Establishment of a Protocol for the Characterization of Secreted Biomolecules in Somatic Embryogenic Cultures of <i>Olea europaea</i> L. by Rita Pires, Lénia Rodrigues, Fátima Milhano Santos, Iola F. Duarte, Sergio Ciordia, Augusto Peixe, Hélia Cardoso

“…Proteins and metabolites were separated by filtration, concentrated through lyophilization, and precipitated using three methods: Acetone, TCA/Acetone, and Methanol/Chloroform. The efficiency of these methods was evaluated through total protein quantification and via SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. …”
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Enhanced Oligopeptide and Free Tryptophan Release from Chickpea and Lentil Proteins: A Comparative Study of Enzymatic Modification with Bromelain, Ficin, and Papain by Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy, Tarek Alshaal, Nevien Elhawat, Zoltán Kovács, László Kaszás, Áron Béni, Attila Kiss

“…UHPLC analysis highlighted a marked post-hydrolysis increase in total free amino acids, with arginine, leucine, and lysine being the most abundant ones. …”
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Inonotus obliquus fermentation product improves growth performance and meat quality probably through intestine and antioxidant capacity enhanced by gut microbes and metabolites reg... by Lin Zhang, Zhiguo Fei, Yaling Ding, Yajia Zhang, Zhiyong Ding, Yueyan Huang, Junkun Wang, Gongyan Liu, Liya Bai, Jiaqiang Wu

“…Additionally, IOFP supplementation resulted in significant increases (P < 0.05) in total antioxidant capacity (T-AOC), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and nitric oxide (NO) activity or concentration in the serum and muscle. …”
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The Integration of a Medium-Resolution Underwater Radioactivity System in the COSYNA Observing System at Helgoland Island, Germany by Christos Tsabaris, Stylianos Alexakis, Miriam Lienkämper, Max Schwanitz, Markus Brand, Manolis Ntoumas, Dionisis L. Patiris, Effrosyni G. Androulakaki, Philipp Fischer

“…As concerns the quantification of ¹³⁷Cs, the average activity concentration in terms of the total monitoring period (although it is uncertain) was found to be 6 ± 4 Bqm⁻³. …”
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Concentrating PV/T Hybrid System for Simultaneous Electricity and Usable Heat Generation: A Review by Longzhou Zhang, Dengwei Jing, Liang Zhao, Jinjia Wei, Liejin Guo

“…The photovoltaic thermal hybrid system (PV/T), combining active cooling with thermal electricity and providing both electricity and usable heat, can enhance the total efficiency of the system with reduced cell area. …”
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Design and Prototyping of a Dust Extraction System with a Suppression Mechanism: A Case Study of Limestone Dust on Small Scale Mines by Kambasu Bowen

“…The designed machine had an efficiency of 78% total dust and replaceable filters will be recommended for further cleaning of the air. …”
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Seasonal Water Footprint Assessment For A Paint Industry Wastewater Treatment Plant by Pelin Yapıcıoğlu

“…Total blue water footprintis 4866.9 m3.year-1 and the peak value is 421.7 m3.month-1in March. …”
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Screening of Cellulase Producing Strains and Study on Their Enzymatic Properties by Shili WU, Yingying XIE, Xuening DUAN, Manshi YE, Weiqi XU, Guidong HUANG, Xianfeng ZHONG, Hong REN

“…The results showed that a total of three strains with relatively high cellulase activity were screened, all of which were identified as Bacillus velezensis, with carboxymethylcellulase activity ranging from 109.37±6.89 U/mL to 125.97±4.37 U/mL. …”
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Antimicrobial peptides as promising additives to Awassi lambs nutrition by A. M. M. Mani

“…The results revealed that dietary supplementation with AMPs improved performance namely final body weight (FBW), total weight gain (TWG), average daily gain (ADG), and feed conversion efficiency (FCR), but no effect was observed on dry matter intake. …”

Exploring the relationship between dietary rapeseed meal, condensed tannin and growth, nutrive metabolism in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) by Peng Kang, Xiaoshuang Xia, Ying Hang, Xueming Hua

“…Among the groups of CT supplementation and RM, CT5 exhibited superior WGR, PER and FCR compared to RM5, along with enhanced intestinal trypsin, amylase activity, liver glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT) activity and decreased content of HG and liver TG; CT25 exhibited decreased activities of gastric lipase (LPS), enteric trypsin and pepsin, and increased content of total cholesterol (T-CHO) and glucose in plasma in compariosn to RM25, accompanied with no significant change in growth performance. …”
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Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Antioxidant Compounds from “Cẩm” Purple Rice Bran for Modulation of Starch Digestion by Le Thi Kim Loan, Nguyen Minh Thuy, Ngo Van Tai

“…Additionally, sonication, an emerging and “green” technological approach, has been employed to augment the extraction efficiency of these antioxidants. This research is aimed at optimizing and maximizing the antioxidant recovery capacity including phenolic and total flavonoid compounds, along with their antioxidant activities, through the assistance of ultrasound waves. …”
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Influence of NaCl treatments on growth and biochemical parameters of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) by Mohsen JANMOHAMMADI, Amin ABBASI, Naser SABAGHNIA

“…The results of this study suggest that the salt sensitivity of Castor bean plant under salt stress conditions is probably due to a lack of efficient activity of CAT and GPX probably lead to imperfect H2O2 scavenging.…”
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Secure performance analysis and detection of pilot attack in massive multiple-input multiple-output system by Xianyu Zhang, Daoxing Guo, Kefeng Guo, Hehao Niu

“…To maximize the secrecy energy efficiency of the system, the optimal power allocation strategy is studied under total power constraints. …”
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Desporto Universitário em Portugal: novas perguntas e novas possibilidades (Deporte Universitario en Portugal: Nuevas preguntas y nuevas posibilidades) (University Sports in Portu... by Fernando Santos, António Camilo, Paulo Pereira, António Cardoso

“…Ante estos hallazgos, el texto que presentamos pretende contribuir a la reflexión sobre el significado, la importancia y las posibles intervenciones (nuevas praxis) del deporte universitario, tratando de presentar, para ello, posibles caminos hacia la promoción de un deporte universitario total en su radicalismo humano. Abstract. University sport has deserved particular attention from educators and researchers, both nationally and internationally, as university sport is an activity that, in addition to its sporting mission (eg, competitive, cooperative) also has (should have) a social, axiological and cultural mission. …”
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Effects of energy density of diets and dietary Pediococcus acidilactici supplementation on productive performance, egg quality, and intestinal function in laying hens by Airong Dong, Xuemei Ding, Jianping Wang, Qiufeng Zeng, Shiping Bai, Yue Xuan, Shanshan Li, Sharina Qi, Xiaojuan Bi, Chao He, Keying Zhang

“…The LE group had significantly lower eggshell strength, Haugh unit, trypsin activity, lipase activity, and tibia breaking strength compared to the NE group (P < 0.05). …”
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Methods and Conditions for Achieving Continuous Improvement of Processes by Florica BADEA, Cătălina RADU, Ana-Maria GRIGORE

“…The first signs of change date from the '80s, with the apparition of quality circles and groups of operators on quality issues, principles which are also found in other continuous improvement strategies like: TQM (Total Quality Management), TPM (Total Production Maintenance), Kaizen and Six-Sigma. …”
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Invasive Aquatic Weeds Suppress Predator–Prey Cascades: Evidence from a Mesocosm Study by Pierre William Froneman

“…The increased habitat complexity conferred by the water hyacinth root system provided refugia for zooplankton. The decline in total Chl-a concentration and the size structure of the phytoplankton community under elevated levels of water hyacinth cover can therefore probably be related to both the unfavorable light environment conferred by the plant cover and the increased grazing activity of zooplankton. …”
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Analysis of Waste of Customer Service Time for New Installations with a Lean Service Approach at PT XYZ by Floresta Andriano De Hautsmand, Enny Aryanny

“…The results from the current value stream mapping revealed that the total lead time for the process was 17.708 minutes, with value-added time of only 253 minutes, resulting in a Process Cycle Efficiency (PCE) of 1,4%. …”
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Phytochemical evaluation and antioxidant potential of Echinodorus macrophyllus extracts by Antônio Lisboa Ribeiro, Marcus Vinícius Gonçalves Antunes, Christiane Fátima Oliveira, Rafaela Camargos Rodrigues Machado, Rafael Rodrigues Silva, Brayan Jonas Mano-Sousa, Lucas Santos Azevedo, Joaquim Mauricio Duarte-Almeida, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the active chemical compounds in the powder of E. macrophyllus leaves extracted by two different methods (Soxhlet [SXT] and ultrasound-assisted extraction [UAE]), quantify the total phenolic compound (TPC) and total flavonoid (TFC) content, and evaluate the antioxidant potential and larvicidal activity. …”
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Transcriptome and detoxification enzyme–related gene analysis of the Cydia pomonella response to walnut husks by Xiaoyan Cao, Guangdong Li, Xiaoqin Ye, Adil Sattar

“…This study preliminarily elucidated the detoxification mechanism of C. pomonella in response to walnut husks using transcriptome (total RNA sequencing) analysis and enzyme activity assays. …”
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