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Susceptibility of prediabetes to the health effect of air pollution: a community-based panel study with a nested case-control design

open access: yesEnvironmental Health, 2019
Background Recent studies suggest that people with diabetes or who are at risk of developing diabetes, i.e. prediabetic (preDM), are potentially susceptible to air pollution, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear because the existing ...
Yiqun Han   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interaction effects on prediction of children weight at school entry using model averaging [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Model selection introduce uncertainty to the model building process, therefore model averaging was introduced as an alternative to overcome the problem of underestimate of standards error in model selection.
Abdullah, Mohd Asrul Affendi   +2 more
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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hydrodeoxygenation of stearic acid over Co-Mg-Al-O mixed oxide catalysts

open access: yesChimica Techno Acta
The influence of the Co/Mg molar ratio on the physicochemical and catalytic properties of Co-Mg-Al-O mixed oxides obtained by thermal treatment of layered double hydroxides (LDH) was investigated. Characterization of the mixed oxides by ICP, XRD, and TPR
Aleksandr Nepomniashchii   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hyaluronan: From Biomimetic to Industrial Business Strategy

open access: yesNatural Product Communications, 2011
Hyaluronan (hyaluronic acid) is a naturally occurring polysaccharide of a linear repeating disaccharide unit consisting of β-(1→4)-linked D-glucopyranuronic acid and β-(1→3)-linked 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose, which is present in extracellular ...
Erminio Murano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of facemasks on airway inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in healthy young adults: a double-blind, randomized, controlled crossover study

open access: yesParticle and Fibre Toxicology, 2018
Background Facemasks are increasingly worn during air pollution episodes in China, but their protective effects are poorly understood. We aimed to evaluate the filtration efficiencies of N95 facemasks and the cardiopulmonary benefits associated with ...
Tianjia Guan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Executing matrix multiply on a process oriented data flow machine [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
The Process-Oriented Dataflow System (PODS) is an execution model that combines the von Neumann and dataflow models of computation to gain the benefits of each.
Bic, Lubomir   +2 more
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Consumer Health Perceptions of Cows' Milk and Plant‐Based Milk Alternatives

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study used a best‐worst scale experiment to reveal consumers' beliefs about the healthiness of selected cows' milk and plant‐based milk products based on their nutrition panels. We find that while there is heterogeneity in health perceptions, consumers overwhelmingly select skim milk as the healthiest milk product. Additionally, the cows'
Danielle M. Kaminski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of local food producer participation in state‐sponsored marketing programs: Evidence from Missouri

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines producer participation choices considering a variety of potential benefits linked to state‐sponsored marketing programs, using a real choice dataset of farmers in Missouri. Multinomial logit models are employed to predict determinants of farmer enrollment in three tiers of the Missouri Grown local food marketing program ...
Lan Tran, Ye Su, Laura McCann
wiley   +1 more source

Fermentation of a mango beverage with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum LP01: from bench to semi-industrial scale

open access: yesCyTA - Journal of Food
This study introduces a probiotic-fermented mango beverage with probiotics using Lactiplantibacillus plantarum LP01. Bench-scale fermentation results increased lactic acid bacteria (LAB) concentration from 6.0 to 8.3 log CFU/mL in 24 h, stable for four ...
David Orrego   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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