Chocolate as a product for functional nutrition by Bykov D. E., Makarova N. V., Valiulina D. F.

“…As a result of chemical composition study (the content of phenols and flavonoids) and antioxidant activity (the ability to trap free radicals of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, reducing force with the FRAP reagent and inhibiting the oxidation of linoleic acid) of the raw material for the production of chocolate – cocoa beans products: cocoa butter, cocoa liquor, cocoa powder, cocoa grain – high values for all products except cocoa butter have been discovered. …”
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A Comprehensive Study of CO₂ Absorption and Desorption by Choline-Chloride/Levulinic-Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvents by Mohaned Aboshatta, Vitor Magueijo

“…DES regeneration was performed using a heat treatment method. The DES compositions studied had ChCl:LvAc molar ratios of 1:2 and 1:3 and water contents of 0, 2.5 and 5 mol%. …”
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MAPbI₃ Microrods-Based Photo Resistor Switches: Fabrication and Electrical Characterization by Ehsan Raza, Fakhra Aziz, Arti Mishra, Noora Jabor Al-Thani, Zubair Ahmad

“…The morphological and elemental compositional studies of the fabricated MAPbI₃ microrods were performed using FESEM and EDS, respectively. …”
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Insights of Microstructural Features and Their Effect on Degradation and the In Vitro Bioactivity Response of as-Cast Mg-Sn Alloys for Orthopedic Implant Applications by Radha Rajendran, Sreekanth Dondapati

“…Among the alloy compositions studied, Mg with a 5 wt.% addition has proved to be a promising candidate material for orthopedic implant applications with an acceptable elastic modulus, higher corrosion resistance, and an excellent bioactive response.…”
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Comparative Lipidomic Study of Human Milk from Different Lactation Stages and Milk Formulas by Weronika Hewelt-Belka, Dorota Garwolińska, Michał Młynarczyk, Agata Kot-Wasik

“…The observed differences concerned all the major HM lipid classes and highlight the importance of the detailed compositional studies of both HM and FM.…”
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Effect of Water Absorption on Tribological Properties of Thermoplastics Matrix Composites Reinforced with Glass Fibres by Mariusz Walczak, Mirosław Szala, Daniel Pieniak

“…The sliding trace was analyzed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to reveal the sliding wear mechanism of composites. Studies have shown that polyamide PA6 based composites are less prone to absorb water than PA66 matrix. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of Muntingia Calabura Cellulose Nanofibers by Femiana Gapsari, Thesya Marlia Putri, Wirabbany Rukmana, Hans Juliano, Abdul M Sulaiman, Francisca G. U. Dewi, Zuliantoni, Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Suchart Siengchin

“…Bio-nanocomposite attracts a lot of attention in composite studies and in this article is observed the composite with cellulose nanofiber (CNF) reinforcement. …”
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An SPS-RS Technique for the Fabrication of SrMoO₄ Powellite Mineral-like Ceramics for ⁹⁰Sr Immobilization by Anton A. Belov, Oleg O. Shichalin, Evgeniy K. Papynov, Igor Yu. Buravlev, Arseniy S. Portnyagin, Semen A. Azon, Alexander N. Fedorets, Anastasia A. Vornovskikh, Erhan S. Kolodeznikov, Ekaterina A. Gridasova, Anton Pogodaev, Nikolay B. Kondrikov, Yun Shi, Ivan G. Tananaev

“…The results presented here show a wide range of prospects for the application of ceramic matrixes with the mineral-like composition studied here to radioactive waste processing and radioisotope manufacturing.…”
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Physicochemical and Functional Properties of Active Fish Gelatin-Based Edible Films Added with Aloe Vera Gel by Jorge Trujillo Sánchez, Arantzazu Valdés García, Antonio Martínez-Abad, Francisco Vilaplana, Alfonso Jiménez, María Carmen Garrigós

“…Mannose and glucose were quantified as main monosaccharides whereas the linkage composition study confirmed the presence of acemannan as main active polysaccharide. …”
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Solid–Liquid Equilibrium in Co-Amorphous Systems: Experiment and Prediction by Alžběta Zemánková, Fatima Hassouna, Martin Klajmon, Michal Fulem

“…Melting of the initial binary crystalline mixtures and subsequent quenching lead to the formation of CAM for all binary systems and most of the compositions studied. The experimentally obtained liquidus and eutectic temperatures were compared to theoretical predictions using the perturbed-chain statistical associating fluid theory (PC-SAFT) equation of state and conductor-like screening model for real solvents (COSMO-RS), as implemented in the Amsterdam Modeling Suite (COSMO-RS-AMS). …”
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Accuracy of Body Mass Index and Obesity Status in Police Trainees by Miloš Stojković, Katie M. Heinrich, Aleksandar Čvorović, Velimir Jeknić, Gianpiero Greco, Filip Kukić

“…The InBody 370 multichannel bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) measured body composition. Study results indicated that muscular PTs could be misclassified as overweight and that PBF identified more subjects as obese. …”
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Investigation on mechanical properties of novel natural fiber-epoxy resin hybrid composites for engineering structural applications by M.K. Marichelvam, C. Labesh Kumar, K. Kandakodeeswaran, B. Thangagiri, Kuldeep K. Saxena, Kamal Kishore, Naresh Kumar Wagri, Sanjeev Kumar

“…The hardness and impact strength (IS) of the samples are also superior to those of several other composites studied in the literature. Hence, the proposed hybrid composites could be a potential material for reinforcing the concrete composites to provide a higher service rate and greater durability to the structures.…”
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Can ZrAlN thin films be used as thermistor sensors for temperature assessment? by Bruno Martins, Carlos Patacas, Albano Cavaleiro, Pedro Faia, Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Filipe Fernandes

“…Various compositions of Zr1-xAlxN were synthesized by sputtering and studied up to 200 °C to understand their sensitivity and applicability. Among the compositions studied, the ones with x = 0.34 and x = 0.46 showed the highest sensitivities, reaching values close to 3000 K. …”
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Extraction and Identification of Volatile Organic Compounds in Scentless Flowers of 14 <i>Tillandsia</i> Species Using HS-SPME/GC-MS by Alexandre Gonzalez, Zohra Benfodda, David Bénimélis, Jean-Xavier Fontaine, Roland Molinié, Patrick Meffre

“…Hence, we decided to enlarge the VOCs composition study already undergone in our laboratory on fragrant 3 <i>Tillandsia</i> species to 12 unscented and 2 faint-scented <i>Tillandsia</i> species and hybrids. …”
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Antigenic epitope targets of rhesus macaques self-curing from Schistosoma mansoni infection by Gillian M. Vance, Mariana I. Khouri, Almiro Pires da Silva Neto, Sally James, Luciana C. C. Leite, Leonardo Paiva Farias, R. Alan Wilson, R. Alan Wilson

“…Careful selection of proteins, based on compositional studies, is crucial to encompass only those exposed on or secreted from the intra-mammalian stages and is intended to focus the analysis solely on targets mediating protection. …”
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Ecofriendly panels for building with eucalyptus sawdust and vegetal polyurethane resin: A mechanical evaluation by Juvenil Nunes de Oliveira Júnior, Felipe Perissé Duarte Lopes, Noan Tonini Simonassi, Henry Alonso Colorado Lopera, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira

“…The results indicates that both for the modulus of elasticity and modulus of rupture, the increase in the volumetric fraction of chamotte incorporated at composites causes an increase of properties in all compositions studied. In perpendicular tensile testing, it obtained values between 1.910 and 3.449 MPa. …”
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EVALUATION OF MICROSTRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TI-35NB-7ZR E TI-41,1NB-7,1ZR BIOMEDICAL ALLOYS by Beatriz Zuleika de Macedo, Sergio Schneider, Sandra Giacomin Schneider

“…The results showed that properties are dependent on the compositions studied. Microstructure results indicated that both alloys are Ti-β. …”
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Improved electron density through hetero-junction binary sensitized TiO 2 / CdTe / D719 system as photoanode for dye sensitized solar cell by Pandey, Adarsh Kumar, Ahmad, Muhammad Shakeel, Alizadeh, Mahdi, Rahim, Nasrudin Abd

“…Morphological and compositional studies have been conducted using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) respectively. …”

Feasibility study of incorporation of bamboo plant fibers in cement matrices by M.A.S. Alencar, M.K.D. Rambo, G.L.G.T. Botelho, P.M.M. Barros, R.L. Sergio, M.S. Borges, D. Bertuol

“…This structure uniformity, good hydration of the cement, associated with mechanical performance superior to that established by the ABNT NBR 15310:2005 regulation for ceramic tiles, suggests that the composites studied here are good candidates for the development of ceramic devices for different purposes in civil construction.…”
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Dense Electrode Layers-Supported Microtubular Oxygen Pump by Alexey Nikonov, Nikita Pavzderin, Vladimir Khrustov

“…The supporting components of the oxygen pump are symmetrical dense electrode layers made of the La_0.8Sr_0.2Co_0.2Fe_0.8O_3−δ (LSCF)–GDC composite. Studies carried out by impedance spectroscopy on planar samples showed that the polarization resistance of the dense electrodes was greatly lower (by 2.5–5 times) than that of standard porous LSCF electrodes. …”
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