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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,657 Views
29 Pages

5 August 2020

The technology of filling drinks without preservatives (such as fresh juices, iced tea drinks, vitaminized drinks) is carried out using hot filling. Mainly due to the production costs and lower carbon footprint, polyethylene terephthalate bottles, co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,911 Views
28 Pages

6 August 2020

The technology of filling drinks without preservatives (such as fresh juices, iced tea drinks, and vitaminized drinks) is carried out using hot filling. Mainly due to the production costs and lower carbon footprint, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,987 Views
13 Pages

17 March 2023

As one of the basic industries in the manufacturing industry, the modeling and evaluation of resource utilization efficiency in the machining process is the premise of energy conservation and consumption reduction in the manufacturing industry. Mecha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,926 Views
24 Pages

27 October 2024

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is widely used in bottle production due to its cost-effectiveness and low environmental impact. The first part of this article describes the research and statistical analysis methodology of the influence of the virgin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,790 Views
21 Pages

A Non-Parametric Approach-Based Trade-Off between Food System Efficiency and Robustness

  • Muna A. Al-Ansari,
  • Hamad Nabeel,
  • Galal M. Abdella,
  • Tarek El Mekkawy and
  • Adeeb A. Kutty

29 July 2024

Balancing the efficiency and robustness of food systems is a well-known trade-off process. Over-optimization of efficiency may lead to excessive use of resources. On the other hand, the under-optimization of efficiency may lead to excessive waste of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,015 Views
54 Pages

25 December 2024

This research explores how varying proportions of virgin polyethylene terephthalate (vPET) and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) in vPET-rPET blends, combined with preform thermal conditions during the stretch blow molding (SBM) process, inf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,464 Views
13 Pages

Biscuits Prepared with Enzymatically-Processed Soybean Meal Are Rich in Isoflavone Aglycones, Sensorially Well-Accepted and Stable during Storage for Six Months

  • Nathália Martins Bomfim Barreto,
  • Diego Sandôra,
  • Bernardo Ferreira Braz,
  • Ricardo Erthal Santelli,
  • Fabricio de Oliveira Silva,
  • Mariana Monteiro and
  • Daniel Perrone

17 November 2022

Soybean meal (SBM) is a co-product of the soybean oil industry that is rich in bioactive compounds, such as isoflavones. We aimed to study the effects of processing SBM by fermentation (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) (FSBM) and enzymatic hydrolysis (Cellu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,113 Views
13 Pages

Two experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and standardized ileal digestibility (SID) of amino acids (AA) in fermented soybean meal (FSBM) are greater than those in soybean meal (SBM). FSBM was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,383 Views
10 Pages

The present work aimed to assess the nutrient digestibility of soybean meal (SBM) products based on in vitro procedures. Two-step and three-step in vitro assays were performed to mimic the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the digestive tracts...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,400 Views
22 Pages

18 October 2019

The Split Bregman method (SBM), a popular and universal CS reconstruction algorithm for inverse problems with both l1-norm and TV-norm regularization, has been extensively applied in complex domains through the complex-to-real transforming technique,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,096 Views
14 Pages

Reclaim and Valorization of Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) By-Product: Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Characterization

  • Cristina Mihaela Luntraru,
  • Livia Apostol,
  • Oana Bianca Oprea,
  • Mihaela Neagu,
  • Adriana Florina Popescu,
  • Justinian Andrei Tomescu,
  • Mihaela Mulțescu,
  • Iulia Elena Susman and
  • Liviu Gaceu

4 February 2022

The by-product resulting from the production of the sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) juice may be a functional food ingredient, being a valuable source of bioactive compounds, such as polyphenols, flavonoids, minerals, and fatty acids. For checki...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,475 Views
16 Pages

3 August 2019

In this paper, we explore the emergence of Sheke Network (SKN), an architecture design company whose network platform permits architecture design institutes to seek suitable architects for their architectural design projects. The concepts of sustaina...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
10,640 Views
23 Pages

Optimization of Soybean Meal Fermentation for Aqua-Feed with Bacillus subtilis natto Using the Response Surface Methodology

  • Yukun Zhang,
  • Manabu Ishikawa,
  • Shunsuke Koshio,
  • Saichiro Yokoyama,
  • Serge Dossou,
  • Weilong Wang,
  • Xiaoxiao Zhang,
  • Ronick Spenly Shadrack,
  • Kumbukani Mzengereza and
  • Kehua Zhu
  • + 1 author

This study aimed to improve the nutritional value of soybean meal (SBM) by solid-state fermentation (SSF) using Bacillus subtilis natto (B. s. natto) to overcome the limitations of SBM usage in aquafeed. The response surface methodology (RSM) was emp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
1,662 Views
16 Pages

8 November 2024

Soybean meal, renowned for its high yield, cost efficiency, and protein richness, serves as a pivotal plant-based alternative to fish meal. However, high soybean meal inclusion in Larimichthys crocea diets is linked to enteritis and oxidative damage,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,161 Views
17 Pages

Soybean meal (SBM) is a prevailing plant protein supplement in animal diets because of its nutritional value and availability. This review paper explores the significance of SBM and processed soy products, emphasizing their nutritional and bioactive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,195 Views
15 Pages

8 December 2023

Soybean meal (SBM) is a high-quality vegetable protein, whose application is greatly limited due to its high molecular weight and anti-nutritional properties. The aim of this study was to modify the protein of soybean meal via solid-state fermentatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,979 Views
21 Pages

Valorization of Sour Buttermilk (A Potential Waste Stream): Conversion to Powder Employing Reverse Osmosis and Spray Drying

  • Subhadip Manik,
  • Ganga Sahay Meena,
  • Ashish Kumar Singh,
  • Yogesh Khetra,
  • Richa Singh,
  • Sumit Arora and
  • Raghu H. Vishweswaraiah

17 September 2023

Reverse osmosis (RO) is known for the economic dewatering of dairy streams without any change in phase. At the household level, surplus milk is fermented and churned to obtain butter, which is subsequently heated to obtain clarified milk fat (ghee)....

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,346 Views
12 Pages

Defatted Black Soldier Fly Larvae Meal as an Alternative to Soybean Meal for Broiler Chickens

  • Sashka Chobanova,
  • Nikolay Karkelanov,
  • Stephen Charles Mansbridge,
  • Isobel Margaret Whiting,
  • Antonija Simic,
  • Stephen Paul Rose and
  • Vasil Radoslavov Pirgozliev

20 September 2023

The production of soybean meal (SBM) has a substantial impact on the environment and reducing its inclusion in poultry diets by using alternative protein sources, such as insect meal, is an important challenge for nutritionists. This study aimed to c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,334 Views
18 Pages

18 April 2019

Sustainable concerns are reputed to be of the utmost priority among governments. Consequently, they have become more and more of a concern among supply chain partners. Logistics service providers (LPs), as significant contributors to supply chain suc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,127 Views
13 Pages

20 May 2017

In order to effectively recover the residual coal resources, such as coal pillars and irregular coal blocks induced by large-scale extensive mining, in this study, we proposed a shortwall block mining (SBM) technology and examined the development pat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,511 Views
18 Pages

22 March 2025

This study evaluated fermented plant protein (FPP) for extrusion performance and its effects on diet utilization in adult cats. Four diets were formulated: a control with 15% soybean meal (SBM) and three diets replacing soybean meal at 5%, 10%, and 1...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,220 Views
23 Pages

19 September 2022

This study examines pharmaceutical companies in the context of BMI. The purpose is to develop an SBM for the pharmaceutical industry and then to validate the causal relationships of the variables in such a business model. This study used purposive sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,008 Views
26 Pages

16 November 2019

To ensure that the shaft boring machine (SBM) runs along the pre-designed axis steadily, the role of the attitude measurement system is essential, but its accuracy and reliability cannot be guaranteed. Currently, there is no effective technology to m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
744 Views
30 Pages

15 April 2025

Stretch blow molding (SBM) is widely utilized in industrial applications, yet the deformation characteristics of materials during this process are intricate and challenging to precisely articulate. To accurately forecast the stress–strain respo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,001 Views
13 Pages

An Algorithm for Scene Text Detection Using Multibox and Semantic Segmentation

  • Hongbo Qin,
  • Haodi Zhang,
  • Hai Wang,
  • Yujin Yan,
  • Min Zhang and
  • Wei Zhao

13 March 2019

An outside mutual correction (OMC) algorithm for natural scene text detection using multibox and semantic segmentation was developed. In the OMC algorithm, semantic segmentation and multibox were processed in parallel, and the text detection results...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,013 Views
26 Pages

15 October 2021

This study proposes a method for resource management and optimisation in the industrial sector of China. Differing from previous research on the green assessment of industrial systems focusing on “black box” evaluation, our approach contributes to th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,070 Views
17 Pages

20 May 2022

As Vietnam continues to industrialize and modernize, such economic development and high-tech will require a major electrical energy source to operate the electrical equipment; hence, the hydropower plants are established and growing up to demand. The...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,881 Views
24 Pages

18 November 2024

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is widely used in bottle production by stretch blow molding processes (SBM processes) due to its cost-effectiveness and low environmental impact. The presented literature review focuses on microcavitation and solid-st...

  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,810 Views
37 Pages

19 January 2024

The search for alternative protein sources to soybean meal (SBM) in animal feeding is a strategic objective to reduce production costs and contribute to sustainable animal production. Spirulina, due to the high protein content, has emerged as a poten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,884 Views
25 Pages

Specific Blood Plasma Circulating miRs Are Associated with the Physiological Impact of Total Fish Meal Replacement with Soybean Meal in Diets for Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

  • Francisco Javier Toledo-Solís,
  • Ana M. Larrán,
  • Juan B. Ortiz-Delgado,
  • Carmen Sarasquete,
  • Jorge Dias,
  • Sofia Morais and
  • Ignacio Fernández

30 June 2023

High dietary SBM content is known to induce important physiological alterations, hampering its use as a major FM alternative. Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) juveniles were fed two experimental diets during 9 weeks: (i) a FM diet containing 12% F...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,841 Views
27 Pages

Secondary Bioactive Metabolites from Foods of Plant Origin as Theravention Agents against Neurodegenerative Disorders

  • Telma Marisa Gomes,
  • Patrícia Sousa,
  • Catarina Campos,
  • Rosa Perestrelo and
  • José S. Câmara

20 July 2024

Neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) such as Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s (PD) are on the rise, robbing people of their memories and independence. While risk factors such as age and genetics play an important role, exciting studies sugg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,701 Views
20 Pages

Programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), which is a molecule involved in the inhibitory signal in the immune system and is important due to blocking of the interactions between PD-1 and programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1), has emerged as a promising immuno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,420 Views
10 Pages

Analysis of the Productivity Dynamics of Electricity Distribution Regions in Ghana

  • Clement Tengey,
  • Nnamdi Ikechi Nwulu,
  • Omoseni Adepoju and
  • Omowunmi Mary Longe

12 December 2022

Electrical power distribution is the most important division in the power supply chain. However, its sustainability in terms of efficiency is very important for the growth of every country. This main objective of the paper is to assess the productivi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,189 Views
14 Pages

19 January 2021

Laser peen forming (LPF) is suitable for shaping sheet metals without the requirement for die/mold and without causing high temperatures. An analytical model for estimating the bending curvatures of LPF is convenient and necessary for better understa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,816 Views
16 Pages

Optimization of Chinese Chive Juice as a Functional Feed Additive

  • Kai-Min Niu,
  • Damini Kothari,
  • Woo-Do Lee,
  • Sangbuem Cho,
  • Xin Wu and
  • Soo-Ki Kim

6 September 2020

Allium tuberosum, commonly known as the Chinese chive (CC) is often used as a traditional medicine in East Asia for its health benefits. To explore the potential of CC as a functional feed additive, antibacterial and antioxidant assays, untargeted me...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,039 Views
2 Pages

Towards Advanced Ultrasound Image Analysis by Combining Radiomics and Artificial Intelligence in Brain Tumors

  • Santiago Cepeda,
  • Rosario Sarabia,
  • Sergio García-García and
  • Ignacio Arrese

Background: Intraoperative ultrasound (ioUS) images of brain tumors contain information that has not yet been exploited. The present work aims to analyze images in both B-mode and strain-elastography using techniques based on artificial intelligence...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,325 Views
18 Pages

An Integrated Approach of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process and Super Slack-Based Measure for the Logistics Industry in Vietnam

  • Thi Kim Lien Nguyen,
  • Thi Lan Huong Nguyen,
  • Tri Long Ngo,
  • Bang An Hoang,
  • Hong Huyen Le and
  • Thi Thanh Hong Tran

21 August 2023

In the context of economic development and international economic integration, Vietnam’s logistics industry is developing to meet market demands for the transportation of goods; thus, many logistics enterprises have been formulated and expanded...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,213 Views
22 Pages

17 November 2020

Activated carbons (ACs) are processed carbon-rich materials with a highly developed inner surface and significant porosity used for different media treatment in municipal and industrial plants. Activated carbon may be manufactured as powdered activat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,588 Views
16 Pages

22 January 2021

The increasing awareness on environmental issues and their implications for society and economy, has led policymakers to rethink the legislative and financial measures supporting companies to innovate their business. As a result, companies are encour...

  • Article
  • Open Access
953 Views
27 Pages

25 July 2025

This study explores the valorization of agro-industrial by-products—riceberry broken rice (RBR) and soybean meal (SBM)—as cost-effective substrates for enhancing exopolysaccharide (EPS) production by Bacillus tequilensis PS21. Eight Bacil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,616 Views
14 Pages

8 August 2021

The effect of soybean peptides from fermented soybean meal on the intestinal immunity and tight junction of broilers was assessed. Roughly, two-stage fermented soybean meal prepared with Bv and Lb (FSBMB+L), which has nearly three times higher solubl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,622 Views
17 Pages

Filter Cake Neural-Objective Data Modeling and Image Optimization

  • Dennis Delali Kwesi Wayo,
  • Sonny Irawan,
  • Alfrendo Satyanaga,
  • Jong Kim,
  • Mohd Zulkifli Bin Mohamad Noor and
  • Vamegh Rasouli

19 August 2024

Designing drilling mud rheology is a complex task, particularly when it comes to preventing filter cakes from obstructing formation pores and making sure they can be easily decomposed using breakers. Incorporating both multiphysics and data-driven nu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,148 Views
18 Pages

4 April 2024

Nowadays, one of the main challenges facing green innovation management is how to enhance the performance of innovation processes by utilizing asymmetric input and output data. Therefore, this paper develops an improved SBM model analysis framework f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,445 Views
18 Pages

26 October 2023

This paper analyzes the typical technical problems arising from dumping and tamping collision interferences in the working faces of conventional mechanized solid backfilling mining (SBM). Additionally, the technical and consecutive characteristics of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,824 Views
23 Pages

Machine Learning Models and Applications for Early Detection

  • Orlando Zapata-Cortes,
  • Martin Darío Arango-Serna,
  • Julian Andres Zapata-Cortes and
  • Jaime Alonso Restrepo-Carmona

18 July 2024

From the various perspectives of machine learning (ML) and the multiple models used in this discipline, there is an approach aimed at training models for the early detection (ED) of anomalies. The early detection of anomalies is crucial in multiple a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,776 Views
24 Pages

1 August 2025

This study aimed to optimize the inoculation dosage and fermentation duration to enhance the protein content and reduce soluble oligosaccharides in soybean meal using Aspergillus oryzae and assessed its performance in dog food extrusion. A 3 ×...

  • Article
  • Open Access
757 Views
20 Pages

20 August 2025

Tourism ecological efficiency (TEE) is a significant indicator of the development level of green and intensive tourism. However, conventional directional and radial TEE measurement approaches overlook critical factors such as intermediate process inf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
12,520 Views
22 Pages

Sustainable Business Models Innovation and Design Thinking: A Bibliometric Analysis and Systematic Review of Literature

  • Juliana Kurek,
  • Luciana Londero Brandli,
  • Marcos Antonio Leite Frandoloso,
  • Amanda Lange Salvia and
  • Janaina Mazutti

5 January 2023

The process of integrating sustainability into businesses and processes is still recent, both in startups, small and medium-sized companies and even multinationals. Sustainable business models became a phenomenon of global interest and Design Thinkin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,340 Views
17 Pages

Obtaining and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Recycled Graphites from Different Types of Spent Batteries

  • Lorena Alcaraz,
  • Carlos Díaz-Guerra,
  • Joaquín Calbet,
  • María Luisa López and
  • Félix A. López

30 April 2022

Spent batteries recycling is an important way to obtain low-cost graphite. Nevertheless, the obtaining of crystalline graphite with a rather low density of defects is required for many applications. In the present work, high-quality graphites have be...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,342 Views
15 Pages

Nutritional Evaluation of Milk Thistle Meal as a Protein Feedstuff for Diets of Dairy Cattle

  • Modinat Tolani Lambo,
  • Rui Liu,
  • Xianglong Zhang,
  • Yonggen Zhang,
  • Yang Li and
  • Manji Sun

24 June 2024

The objective of this work is to investigate the chemical and nutritional value of milk thistle meal (MTM) in order to improve it and to provide theoretical support for its application in dairy cattle production. MTM was assessed in comparison with s...

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