Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1113: Even Visually Intact Cell Walls in Waterlogged Archaeological Wood Are Chemically Deteriorated and Mechanically Fragile: A Case of a 170 Year-Old Shipwreck Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051113 Authors: Liuyang Han Xingling Tian Tobias Keplinger Haibin Zhou Ren Li Kirsi Svedström Ingo Burgert Yafang Yin Juan Guo Structural and chemical deterioration and its impact on cell wall mechanics were investigated for visually intact cell...
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MTI, Vol. 4, Pages 7: Data-Driven Activities Involving Electronic Health Records: An Activity and Task Analysis Framework for Interactive Visualization Tools Multimodal Technologies and Interaction doi: 10.3390/mti4010007 Authors: Neda Rostamzadeh Sheikh S. Abdullah Kamran Sedig Electronic health records (EHRs) can be used to make critical decisions, to study the effects of treatments, and to detect hidden patterns in patient histories. In this paper, we present a framework to...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 453: Shape Deformation in Ion Beam Irradiated Colloidal Monolayers: An AFM Investigation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030453 Authors: Lotito Karlušić Jakšić Tomić Luketić Müller Zambelli Fazinić Self-assembly of colloidal monolayers represents a prominent approach to the fabrication of nanostructures. The modification of the shape of colloidal particles is essential in order to enrich the variety of attainable patterns which...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 454: Graphene Oxide Nanofiltration Membranes Containing Silver Nanoparticles: Tuning Separation Efficiency via Nanoparticle Size Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030454 Authors: Yang Huang Wang Du Zhang Wang Kipper Belfiore Tang Three types of graphene oxide/silver nanoparticles (GO/AgNPs) composite membranes were prepared to investigate size-effect of AgNPs on nanofiltration ability. The size of AgNPs was 8, 20, and 33 nm,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 452: Construction of BPQDs/Ti3C2@TiO2 Composites with Favorable Charge Transfer Channels for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Light Irradiation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030452 Authors: Ziyu Yao Huajun Sun Huiting Sui Xiaofang Liu Design and construction of double heterojunction is favorable to improve the separation and migration efficiency of photogenerated carriers, thus preferably solve the problems of environmental pollution...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 686: A randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Medium-Term Effects of Oat Fibers on Human Health: The Beta-Glucan Effects on Lipid Profile, Glycemia and inTestinal Health (BELT) Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030686 Authors: Arrigo F.G. Cicero Federica Fogacci Maddalena Veronesi Enrico Strocchi Elisa Grandi Elisabetta Rizzoli Andrea Poli Franca Marangoni Claudio Borghi The Beta-glucan Effects on Lipid profile, glycemia...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 685: Regular Black Bean Consumption Is Necessary to Sustain Improvements in Small-Artery Vascular Compliance in the Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030685 Authors: Jaime L. Clark Tara B. Loader Hope D. Anderson Peter Zahradka Carla G. Taylor Edible legume seeds, such as lentils, have been shown to modulate the structural and functional properties of hypertensive blood vessels, however, the effects of dried beans have not...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 683: Changes in Intestinal Microbiota and Predicted Metabolic Pathways During Colonic Fermentation of Mango (Mangifera indica L.)—Based Bar Indigestible Fraction Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030683 Authors: Gutiérrez-Sarmiento Sáyago-Ayerdi Goñi Gutiérrez-Miceli Abud-Archila Rejón-Orantes Rincón-Rosales Peña-Ocaña Ruíz-Valdiviezo Mango (Mangifera indica L.) peel and pulp are a source of dietary fiber (DF) and phenolic compounds...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 684: Methionine Restriction and Cancer Biology Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030684 Authors: Wanders Hobson Ji The essential amino acid, methionine, is important for cancer cell growth and metabolism. A growing body of evidence indicates that methionine restriction inhibits cancer cell growth and may enhance the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents. This review summarizes the efficacy and mechanism of action of methionine restriction on hallmarks of cancer...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 681: Oral Microbiota Profile Associates with Sugar Intake and Taste Preference Genes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030681 Authors: Anders Esberg Simon Haworth Pamela Hasslöf Pernilla Lif Lif Holgerson Ingegerd Johansson Oral microbiota ecology is influenced by environmental and host conditions, but few studies have evaluated associations between untargeted measures of the entire oral microbiome and potentially relevant environmental and host factors....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 682: Oxidative Stress Biomarkers, Nut-Related Antioxidants, and Cardiovascular Disease Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030682 Authors: Julia Lorenzon dos Lorenzon dos Santos Alexandre Schaan de Quadros Camila Weschenfelder Silvia Bueno Garofallo Aline Marcadenti Atherosclerosis is related to fat accumulation in the arterial walls and vascular stiffening, and results in acute coronary syndrome which is commonly associated with acute myocardial infarction....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 680: Nutrition in Liver Cirrhosis and Transplantation—Current State and Knowledge Gaps Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030680 Authors: Raman Tandon Merli Cirrhosis of the liver is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality [1].[...]
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 183: Phylogenetic Analysis of Belgian Small Ruminant Lentiviruses Supports Cross Species Virus Transmission and Identifies New Subtype B5 Strains Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030183 Authors: Rodolphe Michiels Nadjah Radia Adjadj Nick De Regge Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) are a group of highly divergent viruses responsible for global and fatal infections in sheep and goats. Since the current phylogenetic classification of these viruses was proposed...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 182: The B Subunit of PirABvp Toxin Secreted from Vibrio parahaemolyticus Causing AHPND Is an Amino Sugar Specific Lectin Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030182 Authors: Marcelo Victorio-De Los Santos Norberto Vibanco-Pérez Sonia Soto-Rodriguez Ali Pereyra Edgar Zenteno Patricia Cano-Sánchez Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Vp) is the etiological agent of the acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in Penaeus vannamei shrimp. Vp possesses a 63–70...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 181: Specific Substitutions in Region V2 of gp120 env confer SHIV Neutralisation Resistance Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030181 Authors: Yalcin Pisil Zafer Yazici Hisatoshi Shida Shuzo Matsushita Tomoyuki Miura A tier 2 SHIV-MK38 strain was obtained after two in vivo passages of tier 1 SHIV-MK1. SHIV-MK38#818, cloned from the MK38 strain, was neutralisation-resistant, like the parental MK38 strain, to SHIV-infected monkey plasma (MP), HIV-1-infected...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 38: [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC: The First FDA-Approved 68Ga-Radiopharmaceutical for PET Imaging Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13030038 Authors: Ute Hennrich Martina Benešová In the United States, [68Ga]Ga-DOTA-TOC has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2019 as the first 68Ga-radiopharmaceutical for imaging of somatostatin receptor (SSTR) positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors while employing positron emission tomography...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 37: Synthesis of Imidazole-Based Medicinal Molecules Utilizing the van Leusen Imidazole Synthesis Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13030037 Authors: Xunan Zheng Zhengning Ma Dawei Zhang Imidazole and its derivatives are one of the most vital and universal heterocycles in medicinal chemistry. Owing to their special structural features, these compounds exhibit a widespread spectrum of significant pharmacological or biological activities, and are widely...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 225: Cell Penetrating Peptides, Novel Vectors for Gene Therapy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030225 Authors: Rebecca E. Taylor Maliha Zahid Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), also known as protein transduction domains (PTDs), first identified ~25 years ago, are small, 6–30 amino acid long, synthetic, or naturally occurring peptides, able to carry variety of cargoes across the cellular membranes in an intact, functional form. Since...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 28: Exploring Pharmacy Technician Roles in the Implementation of an Appointment-Based Medication Synchronization Program Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010028 Authors: Chelsea Renfro Davis Coulter Lan Ly Cindy Fisher Lindsay Cardosi Mike Wasson Kenneth C. Hohmeier The objective of this study was to qualitatively explore the role of pharmacy technicians in the implementation of an appointment-based model (ABM) medication synchronization program....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 321: Some Urea Derivatives Positively Affect Adventitious Root Formation: Old Concepts and the State of the Art Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030321 Authors: Ricci Ada Rolli Enrico The success of vegetative propagation programmes strongly depends on adventitious rooting, a postembryonic developmental process whereby new roots can be induced from differentiated cells in positions where normally they do not arise. This auxin-dependent organogenesis has been studied...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 320: Development of Embryo Suspensors for Five Genera of Crassulaceae with Special Emphasis on Plasmodesmata Distribution and Ultrastructure Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030320 Authors: Małgorzata Kozieradzka-Kiszkurno Daria Majcher Emilia Brzezicka Joanna Rojek Justyna Wróbel-Marek Ewa Kurczyńska The suspensor in the majority of angiosperms is an evolutionally conserved embryonic structure functioning as a conduit that connects ovule tissues with the...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 318: In Vitro Regeneration Potential of White Lupin (Lupinus albus) from Cotyledonary Nodes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030318 Authors: Mehtab Muhammad Aslam Joseph K. Karanja Qian Zhang Huifeng Lin Tianyu Xia Kashif Akhtar Jianping Liu Rui Miao Feiyun Xu Weifeng Xu The tissue culture regeneration system of Lupinus albus has always been considered as recalcitrant material due to its genotype-dependent response and low regeneration efficiency...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 319: Growth under Fluctuating Light Reveals Large Trait Variation in a Panel of Arabidopsis Accessions Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030319 Authors: Elias Kaiser Dirk Walther Ute Armbruster The capacity of photoautotrophs to fix carbon depends on the efficiency of the conversion of light energy into chemical potential by photosynthesis. In nature, light input into photosynthesis can change very rapidly and dramatically. To analyze how genetic variation in Arabidopsis...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 317: Verification of the Field Productivity of Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC. Developed Through Optimized In Vitro Culture Method Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030317 Authors: Yong-Goo Kim Richard Komakech Dae Hui Jeong Yun mi Park Tae Kyoung Lee Ki Hyun Kim A Yeong Lee Byeong cheol Moon Youngmin Kang Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) DC is a perennial plant belonging to the family Scropulariidae. The root of R. glutinosa is used in oriental...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 316: Growth under Fluctuating Light Reveals Large Trait Variation in a Panel of Arabidopsis Accessions Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030316 Authors: Elias Kaiser Dirk Walther Ute Armbruster The capacity of photoautotrophs to fix carbon depends on the efficiency of the conversion of light energy into chemical potential by photosynthesis. In nature, light input into photosynthesis can change very rapidly and dramatically. To analyze how genetic variation in Arabidopsis...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 315: Characterization of Trehalose-6-phosphate Synthase and Trehalose-6-phosphate Phosphatase Genes and Analysis of its Differential Expression in Maize (Zea mays) Seedlings under Drought Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030315 Authors: Phamela Acosta-Pérez Bianka Dianey Camacho-Zamora Edward A. Espinoza-Sánchez Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Soto Francisco Zavala-García María Jazmín Abraham-Juárez Sugey Ramona Sinagawa-García Maize is the most important...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 314: Explaining Intricate Morphometric Variability with Environmental Predictors: The Case of Globularia cordifolia Species Complex Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030314 Authors: Michele Innangi Maja Friščić Kroata Hazler Pilepić Tiziana Danise Fabio Conti Fabrizio Bartolucci Antonietta Fioretto Lorenzo Peruzzi Globularia is a genus of small evergreen and perennial shrubs that are widespread in Europe. Globularia section Empetron includes a group...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Prosthesis, Vol. 2, Pages 25-38: Experimental Analysis of a Novel, Magnetic-Driven Tactile Feedback Device Prosthesis doi: 10.3390/prosthesis2010003 Authors: Fahad Alshaibani Mark S Thompson Jeroen HM Bergmann The study presented in this paper details the development and experimental testing of a novel, magnetic, tactile feedback device that is able to deliver a stimulus to a patch of skin on the lower arm of a user. The device utilizes magnets to deliver a sensation that is not...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 4: Proteomics-Based Detection of Immune Dysfunction in an Elite Adventure Athlete Trekking Across the Antarctica Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8010004 Authors: David C. Nieman Arnoud J. Groen Artyom Pugachev Andrew J. Simonson Kristine Polley Karma James Bassem F. El-Khodor Saradhadevi Varadharaj Claudia Hernández-Armenta Proteomics monitoring of an elite adventure athlete (age 33 years) was conducted over a 28-week period that culminated...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Recycling, Vol. 5, Pages 5: Improving Fly Ash Brightness with Carbon and Iron Oxide Removal Recycling doi: 10.3390/recycling5010005 Authors: Helong Song Huiming Fan Hang-tian Gao Jian-an Liu Hongyan Mou In this paper, the brightness of fly ash is improved by carbon removal by heating and iron-containing oxides removal by acid treatment using a two-step method to realize the application of fly ash as filler or coating in the future, which not only increases the range of resource...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 23: Rational Savings Account Models for Backward-Looking Interest Rate Benchmarks Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8010023 Authors: Andrea Macrina David Skovmand Interest rate benchmarks are currently undergoing a major transition. The LIBOR benchmark is planned to be discontinued by the end of 2021 and superseded by what ISDA calls an adjusted risk-free rate (RFR). ISDA has recently announced that the LIBOR replacement will most likely be constructed from a compounded...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 93-111: Fast Object Detection Using Dimensional Based Features for Public Street Environments Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3010006 Authors: Ivan Matveev Kirill Karpov Ingo Chmielewski Eduard Siemens Aleksey Yurchenko Modern object recognition algorithms have very high precision. At the same time, they require high computational power. Thus, widely used low-power IoT devices, which gather a substantial amount of data, cannot directly apply...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 28: Acute Effects of Intermittent and Continuous Static Stretching on Hip Flexion Angle in Athletes with Varying Flexibility Training Background Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8030028 Authors: Donti Gaspari Papia Panidi Donti Bogdanis Τhis study examined changes in hip joint flexion angle after an intermittent or a continuous static stretching protocol of equal total duration. Twenty-seven female subjects aged 19.9 ± 3.0 years...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 159: Hypervolemia-Induced Immune Disturbances Do Not Involve IL-1ß but IL-6 and IL-10 Activation in Haemodialysis Patients Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030159 Authors: Christof Ulrich Annegret Wilke Nadja Schleicher Matthias Girndt Roman Fiedler Dysregulated fluid homeostasis is frequent in haemodialysis (HD) patients and is linked to inflammation which may be elicited by endotoxemia. The impact of hypervolemia on immune cells has not been studied in...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 158: A Sensitive, Point-of-Care Detection of Small Molecules Based on a Portable Barometer: Aflatoxins In Agricultural Products Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030158 Authors: Weiqi Zhang Wenqin Wu Chong Cai Xiaofeng Hu Hui Li Yizhen Bai Zhaowei Zhang Peiwu Li Sensitive and point-of-care detection of small toxic molecules plays a key role in food safety. Aflatoxin, a typical small toxic molecule, can cause serious healthcare and economic issues,...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 38: Strain-Dependent Activity of Zika Virus and Exposure History in Serological Diagnostics Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010038 Authors: Kelli L. Barr Erika R. Schwarz Dhani Prakoso Kehkashan Imtiaz Ruiyu Pu J. Glenn Morris Morris Jr Erum Khan Maureen T. Long Zika virus (ZIKV) circulates as two separate lineages, with significant genetic variability between strains. Strain-dependent activity has been...
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Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 11: Smart Eco-City Strategies and Solutions for Sustainability: The Cases of Royal Seaport, Stockholm, and Western Harbor, Malmö, Sweden Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4010011 Authors: Bibri Krogstie Sustainable urbanism is seen today as one of the keys towards unlocking the quest for a sustainable society. As a central paradigm of sustainable urbanism, the eco-city is promoted by global and local policies as one of the preferred responses to the...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 118: Engineered Recombinant Single Chain Variable Fragment of Monoclonal Antibody Provides Protection to Chickens Infected with H9N2 Avian Influenza Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010118 Authors: Deimante Lukosaityte Jean-Remy Sadeyen Angita Shrestha Joshua E. Sealy Sushant Bhat Pengxiang Chang Paul Digard Munir Iqbal Passive immunisation with neutralising antibodies can be a potent therapeutic strategy if used pre- or post-exposure to a variety...
Tue Mar 03, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 280: Lactococcus Ceduovirus Phages Isolated from Industrial Dairy Plants—from Physiological to Genomic Analyses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030280 Authors: Chmielewska-Jeznach Bardowski Szczepankowska Lactococcus Ceduovirus (formerly c2virus) bacteriophages are among the three most prevalent phage types reported in dairy environments. Phages from this group conduct a strictly lytic lifestyle and cause substantial losses during milk fermentation processes,...
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