Valorization of Biomass Through Anaerobic Digestion and Hydrothermal Carbonization: Integrated Process Flowsheet and Supply Chain Network Optimization by Sanja Potrč, Aleksandra Petrovič, Jafaru M. Egieya, Lidija Čuček

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Research on Closed-Loop Supply Chain with Competing Retailers under Government Reward-Penalty Mechanism and Asymmetric Information by Xiao-qing Zhang, Xi-gang Yuan, Da-lin Zhang

“…In manufacturer-led closed-loop supply chain (CLSC) with two competing retailers, the retailer-1 recycles WEEE whose fixed recycling cost is asymmetric information. …”
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A Network-Based Impact Measure for Propagated Losses in a Supply Chain Network Consisting of Resilient Components by Jesus Felix Bayta Valenzuela, Xiuju Fu, Gaoxi Xiao, Rick Siow Mong Goh

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Structural Modifications Reveal Dual Functions of the C-4 Carbonyl Group in the Fatty Acid Chain of Ipomoeassin F by Arman Khosravi, Precious Nnamdi, Alexa May, Kelsey Slattery, Robert E. Sammelson, Wei Q. Shi

“…These new SAR data, in conjunction with some previous SAR information, imply two functional roles of the C-4 carbonyl: (1) to form H-bonds with N300; and (2) to regulate interactions of the fatty acid chain with membrane lipids. …”
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Pempek Fishcake from Channa micropeltes with Pumpkin Puree: Quality Assessment by Rabiatul Adawyah, Tri Dekayanti, Ainun Aslamiah, Muhammad Wahyu AS, Findya Puspitasari

“…This research featured pempek made of farmed toman fish (Channa micropeltes), which is an affordable raw material. …”
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Prevalence of foodborne zoonotic pathogens in milk and milk products along the water buffalo milk value chain in Bangladesh by Shuvo Singha, Gerrit Koop, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Fabrizio Ceciliani, Md. Matiar Rahman Howlader

“…The prevalence of L. monocytogenes and Y. enterocolitica were more prevalent on the farms (65 - 79%) than in the later milk value chain nodes. The prevalence of S. enterica was rather low (0 - 2.9%) in all the milk chain nodes and all the samples were negative for C. jejuni. …”
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Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotypes in the City of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, as Determined by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction by Sameer R. Organji, Hussein H. Abulreesh, Gamal E. H. Osman

“…Blood samples were collected from 25 dengue fever-suspected patients and were subjected to molecular typing for DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4 serotypes of dengue virus, by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), using six sets of primers. …”
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MicroVi: A Cost-Effective Microscopy Solution for Yeast Cell Detection and Count in Wine Value Chain by Ismael Benito-Altamirano, Sergio Moreno, David M. Vaz-Romero, Anna Puig-Pujol, Gemma Roca-Domènech, Joan Canals, Anna Vilà, Joan Daniel Prades, Ángel Diéguez

“…In recent years, the wine industry has been researching how to improve wine quality along the production value chain. In this scenario, we present here a new tool, MicroVi, a cost-effective chip-sized microscopy solution to detect and count yeast cells in wine samples. …”
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Neimark–Sacker Bifurcation and Controlling Chaos in a Three-Species Food Chain Model through the OGY Method by Guo Feng, Ding Yin, Li Jiacheng

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Environmental impact assessment of rapeseed production using the LCA method: Part two: Life cycle impact assessment by Kiš Ferenc, Đurišić-Mladenović Nataša, Marjanović-Jeromela Ana

“…The carbon footprint of rapeseed was estimated at 0.65 kg CO2 eq. per kg of rapeseed. In the production chain of 3,000 kg of rapeseed, 454 kg of oil equivalent is consumed, which means that approximately 6.93 MJ of energy from fossil sources is required to produce 1 kg of rapeseed under the prevalent conditions in Vojvodina. …”
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Prevalence, Characterization, and Proteomic Relatedness Among β-Lactam-Resistant Bacteria Throughout the Poultry Production Chain in Greece by Anestis Tsitsos, Alexandros Damianos, Konstantinos Kiskinis, Vasilios Tsiouris, Ilias Tirodimos, Nikolaos Soultos, Anna Papa, Vangelis Economou

“…The prevalence of <i>Acinetobacter</i> spp. and <i>E. coli</i> on farmers’ skin was 16.7% (n = 2 strains) and 8.3% (n = 1 strain), correspondingly. …”
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Fault location method of wind turbine transmission chain system based on lumped parameter thermal network model by Shiyu Lin, Hongshan Zhao, Chengyan Sun, Weixin Yang, Xibei Li

“…Thirdly, two fault location methods of wind turbine transmission chain system based on LPTN are proposed: (1) the method based on LPTN only, (2) the method considering the modification of operating conditions based on LPTN. …”
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Trophic transfer of arsenic in the food chain from selected crops grown in long-term wastewater contaminated soil by Mudasra Munir, Kafeel Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Shahzad Akhtar, Muhammad Nadeem, Asma Ashfaq, Mohammad Faisal, Abdulrahman A. Alatar, Hafiza Mamona Nazir, Ifra Saleem Malik

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The Effect of Fairness Concern on Carbon Emission Reduction and Revenue Distribution in Construction Supply Chain: Power Structure Perspective by Wen Jiang, Linqing Pu, Ting Huang, Li Yuan, Lu Gan

“…This paper invested a two-echelon construction supply chain that consists of a general contractor and a subcontractor. …”
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Importance Analysis of Causative Nodes for Accident Chains of Railway Locomotive Operation Based on STPA-PageRank Method by Ping WAN, Wei-Lun YANG, Jie-Wen LUO, Xiao-Feng MA

“…Firstly, 68 sets of data of railway locomotive operation accidents happened in recent two years were collected and compiled. Secondly, the system theory process analysis (STPA) method was adopted to extract 68 accident chains based on those data. …”
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Balancing E-Commerce Platform and Manufacturer Goals in Sustainable Supply Chains: The Impact of Eco-Friendly Private Labels by Zhiheng Liu, Xiangcheng Cui, Yuanyuan Ji

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Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Painful Temporomandibular Disorder in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos by Anne E. Sanders, Jianwen Cai, Martha L. Daviglus, Olga Garcia-Bedoya, Gary D. Slade

“…Design: We analyzed baseline data from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Two 24-hr dietary recall surveys quantified intake of long-chain omega-6 and omega-3 PUFAs along with their precursors, linoleic acid (C18:2n-6, LA) and alpha linolenic acid (C18:3n-3, ALA) respectively. …”
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Oxaliplatin-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles Decorated with Cetuximab Single-Chain Variable Fragment for Human Colorectal Cancer Treatment by Khadijeh Falahzadeh, Fariba Esmaeili, Leila Nematollahi, Elham Bayat, Mehdi Khoobi, Mohammadali Mazloomi, Masumeh Jalalvand, Reza Faridi Majidi, Babak Negahdari

“…The NPs were characterized, and their toxicity against the HCT 116 cells wasevaluated using 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5 diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) and flow cytometry assays.Results: The EE% of OXPT-CS NPs was 93%, and the average diameters were 75.85 ± 8.81 nm and 92.48 ± 9.51before and after scFv conjugation, respectively. …”
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Quality Risk Propagation of Complex Product Collaborative Manufacturing Supply Chain Network Based on CN and SoV by Tengjiao Li, Hongzhuan Chen, Jie Yuan, Jingye Qian, Abdul Waheed Siyal

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Investigation of new solitary stochastic structures to the Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain model via a Stratonovich sense by Md. Nur Alam

“…This study examines how Stratonovich integrals (SIs) affect the solutions of the Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain (HFSC) equation using the modified (G'/G)-expansion (MG'/GE) scheme. …”
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