Impact of Premna microphylla Turcz leaf water extracts on the properties of gelatin-carrageenan edible film and its application in cherry tomatoes storage by Ping-Hsiu Huang, Cen-Hao Jian, Yu-Wen Lin, Da-Wei Huang

“…Incorporating 75 % PMWE and 5 % glycerol significantly improved the physicochemical and mechanical properties of the films while effectively preserving the quality indicators and extending the shelf-life of cherry tomatoes (CT; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill) in film and coating applications. The PMWE-based films and coatings reduced decay rates (from 80 to 36–52 %) and exhibited a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) compared to the control group. …”
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Use of Boron Compounds as Grinding Aids with Alcohol Amines and Their Effect on Portland Cement Setting Points by Murat Çallı, Erol Pehlivan

“…Milling aids have been predominantly developed to increase the performance or grinding capacity of cement products, and alcohol amines have been used as grinding aids in cement grinding processes for many years. …”
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Removal of Cd (II) from Aqueous Media by Adsorption onto Chemically and Thermally Treated Rice Husk by María Camila Hoyos-Sánchez, Angie Carolina Córdoba-Pacheco, Luis Fernando Rodríguez-Herrera, Ramiro Uribe-Kaffure

“…Rice husk (RH), a by-product from rice milling, was chemically treated with HCl and NaOH. …”
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Damage Features of Altered Rock Subjected to Drying-Wetting Cycles by Zhe Qin, Xuxin Chen, Houli Fu

“…An abandoned open pit was used as a tailing pond for a concentrating mill, with the height of the water surface subject to cyclic fluctuation. …”
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Dietary Fiber Extraction from Defatted Corn Hull by Hot-Compressed Water by Wang Li, Liu Hua-Min, Xie Ai-Jun, Zhu Chun-Yan, Qin Guang-Yong

“…Corn hulls were abundant and inexpensive byproducts of the corn dry or wet milling processes, but most of them were discarded as agro-wastes. …”
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The Auscultation of a Carbon Dioxide Embolization Event during Endoscopic Vein Harvest by Erik Strauss, Bradley Taylor, Michael Mazzeffi, Kenichi Tanaka, Patrick Odonkor

“…We report a case of CO2 embolization during EVH for a 77-year-old patient who underwent CABG that was identified early by the cardiac surgeon through the indirect auscultation of a mill-wheel murmur after the pericardium was opened. …”
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Influence of Titania Dispersivity on the Conversion Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Yukihiro Aoyama, Sumiyo Shimizu, Junya Kano, Fumio Saito, Seigo Ito

“…Titania powder (P25) was dispersed by bead-milling breakdown method, and the dispersivity of TiO2 was controlled by adjusting the mean secondary TiO2 particle size to 45, 56, and 75 nm by changing the dispersion solvent blend ratio of ethanol and terpineol. …”
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Synthesis and Humidity Sensing Properties of Sn-Doped Nano-TiO2 by P. Raji, H. S. Binitha, K. Balachandra Kumar

“…Nanostructured Sn-doped TiO2 have been prepared by ball milling using SnO2 and TiO2 as raw materials. The as-prepared powders are characterized by XRD, SEMs and EDAX to identify the structural phases, surface morphology, and composition of the materials. …”
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Development of Semiliquid Ingredients from Grape Skins and Their Potential Impact on the Reducing Capacity of Model Functional Foods by Milan Stojanovic, Laura Marinoni, Giovanni Cabassi, Malisa Antic, Vera Lavelli

“…Processing of semiliquid GS ingredients included blanching, dilution to obtain dispersions with 2% or 10% of dry solids, milling, homogenization, and pasteurization. The individual phenolic contents and in vitro ferric ion reducing capacity (FRAP) of semiliquid GS ingredients were compared with those of air-dried and freeze-dried GS. …”
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Modification of Nanoclinoptilolite Zeolite with Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Surfactant as an Active Ingredient of Chromate-Selective Membrane Electrode by Alireza Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh, Gholamhosein Raja

“…Nano particles of an Iranian clinoptilolite zeolite were prepared by a ball-mill mechanical method and characterized by FT-IR, SEM and XRD. …”
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Multilayer Super-Translucent Zirconia for Chairside Fabrication of a Monolithic Posterior Crown by Sven Rinke, Anna Metzger, Holger Ziebolz

“…By using up-to-date components of the CEREC system, including superfast dry-milling and a speed-sintering process, the fabrication of a monolithic zirconia crown is possible within an acceptable timeframe for the chairside workflow (60-75 min). …”
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Lignosulfonates as Fire Retardants in Wood Flour-Based Particleboards by Stefania Angelini, Aitor Barrio, Pierfrancesco Cerruti, Gennaro Scarinzi, Javier Garcia-Jaca, Davide Savy, Alessandro Piccolo, Mario Malinconico

“…In this work, a waste lignosulfonate (CaLS) from paper mill is used as a low-cost FR to reduce WFP flammability. …”
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Effect of Wood Preservatives on Surface Properties of Coated Wood by Turgay Ozdemir, Ali Temiz, Ismail Aydin

“….), oriental beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky), and chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) specimens (300 × 100 × 15 mm along the grain) were impregnated with aqueous solution of 2% CCA, 2% Tanalith E, 1% boric acid, and Immersol aqua. …”
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Effect of micro alloying of steel with niobium on the mechanical properties of heat-strengthened rebar by A. I. Posti

“…In this regard, it is necessary to reduce the cost of finished products by replacing ferrovanadium with ferroniobium while preserving all the mechanical, physical and operational characteristics of the metal.Objective: to determine the effect of the quantitative content of niobium in steel in the production of hot-rolled rebar S-500WC in coils at the mill 370/150 of OJSC “BSW – Management Company of the Holding “BMK” in accordance with the requirements of the Israeli standard SI 4466-3:2013 at various temperature and speed parameters of rolled products. …”
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Symptoms of Nitrogen and Iron Deficiency in Luffa by Qiansheng Li, Marina Gluck, Yanlin Wang, Wendy Mussoline, Qingren Wang, Yuncong Li, Guodong Liu

“…There are two main species of luffa grown in Florida: smooth luffa (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.), primarily grown in small gardens and angled luffa (Luffa acutangula (L.) …”
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Impact of breeder seed multiplication and certified quality seed distribution on rice production in India by Gogineni S. V. Prasad, Chilukuri S. Rao, Kota Suneetha, Kalambur Muralidharan, E. A. Siddiq

“…Conclusions From 1995–2019, BS and CQSD together increased the annual milled rice production in step with increases in population. …”
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Biochemical composition of tomato fruits of various colors by A. B. Kurina, A. E. Solovieva, I. A. Khrapalova, A. M. Artemyeva

“…Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) is an economically important and widely cultivated vegetable crop that is consumed both fresh and processed. …”
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Profile of the grain physical traits and physicochemical properties of selected Malaysian rice landraces for future use in a breeding program by Site Noorzuraini Abd Rahman, Rosimah Nulit, Faridah Qamaruz Zaman, Khairun Hisam Nasir, Mohd Hafiz Ibrahim, Mohd Ramdzan Othman, Nur Idayu Abd Rahim, Nor Sufiah Sebaweh

“…Cluster Ⅱ consisted of 13 rice landraces that had the highest mean value for milled grain length and grain shape. Cluster Ⅲ was composed of rice landraces and control rice cultivars, and they exhibited the highest mean values for alkali spreading value, amylose content, and milled grain width. …”
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'Micro-Gold' Miniature Dwarf Tomato by John W. Scott, Brent K. Harbaugh

“… 'Micro-Gold' is a miniature dwarf tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) with gold-colored fruit. It is a comparison to 'Micro-Tom' (Scott and Harbaugh, 1989), which has been the smallest tomato cultivar released to date. …”
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'Micro-Gold' Miniature Dwarf Tomato by John W. Scott, Brent K. Harbaugh

“… 'Micro-Gold' is a miniature dwarf tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) with gold-colored fruit. It is a comparison to 'Micro-Tom' (Scott and Harbaugh, 1989), which has been the smallest tomato cultivar released to date. …”
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