Sustainable development of chitosan-gelatin composite films for food packaging using crude chitosan extracted from American lobster (Homarus americanus) shell waste by Abhinav Jain, Beth Mason, Marianne Su-Ling Brooks

“…Films prepared at 80 °C exhibited the best elasticity (100.4 %) and the lowest vapor permeability (1.2 g.mm/kPa.h.m2) while maintaining adequate tensile strength (27 MPa). This study demonstrates a sustainable approach for developing chitosan-gelatin composite films using renewable marine processing byproducts. …”
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Characterization and evaluation of immobilized bimetallic and trimetallic nanoparticles fabricated using grape leaf extract and glass waste for cefixime removal by Teeba Salih Merjan, Ziad Tark Abd Ali

“…Negative magnitudes of ΔG° showed that the adsorption of CEF was spontaneous and thermodynamically beneficial; high ΔS° and ΔH° magnitudes indicated increasing randomness at the solid-liquid interface and an endothermic adsorption process. Moreover, copper's inclusion in the trimetallic system increases adsorption effectiveness by adding more reactive sites, thus enhancing surface characteristics and facilitating more efficient interaction with CEF molecules. …”
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Accurate full-scale patient-specific Circle of Willis models including aneurysms: A novel manufacturing approach. by Jan Gottfried Minkenberg, Lara Bender, Christiane Franz, Rebecca May, Omid Nikoubashman, Martin Wiesmann, Thorsten Sichtermann

“…This method simplifies the production process, reduces costs and maintains high geometric accuracy, making it suitable for hemodynamic studies, device evaluation, and clinical training.…”
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Review on the recent trends of food dryer technologies and optimization methods of drying parameters by Dawit Andualem Asrate, Addisu Negash Ali

“…Additionally, theoretical, semi-empirical, and empirical thin-layer models are discussed as effective methods for accurately fitting drying process data. Achieving high-quality dried products requires maintaining uniform airflow distribution within the dryer and optimizing key parameters such as drying temperature, moisture content, drying rate, drying time, and airflow speed. …”
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Absolute Vicarious Calibration, Extended PICS (EPICS) Based De-Trending and Validation of Hyperspectral Hyperion, DESIS, and EMIT by Harshitha Monali Adrija, Larry Leigh, Morakot Kaewmanee, Dinithi Siriwardana Pathiranage, Juliana Fajardo Rueda, David Aaron, Cibele Teixeira Pinto

“…Also, this work adds two other hyperspectral sensors, DLR Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) and Earth Surface mineral Dust Source Investigation instrument (EMIT), to maintain temporal continuity and enhance spatial coverage along with spectral resolution. …”
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Dynamics of Soil Water Evaporation during Soil Drying: Laboratory Experiment and Numerical Analysis by Jiangbo Han, Zhifang Zhou

“…Results show that the evaporative drying process could be divided into three stages, beginning with a relatively high evaporation rate during stage 1, followed by a lower rate during transient stage and stage 2, and finally maintaining a very low and constant rate during stage 3. …”
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Influence of Cryogenic Treatment of Cutting Tools on the Machinability Characteristics of Materials: A Comprehensive Review by Shahnaza Akhter, M. Jebran Khan, M.F. Wani, Mohammad Arif Parray, Shuhaib Mushtaq

“…This review gives analysis about the cryogenic treatment process, cryogenic fluid used, temperature/pressure maintained, and desired improvements achieved. …”
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Effect of high voltage electrostatic field treatment on the storability of postharvest ponkan fruit by WU Jue, XIE Wenhua, XU Shuting, CHEN Yezhi, CAO Jinping, WANG Yue, SUN Chongde

“…Correspondingly, the number of surface microorganisms was reduced by the HVEF treatment. …”
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Coconut shell activated carbon engineered for triphasic adsorption and multimechanistic removal of emerging contaminant F-53B by Yongming Wu, Kexuan Pei, Jiayu Zhou, Jianzhong Xiong, Yu Liu, Panrong Li, Fangfei Li, Jiaqi Wang, Xiangmin Liu, Mi Deng, Chenxi Wu

“…Solution pH influenced adsorption efficiency by regulating surface charge. Under acidic conditions (pH < point of zero charge, pHzpc = 4.49), strong electrostatic interactions between protonated CSAC surfaces and anionic F-53B resulted in an 85% removal efficiency. …”
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Preparation of Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Based on Group Sensing Quenching and Their Adsorption Characteristics on Signaling Molecules by Junqiang SUN, Haiyang YANG, Yao QU, Huarong YU, Fangshu QU, Yuxuan WAN

“…DMHF/SMIP exhibited excellent stability and recyclability, maintaining an adsorption efficiency of 83.01% even after five consecutive adsorption-desorption cycles. …”
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Creep Behavior and Long-Term Deformation Prediction of Ground Reinforced by High-Permeability Grouting by Li Chenhui, Xu Zhipeng, Zhou Pengkun, Zhang Hongbo, Zheng Yantao, Li Runguo, Liu Changwu

“…Each load increment was maintained until creep deformation approached stabilization, after which the next load level was applied, continuing until specimen failure. …”
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Optimization design of nickel-titanium shape memory alloy anti-loose gaskets based on ABAQUS numerical simulation by Tianxiang Xue, Xinmei Li, Shuai Suo, Wen Li, Yanjiang Bu, Dongting Wu

“…This paper addressed the issue of maintaining long-term stability under complex conditions with traditional anti-loose gaskets used in the power industry. …”
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Effect of protein oxidation on the quality of abalone (Haliotis discus hannai) during frozen storage under different packaging conditions by Siyuan Zhu, Chen Zhang, Yijun Liu, Dan Jiang, Qiancheng Zhao, Xiqin Mao, Xia Hu, Bohai Jiang

“…Compared to others, vacuum packaging decreased carbonyl content (3.41–24.46 %) and slowed down the oxidation process among 9 ∼ 19w, while ice-coating increased L* value (4.12–12.75 %) and maintained freshness among 8 ∼ 19w. …”
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Large-scale 3D printed fouling-resistant self-floating evaporator by Yiru Pu, Wenzhu Lin, Xiaoxue Yao, Qili Xu, Wai Kin Lo, Yuyi Liu, Jiawei Sun, Yijun Zeng, Songnan Bai, Miaomiao Cui, Stevin Pramana, Tong Li, Zuankai Wang, Steven Wang

“…This 3D concave-shaped solar evaporator design, achieved through 3D printing and double-sided surface modification, allows interfacial desalination process to occur at the bottom surface of the evaporator with superior heat transfer, ultra-effective salt-resistance and enlarged water-air interfacial area. …”
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Research Progress on CO Oxidation with Supported Noble Metal Catalysts by Yang ZOU, Xiaolong LIU, Tingyu ZHU

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Transendothelial migration of the Lyme disease spirochete involves spirochete internalization as an intermediate step through a transcellular pathway that involves Cdc42 and Rac1 by Daiana Alvarez-Olmedo, Claire Kamaliddin, Theodore B. Verhey, May Ho, Rebekah De Vinney, George Chaconas

“…To probe the molecular details of transendothelial migration more easily, we studied this process using cultured primary or telomerase-immortalized human microvascular endothelial cells in a medium that maintains both the human cells and the spirochetes. …”
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Optimizing Niosomal Formulations for Enhanced Cellular Applications by Nilufer Cakir, Naile Ozturk, Asli Kara, Ali Zarrabi, Nur Mustafaoglu

“…To enhance half-life and penetration, especially in higher electrostatic regions like the central nervous system (CNS), we proposed a neutralized surface charge (−10 to 10 mV) while maintaining size within 100–200 nm and polydispersity below 0.5. …”
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Comprehensive Comparative Review of the Cement Experimental Testing Under CO₂ Conditions by Khizar Abid, Andrés Felipe Baena Velásquez, Catalin Teodoriu

“…This degradation can create flow paths that enable the leakage of sequestered CO₂ to the surface, posing risks to humans, animals, and the environment. …”
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Natural convection of viscoplastic fluids in side-heated open cavities by Paulo R.M. Santos, Admilson T. Franco, Silvio L.M. Junqueira, Muhammad Nadeem

“…The cavity has adiabatic horizontal surfaces and a heated vertical surface parallel to a vast reservoir with quiescent fluid maintained at a temperature lower than the cavity wall temperature. …”
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Hepatitis C Virus E2 Protein Ectodomain Is Essential for Assembly of Infectious Virions by Alessia Bianchi, Stefania Crotta, Michela Brazzoli, Steven K. H. Foung, Marcello Merola

“…Our data indicate that the soluble part of the E2 protein is involved in a genotype-specific interplay with remaining viral proteins that affect the HCV assembly process.…”
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