Colada morada, a traditional Ecuadorian Day of the dead beverage: Bibliometric analysis and review of the biological activity of native Ecuadorian ingredients by Juan Carlos Romero-Benavides, Rodrigo Duarte-Casar, Marlene Rojas-Le-Fort, Natalia Bailon-Moscoso

“…Additionally, the antimicrobial and insect-repellent properties of A. citrodora and M. quixos, as well as the antioxidant potential of A. hybridus, underscore their functional relevance. This research emphasizes the importance of integrating traditional knowledge with contemporary scientific methodologies to support sustainable agricultural practices, biodiversity conservation, and the development of functional foods and novel therapeutics. …”
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Enhancing Interfacial Adhesion in Kevlar and Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber-Reinforced Laminates: A Comparative Study of Surface Roughening, Plasma Treatment, and C... by Feyi Adekunle, Jan Genzer, Abdel-Fattah M. Seyam

“…While combining plasma with graphene slightly improved performance, it did not exceed plasma-only results due to potential surface functionalization losses during wet graphene application. …”
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Fine-grained image classification using the MogaNet network and a multi-level gating mechanism by Dahai Li, Su Chen

“…A feature elimination strategy is proposed to suppress the interference of fuzzy class features and background noise. A loss function is designed to constrain the elimination of fuzzy class features and classification prediction. …”
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Applications of citrus peels valorisation in circular bioeconomy by Harsh Kumar, Shivani Guleria, Neetika Kimta, Eugenie Nepovimova, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Nidhi Sethi, Tejas Suthar, Ayaz Mukarram Shaikh, Kovács Bela, Endre Harsányi

“…Conclusively, the review comprehensively aligns with sustainable practices in the agro-industrial sector, alongside the circular bioeconomy concept.…”
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Valorization of Moringa oleifera Lam.: Healthy green biomass for circular bioeconomy by Harsh Kumar, Shivani Guleria, Rajni Dhalaria, Eugenie Nepovimova, Nidhi Bhardwaj, Pooja Jha, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Narinder Verma, Tabarak Malik

“…The current review outlines the potential application of Moringa oleifera in biofuel production, the synthesis of green nanomaterials, and the fortification of functional foods and feed to enhance nutritional value. …”
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Technological Innovations and Circular Economy in the Valorization of Agri-Food By-Products: Advances, Challenges and Perspectives by Carlos A. Ligarda-Samanez, Mary L. Huamán-Carrión, Wilber Cesar Calsina-Ponce, Germán De la Cruz, Dante Fermín Calderón Huamaní, Domingo J. Cabel-Moscoso, Antonina J. Garcia-Espinoza, Reynaldo Sucari-León, Yolanda Aroquipa-Durán, Jenny C. Muñoz-Saenz, Mauricio Muñoz-Melgarejo, Enoc E. Jilaja-Carita

“…This paper also discusses current applications in functional foods and nutraceuticals, outlining promising directions for the sector. …”
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Comparing the Movement System Impairment Method and Routine Physical Therapy for Knee Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Mohammadreza Farazdaghi, Hassan Sadeghi, Marjan Alipour Haghighi, Salem M. Alshammari

“…Fifty patients with unilateral knee pain participated, with their femur, tibia, and knee alignment assessed in nine functional positions. Evaluations included the Tegner Activity Scale, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), muscle power, extensibility, and pain levels. …”
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Suprapatellar Technique for Tibia Fractures: Is the Fracture Level Important? by Sunil Yadav, Gokul Kumar, Sanket Tanpure, Chintamani Keluskar, Atul Bhavsar, Sagar Kharat

“…This study is prospective observational study primary aim to assess the healing duration, alignment, lower extremity functional score, and complications associated with suprapatellar (SP) tibial intramedullary nailing (IMN) for proximal, shaft, and distal tibial fractures. …”
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What strategies do people with borderline personality disorder use to maintain their well-being and performance at work? by Nadine Larivière, Marc Corbière, Eve-Lyne Robitaille-Beaumier, Pierre David, Lionel Cailhol

“…Key strategies enabling work functioning focused on self-regulation, cultivating positive workplace relationships, as well as task and time management. …”
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Electronic catalog as an object of quality assessment by G. A. Skaruk

“…The composition of EC components as quality assessment objects and main evaluating indicators for each component are determined: bibliographical databases (including fullness, data identity and relevance, efficiency, completeness of documents’ identifying characteristics, compliance with the bibliographic description rules, entire and depth of document content reflection, stability of indexing); lexicographic databases (including the information search language (ISL) vocabulary completeness and detail, data identity and relevance, correct wording and alignment of the access points, the compliance with requirements of data presentation formats, ISL grammar tools composition and functionality); factographic data (information completeness and accuracy on the availability and location of publication copies, their movement); database management system and information processing s y st em (functional suitability, accessibility, ease of use, application reliability and security, efficiency, mobility); search system (ISL functionality, ease of navigation in the catalog, efficiency of search techniques and algorithms, relevance criteria, completeness and ease of understanding of search instructions, maintaining the system to help users); user interface (completeness of tasks solved by the system, compliance with human capabilities, visibility and functionality of formats, user-friendly modes of operation with the interface, user feedback, comfort, compliance with aesthetic requirements); system for ensuring the reliability of information storage .…”
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Standardized Measurement of Muscle Strength and Physical Performance for Sarcopenia: An Expert-Based Delphi Consensus by Seung-Kyu Lim, Jaewon Beom, Sang Yoon Lee, Kyunghoon Min, Seong-Eun Byun, Yonghan Cha, Jun Hwan Choi, Jung-Yeon Choi, Jae-Young Han, Hak-Chul Jang, Hee-Won Jung, Kwang-Il Kim, Younji Kim, Young-Sang Kim, Jong Hwa Lee, Jong In Lee, Seung Yeol Lee, Kil-Byung Lim, Bumjo Oh, Sae-Jong Park, Ga Yang Shim, Wook Song, Chang Won Won, Jun-Il Yoo, Seung Don Yoo, Jae-Young Lim

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Enhancing Thermochemical Energy Storage Performance of Perovskite with Sodium Ion Incorporation by Zeyu Ning, Yibin He, Peiwang Zhu, Dong Chen, Fan Yang, Jinsong Zhou, Gang Xiao

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Dynamic Femur Fracture Brace vs Hip Spica Cast for Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study by Virginia F. Casey, MD, Calvin C. Chandler, MD, George D. Graham, MD, Steven L. Frick, MD

“…The prefabricated DF2 functional brace offers an alternative to traditional spica casting, which is effective but has limitations. …”
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Cold hardiness evaluation and physiological mechanism elucidation in apricot-plum hybrid (Prunus salicina × P. armeniaca) germplasm by WANG Aning, QI Anguo, WANG Mengyao, ZHU Gaopu, LI Taishan, LI Fangdong, YANG Shaobin, HU Haifang, BAI Danfeng

“…Additionally, SOD and POD activity of Konglongdan and Weidi fluctuated significantly. Membership function analysis confirmed the cold tolerance hierarchy: XL9> Weiwang>Konglongdan>Weidi, aligning with LT50 rankings. …”
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Transcriptome Sequencing and Bioinformatic Analysis of Astragalus sinicus ‘Yuelvfei No. 1’ by Jingyu LI, Yan GU, Liping GONG, Zijian FU, Jiahao ZHONG, Jihua WANG

“…Among the unigenes, 20 930 were functionally annotated in databases, including 13 858 annotated in the KEGG database and 17 439 annotated in the GO database, covering cellular anatomical entities, binding, and cellular processes. …”
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The relationship between physical activity and academic performance among health professional students: a correlational study by Thamer A. Altaim, Shenbaga Sundaram Subramanian, Akshya Sam, Latifah Alenezi, Kavitha Ramanathan, Riziq Allah Mustafa Gaowgzeh, Porkodi Arjunan, Ahmed Fekry Salman

“…Additionally, gender and BMI were not significantly associated with PA or academic performance.Discussion: These results align with previous studies suggesting that PA supports cognitive function and well-being but does not necessarily enhance academic outcomes. …”
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A review for DFT in chemical mechanism of SERS studies by Aleksandr Zozulya, Andrey Zyubin, Ilia Samusev

“…This review presents the state of the art in using density functional theory (DFT) to investigate the mechanism of chemical enhancement in surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). …”
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First-Principle Insights into Positive Triboelectrification of Polyoxymethylene Through Homolytic Bond Rupture by Giulio Fatti, Hyunseok Ko, Sung Beom Cho

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Technological properties of improved haricot bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) varieties cultivated in Ethiopia by Endris Hussen Ahmed, Tilahun A. Teka, Kumela Dibaba Tolera, Habtamu Fekadu Gemede, Kedir Ebrahim Hussen

“…This study examines the geometrical, functional, and physical properties of six varieties, revealing significant variations in seed dimensions with DAB 96 having the longest length (15.1 mm), BZ 2 the narrowest width (6.25 mm), and Ado the greatest thickness (7.02 mm). …”
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Magnetically Modified Bentonite for Optimized Erythromycin Removal via RSM and DFT Analysis by Ying-Chieh Hung, Yu-Qi Wu, Ru-Hau Ye, Hsiu-Min Hung, Gui-Bing Hong

“…The theoretical binding energy aligns with experimental results, confirming the role of magnetic modification in promoting ERY adsorption. …”
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