Sustainable Extraction of Bioactive Phenolics from Rose Hips for Functional Food Applications: Evaluation of Green Solvents and Extraction Techniques by Hanna Kaczkowska, Marharyta Pestriakova, Jolanta Wółkiewicz, Aneta Krakowska-Sieprawska, Paweł Fijałkowski, Zbigniew Rafiński, Paweł Pomastowski, Justyna Walczak-Skierska, Katarzyna Rafińska

“…Using maceration, ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE), and microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), we compared extraction efficiency, total phenolic content, and antioxidant activity across various solvent systems and techniques. …”
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Organising general practice for care homes: a multi-method study by Barbara Hanratty, Rachel Stocker, David Sinclair, Katie Brittain, Karen Spilsbury, Daniel Stow, Louise Robinson, Fiona E Matthews

“…Between 2019 and 2021, total contacts and estimated costs increased, and urgent referrals and polypharmacy fell. …”
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Combining Carboxylic-Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents and High Temperatures Enhances Phenolic Acid Extraction from Grape Pomace by Francesca Lorenzo, Marialaura Frisina, Sonia Bonacci, Monica Nardi, Manuela Oliverio, Antonio Procopio

“…Phenolic acids are contained in grape pomace, mostly in a conjugate form, and can be a natural source of building blocks if they are efficiently hydrolyzed and extracted from the natural matrix. …”
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A Seed Vigor Test Through a Biospeckle Laser: A Comparison of Local and Global Analyses by Bruno Vicentini, Roberto Alves Braga, José Luís Contado, José Eduardo da Silva Gomes, Rolando de Jesus Gonzalez-Peña

“…Two groups of seeds (872 in total) were classified into high- and low-vigor seeds using the emergence test over 800 samples. …”
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Improved Algorithm to Detect Clandestine Airstrips in Amazon RainForest by Gabriel R. Pardini, Paulo M. Tasinaffo, Elcio H. Shiguemori, Tahisa N. Kuck, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, William R. Gyotoku

“…By addressing the limitations identified in the initial approach, this refined algorithm aims to improve detection accuracy and operational efficiency in complex rainforest environments. Tests in a selected area of the Amazon showed that the modified algorithm resulted in a recall drop of approximately 1% while reducing false positives by 26.6%. …”
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Multi-view mixture-of-experts for predicting molecular properties using SMILES, SELFIES, and graph-based representations by Eduardo Soares, Victor Yukio Shirasuna, Emilio Vital Brazil, Indra Priyadarsini, Seiji Takeda

“…With the increasing demand for training efficiency, mixture-of-experts (MoEs) has become essential for scaling large models by selectively activating sub-networks of experts through a gating network, thereby optimizing performance. …”
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Associations between milk infrared-predicted plasma biomarkers of stress resilience and fertility in dairy cattle: Insights for enhancing breeding programs and herd management by Alessio Cecchinato, Hugo Toledo-Alvarado, Lucio Flavio Macedo Mota, Vittoria Bisutti, Erminio Trevisi, Riccardo Negrini, Sara Pegolo, Stefano Schiavon, Luigi Gallo, Giovanni Bittante, Diana Giannuzzi

“…ABSTRACT: Fertility is a crucial aspect of dairy herd efficiency and sustainability. Among factors influencing fertility in dairy cattle, metabolic stress and systemic inflammation of animals are of main relevance, especially in the postpartum stage when ovarian activity begins and cows are inseminated. …”
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Reduction of Ascites Susceptibility in Broiler Chickens under Cold Stress by Guanidinoacetic Acid Supplementation by Mousa Ezatikia, parviz Farhoomand, Sina Payvastegan, Bahram Pirooz, Negin Delfani

“…Adding arginine to the diet can increase endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity, subsequently increasing nitric oxide production and reducing hematocrit. …”
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Cubosomes as Delivery System to Repositioning Nitrofurantoin in Breast Cancer Management by Louis D, Rizkalla CMZ, Rashad A

“…The factors studied included the ratio of drug to oily phase (1:10 and 2:10), the ratio of oily to aqueous phase (1:10 and 1:5), and the ratio of Glyceryl mono-oleate (GMO) to Poloxamer 407 (PX407) (0.25:1 and 0.5:1). A total of 8 systems were proposed and evaluated by measuring particle size, zeta potential, polydispersity index, and percentage of entrapment efficiency.Results: S6 (1:10 drug: oily phase, 1:5 oily: aqueous phase and 0.5:1 GMO: PX407) with particle size 45.5 ±c1.1 nm and an entrapment efficiency of 98.6 ± 1.8% exhibited highest desirability and was selected for further analysis. …”
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Magnesium‐Mediated Electrochemical Synthesis of Ammonia by Ishita Goyal, Vamsi V. Gande, Rajan R. Bhawnani, Rebecca Hamlyn, Ahmed A. Farghaly, Meenesh R. Singh

“…Abstract Metal‐mediated electrochemical synthesis of ammonia (NH3) is a promising method to activate N2 at room temperature. While a Li‐mediated approach has been optimized to produce NH3 at high current density and selectivity, Li's scarcity and its highly negative plating potential limit scalability and energy efficiency. …”
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Demographic Linkages between Rural and Urban Areas and Its Impact on Creating Social Capital (Case study: Damavand, Firouzkoh, Shemiranat) by Nasrin Kazemi, Mohammad Salmani, Seyed Ali Badri, Sharif Motavaf

“…The samples of this study were selected randomly from 7 districts and 26 villages. …”
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Antihypertensive Amaranth Protein Hydrolysates Encapsulation in Alginate/Pectin Beads: Influence on Bioactive Properties upon In Vitro Digestion by Dora Elisa Cruz-Casas, Rodolfo Ramos-González, Lilia Arely Prado-Barragán, Cristóbal N. Aguilar, Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera, Anna Iliná, Sandra Cecilia Esparza-González, Adriana Carolina Flores-Gallegos

“…The beads formed were evaluated in both wet and dry states for size, roundness, thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), encapsulation efficiency, and ACE-I inhibitory activity. Selected samples underwent in vitro digestion, after which peptide release and ACE-I inhibitory activity were determined. …”
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The Determinants of Nutritional Status of Workers in Manufacturing Sector by Ratih Damayanti, Indah Lutfiya Lutfiya, Fadilatus Sukma Ika Noviarmi Noviarmi

“…Data collection was conducted from January to March 2023 among manufacturing workers at PT A in Surabaya, East Java Province, Indonesia. Of the total 500 workers, 370 respondents were selected as the study sample. …”
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Intranasal respiratory syncytial virus vaccine attenuated by codon-pair deoptimization of seven open reading frames is genetically stable and elicits mucosal and systemic immunity... by Megan Levy, Jessica W Chen, Jaclyn A Kaiser, Hong-Su Park, Xueqiao Liu, Lijuan Yang, Celia Santos, Ursula J Buchholz, Cyril Le Nouën

“…Min AL was attenuated by codon-pair deoptimization (CPD) of seven of the 11 RSV open reading frames (ORFs) (NS1, NS2, N, P, M, SH and L; 2,073 silent nucleotide substitutions in total). Min AL replicated efficiently in vitro at the permissive temperature of 32°C but was highly temperature sensitive (shut-off temperature of 36°C). …”
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Identification of MhLHC gene family under iron (Fe) deficiency stress and functional characterization of MhLHCB15 gene in Malus halliana by Yongjuan Dong, Zhongxing Zhang, Jiao Cheng, Xiaoya Wang, Wenbin Zhao, Donghai Zhang, Yanxiu Wang

“…Transgenic A. thaliana and apple calli had markedly greater levels of osmotic regulatory substances, enzyme activities, FCR activity, and expression of Fe uptake-related genes compared to the WT; however, the MDA content and reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation were less than the WT. …”
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Application of machine learning algorithms for predicting the life-long physiological effects of zinc oxide Micro/Nano particles on Carum copticum by Maryam Mazaheri-Tirani, Soleyman Dayani, Majid Iranpour Mobarakeh

“…The plant root/shoot biomass; number of leaves, branches, umbellates, and flowers; protein content; reducing sugars; phenolic compounds; chlorophylls (a, b, Total); carotenoids; anthocyanins; H2O2; proline; malondialdehyde (MDA); tissue zinc content; superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity; and media ΔpH were measured and considered input variables. …”
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Green synthesized CaO nanoparticles using various mushroom species extracts: Structural characterization, antioxidant and photodegradation ability by Narid Prachumrak, Natthamon Prajudtasri, Vinich Promarak, Songkot Utara

“…Selected photocatalytic activities of CaO-NPs synthesized from an aqueous extract of V. volvacea were also studied. …”
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Antihyperlipidemic, Antihyperglycemic, and Liver Function Protection of Olea europaea var. Meski Stone and Seed Extracts: LC-ESI-HRMS-Based Composition Analysis by Amina Ben Saad, Mohamed Tiss, Henda Keskes, Anisa Chaari, Maria Eleni Sakavitsi, Khaled Hamden, Maria Halabalaki, Noureddine Allouche

“…Moreover, the MSM extract exhibited a prominent selective inhibitory effect against intestinal lipase and α-amylase activities. …”
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Integrated Immuno and bioinformatics assisted novel epitope vaccine against HIV infection: a study based on complete genome by Saurav Kumar Mishra, Abdelkrim Guendouzi, Neeraj Kumar, Ganesh Sharma, Taha Alqahtani, Magdi E. A. Zaki, Md. Abdullah Al mashud, Yewulsew Kebede Tiruneh, John J. Georrge

“…Results A total of 6 B cells, 7 CTL, and 6 HTL were identified as an immunodominant epitope and used for vaccine formulation. …”
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Stability of phenolic compounds and drying characteristics of apple peel as affected by three drying treatments by Qiancheng Ma, Jinfeng Bi, Jianyong Yi, Xinye Wu, Xuan Li, Yuanyuan Zhao

“…In addition, HP at 65 °C provided high-quality dried apple peel due to less browning and brighter appearance, the highest retention of total phenolics (29.35 mg/g) and the strongest antioxidant activities, with the highest ABTS and FRAP value of 127.15 and 219.57 μmol TE/g, respectively. …”
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