Utilizing Red-Emissive Sulfur Quantum Dots for Rapid and Sensitive Malathion Detection by Yajun Wu, Dongxiao Ma, Xiaoli Zhu, Fangquan Xia

“…Here, we constructed a novel aggregation-induced emission (AIE) electrochemical aptamer (Apt) sensor based on red-emissive sulfur quantum dots (SQDs), which aimed at the rapid screening and quantitative detection of malathion. SQDs were prepared using a two-step oxidation method with good electrochemiluminescence (ECL) optical properties. …”
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Dream Recall Frequencies and Dream Content in Wilson’s Disease with and without REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder: A Neurooneirologic Study by Gotthard G. Tribl, Mateus C. Trindade, Michael Schredl, Joana Pires, Iris Reinhard, Thais Bittencourt, Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, Rosana Cardoso Alves, Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Erich T. Fonoff, Edson Bor-Seng-Shu, Alexandre A. Machado, Manoel J. Teixeira, Egberto R. Barbosa

“…This study reports first quantitative data on dreaming in a cohort of patients with treated Wilson’s disease (WD) and in patients with WD with RBD. …”
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Comprehensive genomic and transcriptomic analyses of the anaerobic degradation of microcystin in Alcaligenes faecalis D04 by Fei Yang, Lili Yang, Jia Wei, Tian Ma, Mengna Zhou, Liwen Liao, Junhao Xie, Pengji Zhou

“…This study revealed a new connection between related functional genes (mblH, ridA, paaA, livI, soxR, gltD, marR, etc.) and bacterial degradation functions through the analysis of multiomics data. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis verified that the expression trends of the differentially expressed genes were consistent with the transcriptomic data. …”
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Thyme Essential Oil as a Potential Tool Against Common and Re-Emerging Foodborne Pathogens: Biocidal Effect on Bacterial Membrane Permeability by Martina Di Rosario, Leonardo Continisio, Giuseppe Mantova, Francesca Carraturo, Elena Scaglione, Daniela Sateriale, Giuseppina Forgione, Chiara Pagliuca, Caterina Pagliarulo, Roberta Colicchio, Mariateresa Vitiello, Paola Salvatore

“…Then, the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) were defined to quantitatively evaluate the bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects of Thy-EO, revealing a strong inhibitory effect against <i>S. enterica</i>, <i>Y. enterocolitica</i> and <i>L. monocytogenes</i>. …”
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Differential expression of CD175 and CA19-9 in pancreatic adenocarcinoma by Jane J. Cheng, Yasuyuki Matsumoto, Gabrielle E. Dombek, Kathryn A. Stackhouse, Ana Sofia Ore, Jonathan N. Glickman, Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro, Richard D. Cummings

“…Here we address the clinicopathological relevance of the expression of CA19-9, CD15s, and CD175 in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tissues. Semi-quantitative IHC staining with well-defined monoclonal antibodies demonstrates that CD175 is expressed in all PDAC specimens analyzed. …”
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Using Social Marketing to Reduce Intention of Cesarean Section in Iranian Women by Mostafa Maleki, Ali Mousavizadeh, Saadat Parhizkar, Mohsen Shams

“…Formative research (a quantitative survey and a qualitative study) was done to achieve the social marketing mix. …”
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Identifying Candidate Genes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity through Gene Expression Profiling in Multiple Tissues or Cells by Junhui Chen, Yuhuan Meng, Jinghui Zhou, Min Zhuo, Fei Ling, Yu Zhang, Hongli Du, Xiaoning Wang

“…Recent studies have focused on identifying causal variations or candidate genes for obesity and T2DM via analysis of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) within a single tissue. …”
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Production Thematic Maps of Bearing Capacity of Shallow Foundation for Al-Basrah Soil Using Standard Penetration Data and GIS by Majeed Sabaa, Alaa Salman, Ammar Dakhil, Saba Jawad, Mahdi Karkush, Ahmed Athab

“…In addition, a statistical analysis can be generated within GIS on specific data to produce quantitative results. In this study, the GIS utilized to produce thematic maps showing the variation of bearing capacity of shallow foundation in Al-Basrah province soil. …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of Intrastriatal Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester Treatment in 6-OH Dopamine Model of Parkinson’s Disease in Rats by Burak Cem Soner, Eda Acikgoz, Salim Yalcin Inan, Sule Ayla, Ayse Saide Sahin, Gulperi Oktem

“…Striatal histological verifications, immunohistochemistry, and stereological quantitation were performed. Our results for the first time showed that, besides improving the motor performance, CAPE treatment also prevents 6-OHDA-induced loss of TH-positive neurons. …”
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Maintenance of Self-Renewal and Pluripotency in J1 Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells through Regulating Transcription Factor and MicroRNA Expression Induced by PD0325901 by Zhiying Ai, Jingjing Shao, Xinglong Shi, Mengying Yu, Yongyan Wu, Juan Du, Yong Zhang, Zekun Guo

“…Thus, to seek for the crucial miRNA and key regulatory genes that establish ESC properties in MEK/ERK pathway, we performed microarray analysis and small RNA deep-sequencing of J1 mESCs treated with or without PD0325901 (PD), a well-known inhibitor of MEK/ERK signal pathway, followed by verification of western blot analysis and quantitative real-time PCR verification; we found that PD regulated the transcript expressions related to self-renewal and differentiation and antagonized the action of retinoic acid- (RA-) induced differentiation. …”
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Development and Evaluation of a Rehabilitation Wheelchair with Multiposture Transformation and Smart Control by Wujing Cao, Hongliu Yu, Xinyu Wu, Sujiao Li, Qiaoling Meng, Chunjie Chen

“…This work describes the functional requirements, mechanical structure, and control system and the overall evaluation of ReChair including the kinematic simulation of the multiposture transformation and passive lower limb rehabilitation training to quantitatively verify the motion capability of ReChair, the voice control system evaluation that shows how the voice recognition system is suitable for home environment, the sensorless speed detection test results that indicate how the wheel speeds measured by sensorless method are appropriate for travelling control, and the passive and balance training test results that show how the lower limb rehabilitation training in daily life by ReChair is convenient. …”
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Constraining Solar Wind Transport Model Parameters Using Bayesian Analysis by Mark A. Bishop, Sean Oughton, Tulasi N. Parashar, Yvette C. Perrott

“…The dual objectives are to obtain improved constraints on parameters present in the turbulence transport model (TTM) and to support quantitative comparisons of the quality of distinct versions of the transport model. …”
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Spectrophotometric Determination of Mycophenolate Mofetil as Its Charge-Transfer Complexes with Two π-Acceptors by K. B. Vinay, H. D. Revanasiddappa, M. S. Raghu, Sameer. A. M. Abdulrahman, N. Rajendraprasad

“…The limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) are also reported for both methods. …”
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Hardware Efficient Speech Enhancement With Noise Aware Multi-Target Deep Learning by Salinna Abdullah, Majid Zamani, Andreas Demosthenous

“…Optimisation techniques, including ternary quantisation, structural pruning, efficient sparse matrix representation and cost-effective approximations for complex computations, were implemented to reduce area, memory, and power requirements. …”
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Spectral Imaging of Multi-Color Chromogenic Dyes in Pathological Specimens by Merryn V. E. Macville, Jeroen A. W. M. Van der Laak, Ernst J. M. Speel, Nir Katzir, Yuval Garini, Dirk Soenksen, George McNamara, Peter C. M. de Wilde, Antonius G. J. M. Hanselaar, Anton H.N. Hopman, Thomas Ried

“…Our data further indicate that the use of spectral imaging (a) may increase the number of parameters studied simultaneously in pathological diagnosis, (b) may provide quantitative data (such as positive labeling indices) more accurately, and (c) may solve segmentation problems currently faced in automated screening of cell‐ and tissue specimens. …”
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Development of cell lines with increased susceptibility to diverse adeno-associated viral vectors to enable in vitro potency assays by James Zengel, Emma S. Esterman, Anitha Ponnuswami, Nicholas R. Wall, Jan E. Carette

“…The strongly enhanced susceptibility of these cell lines to transduction by a variety of divergent AAV vectors could facilitate the development of standardized in vitro quantitative assays for AAV-based gene therapy products.…”
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A Mechanism Framework for Clearing Prices in Electricity Market Based on Trusted Capacity of Power Generation Resources by Yuanyuan Lou, Jiekang Wu, Zhen Lei, Xinmiao Liu, Junlei Liu, Xun Lu

“…In response to the challenges faced by the existing capacity market mechanism under the background of energy transformation, such as the unreasonable quantification of the support effect of different power generation resources on the power capacity of power system and the imperfect pricing mechanism of power capacity, a capacity market mechanism for power systems with high proportion renewable energy has been designed. …”
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A Preferable Approach for the Quality Control of Xiaoer Chiqiao Qingre Granules Based on the Combination of Chromatographic Fingerprints and Chemometrics by Tong Xu, Xiaoqi Li, Mengmeng Huang, Qi Wang, Chao Li, Gang Tian, Yan Chen

“…Six main active ingredients (geniposide, paeoniflorin, forsythin, forsythoside A, baicalin, and wogonoside) were selected as chemical markers for simultaneous quantitative analysis, while the results indicated that the content of other five ingredients except forsythoside A presented comparatively stable. …”
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