Arts, Vol. 8, Pages 138: The Artist’s Book in the Age of Digital Reproduction: Walter Benjamin and the Artist’s Book Arts doi: 10.3390/arts8040138 Authors: Stephen Bury Walter Benjamin, who was familiar with the pre-Second World War avant-garde, argued that mechanization threatens the aura of art objects. The digital revolution has been seen as reconfirming Benjamin’s thesis, but the digital can be seen to reaffirm the value of the actual, physical artist’s book,...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 519: Microstructural, Textural, Sensory Properties and Quality of Wheat–Yam Composite Flour Noodles Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8100519 Authors: Kai-Nong Sun Ai-Mei Liao Fan Zhang Kiran Thakur Jian-Guo Zhang Ji-Hong Huang Zhao-Jun Wei Herein, feasibility of supplementing wheat flour with Chinese yam powder (CYP) for noodle preparation was assessed. After supplementation with CYP, the alterations in chemical, texture, cooking, rheological, and microstructure...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 518: Current Trends in the Realm of Baking: When Indulgent Consumers Demand Healthy Sustainable Foods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8100518 Authors: Mario M. Martinez Manuel Gomez The term “baked goods” encompasses multiple food products made from flour (typically wheat flour) [...]
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4021: Premature Mortality for Chronic Diseases in the EU Member States International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16204021 Authors: Silvia Megyesiova Vanda Lieskovska Premature mortality, and especially premature mortality for chronic diseases, is a very important topic of public health, health care, or lifestyle of population. The main aim of countries is to reduce premature mortality, and therefore an analysis of the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4020: Two Approaches to Increase Physical Activity for Preschool Children in Child Care Centers: A Matched-Pair Cluster-Randomized Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16204020 Authors: Pooja S. Tandon Katherine L. Downing Brian E. Saelens Dimitri A. Christakis Early childhood education settings are critical for promoting physical activity (PA) but intervention effects are often small. The aim of this...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4019: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Comprehensive Smoke-Free Legislation in Indoor Public Places in Shanghai, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16204019 Authors: Yanxia Wei Ron Borland Pinpin Zheng Hua Fu Fan Wang Jingyi He Yitian Feng This study evaluated compliance with the comprehensive smoke-free law in public indoor places introduced in Shanghai in March 2017. Observations and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4018: Health Inequality Among the Elderly in Rural China and Influencing Factors: Evidence from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16204018 Authors: Pan Fan Yang Deng Based on data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), this paper calculates the health distribution of the elderly using the Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB) score,...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5209: New Phosphorus Analogs of Bevirimat: Synthesis, Evaluation of Anti-HIV-1 Activity and Molecular Docking Study International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205209 Authors: Elwira Chrobak Krzysztof Marciniec Aleksandra Dąbrowska Paweł Pęcak Ewa Bębenek Monika Kadela-Tomanek Andrzej Bak Maria Jastrzębska Stanisław Boryczka Since the beginning of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic, many groups of drugs characterized...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5210: Involvement of Progranulin and Granulin Expression in Inflammatory Responses after Cerebral Ischemia International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205210 Authors: Ichiro Horinokita Hideki Hayashi Rika Oteki Risa Mizumura Tatsuaki Yamaguchi Akane Usui Bo Yuan Norio Takagi Progranulin (PGRN) plays a crucial role in diverse biological processes, including cell proliferation and embryonic development. PGRN can be cleaved by...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5206: Glycosylation of Zika Virus is Important in Host–Virus Interaction and Pathogenic Potential International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205206 Authors: Nanda Kishore Routhu Sylvain D. Lehoux Emily A. Rouse Mehdi R. M. Bidokhti Leila B. Giron Alitzel Anzurez St Patrick Reid Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen Richard D. Cummings Siddappa N. Byrareddy Zika virus (ZIKV) is a global public health issue due to its association with...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5207: Fetuin-A Inhibits Placental Cell Growth and Ciliogenesis in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205207 Authors: Chia-Yih Wang Mei-Tsz Su Hui-ling Cheng Pao-Lin Kuo Pei-Yin Tsai Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a type of unbalanced glucose tolerance that occurs during pregnancy, which affects approximately 10% of pregnancies worldwide. Fetuin-A is associated with insulin resistance, and...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5208: Amelioration of Mitochondrial Quality Control and Proteostasis by Natural Compounds in Parkinson’s Disease Models International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205208 Authors: Bongki Cho Taeyun Kim Yu-Jin Huh Jaemin Lee Yun-Il Lee Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a well-known age-related neurodegenerative disorder associated with longer lifespans and rapidly aging populations. The pathophysiological mechanism is a complex progress...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5205: Anti-Diabetic Nephropathy Activities of Polysaccharides Obtained from Termitornyces albuminosus via Regulation of NF-κB Signaling in db/db Mice International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205205 Authors: Chang Yang Qi Feng Huan Liao Xinlei Yu Yang Liu Di Wang Termitornyces albuminosus is a kind of traditional Chinese edible fungus rich in nutrients and medicinal ingredients, and it has anti-oxidative, analgesic and anti-inflammatory...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5204: Age- and BMI-Associated Expression of Angiogenic Factors in White Adipose Tissue of Children International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205204 Authors: Niklas Gaebler Benedikt Haggenmüller Melanie Kapapa Alexandre Serra Daniel Tews Jan-Bernd Funcke Stephanie Brandt Valentin Ioannidis Michael Schön Peter Möller Klaus-Michael Debatin Martin Wabitsch Pamela Fischer-Posovszky The growth of adipose tissue and...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5203: Adverse Effects of Proton Pump Inhibitors—Evidence and Plausibility International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205203 Authors: Reidar Fossmark Tom C. Martinsen Helge L. Waldum Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been increasingly used over the last decades and there are concerns about overuse and the numerous reported side-effects. It is uncertain whether associations between PPI use and potential side effects are causal. However, important...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5202: Carvedilol Ameliorates Experimental Atherosclerosis by Regulating Cholesterol Efflux and Exosome Functions International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205202 Authors: Chen Tsui Chuang Chiang Chen Liu Lin Huang Lin Wu Tsai Lin Carvedilol (Cav), a nonselective β-blocker with α1 adrenoceptor blocking effect, has been used as a standard therapy for coronary artery disease. This study...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5201: Enterovirus-Associated Hand-Foot and Mouth Disease and Neurological Complications in Japan and the Rest of the World International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205201 Authors: Gabriel Gonzalez Michael J. Carr Masaaki Kobayashi Nozomu Hanaoka Tsuguto Fujimoto Enteroviruses (EVs) are responsible for extremely large-scale, periodic epidemics in pediatric cohorts, particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Clinical presentation includes...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5199: Cytoprotective Preconditioning of Osteoblast-Like Cells with N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine for Bone Regeneration in Cell Therapy International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205199 Authors: Masahiro Yamada Jun Watanabe Takeshi Ueno Takahiro Ogawa Hiroshi Egusa Oxidative stress hinders tissue regeneration in cell therapy by inducing apoptosis and dysfunction in transplanted cells. N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) reinforces cellular antioxidant...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5200: MicroRNA Mediate Visfatin and Resistin Induction of Oxidative Stress in Human Osteoarthritic Synovial Fibroblasts Via NF-κB Pathway International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20205200 Authors: Cheleschi Gallo Barbarino Giannotti Mondanelli Giordano Tenti Fioravanti Synovial membrane inflammation actively participate to structural damage during osteoarthritis (OA). Adipokines, miRNA, and oxidative stress contribute...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1742: Association of Serum PCSK9 Levels with Antibiotic Resistance and Severity of Disease in Patients with Bacterial Infections Admitted to Intensive Care Units Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101742 Authors: Tannaz Jamialahmadi Yunes Panahi Mohamamd Amin Safarpour Shiva Ganjali Mahdi Chahabi Zeljko Reiner Saeed Solgi Amir Vahedian-azimi Parisa Kianpour Maciej Banach Amirhossein Sahebkar Background: The results of several...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 704: Geographic Distribution, Phenotype and Epidemiological Tendency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in Romania Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100704 Authors: Adrian Goldiș Raluca Lupușoru Liana Gheorghe Cristian Gheorghe Anca Trifan Daniela Dobru Cristina Cijevschi Alina Tanțău Gabriel Constantinescu Răzvan Iacob Ramona Goldiș Mircea Diculescu Background and objective: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 706: The Relationship between the Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Palmoplantar Warts Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100706 Authors: Cristina Iulia Mitran Ilinca Nicolae Mircea Tampa Madalina Irina Mitran Constantin Caruntu Maria Isabela Sarbu Corina Daniela Ene Clara Matei Antoniu Cringu Ionescu Simona Roxana Georgescu Mircea Ioan Popa Background and objectives: Warts are...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 705: A Case of Paraphilia with Osteoporosis and Administered with Depot Leuprorelin Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100705 Authors: Dohee Kim Kyoung Min Kim Myung Ho Lim Paraphilia is a complex psychological and psychiatric disorder that has been difficult to treat. Leuprorelin has been used as one of the therapeutic methods for paraphilia. Leuprorelin administration could change insulin resistance and accelerate bone loss. The case study in this work was...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 703: Body of Evidence in Favor of Adopting 130/80 mm Hg as New Blood Pressure Cut-Off for All the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100703 Authors: Giovanni Sisti Belinda Williams The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) updated its guideline redefining the classification of hypertension and the blood pressure cut-off in 2017. The current cut-offs for stage 1 hypertension of 130 mm Hg systolic...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 239: Comprehensive Understanding of the Bacterial Populations and Metabolites Profile of Fermented Feed by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100239 Authors: Wei Jin Zheng Zhang Kun Zhu Yanfeng Xue Fei Xie Shengyong Mao The comprehensive bacterial populations and metabolites profile in fermented feed is unclear, which may have significant effects on the stability of fermented feed...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3777: Synthesis and Thermophysical Characterization of Fatty Amides for Thermal Energy Storage Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24203777 Authors: Anna Canela-Xandri Gemma Villorbina Mercè Balcells Xavier Fernández-Francos Luisa F. Cabeza Ramon Canela-Garayoa Nine monoamides were synthesized from carboxylic acids (C8–C18) and crude glycerol. The final monoamides were the result of a rearrangement of the acyl chain during the final hydrogenation...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3776: Facile Preparation of CuS Nanoparticles from the Interfaces of Hydrophobic Ionic Liquids and Water Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24203776 Authors: Yunchang Fan Yingcun Li Xiaojiang Han Xiaojie Wu Lina Zhang Qiang Wang In this work, a two-phase system composed of hydrophobic ionic liquid (IL) and water phases was introduced to prepare copper sulfide (CuS) nanoparticles. It was found that CuS particles generated from the interfaces of carboxyl-functionalized...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1498: The Preparation and Properties of Multilayer Cu-MTa2O5 Composite Coatings on Ti6Al4V for Biomedical Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101498 Authors: Zeliang Ding Yi Wang Quan Zhou Ziyu Ding Yiyong Wu Yuefang Zhu Wensong Shi Quanguo He For the enhancement of the anticorrosion and antibacterial performance of the biomedical alloy Ti6Al4V, a novel Cu incorporated multilayer Ta2O5ceramic composite coating Cu-Ta2O5/Ta2O5/Ta2O5-TiO2/TiO2/Ti...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1497: Experiment and Simulation of a Selective Subwavelength Filter with a Low Index Contrast Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101497 Authors: Tao Li Mohamed Asbahii Jian-Yee Lim Hong Xie Chan-Wai Koh Min-Hao Goh Kian-Soo Ong Hang Zhang Ding Ding Subwavelength gratings have been of great interest recently due to their ability to eliminate multiple orders. However, high index contrast ( Δ n ∼ 3 ) is typically...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2533: Increasing Energy Flux to Maintain Diet-Induced Weight Loss Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102533 Authors: Christopher L. Melby Hunter L. Paris R. Drew Sayer Christopher Bell James O. Hill Long-term maintenance of weight loss requires sustained energy balance at the reduced body weight. This could be attained by coupling low total daily energy intake (TDEI) with low total daily energy expenditure (TDEE; low energy flux), or by pairing high TDEI...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2532: Diet-Related Factors, Physical Activity, and Weight Status in Polish Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102532 Authors: Marzena Jezewska-Zychowicz Jerzy Gębski Marta Plichta Dominika Guzek Małgorzata Kosicka-Gębska Obesity is a serious problem for both the individual and society due to its health and economic consequences. Therefore, there is a need to focus on factors which explain this phenomenon and may be useful in preventing future occurrence....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2531: Decrease in Serum Vitamin D Level of Older Patients with Fatigue Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102531 Authors: Pennisi Malaguarnera Bartolo Lanza Bella Chisari Cauli Vicari Malaguarnera Fatigue is characterized by reduced energy level, decreased muscle strength, and a variable degree of cognitive impairment. Recent evidences seem to link vitamin D deficiency to fatigue. The aim of this study was to assess and compare vitamin...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2530: A Fermented Food Product Containing Lactic Acid Bacteria Protects ZDF Rats from the Development of Type 2 Diabetes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102530 Authors: Miriam Cabello-Olmo Maria Oneca Paloma Torre Neira Sainz María J. Moreno-Aliaga Elizabeth Guruceaga Jesús Vicente Díaz Ignacio J. Encio Miguel Barajas Miriam Araña Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a complex metabolic disease, which involves a maintained hyperglycemia due to the...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 199: Cross-Reactive Antibodies Binding to the Influenza Virus Subtype H11 Hemagglutinin Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040199 Authors: Shirin Strohmeier Fatima Amanat Florian Krammer H11 subtype influenza viruses were isolated from a wide range of bird species and one strain also was isolated from swine. In an effort to generate reagents for a chimeric H11/1 hemagglutinin-based universal influenza virus vaccine candidate, we produced 28 monoclonal antibodies...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 198: Dual Transcriptional Profile of Aspergillus flavus during Co-Culture with Listeria monocytogenes and Aflatoxin B1 Production: A Pathogen–Pathogen Interaction Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040198 Authors: Iliada K. Lappa Angeliki Maria Dionysopoulou Spiros Paramithiotis Maria Georgiadou Eleftherios H. Drosinos The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of growth temperature and co-culture of Aspergillus flavus with Listeria monocytogenes...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 545: Comparative Evaluation of Solubility, Cytotoxicity and Photostability Studies of Resveratrol and Oxyresveratrol Loaded Nanosponges Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11100545 Authors: Nilesh Kumar Dhakar Adrián Matencio Fabrizio Caldera Monica Argenziano Roberta Cavalli Chiara Dianzani Marco Zanetti José Manuel López-Nicolás Francesco Trotta Resveratrol and oxyresveratrol are natural polyphenolic stilbenes with several important...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 431: Silicon Priming Regulates Morpho-Physiological Growth and Oxidative Metabolism in Maize under Drought Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8100431 Authors: Abida Parveen Wei Liu Saddam Hussain Jaleel Asghar Shagufta Perveen Yousheng Xiong Seed priming with silicon (Si) is an efficient and easy method to regulate plant tolerance against different abiotic stresses. A pot experiment was conducted to examine the Si-mediated changes in oxidative defense...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 588: Gender and Superstition in Modern Chinese Literature Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10100588 Authors: Gal Gvili This article offers a new perspective on the study of the discourse on superstition (mixin) in modern China. Drawing upon recent work on the import of the concept “superstition” to the colonial world during the 19th century, the article intervenes in the current study of the circulation of discursive constructs in area studies....
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 587: Shifting Religious Identities and Sharia in Othello Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10100587 Authors: Johanyak Despite twenty-first century research advances regarding the role of Islam in Shakespeare’s plays, questions remain concerning the extent of William Shakespeare’s knowledge of Muslim culture and his use of that knowledge in writing Othello. I suggest that the playwright had access to numerous sources that informed his depiction of...
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