First report of Aspergillus species in green pistachio of Bronte by Wanissa MELLIKECHE, Giulia CASINI, Marilita GALLO, Anna Maria D'ONGHIA, Giancarlo COLELLI, Alessandra RICELLI

“…These toxins, which threaten human health, are strictly monitored by most nations. Italian pistachios produced in Bronte, Sicily, have high nutritional value and unique organoleptic properties, but the extent to which they contain these contaminants is unknown. …”
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Optimizing the hydroxyapatite nanocrystals derived from biological sources to increasing efficiency and quality by Mahsa Abbasi, Hossein Derakhshankhah, Soheila Kashanian, Zhila Izadi, Mohammad Soleiman Beigi

“…Conclusion: One of the most effective methods for preparing hydroxyapatite involves conducting the reactions at the bottom; the ultrasonic method's affordability and cost-effectiveness are among its positive features, as it can generate multiple processes throughout the production process. …”
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Renormalization of the SMEFT to dimension eight: Fermionic interactions I by S. D. Bakshi, M. Chala, Á. Díaz-Carmona, Z. Ren, F. Vilches

“…On this occasion, we concentrate on the running of two-fermion operators induced by pairs of dimension-six interactions. We work mostly off-shell, for which we obtain and provide a new and explicitly hermitian basis of dimension-eight Green’s functions. …”
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Features of allometric growth and structure of settlements for Mya uzenensis (Bivalvia: Myidae) in different areas of littoral zone in the Tauiskaya Guba Bay, Okhotsk Sea by V. S. Zharnikov

“…On suitable soils, the settlements occupied 25–40 % of the littoral zone; the mollusks were distributed mostly in mosaic spots with size 0.5–5.0 m2. Stable settlements in the areas with favorable environmental conditions in the Ola estuary and Vesyolaya Bay were formed by mollusks with shell size of 22.1–91.1 mm and age of 2–14 years. …”
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Analyzing the 2021 Kaseya Ransomware Attack: Combined Spearphishing Through SonicWall SSLVPN Vulnerability by Suman Bhunia, Matthew Blackert, Henry Deal, Andrew DePero, Amar Patra

“…We present an overview of Kaseya’s defense strategy involving customer interaction, a PowerShell script to detect compromised clients, and a cure-all decryption key that unlocks all locked files.…”
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Is Sexual Size Dimorphism Inherent in the Scallop Patinopecten yessoensis? by Alla V. Silina

“…Gregarious settlement of this bivalve contributes to the reproductive success of the population so that the energetically costly ovaries may all be fertilized.…”
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Rapid Holocene deposition in the Mackenzie Trough and Barrow Canyon areas in the western Arctic Ocean by Masanobu Yamamoto, Kenta Suzuki, Masafumi Murayama, Laura Gemery, Koji Seike, Leonid Polyak, Young Jin Joe, Shoma Uchida, Minoru Kobayashi, Jonaotaro Onodera, Keiji Horikawa, Yuhji Yamamoto, Takayuki Omori, Michinobu Kuwae, Tomohisa Irino, Yutaka Y. Watanabe, Motoyo Itoh, Eiji Watanabe

“…We dated the sediments based on the 137Cs radioactivity of bulk sediments and the 14C concentrations of mollusk shells. The 137Cs radioactivity shows a distinct onset corresponding to 1950 Common Era (CE) and the most prominent peak corresponding to 1963 CE. …”
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Manufacturing Process Development for <i>Bison bison</i> Organ-Specific Lyophilized Extracts: Formulation and Benchmarking of Antioxidant Activities for Nutraceutical Preparations by Alexandre Porcello, Kim Girardet, Basste Hadjab, Kelly Lourenço, Corinne Scaletta, Philippe Abdel-Sayed, Nathalie Hirt-Burri, Lee Ann Applegate, Alexis E. Laurent

“…Methodologically, a two-step lyophilization process, hard-shell capsule formulation, and process quality control elements were adapted from pharmaceutical technology practices. …”
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Construction of multifunctional composite networks and resilience evaluation under multiple attack scenarios: A case study of the Yangtze river delta by Jianshen Qu, Hao Wang, ZiWei Zhang, Zhili Xu, Yuexia Han, Bin Dong

“…The Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China's most rapidly urbanizing region, faces escalating ecological challenges including urban heat island effects and fragmentation of ecological networks. …”
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A stable and major QTL region on chromosome 2 conditions pod shape in cultivated peanut (Arachis hyopgaea L.) by Sheng-zhong ZHANG, Xiao-hui HU, Fei-fei WANG, Ye CHU, Wei-qiang YANG, Sheng XU, Song WANG, Lan-rong WU, Hao-liang YU, Hua-rong MIAO, Chun FU, Jing CHEN

“…Significant correlations were found among most component traits with broad-sense heritability ranging from 0.87 to 0.95. …”
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Genomic‐wide analysis reveals seven in absentia genes regulating grain development in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Tao Chen, Yongping Miao, Fanli Jing, Weidong Gao, Yanyan Zhang, Long Zhang, Peipei Zhang, Lijian Guo, Delong Yang

“…The qRT‐PCR assays revealed that TaSINA101 was highly expressed in the palea shell, seed coat, and embryo in young wheat grains. …”
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Zootechnical Additives Associated with Antimicrobials: Effects on Immune Response and Intestinal Histomorphometry in Broiler Chickens by Kenes Leonel de Morais Castro, Nilton Rohloff Júnior, Elaine Talita Santos, Jean Kaique Valentim, Rodrigo Garófallo Garcia, Giancarlo Rieger, Sarah Sgavioli

“…In conclusion, zootechnical additives can be used alongside AGPs to enhance broiler performance and immune function, particularly during early growth stages, with essential oils showing the most promising results.…”
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Wind-Induced Vibration Response and Weak Locations of 110 kV Diverging Branch Rods Under Strong Wind by Ziye YANG, Mengwei WANG, Chunlin KUANG, Weiguo SHI, Chang HE

“…The 90° wind reaction angle represents the most adverse condition. [Conclusion] The design control parameter for diverging branch rods is the displacement at the top of the tower. …”
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ASURA-FDPS-ML: Star-by-star Galaxy Simulations Accelerated by Surrogate Modeling for Supernova Feedback by Keiya Hirashima, Kana Moriwaki, Michiko S. Fujii, Yutaka Hirai, Takayuki R. Saitoh, Junichiro Makino, Ulrich P. Steinwandel, Shirley Ho

“…We introduce new high-resolution galaxy simulations accelerated by a surrogate model that reduces the computation cost by approximately 75%. Massive stars with a zero-age main-sequence mass of more than about 10 M _⊙ explode as core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe), which play a critical role in galaxy formation. …”
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Research Progress on CO2 Capture in the Steel Industry Under the Dual Carbon Background by Jing WEI, Min DENG, Dengguo YIN, Long SHI, Zikang QIN, Junfeng ZHENG, Lu YAO, Wenju JIANG, Lin YANG, Zhongde DAI

“…However, the global average cost of CO2 capture remains high. Current challenges include: (1) increased energy consumption (2.5 − 4.0 GJ per ton of steel); (2) infrastructure limitations, as 80% of steel plants lack CO2 pipeline networks; and (3) insufficient carbon pricing coverage, accounting for only 30% − 40% of the capture costs. …”
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Analysis of failure mechanisms and behavior of LiCoO2-graphite batteries at 0 ℃ by Ke Li, Jia Niu, Yifan Hao, Jiaxin Yao, Pushpendra Kumar, Zhenhao Luo, Songtong Zhang, Jing Wang, Xiayu Zhu, Wenjie Meng, Jingyi Qiu, Guiling Wang, Hai Ming

“…The key factors for achieving a moderate desolvation process involve constructing a Li+ solvation shell characterized by weak interactions between Li+ and the solvents. …”
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Transplantation of human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells via injectable microfluidic-templated microgels for retinal regeneration by Ying Wei, Cong Ma, Chuanfeng An, Yujie Zhang, Haoyue Zhang, Qiyou Li, Li Kong, Huanan Wang, Xiang Ma

“…Specifically, injectable monodispersed microgels consisting of gelatin-methacryloyl/Hyaluronic acid-methacryloyl core coated with fibrin shell (denoted as Fib@GHMS) were fabricated in a high-throughput and controllable manner, facilitating the adhesion and proliferation of hESC-RPE cells. …”
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Design and Fabrication of a Novel Automatic Coconut De-husking and Deshelling Machine by Mohamed Aezeden

“…The process in general with traditional methods normally becomes very inefficient, with high labor costs and low throughput. The proposed machine is composed of a dehusking unit with the adaptation of the applied force to maximize the dehusking rate and a deshelling unit for breaking the shell in a controlled manner in order to protect the kernel from damage. …”
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Comparative analysis of flat heat pipe heat exchanger with conventional heat recovery systems in steel industry by Shanmugam M., Sundararaj S., Krithick S., Mowleeswaran S., Visva K., Yoga Prasath S.

“…The steel industry relies on heating for the majority of its energy needs. Reduced production costs and emissions of greenhouse gases are two major benefits of recovering residual heat. …”
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Adsorption of cisplatin by the surface of the magnetic sensitive nanocomposite Fe₃O₄/Al₂O₃/С by P. P. Gorbyk, A. L. Petranovska, N. V. Kusyak, N. M. Korniichuk, A. P. Kusyak, O. I. Oranska, T. V. Kulyk, B. B. Palianytsia, O. A. Dudarko

“… One of the most widely used antitumor chemotherapeutic drugs is “Cisplatin” (active substance - cis-diaminodichloroplatinum), the side effects of which are the cumulative ototoxic, nephrotoxic and neurotoxic effects. …”
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