Manufacturers must employ sample sizes that ensure that packaging systems are safe, meet regulatory requirements, and maintain sterility. Photo courtesy of Beacon Convertors (Saddle Brook, NJ). The ...

Power analyses and sample size calculations are important parts of many research projects. Often, before data are even collected, it is necessary to calculate and justify the required sample size for ...

Sampling is a technique in which samples are drawn at random (without any favor or bias). For this, suitable measures or procedures may be laid down and adopted according to the nature and ...

The human gut is host to a community of microbes (bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and phages) referred to as the gut microbiota, with their combined functions known as the gut microbiome 1. Since ...