High-quality instant black tea manufactured using fresh tea leaves by two-stage submerged enzymatic processing by Junhao Kong, Xiufang Yang, Xiaobo Zuo, Xiaoqin Su, Bing Hu, Xinle Liang

“…The changes of aroma profiles and chemical constituents including theaflavins (TFs), thearubigins (TRs), theabrownines (TBs) and TRs/TFs ratio in converted tea brews under two-stage enzyme catalyzed fermentation and extraction conditions were further compared between different treatments, based on which the optimised conditions were determined. …”
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An Experimental and Kinetic Study of the Sorption of Carbon Dioxide onto Amine-Treated Oil Fly Ash by Mohammed A. Saad, Mohammed J. Al-Marri, Ali L. Yaumi, Ibnelwaleed A. Hussein, Reyad Shawabkeh

“…Ammonium hydroxide solution is used to convert OFA to activated carbon. Then, the product is used for the adsorption of CO2 from a nitrogen/carbon dioxide (N2/CO2) gas mixture. …”
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Acute Kidney Injury Secondary to Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis by Varun Mamidi, Manikantan Shekar, Jaiju James Chakola, Vamsi Krishna Makkena, Jayakumar Matcha

“…All the markers of tuberculosis were negative and angiotensin converting enzyme levels were elevated. Patient improved with 1 mg/kg/day oral steroid therapy and is on regular follow-up with minimal dose of steroids. …”
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Anaerobic fermentation slurry from kitchen waste as carbon source for wastewater treatment by CHE Dongni, ZHANG Liqiang, ZHANG Minghui, LIU Yongxia, LI Ning

“…As a result, the VFAs production after H2O2 pretreatment increased from 10 810-18 131 mg/L to 21 000-28 000 mg/L, while the dominant fermentation products were converted from butyric acid to acetic acid. These suggested that the H2O2 pretreatment achieved a significant improvement in the production efficiency of VFAs. …”
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Estimation of True Serum Thyroglobulin Concentration Using Simultaneous Measurement of Serum Antithyroglobulin Antibody by Byeong-Cheol Ahn, Won Kee Lee, Shin Young Jeong, Sang-Woo Lee, Jaetae Lee

“…We investigated the analytical interference of antithyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) to thyroglobulin (Tg) measurement and tried to convert measured Tg concentration to true Tg concentration using a mathematical equation which includes a concentration of TgAb. …”
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Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Control on Cardiovascular Remodeling in Hypertensive Patients with Nephrosclerosis by Otelio Randall, John Kwagyan, Tamrat Retta, Kenneth Jamerson, Velvie Pogue, Keith Norris, Muluemebet Ketete, Shichen Xu, Tom Greene, Xuelei Wang, Lawrence Agodoa

“…Subjects were randomly assigned to usual MAP goal (102–107 mmHg) or a lower MAP goal (≤92 mmHg) and randomized to beta-blocker, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, or calcium channel blocker. …”
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Impact of Comb Cell Diameter on Nectar Evaporation Efficiency in Honey Bees by Shunhua Yang, Qingxin Meng, Tao Ye, Jianming Wang, Wenzheng Zhao, Yakai Tian, Kun Dong

“…Additionally, EHB colonies were more effective than WHB colonies in converting sucrose into fructose and glucose. Under passive evaporation, EHB colonies required at least 48 h to significantly concentrate the sucrose solution, while WHB colonies achieved similar concentrations in just 24 h. …”
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Photocatalytic upcycling of polylactic acid to alanine by sulfur vacancy-rich cadmium sulfide by Yue Wu, Phuc T. T. Nguyen, Sie Shing Wong, Minjun Feng, Peijie Han, Bingqing Yao, Qian He, Tze Chien Sum, Tianyong Zhang, Ning Yan

“…Sulfur vacancy-rich CdS exhibits high stability with maintained performance and morphology over several runs, effectively converts real-life PLA products and shows potential in the amination of other polyesters. …”
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Research on Adhesion Characteristic Experiment of Carbon Particles in Transformer Oil on the Surface of Epoxy Resin Under DC Electric Field by Jiarong Zhong, Zhanlong Zhang, Zijian Dong, Zhixuan Xue, Jiaqi Cheng, Jun Deng, Fan Wang

“…The research conclusion of this article is helpful in guiding the evaluation of insulation performance and the optimization of insulation structure design in the converter transformer valve-side bushing considering the phenomenon of particle adhesion.…”
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Impact of land use change on soil erodibility by F. Taleshian Jeloudar, M. Ghajar Sepanlou, M. Emadi

“…The orchard land use, converted from the rangeland, did not show any increase of soils erodibility and can potentially be introduced as a good alternative land use in sloping areas. …”
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TNF-α and Microalbuminuria in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by I.-Th. Lampropoulou, M. Stangou, A. Papagianni, T. Didangelos, F. Iliadis, G. Efstratiadis

“…Patients with microalbuminuria were older, with higher glycosylated hemoglobin levels (HbA1c) and they more frequently had diabetic retinopathy, neuropathy, and cardiovascular disease and were on treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and/or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs). …”
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Effect of Dementia on the Use of Drugs for Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Heart Disease by Nicole R. Fowler, Amber E. Barnato, Howard B. Degenholtz, Angela M. Curcio, James T. Becker, Lewis H. Kuller, Oscar L. Lopez

“…To examine the effect of dementia on the use of four medications recommended for secondary prevention of ischemic heart disease (IHD): angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, beta-blockers, lipid-lowering medications, and antiplatelet medications. …”
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Quaternion-Based Fast SMC–PD Cross-Domain Tracking Control for Coaxial Hybrid Aerial–Underwater Vehicle Under Oceanic Disturbances by Mingqing Lu, Wei Yang, Fei Liao, Shichong Wu, Yumin Su, Wenhua Wu

“…At the same time, the expected attitude angle is calculated by the outer loop (position) and is converted into the expected quaternion. With reference to the idea of enhanced robustness in active disturbance rejection control (ADRC), a feedforward proportion derivation (PD) controller based on DO enhancement is used to track the desired quaternion. …”
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Graphene-Based, Flexible, Wearable Piezoresistive Sensors with High Sensitivity for Tiny Pressure Detection by Rui Li, Jiahao Hu, Yalong Li, Yi Huang, Lin Wang, Mohan Huang, Zhikun Wang, Junlang Chen, Yan Fan, Liang Chen

“…The piezoresistive performance converts subtle laryngeal articulatory vibration into a stable, regular electrical signal; in addition, there is excellent real-time monitoring capability of human joint movements. …”
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Using drinking data and pharmacokinetic modeling to calibrate transport model and blind deconvolution based data analysis software for transdermal alcohol biosensors by Zheng Dai, I.G. Rosen, Chuming Wang, Nancy Barnett, Susan E. Luczak

“…Transdermal alcohol sensors have been developed to measure transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC), but they are used primarily as abstinence monitors because converting TAC into more meaningful blood/breath alcohol concentration (BAC/BrAC) is difficult. …”
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Enhanced PI Control Based SHC-PWM Strategy for Active Power Filters by Irati Ibanez-Hidalgo, Rodrigo H. Cuzmar, Alain Sanchez-Ruiz, Angel Perez-Basante, Asier Zubizarreta, Salvador Ceballos, Ricardo P. Aguilera

“…Experimental results for a 3-level NPC converter are provided to verify the effectiveness of the control.…”
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Elastic deformation impact on trihybrid nanofluid flow through different geometries with the combine effects of electrophoresis and thermophoresis by Munawar Abbas, A. Al-Zubaidi, Abdullah A. Faqihi, Ilyas Khan, A.F. Aljohani, Abdoalrahman S.A. Ome, Ahmed M. Gala

“…The equations corresponding to the suggested PDEs (particle differential equations) are converted into ODEs (ordinary differential equations) by choosing suitable similarity transformation. …”
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Optimization of Stirling generator for the production of electric energy using non-aggregate methods by Victor Zogbochi, Patrice Koffi Chetangny, Mawuena Medewou, Sossou Houndedako, Gerald Barbier, Didier Chamagne

“…Among the methods of converting thermal energy into electricity, hot air engines (Stirling type) occupy a dominant place because they find their applications both in the renewable energy sector and in the recovery of waste heat. …”
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Studies on Development of Polymeric Materials Using Gamma Irradiation for Contact and Intraocular Lenses by Pranshu Chhabra, Ruchi Gupta, Gunjan Suri, Mukti Tyagi, Geetha Seshadri, S. Sabharwal, U. K. Niyogi, R. K. Khandal

“…Selection of suitable monomers that can be converted into optical materials of desired characteristics is the most essential step. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation of Display Contrast of Gd-EOB-DTPA-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Images: Effects of the Flip Angle and Grayscale Gamma Value by Yusuke Inoue, Hirofumi Hata, Ai Nakajima, Keiji Matsunaga, Yusuke Ohzeki, Tetsuya Hashimoto, Hiroki Haradome

“…Hepatobiliary-phase images were acquired at low (12°) and high (30°) FAs. Low-FA images were converted to simulate images displayed with different gamma values, using ImageJ software. …”
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