Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1368: Mitotic Chromosomes in Live Cells Characterized Using High-Speed and Label-Free Optical Diffraction Tomography Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111368 Authors: Kim Lee Fujii Lee Lee Park Kim Lee Pack The cell nucleus is a three-dimensional, dynamic organelle organized into subnuclear compartments such as chromatin and nucleoli. The structure and function of these compartments are maintained by diffusion and interactions between related...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 468: Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110468 Authors: Saleem Potgieter Mahmood Arif Plant diseases affect the growth of their respective species, therefore their early identification is very important. Many Machine Learning (ML) models have been employed for the detection and classification of plant diseases but, after the advancements in a subset of ML, that is, Deep Learning (DL), this area of research...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Languages, Vol. 4, Pages 84: Lack of Syllable Duration as a Post-Lexical Acoustic Cue in Spanish in Contact with Maya Languages doi: 10.3390/languages4040084 Authors: García Uth Keywords: post-lexical duration; phonemic vowel length; focus marking; language contact; Yucatecan Spanish; Yucatec Maya
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4641: Research on Optimized Energy Scheduling of Rural Microgrid Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214641 Authors: Liu Yang Jiang Wei Zhang Xu This paper introduces a new rural microgrid model, including residents and agricultural greenhouses. Based on the new model framework, the precise energy scheduling of a rural microgrid is realized by means of load classification and load forecasting. Moreover, we also adopt a new energy-storage...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4236: Sociocultural Attitudes towards Appearance, Self-Esteem and Symptoms of Body-Dysmorphic Disorders among Young Adults International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214236 Authors: Ahmadpanah Arji Arji Haghighi Jahangard Sadeghi Bahmani Brand Background: Beauty and an attractive body shape are particularly important during early adulthood, as both are related to greater mating success, positive...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3591: The Effects of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Steel Fibers on the AC Impedance and Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness of High-Performance, Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213591 Authors: Lee Kim Park This study aimed to investigate the effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and steel fibers on the AC impedance and electromagnetic shielding effectiveness (SE) of a high-performance, fiber-reinforced...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2609: Correction: Fanelli Kuczmarski, M.; et al. Aspects of Dietary Diversity Differ in Their Association with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in a Racially Diverse US Adult Population. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1034 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112609 Authors: Marie Fanelli Kuczmarski Benjamin C. Brewer Rita Rawal Ryan T. Pohlig Alan B. Zonderman Michele K. Evans The authors wish to make a correction to Table 2 in the published version of their paper...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6065: Urban Transition of the Heat Sector in Leipzig toward a Post-Fossil City? Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216065 Authors: Leonie Büttner Dieter Rink The transformation to a post-fossil city is one of the central urban challenges of the 21st century, with heat transition representing an important part of this process. In Germany, a structural change commission has proposed a complete phase-out of coal by 2038. For the city of Leipzig, which is located...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3957: Synthesis and Chemiluminescent Properties of Amino-Acylated luminol Derivatives Bearing Phosphonium Cations Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213957 Authors: Pantelia Daskalaki Cuquerella Rotas Miranda Vougioukalakis The monitoring of reactive oxygen species in living cells provides valuable information on cell function and performance. Lately, the development of chemiluminescence-based reactive oxygen species monitoring has gained...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 169: Surveillance of Individuals with a Family History of Pancreatic Cancer and Inherited Cancer Syndromes: A Strategy for Detecting Early Pancreatic Cancers Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9040169 Authors: Matsubayashi Kiyozumi Ishiwatari Uesaka Kikuyama Ono A family history of pancreatic cancer (PC) is a risk factor of PC, and risk levels increase as affected families grow in number and/or develop PC at younger ages. Familial pancreatic...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 678: Endothelial-Cell-Derived Human Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI) Protects Cardiomyocytes against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110678 Authors: Kongpol Nernpermpisooth Prompunt Kumphune Vascular endothelial cell (EC)-derived factors play an important role in endothelial–cardiomyocyte crosstalk and could save cardiomyocytes (CMs) from injury. The manipulation of endothelial cells to secrete...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3956: Extraction and Purification of Capsaicin from Capsicum Oleoresin Using a Combination of Tunable Aqueous Polymer-Phase Impregnated Resin (TAPPIR) Extraction and Chromatography Technology Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213956 Authors: Lu Cui Capsaicin, which mainly comes from pepper, exhibits anticancer, antioxidant, and anti-obesity properties. This work aims to construct a comprehensive technology for the extraction and purification of capsaicin...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2289: Multi-Method Tracking of Monsoon Floods Using Sentinel-1 Imagery Water doi: 10.3390/w11112289 Authors: Ruzza Guerriero Grelle Guadagno Revellino Floods cause great losses in terms of human life and damages to settlements. Since the exposure is a proxy of the risk, it is essential to track flood evolution. The increasing availability of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery extends flood tracking capabilities because of its all-water and day/night...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1010: Susceptibility of Chickens to Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) Viruses of Wild Bird– and Poultry–Associated Subtypes Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111010 Authors: Bergervoet Germeraad Alders Roose Engelsma Heutink Bouwstra Fouchier Beerens Analysis of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) viruses circulating in the Netherlands in a previous study revealed associations of specific hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA)...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2290: Activated Carbon and the Principal Mineral Constituents of a Natural Soil in the Presence of Carbamazepine Water doi: 10.3390/w11112290 Authors: BIZI The presence of pharmaceutical residues in the different aquatic compartments is a major environmental issue. Carbamazepine (CBZ), a heterocyclic antiepileptic, which is neutral between pH 3 and 11, is known to resist biodegradation. Its elimination in wastewater treatment plants is below 20% regardless of the...
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Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 749: Design and Optimization of Germanium-Based Gate-Metal-Core Vertical Nanowire Tunnel FET Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi10110749 Authors: Jang Yoon Cho Jung Lee Jang Bae Kang In this paper, a germanium-based gate-metal-core vertical nanowire tunnel field effect transistor (VNWTFET) has been designed and optimized using the technology computer-aided design (TCAD) simulation. In the proposed structure, by locating the gate-metal...
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Designs, Vol. 3, Pages 49: Geometric Parameter Control of Infill Patterns Designs doi: 10.3390/designs3040049 Authors: Chynybekova Existing studies on infill patterns have tended to focus on pattern design rather than on geometric parameters. During this study, we propose a new controlling method focused specifically on the geometric parameters of infill patterns. The input parameters of this method can be used to create 3D printed objects with more lightweight interiors. The presented...
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Coatings, Vol. 9, Pages 715: Influence of Sputtering Power on the Electrical Properties of In-Sn-Zn Oxide Thin Films Deposited by High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings9110715 Authors: Zhi-Yue Li Sheng-Chi Chen Qiu-Hong Huo Ming-Han Liao Ming-Jiang Dai Song-Sheng Lin Tian-Lin Yang Hui Sun In-Sn-Zn oxide (ITZO) thin films have been studied as a potential material in flat panel displays due to their high carrier concentration and high...
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Minerals, Vol. 9, Pages 674: Geochemical Fractions of the Agricultural Soils of Southern Poland and the Assessment of the Potentially Harmful Element Mobility Minerals doi: 10.3390/min9110674 Authors: Gruszecka-Kosowska Baran Mazur-Kajta Czech Surface samples (0–25 cm each) of agricultural soils were investigated in five Regions (voivodeships) of southern Poland. The mean Potentially Harmful Element (PHE) pseudototal content ranges were as follows (mg/kg): As 5.19–10.9,...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
JMSE, Vol. 7, Pages 389: Hydrodynamic Performance of Submerged Plates During Focused Waves Journal of Marine Science and Engineering doi: 10.3390/jmse7110389 Authors: Fang Yang Guo Submerged horizontal plates are widely employed in research of wave structure interaction as a simplification of coastal and ocean engineering structures. The hydrodynamic performance of submerged horizontal plates under focused waves has been seldom reported. Based on potential flow theory, this...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5448: Optimization of Mature Embryo-Based Tissue Culture and Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation in Model Grass Brachypodium distachyon International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215448 Authors: Yu Wang Miao Xi Wang Wang Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation is well established in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon. However, most protocols employ immature embryos because of their better regenerative capacity....
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1553: Controlling the Growth Locations of Ag Nanoparticles at Nanoscale by Shifting LSPR Hotspots Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111553 Authors: Zhu Zhang Wang Zhu Gao Zhao Zhang Chen Controlling chemical reactions by plasma is expected to be a new method for improving the structural properties of substrates. An Au nanojar array was prepared when Au was deposited onto a 2D polystyrene (PS) array. The site-selective chemical growth...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Infrastructures, Vol. 4, Pages 69: Properties of Blast-Furnace Slag Cement Concrete Subjected to Accelerated Curing Infrastructures doi: 10.3390/infrastructures4040069 Authors: Bernard A. Zulu Shingo Miyazawa Nobukazu Nito Accelerated curing is used for mass production in the precast concrete industry. Autogenous shrinkage and drying shrinkage occur in concrete, during and after accelerated curing. Thus, thermal cracks may occur in concrete due to both heating and cement hydration...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Education Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 264: Reclaiming Liberal Education Education Sciences doi: 10.3390/educsci9040264 Authors: Hadzigeorgiou The main purpose of this paper is to articulate and defend an updated concept of liberal education. To achieve this purpose, the paper has attempted two things. First, to provide a meaning for the notion of liberal education by drawing upon, and discussing briefly, the ideas of three British philosophers, namely, Paul Hirst, Richard Stanley Peters,...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Coatings, Vol. 9, Pages 714: A Novel Basalt Flake Epoxy Resin Coating Modified by Carbon Nanotubes Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings9110714 Authors: Luo Wang Ma Wang Liu Ding Jiang As a new type of anticorrosive material, basalt flakes (BFs) have been widely used in the marine industry due to their good acid and alkali corrosion resistance and dispersion stability. In this work, the effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) addition on properties improvement of basalt flake...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 723: Intratumoral Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Density and PD-L1 Expression Are Prognostic Biomarkers for Patients with Colorectal Cancer Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55110723 Authors: Calik Calik Turken Ozercan Dagli Artas Sarikaya Background and objectives: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated inflammatory response to tumors plays a crucial role in preventing the progression of some cancers. Programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), a cell-surface...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1697: Roles for Autophagy in Esophageal Carcinogenesis: Implications for Improving Patient Outcomes Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111697 Authors: Saxena Klochkova Murray Kabir Samad Beccari Gang Patel Hamilton Whelan Esophageal cancer is among the most aggressive forms of human malignancy with five-year survival rates of <20%. Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic process that degrades and recycles damaged...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2288: Combined Use of High-Resolution Numerical Schemes to Reduce Numerical Diffusion in Coupled Nonhydrostatic Hydrodynamic and Solute Transport Model Water doi: 10.3390/w11112288 Authors: Augusto Hugo Farias Cunha Carlos Ruberto Fragoso Jr. Tavares Matheus Henrique Cavalcanti J. Rafael Bonnet Marie-Paule Motta-Marques In three-dimensional simulations of free-surface flow where the vertical velocities are relevant, such as in lakes, estuaries, reservoirs,...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3955: Prediction of Severity of Drug-Drug Interactions Caused by Enzyme Inhibition and Activation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213955 Authors: Dmitriev Filimonov Lagunin Karasev Pogodin Rudik Poroikov Drug-drug interactions (DDIs) severity assessment is a crucial problem because polypharmacy is increasingly common in modern medical practice. Many DDIs are caused by alterations of the plasma concentrations of one drug due to another...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 517: Internal and External Microbial Community of the Thitarodes Moth, the Host of Ophiocordyceps sinensis Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110517 Authors: Liang Hong Mai Zhu Guo Ophiocordyceps sinensis is a widely known medicinal entomogenous fungus, which parasitizes the soil-borne larva of Thitarodes (Hepialidae, Lepidoptera) distributed in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau and its adjacent areas. Previous research has...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6064: Preparations for Developing a World Design Capital: The Case of Taipei City Transformation Process in Taiwan Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216064 Authors: Juan Cheng Perng The World Design Capital (WDC) is a global city promotion project that praises achievements in cities that use design as a fundamental tool to reshape the cityscape, while improving the quality of life for its citizens within the respect of sustainability and diversity....
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4744: High Rate Dynamic Monitoring with Fabry–Perot Interferometric Sensors: An Alternative Interrogation Technique Targeting Biomedical Applications Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214744 Authors: M. Fátima Domingues Cátia Tavares Nélia Alberto Ayman Radwan Paulo André Paulo Antunes Fabry–Perot interferometric (FPI) sensors are an accurate and well-established sensing technology that are used to monitor a wide range of parameters such as strain, temperature,...
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Metals, Vol. 9, Pages 1179: The Effect of Milling Cooling Conditions on the Surface Integrity and Fatigue Behavior of the GH4169 Superalloy Metals doi: 10.3390/met9111179 Authors: Rufeng Xu Yongxin Zhou Xun Li Shenliang Yang Kangning Han Shijun Wang The GH4169 superalloy has high strength at high temperatures. Cooling conditions have a major impact on the machined surface integrity, which further affects the fatigue properties of specimens of the GH4169 superalloy. The...
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Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 747: Electroosmotic Flow of Viscoelastic Fluid in a Nanochannel Connecting Two Reservoirs Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi10110747 Authors: Mei Qian : Electroosmotic flow (EOF) of viscoelastic fluid with Linear Phan-Thien–Tanner (LPTT) constitutive model in a nanochannel connecting two reservoirs is numerically studied. For the first time, the influence of viscoelasticity on the EOF and the ionic conductance in the micro-nanofluidic interconnect...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4235: Salmonella in Retail Food and Wild Birds in Singapore—Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Sequence Types International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214235 Authors: Aung Chen Chau Yap Lim Humaidi Chua Yeo Yap Oh Manogaran Hapuarachchi Maiwald Tee Barkham Koh Gutiérrez Schlundt Ng Non-typhoidal salmonellosis is a leading cause of foodborne...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6062: Prevalence and Correlates of Academic Dishonesty: Towards a Sustainable University Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216062 Authors: Cuadrado Salgado Moscoso Academic dishonesty (AD) is a problem that affects all higher education institutions. It hurts their reputation, undermines integrity programs, and sidelines sustainability efforts. To understand its negative impact, the empirical study of AD is a critical issue. Up to now, the majority...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 677: The Dipterose of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Induces Innate Immune Response through Toll-Like Receptor Pathway in Mouse Macrophage RAW264.7 Cells Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110677 Authors: Ali Ohta Ido Miura Miura In our study, a novel bioactive polysaccharide was identified in the larvae of the black soldier fly (BSF) (Hermetia illucens) as a molecule that activates the mammalian innate immune response. We attempted to...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3954: β-Cyclodextrin Assisted Liquid–Liquid Microextraction Based on Solidification of the Floating Organic Droplets Method for Determination of Neonicotinoid Residues Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213954 Authors: Vichapong Moyakao Kachangoon Burakham Santaladchaiyakit Srijaranai An efficient and environment-friendly microextraction method, namely, β-cyclodextrin assisted liquid–liquid microextraction, based on solidification...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5446: Extracellular HtrA2 Induces Apoptosis in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215446 Authors: Kaur Stallmann Schanze Laumann Heger Steinfurt Stachon Peter Bode Moser Ahrens Duerschmied Hortmann The serine protease high-temperature-required protein A2 (HtrA2) has been identified as a key intracellular molecule promoting apoptosis in cells during...
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