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A critical review on sustainable biorefinery approaches and strategies for wastewater treatment and production of value-added products
An annual reduction in processing expenses results in the direct discharge of millions of litters of diverse wastewater into the environment, which causes eutrophication and depletes pure water sources. Tradit...
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Open AccessThe Role of CCTA-derived Cardiac Structure and Function Analysis in the Prediction of Readmission in Nonischemic Heart Failure
Cardiac function and structure significantly impact nonischemic heart failure (HF) patient outcomes. This study investigated 236 patients (107 nonischemic heart failure, 129 healthy) to assess the relationship...
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The Drainage Dysfunction of Meningeal Lymphatic Vessels Is Correlated with the Recurrence of Chronic Subdural Hematoma: a Prospective Study
Meningeal lymphatic vessels (mLVs) were recently discovered to be involved in the waste drainage process in the brain, which has also been associated with a variety of neurological diseases. This research pape...
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Impact of structural features of acetylated bacterial cellulose on cell-scaffold and scaffold-blood interactions in vitro
This study aimed to determine the effect of the structural properties of acetylated bacterial cellulose (ABC) on its in vitro biological performance. Acetylation resulted in several improvements to the ABC, in...
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Strategies for efficient management of microplastics to achieve life cycle assessment and circular economy
The anticipated increase in the influx of plastic waste into aquatic environments has propelled the identification and elimination of plastic waste into the global agenda. The plastics sector generates a signi...
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Recent advances in strategies of nanocellulose surface and/or interface engineering for potential biomedical applications as well as its ongoing challenges: a review
Nanocellulose, as a native renewable material extracted from cellulosic biomass, has gained increased attention in biomedical applications due to its unique physical features, biocompatibility, low toxicity, a...
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Cellulose nanofibril/polylysine-based 3D composite antibacterial scaffold for wound healing applications
Bacterial infections are the major inhibitory factors for natural wound healing. 3D bioprinted nanocellulose-based composite scaffold with a desirable porous and shape specificity is highly effective for antib...
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Environmental and Human Health Impact of Disposable Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Wood-Feeding Termites as a Model for Plastic Biodegradation
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented form of plastic pollution: personal protective equipment (PPE). On the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a tremendous increase in the product...
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Multi-objective optimization algorithm for optimizing NVH performance of electric vehicle permanent agnet synchronous motors
The NVH (noise, vibration, harshness) performance of a motor is one of the main problems affecting the comfort, safety, and reliability of electric vehicles. Electromagnetic force is the main cause of motor no...
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Arabinan hydrolysis by GH43 enzymes of Hungateiclostridium clariflavum and the potential synergistic mechanisms
Glycoside hydrolase family 43 (GH43) represents a major source of arabinan- and arabinoxylan-active enzymes. Interestingly, some microbes remarkably enriched GH genes of this family, with the reason unknown. Hung...
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Open AccessIncidence and mortality trends of nasopharynx cancer from 1990 to 2019 in China: an age-period-cohort analysis
Nasopharynx cancer (NPC) is a great health burden in China. This study explored the long-term trends of NPC incidence and mortality in China.
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Microbial diversity and community structure in deep-sea sediments of South Indian Ocean
Microbial communities composed of bacteria, archaea and fungi play a pivotal role in driving the biogeochemical cycles in the marine ecosystem. Despite the vastness of the South Indian Ocean, only a few studie...
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Open AccessCompressed sensing based dynamic MR image reconstruction by using 3D-total generalized variation and tensor decomposition: k-t TGV-TD
Compressed Sensing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (CS-MRI) is a promising technique to accelerate dynamic cardiac MR imaging (DCMRI). For DCMRI, the CS-MRI usually exploits image signal sparsity and low-rank prope...
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Templated synthesis and assembly with sustainable cellulose nanomaterial for functional nanostructure
Templated synthesis and assembly for nanostructured materials with tailored properties have received considerable attention. The powerful templates with predefined structures can guide the synthesis and assemb...
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Open AccessCould termites be hiding a goldmine of obscure yet promising yeasts for energy crisis solutions based on aromatic wastes? A critical state-of-the-art review
Biodiesel is a renewable fuel that can be produced from a range of organic and renewable feedstock including fresh or vegetable oils, animal fats, and oilseed plants. In recent years, the lignin-based aromatic...
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Bioprospecting Sulfuric Acid Assisted Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse and Microbial Community Structure for Methane Production
The complex chemical and structural arrangement of lignocellulosic biomass demand a pretreatment step to dismantle its coherent nature. The current study was designed to study H2SO4 impregnation before hydrotherm...
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Ecotoxic Effects of the Plastic Waste on Marine Fauna: An Overview
Although plastics are widely used polymers in our daily life as a blessing, however due to the lack of proper waste management system, every year million tons of plastic wastes get generated in the environment...
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Open AccessA novel Bacillus ligniniphilus catechol 2,3-dioxygenase shows unique substrate preference and metal requirement
Identification of novel enzymes from lignin degrading microorganisms will help to develop biotechnologies for biomass valorization and aromatic hydrocarbons degradation. Bacillus ligniniphilus L1 grows with alkal...
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Open AccessWood-feeding termite gut symbionts as an obscure yet promising source of novel manganese peroxidase-producing oleaginous yeasts intended for azo dye decolorization and biodiesel production
The ability of oxidative enzyme-producing micro-organisms to efficiently valorize organic pollutants is critical in this context. Yeasts are promising enzyme producers with potential applications in waste mana...
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Open AccessUnveiling the transcriptomic complexity of Miscanthus sinensis using a combination of PacBio long read- and Illumina short read sequencing platforms
Miscanthus sinensis Andersson is a perennial grass that exhibits remarkable lignocellulose characteristics suitable for sustainable bioenergy production. However, knowledge of the genetic resources of this specie...
