Functional analysis is a well-developed field in the discipline of Mathematics, which provides unifying frameworks for solving many problems in applied sciences and engineering. In particular, several important topics (e.g., spectrum estimation, line...
Soybeans are a good source of protein and functional nutrition for humans and are used in the production of many foods, such as soymilk and tofu, which are popular in Asia. Soymilk is a beverage with a milky appearance and is produced by grinding soy...
Interhemispheric and frontoparietal functional connectivity have been reported to increase during explicit information processing. However, it is unclear how and when interhemispheric and frontoparietal functional connectivity interact during explici...
In hamburger manufacturing, meat is subjected to four main processing steps (pre-grinding, mixing, grinding, and forming), whereby muscle fibers are disintegrated. In this study, the influence of these process steps was characterized by structural (a...
Agricultural and food-processing residues represent abundant renewable feedstocks for the sustainable production of functional oligosaccharides through biocatalytic conversion. Valorization of these underutilized biomass resources represents a promis...
Whey is a byproduct of dairy production that possesses high nutritional value and versatile applications across various industries. In the framework of circular economy, the reutilization of whey is essential to transform this high-volume byproduct i...
Edible insects have emerged as a sustainable source of high-quality proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates (including chitin), as well as micronutrients such as minerals and vitamins, and diverse bioactive compounds, thereby making them promising ingred...
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Background: The study of children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP) has traditionally focused on motor aspects. The extent to which sensory processing disorders can affect their functional performance and quality of life (QoL) is uncertain. This s...
The food industries are interested in developing functional products due to their popularity within nutritional and healthy circles. Functional fruit-based beverages represent one of the fast-growing markets due to the high concentrations of bioactiv...
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common inherited cause of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder, and among those with fragile X syndrome, approximately 1/3rd meet a threshold for an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis. Previo...
Enzyme technology, characterized by high efficiency, environmental compatibility, and precise controllability, has become a pivotal biocatalytic approach for quality enhancement and nutritional improvement in modern food industries. This review summa...
Eating habits of western populations are changing due to modern lifestyles. As a result, people are becoming more susceptible to chronic and degenerative diseases. This fact has motivated the food industry to develop functional products that could de...
The aims of this study were to explore the significant chemical changes in functional components induced by the traditional processing method and evaluate whether this method based on nine cycles of steaming and drying can effectively enhance the med...
One of the most promising applications of satellite data is providing users in charge of land and emergency management with information and data to support decision making for geohazard mapping, monitoring and early warning. In this work, we consider...
The strategic recycling of fish processing byproducts as functional materials has attracted increasing attention for sustainable development and human health. In this study, we investigated the dermatological impact of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)...
Software requirements are primarily classified into functional and non-functional requirements. While research has explored automated multiclass classification of non-functional requirements, functional requirements remain largely unexplored. This st...
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are characterized by impairments in flexibly acquiring and maintaining new information, as well as in applying learned information for problem solving. However, the neural mechanism underpinning such im...
Jackfruit seed is an underutilized by-product with potential as a functional ingredient. This study investigated how brown seed coat retention and thermal processing affect the color, nutritional composition, β-glucan content, bioactive profiles...
The liver is a crucial metabolic organ in humans and is susceptible to oxidative stress, which can have an adverse impact on human health. Nutritional intervention with food-derived bioactive substances has the potential to improve liver health. Howe...
Personality is the characteristic set of an individual’s behavioral and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors. The recognition of personality profiles is crucial in making human–computer interaction (HCI...
FNIRS pre-processing and processing methodologies are very important—how a researcher chooses to process their data can change the outcome of an experiment. The purpose of this review is to provide a guide on fNIRS pre-processing and processing techn...
Cachichín (Oecopetalum mexicanum) is a tropical fruit tree native to Mexico and Central America, whose fruit contains an edible seed with potential nutraceutical properties. Empirical toasting of the cachichín seed often compromises the...
Rice bran represents an exceptional natural source of dietary fiber (DF), and its physicochemical properties and therapeutic potential are closely associated with its origin and processing methods. Herein, rice bran was subjected to extrusion, fermen...
The aim of the current study was to assess the efficacy of Na-alginate edible films as vehicles for delivering lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with functional properties to sliced cheeses, with or without high-pressure processing (HPP). A three-strain LAB...
Metacognition has only scarcely been investigated in brain tumor patients. It is unclear if and how the tumor-lesioned brain might be able to maintain an adequate sense-of-self. As cortical midline structures (CMS) are regarded as essential for self-...
The functional linear model
In this paper, we obtain an integral formula for the rate distortion function (RDF) of any Gaussian asymptotically wide sense stationary (AWSS) vector process. Applying this result, we also obtain an integral formula for the RDF of Gaussian moving av...
We consider a sequence of i.i.d. random variables,
This paper develops a unified asymptotic theory for conditional single-index U-statistics and the associated conditional U-processes in the setting of locally stationary functional time series subject to missing-at-random response mechanisms. The pro...
In this study, a renewal reward process with a discrete interference of chance (X(t)) is constructed and distribution of the process X(t) is investigated. One dimensional distribution of the process X(t) is given by means of the probability characte...
Recently, we identified two types (A and B) of energy processes that naturally occur on Earth. Type-A energetic process such as the classical heat engines follows well the thermodynamic second law; Type-B energy process follows the first law of therm...
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable biopolymers with high application potential, representing an alternative to petrochemical-derived plastics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the processing and mechanical properties of the commercia...
Executive function and processing speed difficulties are observed in children living with sickle cell anemia (SCA). The influence of processing speed on executive function is not well understood. We recruited 59 children living with SCA and 24 matche...
The continuous production of high-quality, few-layer graphene nanosheets (GNSs) functionalized with nitrogen-containing groups was achieved via a two-stage reaction method. The initial stage produces few-layer GNSs by utilizing our recently developed...
We propose a definition of entropy for stochastic processes. We provide a reproducing kernel Hilbert space model to estimate entropy from a random sample of realizations of a stochastic process, namely functional data, and introduce two approaches to...
Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are characterized by chronic gastrointestinal symptoms in the absence of overt pathology and affect a significant percentage of the worldwide population. They are commonly accompanied by co-morbid psychia...
In this paper, we want to find a continuous function fitting through the discrete covariance sequence generated by a stationary AR process. This function can be determined as soon as the Yule–Walker equations are found. The procedure consists of two...
Many visual effects are believed to be processed at several functional and anatomical levels of cortical processing. Determining if and how the levels contribute differentially to these effects is a leading problem in visual perception and visual neu...
U-statistics are fundamental in modeling statistical measures that involve responses from multiple subjects. They generalize the concept of the empirical mean of a random variable X to include summations over each m-tuple of distinct observations of...
Functional and safety requirements for medical devices are increasing with the continuous advancement of medical technology. To improve the therapeutic effect and safety of medical devices and patients, researchers are constantly exploring new materi...
In this paper, we focus on the partial functional linear model with linear process errors deduced by not necessarily independent random variables. Based on Mercer’s theorem and Karhunen–Loève expansion, we give the estimators of th...
Stute presented the so-called conditional U-statistics generalizing the Nadaraya–Watson estimates of the regression function. Stute demonstrated their pointwise consistency and the asymptotic normality. In this paper, we extend the results to a...
Hydrodynamic cavitation is assessed as a conditional process-intensification platform for the sustainable recovery and transformation of bioactive and functional fractions from agri-food residues, food-processing by-products, and plant-derived matric...
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs)—a promising class of alternatives to conventional ionic liquids (ILs) that have freezing points lower than the individual components—are typically formed from two or more components through hydrogen bond inte...
This paper aims to review the research progress on the processing and utilization of functional rice and explore its potential to enhance human health. The research progress in the processing and utilization of colored rice, low-protein rice, high-re...
Durian (Durio zibethinus Murray) seeds, an underutilized by-product of durian processing, were upcycled into functional flours to elucidate how varietal origin and processing govern structure–function relationships. Durian seed flours from loca...
Common practice in agile delivery planning is based on user requirements-related artifacts. However, an aspect of business process alignment to software product functions comes into focus in the phase of inception of enterprise-aware disciplined agil...
Pulses are grown worldwide and provide agronomic benefits that contribute to the sustainability of cropping systems. Pulses are high in protein and provide a good source of carbohydrates, dietary fibre, vitamins, minerals, and bioactive constituents....
Cities, as the quintessential socio-technological artifacts of human civilization, are seen to set us apart from nature. But an ecosystem view from nested scale-hierarchical process-function ecology shows us that cities are best seen as the emergent...
In his work published in (Ann. Probab. 19, No. 2 (1991), 812–825), W. Stute introduced the notion of conditional U-statistics, expanding upon the Nadaraya–Watson estimates used for regression functions. Stute illustrated the pointwise con...
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