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... The paper is focused on the presentation of the Thermoeconomic Environment (TEE), showing the motivations for introducing this new concept, the consistency of the TEE with some important and recent updates of the extended exergy accounting methodologies, as well as the new perspectives that the concept of TEE allows us to identify. The TEE is a consistent ultimate boundary of the exergy cost accou ...
humans, etc ; food chemistry; industry; mushrooms; sustainable development; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The expansion of the edible fungi industry has resulted in the production of large amounts of edible fungus residues, causing great pressure on environmental protection.Therefore, research on edible fungus residue utilization has become a controversial issue. Thus far, numerous efforts have been devoted to separate active substances from edible fungus substrates and residues for high application v ...
humans, etc ; blood; color; creatinine; mobile telephones; standard deviation; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The measurement of creatinine concentration is performed to monitor the renal health. The devices available in modern clinical laboratories for measuring creatinine concentration are accurate and provide results rapidly but may be prohibitively expensive for resource-poor settings. Therefore, developing an inexpensive yet accurate device for measuring creatinine concentration is needed. Consequent ...
humans, etc ; electronic nose; fermentation; flavor; food science; odors; pyrazines; shrimp; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Traditionally fermented shrimp paste has a long fermentation period and is susceptible of external factors, which leads to unstable quality and limits its development and application. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the flavor changes in the shrimp paste fermentation process and screen out the key volatile aroma components in the shrimp paste to control the flavor quality of the ...
humans, etc ; aquatic environment; feces; health effects assessments; nanoplastics; pollution; risk; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Over the past decades, the plastic production has been dramatically increased. Indeed, a category of small plastic particles mainly with the shapes of fragments, fibers, or spheres, called microplastics (particles smaller than 5 mm) and nanoplastics (particles smaller than 1 µm) have attracted particular attention. Because of its wide distribution in the environment and potential adverse effects t ...
humans, etc ; dough; food safety; heat; mass transfer; mechanization; palate; India; Show all 8 Subjects
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... A closer look at the traditional foods consumed in various parts of India shows their efficacy and wisdom in the intelligent use of resources available in each specific geographical region ranging from coastal to plains to hilly to the desert, and the perfection achieved in processing such foods that suit the palate along with nutritional perspective, safety protocols, and the combination of foods ...
humans, etc ; Erinaceidae; RNA; genes; germ cells; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Different studies indicated that the enhancing the expression of germ cell markers improved the efficiency of stem cells in the generation of germ line cells. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of SAG-dihydrochloride on the expression of germ cell markers in the human bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs). For this purpose, the human BM-MSCs were cultured in the medi ...
humans, etc ; Internet; epithelium; inflammation; microRNA; models; oxidative stress; particulates; synergism; China; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Inflammation is a major adverse outcome induced by inhaled particulate matter with a diameter of ≤ 2.5 µm (PM₂.₅), and a critical trigger of most PM₂.₅ exposure-associated diseases. However, the key molecular events regulating the PM₂.₅-induced airway inflammation are yet to be elucidated. Considering the critical role of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in regulating inflammation, we predicted 11 circRNA ...
humans, etc ; DNA; RNA; Vesiculovirus; chickens; cytosol; genomics; immunology; nuclear matrix; ribonucleoproteins; Show all 10 Subjects
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... In mammals, heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein U (hnRNPU), also named as nuclear matrix protein-nuclear scaffold attachment factor (SAFA), was originally identified as a DNA/RNA interactor protein. It has been reported that human hnRNPU facilitates IFN-β generation after vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection. Nevertheless, the role of chicken hnRNPU (chhnRNPU) in IFN-β regulation as well as in i ...
humans, etc ; bioaccumulation; chromatography; data collection; environmental monitoring; mass spectrometry; pests; toxicity; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Pesticides play a key-role in the development of the agrifood sector allowing controlling pest growth and, thus, improving the production rates. Pesticides chemical stability is responsible of their persistency in environmental matrices leading to bioaccumulation in animal tissues and hazardous several effects on living organisms. The studies regarding long-term effects of pesticides exposure and ...
humans, etc ; aerosols; air quality; biomass; carbon; emissions factor; China; India; Laos; Myanmar; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Black carbon (BC) has importance regarding aerosol composition, radiative balance, and human exposure. This study adopted a backward-trajectory approach to quantify the origins of BC from anthropogenic emissions (BCAn) and open biomass burning (BCBB) transported to Xishuangbanna in 2017. Haze months, between haze and clean months, and clean months in Xishuangbanna were defined according to daily P ...
humans, etc ; Echinococcus multilocularis; echinococcosis; environment; grasslands; indigenous species; landscapes; risk; summer; China; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a lethal helminthic infection caused by the tapeworms Echinococcus multilocularis. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has the greatest endemicity of human AE globally, but the natural risk factors and its impact mechanism are still unclear. Generalized linear models and generalized additive models are used to select key linear and non-linear environmental factors assoc ...
humans, etc ; blood; esters; perfluorohexane sulfonic acid; perfluorooctane sulfonic acid; perfluorooctanoic acid; phosphates; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Many studies have examined per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in human blood. However, the distribution of PFASs in human blood remains not well known, especially for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) precursors. In this study, human blood samples (n = 162) were collected from general Chinese population, and then the isomer-specific partitioning of PFASs between human plasma and red blood ...
humans, etc ; electric potential difference; electric power; foams; heat transfer; wind speed; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... With the popularity and application of Autonomous-rail rapid transit in China, the status of drivers has also attracted more attention to reducing the number of accidents on complex urban roads. The previously used sensors to monitor driver status require external power, limiting the further development and application of the sensor. This paper proposes a sensor energy self-circulation system base ...
humans, etc ; blood; carbon; cellulose; cupric oxide; electrochemistry; electrodes; glucose; hyperglycemia; hypoglycemia; pH; silver; Show all 12 Subjects
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... A cellulose microfluidic pH boosting layer adapts a non-enzymatic copper oxide glucose sensor strip for neutral pH samples. This adaptation allows the non-enzymatic technology to realize in-situ glucose measurements. A three-electrode system is constructed to test samples in a classical electrochemical cell, and in a sensing strip to test the microfluidic system. The system consists of copper oxid ...
humans, etc ; alcohol drinking; beers; epidemiology; ethanol; fermentation; food science; ingredients; medicine; mortality; wines; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Excessive alcohol consumption (≥15 drinks per week) causes chronic diseases and multiple other health conditions. Nevertheless, alcohol beverages have been used as a vital medicine ingredient in various cultures since ancient times. A wealth of epidemiological and experimental research has shown that light-moderate alcohol consumption, regardless of beverage type, is associated with reducing cardi ...
humans, etc ; adults; metabolites; milk; milk consumption; organophosphorus compounds; surveys; Argentina; Denmark; Finland; Netherlands; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The first global survey of organophosphate esters (OPEs) and their metabolites (mOPEs) in milk was carried out in this study. Concentrations of 21 OPEs and 9 mOPEs were measured in 178 milk samples collected from 30 countries located on 5 continents, and the ubiquity of both OPEs and mOPEs was observed in milk. Concentrations of ∑₂₁OPEs ranged from 53.3 pg/mL to 4270 pg/mL, with a median level of ...
humans, etc ; detection limit; drugs; food composition; fruit juices; milk; mineral water; pH; potassium; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Potassium is one of the minerals essential for the human body, and its intake is usually provided from foodstuffs. In this study, a novel potassium selective potentiometric sensor was developed to perform potassium analysis in baby follow–on milk, mineral water, drinking water, fruit juice and drug samples. The potassium selective sensor exhibited a low detection limit of 5.88 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ over ...
humans, etc ; Danio rerio; blood; developmental toxicity; flame retardants; focal adhesions; metabolomics; transcriptomics; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Tetrachlorobisphenol A (TCBPA), a widely used halogenated flame retardant, is frequently detected in environmental compartments and human samples. However, unknown developmental toxicity and mechanisms limit the entire understanding of its effects. In this study, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were exposed to various concentrations of TCBPA while a combination of transcriptomics, behavioral and b ...
humans, etc ; antigens; aptasensors; blood serum; carbon nanotubes; chemiluminescence; detection limit; magnetic fields; oligonucleotides; Show all 9 Subjects
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... In this work, a chemiluminescence (CL) aptasensor for sensitive carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) detection was constructed based on the CL system of luminol–H₂O₂–NaOH. Magnetic carbon nanotubes (MCNTs), as the base material, was modified with CEA-aptamer and DNA1, and was combined with the novel flower-shaped Ag@ZIF-67 of modified with DNA2 through the principle of base complementary pairing. CEA co ...