Toward sustainable bioproducts from lignocellulosic biomass: Influence of chemical pretreatments on liquefied walnut shells by Jovičić Nives, Krička Tajana, Antonović Alan, Matin Božidar, Pezo Lato, Brandić Ivan, Matin Ana

“…Walnut shells find application in various production processes, offering an opportunity to mitigate environmental impacts through resource utilization. This study investigates the influence of chemical pretreatment on the properties of liquefied lignocellulosic biomass, specifically focusing on walnut shells as a prominent lignocellulosic material. …”
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Selection of Sound Insulating Elements in Hydraulic Excavators Based Onidentification of Vibroacoustic Energy Propagation Paths by Zbigniew DĄBROWSKI, Jacek DZIURDŹ, Radosław PAKOWSKI

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Microalgae-Based Functional Foods: A Blue-Green Revolution in Sustainable Nutrition and Health by Gabriela Andrade-Bustamante, Francisco Eleazar Martínez-Ruiz, Jesus Ortega-García, Prabhaharan Renganathan, Lira A. Gaysina, Muhilan Mahendhiran, Edgar Omar Rueda Puente

“…This review aims to examine the potential of microalgae as natural ingredients in functional food production, explore the factors limiting their industrial acceptance and utilization, and assess the safety issues associated with human consumption.…”
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Adaptive Dual Droop Control Strategy of VSC-HVDC for Supporting Frequency Stability of Sending-End System with Renewable Energy by ZHANG Zhaoyang, GAO Bingtuan, SUO Zhiwen, JIANG Weiyong, TENG Sudan, ZHANG Pu

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Correlation of atorvastatin with subjective memory deficits: a study from the NHANES and FAERS databases by Hao Zhang, Hua Huang, Panli Zhao

“…BackgroundPost-marketing regulatory data suggest a potential association between atorvastatin use and memory protection; however, findings from observational studies have been inconsistent and remain a subject of controversy.ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the correlation between atorvastatin exposure and subjective memory deficits, with the objective of providing more precise safety and efficacy information for its clinical use.MethodsWe utilized two primary data sources: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) covering the years 2001 to 2018, and the Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) spanning 2011 to 2018. …”
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Does the Timing of the Initiation of Physical Therapy Post‐Rotator Cuff Repair Impact Shoulder Function? by Reivian Berrios Barillas, James Irrgang

“…This result is revealed despite initial functional scores being significantly different. Functional scores change per visit may have been affected by payor source (R2 = 0.004, p ≤ 0.010). …”
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Inorganic dietary nanoparticles in intestinal barrier function of inflammatory bowel disease: allies or adversaries? by Duo Luo, Guifang Luo, Haoming Xu, Kangbao Li, Zhaotao Li, Cong Zhang

“…Inorganic dietary nanoparticles (IDNPs) are frequently utilized as food additives and in packaging, resulting in their exposure becoming a substantial yet often overlooked concern for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). …”
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Dual Function Radar and Communication Waveform Design Based on Sub-pulse Hybrid Modulation by Yu LIU, Junhao ZHANG, Xue YAO, Xianxiang YU, Guolong CUI

“…The proposed SHM method utilizes time-, spectral-, and polarization-domain features from inter-subpulse and intra-subpulse sources to convey information. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of bioimpedance-guided fluid management in patients undergoing haemodialysis: the BISTRO RCT by Mandana Zanganeh, John Belcher, James Fotheringham, David Coyle, Elizabeth J Lindley, David F Keane, Fergus J Caskey, Indranil Dasgupta, Andrew Davenport, Ken Farrington, Sandip Mitra, Paula Ormandy, Martin Wilkie, Jamie H Macdonald, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Julius Sim, Simon J Davies, Lazaros Andronis

“…Sensitivity analyses explored the impact of different scenarios, sources of resource use data and value sets. Results The bioimpedance-guided fluid management group was associated with £382 lower average cost per patient (95% CI −£3319 to £2556) and 0.043 more quality-adjusted life-years (95% CI −0.019 to 0.105) compared with the current fluid management group, with neither values being statistically significant. …”
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Using large language models to extract plant functional traits from unstructured text by Viktor Domazetoski, Holger Kreft, Helena Bestova, Philipp Wieder, Radoslav Koynov, Alireza Zarei, Patrick Weigelt

“…Abstract Premise Functional plant ecology seeks to understand how functional traits govern species distributions, community assembly, and ecosystem functions. …”
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Uncertainty management in multiobjective electric vehicle integrated optimal power flow based hydrothermal scheduling of renewable power system for environmental sustainability by Susanta Dutta, Siddhartha Ghosh, Tushnik Sarkar, Provas Kumar Roy, Chandan Paul, Ruba Abu Khurma, Mohd Asif Shah, Saurav Mallik

“…Secondly, renewable energy sources such as wind-solar-EV are integrated with the aforesaid systems for lowering fuel cost, emission, active power loss (APL), aggregated voltage deviation (AVD), voltage stability index (VSI) and also cost, emision, APL, AVD, VSI are reduced simultaneously considering different cases for multi-objective functions.Proposed sine-cosine algorithm (SCA) embedded with quasi-oppositional based learning (QOBL), known as QOSCA is used to balance the exploration and exploitation ability in order to overcome shortcomings and provide global optimal solutions. …”
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Insights into brain network dynamics across ages using group-ICA functional parcellation by Lorena Malinalli López-Medina, Omar Paredes, Sorpresa Lora-Castro, Rebeca Romo-Vázquez, J. Alejandro Morales, Hugo Vélez-Pérez

“…Independent Component Analysis (ICA), a Blind Source Separation (BSS) method, enables brain parcellation considering an individual's functional patterns. …”
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Functional vision tests as clinical trial outcome measures in ophthalmology: a scoping review by Arun James Thirunavukarasu, Shabnam Raji, Laura Jayne Taylor, Robert Edward MacLaren

“…Details of source characteristics, test methodology and accessibility and evidence of test validation were collected.Results Of 2665 articles returned by the search, 73 were included and 45 unique tests of functional vision were identified. …”
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Recent overview of kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix DC) dual functionality in food and nutraceuticals by Rahmat Budiarto, Nasrul Wathoni, Syariful Mubarok, Jajang Sauman Hamdani, Tri Ujilestari, Cici Darsih, Reka Mustika Sari, Rizal Maarif Rukmana, Mohammad Miftakhus Sholikin

“…This review presents a novel perspective regarding kaffir lime, highlighting its potential utility not only as a culinary spice but also as a promising nutraceutical. …”
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Deep analysis of chemically treated Jute/Kenaf and glass fiber reinforced with SiO2 nanoparticles by utilizing RSM optimization by S. Jothi Arunachalam, R. Saravanan, T. Sathish

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Association between oxidative balance score and lung function and FeNO and mortality in the US population by Chang Liu, Dan Liang, Guoan Xiang, Kun Xiao, Lixin Xie

“…Methods Data utilized in this study were sourced from the 2007–2012 NHANES. …”
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Dynamics of Population Patch Distribution by Alexander N. Kirillov, Inna V. Danilova

“…The approach is based on a utility function that takes into account the amount of resources in a patch, the population − patch distance, and the measure of information certainty on patch utility. …”
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Edible Plant-Derived Xanthones as Functional Food Components for Metabolic Syndrome Mitigation: Bioactivities and Mechanisms by Dilireba Shataer, Shaohua Chen, Yaodan Wu, Fen Liu, Haipeng Liu, Jing Lu, Bailin Li, Liyun Zhao, Sheng-Xiang Qiu, Aikebaier Jumai

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Utilizing a defective MgO layer for engineering multifunctional Co-MOF hybrid materials with tailored leaf-like and polyhedral structures for optimal electrochemical and photocatal... by Mohammad Aadil, Muhammad Ali Khan, Safira Ananda Repycha, Mosab Kaseem

“…To assess the active adsorption sites of the Co-MOF, density functional theory (DFT) was utilized. This study explores the changes in morphologies of the coatings of Co-MOF with the change of solution concentration to form coatings with enhanced properties on the metallic substrate, which could establish the groundwork for the development of next-generation multifunctional frameworks with diverse applications.…”
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Functional and Mechanistic Insights into the Fatty-Acid CoA Ligase FadK in Escherichia coli by Dafeng Liu, Ablikim Abdiriyim, Lvxia Zhang, Feng Yu

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