Plant-based products: potential, production technology and challenges by Isabella Maciel Costa, Cosme Damião Barbosa, Nayana Hayss Araújo da Silva

“…Vegetable extracts are water-soluble extracts based on vegetables, legumes, fruits, grains, cereals, pseudocereals, oilseeds or nuts that present different composition and sensory characteristics, depending on the raw material used. …”
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Efficiency Measurement and Determinant Factors of Marine Economy in China: Based on the Belt and Road Perspective by Yinyin Wang, Conghua Xue, Huimin Li, Kaizhi Yu

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On the computation of the Basal Envelope Surface of Talwegs using the Analytic Element Method by Le Moine, Nicolas

“…The stream network is a major feature of a landscape, conveying water, sediment, and solute from hillslopes to the ocean. …”
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Potensi Ikan Barbir (Pethia conchonius) dan Lemon (Labidochromis caeruleus) Jantan dan Betina sebagai Predator Biologis Larva Nyamuk Aedes aegypti by Hebert Adrianto, Etha Rambung, Natalia Christiani

“…One aquarium contains one liter of water, one fish, and 25 larvae of Ae. aegypti. Fish testing starts in the afternoon at 15.00 WIB. …”
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Exploring the anticancer potential of Hewittia malabarica through phytochemical analysis and molecular docking study by Shiji Thozhukkad Moosaripparambil, Kannan Vadakkadath Meethal

“…Of the extracts prepared using petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, acetone, methanol and water, the chloroform extract showed the highest cytotoxicity with an IC50 value of 31.97 ± 3.07 µg/mL towards HT29 cell line followed by petroleum ether extract with an IC50 value of 76.58 ± 4.74 µg/mL. …”
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Artificial intelligence in soil microbiome analysis: a potential application in predicting and enhancing soil health—a review by Roberta Pace, Vincenzo Schiano Di Cola, Maurilia Maria Monti, Antonio Affinito, Salvatore Cuomo, Francesco Loreto, Michelina Ruocco

“…Abstract Soil is a depletable and non-renewable resource essential for food production, crop growth, and supporting ecosystem services, such as the retaining and cycling of various elements, including water. Therefore characterization and preservation of soil biological health is a key point for the development of sustainable agriculture. …”
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Geotechnical Suitability of Soils in Road Construction for Sustainable Development in Tropical Africa: Case of Lateritic Graveled Soils of Bandjoun (West, Cameroon) by Carlos Foko Tamba, Lucas Kengni, Paul Tematio

“…The LGSB presents Californian bearing ratio indices ranging from 26% to 83.3%, a plasticity index of 10.11%, a fines content of 12.05%, an average methylene blue value of 4.25, a water content at the Proctor optimum of 27.6% and a dry density of 1.75 g/cm3. …”
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Performance and Characterization for Blend Membrane of PES with Manganese(III) Acetylacetonate as Metalorganic Nanoparticles by H. Abdallah, M. S. Shalaby, A. M. H. Shaban

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Influence of Postharvest Natural Softening Conditions on the Nutritional Quality of Safou (Dacryodes edulis H.J.Lam) Flour: Rheological Properties of the Optimized Safou Flour by Alix Ntongme Mboukap, Mathilde Julie Klang, Bilkissou Njapndounke, Marie Madeleine Nanga Ndjang, Serge Cyrille Houketchang Ndomou, Hilaire Macaire Womeni

“…The effects of the softening time, drying time, and drying temperature on the fat, protein, carbohydrate, dietary fibre, water, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium content were studied using the central composite design. …”
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Binding Orientations and Lipid Interactions of Human Amylin at Zwitterionic and Anionic Lipid Bilayers by Zhenyu Qian, Yan Jia, Guanghong Wei

“…We find that the adsorption of hIAPP to POPC bilayer is mainly initiated from the C-terminal region and the peptide adopts a helical structure with multiple binding orientations, while the adsorption to POPG bilayer is mostly initiated from the N-terminal region and hIAPP displays one preferential binding orientation, with its hydrophobic residues exposed to water. hIAPP monomer inserts into POPC lipid bilayers more readily than into POPG bilayers. …”
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Historical rainstorm in Hong Kong on 7–8 September 2023: Diagnosis, forecasting and nowcasting by Hiu Ching Tam, Yu‐Heng He, Pak Wai Chan, Shiwei Yu, Huisi Mo, Hui Su, Ling‐Feng Hsiao, Yangzhao Gong

“…The only indication may come from the climatologically extreme total precipitable water. While recent research of developing a regional risk‐based alerting system on the higher impact event of flooding associated with heavy rain might have potential to enhance the weather service, and emerging AI model showed some promising post‐simulations, predicting historical and record‐breaking rainstorms remains a challenge for operational weather forecasting and warning services.…”
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The Role of Silymarin in Mitigating Inflammation and Cognitive Impairment Induced by Ovariectomy in Wistar Rats by Razieh Moalefshahri, Hossein Javid, Fatemeh Gheybi, Somaye Fallahnezhad, Seyed Isaac Hashemy

“…Memory and learning were assessed using Morris water maze and shuttle box tests. Brain and liver tissues were analyzed for inflammatory factors (IL-1β, TNFα, and IL-6) and oxidative stress markers (CAT, SOD, and MDA) after sacrifice. …”
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Synthesis of Polydopamine Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide-Palladium Nanocomposite for Laccase Based Biosensor by Da-Wei Li, Lei Luo, Peng-Fei Lv, Qing-Qing Wang, Ke-Yu Lu, An-Fang Wei, Qu-Fu Wei

“…Moreover, the novel Lac based biosensor was successfully used in the trace detection of catechol existing in real water environment.…”
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Aligning Indonesia's economic goals with SDGS: Strengthening Qur'anic principles in Islamic finance by Azwar Azwar, Abur Hamdi Usman

“…In the short term, financing in SDG2, SDG3, SDG8, and SDG9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) positively impacts economic growth, whereas SDG6 (Clean Water and Sanitation) exhibits a negative association. …”
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A Review on the Effect of Various Chemical Treatments on the Mechanical Properties of Renewable Fiber-Reinforced Composites by M. Aravindh, S. Sathish, R. Ranga Raj, Alagar Karthick, V. Mohanavel, Pravin P. Patil, M. Muhibbullah, Sameh M. Osman

“…Therefore, numerous techniques have been tried till date to modify both fiber surfaces to enhance their adhesion and reduce their water absorption. This review article provides comprehensive information about effect of various surface modification techniques that include alkaline, silane, acetylation, permanganate, peroxide, benzoylation, acrylonitrile grafting, maleic anhydride grafted, acrylation, and isocyanate. …”
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Characterisation of environmentally persistent free radicals and their contributions to oxidative potential and reactive oxygen species in sea spray and size-resolved ambient parti... by Xinji Zhang, Fanyi Wei, Haiyan Fu, Huibin Guo

“…The interaction between sea spray and water mainly generated hydroxyl free radicals (54 ± 3%), whereas the size-resolved PM mainly generated organic free radicals (64 ± 5%). …”
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Les bois de construction du boulevard Dr Henri-Henrot à Reims/Durocortorum by Willy Tegel

“…By virtue of being located partially within the former river bed of the Vesle’s right bank, as well as its being situated closely to the water table, the excavation, in Reims, of the boulevard Dr. …”
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Hydrodynamics of flow through living shoreline structure by Tanhaseng Kanyarat, Kositgittiwong Duangrudee, Ekkawatpanit Chaiwat, Kompor Wongnarin, Petpongpan Chanchai

“…This study presents a numerical investigation into the hydrodynamics of artificial seadomes, focusing on performance optimization by varying key parameters such as water depth (h), incident wave height (Hi), and wavelength (L). …”
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Factors contributing to helminth prevalence after repeated mass administration of medicines in Anambra State, Nigeria by Ogechukwu B. Aribodor, Christopher Okaka, Sammy Sam-Wobo, Annick Bikoumou, Emmanuel Obikwelu

“…Infection levels varied by location (p > 0.05), with socio-economic status and inadequate WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) infrastructure contributing to transmission risk. …”
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Optimization of Liquid Culture Condition of a Novel Fungus Hygrophoropsis sp. and Antioxidant Activity of Extracts by Liang Huang, Chunxia Li, Ning Sun, Yu Wang, Hongpeng Yang, Yiting Li, Litong Ban

“…., the influence of aeration rate on the production of mycelial biomass, exopolysaccharides (EPS), and intrapolysaccharides (IPS) in the fungus Hygrophoropsis sp. was investigated. And the water extracts of cultured Hygrophoropsis sp. mycelia and the fermentation broth were analyzed for their antioxidation activity by using four different assay methods such as hydroxyl radical scavenging, superoxide radical scavenging, hydrogen peroxide scavenging, and reducing power. …”
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