Int J Neural Syst
August 2025
The real-time synthesis of 3D views, facilitated by convolutional neural networks like NeX, is increasingly pivotal in various computer vision applications. These networks are trained using photographs taken from different perspectives during the training phase. However, these images may be susceptible to contamination from noise originating from the vision sensor or the surrounding environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Insect Sci
January 2025
Semiochemicals are chemicals that mediate inter- and intraspecific interactions between insects. Recently, these chemicals have begun to be investigated as an alternative for the management of the Central American locust, Schistocerca piceifrons piceifrons (Walker, 1870), a pest that can cause substantial damage to crops, pastures, and native vegetation. A suitable method for investigating the range of semiochemicals present in Central American locust is surface washing in organic solvents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEthnopharmacological Relevance: Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world, where cervical cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in women. Existing treatments, although effective, have various adverse effects and often require a combination of two or more therapies. Previous studies have shown that different plant species of the genus Tournefortia sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFood Chem
March 2025
Opuntia ficus-indica (OFI) seeds are a rich source of functional lipids, yet research on Mexican cultivars remains limited. This study evaluated the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of lipids extracted through subcritical fluid and supercritical fluid extraction with carbon dioxide (SCE-CO₂ and SFE-CO₂) from Mexican OFI Villanueva and Rojo Vigor seeds with and without enzymatic pretreatment. SCE OFI Villanueva oil showed higher extraction efficiency of linoleic (45.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe consumption of fatty acids offers significant health benefits; however, they are prone to degradation by environmental factors. One method to preserve these fatty acids is the addition of synthetic antioxidants. This study focuses on the determination of peroxide and MDA formation rates at temperatures of 25 °C, 45 °C, and 65 °C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this research, several analyses were carried out on concentrated fractions of Mexican oregano essential oil ( Gray) in order to determine its ability to inhibit the growth and the motility of (swimming), (swimming), and (swarming); these Gram-negative bacteria associated with urinary tract infections are motile due to the presence of flagella, which is considered an important virulence factor that favors their motility when trying to reach the target organ and cause an infection. Also, the resistance pattern to antibiotics of each strain was determined. The results showed resistance pattern (8 out of 12 antibiotics tested) for , while and were resistant to 4 antibiotics out of the 12 tested.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSecondary metabolites produced by the fermentation of bacterium are powerful antiparasitic agents used in animal health, agriculture and human infection treatments. Avermectin is a macrocyclic lactone with four structural components (A1, A2, B1, B2), each of them containing a major and a minor subcomponent, out of which avermectin B1a is the most effective parasitic control compound. Avermectin B1a produces two homologue avermectins (B1 and B2) that have been used in agriculture as pesticides and antiparasitic agents, since 1985.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychon Bull Rev
December 2024
This research aimed to investigate whether the mental space-time association of temporal concepts could be modulated by the availability of cognitive resources (in terms of working memory and inhibitory control capacities) and to explore whether access to this association could be an automatic process. To achieve this, two experiments were carried out. In Experiment 1, participants had to classify words with future and past meanings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChemosphere
March 2024
The application of deep learning to image and video processing has become increasingly popular nowadays. Employing well-known pre-trained neural networks for detecting and classifying objects in images is beneficial in a wide range of application fields. However, diverse impediments may degrade the performance achieved by those neural networks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLaccases are natural catalysts with remarkable catalytic activity. However, their application is limited by their lack of stability. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a promising alternative for enzyme immobilization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe production of biomolecules by microalgae has a wide range of applications in the development of various materials and products, such as biodiesel, food supplements, and cosmetics. Microalgae biomass can be produced using waste and in a smaller space than other types of crops (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMolecules
January 2023
Cardamom Essential oils are highly demanded because of their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant activities. Nonetheless, retrieving quality extracts quickly with efficient energy savings has been challenging. Therefore, green technologies are emerging as possible alternatives.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlants (Basel)
July 2022
Mexican oregano Gray located in the municipality of Higueras, Nuevo Leon, Mexico was collected during the autumn (September, OCO), winter (January, OCI) and summer (June, OCV) seasons, under cultivation conditions. It was also collected in wild conditions during the autumn (OSO). Essential oil (EO) was extracted from leaves and the color, refractive index and density were reported.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn México, production of cacti fruits has increased. These fruits have high concentration of betalains (pigments), and market has increased interest in food with natural ingredients. In the near future, a sustainable method for betanin quantification in cacti fruits for rural communities will be necessary.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiosensors (Basel)
October 2021
The use of sensors in critical areas for human development such as water, food, and health has increased in recent decades. When the sensor uses biological recognition, it is known as a biosensor. Nowadays, the development of biosensors has been increased due to the need for reliable, fast, and sensitive techniques for the detection of multiple analytes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe genus has been widely used for phytotherapeutic purposes in traditional medicine throughout the world for its anti-inflammatory activity. Experimental studies have established that inflammation caused by chronic infections represents a risk factor for different forms of cancer. The objective of this study was focused on determining the anti-inflammatory capacity and cytotoxic activity of aqueous extracts of (cardamom) and (turmeric).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNowadays, consumer interest in food with natural ingredients has increased. This need has led to the research of new sources and green extraction methods. Betalains are compounds responsible for giving color to cacti fruits.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a well-known Rhodophyta that recently has attracted enormous attention because of its capacity to produce many high-value metabolites such as the pigment phycoerythrin and several high-value fatty acids. Phycoerythrin is a fluorescent red protein-pigment commercially relevant with antioxidant, antimicrobial activity, and fluorescent properties. The volumetric mass transfer coefficient (ka) was kept constant within the different scaling-up stages in the present study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNanotechnology has transformed the science behind many biotechnological sectors, and applied bio-catalysis is not the exception. In 2017, the enzyme industry was valued at more than 7 billion USD and projected to 10.5 billion by 2024.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFoil, was extracted from the seeds without shells, resulting in an oil yield of 23.41 ± 3.62%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCacti fruits are known to possess antioxidant and antiproliferative activities among other health benefits. The following paper evaluated the antioxidant capacity and bioactivity of five clarified juices from different cacti fruits ( spp., spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMexico has a great diversity of cacti, however, many of their fruits have not been studied in greater depth. Several bioactive compounds available in cacti juices extract have demonstrated nutraceutical properties. Two cactus species are interesting for their biologically active pigments, which are chico ( ()) and jiotilla ( ()).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis used in traditional Mexican medicine to treat certain ailments, infectious or cancerous diseases. Excepting for our previous research, this species had no scientific reports validating its traditional use. In this study, we evaluated the antibacterial and cytotoxic properties of the phingolipids and others phytocompounds isolated from leaves to increase the scientific knowledge of the Mexican flora.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper expands upon a previous publication and is the natural continuation of an earlier study which presented an industrial validator of expiration codes printed on aluminium or tin cans, called MONICOD. MONICOD is distinguished by its high operating speed, running at 200 frames per second and validating up to 35 cans per second. This paper adds further detail to this description by describing the final stage of the MONICOD industrial validator: the process of effectively validating the characters.
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