Extending the Shelf Life of Apples After Harvest Using Edible Coatings as Active Packaging—A Review by Magdalena Mikus, Sabina Galus

“…The requirements for protective coatings for apples should be focused on low-cost materials, including waste-based resources, good miscibility, and compatibility of components. …”
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A Surgical Case of Bow Hunter’s Syndrome Diagnosed by Cervical Rotational MRA by Hidenori Matsuoka, So Ohashi, Michihisa Narikiyo, Ryo Nogami, Keita Hashimoto, Hirokazu Nagasaki, Yoshifumi Tsuboi

“…More than 5 years have passed since the surgery, and the patient is still in good health.…”
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Dense integration of chlorocatechols crosslinked polyphenylene sulfide solid-state separator for Li metal-free batteries by Haitao Zhou, Lianlu Wan, Jiacheng Han, Jian-Chun Wu, Yihong Deng, Jie Gu, Huanggang Wang, Hongquan Gao, Zilong Su

“…Impressively, even in the presence of Cu or Fe powder contamination on the CuSn foil anode or cathode, this separator can still achieve uniform electric field distribution and lithium deposition, demonstrating good cycle stability.…”
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Public Health System’s Preparedness to Address Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Rapid Assessment Survey of Health-care Providers in India by Beena Nitin Joshi, Sharmeen Akhtar Shaikh, Amlin Shukla, Mohd. Ashraf Ganie, Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani, Vanita Suri, Neena Malhotra, Sarita Agarwal, Subhankar Chowdhury, Prasanta Kumar Bhattacharya, Rakesh Kumar Sahay, Roya Rozati, Puthiyaveettil Khadar Jabbar, Abilash Nair, Bharti Kulkarni, Aafia Rashid, Sunny Khajuria, Monica Rajput, Gaivee Vinam Meshram, Shouvik Chowdhury, Rahul Harish Bamon, Muhammed Shahid Pasha, Farhana Begum, Manoj Rema Aravind, Taruna Arora

“…Conclusion: Results suggest the need for training HCPs, strengthening infrastructure with good referral linkages, and adequate supply of drugs to help improve PCOS management at public health-care facilities in India. …”
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A Sensitive Fluorescent Immunoassay for Prostate Specific Antigen Detection Based on Signal Amplify Strategy of Horseradish Peroxidase and Silicon Dioxide Nanospheres by Lihua Li, Wenzhi Zhang, Yan Wei, Lizhen Yu, Dexiang Feng

“…The silicon dioxide nanospheres (SiO2 NSs), with large surface area and good biocompatibility, were loaded with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and horseradish peroxidase-labeled secondary antibodies (HRP-Ab2) as signal amplification systems. …”
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Effects of Adulteration on Diesel Oil with Kerosene Fuel in Ghana by K.O. Boadu

“…The parameters analysed are good indicators in the assessment of the extent to which diesel fuel can be adulterated by kerosene. …”
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Denosumab-Induced Severe Hypocalcaemia in Chronic Kidney Disease by Ryan Jalleh, Gopal Basu, Richard Le Leu, Shilpanjali Jesudason

“…Hypocalcaemia is increasingly recognized as a complication of denosumab use in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients with osteoporosis. Despite Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) notifications in 2013, we have subsequently encountered several cases of denosumab-induced hypocalcaemia, raising concern about lack of widespread awareness among prescribing practitioners. …”
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Neglected Forearm Fractures and Its Outcome Following Mediolateral Plate Osteosynthesis: A Retrospective Case Series by Sitsabesan Chokkalingam, Ashok T Ramanathan, Gopinath Menon

“…Conclusion: Delayed fixation in neglected forearm fractures with the MEULAR concept achieves fracture healing with good to excellent functional outcomes. Despite the operative complexity of open osteoclasis or the need for bone grafting, the anatomical radial bow can be restored in the absence of forearm cross-union.…”
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Research on Heat Source Model and Weld Profile for Fiber Laser Welding of A304 Stainless Steel Thin Sheet by Peizhi Li, Yu Fan, Chonghao Zhang, Zhiyuan Zhu, Wenteng Tian, Anmin Liu

“…Furthermore, fiber lasers are widely recognized to result in good-quality laser beam output, a narrower weld zone, less distortion, and high process efficiency, compared with other types of lasers (such as CO2, Nd : YAG, and diode lasers). …”
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From Waste to Innovation: A Circular Economy Approach for Tissue Engineering by Transforming Human Bone Waste into Novel Collagen Membranes by Lorena Gallego, Kimberly Harvey, Marta Pevida, Luis García-Consuegra, Olivia García-Suárez, Álvaro Meana, María Alvarez-Viejo, Luis Junquera

“…Efforts to reduce the production of hard-to-recycle waste are becoming increasingly important to manufacturers, not only of consumer goods but also of specialized items that are difficult to manufacture, such as medical supplies, which have now become a priority for the European Union. …”
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Influence of Axle Load on the Wear of Railway Wheel Material by Hewan Getachew Yenealem, Daniel T. Redda, Awel Mohammedseid

“…The result shows that the wear rate increases proportionally with the increasing of applied load and that the proportionality coefficient is 0.1393, which has a very good agreement with the experimental results from the works of literature. …”
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Design of natural asphalt sulfamic acid (NA-NHSO3H) as a scalable natural asphalt-derived heterogeneous Brønsted acid to catalyze multicomponent reactions meeting green chemistry g... by Sahar Abdolahi, Mohammad Soleiman-Beigi

“…The catalyst demonstrates high efficacy in the synthesis of a range of heterocyclic compounds, showcasing yields that vary from good to excellent even under environmentally friendly conditions. …”
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Development of an interpretable machine learning model based on CT radiomics for the prediction of post acute pancreatitis diabetes mellitus by Xiyao Wan, Yuan Wang, Ziyi Liu, Ziyan Liu, Shuting Zhong, Xiaohua Huang

“…The interpretable CT radiomics-based model developed in this study demonstrated good performance, enabling timely and effective interventions with the potential to improve patient outcomes.…”
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Rapid landslide detection from free optical satellite imagery using a robust change detection technique by Rosa Coluzzi, Angela Perrone, Caterina Samela, Vito Imbrenda, Salvatore Manfreda, Letizia Pace, Maria Lanfredi

“…The method tested over the Pomarico site in Basilicata region (Southern Italy), was able to define the footprint of a landslide occurred in 2019 with a good accuracy (ACC = 0.95). Therefore, the proposed procedure is effective to detect landslides involving land-surface spectral changes (the majority), without the need of additional in-situ information. …”
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Drug utilization study of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics drugs among bipolar disorder patients by Lolita Lolita, Johan Ika Meiliana

“…A key component of SDG 3, which is about good health and wellbeing, is mental illness. The burden of disease and mental illness is a priority for global development. …”
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Development and Supervision of Robo-Advisors under Digital Financial Inclusion in Complex Systems by Wensheng Dai

“…Analyzing the performance of the improved K-means algorithm, in the operation of the experimental dataset B, the accuracy of the clustering result after 6 iterations reached 97.08%, which shows that the algorithm has good performance. During the trial operation of the data mining system, the four types of customers of financial institutions were accurately clustered, and it was concluded that the main type of customers who brought benefits to financial institutions was high-income customers accounting for 10.75%. …”
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Fabrication of Cu: ZnO thin film sensor for ethanol vapor detection by Robin Simkhada, Dalton R. Gibbs, Soma Dhakal, Dipak Oli, Rishi Ram Ghimire, Deependra Das Mulmi, Leela Pradhan Joshi

“…These films' elemental analysis demonstrated the good incorporation of Cu into the ZnO matrix. The UV-visible results showed a significant decrease in the band gap from 3.28 eV for undoped ZnO to 3.20 eV for Cu: ZnO films. …”
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Effect of Semolina Replacement with Amaranth Flour on Quality Characteristics of Functional Pasta by Sogand Alizadeh, Asiye Ahmadi-Dastgerdi, Sara Reisi, Fahimeh Ebrahimi Tirtashi, Maryam Zokaei, Shiva Tahriri

“…In conclusion, the amaranth flour has a good potential to be used in functional foods and gluten-free pasta. …”
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Clinical and Prognostic Significance of Idiopathic Left Bundle-Branch Block in Young Adults by Pietro Delise, Luigi Rivetti, Giuseppe Poletti, Monica Centa, Giuseppe Allocca, Nadir Sitta, Arianna Cati, Giovanni Turiano, Emanuela Lanari, Paolo Zeppilli, Luigi Sciarra

“…In the vast majority of cases, the prognosis is good and no ventricular dysfunction occurs over time. …”
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Food Safety Practice and Its Associated Factors among Meat Handlers in North Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Samuel Chane Teferi

“…The majority, 128 (57.1%), of meat handlers smoke in workplaces, and 20 (8.9%) of meat handlers handled money while processing meat. 180 (80.4%) of meat handlers process/handle meat when they had cuts, wounds, bruises, or injuries on their hands. 12.1% and 15.6% of meat handlers took food safety training and medical checkups, respectively. 51.3% of meat handlers had good meat handling practices. Knowledge (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 2.99, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.73-5.15), attitude (AOR=1.94, 95% CI: 1.12-3.37), experience (AOR=4.27, 95% CI: 2.34-9.85), medical checkup (AOR=3.87, 95% CI: 1.67-8.96), and educational status (AOR=5.50, 95% CI: 1.05-28.75) were significantly associated with meat handling practices. …”
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