The quantification of midwifery research: Limiting midwifery knowledge
Birth, 2022 AbstractAs two academics researching in the area of maternal health, we are increasingly concerned with what we see as a positivist turn in midwifery research. In this paper, we examine this idea of the quantification of midwifery research, using as an example the current esteem given to the systematic literature review, and its creep into other ...
Elizabeth Newnham, Barbara Katz Rothman
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 Product mislabeling and/or species fraud in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) not only decrease TCM quality, but also pose a potential health issue to the end user.
Bo Zhao +8 more
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Theoretical limitations of quantification for noncompetitive sandwich immunoassays [PDF]
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2015 Immunoassays exploit the highly selective interaction between antibodies and antigens to provide a vital method for biomolecule detection at low concentrations. Developers and practitioners of immunoassays have long known that non-specific binding often restricts immunoassay limits of quantification (LOQs). Aside from non-specific binding, most efforts
Christine F, Woolley +4 more
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Localization of sterols and oxysterols in mouse brain reveals distinct spatial cholesterol metabolism [PDF]
, 2020 Dysregulated cholesterol metabolism is implicated in a number of neurological disorders. Many sterols, including cholesterol and its precursors and metabolites, are biologically active and important for proper brain function. However, spatial cholesterol
Angelini, Roberto +10 more
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The lower limit of quantification in pharmacokinetic analyses [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2019 Pharmacokinetic (PK) analyses rely fundamentally on independent measurements of drug concentrations in biological matrices, traditionally using chromatographic analytical methods. These methods have imperfect performance and introduce measurement error to the experiment.
Andrew Woodward, Ted Whittem
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Quantification of the Information Limit of Transmission Electron Microscopes [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2008 The resolving power of high-resolution transmission electron microscopes is characterized by the information limit, which reflects the size of the smallest object detail observable with a particular instrument. We introduce a highly accurate measurement method for the information limit, which is suitable for modern aberration-corrected electron ...
Barthel, J., Thust, A.
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Measurement of methionine level with the LC-ESI-MS/MS method in schizophrenic patients [PDF]
The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, 2016 The purpose of this study was to evaluate plasma methionine levels by using liquid chromatography electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectroscopy (LC-ESI-MS/MS) in schizophrenic patients.
S. Kulaksizoglu +5 more
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Optimization of quantitative polymerase chain reactions for detection and quantification of eight periodontal bacterial pathogens [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to optimize quantitative (real-time) polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays for 8 major periodontal pathogens, i.e.
Cosyn, Jan +8 more
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Emerging Investigators Series: Pyrolysis Removes Common Microconstituents Triclocarban, Triclosan, and Nonylphenol from Biosolids [PDF]
, 2016 Reusing biosolids is vital for the sustainability of wastewater management. Pyrolysis is an anoxic thermal degradation process that can be used to convert biosolids into energy rich py-gas and py-oil, and a beneficial soil amendment, biochar.
McNamara, Patrick J. +4 more
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A Statistical Modeling Approach to Computer-Aided Quantification of Dental Biofilm [PDF]
, 2014 Biofilm is a formation of microbial material on tooth substrata. Several methods to quantify dental biofilm coverage have recently been reported in the literature, but at best they provide a semi-automated approach to quantification with significant ...
Mansoor, Awais +4 more
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