Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids as Prebiotics: Innovation or Confirmation?

The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP), in its last consensus statement about prebiotics, defined polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) as “candidate prebiotics” due to a lack of complete scientific evidence. Previous studies have demonstrated the ability of microbiota to metabolize PUFAs, although the role of the resulting metabolites in the host is less known. Recent partial evidence shows that these metabolites can have important health effects in the host, reinforcing the concept of the prebiotic action of PUFAs, despite the data being mostly related to omega-6 linoleic acid and to lactobacilli taxon. However, considering that the symbionts in our gut benefit from the nutritional molecules that we include in our diet, and that bacteria, like all living organisms, cannot benefit from a single nutritional molecule, the concept of the “correct prebiotic diet” should be the new frontier in the field of gut microbiota research.

Digital Marketplace as a New Frontier of Electronic Commerce

The digital marketplace is a major competitor now for the conventional marketplace especially in Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN) where digital marketplaces are booming and developing at an aggressive rate. The study also focuses on the challenges of eBay as a leading digital marketplace in battling their privacy and security threat, handling customer complaints about their services, or how government intervention provides an impact to their business, and competing with similar service provides. The other challenges are also associated with geographical distribution for marketing strategic location and why eBay should maintain their business like any other conventional business practices. Finally, the authors explore how concerned they are towards customer service as fundamental for any business.

Correction: Cobalt-catalyzed alkyne hydrosilylation as a new frontier to selectively access silyl-hydrocarbons

Correction for ‘Cobalt-catalyzed alkyne hydrosilylation as a new frontier to selectively access silyl-hydrocarbons’ by Jung-Woo Park et al., Chem. Commun., 2022, DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06214j.

Single-atom catalysts on supported silicomolybdic acid for CO2 electroreduction: a DFT prediction

Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is an effective way to convert CO2 into fuels which relies on the efficient catalysts due to extreme reaction activation barriers. As a new frontier...

Big Data Analytics Driven Supply Chain Transformation

Big data has emerged as the new frontier in supply chain management; however, few firms know how to embrace big data and capitalize on its value. The non-stop production of massive amounts of data on various digital platforms has prompted academics and practitioners to focus on the data economy. Companies must rethink how to harness big data and take full advantage of its possibilities. Big data analytics can help them in giving valuable insights. This chapter provides an overview of big data analytics use in the supply chain field and underlines its potential role in the supply chain transformation. The results show that big data analytics techniques can be categorized into three types: descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. These techniques influence supply chain processes and create business value. This study sets out future research directions.