Research note: Simultaneous detection of GPV, H5 AIV, and GoAstV via TaqMan probe-based multiplex qPCR by Xiaoquan Wang, Miao Cai, Xiaolong Lu, Qianqian Xu, Yanhong Wang, Wenhao Yang, Kaituo Liu, Ruyi Gao, Yu Chen, Jiao Hu, Min Gu, Shunlin Hu, Xiufan Liu, Xiaowen Liu

“…The intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation were < 3.0%, signifying high repeatability within and across assay batches. Utilizing this multiplex qPCR assay, a batch of 60 clinical samples was analyzed to assess its practical utility. …”
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The underground argon project: procurement and purification of argon for dark matter searches and beyond by P. Agnes, P. Agnes, H. O. Back, W. Bonivento, M. G. Boulay, N. Canci, M. Caravati, M. Caravati, S. Cebrian, V. Cocco, D. Diaz Mairena, D. Franco, F. Gabriele, D. Gahan, D. Gahan, C. Galbiati, C. Galbiati, C. Galbiati, P. Garcia Abia, A. Gendotti, T. Hessel, S. Horikawa, S. Horikawa, R. Lopez Manzano, L. Luzzi, M. Martinez, V. Pesudo, M. Razeti, A. L. Renshaw, L. Romero, A. Rubbia, R. Santorelli, M. Simeone, M. Simeone, R. Stefanizzi, R. Stefanizzi, A. Steri, A. Steri, S. Sulis, S. Sulis

“…Thanks to pioneering research and successful R&amp;D, in 2012, the first 160 kg batch of underground argon (UAr) was extracted from a CO2 well in Cortez, Colorado. …”
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Introduction to Special Thematic Issue, part 2 "Microsaccades: Empirical Research and Methodological Advances“ by Rudolf Groner

“…In both stimulation conditions participants fixated a Gabor patch presented randomly in orientation of 45° or 135° over a wide range of spatial frequencies. …”
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Release of Zinc, Manganese and Magnesium from Mg-Zn-Mn-Al-LDH: Effect of Malic Acid and Divalent to Trivalent Cation Ratios in Mineral Structure by Z. Movahedi Rad, M. Hamidpour

“…The physical, chemical, and morphological characteristics of the LDHs were determined using X-ray diffraction analysis (Panalytical x Pert ProX-ray diffractometer), Fe-SEM (Sigma VP), FT-IR (Nicolet iS10 spectrometer), and BET (BELSORP Mini II) techniques. A batch study was done to determine the effect of different ratios of M2+/M3+ in LDHs and the effect of malic acid on release of Zn, Mn, and Mg from LDH (3:1) and LDH (4:1). …”
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Special Issue on Contemporary Research Studies in Operations Research, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence by Viswanath Kumar Ganesan, S. Vinodh, Malolan Sundararaman, M. Vimala Rani, M. Mathirajan

“…Advanced Scheduling Algorithms: Creating advanced meta-heuristic algorithms using efficient dispatching rule-based heuristics for dynamic scheduling of non-identical parallel batch processing machines with eligibility constraints. 8. …”
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Insights from a Pseudo-Polygyny Cohort unmasking high sperm concentration and low forward motility as potential risk factors for recurrent failure of sperm donation IVF (RFDI), a s... by Tiancheng Zhang, Fan Dong, Xu Zhang, Ping Ping, Jin Qiu, Zhen Lu, Huachun Zou, Qian Xiao, Jianhui Li, Gaoyue Zhang, Huijuan Shi, Xiangfeng Chen

“…Funding: National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFC2705503), Fujian Province's Third Batch of Flexible Introduction of High-Level Medical Talent Teams (TD202307) and the National Key Technologies R&D Program (2023YFC2306700).…”
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Modeling of contribution of the Late Cretaceous-Miocene sediments of the Makran accretionary wedge to the petrogenesis of basalts from Makran volcanic arc, SE Iran by Ali Ahmadi, Mostafa Ghomashi, Zahra Firouzkouhi, Marzie Rastay zahedan

“…The three end member compositions for calculation of the none-modal batch melting models (Shaw, 1970) are: (1) a near-primary basaltic composition calculated from 15% partial melting of a spinel-lherzolie (MM), (2) average composition of 15% melting of claystone samples (Av.C), and (3) 15% melting of the coastal Makran sample of Jarrard and Lyle (1991). …”
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Supermassive Black Holes with High Accretion Rates in Active Galactic Nuclei. XIV. Long-duration High-cadence Reverberation Mapping Results for 11 PG Quasars by Chen Hu, Zhu-Heng Yao, Yong-Jie Chen, Yu-Yang Songsheng, Yi-Lin Wang, Sen Yang, Hao Zhang, Wei-Jian Guo, Pu Du, Yan-Rong Li, Ming Xiao, Jun-Rong Liu, Hua-Rui Bai, Feng-Na Fang, Yi-Xin Fu, Yue-Chang Peng, Shuo Zhai, Jin-Ming Bai, Luis C. Ho, Michael S. Brotherton, Jesús Aceituno, Hartmut Winkler, Jian-Min Wang, (SEAMBH collaboration)

“…We report the results of a long-duration high-cadence reverberation mapping campaign of a second batch of 11 PG quasars using the 2.2 m telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory. …”
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Analysis of Tolerance to Heavy Metal Ions and Their Oxides on Endogenous Short-Range Denitrification Systems Domesticated by Different Valence Iron by JIN Baodan, YAN Yeyu, BAI Zhixuan, LIU Ye, WANG Baogui, DU Jingjing, PANG Long, JI Jiantao, Ma Chuang

“…The research tried to domesticate the EPD system using various valence states of iron, namely nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI), ferrous ions (Fe²⁺), and ferric ions (Fe³⁺), and evaluated its response to different heavy metal ions and their nano-oxides, including CuSO₄, ZnSO₄, nano-CuO, and nano-ZnO.MethodsThe study utilized a 10-liter sequencing batch reactor (SBR) to construct the EPD system, with four distinct setups: a control system (S1), and systems supplemented with nZVI (S2), Fe²⁺ (S3), and Fe³⁺ (S4). …”
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Development, validation, and clinical application of a machine learning model for risk stratification and management of cervical cancer screening based on full-genotyping hrHPV tes... by Binhua Dong, Zhen Lu, Tianjie Yang, Junfeng Wang, Yan Zhang, Xunyuan Tuo, Juntao Wang, Shaomei Lin, Hongning Cai, Huan Cheng, Xiaoli Cao, Xinxin Huang, Zheng Zheng, Chong Miao, Yue Wang, Huifeng Xue, Shuxia Xu, Xianhua Liu, Huachun Zou, Pengming Sun

“…Funding: National Natural Science Foundation of China; Major Scientific Research Program for Young and Middle-aged Health Professionals of Fujian Province, China; Fujian Province Central Government-Guided Local Science and Technology Development Project; Fujian Province's Third Batch of Flexible Introduction of High-Level Medical Talent Teams; Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China; Fujian Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Joint Fund.…”
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Dépôts et pratiques symboliques dans l’établissement aristocratique gaulois de Varennes-sur-Seine, la Justice (Seine-et-Marne) by Jean-Marc Séguier, Ginette Auxiette, Fabien Pilon

“…Compared to other assemblages of a similar nature, including that of Saint-Denis-lès-Sens (for which a re-analysis is encouraged), this batch of globular coins appears to belong to a series of monetary deposits buried at the time of the abandonment or renovation of a small number of high-ranking establishments. …”
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Brg1 and RUNX1 synergy in regulating TRPM4 channel in mouse cardiomyocytes by Tao Ban, Tao Ban, Tao Ban, Xianhui Dong, Ziyue Ma, Jing Jin, Jing Li, Yunfeng Cui, Yuyang Fu, Yongzhen Wang, Yadong Xue, Tingting Tong, Kai Zhang, Yuxuan Han, Meimei Shen, Yu Zhao, Ling Zhao, Lingzhao Xiong, Hongzhao Lv, Yang Liu, Rong Huo

“…Our previous studies demonstrated Brg1 impacted on cardiac sodium/potassium channels and electrophysiological stability, its influence on TRPM4 expression and function remained unexplored.MethodsWe investigated the role of Brg1 in regulating TRPM4 expression and function through overexpression and knockdown experiments in mouse cardiomyocytes and TRPM4-overexpressing HEK293 cells by western blot, qPCR, immunofluorescence staining and patch clamp techniques. Cardiomyocytes were exposed to hypoxia for 12 h to mimic cardiac stress, and Brg1 inhibition was performed to assess its impact on TRPM4 under hypoxia. …”
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Injection of ROS-Responsive Hydrogel Loaded with IL-1β-targeted nanobody for ameliorating myocardial infarction by Lu Wang, Changjiang Yu, Ting You, Xinkui Zhang, Haotao Su, Bihui Cao, Sainiwaer Anwaier, Hongmo Xiang, Chengming Dai, Xiang Long, Linjiang Han, Dengfeng Zhang, Junwei Wang, Peng Zhu, Xinjian Yan, Jialiang Liang, Zerui Chen, Huanlei Huang, Shuoji Zhu, Tucheng Sun, Jimei Chen, Ping Zhu

“…In mouse and rat models of myocardial infarction, the therapeutic gel was injected into the pericardial cavity, effectively disseminated over the heart surface, forming an in situ epicardial patch. The IL-1β-VHH released from the hydrogel exhibited penetrative potential into the myocardium. …”
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Selective Separation of Scandium in Acidic Water Using Carboxyl Functionalized Covalent Phosphonitrile Polymers by Yu BAI, Ayinuer WUSHUER, Lei OUYANG, Lijin HUANG, Qin SHUAI

“…The adsorption performance of CPF-T and CPF-T-COOH for Sc(III) was investigated through batch adsorption experiments, including the influence of solution pH, adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms and adsorption selectivity. …”
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Étude de trois grands tonneaux mis au jour à Reims/Durocortorum (Marne) : le savoir-faire des tonneliers antiques by Pierre Mille, Philippe Rollet

“…The cooper, or cūparius chooses a batch of planks to build his barrel. Each stave is then subjected to a series of very precise shaping operations. …”
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Random Finite Element Analysis and Random Factor response Mechanism for Geocell-reinforced Soil Retaining Walls by ZHANG Bingbing, SONG Fei

“…The whole process automation framework was built by Python script to realize the intelligent processing from parameter reading, automatic generation of 500 groups of INP files to the submission of batch calculations and extraction of ODB results. …”
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Study of Enhancing Sludge Anaerobic Fermentation Performance by Nano Zero-valent Iron Synergized with Sodium Percarbonate by JIN Baodan, JIA Yusheng, DENG Weiling, GU Jiayu, WANG Jiacheng, LIU Ye, WANG Baogui, JI Jiantao

“…Therefore, the fermentation mechanism was studied through batch experiments. A 2.5 L plexiglass reactor was used, and a magnetic stirrer was employed to maintain uniform stirring speed. …”
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Modelling the functional connectivity of the grayish mouse opossum (Tlacuatzin canescens) in a highly threatened tropical dry forest of the Mexican Pacific coast by Ariana González, Clementina González, Rafael Hernández-Guzmán, Eduardo Mendoza

“…Thirty-eight patches of suitable habitat for T. canescens and 60 potential corridors were identified. …”
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Analysis of human parvovirus B19 nucleic acid detection in blood products in China by WANG Yue, ZHENG Xiaobei, GONG Qin, ZHAO Ying, LUO Yuanxiu, YANG Dandan, ZHANG Linlin, JIANG Zheng, PENG Gan, ZHANG Jin, KE Bingbing

“…[Methods] A total of 98 batches of coagulation factor products were tested for human parvovirus B19 nucleic acid using real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR, including 42 batches of human prothrombin complex, 35 batches of human coagulation factor Ⅷ, and 21 batches of human fibrinogen. …”
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How can selection of biologically inspired features improve the performance of a robust object recognition model? by Masoud Ghodrati, Seyed-Mahdi Khaligh-Razavi, Reza Ebrahimpour, Karim Rajaei, Mohammad Pooyan

“…In the proposed model we used an evolutionary algorithm approach to select a set of informative patches. Our reported results indicate that these patches are more informative than usual random patches. …”
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