Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are pivotal to global economic growth and stability but often face considerable barriers in accessing finance for growth and survival.Traditional financial support mechanisms present complexities STOOL and challenges, limiting the prosperity of SMEs.This systematic literature review (SLR), underpinned by bi
Background: Diabetes is one of the greatest public health challenges worldwide, and we still lack complementary approaches to significantly enhance the efficacy of preventive and therapeutic approaches.Genetic and environmental factors are the culprits involved in diabetes risk.Evidence from the last decade has highlighted that deregulation in the
Different convergent evolutionary strategies adopted by angiosperm fruits lead to diverse functional seed dispersal units.Dry dehiscent fruits are a common type of fruit, characterized by their lack of fleshy pericarp and the release of seeds at maturity through openings (dehiscence zones, DZs) in their structure.In previous decades, a set of core
Free fatty acids (FFAs) are fundamental units of key nutrients.FFAs exert various biological functions, depending on the chain length and degree of desaturation.Recent studies have shown that several FFAs act as ligands of G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), activate intracellular signaling and exert physiological functions via these GPCRs.GPR120