Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents as Green Alternatives for Extracting Bioactive Compounds from <i>Sideritis</i> Taxa with Potential Cosmetic Applications by Lamprini Zissi, Virginia D. Dimaki, Vassiliki S. Birba, Vassiliki C. Galani, Vassiliki Magafa, Sophia Hatziantoniou, Fotini N. Lamari

“…Although distinct quantitative differences in their composition compared to the respective 70% ethanol extracts, and between them were noted, overall, the content of secondary metabolites in both <i>S. raeseri</i> extracts was lower than that of the <i>S. clandestina</i> extracts. …”
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Intraoral Scanning Versus Conventional Methods for Obtaining Full-Arch Implant-Supported Prostheses: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Fernanda L. Vieira, Maísa Carnietto, José R. A. Cerqueira Filho, Ester A. F. Bordini, Hiskell F. F. Oliveira, Thiago A. Pegoraro, Joel F. Santiago Junior

“…Review Manager 7.2 (2024) software was used for the quantitative analysis stage (α = 0.05). Bias analysis was conducted using the ROBINS-I and ROB scales, and the certainty of the evidence was evaluated using the GRADE scale. …”
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SNAP and/or WIC Participation and Diet Quality in Mother-Child Dyads living in Greater Boston after Pandemic: A Mixed-Method Study by Thanit Vinitchagoon, Fang Fang Zhang, Rebecca C. Fauth, Erin Hennessy, Ana G. Maafs, Emma M. Browning, Christina D. Economos

“…Participants included 69 mother-child dyads for quantitative and 18 mothers for qualitative data collection. …”
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Novel functional eQTL-SNPs associated with susceptibility to occupational pulmonary fibrosis: A multi-stage study by Rui Zhao, Xiaobo Tao, Wendi Zhang, Siqi Li, Shenxuan Zhou, Anhui Ning, Zhenyu Li, Minjie Chu, Wei Wang, Junhong Jiang

“…Following this, functional expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL)-SNPs were identified by the GTEx database. …”
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PET-Assessed Metabolic Tumor Volume Across the Spectrum of Solid-Organ Malignancies: A Review of the Literature by Anusha Agarwal, Chase J. Wehrle, Sangeeta Satish, Paresh Mahajan, Suneel Kamath, Shlomo Koyfman, Wen Wee Ma, Maureen Linganna, Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, Charles Miller, David C. H. Kwon, Andrea Schlegel, Federico Aucejo

“…Metabolic tumor volume (MTV) is one such semi-quantitative parameter obtained from positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) that has been shown to have significant implications in the clinical oncology setting. …”
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Development of Cross-Sector Collaboration Indicators for Accelerating the Reduction of Stunting in South Sulawesi, Indonesia by Balqis Balqis, Suci Rahmadani, Muh. Yusri Abadi, St. Rosmanely, Arif Anwar, Laksmi Trisasmita, Ni Made Viantika Sulianderi, Faizal Fahmi, Arsunan Arsin, Muh. Amri Arfandi, Nur Annisa Hamka, Amaliah Amriani. AS

“…In the second phase, quantitative analysis was conducted with 50 respondents to test the developed indicators using Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) methods. …”
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The impact of family members on aging persons’ technology use intentions by Freek Van Baelen, Melissa De Regge, Bart Larivière, Katrien Verleye, Kristof Eeckloo

“…Using 182 dyads of aging persons and their primary family caregiver, this study investigates how family members' beliefs about the capabilities of the aging person are associated with the aging person's engagement in using healthcare technology—a phenomenon known as the Pygmalion effect. A quantitative statistical method response-surface analysis (RSA) was performed. …”
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Molecular mechanisms of cis-oxygen bridge neonicotinoids to Apis mellifera Linnaeus chemosensory protein: Surface plasmon resonance, multiple spectroscopy techniques, and molecular... by Xiangshuai Li, Shiyu Li, Yang Liu, Li Cui, Daibin Yang, Shuning Chen, Xusheng Shao, Huizhu Yuan, Xiaojing Yan

“…Key parameters such as the number of binding sites (n), binding constants (Ka), dissociation constants (KD), and binding distances (r) were quantitatively assessed. The findings revealed that hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic interactions serve as the primary forces driving the binding process, with fluorescence quenching mechanisms involving both dynamic and static interactions. …”
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A multi-stage deep learning network toward multi-classification of polyps in colorectal images by Shilong Chang, Kun Yang, Yucheng Wang, Yufeng Sun, Chaoyi Qi, Wenlong Fan, Ying Zhang, Shuang Liu, Wenshan Gao, Jie Meng, Linyan Xue

“…An assessment by six endoscopists confirmed the high realism of polyp characteristics in the images generated by GAN-Aug. Subsequent quantitative evaluation of our CSWA-enhanced multi-stage classification network on this augmented dataset achieved an accuracy of 0.832 ± 0.006. …”
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Efficient recovery of Ce(III) ions from acidic solutions using oxalic acid crosslinked chitosan by Tabtila Okta Rinila, Soon Kong Yong, Waheeba Ahmed Al-Amrani, Agustono Wibowo, Nurul Filzah Ghazali, Murat Yılmaz, Faiz Bukhari Mohd Suah, Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah

“…The CHOA was defined by quantitative and spectroscopic examinations. The results indicate that the inclusion of oxalic acid as a cross-linking agent improved the adsorption and stability of chitosan under acidic conditions. …”
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Evaluation of Phytochemical, Antioxidant, and Memory-Enhancing Activity of Garuga pinnata Roxb. Bark and Bryophyllum pinnatum (Lam) Oken. Leaves by Ravin Bhandari, Sabina Gyawali, Nisha Aryal, Devika Gaire, Kalpana Paudyal, Abaru Panta, Pooja Panth, Dirgha Raj Joshi, Rabindra Kumar Rokaya, Pramod Aryal, Jitendra Pandey

“…This investigation was designed to explore the result shown by methanolic extract of Garuga pinnata bark and Bryophyllum pinnatum leaves, on cognitive power and retention of the memory in experimental mice along with quantification of phenolic compounds and DPPH radicals neutralizing capacity. …”
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Biochemical analysis of miR-217 and miR-532 in patients with fibromyalgia by Shymaa E. Ayoub, Azza M. Ahmed, Mostafa Y. Abdelwahed, Abeer A. Khalefa, Aeshah A. Awaji, Samer S. Zekry, Enas G. Ibrahim, Hana M. Eid, Shimaa M. Elasmer, Reham Fares

“…The miR-217 and miR-532 serum expressions were detected using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). According to our data, the fold changes of miR-217 and miR-532 in fibromyalgia patients were significantly lower than in controls, for miR-217 (median = 0.1359, IQR: 0.038–0.287, P < 0.001) and miR-532 [median = 0.2199, IQR: (0.114–0.421), P < 0.001]. …”
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Thresholds of handgrip strength for all-cause mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease: a secondary systematic review with dose-response meta-analysis by Hao Chen, Fan Zhang, Liuyan Huang, Yan Bai, Yifei Zhong, Yi Li

“…Future studies with quantitative measurements for each CKD stage will help to determine precise relative risk estimates between handgrip strength and mortality risk in patients with different stages of CKD.…”
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Rapid depletion of “catch-and-release” anti-ASGR1 antibody in vivo by Siva Charan Devanaboyina, Peng Li, Edward L. LaGory, Carrie Poon-Andersen, Kevin D. Cook, Marcus Soto, Zhe Wang, Khue Dang, Craig Uyeda, Ryan B. Case, Veena A. Thomas, Ronya Primack, Manuel Ponce, Mei Di, Brian Ouyang, Joelle Kaner, Sheung Kwan Lam, Mina Mostafavi

“…We conducted sub-cellular trafficking studies of the anti-ASGR1 antibodies along with receptor quantification analysis for mechanistic understanding of the rapid serum clearance of pH/Ca2+-dependent anti-ASGR1 antibody. …”
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Determination of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Hyperactivation as Prognostic Factor in Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors by G. Lamberti, C. Ceccarelli, N. Brighi, I. Maggio, D. Santini, C. Mosconi, C. Ricci, G. Biasco, D. Campana

“…Archival material should be available for revision according to WHO 2010 neuroendocrine tumor classification and for p-mTOR, SSTR2A, and IGF-1R immunostaining, calculating a quantitative score (QS). We evaluated clinical, pathological, and immunohistochemistry features for association with the presence of advanced disease at diagnosis and disease relapse in patients who have undergone radical surgery. …”
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Spatiotemporal Coupling Coordination Analysis of Social Economy and Resource Environment of Central Cities in the Yellow River Basin by Huimin Li, Zanmei Jiang, Guanghua Dong, Lunyan Wang, Xin Huang, Xiang Gu, Yinju Guo

“…Based on the evaluation index system of social economy and resource environment, we quantitatively measure the coupling coordination degree and spatiotemporal pattern of the nine central cities from 2010 to 2017. …”
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Structural dynamics of RAF1-HSP90-CDC37 and HSP90 complexes reveal asymmetric client interactions and key structural elements by Lorenzo I. Finci, Mayukh Chakrabarti, Gulcin Gulten, Joseph Finney, Carissa Grose, Tara Fox, Renbin Yang, Dwight V. Nissley, Frank McCormick, Dominic Esposito, Trent E. Balius, Dhirendra K. Simanshu

“…Employing 1 μs atomistic simulations, energetic decomposition, and comparative structural analysis, we elucidate the dynamics and interactions within these complexes. Our quantitative analysis reveals that CDC37 bridges the HSP90-RAF1 interaction, RAF1 binds HSP90 asymmetrically, and that HSP90 structural elements engage RAF1’s unfolded region. …”
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Effects of residential acaricide treatments on patterns of pathogen coinfection in blacklegged ticks by Richard S. Ostfeld, Sahar Adish, Stacy Mowry, William Bremer, Shannon Duerr, Andrew S. Evans, Ilya R. Fischhoff, Fiona Keating, Jennifer Pendleton, Ashley Pfister, Marissa Teator, Felicia Keesing, Ala Tabor

“…Here, we used data from a large-scale, long-term experiment to ask whether patterns of single and multiple infections in questing nymphal I. scapularis ticks from residential neighbourhoods differed from those predicted by independent assortment of pathogens, and whether patterns of coinfection were affected by residential application of commercial acaricidal products. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used for pathogen detection in multiplex reactions. …”
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Postoperative Albumin Drop Is a Marker for Surgical Stress and a Predictor for Clinical Outcome: A Pilot Study by Martin Hübner, Styliani Mantziari, Nicolas Demartines, François Pralong, Pauline Coti-Bertrand, Markus Schäfer

“…Surgical stress during major surgery may be related to adverse clinical outcomes and early quantification of stress response would be useful to allow prompt interventions. …”
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UBICU: A Gamified Respiratory Incentive System for Pulmonary Re-Expansion by Jaime Aguilar-Zambrano, Esther C. Wilches-Luna, Helberg Asencio-Santofimio, Manuel Valencia, Diana Riveros, Andres Navarro, Juan Carlos Martinez, Eugenio Tamura, Jose Angel Loaiza, Julian Hernandez, Diana Sanchez, Juan David Garcia, Leonardo Arzayus-Patino, Valeria Perez-Hortua, Elizabeth Moncada, Melissa Ramirez

“…However, currently available Respiratory Incentive Spirometers do not allow for quantitative tracking of performance during inspiration exercises, require physiotherapist supervision to ensure exercise quality, and show low treatment adherence. …”
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