Optimization and characterization of apple essence microencapsulation utilizing β-cyclodextrin/gum arabic/montmorillonite for fresh-cut apple preservation.

Natural apple essence (AE) has been widely used as a flavor enhancer due to its distinct aroma and taste, but its high volatility restricts its broader applications in food products. This study addresses the need for an effective microencapsulation technique to overcome the volatility of AE. The objective was to optimize and characterize the AE microencapsulation using β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), gum arabic (GA), and montmorillonite (MMT) as wall materials.

Enhancing Fresh-Cut Apple Preservation: Impact of Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water and Chitosan-Apple Essence Microencapsulation Coating on Browning and Flavor.

Fresh-cut apple preservation is a critical concern in the food industry due to the rapid deterioration of texture, color, and flavor. While our previous study introduced apple essence microencapsulation (AEM) to enhance flavor during storage, its impact on overall storage quality was minimal. Thus, this study explores the application of two preservation techniques, namely, slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW) and chitosan-apple essence microencapsulation (CH-AEM) coating, to enhance the quality of fresh-cut apples.

Drug response prediction using graph representation learning and Laplacian feature selection.

Background: Knowing the responses of a patient to drugs is essential to make personalized medicine practical. Since the current clinical drug response experiments are time-consuming and expensive, utilizing human genomic information and drug molecular characteristics to predict drug responses is of urgent importance. Although a variety of computational drug response prediction methods have been proposed, their effectiveness is still not satisfying.

Evaluation of simultaneous-multislice diffusion-weighted imaging of liver at 3.0 T with different breathing schemes.

Purpose: To obtain the optimal simultaneous-multislice (SMS)-accelerated diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) of the liver at 3.0 T MRI by systematically estimating the repeatability of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and image quality of different breathing schemes in comparison to standard DWI (STD) and other SMS sequences.

Methods: In this institutional review board-approved prospective study, hepatic DWIs (b = 50, 300, 600 s/mm) were performed in 23 volunteers on 3.

Monolithic Au/CeO nanorod framework catalyst prepared by dealloying for low-temperature CO oxidation.

Monolithic Au/CeO nanorod frameworks (NFs) with porous structure were prepared by dealloying melt-spun AlCeAu ribbons. After calcination in O, a 3D Au/CeO NF catalyst with large surface area was obtained and used for low-temperature CO oxidation. The small Au clusters/nanoparticles (NPs) were in situ supported and highly dispersed on the nanorod surface, creating many nanoscale contact interfaces.