Diagnosis and Prognosis of Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung by Means of High Resolution Image Analysis by Uta Jütting, Peter Gais, Karsten Rodenacker, Joachim Böhm, Susanne Koch, Heinz W. Präuer, Heinz Höfler

“…By means of high resolution image analysis 100 nuclei per case were randomly gathered to extract morphometric, densitometric and textural quantitative features. To investigate the ploidy status of the tumour the corrected DNA distribution was calculated. …”
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Acute hepatitis of non-specified etiology by Ye. V. Tsyganova, O. O. Znoyko, N. D. Yushchuk, K. R. Dudina, M. G. Isagulyants, N. V. Petrakova, T. V. Petrova, M. I. Mikhaylov

“…Investigation of patients with acute hepatitis of non-specified etiology included clinical, epidemiologic, routine laboratory, serological methods; molecular biological method (RNA of hepatitis A, C, Е, G viruses; DNA of hepatitis B virus, TTV, CMV, EBV, HHV of 1, 2, 6 and 8 types, PV B-19, NV-f – qualitative analysis); method of immunofluorescence (assessment of antimitochondrial and antinuclear antibodies); immunologic methods (laboratory diagnostic methods) – independent assessment of specific antibodies for individual HCV antigens spectrum, including structural and unstructural proteins and compound peptides, representing the whole HCV polyprotein (overall 38 antigens: 34 HCV antigens and 4 control antigens) in blood serum by EIA method; investigation of Т-cellular immune response to HCV antigens by blast-cell lymphocytes transformation method under stimulation by HCV antigens with quantitative evaluation of cytokine secretion; instrumental method – ultrasound investigation of abdominal organs.Conclusions. …”
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Chitosan’s Ability to Remove the Smear Layer—A Systematic Review of Ex Vivo Studies by Ana Ferreira-Reguera, Inês Ferreira, Irene Pina-Vaz, Benjamín Martín-Biedma, José Martín-Cruces

“…The overall risk of bias was medium. Quantitative analysis of the results was not possible due to the heterogeneity found between the study methodologies of the included articles. …”
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Identifying barriers that prevent US insured adults at-risk for and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes from accessing primary care services: An exploratory study by Tamara Crawford

“…This study focused on assessing the barriers that prevented insured individuals, identified through a community health screening as at-risk for or suffering from type 2 diabetes, from accessing primary care services. Methods: A quali-quantitative design was used in this study. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling and 64 participants were identified through community outreach events sponsored by the Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Community Health Center. …”
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Presentating a multi-objective optimization model for resource-constrained project scheduling regarding financial costs, time delays and the reliability function by Saeideh Naderi, Mohsen Vaez-Ghasemi, Farzad Movahedi Sobhani

“…The objective of modeling RCPSP was the quantification of total costs and minimization of delays in projects. …”
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Designing and validating an adaptation tool for endometriosis: an exploratory mixed method study protocol by Sanaz Mollazadeh, Nahid Marvi, Talat Khadivzadeh

“…The study will consist of two phases, starting with a qualitative phase followed by a quantitative phase. Upon approval Ethics Code from the endometriosis clinic at Imam Reza Hospital in Mashhad, Iran. …”
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Strengthening liability for unauthorised abandonment of a military unit or place of service in the light of current criminal law issues by Р. І. Tkachenko

“…With the use of criminological research, statistical data have been provided that make it necessary to strengthen the responsibility of military personnel for committing crimes against the established order of military service. As part of this, quantitative indicators of the growth of military crime in different years and at different background stages of the socio-political situation, economic situation, etc. have been given. …”
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Optimizing Laser Capture Microdissection Protocol for Isolating Zone-Specific Cell Populations from Mandibular Condylar Cartilage by Aisha M. Basudan, Yanqi Yang

“…Then, to evaluate LCM-RNA integrity, 3′/m ratios of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) and beta-actin (β-Actin) using quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) were calculated. …”
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Decoding Vitellogenin Subtype Responses: A Molecular Approach to Biomarkers of Endocrine Disruption in <i>Scatophagus argus</i> by Meiqin Wu, Jun Zhang, Di Wu, Amina S. Moss, Weilong Wang

“…The <i>vtg</i> gene family comprises multiple subtypes that are species-specific, necessitating precise characterisation and quantification for effective use as biomarkers in studies on estrogenic endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EEDCs). …”
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Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders in the context of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic by R. Kaladytė Lokominienė

“… Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is able to invade the human nervous system and can cause headache, nausea, vomiting, febrile seizures, encephalopathy, encephalitis, ataxia or psychiatric disorders, as well as quantitative disturbances of smell and taste which are observed both during the course of Parkinson’s disease and other alpha-synucleinopathies, only in slowly progressive and irreversible manner. …”
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Analysing Methods of Measuring the Level of Development Based on the Experimental Data by Farzad Karimi, Mostafa Ahmadvand, Ali Heidari

“…It is an applied rsearch in terms of the purpose and also is a quantitative research that was carried out in a survey method. …”
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Multiple Influence Factor Sensitivity Analysis and Height Prediction of Water-Conducting Fracture Zone by Xiaobin Li, Quansheng Li, Xuhui Xu, Yongqiang Zhao, Peng Li

“…By introducing sensitivity coefficient, a sensitivity quantification mathematical model was established, and sensitivity ranking was obtained. …”
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Firth's penalized logistic regression: A superior approach for analysis of data from India's National Mental Health Survey, 2016 by Satish Suhas, Narayana Manjunatha, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj

“…The National Mental Health Survey of India (NMHS) was a ground-breaking nationwide study that harnessed a uniform, standardized methodology blending quantitative and qualitative approaches. Covering data from 12 states across diverse regions, its mission was to gauge the prevalence of psychiatric disorders, bridge treatment gaps, explore service utilization, and gauge the socioeconomic repercussions of these conditions. …”
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Genome-Wide Association Study towards Genomic Predictive Power for High Production and Quality of Milk in American Alpine Goats by Y. Tilahun, T. A. Gipson, T. Alexander, M. L. McCallum, P. R. Hoyt

“…This paper reports an exploratory study based on quantitative genomic analysis in dairy traits of American Alpine goats. …”
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Qualitative financial modelling in fractal dimensions by Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi, Waranont Anukool

“…In our analysis, we consider power-laws properties for volatility, interest rated, and dividend payout, which emerge in several empirical regularities in quantitative finance and economics. We apply our model to study the problem of pricing barrier option and we estimate the values of fractal dimensions in both time and in space. …”
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Changes in Different Classes of Precipitation and the Impacts on Sediment Yield in the Hekouzhen-Longmen Region of the Yellow River Basin, China by Suzhen Dang, Xiaoyan Liu, Xiaoyu Li, Manfei Yao, Dan Zhang

“…The impacts of precipitation variation on sediment yield were evaluated, and the hydrological modeling method was used to quantitatively assess the attribution of precipitation and other factors to sediment yield changes in the HLR. …”
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The Effect of Intraoperative Methadone Compared to Morphine on Postsurgical Pain: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Mark C. Kendall, Lucas J. Alves, Kristi Pence, Taif Mukhdomi, Daniel Croxford, Gildasio S. De Oliveira

“…Methods. We performed a quantitative systematic review of randomized controlled trials in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar electronic databases. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of GRAS transcription factors under cold stress in diploid and triploid Eucalyptus by Jiannan Liu, Hao Chen, Chenhe Li, Kang Du, Jun Yang

“…Transcriptome data analysis and quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) experiments in diploid and triploid Eucalyptus urophylla found that some EgrGRAS genes exhibited upregulated expression under different cold treatment durations, with certain genes from the LISCL, PAT1, and DELLA subfamilies significantly upregulated in triploid Eucalyptus. …”
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Trace element composition of snow cover components in the city of Chita and its environs by Evgeniy A. Bondarevich

“…The materials were dust and snow meltwater, in which the quantitative content of 22 chemical elements was determined using the X-ray fluorescence method of total external reflection on an S2 Picofox spectrometer (Bruker Nano GmbH, Germany). …”
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High SERS performance of functionalized carbon dots in the detection of dye contaminants by Yanqiu Yang, Lingru Kong, Yong Ding, Lixin Xia, Shuo Cao, Peng Song

“…Conclusion: Based on this deeper insight on plasmon-mediated mechanism, the SERS substrate was successfully practiced for quantitative determination in real water and fish samples. …”
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