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Open AccessCastration alters the ileum microbiota of Holstein bulls and promotes beef flavor compounds
In the beef industry, bull calves are usually castrated to improve flavor and meat quality; however, this can reduce their growth and slaughter performance. The gut microbiota is known to exert a significant i...
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Synergistic utilization of industrial waste red mud and rice husk ash for eco-friendly geopolymer preparation: enhancing strength and mitigating hazardous leaching
The prolonged stacking of substantial volumes of industrial waste red mud (RM) can have significantly hazardous effects on the environment. In order to address this critical problem, this study proposes the sy...
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Open AccessAntimicrobial peptides act on the rumen microbiome and metabolome affecting the performance of castrated bulls
Many countries have already banned the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry, making it extremely difficult to maintain animal health in livestock breeding. In the livestock industry, there is an urgent need ...
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A Critical Review on the Mineralogy and Processing for High-Grade Quartz
High-purity quartz (SiO2) is an important material widely used in many industries, including semiconductor technology, telecommunication, and optics. The content and distribution of impurities in quartz significa...
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Optimization for the COD reduction and thermodynamics research of coal-series kaolin
Coal-series kaolin is the product of seam deposition in coal-accumulating basin, and may always contain reducing substances. The reducing substances such as carbon matter and pyrite could cause relatively high...
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Influence of Replacement Level of Coal-series Kaolin on Hydration of Ordinary Portland Cement by X-ray Diffraction/Rietveld Method
The influence of replacement level of calcined coal-series kaolin (CCK) on hydration of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) was studied by X-ray diffraction(XRD)/Rietveld method. X-ray diffraction/Rietveld method w...
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Efficient Separation of Trace Muscovite within the Surface/Interface of Quartz Grains from a Hydrothermal Deposit by Oxidizing Calcination and Catalytic Pressure Leaching
Efficient separation of trace muscovite from the surface/interface of quartz grains was accomplished during oxidizing calcination and catalytic pressure leaching of the hydrothermal quartz. Experimental result...
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Open AccessRuminal metagenomic analyses of goat data reveals potential functional microbiota by supplementation with essential oil-cobalt complexes
Essential Oils (EO) are complex mixtures of plant secondary metabolites that have been proposed as promising feed additives for mitigating methane and ammonia emissions. We have previously demonstrated that Es...
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Open AccessDietary supplementation with Essential-oils-cobalt for improving growth performance, meat quality and skin cell capacity of goats
Essential oils (EO) are secondary metabolites usually made up of terpenoids and phenylpropanoids and have antimicrobial properties. However, the feeding effects of EO-Cobalt (EOC) on the performance of goats a...
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Density functional theory study of oxygen atom adsorption on different surfaces of pyrite
We discussed the oxidation differential and mechanisms on different planes of pyrite. The experimental results show that the oxidation priority is: (222) plane> (200) plane> (200) plane, and there is no direct...
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Extraction and reaction mechanism of potassium from associated phosphorus and potassium ore
Potassium and phosphate were extracted at low temperature by acid hydrolysis process to decompose a new type of associated phosphorus and potassium ore. The main factors affecting the dissolution rate were inv...
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Dry separation of iron minerals from low-grade coal-series kaolin
Dry separation of iron mineral from low-grade coal-series kaolin in Hubei Province of China was investigated. The structure and chemical composition of the kaolin ore were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD)...
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Removal of methyl orange from aqueous solution by mineral-based porous granulated material
Sodium bentonite, graphite, light calcium carbonate and diatomite were used as parent minerals for the mineral-based porous granulated material (MPGM) which was tested for the removal of methyl orange (MO), a ...
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Luminescence enhancement of Tb3+ in Sr3SiO5:Eu2+ phosphor
Sr3SiO5 phosphors co-doped with Eu2+ and Tb3+ were prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method. The prepared Sr3SiO5:Eu2+,Tb3+,Li+ phosphors had characteristic luminescent spectra excited under near-UV...
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Disruption of bacterial cells by photocatalysis of montmorillonite supported titanium dioxide
The photo-induced antibacterial capacity of montmorillonite supported titanium dioxide (TiO2/Mmt for short) was evaluated by using Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus as modal organisms. The bactericidal a...
