Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1636: An FMRFamide Neuropeptide in Cuttlefish Sepia pharaonis: Identification, Characterization, and Potential Function Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071636 Authors: Yang Zhu Lian-lian Sun Jun-hong Wu Hui-hui Liu Li-bing Zheng Zhen-ming Lü Chang-feng Chi Neuropeptides are released by neurons that are involved in a wide range of brain functions, such as food intake, metabolism, reproduction, and learning and memory. A full-length cDNA sequence...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1631: Analysis of the Gas Phase Acidity of Substituted Benzoic Acids Using Density Functional Concepts Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071631 Authors: Jorge A. Amador-Balderas Michael-Adán Martínez-Sánchez Ramsés E. Ramírez Francisco Méndez Francisco J. Meléndez A theoretical study of the effect of the substituent Z on the gas phase acidity of substituted benzoic acids ZC6H4COOH in terms of density functional theory descriptors (chemical potential,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1635: p-Aminobenzoate Organic Salts as Potential Plant Growth Regulators for Tomatoes Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071635 Authors: Radu-Liviu Sumalan Lilia Croitor Mihaela Petric Isidora Radulov Paulina Bourosh Renata-Maria Sumalan Manuela Crisan The discovery of environmentally friendly and inexpensive plant growth regulators (PGRs) for agronomically important crops is a necessity and must be considered a priority worldwide. This study...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1630: Walnut Oil Prevents Scopolamine-Induced Memory Dysfunction in a Mouse Model Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071630 Authors: Jianqiao Liao Yifan Nai Li Feng Yimeng Chen Mei Li Huaide Xu For thousands of years, it has been widely believed that walnut is a kind of nut that has benefits for the human body. Walnut oil, accounting for about 70% of walnut, mainly consists of polyunsaturated fatty acids. To investigate the effect of walnut oil...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1629: Flame Retardant-Functionalized Cotton Cellulose Using Phosphonate-Based Ionic Liquids Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071629 Authors: Karen Al Hokayem Roland El Hage Lenka Svecova Belkacem Otazaghine Nicolas Le Moigne Rodolphe Sonnier Cellulose from cotton fibers was functionalized through a dissolution–regeneration process with phosphonate-based ionic liquids (ILs): 1,3-dimethylimidazolium methylphosphonate [DIMIM][(MeO)(H)PO2] and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1628: Glutamine Analogues Impair Cell Proliferation, the Intracellular Cycle and Metacyclogenesis in Trypanosoma cruzi Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071628 Authors: Rodolpho Ornitz Oliveira Souza Marcell Crispim Ariel Mariano Silber Flávia Silva Damasceno Trypanosoma cruzi is the aetiologic agent of Chagas disease, which affects people in the Americas and worldwide. The parasite has a complex life cycle that alternates among mammalian hosts and...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1627: per-Alkoxy-pillar[5]arenes as Electron Donors: Electrochemical Properties of Dimethoxy-Pillar[5]arene and Its Corresponding Rotaxane Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25071627 Authors: Nicholas Pearce E. Stephen Davies Neil R. Champness 1,4-dimethoxypillar[5]arene undergoes reversible multielectron oxidations forming stable radical cations, a property retained when incorporated in [2]rotaxanes, suggesting that pillar[5]arenes can be employed as viable,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 671: A General Protocol for Electrospun Non-Woven Fabrics of Dialdehyde Cellulose and Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040671 Authors: Slavica Hell Kousaku Ohkawa Hassan Amer Antje Potthast Thomas Rosenau In the past two decades, research on electrospinning has boomed due to its advantages of simple process, small fiber diameter, and special physical and chemical properties. The electrospun fibers are collected in a non-woven...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 669: Novel Nanohybrids Based on Supramolecular Assemblies of Meso-tetrakis-(4-sulfonatophenyl) Porphyrin J-aggregates and Amine-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040669 Authors: Mariachiara Trapani Antonino Mazzaglia Anna Piperno Annalaura Cordaro Roberto Zagami Maria Angela Castriciano Andrea Romeo Luigi Monsù Scolaro The ability of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) covalently functionalized with polyamine...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 667: High-Yield Production of Few-Layer Graphene via New-fashioned Strategy Combining Resonance Ball Milling and Hydrothermal Exfoliation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040667 Authors: Qingfeng Yang Ming Zhou Mingyang Yang Zhixun Zhang Jianwen Yu Yibo Zhang Wenjun Cheng Xuyin Li Graphene shows great potential applications in functional coating, electrodes, and ultrasensitive sensors, but high-yield and scalable preparation of few-layer...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 668: PDMS Nano-Modified Scaffolds for Improvement of Stem Cells Proliferation and Differentiation in Microfluidic Platform Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040668 Authors: Hadi Hashemzadeh Abdollah Allahverdi Mosslim Sedghi Zahra Vaezi Tahereh Tohidi Moghadam Mario Rothbauer Michael Bernhard Fischer Peter Ertl Hossein Naderi-Manesh Microfluidics cell-based assays require strong cell-substrate adhesion for cell viability, proliferation,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 670: Enhancement of Thermal Boundary Conductance of Metal–Polymer System Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040670 Authors: Sandell Maire Chávez-Ángel Torres Kristiansen Zhang He In organic electronics, thermal management is a challenge, as most organic materials conduct heat poorly. As these devices become smaller, thermal transport is increasingly limited by organic–inorganic interfaces, for example that between a metal...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 663: Yb:MoO3/Ag/MoO3 Multilayer Transparent Top Cathode for Top-Emitting Green Quantum Dot Light-Emitting Diodes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040663 Authors: Chun-Yu Lee Yi-Min Chen Yao-Zong Deng Ya-Pei Kuo Peng-Yu Chen Leo Tsai Ming-Yi Lin In this study, we report on the application of a dielectric/ultra-thin metal/dielectric (DMD) multilayer consisting of ytterbium (Yb)-doped molybdenum oxide (MoO3)/silver (Ag)/MoO3 stacked as the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 665: Chemical- and Mechanical-Induced Lubrication Mechanisms during Hot Rolling of Titanium Alloys Using a Mixed Graphene-Incorporating Lubricant Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040665 Authors: Ning Kong Jiaming Zhang Jie Zhang Hongbo Li Boyu Wei Dongshan Li Hongtao Zhu Hot rolling of titanium alloy currently is carried out without lubrication because of the surface defects. In order to explore an effective lubrication scheme to reduce...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 664: Nano Carbon Black-Based High Performance Wearable Pressure Sensors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040664 Authors: Junsong Hu Junsheng Yu Ying Li Xiaoqing Liao Xingwu Yan Lu Li The reasonable design pattern of flexible pressure sensors with excellent performance and prominent features including high sensitivity and a relatively wide workable linear range has attracted significant attention owing to their potential application in the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 661: Electrokinetically-Driven Assembly of Gold Colloids into Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040661 Authors: Dies Bottomley Nicholls Stamplecoskie Escobedo Docoslis Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) enables the highly sensitive detection of (bio)chemical analytes in fluid samples; however, its application requires nanostructured gold/silver substrates, which presents a significant...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 666: In Situ Study of the Impact of Aberration-Corrected Electron-Beam Lithography on the Electronic Transport of Suspended Graphene Devices Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040666 Authors: Naomi Mizuno Fernando Camino Xu Du The implementation of aberration-corrected electron beam lithography (AC-EBL) in a 200 keV scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) is a novel technique that could be used for the fabrication of quantum devices based on...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 660: Nanofluid to Nanocomposite Film: Chitosan and Cellulose-Based Edible Packaging Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040660 Authors: Pinem Wardhono Nadaud Clausse Saleh Guénin Chitosan (CH)-based materials are compatible to form biocomposite film for food packaging applications. In order to enhance water resistance and mechanical properties, cellulose can be introduced to the chitosan-based film. In this work, we evaluate the morphology...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 662: Photoexcitation Processes in Oligomethine Cyanine Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells—Synthesis and Computational Study Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040662 Authors: Oprea Panait Essam El-Aal Gîrțu We report density functional theory (DFT) calculations of three newly synthesized oligomethine cyanine-based dyes as potential TiO2-sensitizers in dye-sensitized solar cells. The three dyes have π-symmetry and the same acceptor...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 659: Applications of Carbon Nanotubes in Bone Regenerative Medicine Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10040659 Authors: Manabu Tanaka Kaoru Aoki Hisao Haniu Takayuki Kamanaka Takashi Takizawa Atsushi Sobajima Kazushige Yoshida Masanori Okamoto Hiroyuki Kato Naoto Saito Scaffolds are essential for bone regeneration due to their ability to maintain a sustained release of growth factors and to provide a place where cells that form new...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 983: Reply: “It is Time for a Universal Nutrition Policy in Very Preterm Neonates during the Neonatal Period? Comment on: Applying Methods for Postnatal Growth Assessment in the Clinical Setting: Evaluation in a Longitudinal Cohort of Very Preterm Infants Nutrients 2019, 11, 2772” Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040983 Authors: Montserrat Izquierdo Renau Victoria Aldecoa-Bilbao Carla Balcells Esponera Beatriz del Rey Hurtado de Mendoza Martin Iriondo Sanz Isabel...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 986: Food, Eating, and the Gastrointestinal Tract Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040986 Authors: Dan M Livovsky Teorora Pribic Fernando Azpiroz Food ingestion induces a metered response of the digestive system. Initially, the upper digestive system reacts to process and extract meal substrates. Later, meal residues not absorbed in the small bowel, pass into the colon and activate the metabolism of resident microbiota. Food consumption also induces sensations...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 988: Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040988 Authors: William B. Grant Henry Lahore Sharon L. McDonnell Carole A. Baggerly Christine B. French Jennifer L. Aliano Harjit P. Bhattoa The world is in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health measures that can reduce the risk of infection and death in addition to quarantines are desperately...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 990: Elevation of the Blood Glucose Level is Involved in an Increase in Expression of Sweet Taste Receptors in Taste Buds of Rat Circumvallate Papillae Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040990 Authors: Moemi Iwamura Risa Honda Kazuki Nagasawa The gustation system for sweeteners is well-known to be regulated by nutritional and metabolic conditions, but there is no or little information on the underlying mechanism. Here, we examined whether elevation of the blood...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 989: Chronic Stress Contributes to Osteosarcopenic Adiposity via Inflammation and Immune Modulation: The Case for More Precise Nutritional Investigation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040989 Authors: Ilich Gilman Cvijetic Boschiero Chronic stress and low-grade chronic inflammation (LGCI) are key underlying factors formany diseases, including bone and body composition impairments. Objectives of this narrativereview were to examine the mechanisms by which...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 987: Supplementation of Sulfur-Containing Amino Acids or Essential Amino Acids Does Not Reverse the Hepatic Lipid-Lowering Effect of a Protein-Rich Insect Meal in Obese Zucker Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040987 Authors: Sandra Meyer Lea Schäfer Julia Röhrig Garima Maheshwari Erika Most Holger Zorn Robert Ringseis Klaus Eder Denise K. Gessner The present study tested the hypothesis that the liver lipid-lowering effect of insect meal...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 991: The Effects of Different Degrees of Carbohydrate Restriction and Carbohydrate Replacement on Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Humans—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040991 Authors: Eva Fechner Ellen T.H.C. Smeets Patrick Schrauwen Ronald P. Mensink Low-carbohydrate diets (LCDs) often differ in their diet composition, which may lead to conflicting results between randomized controlled trials. Therefore, we aimed to...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 985: Micronutrient Dilution and Added Sugars Intake in U.S. Adults: Examining This Association Using NHANES 2009–2014 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040985 Authors: Victor L. Fulgoni P. Courtney Gaine Maria O. Scott Laurie Ricciuto Loretta DiFrancesco There is inconsistent evidence regarding the impact of added sugars consumption on micronutrient dilution of the diet. We examined the associations between added sugars intake deciles and nutrient adequacy...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 984: Age-related Smell and Taste Impairments and Vitamin D Associations in the U.S. Adults. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040984 Authors: Bigman Smell and taste decline with aging, and markedly deteriorate when nutritional deficiencies occur. This study aims to examine the associations between Vitamin D (VD) deficiency and smell and taste impairments among adults. This paper details a cross-sectional study utilizing...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 982: The Effects of Low- and High-Glycemic Index Sport Nutrition Bars on Metabolism and Performance in Recreational Soccer Players Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040982 Authors: Mojtaba Kaviani Philip D. Chilibeck Spencer Gall Jennifer Jochim Gordon A. Zello Consumption of low-glycemic index (GI) carbohydrates (CHO) may be superior to high-GI CHO before exercise by increasing fat oxidation and decreasing carbohydrate oxidation. We compared the effects...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 980: It is Time for a Universal Nutrition Policy in Very Preterm Neonates during the Neonatal Period? Comment on: “Applying Methods for Postnatal Growth Assessment in the Clinical Setting: Evaluation in a Longitudinal Cohort of Very Preterm Infants” Nutrients 2019, 11, 2772 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040980 Authors: Antonios Gounaris Rozeta Sokou Polytimi Panagiotounakou Ioanna N. Grivea We have read the article entitled “Applying Methods...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 981: Vitamin D3 Supplementation Increases Long-Chain Ceramide Levels in Overweight/Obese African Americans: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040981 Authors: Li Chen Yanbin Dong Jigar Bhagatwala Anas Raed Ying Huang Haidong Zhu Sphingolipid metabolism plays a critical role in cell growth regulation, lipid regulation, neurodevelopment, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Animal experiments suggest that vitamin...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 320-335: Astrophysics in the Laboratory—The CBM Experiment at FAIR Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3020024 Authors: Senger The future “Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research” (FAIR) is an accelerator-based international center for fundamental and applied research, which presently is under construction in Darmstadt, Germany. An important part of the program is devoted to questions related to astrophysics, including the origin of elements...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 322: Novel Polymeric Formulation for Removal of Gastrointestinal Polyps by Digestive Endoscopy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040322 Authors: Moles-Aranda Calpena-Campmany Halbaut-Bellowa Díaz-Tomé Otero-Espinar Morales-Molina Clares-Naveros Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) are two techniques used in the resection of gastrointestinal mucosal polyps. The aim of this work is the...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 319: Extended Pharmacopeial Characterization of Surfactant Aerosols Generated by a Customized eFlow Neos Nebulizer Delivered through Neonatal Nasal Prongs Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040319 Authors: Federico Bianco Elena Pasini Marcello Nutini Xabier Murgia Carolin Stoeckl Martin Schlun Uwe Hetzer Sauro Bonelli Marta Lombardini Ilaria Milesi Marisa Pertile Stephan Minocchieri Fabrizio Salomone Albert Bucholski...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 320: Dual Angiotensin Receptor and Neprilysin Inhibitor Ameliorates Portal Hypertension in Portal Hypertensive Rats Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040320 Authors: Shao-Jung Hsu Hui-Chun Huang Chiao-Lin Chuang Ching-Chih Chang Ming-Chih Hou Fa-Yauh Lee Shou-Dong Lee Background: Portal hypertension is characterized by exaggerated activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis. Natriuretic peptide system plays a counter-regulatory...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 318: Statistical Methods for Quality Equivalence of Topical Products. 0.5 mg/g Betamethasone Ointment as a Case-Study Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040318 Authors: Ocaña Monleón-Getino Merino Peris Soler This study examines the statistical implications, and their possible implementation, of the “Draft guideline on quality and equivalence of topical products” issued by the European Medicines Agency in 2018,...
Thu Apr 02, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 321: Mucoadhesive Vaginal Discs based on Cyclodextrin and Surfactants for the Controlled Release of Antiretroviral Drugs to Prevent the Sexual Transmission of HIV Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040321 Authors: Fernando Notario-Pérez Araceli Martín-Illana Raúl Cazorla-Luna Roberto Ruiz-Caro Aitana Tamayo Juan Rubio María-Dolores Veiga . The strategies for developing vaginal microbicides to protect women against human immunodeficiency...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 317: A Novel Treatment Modality for Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Using a Dual-Effect Liposome to Combine Photodynamic Therapy and Chemotherapy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040317 Authors: Chen Peng Tsai Chien Lee Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an inherited neurological disorder. Approximately 5–13% of NF1 patients may develop a malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST), which is a neurofibrosarcoma...
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