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Liquid–Liquid Equilibrium for the Ternary System of Water, Methyl Acrylate, and Different Solvents at 303.2 K under 101.3 kPa
Methyl acrylate has a wide range of uses, but the production process usually produces aqueous by-products. In this study, four commonly used alcohols (1-pentanol, 1-hexanol, 1-heptanol, and 1-octanol) were sel...
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Mechanistic Investigation of Calcium Channel Regulation-Associated Genes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Signatures for Diagnosis
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe cardiopulmonary disorder with complex causes. Calcium channel blockers have long been used in its treatment. Our study aimed to validate experimental results s...
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Hollow CoZnSe@CN nanocage with enzymatic activity for determination of tetracycline using smartphone platforms and virtual reality revealing
Antibiotic residues in the environment pose a serious threat to ecosystems and human health. Therefore, it is important to develop sensitive and rapid in situ detection methods. In this work, the designed nano...
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Bitter Peptides in Fermented Soybean Foods - A Review
Fermented soybean foods with a long history are popular worldwide because of rich nutrition. However, many traditional fermented soybean foods have unacceptable bitterness, which mostly comes from the bitter p...
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Hierarchical porous carbon derived from one-step self-activation of zinc gluconate for symmetric supercapacitors with high energy density
Porous carbons with high specific area surfaces are promising electrode materials for supercapacitors. However, their production usually involves complex, time-consuming, and corrosive processes. Hence, a stra...
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Insight into Isolation and Characterization of Phenolic Compounds from Hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida Bge.) with Antioxidant, Anti-Acetylcholinesterase, and Neuroprotective Activities
Recent epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a link between the consumption of daily functional fruits rich in phenols and the prevention of disease for neurodegenerative disorders. Hawthorn products are der...
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Open AccessEthanol yield improvement in Saccharomyces cerevisiae GPD2 Delta FPS1 Delta ADH2 Delta DLD3 Delta mutant and molecular mechanism exploration based on the metabolic flux and transcriptomics approaches
Saccharomyces cerevisiae generally consumes glucose to produce ethanol accompanied by the main by-products of glycerol, acetic acid, and lactic acid. The minimization of the formation of by-products in S. cerevis...
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Open AccessEffects of different sodium salts and nitrogen sources on the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate and polyhydroxybutyrate by Burkholderia cepacia
The effects of NaCl, Na2SO4, Na2HPO4, and Na3C6H5O7 on the production of 3-hydroxybutyrate, polyhydroxybutyrate, and by-products by Burkholderia cepacia. Proper addition of Na3C6H5O7 can significantly promote the...
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ce-doped ZnO Heterojunction Supported on Carbon Nanofibers with High Visible Light Photocatalytic Activity
Ce/ZnO decorated carbon nanofibers(CNFs) heteroarchitectures(Ce/ZnO/CNFs) have been synthesized using electrospinning technique followed hydrothermal method, which have a high visible light photocatalytic activ.....
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Optimization of Initial Cation Concentrations for L-Lactic Acid Production from Fructose by Lactobacillus pentosus Cells
In this study, Box-Behnken design was applied to optimize the initial concentrations of 4 cations for L-lactic acid production from fructose by homologous batch fermentation of Lactobacillus pentosus cells. The o...
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Open Accessl-Lactic acid production from fructose by chitosan film-coated sodium alginate-polyvinyl alcohol immobilized Lactobacillus pentosus cells and its kinetic analysis
Under the optimal conditions of immobilization and fermentation, the highest LA yield of 0.966 ± 0.006 g/g fructose and production rate of 2.426 ± 0.018 g/(L × h) with an error of -0.5% and -0.2% to the predic...
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Revealing compatibility mechanism of nanosilica in asphalt through molecular dynamics simulation
The compatibility between asphalt and nanosilica (nano-SiO2) is critical to determine the performance of nano-SiO2–modified asphalt. However, a comprehensive understanding of the compatibility behavior and mechan...
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Optimization of immobilization conditions for Lactobacillus pentosus cells
In this study, the immobilization technology was used to improve the LA yield and shorten the fermentation time. The optimum conditions to immobilize Lactobacillus pentosus ATCC 8041 cell were determined by Taguc...
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Open AccessOptimization of immobilized Lactobacillus pentosus cell fermentation for lactic acid production
Parametric optimization is an effective way in fermentation process to improve product yield and productivity in order to save time, space and financial resources. In this study, Box–Behnken design was applied...
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Blending of LiFePO4/C microparticles with different sizes and its effect on the electrochemical performance of LiFePO4/C-based batteries
Blended spherical cathodes of lithium iron phosphate with different morphology were prepared using a physical mixing method. The lithium iron phosphate spherical material with high tapped density and non-spher...
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Anisotropic nanocellulose aerogels with ordered structures fabricated by directional freeze-drying for fast liquid transport
Directional freeze-drying is considered to regulate the structure of nanocellulose aerogels with special performances. In this work, TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofiber aerogels with high porosity (> 99.5%) and...
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Effects of mixed cultures of Candida tropicalis and aromatizing yeast in alcoholic fermentation on the quality of apple vinegar
There are two steps (alcoholic fermentation and acetic acid fermentation) in the production of fruit vinegar by liquid fermentation. The yeast alcoholic fermentation step plays an important role in the quality...
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Effects of High Hydrostatic Pressure on the Properties of Heat-Induced Wheat Gluten Gels
This study examined the effects of high hydrostatic pressure pretreatment (100–400 MPa) on the properties of heat-induced wheat gluten (WG) gels. The results showed that treatment with pressure higher than 100...
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Producing Acetic Acid of Acetobacter pasteurianus by Fermentation Characteristics and Metabolic Flux Analysis
The acetic acid bacterium Acetobacter pasteurianus plays an important role in acetic acid fermentation, which involves oxidation of ethanol to acetic acid through the ethanol respiratory chain under specific cond...
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Open AccessDirect synthesis and in situ characterization of monolayer parallelogrammic rhenium diselenide on gold foil
Rhenium diselenide (ReSe2) has recently garnered great research interest due to its distorted 1T structure, anisotropic physical properties, and applications in polarization-sensitive photodetectors. However, ReS...