Viscoelastic, Spectroscopic, and Microscopic Characterization of Novel Bio-Based Plasticized Poly(vinyl chloride) Compound by Mei Chan Sin, Irene Kit Ping Tan, Mohd Suffian Mohd Annuar, Seng Neon Gan

“…In this study, mcl-PHA were synthesized by Pseudomonas putida PGA1 in shake flask fermentation using saponified palm kernel oil (SPKO) and subsequently moderately thermodegraded to low molecular weight oligoesters (degPHA). SEM, ATR-FTIR, 1H-NMR, and DMA were conducted to study the film morphology, microstructure, miscibility, and viscoelastic properties of the PVC-PHA and PVC/degPHA binary blends. …”
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Aflatoxin B1: Challenges and Strategies for the Intestinal Microbiota and Intestinal Health of Monogastric Animals by Hyunjun Choi, Yesid Garavito-Duarte, Alexa R. Gormley, Sung Woo Kim

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The influence of the volatiles on the slag composition for the heating process by Zhao Z.-Y., Zhao J.-X., Cui Y., Lu L., Wang G.-H.

“…It was found that CaF2 and MgF2 is the main volatiles with a small amount of AlF3 to ESR slag and PbO is the main volatile with a small amount of ZnO. …”
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Not Always Asthma: Clinical and Legal Consequences of Delayed Diagnosis of Laryngotracheal Stenosis by Adam C. Nunn, S. Ali R. Nouraei, P. Jeremy George, Guri S. Sandhu, S. A. Reza Nouraei

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Transcriptomic landscape of Hras12V oncogene-induced hepatocarcinogenesis with gender disparity by Huaiyuan Di, Zhuona Rong, Nan Mao, Huiling Li, Jun Chen, Renwu Liu, Aiguo Wang

“…A transcriptomic database was established via RNA-Seq of HCC (T) and the adjacent precancerous liver tissue (P) of Hras12V transgenic mice (Ras-Tg, HCC model) and the normal liver tissue of wild-type mice (W) of both sexes. …”
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Phenol Red Adsorption from Aqueous Solution on the Modified Bentonite by Nguyen Le My Linh, Tran Duong, Hoang Van Duc, Nguyen Thi Anh Thu, Pham Khac Lieu, Nguyen Van Hung, Le Thi Hoa, Dinh Quang Khieu

“…The highest monolayer adsorption capacity of phenol red at 30°C derived from the Langmuir equation was 166.7 mg·g−1, 125.0 mg·g−1, and 100.0 mg·g−1 for CTAB‒bentonite, Al‒CTAB‒bentonite, and Fe‒CTAB‒bentonite, respectively. …”
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Control of Neonatal Diarrhea in Piglets with Reduced Antibiotic Use by Application of a Complementary Feed—A Randomized Controlled Farm Trial by Klaus K. Sall, Leslie Foldager, Charlotte Delf, Sigurd J. Christensen, Michael N. Agerley, Kristian T. Havn, Carsten Pedersen

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Identification of LSA Data Retrieval Method and Temporal Graph for Document Retrieval by Shahla Rezvani, Nader Naghshineh, Ahmad Khalilijafarabad

“…This was evident from the obtained metrics, including precision at the top 5 results (p@5) with a value of 0.895, mean average precision (MAP) of 0.839, and mean reciprocal rank (MRR) of 0.909. …”
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A sociedade dos povos como solução dos conflitos internacionais by Guilherme Pinto Ravazi

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The Combined Effect of the Initial Cure and the Type of Cement on the Natural Carbonation, the Portlandite Content, and Nonevaporable Water in Blended Cement by Saida Boualleg, Mohamed Bencheikh, Larbi Belagraa, Aziz Daoudi, Mohamed Aziz Chikouche

“…The weight loss due to Ca(OH)2 decomposition, calculated by DTA/TG analysis, shows the effect of the pozzolanic reaction and the natural carbonation. …”
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Copolymer Based on Polyglycerol-Acrylate-Lactate as Potential Water Viscosifier and Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery by M. P. Amaya-Gómez, L. M. Sanabria-Rivas, A. M. Díaz-Lasprilla, C. Ardila-Suárez, R. H. Castro-García, H. I. Quintero-Pérez, G. E. Ramírez-Caballero

“…The chemical structure of copolymers was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), thermogravimetry (TG), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life, Blood Pressure, and Biochemical and Anthropometric Profile in Vegetarians and Nonvegetarians by Jacksaint Saintila, Tabita E. Lozano López, Percy G. Ruiz Mamani, Michael White, Salomón Huancahuire-Vega

“…No significant differences in HDL and TG concentrations were found. Serum glucose concentrations were significantly lower among vegetarians. …”
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Network Pharmacology Analysis and Experimental Validation to Explore the Anti-inflammatory Mechanism of Asiatic Acid on Alcoholic Steatohepatitis by Tao Jiang, Jinhong Xu, Yang Lu, Xiaojin Chen, Yongxia Li

“…Compared with the model group, the low, medium, and high AA group showed decreased serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), triglyceride (TG), and total cholesterol (T-CHO). The inflammatory factor tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in a dose-dependent manner were decreased. …”
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Prospective Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life and Emotional Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation over 6 Years by Konstadina Griva, Jan Stygall, Juan Hui Ng, Andrew Davenport, Mike J. Harrison, Stanton Newman

“…Physical HQoL deteriorated: Physical Component Score (P=.001), Pain (P=.002). …”
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Sorption of Pyrene by Clay Minerals Coated with Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) from Landfill Leachate by Pingxiao Wu, Yong Wen, Yun Xiang, Jianbing Zhou, Jianwei Du, Nengwu Zhu, Ping Li

“…The maximum sorption capacities of pyrene on MT, CMT, KL, and CKL were 22.18, 38.96, 42.00, and 44.99 μg·g−1, respectively, at the initial concentration of 1000 ± 150 μg·L−1. …”
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DNA Cleavage, Cytotoxic Activities, and Antimicrobial Studies of Ternary Copper(II) Complexes of Isoxazole Schiff Base and Heterocyclic Compounds by Vijay Kumar Chityala, K. Sathish Kumar, Ramesh Macha, Parthasarathy Tigulla, Shivaraj

“…These complexes have been characterized by IR, UV-Vis, ESR, elemental analysis, magnetic moments, TG, and DTA. On the basis of spectral studies and analytical data, five-coordinated square pyramidal/four-coordinated square planar geometry is assigned to all complexes. …”
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Selected Rheological Properties of RS3/4 Type Resistant Starch by Kapelko-Żeberska Małgorzata, Zięba Tomasz, Spychaj Radosław, Gryszkin Artur

“…Solubility of the preparations in water, in a wide range of variability, was increasing along with an increasing degree of acetylation and with a decreasing degree of crosslinking (19–100 g/100 g). Values of most of the rheological coefficients determined based on the flow curves of the prepared pastes and mechanical spectra of gels (3.5<K<31.5 Pa×sn, 4.2<τ0C<70 Pa, 0.26<tg α<0.57) were increasing in a wide range along with increasing crosslinking of starch. …”
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Impact of Vanadium Complexes Treatment on the Oxidative Stress Factors in Wistar Rats Plasma by R. Francik, M. Krosniak, M. Barlik, A. Kudla, R. Grybos, T. Librowski

“…Three vanadium complexes: [VO(bpy)2]SO4⋅2H2O, [VO(4,4′Me2bpy)2]SO4⋅2H2O, and Na[VO(O2)2(bpy)]⋅8H2O are administered by gavage during 5 weeks in two different diets such as control (C) and high fatty (F) diets. …”
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Predictive modeling and optimization of tubular distiller operation using response surface methodology under silver nanomaterial infused PCM thickness variations by W.M. Farouk, Ayman Hoballah, Z.M. Omara, Fadl A. Essa

“…RSM effectively modeled the system, enabling optimization of yield (P) and water (Tw) and glass (Tg) temperatures across different PCM thicknesses. …”
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Protonation and Photocatalytic Activity of the Rb2La2Ti3O10 Layered Oxide in the Reaction of Hydrogen Production by Ivan A. Rodionov, Iuliia P. Sokolova, Oleg I. Silyukov, Alena A. Burovikhina, Sergey A. Fateev, Irina A. Zvereva

“…The obtained samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, SEM, X-ray microanalysis, BET, DRS, and TG. It was found that the complete ion exchange of Rb+ for H+ in the layered oxide Rb2La2Ti3O10 proceeds through the formation of two metastable intermediate phases with average protonation degrees of 0.5 and 0.75, which successively transform from one to another. …”
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