Agricultural valorization of composts produced by recycling organic waste by Slimani Rachid, Fatiha Metna Ali-Ahmed, Melissa Kanane, Arezki Hammoum

“…Purpose This paper investigates the composting recovery of different bio-wastes and the use of the composts produced as soil fertilizer and organic amendment.Method A composting process was carried out for 111 days using different organic wastes (fruits, vegetables, olive pomace, poultry, and cattle manure). …”
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Adaptive Variable Parameter Impedance Control for Apple Harvesting Robot Compliant Picking by Ji Wei, Ding Yi, Xu Bo, Chen Guangyu, Zhao Dean

“…In order to reduce the damage of apple harvesting robot to fruits and achieve compliant picking, an adaptive variable parameter impedance control method for apple harvesting robot compliant picking is proposed in this paper. …”
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Potentiation of Antidepressant Effects of Agomelatine and Bupropion by Hesperidin in Mice by Jegan Sakthivel Nadar, Pravin Popatrao Kale, Pramod Kerunath Kadu, Kedar Prabhavalkar, Ruchita Dhangar

“…Hesperidin, a well-known flavanone glycoside mostly found in citrus fruits, showed neuroprotective and antidepressant activity. …”
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STUDIES ON CRITICALLY ENDANGERED GENUS CEROPEGIA FROM WESTERN GHATS OF NASHIK DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA by Madhukar Pandharinath SANGALE, Sanjay Ragho KSHIRSAGAR, Hemendra Prabhakar SHINDE

“…Present research article deals with taxonomy, flowering and fruiting period, present status, threats of critically endangered Ceropegia species found in and around Western Ghats region of Nashik district. …”
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYEES’ PERCEPTION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, CUSTOMER ORIENTATION AND PERCEIVED PERFORMANCE by Ebru Enginkaya, Gizem Köse

“…Furthermore, customer orientation is positively related to perceived performance. Results provide fruitful insights for employee-based CSR and its possible positive consequences. …”
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Recent Progress in Bioactive Substance Encapsulation System Based on Electrospinning and Its Application in Antimicrobial Food Packaging by REN Jie, TAN Zhongmei, TIAN Zihao, WU Gaoyun, LIU Yongchen, WANG Hao, JIANG Zhanmei, MA Jiage, HOU Juncai

“…Finally, we examine recent progress in the application of electrospun nanofibers encapsulating bioactive substances in antimicrobial packaging for meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, and we also discuss the challenges and future trends for antimicrobial food packaging based on electrospinning. …”
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Combined Effect of Lentinan and Cisplatin on Cytokines IL-6, TNF-α, and TGF-β in Tumor Therapy by Xu-dong Liu, Min Li, Wan-xiang Li, Qing-yu Wang, Hong-xia Zhang

“…Lentinan is a biologically active ingredient isolated from the fruiting body of Lentinula edodes (shiitake) and has antitumor properties. …”
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Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oils of the Amazon Annona Species by Joelma Moreira Alcântara, Juliana Mesquita V. M. de Lucena, Marcia Ortiz Mayo Marques, Jennifer Araújo Oliveira Lima, Maria da Paz Lima

“…Using GC-FID and GC-MS, the major compounds identified were β-caryophyllene, from the leaves of Annona amazonica (14.7%) and A. exsucca (22.2 and 15.3%), γ-muurolene (20.2 and 15.4%) from the leaves of A. exsucca, caryophyllene oxide from the leaves of A. insignis (35.4%), (Z)-nerolidol from the fruits of A. mucosa (38.2%). The EO from A. exsucca, rich in γ-muurolene (20.2%), exhibited significant antibacterial activity against the gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus sanguinis (MIC: 10 μg.mL-1).   …”
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Oxidative Stress and DNA Methylation in Prostate Cancer by Krishna Vanaja Donkena, Charles Y. F. Young, Donald J. Tindall

“…The protective effects of fruits, vegetables, and other foods on prostate cancer may be due to their antioxidant properties. …”
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Hypertension, Periodontal Disease, and Potassium Intake in Nonsmoking, Nondrinker African Women on No Medication by Masashi Yamori, Marina Njelekela, Jacob Mtabaji, Yukio Yamori, Kazuhisa Bessho

“…Simple-regression analysis indicated that the severity of periodontitis was inversely correlated with 24-hour urinary excretion of potassium (r=-0.579, P=0.0004) and also inversely with the frequency of intakes of green vegetables (r=-0.232, P=0.031) and fruits (r=-0.217, P=0.0043). Low-potassium intake in the diet mostly accompanied by low dietary fiber intake increases BP as well as periodontal inflammation. …”
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Chemical Composition, Antibacterial Test, and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from Fresh and Dried Stropharia rugosoannulata by Lei Wei, Wei Wang, Yueying Hou, Xiaoyang Xie, Xiao Li, Fei Chen, Zhiyao Wang, Yong Zhou, Feifei Li, Bingnian Jing

“…The essential oils, respectively, from fresh and dried Stropharia rugosoannulata fruiting bodies, an important edible mushroom, have been studied for their chemical composition, antibacterial capacity, and antioxidant activity. …”
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<i>Bridelia ferruginea</i> Tea Consumption Improves Antioxidant Status in Individuals Living with Type 2 Diabetes by Collins Afriyie Appiah, Jennifer Ngounda, Mavis Boakye-Yiadom, Felix Charles Mills-Robertson, Mariette Nel, Rabia Johnson, Corinna Walsh

“…Participants in the comparator group consumed antioxidant-rich fruits more frequently (monthly basis) than those in the Bridelia group who ate fruits seldomly (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). …”
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Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from soil under organic carrot farming by Maciej Nowak, Zbigniew Paluszak, Natalia Wiktorczyk-Kapischke, Katarzyna Grudlewska-Buda, Anna Budzyńska, Joanna Skonieczna-Kurpiel, Ewa Wałecka-Zacharska, Monika Huse-Kutowska, Krzysztof Skowron

“…L. monocytogenes is isolated from soil, water, sewage, rotting vegetation, and the main source of these rods for humans is food (fish, unpasteurized dairy products, or raw fruits and vegetables). In recent years, there has been an increase in consumer interest in healthy food, especially organically grown. …”
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Niosąc w przyszłość dziedzictwo pontyfikatu. Związki watykańskiej Fundacji Jana Pawła II z instytucjami w Polsce by Andrzej Dobrzyński

“…The purpose of the article was to illustrate the fruitful relationship between the Foundations activities and the various organizations in Poland during its 30 year existence. …”
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Towards painless and productive research relationships: reflections on study design by a researcher with chronic pain for participants with chronic pain by Catherine Wilkinson

“…This paper proposes the use of flexible, remote, and asynchronous research methods as ways to make studies inclusive for researchers living with pain, whilst fostering the most fruitful research relationships with participants who also live with pain, thereby moving towards a position of shared vulnerability. …”
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Infestation Rate of the Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South India by Melally Giddegowda Venkatesha, Rudramuni Kiran

“…In this study, we investigated the infestation rate of CBB in Coffea arabica and C. canephora plantations at three designated locations at Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Thandigudi (Tamil Nadu) and Chundale (Kerala) from south India and samplings was done once a month during three fruiting periods between 2015 and 2018. The three sampled sites showed variable percentages of infestation rates across the sampling period between 4.61±0.73 and 29.60±2.28, with the lowest and highest infestation rates in Thandigudi and Chikkamagaluru, respectively. …”
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Quercetin as a Precursor for the Synthesis of Novel Nanoscale Cu (II) Complex as a Catalyst for Alcohol Oxidation with High Antibacterial Activity by Zahra Moodi, Ghodsieh Bagherzade, Janny Peters

“…Quercetin (3,3′,4′,5,7-pentahydroxyflavone) is one of the dietary flavonoids, distributed in medicinal plants, vegetables, and fruits. Quercetin has the ability to bind with several metal ions to increase its biological activities. …”
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Visions and Revisions: The Multiple Lives of Mina Loy’s Lunar Baedeker by Diane Drouin

“…The analysis of the multiple forms of Loy’s Lunar Baedeker, from her manuscripts in the archives of the Mina Loy Papers to her printed collections, and to recent digital versions of her poems, allows for a fruitful reframing of her work.…”
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Innate Immune Response in Kidney Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: Potential Target for Therapy by Aleksandra Kezić, Natasa Stajic, Friedrich Thaiss

“…Delineating of complex mechanisms of their actions could be fruitful in future prevention and treatment of ischemia/reperfusion injury. …”
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Artificial Intelligence diagnostics as Hospital's flagship service by El Khair Riat, Aini Qurratul

“…Subsequently, the collected dataset underwent meticulous analysis and visualization using the VOSviewer software. The most fruitful affiliation or institutional source for artificial intelligence diagnostics is Harvard Medical School. …”
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