Isolation of Prebiotics from Artocarpus integer’s Seed by Joel-Ching-Jue Wong, Siew-Ling Hii, Chen-Chung Koh

“…There has been a high amount of attention given to prebiotics due to their significant physiological function and health benefits. Prebiotics contain nondigestible compounds that allow specific changes, both in the growth and in the activity of bacteria in the host gastrointestinal tract, that provide benefits upon the host by promoting a healthy digestive system and preventing disease. …”
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The United States and the Challenges of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Internal Stability: A Historical Retrospective by L. R. Khlebnikova

“…The paper’s first section contains a brief overview of the history of the relations between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during the Cold War. …”
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Effect of micro alloying of steel with niobium on the mechanical properties of heat-strengthened rebar by A. I. Posti

“…However, the production technology is multi-stage and expensive, so the use of ferrovanadium makes the production of vanadium-containing fittings for mass use unprofitable. In this regard, it is necessary to reduce the cost of finished products by replacing ferrovanadium with ferroniobium while preserving all the mechanical, physical and operational characteristics of the metal.Objective: to determine the effect of the quantitative content of niobium in steel in the production of hot-rolled rebar S-500WC in coils at the mill 370/150 of OJSC “BSW – Management Company of the Holding “BMK” in accordance with the requirements of the Israeli standard SI 4466-3:2013 at various temperature and speed parameters of rolled products. …”
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Administrative-Legal Regulation of Ukraine’s Space Activities: Challenges in Wartime and Strategic Perspectives by Inesa Kostenko

“…The importance of space technologies in military intelligence, navigation, and communication is underscored, as well as the prospects for attracting foreign investment to develop the sector. The article contains recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of state policy in the field of space activities and integrating Ukraine into the international space community.…”
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Fuzzy Estimation of the Character of the Securities Market by G. Y. Ratushnyak, A. G. Sukhanova

“…In this paper we propose a fuzzy-multiple algorithm to evaluate the character of the securities market. This algorithm contains the operations of fuzzy sets theory. The fuzzy of the character of the securities market manifests itself in the «blur» of the boundaries of its varieties. …”
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Hepatic Cerebroside Sulfotransferase Is Induced by PPARα Activation in Mice by Takefumi Kimura, Takero Nakajima, Yuji Kamijo, Naoki Tanaka, Lixuan Wang, Atsushi Hara, Eiko Sugiyama, Eiji Tanaka, Frank J. Gonzalez, Toshifumi Aoyama

“…In this study, sulfatide levels and the expression of enzymes related to sulfatide metabolism were examined using wild-type (+/+), Ppara-heterozygous (+/−), and Ppara-null (−/−) mice given a control diet or one containing 0.1% fenofibrate, a clinically used hypolipidemic drug and PPARα activator. …”
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The Daily Menu in Times of Pandemic for Individuals with Anxiety and Depression by Daniela Gomes Alcoforado, Miriam Leite Farias, Juliana Gonçalves Machado, Francisco Vicente Sales Melo, Thomas Kühn

“…The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light food and nutrition vulnerabilities in society, which were aggravated by the effects of social isolation and other measures to contain coronavirus spread in people’s lives. This study explores how individuals with mental disorders are reacting to this pandemic time, focusing in the context of their eating habits. …”
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The Poisson equation in homogeneous Sobolev spaces by Tatiana Samrowski, Werner Varnhorn

“…We prove that for external forces and boundary values given in certain Lq(G)-spaces there exists a solution in the homogeneous Sobolev space S2,q(G), containing functions being local in Lq(G) and having second-order derivatives in Lq(G) Concerning the uniqueness of this solution we prove that the corresponding nullspace has the dimension n+1, independent of q.…”
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Dispersive Sweatt Model for Broadband Lens Design with Metasurfaces by Weiyu Chen, Ko-Han Shih, C. Kyle Renshaw

“…The Sweatt model has been extensively used to design optical systems containing diffractive optical elements (DOEs) because it captures the dispersive characteristics of DOEs. …”
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Becoming Charles Darwin: Travel Experiences, Personal Writings, and the Genesis of a Method by Shadia Uteem

“…Overall, the paper aims to illustrate how Darwin’s personal experiences, as documented in his writings and reminiscences, contain the essence of his personal and enigmatic approach, shedding light on how his adventurous routes influenced his methodological trajectory.…”
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Genotoxicity Assessment of Multispecies Probiotics Using Reverse Mutation, Mammalian Chromosomal Aberration, and Rodent Micronucleus Tests by Yi-Jen Chiu, Mun-Kit Nam, Yueh-Ting Tsai, Chun-Chi Huang, Cheng-Chih Tsai

“…Genotoxicity assessment is carried out on freeze dried powder of cultured probiotics containing Lactobacillus rhamnosus LCR177, Bifidobacterium adolescentis BA286, and Pediococcus acidilactici PA318. …”
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Design and Fabrication of the Large Thrust Force Piezoelectric Actuator by Shyang-Jye Chang, Jing Chen

“…From the experiment results, the piezoelectric actuator containing double pushers can provide a greater thrust force than that of traditional actuators containing a single pusher as the preload is greater. …”
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Novel Pt (II) Complexes With Anticancer Activity Against Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells by Erika Stefàno, Gianluca Rovito, Luca G. Cossa, Federica De Castro, Viviana Vergaro, Asjad Ali, Giulia My, Danilo Migoni, Antonella Muscella, Santo Marsigliante, Michele Benedetti, Francesco Paolo Fanizzi

“…Platinum-based drugs containing the bidentate ligand phenanthroline have been found to have strong antitumor activity due to their ability to cause DNA damage. …”
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Yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Catherine Zettel, Phillip Kaufman

“…EENY-434, an 8-page illustrated fact sheet by Catherine Zettel and Phillip Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this container-inhabiting mosquito that is the primary vector of yellow fever — its synonymy, distribution, life cycle, medical importance, and management. …”
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Combining In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Silico Approaches to Explore the Effect of <i>Ceratonia siliqua</i> and <i>Ocimum basilicum</i> Rich Phenolic Formula on Lipid Metabolism and Pl... by Mohammadine Moumou, Amani Tayebi, Abderrahmane Hadini, Omar M. Noman, Abdulsalam Alhalmi, Hamza Ahmoda, Souliman Amrani, Hicham Harnafi

“…In this work, we explored the effect of an herbal formula (CBF) containing immature <i>Ceratonia siliqua</i> pods and <i>Ocimum basilicum</i> extracts on lipid metabolism disorders and lipoprotein-rich plasma (LRP) oxidation in mice. …”
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Creation and interpretation of machine learning models for aqueous solubility prediction by Minyi Su, Enric Herrero

“…Methods: The models were trained, optimized, and tested in a dataset containing 12,983 compounds from two public datasets and further evaluated in two external test sets. …”
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Valorization of pinecone as a pyrolysis feedstock: identification of bio-oil and synthesis of activated biochar for Cr(VI) elimination from wastewater by Alfares, Amenah Adnan, Younis, Afyaa Muayed, Rasheed, Lana Abdalhameed, Fadhil, Abdelrahman Basil

“…The ABC exhibited an adsorptive elimination of 98.71% for 100 mL of solution containing 150 ppm of Cr(VI) from its aqueous phase using 0.20 g of ABC at 35 °C for 140 min and a pH = 2.0. …”
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Establishment of an Experimental Procedure for Preparing Trial Serum Samples for the Specific Serodiagnosis of Toxocara canis for External Quality Assessment Schemes by Quang Huy Vu, Diep Tuan Tran, Phu Manh Sieu Tran, Van Chuong Le, Thi Diem Phuc Huynh, Quang Sang Bui

“…Two lots of trial standard sera containing specific anti-Toxocara canis antibodies were successfully produced. …”
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INNOVATIVE PRODUCT STARTUP BUSINESS MODEL by B. Tokarev

“…The author’s model of innovative products startup containing a feedback loop is oered.…”
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Effect of bending load on electrical conductivity of carbon/epoxy composites filled with nanoparticles using design of experiment and artificial neural networks by Ali Sadollah, Seyed Morteza Razavi, Abobakr Khalil Al-Shamiri

“…Our experimental findings indicate that the decrease in electrical conductivity due to bending is minimal in carbon/epoxy samples containing CNTs and most significant in samples containing CB. …”
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