Starch biosynthesis and crop bioengineering by Andreas Blennow, Kim Henrik Hebelstup, Bent Larsen Petersen

“…Future demands require qualitative and quantitative improvement by crop and post-harvest engineering that calls for comprehensive actions requiring increased fundamental knowledge on starch biosynthesis, development of advanced breeding strategies, efficient farming, and well-adapted and up scalable extraction protocols for diverse starch products. …”
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A Two-State Random Walk Model of Sperm Search on Confined Domains by Martin Bier, Maciej Majka, Cameron Schmidt

“…Our findings provide a quantitative framework linking sperm motility patterns to efficient search strategies, offering insights into sperm physiology and the stochastic search dynamics of self-propelled particles.…”
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Evaluation of Documentation Management and Business Continuity in Financial Institutions: A Case Study of Unique Sacco In Kabale Municipality. by Komugisha, Susan

“…A descriptive research design was used and data was collected using interviews and questionnaire. Quantitative data was analyzed using Microsoft excel to general rabies and qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis method. …”
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Management of Medical Records at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Nkamwesimira, Trinity

“…The objectives of the study were to identify the types of records management practices at KRRH, to identify records management practices at KRRH, Challenges faced in the management of medical records at KRRH, to propose possible solutions to the challenges faced at KRRH. Quantitative and qualitative approaches were employed. …”
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EEMtoolbox: A user‐friendly R package for flexible ensemble ecosystem modelling by Luz Valerie Pascal, Sarah A. Vollert, Malyon D. Bimler, Christopher M. Baker, Maude Vernet, Stefano Canessa, Christopher Drovandi, Matthew P. Adams

“…Ensemble ecosystem modelling (EEM) is a quantitative method used to parameterize models from theoretical ecosystem features rather than data. …”
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Segmentation of the iliac crest from CT-data for virtual surgical planning of facial reconstruction surgery using deep learning by Stefan Raith, Tobias Pankert, Jônatas de Souza Nascimento, Srikrishna Jaganathan, Florian Peters, Mathias Wien, Frank Hölzle, Ali Modabber

“…The complete automation of this step allows for efficient and reliable preparation of anatomical data for reconstructive surgeries.…”
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Research progress and prospects of coal and gas outburst and composite dynamic disaster warning systems in China by Zhigang ZHANG, Qinghua ZHANG, Jun LIU

“…In order to further improve the effective and precise prevention and control of dynamic disasters such as gas and rock burst in deep and high-strength mining mines, enhance the level of mine intelligence, and ensure the safe and efficient mining capacity of mines, this paper elaborates on the research status of coal and gas outburst and its composite dynamic disaster warning methods and systems in China. …”
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Influence of trap modifications and environmental predictors on capture success of southern flying squirrels by Christopher N. Jacques, James S. Zweep, Mary E. Scheihing, Will T. Rechkemmer, Sean E. Jenkins, Robert W. Klaver, Shelli A. Dubay

“…When tree‐mounted traps are required, our modified trap design is a safe, efficient, and cost‐effective method of capturing animals when moderate weather (temp and wind speed) conditions prevail. …”
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Detection and quantification of Salmonella spp. in poultry slaughterhouses of southern Brazil by Karen Apellanis Borges, Eduarda Boff Martelo, Lilian Andriva dos Santos, Thales Quedi Furian, Isabel C Cisco, Luciane Manto, Luciana R dos Santos

“… Introduction: Salmonella is a major cause of foodborne illness throughout the world. The use of quantitative techniques is important for assessing the risk and determining the capacity of each step of the slaughtering process to decrease or increase bacterial contamination. …”
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An Hfq-dependent post-transcriptional mechanism fine tunes RecB expression in Escherichia coli by Irina Kalita, Ira Alexandra Iosub, Lorna McLaren, Louise Goossens, Sander Granneman, Meriem El Karoui

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X-FASNet: cross-scale feature-aware with self-attention network for cognitive decline assessment in Alzheimer's disease by Wenhui Chen, Shunwu Xu, Yiran Peng, Yiran Peng, Hong Zhang, Jian Zhang, Huaihao Zheng, Hao Yan, Zhaowen Chen, Zhaowen Chen

“…The proposed architecture implements a dual-pathway multi-scale feature extraction approach to identify discriminative neuroanatomical patterns across various spatial resolutions, while integrating a novel cross-scale feature-aware self-attention module that enhances inter-scale information exchange and captures long-range dependencies. Quantitative evaluations on the DPC-SF dataset demonstrate that X-FASNet achieves superior performance with 93.7% accuracy and 0.973 F1-score, outperforming CONVADD by 10.8 percentage points in accuracy and 0.118 in F1-score, while also surpassing EfficientB2 on key performance metrics. …”
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Development of Polydopamine–Chitosan-Modified Electrochemical Immunosensor for Sensitive Detection of 7,12-Dimethylbenzo[a]anthracene in Seawater by Huili Hao, Chengjun Qiu, Wei Qu, Yuan Zhuang, Zizi Zhao, Haozheng Liu, Wenhao Wang, Jiahua Su, Wei Tao

“…The synergistic integration of these materials combines the high efficiency of electrochemical detection with the specificity of antigen–antibody recognition, enabling precise qualitative and quantitative analysis of the target analyte through monitoring changes in the electrochemical properties at the electrode surface. …”
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A synthesis and quantification method for endogenous metabolites dimethylguanidino valeric acid by Yueyuan Han, Jiahui Wang, Qianling Xiong, Dingyue Jiang, Zhenhua Zhu, Li Hui, Mu Wang, Yixue Qiao, Yi Li, Lanlan Han, Yan Liu, Ken Cheng

“…Therefore, we aimed to develop a practical and efficient method to synthesize DMGV stereoisomers and determine their precise concentration profile in healthy subjects. …”
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Agro-physiological and transcriptome profiling reveal key genes associated with potato tuberization under different nitrogen regimes in aeroponics. by Rasna Zinta, Jagesh Kumar Tiwari, Tanuja Buckseth, Umesh Goutam, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Ajay Kumar Thakur, Vinod Kumar, Shwetank Singh, Manoj Kumar

“…Selected genes were validated through real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis. …”
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Tissue-engineered cartilage regeneration based on human induced pluripotent stem cells by LI Yangyang, ZHANG Maolin, ZOU Duohong, ZHANG Zhiyuan

“…[Objective:] To establish a stable and efficient culture approach for guiding human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) differentiation towards chondrogenic mesodermal lineage, and preliminarily explore the possibility of hiPSCs-derived cartilaginous pellets for articular cartilage regeneration. …”
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RNA toehold switch-based reporter assay to assess bacterial uptake of antisense oligomers by Paramita Sarkar, Linda Popella, Sandra Pérez-Jiménez, Jörg Vogel

“…Here, we have developed a “switch-on” reporter assay to measure ASO uptake efficiency in a semi-quantitative manner. The assay uses a synthetic RNA toehold switch fused to the mRNA of a fluorescent reporter protein, which is activated in vivo by a peptide nucleic acid (PNA)-based ASO upon delivery into the bacterial cytosol. …”
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Designing an educational model based on identity development with an Iranian-Islamic approach for primary school students. by Ali Oladhamzehzadeh, masoumeh oladiyan, Mahmoud Safari

“…Based on the results of quantitative analysis, all dimensions and components of the model were valid and the model has a good fit. …”
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Blockchains effects on responsiveness to recalls in the food and beverage industry by Abbas Keramati, Bethany Siau, Tyler Bellitto, Jafar Heydari, Tanya Panchal

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Computerized diagnosis of prostate cancer based on whole slide histology images and deep learning methods by V. A. Kovalev, D. M. Voynov, V. D. Malyshau, E. D. Lapo

“…This paper presents the results of an experimental study and the development of tools for automatic analysis and recognition of histological images in order to obtain quantitative estimates of the presence and degree of aggressiveness of prostate cancer in the commonly used Gleason and ISUP scales. …”
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INFORMATION SUPPORT OF PUBLIC PASSENGER TRANSPORT NETWORK OPTIMIZATION IN MAJOR CITIES: RELEVANCE AND APPROACHES by Yu. A. Kolber

“…Typical initial information to process city route networks’ optimization in qualitative and quantitative indicators, which is used by designers of the route network, is reflected. …”
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