DYNAMICS OF THE FERMENTATION PRODUCTS, RESIDUAL NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES, AND BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES OF WILTED AND NON-WILTED ALFALFA SILAGE WITH AND WITHOUT LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM INOCULATION

Dynamics of the Fermentation Products, Residual Non-structural Carbohydrates, and Bacterial Communities of Wilted and Non-wilted Alfalfa Silage With and Without Lactobacillus plantarum Inoculation

The aim of this study was to investigate effects of wilting and Lactobacillus plantarum inoculation on the dynamics of the fermentation products, residual non-structural carbohydrates, and bacterial communities in alfalfa silage.Fresh and wilted alfalfa were ensiled with and without L.plantarum for 10, 30, 60, and 90 days.A high-throughput sequenci

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Review of Recent Inkjet-Printed Capacitive Tactile Sensors

Inkjet printing is an advanced printing technology that has been used to develop conducting layers, interconnects and other features on a variety of substrates.It is an additive manufacturing process that offers cost-effective, lightweight designs and simplifies the fabrication process with little effort.There is hardly sufficient research on tacti

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Advanced care planning in the early phase of COVID-19: a rapid review of the practice and policy lessons learned

BackgroundThe importance of advance care planning (ACP) has been highlighted by the advent of life-threatening COVID-19.Anecdotal evidence suggests changes in implementation of policies and procedures is needed to support uptake of ACPs.We investigated the barriers and enablers of ACP in the COVID-19 context and identify recommendations to facilita

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