Self-Healable Hydrogels from Vegetable Oil: Preparation, Mechanism, and Applications.

Hydrogels are indispensable for a variety of applications. Conventional biomaterial-based hydrogels, typically made from proteins or polysaccharides, often suffer from high costs, poor mechanical properties, and limited chemical functionality for modification. In this work, we present a novel hydrogel developed from modified castor oil, which is a renewable and cost-effective resource.

Integrating cat boost algorithm with triangulating feature importance to predict survival outcome in recurrent cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer is one of the most dangerous malignancies in women. Prolonged survival times are made possible by breakthroughs in early recognition and efficient treatment of a disease.The existing methods are lagging on finding the important attributes to predict the survival outcome.

A high-density linkage map construction in guava ( L.) using genotyping by sequencing and identification of QTLs for leaf, peel, and pulp color in an intervarietal mapping population.

L. is an important fruit crop in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The advanced breeding methods are not employed for important commercial traits like peel and pulp color, seed hardiness, fruit size, etc.

Microwave-assisted synthesis of crosslinked ureido chitosan for hemostatic applications.

In this study, we present a facile method for introducing hydrophilic ureido groups (NH-CO-NH-) into chitosan using a microwave-assisted reaction with molten urea, with the aim of enhancing chitosan's interaction with blood components for improved hemostasis. The formation of the ureido groups through nucleophilic addition reaction between the amine groups in chitosan and in situ generated isocyanic acid was confirmed by FTIR, CP/TOSS C NMR, and CP/MAS N NMR spectroscopic techniques. However, in stark contrast to the glucans, the said modification introduced extensive crosslinking in chitosan.

ARCH Is Bringing Asia Closer to the Rest of the World.

As the immediate Past President (KR) of Asian Regional Consortium For Headache (ARCH) and the newly appointed President (TW) of ARCH, we are pleased to share our thoughts with the readers of MDPI [...