Durian albedo and eggshell-based smart edible film with infused butterfly pea flower extract as active agent by Ignasius Radix Astadi Praptono Jati, Adrianus Rulianto Utomo, Erni Setijawaty, Rachel Meiliawati Yoshari, Tarsisius Dwi Wibawa Budianta, Thomas Indarto Putut Suseno, Fitriyono Ayustaningwarno

“…The film was formulated using durian albedo, eggshell, sorbitol, and cornstarch, which was mixed with butterfly pea flower extract and mold using the casting method. The analysis performed included anthocyanin and phenolic content, antioxidant activity, tensile strength, elongation, water vapor transmission rate, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and smart indicator examination using fresh milk model system. …”
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Wavelet deep unfolding network for iterative stripe noise removal in wideband microwave imaging system for EMS localization by Yanju Zhu, Zihan Zhao

“…To solve this problem, an innovative wavelet deep unfolding network from the perspective of the transform domain is presented in this paper. The network fully considers the inherent characteristics of stripe noise and the complementary information between the coefficients of different wavelet sub-bands to accurately estimate stripe noise while minimizing computational cost. …”
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Influence of pH and annealing temperature on hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticle synthesis with pine needle extract and investigation of structural, magnetic, and dielectric properties... by Kamaran Bakhtiar, Bruska Azhdar

“…This study used pine needle extract, a green method, to synthesize hematite-phase iron oxide nanoparticles. …”
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Plant-based chitosan for the development of biodegradable packaging materials by Adity Bahndral, Rafeeya Shams, Pintu Choudhary

“…It can be utilised for different purposes in these fields. This review primarily emphasizes the extraction of chitin from mushrooms and various fungal sources, comparing different extraction methods and chitosan-based materials fabrication techniques. …”
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A beginner’s approach to deep learning applied to VS and MD techniques by Stijn D’Hondt, José Oramas, Hans De Winter

“…In many steps of the drug development process in silico methods have become indispensable. Virtual screening (VS) can tremendously expedite the early discovery phase, whilst the use of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations forms a powerful additional tool to in vitro methods throughout the entire drug discovery process. …”
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Species identification in sausage samples using near-infrared spectroscopy and linear discriminant analysis by Mohadeseh Pirhadi, Nabi Shariatifar, Gholamreza Jahed Khaniki, Massoud Amanlou, Parisa Sadighara, Ebrahim Molaee-Aghaee, Sohrab Pirhadi

“…The study aims to investigate the potential use of an accurate and reliable method for detecting adulteration and ensuring the quality of meat products. …”
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Study on Mechanical Properties of Basalt Fiber-Reinforced Concrete with High Content of Stone Powder at High Temperatures by Lina Xu, Daohan Song, Ning Liu, Wei Tian

“…The mechanical properties and ultrasonic characteristics at different temperatures were studied using the cube compressive strength test and nonlinear ultrasonic test. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of a Cerium(IV)-incorporated Manganese Oxide OMS-2. Effect of Cerium(IV) Template on Octahedral Molecular Sieves of Manganese Oxide and Characteriz... by Evroula Hapeshi, Charis R. Theocharis

“…Both the morphologies and the surface properties of the materials synthesized by these two methods were different. Thus, the material prepared via the sol–gel process possessed a higher surface area and exhibited both a different type of adsorption isotherm and smaller crystallite sizes than the material synthesized by redox reaction under reflux conditions. …”
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The role of leadership in teams and in business by da Motta Reis José Salvador, de Almeida Gastão Déborah Silva, da Silva Nilson Rodrigues, Santos Gilberto, Barbosa Luís César Ferreira Motta, de Sá José Carlos

“…The role of leadership has become increasingly strategic, aiming to transform a group of individuals into a team aligned with a common goal and focused on achieving the collective good. …”
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Ultrasound‐Assisted Extraction (UAE) for the Utilization of Deep‐Water Pink Shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) Processing Waste: Comprehensive Characterization of Carotenoid Astaxan... by Çiğdem Dikel, Yasemen Yanar

“…ABSTRACT In this study, astaxanthin extract was obtained from deep‐water pink shrimp (Parapenaeus longirostris) shell wastes by ultrasound‐assisted extraction method using six different organic solvents, characterized and compared with commercial astaxanthin standard. …”
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Stabilization of Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions by Surface-Functionalized Cellulose Hydrogel by Inimfon A. Udoetok, Mohamed H. Mohamed, Lee D. Wilson

“…Pickering emulsions of apolar oils in water were prepared using variable weights of the <b>CLH</b> hydrogel as the stabilizing agent, along with different methods of agitation (mechanical shaking and sonication). …”
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Essential Oil from Hibiscus Flowers through Advanced Microwave-Assisted Hydrodistillation and Conventional Hydrodistillation by Hesham H. A. Rassem, Abdurahman H. Nour, Gomaa A.M. Ali, Najat Masood, Amal H. Al-Bagawi, Tahani Y. A. Alanazi, Sami Magam, Mohammed A. Assiri

“…Different peaks in the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis indicated the presence of thirty-seven different compositions. …”
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Faber-Schauder Wavelet Sparse Grid Approach for Option Pricing with Transactions Cost by Shu-Li Mei

“…The solutions are compared with the finite difference method. The present results indicate that the method is competitive.…”
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Enhancing corn industry sustainability through deep learning hybrid models for price volatility forecasting. by Chengjin Yang, Yanzhong Zhai, Zehua Liu

“…Finally, FECAM enhances the focus on key temporal features in the frequency domain by grouping the input features along the channel dimensions and applying discrete cosine transform to generate attention vectors, improving the prediction accuracy and robustness of the model. …”
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An optimized potential formula of the $ m \times n $ apple surface network and its application of potential in path planning by Yangming Xu, Yanpeng Zheng, Xiaoyu Jiang, Zhaolin Jiang, Zhibin Liu

“…Compared with the original potential formula, this method significantly enhances the efficiency required for rapid and large-scale numerical simulations. …”
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Extraction and Characterization of Novel Natural Hydroxyapatite Bioceramic by Thermal Decomposition of Waste Ostrich Bone by Komal Prasad Malla, Sagar Regmi, Achyut Nepal, Sitaram Bhattarai, Ram Jeewan Yadav, Shinichi Sakurai, Rameshwar Adhikari

“…A novel natural hydroxyapatite (HAp) bioceramic was extracted from the ostrich cortical bone by the thermal decomposition method. HAp was characterized by different analytical tools such as thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). …”
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A characteristics approach to shock formation in 2D Euler with azimuthal symmetry and entropy by Isaac Neal, Steve Shkoller, Vlad Vicol

“…The novelty of this work relative to [1] is that we herein consider a much larger class of initial data, allow for a non-constant initial entropy, allow for a non-trivial sub-dominant Riemann variable, and introduce a host of new identities to avoid apparent derivative loss due to entropy gradients. The method of proof is also new and robust, exploring the transversality of the three different characteristic families to transform space derivatives into time derivatives. …”
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Classification of Iranian Wheat Flour by FT-MIR Spectroscopy based on Max-Relevance Min-Redundancy Wavelength Selection Coupled with SVM by Amir Kazemi, Asghar Mahmoudi, Seyyed Hossein Fattahi

“…Different varieties of wheat as one of the strategic crops are cultivated in Iran based on the specific geographical and climatic conditions of each area. …”
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Structural and functional properties of the glycosylated products of perilla seed meal proteins by WANG Dan, LI He, ZHANG Zhijun, LI Huizhen

“…Fructose (FRU), dextran (DEX), and maltodextrin (MD) with different molecular weights were used as inducers to modify perilla seed meal protein (PSMP) using a wet heating method, in order to explore their effects on the structural and functional properties of PSMP glycosylated products. …”
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Multifaceted bioinspired hyperbranched polyurethane nanocomposite as a non-contact triggered self-healing material by R. Duarah, A. Deka, N. Karak

“…Silica nanoparticles were functionalized with sodium dodecyl sulfate and polyethylene glycol using a facile, simple one-pot method. The nanomaterial and the HPU nanocomposites were assessed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Ultraviolet (UV)-visible, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), mechanical and thermal studies. …”
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