Background and Objectives: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, degenerative joint disease. The main symptoms include pain that can cause loss of function and stiffness, as well as swelling, reduced range of motion, crepitus, joint deformity, and muscle...
As the primary greenhouse gas, CO2 emission has noticeably increased over the past decades resulting in global warming and climate change. Surprisingly, anthropogenic activities have increased atmospheric CO2 by 50% in less than 200 years, causing mo...
To evaluate the effectiveness of an adaptive physical education (APE) program using VR technologies, we studied the physical development and vitality indicators of college female students in two groups: those with and without functional health limita...
This paper investigates the impact of technological advancements, particularly the integration of the Internet of Things (IoT), on the efficiency and productivity of the postal service industry in Slovakia. By employing the Cobb–Douglas product...
We present technology computer aided design (TCAD) results for wide band-gap Sn-doped α-Ga2O3 metal–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MESFETs). In particular, the effect of gate work function and electrode gap length on the electric...
This review provides an analysis of ohmic heating in food processing and its effect on plant proteins. This study explores the effect of this technology on protein denaturation and aggregation, affecting both non-covalent and covalent bonds. These st...
This review examines current approaches to the development of multicomponent functional systems based on secondary aluminum alloys, mechanochemically modified metal powders, metal–organic frameworks, and aerosol-generating materials. It is show...
Algae are a promising source of biologically active compounds with potential significance for human health and modern food technology. Their diverse chemical composition includes, among other things, proteins and peptides, polyunsaturated fatty acids...
Older people often report functional limitations and low digital skills, with the latter hampering the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and having potentially negative consequences on their social isolation and loneliness. Aga...
Against the backdrop of the “storing grain in land and technology” strategy and pressing food security challenges, understanding biased technological progress in grain production is crucial. This study constructs a three-factor Constant E...
The incidence of stroke and the burden on health care and society are expected to increase significantly in the coming years, due to the increasing aging of the population. Various sensory, motor, cognitive and psychological disorders may remain in t...
Paraprobiotics are non-viable microbial cells that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer some health benefits to the consumer. Paraprobiotics can be obtained by subjecting probiotics to physical or chemical treatments, and inactivation of th...
Consumer trust plays a critical role in the successful adoption of emerging food technologies. This study investigates how trust in five key food technologies—genetically modified organisms (GMO), 3D-printed food, lab-grown meat, nanotechnology, and...
Pectin, a plant-derived polysaccharide, possesses immense technological and biological application value. Several variables influence pectin’s physicochemical aspects, resulting in different fermentations, interactions with receptors, and other...
Wearable E-textile systems should be comfortable so that highest efficiency of their functionality can be achieved. The development of electronic textiles (functional textiles) as a wearable technology for various applications has intensified the use...
With global warming, urbanization, and the intensification of human activities, great pressures on river ecosystems have caused ecosystem degradation, the decline in habitats and biodiversity, and the loss of function. Ecological restoration technolo...
Ultrasound micro-molding technology has proved useful in processing biodegradable polymers with minimum material loss. This makes this technology particularly suitable for the production of biomedical microdevices. The use of silica (SiO2) nanopar...
The saffron composition is being widely studied for authenticity and traceability, but very few works have been carried out to investigate the relationship between the chemical and physico-chemical properties of saffron solutes and their technologica...
Eggs are sources of protein, fats and micronutrients that play an important role in basic nutrition. However, eggs are traditionally associated with adverse factors in human health, mainly due to their cholesterol content. Nowadays, however, it is kn...
This article traces the origins of surveillance technology in the United States from nineteenth-century telegraphy to twenty-first-century biometric and pharmaceutical monitoring. Background: Popular accounts treat mass surveillance as an artifact of...
Marine-derived bioactive compounds have attracted considerable attention as functional ingredients for food and nutraceutical applications due to their various biological activities. Among marine resources, macroalgae represent a sustainable and abun...
Traditional frameworks of innovation diffusion, such as epidemic and Lotka–Volterra–Gause models, treat technological substitution primarily as a population-driven or social communication process, frequently overlooking the critical const...
Integration, inclusion, and equity constitute fundamental dimensions of democracy in post-World War II societies and their institutions. The study presented here reports upon the ways in which individuals and institutions both use and account for the...
With the advancement of technology and the development of society, live-streamed teaching, characterized by real-time interaction between teachers and students, has emerged as a new form of online education and has rapidly evolved in practice. Howeve...
End-stage chronic kidney disease remains a global challenge, with dialysis and transplantation offering only partial or limited solutions. Recent advances in bioengineering have introduced modular strategies that aim to restore kidney function not by...
25 February 2022
Participation by female athletes in competitive sport has increased dramatically since the inception of Title IX, although female athletes are represented significantly less than their male counterparts in strength and conditioning (S&C) literatu...
In the last ten years, approximately, urban transit systems of Latin American capital cities have evolved significantly. Colombia, specifically, has concentrated this development in its capital cities, consolidated through digital transformation prog...
9 November 2022
Improving green total factor productivity (GTFP) is a fundamental solution to help the strategic mineral industry to achieve green and sustainable development. This study incorporates the dual negative externalities of resource depletion and environm...
Despite the value of QFD (Quality Function Deployment), it has been applied to individual industries, or only to large companies with sufficient QFD-related human resources and sufficient financial resources. Most SMEs, which account for 80% of the w...
In this work, the influence of high-power ultrasound (HPU) followed by pulsed electric field (PEF) in the hurdle concept (HPU + PEF) on the content of biologically active compounds (BACs) and antioxidant activity in strawberry juices stored at 4 °...
This paper presents a wearable, open-source system that combines electromyography (EMG) and functional electrical stimulation (FES) to restore hand function in individuals with disabilities caused by cervical spinal cord injuries or stroke. The devic...
Sweetpotato (SP, Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam.) is a globally significant food crop known for its high nutritional and functional values. Although the contents and compositions of bioactive constituents vary among SP varieties, sweetpotato by-products (S...
Engineering human-centric urban transport systems should be carried out using information technology in forecasting traffic and passenger flows. One of the most important objects of urban transport systems’ progress is modeling patterns of tran...
Power consumption management is crucial to maintaining the reliable operation of power grids, especially in the context of the decarbonization of the electric power industry. Managing power consumption of industrial enterprises by personnel proved in...
The design of functional foods through 3D printing is proposed here as one of the most appropriate technologies to provide closer food personalization for the population. However, it is essential to study the properties of the biomaterials intended t...
Mammalian metallomics, an advanced interdisciplinary field, explores the dynamic roles of metal elements within biological systems and their significance to life processes. While prior reviews have broadly covered metallomics across different systems...
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea’s economy has experienced significant setbacks. Thus, this article examines the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on Korea’s key macroeconomic indicators via the transmission channels o...
Avocado (Persea americana), originally from Mesoamerica, has emerged as a focus of intense scientific and industrial interest due to its unique combination of nutritional richness, bioactive potential, and technological versatility. Its pulp, widely...
Some functional foods contain biologically active compounds (BAC) that can be derived from various biological sources (fruits, vegetables, medicinal plants, wastes, and by-products). Global food markets demand foods from plant materials that are “saf...
The growing emphasis on sustainability and circular economy strategies has driven increasing interest in the valorization of agro-industrial by-products. Among these, the peel and seed of avocado (Persea americana), typically discarded during process...
An innovative biosensing strategy for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in human sera has been developed. The technology relied on a silicon flat substrate that was functionalized to perform a phage display detection of anti-amyloid bet...
Edible coatings and films are gaining the attention of researchers, consumers, and the food industry as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastic packaging. This review provides an overview of recent advances in their development, with a part...
Fermentation has been a crucial process in the preparation of foods and beverages for consumption, especially for the purpose of adding value to nutrients and bioactive compounds; however, conventional approaches have certain drawbacks such as not be...
The main purpose of this study is to understand the potential determinants of sustainable field crop farm productivity. This paper considers a multi-input, multi-output production technology to estimate the effects of aridity on farm-level productivi...
The imperfection of theoretical and methodological approaches to regulate the jump process transition when combining differentiated energy resources is a pressing issue. The goal of this paper is to develop a theory and a method to regulate the integ...
This study focuses on assessing the effects of various food processing silver ear (Tremella fuciformis) powders in sugar-reduced ice cream through melting kinetic simulation, sensory properties and functional ingredients. T. fuciformis, a natural ant...
Inkjet-printed circuits on flexible substrates are rapidly emerging as a key technology in flexible electronics, driven by their minimal fabrication process, cost-effectiveness, and environmental sustainability. Recent advancements in inkjet-printed...
28 July 2021
There is evidence that training for strength and balance prevents decline in physical function in old age when the training is personally instructed. It is an open question whether interventions that deliver training via up-to-date technologies can a...
20 July 2022
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, whose main neuropathological finding is pars compacta degeneration due to the accumulation of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, and subsequent dopamine depletion. This leads to a...
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