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Traditional Processing Techniques and Products of Sea Cucumber: Historical Review
The sea cucumber is a high-protein, low-fat, low-cholesterol seafood, containing a variety of substances beneficial for the human body. In China, the sea cucumber has been regarded as a tonic since ancient tim...
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Innovations to a Palm Biomass-Fueled Power Plant
The drive has inspired palm oil refineries to use palm fuels. Their usage, however, poses various challenges such as entanglement of fibers and blockage of fuel flow, as well to form clinker in furna...
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Basics of Interfacial Electrokinetics
All electrokinetic microfluidic and nanofluidic phenomena and processes are results of the interaction of the applied electrical field with the electrostatic surface charges or induced surface charges at the s...
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DC-Dielectrophoresis in Microfluidic Chips
Dielectrophoresis (DEP), different from electrophoresis, is the motion of a dielectric particle in a non-uniform electric field. Recall that a dielectric particle can be polarized by externally applied electri...
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Islet Immunoengineering
From 2000 to 2020, 2170 patients globally received islet allotransplants. Islet transplantation into the hepatic portal vein seeks to replace the insulin-producing β cells that are lost to autoimmunity in type...
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Janus Particles and Janus Droplets
This chapter will consider particles with two different hemispheres. Such heterogeneous particles will be referred as “Janus Particles”. The name ‘‘Janus’’ is from the name of a Roman God who has two faces loo...
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Food Safety Issues and Regulatory Requirements of Sea Cucumber Products and Their Internationalization
The sea cucumber is not only a precious food but also a valuable traditional Chinese medicine. It contains a variety of bioactive compounds, such as bioactive peptides, saponins, lectins, sulfated polysacchari...
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Sustainable Practices of IOI Palm Oil and Palm Kernel Processing Complex in Sabah
As part of the palm oil supply chain, IOI Edible Oils Sdn. Bhd. (IOIEO) plays a vital role in , and palm kernel. IOIEO strives to improve its operations and is committed to reducing its carbon footprint. Impr...
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Differential Resistive Pulse Sensor
This chapter introduces a novel microfluidic resistive pulse sensor for detecting micro-particles and nano-particles. The key performance indicator for any sensors is the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio. In order ...
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Therapeutics and Diagnostics Discovery
In any therapeutics discovery and development effort, multiple critical steps must be accomplished to arrive at a compound that is safe and efficacious, while also exhibiting the complex array of desired drug-...
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Alginate-Based Inhalable Particles for Controlled Pulmonary Drug Delivery
The drug delivery to the lungs for the treatment of diseases has a very long history, and it has become the priority for respiratory care and attracts much rapidly increasing attention for dealing with local a...
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Genome-Wide Prediction of Disease Resistance Gene Analogs in Flax
Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) is an important crop as the sources of fiber and seed oil. Annually, various pathogens cause significant loss to flax production. Thus, finding the underlying genetic bases for plant...
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Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél.; Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire; Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N. Borisov - HYMENOCHAETACEAE
Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél.; Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire; Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N. Borisov - HYMENOCHAETACEAE
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Catalytic Upgrading of Bio-Based Ketonic Acids to Pyrrolidones with Hydrogen Donor Sources
Comprehensive utilization of biomass resources is necessary for the sustainable production of value-added chemicals and biofuels. For hydrogenative conversion processes, the type of hydrogen donor source among...
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Diversity, Distribution, and Biology of Sea Cucumber
The sea cucumber is a benthic invertebrate with great nutritional and commercial value. There are about 900 species of sea cucumber encountered all over the world. Most sea cucumbers are inedible, whereas only...
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Cultivation, Bioactive Metabolites, and Application of Caterpillar Mushroom Cordyceps militaris: Current State, Issues, and Perspectives
Cordyceps militaris is a valuable mushroom with wide use in food and medicine. This fungal product usage in many countries, especially in Southeast Asia, has become widespread. There is a growing realization that...
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Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology Using Cell-Free Protein Synthesis
Technical advances in biotechnology have greatly accelerated the development of bottom-up synthetic biology. Unlike top-down approaches, bottom-up synthetic biology focuses on the construction of a minimal cel...
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Genome Editing in Crops to Control Insect Pests
Plants are exposed to several biotic and abiotic stressors. Like other biotic stress factors, insect pests have posed severe concerns regarding yield losses. These pests cause direct and indirect damage to pla...
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Extraction and Identification of Rice Polyphenols and Related Health Benefits
Cereal grains are important sources of dietary polyphenols, which contribute greatly to people’s health. In this part, after a brief introduction of rice polyphenols, the extraction methods, as well as the com...
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Organic Phosphorous as an Alternative to Mineral Phosphatic Fertilizers
Phosphorous is an essential macronutrient required for plant growth. However, phosphorous is deficient in most soils and is moderately available to plants. The use of mineral phosphorous fertilizer has highly ...
