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Melatonin/Chitosan Biomaterials for Wound Healing and Beyond: A Multifunctional Therapeutic Approach
20/06/2025 - Chitosan is increasingly utilized in combination with melatonin in novel formulations for a wide range of therapeutic applications. As a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer, chitosan exhibits...
pnetr: An R package for the PnET family of forest ecosystem models
- AbstractEcosystem models offer a rigorous way to formalize scientific theories and are critical to evaluating complex interactions among ecological and biogeochemical processes. In addition to...
A Review on Improving the Oxidative Stability of Pine Nut Oil in Extraction, Storage, and Encapsulation
12/06/2025 - Pine nut oil (PNO) is highly valued by consumers for its rich content of unsaturated fatty acids, which confer unique nutritional benefits. However, PNO is highly susceptible to lipid oxidation...
Effect of Storage Conditions on the Quality Attributes of UV-C Light-Pretreated Plums (Prunus salicina cv. “Moscatel”)
14/06/2025 - Plums are one of the most important stone fruits worldwide. Surprisingly, the effect of UV-C light on improving their bioactive compounds and its effect during storage has not been explored. This...
Improving the Efficiency of Essential Oil Distillation via Recurrent Water and Steam Distillation: Application of a 500-L Prototype Distillation Machine and Different Raw Material Packing Grids
04/06/2025 - This research presents an essential oil (EO) distillation method with improved efficiency, called recurrent water and steam distillation (RWASD), as well as the testing of a 500 L prototype essential...
Lightweight Periodic Scheduler in Wearable Devices for Real-Time Biofeedback Systems in Sports and Physical Rehabilitation
06/06/2025 - This study explores the application of wireless wearable devices within the emerging domain of biomechanical feedback systems for sports and rehabilitation. A critical aspect of these systems is the...
Orange Peel Waste as a Source of Bioactive Compounds and Valuable Products: Insights Based on Chemical Composition and Biorefining
02/02/2024 - Few valorization pathways have been implemented as alternatives to reduce the orange peel waste (OPW) disposal in landfills. OPW can be a source of income or economic savings in juice production...
Enabling Autonomous Agents for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks
30/05/2025 - Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) play a pivotal role in monitoring and acting applications. However, suboptimal deployments and traffic imbalances lead to rapid network exhaustions. To address this,...
Profiling the Spirulina Dietary Supplements Available on theRomanian Market
01/03/2025 - Regarded as a panacea in non-traditional medicine, Spirulina (“Arthrospira platensis”) refers to cyanobacteria that are highly consumed due to their mineral and bioactive...
MOF-Derived N-Doped Carbon Nanotube-Confined Ni Nanoparticles for the Simultaneous Electrochemical Detection of Cu²⁺ and Hg²⁺ with High Sensitivity and Stability
26/02/2025 - Heavy metal pollution has posed a serious threat to the ecological environment and human health. Thus, the development of accurate and effective methods for their detection is crucial. In this study,...
The promised potential of blockchain technology for transparency and fairness in agri-food chains: insights from the coffee sector
- In recent years, blockchain technology has emerged as a tool with the potential to enhance transparency, fairness and sustainability within agrifood supply chains. This research contributes to the...
Sustainability in Bio-Based Edible Films, Coatings, and Packaging for Small Fruits
31/01/2025 - Sustainability in bio-based edible films, coatings, and packaging integrates environmental, economic, and social sustainability using renewable resources. These materials offer an eco-friendly...
Storage Temperature Effect on Quality and Shelf-Life of Hericium erinaceus Mushroom
02/02/2025 - Hericium erinaceus, commonly known as Lion’s Mane mushroom, presents a challenge for maintaining quality and shelf-life during post-harvest storage. This study investigates the impact...
Effect of Short-Term Storage in Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) and Controlled Atmosphere (CA) on Total Polyphenol Content and Antioxidant Activity in Juices from Haskap Berry (Lonicera caerulea L.)
24/01/2025 - This article focuses on analysing the properties of six varieties of haskap berry (honeyberry) as a valuable raw material for producing health-promoting juices. Significant differences in the content...
Dynamic Classifier Auditing by Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Methods: An Application in Packaging Industry Predictive Maintenance
17/01/2025 - Predictive maintenance in manufacturing industry applications is a challenging research field. Packaging machines are widely used in a large number of logistic companies’ warehouses and...
Hake Fish Preservation Using Plant-Based Impregnated Polylactic Acid Food Films as Active Packaging
10/01/2025 - Global fish consumption has steadily increased; however, fishery products are difficult to preserve. Active packaging has emerged as an alternative to improve its conservation. In this work, fresh...
Preharvest culture systems and postharvest factors synergistically improved the antioxidant property of minimally processed corn salad (Valerianella olitoria L.) during cold storage
- To maximize the initial quality going to storage and maintain the postharvest antioxidant property of the minimally processed corn salad, the synergistic effects of culture systems (traditional soil...
Copolyamide-Based Modified Atmosphere Packaging Attenuates Phenolic Degradation and Maintains Postharvest Quality of Rubus Berries
06/01/2025 - The highly perishable nature of Rubus berries, particularly their susceptibility to water loss and earlier senescence, significantly limits their shelf life. In this study, we investigated the...
A Collision Avoidance MAC Protocol with Power Control for Adaptive Clustering Underwater Sensor Networks
04/01/2025 - Underwater sensor networks (UWSNs) play a vital role in marine exploration and environmental monitoring. However, due to the characteristics of underwater acoustic channels such as high delay, low...
Bacterial Nanocellulose Grafted in Yeast Films: The Influence of Plasticizer and Emulsifier Concentration on Film Properties
22/12/2024 - A new generation of food packaging materials, centered on green solutions, is currently being developed in labs basing these materials on underused secondary industrial food by-products which have...