Flame retardants (FRs) and plasticizers are widely used additives that can accumulate in aquatic sediments, where strong sorption and matrix complexity hinder reliable trace analysis. Because the available literature spans diverse compound classes, e...
The success of bottom-up proteomic analysis frequently depends on the efficient removal of contaminants from protein or peptide samples before LC-MS/MS. For a peptide clean-up workflow, single-pot solid-phase-enhanced peptide sample preparation on ca...
This study evaluated the efficacy of an environmentally friendly degreasing agent formulated from orange peel extract as both a cleaning agent and corrosion inhibitor for surgical instruments manufactured from 316LVM stainless steel. The extract was...
Dispersive solid-phase extraction (dSPE) is a crucial step for multiresidue analysis used to remove matrix components from extracts. This purification prevents contamination of instrumental equipment and improves method selectivity, sensitivity, and...
Addressing the issues of low permeability, stress sensitivity in CBM reservoirs, and severe reservoir damage from traditional fracturing fluids, we prepared a Gemini surfactant (designated GEM-CBM) for CBM development using ethanolamine, epichlorohyd...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds originating from pyrogenic and petrogenic sources, which increases their potential introduction into the environment and possible exposure to humans. PAHs have been identified as compounds of conc...
With the increased demand for sustainable, hypoallergenic products, plant surfactants are a promising, eco-friendly option for cleaning products due to their low toxicity or even the absence of toxicity. In the present study, surfactant-rich extracts...
Biochar is widely used to remediate acidic soils, but the long-term risks from its endogenous heavy metals remain unclear. We hypothesized that simulated environmental aging would increase cadmium (Cd) extractability in biochar-amended acidic clean s...
A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for highly selective solid-phase extraction (SPE) of bisphenol A (BPA) was prepared using phenolphthalein (PP) as the novel dummy template by bulk polymerization. A particle diameter distribution of 40–60 &...
Rapid, cost-efficient, and eco-friendly methods are desired today for routine analysis of the Fusarium mycotoxin zearalenone (ZEN) in edible vegetable oils. Liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) is commonly used to reliably con...
Pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) is considered an advanced extraction technique developed in the mid-1990s with the aim of saving time and reducing solvent with respect to traditional extraction processes. It is commonly used with solid and semi-s...
Accurate instance segmentation of oranges in complex orchard environments is crucial for obtaining clean regions of interest (ROIs). Coarse region extraction may include non-target pixels from leaves, shadows, background, and adjacent fruits, thereby...
The aim of this study was the optimization of the clean–up step in the widely applied QuEChERS method for the determination of 39 representative multiclass pesticides in olive oil with Ultra-High-Performance Chromatography–Orbitrap Mass S...
The Clean Label concept has gained significant traction in the cheese industry due to consumer preferences for minimally processed cheeses free from synthetic additives. This review explores different approaches for applying Clean Label principles to...
The increasing demand for sustainable and clean-label foods has intensified the search for natural preservatives that are capable of replacing synthetic additives. In this study, an exploratory assessment of two distinct spruce needle aqueous extract...
This review provides a comprehensive overview of where infrared irradiation has been employed, mainly as regards activating green mode for natural products extractions, as well as to favor a reaction, highlighting its actual importance. It is also un...
Hesperidin, a secondary orange (Citrus sinensis) metabolite, was extracted from orange bagasse. No organic solvents or additional energy consumption were used in the clean and sustainable process. Hesperidin purity was approximately 98% and had a yie...
Meat products contain synthetic additives such as sodium ascorbate and sodium erythorbate as reducing agents, raising concerns regarding their potential health implications. This study evaluated the effectiveness of grapefruit, lemon, mandarin, or or...
Antimicrobial air filters are required to protect humans from the risk of secondary bioaerosol pollution as well as airborne particles. Three plant extracts (tea-tree oil, rosemary, and garlic) were selected to replace antimicrobial chemicals in air...
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are among the most frequently detected emerging pollutants in aquatic sediments, raising increasing concerns due to their persistence, bioaccumulation potential, and ecological impact. As sediments a...
Pesticides are among the most important contaminants worldwide due to their wide use, persistence, and toxicity. Their presence in soils is not only important from an environmental point of view, but also for food safety issues, since such residues c...
Growing consumer interest in healthy foods has led to an increased demand for bioactive compounds derived from eco-technologies. This review highlighted two emerging technologies, pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) and supercritical fluid extraction...
Biosurfactants (BS) are amphiphilic molecules that align at the interface reducing the surface tension. BS production is developed as an alternative to synthetic surfactants because they are biodegradable, with low toxicity and high specificity. BS a...
Analysis of the oxidative stability of novel avocado chips with added natural extracts was carried out with the aim of reducing the chemical additive content in their formulation. Two different natural extracts were initially evaluated and characteri...
Up to now, the Fe content of nonmetallic particles has often been neglected in chemical evaluations due to the challenging analysis of matrix elements in nonmetallic inclusions (NMI) in steel by scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spec...
The growing demand for clean-label and low-sulphite wines has increased interest in alternative preservation strategies capable of reducing sulphur dioxide (SO2) usage while maintaining wine quality and stability. In this study, the effectiveness of...
Glacier boundary extraction on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) faces persistent challenges due to rugged terrain, seasonal snow, extensive debris cover, and topographic shadows. Traditional methods utilizing single-source or single-temporal data often yield...
Flame retardants are added to consumer products to retard the ignition of combustible materials. Technical mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) were massively used for several decades. They are bioaccu...
Pesticides have been used to control pests in agricultural fields and storage systems before circulating agricultural products to markets. A tandem mass spectrometry, equipped with gas chromatographic separation (GC–MS/MS) or ultra-performance liquid...
The emerging ungovernable application of pesticides in rice farming has attracted public concerns as these hazardous chemicals leave long-lasting environmental impacts and cause severe health effects. Here, an optimized analytical method was proposed...
Olive oil production is an economically and culturally important agro-industrial activity, particularly in Mediterranean regions, but conventional extraction processes generate significant quantities of by-products and may lead to the loss of valuabl...
Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) represents an efficient method for acquiring spatial data in urban environments, while the quality of resulting geometric outputs is significantly influenced by subsequent point cloud processing. This article focuses...
Detection of partial discharge (PD) in switchgears requires extensive data collection and time-consuming analyses. Data from real live operational environments pose great challenges in the development of robust and efficient detection algorithms due...
The success of regional bridge condition assessment, a crucial component of systematic maintenance strategies, relies heavily on comprehensive, well-structured regional bridge databases. This study proposes the data extraction, cleaning, and integrat...
The natural functional ingredients derived from pomegranate (41.4% punicalagin), rosemary (5.8% carnosic acid and carnosol), hydroxytyrosol (7.3%), and citrus (55% hesperidin) fruits were combined separately with acerola (17% vitamin C) and essential...
Microalgae are capable of assimilating nutrients from wastewater (WW), producing clean water and biomass rich in bioactive compounds that need to be recovered from inside the microalgal cell. This work investigated subcritical water (SW) extraction t...
Crescentia alata is valued in traditional medicine for its anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. However, research on its phytochemical composition and bioactivity is scarce. Phenolic compounds are of pharmacological interest because they r...
We compute the cooperative and the Nash equilibrium solutions for the discounted optimal control problem in a two-player differential game of reclamation of a resource extraction site, where each firm’s planning horizon presents the period that...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of clove extract powder (CEP) as a natural curing accelerator in pork sausages produced with pre-converted Chinese cabbage powder (PCCP) as a nitrite source. Sausages were prepared using a 3 &...
This study aims at evaluating the effect of a phenol-rich extract obtained from the concentration and purification of olive mill wastewaters (added at a ratio of 87.5 and 175 mg of phenols/kg meat) on the stability and sensory quality of beef hamburg...
The inadequate collection and treatment of urban wastewater continue to pollute built environments, threaten public health, and contribute to epidemic outbreaks in many densely populated, underdeveloped regions. This study investigates whether algae-...
Sewage sludge (SS) is commonly applied as a soil amendment. This practice has raised concern about the dissemination of emerging pollutants (EPs). EPs include compounds such as flame retardants, plasticizers, pharmaceuticals, and personal care produc...
Palm kernel meal (PKM) is one of the main byproducts of the oil palm industry. PKM can be obtained as the result of solvent or mechanical extraction of palm kernel oil; in both cases, meal has a remaining oil content that could be recovered. In this...
Spills, leaks, and other environmental aspects associated with petroleum products cause hazards to human health and ecosystems. Chemicals involved are total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), solvents, pesticides,...
The reliance on a single evaluation parameter represents a major limitation in traditional geothermal reservoir assessment models, hindering accurate and effective evaluation of geothermal extraction performance. Moreover, mechanical deformation indu...
The development of sustainable technologies capable of simultaneously addressing environmental pollution and renewable energy production remains a major scientific challenge. In this work, titanium dioxide nanoparticles (GTiO2) were synthesized throu...
A modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) sample preparation method coupled with liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) was proposed for the determination of α-, β-, and γ-he...
Fly ash microspheres, also called cenospheres, have many valuable properties that allow them to be widely used. Some of its most important properties are its mechanical and thermal strength as well as its chemical stability. These features constitute...
The combustion characteristics and kinetics of high- and low-reactivity metallurgical cokes in an air atmosphere were studied by thermogravimetric instrument. The Coats–Redfern, FWO, and Vyazovkin integral methods were used to analyze the kinet...
Blast furnace slag, which is the main by-product of the ironmaking process discharged at 1450 °C, contains high-quality sensible heat, while oily sludge is the main solid waste produced in the process of gas exploration, storage, and transportati...
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