UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IN ENHANCING THE FISHERIES SUPPLY CHAIN: AN EXPLORATION OF CRITICAL ADOPTION BARRIERS IN CHINA

Unlocking the potential of blockchain technology in enhancing the fisheries supply chain: an exploration of critical adoption barriers in China

Abstract The application of blockchain technology holds significant potential for improving efficiency, resilience, and transparency within the Fisheries Supply Chain (FSC).This study addresses the critical barriers hindering the adoption of blockchain technology (BT) in the Chinese FSC, recognizing the unique challenges posed by its intricacies.Th

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Developmental milestones of the autonomic nervous system revealed via longitudinal monitoring of fetal heart rate variability.

BACKGROUND:Fetal heart rate variability (fHRV) of normal-to-normal (NN) beat intervals provides high-temporal resolution access to assess the functioning of the autonomic nervous system (ANS).AIM:To determine critical periods of fetal autonomic maturation.The developmental pace is hypothesized to change with gestational age (GA).STUDY DESIGN:Prospe

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Comparison of 6 DNA extraction methods for isolation of high yield of high molecular weight DNA suitable for shotgun metagenomics Nanopore sequencing to detect bacteria

Surcingles Abstract Background Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) offers an accessible platform for long-read sequencing, which improves the reconstruction of genomes and helps to resolve complex genomic contexts, especially in the case of metagenome analysis.To take the best advantage of long-read sequencing, DNA extraction methods must be able to

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