JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1191: Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Are at an Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease: A South Korean Nationwide Population-Based Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081191 Authors: Seona Park Jihye Kim Jaeyoung Chun Kyungdo Han Hosim Soh Eun Ae Kang Hyun Jung Lee Jong Pil Im Joo Sung Kim Background and Aims: It is not known whether inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) enhances the risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD)...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1189: Motor and Postural Patterns Concomitant with General Movements Are Associated with Cerebral Palsy at Term and Fidgety Age in Preterm Infants Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081189 Authors: Fabrizio Ferrari Carlotta Plessi Laura Lucaccioni Natascia Bertoncelli Luca Bedetti Luca Ori Alberto Berardi Elisa Della Casa Lorenzo Iughetti Roberto D’Amico General movements (GMs) in combination with neurological examination and magnetic...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1190: Lymphadenectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081190 Authors: Igor Duquesne Idir Ouzaid Yohann Loriot Marco Moschini Evanguelos Xylinas Background: The role of lymphonodal dissection during surgery for a tumor of the urinary tract remains controversial. Objective: To analyze anatomical bases of lymphonodal dissection in tumors of the upper urinary tract and analyze its impact...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1188: Pavlovian-To-Instrumental Transfer and Alcohol Consumption in Young Male Social Drinkers: Behavioral, Neural and Polygenic Correlates Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081188 Authors: Maria Garbusow Stephan Nebe Christian Sommer Sören Kuitunen-Paul Miriam Sebold Daniel J. Schad Eva Friedel Ilya M. Veer Hans-Ulrich Wittchen Michael A. Rapp Stephan Ripke Henrik Walter Quentin J. M. Huys Florian Schlagenhauf Michael...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1187: Repeatability of Intraoral Scanners for Complete Arch Scan of Partially Edentulous Dentitions: An In Vitro Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081187 Authors: Jae-Hyun Lee Je-Hyeon Yun Jung-Suk Han In-Sung Luke Yeo Hyung-In Yoon Research on whether the number or location of missing teeth affects the accuracy of intraoral scanners in partial edentulous patients is scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the precision of complete-arch scan...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1186: Remifentanil Alleviates Propofol-Induced Burst Suppression without Affecting Bispectral Index in Female Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8081186 Authors: Dahye Jung Sungwon Yang Min Soo Lee Yoonki Lee The bispectral index is affected by various factors, such as noxious stimuli and other drugs, such as muscle relaxants. The burst suppression ratio from bispectral index monitoring is correlated with electroencephalographic...
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Life, Vol. 9, Pages 66: The Informational Substrate of Chemical Evolution: Implications for Abiogenesis Life doi: 10.3390/life9030066 Authors: de la Escosura A key aspect of biological evolution is the capacity of living systems to process information, coded in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and used to direct how the cell works. The overall picture that emerges today from fields such as developmental, synthetic, and systems biology indicates that information processing in cells occurs...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 453: Sleep Disturbance and Rotator Cuff Tears: A Systematic Review Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55080453 Authors: Longo Facchinetti Marchetti Candela Ambrogioni Faldetta De Marinis Denaro Background and Objectives: Sleep disorders are one of the most common complaints of patients with rotator cuff (RC) tears. However, potential correlations between the treatment of RC tears and the causal factors of sleep disorders are still under...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 451: Assessment of Drugs Toxicity and Associated Biomarker Genes Using Hierarchical Clustering Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55080451 Authors: Mohammad Nazmol Hasan Masuma Binte Malek Anjuman Ara Begum Moizur Rahman Md. Nurul Haque Mollah Background and objectives: Assessment of drugs toxicity and associated biomarker genes is one of the most important tasks in the pre-clinical phase of drug development pipeline as well as in toxicogenomic studies....
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Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 98: Molecular Modeling Investigations of Sorption and Diffusion of Small Molecules in Glassy Polymers Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9080098 Authors: Niki Vergadou Doros N. Theodorou With a wide range of applications, from energy and environmental engineering, such as in gas separations and water purification, to biomedical engineering and packaging, glassy polymeric materials remain in the core of novel membrane and state-of the art barrier technologies....
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 247: Taxonomic Distribution of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenases (CYPs) among the Budding Yeasts (Sub-Phylum Saccharomycotina) Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7080247 Authors: Linder Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs) are ubiquitous throughout the tree of life and play diverse roles in metabolism including the synthesis of secondary metabolites as well as the degradation of recalcitrant organic substrates. The genomes of budding yeasts (phylum...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 246: Ample Arsenite Bio-Oxidation Activity in Bangladesh Drinking Water Wells: A Bonanza for Bioremediation? Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7080246 Authors: Zahid Hassan Munawar Sultana Sirajul I. Khan Martin Braster Wilfred F.M. Röling Hans V. Westerhoff Millions of people worldwide are at risk of arsenic poisoning from their drinking water. In Bangladesh the problem extends to rural drinking water wells, where non-biological solutions...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 245: The Biochemistry and Evolution of the Dinoflagellate Nucleus Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7080245 Authors: Sebastian G. Gornik Ian Hu Imen Lassadi Ross F. Waller Dinoflagellates are known to possess a highly aberrant nucleus—the so-called dinokaryon—that exhibits a multitude of exceptional biological features. These include: (1) Permanently condensed chromosomes; (2) DNA in a cholesteric liquid crystalline state,...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2891: Flavonoids from Brazilian Cerrado: Biosynthesis, Chemical and Biological Profile Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162891 Authors: Josana de Castro Peixoto Bruno Junior Neves Flávia Gonçalves Vasconcelos Hamilton Barbosa Napolitano Maria Gonçalves da Silva Barbalho Sandro Dutra e Silva Lucimar Pinheiro Rosseto Flavonoids are highly bioactive compounds with very low toxicity, which makes them attractive starting points in drug discovery....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2890: Enzymatic Reactions in a Lab-on-Valve System: Cholesterol Evaluations Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162890 Authors: Jucineide S. Barbosa Marieta L.C. Passos M. das Graças A. Korn M. Lúcia M.F.S. Saraiva The micro sequential injection analysis / lab-on-valve (µSIA-LOV) system is a miniaturized SIA system resulting from the implementation of a lab-on-valve (LOV) atop of the selection valve. It integrates the detection cell and the...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2889: Recent Applications of Molecularly Imprinted Sol-Gel Methodology in Sample Preparation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162889 Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Moein Abbi Abdel-Rehim Mohamed Abdel-Rehim Due to their selectivity and chemical stability, molecularly imprinted polymers have attracted great interest in sample preparation. Imprinted polymers have been applied for the extraction and the enrichment of different sorts of trace analytes in biological...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2887: Effects of Portulaca Oleracea Extract on Acute Alcoholic Liver Injury of Rats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162887 Authors: Jing-Yi Qiao Han-Wei Li Fu-Gang Liu Yu-Cheng Li Shuo Tian Li-Hua Cao Kai Hu Xiang-Xiang Wu Ming-San Miao The present study was envisaged to investigate the chemical constituents and the intervention effects of Portulaca oleracea extract (POE) on acute alcoholic liver injury of rats. The chemical composition...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2888: Inhibition of CpLIP2 Lipase Hydrolytic Activity by Four Flavonols (Galangin, Kaempferol, Quercetin, Myricetin) Compared to Orlistat and Their Binding Mechanisms Studied by Quenching of Fluorescence Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162888 Authors: Nasri Bidel Rugani Perrier Carrière Dubreucq Jay-Allemand The inhibition of recombinant CpLIP2 lipase/acyltransferase from Candida parapsiolosis was considered a key model for novel antifungal...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2885: Green Synthesis of Privileged Benzimidazole Scaffolds Using Active Deep Eutectic Solvent Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162885 Authors: Maria Luisa Di Gioia Roberta Cassano Paola Costanzo Natividad Herrera Cano Loredana Maiuolo Monica Nardi Fiore Pasquale Nicoletta Manuela Oliverio Antonio Procopio The exploitation and use of alternative synthetic methods, in the face of classical procedures that do not conform to the ethics...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2884: Enzyme Entrapment in Amphiphilic Myristyl-Phenylalanine Hydrogels Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162884 Authors: Falcone Shao Rashid Kraatz Supramolecular amino acid and peptide hydrogels are functional materials with a wide range of applications, however, their ability to serve as matrices for enzyme entrapment have been rarely explored. Two amino acid conjugates were synthesized and explored for hydrogel formation. These hydrogels were...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2886: Ophiopogon Polysaccharide Promotes the In Vitro Metabolism of Ophiopogonins by Human Gut Microbiota Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162886 Authors: Huai-You Wang Shu-Chen Guo Zhi-Tian Peng Cheng Wang Ran Duan Tina T. X. Dong Karl W. K. Tsim Gut microbiota play an important role in metabolism of intake saponins, and parallelly, the polysaccharides deriving from herbal products possess effects on gut microbiota. Ophiopogonis Radix is...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2883: Alnus Sibirica Extracts Suppress the Expression of Inflammatory Cytokines Induced by Lipopolysaccharides, Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, and Interferon-γ in Human Dermal Fibroblasts Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162883 Authors: Jeongyoon Choi Sunghee Moon Hyemi Bae Young-Won Kim Donghee Lee Seongtae Kim Yelim Seo Hye Soo Wang Young Wook Choi Min Won Lee Jae-Hong Ko Inja Lim Hyoweon Bang The effects of Alnus sibirica (AS)...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2882: Thiol-ene "Click" Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of C-Glycoside sp2-Iminosugar Glycolipids Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162882 Authors: Elena M. Sánchez-Fernández M. Isabel García-Moreno Raquel García-Hernández José M. Padrón José M. García Fernández Francisco Gamarro Carmen Ortiz Mellet The unique stereoelectronic properties of sp2-iminosugars enable their participation in glycosylation reactions, thereby behaving as true...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2881: Involvement of Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, and the PI3K/AKT/mTOR Pathway in Nobiletin-Induced Apoptosis of Human Bladder Cancer Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162881 Authors: Yih-Gang Goan Wen-Tung Wu Chih-I Liu Choo-Aun Neoh Yu-Jen Wu Nobiletin (NOB) is a polymethoxylated flavonoid isolated from citrus fruit peel that has been shown to possess anti-tumor, antithrombotic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory and...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2880: High-Throughput Immunological Analysis of Dictamni Cortex: Implication in the Quality Control of Herbal Medicine Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162880 Authors: Miranda Sin-Man Tsang Pang-Chui Shaw Ida Miu-Ting Chu Ling Cheng Eric Chun-Wai Wong David Tai-Wai Lau Christopher Wai-Kei Lam Chun-Kwok Wong Quality inconsistency of herbal medicine is an obstacle that limits the extensive use and study of traditional Chinese medicine. Differences...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2879: Genetically Engineered Proteins to Improve Biomass Conversion: New Advances and Challenges for Tailoring Biocatalysts Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162879 Authors: Lucas Ferreira Ribeiro Vanesa Amarelle Luana de Fátima Alves Guilherme Marcelino Viana de Siqueira Gabriel Lencioni Lovate Tiago Cabral Borelli María-Eugenia Guazzaroni Protein engineering emerged as a powerful approach to generate more robust and efficient biocatalysts...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2878: Stability Evaluation and Stabilization of a Gastrin-Releasing Peptide Receptor (GRPR) Targeting Imaging Pharmaceutical Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162878 Authors: Arijit Ghosh Karen Woolum Shankaran Kothandaraman Michael F. Tweedle Krishan Kumar The prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRPR) are identified as important targets on prostate cancer. Receptor-targeting radiolabeled imaging pharmaceuticals...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2876: Interplay between Residual Protease Activity in Commercial Lactases and the Subsequent Digestibility of β-Casein in a Model System Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162876 Authors: Di Zhao Thao T. Le Lotte Bach Larsen Yingqun Nian Cong Wang Chunbao Li Guanghong Zhou One of the conventional ways to produce lactose-hydrolyzed (LH) milk is via the addition of commercial lactases into heat-treated milk in which lactose is hydrolyzed throughout...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2877: A DNA-Based Biosensor Assay for the Kinetic Characterization of Ion-Dependent Aptamer Folding and Protein Binding Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162877 Authors: Irene Ponzo Friederike M. Möller Herwin Daub Nena Matscheko Therapeutic and diagnostic nucleic acid aptamers are designed to bind tightly and specifically to their target. The combination of structural and kinetic analyses of aptamer interactions has gained increasing importance. Here,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2874: Efficient Degradation of Acesulfame by Ozone/Peroxymonosulfate Advanced Oxidation Process Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162874 Authors: Yu Shao Zhicheng Pang Lili Wang Xiaowei Liu Artificial sweeteners (ASWs), a class of emerging contaminants with good water solubility, have attracted much attention recently because of their wide use and negative impact on the aquatic environment and drinking water. Efficient technologies for removing ASWs...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2875: Halogen and Hydrogen Bonding in Halogenabenzene/NH3 Complexes Compared Using Next-Generation QTAIM Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162875 Authors: Shuman Li Tianlv Xu Tanja van Mourik Herbert Früchtl Steven R. Kirk Samantha Jenkins Next-generation quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) was used to investigate the competition between hydrogen bonding and halogen bonding for the recently proposed (Y = Br, I, At)/halogenabenzene/NH3...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1138: Graphene-Based THz Absorber with a Broad Band for Tuning the Absorption Rate and a Narrow Band for Tuning the Absorbing Frequency Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081138 Authors: Qihui Zhou Peiguo Liu Chenxi Liu Yuandong Zhou Song Zha In this paper, we propose a broadband absorption-controllable absorber based on nested nanostructure graphene and a narrowband frequency-tunable absorber utilizing gold-graphene hybrid structure in the terahertz...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1139: A Novel Route to Manufacture 2D Layer MoS2 and g-C3N4 by Atmospheric Plasma with Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalysis Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081139 Authors: Bo Zhang Zhenhai Wang Xiangfeng Peng Zhao Wang Ling Zhou QiuXiang Yin An atmospheric plasma treatment strategy was developed to prepare two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets from (NH4)2MoS4 and bulk g-C3N4,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1841: Prebiotics: Mechanisms and Preventive Effects in Allergy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081841 Authors: Carole Brosseau Amandine Selle Debra J. Palmer Susan L. Prescott Sébastien Barbarot Marie Bodinier Allergic diseases now affect over 30% of individuals in many communities, particularly young children, underscoring the need for effective prevention strategies in early life. These allergic conditions have been linked to environmental and lifestyle...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1840: Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Cardiometabolic Health: An Update of the Evidence Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081840 Authors: Vasanti S. Malik Frank B. Hu Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) have little nutritional value and a robust body of evidence has linked the intake of SSBs to weight gain and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and some cancers. Metabolic Syndrome (MetSyn) is a clustering of risk factors that precedes the development...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1838: Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum and Oxidative Stress Parameters in the Pathophysiology of Disease-Related Malnutrition in Leukocytes of an Outpatient Population Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081838 Authors: Celia Bañuls Aranzazu M. de Marañón Iciar Castro-Vega Sandra López-Doménech Irene Escribano-López Christian Salom Silvia Veses Antonio Hernández-Mijares Cellular pathways such as inflammation or oxidative stress are the cause and triggers...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1837: Curcumin and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Prevention and Treatment Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081837 Authors: Francesca Pivari Alessandra Mingione Caterina Brasacchio Laura Soldati Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an ensemble of metabolic diseases that has reached pandemic dimensions all over the world. The multifactorial nature of the pathology makes patient management, which includes lifelong drug therapy and lifestyle modification, extremely...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1839: Intakes and Food Sources of Dietary Fibre and Their Associations with Measures of Body Composition and Inflammation in UK Adults: Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Airwave Health Monitoring Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081839 Authors: Rachel Gibson Rebeca Eriksen Edward Chambers He Gao Maria Aresu Andrew Heard Queenie Chan Paul Elliott Gary Frost The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between intakes of...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1835: Hyperglycemia Changes Expression of Key Adipogenesis Markers (C/EBPα and PPARᵞ)and Morphology of Differentiating Human Visceral Adipocytes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081835 Authors: Ewa Świderska Marta Podolska Justyna Strycharz Marzena Szwed Halina Abramczyk Beata Brożek-Płuska Adam Wróblewski Janusz Szemraj Ireneusz Majsterek Józef Drzewoski Agnieszka Śliwińska Disturbances in adipose tissue significantly contribute to the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1836: Ketonuria Is Associated with Changes to the Abundance of Roseburia in the Gut Microbiota of Overweight and Obese Women at 16 Weeks Gestation: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081836 Authors: Helen Robinson Helen Barrett Luisa Gomez-Arango H. David McIntyre Leonie Callaway Marloes Dekker Nitert The gut microbiome in pregnancy has been associated with various maternal metabolic and hormonal markers involved...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1834: The Functional Power of the Human Milk Proteome Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081834 Authors: Jing Zhu Kelly A. Dingess Human milk is the most complete and ideal form of nutrition for the developing infant. The composition of human milk consistently changes throughout lactation to meet the changing functional needs of the infant. The human milk proteome is an essential milk component consisting of proteins, including enzymes/proteases, glycoproteins, and...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1833: Metabolic Effects of Resistant Starch Type 2: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081833 Authors: Matthew Snelson Jessica Jong Deanna Manolas Smonda Kok Audrey Louise Romi Stern Nicole J. Kellow Published evidence exploring the effects of dietary resistant starch (RS) on human cardiometabolic health is inconsistent. This review aimed to investigate the effect of dietary...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1831: Forsythia suspensa Protects against Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Mice
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1831: Forsythia suspensa Protects against Bone Loss in Ovariectomized Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081831 Authors: Youn-Hwan Hwang Seon-A Jang Taesoo Kim Hyunil Ha In traditional oriental medicine, the fruit of Forsythia suspensa has been used as a nutritional supplement to alleviate inflammation and treat gastrointestinal diseases. However, there is no information available on its beneficial effects on bone. We investigated the beneficial effects...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1832: Consumption of Nutrition Supplements Is Associated with Less Hypoglycemia during Admission—Results from the MENU Project Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081832 Authors: Eyal Leibovitz Fariba Moore Irina Mintser Anat Levi Ron Dubinsky Mona Boaz Aim: We studied the effect of the addition of an oral nutrition supplement (ONS) on the rate of hypoglyemia among hospitalized type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients. Methods: In this retrospective analysis,...
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Particles, Vol. 2, Pages 365-384: Simulating Binary Neutron Stars with Hybrid Equation of States: Gravitational Waves, Electromagnetic Signatures and Challenges for Numerical Relativity Particles doi: 10.3390/particles2030023 Authors: Henrique Gieg Tim Dietrich Maximiliano Ujevic The gravitational wave and electromagnetic signatures connected to the merger of two neutron stars allow us to test the nature of matter at supranuclear densities. Since the Equation of State governing...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 12, Pages 119: Role of Dietary Flavonoids in Iron Homeostasis Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph12030119 Authors: Marija Lesjak Surjit K. S. Srai Balancing systemic iron levels within narrow limits is critical for human health, as both iron deficiency and overload lead to serious disorders. There are no known physiologically controlled pathways to eliminate iron from the body and therefore iron homeostasis is maintained by modifying dietary iron absorption. Several...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 399: Improvement of Skin Penetration, Antipollutant Activity and Skin Hydration of 7,3′,4′-Trihydroxyisoflavone Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080399 Authors: Huang Hu Yen Tseng As is known, many antioxidants from plant extracts have been used as additives in skincare products to prevent skin damage following overexposure to environmental pollutants. 7,3′,4′-trihydroxyisoflavone (734THIF),...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 398: In Vitro and Ex Vivo Evaluation of Tablets Containing Piroxicam-Cyclodextrin Complexes for Buccal Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080398 Authors: Eleni Kontogiannidou Martina Ferrari Asteria-Danai Deligianni Nikolaos Bouropoulos Dimitrios A. Andreadis Milena Sorrenti Laura Catenacci Kazem Nazari Muhammad Sohail Arshad Ming-Wei Chang Zeeshan Ahmad Dimitrios G. Fatouros In the current study, the development...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 397: Short Term Stability Testing of Efavirenz-Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticle (SLN) and Nanostructured Lipid Carrier (NLC) Dispersions Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080397 Authors: Pedzisai A. Makoni Kasongo Wa Kasongo Roderick B. Walker The short term stability of efavirenz-loaded solid lipid nanoparticle and nanostructured lipid carrier dispersions was investigated. Hot High Pressure Homogenization with the capability for scale up production...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 110: Overview and Insights into Carbapenem Allergy Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030110 Authors: Yuman Lee Nicole Bradley Understanding antibiotic allergies and the risk of cross-sensitivity between and within antibiotic classes can have a substantial impact on patient care. The purpose of this review article is to provide insight into carbapenem allergies, describing the overall incidence, risk factors, and in-class cross-sensitivity. A PubMed search was...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 274: Characteristics and Expression Pattern of MYC Genes in Triticum aestivum, Oryza sativa, and Brachypodium distachyon Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080274 Authors: Shoukun Chen Hongyan Zhao Tengli Luo Yue Liu Xiaojun Nie Haifeng Li Myelocytomatosis oncogenes (MYC) transcription factors (TFs) belong to basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) TF family and have a special bHLH_MYC_N domain in the N-terminal region. Presently, there is no detailed and systematic...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 275: Genome-Wide Identification, Expression Pattern Analysis and Evolution of the Ces/Csl Gene Superfamily in Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080275 Authors: Cao Cheng Zhang Aslam Yan Hu Lin Ojolo Zhao Priyadarshani Yu Cao Qin The cellulose synthase (Ces) and cellulose synthase-like (Csl) gene families belonging to the cellulose synthase gene superfamily, are responsible for the biosynthesis...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 273: Morphological and Chemical Profile of Three Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Landraces of A Semi-Arid Mediterranean Environment Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080273 Authors: Massimiliano Renna Massimiliano D’Imperio Maria Gonnella Miriana Durante Angelo Parente Giovanni Mita Pietro Santamaria Francesco Serio Puglia (Southern Italy), particularly rich in tomato agro-biodiversity, can be considered a typical region of the semi-arid Mediterranean...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 472: Erratum: Jasper, David. Seeking Christian Theology in Modern Chinese Fiction: An Exercise for Sino-Christian Theology. Religions 10 (2019): 422 Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080472 Authors: David Jasper The author wants to make the following corrections to the paper (Jasper 2019): [...]
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Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 45: Influence of Gravitational Shielding on Time Dilation Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1020045 Authors: Stanley Raj Sohan Jheeta Daniel Arun Krishna Joseph Pious Hudson Oliver This research work investigates the possibility of shielding gravity. The ultimate purpose of this work is to understand the reality behind the concept of Gravitational Shielding (GS) and time dilation. Since the 19th century, scientists have tried to arrive at an understanding of GS via...
Thu Aug 08, 2019 03:00
Sci. Pharm., Vol. 87, Pages 19: Methods to Evaluate Skin Penetration In Vitro Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm87030019 Authors: Zsikó Csányi Kovács Budai-Szűcs Gácsi Berkó Dermal and transdermal drug therapy is increasing in importance nowadays in drug development. To completely utilize the potential of this administration route, it is necessary to optimize the drug release and skin penetration measurements. This review covers the most well-known and...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 235: New Materialist Feminist Ecological Practices: La Via Campesina and Activist Environmental Work Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8080235 Authors: Imperial Within the context of new theoretical developments in environmentalist materialism, as inflected by gender issues, this paper attempts to analyze the important work of La Via Campesina (women’s section) both in grassroots activism and in creating a feminist agenda for the transformation...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 190: Rethinking Tourist Wellbeing through the Concept of Slow Adventure Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7080190 Authors: Jelena Farkić Steve Taylor The necessity for humans inhabiting the 21st century to slow down and take time to carry out daily practices frames the discourse of this research note. We suggest reconceptualising tourist wellbeing through the concept of slow adventure, as a response to the cult of speed and as a vehicle for engaging in deep, immersive...
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Technologies, Vol. 7, Pages 55: On Electrical Discharge Machining of Non-Conductive Ceramics: A Review Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies7030055 Authors: Marina Volosova Anna Okunkova Pavel Peretyagin Yury A. Melnik Natalya Kapustina The inability of ceramic and nanoceramic processing without expensive diamond tools and with a high-material-removal rate hampers the scope of its potential applications and does not allow humanity to make a full shift to the sixth technological...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 466: Biomonitoring of Deoxynivalenol and Deoxynivalenol-3-glucoside in Human Volunteers: Renal Excretion Profiles Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080466 Authors: Marcel Mengelers Marco Zeilmaker Arnau Vidal Marthe De Boevre Sarah De Saeger Rudolf Hoogenveen Biomarkers for the determination of the dietary exposure to deoxynivalenol (DON) have been proposed in the past but so far no quantification of their use in humans has been carried out. Following...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 465: Botulinum Toxin a Valuable Prophylactic Agent for Migraines and a Possible Future Option for the Prevention of Hormonal Variations-Triggered Migraines Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080465 Authors: Lorena Dima Andreea Bălan Marius Alexandru Moga Cătălina Georgeta Dinu Oana Gabriela Dimienescu Ioana Varga Andrea Elena Neculau Background: In 1989, Botulinum toxin (BoNT) was accepted by the FDA for the management of some ophthalmic disorders. Although...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 86: A Qualitative Study on Gendered Barriers to Livestock Vaccine Uptake in Kenya and Uganda and Their Implications on Rift Valley Fever Control Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030086 Authors: Edna Mutua Nicoline de Haan Dan Tumusiime Christine Jost Bernard Bett Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease of great public health and economic importance transmitted by mosquitoes. The main method of preventing the disease is vaccination of susceptible...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 734: Erratum: Yang, Y.; et al. A Novel Roseosiphophage Isolated from the Oligotrophic South China Sea. Viruses 2017, 9, 109 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080734 Authors: Yunlan Yang Lanlan Cai Ruijie Ma Yongle Xu Yigang Tong Yong Huang Nianzhi Jiao Rui Zhang The authors wish to make the following changes to their paper [...]
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 733: Virophages of Giant Viruses: An Update at Eleven Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080733 Authors: Said Mougari Dehia Sahmi-Bounsiar Anthony Levasseur Philippe Colson Bernard La Scola The last decade has been marked by two eminent discoveries that have changed our perception of the virology field: The discovery of giant viruses and a distinct new class of viral agents that parasitize their viral factories, the virophages. Coculture and metagenomics have...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 730: Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Contribute to the Production of IFN-β via TLR7-MyD88-Dependent Pathway and CTL Priming during Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080730 Authors: Tae Hoon Kim Dong Sun Oh Hi Eun Jung Jun Chang Heung Kyu Lee Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of respiratory viral infection in infants and children, yet little is known about the antiviral response of plasmacytoid dendritic...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 732: Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Activity of Silver Nanoparticles in Experimental RSV Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080732 Authors: Dorothea Morris Maria Ansar Janice Speshock Teodora Ivanciuc Yue Qu Antonella Casola Roberto Garofalo Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important etiological agent of respiratory infection in children for which no specific treatment option is available. The RSV virion contains two surface glycoproteins...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 731: Field Evaluation of Deltamethrin and Ivermectin Applications to Cattle on Culicoides Host-Alighting, Blood-Feeding, and Emergence Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080731 Authors: Archie K. Murchie Geoff M. Thompson Sam Clawson Andrew Brown Alan W. Gordon Stephen Jess The impact of topical applications of deltamethrin and ivermectin to cattle on Culicoides spp. landing and blood-feeding was studied in this work using sticky traps mounted on Friesian...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 729: Host Cellular Receptors for the Peste des Petits Ruminant Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080729 Authors: Meera Prajapati Niyokwishimira Alfred Yongxi Dou Xiangping Yin Raju Prajapati Yanmin Li Zhidong Zhang Peste des Petits Ruminant (PPR) is an important transboundary, OIE-listed contagious viral disease of primarily sheep and goats caused by the PPR virus (PPRV), which belongs to the genus Morbillivirus of the family Paramyxoviridae. The...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1642: Use of Visible Light Modulation Techniques in Urea Photocatalytic Degradation Water doi: 10.3390/w11081642 Authors: Vaiano Sacco Capua Femia Sannino The aim of this work was to analyze the effect of visible LED dimming duty-cycle modulation techniques in a photocatalytic system for urea degradation using a visible light photocatalyst immobilized on macroscopic supports. For this reason, the effect of different LED dimming techniques was investigated...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1643: Hydrochemical Characteristics and Temporal Variations of Geothermal Water Quality in Tangtou, Shandong, China Water doi: 10.3390/w11081643 Authors: Zongjun Gao Jiutan Liu Fuquan Li Min Wang Jianguo Feng Guangwei Wu Geothermal water resources are a kind of clean energy, which is a renewable resource to a certain extent and has a high value of development and utilization. To understand the hydrochemical characteristics, origins, and temporal...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1641: Identifying Key Hydrological Processes in Highly Urbanized Watersheds for Flood Forecasting with a Distributed Hydrological Model Water doi: 10.3390/w11081641 Authors: Huanyu Wang Yangbo Chen The world has experienced large-scale urbanization in the past century, and this trend is ongoing. Urbanization not only causes land use/cover (LUC) changes but also changes the flood responses of watersheds. Lumped conceptual hydrological models cannot be effectively...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1640: Effect of Carbon to Nitrogen Ratio on Water Quality and Community Structure Evolution in Suspended Growth Bioreactors through Biofloc Technology Water doi: 10.3390/w11081640 Authors: Jingwei Gou Chol Ung Hong Min Deng Jieyu Chen Jie Hou Dapeng Li Xugang He Application of biofloc technology could effectively treat wastewater. However, the effect of influent carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio) on water quality and microbial community structure...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1637: Generation of Benchmark Problems for Optimal Design of Water Distribution Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w11081637 Authors: Ho Min Lee Donghwi Jung Ali Sadollah Do Guen Yoo Joong Hoon Kim Engineering benchmark problems with specific characteristics have been used to compare the performance and reliability of metaheuristic algorithms, and water distribution system design benchmarks are also widely used. However, only a few benchmark design problems...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1638: Rapid and Sensitive Analysis of Hormones and Other Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater Using Ultrasound-Assisted Emulsification Microextraction with Solidification of Floating Organic Droplet Followed by GC-MS Detection Water doi: 10.3390/w11081638 Authors: Urszula Kotowska Justyna Kapelewska Adam Kotowski Ewelina Pietuszewska Ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction with solidification of floating organic droplet (USAEME-SFOD) has been...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1636: Simulating the Overtopping Failure of Homogeneous Embankment by a Double-Point Two-Phase MPM Water doi: 10.3390/w11081636 Authors: Yong-Sen Yang Ting-Ting Yang Liu-Chao Qiu Yu Han Embankments are usually constructed along rivers as a defense structure against flooding. Overtopping failure can cause devastating and fatal consequences to life and property of surrounding areas. This motivates researchers to study the formation, propagation, and destructive...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1639: Quantitative Assessment of Impact of the Proposed Poyang Lake Hydraulic Project (China) on the Habitat Suitability of Migratory Birds Water doi: 10.3390/w11081639 Authors: Siyang Yao Xinyu Li Chenglin Liu Dongyang Yuan Longhui Zhu Xiangyu Ma Jie Yu Gang Wang Weiming Kuang Poyang Lake is the largest wintering habitat for migratory birds in Asia. In the last decade, the lake has experienced an early-occurring and prolonged dry season...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1635: Analysis of the Structure of Water Demand with the Example of Selected Buildings Water doi: 10.3390/w11081635 Authors: Urszula Kepa Longina Stepniak Ewa Stanczyk-Mazanek Krystian Chudzik The basis for the designing of water supply devices is knowledge of the distribution of water demand. The only practical tool that utility companies can use to measure water consumption is water meters. The literature part of the article compares the guidelines for...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1634: Effects of Grass and Forests and the Infiltration Amount on Preferential Flow in Karst Regions of China Water doi: 10.3390/w11081634 Authors: Xiaoqing Kan Jinhua Cheng Xiaojing Hu Fangfang Zhu Mu Li Preferential flow is an important water infiltration phenomenon in karst regions. The response of preferential flow to vegetation restoration requires urgent investigation due to the special soil structure of karst regions. In order to study the effect...
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