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Identifying a Sustainable Food Procurement Strategy in Healthcare Systems: A Scoping Review
(MDPI, 2021-02-23)
The healthcare system’s climate footprint is equivalent to 4.4% of global net emission. The food service offered, with subsequent food waste production and energy consumption, falls within the spectrum of environmentally ...
Risks Associated with the Use of Garcinia as a Nutritional Complement to Lose Weight
(MDPI, 2021-01-29)
Nowadays, obesity is one of the great nutritional problems facing public health. The prevalence of this pathology has increased in a worrying way over recent years, currently reaching epidemic proportions. In this context, ...
Lignin-Stabilized Doxorubicin Microemulsions: Synthesis, Physical Characterization, and In Vitro Assessments
(MDPI, 2021-02-21)
Encapsulation of the chemotherapy agents within colloidal systems usually improves drug efficiency and decreases its toxicity. In this study, lignin (LGN) (the second most abundant biopolymer next to cellulose on earth) ...
Optimization and Validation of HS-GC/MS Method for the Controlled Release Study of Microencapsulated Specific Bioattractants for Target-Plaguicide Production
(MDPI, 2021-01-13)
Insect plagues are a problem often hard to solve due to the harmful effects caused by the pesticides used to combat them. Consequently, the pesticide market is increasingly trying to develop new technologies to prevent the ...
Skills Requirements for the European Machine Tool Sector Emerging from Its Digitalization
(MDPI, 2020-12-13)
Abstract
The machine tool industry, which is the starting point of all the metal producing activities, is presently undergoing rapid and continuous changes as a result of the fourth industrial revolution Industry 4.0. ...
Melatonin Protects Cholangiocytes from Oxidative Stress-Induced Proapoptotic and Proinflammatory Stimuli via miR-132 and miR-34
(MDPI, 2020-12-18)
Biosynthesis of melatonin by cholangiocytes is essential for maintaining the function of biliary epithelium. However, this cytoprotective mechanism appears to be impaired in primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). MiR-132 has ...
Measurement of 2–150 kHz Conducted Emissions in Power Networks
(IEEE, 2021)
This article presents a comparison of measurement methods for current and voltage distortions in low-voltage networks in the frequency range from 2 to 150 kHz (supraharmonics). The comparison encompasses the methods ...
How is silicic acid transported in plants?
(Springer, 2020-11)
Plants accumulate silicon in their tissues as amorphous silica. The form of silicon taken up by plants is silicic acid, a neutral molecule that passes through membrane channels with water. After seminal work on rice ...
Estimated all-day and evening whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields doses, and sleep in preadolescents
(Elsevier, 2022-03)
[EN] Objective: To investigate the association of estimated all-day and evening whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) doses with sleep disturbances and objective sleep measures in preadolescents.
Methods: ...
Crafting Idiosyncrasies. Early Social Complexity, Ivory and Identity-Making in Copper Age Iberia
(Cambridge University Press, 2022-02)
As a raw material, ivory has been used to manufacture a wide range of objects, normally associated with sumptuous material culture. In this article we explore the role played by ivory and ivory artefacts among early complex ...