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One4All: Validate, Share, and Download Data
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This software tool enhances data validation and management for microplastics research by applying rule sets from CSV or Excel files to datasets, enabling consistent quality control. It was developed with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and maintained by the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research.
Designed to enhance data validation and management processes by employing a set of functions that read a set of rules from a 'CSV' or 'Excel' file and apply them to a dataset. Funded by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Possibility Lab, maintained by the Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research.
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