Physicochemical and structural properties of starches from non-traditional sources in China by Yang Jingyi, Chagam Koteswara Reddy, Zhili Fan, Baojun Xu

“…X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of starches isolated from sorghum, proso millet, quinoa, purple potato, and gorgon fruit presented A-type diffraction pattern; while lentil seeds, arrowhead, and chickpea starches presented C-type diffraction pattern. …”
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Improved Method for the Detection and Quantification of Naegleria fowleri in Water and Sediment Using Immunomagnetic Separation and Real-Time PCR by Bonnie J. Mull, Jothikumar Narayanan, Vincent R. Hill

“…When one liter of lake water was seeded with N. fowleri strain CDC:V212, the method had an average recovery of 46% and detection limit of 14 amebas per liter of water. …”
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Theoretical Study of the Pre-Plasma Density Scale Length’s Influence on the Absorption Efficiency in Laser–Solid Interaction at Relativistic Laser Intensities for PW-Class Lasers... by Iuliana-Mariana Vladisavlevici, Michael Ehret, Evgeny Filippov, Enrique García-García, Cruz Mendez, Marta Olivar Ruíz, Óscar Varela, Luca Volpe, Jose Antonio Pérez-Hernández

“…Our detailed numerical two-dimensional Particle-in-Cell simulations showed the impact of different pre-plasma scale lengths on the absorption efficiency of laser energy into electrons, relevant for the seeding of other types of radiation. It was shown that the absorption can increase manyfold when increasing the pre-plasma scale length. …”
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Chemical characterization of fruits of Garcinia brasiliensis Mart. by Caroline Woelffel Silva, Patricia Cristina Gonçalves, Camile Zanichelli Costa, Karla Lírio Soares, Patrícia Berilli Batista, Stephano Marques, Mário Roberto Maróstica Júnior, Stanislau Bogusz Junior, Oscar Núñez, Rodrigo Scherer

“…ABSTRACT: The present study carried out a nutritional assessment of the pulp, peel, and seeds of fruits of bacupari (Garcinia brasiliensis). …”
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Cell-Based Strategies for Meniscus Tissue Engineering by Wei Niu, Weimin Guo, Shufeng Han, Yun Zhu, Shuyun Liu, Quanyi Guo

“…In this review, we primarily discuss cell seeds for meniscus tissue engineering and their application strategies. …”
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Efficacy of Neem Oil on Cardamom Thrips, Sciothrips cardamomi Ramk., and Organoleptic Studies by Johnson Stanley, G. Preetha, S. Chandrasekaran, K. Gunasekaran, S. Kuttalam

“…Oil extracted from neem seeds was used against cardamom thrips, Sciothrips cardamomi, a severe and economic pest of cardamom. …”
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Derived Schiff Base and Its Lanthanide(III) Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Spectroscopic Studies, and Plant Growth Activity by Ganesh N. Naik, Raghavendra P. Bakale, Aishakhanam H. Pathan, Shashikala G. Ligade, Shreenivas A. Desai, Kalagouda B. Gudasi

“…Auxin activity of HL and lanthanum(III) complex on wheat seeds (Triticum durum) was measured at different concentrations. …”
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Oriented PLGA/ACECM Composite Scaffolds Enhance Structure-Specific Regeneration of Hyaline Cartilage in a Rabbit Model by Weimin Guo, Xifu Zheng, Weiguo Zhang, Mingxue Chen, Zhenyong Wang, Chunxiang Hao, Jingxiang Huang, Zhiguo Yuan, Yu Zhang, Mingjie Wang, Jiang Peng, Aiyuan Wang, Yu Wang, Xiang Sui, Wenjing Xu, Shuyun Liu, Shibi Lu, Quanyi Guo

“…In vitro, we found that the scaffolds not only guided seeded cells to proliferate in an aligned manner but also exhibited high biomechanical strength. …”
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MG-63 Cell Proliferation with Static or Dynamic Compressive Stimulation on an Auxetic PLGA Scaffold by Myeong Jin Kim, Hong Jin Choi, Jongman Cho, Jung Bok Lee, Hak-Joon Sung, Jeong Koo Kim

“…In preparation for proliferation testing, cells were seeded at 2.2 × 105 cells/80 μL on each scaffold specimen. …”
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A CME Automatic Detection Method Based on Adaptive Background Learning Technology by Zhenping Qiang, Xianyong Bai, Qinghui Zhang, Hong Lin

“…We applied this method to a month of continuous corona images, compared the result with CDAW, CACTus, SEEDS, and CORIMP catalogs and found a good detection rate in the automatic methods. …”
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Coffea canephora Peptides in Combinatorial Treatment with Fluconazole: Antimicrobial Activity against Phytopathogenic Fungus by Gabriela C. V. Bard, Gabriel B. Taveira, Thaynã A. M. Souza, Érica O. Mello, Sávio B. Souza, Alessandro C. Ramos, André O. Carvalho, Lídia S. Pereira, Umberto Zottich, Rosana Rodrigues, Valdirene M. Gomes

“…The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the Cc-LTP2 and Cc-GRP peptides isolated from Coffea canephora seeds and their possible synergistic activity with the azole drug fluconazole and characterize their mechanisms of action on cells of pathogenic fungi. …”
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Amygdalin isolated from Amygdalus mongolica protects against hepatic fibrosis in rats by Wang Jia, Zhou Hongbing, Wu Tong, Wu Peisai, Liu Quanli, Shi Songli

“…Amygdalin was purified and identified from the seeds of Amygdalus mongo lica. Sprague Dawley rats in the control and model groups were administered water. …”
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Characterization of Morphological Diversity of Jute Mallow (Corchorus spp.) by Munguatosha Ngomuo, Tsvetelina Stoilova, Tileye Feyissa, Patrick A. Ndakidemi

“…Highest variability among accessions was found in harvest index, biomass yield, and weight of 1000 seeds. The traits that significantly correlated with biomass yield include plant height (r=0.448), petiole length (r=0.237), primary branches (r=0.319), and number of leaves per plant (r=0.333). …”
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Role of Copper and Zinc Ions in the Hydrolytic Degradation of Neurodegeneration-Related Peptides by Valentina Pirota, Enrico Monzani, Simone Dell’Acqua, Chiara Bacchella

“…The enhanced stability of neuronal peptides provided by metal coordination can increase local levels of amyloidogenic species capable of seeding fibril growth, resulting in aberrant protein depositions and deficits in neuronal activity.…”
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Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm: A Rare Cause of Fatal Massive Hemoptysis by Himaja Koneru, Sreeja Biswas Roy, Monirul Islam, Hesham Abdelrazek, Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, Nikhil Madan, Pradnya D. Patil, Tanmay S. Panchabhai

“…The pulmonary artery (PA) lacks an adventitial wall; therefore, repeated endovascular seeding of the PA with septic emboli creates saccular dilations that are more likely to rupture than systemic arterial aneurysms. …”
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An Upcycling Approach from Fruit Processing By-Products: Flour for Use in Food Products by Laís Benvenutti, Fernanda Moreira Moura, Gabriela Zanghelini, Cristina Barrera, Lucía Seguí, Acácio Antonio Ferreira Zielinski

“…., stems, rinds, peels, seeds). Despite their nutrient richness, these by-products are often discarded. …”
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Automatic Tracking and Characterization of Cumulonimbus Clouds from FY-2C Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Images by Yu Liu, Du-Gang Xi, Zhao-Liang Li, Chun-Xiang Shi

“…This paper presents an automated method to track cumulonimbus (Cb) clouds based on cloud classification and characterizes Cb behavior from FengYun-2C (FY-2C). First, a seeded region growing (SRG) algorithm is used with artificial neural network (ANN) cloud classification as preprocessing to identify consistent homogeneous Cb patches from infrared images. …”
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Effect of sugarcane bagasse biochar on soybean germination and initial growth by Lorrana Zelia Martins de Souza, Halax Duart Martins Silva, Giovanni Uema Alcantara, Bruna Cristina Pinto, Adriana Duneya Diaz Carillo, Osania Emerenciano Ferreira, Gustavo Henrique Gravatim Costa, Alan Machado

“…The effect of biochar on the germination of soybean seeds was evaluated, and a greenhouse experiment was conducted to assess the response of soybean seedlings to biochar application at different rates (CK, 0% w/w; BC1, 1% w/w; BC3, 3% w/w; and BC5, 5% w/w). …”
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A Lectin from Dioclea violacea Interacts with Midgut Surface of Lutzomyia migonei, Unlike Its Homologues, Cratylia floribunda Lectin and Canavalia gladiata Lectin by Juliana Montezuma Barbosa Monteiro Tínel, Melina Fechine Costa Benevides, Mércia Sindeaux Frutuoso, Camila Farias Rocha, Francisco Vassiliepe Sousa Arruda, Mayron Alves Vasconcelos, Francisco Nascimento Pereira-Junior, João Batista Cajazeiras, Kyria Santiago do Nascimento, Jorge Luiz Martins, Edson Holanda Teixeira, Benildo Sousa Cavada, Ricardo Pires dos Santos, Margarida Maria Lima Pompeu

“…The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the interaction of three lectins isolated from leguminous seeds (Diocleinae subtribe), D-glucose and D-mannose-binding, with glycans on Lutzomyia migonei midgut. …”
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Cerebral hypoperfusion reduces tau accumulation by Ghupurjan Gheni, Mitsuru Shinohara, Masami Masuda‐Suzukake, Akihiko Shindo, Atsushi Watanabe, Kaori Kawai, Guojun Bu, Hidekazu Tomimoto, Masato Hasegawa, Naoyuki Sato

“…The research was carried out using clinical and neuropathological data collected from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) database and an animal model in which bilateral common carotid artery stenosis surgery was performed, following the injection of tau seeds into the brains of wild‐type mice. Results Analysis of the NACC database suggests that clinical stroke history and lacunar infarcts are associated with lower neurofibrillary tangle pathology. …”
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