Biochar yield prediction using response surface methodology: effect of fixed carbon and pyrolysis operating conditions by Sabah Mariyam (14150859)

“…The biochar yields are significantly affected by the fixed carbon content of the feedstock and the reaction temperature, and the experimental validation confirms the accuracy of biochar yield quantification. The model can be easily applied for further process flow modeling of biomass pyrolysis, only relying on proximate feed analysis, operating temperature, and heating rate.…”

Progress of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in measurement of vitamin D metabolites and analogues by El-Khoury, Joe

“…Abbreviations 25(OH)D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D; 1,25(OH)2D, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D; DBP, Vitamin D binding protein; VDR, Vitamin D receptor; t1/2, half-life time; 1OHD, 1α-hydroxyvitamin D; 24,25(OH)2D, 24R,25-dihydroxyvitamin D; OCT, 22-oxacalcitriol; ASMS, American Society for Mass Spectrometry; IS, Internal standard; SRM, Standardized reference materials; NIST, National Institute of Standards and Technology; DBS, Dried blood spots; CSF, Cerebrospinal fluid; LLOQ, Lower limit of quantification; SPE, Solid phase extraction; LLE, Liquid-liquid extraction; PPE, Protein precipitation extraction; DMEQTAD, 4-[2-(6,7-dimethoxy-4-methyl-3-oxo-3,4-dihydroquinoxalyl)ethyl]-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione; PTAD, 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione; UVB, Ultraviolet B radiation; LC-MS, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry; LC-SMS, liquid chromatography-single mass spectrometry; LC-TMS, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry; APCI, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; ESI, electrospray ionization…”
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Effects of vitamin E derivatives on the proliferation of KG-1 leukemic cells in vitro by Rizk, Sandra

“…Since the observed decrease in proliferation could also be due to cell cycle arrest, flow cytometry was used to quantify the number of cells in the various phases of cell cycle upon treatment with vitamin E derivatives: cells were stained with propidium iodide and DNA content quantification was performed using the C-flow software. …”
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Development of a cancer metastasis-on-chip assay for high throughput drug screening by Lutfiye Yildiz Ozer (17732619)

“…High-content imaging with automated quantification methods was optimized to assess the tumor cell invasion and intravasation within the model. …”

COVID-19 infection localization and severity grading from chest X-ray images by Anas M. Tahir (16870077)

“…In this study, we address this urgent need by proposing a systematic and unified approach for lung segmentation and COVID-19 localization with infection quantification from CXR images. To accomplish this, we have constructed the largest benchmark dataset with 33,920 CXR images, including 11,956 COVID-19 samples, where the annotation of ground-truth lung segmentation masks is performed on CXRs by an elegant human-machine collaborative approach. …”

Product Analysis of Supercritical Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Utilizing a Unique On-Line and Off-Line Gas Chromatographs Setup in a Bench-Scale Reactor Unit by Amro Kasht (18806863)

“…The first was through retention time matching by injecting standard solutions, and the second was through the use of the GC/MS system. The quantification of CO and CH4 was achieved by using external standards, where the CO conversion was calculated by relating the peak area of CO to the peak area of an internal standard (argon) while the CH4 selectivity was calculated by relating the peak area of CH4 to that of CO. …”

Ultraliser: a framework for creating multiscale, high-fidelity and geometrically realistic 3D models for <i>in silico</i> neuroscience by Marwan Abdellah (4435360)

“…The framework represents a major leap forward in simulation-based neuroscience, making it possible to employ high-resolution 3D structural models for quantification of surface areas and volumes, which are of the utmost importance for cellular and system simulations. …”

A Novel Hybrid Life Cycle Assessment Approach to Air Emissions and Human Health Impacts of Liquefied Natural Gas Supply Chain by Hussein Al-Yafei (17151055)

“…The Multiregional Input–Output (MRIO) database, the Aspen HYSYS model, and the LNG Maritime Transportation Emission Quantification Tool are the key sources of information for this extensive novel study. …”

Dual Targeting of Matrix Metalloproteases and the MAPK Pathway in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cells Using an MMP-activated anthrax lethal toxin (PrAgL1/LF) by Al Saneh, Ahmad

“…Additionally, we also determine the level of autophagy activation, through quantification of autophagosomes on flow cytometry, and the impact of its inhibition, using the autophagy inhibitor chloroquine (CQ), on cell death secondary to MAPK inhibition. …”
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A Diffusion-Based Probabilistic Ultra-Short-Term Solar Power Prediction Using the Sky Image Sequences by Razieh Rastgoo (22457767)

“…Additionally, we propose a novel loss function based on Variational Inference and the Evidence Lower Bound (ELBO) to improve uncertainty quantification and prediction accuracy. Extensive evaluations on a real-world dataset against 64 baseline models using four evaluation metrics demonstrate the superiority of the proposed framework, establishing it as a state-of-the-art approach in ultra-short-term PV power forecasting. …”

Reliability and methodology of quantitative assessment of harvested and unharvested patellar tendons of ACL injured athletes using ultrasound tissue characterization by Carla S. Pereira (14153325)

“…Twenty harvested and nineteen unharvested patellar tendons from twenty-three participants were analyzed twice by two examiners. Quantification of the proportion of echo-types I, II, III and IV in the areas of interest: (1) patella apex, (2) proximal tendon, (3) mid tendon, (4) distal tendon, and overall tendon of harvested and unharvested patellar tendons all displayed excellent intra-rater reliability (ICC2,1: 0.94 to 0.99), excellent inter-rater reliability for harvested and unharvested patellar tendon scanning and analysis (ICC2,1: 0.89 to 0.98), and excellent inter-rater reliability for analysis (ICC2,1: 0.95 to 0.99). …”

Hepatic and cardiac iron overload quantified by magnetic resonance imaging in patients on hemodialysis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Abdulqadir J. Nashwan (11659453)

“…Only three studies included cardiac iron quantification, and none reported iron overload.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p dir="ltr">This review has revealed a high prevalence of severe hepatic iron overload in patients with ESRD treated by HD. …”

Enumeration of Novel Lake Superior Cluster I (LSI) as a friction of the total picocyanobacteria in the autotrophic picoplankton (APP) Using quantitative real-time PCR. (c2009) by Andari, Jihad

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Evidencing the role of carbonic anhydrase in the formation of carbonate minerals by bacterial strains isolated from extreme environments in Qatar by Rim Abdelsamad (18877495)

“…In addition, bacterial strains isolated from marine sediments, surrounding coral reef in Qatar sea, would provide additional knowledge on the role of carbonic anhydrase in mineral formation. Here, the quantification of the two mostly described activities of carbonic anhydrase; esterase and hydration reactions were performed. …”

Intravenous administration of gold nanoparticles in rats exhibit alterations in sphingomyelins, bile acids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol esters levels by Haya Al-Sulaiti (5449256)

“…Metabolite identification and quantification were conducted with isotopically labelled internal standards and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM), utilizing optimized conditions under mass spectrometry (MS) as provided by Biocrates. …”

Effects ofS-nitroso-N-acetylcysteine on contractile function of reperfused skeletal muscle by Nasser, Rima M.

“…However, it has become apparent that the success of replantation and microsurgical reconstructive operations should not be measured by survival alone but also by quantification of subsequent function. The ultimate goal is to regain normal function or, at least, to improve impaired function. …”
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Small molecule inhibitors of α-synuclein oligomers identified by targeting early dopamine-mediated motor impairment in C. elegans by Kevin S. Chen (9201767)

“…Next, we devised a method for semi-automated and blinded quantification of motor impairment for a population of simultaneously recorded animals with multi-worm tracking and custom image processing. …”

Machine Learning–Based Approach for Identifying Research Gaps: COVID-19 as a Case Study by Alaa Abd-alrazaq (17058018)

“…Furthermore, future studies could evaluate more efficient modeling algorithms, especially those combining topic modeling with statistical uncertainty quantification, such as conformal prediction.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: JMIR Formative Research<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/49411" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.2196/49411</a></p>…”

Lewy body-like alpha-synuclein inclusions trigger reactive microgliosis prior to nigral degeneration by Megan F. Duffy (5713772)

“…</p><h3>Methods</h3><p dir="ltr">Male Fischer 344 rats (<i>N</i> = 114) received unilateral intrastriatal injections of α-syn PFFs, PBS, or rat serum albumin with cohorts euthanized at monthly intervals up to 6 months. Quantification of dopamine neurons, total neurons, phosphorylated α-syn (pS129) aggregates, major histocompatibility complex-II (MHC-II) antigen-presenting microglia, and ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule-1 (Iba-1) immunoreactive microglial soma size was performed in the substantia nigra. …”

Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Christopher J L Murray (13580635)

“…<p>Background Rigorous analysis of levels and trends in exposure to leading risk factors and quantification of their effect on human health are important to identify where public health is making progress and in which cases current efforts are inadequate. …”