Influence of Sodium Alginate Concentration on Microcapsules Properties Foreseeing the Protection and Controlled Release of Bioactive Substances by Kamal Essifi, Mohamed Brahmi, Doha Berraaouan, Abderrahim Ed-Daoui, Ali El Bachiri, Marie-Laure Fauconnier, Abdesselam Tahani

“…In this work, we aimed to study the effect of alginate concentration in the improvement of the encapsulation efficiency (EE) and on the release of phenolic and flavonoid substances. …”
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Effectiveness of Astaxanthin as a Feed Supplement to Improve Growth Performance and Feed Utilization in Aquaculture Animals: A Meta-Analysis by Bowen Li, Chunxiu Chen, Xiaoqing Zhou, Huiru Liu, Zhixiong Zhou, Xiaoyu Wang, Jian Liang, Yongjun Guo, Shuang Liang

“…The subgroup analysis revealed differences related to species, trophic level, and habitat, and estimated the optimal dose for key indicators. …”
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Advancing medicinal plant agriculture: integrating technology and precision agriculture for sustainability by Vinay Kumar, Ashwini Zadokar, Pankaj Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Rajnish Sharma, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, Mohammad Irfan, Rahul Chandora

“…These difficulties drew the attention of the international scientific community to farm sustainability and energy efficiency studies that put forth the idea of precision agriculture (site-specific crop management) in medicinal plants. …”
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Exploring Impact of the Ultrasound and Combined Treatments on Food Quality: A Comprehensive Review by Haththotuwa Gamage Amal Sudaraka Samarasinghe, Sandarenu Dharmaprema, Udani Manodya, Kalmee Pramoda Kariyawasam, Udara Chandrajith Samaranayake

“…This method, known for its cost-efficiency and sustainability, holds significant promise in meeting the increasing need for high-quality, chemical-free, and natural-tasting convenience foods in the ever-changing landscape of the food industry. …”
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An Improved Adaptive Coding and Modulation Scheme With Hybrid Switching Standard for UAV-to-Ground Free Space Optical Communication by Qianwu Zhang, Boyang Liu, Guanwen Chen, Shucheng Zhan, Zhiyu Li, Jing Zhang, Ning Jiang, Bingyao Cao, Zhengxuan Li

“…In order to improve bits efficiency in different turbulence, a channel estimator based on Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) and a hybrid switching standard based on frame error rate (FER) of LDPC decoding are applied. …”
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Comparative analysis of duck Tembusu virus Cluster 1 and Cluster 2.1 in Culex tritaeniorhynchus: Insights into viral characteristics, infectivity, and innate immune response by Chalida Sri-in, Duangduean Prakairungnamthip, Kanana Rungprasert, Aunyaratana Thontiravong, Lyric C. Bartholomay, Sonthaya Tiawsirisup

“…Interestingly, DTMUV2.1 was more efficient than DTMUV1 in inducing the production of mRNAs for macroglobulin complement-related factor, thioester-containing protein, and antimicrobial peptides (cecropin family) within the mosquito salivary gland. …”
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Comparative study of varying Ce and Y additions on characteristics and modification of inclusion in CoCrFeNiMn high-entropy alloy by Baoshu Yin, Yuewen Fan, Xiaojun Hu, Kuochih Chou

“…The addition amounts of different rare earth elements and their efficiency in removing harmful elements O, S, and Se were investigated. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF THE SUBJECT-SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SCHOOL BY THE METHOD OF SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL by I. A. Vinogradova, E. V. Ivanova, O. V. Nesterova

“…This circumstance makes it necessary to develop reliable diagnostic tools that enable to study the environment of educational organizations, its impact on quality of activity and successful communications of school students and teachers.The aims of this article are the following: to reveal the possibilities of the comprehensive diagnostics of the school environment and its different spatial zones; to identify and compare the perception of school space by different participants of educational relations.Methodology and research methods. …”
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It is a matter of convenience: why welfare technologies have become domesticated in Swedish eldercare by Susanne Frennert, Katrin Skagert, Anna Williamsson

“…The empirical material was thematically analysed, focusing on different categories of welfare technologies and their ascribed meanings. …”
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Inbreeding and genetic load in a pair of sibling grouse species: Tetrastes sewersowi and T. bonasia by Kai Song, Tom van der Valk, Bin Gao, Peter Halvarsson, Yun Fang, Wendong Xie, Siegfried Klaus, Zhiming Han, Yue-Hua Sun, Jacob Höglund

“…However, when we compared the relatively more severe class of loss-of-function mutations, Hazel Grouse had slightly higher levels than Chinese Grouse, a result which may indicate that purifying selection (purging) has been more efficient in Chinese Grouse on this class of mutations.…”
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Human saliva exerts strong type-dependent effects on adenovirus infectivity by Erwan Sallard, Wenli Zhang, Nikita Chilakamarri, Setareh Farzanehkari, Setareh Farzanehkari, Inga Marte Charlott Seuthe, Anja Ehrhardt, Malik Aydin, Malik Aydin

“…BackgroundThe development of mucosal adenovirus (Ad) vaccine vectors is considered one of the next frontiers to protect vulnerable patients from respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens. An efficient delivery to or through the oral cavity necessitates a thorough understanding of Ad interactions with saliva for oral, buccal or sublingual vaccine delivery, which could additionally prove instrumental in the containment of natural Ad infections but remains unexplored. …”
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On the Horizon: A Global Multidisciplinary Perspective on Delivering Emerging Therapies for Patients with BCG-Naïve High-Risk NMIBC by Bernadett E. Szabados, Félix Guerrero-Ramos, Enrique Grande, Petros Grivas, Viktor Grünwald, Marta Carpintero Miguel, Syed A. Hussain, Girish S. Kulkarni, Ana Lisa Wilson, Neal D. Shore, Srikala S. Sridhar, Mary Hoyt, Samantha Strumeier, Jennifer Sutton, Julia Brinkmann, Rosemary E. Teresi, Tilman Todenhöfer

“…We emphasize the need for multidisciplinary care, either through formalized multidisciplinary teams or cross-discipline collaborative workflows adapted to local needs, to ensure efficient coordination and sharing of responsibilities. …”
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STYLISTIC MEANS OF IMPLEMENTING THE IDEA OF THE WORLD’S IRIDESCENCE IN PH.K. DICK’S “UBIK” IN THE CONTEXT OF TRANSLATION TRANSFORMATIONS by Svitlana F. Aleksenko, Larysa I. Taranenko

“…Grammatical transformations com- pose nearly two fifths (39.8 %) of the researched body of units, the most efficient ones being substitution and word order change. …”
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Identification of miRNAs Involved in Lipid Metabolism and Tuber Development in <i>Cyperus esculentus</i> L. by Yunfei Gao, Le Wang, Shanshan Cao, Liangyu Chen, Xueying Li, Weixuan Cong, Songnan Yang, Jian Zhang, Xiaojun Nie, Jun Zhang

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The View of Parents About Asylum Seeker Children by Damla Mutlu, Gonca Keskindemirci, Öykü Özbörü Aşkan, Pınar Yılmazbaş, Melike Zeynep Tuğrul Aksakal, Bahar Kural, Aylin Yetim Şahin, Hacer Nalbant, Emine Gülbin Gökçay

“…Materials and Methods: Our study was conducted with 231 voluntary parents who were admitted to five different child health clinics between June and October 2017. …”
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Systems Biology of Recombinant 2G12 and 353/11 mAb Production in CHO-K1 Cell Lines at Phosphoproteome Level by Eldi Sulaj, Felix L. Sandell, Linda Schwaigerlehner, Gorji Marzban, Juliane C. Dohm, Renate Kunert

“…<b>Background</b>: Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are extensively used in the pharmaceutical industry for producing complex proteins, primarily because of their ability to perform human-like post-translational modifications. However, the efficiency of high-quality protein production can vary significantly for monoclonal antibody-producing cell lines, within the CHO host cell lines or by extrinsic factors. …”
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Assessment of Usability of Digital Side Mirror Technology Concerning Parking Speed and Accuracy by Povýšil Jakub, Hruška Michal, Jelen Stanislav, Benda Petr, Zifia Anna Maria, Benda Tomáš, Vojtěchová Nikita, Bradna Jiří

“…Based on these findings, it can be concluded that digital side mirrors, although representing a modern technological advancement, may have limited practical usability in terms of safety and efficiency, particularly in maneuvers requiring a high degree of precision. …”
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Simulation Analysis of Vibration Induced by Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Sand Mixing Pump by Dai Qiping, Sun Tianhui, Peng Junwei, Dong Fuqiang, Li Sen, Zhou Qing, Tang Xiao

“…The influence of sand concentration and particle size on vibration is relatively small.…”
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Experimental investigation and techno-economic assessment of oilfield brine-derived carbonates for calcium looping CO2 capture by Rufan Zhou, Chunqing Jiang, Rafal Gieleciak, Lava Kumar Pillari, Lukas Bichler

“…The economic analysis of this integrated technology showed a relatively comparable levelized cost of carbon capture, at less than $200 per tonne of CO2 captured. …”
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Integrating Indoor Hibernation into the Italian Outdoor Snail Farming System: A Potential Solution for Colder Climates by Ramona Ștef, Dan Manea, Anișoara Aurelia Ienciu, Emilian Onișan, Dragoș Vasile Nica, Alin Cărăbeț

“…This two-year study evaluated the feasibility of adapting indoor hibernation technology to the Italian outdoor snail farming (IOSF) system as a solution for overwintering mature <i>C. aspersum</i> snails. (2) Methods: Body weight, survival rates, and mortality factors during key hibernation phases (purging and overwintering) were monitored in three commercial snail farms using different hibernation scenarios. Labor efficiency was evaluated, comparing the use of micro shelters vs. hand-picking for snail collection. …”
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