Screening of A β-Galactosidase-producing Pediococcus acidilactici Strain from Cheese and Its Characteristics for Galactooligosaccharides Synthesis by Xin LI, Qiuhan ZHANG, Ziyao MA, Bo GUAN, Youzhen HU, Xu LI, Yongqing NI

“…Thin layer chromatography (TLC) analysis of the reaction products catalyzed by the crude enzyme from selected strains was used for the second-round screening. …”
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Automated sample annotation for diabetes mellitus in healthcare integrated biobanking by Johannes Stolp, Christoph Weber, Danny Ammon, André Scherag, Claudia Fischer, Christof Kloos, Gunter Wolf, P. Christian Schulze, Utz Settmacher, Michael Bauer, Andreas Stallmach, Michael Kiehntopf, Boris Betz

“…The number of samples removed by NLP-DS was higher for LR&NLP-DS and LCC&NLP-DS (removal rate 35 % and 38 % of initially selected samples) compared to CIF&NLP-DS (removal rate of 20 %). …”
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Mechanism of exogenous methyl jasmonate mediated AsA-GSH cycle in Summer Black grape against low temperature stress by ZHANG Shaowei, ZHU Qianyan, ZHAO Xiaogai, ZHOU Bing, LI Peng, LI Guirong

“…The low temperature stress treatment time was set to 0 (sampling before treatment as initial control), 1, 3 and 5 days. At each treatment time point, three grape plants were randomly selected from the normal temperature control group and the low temperature stress treatment group, and their functional leaves (the third to fifth fully expanded leaves from the top of the plant) were collected for the determination of various indicators. …”
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Control Performance and Preliminary Application Investigation of Novel Rotational Impact Dampers by SHEN Junjie, WANG Jingjing

“…Step 4: A pair of rotating body radius and damping coefficients were selected for the numerical simulation, and the structural response under all possible initial angle conditions was obtained. …”
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Laser powder bed fusion of porous 304SS samples for use in developing oil impregnated ball bearings by Tafadzwa Mashayamombe, Stephen Matope

“…Initial screening of samples involved Archimedes density measurements and computed tomography (CT) scanning was conducted on a selected samples to assess their porosity levels. …”
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Urban Inspirations: Crafting Unique Texture Patterns for Car Interiors by Prasanna Halbe

“…The appeal of a car’s exterior often captures a customer’s initial attention, but the interior ultimately seals the deal, creating a lasting connection between the customer and car. …”
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Mapping of cholera Priority Areas for Multisectoral Interventions (PAMIs) using the 2023 GTFCC guidance: The Kenya experience. by Catherine Kiama, Emmanuel Okunga, Catherine Makwe, Annastacia Muange, Martins Livinus, Daniel Langat, Joan Brunkard, Anne Loarec

“…Following a validation workshop, stakeholders selected a priority index threshold, identifying 78 sub-counties as initial PAMIs. …”
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A comparative study of dynamic risk spillovers among financial sectors in China before and after the epidemic. by Cuicui Liu, HuiZi Ma, Xiangrong Wang, Junfu Cui, Xu Shen

“…It revealed that the total systematic spillover exhibited an initial increase, followed by a subsequent decrease. …”
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Multi-Objective Optimization of Steel Pipe Pile Cofferdam Construction Based on Improved Sparrow Search Algorithm by Zaolong Jiang, Chengfang Yang, Hongbo Yue

“…First, a tent chaotic map is introduced to initialize the sparrow population, enhancing the diversity of the initial population. …”
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Analysis and Evaluation of Competence of Information Sources in Problems of Intellectual Data Processing by Krisilov V. A., Komleva N. O.

“…The accuracy of forecasting the results of external independent estima-tion in the selected section on the degree of completeness of the initial data and the selected methods of data processing and analysis is analyzed.…”
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Research on Typical Scenarios Based on Fusion Density Peak Value and Entropy Weight Method of Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient by Yuanshang ZHAO, Weifang LIN

“…In this paper, a typical scenario clustering center determination method based on fusion density peak value and entropy weight method of Pearson’s correlation coefficient is proposed. The method first selects the initial clustering center by the density peak value method and then selects the subsequent clustering center based on the entropy weight method. …”
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ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENT BASED ON STRUCTURE FROM MOTION IMAGING TECHNIQUE by S. Paśko, M. Sutkowski

“…During tests a resolution of input images were changed then the calculation time and influence of the number of points in the cloud onto deviation of selected anthropometric parameters were analyzed. In conditions of the performed experiment decreasing of the resolution of input images to the level of 80 % of initial value (or lower) has significant influence onto results of the measurements of selected anthropometric parameters. …”
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Аdsorption of Co²⁺ and radioactive ⁶⁰Со by mesoporous TiO₂ by H. V. Vasylyeva, I. F. Mironyuk, I. M. Mykytyn

“…The mesoporous TiO2 with the initial pore size ratio (Smeso/S = 58 %; Vmeso/V = 64 %) was selected as adsorbent. …”
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A Human-Centered Approach for a Student Mental Health and Well-Being Mobile App: Protocol for Development, Implementation, and Evaluation by Maryam Gholami, David Wing, Manas Satish Bedmutha, Job Godino, Anahi Ibarra, Byron Fergerson, Nicole May, Christopher A Longhurst, Nadir Weibel, Anne Duffy, Heidi Rataj, Karandeep Singh, Kevin Patrick

“…This project employs a student-centered approach, partnering with students from the initial needs analysis through to the final design and implementation stages. …”
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A Hierarchical Machine Learning-Based Strategy for Mapping Grassland in Manitoba’s Diverse Ecoregions by Mirmajid Mousavi, James Kobina Mensah Biney, Barbara Kishchuk, Ali Youssef, Marcos R. C. Cordeiro, Glenn Friesen, Douglas Cattani, Mustapha Namous, Nasem Badreldin

“…RF had the highest classification accuracy at 69.96% overall accuracy (OA) and a Kappa value of 0.55. After feature selection, the variables were reduced to 61, increasing OA to 72.62% with a Kappa value of 0.58. …”
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Posesión de balón en fútbol femenino: el juego de las mejores selecciones (Ball possession in women´s football: the game of the best teams) by Iyán Iván-Baragaño, Rubén Maneiro, José Luis Losada, Antonio Ardá

“…The results of this study made it possible to test the existence of differences between the selections analyzed for the criteria: match status (p<.001), defensive positioning (p<.05), interaction context (p<.005), initial offensive intention (p<.001) and initial defensive intention (p<.05). …”
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A Multidirectional-Difference-Hash-Based Image Clutter Metric for Targeting Performance by Yufei Zhao, Yong Song, Muhammad Sulaman, Xu Li, Zhengkun Guo, Xin Yang, Fengning Wang

“…Initially, an image similarity measure method based on multidirectional difference hash is established. …”
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Field Measurements of Indoor Environmental Quality in School Buildings Post-COVID-19: Systematic Review by Samantha Di Loreto, Matteo Falone, Mariano Pierantozzi, Sergio Montelpare

“…Following PRISMA guidelines, 70 studies were selected from an initial pool of 251 articles. The review examines thermal comfort, indoor air quality, acoustics, and lighting parameters, identifying measurement methodologies, correlations between parameters, and post-COVID-19 adaptations. …”
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Modeling and thermodynamic properties of the drying of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) seeds by Weder N. Ferreira Junior, Osvaldo Resende, Gleyce K. I. Pinheiro, Lígia C. de M. Silva, Diene G. Souza, Kelly A. de Sousa

“…To represent the drying of tamarind seeds, the Midilli model was selected for the range from 45 to 60 ºC and the Two terms model was selected for the range from 75 to 90 ºC. …”
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Tolerance of soybean varieties with different geographical origin to diseases and pests by N. B. Salnikova

“…The chosen samples have been studied on the degree of damage with pests and diseases on the phones of their natural spread. There have been selected the slightly responsive samples of various geographical origin which can become valuable initial material in the breeding work as the sources of tolerance and resistance. …”
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