SCAR Marker for Gender Identification in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) at the Seedling Stage by Fahad Al-Qurainy, Abdulhafed A. Al-Ameri, Salim Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar, Mohamed Tarroum

“…A sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker linked to sex-specific regions in the genome of date palm was developed. Of the 300 tested randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) primers, only one primer (OPC-06) produced reproducible band (294 bp) in male plants. …”
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Production of Carbon Quantum Dots Based on Oil Palm Fronds for Polyethylene and Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics Detection by Nonni Soraya Sambudi, Maissy Graceline Mulia, Apriliana Cahya Khayrani, Isnaeni, Revathi Raviadaran, Farhana Aziz, Diva Dwira Permana, Randy Suwandi, Kenny Lischer

“…To obtain this carbon, oil palm fronds are crushed and then converted into biochar through a pyrolysis process. …”
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Band Pull-Apart Exercise: Effects of Movement Direction and Hand Position on Shoulder Muscle Activity by Takumi Fukunaga, Connor Fedge, Timothy Tyler, Michael Mullaney, Brandon Schmitt, Karl Orishimo, Malachy McHugh, Stephen Nicholas

“…After measurement of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) for each muscle, subjects performed the band pull-apart exercise in three hand positions (palm up, neutral, palm down) and three movement directions (diagonal up, horizontal, diagonal down). …”
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Characterizations of synthesized laser scribed graphene/molybdenum disulfide (LSG/MoS2) hybrids for supercapacitor performance by Mugashini Vasudevan, Aiswarya Kanesan, Sathaniswarman Remesh, Veeradasan Perumal, Pandian Raja, Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim, Saravanan Karuppanan, Subash Gopinath, Mark Ovinis

“…In this study, LSG/MoS2 hybrids were fabricated to overcome the graphene zero band gap, restacking issues of molybdenum disulfide and to induce the electrical conductivity. …”
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Extracellular Lipase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa SB-37: Production by Solid State Fermentation, Immobilization, and Characterization by Titin Haryati, Norman Yoshi Haryono, Dian Nugraheni, Fenti Fatmawati, Alfina Kusuma Dewi, Muhammad Zahran Edlian Syach

“…Since the protein profile of extracellular lipase has a few protein bands, we perform direct immobilization on crude protein supernatant. …”
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Prediction of Lard in Palm Olein Oil Using Simple Linear Regression (SLR), Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), and Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR) Based on Fourier-Transform... by Siong Fong Sim, Min Xuan Laura Chai, Amelia Laccy Jeffrey Kimura

“…The marker bands distinguishing lard and palm olein oil were determined using Fisher’s weights. …”
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Genomic Characterization of <i>Laodelphax striatellus</i> Permutotetra-like Virus and Self-Cleavage Function of Viral Capsid Protein by Jun Piao, Jiarui Zhang, Lujie Zhang, Jingai Piao, Haitao Wang, Yilin Xie, Shuo Li

“…LsPLV CP in <i>L. striatellus</i> was detected by Western blot, and except for the complete CP band, the specific bands with molecular weights lower than CP were also detected, indicating that CP underwent cleavage. …”
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