Chemical Composition, Functional Properties, and Effect of Inulin from Tunisian Agave americana L. Leaves on Textural Qualities of Pectin Gel by Mohamed Ali Bouaziz, Rabaa Rassaoui, Souhail Besbes

“…The Agave leaves powder had a high amount of total dietary fiber (38.40%), total sugars (45.83%), and protein (35.33%), with a relatively low content in ash (5.94%) and lipid (2.03%). …”
Get full text

Analyzing crop production: Unraveling the impact of pests and pesticides through a fractional model by Navnit Jha, Akash Yadav, Ritesh Pandey, A.K. Misra

“… The continuous growth of the human population raises concerns about food, fiber, and agricultural insecurity. Meeting the escalating demand for agricultural products due to this population surge makes protecting crops from pests becomes imperative. …”
Get full text

New anchovy burgers: a sustainable and nutritious alternative to red meat in fast food by Giovanni Luca Russo, Antonio L. Langellotti, Rossella Di Monaco, Gabriele Buonocunto, Francesca Colonna, Nunzio Velleca, Anna Ilaria Di Paola, Lucia Avella, Silvana Cavella, Paolo Masi

“…Key findings revealed that oat fiber and potato flakes significantly enhance the burger’s cooking yield and sensory characteristics. …”
Get full text

Investigation of voluntary feed intake and behavior of lambs fed different roughages by camera monitoring by Esad Sami Polat, Behiç Coşkun, Emel Gürbüz, Tahir Balevi, İbrahim Çivlik

“…Penned young sheep (n=6, trealments=4) were fed with (our of completely different fiber sources: Barley Straw. Corn Silage, Alfalfa Hay and Sugar Beet Pulp ad libitum, 6 times a day in 4 hour meal intervals and eating behavior ol animals were investigated on. …”
Get full text

Hypercalcemia, Anemia, and Acute Kidney Injury: A Rare Presentation of Sarcoidosis by Neeraj Sharma, Hassan Tariq, Kalpana Uday, Yevgeniy Skaradinskiy, Masooma Niazi, Sridhar Chilimuri

“…Noncontrast computed tomography (CT) scan of chest showed bilateral apical bronchiectasis, but did not show any lymphadenopathy or evidence of malignancy. Subsequently, a fiber optic bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy showed nonnecrotizing granulomatous inflammation consistent with sarcoidosis. …”
Get full text

A Novel Bond Anchor for Unidirectional FRP Member: Conceptual Design and Experimental Investigation by Yue Liu, Qing Wei, Ze-Yu Wang, Peng Xiang, Long-Ji Du, Bai-Yong Fu

“…Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) is an advanced composite material with many advantages including light weight, high strength, and high fatigue and corrosion resistance, which makes unidirectional FRP suitable for tension members, such as cables, prestressing tendons, and tie rods. …”
Get full text

A new household ultrasonic cleaning method for pyrethroids in cabbage by Chengwei Yu, Xu Huang, Yawei Fan, Zeyuan Deng

“…The contents of the compositions such as vitamin C, total soluble sugar, protein and dietary fiber, texture and sensory evaluation of cabbage were not found obvious changes after the ultrasonic treatment combined with baking soda (P > 0.05). …”
Get full text

Use of combined CZM and XFEM techniques for the patch shape performance analysis on the behavior of a 2024-T3 Aluminum structure reinforced with a composite patch by Safa Chahrazad Djebbar, Nadia Kaddouri, Mohamed ElAjrami, Mohamed Belhouari, Kouider Madani

“…Current research aims to optimize the shape size and fiber's nature of this composite patch in order to ensure good load transfer by reducing the stresses in the damaged area. …”
Get full text

Antibacterial action of penicillin against Mycobacterium avium complex by D. Deshpande, G. Magombedze, S. Srivastava, T. Gumbo

“…METHODS: Benzylpenicillin lung concentration–time profiles of seven doses in three dosing schedules were administered for 28 days using the hollow fiber system model of intracellular MAC (HFS-MAC). …”
Get full text

Nutrtional and Phytochemical Characterstics of Fruits and Vegetable Wastes as Livestock Feed: A Case Study in Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia by Mitiku Yohannes, Yisehak Kechero, Yilkal Tadele

“…All fruit and vegetable waste (FVW) samples were collected from homes, marketing facilities, restaurants, and waste disposal facilities. Proximate, detergent fiber component, minerals, and antinutritional factors were among the analyses performed on the collected samples. …”
Get full text

Effects of Osseointegration by Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 on Titanium Implants In Vitro and In Vivo by Fu-Yuan Teng, Wen-Cheng Chen, Yin-Lai Wang, Chun-Cheng Hung, Chun-Chieh Tseng

Get full text

Therapeutic Effect of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Combined with Meibomian Gland Expression (MGX) on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) by Shanshan Wei, Xiaotong Ren, Yuexin Wang, Yilin Chou, Xuemin Li

“…Moreover, the corneal nerve fiber length (CNFL) significantly increased after the treatment (P<0.001). …”
Get full text

Nutritional value and antioxidant activity of ora-pro-nobis, tamarillo and green banana biomasses by Renata de Souza Ferreira, Jucenir dos Santos, Lívya Alves de Oliveira, Ceres Mattos Della Lucia, Márcia Cristina Teixeira Ribeiro Vidigal

“…Using standard methodologies (AOAC, 2005), the following compounds were analyzed in triplicate: protein, lipids, carbohydrate, calories, moisture, total fiber content, calcium, iron, vitamin C (by titrimetry), carotenoids (by High Performance Liquid Chromatography), phenolic compounds (by Folin-Ciocalteau) and antioxidant activities, by DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) and ABTS (2,2'-azino-bis 3-ethylbenzothiacholine-6-sulfonic acid). …”
Get full text

Changes in optic nerve head microvasculature following disc hemorrhage absorption in glaucomatous eyes by Jooyoung Yoon, Kyung Rim Sung, Ko Eun Kim, Hyo Ji Han, Joon Mo Kim

“…Abstract This study investigated the changes in optic nerve head (ONH) microvasculature, circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL) thickness, and visual field (VF) sensitivity following the absorption of optic disc hemorrhage (DH). …”
Get full text

Double Stokes polarimetric microscopy for chiral fibrillar aggregates by Viktoras Mazeika, Kamdin Mirsanaye, Leonardo Uribe Castaño, Serguei Krouglov, Mehdi Alizadeh, Mykolas Maciulis, Lukas Kontenis, Vitalijus Karabanovas, Virginijus Barzda

“…We present a reduced nonlinear polarimetry method named double Stokes polarimetry (DSP) for quick characterization of chiral $$C_6$$ C 6 symmetry fibers without data fitting that simplifies and speeds up the polarimetric analysis. …”
Get full text

Phytonutrients in Oat (Avena sativa L.) Drink: Effect of Plant Extract on Antiradical Capacity, Nutritional Value and Sensory Characteristics by Gramza-Michałowska Anna, Kmiecik Dominik, Kobus-Cisowska Joanna, Żywica Anna, Dziedzic Krzysztof, Brzozowska Anna

“…Analyses of the oat drinks basic composition – including proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, dietary fiber fractions and antioxidant properties with DPPH, ABTS, ORAC and FRAP assays were conducted. …”
Get full text

Thermoregulatory integration in hand prostheses and humanoid robots through blood vessel simulation by Sang-Mi Jeong, Jonguk Yang, Youngsoo Kang, Hee Sung Seo, Keumyoung Seo, Taekyung Lim, Sanghyun Ju

“…Central to this technique is a fiber network simulating blood vessels within the artificial skin. …”
Get full text

Multiobjective Optimization of Composite Material Seat Plate for Mortar Based on the Hybrid Surrogate Model by Fengfeng Wang, Chundong Xu, Lei Li

“…In order to achieve the best match between mortar stability and maneuverability, a multiobjective optimization of composite material layers for seat plates is proposed, utilizing the designability of composite material layers. First, a fiber continuity model based on dropout sequence is adopted to solve the problems existing in the design of inherent continuity classes for composite layered fibers. …”
Get full text

Application and Research Progress of Fat Substitutes in Meat Products Processing by Wantian XU, Yujuan XU, Cong LI, Hui ZHOU, Xiangjie MA, Baocai XU

“…Traditional fat substitutes such as dietary fiber, pre-emulsion, and protein matrix cannot completely simulate the taste of fat, which will lead to a decrease in the sensory quality of meat products. …”
Get full text

POSITIONING OF WHEAT CULTIVARS AND THEIR RELATION WITH THE NUTRITIONAL QUALITY OF GRAINS by Willyan Júnior Adorian Bandeira, Ivan Ricardo Carvalho, Murilo Vieira Loro, Leonardo Cesar Pradebon, João Pedro Dalla Roza, Jaqueline Piesanti Sangiovo, Kassiana Kehl

“…Grain crude protein, lipid, crude fiber, mineral matter, and non-structural carbohydrate contents were evaluated. …”
Get full text