The Feasibility of Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics for Untargeted Detection of Protein Adulteration in Yogurt: Removing Unwanted Variations in Pure Yogurt by Lu Xu, Si-Min Yan, Chen-Bo Cai, Zhen-Ji Wang, Xiao-Ping Yu

“…To improve the raw spectra, orthogonal projection (OP) of raw spectra onto the spectrum of pure water and standard normal variate (SNV) transformation were used to remove unwanted spectral variations. …”
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Selected fermented indigenous vegetables and fruits from Malaysia as potential sources of natural probiotics for improving gut health by Olaide Olawunmi Ajibola, Raymond Thomas, Babatunde Femi Bakare

“…In the Peninsular Malaysia and Northern Borneo island of Malaysia, various rich indigenous leafy vegetables and fruits grow and contribute to the nutritional and dietary values of the population. They have high water contents, thus, naturally vulnerable to rapid food spoilage. …”
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Approaches to the integration of information about resource and financial flows in the fuel and power complex under the digital transformation of control systems by E. P. Grabchak, E. L. Loginov, S. V. Mischeryakov, V. U. Chinaliev

“…It becomes the material and information base for the formation of regulatory relations not only in heat supply, but with the development of automated systems for monitoring and accounting of energy resources in the field of electricity and gas supply and hot water supply, that is, Unified Heat Supply Organizations become the basis of a single information space for energy supply.…”
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Photocatalytic activity of spectro-pure titanium dioxide: Effects of crystalline structure, specific surface area and sorption properties by Evgeny I. Kapinus, Tatyana A. Khalyavka, Valentina V. Shimanovskaya, Tatyana I. Viktorova, Vladimir V. Strelko

“…The photocatalytic reactions bring about the reduction of the inorganic anions to yield water insoluble substances and mineralization of the organic compounds. …”
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Analysis on Deformation and Stress Characteristics of a Multibraced Pit-in-Pit Excavation in a Subway Transfer Station by Xin Shi, Chuanxin Rong, Hua Cheng, Linzhao Cui, Bin Wang, Shicheng Sun

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Enhancing resilience to climate change: a comprehensive PRISMA review of agricultural and non-agricultural adaptation strategies for Ghana by Silas Uwumborge Takal, Abdul-Wahab Tahiru, IM Rizwanul Fattah, Samuel Jerry Cobbina, Wilhemina Asare, Samuel Kojo Abanyie

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The sorption of Tebuconazole and Linuron from an Aqueous Environment with a Modified Sludge-Based Biochar: Effect, Mechanisms, and Its Persistent Free Radicals Study by Jingjie Yang, Hongwei Sun, Yucan Liu, Xiaohan Wang, Kamran Valizadeh

“…In addition, to close to the actual situation, natural water (from YanTai) was collected to simulate pesticide contamination. …”
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Bacterial Quality and Molecular Detection of Food Poisoning Virulence Genes Isolated from Nasser Lake Fish, Aswan, Egypt by Nady Khairy Elbarbary, Mohamed K. Dandrawy, Ghada Hadad, Maha Abdelhaseib, Amna A. A. Osman, Rawaf Alenazy, Ibrahim Elbagory, Neveen M. Abdelmotilib, Fagelnour Elnoamany, Ghada A. Ibrahim, Reda A. Gomaa

“…Uncooked fish can serve as a conduit for transmitting several types of microbes; the current investigation sought to assess the bacterial levels in various kinds of fish from Nasser Lake, Aswan, Egypt, considered the chief source of potable water in Egypt. Two hundred and fifty fish samples, including 50 of each Oreochromis niloticus, Sander lucioperca, Lates niloticus, Clarias gariepinus, and Mormyrus kannume, from Nasser Lake, Aswan, Egypt, were collected to detect the bacterial load, isolation, and identification of Aeromonas hydrophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus and their virulence genes. …”
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Effective anti-inflammatory phenolic compounds from dandelion: identification and mechanistic insights using UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS, fluorescence quenching and anisotropy, molecular docki... by Hui Zou, Tingting Ben, Ping Wu, Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse, Yilun Chen

“…A 50 % aqueous methanol extract had a greater anti-inflammatory effect and higher chicoric acid content, compared with the 100 % water and 100 % methanol extracts. Chicoric acid, chlorogenic acid, methylophiopogonone A, caffeic acid, gallic acid monohydrate and 4'-O-demethylbroussonin A had relatively high binding energies and contents in all extracts. …”
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Cytogenetic impact of gamma radiation and its effects on growth, yield and drought tolerance of maize (Zea mays L.) by Walaa M. Al-Sayed, Hanaa H. El-Shazly, Awatif I. El-Nahas, Ahmed A. A. Omran

“…Drought stress adversely affects water uptake and can stunt growth, reducing the overall productivity of maize. …”
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Differential Effects of Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beer Intake on Renin–Angiotensin System Modulation in Spontaneous Hypertensive Rats by María Dolores Mayas, Cristina Cueto-Ureña, María Jesús Ramírez-Expósito, José Manuel Martínez-Martos

“…WKY and SHRs were divided into groups receiving tap water (TW), non-alcoholic beer (NAB), alcoholic beer (AB), TW or NAB and TW or AB for 12 weeks. …”
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Waste Foundry Sand as Permeable and Low Permeable Barrier for Restriction of the Propagation of Lead and Nickel Ions in Groundwater by Ayad A. H. Faisal, Zaid Abed Al-Ridah, Laith A. Naji, Mu. Naushad, Hamed A. El-Serehy

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Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis with Leptospirosis: A Rare but Devastating Complication by B. M. Munasinghe, A. G. Arambepola, N. Pathirage, U. P. M. Fernando, N. Subramaniam, S. Nimalan, T. Gajanthan

“…A 74-year-old farmer presented with high-grade, unsettling fever for a week. Muddy water exposure and suggestive symptoms prompted investigation and management in the line of leptospirosis (IV ceftriaxone was instituted, and later, MAT (microscopic agglutination test) became positive). …”
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Geochemical evolution and mechanisms controlling groundwater chemistry in the transboundary Komadugu–Yobe Basin, Lake Chad region: An integrated approach of chemometric analysis an... by Abdulrahman Shuaibu, Robert M. Kalin, Vernon Phoenix, Ibrahim Mohammed Lawal

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Formulation of new drug delivery systems for insulin from natural bioactive biocompatible polymers by Howida A. Fetouh, Engy E. A. Aleem, Najiyah H. Mohammed, Jihad M. Abd-Almajeed Aldesouky, Amel M. Ismail

“…Insulin vials were loaded on the safe natural inert bioactive polymers (chitin and chitin-g-GG copolymer) carriers using water green solvent. Traces amount additives were below toxicity limits. …”
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Experimental Analyses of the Major Parameters Affecting the Intensity of Outbursts of Coal and Gas by W. Nie, S. J. Peng, J. Xu, L. R. Liu, G. Wang, J. B. Geng

“…The results showed increment of geostress simulated by horizontal load (from 1.4, 2.4, 3.2, to 3.4 MPa) or vertical load (from 2, 3, 3.6, to 4 MPa) improved the relative intensity rate (3.763–7.403% and 1.273–7.99%); the increment of porosity (from 1.57, 2.51, 3, to 3.6%) improved the relative intensity rate from 3.8 to 13.8%; the increment of gas pressure (from 0, 0.5, 0.65, 0.72, 1, to 1.5 Mpa) induced the relative intensity rate to decrease from 38.22 to 0%; the increment of water content (from 0, 2, 4, to 8%) caused the relative intensity rate to drop from 5.425 to 0.5%. …”
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Elicitation with Sodium Silicate and Iron Chelate Affects the Contents of Phenolic Compounds and Minerals in Buckwheat Sprouts by Henryk Dębski, Wiesław Wiczkowski, Dorota Szawara-Nowak, Marcin Horbowicz

“…An aqueous solution containing a mixture of sodium silicate and Fe-EDTA (SIL-Fe) was compared with the same concentration of sodium silicate alone (SIL) and water (control). Phenolic compounds were analysed using an HPLC–MS/MS apparatus equipped with an ion-trap mass spectrometer, and analyses were conducted by multiple reaction monitoring of selected negative ions. …”
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Influence of lance height and angle on the penetration depth of inclined coherent and conventional supersonic jets in electric arc furnace steelmaking by Wu X.-T., Zhu R., Wei G.-S., Dong K.

“…The computational fluid dynamics results are validated against water model experiments. A variable k is newly defined to reflect the velocity variation, which is related to the jet exit at the jet free distance. …”
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Diet quality of Chilean schoolchildren: How is it linked to adherence to dietary guidelines? by Anna Christina Pinheiro Fernandes, Jacqueline Araneda Flores, Daiana Quintiliano Scarpelli Dourado, Tito Pizarro Quevedo, Maria Rita Marques de Oliveira

“…Twenty percent of the students met the recommended intake for DGBF (fruits, vegetables, fish, milk and dairy products, legumes, water) and less than 5% did not consume any HPF. …”
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Chemical Characteristics and Physical Properties of Functional Snacks Enriched with Powdered Tomato by Wójtowicz Agnieszka, Zalewska-Korona Marta, Jabłońska-Ryś Ewa, Skalicka-Woźniak Krystyna, Oniszczuk Anna

“…Snacks enriched with tomato exhibited a lower expansion ratio, water absorption and solubility indices, lightness and sensory characteristics but higher density, hardness and redness than corn snacks. …”
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