This study provides a forced vibration analysis to evaluate the stresses at the pedicel interfaces of the fruit-peduncle system of Coffea arabica L. var. Colombia by means of finite element analysis. The real topology of the fruit-peduncle system was...
Dermal stem cells (DSCs), which are progenitor cells of melanocytes, are isolated from human foreskin and cultivated as mixed cultures containing both DSCs and fibroblasts in varying proportions. These contaminating fibroblasts may have an impact on...
We recently reported that synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX) is able to suppress metastasis-like spheroid formation in a culture of follicular thyroid cancer (FTC)-133 cells cultured under random positioning. We now show that this inhibitio...
Currently, the storage of ore processing residues is a major challenge in the mining industry. These tailings are increasingly filtered in advance of disposal using filter presses to make storage safer and to recover water effectively. However, the f...
The potential utilization of magnetic effects in gas particle separation is a current subject of research. This paper demonstrates for the first time that a single magnetizable filter fiber can be deflected by a magnetically induced excitation for a...
We report on the observation of the detachment in situ and in vivo of Dunaliella tertiolecta microalgae cells from a glass surface using a 1064 nm wavelength trapping laser beam. The principal bends of both flagella of Dunaliella were seen self-adher...
Implementation of a new European Union directive on energy renovation in Denmark can be expected to have a strong impact on the country’s energy renovation requirements. Accordingly, an indicator framework has been developed with the aim of ide...
Stickler syndromes are inherited conditions caused by abnormalities of structural proteins in the eye, inner ear and cartilage. The risk of retinal detachment, particularly due to the development of giant retinal tears, is high. Stickler syndrome is...
The behavior of oil droplets at solid surfaces is a key aspect of oil production and environmental protection. In this paper, the mechanisms of attachment and detachment of oil aggregates are studied via molecular dynamics simulations. The influence...
Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) is a well-known nanomaterial template formed under specific electrochemical conditions. By adjusting voltage, temperature, electrolyte type, and concentration, various microstructural modifications of AAO can be achieved w...
The transport/detachment regimes of each particle size vary with size. Moreover, the changing transport/detachment regimes of sediments with size and their related mechanisms considerably affect sediment transport capacity (Tc). To investigate the tr...
Kluyveromyces marxianus has the ability to contribute to the aroma profile of foods and beverages since it is able to produce several volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In this study, 8 dairy K. marxianus strains, previously selected for their adhesi...
In order to explore the optimal vibration parameters for the selective harvesting of coffee fruits, a high-velocity dynamic photography monitoring system was developed to analyze the vibration-assisted harvesting process. This system identified the o...
Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) is a dominant seagrass species in the temperate waters of the northern hemisphere and is experiencing global declines. The use of eelgrass seeds is increasingly being recognized as a viable option for large-scale restorat...
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) offers a promising platform for non-invasive and gentle cell detachment. However, conventional PNIPAM-based substrates often suffer from limitations including limited stability and reduced reusability, which hinde...
This study investigated in-vitro the non-lethal effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) on Xylella fastidiosa subspecies pauca strain De Donno (Xf-DD) biofilm. This strain was isolated from the olive trees affected by the olive quick decline syndrome in so...
When studying rockfall phenomena, a single value of the block volume is not sufficient to take into account the natural variability of the geometrical features (orientation, spacing, persistence) of the discontinuity sets. Different approaches for ob...
Methylcellulose (MC) hydrogels have been successfully proposed in the field of cell sheet engineering (CSE), allowing cell detachment from their surface by lowering the temperature below their transition temperature (Tt). Among the main limitations o...
The temple mural paintings of the Ming Dynasty in China are highly valuable cultural heritage. However, murals in North China have long faced deterioration such as pigment-layer detachment, which seriously threatens their preservation and study, grad...
Myopic traction maculopathy (MTM) affects 20% of eyes with pathologic myopia (PM). The MTM Staging System (MSS), published in 2020, describes the nomenclature of MTM as well as a proposal of pathogenesis, natural evolution, and prognosis. A study of...
We present simulations of turbulent detached flows using the commercial lattice Boltzmann solver XFlow (by Dassault Systemes). XFlow’s lattice Boltzmann formulation together with an efficient octree mesh generator reduce substantially the cost...
The space pose of fruits is necessary for accurate detachment in automatic harvesting. This study presents a novel pose estimation method for sweet pepper detachment. In this method, the normal to the local plane at each point in the sweet-pepper poi...
One of the issues the modern hip implants face is that one side of the implant may detach due to stretching during its use. This leads to implant transverse compression and separation from the bone. This issue can be solved by using complex implants...
Dysregulation of cellular metabolism is now a well-recognized hallmark of cancer. Studies investigating the metabolic features of cancer cells have shed new light onto processes in cancer cell biology and have identified many potential novel treatmen...
Phytophthora infestans remains a major threat to global potato production. This study focused on characterizing and assessing the pathogenicity of P. infestans isolates on detached potato leaves and in greenhouse trials across four cultivars. Seven i...
The performance of artificial nanomotors is still far behind nature-made biomolecular motors. A mechanistic disparity between the two categories exists: artificial motors often rely on a single mechanism to rectify directional motion, but biomotors i...
Retinal detachment (RD) is a vision-threatening ocular emergency that necessitates rapid diagnosis and intervention. This review examines the evolving role of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in RD by synthesizing the literature on preoperative bio...
The small number of high-migratory cancer cells in a cell population make studies on high-migratory cancer cells difficult. For the development of migration assays for such cancer cells, several microfluidic devices have been developed. However, they...
Pomegranate, a pivotal fruit that is well recognized globally and a rapidly emerging crop in the southeastern United States and other subtropical regions, faces a formidable challenge from Colletotrichum spp., a fungal pathogen causing anthracnose fr...
Three hybrid populations (F1) of Coffea arabica were evaluated under field and laboratory conditions, derived from sources carrying the SH1 coffee leaf rust (CLR) resistance gene and the CX.2385 line, obtained from the Caturra × Timor Hybrid CI...
Our study aims to analyse whether the capitalisation of a property’s energy performance is affected by how it is presented. In place since 2002, there is an EU directive mandating the introduction of an energy performance certificate (EPC) when...
This investigation examined the role of shear stress on the dynamic development of microbial communities within anodic biofilms in single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Bacterial attachment to surfaces, often regarded as a crucial step in biofi...
One of the methods used to improve the durability of blueberry fruits is the application of nutrients through foliar feeding with calcium, which can improve the post-harvest mechanical parameters. This study proposed an optimal selection of calcium s...
Several of the integrin family of cell adhesion receptors have been popular targets for the development of anticancer agents, but with little clinical success to date. Cancer cells usually express multiple redundant integrins; one hypothesis for the...
Phenotyping of genetic resources is an important prerequisite for the selection of resistant varieties in breeding programs and research. Computer vision techniques have proven to be a useful tool for digital phenotyping of diseases of interest. One...
This study investigated the maturity and optimal harvest interval of the ‘Kalinjot’ olive cultivar in the Vlora region. Fruit samples were collected from six randomly selected trees over nine harvest dates at 10-day intervals from Septemb...
Immersion cooling is widely used for thermal management of servers. The two-phase immersion cooling, which transfers heat by boiling, possesses efficient temperature control ability under intensive heat generation. In the process of temperature contr...
Cu-SSZ-13, the most widely used catalyst in diesel selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems, often suffers severe deactivation, including hydrothermal aging and ash poisoning. In comparison with traditional impregnation in laboratory work, a more...
On modern construction sites, guidance and automation systems are increasingly applied to excavators. Recently, studies have been actively conducted to compare the estimation results of the bucket tip with the motion measurement method of the boom, s...
This study aims to investigate the outcomes and risk factors associated with poor vision (vision less than counting fingers, 2.0 logMAR, Snellen vision 20/2000) in patients with posterior or combined persistent fetal vasculature (PFV), with or withou...
Radio radiation has been detected across the Hertzsprung Russell diagram. We selected three objects with radio radiation (a semi-detached eclipsing binary V Crt, and two detached binaries WY Cnc and CG Cyg) that show magnetic activity. We made new ph...
The persistent challenge of adhesion in Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technology is deeply rooted in the mechanical and chemical properties of utilized materials, necessitating the exploration of potential resolutions. This involves adjustments ta...
Uptake of particles by cells involves various natural mechanisms that are essential for their biological functions. The same mechanisms are used in the engulfment of synthetic colloidal drug carriers, while the extent of the uptake affects the biolog...
A side channel pump is a pump with a high head and a small flow that is widely used in various industrial fields. Many scientists have studied the hydraulic performance, pressure fluctuation characteristics, and gas-liquid mixed transport characteris...
To date, energy consumption in buildings accounts for a significant part of the total amount of energy consumed worldwide. The effect of ageing and degradation of various building components is one of the least studied reasons for the possible increa...
The research of fractographic images of metals is an important method that allows obtaining valuable information about the physical and mechanical properties of a metallic specimen, determining the causes of its fracture, and developing models for op...
Background: Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is an ophthalmological emergency that can lead to vision loss if left untreated. Pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) is the preferred procedure for most complex RRD cases with a high success rate. However,...
In order to design an optimal reinforcement of steel thin-walled beams with composite materials, it is worth analyzing two important, although often overlooked issues, which are the selection of the appropriate thickness of the adhesive layer and the...
The present research had two aims. The first was to evaluate the effect of height and exposure on the vegetative response of olive canopies’ vertical axis studied through a multispectral sensor and on the qualitative and quantitative product ch...
As brown mushrooms are both delicious and beneficial to health, the global production and consumption of brown mushrooms have increased significantly in recent years. Currently, to ensure the quality of brown mushrooms, selective manual picking is re...
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