Preliminary insights regarding the quality of Kallmet wine, obtained by sequential inoculation with Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Mamica Ruci, Renata Kongoli, Francesca Coppola, Mariantonietta Succi, Bruno Testa, Onejda Kyçyk, Julian Karaulli, Fatbardha Lamçe, Massimo Iorizzo

“…The use of different inoculation strategies resulted in significant differences in wine composition, affecting key oenological parameters, the aromatic profile and sensory attributes. …”
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Increasing the Red Fraction in Light-emitting Diode Supplemental Light Enhances Yield Without Affecting the Quality of Greenhouse-grown Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) by Annalisa Somma, Ying Liu, Lorenzo B.A. Nielen, Sebastian Olchowski, Ep Heuvelink, Leo F.M. Marcelis

“…The red fraction barely affected lettuce quality (pigment, total phenolic compounds, vitamin C, total soluble sugar, starch, and mineral composition). The results indicated that a high red fraction in supplemental LED light enhances lettuce yield, light use and energy efficiency, and yield per kWh while preserving quality.…”
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Photochemical corneal cross-linking: Evaluating the potential of a hand-held biopen by Nadina Usseglio, Julia López de Andrés, Juan Antonio Marchal, Lorenzo Moroni, Daniel Nieto

“…The mechanical properties of cornea are imitated by tuning the proposed (GelMA/PEGDA/PI) bioink composition and crosslinking parameters, which envisage the potential for being translated to a clinical environment to corneal wound closure.…”
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETRES WITH NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY EFFECTIVENESS IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS by Y. V. Kukharev, M. N. Stakheeva, A. V. Doroshenko, N. V. Litvyakov, N. N. Babyshkina, E. M. Slonimskaya, N. V. Cherdyntseva

“…A study is conducted to assess the relationship between immunological parameters and effectiveness of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer (BC) patients. …”
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Advancing Circular Economy in Olive Oil Production: Comparing Maturation Systems for Vermicompost Creation from Olive Pomace by Giulia Angeloni, Agnese Spadi, Ferdinando Corti, Marco Calcaprina, Giulia Carpi, Francesco Maioli, Alessandro Parenti, Piernicola Masella

“…The study revealed significant differences in the chemical composition of the pomace depending on the treatment, especially regarding polyphenol and total sugar content. …”
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Exploring the Impact of Altitude on Bacterial Communities in Informally Produced Artisanal Colonial Cheeses: Insights from 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing by Wemerson de Castro Oliveira, Anderson Santos de Freitas, Jeferson Aloísio Ströher, Neila Silvia Pereira dos Santos Richards, Maria Beatriz Prior Pinto Oliveira, Magnolia Martins Erhardt

“…Here, we investigated bacterial composition, diversity, and correlation patterns in artisanal cheeses produced along an 800 m altitudinal gradient in Southern Brazil using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and bioinformatic analyses. …”
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Clarifying the formation of equiaxed grains and microstructural refinement in the additive manufacturing of Ti-Cu by Alec I. Saville, Adriana Eres-Castellanos, Andrew B. Kustas, Levi Van Bastian, Donald F. Susan, Dale E. Cillessen, Sven C. Vogel, Natalie A. Compton, Kester D. Clarke, Alain Karma, Amy J. Clarke

“…Solid state thermal cycling refined microstructures only during ex-situ dilatometric heat treatments, suggesting build parameter optimization is needed to achieve refinement in-situ. …”
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Satellite-Based Prediction of Water Turbidity Using Surface Reflectance and Field Spectral Data in a Dynamic Tropical Lake by Elsa Pereyra-Laguna, Valeria Ojeda-Castillo, Enrique J. Herrera-López, Jorge del Real-Olvera, Leonel Hernández-Mena, Ramiro Vallejo-Rodríguez, Jesús Díaz

“…Turbidity is a crucial parameter for assessing the ecological health of aquatic ecosystems, particularly in shallow tropical lakes that are subject to climatic variability and anthropogenic pressures. …”
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Silicon reduces nitrogen stress and improves growth and yield of forage grass under excessive fertilization in tropical soils by Cíntia Cármen de Faria Melo, Danilo Silva Amaral, Renato de Mello Prado, Anderson de Moura Zanine, Daniele de Jesus Ferreira, Luís César Dias Drumond

“…This study investigated the detrimental effects of low, adequate, and excessive N-urea supply on the morphogenesis, production, and chemical-bromatological composition of Zuri grass in two tropical soils (Ferralsol and Arenosol), with a focus on the mitigating role of nanosilica in these parameters. …”
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Assessment of lipid oxidation in fish and fish products processed by cold plasma technologies by Massimo Mozzon, Roberta Foligni, Cinzia Mannozzi, Sauro Vittori

“…Despite numerous experiments on the decontamination effects of cold plasma on fish and fish products, the evaluation of lipid oxidation has been limited to a few parameters. Most studies have focused on measuring global indices of primary and secondary oxidation products (peroxide value and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, respectively) and some researchers have analysed total fatty acid composition as an indirect measure of the degree of oxidation. …”
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Asparagine-modified magnetic graphene oxide as efficient green nanocatalyst for synthesis of chromenes and pyrano pyrazoles derivatives by Masoud Khaleghiabbasabadi, Davood Azarifar, Hadi Taghavian, Hadi Hematian, Daniele Silvestri, Bohuslav Rezek, Behrokh Bahrami, Saeed Khodabakhshi

“…The catalyst was synthesized through a four-step procedure. The chemical composition of Fe3O4@GO-N-(Asparagine) was examined using various analytical methods, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and a Raman. …”
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Measurement and Prediction of Thermal Conductivity of Volcanic Basalt Rocks from Warsak Area by Aurang Zeb, Muhammad Abid, Misbah Aurang Zeb, Muhammad Omer Qureshi, Usman Younas, Irem Batool

“…The mineral compositions of the samples are analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) technique. …”
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Research and Application of Complex Lithology Identification Method Based on CNN-GRU by ZHANG Xiaofeng, PANG Chunyang, HU Rui, ZHU Yunfeng, LI Hongxing

“…This study integrates convolutional neural networks with gated recurrent units (CNN-GRU) and selects six logging parameters, including sonic time difference, natural potential, natural gamma, density, and shallow and deep lateral resistivity, to train sample wells in the Hailar basin. …”
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A framework for assessing groundwater vulnerability and pollution risk in transboundary aquifers: Insights from the Estonian-Latvian transboundary area by Magdaleena Männik, Janis Bikše, Enn Karro, Andres Marandi

“…Sensitivity analyses were conducted to identify the influence of key parameters, and results were validated using pollutant infiltration time calculations. …”
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Miniaturized analytical method to evaluate the profile of biogenic volatile organic compounds from Spanish tree species by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and chemo... by Adrián Fuente-Ballesteros, Ana M. Ares, José Bernal, Silvia Valverde

“…Principal component analysis revealed that the BVOCs produced by different tree species exhibit distinct profiles, forming three well-defined clusters, while hierarchical cluster analysis indicated that the composition is influenced by the season, and sampling height. …”
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Revealing the Enhancement Mechanism of Alkali-Activated Rice Husk Ash on High Mud Content CSG Materials from the Fractal Perspective by Hu Huang, Ruihang Li, Xiancai Zhang, Kelei Cao, Lixia Guo, Qingming Qiu, Changbo Song

“…Based on the changes in microstructure, pore sizes, and mineral composition, the microstructural features of CSG materials are quantitatively characterized using pore characteristic parameters and fractal dimensions, revealing the mechanism by which alkali-activated RHA improves the mechanical properties of CSG materials. …”
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Bimetallic Ruthenium‐Cobalt Catalyst Supported on Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application in Electrochemical Sensing of Isoleucine by Omrüye Ozok Arıcı, Aykut Caglar, Bassam A. Najri, Nahit Aktaş, Arif Kivrak, Hilal Kivrak

“…It shows high performance with these parameters, sensitivity (0.002 mA cm−2 mm), LOD – limit of detection (0.04 µm), and LOQ – limit of quantification (0.12 µm). …”
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Characterization and wear behavior of plasma-sprayed hard-faced silicon carbide coatings on AISI 410 steel substrate by C. Durga Prasad, Praveen Kumar U.B., Amit Tiwari, Vijayavardhana C., Deepak Kumar B.N, Haridasa Nayak, Maramreddy Raghu Tilak Reddy, Mahadeva Prasad, Nimona Hailu

“…Abstract This research endeavor was therefore aimed at depositing SiC coatings on AISI 410 stainless steel substrates using plasma spray technique and by so doing determines the wear properties of the resultant composites. Two compositions specimens were prepared by varying the spray parameters as SN7 that contained 70 wt. % SiC and 30 wt. % NiAl and SN8 having 80 wt. % SiC and 20 wt. % NiAl. …”
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Anatomical Characteristics Predict Response to Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): Development of a Computational Pipeline for Optimizing tDCS Protocols by Giulia Caiani, Emma Chiaramello, Marta Parazzini, Eleonora Arrigoni, Leonor J. Romero Lauro, Alberto Pisoni, Serena Fiocchi

“…This work attempts to overcome this constraint by examining the effects of age and anatomical features, including the volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the thickness of the skull, and the composition of brain tissue, on electric field distribution and cortical excitability. …”
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Development of a quality by design based eco-friendly RP-HPLC method for Ticagrelor and Aspirin by Shivani Jani, Ujashkumar Shah, Jayvadan Patel, Monika Dua

“…Methods: A 3-factor factorial design based on Response Surface Methodology (RSM) optimized important parameters: organic solvent composition, flow rate, and column temperature. …”
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