Potential Interfering Substances and Potentiometric Antioxidant Activity Tests in Food Systems by Aleksey V. Tarasov, Natalia V. Zavorokhina, Olga V. Chugunova

“…The obtained data can correct the results of the potentiometric antioxidant activity tests if the concentration of the interfering substance is known.…”
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Laboratory Tests Using Distributed Fiber Optical Sensors for Strain Monitoring by Rodrigo Moraes da Silveira, Marcelo Buras, André Luiz Delmondes Pereira Filho, Juliana Ferreira Fernandes, Marcos Massao Futai

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Field Tests to Investigate the Penetration Rate of Piles Driven by Vibratory Installation by Zhaohui Qin, Longzhu Chen, Chunyu Song, Lei Sun

“…In order to find out how these factors affect the penetration rate of the pile in three major actors of vibratory pile driving: (i) the pile to be driven, (ii) the selected driving system, and (iii) the imposed soil conditions, field tests on steel sheet piles driven by vibratory driving technique in different soil conditions are conducted. …”
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Clinical Performance of MAGLUMI Diagnostic Tests for the Automated Detection of Dengue Virus by Bo Peng, Zhonggang Fang, Cong Li, Kun Liu, Ting Wang, Ke Huang, Fan Yang, Yalan Huang, Chunli Wu, Yue Li, Dana Huang, Qian Zhang, Yijun Tang, Xiaolian Liu, Wei Rao, Xiaolu Shi

“…Dengue-confirmed and excluded samples, validated by qPCR, were subjected to testing with MAGLUMI Denv NS1 in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. …”
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Wind Tunnel Tests of Wind-Induced Snow Distribution for Cubes with Holes by Xintong Jiang, Zhixiang Yin, Hanbo Cui

“…Firstly, the quality of a small low-speed wind tunnel flow field was tested, and then the effects of hole orientation (hole located on the windward side, leeward side, and other vertical sides) and absence of holes on the surface of a single cube were studied. …”
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Automatic system for blood donors control with seropositive results in epidemiological tests. by Ariel Menéndez Barrios, Darian Álvarez Rodríguez, Pedro Sánchez Frenes, Enrique Castillo Monzón, Nancy Piloto, Yenixey Lòpez

“…<strong><br />Objective:</strong> to design a computerized system for blood donors control with seropositive results in epidemiological tests. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> A system designed by the Provincial Blood Bank using Microsoft Access as a data base system and DELFHI 7 as associated language. …”
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Numerical Tests on Failure Process of Rock Particle under Impact Loading by Yu-Jun Zuo, Qin Zhang, Tao Xu, Zhi-Hong Liu, Yue-Qin Qiu, Wan-Cheng Zhu

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Seismic Response of Rock Slopes with the Anchor Cable in Centrifuge Modeling Tests by Yong Nie, Yufei Zhao, Xiaogang Wang, Linhao Li, Hongtao Zhang

“…In order to study the seismic response of the rock slopes with the anchor cable, centrifuge modeling tests were performed on concrete slope models. Different seismic loadings were performed to investigate the horizontal acceleration response, the rock slope displacement, and the stress of anchor cables. …”
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Particle breakage characteristics of calcareous sand under confined compression tests by Zhijiang Li, Biwen Zhang, Yani Lu, Xinlian Chen, Yan Wu, Mingxing Luo, Li Zhong

“…Moreover, the loading–unloading–reloading tests were conducted. The initial test was loaded to a maximum of 2 MPa and began to unload to 0.4 MPa and then to load to 6 MPa. …”
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Static and Dynamic Load Tests of Shaft and Base Grouted Concrete Piles by Jialin Zhou, Xin Zhang, Hongsheng Jiang, Chunhao Lyu, Erwin Oh

“…This paper examines shaft and base grouted concrete piles by conducting vertical static load tests (SLTs) and dynamic load tests. Three concrete piles with shaft and base grouting, with base grouting only, and without grouting techniques were selected, and compressive SLTs were conducted. …”
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Reliability of Upper Extremity Functional Performance Tests for Overhead Sports Activities by Bryan L Riemann, Kevin E Wilk, George J Davies

“…# Background There is lack of consensus on which tests, particularly upper extremity functional performance tests (FPT) that should be used for clinical decision making to progress a patient through a rehabilitation program or criteria for return to sport (RTS). …”
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Standalone Containment Analysis of Four Phébus Tests with the ASTEC and the MELCOR Codes by Bruno Gonfiotti, Sandro Paci

“…These tests were performed between 1990 and 2010 at the CEA Cadarache laboratories (France) in a 5000:1 scaled facility. …”
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Critical appraisal of diagnostic laboratory tests in the evaluation of central precocious puberty by Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, Luigi Garibaldi

“…This review summarizes the available laboratory testing for the diagnosis of puberty, discussing the different assays used while reviewing the limitations of such testing.…”
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