Parameters to measure nonlinearity in polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials have been determined with nonlinear ultrasound (NLUS). The nonlinear parameter β has been determined using the variati...
β-titanium (β-Ti) alloys are useful in diverse industries because their mechanical properties can be tuned by transforming the metastable β phase into other metastable and stable phases. Relationships between lattice parameter and &bet...
β-alanine does not have an ergogenic effect by itself, but it does as a precursor for the synthesis of carnosine in human skeletal muscle. β-alanine and carnosine together help improve the muscles’ functionality, especially in high-in...
Changes in erythrocyte parameters are well known in both β-thalassemia minor (BTM) and iron deficiency (ID) when either is present alone; however, to our knowledge, there has been no study showing the changes when the two conditions coexist. We...
Cow’s milk contains A1- and A2-β-caseins. The breakdown of A1-β-casein produces β-casomorphin-7 (BCM-7), a peptide with opioid-like properties that is associated with health aspects. In addition, A1- and A2-β-casein have dif...
Progressive mitochondrial dysfunction due to the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide within the mitochondrial matrix represents one of the key characteristics of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and appears already in its early stages. Insid...
The persistence of high concentrations of beta-2-microglobulin (β2M) in the blood of patients with acute renal failure leads to the development of the dialysis-related amyloidosis. This disease manifests in the deposition of amyloid fibrils form...
Thalassemia is one of the major inherited haematological disorders in the Southeast Asia region. This study explored the potential utility of red blood cell (RBC) parameters and reticulocyte cell population data (CPD) parameters in the differential d...
Simple, automated methods are required for rapid detection of wastewater contamination in urban recreational water. The activity of the enzyme β-d-galactosidase (GAL) can rapidly (<2 h) be measured by field instruments, or a fully automated instru...
We investigated the quantitative structure-activity relationships between hemolytic activity (log 1/H50) or in vivo mouse intraperitoneal (ip) LD50 using reported data for α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds such as (meth)acrylate monomers and their 1...
The aim of this research is to obtain new data about the complexation between β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) and benzoic acid (BA) as a model reaction of the complex formation of hydrophobic molecules with cyclodextrins (CDs) in various media. This research m...
The effect of the void defect on β−HMX−based polymer−bonded explosives (PBXs) for a comprehensive understanding of the deformation and fracture process is lacking. In this paper, the atomic scale model of the β−HMX c...
The enrichment of semolina bread with prebiotic ingredients such as β-glucans may exert health-promoting effects. This work presents the results of a general recipe development aimed at improving the nutritional value of bakery products. In this...
Comprehending the spatial–temporal transformation of urban resilience (UR) is fundamental for promoting sustainable urban growth in the Chinese context. In this study, a multi-dimensional index framework is developed to cover economic, social,...
The increasing need for sustainable waste management and food fortification requires continuous agri-food biotechnological innovation. Spent brewer’s yeast (SBY) is a mass-produced underutilized by-product of the brewery industry and has elevat...
Polymorphic transformation is important in chemical industries, in particular, in those involving explosive molecular crystals. However, due to simulating challenges in the rare event method and collective variables, understanding the transformation...
Eco-friendly waterborne polyurethanes (WPU) find wide application in agriculture as pesticide carriers, which enhances their efficiency. To provide better control of the retention time and capacity of pesticides, WPU can be modified by cyclodextrin d...
Psoriasis is a chronic, proliferative, inflammatory skin disease characterised by skin lesions and systemic symptoms. Numerous cytokines are produced in psoriasis as a result of inflammation. The aim of this study was to examine the plasma concentrat...
In this work, the deposition of β-Ga2O3 microstructures and thin films was performed with Ga(NO3)3 solutions by ultrasonic nebulization and spray coating as low-cost techniques. By changing the deposition parameters, the shape of β-Ga2O3 mi...
Background: TGF-β is an immunosuppressive cytokine. Its signaling pathway plays a role in anti-inflammatory responses. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a clinical consequence of atherosclerosis, which manifests as chronic inflammation and involv...
Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) is among the most attractive piezo-polymers due to its excellent piezoelectricity, lightweight, flexibility, high thermal stability, and chemical resistance. PVDF can exist under different forms of films, membranes, and...
In this paper, 0-→0+ first forbidden β-decay matrix elements have been calculated. For 206-214Pb→206-214Bi transitions relativistic M±(ρA,λ=0) and nonrelativistic M±(jA,κ =1,λ=0) matrix elements have been calculated. In this calculations, the eigenfu...
The paper presents a program for simulating electron scattering in layered materials ProxyFn. Calculations show that the absorbed energy density is three-dimensional, while the contribution of the forward-scattered electrons is better described by a...
Decreased platelet count represents a feature of acute liver failure (ALF) pathogenesis. Platelets are the reservoir of transforming growth factor 1 (TGF-β1), a multipotent cytokine involved in the maintenance of, i.a., central nervous system ho...
The Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Support Vector Machines (SVMs) approaches are used for predicting the thermodynamic parameters for the 1:1 inclusion complexation of chiral guests with β-cyclodextrin. A PSO is adopted for descriptor selectio...
Background: Caspase-1 (reflects NOD-like receptor protein 3 inflammasome activity), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), and Galectin-3 play significant roles in post-AMI fibrosis and inflammation. Recently, colchicine was shown to dampen...
Objective: Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HP-β-CD)/menthyl acetate (MA) microcapsules were developed to overcome the volatile and unstable defects of MA and improve the ease of use and storage. Methods: MA microcapsules were prepared via spr...
This study focuses on predicting β-carotene content using hyperspectral images captured in the near-infrared (NIR) region during the drying process. Several machine learning models are compared, including Partial Least Squares Regression (PLSR),...
This study evaluated the effects of cold-pressed maqui (Aristotelia chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz) seed oil (MO) on liver metabolism and biochemical markers in a high-fat diet (HFD) murine model. In it, the fatty acid profile, tocopherol and tocotrienol co...
Varied cereal plants including, mushrooms, yeast, bacteria and algae are important sources of β-glucans, and many extraction procedures have been used in order to recover these valuable naturally occurring polysaccharides. The rheological and molecul...
The solution behavior of pharmaceuticals (acetylsalicylic acid, 4-acetoxybenzoic acid and 5-acetylsalicylic acid) in water and N,N-Dimethylformamide (DMF) at 298.15 K were investigated through solubility, conductance and calorimetric measurements. Ta...
Several discoveries show that with age and cataract formation, β-crystallin binds with the lens membrane or associates with other lens proteins, which bind with the fiber cell plasma membrane, accompanied by light scattering and cataract formati...
The ultrafast fs laser pulse heating of thin metal films is studied for the first time using the two-temperature model on the basis of the Fokker–Planck formalism. The incident laser radiation is multi-modal, while the electron temperature is d...
The main goal of this paper was to examine the effect of the hydrophilic surfactant headgroup on the phase behavior of non-ionic surfactant mixtures. Four mixed systems composed of an ethoxylated plus sugar-based surfactants, each having the same hyd...
Compounds with antioxidant properties have recently gained popularity. Globally, in parallel with the search for new sources of antioxidants, research is being conducted on methods for assessing antioxidant properties. The aim of this review article...
The present study aimed to investigate whether supplementation of modified lysophospholipids (LPLs) in the diet of broiler breeders can benefit their offspring. A total of 264 49-week-old breeders (Ross 308) were allocated and fed based on a 2 ×...
Controlling the Schottky barrier height (ϕB) and other parameters of Schottky barrier diodes (SBD) is critical for many applications. In this work, the effect of inserting a graphene interfacial monolayer between a Ni Schottky metal and a β...
The effects of ethanol concentration (0%–100%, v/v), solid-to-solvent ratio (1:10–1:60, w/v) and extraction time (30–180 min) on the extraction of polyphenols from agarwood (Aquilaria crassna) were examined. Total phenolic content (TPC), total flavon...
As a crystal grows, the temperature distribution of the crystal and melt will change. It is necessary to study the dynamic process of single-crystal growth. Due to the relatively low crystallization rates used in the industrial Czochralski growth sys...
The diversification of beer flavor is becoming increasingly popular, especially in the field of non-alcoholic beers, where sales are growing steadily. While flavor substances of traditional beers can largely be traced back to defined secondary metabo...
Obesity and metabolic comorbidities are associated with gut permeability. While high-fructose and Western-style diet (WSD) disrupt intestinal barrier function, oral administration of human α-defensin 5 (HD5) and β-defensin 2 (hBD2) is beli...
β-fructofuranosidases (FFases) are enzymes involved in sucrose hydrolysis and can be used in the production of invert sugar and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS). This last is an important prebiotic extensively used in the food industry. In the pres...
This study explored the extraction of genistein-7-O-[α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)]-β-glucopyranoside (GTG) from Derris scandens using an aqueous-ethanol solvent system, aiming to optimize yield and antioxidant activity. Hansen solubility p...
We study retrieval methods in regard to their potential to accurately retrieve particle microphysical parameters (PMP) from 3β + 2α HSRL/Raman lidar measurements. PMPs estimated with these methods are number, surface-area and volume concen...
By changing the placement angle of the placement path, the fiber direction can be controlled and adjusted to change the load distribution in the laminate, and the stress and natural frequency performances of the laminate can then be altered to finall...
Harmonic generation measurement is recognized as a promising tool for inspecting material state or micro-damage and is an ongoing research topic. Second harmonic generation is most frequently employed and provides the quadratic nonlinearity parameter...
In this paper, we consider the problem of estimating the interaction parameter p of a p-spin Curie–Weiss model at inverse temperature β, given a single observation from this model. We show, by a contiguity argument, that joint estimation o...
Integration of satellite-based data with hydrological modelling was generally conducted via data assimilation or model calibration, and both approaches can enhance streamflow predictions. In this study, we assessed the feasibility of another approach...
It is common practice to model the input–output behavior of a single-loop feedback circuit using the two parameters, A and β. Such an approach was first proposed by Black to explain the advantages and disadvantages of negative feedback. Ex...
We conducted this study to investigate the associations between hematological parameters and obesity in children and adolescents. The levels of hematological parameters (including white blood cells [WBCs], red blood cells [RBCs], hemoglobin [Hb], hem...
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