Sugarcane waste products as source of phytotoxic compounds for agriculture by Dandara A. Luz, Anne C. C. Gomes, Naomi K. Simas, Otavio A. Heringer, Wanderson Romão, Betina P. O. Lovatti, Rodrigo Scherer, Paulo R. Filgueiras, Ricardo M. Kuster

“…Purpose This article aims to evaluate the phytotoxic potential of metabolites present in the waste from sugarcane processing industry, such as vinasse, filter cake and bagasse, in order to reuse them as raw materials for the production of natural herbicides. Methods Vinasse, filter cake and bagasse were submitted to different treatments, which originated 15 different samples. …”
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StratLearn-z: Improved photo-$z$ estimation from spectroscopic data subject to selection effects by Chiara Moretti, Maximilian Autenrieth, Riccardo Serra, Roberto Trotta, David A. van Dyk, Andrei Mesinger

“…We present an application of the StratLearn method to the estimation of photo-z (StratLearn-z), validating against simulations where we enforce the presence of covariate shift to different degrees. …”
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Application of Artificial Intelligence in Cardio-Oncology Imaging for Cancer Therapy–Related Cardiovascular Toxicity: Systematic Review by Hayat Mushcab, Mohammed Al Ramis, Abdulrahman AlRujaib, Rawan Eskandarani, Tamara Sunbul, Anwar AlOtaibi, Mohammed Obaidan, Reman Al Harbi, Duaa Aljabri

“… Abstract BackgroundArtificial intelligence (AI) is a revolutionary tool yet to be fully integrated into several health care sectors, including medical imaging. AI can transform how medical imaging is conducted and interpreted, especially in cardio-oncology. …”
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Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation for Near-Field MIMO Communication Networks by Tong Lin, Jianyue Zhu, Junfan Zhu, Yaqin Xie, Yao Xu, Xiao Chen

“…Specifically, the near-field resolution constraint is first simplified to a polynomial inequality using the Fresnel approximation. Then the fractional objective of maximizing energy efficiency is transformed into a convex optimization subproblem via the Dinkelbach algorithm, and the power allocation is solved for a fixed number of antennas. …”
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Implementation of FTIR-Based Fingerprinting, Antioxidant Compounds Profiling by UHPLC-Q-Orbitrap HRMS, and Docking Study COVID-19 Inhibitor of Buas-Buas (Premna serratifolia) Leaf... by Dini Hadiarti, Mahwar Qurbaniah, Ely Setiawan, Taufan Hari Sugara

“…In this study, P. serratifolia leaves were macerated and fractionated using solvents with different polarities. …”
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Study on the Aging Behavior of Two Acrylic Polyurethane Coatings under High and Low Temperature UV- Artificial Accelerated Aging Tests by PAN Dongyue, AN Jiangfeng, ZHOU Xuejie, PENG Feifan, CHEN Hao, CHEN Zhijian, WU Jun

“…In order to investigate the aging behavior of acrylic polyurethane coatings in environments with high ultraviolet radiation intensity and large temperature differences， the aging processes of water-based and solvent-based acrylic polyurethane coatings were studied using UV-high and low-temperature artificial accelerated aging methods.Techniques such as super depth-of-field imaging， attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) were employed to analyze the changes in microscopic morphology， molecular structure and elemental atomic fraction on the surfaces of the coatings.The performance changes and aging patterns of solvent-based and water-based coatings during the aging process were examined through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS)， water contact angle measurements， adhesion strength tests and glossiness assessments.Results showed that the water-based acrylic polyurethane coating system exhibited cracking， whereas the solvent-based coating system exhibited layering.Both coatings experienced significant reductions in glossiness， water contact angle and adhesion strength.The aging rate of the two coating systems initially increased rapidly and then slowed down， with an early appearance of the rate transition inflection point.Infrared spectroscopy analysis indicated that both coatings shared similar aging mechanisms， while EDS analysis demonstrated a faster aging rate for the water-based coating.Additionally， the weight of each performance index was calculated by entropy method， and the comprehensive aging grade under the test was obtained， which verified that the solventbased acrylic polyurethane coating system had relatively good weather resistance.…”
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Centrifugal Partition Chromatography Is a Powerful Tool for the Isolation of Antibiofilm Quantum Carbon Dots Synthesized by Hydrothermal Treatment of Avocado Peels by Nandis Fiallos, Sergio Acuña, Diana Correa-Otero, Matías Venegas-Toloza, Tatiana Beldarrain, Josefina Burgos, Francisca Fuentes, Francisco Bustamante, Girlenne Christiansen, Vanesa Roa, Eduardo Schott, Julio Alarcón-Enos, Edgar Pastene-Navarrete

“…Nine fractions were obtained and were characterized by UV-VIS spectrophotometry, Fourier transform infrared (F-TIR), and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), confirming the presence of CQD of different sizes. …”
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Effect of lncRNA H19 on Rats with Chronic Heart Failure Based on TGF-β1/Smad3 Signaling Pathway by WANG Lingyan, CAO Guojun, MEI Yang, ZHANG Bin, ZHOU Shijing

“…ObjectiveTo explore the effect of long non-coding RNA H19 (lncRNA H19) and microRNA (miRNA)-200a on cardiac function and myocardial fibrosis in rats with chronic heart failure based on transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)/Smad homolog 3 (Smad3) signaling pathway.MethodsA total of 60 clean grade adult healthy male SD rats were randomly divided into sham surgery group and model group. …”
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ANTINOMY OF THE MODERN AVERAGE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION by A. A. Listvin

“…The reasons for the late reaction of system of training of personnel to the transformations happening in economy are disclosed: discrepancy of training programs to requirements of employers; unsatisfactory quality of training of graduates; fall of prestige of working professions and specialties among youth; the broken ratio in a life-long education chain «a worker – a technician – an engineer»; reduction of the staff of masters of professional training; disinterest of employers in the joint SPE problem resolution (in cooperation with pedagogical community); excessively fractional specialization of professions of workers in available occupational classifications, etc. …”
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Be aware of overfitting by hyperparameter optimization! by Igor V. Tetko, Ruud van Deursen, Guillaume Godin

“…We show that across all analyzed sets using exactly the same protocol, Transformer CNN provided better results than graph-based methods for 26 out of 28 pairwise comparisons by using only a tiny fraction of time as compared to other methods. …”
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Ceftriaxone-Loaded Liposomal Nanoparticles for Pulmonary Delivery Against Lower Respiratory Tract Infections: Development and Characterization by Vijay Kumar Panthi, Kathryn E. Fairfull-Smith, Timothy J. Wells, Tony Wang, Nazrul Islam

“…Using a twin-stage impinger (TSI), the in vitro aerosolization of the formulations were carried out at a flow rate of 60 ± 5 L/min and CTX was determined by a validated HPLC method and the prepared liposomal formulations produced promising fine particle fraction (FPF) between 47 and 62%. …”
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Research on Online Monitoring of Partial Discharge of Insulation Defects in Air Switchgear Based on Characteristic Gases by Yi Tian, Haotian Niu, Shuai Wang, Guixin Zhu

“…After analysis, the volume fractions of the three characteristic gases are unique under different defect models and partial discharge quantities. …”
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Microplastic detectives: a citizen-science project reveals large variation in meso- and microplastic pollution along German coastlines by Bruno Andreas Walther, Franco Pasolini, Franco Pasolini, Špela Korez Lupše, Melanie Bergmann

“…After drying, sieving with a 1 mm sieve, and visual inspection of the retained fraction under a binocular microscope, all putative plastic particles ≥1 mm were analysed by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. 177 out of 1,139 samples (15.5%) contained a total of 260 plastic particles, with a large right-skewed variation among locations. …”
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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AUTOLYTIC CHANGES IN PORK AND BEEF MUSCLE TISSUE PROTEOME by Irina M. Chernukha, Anastasiya G. Akhremko

“…The paper presents the studies on the autolytic transformations in pork and beef samples by proteomic methods. …”
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APPLICATION OF PROTEOMIC TOOLS: THE AUTOLYTIC CHANGES OF PORK MUSCULAR TISSUE by Irina M. Chernukha, Anastasiya G. Akhremko

“…The decomposition of the fractions of fast skeletal muscle troponin T in 28.0 kDa, 27 kDa and 26.5 kDa was most pronounced.Identification of constitutive proteins and detection of the products of post — mortem degradation of protein molecules make them suitable candidates for meat quality markers and the following study of these specific fragments will lead to better understanding of the proteolytic activities that take part in the post mortem muscle transformation into meat.…”
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Chemical constituent analysis of the Babassu (Orbignya phalerata Mart.) mesocarp by Gabriela Batista de Farias, Jean Lucas da Silva Rodrigues, Jean Lucas da Silva Rodrigues, Lyege Oliveira Magalhães, Antonio Gilberto Ferreira, Maria da Paz Lima

“…Babassu nut samples were collected in the Brazilian Amazon, and their mesocarps were prepared and macerated in different solvents. The chromatographic fractionation of selected methanol extracts yielded three fractions, A-5, A-6, and B - 1 that were characterized with high resolution methods. …”
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Dispersión sísmica por presencia de capas someras de alta velocidad: modelamiento con diferencias finitas by Céspedes Sandra, Quintana Robinson, Ghisays Alfredo, Pérez Gabriel, Montes Luis

“…Despite conventional methods to eliminate noise mainly based in a mathematical approach, i.e., F-K analysis, Radon transform, we apply a deterministic scheme based on the modeling of wave propagation, generating the unwanted signals (Ernst <em>et al., </em>1998; Blonk <em>et al., </em>1995; Blonk and Hermann, 1994).…”
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Impact of Cooking Techniques on the Dietary Fiber Profile in Selected Cruciferous Vegetables by Karolina Nowak, Sascha Rohn, Michał Halagarda

“…Another significant impact is the transformation of fibers by different influencing factors during food preparation. …”
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Classical and modern approaches to the study of organic matter of sod-podzolic soils in the Middle Pre-Urals (analytical review) by N. E. Zavyalova, V. R. Yamaltdinova, D. G. Shishkov, S. S. Scryabina, I. V. Kazakova

“…The influence of land use practices on the content of different fractions of transformed organic matter is shown. …”
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Expression and Immunogenicity Analysis of Recombinant Leptospira Interrogans Surface Protein LigA in Mouse Model by Aida Chalesh, Pejvak Khaki, Soheila Moradi Bidhendi, Majid Tebianian, Morteza Taghizadeh Tarnabi

“…The pET32a+‐LigA plasmid construct was cloned into E. coli Top10‐DH5α, expressed in E. coli pLysS strains, and subjected to different IPTG concentrations at different times and temperatures. …”
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