Development of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)-Based Species-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays for Authenticating Five Highly Priced Tuna by Meng Qu, Yanhua Jiang, Na Li, Yingying Guo, Wenjia Zhu, Na Li, Xinnan Zhao, Lin Yao, Lianzhu Wang

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Identification of Grb2 protein as a potential mediator of macrophage activation in acute pancreatitis based on bioinformatics and experimental verification by Qinhao Shen, Shuai Wang, Keyan Wu, Liuhui Wang, Weijuan Gong, Guotao Lu, Weiwei Chen, Chenchen Yuan, Bo Tu, Wei Li, Yaodong Wang, Weixuan Yang

“…In this study, we explored the role of Grb2 in AP.MethodsWe screened for gene affecting macrophage activation in AP by combining transcriptomics with Single-cell RNA-sequence analysis. Next, the expression of Grb2 in M1/M2 macrophage activation was detected by Single-cell RNA-sequence analysis and western blot. …”
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A single mutation at position 214 of influenza B hemagglutinin enhances cross-neutralization by Ziqi Cheng, Yeqing Sun, Yanru Shen, Xi Wu, Ling Pan, Hao Wu, Yunbo Bai, Chenyan Zhao, Junfeng Ma, Weijin Huang

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Effects of Lacidophilin Tablets, Yogurt, and Bifid Triple Viable Capsules on the Gut Microbiota of Mice with Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea by Ni Yang, Yang Zhan, Jianhua Wan, Yingmeng Li, Xu Hu, Wenjun Liu

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Identification of zoonotic pathogens in zoo animals in the Republic of Korea by Jinho Um, Jeongho Kim, Seok-Jin Cho, Min-ho Park, Hyung-Chul Cho, Yu-Jin Park, Kyoung-Seong Choi

“…Cryptosporidium species were not detected in zoo animals. Sequence analysis of C. burnetii based on the IS1111 gene revealed that one sequence obtained from a black goat (Capra hircus) exhibited 100 % homology with those reported from a rodent in the ROK. …”
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Uncovering codon usage patterns during murine embryogenesis and tissue-specific developmental diseases by Sarah E. Fumagalli, Sean Smith, Brian Lin, Rahul Paul, Collin Campbell, Luis Santana-Quintero, Anton Golikov, Juan Ibla, Haim Bar, Anton A. Komar, Anton A. Komar, Ryan C. Hunt, Michael DiCuccio, Chava Kimchi-Sarfaty

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Combining diffusion and transformer models for enhanced promoter synthesis and strength prediction in deep learning by Xin Lei, Xing Wang, Guanlin Chen, Ce Liang, Quhuan Li, Huaiguang Jiang, Wei Xiong

“…This model proficiently assimilates and utilizes inherent biological features from natural promoter sequences to engineer synthetic variants. Additionally, we employed a transformer model to evaluate the efficacy of these synthetic promoters, aiming at screening those with high performance. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of initial virologic suppressors during analytic treatment interruption in a therapeutic HIV-1 gag vaccine trial. by Jonathan Z Li, Chanson J Brumme, Michael M Lederman, Zabrina L Brumme, Hongying Wang, John Spritzler, Mary Carrington, Kathleen Medvik, Bruce D Walker, Robert T Schooley, Daniel R Kuritzkes, AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5197 Study Team

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To identify individuals with initial viral suppression (plasma HIV-1 RNA set point <3.0 log(10) copies/ml) during the analytic treatment interruption (ATI) and evaluate the durability and correlates of virologic control and characteristics of HIV sequence evolution.…”
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Leishmania ITS1 Is Genetically Divergent in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Visceral Leishmaniasis: Results of a Study in Southern Iran by Zahra Rezaei, Eqlima Azarang, Saeed Shahabi, Mostafa Omidian, Bahman Pourabbas, Bahador Sarkari

“…The PCR products were sequenced, and the consensus sequences were assembled and multiple-aligned with a set of Leishmania strains retrieved from the GenBank, using Clustal W. …”
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Nonadjacent dependencies and sequential structure of chimpanzee action during a natural tool-use task by Elliot Howard-Spink, Misato Hayashi, Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Daniel Schofield, Thibaud Gruber, Dora Biro

“…We used estimations of mutual information (MI)—a measure of dependency strength between sequence elements—to evaluate both the extent to which wild chimpanzees produce nonadjacent dependencies during a naturalistic tool-use task (nut cracking), as well as how sequences of actions are likely organized during tool use. …”
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Ajuste dos simuladores de dados meteorológicos do modelo EPIC para diferentes locais do Estado de São Paulo Adjustment of the simulators of meteorological data of the EPIC model fo... by Angélica G. Picini, Márcio de M. Valeriano, Francisco Lombardi Neto, Jurandir Zullo Júnior

“…In this study, the performance of meteorological data simulators were evaluated for six (Campinas, Jaú, Manduri, Mococa, Pindorama and Ubatuba) localities in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, which include the Markov chain probabilities for the sequences of wet and dry days; the maximum air temperature model adjusted for wet days; and the solar radiation model also adjusted for wet days. …”
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A Seq-to-Seq Temporal Convolutional Network for Volleyball Jump Monitoring Using a Waist-Mounted IMU by Meng Shang, Camilla de Bleecker, Jos Vanrenterghem, Roel de Ridder, Sabine Verschueren, Carolina Varon, Walter de Raedt, Bart Vanrumste

“…A Multi-Layer Temporal Convolutional Network (MS-TCN) was applied for sequence-to-sequence (seq-to-seq) classification without using the sliding window technique. …”
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Genetic diversity of two local Yunnan chicken breeds and their relationships with red jungle fowl by LU Junxian, JIA Xiaoxu, TANG Xiujun, FAN Yanfeng, TANG Mengjun, GAO Yushi, SU Yijun

“…With these highly diversified geographical environments, coupled with copious precipitation, adequate sunlight, and long frost-free periods, Yunnan Province has high biodiversity, including habitats for several ancestral species of domestic chicken and which has been suggested to be a center of domestication of chicken.Daweishan mini and Chahua are typical local chicken breeds in Yunnan Province. This study evaluated the genetic diversity and origins of the two breeds by analyzing their mtDNA sequence polymorphisms. …”
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Learning Content Model: from Concept Structuring to Adaptive Learning by J. V. Vainshtein, R. V. Esin, G. M. Tsibulsky

“…Analysis of observations and evaluating the effectiveness of adaptive e-learning course in the educational process was carried out using the Kruskal-Wallis test by ranks. …”
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Re-Construction of the Small Xanten-Wardt Dart Launcher by Michele Fratino, Luis Palmero Iglesias, Adriana Rossi

“…Based on the dimensions of the small Xanten catapult, this study reconstructs a full-scale model to validate its manufacturing techniques and evaluate its effectiveness. The process underscores the role of experimental archaeology: the activity facilitates a dynamic sequence of queries, guides the interpretation of signs—not merely physical ones—refines the perception of the cognitive model, and relies on an interdisciplinary approach and strategy. …”
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Biomarkers of Acute Lung Lesion by Ye. V. Grigoryev, Yu. A. Churlyaev, A. S. Razumov

“…The analysis of gene expression and the study of an array of DNA nucleotide sequence in the cells are of the greatest diagnostic and prognostic value in determining the predisposition of cytokines and intercellular signal molecules to synthesis.…”
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A point on discrete versus continuous state-space Markov chains by Muia Mathias, Longla Martial

“…A simulation study is conducted to evaluate the performance of the various estimators for pp. …”
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Markov chain analysis of weekly rainfall data in determining drought-proneness by Pabitra Banik, Abhyudy Mandal, M. Sayedur Rahman

“…Markov chain models have been used to evaluate probabilities of getting a sequence of wet and dry weeks during South-West monsoon period over the districts Purulia in West Bengal and Giridih in Bihar state and dry farming tract in the state of Maharashtra of India. …”
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Time Series Forecasting Using Recurrent Neural Networks Based on Recurrent Sigmoid Piecewise Linear Neurons by Victor Sineglazov, Vladyslav Horbatiuk

“…In addition to theoretical analysis experiments on real-world time series were performed to evaluate networks with different structures and neuron types. …”
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A Mathematical Programming Model for Cell Formation Problem with Machine Replication by Reza Raminfar, Norzima Zulkifli, Mohammadreza Vasili

“…This paper develops a comprehensive mathematical programming model for the cell formation problem, where product demands, cell size limits, sequence of operations, multiple units of identical machines, machine capacity, or machine cost are all considered. …”
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