IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4244: Daily Physical Activity Among Toddlers: Hip and Wrist Accelerometer Assessments International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214244 Authors: Soyang Kwon Kyle Honegger Maryann Mason Physical activity (PA) habits seem to track over time from as young as early childhood. For children under age 3 years, wearable sensor-measured PA levels have begun to be investigated. The aims of this study were to evaluate the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4243: Associations between Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life during Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes: The Generation R Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214243 Authors: Guannan Bai Ida J Korfage Eva Mautner Hein Raat The objective of this study was to assess associations between maternal health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in early, mid-, and late pregnancy and birth outcomes and to assess...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4242: Dental Unit Waterlines: A Survey of Practices in Eastern France International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214242 Authors: Alexandre Baudet Julie Lizon Jean-Marc Martrette Frédéric Camelot Arnaud Florentin Céline Clément Water is essential during dental care. Physical and chemical techniques should be used to maintain a good water quality with respect to bacteria, and to ensure the safety of exposed...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3585: Recyclable Polymer-Supported N-Hydroxyphthalimide Catalysts for Selective Oxidation of Pullulan Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213585 Authors: Madalina Elena Culica Kornela Kasperczyk Raluca Ioana Baron Gabriela Biliuta Ana Maria Macsim Andrada Lazea-Stoyanova Beata Orlinska Sergiu Coseri This paper proposes a convenient route to oxidize the –CH2–OH groups in the water-soluble pullulan, using a new catalytic polymer-supported N-hydroxyphthalimide...
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Languages, Vol. 4, Pages 82: Bilingual Alignments Languages doi: 10.3390/languages4040082 Authors: Liliana Sanchez The issue of how to distinguish bilingual syntactic representations from processing preferences or strategies is addressed by postulating the concept of permeable bilingual alignments as memory storage devices that include information from different language components. Supporting evidence from phenomena such as the emergence of innovative mappings across different components...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3587: Effects of the Quenching Rate on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Paint Bake-Hardening Response of Al–Mg–Si Automotive Sheets Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213587 Authors: Guanjun Gao Yong Li Zhaodong Wang Hongshuang Di Jiadong Li Guangming Xu The quenching rate of Al–Mg–Si alloys during solution treatment is an important parameter for the automotive industry. In this work, the effect of the different quenching...
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Genes, Vol. 10, Pages 873: Multi-Tissue Transcriptomes Yield Information on High-Altitude Adaptation and Sex-Determination in Scutiger cf. sikimmensis Genes doi: 10.3390/genes10110873 Authors: Sylvia Hofmann Heiner Kuhl Chitra Bahadur Baniya Matthias Stöck The Himalayas are one of earth’s hotspots of biodiversity. Among its many cryptic and undiscovered organisms, including vertebrates, this complex high-mountain ecosystem is expected to harbour many species with adaptations...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5432: Characterization of QTLs for Seedling Resistance to Tan Spot and Septoria Nodorum Blotch in the PBW343/Kenya Nyangumi Wheat Recombinant Inbred Lines Population International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215432 Authors: Pawan Kumar Singh Sukhwinder Singh Zhiying Deng Xinyao He Zakaria Kehel Ravi Prakash Singh Tan spot (TS) and Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) induced by Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and Parastagonospora nodorum,...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6045: A System Dynamics Model of Online Stores’ Sales: Positive and Negative E-WOM and Promotion Perspective Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216045 Authors: Qiang Yan Simin Zhou Xiaoyan Zhang Ye Li In this paper, we build a causal interaction diagram between the factors that may influence the sales and profits of online stores. An online store’s real operation data were used to help determine the causal relationship between variables....
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Laws, Vol. 8, Pages 27: Circular Economy and Waste in the Fashion Industry Laws doi: 10.3390/laws8040027 Authors: Valentina Jacometti The fashion industry has to play an important role in the path towards sustainability and the circular economy. Indeed, the fashion industry is a sector with a high environmental impact; it involves a very long and complicated supply chain, which is associated with large consumption of water and energy, use of chemical substances, water and air pollution,...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3586: Poly(Lactic Acid) Composites Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213586 Authors: Mosab Kaseem Polylactic acid-based materials have gained great interest within the scientific community due to their biodegradability, good performance, and suitability for a number of applications. Therefore, this Special Issue “Poly(lactic acid) Composites” is proposed to cover the important advances in poly (lactic acid) composites, ranging from their design,...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 10, Pages 666: Impact of Aerosol-Cloud Cycling on Aqueous Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos10110666 Authors: William G. Tsui Joseph L. Woo V. Faye McNeill Chemical processing of organic material in aqueous atmospheric aerosols and cloudwater is known to form secondary organic aerosols (SOA), although the extent to which each of these processes contributes to total aerosol mass is unclear. In this study, we use GAMMA 5.0, a photochemical...
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Coatings, Vol. 9, Pages 713: Effect of Ionicity of Three Protic Ionic Liquids as Neat Lubricants and Lubricant Additives to a Biolubricant Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings9110713 Authors: Hong Guo Angela Rina Adukure Patricia Iglesias Friction and wear of sliding surfaces are responsible for important energy losses and negative environmental effects. The use of environmentally friendly and cost-effective protic ionic liquids as neat lubricants and lubricant additives has the potential...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1004: Resistance Mutations A30K and Y93N Associated with Treatment Failure with Sofosbuvir and Daclatasvir for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Non-Responder Patients: Case Reports Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111004 Authors: Vanessa D. Costa Patricia Pellegrini Vivian Rotman Ana Maria Pittella Estevão P. Nunes Barbara V. Lago Elisabeth Lampe Francisco C. A. Mello In Brazil, hepatitis C treatment has been evolving significantly with the licensing of...
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Coatings, Vol. 9, Pages 712: Texture and Stress Evolution in HfN Films Sputter-Deposited at Oblique Angles Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings9110712 Authors: Grégory Abadias Fırat Anğay Rubenson Mareus Cédric Mastail In this study, polycrystalline hafnium nitride (HfN) thin films were grown by oblique angle deposition (OAD) technique to investigate the relationship between column tilt angle, texture development and residual stress evolution with varying inclination angle α...
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Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 742: Fabrication of TiO2-Nanotube-Array-Based Supercapacitors Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi10110742 Authors: Faheem Ahmed Syed A. Pervez Abdullah Aljaafari Adil Alshoaibi Hatem Abuhimd JooHyeon Oh Bon Heun Koo In this work, a simple and cost-effective electrochemical anodization technique was adopted to rapidly grow TiO2 nanotube arrays on a Ti current collector and to utilize the synthesized materials as potential electrodes for supercapacitors....
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 212: Resistome Profiles, Plasmid Typing, and Whole-Genome Phylogenetic Tree Analyses of BlaNDM-9 and Mcr-1 Co-Harboring Escherichia coli ST617 from a Patient without a History of Farm Exposure in Korea Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040212 Authors: Le Phuong Nguyen Naina Adren Pinto Thao Nguyen Vu Hung Mai An HT Pham Hyunsook Lee Young Lag Cho Jung-Hyun Byun Roshan D’Souza Dongeun Yong Recently, a blaNDM-9 and mcr-1 co-harboring E....
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4164: Thermal Energy Storage in Solar Power Plants: A Review of the Materials, Associated Limitations, and Proposed Solutions Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214164 Authors: Fadi Alnaimat Yasir Rashid Solar energy is the most viable and abundant renewable energy source. Its intermittent nature and mismatch between source availability and energy demand, however, are critical issues in its deployment and market penetrability. This problem can be addressed by storing...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5431: Neutral Sphingomyelinase Modulation in the Protective/Preventive Role of rMnSOD from Radiation-Induced Damage in the Brain International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215431 Authors: Samuela Cataldi Antonella Borrelli Maria Rachele Ceccarini Irina Nakashidze Michela Codini Oleg Belov Alexander Ivanov Eugene Krasavin Ivana Ferri Carmela Conte Federica Filomena Patria Giovanna Traina Tommaso Beccari Aldo Mancini...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1548: Biocompatible Polymer Materials with Antimicrobial Properties for Preparation of Stents Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111548 Authors: Kateřina Škrlová Kateřina Malachová Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla Dagmar Měřinská Zuzana Rybková Marta Fernández-García Daniela Plachá Biodegradable polymers are promising materials for use in medical applications such as stents. Their properties are comparable to commercially available resistant metal and...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1783: Polycaprolactone-Based Mimetic Antimicrobial Peptide Copolymers Vesicles as an Effective Drug-Carrier for Cancer Therapy Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11111783 Authors: Yusheng Qian Xinyu Zhou Jing He Chuncai Zhou A novel series of amphiphilic mimicking antimicrobial peptide copolymers PCL16-b-Kn can assemble in water to form uniform vesicles. Transmission electron microscopy was used to observe the vesicular structure of the nanoparticles, and dynamic...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3938: Reaction of Papaverine with Baran DiversinatesTM Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213938 Authors: Folake A. Egbewande Mark J. Coster Ian D. Jenkins Rohan A. Davis The reaction of papaverine with a series of Baran DiversinatesTM is reported. Although the yields were low, it was possible to synthesize a small biodiscovery library using this plant alkaloid as a scaffold for late-stage C–H functionalization. Ten papaverine analogues (2–11),...
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Metals, Vol. 9, Pages 1176: Spreading Process Maps for Powder-Bed Additive Manufacturing Derived from Physics Model-Based Machine Learning Metals doi: 10.3390/met9111176 Authors: Prathamesh S. Desai C. Fred Higgs The powder bed additive manufacturing (AM) process is comprised of two repetitive steps—spreading of powder and selective fusing or binding the spread layer. The spreading step consists of a rolling and sliding spreader which imposes a shear flow and normal stress...
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Minerals, Vol. 9, Pages 669: Validation of Digital Rock Physics Algorithms Minerals doi: 10.3390/min9110669 Authors: Rongrong Lin Leon Thomsen With a detailed microscopic image of a rock sample, one can determine the corresponding 3-D grain geometry, forming a basis to calculate the elastic properties numerically. The issues which arise in such a calculation include those associated with image resolution, the registration of the digital numerical grid with the digital image, and grain...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 302: D-Stellate Neurons of the Ventral Cochlear Nucleus Decrease in Auditory Nerve-Evoked Activity during Age-Related Hearing Loss Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci9110302 Authors: Yong Wang Meijian Wang Ruili Xie Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is associated with weakened inhibition in the central auditory nervous system including the cochlear nucleus. One of the main inhibitory neurons of the cochlear nucleus is the D-stellate neuron, which provides...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 467: Mutagenesis Approaches and Their Role in Crop Improvement Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110467 Authors: Juhi Chaudhary Rupesh Deshmukh Humira Sonah Induced mutagenesis is one of the most efficient tools that has been utilized extensively to create genetic variation as well as for identification of key regulatory genes for economically important traits toward the crop improvement. Mutations can be induced by several techniques such as physical, chemical,...
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Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 1249: Research on Linear Active Disturbance Rejection Control in DC/DC Boost Converter Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics8111249 Authors: Hui Li Xinxiu Liu Junwei Lu This paper proposes a cascade control strategy based on linear active disturbance rejection control (LADRC) for a boost DC/DC converter. It solves the problem that the output voltage of boost converter is unstable due to non-minimum phase characteristics, input voltage and load variation....
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4736: A Multi-Column CNN Model for Emotion Recognition from EEG Signals Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214736 Authors: Heekyung Yang Jongdae Han Kyungha Min We present a multi-column CNN-based model for emotion recognition from EEG signals. Recently, a deep neural network is widely employed for extracting features and recognizing emotions from various biosignals including EEG signals. A decision from a single CNN-based emotion recognizing module shows improved...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4162: Numerical Analysis of Mechanical Energy Dissipation for an Axial-Flow Pump Based on Entropy Generation Theory Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214162 Authors: Simin Shen Zhongdong Qian Bin Ji Mechanical energy dissipation is a major problem affecting hydraulic machinery especially under partial-load conditions. Owing to limitations of traditional methods in evaluating mechanical energy dissipation, entropy generation theory is introduced to study mechanical...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4632: Comparative Fatigue Life Assessment of Wind Turbine Blades Operating with Different Regulation Schemes Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214632 Authors: Brian Loza Josué Pacheco-Chérrez Diego Cárdenas Luis I. Minchala Oliver Probst A comparative evaluation of the fatigue damage occurring in the blades of small wind turbines, with different power regulation schemes, has been conducted for the first time. Three representative test cases...
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Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 741: Fiber Taper-Based Mach–Zehnder Interferometer for Ethanol Concentration Measurement Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi10110741 Authors: Changrui Liao Feng Zhu Peng Zhou Ying Wang We present a new type of fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on a fiber taper and a pair of inner air bubbles for highly sensitive ethanol concentration measurement. The experimental results show there is a nonlinear relationship between the wavelength shift...
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Genes, Vol. 10, Pages 872: Genome Maintenance Proteins Modulate Autoimmunity Mediated Primed Adaptation by the Escherichia coli Type I-E CRISPR-Cas System Genes doi: 10.3390/genes10110872 Authors: Elena Kurilovich Anna Shiriaeva Anastasia Metlitskaya Natalia Morozova Ivana Ivancic-Bace Konstantin Severinov Ekaterina Savitskaya Bacteria and archaea use CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity systems to interfere with viruses, plasmids, and other mobile genetic elements. During...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3937: Angiotensin-I-Converting Enzyme Inhibitory Activity of Coumarins from Angelica decursiva Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213937 Authors: Md Yousof Ali Su Hui Seong Hyun Ah Jung Jae Sue Choi The bioactivity of ten traditional Korean Angelica species were screened by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) assay in vitro. Among the crude extracts, the methanol extract of Angelica decursiva whole plants exhibited potent inhibitory effects against ACE....
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4163: Review and Comparison of Intelligent Optimization Modelling Techniques for Energy Forecasting and Condition-Based Maintenance in PV Plants Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214163 Authors: Jesús Ferrero Bermejo Juan Francisco Gómez Fernández Rafael Pino Adolfo Crespo Márquez Antonio Jesús Guillén López Within the field of soft computing, intelligent optimization modelling techniques include various major techniques in artificial intelligence. These...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4629: Spatiotemporal Changes of Urban Rainstorm-Related Micro-Blogging Activities in Response to Rainstorms: A Case Study in Beijing, China Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214629 Authors: Nan Wang Yunyan Du Fuyuan Liang Jiawei Yi Huimeng Wang Natural disasters cause significant casualties and losses in urban areas every year. Further, the frequency and intensity of natural disasters have increased significantly over the past couple of decades...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4631: Development of a Novel Variable-Diameter Wheel Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214631 Authors: Wen Zeng Guoyan Xu Hui Jiang Feng Gao Variable-diameter wheels balance the high mobility and limited volume of a planetary rover. Moreover, these wheels allow a rover to adjust its body attitude to adapt to rough terrains. These functions are achieved through the expansion–retraction motion of the variable-diameter mechanisms in the...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1360: HOXA9 Transcriptionally Promotes Apoptosis and Represses Autophagy by Targeting NF-κB in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111360 Authors: Shuo Han Xue Li Xiaoting Liang Liang Zhou Tumor suppressor HOXA9 has been identified to promote apoptosis in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). However, the mechanism of such pro-apoptotic role of HOXA9 remains obscure. KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) analysis of RNA-seq...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6053: Delineating the Regional Economic Geography of China by the Approach of Community Detection Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216053 Authors: Kang Wu Jingxian Tang Ying Long With the obvious regionalization trend in the new period of urbanization in China, the scientific delineation of functional regions (FRs) at different scales has become a heated topic recently. Since the 20th century, western academia has formed a basic idea of metropolitan...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1547: Effects of Hybridized Organically Modified Montmorillonite and Cellulose Nanocrystals on Rheological Properties and Thermal Stability of K-Carrageenan Bio-Nanocomposite Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111547 Authors: Siti Zarina Zakuwan Ishak Ahmad Herein, hybrid k-carrageenan bio-nanocomposite films were fabricated by using two types of nanofillers, organically modified montmorillonite (OMMT), and cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Hybrid bio-nanocomposite...
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