IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5445: Transcription Factors Targeted by miRNAs Regulating Smooth Muscle Cell Growth and Intimal Thickening after Vascular Injury International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215445 Authors: Khachigian Neointima formation after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a manifestation of “phenotype switching” by vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC), a process that involves de-differentiation from a contractile quiescent phenotype...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1367: Metabolic, Physiological, and Transcriptomics Analysis of Batch Cultures of the Green Microalga Chlamydomonas Grown on Different Acetate Concentrations Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111367 Authors: Bogaert Perez Rumin Giltay Carone Coosemans Radoux Eppe Levine Remacle Remacle Acetate can be efficiently metabolized by the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The regular concentration is 17 mM, although higher concentrations...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6063: Quality Control Systems in Higher Education Supported by the Use of Mobile Messaging Services Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216063 Authors: Matosas-López Bernal-Bravo Romero-Ania Palomero-Ilardia This study breaks away from the immobility experienced by quality control systems in higher education. The authors, following the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on quality education set by the United Nations, propose a questionnaire delivery...
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Animals, Vol. 9, Pages 887: Inter- and Intra-Species Communication of Emotion: Chemosignals as the Neglected Medium Animals doi: 10.3390/ani9110887 Authors: Gün R. Semin Anna Scandurra Paolo Baragli Antonio Lanatà Biagio D’Aniello Human body odors contain chemosignals that make species-specific communication possible. Such communication is without communicative intent and is generally below the threshold of consciousness. Human recipients of these chemosignals produced during...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5444: Cachexia Anorexia Syndrome and Associated Metabolic Dysfunction in Peritoneal Metastasis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215444 Authors: Archid Solass Tempfer Königsrainer Adolph Reymond Wilson : Patients with peritoneal metastasis (PM) of gastrointestinal and gynecological origin present with a nutritional deficit characterized by increased resting energy expenditure (REE), loss of muscle mass, and protein...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3953: Development and Validation of a Sensitive UHPLC-MS/MS Method for the Measurement of Gardneramine in Rat Plasma and Tissues and its Application to Pharmacokinetics and Tissue Distribution Study Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213953 Authors: Zhao Tan Chen Sun Wang Song Olounfeh Meng As a novel monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, gardneramine has been confirmed to possess excellent nervous depressive effects. However, there have...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4234: Prevalence of Falls on Mount Fuji and Associated with Risk Factors: A Questionnaire Survey Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214234 Authors: Uno Fujino Ohwaki Horiuchi Since little is known about the detailed situations of falls on Mount Fuji, the aim of this study was to clarify the risk factors of falls on Mount Fuji in Japan. We conducted a questionnaire survey of 556 participants...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4233: Analysis of the Agricultural Economy and Agricultural Pollution Using the Decoupling Index in Chengdu, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214233 Authors: Li Gong Yang The development of the agricultural economy has brought the agricultural pollution, and agricultural pollution has restrained the growth of the agricultural economy and endangered public health. Since the Economic Reform opened...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2287: Using Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes to Distinguish the Sources of Plant Leaf Surface Moisture in an Urban Environment Water doi: 10.3390/w11112287 Authors: Xu Yi Yang Dou Plant leaf surface moisture is a frequent meteorological phenomenon that has complicated sources. As such, the determination of whether surface moisture is the input water or only the redistribution of water in the soil–plant–atmosphere ecosystem is...
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Genes, Vol. 10, Pages 876: Meta-Analysis of Grainyhead-Like Dependent Transcriptional Networks: A Roadmap for Identifying Novel Conserved Genetic Pathways Genes doi: 10.3390/genes10110876 Authors: Mathiyalagan Miles Anderson Wilanowski Grills McDonald Keightley Charzynska Dabrowski Dworkin : The Drosophila grainyhead (grh) and vertebrate Grainyhead-like (Grhl) transcription factors are among the most critical genes for epithelial development, maintenance...
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Languages, Vol. 4, Pages 83: “Esa no soy Yo”: Self-Image and Name Change from the Perspective of Female Immigrants Languages doi: 10.3390/languages4040083 Authors: Ainciburu Buttazzi The given name by which we call ourselves in our native language contains a series of phonetic, social, and cultural elements that determine its value in any given context. When people migrate, these elements change and, consequently, so does the individual’s self-perception. This research...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4743: An Adaptive Exposure Fusion Method Using fuzzy Logic and Multivariate Normal Conditional Random Fields Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214743 Authors: Lin Hua Lu Sun Chen High dynamic range (HDR) has wide applications involving intelligent vision sensing which includes enhanced electronic imaging, smart surveillance, self-driving cars, intelligent medical diagnosis, etc. Exposure fusion is an essential HDR technique which fuses different exposures...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4742: An Anti-Interference Scheme for UAV Data Links in Air–Ground Integrated Vehicular Networks Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214742 Authors: Yixin He Daosen Zhai Ruonan Zhang Xiaojiang Du Mohsen Guizani As one of the main applications of the Internet of things (IoT), the vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) is the core of the intelligent transportation system (ITS). Air–ground integrated vehicular networks (AGIVNs) assisted by unmanned aerial vehicles...
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Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 748: Design of a Tribotester Based on Non-Contact Displacement Measurements Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi10110748 Authors: Kim Sung A tribotester with an integrated load sensor based on a strain gauge is typically used to measure the friction coefficient generated by the contact-related sliding motion of two objects. Since the friction coefficient is obtained by dividing the measured friction force by the applied normal force, the normal and friction...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 722: The Impact of Socio-Economic and Home Environmental Factors on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life Among Children Aged 11–14 Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55110722 Authors: Shahenaz Najjar Maliha Nasim Lubna Al-Nasser Emad Masuadi Background and Objectives: Oral diseases are known to negatively impact physical, functional, and emotional well-being, and thus adversely affect quality of life. The aims of the study were (1) to assess the oral health-related...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5447: Conjunctival Melanoma: Genetic and Epigenetic Insights of a Distinct Type of Melanoma International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215447 Authors: Rossi Schinzari Maiorano Pagliara Di Stefani Bria Peris Blasi Tortora Conjunctival melanoma (CjM) is a rare, primary cancer of the ocular region. Genetic and epigenetic characteristics of conjunctival melanoma have not been completely elucidated yet. Conjunctival...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1696: Role of Sphingosylphosphorylcholine in Tumor and Tumor Microenvironment Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111696 Authors: Park Lee Sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC) is a unique type of lysosphingolipid found in some diseases, and has been studied in cardiovascular, neurological, and inflammatory phenomena. In particular, SPC's studies on cancer have been conducted mainly in terms of effects on cancer cells, and relatively little consideration has been given...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4166: An Optimized Regulation Scheme of Improving the Effective Utilization of the Regenerative Braking Energy of the Whole Railway Line Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214166 Authors: Qiwei Lu Bangbang He Zhixuan Gao Cheng Che Xuteng Wei Jihui Ma Zhichun Zhang Jiantao Luo With respect to the problems of great impact on the utility grid, the increasing catenary voltage, the limited utilization rate of the regenerative braking energy (RBE) and the...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 79: Decision-Making Processes Underlying Pedestrian Behaviors at Signalized Crossing: Part 1. The First to Step off the Kerb Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5040079 Authors: Pelé Deneubourg Sueur Pedestrians are ideal subjects for the study of decision-making, due to the inter-individual variation in risk taking. Many studies have attempted to understand which environmental factors influence the number of times pedestrians broke the rules at road-crossings, very...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3952: Synthesis, Antitumor Activity, and Docking Analysis of New Pyrido[3’,2’:4,5]furo(thieno)[3,2-d]pyrimidin-8-amines Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213952 Authors: Sirakanyan Spinelli Geronikaki Hakobyan Sahakyan Arabyan Zakaryan Nersesyan Aharonyan Danielyan Muradyan Hovakimyan Continuing our research in the field of new heterocyclic compounds, herein we report on the synthesis and antitumor activity of new...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1366: ACVR1 Function in Health and Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111366 Authors: Valer Sánchez-de-Diego Pimenta-Lopes Rosa Ventura Activin A receptor type I (ACVR1) encodes for a bone morphogenetic protein type I receptor of the TGFβ receptor superfamily. It is involved in a wide variety of biological processes, including bone, heart, cartilage, nervous, and reproductive system development and regulation. Moreover, ACVR1 has been extensively...
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Batteries, Vol. 5, Pages 67: Analytical Dissection of an Automotive Li-Ion Pouch Cell Batteries doi: 10.3390/batteries5040067 Authors: Kovachev Schröttner Gstrein Aiello Hanzu Wilkening Foitzik Wellm Sinz Ellersdorfer Information derived from microscopic images of Li-ion cells is the base for research on the function, the safety, and the degradation of Li-ion batteries. This research was carried out to acquire information required to understand the...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 78: Impact of Various Clothing Variations on Firefighter Mobility: A Pilot Study Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5040078 Authors: Robin Orr Vini Simas Elisa Canetti Daniel Maupin Ben Schram Firefighter clothing is known to restrict movement and increase the risk of musculoskeletal injury. The aim of this study was to investigate differences between clothing variations and firefighter mobility. Data were collected from eight firefighters using a randomized...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3593: Hybrid Shape Memory Alloy-Based Nanomechanical Resonators for Ultrathin Film Elastic Properties Determination and Heavy Mass Spectrometry Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213593 Authors: Stachiv Gan Micro-/nanomechanical resonators are often used in material science to measure the elastic properties of ultrathin films or mass spectrometry to estimate the mass of various chemical and biological molecules. Measurements with these sensors utilize changes in...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4741: Spectrum Handoff based on Imperfect Channel State Prediction Probabilities with Collision Reduction in Cognitive Radio Ad Hoc Networks Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214741 Authors: Atif Shakeel Riaz Hussain Adeel Iqbal Irfan Latif Latif Khan Qadeer Ul Hasan and Shahzad Ali Ul Hasan Ali Malik The spectrum handoff is highly critical as well as challenging in a cognitive radio ad hoc network (CRAHN) due to lack of coordination among secondary users...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3951: The Early Years of 2,2’-Bipyridine—A Ligand in Its Own Lifetime Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213951 Authors: Constable Housecroft The first fifty years of the chemistry of 2,2’-bipyridine are reviewed from its first discovery in 1888 to the outbreak of the second global conflict in 1939. The coordination chemistry and analytical applications are described and placed in the context of the increasingly sophisticated methods of characterization...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6061: Behavior of Pb During Coal Combustion: An Overview Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216061 Authors: Bartoňová Raclavská Čech Kucbel Despite the progress in understanding heavy metals behavior during coal combustion, mitigation of heavy metals emissions is still a tough challenge due to a complex character of this phenomenon. Several lists of potentially toxic elements have been presented; in most cases, Pb belongs to the elements with...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3950: Structure of Diferrocenyl Thioketone: From Molecule to Crystal Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213950 Authors: Matczak Mlostoń Hamera-Fałdyga Görls Weigand Ferrocenyl-functionalized thioketones have recently been recognized as useful building blocks for sulfur-containing compounds with potential applications in materials chemistry. This work is devoted to a single representative of such thioketones, namely diferrocenyl thioketone (Fc2CS),...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3947: Supramolecular Carotenoid Complexes of Enhanced Solubility and Stability—The Way of Bioavailability Improvement Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213947 Authors: Focsan Polyakov Kispert Carotenoids are natural dyes and antioxidants widely used in food processing and in therapeutic formulations. However, their practical application is restricted by their high sensitivity to external factors such as heat, light, oxygen, metal ions and processing...
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WEVJ, Vol. 10, Pages 70: Optimal Incentives for Electric Vehicles at e-Park & Ride Hub with Renewable Energy Source World Electric Vehicle Journal doi: 10.3390/wevj10040070 Authors: Benoît Sohet Olivier Beaude Yezekael Hayel Alban Jeandin As electric vehicles’ penetration increases, more impacts on urban systems are observed and related to both driving (e.g., on traffic congestion and reduced pollution) and charging (e.g., on the electrical grid). Therefore, there...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4740: Passing through Open/Closed Doors: A Solution for 3D Scanning Robots Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214740 Authors: Samuel A. Prieto Antonio Adán Andrés S. Vázquez Blanca Quintana In this article, a traversing door methodology for building scanning mobile platforms is proposed. The problem of passing through open/closed doors entails several actions that can be implemented by processing 3D information provided by dense 3D laser scanners. Our robotized...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1551: BaFe1-xCuxO3 Perovskites as Active Phase for Diesel (DPF) and Gasoline Particle Filters (GPF) Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111551 Authors: Torregrosa-Rivero Moreno-Marcos Albaladejo-Fuentes Sánchez-Adsuar Illán-Gómez BaFe1-xCuxO3 perovskites (x = 0, 0.1, 0.3 and 0.4) have been synthetized, characterized and tested for soot oxidation in both Diesel and Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) exhaust conditions. The catalysts have been characterized...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3949: A Potential Anti-Tumor Herb Bred in a Tropical Fruit: Insight into the Chemical Components and Pharmacological Effects of Momordicae Semen Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213949 Authors: Xiao-Rong Xu Chuan-Hong Luo Bo Cao Run-Chun Xu Fang Wang Xi-Chuan Wei Ting Zhang Li Han Ding-Kun Zhang Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng) is a popular tropical fruit in southeast Asia. What is amazing is that its seeds (Momordicae Semen)...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4232: Mediating Effect of Cognitive Social Capital on the Relationship Between Physical Disability and Depression in Elderly People of Rural Pakistan International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214232 Authors: Azam Tariq Tian Beihai Sajjad Ali Nadeem Abbas Aasir Ilyas Cognitive social capital is crucial for mental wellbeing and physical disability in order to avoid late-life depression. The objective of this...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3948: Kinesin Eg5 Targeting Inhibitors as a New Strategy for Gastric Adenocarcinoma Treatment Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213948 Authors: Guya Diletta Marconi Simone Carradori Alessia Ricci Paolo Guglielmi Amelia Cataldi Susi Zara The Kinesins are proteins involved in several biological processes such as mitosis, intracellular transport, and microtubule movement. The mitotic process is allowed by the correct formation of the mitotic spindle...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 213: The Current Status of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Prevalence in the MENA Region: A Systematic Review Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040213 Authors: Al Mana Yassine Younes Al-Mohannadi Al-Sadeq Alhababi Nasser Nasrallah Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a highly prevalent herpesvirus worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), CMV infects people of all ages, and...
Thu Oct 31, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1550: An Assessment of the Effect of Green Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles Using Sage Leaves (Salvia officinalis L.) on Germinated Plants of Maize (Zea mays L.) Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111550 Authors: Sehnal Hosnedlova Docekalova Stankova Uhlirova Tothova Kepinska Milnerowicz Fernandez Ruttkay-Nedecky Nguyen Ofomaja Sochor Kizek AgNPs have attracted considerable attention in many applications including...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2286: From Land to Sea, a Review of Hypertemporal Remote Sensing Advances to Support Ocean Surface Science Water doi: 10.3390/w11112286 Authors: Scarrott Cawkwell Jessopp O’Rourke Cusack de Bie Increases in the temporal frequency of satellite-derived imagery mean a greater diversity of ocean surface features can be studied, modelled, and understood. The ongoing temporal data “explosion” is a valuable resource, having prompted...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4739: VN-NDP: A Neighbor Discovery Protocol Based on Virtual Nodes in Mobile WSNs Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214739 Authors: Yuanyuan Zhang Liangxiong Wei Min Guo Wei Wang Yufang Sun Junfeng Wang Liangyin Chen As an indispensable part of Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are more and more widely used with the rapid development of IoT. The neighbor discovery protocols are the premise of communication between nodes and networking...
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