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Bioinspired Metastable Transient Peeling for Repeatable Rapid Release

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Inspired by the explosive seed ejection of the squirting cucumber, this work introduces metastable transient peeling that temporally regulates stored interfacial energy release via a tunable energy barrier. A viscoelastic hemispherical gripper achieves 52 ms ultrafast, residue‐free release with 300 000‐cycle durability, enabling damage‐free handling of
Lvzhou Li, Qingyue Li, Yao Hu, Xu Dong, Xiangli Wen, Kai Zhu, Yaoyao Jiang, Yu Tian, Jianning Ding   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Amazonian Native Palm Fruits as Sources of Antioxidant Bioactive Compounds [PDF]

Antioxidants, 2015
The Amazon region has many sources of fruits, especially native ones not yet explored, but which have some potential for use, as is the case with certain palms. The objective of this study was to evaluate the content of bioactive compounds and total antioxidant capacities of fruits from native palms from the Brazilian Amazon.
Mary Dos Santos, Rosa Mamede, Maria Rufino, Edy De Brito, Ricardo Alves   +4 more
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Improving the Physicochemical Properties, Organic Acids, Amino Acids, Volatile Organic Compounds, and Metabolites of Laohan Melon Juice Through Fermentation With Different Lactic Acid Bacteria

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Fermentation with lactic acid bacteria could improve amino acids, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and nonvolatile metabolites of Laohan melon juice (LMJ), which provides theoretical guidance for the development of Laohan melon beverage and advances knowledge of the metabolic mechanisms of VOCs in LMJ.
Yun Xie, Sihan Hou, Mingdong Tan, Jianqiao Jiang, Yue Hu, Yiwen Chen, Yongkang Li, Miao Cui, Jianming Niu, Weidong Cheng, Xilei Pu, Yuyun He, Feifei Gao   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of nutritional value of native and alien food plants for a critically endangered island flying-fox.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Habitat loss and alteration are two of the biggest threats facing insular flying-foxes. Altered habitats are often re-vegetated with introduced or domestic plant species on which flying-foxes may forage.
Laura A Pulscher, Ellen S Dierenfeld, Justin A Welbergen, Karrie A Rose, David N Phalen   +4 more
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The Antidiabetic Potential of Alpha‐Mangostin: A Review of Preclinical and Clinical Evidence

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Alpha‐mangostin is a compound from the pericarp of Garcinia mangostana. The antidiabetic effects of alpha‐mangostin include enhancing insulin secretion, improving glucose uptake through GLUT receptor upregulation, reducing oxidative stress and inflammation, promoting wound healing, reducing HbA1C, reducing HOMA‐IR index, and decreased mRNA expressions ...
Oliver Dean John, Nur Damia Iwani Zulkiflee, Siti Raihanah Shafie, Ramlah George, Melonney Patrick   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Sources of Oilseeds from Latin American Native Fruits [PDF]

Natural Product Communications, 2008
Three Latin American oilseeds obtained from native fruits: nopal (tuna) ( Opuntia ficus-indica), cherimoya (chirimoya) ( Annona cherimola), and papaya, Chilean variety ( Carica pubescens or C. candamarcensis) were studied for their fatty acid composition and bioactive compounds, such as tocols and phytosterols, looking for new sources of special ...
Masson, Lilia, Camilo, Conrado, Gonzalez, Katherine, Caceres, Andrea, Jorge, Neuza, Torija, Esperanza M.   +5 more
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intermolecular Carbon–Carbon Naphthalene Coupling Involves a Radical Mechanism Driven by Cytochrome P450 in Alternaria alternata

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
1,8‐DHN is an important intermediate to form complex aromatic ring systems. Phenol‐coupling reactions are important for the dimerization of two molecules. Here, we show that a fungal cytochrome P450 enzyme catalyzes specific C─C bonds. ABSTRACT Dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN) derivatives are precursors of biologically important molecules, including melanin ...
Jia Gao, Leyao Chen, Karin Steffen, Henrik Schweder, Birgit Schreckenberger, Shu‐Ming Li, Ben Auxier, Antonis Rokas, Reinhard Fischer   +8 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Guavira emergence and seedling production with substrates containing organic compost and soil under different screen environments Emergência e formação de mudas de guavira com substratos contendo composto orgânico e solo sob diferentes ambientes telado

Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 2012
This study aimed to evaluate different proportions of organic compost and soil as a substrate for the guavira emergence and seedling formation under different protected environments, in the high Pantanal region of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Edilson Costa, Priscilla Nátaly de Lima Silva, Marçal Henrique Amici Jorge, Antonio Flávio Arruda Ferreira   +3 more
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