Anti-Inflammatory, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of Tomato Skin and Pomegranate Peel Extracts: A Sustainable Approach for Oral Health Care by Alessia Silla, Angela Punzo, Francesca Bonvicini, Matteo Perillo, Marco Malaguti, Antonello Lorenzini, Ismaela Foltran, Dario Mercatante, Mara Mandrioli, Maria Teresa Rodriguez-Estrada, Silvana Hrelia, Cristiana Caliceti

“…The biological activities of the extracts and the mouthwash (MW) containing them were evaluated in Human Primary Gingival Epithelial cells (HGECs). …”
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Detection and Structural Characterization of Nucleophiles Trapped Reactive Metabolites of Limonin Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Yujie Deng, Yudong Fu, Shumin Xu, Ping Wang, Nailong Yang, Chengqian Li, Qing Yu

“…Limonin (LIM), a furan-containing limonoid, is one of the most abundant components of Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. …”
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Ultrasound pretreatment and solvent extraction parameters effects on the nutritional characteristics of Indonesian shortfin eel (Anguilla bicolor bicolor) protein concentrate by Andri Cahyo Kumoro, Dyah Hesti Wardhani, Tutuk Djoko Kusworo, Mohamad Djaeni, Yusuf Ma'rifat Fajar Azis, Misbahudin Alhanif, Tan Chin Ping

“…The prepared EPC is classified as type B EPC, with a protein content of 89.62 %w.b. and a lipid content of 2.21 %w.b. The EPC contains five types of peptides with a molecular weight of 5.00–76.00 kDa, with the main fraction having a MW ranging from 10.00 to 15.00 kDa, indicating potential for functional food products.…”
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Labeling tumor-associated extracellular vesicles with antibody-DNA conjugates for quantitative analysis by Xiao Du, Xiao Du, Xiao Du, Hongxiu Li, Hongxiu Li, Hongxiu Li, Shiyi Shen, Shiyi Shen, Shiyi Shen, Chao Tian, Chao Tian, Chao Tian, Xiaohuan Cao, Xiaohuan Cao, Xiaohuan Cao, Xingang Xu, Nan Xu, Shuling Wang, Shuling Wang, Shuling Wang, Qingchang Tian, Qingchang Tian, Qingchang Tian

“…The antibody-DNA conjugate contained one antibody associated with three oligonucleotides for signal amplification. …”
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Comparative transcriptomics and metabolomics provide insight into degeneration‐related physiological mechanisms of Morchella importuna after long‐term preservation by Ying Chen, Xuelian Cao, Liyuan Xie, Jie Tang, Lixu Liu, Di Wang, Xiang Wu, Tianhai Liu, Yang Yu, Yong Wang, Francis Martin, Weihong Peng, Hao Tan

“…Altogether, metabolic alterations related to sulfur‐containing amino‐acid biosynthesis, DNA repair, and cellular structural maintenance contributed to improved preservation outcomes in terms of morel fruiting capability. …”
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Electrochromism via reversible electrodeposition of solid iodine by Shanlin Li, Yingyu Chen, Zhen Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Xianglin Guo, Xueqing Tang, Xiaoyu Wang, Wende Lai, Meiyun Tong, Changhong Wang, Shan Cong, Fengxia Geng, Yong Chen, Zhigang Zhao

“…Herein, we propose the development of non-metallic iodine electrodeposition-based electrochromic dynamic windows using a water-in-salt electrolyte containing iodine ions. The unique electrolyte environment and solvation structure of the water-in-salt electrolyte suppress the dissolution and shuttle effect of iodine, thereby achieving a different reaction pathway compared to traditional electrolytes. …”
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Big Archive-Assisted Ensemble of Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms by Wen Zhong, Jian Xiong, Anping Lin, Lining Xing, Feilong Chen, Yingwu Chen

“…To alleviate the undesirable phenomenon that some promising solutions are discarded during the evolution process, a big archive that number of contained solutions be far larger than population size is integrated into this ensemble framework to record large-scale nondominated solutions, and also an efficient maintenance strategy is developed to update the archive. …”
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Minimal Impacts of Tyre Particle Exposure on Estuarine Meiofaunal Community Structure, Primary Production, and Nutrient Cycling by Charlotte Woodhouse, Dannielle Senga Green, Andy Foggo, Paul J. Somerfield, Richard C. Thompson, Samantha L. Garrard

“…Using mesocosms of estuarine sediment containing a model macrofauna community (<i>Scrobicularia plana</i> and <i>Hediste diversicolor</i>), meiofauna, and microphytobenthos, we investigated the impact of exposure to sedimentary tyre particles (0.2, 1, and 5% kg sediment(dw)⁻¹) upon meiofauna community structure, primary production, secondary production, and nutrient fluxes. …”
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Elevation of Glucose 6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity Induced by Amplified Insulin Response in Low Glutathione Levels in Rat Liver by Misako Taniguchi, Nobuko Mori, Chizuru Iramina, Akira Yasutake

“…Weanling male Wistar rats were fed on a 10% soybean protein isolate (SPI) diet for 3 weeks with or without supplementing 0.3% sulfur-containing amino acids (SAA; methionine or cystine) to examine relationship between glutathione (GSH) levels and activities of NADPH-producing enzymes, glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and malic enzyme (ME), in the liver. …”
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A Configurable Semantic-Based Transformation Method towards Conceptual Models by Tiexin Wang, Jingwen Cao, Chuanqi Tao, Zhibin Yang, Yi Wu, Bohan Li

“…To improve the efficiency of the building process, this paper proposes a configurable semantic-based (semi-) automatic conceptual model transformation methodology (SbACMT) that tries to reuse existing conceptual models to generate new models. SbACMT contains three parts: (i) a configurable semantic relatedness computing method building on the structured linguistic knowledge base “ConceptNet” (SRCM-CNet), (ii) a specific meta-model, which follows the Ecore standard, defines the rules of applying SRCM-CNet to different conceptual models to automatically detect transformation mappings, and (iii) a multistep matching and transformation process that employs SRCM-CNet. …”
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Assessment of the inhibitory effects of sodium nitrite, nisin, potassium sorbate, and sodium lactate on Staphylococcus aureus growth and staphylococcal enterotoxin A production in... by Lu Lin, Jie Yun Hu, Yi Wu, Min Chen, Jie Ou, Wei Ling Yan

“…This study was conducted to analyze the effects of sodium nitrite, nisin, potassium sorbate, and sodium lactate against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) growth and staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) production in cooked pork sausage by inoculating sausage samples containing preservative with an S. aureus strain producing staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) and then storing them at 37 °C for 36 h. …”
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Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of a Novel Recombinant BCG Strain Overexpressing Antigens Ag85A and Ag85B by Chun Wang, Ruiling Fu, Zhenhua Chen, Kun Tan, Lingxia Chen, Xindong Teng, Jia Lu, Chunwei Shi, Xionglin Fan

“…In this study, three rBCG strains overexpressing immunodominant antigens Ag85B (rBCG::85B), Ag85A (rBCG::85A), or both (rBCG::AB) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis were constructed, respectively. rBCG strains showed higher level of overexpression of Ag85A and/or Ag85B proteins than BCG containing empty vector pMV261(rBCG::261), which had low levels of endogenous expression of both proteins as expected. rBCG::AB strain could provide the strongest short-term and long-term protection in the lung against intravenous infection with virulent M. tuberculosis than rBCG::261 control and other two rBCG strains overexpressing single antigen. …”
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Genetic Uniqueness and Pomological Diversity Among the Apple Accessions Maintained Within the Croatian National Clonal Germplasm Repository by Danijel Čiček, Almira Konjić, Martina Skendrović Babojelić, Predrag Vujević, Silvio Šimon, Fuad Gaši

“…Many of the accessions can be considered unique, and the results of the pomological characterization indicated that this germplasm contains valuable traits of interest for future breeding programs.…”
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Source apportionment of the sediments entering dam using lithological and mineralogical studies by S. Afshar, B. Saghafian, H.R. Vosoughifar

“…The results showed that most sediment samples in Taleghan are of sedimentary sandstone, mainly containing the quartz and plagioclase minerals (quartz sandstone and arkose sandstone). …”
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The Impact of Fermented Quinoa Sourdough with Enterococcus Strains on the Nutritional, Textural, and Sensorial Features of Gluten-Free Muffins by Souraya Sakoui, Reda Derdak, Fatimazahra Jouga, Amal Dagni, Oana Lelia Pop, Dan Cristian Vodnar, Bernadette-Emőke Teleky, Maria Simona Chis, Carmen Rodica Pop, Laura Stan, Floricuta Ranga, Ramona Suharoschi, Abdelaziz Soukri, Bouchra El Khalfi

“…Gluten-free baked goods exhibit reduced texture and taste characteristics compared to their gluten-containing counterparts. As a result, there is a renewed interest in the fermentation of gluten-free cereals with lactic acid bacteria, which is associated with an improvement in the final baked goods. …”
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Design and fabrication of (Hf0.25Zr0.25Ta0.25Nb0.25)C–SiC ceramics with improved microwave absorbing properties via PDC route by Bin Du, Saidi Wang, Linwei Guo, Yimin Ouyang, Hanwei Cheng, Yajuan Cheng, Tao Zhang

“…As a result, the HEC–SiC-2 composite, containing approximately 21.21 wt% SiC, achieved a minimum reflection loss value (RLmin) of −54.28 dB at 12.39 GHz with a thickness of 3.14 mm. …”
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Antioxidants and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia by T. V. Sapozhnikova, S. A. Parfenov, T. E. Yesina, K. V. Sapozhnikov, A. N. Smirnov, A. A. Paulov, D. M. Rizakhanov, O. A. Rizakhanova

“…The study included 112 adult patients with functional dyspepsia receiving the antioxidant drug Cytoflavin containing succinic acid, inosine, nicotinamide and riboflavin, and cognitive behavioral therapy according to the method of Beck and Jacobson in addition to the main therapy (prokinetics, proton pump inhibitors, psychotropic drugs).Results. …”
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α-Copaene is a potent repellent against the Asian Citrus Psyllid Diaphorina citri by Rodrigo Facchini Magnani, Haroldo Xavier Linhares Volpe, Rejane Angélica Grigio Luvizotto, Tatiana Aparecida Mulinari, Thiago Trevisoli Agostini, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, Victor Pena Ribeiro, Michele Carmo-Sousa, Nelson Arno Wulff, Leandro Peña, Walter S. Leal

“…Likewise, a commercial sample of copaiba oil containing the three sesquiterpenes, in a proportion similar to that in the transgenic plant, repelled ACP.…”
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Evaluation of biases in mid-to-high-latitude surface snowfall and cloud phase in ERA5 and CMIP6 using satellite observations by F. Hellmuth, T. Carlsen, A. S. Daloz, R. O. David, H. Che, T. Storelvmo

“…<p>Supercooled liquid-containing clouds (sLCCs) play a significant role in Earth's radiative budget and the hydrological cycle, especially through surface snowfall production. …”
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A renewable integrated multi-area system for LFC incorporating electrical vehicle with SoC estimation by F. Lalhmangaihzuala, Subir Datta, Samuel Lalngaihawma, Taha Selim Ustun, Akhtar Kalam

“…All the areas have one renewable energy source and a thermal power plant (TPP), and each area incorporates electric vehicles. Area 1 contains a combination of a wind turbine system (WTS) and thermal, Area 2 has a geothermal power plant (GTPP) and thermal, and Area 3 has a biogas power plant (BPP) and thermal. …”
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