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Optimization of bioactive compounds extraction from Rosa canina L. pseudofruit through the action of two hydrolytic enzyme preparations

Journal of Chemical Technology &Biotechnology, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKROUND The pseudo‐fruit of Rosa canina L. is a rich source of bioactive compounds with antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, anti‐cancer, anti‐diabetic, anti‐aging, and antimicrobial activities. The aim of the present study is the optimization of a green process based on the action of two hydrolytic enzyme preparations, namely Pectinex® Ultra ...
Zafeiria Lemoni, Styliani Kalantzi, Theopisti Lymperopoulou, Andromachi Tzani, Georgios Stavropoulos, Anastasia Detsi, Diomi Mamma   +6 more
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Thermal Ecology and Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Invasive Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, in the Mediterranean Basin

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The success of invasive species, which pose a significant threat to global biodiversity, hinges on their physiological and ecological adaptive capacities to the environments into which they are introduced. Trachemys scripta elegans (T. scripta elegans), recognized as one of the world's 100 most invasive species, has spread across a wide ...
Afsar Murat, Çelik Çetin
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Physics Education in Decline: A Two-Decade Mixed-Methods Investigation of Trends and Factors Influencing Albanian Students' Interest [PDF]

EPJ Web of Conferences
Over the past two decades, Albania has witnessed a notable decline in the interest of primary and secondary school students in studying physics. Physics, once considered a prestigious discipline, studied by the best and offering an intellectually ...
Kociaj Inva, Gjestila Marinela
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Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi, Lucrezia Masci, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Monica Bini, Alexander Francke, Ilaria Isola, Carlo Ricotta, Laura Sadori, Alexander Sarantis, Sławomir Sprawski, Jakub Sypiański, Irene Tunno, Cristiano Vignola, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Adam Izdebski   +15 more
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Hermann Neubacher's mission to Serbia in 1943: Germany's search for politico-military solutions in the Balkans [PDF]

Војно дело, 2014
The Balkan region as a whole, especially Serbia as its strategic axis, has always been a target of various geopolitical schemes, which often led to war conflicts in the past. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Serbia in the World War
Zorić Mirjana
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Salt‐induced nutritional and metabolic shifts in halophytes: implications for food security

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Plant species vary in their response to salinity: some crops show a degree of salt tolerance, while halophytes – whether wild or cultivated – are characterized by a high capacity to thrive under saline conditions. Halophytes are considered a source of valuable secondary metabolites with potential economic value, yet they might also produce ...
Giulia Atzori, Pedro Garcia Caparros, Antonella Castagna, Luisa Custódio, Valentina Lazazzara, Claus Krogh Madsen, Felicia Menicucci, Maria João Rodrigues, Katalin Solymosi, Jose Ramon Acosta Motos   +9 more
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Genetic testing for Mendelian myopia

The EuroBiotech Journal, 2017
We studied the scientific literature and disease guidelines in order to summarize the clinical utility of genetic testing for Mendelian myopia (MM), a large and heterogeneous group of inherited refraction disorders.
Abeshi Andi, Coppola Pamela, Beccari Tommaso, Dundar Munis, Colombo Leonardo, Bertelli Matteo   +5 more
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Geostrategy of transition and security challenges [PDF]

Војно дело, 2017
On the one hand, during its recent history Serbia has undergone many transitional processes of historical proportions, and on the other hand, all those processes have been connected to security challenges and conflict circumstances both regional and ...
Simić Dejan D.
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Integrating Environmental Perceptions and Value Cognition to Understand Farmers' Livelihood Capacity: Evidence From a Rocky Desertification Area in China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rocky desertification poses a serious threat to the sustainable development of karst regions. Large‐scale ecological restoration projects for ecologically fragile areas not only improve regional ecological quality but also affect farmers' perception of rocky desertification control (PRDC) and value cognition.
Yue Qiu, Li Peng, Feiting Gao, Huijuan Zhang   +3 more
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Designing for biodiversity data in place: Species, encounters, and interfaces

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Species occurrence data, which records the presence of an organism at a point in space and time, is central to environmental science and its opening up to new forms of participation such as citizen science. Such data are increasingly aggregated and mobilised, reaching diverse audiences.
Mitchell Whitelaw, Adrian Mackenzie, Martin Westgate, Kylie Morrow   +3 more
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