Receptor-Mediated SPION Labeling of CD4⁺ T Cells for Longitudinal MRI Tracking of Distribution Following Systemic Injection in Mouse by Yu Ping, Songyue Han, Brock Howerton, Francesc Marti, Jake Weeks, Roberto Gedaly, Reuben Adatorwovor, Fanny Chapelin

“…We optimized the labeling protocol for maximal CD4⁺ cell labeling and viability. …”
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Phenotypic screen of early-developing larvae of the blood fluke, schistosoma mansoni, using RNA interference. by M M Mourão, Nathalie Dinguirard, Glória R Franco, Timothy P Yoshino

“…RNA interference (RNAi) represents the only method currently available for manipulating gene-specific expression in Schistosoma spp., although application of this technology as a functional genomic profiling tool has yet to be explored. …”
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Assimilation of snow water equivalent from AMSR2 and IMS satellite data utilizing the local ensemble transform Kalman filter by J. Lee, M.-I. Lee, S. Tak, E. Seo, E. Seo, Y.-K. Lee

“…This approach constitutes an objective method that optimally combines two previously unattempted incomplete data sources: the satellite SWE retrieval from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) and dynamically balanced SWE from the JULES land surface model. …”
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U-Net-based VGG19 model for improved facial expression recognition by Xiaohu ZHAO, Jingyi ZHANG, Mingzhi JIAO, Lixun XIE, Lanfei WANG, Weiqing SUN, Di ZHANG

“…This selective focus significantly speeds up the convergence of the network and improves the ability of the model to detect subtle changes in facial expressions, which is especially valuable in nuanced emotional contexts. …”
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Designing the alignment model of petrochemical projects with the country's industrial strategies in the Ministry of Petroleum by Abdolrasoul Shojaeian, ghanbar abbaspour esfadan, Changiz Valmohammadi, Aboutorab Alirezaei

“…Managers and experts can help to optimize this industry and reduce costs by using the model of aligning petroleum refinery projects with industrial strategies. …”
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Suaeda Salsa Hyperspectral Index (SSHI) for mapping S. salsa in coastal wetlands using hyperspectral satellite imagery: case studies in northern coastal China by Mengyao Zhang, Yinghai Ke, Kun Shang, Zhaojun Zhuo, Han Liu, Peng Li, Nana Zhao, Jinghan Sha, Jinyuan Li

“…To evaluate the performance of SSHI, a simple thresholding method and a random forest (RF) model were used to map S. salsa, respectively. …”
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Portable Impedance Analyzer for FET-Based Biosensors with Embedded Analysis of Randles Circuits’ Spectra by Norman Pfeiffer, Martin Bach, Alice Steiner, Anna-Elisabeth Gerhardt, Joan Bausells, Abdelhamid Errachid, Albert Heuberger

“…The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is a measurement method for characterizing bio-recognition events of a sensor, such as field-effect transistor-based biosensors (BioFETs). …”
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Drop out prediction in sport centres. Definition of models and reproducibility (Predicción de bajas de clients en centros deportivos. Definición de modelos y reproducibilidad) by Iván Clavel San Emeterio, Jorge García-Unanue, Eliseo Iglesias-Soler, Leonor Gallardo, José Luis Felipe

“…Purpose: One of the main problems detected in the sport centre field is abandonment of physical activity by members. …”
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Identifying subgroup of severe community-acquired pneumonia based on clinical metagenomics, a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Mingqiang Wang, Mingqiang Wang, Yue Jin, Yue Jin, Wenxiao Zhang, Wenxiao Zhang, Ling Ye, Ling Ye, Huanzhang Shao, Huanzhang Shao

“…In class A, more cases of Streptococcus spp. and fewer cases of HSV-1 and Candida spp. were detected. Among the patients in the two phenotypes, 48.7% and 57.5% received corticosteroid treatment, respectively. …”
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Application of a high-resolution melt assay for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 variants in Burkina Faso and Kenya by Caitlin Greenland-Bews, Sonal Shah, Morine Achieng, Emilie S. Badoum, Yaya Bah, Hellen C. Barsosio, Helena Brazal-Monzó, Jennifer Canizales, Anna Drabko, Alice J. Fraser, Luke Hannan, Sheikh Jarju, Jean-Moise Kaboré, Mariama A. Kujabi, Cristina Leggio, Maia Lesosky, Jarra Manneh, Tegwen Marlais, Julian Matthewman, Issa Nebié, Eric Onyango, Alphonse Ouedraogo, Kephas Otieno, Samuel S. Serme, Sodiomon Sirima, Ben Soulama, Brian Tangara, Alfred Tiono, William Wu, Emily R. Adams, Abdul Karim Sesay, Chris Drakeley, Feiko O. ter Kuile, Issiaka Soulama, Simon Kariuki, David J. Allen, Thomas Edwards

“…Extracted RNA from SARS-CoV-2-positive samples collected from 205 participants (112 in Burkina Faso, 93 in Kenya) enrolled in the MALCOV study (Malaria as a Risk Factor for COVID-19) between February 2021 and February 2022 were analyzed using our optimized HRM assays. With next-generation sequencing on Oxford Nanopore MinION as a reference, two HRM assays, HRM-VOC-1 and HRM-VOC-2, demonstrated sensitivity/specificity of 100%/99.29% and 92.86%/99.39%, respectively, for detecting Alpha, 90.08%/100% and 92.31%/100% for Delta, and 93.75%/100% and 100%/99.38% for Omicron BA.1. …”
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