Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 316: Pros and Cons of Use of Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidants Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8080316 Authors: Egor Y. Plotnikov Dmitry B. Zorov Mitochondrial targeting is a novel strategy, which addresses pathologies originating from mitochondrial dysfunction. Here, one of the most potent therapeutics arises from the group of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants, which specifically quench mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS). They show very high...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 315: Cysteine Glutathionylation Acts as a Redox Switch in Endothelial Cells Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8080315 Authors: Lermant Murdoch Oxidative post-translational modifications (oxPTM) of receptors, enzymes, ion channels and transcription factors play an important role in cell signaling. oxPTMs are a key way in which oxidative stress can influence cell behavior during diverse pathological settings such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), cancer,...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 314: Inclusion Complexes of Lycopene and β-Cyclodextrin: Preparation, Characterization, Stability and Antioxidant Activity Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8080314 Authors: Haixiang Wang Shaofeng Wang Hua Zhu Suilou Wang Jiudong Xing In this study, the inclusion complexes of lycopene with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) were prepared by the precipitation method. Then the inclusion complexes were characterized by the scanning electron microscopy...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 312: The Effect of Dietary Quercetin on the Glutathione Redox System and Small Intestinal Functionality of Weaned Piglets Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8080312 Authors: Jeroen Degroote Hans Vergauwen Noémie Van Noten Wei Wang Stefaan De Smet Chris Van Ginneken Joris Michiels Quercetin has been shown to alleviate mucosal damage and modulate the glutathione (GSH) redox system in the colon of rodents. In the current study, we assessed whether...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 313: Seed-Roasting Process Affects Oxidative Stability of Cold-Pressed Oils Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8080313 Authors: Maria Barbara Różańska Przemysław Łukasz Kowalczewski Jolanta Tomaszewska-Gras Krzysztof Dwiecki Sylwia Mildner-Szkudlarz The oxidative stability of vegetable oils mainly depends on their fatty acid composition, their degree of unsaturation, and the presence of compounds with antioxidant activity. This paper reports on the...
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Arts, Vol. 8, Pages 102: Holographic Reconstruction of Objects in a Mixed-Reality, Post-Truth Era: A Personal Essay Arts doi: 10.3390/arts8030102 Authors: Mary Harman The ephemeral holographic image is an appropriate medium to express the nature of reality and illusion, an early interest I explored with trompe-l’œil painting. To make a representational hologram, one needs a worthy object to copy, and one that is hand-made by the artist adds to the unity of the work....
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Atmosphere, Vol. 10, Pages 471: Temperature Changes in the Maloti-Drakensberg Region: An Analysis of Trends for the 1960–2016 Period Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos10080471 Authors: Abdelmoneim Abdelsalam Mohamed Geoffrey Mukwada Nature has been adversely affected by increasing industrialization, especially during the latter part of the last century, as a result of accelerating technological development, unplanned urbanization, incorrect agricultural policies and deforestation, which...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 10, Pages 470: Passive Sampling as a Low-Cost Method for Monitoring Air Pollutants in the Baikal Region (Eastern Siberia) Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos10080470 Authors: Olga I. Khuriganova Vladimir A. Obolkin Liudmila P. Golobokova Yuri S. Bukin Tamara V. Khodzher The measured concentrations of inorganic pollutants, such as ozone (2015–2018), sulfur, and nitrogen oxides (2012–2018) at air monitoring sites in the south of Eastern Siberia...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 10, Pages 472: Current Status, Challenges and Resilient Response to Air Pollution in Urban Subway Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos10080472 Authors: Weiji Zhang Han Zhao Ang Zhao Jiaqiao Lin Rui Zhou Subway air pollution mainly refers to inhalable particulate matter (PM) pollution, organic pollution, and microbial pollution. Based on the investigation and calculation of the existing researches, this paper summarizes the sources of air pollutants, chemical compositions,...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 376: Aortic Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and DNA Damage Following Pulmonary Exposure to Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles in a Rat Model of Vascular Injury Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9080376 Authors: Abderrahim Nemmar Suhail Al-Salam Sumaya Beegam Priya Yuvaraju Badreldin H. Ali Pulmonary exposure to cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) can occur either at the workplace, or due to their release in the environment. Inhaled CeO2 NPs are known to cross...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 375: Inactivation of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase by Disulfiram in the Presence and Absence of Lipoic Acid or Dihydrolipoic Acid: An in Vitro Study Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9080375 Authors: Bilska-Wilkosz Górny Iciek The inhibition of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) by disulfiram (DSF) in vitro can be prevented and/or reversed by dithiothreitol (DTT), which is a well-known low molecular weight non-physiological redox reagent commonly used in laboratory...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 203: Effects of Sound-Pressure Change on the 40 Hz Auditory Steady-State Response and Change-Related Cerebral Response Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci9080203 Authors: Motomura Inui Kawano Nishihara Okada The auditory steady-state response (ASSR) elicited by a periodic sound stimulus is a neural oscillation recorded by magnetoencephalography (MEG), which is phase-locked to the repeated sound stimuli. This ASSR phase alternates after...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1200: SRSF2 Mutations in Uveal Melanoma: A Preference for In-Frame Deletions? Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081200 Authors: Natasha M. van Poppelen Wojtek Drabarek Kyra N. Smit Jolanda Vaarwater Tom Brands Dion Paridaens Emine Kiliç Annelies de Klein Background: Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary ocular malignancy in adults in the Western world. UM with a mutation in SF3B1, a spliceosome gene, is characterized by three or more...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1198: Clinical-Scale Production of CAR-T Cells for the Treatment of Melanoma Patients by mRNA Transfection of a CSPG4-Specific CAR under Full GMP Compliance Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081198 Authors: Manuel Wiesinger Johannes März Mirko Kummer Gerold Schuler Jan Dörrie Beatrice Schuler-Thurner Niels Schaft Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cells already showed impressive clinical regressions in leukemia and lymphoma. However, the development...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1194: The Multiple Roles and Therapeutic Potential of Molecular Chaperones in Prostate Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081194 Authors: Hoter Rizk Naim Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancer types in men worldwide. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones that are widely implicated in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of many cancers. The role of HSPs in PCa is complex and their expression has been linked...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1195: Targeting Heat Shock Protein 27 in Cancer: A Druggable Target for Cancer Treatment? Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081195 Authors: Choi Kam Kim Park Lee Heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), induced by heat shock, environmental, and pathophysiological stressors, is a multi-functional protein that acts as a protein chaperone and an antioxidant. HSP27 plays a significant role in the inhibition of apoptosis and actin cytoskeletal remodeling. HSP27...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1197: Targeting Oncogenic BRAF: Past, Present, and Future Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081197 Authors: Zaman Wu Bivona Identifying recurrent somatic genetic alterations of, and dependency on, the kinase BRAF has enabled a “precision medicine” paradigm to diagnose and treat BRAF-driven tumors. Although targeted kinase inhibitors against BRAF are effective in a subset of mutant BRAF tumors, resistance to the therapy inevitably emerges....
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1199: Single-Cell Analysis of Multiple Steps of Dynamic NF-κB Regulation in Interleukin-1α-Triggered Tumor Cells Using Proximity Ligation Assays Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081199 Authors: Mayr-Buro Schlereth Beuerlein Tenekeci Meier-Soelch Schmitz Kracht The frequently occurring heterogeneity of cancer cells and their functional interaction with immune cells in the tumor microenvironment raises the need to study signaling pathways at...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1193: Epigenetic Dysregulation at the Crossroad of Women’s Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081193 Authors: Rakesh Kumar Aswathy Mary Paul Pranela Rameshwar M. Radhakrishna Pillai An increasingly number of women of all age groups are affected by cancer, despite substantial progress in our understanding of cancer pathobiology, the underlying genomic alterations and signaling cascades, and cellular-environmental interactions. Though our understanding...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1196: Development, Implementation and Assessment of Molecular Diagnostics by Next Generation Sequencing in Personalized Treatment of Cancer: Experience of a Public Reference Healthcare Hospital Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081196 Authors: Simarro Murria Pérez-Simó Llop Mancheño Ramos Juan Barragán Laiz Cases Ansótegui Gómez-Codina Aparicio Salvador Juan Palanca The establishment of precision medicine...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1191: Reactive Oxygen Species in the Tumor Microenvironment: An Overview Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081191 Authors: Frank Weinberg Nithya Ramnath Deepak Nagrath Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important signaling molecules in cancer. The level of ROS will determine physiological effects. While high levels of ROS can cause damage to tissues and cell death, low levels of ROS can have a proliferative effect. ROS are produced by tumor cells but also cellular...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1192: Lambda-Carrageenan Enhances the Effects of Radiation Therapy in Cancer Treatment by Suppressing Cancer Cell Invasion and Metastasis through Racgap1 Inhibition Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11081192 Authors: Ping-Hsiu Wu Yasuhito Onodera Frances C. Recuenco Amato J. Giaccia Quynh-Thu Le Shinichi Shimizu Hiroki Shirato Jin-Min Nam Radiotherapy is used extensively in cancer treatment, but radioresistance and the metastatic potential of cancer...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 919: The Combination of IFN β and TNF Induces an Antiviral and Immunoregulatory Program via Non-Canonical Pathways Involving STAT2 and IRF9 Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080919 Authors: Mélissa K. Mariani Pouria Dasmeh Audray Fortin Elise Caron Mario Kalamujic Alexander N. Harrison Diana I. Hotea Dacquin M. Kasumba Sandra L. Cervantes-Ortiz Espérance Mukawera Adrian W. R. Serohijos Nathalie Grandvaux Interferon (IFN) β and Tumor...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 918: The Cisplatin-Derived Increase of Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Enhances the Effectiveness of Photodynamic Therapy via Transporter Regulation Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080918 Authors: Hiromi Kurokawa Hiromu Ito Hirofumi Matsui Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a cancer treatment involving the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by laser irradiation of porphyrins that accumulate in cancer tissues. 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), a porphyrin precursor,...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 920: The Snapdragon LATE ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL Plays A Dual Role in Activating Floral Growth and Scent Emission Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080920 Authors: Marta I. Terry Fernando Pérez-Sanz Pedro J. Navarro Julia Weiss Marcos Egea-Cortines The plant circadian clock controls a large number of internal processes, including growth and metabolism. Scent emission displays a circadian pattern in many species such as the snapdragon. Here we show that knocking down...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 917: Biomimetic In Vitro Model of Cell Infiltration into Skin Scaffolds for Pre-Screening and Testing of Biomaterial-Based Therapies Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080917 Authors: Rafael Ballesteros-Cillero Evan Davison-Kotler Nupur Kohli William S. Marshall Elena García-Gareta Due to great clinical need, research where different biomaterials are tested as 3D scaffolds for skin tissue engineering has increased. In vitro studies use a cell suspension that is...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 916: Absence of Uncoupling Protein-3 at Thermoneutrality Impacts Lipid Handling and Energy Homeostasis in Mice Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080916 Authors: Assunta Lombardi Rosa Anna Busiello Rita De Matteis Lillà Lionetti Sabrina Savarese Maria Moreno Alessandra Gentile Elena Silvestri Rosalba Senese Pieter de Lange Federica Cioffi Antonia Lanni Fernando Goglia The role of uncoupling protein-3 (UCP3) in energy and lipid metabolism...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 911: The Therapeutic Implications of Tea Polyphenols Against Dopamine (DA) Neuron Degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080911 Authors: Zhou Xie Saw Ho Wang Lei Yi Tan : Accumulative evidence indicated that the pathologically accumulated metal ions (iron species and Mn3+) and abnormally up-regulated monoamine oxidase B (MAOB) activity induced oxidation of endogenous dopamine (DA) can lead to mitochondria impairment,...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 910: 1 h Postload Glycemia Is Associated with Low Endogenous Secretory Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Product Levels and Early Markers of Cardiovascular Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080910 Authors: Pino Urbano Scicali Mauro Filippello Scamporrino Piro Purrello Rabuazzo We investigated the correlation of the soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products (sRAGE) and endogenous secretory RAGE (esRAGE) with markers of...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 912: Keeping the Centromere under Control: A Promising Role for DNA Methylation
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 912: Keeping the Centromere under Control: A Promising Role for DNA Methylation Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080912 Authors: Scelfo Fachinetti In order to maintain cell and organism homeostasis, the genetic material has to be faithfully and equally inherited through cell divisions while preserving its integrity. Centromeres play an essential task in this process; they are special sites on chromosomes where kinetochores form on repetitive DNA sequences to enable...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 914: Functions and the Emerging Role of the Foetal Liver into Regenerative Medicine Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080914 Authors: Giancotti Monti Nevi Brunelli Pajno Corno Di Donato Musella Chiappetta Bosco Panici Alvaro Cardinale During foetal life, the liver plays the important roles of connection and transient hematopoietic function. Foetal liver cells develop in an environment called a hematopoietic stem cell niche...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 913: IGF2/IGF1R Signaling as a Therapeutic Target in MYB-Positive Adenoid Cystic Carcinomas and Other Fusion Gene-Driven Tumors Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080913 Authors: Andersson Åman Stenman Chromosome rearrangements resulting in pathogenetically important gene fusions are a common feature of many cancers. They are often potent oncogenic drivers and have key functions in central cellular processes and pathways and encode transcription factors, transcriptional...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 915: The NAE Pathway: Autobahn to the Nucleus for Cell Surface Receptors Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080915 Authors: Shah Chaumet Royle Bard Various growth factors and full-length cell surface receptors such as EGFR are translocated from the cell surface to the nucleoplasm, baffling cell biologists to the mechanisms and functions of this process. Elevated levels of nuclear EGFR correlate with poor prognosis in various cancers. In recent years, nuclear EGFR...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 909: Rab GTPases: Switching to Human Diseases Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080909 Authors: Noemi Antonella Guadagno Cinzia Progida Rab proteins compose the largest family of small GTPases and control the different steps of intracellular membrane traffic. More recently, they have been shown to also regulate cell signaling, division, survival, and migration. The regulation of these processes generally occurs through recruitment of effectors and regulatory proteins,...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 908: Myeloid Krüppel-Like Factor 2 Critically Regulates K/BxN Serum-Induced Arthritis Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080908 Authors: Manjusri Das Moonmoon Deb Dipranjan Laha Matthew Joseph Suman Kanji Reeva Aggarwal O. Hans Iwenofu Vincent J. Pompili Wael Jarjour Hiranmoy Das Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease, and Krüppel-like factor 2 (KLF2) regulates immune cell activation and function. Herein, we...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 906: Neuromuscular Junction as an Entity of Nerve-Muscle Communication Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080906 Authors: Elisa Lepore Irene Casola Gabriella Dobrowolny Antonio Musarò One of the crucial systems severely affected in several neuromuscular diseases is the loss of effective connection between muscle and nerve, leading to a pathological non-communication between the two tissues. The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) represents the critical region at the level...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 907: Genetic Variation Underpinning ADHD Risk in a Caribbean Community Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8080907 Authors: Pedro J. Puentes-Rozo Johan E. Acosta-López Martha L. Cervantes-Henríquez Martha L. Martínez-Banfi Elsy Mejia-Segura Manuel Sánchez-Rojas Marco E. Anaya-Romero Antonio Acosta-Hoyos Guisselle A. García-Llinás Claudio A. Mastronardi David A. Pineda F. Xavier Castellanos Mauricio Arcos-Burgos Jorge I. Vélez Attention...
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Children, Vol. 6, Pages 93: Researching the Experiences of Children with Cancer: Considerations for Practice Children doi: 10.3390/children6080093 Authors: Jessika Boles Sarah Daniels Children and adolescents with cancer often participate in medical and psychosocial research throughout their diagnosis and treatment. Furthermore, this involvement frequently extends into the survivorship period. Sometimes referred to as “doubly vulnerable” research participants,...
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Diversity, Vol. 11, Pages 138: A Review of the Effects of Climate Change on Chelonians Diversity doi: 10.3390/d11080138 Authors: Christopher J. Butler Climate change is occurring at an unprecedented rate and has begun to modify the distribution and phenology of organisms worldwide. Chelonians are expected to be particularly vulnerable due to limited dispersal capabilities as well as widespread temperature-dependent sex determination. The number of papers published about the effects of...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 350: The “Grass-Fed” Milk Story: Understanding the Impact of Pasture Feeding on the Composition and Quality of Bovine Milk Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8080350 Authors: Mohammad Alothman Sean A. Hogan Deirdre Hennessy Pat Dillon Kieran N. Kilcawley Michael O’Donovan John Tobin Mark A. Fenelon Tom F. O’Callaghan Milk is a highly nutritious food that contains an array of macro and micro components, scientifically proven to be beneficial to human...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 349: Cistus incanus L. as an Innovative Functional Additive to Wheat Bread Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8080349 Authors: Grażyna Cacak-Pietrzak Renata Różyło Dariusz Dziki Urszula Gawlik-Dziki Alicja Sułek Beata Biernacka Cistus incanus L. (CI) has been proposed as an innovative functional supplement of food products, and hence the present study aimed to evaluate the effect of the addition of dried CI on the properties of bread. Bread was prepared from...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 96: Mobile Self-Monitoring ECG Devices to Diagnose Arrhythmia that Coincide with Palpitations: A Scoping Review Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7030096 Authors: Hannah Ramsden Marston Robin Hadley Duncan Banks María Del Carmen Miranda Duro The use and deployment of mobile devices across society is phenomenal with an increasing number of individuals using mobile devices to track their everyday health. However, there is a paucity of academic material...
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Heritage, Vol. 2, Pages 2444-2456: Development of a Simple Method for Labeling and Identification of Protein Binders in Art Heritage doi: 10.3390/heritage2030150 Authors: Ooi Salvador Martins Pereira Caldeira Ramalho Easel paintings are assets with an important historic and cultural value. They usually possess a multi-tiered structure, composed of different layers some of which may present protein binders, making it important to identify these materials for restoration...
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Humanities, Vol. 8, Pages 141: Women as Victims of War in Homer’s Oral Poetics Humanities doi: 10.3390/h8030141 Authors: Zieliński The article presents the problem of the empathy felt by the author or authors of the Iliad and Odyssey towards women depicted as victims of war. Understanding of the world in the Homeric poems may be misinterpreted today. Since Homer’s works are a product of oral culture, in order to determine his intentions, it is necessary to look at them from...
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JCDD, Vol. 6, Pages 28: Cardiac Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Phenotype Conversion—An Unexploited Therapeutic Target Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd6030028 Authors: Czubryt Fibrosis occurs when the synthesis of extracellular matrix outpaces its degradation, and over time can negatively impact tissue and organ function. In the case of cardiac fibrosis, contraction and relaxation of the heart can be impaired to the point of precipitating heart failure,...
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JoF, Vol. 5, Pages 75: Estimated Burden of Fungal Infections in Namibia Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof5030075 Authors: Dunaiski Denning Namibia is a sub-Saharan country with one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world. Although care and support services are available that cater for opportunistic infections related to HIV, the main focus is narrow and predominantly aimed at tuberculosis. We aimed to estimate the burden of serious fungal infections in Namibia, currently...
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J. Imaging, Vol. 5, Pages 71: General Type-2 Fuzzy Sugeno Integral for Edge Detection Journal of Imaging doi: 10.3390/jimaging5080071 Authors: Gabriela E. Martínez Claudia I. Gonzalez Olivia Mendoza Patricia Melin A type-2 fuzzy edge detection method is presented in this paper. The general process consists of first obtaining the image gradients in the four directions—horizontal, vertical, and the two diagonals—and this technique is known as the morphological...
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Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 103: Development of Mass Production Technology of Highly Permeable Nano-Porous Supports for Silica-Based Separation Membranes Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9080103 Authors: Sawamura Okamoto Todokoro Silica-based membranes show both robust properties and high-permeability, offering us great potential for applying them to harsh conditions where conventional organic membranes cannot work. Despite the increasing number of paper and patents of silica-based...
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Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 102: Membrane Separation of the Base-Catalyzed Depolymerization of Black Liquor Retentate for Low-Molecular-Mass Compound Production Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9080102 Authors: Kena Li Basel Al-Rudainy Mingzhe Sun Ola Wallberg Christian Hulteberg Per Tunå One way of valorizing the lignin waste stream from the pulp and paper industries is depolymerizing it into low-molecular-mass compounds (LMMC). However, a common problem in the depolymerization...
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MPs, Vol. 2, Pages 71: Method to Convert Stem Cells into Cancer Stem Cells Methods and Protocols doi: 10.3390/mps2030071 Authors: Afify Chen Yan Calle Nair Murakami Zahra Okada Iwasaki Seno Seno The cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis suggests that tumors are sustained exclusively by a small population of the cells with stem cell properties. CSCs have been identified in most tumors and are responsible for the initiation, recurrence, and resistance...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 265: Biodiesel-Derived Glycerol Obtained from Renewable Biomass—A Suitable Substrate for the Growth of Candida zeylanoides Yeast Strain ATCC 20367 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7080265 Authors: Laura Mitrea Floricuța Ranga Florinela Fetea Francisc Vasile Dulf Alexandru Rusu Monica Trif Dan Cristian Vodnar Used kitchen oil represents a feasible and renewable biomass to produce green biofuels such as biodiesel. Biodiesel production...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 266: Pediococcus pentosaceus xy46 Can Absorb Zearalenone and Alleviate its Toxicity to the Reproductive Systems of Male Mice Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7080266 Authors: Yang Gong Pan Wang Tong Wang Long Li He Zearalenone (ZEA) contamination is a very serious problem around the world as it can induce reproductive disorders in animals and affect the health of humans. Therefore, reducing the damage it causes to...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 267: Production of Hydrophobic Zein-Based Films Bioinspired by The Lotus Leaf Surface: Characterization and Bioactive Properties Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7080267 Authors: Luís Domingues Ramos Hydrophobic zein-based functional films incorporating licorice essential oil were successfully developed as new alternative materials for food packaging. The lotus-leaf negative template was obtained using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The complex...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 264: Unveiling of Concealed Processes for the Degradation of Pharmaceutical Compounds by Neopestalotiopsis sp. Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7080264 Authors: Bo Ram Kang Min Sung Kim Tae Kwon Lee The presence of pharmaceutical products has raised emerging biorisks in aquatic environments. Fungi have been considered in sustainable approaches for the degradation of pharmaceutical compounds from aquatic environments. Soft rot fungi of the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1179: The Effect of Acceptor Structure on Emission Color Tuning in Organic Semiconductors with D–π–A–π–D Structures Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081179 Authors: Przemyslaw Ledwon Gabriela Wiosna-Salyga Marian Chapran Radoslaw Motyka A series of novel donor–acceptor D–π–A–π–D compounds were synthesized and characterized in order to determine the influence of different acceptor units...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1178: High-Power GaN-Based Vertical Light-Emitting Diodes on 4-Inch Silicon Substrate Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081178 Authors: Qiang Zhao Jiahao Miao Shengjun Zhou Chengqun Gui Bin Tang Mengling Liu Hui Wan Jinfeng Hu We demonstrate high-power GaN-based vertical light-emitting diodes (LEDs) (VLEDs) on a 4-inch silicon substrate and flip-chip LEDs on a sapphire substrate. The GaN-based VLEDs were transferred onto the silicon substrate...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1177: Hydrophilic Silver Nanoparticles Loaded into Niosomes: Physical–Chemical Characterization in View of Biological Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081177 Authors: Federica Rinaldi Elena del Favero Johannes Moeller Patrizia Nadia Hanieh Daniele Passeri Marco Rossi Livia Angeloni Iole Venditti Carlotta Marianecci Maria Carafa Ilaria Fratoddi Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are widely used as antibacterial agents and...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1176: Synthesis of Magnetic Ferrite Nanoparticles with High Hyperthermia Performance via a Controlled Co-Precipitation Method Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081176 Authors: Darwish Kim Lee Ryu Lee Yoon Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) that exhibit high specific loss power (SLP) at lower metal content are highly desirable for hyperthermia applications. The conventional co-precipitation process has been widely employed for the synthesis of...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1175: Food Additive Titanium Dioxide and Its Fate in Commercial Foods Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081175 Authors: Ji-Soo Hwang Jin Yu Hyoung-Mi Kim Jae-Min Oh Soo-Jin Choi Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most extensively utilized food additives (E171) in the food industry. Along with nanotechnology development, the concern about the presence of nanostructured particles in E171 TiO2 and commercial food products is growing. In the present...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1173: Preparation of TiO2 and Fe-TiO2 with an Impinging Stream-Rotating Packed Bed by the Precipitation Method for the Photodegradation of Gaseous Toluene Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081173 Authors: Guangping Zeng Qiaoling Zhang Youzhi Liu Shaochuang Zhang Jing Guo Nano-TiO2 has always been one of the most important topics in the research of photocatalysts due to its special activity and stability. However, it has always been difficult to...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1174: Layered Double Hydroxide-Based Nanomaterials-From Fundamentals to Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081174 Authors: Istvan Szilagyi Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and their composites with various substances represent an important class of materials suitable for several existing and future applications in biological, chemical, and environmental processes [...]
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1171: Green Bio-Assisted Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Evaluation of Biocompatible ZnO NPs Synthesized from Different Tissues of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081171 Authors: Bilal Haider Abbasi Muzamil Shah Syed Salman Hashmi Munazza Nazir Sania Naz Waqar Ahmad Inam Ullah Khan Christophe Hano The purpose of the current study was green synthesis of ZnO-nanoparticles (NPs) from different tissues...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1172: Silica Nanoparticles Provoke Cell Death Independent of p53 and BAX in Human Colon Cancer Cells Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081172 Authors: Susanne Fritsch-Decker Zhen An Jin Yan Iris Hansjosten Marco Al-Rawi Ravindra Peravali Silvia Diabaté Carsten Weiss Several in vitro studies have suggested that silica nanoparticles (NPs) might induce adverse effects in gut cells. Here, we used the human colon cancer epithelial cell line...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 416: In Vitro and In Vivo Test Methods for the Evaluation of Gastroretentive Dosage Forms Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080416 Authors: Schneider Koziolek Weitschies More than 50 years ago, the first concepts for gastroretentive drug delivery systems were developed. Despite extensive research in this field, there is no single formulation concept for which reliable gastroretention has been demonstrated under different prandial conditions....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 415: Comparison of 1-Palmitoyl-2-Linoleoyl-3-Acetyl-Rac-Glycerol-Loaded Self-Emulsifying Granule and Solid Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System: Powder Property, Dissolution and Oral Bioavailability Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080415 Authors: Kim Kim Lim Kim Yong Choi Jin The main objective of this study was to compare the powder property, dissolution and bioavailability of 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-3-acetyl-rac-glycerol...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 118: Stakeholder-Guided Formation of a Statewide Community Pharmacy Practice-Based Research Network Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030118 Authors: Joni C. Carroll Melissa Somma McGivney Kim C. Coley Community pharmacies across the United States are forming clinically integrated networks (CINs) to facilitate the provision of patient-centered care. These networks need to continually innovate and demonstrate how their patient care services positively impact...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 117: Impact of Completion of a Pre-Pharmacy Biochemistry Course and Competency Levels in Pre-Pharmacy Courses on Pharmacy Student Performance Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030117 Authors: Ruth Vinall Parto Khansari Jason McDowell L. Douglas Ried Eugene Kreys Poor performance in foundational science courses, which are usually taken during the first or second year of pharmacy school, can have several negative consequences including increases in student...
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Plasma, Vol. 2, Pages 341-347: Reducing the Transition Hysteresis of Inductive Plasmas by a Microwave Ignition Aid Plasma doi: 10.3390/plasma2030026 Authors: Tim Gehring Qihao Jin Fabian Denk Santiago Eizaguirre David Karcher Rainer Kling Inductive plasma discharge has been a part of continuous investigations since it was discovered. Especially the E- to H-mode transition and the hysteresis behavior have been topics of research in the last few decades. In this paper, we...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 147: Differences, Constraints and Key Elements of Providing Local Sharing Economy Services in Different-Sized Cities: A Hungarian Case Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8030147 Authors: Katalin Czakó Kinga Szabó Marcell Tóth Dávid Fekete The business models of sharing economy services can differ from each other in different-sized cities. This paper provides a deeper understanding of the implementation of locally operating services for car, bicycle and...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 146: A Practical Approach for Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Automotive Industry Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8030146 Authors: Karlewski Lehmann Ruhland Finkbeiner Identifying social impacts along the life cycle of their products is becoming increasingly important for companies. Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) as a possible tool has not been conducted so far within industries with complex international supply chains using mainly company-specific...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 145: How Do Chain Governance and Fair Trade Matter? A S-LCA Methodological Proposal Applied to Food Products from Belgian Alternative Chains (Part 2) Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8030145 Authors: Solène Sureau François Lohest Joris Van Mol Tom Bauler Wouter M. J. Achten Alternative food networks (AFNs) have emerged to improve both environmental and socio-economic aspects of food provisioning, including the living and working conditions of farmers....
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Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 72: Performance Evaluation of a Sensor Concept for Solving the Direct Kinematics Problem of General Planar 3-RPR Parallel Mechanisms by Using Solely the Linear Actuators’ Orientations Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8030072 Authors: Stefan Schulz In this paper, we experimentally evaluate the performance of a sensor concept for solving the direct kinematics problem of a general planar 3-RPR parallel mechanism by using solely the linear actuators’ orientations....
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 194: Meta-Analysis to Determine Normative Values for the Special Judo Fitness Test in Male Athletes: 20+ Years of Sport-Specific Data and the Lasting Legacy of Stanisław Sterkowicz Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7080194 Authors: Katarzyna Sterkowicz-Przybycień David H. Fukuda Emerson Franchini The aim of this study was to evaluate Special Judo Fitness Test (SJFT) results specific to the population of male judoka and to develop age category norms for junior and...
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Technologies, Vol. 7, Pages 58: Smart Cities and Healthcare: A Systematic Review Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies7030058 Authors: Pacheco Rocha Dias Santinha Rodrigues Queirós Rodrigues Objectives: The study reported in this article aimed to identify: (i) the most relevant applications supported by smart city infrastructure with an impact on the provision of healthcare; (ii) the types of technologies being used; (iii) the maturity levels of the applications...
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Technologies, Vol. 7, Pages 56: Choreographic Pattern Analysis from Heterogeneous Motion Capture Systems Using Dynamic Time Warping Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies7030056 Authors: Ioannis Rallis Eftychios Protopapadakis Athanasios Voulodimos Nikolaos Doulamis Anastasios Doulamis Georgios Bardis The convention for the safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by UNESCO highlights the equal importance of intangible elements of cultural heritage to tangible...
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Technologies, Vol. 7, Pages 57: Effects of the Infill Density on the Mechanical Properties of Nylon Specimens Made by Filament Fused Fabrication Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies7030057 Authors: Svetlana Terekhina Innokentiy Skornyakov Tatiana Tarasova Sergei Egorov Additive manufacturing of polymer products over the past decade has become widespread in various areas of industry. Using the fused filament fabrication (FFF) method, one of the most technologically simple methods...
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Urban Science, Vol. 3, Pages 92: The Traditional Enjoyment of Noted Natural Places in Urban South Korea Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci3030092 Authors: Park Shimomura Yamamoto Nakamura Records indicate the existence of noted natural places, where several people from various classes used to enjoy the natural environment in a part of present-day city of Seoul during the Korean Dynasties period. This study aimed to clarify the traditional methods of enjoying noted natural...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 90: Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus: Immunobiology, Advances in Vaccines and Vaccination Strategies Addressing Vaccine Failures—An Indian Perspective Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030090 Authors: Raj Kumar Singh Gaurav Kumar Sharma Sonalika Mahajan Kuldeep Dhama Suresh H. Basagoudanavar Madhusudan Hosamani B P Sreenivasa Wanpen Chaicumpa Vivek Kumar Gupta Aniket Sanyal A mass vaccination campaign in India seeks to control and eventually...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 760: Diverse Mechanisms Underlie Enhancement of Enteric Viruses by the Mammalian Intestinal Microbiota Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080760 Authors: Alexa N. Roth Katrina R. Grau Stephanie M. Karst Over the past two decades, there has been tremendous progress in understanding the impact of the intestinal microbiota on mammalian metabolism, physiology, and immune development and function. There has also been substantial advancement in elucidating the interplay...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 759: A Novel RNA Virus Related to Sobemoviruses Confers Hypovirulence on the Phytopathogenic Fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080759 Authors: Azhar Mu Huang Cheng Fu Hamid Jiang Xie Infection by diverse mycoviruses is a common phenomenon in Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. In this study, the full genome of a single-stranded RNA mycovirus, tentatively named Hubei sclerotinia RNA virus 1 (HuSRV1), was determined in the...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 758: The Innate Antiviral Response in Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective from Flagellates to Humans Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080758 Authors: Karim Majzoub Florian Wrensch Thomas F. Baumert Animal cells have evolved dedicated molecular systems for sensing and delivering a coordinated response to viral threats. Our understanding of these pathways is almost entirely defined by studies in humans or model organisms like mice, fruit flies and worms. However,...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 757: IFN-λ Decreases Murid Herpesvirus-4 Infection of the Olfactory Epithelium but Fails to Prevent Virus Reactivation in the Vaginal Mucosa Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080757 Authors: Sophie Jacobs Caroline Zeippen Fanny Wavreil Laurent Gillet Thomas Michiels Murid herpesvirus-4 (MuHV-4), a natural gammaherpesvirus of rodents, can infect the mouse through the nasal mucosa, where it targets sustentacular cells and olfactory neurons in the olfactory epithelium...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 352: Will Product Packaging Density Affect Pre-Purchase Recognition? Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8080352 Authors: Taebeum Ryu Jaehyun Park This study analyzed preference and satisfaction according to the weight and size of products in order to understand how the size-weight illusion (SWI) occurs in affect. Perceived weight is known to be affected not only by the weight of the object, but also by its size, color, and material. A total of 54 participants took part in...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 351: Consumer Avoidance of Insect Containing Foods: Primary Emotions, Perceptions and Sensory Characteristics Driving Consumers Considerations Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8080351 Authors: Mauricio Castro Edgar Chambers Why do many human beings find bugs repulsive? Disgust, a psychological factor, is believed to be the main reason why consumers would not consider eating foods containing insect ingredients. This study aimed to understand specific consumers’...
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