Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4733: An Identity Authentication Method Combining Liveness Detection and Face Recognition Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214733 Authors: Shuhua Liu Yu Song Mengyu Zhang Jianwei Zhao Shihao Yang Kun Hou In this study, an advanced Kinect sensor was adopted to acquire infrared radiation (IR) images for liveness detection. The proposed liveness detection method based on infrared radiation (IR) images can deal with face spoofs. Face pictures were acquired by...
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Agronomy, Vol. 9, Pages 703: Morphological Traits, Kernel Composition and Sensory Evaluation of Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) Cultivars Grown in Poland Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy9110703 Authors: Katarzyna Król Magdalena Gantner Anna Piotrowska In the present study, the nut and kernel traits of six hazelnut cultivars (‘Barceloński’, ‘Kataloński’, ‘Webba Cenny’, ‘Olbrzym z Halle’, ‘Cosford’,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1546: Nanotechnology in Oral Cavity Carcinoma: Recent Trends and Treatment Opportunities Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111546 Authors: Francesca De Felice Costanza Cavallini Alberta Barlattani Mario Tombolini Orlando Brugnoletti Vincenzo Tombolini Antonella Polimeni Oral cavity carcinoma (OCC) remains an ongoing public health problem. Emerging nanotechnology provides alternative treatment approaches. This review covers the up-to-date literature...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6049: Influence of Evacuation Walkway Design Parameters on Passenger Evacuation Time along Elevated Rail Transit Lines Using a Multi-Agent Simulation Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216049 Authors: Zihua Pan Qingchao Wei Olav Torp Albert Lau Passenger evacuation on elevated railway lines has always been an important issue for elevated rail transit safety management, because it is challenging to evacuate passengers efficiently in the event of man-made...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4160: Detailed Comparison of the Operational Characteristics of Energy-Conserving HVAC Systems during the Cooling Season Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214160 Authors: Chul-Ho Kim Seung-Eon Lee Kwang-Ho Lee Kang-Soo Kim To provide useful information concerning energy-conserving heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems, this study used EnergyPlus to analyze in detail their operational characteristics and energy performance. This study also...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3583: Silicalite-1 Layers as a Biocompatible Nano- and Micro-Structured Coating: An In Vitro Study on MG-63 Cells Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213583 Authors: Martina Doubkova Ivana Nemcakova Ivan Jirka Vitezslav Brezina Lucie Bacakova Silicalite-1 is a purely siliceous form of zeolite, which does not contain potentially harmful aluminum in its structure as opposed to ZSM-5 aluminosilicate types of zeolite. This paper reports on a study of a silicalite-1...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 674: Biochemical Characterization of a Novel α/β-Hydrolase/FSH from the White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110674 Authors: Karina D. Garcia-Orozco Francisco Cinco-Moroyoqui Lucía T. Angulo-Sanchez Enrique Marquez-Rios Armando Burgos-Hernandez Jose L. Cardenas-Lopez Carolina Gomez-Aguilar David O. Corona-Martinez Gloria Saab-Rincon Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo (1) Background: Lipases and esterases are important...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6050: A Comparative Study on the Influence of DC/DC-Converter Induced High Frequency Current Ripple on Lithium-Ion Batteries Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216050 Authors: Pablo Korth Pereira Ferraz Julia Kowal Modern battery energy systems are key enablers of the conversion of our energy and mobility sector towards renewability. Most of the time, their batteries are connected to power electronics that induce high frequency current ripple on the batteries...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3934: Hinged and Wide: A New P^P Ligand for Emissive [Cu(P^P)(N^N)][PF6] Complexes Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213934 Authors: Sarah Keller Matthias Bantle Alessandro Prescimone Edwin C. Constable Catherine E. Housecroft Heteroleptic [Cu(BIPHEP)(N^N)][PF6] complexes (BIPHEP = 1,1′-biphenyl-2,2′-diylbis(diphenylphosphane)), in which N^N is 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy), 6-methyl-2,2′-bipyridine (6-Mebpy), 6-ethyl-2,2′-bipyridine...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 8, Pages 208: Food Safety through Natural Antimicrobials Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics8040208 Authors: Emiliano J. Quinto Irma Caro Luz H. Villalobos-Delgado Javier Mateo Beatriz De-Mateo-Silleras María P. Redondo-Del-Río Microbial pathogens are the cause of many foodborne diseases after the ingestion of contaminated food. Several preservation methods have been developed to assure microbial food safety, as well as nutritional values and sensory...
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Marine Drugs, Vol. 17, Pages 623: Sediment as a Potential Pool for Lipophilic Marine Phycotoxins with the Case Study of Daya Bay of China Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md17110623 Authors: Yang Liu Peng Zhang Sen Du Zhuoru Lin Yanyan Zhou Lizhao Chen Rencheng Yu Li Zhang Marine sediments can reserve many environmental pollutants. Lipophilic marine phycotoxins (LMPs) are natural toxic substances widespread in the marine environment; however, evidence of their existence...
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Genes, Vol. 10, Pages 870: Helicases FANCJ, RTEL1 and BLM Act on Guanine Quadruplex DNA in Vivo Genes doi: 10.3390/genes10110870 Authors: Peter Lansdorp Niek van Wietmarschen Guanine quadruplex (G4) structures are among the most stable secondary DNA structures that can form in vitro, and evidence for their existence in vivo has been steadily accumulating. Originally described mainly for their deleterious effects on genome stability, more recent research has focused on (potential)...
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Fibers, Vol. 7, Pages 96: An Aging Evaluation of the Bearing Performances of Glass Fiber Composite Laminate in Salt Spray Fog Environment Fibers doi: 10.3390/fib7110096 Authors: Luigi Calabrese Vincenzo Fiore Paolo Giovanni Bruzzaniti Tommaso Scalici Antonino Valenza The aim of the present paper is to assess the bearing performance evolution of pinned, glass-composite laminates due to environmental aging in salt-spray fog tests. Glass fibers/epoxy pinned laminates were exposed...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5427: Screen for Potential Candidate Alternatives of Sargentodoxa cuneata from Its Six Adulterants Based on Their Phenolic Compositions and Antioxidant Activities International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215427 Authors: Lingguang Yang Peipei Yin Xinxin Cao Yujun Liu Daxueteng, the liana stem of Sargentodoxa cuneata, is a widely used Traditional Chinese Medicine facing the overflow of its commercial adulterants. A method for discriminating...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1782: Construction of Antifouling Membrane Surfaces through Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Lignosulfonate and Polyethyleneimine Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11111782 Authors: Lin Gu Meng-Yun Xie Yu Jin Min He Xiao-Yan Xing Yuan Yu Qing-Yun Wu Lignin is the second most abundant and low-cost natural polymer, but its high value-added utilization is still lack of effective and economic ways. In this paper, waste lignosulfonate (LS) was introduced...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1692: Deconvolution of the Genomic and Epigenomic Interaction Landscape of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111692 Authors: Jiande Wu Tarun Karthik Kumar Mamidi Lu Zhang Chindo Hicks Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer. Emerging evidenced suggests that both genetics and epigenetic factors play a role in the pathogenesis of TNBC. However, oncogenic interactions and cooperation between...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1001: Analysis of Swine Conventional Dendritic Cells, DEC205+CD172a+/−CADM1+, from Blood and Spleen in Response to PRRSV and PEDV Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111001 Authors: Héctor Parra-Sánchez Lorena Bustamante-Córdova Mónica Reséndiz Verónica Mata-Haro Araceli Pinelli-Saavedra Jesús Hernández Conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) cannot be infected by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) but respond to infection via cytokine...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3932: Quantitative Analyses of Nine Phenolic Compounds and Their Antioxidant Activities from Thirty-Seven Varieties of Raspberry Grown in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Region Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213932 Authors: Yuwei Wang Jian Liang Guangxiang Luan Shoude Zhang Yixi Zhuoma Jiuxiang Xie Wu Zhou In this work, an efficient method for the rapid extraction and separation of antioxidant phenols was developed and optimized. The method...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 524: White Peony (Fermented Camellia sinensis) Polyphenols Help Prevent Alcoholic Liver Injury via Antioxidation Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8110524 Authors: Yalin Zhou Fang Tan Chong Li Wenfeng Li Wei Liao Qin Li Guohui Qin Weiwei Liu Xin Zhao White peony is a type of white tea (Camellia sinensis) rich in polyphenols. In this study, polyphenols were extracted from white peony. In vitro experiments showed that white peony polyphenols...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1002: Capsular Polysaccharide Is a Receptor of a Clostridium perfringens Bacteriophage CPS1 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111002 Authors: Eunsu Ha Jihwan Chun Minsik Kim Sangryeol Ryu Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, and spore forming bacterium that is widely distributed in the environment and one of the most common causes of foodborne illnesses. Bacteriophages are regarded as one of the most promising alternatives to antibiotics in controlling...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4734: Particle Imaging Velocimetry Gyroscope Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214734 Authors: Ahmed A. Youssef Naser El-Sheimy Inertial measurement units (IMUs) are typically classified as per the performance of the gyroscopes within each system. Consequently, it is critical for a system to have a low bias instability to have better performance. Nonetheless, there is no IMU available commercially that does not actually suffer from bias-instability, even for the navigation...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4628: Characteristics of Arsenic Leached from Sediments: Agricultural Implications of Abandoned Mines Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214628 Authors: Soonho Hwang Younggu Her Sang Min Jun Jung-Hun Song Goontaek Lee Moonseong Kang Heavy metals, including arsenic from abandoned mines, are easily transported with sediment and deposited in waterbodies such as reservoirs and lakes, creating critical water quality issues when they are released....
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