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Comparison of stress perceptions and coping strategies among students exposed to COVID-19 in countries with different approaches to anti-pandemic activities
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Arterial hypertension as a factor in the choice of conflict resolution strategies by the older persons
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Traditional smoking and e-smoking among medical students and students-athletes – popularity and motivation
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Badania przesiewowe w kierunku depresji w wybranej dorosłej poulacji wiejskiej - doniesienie wstępne = Screening for depression in adult rural population-preliminary study
PublicationZe względu na częste występowanie zaburzeń depresyjnychoraz ich współistnienie z chorobami somatycznymi i niekorzystny wpływ na przebieg leczenia podkreśla się wagę badań przesiewowych których głównym celem jest zarówno dokonanie szybkiej, wstępnej diagnozy, jak i ocena częstości występowania danego zaburzenia.
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Wrodzone zwężenie zastawki aortalnej - wyniki leczenia operacyjnego i interwencyjnego, z wykluczeniem krytycznej stenozy aortalnej noworodkowej = Congenitial aortic stenosis - outcomes after surgical treatment and baloon dilatation with exclusion of neonatal critical congenitial aortic stenosis
PublicationOdległe wyniki leczenia wrodzonego zwężenia zastawki aortalnej są ważnym problemem medycznym. Celem pracy była ocena wyników postępowania zabiegowego u dzieci z wrodzonym zwężeniem zastawki aortalnej.
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Znajomość własnego ciśnienia tętniczego i rozpowszechnienie nadciśnienia tętniczego w populacji wiejskiej - Program Kiełpino = The cognizance of patient's own blood pressure values and the hypertension prevalence among rural population - Kiełpino program
PublicationNadciśnienie tętnicze jest jedną z najczęstszych chorób przewlekłych występujących w Polsce. Nieleczone nadciśnienie tętnicze prowadzi do licznych powikłań, jest przyczyna przedwczesnej umieralności, wpływa na pogorszenie komfortu życia pacjenta i zwiększa koszty leczenia. Ocena znajomości własnego ciśnienia tętniczego krwi oraz rozpowszechnienia nadciśnienia tętniczego u pacjentów w wiejskiej praktyce lekarza rodzinnego - jest...
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Medycyna rodzinna w preferencjach studentów medycyny z Gdańska i Poznania = Family medicine in preferences of medical students from Gdańsk and Poznań
PublicationZainteresowanie studentów mmedycyną rodzinną w ostatnich dziesięciu latach.
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Świadomość posiadania nadwagi pierwszym krokiem w zapobieganiu otyłości i jej powikłaniom = Awaraness of being overweight is the first step to avoid obesity and its complications
Publicationw ostatnim dwudziestoleciu obserwuje się niepokojący wzrost występowania nadwagi i otyłości na całym świecie. Istotnym elementem profilaktyki zapobiegajacej dalszemu nadmiernemu rozpowszechnieniu nadwagi i otyłości jest uświadomienie osobom najbardziej zagrożonym posiadania tych zaburzeń. Niniejsza praca ma na celu ocenę świadomości mieszkańców wsi na temat nadwagi
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Rodzinny katecholaminergiczny częstoskórcz komorowy = Familial catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
PublicationCelem pracy jest przedstawienie katecholaminergicznego wielokształtnego częstoskurczu komorowego. Wielokształtny rodzinny katecholaminozależny częstoskórcz komorowy jest sporadycznie występującą arytmią komorową. W rodzinnej postaci PVT wskazana jest implantacja kardiowertera-defibrylatora celem prewencji nagłej śmierci sercowej oraz rozszerzona diagnostyka genetyczna.
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Rozpowszechnienie nadwagi i otyłości w populacji wiejskiej - Program ''Kiełpino'' = Prevalence of overweight and obesity in village population - ''Kiełpino Trial''
PublicationNadwaga i otyłość stanowią poważny problem zdrowotny na całym świecie. Są czynnikiem ryzyka wielu chorób przewlekłych, zwłaszcza chorób sercowo-naczyniowych, metabolicznych, a także niektórych nowotworów. Praca ma na celu ocenę rozpowszechnienia nadwagi i otyłości w populacji wiejskiej.
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Rozpowszechnienie zaburzeń lipidowych w populacji wiejskiej -Program ''Kiełpino'' = Dyslipideamia prevalence in rural population - Kiełpino program
PublicationPodwyższony poziom cholesterolu odgrywa kluczową rolę w rozwoju miażdżycy i jej powikłań. Potwierdziły to liczne badania anatomopatologiczne, badania przekrojowe i prospektywne obserwacje epidemiologiczne. Wyniki badania Framingham wykazały, że wysokie stężenie cholesterolu całkowitego we krwi wiąże się ze zwiększonym ryzykiem wystąpienia zawału mięśnia sercowego i że ryzyko to rośnie proporcjonalnie wraz ze zwiększającym się...
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Rodzinne występowanie choroby Bourneville'a-Pringle'a - opis przypadku = Familial Bourneville-Pringle disease - a case report
PublicationStwardnienie guzowate (choroba Bourneville'a - Pringle'a ) to wielonarządowa choroba uwarunkowana genetycznie, należąca do grupy fakomatoz. Częstość jej występowania ocenia się na od 1:6000 do 1:20 000. Występowanie rodzinne stwierdza się w ok. 20-30% przypadków (dziedziczenie autosomalne dominujące)
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A pilot study of mechanical chest compression with the LifeLine ARM device during simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Ryzyko statystyczne a ryzyko rzeczywistego pacjenta = Statistical risk and risk of the real patient
PublicationDzięki wieloletnim obserwacjom populacji ludzkiej udało się zidentyfikować czynniki ryzyka choroby wieńcowej. Najważniejsze z nich to: wiek, płeć, obciążenie genetyczne, palenie papierosów, stężenie cholesterolu we krwi, ciśnienie tętnicze, brak aktywności fizycznej, nadwaga, obecność cukrzycy. Obserwacje prospektywne populacji dostarczyły danych do opracowania modeli, które określają relacje między wartościami czynników ryzyka...
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Ischemic stroke in general practice - risk factors, prognosis - prospective single center study
PublicationBackground. Ischemic stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability in Poland, in the European Union and in the United States. Awareness related to the risk factors, particularly the modifiable ones, is of crucial importance in general practice and may improve early and long-term prognoses. Objectives. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and half-year survival rate in patients with ischemic stroke...
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ZARZADZANIE ORGANIZACJĄ TYPU SMART
PublicationZaprezentowano organizacji, w której charakterystykę wpisano następujące cechy: strategiczne uwarunkowanie, maksymalną innowacyjność, atrakcyjność dla interesariuszy, rozwijanie osobowości pracowników oraz twórczość w działaniu. Te atrybuty, tworzą koncepcję organizacji SMART (akronim od pierwszych liter powyższych cech), która wyróżnia się dodatkowo strukturą opartą o dynamicznie kreowane zespoły oraz skutecznym wspomaganiem...
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Elderly persons professional activity - substantive issues and methodical challenges
PublicationPopulation ageing and mass withdrawal of persons around retirement age from the labour market constitutes a serious threat for European Union economy, especially in the so-called new member states. The coming years are expected to bring a considerable increase in public spending on pensions and health care, as well as changes in the structure and size of consumer demand and an increase in the number of socially excluded individuals....
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What matters most to patients? On the Core Determinants of Patient Experience from Free Text Feedback
PublicationFree-text feedback from patients is increasingly used for improving the quality of healthcare services and systems. A major reason for the growing interest in harnessing free-text feedback is the belief that it provides richer information about what patients want and care about. The use of computational approaches such as structural topic modelling for analysing large unstructured textual data such as free-text feedback from patients...
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COVID-19 severity forecast based on machine learning and complete blood count data
PublicationProper triage of COVID-19 patients is a key factor in eective case management, especially with limited and insucient resources. In this paper, we propose a machine-aided diagnostic system to predict how badly a patient with COVID-19 will develop disease. The prognosis of this type is based on the parameters of commonly used complete blood count tests, which makes it possible to obtain data from a wide range of patients.We chose...
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COVID-19 severity forecast based on machine learning and complete blood count data
PublicationProper triage of COVID-19 patients is a key factor in eective case management, especially with limited and insucient resources. In this paper, we propose a machine-aided diagnostic system to predict how badly a patient with COVID-19 will develop disease. The prognosis of this type is based on the parameters of commonly used complete blood count tests, which makes it possible to obtain data from a wide range of patients.We chose...
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Polytypism and superconductivity in the NbS2 system
PublicationWe report on the phase formation and the superconducting properties in the NbS2 system. Specifically, we have performed a series of standardized solid-state syntheses in this system, which allow us to establish a comprehensive synthesis map for the formation of the two polytypes 2H-NbS2 and 3R-NbS2, respectively. We show that the identification of two polytypes by means of X-ray diffraction is not always unambiguous. Our physical...
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Prosociality in relation to developmental tasks of emerging adulthood
PublicationProsociality, understood as the capacity to act in a way that benefits others, is an important feature for emerging adults to fulfill their personal needs and fulfill developmental tasks. This life period is a time of exploration within various areas of life, enabling individuals to try out and choose own worldview, lifestyle, work and preferred patterns of interpersonal relationships. This review aims at bringing together the...
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Geo-Questionnaire for Environmental Planning: The Case of Ecosystem Services Delivered by Trees in Poland
PublicationStudies on society and the environment interface are often based on simple questionnaires that do not allow for an in-depth analysis. Research conducted with geo-questionnaires is an increasingly common method. However, even if data collected via a geo-questionnaire are available, the shared databases provide limited information due to personal data protection. In the article, we present open databases that overcome those limitations....
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Unconventional and user-friendly sampling techniques of semi-volatile organic compounds present in an indoor environment: An approach to human exposure assessment
PublicationThe commonly applied solutions used to assess the potential risk of human exposure to semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) are based on the investigation of biological samples collected in an invasive or non-invasive manner. For SVOCs, which are typically introduced to humans through the respiratory system, dermal adsorption, or digestive system, sampling solutions generally used in the indoor environments are classified as...
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Nanoparticles displacement analysis using optical coherence tomography
PublicationOptical coherence tomography (OCT) is a versatile optical method for cross-sectional and 3D imaging of biological and non-biological objects. Here we are going to present the application of polarization sensitive spectroscopic OCT system (PS-SOCT) for quantitative measurements of materials containing nanoparticles. The PS-SOCT combines the polarization sensitive analysis with time-frequency analysis. In this contribution the benefits...
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Brand loyalty creation in the social network. Does the product category matter?
PublicationThe final goal of all marketers’ effort is to achieve a high level of loyalty toward their brands. Social network brand sites are increasingly attracting the attention of scientists and managers intrigued by their potential application for brand loyalty creation. The aim of this research, based on European sample, is to fill the gap in understanding the product category loyalty and brand loyalty relation as an output of brand identification...
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High Growth Aspirations of Nascent Entrepreneurs: Why Do They Fall?
PublicationIntention-based research become more and more popular in various domains, including entrepreneurship. Achieving growth by a business must be planned or at least consciously accepted by the business owner. That is why it is vital to take growth intentions into account when trying to predict growth of business. Personal attitude of an entrepreneur towards growth is important from the very beginning of business operations or even...
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Learning design of a blended course in technical writing
PublicationBlending face-to-face classes with e-learning components can lead to a very successful outcome if the blend of approaches, methods, content, space, time, media and activities is carefully structured and approached from both the student’s and the tutor’s perspective. In order to blend synchronous and asynchronous e-learning activities with traditional ones, educators should make them inter-dependent and develop them according to...
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Visual Content Learning in a Cognitive Vision Platform for Hazard Control (CVP-HC)
PublicationThis work is part of an effort for the development of a Cognitive Vision Platform for Hazard Control (CVP-HC) for applications in industrial workplaces, adaptable to a wide range of environments. The paper focuses on hazards resulted from the nonuse of personal protective equipment (PPE). Given the results of previous analysis of supervised techniques for the problem of classification of a few PPE (boots, hard hats, and gloves...
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MATERIAŁY I ELEMENTY STOSOWANE DO WYKONANIA LEKKIEJ OBUDOWY cz. 1. Materiały metalowe
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono stosowane w lekkich obudowach materiały metalowe i kształtowane z nich wyroby. Omówiono charakterystyczne parametry i różnice technologiczne występujące w produkcji wyrobów. Przedstawiono ocenę odporności korozyjnej materiałów.
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Thermal treatment of montmorillonite modified with Cd[SC(NH2)2]42+ from two polymorphic salts
PublicationMontmorillonite(MMT)/CdS nanocomposites can be obtained using simple ionic exchange between Na(I)-MMT and Cd[SC(NH2)2]42+∙2NO3. The resulting products may be annealed to give (MMT)/CdS nanocomposites as it was proved by XRD analysis.
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Genotoxic properties of glucosinolates and isothiocyanates present in Brassica vegetables
PublicationThe bioactive phytochemicals found in Brassica vegetables, in this number glucosinolates (GLS), as well as products of their degradation such as isothiocyanates (ITC) and indoles, are regarded as the most promising chemopreventive compounds. These secondary metabolites display stron antibiological activity and constitute defence system preventing the development of agrophages attacking Brassica plants. Such properties suggest...
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Investigation of the Efficiency of a Dual-Fuel Gas Turbine Combustion Chamber with a Plasma‒Chemical Element
PublicationThe study is devoted to the possibility of increasing the efficiency of the working process in dual-fuel combustion chambers of gas turbine engines for FPSO vessels. For the first time, it is proposed to use the advantages of plasma‒chemical intensification of the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels in the dual-fuel combustion chambers, which can simultaneously operate on gaseous and liquid fuels. A design scheme of a combustion chamber...
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An overview of fermentation in the food industry - looking back from a new perspective
PublicationFermentation is thought to be born in the Fertile Crescent, and since then, almost every culture has integrated fermented foods into their dietary habits. Originally used to preserve foods, fermentation is now applied to improve their physicochemical, sensory, nutritional, and safety attributes. Fermented dairy, alcoholic beverages like wine and beer, fermented vegetables, fruits, and meats are all highly valuable due to their...
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The importance of CEFTA 2006 for Western Balkan countries
PublicationFree foreign trade is one of the most important issues all over the world. The impact of bilateral trade can be studied both from economic as well as political perspectives; when it improves economic development, it also creates the conditions for international stability. The aim of the article is to conduct a comparison of the changes to export trade flow in the Central European Free Trade Agreement 2006, with reference to countries...
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The treatment of wastewater containing pharmaceuticals in microcosm constructed wetlands: the occurrence of integrons (int1–2) and associated resistance genes (sul1–3, qacEΔ1)
PublicationThe aim of this study was to analyze the occurrence of sulfonamide resistance genes (sul1–3) and other genetic elements as antiseptic resistance gene (qacEΔ1) and class 1 and class 2 integrons (int1–2) in the upper layer of substrate and in the effluent of microcosm constructed wetlands (CWs) treating artificial wastewater containing diclofenac and sulfamethoxazole (SMX), which is a sulfonamide antibiotic. The bacteria in the substrate...
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Development of Intelligent Road Signs with V2X Interface for Adaptive Traffic Controlling
PublicationThe objective of this paper is to present a practical project of intelligent road signs, under which a series of new products for the regulation of traffic is being created. The engineering part of the project, described in this paper, was preceded by a series of experimental studies, the results of which were described in another paper accepted for publication at the MTS-ITS conference 2019, entitled "Comparative study on the effectiveness...
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Electrochemical and in silico approaches for liver metabolic oxidation of antitumor-active triazoloacridinone C -1305
Publication5-Dimethylaminopropylamino-8-hydroxytriazoloacridinone (C-1305) is a promising antitumor compound developed in our laboratory. A better understanding of its metabolic transformations is still needed to explain the multidirectional mechanism of pharmacological action of triazoloacridinone derivatives at all. Thus, the aim of the current work was to predict oxidative pathways of C-1305 that would reflect its phase I metabolism. The...
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Challenges and opportunities related to the use of sewage sludge ash in cement-based building materials – A review
PublicationDue to the increasingly demanding legal regulations, regarding both sewage sludge (SS) and solid residues obtained during its thermal utilization processes, new solutions to limit their negative impact on the environment are sought. One approach that eliminates the risk of sewage sludge ash (SSA) is its use in cement building materials. The article contains a detailed literature review regarding the use of SSA in mortars and concretes,...
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Pyrolysis of Pruning Residues from Various Types of Orchards and Pretreatment for Energetic Use of Biochar
PublicationThe routine pruning and cutting of fruit trees provides a considerable amount of biowaste each year. This lignocellulosic biomass, mainly in the form of branches, trunks, rootstocks, and leaves, is a potential high-quality fuel, yet often is treated as waste. The results of a feasibility study on biochar production by pyrolysis of residues from orchard pruning were presented. Three types of biomass waste were selected as raw materials...
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Etyka marketingu - czy marketing jest etyczny?
PublicationOd jakiegoś czasu pojawiają się krytyczne głosy wobec marketingu, jako działań nieetycznych, wycelowanych przeciwko klientom i społeczeństwu jako całości. Można stwierdzić, że wizerunek marketingu jest w tym kontekście negatywny. Celem artykułu jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie czy marketing jest etyczny. Stwierdzono, że istotą marketingu jest dbanie o dobro interesariuszy przedsiębiorstw oraz łączenie interesu firmy, klientów...
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Mass spectrometry based identification of geometric isomers during metabolic stability study of a new cytotoxic sulfonamide derivatives supported by quantitative structure-retention relationships
PublicationA set of 15 new sulphonamide derivatives, presenting antitumor activity have been subjected to a metabolic stability study. The results showed that besides products of biotransformation, some additional peaks occurred in chromatograms. Tandem mass spectrometry revealed the same mass and fragmentation pathway, suggesting that geometric isomerization occurred. Thus, to support this hypothesis, quantitative structure-retention relationships...
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Zastosowanie technik dwuwymiarowych w analizie frakcji lotnej i oznaczaniu związków bioaktywynych owoców jagody kamczackiej
PublicationDotychczasowe doniesienia literaturowe wskazują, że owoce strefy borealnej, do których należy popularna w Polsce aronia, są źródłem cennych składników odżywczych i prozdrowotnych. Podobnie jagoda kamczacka, należąca do tej grupy owoców, może stanowić źródło substancji istotnych dla ludzkiej diety. Jednakże aktualny stan wiedzy o składzie chemicznym owoców jagody kamczackiej ogranicza się głównie do informacji dotyczących całkowitej...
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Materiały szklane w lekkiej obudowie. cz. 3. Cechy techniczne i użytkowe szyb
PublicationOmówiono wyroby ze szkła budowlanego i wymagania jekie muszą spełniać zanim zostaną użyte w obiektach budowlanych, szczególnie w zakresie tworzenia szklano-metalowych fasad współczesnych budynków wysokościowych jak i halowych.
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Materiały i elementy stosowane do wykonania lekkiej obudowy. Cz. 2. Materiały ze szkła budowlanego
PublicationW artykule przedstawiono stosowane w lekkich obudowach materiały szklane i kształtowane z nich wyroby. Omówiono charakterystyczne parametry i różnice technologiczne występujące w produkcji wyrobów szklanych przeziernych. Przedstawiono parametry definiujące właściwości przegród wykonanych ze szkła.
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Convenient and efficient N-methylation of secondary amines under solvent-free ball milling conditions
PublicationIn the present work, we report the development of a rapid, efcient, and solvent-free procedure for the N-methylation of secondary amines under mechanochemical conditions. After optimization of the milling parameters, a vibrational ball mill was used to synthesize 26 tertiary N-methylated amine derivatives in a short time of 20 min (30 Hz frequency) and high yields ranging from 78 to 95%. An exception was compounds having a hydroxyl...
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A grey box model of glucose fermentation and syntrophic oxidation in microbial fuel cells
PublicationIn this work, the fermentative and oxidative processes taking place in a microbial fuel cell (MFC) fed with glucose were studied and modeled. The model accounting for the bioelectrochemical processes was based on ordinary, Monod-type differential equations. The model parameters were estimated using experimental results obtained from three H-type MFCs operated at open or closed circuits and fed with glucose or ethanol. The experimental...
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Detection of apple in orange juice using ultra-fast gas chromatography
PublicationThe determination of authenticity is an increasingly important issue for food quality and safety. The use of an electronic nose based on ultra-fast gas chromatography technique ensures rapid analysis of the volatile compounds from food products. Due to the fact that this technique enables chemical profiling of agricultural products, it can be an effective tool for authentication when combined with chemometrics. In this article...
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Recent advances in assessing xenobiotics migrating from packaging material – A review
PublicationMigration of potentially toxic xenobiotics and their transformation products from packaging materials needs continuous monitoring efforts. This task requires utilizing both instrumental and biological methods as more and more novel materials reach market every year to serve consumers and reduce production costs. Unfortunately, these materials very often sneak past our legal regulations on their composition and emission of contaminants...
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The Drop-in-Drop Encapsulation in Chitosan and Sodium Alginate as a Method of Prolonging the Quality of Linseed Oil
PublicationNowadays, the encapsulation of sensitive products by various techniques has become popular as a promising preservation method. In particular, this applies to oils with a high content of unsaturated fatty acids and a high susceptibility to deterioration. This work presents the possibility of using a chitosan and sodium alginate in the form of a hydrogel membrane to protect food ingredients such as linseed oil, which is stored in...