Assessing Bias and Reproducibility of Viral Metagenomics Methods for the Combined Detection of Faecal RNA and DNA Viruses by Rik Haagmans, Oliver J. Charity, Dave Baker, Andrea Telatin, George M. Savva, Evelien M. Adriaenssens, Penny P. Powell, Simon R. Carding

“…However, information on the reproducibility and bias of these methods on diverse viruses in faecal samples is currently lacking. …”
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Effects of Different Fixation Methods on Volatile Organic Compounds in Fresh Leaves of ‘Qiancha No.1’ Tea by YANG Xianfeng, Zhang Tuo, Pang Dewen, Xi Yanan Zeng Tingting WANG Jing, ZHANG Xiaoqin

“…Microwave fixed samples contained more alkenes. Hot air fixation was the least effective, retaining only 37 volatile organic compounds at the lowest concentration of 29.42 mg/L. …”
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Immunobiological Methods for Monitoring Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Children and Adolescents and Analysis of Tuberculosis Infection Reactivation by M. A. Vladimirskiy, M. B. Lapenkova, A. A. Elov, V. A. Aksenova, M. A. Plekhanova, S. V. Smerdin, P. N. Rutkevich

“…Detection of subclinical signs of tuberculosis infection activity in LTBI Group included testing the concentration of antigen-specific induction of IFN-γ at the level more than 14 pg/ml, IL-6 more than 8 pg/ml and positive values of threshold cycles (Ct) of mRNA samples based on the results of real-time PCR of genes: PDCD1, PDL2, BATF2 and GBP5.Results. …”
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Evaluating Exposure to Road Traffic Air and Noise Pollution: A Comprehensive Review of Assessment Methods by Mohammed Hashim Ameen, Mastura Azmi, Huda Jamal Jumaah

“…Buildings serve as barriers to pollution dispersion, with a more significant reduction effect observed for noise pollution than for air pollution. …”
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Fluorescence-based methods for detecting caries lesions: systematic review, meta-analysis and sources of heterogeneity. by Thais Gimenez, Mariana Minatel Braga, Daniela Procida Raggio, Chris Deery, David N Ricketts, Fausto Medeiros Mendes

“…There was a trend of better performance of fluorescence methods in detecting more advanced caries lesions. …”
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Psychological distress and self-psychological adjustment methods of lung transplant recipients: an overview of systematic reviews by Shaobo Guo, Yingtian Jia, Ruiting Wang, Jing Sun, Hongxia Liu

“…Self-psychological adjustment appears beneficial in alleviating psychological distress among LTRs. More high-quality, large-sample studies are still needed for further validation.…”
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Dating of Sediments by physics methods Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) in the region of Iguape – Cananéia, Brazil. by Bruna Cortez

“…In the state of S˜ao Paulo, in the region of Iguape on the southeast coast, it is a place called Icapara, a large sand terrace that was formed due to sea level fluctation that ocorred more than 130 thousand years ago. A sample was taken from a point about 9 meters above the current control of the sea. …”
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Effect of Storage Time on Some Quality Characteristics of Dried Kumquat Slices by Different Drying Methods by Demet YILDIZ TURGUT, Ayhan TOPUZ

“…The moisture content and water activity values of dried kumquat slices increased during storage, and the lowest increase was determined in samples dried by hot air drying method without pretreatment. …”

Iron determination in multivitamin tablets: Enhancing military nutritional preparedness based linear regression method by Agus Eko Prasojo, Reza Anitasari, Windy Nelasari Sijabat, Naufan Nurrosyid

“…The reduction in radiation intensity is proportional to the concentration of the sample element in the sample being measured. By testing the t-test, it was found that the AAS instrument was more sensitive to low concentrations…”
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A novel optimized silver nitrate staining method for visualizing the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular system by Jinlian Wu, Jinlian Wu, Chunchun Xue, Qiang Li, Hongjin Wu, Jie Zhang, Chenglong Wang, Weiwei Dai, Libo Wang

“…In conclusion, our novel silver nitrate staining method provides a simpler and more cost-effective alternative to the traditional technique. …”
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Determinants of vaccine hesitancy in Switzerland: study protocol of a mixed-methods national research programme by Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Michael J. Deml, Kristen Jafflin, Sonja Merten, Benedikt Huber, Andrea Buhl, Eleonora Frau, Valérie Mettraux, Joanna Sonderegger, Paulina Kliem, Rachele Cattalani, Daniel Krüerke, Constanze Pfeiffer, Philip E. Tarr

“…We have established a network of more than 150 medical providers across Switzerland, including more than 40 CAM practitioners. …”
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Examining the perception of undergraduate pharmacy students towards their leadership competencies: a mixed-methods study by Aaliah Aly, Fatima Mraiche, Esraa Maklad, Raja Ali, Alla El-Awaisi, Maguy Saffouh El Hajj, Banan Mukhalalati

“…This study explores students’ perceptions at the College of Pharmacy at Qatar University (CPH-QU), regarding their leadership knowledge, skills, attitudes, and available opportunities for leadership development. Methods An explanatory mixed-methods approach was employed. …”
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A Compressive Sensing-Based Bistatic MIMO Radar Imaging Method in the Presence of Array Errors by Zhigang Liu, Jun Li, Junqing Chang, Yifan Guo

“…The proposed recovery method is more robust than the existed method in small samples, especially in the case of one snapshot. …”
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A SA-ANN-Based Modeling Method for Human Cognition Mechanism and the PSACO Cognition Algorithm by Shuting Chen, Dapeng Tan

“…The comparative cognition experiments prove that the method can obtain better performances of information understanding and fault-tolerant learning, and the cognition accuracies for original sample, damaged sample, and transformed sample can reach 99.6%, 99.2%, and 97.1%, respectively.…”
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Suitability of the infrared spectroscopy and the rheological method for distinguishing traditional cheese from industrial Turoš cheese by Kristijan Valkaj, Boris Zimmermann, Samir Kalit, Ante Rako, Goran Baranović

“…The rheological parameters of analysed cheeses were in accordance with the chemical composition of the same samples. Infrared spectroscopy of cheeses show good relation with the chemical composition and it has been proved to be a fast and effective method when compared to textural and standard chemical analysis for monitoring the standard procedure of production of sour, dried cheeses such as Turoš cheese. …”
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A Prism Vote method for individualized risk prediction of traits in genotype data of Multi-population. by Xiaoxuan Xia, Yexian Zhang, Rui Sun, Yingying Wei, Qi Li, Marc Ka Chun Chong, William Ka Kei Wu, Benny Chung-Ying Zee, Hua Tang, Maggie Haitian Wang

“…The proposed method offers a new aspect to analyze individual's disease risk and improve accuracy for predicting complex traits in genotype data.…”
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Influence of precursors and mineralizers on phase formation in ZrO2 nanoparticles synthesized by the hydrothermal method by Yuriy Garanin, Rafael Shakirziyanov, Daryn Borgekov, Natalia Volodina, Dmitriy Shlimas, Maxim Zdorovets

“…Spectroscopic analysis of the optical properties determined that samples with more than 9% by-product content exhibit the highest absorption in the UV subrange. …”
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APPROXIMATING MATHEMATICAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO POINT EXPERIMENTAL DATA THROUGH “CUT-GLUE” METHOD by Rudolf Anatolyevich Neydorf

“…The closest analogue of the proposed method is spline approximation. However, the “cut - glue” method is much more adaptable, as it is bonded to neither the number of spline - approximable points, nor the function order approximating the areas. …”
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On the overall accuracy of the Modified Wöhler Curve Method in estimating high-cycle multiaxial fatigue strength by Luca Susmel

“…The aim of the present paper is to systematically investigate the accuracy of the so-called Modified Wöhler Curve Method (MWCM) in estimating high-cycle fatigue strength of plain and notched engineering materials damaged by in-service multiaxial load histories. …”
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On the overall accuracy of the Modified Wöhler Curve Method in estimating high-cycle multiaxial fatigue strength by Luca Susmel

“…The aim of the present paper is to systematically investigate the accuracy of the so-called Modified Wöhler Curve Method (MWCM) in estimating high-cycle fatigue strength of plain and notched engineering materials damaged by in-service multiaxial load histories. …”
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