Photochemical oxidation of short-chain polychlorinated n-alkane mixtures using H2O2/UV and the photo-Fenton reaction by Ken J. Friesen, Taha M. El-Morsi, Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz

“…Three hours of irradiation in natural water/H2O2/UV resulted in 95% degradation of parent PCAs accompanied by 93% release of chloride ion. Quantitative dechlorination, which may be indicative of complete mineralization, suggests that this is an effective water remediation technique for PCAs.…”
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Fully 3D Printed Miniaturized Electrochemical Platform With Plug-and-Play Graphitized Electrodes: Exhaustively Validated for Dopamine Sensing by K S Jaya Lakshmi, Ramya K, Khairunnisa Amreen, Sanket Goel

“…The designed device has a linear range of 0.1 to 120 nM with limit of detection and limit of quantification of 0.083 and 0.27 nM, respectively. Various electrode characterizations, including scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy are carried out. …”
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Determination of Polyphenol Components of Korean Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia supina) by Using Liquid Chromatography—Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Overall Contribution to Antioxidant Ac... by Yi Song, Sung Woo Jeong, Won Sup Lee, Semin Park, Yun-Hi Kim, Gon-Sup Kim, Soo Jung Lee, Jong Sung Jin, Chi-Yeon Kim, Ji Eun Lee, Se Yun Ok, Ki-Min Bark, Sung Chul Shin

“…The limit of detection and limit of quantification of the method were >0.028 mg/L and 0.094 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Instance Segmentation and 3D Pose Estimation of Tea Bud Leaves for Autonomous Harvesting Robots by Haoxin Li, Tianci Chen, Yingmei Chen, Chongyang Han, Jinhong Lv, Zhiheng Zhou, Weibin Wu

“…The approach first constructs an for tea bud leaves, followed by a dynamic weight estimation strategy to achieve adaptive pose estimation. Quantitative experiments demonstrate that the instance segmentation model achieves an mAP@50 of 92.0% for box detection and 91.9% for mask detection, improving by 3.2% and 3.4%, respectively, compared to the YOLOv8s-seg instance segmentation model. …”
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An explainable Bayesian gated recurrent unit model for multi-step streamflow forecasting by Lizhi Tao, Yueming Nan, Zhichao Cui, Lei Wang, Dong Yang

“…The analysis of uncertainty quantization shows that noise in the input data is the primary source of overall uncertainty in model prediction, whereas a notable increase is observed in the uncertainty caused by the model in the flood season. …”
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Elderly Self-Help Groups: A Community-Based Education and Peer Support Program for Hypertension Control, Supporting SDG 3 on Health and Well-being by Heni Kusumawardani Lita, Hasra Azera, Triyanto Endang, Iskandar Asep

“…The design used a quasi-experiment design with quantitative research methods. The study's sample consisted of the elderly self-help group in Banyumas Regency, a rural district of Indonesia, in 2024. …”
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FHL1 as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target in acute promyelocytic leukaemia by Bo Luo, Wei Li, Jingyuan Zeng, Yingyu Mao, Shuang He, Nan Hu, Qulian Guo, Xiaoli Zheng

“…Based on the Gene Expression Omnibus database, Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and univariate Cox regression analysis were used to select the genes that had the most significant influence on the prognosis of patients with AML. Quantitative real-time PCR and Western blot were used to assess the effects of small interfering RNA transfection and lentiviral interference on the gene's knockout and overexpression, respectively. …”
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A Survey on True Random Number Generators Based on Chaos by Fei Yu, Lixiang Li, Qiang Tang, Shuo Cai, Yun Song, Quan Xu

“…We also devote a part of the paper to review TRNGs based on current-mode chaos for this problem. Finally, quantitative results are given for the described methods in which they were evaluated, following up with a discussion of the results. …”
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Study of the Fracture Law of Overlying Strata under Water Based on the Flow-Stress-Damage Model by Zhijie Wen, Suolin Jing, Yujing Jiang, Lei Tian, Jinhao Wen, Zhiguo Cao, Shaoshuai Shi, Yujun Zuo

“…A similar laboratory simulation and water injection-based fracturing test system were used with the working face before and after mining activity to calculate, quantitatively detect, and qualitatively analyze the development height of the WFFZ in the overlying strata. …”
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Reduced resistance at molecular-crystal electrolyte and LiCoO2 interfaces for high-performance solid-state lithium batteries by Yuki Watanabe, Shigeru Kobayashi, Zheng Ruijie, Deng Jun, Kenjiro Tanaka, Kazunori Nishio, Ryo Nakayama, Ryota Shimizu, Makoto Moriya, Taro Hitosugi

“…Furthermore, inserting an amorphous Li3PO4 layer into the Li(FSA)(SN)2–LiCoO2 interface enables stable cycling up to 4.30 V vs Li/Li+, suppressing the decomposition of electrolytes. These quantitative investigations and interfacial controls pave the way for the practical applications of molecular-crystal electrolytes to solid-state batteries.…”
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Evaluation of 3D seed structure and cellular traits in-situ using X-ray microscopy by Marcus Griffiths, Barsanti Gautam, Clara Lebow, Keith Duncan, Xinxin Ding, Pubudu Handakumbura, John C. Sedbrook, Christopher N. Topp

“…These results demonstrate that XRM can provide quantitative measures extracted from seeds for enhancing our understanding of seed structure, development, and facilitate breeding efforts for enhanced seed quality and crop performance.…”
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Robot-assisted Neuroendoscopy: Surgeon’s Third Hand – a Proof of Concept Study by Karnam Murali, Rychen Jonathan, Guzman Raphael, Cattin Philippe C., Rauter Georg, Gerig Nicolas

“…We qualitatively identified the requirements for the third hand with a surgeon as a participant. We also quantitatively identified the range of forces applied by the endoscope to act as a retractor on two brain phantoms while visualizing the surgical site. …”
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Evaluation and Prediction Method of Rolling Bearing Performance Degradation Based on Attention-LSTM by Yaping Wang, Chaonan Yang, Di Xu, Jianghua Ge, Wei Cui

“…Second, the original characteristic indicator curve is divided into the Health Indicator (HI) curve and the residual curve by means of fixed-window averaging to quantitatively and intuitively reflect the deterioration degree of the rolling bearing performance. …”
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Nature deficit and technology overuse in childhood. A correlational study by gender of its influence on sustainable identity construction in childhood by Sara Serrate González, Judit Alonso del Casar, Carmen Patino Alonso, José Manuel Muñoz Rodríguez

“…An anonymous, self-administered quantitative survey using a structured questionnaire was performed. …”
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Ion‐Permeable Electrospun Scaffolds Enable Controlled In‐Vitro Electrostimulation Assay of Myoblasts by Serafina Pacilio, Francesco Decataldo, Roberta Costa, Tobias Cramer, Beatrice Fraboni, Giovanna Cenacchi, Maria Letizia Focarete

“…This work paves the way for the quantitative study of muscular cell dynamic behavior and physiology, further evaluating therapy effectiveness for muscular pathologies.…”
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The Chromatin Pattern of Cell Nuclei Is of Prognostic Value for Renal Cell Carcinomas by Christine François, Myriam Remmelink, Michel Petein, Roland van Velthoven, André Danguy, Eric Wespes, Isabelle Salmon, Robert Kiss, Christine Decaestecker

“…Using a series of 105 renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) we investigated whether features quantitatively describing the appearance of Feulgen‐stained nuclei and, more particularly, of their chromatin (on the basis of computer‐assisted microscopy) can contribute any significant prognostic information. …”
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Physical Activity Patterns and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged and Elderly Northern Chinese Adults by Qian Wang, Xu Zhang, Li Fang, Qingbo Guan, Ling Gao, Qiu Li

“…The main aim of this study is to quantitatively describe the status of physical activity and evaluate its levels in a rural population and to investigate the association between the quantifiable physical activity and type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. …”
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A Framework to Assess the Seismic Resilience of Urban Hospitals by Peng Yu, Weiping Wen, Duofa Ji, Changhai Zhai, Lili Xie

“…The proposed framework provides the quantitative results of seismic resilience assessment in the preearthquake environment and can further support emergency response planning and seismic retrofits strategies.…”
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Simultaneous Determination of Three Active Forms of Vitamin B12 In Situ Produced During Fermentation by LC-MS/MS by Zhihao Fan, Yajie Li, Xia Fan, Pei Wang, Runqiang Yang, Chong Xie

“…In the present study, an LC-MS/MS method capable of rapidly and accurately quantifying three active forms of VB12, namely adenosylcobalamin (AdoCbl), methylcobalamin (MeCbl), hydroxocobalamin (OHCbl), in 8 min were developed. Meanwhile, the quantitative result of this method is not affected by pseudo-VB12 because the selected ion channels include fragments of active VB12. …”
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Dance Is an Accessible Physical Activity for People with Parkinson’s Disease by Sara Emmanouilidis, Madeleine E. Hackney, Susan C Slade, Hazel Heng, Dana Jazayeri, Meg E. Morris

“…Eligible studies were randomised controlled trials (RCT) and other trials with quantitative data. The PEDro scale evaluated risk of bias for RCTs. …”
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