PLOS ONE

Accessing microfluidics through feature-based design software for 3D printing

Publishing date: 2018-03-29 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Peter G. Shankles, Larry J. Millet, Jayde A. Aufrecht, Scott T. Retterer link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192752 Icons made by catkuro from www.

The influence of transcript assembly on the proteogenomics discovery of microproteins

Publishing date: 2018-03-27 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Jiao Ma, Alan Saghatelian, Maxim Nikolaievich Shokhirev link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194518 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

Clinical value of patient-specific three-dimensional printing of congenital heart disease: Quantitative and qualitative assessments

Publishing date: 2018-03-21 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: Objective: Current diagnostic assessment tools remain suboptimal in demonstrating complex morphology of congenital heart disease (CHD). This limitation has posed several challenges in preoperative planning, communication in medical practice, and medical education.

Physical modeling of vortical cross-step flow in the American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula

Publishing date: 2018-03-21 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Hannah Brooks, Grant E. Haines, M. Carly Lin, S. Laurie Sanderson link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193874 Icons made by catkuro from www.

Determinants of quality, latency, and amount of Stack Overflow answers about recent Android APIs

Publishing date: 2018-03-16 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: David Kavaler, Vladimir Filkov link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194139 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

A modular, open-source, slide-scanning microscope for diagnostic applications in resource-constrained settings

Publishing date: 2018-03-15 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: Lu et al’s modular, open source, and fully automated slide-scanning microscope significantly reduces the cost and ease of use of whole slide imaging of diagnostic samples.

PRISM: An open source framework for the interactive design of GPU volume rendering shaders

Publishing date: 2018-03-13 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Simon Drouin, D. Louis Collins link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193636 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

Assessing local resilience to typhoon disasters: A case study in Nansha, Guangzhou

Publishing date: 2018-03-09 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Jinglu Song, Bo Huang, Rongrong Li link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190701 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

ABrox—A user-friendly Python module for approximate Bayesian computation with a focus on model comparison

Publishing date: 2018-03-08 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: None authors: Ulf Kai Mertens, Andreas Voss, Stefan Radev link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193981 Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com

Do-It-Yourself reliable pH-stat device by using open-source software, inexpensive hardware and available laboratory equipment

Publishing date: 2018-03-06 Published on: PLOS ONE summary: Milanovic et al present the construction of a reliable and inexpensive pH stat device allowing closed loop monitoring and control of pH using open-source, low-cost and/or readily available laboratory devices.