Swiss Finance Institute

Common Food Emulsifiers Impair Epithelial Barrier Integrity and Trigger Pro‐Inflammatory Responses and IgE Production

The global rise in allergic and autoimmune diseases since the 1960s has been associated with environmental disruptions of epithelial barriers, particularly in the gastrointestinal tract. Among the implicated factors are food emulsifiers, which have become increasingly prevalent i...

Toward continuous shrinkage measurement of poured earth: practical setup and underlying shrinking mechanisms

Abstract Continuous shrinkage measurement in earth-based materials remains technically challenging, particularly for high-water-content mixtures with low initial stiffness. In this study, a semi-cylindrical experimental setup, combined with digital image correlation (DIC) for mea...