Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6144: Price Elasticity of Heat Demand in South Korean Manufacturing Sector: An Empirical Investigation Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216144 Authors: Hyo-Jin Kim Jae-Sung Baek Seung-Hoon Yoo Heat is a crucial input supplied in the form of steam or hot water to industrial production of South Korea. Estimating the demand function for heat in the manufacturing sector is all the more important a task in terms of policy because heat consumption in the...
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 810: Adaptive Control of Biomass Specific Growth Rate in Fed-Batch Biotechnological Processes. A Comparative Study Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110810 Authors: Vytautas Galvanauskas Rimvydas Simutis Vygandas Vaitkus This article presents a comparative study on the development and application of two distinct adaptive control algorithms for biomass specific growth rate control in fed-batch biotechnological processes. A typical fed-batch process using Escherichia...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5480: Lack of Delta-Sarcoglycan (Sgcd) Results in Retinal Degeneration International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215480 Authors: Andric C. Perez-Ortiz Martha J. Peralta-Ildefonso Esmeralda Lira-Romero Ernesto Moya-Albor Jorge Brieva Israel Ramirez-Sanchez Carmen Clapp Alexandra Luna-Angulo Alvaro Rendon Elva Adan-Castro Gabriela Ramírez-Hernández Nundehui Díaz-Lezama Ramón M. Coral-Vázquez Francisco J. Estrada-Mena...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4202: Development of a Control Platform for a Building-Scale Hybrid Solar PV-Natural Gas Microgrid Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214202 Authors: Parhum Delgoshaei James D. Freihaut Building-scale microgrids are a type of behind-the-meter microgrids where the building operator has control of the distributed energy resources, including, in this case, a natural gas-fired microturbine in addition to solar PV and battery energy storage systems. There is a growing trend...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1560: NaYF4 Microstructure, beyond Their Well-Shaped Morphology Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111560 Authors: Godefroy Leménager Sandrine Tusseau-Nenez Maud Thiriet Pierre-Eugène Coulon Khalid Lahlil Eric Larquet Thierry Gacoin Lanthanide-doped nanoparticles are widely investigated for their optical properties. However, the sensitivity of the lanthanide ions’ luminescence to the local symmetry, useful when investigating structural...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 229: An Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability in Female Youth Soccer Players Following Soccer Heading: A Pilot Study Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7110229 Authors: Alexandra B. Harriss Kolten Abbott Kurt Kimpinski Jeffrey D. Holmes Andrew M. Johnson David M. Walton James P. Dickey Most head impacts in soccer occur from purposeful heading; however, the link between heading and neurological impairment is unknown. Previous work suggests concussion may...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1720: The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111720 Authors: Annamaria Salvati Valerio Gigantino Giovanni Nassa Giorgio Giurato Elena Alexandrova Francesca Rizzo Roberta Tarallo Alessandro Weisz Although a large fraction of high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancers (OCs) expresses Estrogen Receptor alpha (ERα), anti-estrogen-based...
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Marine Drugs, Vol. 17, Pages 627: Development and Characterization of Astaxanthin-Containing Whey Protein-Based Nanoparticles Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md17110627 Authors: Francesca Zanoni Martina Vakarelova Gianni Zoccatelli Astaxanthin (ASX) is a carotenoid of great interest due to its potential health benefits. However, its use in the food, feed, and pharmaceutical fields is limited due to low bioavailability, poor stability during thermochemical treatments, susceptibility to...
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Insects, Vol. 10, Pages 386: Density-Dependent Growth and Fitness in Dastarcus helophoroides (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae) Insects doi: 10.3390/insects10110386 Authors: Shang-kun Gao Cui-cui Geng Ying-chao Ji Zi-kun Li Cheng-gang Zhou The ectoparasitoid Dastarcus helophoroides Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae) is an important natural enemy insect, which is artificially mass-reared and released into woodland to control medium and large longhorn beetle species. This study...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 641: Using Botulinum Toxin A for Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome—Possible Pathomechanisms and Practical Issues Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110641 Authors: Jia-Fong Jhang Treatment for patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is always challenging for urologists. The main mechanism of the botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) is inhibition of muscle contraction, but the indirect sensory modulation and anti-inflammatory effect...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2643: Metabolic Effects of the Sweet Protein MNEI as a Sweetener in Drinking Water. A Pilot Study of a High Fat Dietary Regimen in a Rodent Model Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112643 Authors: Rosa Cancelliere Serena Leone Cristina Gatto Arianna Mazzoli Carmine Ercole Susanna Iossa Giovanna Liverini Delia Picone Raffaella Crescenzo Sweeteners have become integrating components of the typical western diet, in response to the spreading of sugar-related...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2642: The Role of Probiotics in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A New Insight into Therapeutic Strategies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112642 Authors: Marica Meroni Miriam Longo Paola Dongiovanni Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a broad spectrum of pathological hepatic conditions ranging from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which may predispose to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Due to the...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3982: The Polyphenols as Potential Agents in Prevention and Therapy of Prostate Diseases Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213982 Authors: Tomislav Pejčić Tomislav Tosti Zoran Džamić Uroš Gašić Aleksandar Vuksanović Zana Dolićanin Živoslav Tešić In recent years, the progress of science and medicine greatly has influenced human life span and health. However, lifestyle habits, like physical activity, smoking cessation, moderate alcohol consumption,...
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Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1365: Residual Symmetries and Bäcklund Transformations of Strongly Coupled Boussinesq–Burgers System Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym11111365 Authors: Haifeng Wang Yufeng Zhang In this article, we construct a new strongly coupled Boussinesq–Burgers system taking values in a commutative subalgebra Z 2 . A residual symmetry of the strongly coupled Boussinesq–Burgers system is achieved by a given truncated Painlevé expansion. The...
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Acoustics, Vol. 1, Pages 837-846: Categorization of Mouse Ultrasonic Vocalizations Using Machine Learning Techniques Acoustics doi: 10.3390/acoustics1040050 Authors: Spyros Kouzoupis Andreas Neocleous Irene Athanassakis A study of the ultrasonic vocalizations of several adult male BALB/c mice in the presence of a female, is undertaken in this study. A total of 179 distinct ultrasonic syllables referred to as “phonemes” are isolated, and in the resulting dataset,...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4787: Sensor-Based Technology for Social Information Processing in Autism: A Review Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214787 Authors: Andrea E. Kowallik Stefan R. Schweinberger The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has increased strongly over the past decades, and so has the demand for adequate behavioral assessment and support for persons affected by ASD. Here we provide a review on original research that used sensor technology for an objective assessment...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1561: Design and Simple Assembly of Gold Nanostar Bioconjugates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Immunoassays Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111561 Authors: Maria João Oliveira Miguel P. de Almeida Daniela Nunes Elvira Fortunato Rodrigo Martins Eulália Pereira Hugh J. Byrne Hugo Águas Ricardo Franco Immunoassays using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy are especially interesting on account not only of their increased sensitivity,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4275: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Increase Physical Activity of Preschool-Aged Children Attending Early Childhood Education and Care: Study Protocol for the ‘Everybody Energise’ Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214275 Authors: Tessa Delaney Jacklyn K. Jackson Jannah Jones Alix Hall Ashleigh Dives Taya Wedesweiler Libby Campbell Nicole Nathan Maria Romiti...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 265: Exposure of HepaRG Cells to Sodium Saccharin Underpins the Importance of Including Non-Hepatotoxic Compounds When Investigating Toxicological Modes of Action Using Metabolomics Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9110265 Authors: Matthias Cuykx Charlie Beirnaert Robim Marcelino Rodrigues Kris Laukens Tamara Vanhaecke Adrian Covaci Metabolites represent the most downstream information of the cellular organisation. Hence, metabolomics experiments...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1050: Modelling the Relation between Managers, Shadow Cost of External Finance and Corporate Investment Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111050 Authors: Alfonsina Iona This paper provides a theoretical framework for studying the impact of self-interested managers on the level of corporate investment. I extend the standard neoclassical model of firm value maximization to incorporate the effect of misaligned managers on corporate investment via a firm’s...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1049: A Novel System Reliability Modeling of Hardware, Software, and Interactions of Hardware and Software Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111049 Authors: Mengmeng Zhu Hoang Pham In the past few decades, a great number of hardware and software reliability models have been proposed to address hardware failures in hardware subsystems and software failures in software subsystems, respectively. The interactions between hardware and software subsystems are often...
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Forests, Vol. 10, Pages 973: The Contrasting Responses of Mycorrhizal Fungal Mycelium Associated with Woody Plants to Multiple Environmental Factors Forests doi: 10.3390/f10110973 Authors: Cunguo Wang Shengwei Zong Mai-He Li Research Highlights: Extraradical mycorrhizal fungal mycelium (MFM) plays critical roles in nutrient absorption and carbon cycling in forest ecosystems. However, it is often ignored or treated as a root uptake apparatus in existing biogeochemical models. Methods:...
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Entropy, Vol. 21, Pages 1078: Tweets Classification on the Base of Sentiments for US Airline Companies Entropy doi: 10.3390/e21111078 Authors: Furqan Rustam Imran Ashraf Arif Mehmood Saleem Ullah Gyu Sang Choi The use of data from social networks such as Twitter has been increased during the last few years to improve political campaigns, quality of products and services, sentiment analysis, etc. Tweets classification based on user sentiments is a collaborative and important...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4690: Use of Neural Networks to Identify Safety Prevention Priorities in Agro-Manufacturing Operations within Commercial Grain Elevators Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214690 Authors: Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki Steven A. Freeman Gretchen A. Mosher The grain handling industry plays a significant role in U.S. agriculture by storing, distributing, and processing a variety of agricultural commodities. Commercial grain elevators are hazardous agro-manufacturing...
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Forests, Vol. 10, Pages 972: Efficacy of Trunk Trap Nets and Insecticides Applied Alone and in Combination for Control of Tree-of-heaven Root Weevil Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus in Ailanthus altissima Plantations Forests doi: 10.3390/f10110972 Authors: Kailang Yang Junbao Wen In Northern China, the tree-of-heaven root weevil (TRW), Eucryptorrhynchus scrobiculatus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a serious borer pest of Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle (Sapindales:...
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Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 1281: Insight on Electronic Travel Aids for Visually Impaired People: A Review on the Electromagnetic Technology Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics8111281 Authors: Emanuele Cardillo Alina Caddemi This review deals with a comprehensive description of the available electromagnetic travel aids for visually impaired and blind people. This challenging task is considered as an outstanding research area due to the rapid growth in the number of people with visual...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4788: SensorTalk: An IoT Device Failure Detection and Calibration Mechanism for Smart Farming Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214788 Authors: Yi-Bing Lin Yun-Wei Lin Jiun-Yi Lin Hui-Nien Hung In an Internet of Things (IoT) system, it is essential that the data measured from the sensors are accurate so that the produced results are meaningful. For example, in AgriTalk, a smart farm platform for soil cultivation with a large number of sensors, the produced sensor...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1866: Identification of Risk of QT Prolongation by Pharmacists When Conducting Medication Reviews in Residential Aged Care Settings: A Missed Opportunity? Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111866 Authors: Louise Christensen J. Rick Turner Gregory M. Peterson Mark Naunton Jackson Thomas Kwang Choon Yee Sam Kosari QT interval prolongation is associated with torsade de pointes and sudden cardiac death. QT prolongation can be caused by many...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2583: Fuzzy Object-Based Image Analysis Methods Using Sentinel-2A and Landsat-8 Data to Map and Characterize Soil Surface Residue Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11212583 Authors: Payam Najafi Hossein Navid Bakhtiar Feizizadeh Iraj Eskandari Thomas Blaschke Soil degradation, defined as the lowering and loss of soil functions, is becoming a serious problem worldwide and threatens agricultural production and terrestrial ecosystems. The surface residue...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4274: Putting Suicide Policy through the Wringer: Perspectives of Military Members Who Attempted to Kill Themselves International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214274 Authors: Tirzah Parrish LeFeber Bernadette Solorzano In response to the Air Force Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Mark Ediger’s call for medical services to be guided by service members’ values, preferences, and experiences within...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2641: Factors Predicting the Response to a Vitamin D-Fortified Milk in Healthy Postmenopausal Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112641 Authors: Rebeca Reyes-Garcia Antonia Garcia-Martin Santiago Palacios Nancy Salas Nicolas Mendoza Miguel Quesada-Charneco Juristo Fonolla Federico Lara-Villoslada Manuel Muñoz-Torres Background: Milk products fortified with vitamin D may constitute an alternative to pharmacological supplements for reaching...
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 807: Modeling and Thermal Analysis of a Moving Spacecraft Subject to Solar Radiation Effect Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110807 Authors: Mohamed Gadalla Mehdi Ghommem George Bourantas Karol Miller The impact of solar radiation on spacecraft can increase the cooling load, degrade the material properties of the structure and possibly lead to catastrophic failure of their missions. In this paper, we develop a computational model to investigate the effect of...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 132: Measuring Transformational Leadership in Establishing Nursing Care Excellence Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040132 Authors: Sarah E. Moon Pieter J. Van Dam Alex Kitsos Transformational leadership (TL) is known to be essential to achieving Magnet® recognition, an internationally prestigious status for nursing care excellence. Since its inception in the 1980s, empirical studies have identified benefits of implementing the Magnet®...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4689: Influence of Impeller Speed Patterns on Hemodynamic Characteristics and Hemolysis of the Blood Pump Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214689 Authors: Yiwen Wang Peng Shen Minli Zheng Pengqiang Fu Lijia Liu Jingyue Wang Lishan Yuan A continuous-flow output mode of a rotary blood pump reduces the fluctuation range of arterial blood pressure and easily causes complications. For a centrifugal rotary blood pump, sinusoidal and pulsatile...
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Metals, Vol. 9, Pages 1186: Microstructure, Microhardness, and Wear Properties of Cobalt Alloy Electrodes Coated with TiO2 Nanoparticles Metals doi: 10.3390/met9111186 Authors: Sebastian Balos Petar Janjatovic Miroslav Dramicanin Danka Labus Zlatanovic Branka Pilic Pavel Hanus Lucyna Jaworska In this paper, the influence of TiO2 nanoparticle coating on cobalt-based electrodes was studied. Different coating treatment times were applied, and the results were compared...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2582: MODIS-Satellite-Based Analysis of Long-Term Temporal-Spatial Dynamics and Drivers of Algal Blooms in a Plateau Lake Dianchi, China Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11212582 Authors: Yuanyuan Jing Yuchao Zhang Minqi Hu Qiao Chu Ronghua Ma Algal blooms in eutrophic lakes have been a global issue to environmental ecology. Although great progress on prevention and control of algae have been made in many lakes, systematic research on long-term...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4201: System Planning of Grid-Connected Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Key Technologies: A Review Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214201 Authors: Chao-Tsung Ma The optimal planning of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations (ECSs) with advanced control algorithms is very important to accelerate the development of EVs, which is a promising solution to reduce carbon emissions of conventional internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). The large and fluctuant...
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Atoms, Vol. 7, Pages 101: Tracking Temporal Development of Optical Thickness of Hydrogen Alpha Spectral Radiation in a Laser-Induced Plasma Atoms doi: 10.3390/atoms7040101 Authors: David M. Surmick Christian G. Parigger In this paper, we consider the temporal development of the optical density of the H α spectral line in a hydrogen laser-induced plasma. This is achieved by using the so-called duplication method in which the spectral line is re-imaged onto itself...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6141: The Impact of TBT and SPS Measures on Japanese and Korean Exports to China Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216141 Authors: Jacob Wood Jie Wu Yilin Li Jungsuk Kim (1) Background: As countries with troubled histories, China, Japan, and Korea have, in recent times, attempted to overcome political and economic differences in a bid to forge strong trade relationships. However, Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) have emerged in recent times, which has...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1719: Plasma Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111719 Authors: Vincenza Conteduca Giorgia Gurioli Nicole Brighi Cristian Lolli Giuseppe Schepisi Chiara Casadei Salvatore Luca Burgio Stefania Gargiulo Giorgia Ravaglia Lorena Rossi Amelia Altavilla Alberto Farolfi Cecilia Menna Sarah Pia Colangione Mario Pulvirenti Antonino Romeo Ugo De Giorgi The therapeutic landscape of prostate cancer...
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 806: Multivariate Analysis of Plasma Metabolites in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Gastrointestinal Symptoms Before and After Microbiota Transfer Therapy Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110806 Authors: James B. Adams Troy Vargason Dae-Wook Kang Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown Juergen Hahn Current diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is based on assessment of behavioral symptoms, although there is strong evidence that ASD affects multiple organ...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2640: Evidence of Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Cord Blood and Maternal-to-Fetal Transport across the Placenta Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112640 Authors: Birgit Hirschmugl Waltraud Brandl Bence Csapo Mireille van Poppel Harald Köfeler Gernot Desoye Christian Wadsack Evelyn Jantscher-Krenn Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are present in maternal serum in early gestation, raising the question of whether HMOs can cross the placental barrier...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5478: Emerging Highly Virulent Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus: Molecular Mechanisms of Attenuation and Rational Design of Live Attenuated Vaccines International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215478 Authors: Yixuan Hou Qiuhong Wang The highly virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) emerged in China in 2010. It infects pigs of all ages, and causes severe diarrhea and high mortality rates in newborn pigs, leading to devastating economic...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4200: Thermodynamic Performance of a Double-Effect Absorption Refrigeration Cycle Based on a Ternary Working Pair: Lithium Bromide + Ionic Liquids + Water Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214200 Authors: Yiqun Li Na Li Chunhuan Luo Qingquan Su For an absorption cycle, a ternary working pair LiBr–[BMIM]Cl(2.5:1)/H2O was proposed as a new working pair to replace LiBr/H2O. The thermodynamic properties including specific heat capacity, specific enthalpy,...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4199: The Characteristics of Oil Migration due to Water Imbibition in Tight Oil Reservoirs Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214199 Authors: Liu Yang Shuo Wang Zhigang Tao Ruixi Leng Jun Yang In tight oil reservoirs, water imbibition is the key mechanism to improve oil production during shut-in operations. However, the complex microstructure and composition of minerals complicate the interpretation of oil migration during water imbibition. In this study,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4273: Fatty Acid Profile of Postmenopausal Women Receiving, and Not Receiving, Hormone Replacement Therapy International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214273 Authors: Anna Maria Cybulska Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka Arleta Drozd Kamila Rachubińska Jolanta Pawlik Ewa Stachowska Anna Jurczak Elżbieta Grochans Menopause, the permanent cessation of the menstrual cycle, marks the end of a woman’s...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 548: Storage Stability of Texture and Sensory Properties of Yogurt with the Addition of Polymerized Whey Proteins Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110548 Authors: Paulina Bierzuńska Dorota Cais-Sokolińska Asli Yiğit Herein, we examined the possibility of producing probiotic yogurt with the addition of polymerized whey protein (PWP). It was determined that the yogurt was stable in terms of syneresis, texture, and sensory features. No spontaneous whey syneresis (SWS)...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4688: Spatial Interpolation of GNSS Troposphere Wet Delay by a Newly Designed Artificial Neural Network Model Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214688 Authors: Mahmut Oguz Selbesoglu Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals arrive at the Earth in a nonlinear and slightly curved way due to the refraction effect caused by the troposphere. The troposphere delay of the GNSS signal consists of hydrostatic and wet parts. In particular, tropospheric...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1807: Effect of a Different Number of Amine-Functional Groups on the Gas Sorption and Permeation Behavior of a Hybrid Membrane Comprising of Impregnated Linde T and 4,4′- (Hexafluoroisopropylidene) Diphthalic Anhydride-Derived Polyimide Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11111807 Authors: Norwahyu Jusoh Yin Fong Yeong Serene Sow Mun Lock Noorfidza Yub Harun Mohd Hizami Mohd Yusoff The bottleneck of conventional polymeric membranes applied in industry has...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3614: Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of High-Energy Faceted TiO2 Nanocrystals Derived from Exfoliated Porous Metatitanic Acid Nanosheets with Improved Photocatalytic and Photovoltaic Performance Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213614 Authors: Yi-en Du Xianjun Niu Wanxi Li Jing An Yufang Liu Yongqiang Chen Pengfei Wang Xiaojing Yang Qi Feng A facile one-pot microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of rutile TiO2 quadrangular prisms with dominant...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1048: A Mollification Regularization Method for the Inverse Source Problem for a Time Fractional Diffusion Equation Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111048 Authors: Le Dinh Long Yong Zhou Tran Thanh Binh Nguyen Can We consider a time-fractional diffusion equation for an inverse problem to determine an unknown source term, whereby the input data is obtained at a certain time. In general, the inverse problems are ill-posed in the sense of Hadamard. Therefore,...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6142: Study on Shear Strength of Xanthan Gum-Amended Soil Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216142 Authors: Antonio Soldo Marta Miletić When construction work is planned on soil with inadequate shear strength, its engineering properties need to be improved. Chemical stabilization is one of the solutions for soil strength improvement. Currently, the most common additive that is used for chemical soil improvement is cement. Cement is an effective solution,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4272: Social Relationships, Age and the Use of Preventive Health Services: Findings from the German Ageing Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214272 Authors: Daniel Bremer Daniel Lüdecke Olaf von dem Knesebeck This paper investigates the associations between social relationships, age and the use of preventive health services among German adults. Data stem from the German Ageing Survey (10,324 respondents)....
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3615: Reactive Powder Concrete Mix Ratio and Steel Fiber Content Optimization under Different Curing Conditions Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213615 Authors: Yunlong Zhang Bin Wu Jing Wang Mo Liu Xu Zhang In this paper, a practical reactive powder concrete mixture ratio is created on the basis of an orthogonal experiment. Previous studies have combined the compressive and splitting tensile strengths of four categories of reactive powder concrete (RPC)...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4687: Prototype Development for the Periodontal Model System with the Spatial Compartmentalization by the Additive Manufacturing Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214687 Authors: Chan Ho Park At present, various tissue engineering strategies have been developed for multiple tissue regeneration and integrative structure formations. However, the regenerations of tooth-supportive structures are still limited and challenging due to the micro-interfacial compartmentalization...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4686: Special Feature on Advanced Mobile Robotics Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214686 Authors: DaeEun Kim Mobile robots and their applications are involved with many research fields including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence and cognitive science [...]
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1383: The Role of Signaling Pathways of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Development of Senescence and Aging Phenotypes in Cardiovascular Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111383 Authors: John Papaconstantinou The ASK1-signalosome→p38 MAPK and SAPK/JNK signaling networks promote senescence (in vitro) and aging (in vivo, animal models and human cohorts) in response to oxidative stress and inflammation. These networks contribute to the promotion of age-associated...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2639: The Effects of Iodine Supplementation in Pregnancy on Iodine Status, Thyroglobulin Levels and Thyroid Function Parameters: Results from a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in a Mild-to-Moderate Iodine Deficiency Area Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112639 Authors: Simona Censi Sara Watutantrige-Fernando Giulia Groccia Jacopo Manso Mario Plebani Diego Faggian Monica Maria Mion Roberta Venturini Alessandra Andrisani Anna Casaro Pietro...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4198: The Role of Support in Formic Acid Decomposition on Gold Catalysts Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214198 Authors: Vladimir Sobolev Igor Asanov Konstantin Koltunov Formic acid (FA) can easily be decomposed, affording molecular hydrogen through a controllable catalytic process, thus attaining great importance as a convenient hydrogen carrier for hydrogen energetics. Supported gold nanoparticles are considered to be among the most promising catalysts for...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6140: Analysis of Public Complaints to Identify Priority Policy Areas: Evidence from a Satellite City around Seoul Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216140 Authors: Eunmi Lee Sanghyuk Lee Kyeong Soo Kim Van Huy Pham Jinbae Sul Conventional studies on policy demand identification that are anchored in big data on urban residents are limited in that they mostly involve the top-down and government-oriented use of such data. It restricts treatment...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5477: Exploring the Regulatory Role of Circular RNAs in Neurodegenerative Disorders International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215477 Authors: Eleonora D’Ambra Davide Capauto Mariangela Morlando Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a distinctive class of regulatory non-coding RNAs characterised by the presence of covalently closed ends. They are evolutionary conserved molecules, and although detected in different tissues, circRNAs resulted specifically...
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Animals, Vol. 9, Pages 915: MTOR Variation Related to Heat Resistance of Chinese Cattle Animals doi: 10.3390/ani9110915 Authors: Qingqing Ning Kaixing Qu Quratulain Hanif Yutang Jia Haijian Cheng Jicai Zhang Ningbo Chen Hong Chen Bizhi Huang Chuzhao Lei With the inexorable rise of global temperature, heat stress deserves more and more attention in livestock agriculture. Previous studies have shown that the mechanistic target of rapamycin (MTOR) (NC_037343.1:c.2062G>C)...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4271: Serological and Molecular Investigation of Coxiella burnetii in Small Ruminants and Ticks in Punjab, Pakistan International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214271 Authors: Qudrat Ullah Hosny El-Adawy Tariq Jamil Huma Jamil Zafar Iqbal Qureshi Muhammad Saqib Shakeeb Ullah Muhammad Kamal Shah Alam Zeb Khan Muhammad Zubair Iahtasham Khan Katja Mertens-Scholz Klaus Henning Heinrich Neubauer...
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Games, Vol. 10, Pages 45: Response Times and Tax Compliance Games doi: 10.3390/g10040045 Authors: Ho Fai Chan Uwe Dulleck Benno Torgler Inspired by the work of Rubinstein, this study revisits data from a previous lab experiment to explore the relation between response times and tax compliance and understand the potential non-linearity between them by classifying decisions and individuals into compliance types. We find that individuals’ decision response time is related...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4786: Flow Velocity Measurement Using a Spatial Averaging Method with Two-Dimensional Flexural Ultrasonic Array Technology Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214786 Authors: Lei Kang Andrew Feeney Riliang Su David Lines Sivaram Nishal Ramadas George Rowlands Steve Dixon Accurate average flow velocity determination is essential for flow measurement in many industries, including automotive, chemical, and oil and gas. The ultrasonic transit-time method is...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3981: Gamma Irradiated Rhodiola sachalinensis Extract Ameliorates Testosterone-Induced Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Downregulating 5-Alpha Reductase and Restoring Testosterone in Rats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213981 Authors: Qi Xin Mi-Jin Kwon Ju-Woon Lee Kwan-Soo Kim Hao Chen Maria G. Campos Rosa Tundis Cheng-Bi Cui Young Ho Cho Hui Cao The effect of Rhodiola sachalinensis Boriss extract irradiated with 50 kGy gamma rays...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6139: Evaluating Circular Economy under a Multi-Parametric Approach: A Technological Review Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216139 Authors: Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos Vasilis C. Kapsalis Konstantinos G. Aravossis Miltiadis Zamparas Alexandros Mitsikas A circular economy (CE) is conceptualized under different rounds of materials and energy cycling flows and is a matter of a three-level deployment: inter-enterprise circulation, regional circulation,...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 547: Occurrence and Reduction of Biogenic Amines in Kimchi and Korean Fermented Seafood Products Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110547 Authors: Young Kyoung Park Jae Hoan Lee Jae-Hyung Mah Biogenic amines produced during fermentation may be harmful when ingested in high concentrations. As current regulations remain insufficient to ensure the safety of fermented vegetable products, the current study determined the risks associated with the consumption of kimchi by...
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Catalysts, Vol. 9, Pages 918: Editorial Catalysts: Special Issue on Trends in Catalytic Wet Peroxide Oxidation Processes Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal9110918 Authors: Asunción Quintanilla Macarena Munoz The catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO) process is an advanced oxidation technology that has shown great potential for the decontamination of wastewater [...]
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 805: The Engineering of Porous Silica and Hollow Silica Nanoparticles to Enhance Drug-loading Capacity Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110805 Authors: Ngoc-Tram Nguyen-Thi Linh Phuong Pham Tran Ngoc Thuy Trang Le Minh-Tri Cao The-Nam Tran Ngoc Tung Nguyen Cong Hao Nguyen Dai-Hai Nguyen Van Thai Than Quang Tri Le Nguyen Quang Trung As a promising candidate for expanding the capacity of drug loading in silica nanoplatforms, hollow mesoporous...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6137: Mapping Urban Park Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Comparison of Twitter and Semi-Structured Interview Methods Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216137 Authors: Michelle L. Johnson Lindsay K. Campbell Erika S. Svendsen Heather L. McMillen Understanding the benefits received from urban greenspace is critical for planning and decision-making. The benefits of parks can be challenging to measure and evaluate, which calls for the development of novel...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 546: Agaricus brasiliensis KA21 May Prevent Diet-Induced Nash Through Its Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Fibrotic Activities in the Liver Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110546 Authors: Anna Nakamura Qi Zhu Yoko Yokoyama Naho Kitamura Sena Uchida Kayo Kumadaki Kazuo Tsubota Mitsuhiro Watanabe Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a progressive disease that occurs in the liver. As the number of people with NASH has increased, effective prevention...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6138: Determinants of Residents’ Willingness to Accept and Their Levels for Ecological Conservation in Ganjiang River Basin, China: An Empirical Analysis of Survey Data for 677 Households Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216138 Authors: Kai Xiong Ning Zhang Chih-Chun Kung Fanbin Kong Using the contingent valuation method and the Heckman two-stage model, we explore residents’ willingness to accept (WTA) compensation and their WTA level...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3613: Uncertainty Quantification for Mechanical Properties of Polyethylene Based on Fully Atomistic Model Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213613 Authors: Nam Vu-Bac X. Zhuang T. Rabczuk This study is to assess the effect of temperature and strain rate on the mechanical properties of amorphous polyethylene (PE) based on fully atomistic model. A stochastic constitutive model using data obtained from molecular dynamics (MD) simulations for the material is constructed....
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IJFS, Vol. 7, Pages 65: Islamic Finance and Herding Behavior Theory: A Sectoral Analysis for Gulf Islamic Stock Market International Journal of Financial Studies doi: 10.3390/ijfs7040065 Authors: Imed Medhioub Mustapha Chaffai This study examines herding behavior in four sectors of the Gulf Islamic stock markets. Based on the methodology of Chiang and Zheng (2010), results showed evidence of herding among investors in major sectors for the Gulf Cooperation Council (hereinafter GCC)...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 545: Factors Influencing Consumers’ Perceptions of Food: A Study of Apple Juice Using Sensory and Visual Attention Methods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110545 Authors: Włodarska Pawlak-Lemańska Górecki Sikorska The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of intrinsic product characteristics and extrinsic packaging-related factors on the food quality perception. Sensory and visual attention methods were used to study how consumers perceive the quality...
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Computation, Vol. 7, Pages 62: Emerging DFT Methods and Their Importance for Challenging Molecular Systems with Orbital Degeneracy Computation doi: 10.3390/computation7040062 Authors: San-Fabián Sancho-García We briefly present some of the most modern and outstanding non-conventional density-functional theory (DFT) methods, which have largely broadened the field of applications with respect to more traditional calculations. The results of these ongoing efforts reveal that a DFT-inspired...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4785: Robust Detection for Chipless RFID Tags Based on Compact Printable Alphabets Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214785 Authors: Rmili Oussama Yousaf Hakim Mittra Aguili Tedjini This work presents a novel technique for designing chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) tags which, unlike the traditional tags with complex geometries, are both compact and printable. The tags themselves are alphabets, which offers the advantage of efficient...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2305: Risk Analysis of Earth-Rock Dam Breach Based on Dynamic Bayesian Network
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2305: Risk Analysis of Earth-Rock Dam Breach Based on Dynamic Bayesian Network Water doi: 10.3390/w11112305 Authors: Li Wang Ge Wei Li Despite the fact that the Bayesian network has great advantages in logical reasoning and calculation compared with the other traditional risk analysis methods, there are still obvious shortcomings in the study of dynamic risk. The risk factors of the earth-rock dam breach are complex, which vary with time during...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4197: Mathematical modeling of the Mojave Solar Plants Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214197 Authors: Antonio J. Gallego Manuel Macías Fernando de de Castilla Eduardo F. Camacho Competitiveness of solar energy is one of current main research topics. Overall efficiency of solar plants can be improved by using advanced control strategies. To design and tuning properly advanced control strategies, a mathematical model of the plant is needed. The model has to...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1806: Micellization of Pluronic P123 in Water/Ethanol/Turpentine Oil Mixed Solvents: Hybrid Particle–Field Molecular Dynamic Simulation Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11111806 Authors: Zhao Ma Li De Nicola Yu Dong The hybrid particle–field molecular dynamics simulation method (MD-SCF) was applied to study the self-assembly of Pluronic PEO20-PPO70-PEO20 (P123) in water/ethanol/turpentine oil- mixed solvents. In particular, the micellization...
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Antibodies, Vol. 8, Pages 52: Immunoglobulin for Treating Bacterial Infections: One More Mechanism of Action Antibodies doi: 10.3390/antib8040052 Authors: Sawa Kinoshita Inoue Ohara Moriyama The mechanisms underlying the effects of immunoglobulins on bacterial infections are thought to involve bacterial cell lysis via complement activation, phagocytosis via bacterial opsonization, toxin neutralization, and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Nevertheless,...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4196: Research on Micro-Grid Group Intelligent Decision Mechanism under the Mode of Block-Chain and Multi-Agent Fusion Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214196 Authors: Fu Wang Wang Shi Yang Ma This paper aims to study the problems of surplus interaction, poor real-time performance, and excessive processing of information in the micro-grid scheduling and decision-making process. Firstly, the micro-grid dual-loop mobile topology structure is designed...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1021: Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Induces Single Immunoglobulin Interleukin-1 Related Receptor (SIGIRR) Downregulation to Promote Interleukin-1β Upregulation in Porcine Alveolar Macrophage Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111021 Authors: Yang Liu Yin Shang Zhang Khan Liu Cai Multisystemic inflammation in pigs affected by porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) indicates the disordered expression of inflammatory cytokines. However, the PCV2-induced...
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 804: Optimization of Enzyme-Assisted Extraction of Flavonoids from Corn Husks Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110804 Authors: Zuorro Lavecchia González-Delgado García-Martinez L’Abbate Corn husks are an important byproduct of the corn processing industry. Although they are a rich source of bioactive compounds, especially flavonoids, corn husks are usually disposed of or used as animal feed. In this paper, we investigate their recovery by an enzyme-assisted...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4685: Security-Constrained Day-Ahead Operational Planning for Flexible Hybrid AC/DC Distribution Networks Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214685 Authors: Ahmad Asrul Ibrahim Behzad Kazemtabrizi Javier Renedo A new active network management framework is presented based on a multi-period optimal power flow problem that is bounded by security constraints at the distribution level for upholding the security of supply. This can be achieved through active...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5476: Generation of Organized Porcine Testicular Organoids in Solubilized Hydrogels from Decellularized Extracellular Matrix International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215476 Authors: Maxime Vermeulen Federico Del Vento Marc Kanbar Sébastien Pyr dit Ruys Didier Vertommen Jonathan Poels Christine Wyns Cryopreservation of immature testicular tissue (ITT) prior to chemo/radiotherapy is now ethically accepted and is currently the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2638: High-Fructose Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders Were Counteracted by the Intake of Fruit and Leaves of Sweet Cherry in Wistar Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112638 Authors: Dziadek Kopeć Piątkowska Leszczyńska Numerous studies have indicated that the use of plants rich in bioactive compounds may reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate how the addition of fruit and leaves to high-fructose diet...
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Coatings, Vol. 9, Pages 728: Crack Sensitivity Control of Nickel-Based Laser Coating Based on Genetic Algorithm and Neural Network Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings9110728 Authors: Yu Sun Huang Wang Wang Hu This paper aimed to establish a nonlinear relationship between laser cladding process parameters and the crack density of a high-hardness, nickel-based laser cladding layer, and to control the cracking of the cladding layer via an intelligent algorithm. By using...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 228: Increased Parasympathetic Activity by Foot Reflexology Massage after Repeated Sprint Test in Collegiate Football Players: A Randomised Controlled Trial Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7110228 Authors: Chen Lu Clemente Bezerra Kuo Foot reflexology massage (FRM) has positive effects on cardiovascular and haemodynamic functions. However, information regarding the physiological changes after FRM post exercise-stress is limited. This study investigated...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1864: Positive Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1 Expression Predicts Poor Treatment Outcomes in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111864 Authors: Huang Lu Wang Chen Lo Lin Lan Tseng Li Background: Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is present in a subgroup of cancer patients who may be favorable targets for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies....
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1863: Associations of Anti-Aquaporin 5 Autoantibodies with Serologic and Histopathological Features of Sjögren's Syndrome Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111863 Authors: Jeon Lee Park Kim Choi Biomarkers to stratify the complex and heterogeneous phenotypes of Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) are needed. We aimed to validate the prevalence of anti-aquaporin 5 (AQP5) IgG in a non-Korean cohort and to optimize the method to screen the anti-AQP5...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6136: Education for Sustainable Development: Evolution and Perspectives: A Bibliometric Review of Research, 1992–2018 Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216136 Authors: Gabriela Grosseck Laurențiu Gabriel Țîru Ramona Alice Bran In recent years, the interest in research concerning Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has grown considerably. Therefore, a thorough (re)evaluation of this field and its challenges is highly necessary and can help us...
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Metals, Vol. 9, Pages 1185: Effects of Relative Humidity on Crevice Corrosion Behavior of 304L Stainless-Steel Nuclear Material in a Chloride Environment Metals doi: 10.3390/met9111185 Authors: Yeh Tsai Huang In the dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuels, a stainless-steel canister acts as an important barrier for encapsulating spent fuels. As a result, local corrosion behavior of 304L stainless steel has become an issue of concern in the wet coastal region and salt spray environment....
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1865: Osteoarthritis Severely Decreases the Elasticity and Hardness of Knee Joint Cartilage: A Nanoindentation Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111865 Authors: Mieloch Richter Trzeciak Giersig Rybka The nanoindentation method was applied to determine the elastic modulus and hardness of knee articular cartilage. Cartilage samples from both high weight bearing (HWB) and low weight bearing (LWB) femoral condyles were collected from...
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