Comparison of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Thin Layer Chromatography Methods to Identify Tartrazine in Four Food Types by Hannane Rahnama, Rahim Azari, Enayat Berizi, Seyed Mohammad Mazloomi

“…In TLC method, color extraction was performed by the white wool method.Results: According to the findings of the TLC method, 118 samples (78.67%) contained synthetic food colors, while 32 (21.33%) food samples did not. …”
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Investigating the Impact of CALL on EFL Students' Speaking Skills at Islamic Boarding School: A Mix-Method Approach by Nona Safira Timur, Slamet Asari, Nirwanto Ma'ruf

“…This study examines the impact of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) on speaking fluency and confidence among EFL students at Al-Mizan Islamic Boarding School in Indonesia. A mixed-method approach was employed, with quantitative data collected through pre-tests and post-tests and qualitative data through interviews and observations. …”
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Effects of different slaughtering methods on the biochemical characteristics and quality changes of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) during cold storage by Xinrui Yang, Jun Mei, Jing Xie

“…In summary, group CS is more conducive to prolonging the fresh life of refrigerated tilapia and is a recommended method of slaughter.…”
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Comparative analysis of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and alpha spectrometry methods to measure plutonium activity in biosubstrates by V. R. Batalov, M. V. Ishunina, A. V. Efimov, A. B. Sokolova

“…Currently, the most common methods to measure the activity of transuranium elements in biological samples are alpha radiometry and alpha spectrometry. …”
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A complex estimation of the new variety of peas ‘Uldash’ and its parental forms by the modern molecular-genetic methods by F. A. Davletov, K. P. Gaynullina, I. I. Akhmadullina

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Comparison of machine learning and validation methods for high-dimensional accelerometer data to detect foot lesions in dairy cattle. by Muhammad Usman Riaz, Luke O'Grady, Conor G McAloon, Finnian Logan, Isobel Claire Gormley

“…A by-farm approach to cross-validation will likely give a more robust, realistic estimate of general model performance.…”
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Comparing Acid and Enzymatic Hydrolysis Methods for Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs) Obtention from Agroindustrial Rice Husk Waste by Ricardo Hernández Pérez, René Salgado Delgado, Alfredo Olarte Paredes, Areli Salgado Delgado, Edgar García Hernández, Atenas Medrano Valis, Fryda Martínez Candia

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Determination of rapid and sensitive extraction of colchicine from Colchicum baytopiorum and Colchicum decaisnei leaves by HPLC-UV method by Efe Deniz, Ümit Babacan, Ceren Selim, Mehmet Fatih Cengiz

“…Colchicine, known for its pharmacological applications for the treatment of gout and cancer, was extracted using ultrasonic-assisted extraction, a more environmentally friendly alternative to conventional methods like Soxhlet and solid-liquid extraction. …”
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Determining the Most Consensus-Based Assessment Method for Social Sustainability—Case Study of a Suburb of Karlstad, Sweden by Karim Najar, Ola Nylander, William Woxnerud

“…This limited study suggests that a subjective method, such as an assessment method for social sustainability, can yield somewhat similar results, and in addition, Woxnerud’s method is more objectively applicable than the two other methods tested in this article.…”
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Are payment methods for prescription drugs associated with polypharmacy in older adults in Ireland? Evidence from the TILDA cohort study by John Cullinan, Aine Varley

“…We sought to examine the relationship between polypharmacy and payment methods for prescription drugs among older adults in Ireland.Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis of data from wave 3 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging, a nationally representative cohort study sample of community-living adults aged 50 years and older in Ireland. …”
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Development and Application of a Cost–Effective Analytical Method for Hydrofluorocarbons Using Preconcentrator–Gas Chromatograph–Mass Spectrometer by Yujiro Ichikawa, Yukiko Ono, Kouki Sasaka

“…Therefore, we successfully developed a measurement method for six components of HFCs (HFC–23, HFC–32, HFC–125, HFC–134a, HFC–143a, and HFC–152a) with high atmospheric concentrations in various parts of the world by optimizing measurement parameters such as the sample transfer volume and rate, module cooling temperatures, the injection time, the GC oven temperature program, and the monitored ions of a commercially available preconcentrator–GC–MS. …”
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Spectrophotometric method for detecting lead (II) ions using a chemosensor of the thiosemicarbazone-linked phenyl sulphone moiety by Gharam I. Mohammed, Sulafa Nassar, Thoraya A. Farghaly

“…By using analytical methods such elemental analysis, spectral mass, UV–Vis spectra, and thermal analysis, the structure of the solid complex has been clarified.…”
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Extraction of shikimic acid and and anise oil from Illicium verum Hook. f. using steam distillation method by WANG Shenyan, LI Simei, LI Jifu, MENG Keyi, YANG Jie

“…The steam distillation method was compared with the thermal reflux method.ResultsThe yield of anise oil reached 13.55% with the particle size of I. verum powder (100 mesh), the material liquid ratio 1∶15 (g/mL), and steam distillation twice; In the ion exchange purification process, when the pH of the sample solution was 4.0, the elution flow rate was 27 mL/h, and the volume fraction of HCl of the eluent was 4.40%, the yield and purity of shikimic acid reached 11.05% and 98.50%, respectively; The steam distillation method had more industrial value.ConclusionThis method achieved the goal of high-yield rate comprehensive extraction of two active ingredients.…”
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A Video-Based Cognitive Emotion Recognition Method Using an Active Learning Algorithm Based on Complexity and Uncertainty by Hongduo Wu, Dong Zhou, Ziyue Guo, Zicheng Song, Yu Li, Xingzheng Wei, Qidi Zhou

“…In this paper, a cognitive emotion recognition method based on video data is proposed, in which 49 emotion description points were initially defined, and the spatial–temporal features of cognitive emotions were extracted from the video data through a feature extraction method that combines geodesic distances and sample entropy. …”
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Soil Structure Analysis with Attention: A Deep-Learning-Based Method for 3D Pore Segmentation and Characterization by Italo Francyles Santos da Silva, Alan de Carvalho Araújo, João Dallyson Sousa de Almeida, Anselmo Cardoso de Paiva, Aristófanes Corrêa Silva, Deane Roehl

“…The method introduces a novel approach that combines attention at both channel and spatial levels, enhancing the segmentation and property estimation, providing valuable insights for a more detailed study of soil conditions. …”
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Research on an Intelligent Prediction Method for the Carbon Emissions of Prefabricated Buildings During the Construction Stage, Based on Modular Quantification by Yang Yang, Xiaodong Cai, Xinlong Ma, Gang Yao, Ting Lei, Hongbo Tan, Ying Wang

“…The results show that the model based on BPNN has the highest prediction accuracy when determining the carbon emissions of prefabricated building during the construction stage, and this method can provide a more accurate reference for subsequent quantitative research on carbon emissions from prefabricated buildings.…”
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A benchmark of RNA-seq data normalization methods for transcriptome mapping on human genome-scale metabolic networks by Hatice Büşra Lüleci, Dilara Uzuner, Müberra Fatma Cesur, Atılay İlgün, Elif Düz, Ecehan Abdik, Regan Odongo, Tunahan Çakır

“…Using these models, we could more accurately capture the disease-associated genes (average accuracy of ~0.80 for AD and ~0.67 for LUAD) for the RLE, TMM, and GeTMM normalization methods. …”
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Spatial distribution and reserve estimation of sand and gravel deposits using geostatistical methods in west Basrah, southern Iraq by Safaa Al-Ali, Sattar Al-Khafaji

“…Based on the least error values of ME and RMSE, we conclude that the OK method is the more accurate spatial interpolation approach for sand and gravel reserve estimation in all blocks compared to the IDW method.…”
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THE ALGORITHM FOR DETERMINING TIMING OF RADIOTHERAPY SESSION COMPONENTS FOR DIFFERENT METHODS OF ONCOLOGY PATIENTS IRRADIATION AT THE STAGE OF RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING by E. V. Titovich, P. A. Patsiapalau, M. I. Piatkevich, M. G. Kiselev

“…The objective of this work was to define components that influence on the treatment session and to develop an algorithm that allows to determine the duration of the patient treatment sessions with the use of different methods of radiotherapy and tumor localization.In order to determine radiation therapy session components, that cause the dominant influence on the session timing, the authors carried out a retrospective analysis of each fraction of the total sample of cancer patients treatment plans with most often irradiated with the use of linear accelerators in the NCCB localizations of tumors (more than 5200 fractions).The appropriate algorithms were designed to assess the results of the analysis of time parameters of radiation therapy oncology patient session during its pre-radiation preparation. …”
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A lightweight semantic segmentation method for concrete bridge surface diseases based on improved DeeplabV3+ by Zhiyuan Yu, Chunquan Dai, Xiaoming Zeng, Yunlong Lv, Haisheng Li

“…Therefore, this paper proposed a lightweight semantic segmentation method for concrete bridge surface diseases based on improved DeeplabV3+. …”
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