Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2070: Trochoidal Milling and Neural Networks Simulation of Magnesium Alloys Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132070 Authors: Ireneusz Zagórski Monika Kulisz Mariusz Kłonica Jakub Matuszak This paper set out to investigate the effect of cutting speed vc and trochoidal step str modification on selected machinability parameters (the cutting force components and vibration). In addition, for a more detailed analysis, selected surface roughness parameters were...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3541: Towards a Baseline for Food-Waste Quantification in the Hospitality Sector—Quantities and Data Processing Criteria Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133541 Authors: Christopher Malefors Pieter Callewaert Per-Anders Hansson Hanna Hartikainen Oona Pietiläinen Ingrid Strid Christina Strotmann Mattias Eriksson There is an urgent need for primary data collection on food waste to obtain solid quantification data that can be used as an...
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Animals, Vol. 9, Pages 392: Slaughter of Pregnant Cattle in Denmark: Prevalence, Gestational Age, and Reasons Animals doi: 10.3390/ani9070392 Authors: Søren Saxmose Nielsen Peter Sandøe Stine Ulrich Kjølsted Jørgen Steen Agerholm The slaughter of pregnant cattle gives rise to ethical controversy. We estimated the prevalence of pregnant cattle, elucidated the reasons for their slaughter, and in light of our findings, discussed the ethics of sending pregnant cattle for slaughter....
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2857: A Simple and Label-Free Detection of As3+ using 3-nitro-L-tyrosine as an As3+-chelating Ligand Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132857 Authors: Jin-Ho Park Gyuho Yeom Donggu Hong Eun-Jung Jo Chin-Ju Park Min-Gon Kim A simple and rapid As3+ detection method using 3-nitro-L-tyrosine (N-Tyr) is reported. We discovered the specific property of N-Tyr, which specifically chelates As3+. The reaction between As3+ and N-Tyr induces a prompt color change to...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1090: Growth on Metallo-Supramolecular Coordination Polyelectrolyte (MEPE) Stimulates Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Osteosarcoma Cells (MG63) and Human Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11071090 Authors: Janina Belka Joachim Nickel Dirk G. Kurth Background: Culturing of cells is typically performed on standard tissue culture plates generating growth conditions, which in general do not reflect the native three-dimensional...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3542: Configuring a Trust-based Inter-organizational Cooperation Network for Post-industrial Tourist Organizations on a Tourist Route Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133542 Authors: Mateusz Naramski Adam R. Szromek The aim of the paper was to create a configuration model of an inter-organizational network for post-industrial tourist organizations. Nowadays, establishing organized and structured cooperation is necessary not only from a single organization’s...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2371: Toward Rational Design of Novel Anti-Cancer Drugs Based on Targeting, Solubility, and Bioavailability Exemplified by 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Derivatives Synthesized Under Solvent-Free Conditions Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132371 Authors: Huda R.M. Rashdan Mohammad M. Farag Marwa S. El-Gendey Marwa M. Mounier The 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives (9a–i) were synthesized under solvent free conditions and their chemical composition was confirmed...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1461: Six Weeks of Calorie Restriction Improves Body Composition and Lipid Profile in Obese and Overweight Former Athletes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071461 Authors: Joanna Hołowko Małgorzata Magdalena Michalczyk Adam Zając Maja Czerwińska-Rogowska Karina Ryterska Marcin Banaszczak Karolina Jakubczyk Ewa Stachowska Objective: The aim of the study was to compare the impact of 6 weeks of reducing daily caloric intake by 20% of total daily...
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JMSE, Vol. 7, Pages 197: Design of a Horizontal Axis Tidal Turbine for Less Energetic Current Velocity Profiles Journal of Marine Science and Engineering doi: 10.3390/jmse7070197 Authors: Job Immanuel Encarnacion Cameron Johnstone Stephanie Ordonez-Sanchez Existing installations of tidal-stream turbines are undertaken in energetic sites with flow speeds greater than 2 m/s. Sites with lower velocities will produce far less power and may not be as economically viable when using “conventional”...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1462: Prevalence and Predictors of Dietary and Nutritional Supplement Use in the Australian Army: A Cross-Sectional Survey Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071462 Authors: Bradley Baker Bianka Probert Diane Pomeroy Julia Carins Katie Tooley Dietary supplements (DSs) and nutritional supplements (NSs) can enhance performance, recovery or training adaptations, however, some substances, dosages, and usage protocols are unsafe. Knowledge of the type and extent...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1330: Links between Teleconnection Patterns and Water Level Regime of Selected Polish Lakes Water doi: 10.3390/w11071330 Authors: Katarzyna Plewa Adam Perz Dariusz Wrzesiński The paper identifies relationships between lake water levels and indices of macroscale atmospheric circulations: Arctic Oscillation (AO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), East Atlantic (EA), and Scandinavian pattern (SCAND). Correlation coefficients between synchronous and asynchronous...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3539: The Mediterranean Coast of Andalusia (Spain): Medium-Term Evolution and Impacts of Coastal Structures Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133539 Authors: Rosa Molina Giorgio Anfuso Giorgio Manno F. Javier Gracia Prieto This paper shows coastal evolution along the Andalusia Region (Spain) and the impacts on it of coastal structures. The study area was divided into 47 units to calculate the erosion/accretion/stability (or evolution) rates by using...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2274: Mapping Variation in Breast Cancer Screening: Where to Intervene? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132274 Authors: Cindy M. Padilla François Painblanc Patricia Soler-Michel Veronica M. Vieira Small geographic areas with lower mammography screening participation rates may reflect gaps in screening efforts. Our objective was to use spatial analyses to understand disparities in mammography screening...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2273: Effect of Stress on the Work Ability of Aging American Workers: Mediating Effects of Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132273 Authors: Tianan Yang Taoming Liu Run Lei Jianwei Deng Guoquan Xu We examined how stress affects the work ability of an aging workforce, how health mediates this relationship, and how the effects of stress on work ability differ in relation to social status. We...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 2600: Special Issue on Novel Insights into Orbital Angular Momentum Beams: From Fundamentals, Devices to Applications Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9132600 Authors: Yang Yue Hao Huang Yongxiong Ren Zhongqi Pan Alan E. Willner It is well-known now that angular momentum carried by elementary particles can be categorized as spin angular momentum (SAM) and orbital angular momentum (OAM) [...]
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 925: Is This My Own Body? Changing the Perceptual and Affective Body Image Experience among College Students Using a New Virtual Reality Embodiment-Based Technique Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8070925 Authors: Bruno Porras Garcia Marta Ferrer Garcia Agata Olszewska Lena Yilmaz Cristina González Ibañez Mireia Gracia Blanes Gamze Gültekin Eduardo Serrano Troncoso José Gutiérrez Maldonado Body image disturbances (BIDs) have been...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2069: Effect of Sn Addition on Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of As-Extruded Mg–5Zn–4Al Alloy Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132069 Authors: Jian Ding Xin Liu Yujiang Wang Wei Huang Bo Wang Shicheng Wei Xingchuan Xia Yi Liang Xianhua Chen Fusheng Pan Binshi Xu The effect of Sn addition on the microstructure and corrosion behavior of extruded Mg–5Zn–4Al–xSn (0, 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 wt %) alloys was investigated...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1521: Hybrid Dual-Polarization Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131521 Authors: R. Keith Raney Compact polarimetry for a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system is reviewed. Compact polarimetry (CP) is intended to provide useful polarimetric image classifications while avoiding the disadvantages of space-based quadrature-polarimetric (quad-pol) SARs. Two CP approaches are briefly described, π/4 and circular. A third form, hybrid...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1460: Extra-Skeletal Effects of Vitamin D Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071460 Authors: Rose Marino Madhusmita Misra The vitamin D receptor is expressed in multiple cells of the body (other than osteoblasts), including beta cells and cells involved in immune modulation (such as mononuclear cells, and activated T and B lymphocytes), and most organs in the body including the brain, heart, skin, gonads, prostate, breast, and gut. Consequently, the extra-skeletal...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 923: Use of Antiplatelet Agents and Survival of Tuberculosis Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8070923 Authors: Meng-Rui Lee Ming-Chia Lee Chia-Hao Chang Chia-Jung Liu Lih-Yu Chang Jun-Fu Zhang Jann-Yuan Wang Chih-Hsin Lee While evidence is accumulating that platelets contribute to tissue destruction in tuberculosis (TB) disease, it is still not known whether antiplatelet agents are beneficial...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 81: Assessing the Penetrance of Dementia Services Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7030081 Authors: Michael Rozsa Leon Flicker Introduction: This scoping review aims to identify studies that assess dementia case finding programs (such as memory clinics) on a population basis and specifically assess the impacts that these services have on the diagnosis and management of dementia within a specific population. Methods: We conducted a literature review using...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1522: Retraction: Zhang M. et al. Estimation of Net Primary Production Using Landsat 8 Time Series in a Heavily Urbanized Area, Central China. Remote Sensing. 2019, 11(2), 133 Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131522 Authors: Meng Zhang Hui Lin Hua Sun Yaotong Cai We have been made aware that the experimental data, methodological framework, and description of the corresponding sections in this article are similar to those of another publication (in...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2380: UPLC-Q-TOF/MS-Based Plasma Metabolomics to Evaluate the Effects of Aspirin Eugenol Ester on Blood Stasis in Rats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132380 Authors: Dongshuai Shen Ning Ma Yajun Yang Xiwang Liu Zhe Qin Shihong Li Zenghua Jiao Xiaojun Kong Jianyong Li Aspirin eugenol ester (AEE) is a novel compound that is formed from the esterification of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)) and eugenol. This study aimed to investigate...
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Agronomy, Vol. 9, Pages 341: Effect of Surface Straw Incorporation Rate on Water–Salt Balance and Maize Yield in Soil Subject to Secondary Salinization with Brackish Water Irrigation Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy9070341 Authors: Peirong Lu Zhanyu Zhang Zhuping Sheng Mingyi Huang Zemin Zhang Secondary salinization induced by brackish water irrigation has forced agricultural development to increasingly rely on soil management. A two-year field experiment was conducted to explore...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 897: MicroRNA Regulation of Epigenetic Modifiers in Breast Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11070897 Authors: Brock Humphries Zhishan Wang Chengfeng Yang Epigenetics refers to the heritable changes in gene expression without a change in the DNA sequence itself. Two of these major changes include aberrant DNA methylation as well as changes to histone modification patterns. Alterations to the epigenome can drive expression of oncogenes and suppression of...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3538: Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Environmental Performance Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133538 Authors: Zhenghui Li Hao Dong Zimei Huang Pierre Failler The paper presents the results of a study that attempts to investigate the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on environmental performance (EP) by constructing a panel quantile regression model. Based on panel data from 1990 to 2014, this study contributes to evaluate the EP...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2068: Acceleration of Osteogenesis via Stimulation of Angiogenesis by Combination with Scaffold and Connective Tissue Growth Factor Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132068 Authors: Michiyo Honda Ryo Hariya Morio Matsumoto Mamoru Aizawa In bone regeneration, there are some important cellular biological processes, such as mineralization, cell organization, and differentiation. In particular, vascularization into regenerative tissues is a key step for the survival...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 924: New Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Ischemic Heart Disease—GDF-15, A Probable Predictor for Ejection Fraction Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8070924 Authors: Daniel Dalos Georg Spinka Matthias Schneider Bernhard Wernly Vera Paar Uta Hoppe Brigitte Litschauer Jeanette Strametz-Juranek Michael Sponder Background: Various biomarkers have been associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) and ischemic heart failure. The aim of this...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 924: Effective Modulation of Optical and Photoelectrical Properties of SnS2 Hexagonal Nanoflakes via Zn Incorporation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9070924 Authors: Ganesan Mohan Kumar Pugazhendi Ilanchezhiyan Hak Dong Cho Shavkat Yuldashev Hee Chang Jeon Deuk Young Kim Tae Won Kang Tin sulfides are promising materials in the fields of photoelectronics and photovoltaics because of their appropriate energy bands. However, doping in SnS2...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 2601: A Comparative Study on Interactions of Antimicrobial Peptides L- and D-phenylseptin with 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9132601 Authors: Batsaikhan Mijiddorj Yuta Matsuo Hisako Sato Kazuyoshi Ueda Izuru Kawamura L-phenylseptin (L-Phes) and D-phenylseptin (D-Phes) are amphibian antimicrobial peptides isolated from the skin secretion of Hypsiboas punctatus. In the N-termini, L-Phes and D-Phes...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 90: Impact of Superantigen-Producing Bacteria on T Cells from Tonsillar Hyperplasia Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8030090 Authors: Fiona J Radcliff Sharon Waldvogel-Thurlow Fiona Clow Murali Mahadevan James Johnston Gen Li Thomas Proft Richard G Douglas John D Fraser Staphylococcus aureus and Group A Streptococcus (GAS) are common occupants of the tonsils and many strains produce potent exotoxins (mitogens) that directly target T cells,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2272: Specializing Nurses as An Indirect Education Program for Stoma Patients
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2272: Specializing Nurses as An Indirect Education Program for Stoma Patients International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132272 Authors: Manuel García-Goñi Education programs are beneficial for patients with different chronic conditions. Prior studies have examined direct education, where information is transferred directly to patients. In contrast, in this program, information is transferred directly to nurses who become...
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Entropy, Vol. 21, Pages 631: Entropy Generation and Thermoelastic Damping in the In-plane Vibration of Microring Resonators Entropy doi: 10.3390/e21070631 Authors: Yongpeng Tai Pu Li Yan Zheng Jie Tian Thermoelastic damping is a critical issue for designing very high quality factor microresonators. This paper derives the entropy generation, associated with the irreversibility in heat conduction, that is used for ring resonators in in-plane vibration and presents an analytical...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 648: Cyclic Nucleotide-Specific Optogenetics Highlights Compartmentalization of the Sperm Flagellum into cAMP Microdomains Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8070648 Authors: Diana N. Raju Jan N. Hansen Sebastian Rassmann Birthe Stüven Jan F. Jikeli Timo Strünker Heinz G. Körschen Andreas Möglich Dagmar Wachten Inside the female genital tract, mammalian sperm undergo a maturation process called capacitation, which primes the sperm to navigate across...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1459: Amino Acids and Hypertension in Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071459 Authors: Eleonora Poggiogalle Mario Fontana Anna Maria Giusti Alessandro Pinto Gino Iannucci Andrea Lenzi Lorenzo Maria Donini Accumulating evidence suggests a potential role of dietary protein among nutritional factors interfering with the regulation of blood pressure. Dietary protein source (plant versus animal protein), and especially, protein composition in terms...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2856: Optical Planar Waveguide Sensor with Integrated Digitally-Printed Light Coupling-in and Readout Elements Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132856 Authors: Jorge Alamán María López-Valdeolivas Raquel Alicante Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos Optical planar waveguide sensors, able to detect and process information from the environment in a fast, cost-effective, and remote fashion, are of great interest currently in different application areas including security, metrology,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2271: Weight Status, Physical Fitness, and Health-Related Quality of Life among Chinese Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132271 Authors: Xiangren Yi You Fu Ryan Burns Meng Ding Purpose: The impact of physical fitness (PF) on adolescents’ health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important health issue in China. The purpose of this study was to identify...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3536: Smart City: Modeling Key Indicators in Serbia Using IT2FS Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133536 Authors: Mimica R. Milošević Dušan M. Milošević Dragan M. Stević Ana D. Stanojević Previous initiatives developed for the purpose of designing and the realization of a smart, sustainable city have shown that there is no single approach to make a city “smarter” and more sustainable. Each city represents a unique system where...
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Actuators, Vol. 8, Pages 51: Shape Memory Polymer Composite Actuator: Modeling Approach for Preliminary Design and Validation Actuators doi: 10.3390/act8030051 Authors: Salvatore Ameduri Monica Ciminello Antonio Concilio Fabrizio Quadrini Loredana Santo The work at hand focuses on the modeling, prototyping, and experimental functionality test of a smart actuator based on shape memory polymer technology. Particular attention is paid to the specific modeling approach, here...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2370: Computational Investigation of Bisphosphate Inhibitors of 3-Deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate Synthase Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132370 Authors: Jéssica de Oliveira Araújo Alberto Monteiro dos Santos Jerônimo Lameira Cláudio Nahum Alves Anderson Henrique Lima The synthase, 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate (KDO8P), is a key enzyme for the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis of gram-negative bacteria and a potential target...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 405: Forming “Mediators and Instruments of Grace”: The Emerging Role of Monastics in Teaching Contemplative Ambiguity and Practice to the Laity Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10070405 Authors: Paula Pryce Drawing from long-term ethnographic research with a global network of contemplative Christians, this paper discusses an emerging teaching role for North American monasteries as the numbers of avowed religious decline. Since the Trappist community of St. Joseph’s...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3537: Wastewater Reclamation Holds a Key for Water Sustainability in Future Urban Development of Phoenix Metropolitan Area Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133537 Authors: Zhi-Hua Wang Rachel von Gnechten David A. Sampson Dave D. White Global water scarcity has been a growing concern among policy makers, researchers, and the general public. Rapid urbanization with more concentrated populations and emergent patterns of climate change (e.g., soaring...
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Fire, Vol. 2, Pages 37: The Effect of Surface Fire in Savannah Systems in the Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, on the Backscatter of C-Band Sentinel-1 Images Fire doi: 10.3390/fire2030037 Authors: Renaud Mathieu Russell Main David P. Roy Laven Naidoo Hannah Yang Savannahs are mixed woody-grass communities where low-intensity surface fires are common, affecting mostly the grass layer and rarely damaging trees. We investigated the effect of surface fires in a savannah...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3533: What Do University Students Know about Sustainable Development Goals? A Realistic Approach to the Reception of this UN Program Amongst the Youth Population Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133533 Authors: Francisco Zamora-Polo Jesús Sánchez-Martín Mario Corrales-Serrano Luis Espejo-Antúnez The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) constitute a working agenda for the international community with the aim of ensuring a better world for future...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3535: Assessment of the Impacts of Land Use/Cover Change and Rainfall Change on Surface Runoff in China Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133535 Authors: Fazhi Li Jingqiu Chen Yaoze Liu Peng Xu Hua Sun Bernard A. Engel Shizhong Wang Assessment of the impacts of land use/cover change (LUCC) and rainfall change on surface runoff depth can help provide an understanding of the temporal trend of variation of surface runoff and assist in urban...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 922: Clustering of 27,525,663 Death Records from the United States Based on Health Conditions Associated with Death: An Example of big Health Data Exploration Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8070922 Authors: Daisy J.A. Janssen Simon Rechberger Emiel F.M. Wouters Jos M.G.A. Schols Miriam J. Johnson David C. Currow J. Randall Curtis Martijn A. Spruit Background: Insight into health conditions associated with death can inform healthcare...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1458: Fruit, Vegetable, and Fibre Intake among Finnish Preschoolers in Relation to Preschool-Level Facilitators and Barriers to Healthy Nutrition Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071458 Authors: Reetta Lehto Carola Ray Liisa Korkalo Henna Vepsäläinen Kaija Nissinen Leena Koivusilta Eva Roos Maijaliisa Erkkola Preschool is a major factor affecting food consumption among young children in Finland, given that most preschoolers eat three meals a day...
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Languages, Vol. 4, Pages 49: Polite Language Forms as Markers of an Emerging New Language Order in Nikkei-Brazilian Japanese Languages doi: 10.3390/languages4030049 Authors: Akemi Yamashita This paper presents the results from a linguistically-oriented discourse-completion questionnaire administered in Nikkei-Brazilian (Japanese Brazilian) communities, examining in particular: (1) the use of polite language forms, (2) terms used to address one’s spouse, as well as (3) the social...
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Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 730: Radiation Tolerant Electronics Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics8070730 Authors: Paul Leroux Research on radiation tolerant electronics has increased rapidly over the last few years, resulting in many interesting approaches to model radiation effects and design radiation hardened integrated circuits and embedded systems [...]
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3534: Research on Spatial Correlation Network Structure of Inter-Provincial Electronic Information Manufacturing Industry in China Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133534 Authors: Yangjingjing Zhang Zhi Li Electronic information manufacturing industry is the pillar industry of China’s economic development. It is of great significance to promote the optimal allocation of national resources and to realize the sustainable development of regional...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1519: Sensitivity Analysis and Minimal Measurement Geometry for the Target-Based Calibration of High-End Panoramic Terrestrial Laser Scanners Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131519 Authors: Tomislav Medić Heiner Kuhlmann Christoph Holst Target-based calibration is the most widely used calibration procedure for terrestrial laser scanners. Nevertheless, the current implementations of this procedure are suboptimal due to the high complexity of their...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 921: Lipid Modifications in Cilia Biology Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8070921 Authors: Kasturi Roy Ethan P. Marin Cilia are specialized cellular structures with distinctive roles in various signaling cascades. Ciliary proteins need to be trafficked to the cilium to function properly; however, it is not completely understood how these proteins are delivered to their final localization. In this review, we will focus on how different lipid modifications...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3530: Projection of Long-Term Care Costs in China, 2020–2050, Based on the Bayesian Quantile Regression Method Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133530 Authors: Xiaocang Xu Linhong Chen The aging population in China highlights the significance of elderly long-term care (LTC) services. The number of people aged 65 and above increased from 96 million in 2003 to 150 million in 2016, some of whom were disabled due to chronic diseases or the natural effects...
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Entropy, Vol. 21, Pages 634: Divergence-Based Risk Measures: A Discussion on Sensitivities and Extensions Entropy doi: 10.3390/e21070634 Authors: Meng Xu José M. Angulo This paper introduces a new family of the convex divergence-based risk measure by specifying ( h , ϕ ) -divergence, corresponding with the dual representation. First, the sensitivity characteristics of the modified divergence risk measure with respect to profit and loss (P&L) and the reference probability...
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Forests, Vol. 10, Pages 536: A Complete Assessment of Carbon Stocks in Above and Belowground Biomass Components of a Hybrid Eucalyptus Plantation in Southern Brazil Forests doi: 10.3390/f10070536 Authors: Márcio Viera Roque Rodríguez-Soalleiro Hybrid eucalypt clones are grown for fiber production worldwide and to provide an ecosystem service that can store atmospheric carbon at a very fast rate. This study assessed the carbon stocks in the soil and various tree fractions in a 10-year-old...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 2599: HMT-Controlled Synthesis of Mesoporous NiO Hierarchical Nanostructures and Their Catalytic Role towards the Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9132599 Authors: Songzhong Ye Xiangfeng Guan In this work, mesoporous nickel oxide (NiO) hierarchical nanostructures were synthesized by a facile approach by hydrothermal reaction and subsequent calcination. The phase structure, microstructure, element composition,...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1520: Soil Texture Estimation Using Radar and Optical Data from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131520 Authors: Safa Bousbih Mehrez Zribi Charlotte Pelletier Azza Gorrab Zohra Lili-Chabaane Nicolas Baghdadi Nadhira Ben Aissa Bernard Mougenot This paper discusses the combined use of remotely sensed optical and radar data for the estimation and mapping of soil texture. The study is based on Sentinel-1 (S-1) and...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 156: An Exploratory Case Study of Mental Toughness Variability and Potential Influencers over 30 Days Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7070156 Authors: Ken Bradford Cooper Mark Wilson Martin Ian Jones The purpose of this study was to explore whether mental toughness varies across a 30-day training block and whether such variability is associated with specific antecedents. This exploratory case study research investigated mental toughness variability using the Mental...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3528: The Effect of Introducing Parking Policies on Managing Mobility to Beaches in Touristic Coastal Towns Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133528 Authors: Gonzalo Antolín Borja Alonso Rubén Cordera Luigi dell’Olio This article presents a behavioural analysis of tourists visiting a leisure area in the north of Spain to evaluate their reaction when faced with a series of tariffs and alternative transport modes to estimate potential income for reinvestment...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2848: Vehicle Counting in Video Sequences: An Incremental Subspace Learning Approach Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132848 Authors: Leonel Rosas-Arias Jose Portillo-Portillo Aldo Hernandez-Suarez Jesus Olivares-Mercado Gabriel Sanchez-Perez Karina Toscano-Medina Hector Perez-Meana Ana Lucila Sandoval Orozco Luis Javier García Villalba The counting of vehicles plays an important role in measuring the behavior patterns of traffic flow in cities,...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 3137: Drought Stress Tolerance in Wheat and Barley: Advances in Physiology, Breeding and Genetics Research International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20133137 Authors: Ahmed Sallam Ahmad M. Alqudah Mona F. A. Dawood P. Stephen Baenziger Andreas Börner Climate change is a major threat to most of the agricultural crops grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas globally. Drought stress is one of the consequences of climate change that has...
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Biology, Vol. 8, Pages 51: Curcumin Regulates Anti-Inflammatory Responses by JAK/STAT/SOCS Signaling Pathway in BV-2 Microglial Cells Biology doi: 10.3390/biology8030051 Authors: Chiara Porro Antonia Cianciulli Teresa Trotta Dario Domenico Lofrumento Maria Antonietta Panaro Microglia play important physiological roles in central nervous system (CNS) homeostasis and in the pathogenesis of inflammatory brain diseases. Inflammation stimulates microglia to secrete cytokines and...
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IJGI, Vol. 8, Pages 295: Predicting the Upcoming Services of Vacant Taxis near Fixed Locations Using Taxi Trajectories ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information doi: 10.3390/ijgi8070295 Authors: Chunchun Hu Jean-Claude Thill Emerging on-line reservation services and special car services have greatly affected the development of the taxi industry. Surprisingly, taking a taxi is still a significant problem in many large cities. In this paper, we present an effective solution based...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 923: Unique Constant Phase Element Behavior of the Electrolyte–Graphene Interface Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9070923 Authors: Jianbo Sun Yuxin Liu We report a unique constant phase element (CPE) behavior ( 1 Z = Q 0 ( j ω ) α ) of the electrolyte–graphene interface with both Q 0 and α showing dependence on the gate voltage. The frequency response of the electrolyte–graphene...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2270: Preparation of Iron-Loaded Granular Activated Carbon Catalyst and Its Application in Tetracycline Antibiotic Removal from Aqueous Solution International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132270 Authors: Ling Pan Yanzhi Cao Ji Zang Qinqing Huang Lin Wang Yingsheng Zhang Shisuo Fan Jun Tang Zhengxin Xie The removal of tetracycline antibiotics from water is currently an important environmental issue....
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2067: Reflection Losses Analysis from Interspacing between the Cells in a Photovoltaic Module Using Novel Encapsulant Materials and Backsheets Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132067 Authors: Asma Shamim Muhammad Noman Adnan Daud Khan Higher efficiency and output power of a photovoltaic (PV) module can be achieved by minimizing cell-to-module (CTM) power losses. CTM losses are mainly dependent on electrical and optical losses. In this work, reflection losses...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 2476: Diagnosis of Static Eccentricity in 3-Phase Synchronous Machines using a Pseudo Zero-Sequence Current Energies doi: 10.3390/en12132476 Authors: Konstantinos N. Gyftakis Carlos A. Platero Yucheng Zhang Santiago Bernal Large synchronous generators are the heart of the modern world, while producing the vast majority of the electric power consumed globally. Although they are robust devices, they are prone to degradation and failure. If such failures...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1457: Selenium and Health: An Update on the Situation in the Middle East and North Africa Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071457 Authors: Sohayla A. Z. Ibrahim Abdelhamid Kerkadi Abdelali Agouni Selenium (Se) is an important trace element that should be present in the diet of all age groups to provide an adequate intake. Se is incorporated in 25 known selenoproteins, which mediate the biological effects of Se including, immune response regulation, maintenance...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 3139: Green Fluorescent Terbium (III) Complex Doped Silica Nanoparticles International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20133139 Authors: Elisabetta Fanizza Nicoletta Depalo Svetlana Fedorenko Rosa Maria Iacobazzi Alsu Mukhametshina Rustem Zairov Anastasio Salatino Fabio Vischio Annamaria Panniello Valentino Laquintana M. Lucia Curri Asiya Mustafina Nunzio Denora Marinella Striccoli The low photostability of conventional...
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Languages, Vol. 4, Pages 48: Rapid Access to Scalar Implicatures in Adjacency Pair Contexts: Experimental Evidence in Spanish Languages doi: 10.3390/languages4030048 Authors: Rodrigo Loredo Juan E. Kamienkowski Virginia Jaichenco A conversational implicature arises when there is a gap between the syntactically and semantically encoded meaning of a sentence and the pragmatic meaning that is inferred in an actual communicative situation. Several experimental studies have approached...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 3138: Slowly Reducible Genetically Encoded Green Fluorescent Indicator for In Vivo and Ex Vivo Visualization of Hydrogen Peroxide International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20133138 Authors: Oksana M. Subach Tatiana A. Kunitsyna Olga A. Mineyeva Alexander A. Lazutkin Dmitri V. Bezryadnov Natalia V. Barykina Kiryl D. Piatkevich Yulia G. Ermakova Dmitry S. Bilan Vsevolod V. Belousov Konstantin V. Anokhin Grigori N. Enikolopov...
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Actuators, Vol. 8, Pages 50: Modeling, Identification, and Control of a Discrete Variable Stiffness Actuator (DVSA) Actuators doi: 10.3390/act8030050 Authors: Irfan Hussain Ahmad Albalasie Mohammad I. Awad Dongming Gan A branch of robotics, variable impedance actuation, along with one of its subfields variable stiffness actuation (VSA) targets the realization of complaint robotic manipulators. In this paper, we present the modeling, identification, and control of a discrete...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3532: Approach Methodology for Comprehensive Assessing the Public Passenger Transport Timetable Performances at a Regional Scale Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133532 Authors: Vladimír Ľupták Paweł Droździel Ondrej Stopka Mária Stopková Iwona Rybicka The paper is focused on the issue of assessing the quality of transport connectivity on a predesignated transport network in regular public passenger transport at a regional scale. Comprehensively,...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3531: Energy-Efficient Real Estate or How It Is Perceived by Potential Homebuyers in Four Latin American Countries Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133531 Authors: Felipe Encinas Carlos Marmolejo-Duarte Elizabeth Wagemann Carlos Aguirre This article analyses how energy efficiency regulatory frameworks have been developed in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Chile, within a context of developing countries, and it discusses if this context has been able...
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Fluids, Vol. 4, Pages 114: What Can Students Learn While Solving Colebrook’s Flow Friction Equation?
Fluids, Vol. 4, Pages 114: What Can Students Learn While Solving Colebrook’s Flow Friction Equation? Fluids doi: 10.3390/fluids4030114 Authors: Dejan Brkić Pavel Praks Even a relatively simple equation such as Colebrook’s offers a lot of possibilities to students to increase their computational skills. The Colebrook’s equation is implicit in the flow friction factor and, therefore, it needs to be solved iteratively or using explicit approximations, which need to...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3529: Board Governance, Sustainable Innovation Capability and Corporate Expansion: Empirical Data from Private Listed Companies in China Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133529 Authors: Peng Xu Guiyu Bai Within fierce market competition, economic integration acceleration, information technology development, customer demands that are more complex than ever before and product life cycle acceleration have greatly increased the complexity and uncertainty...
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Diversity, Vol. 11, Pages 101: Visual Head Counts: A Promising Method for Efficient Monitoring of Diamondback Terrapins Diversity doi: 10.3390/d11070101 Authors: Patricia Levasseur Sean Sterrett Chris Sutherland Determining the population status of the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin spp.) is challenging due to their ecology and limitations associated with traditional sampling methods. Visual counting of emergent heads offers a promising, efficient, and non-invasive method...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2378: 4-Azafluorenone and α-Carboline Fluorophores with Green and Violet/Blue Emission Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132378 Authors: Marek Cigáň Peter Danko Henrich Brath Matúš Čakurda Roman Fišera Jana Donovalová Juraj Filo Martin Weis Ján Jakabovič Miroslav Novota Anton Gáplovský The emission properties of three 4-azafluorenone and five new α-carboline fluorophores in both solution and thin solid films were investigated....
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Insects, Vol. 10, Pages 186: Reduced Glutamine Synthetase Activity Alters the Fecundity of Female Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) Insects doi: 10.3390/insects10070186 Authors: Dong Wei Meng-Yi Zhang Ying-Xin Zhang Su-Yun Zhang Guy Smagghe Jin-Jun Wang Glutamine synthetase (GS) is a key enzyme in glutamine synthesis and is associated with multiple physiological processes in insects, such as embryonic development, heat shock response, and fecundity regulation. However, little...
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Marine Drugs, Vol. 17, Pages 385: Amphidinol 22, a New Cytotoxic and Antifungal Amphidinol from the Dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md17070385 Authors: Kevin A. Martínez Chiara Lauritano Dana Druka Giovanna Romano Teresa Grohmann Marcel Jaspars Jesús Martín Caridad Díaz Bastien Cautain Mercedes de la Cruz Adrianna Ianora Fernando Reyes Due to the unique biodiversity and the physical-chemical properties of their environment,...
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IJGI, Vol. 8, Pages 293: Automatic (Tactile) Map Generation—A Systematic Literature Review ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information doi: 10.3390/ijgi8070293 Authors: Jakub Wabiński Albina Mościcka This paper presents a systematic literature review that reflects the current state of research in the field of algorithms and models for map generalization, the existing solutions for automatic (tactile) map generation, as well as good practices for designing spatial databases for...
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Marine Drugs, Vol. 17, Pages 384: Marine-Derived Natural Lead Compound Disulfide-Linked Dimer Psammaplin A: Biological Activity and Structural Modification Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md17070384 Authors: Qinxue Jing Xu Hu Yanzi Ma Jiahui Mu Weiwei Liu Fanxing Xu Zhanlin Li Jiao Bai Huiming Hua Dahong Li Marine natural products are considered to be valuable resources that are furnished with diverse chemical structures and various bioactivities. To date, there...
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Metals, Vol. 9, Pages 726: From High-Manganese Steels to Advanced High-Entropy Alloys Metals doi: 10.3390/met9070726 Authors: Christian Haase Luis Antonio Barrales-Mora Arguably, steels are the most important structural material, even to this day. Numerous design concepts have been developed to create and/or tailor new steels suited to the most varied applications. High-manganese steels (HMnS) stand out for their excellent mechanical properties and their capacity to make use of a...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 2597: AR Object Manipulation on Depth-Sensing Handheld Devices Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9132597 Authors: Koukeng Yang Thomas Brown Kelvin Sung Recently released, depth-sensing-capable, and moderately priced handheld devices support the implementation of augmented reality (AR) applications without the requirement of tracking visually distinct markers. This relaxed constraint allows for applications with significantly increased augmentation...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 920: Comparison of Glucose Tolerance between Kidney Transplant Recipients and Healthy Controls Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8070920 Authors: Hisao Shimada Junji Uchida Shunji Nishide Kazuya Kabei Akihiro Kosoku Keiko Maeda Tomoaki Iwai Toshihide Naganuma Yoshiaki Takemoto Tatsuya Nakatani Post-transplant hyperglycemia and new-onset diabetes mellitus after transplantation (NODAT) are common and important metabolic complications....
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1518: Multi-Temporal Dual- and Quad-Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar Data for Crop-Type Mapping Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131518 Authors: Rubén Valcarce-Diñeiro Benjamín Arias-Pérez Juan M. Lopez-Sanchez Nilda Sánchez Land-cover monitoring is one of the core applications of remote sensing. Monitoring and mapping changes in the distribution of agricultural land covers provide a reliable source of information that helps environmental sustainability...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 3135: Intestinal Preservation Injury: A Comparison Between Rat, Porcine and Human Intestines International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20133135 Authors: John Mackay Søfteland Anna Casselbrant Ali-Reza Biglarnia Johan Linders Mats Hellström Antonio Pesce Arvind Manikantan Padma Lucian Petru Jiga Bogdan Hoinoiu Mihai Ionac Mihai Oltean Advanced preservation injury (PI) after intestinal transplantation has deleterious...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 3134: Coordinate Modulation of Glycolytic Enzymes and OXPHOS by Imatinib in BCR-ABL Driven Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Cells International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20133134 Authors: Viviana De Rosa Marcello Monti Cristina Terlizzi Rosa Fonti Silvana Del Vecchio Francesca Iommelli Since many oncogenes, including BCR-ABL, may promote the acquisition and maintenance of the glycolytic phenotype, we tested whether treatment of BCR-ABL-driven...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2066: Catalytic Effect of Photoluminescent Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Formed in the Presence of Quaternary Ammonium Salts Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132066 Authors: Aurel Tăbăcaru Rodica Mihaela Dinică Mihaela Cudălbeanu Cristina Mihaela Nicolescu Marius Bumbac The comparative effect of two quaternary ammonium salts from 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane (PyQAs), namely N,N′-diphenacyl-1,2-bis(4-pyridinium)ethane dibromide (PyQAs1) and N,N′-di(p-methoxyphenacyl)-1,2-bis(4-pyridinium)ethane...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2854: Motor Imagery EEG Classification Using Capsule Networks Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132854 Authors: Kwon-Woo Ha Jin-Woo Jeong Various convolutional neural network (CNN)-based approaches have been recently proposed to improve the performance of motor imagery based-brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). However, the classification accuracy of CNNs is compromised when target data are distorted. Specifically for motor imagery electroencephalogram (EEG), the measured...
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Coatings, Vol. 9, Pages 410: Numerical Study on the Influence of Shaping Air Holes on Atomization Performance in Pneumatic Atomizers Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings9070410 Authors: Wentao Li Lijuan Qian Shaobo Song Xiaokai Zhong In pneumatic atomizers, the shaping air holes play an important role in the spraying system. The pressure and intersection of shaping air holes are the two most important parameters in engineering. In this paper, the Euler–Lagrangian method...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2852: Multifunctional Ground Control Points with a Wireless Network for Communication with a UAV Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132852 Authors: Xiongzhe Han John Alex Thomasson Yang Xiang Hussein Gharakhani Pappu K. Yadav William L. Rooney Ground control points (GCPs) are commonly used for georeferencing in remote sensing. Precise position measurement of the GCPs typically requires careful ground surveying, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive and...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1455: Vitamin D and Obesity: Two Interacting Players in the Field of Infertility Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071455 Authors: Julia K. Bosdou Eirini Konstantinidou Panagiotis Anagnostis Efstratios M. Kolibianakis Dimitrios G. Goulis Obesity plays an important role in human fertility in both genders. The same is true for vitamin D, for which accumulating evidence from observational human studies suggests a key role for both male and female fertility....
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2065: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of High Vacuum Die-Cast AlSiMgMn Alloys at as-Cast and T6-Treated Conditions Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132065 Authors: Fei Liu Haidong Zhao Runsheng Yang Fengzhen Sun Al–Si–Mg based alloys can provide high strength and ductility to satisfy the increasing demands of thin wall castings for automotive applications. This study has investigated the effects of T6 heat-treatment on the microstructures,...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 185: Tuberculosis Progression Does Not Necessarily Equate with a Failure of Immune Control Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7070185 Authors: David G. Russell Despite the obvious impact of tuberculosis on global health, there is currently no effective vaccine and there is increasing resistance against established front-line drug regiments. Our current understanding of disease progression in tuberculosis is shaped by data collected from the failure...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1456: Comparison of the Clinical Implications among Five Different Nutritional Indices in Patients with Lupus Nephritis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071456 Authors: Sung Soo Ahn Juyoung Yoo Seung Min Jung Jason Jungsik Song Yong-Beom Park Sang-Won Lee Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized with aberrant responses in the immune systems and lupus nephritis (LN) is one of the most serious complications of SLE. This study evaluated the...
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Crystals, Vol. 9, Pages 327: Charging of Superconducting Layers in Arrays of Coupled Josephson Junctions for Overcritical Currents Crystals doi: 10.3390/cryst9070327 Authors: Marina Cuzminschi Alexei Zubarev In this work, we effectuated the numerical simulations of the phase dynamics of an array of Josephson junctions taking into account the capacitive coupling between the neighboring junctions and the diffusion current in the stack. We observed that, if we increase the coupling and...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 60: Long-Term Survival of a Cat with Primary Leiomyosarcoma of the Urinary Bladder Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6030060 Authors: Anneliese Baetz Buzatto Fabiana Elias Mayara Simão Franzoni Carlos Eduardo Fonseca-Alves Primary bladder leiomyosarcoma was diagnosed in a four-year-old, mixed-breed, spayed female cat that presented with lethargy, stranguria, polyuria, hematuria, urinary incontinence and abdominal sensitivity. On abdominal...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2853: CYTOP Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors for Harsh Radiation Environments Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132853 Authors: Christian Broadway Damien Kinet Antreas Theodosiou Kyriacos Kalli Andrei Gusarov Christophe Caucheteur Patrice Mégret We present a polymer fibre Bragg grating sensor and its sensitivity to gamma radiation by observing the reflected spectral profile. The Bragg grating is femtosecond inscribed within a perfluorinated CYTOP fibre and...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 66: In vivo Diagnosis of Primary Cutaneous Amyloidosis —the Role of Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9030066 Authors: Ana-Maria Ionescu Mihaela-Adriana Ilie Virginia Chitu Andrei Razvan Daniela Lixandru Cristiana Tanase Daniel Boda Constantin Caruntu Sabina Zurac Primary cutaneous amyloidosis (PCA) is a form of localized amyloidosis. It is characterized by the deposition of a fibrillar material in the...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3520: People Analytics of Semantic Web Human Resource Résumés for Sustainable Talent Acquisition Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133520 Authors: Sabina-Cristiana Necula Cătălin Strîmbei The purpose of this study was to define a data science architecture for talent acquisition. The approach was to propose analytics that derive data. The originality of this paper consists in proposing an architecture to work within the process of obtaining semantically...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1517: Generation and Evaluation of LAI and FPAR Products from Himawari-8 Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) Data Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131517 Authors: Yepei Chen Kaimin Sun Chi Chen Ting Bai Taejin Park Weile Wang Ramakrishna R. Nemani Ranga B. Myneni Leaf area index (LAI) and fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) absorbed by vegetation are two of the essential biophysical variables used in most global models...
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IJGI, Vol. 8, Pages 294: Automatic Discovery of Railway Train Driving Modes Using Unsupervised Deep Learning ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information doi: 10.3390/ijgi8070294 Authors: Han Zheng Zanyang Cui Xingchen Zhang Driving modes play vital roles in understanding the stochastic nature of a railway system and can support studies of automatic driving and capacity utilization optimization. Integrated trajectory data containing information such as GPS trajectories and gear...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2064: Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Alloys under Low-Cycle Fatigue Loading Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132064 Authors: Xuehang Zhao Haifeng Li Tong Chen Bao’an Cao Xia Li In this paper, the mechanical properties of 36 aluminum alloy specimens subjected to repeated tensile loading were tested. The failure characteristics, stress-strain hysteresis curves and its corresponding skeleton curves, stress cycle characteristics, and hysteretic energy of...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 2598: Effect of TiO2 Addition on Mortars: Characterization and Photoactivity Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9132598 Authors: M. J. Hernández-Rodríguez R. Santana Rodríguez R. Darias O. González Díaz J. M. Pérez Luzardo J. M. Doña Rodríguez E. Pulido Melián In this study, mortar specimens were prepared with a cement:sand:water ratio of 1:3:0.5, in accordance with standard EN196-1. Portland CEM I 52.5 R grey (G) and white (W) cements...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1454: Association between Dietary Calcium Intake and Adiposity in Male Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071454 Authors: Jaak Jürimäe Evelin Mäestu Eva Mengel Liina Remmel Priit Purge Vallo Tillmann The aim was to investigate the possible association of dietary calcium intake with adiposity, insulin resistance, and adipocytokine values in adolescent boys. In this cross-sectional study, participants were 123 adolescent boys aged 13–15...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2377: New Insights into the Cystine-Sulfite Reaction Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132377 Authors: Matteo Zecchini Robert Lucas Adam Le Gresley The mechanism by which cysteine-S-sulfate is formed from the reaction of sulfite with cystine in the absence of a dedicated oxidizing agent is investigated using high-resolution NMR. Changes to reactant ratio, pH, UV light exposure and temperature were evaluated to determine the most effective conditions to...
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Administrative Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 49: Oligopolistic Competition among Providers in the Telecommunication Industry: The Case of Slovakia Administrative Sciences doi: 10.3390/admsci9030049 Authors: Katarina Valaskova Marek Durica Maria Kovacova Elena Gregova George Lazaroiu The issue of the paper is devoted to the oligopolistic market structure, which is a popular form of imperfect competition occurring in the current market economies. The main aim of the paper is to quantify...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2855: An Embedded Sensor System for Real-Time Detecting 5-DOF Error Motions of Rotary Stages Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132855 Authors: Zhi-Feng Lou Xiu-Peng Hao Yin-Di Cai Tien-Fu Lu Xiao-Dong Wang Kuang-Chao Fan The geometric error motions of rotary stages greatly affect the accuracy of constructed machines such as machine tools, measuring instruments, and robots. In this paper, an embedded sensor system for real-time measurement of two radial and...
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Metals, Vol. 9, Pages 725: Design and Parameter Identification of Wire and Arc Additively Manufactured (WAAM) Steel Bars for Use in Construction Metals doi: 10.3390/met9070725 Authors: Johanna Müller Marcel Grabowski Christoph Müller Jonas Hensel Julian Unglaub Klaus Thiele Harald Kloft Klaus Dilger Additive manufacturing (AM) in industrial applications benefits from increasing interest due to its automation potential and its flexibility in manufacturing complex...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3524: Water Tower Ecosystems under the Influence of Land Cover Change and Population Growth: Focus on Mau Water Tower in Kenya Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133524 Authors: Simon Odawa Yongwon Seo Land cover and population is key in considering sustainable management of the environment. An assessment focusing on the two may aid planning for sustainable management of the ecosystems. This is particularly vital for the water tower ecosystems which are...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3526: Extracting Spatial Patterns of Intercity Tourist Movements from Online Travel Blogs Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133526 Authors: Yong Gao Chao Ye Xiang Zhong Lun Wu Yu Liu Spatial patterns of tourist mobility are important for tourism management and planning. A large number of traveler-generated content accumulated on the internet provide a unique opportunity for revealing comprehensive spatial patterns of tourist movements. Instead...
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Entropy, Vol. 21, Pages 633: On the Performance of Interleavers for Quantum Turbo Codes Entropy doi: 10.3390/e21070633 Authors: Josu Etxezarreta Martinez Pedro M. Crespo Javier Garcia-Frías Quantum turbo codes (QTC) have shown excellent error correction capabilities in the setting of quantum communication, achieving a performance less than 1 dB away from their corresponding hashing bounds. Existing QTCs have been constructed using uniform random interleavers. However, interleaver...
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C, Vol. 5, Pages 35: A Simple Two-Step Process for Producing Strong and Aligned Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composites C doi: 10.3390/c5030035 Authors: Seyram Gbordzoe Paa Kwasi Adusei Devika Chauhan Noe T. Alvarez Mark R. Haase Karim Mansari Sathya N. Kanakaraj Yu-Yun Hsieh Vesselin Shanov In this paper, we present the results of a study related to fabrication of polymer-aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) composites made with different thermoplastic polymers. These composites...
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Drones, Vol. 3, Pages 52: An Evaluation of the Delivery of Medicines Using Drones Drones doi: 10.3390/drones3030052 Authors: Michelle Sing Yee Hii Patrick Courtney Paul G. Royall This study tests the impact of drone transportation on the quality of a medicine. Modelling the critical process parameters of drone flight, the effects of temperature and vibration on insulin were investigated using the pharmacopoeia methods. The medicine, Actrapid, (3.5 mg/mL of insulin), was flown by...
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Entropy, Vol. 21, Pages 632: Model Selection for Non-Negative Tensor Factorization with Minimum Description Length Entropy doi: 10.3390/e21070632 Authors: Yunhui Fu Shin Matsushima Kenji Yamanishi Non-negative tensor factorization (NTF) is a widely used multi-way analysis approach that factorizes a high-order non-negative data tensor into several non-negative factor matrices. In NTF, the non-negative rank has to be predetermined to specify the model and it greatly influences the...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3525: Risk Factor Identification of Sustainable Guarantee Network Based on Logistic Regression Algorithm Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133525 Authors: Han He Sicheng Li Lin Hu Nelson Duarte Otilia Manta Xiao-Guang Yue In order to investigate the factors influencing the sustainable guarantee network and its differences in different spatial and temporal scales, logistic regression algorithm is used to analyze the data of listed companies...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 2475: O&M Models for Ocean Energy Converters: Calibrating through Real Sea Data Energies doi: 10.3390/en12132475 Authors: Tianna Bloise Thomaz David Crooks Encarni Medina-Lopez Leonore van Velzen Henry Jeffrey Joseba Lopez Mendia Raul Rodriguez Arias Pablo Ruiz Minguela Of the cost centres that combine to result in Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE), O&M costs play a significant part. Several developers have calculated component...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 583: BK Virus Replication in the Glomerular Vascular Unit: Implications for BK Virus Associated Nephropathy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11070583 Authors: Waldemar Popik Atanu K. Khatua Noyna F. Fabre James E. K. Hildreth Donald J. Alcendor Background: BK polyomavirus (BKV) reactivates from latency after immunosuppression in renal transplant patients, resulting in BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVAN). BKVAN has emerged as an important cause of graft dysfunction...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1515: City-Level Comparison of Urban Land-Cover Configurations from 2000–2015 across 65 Countries within the Global Belt and Road Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131515 Authors: Tao Pan Wenhui Kuang Rafiq Hamdi Chi Zhang Shu Zhang Zhili Li Xin Chen The configuration of urban land-covers is essential for improving dwellers’ environments and ecosystem services. A city-level comparison of land-cover changes along the Belt and Road...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2851: Research on the Frequency-Dependent Halfwave Voltage of a Multifunction Integrated Optical Chip in an Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscope Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132851 Authors: Ran Bi Lijun Miao Tengchao Huang Guangyao Ying Shuangliang Che Xiaowu Shu The multifunction integrated optical chip (MIOC) is one of the most critical parts of the interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG), and research on the halfwave voltage of the MIOC is meaningful...
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JOItmC, Vol. 5, Pages 40: Effect of Student Activity Participation on Accounting Education Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity doi: 10.3390/joitmc5030040 Authors: Yeon-Hee Park Tae-Young Paik Jeong-Ho Koo Accounting education focuses on delivering knowledge to students. Most student are passive, behaving as bystanders or listeners in lecturer-oriented learning. However, student-centered learning requires active and positive engagement from students to...
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Publications, Vol. 7, Pages 45: The DOAJ Spring Cleaning 2016 and What Was Removed—Tragic Loss or Good Riddance? Publications doi: 10.3390/publications7030045 Authors: Jan Erik Frantsvåg In December 2012, DOAJ’s (The Directory of Open Access Journals) parent company, IS4OA, announced they would introduce new criteria for inclusion in DOAJ and that DOAJ would collect vastly more information from journals as part of the accreditation process—journals already included...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 1516: Automatic Extraction of Gravity Waves from All-Sky Airglow Image Based on Machine Learning Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11131516 Authors: Chang Lai Jiyao Xu Jia Yue Wei Yuan Xiao Liu Wei Li Qinzeng Li With the development of ground-based all-sky airglow imager (ASAI) technology, a large amount of airglow image data needs to be processed for studying atmospheric gravity waves. We developed a program to automatically extract gravity...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2269: Concentration, Source, and Total Health Risks of Cadmium in Multiple Media in Densely Populated Areas, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132269 Authors: Kui Cai Yanqiu Yu Minjie Zhang Kangjoo Kim Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential and harmful element to humans. Cadmium contamination is a serious issue for human health, especially in densely populated agroecology areas. In this study, the investigation...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1453: Relative Validity of a Food and Beverage Preference Questionnaire to Characterize Taste Phenotypes in Children Adolescents and Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071453 Authors: Hannah Jilani Hermann Pohlabeln Stefaan De Henauw Gabriele Eiben Monica Hunsberger Dénes Molnar Luis Moreno Valeria Pala Paola Russo Antonia Solea Toomas Veidebaum Wolfgang Ahrens Antje Hebestreit on behalf of the IDEFICS and I.Family consortia ...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 919: Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Patients with Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Treated with Eculizumab: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8070919 Authors: Maria L. Gonzalez Suarez Charat Thongprayoon Michael A. Mao Napat Leeaphorn Tarun Bathini Wisit Cheungpasitporn Background: Kidney transplantation in patients with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is frequently complicated by recurrence,...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3521: Towards a Science Map on Sustainability in Higher Education Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133521 Authors: Jesus S. Alejandro-Cruz Rosa M. Rio-Belver Yara C. Almanza-Arjona Alejandro Rodriguez-Andara This article analyses how the concept of sustainability is being incorporated into global research of higher education. This study utilizes different scientometric reviews of global research between 1991 and 2018 using text mining techniques...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1328: The Capacity of the Hydrological Modeling for Water Resource Assessment under the Changing Environment in Semi-Arid River Basins in China Water doi: 10.3390/w11071328 Authors: Xiaoxiang Guan Jianyun Zhang Amgad Elmahdi Xuemei Li Jing Liu Yue Liu Junliang Jin Yanli Liu Zhenxin Bao Cuishan Liu Ruimin He Guoqing Wang Conducting water resource assessment and forecasting at a basin scale requires effective and accurate simulation...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2376: Features of the Molecular Structure and Luminescence of Rare-Earth Metal Complexes with Perfluorinated (Benzothiazolyl)phenolate Ligands Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132376 Authors: Tatyana V. Balashova Mikhail E. Burin Vasily A. Ilichev Alyona A. Starikova Alexey V. Marugin Roman V. Rumyantcev Georgy K. Fukin Artem N. Yablonskiy Boris A. Andreev Mikhail N. Bochkarev A set of Sc, Nd, Sm, Eu, Ho, Gd, Er, Yb complexes with...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3522: Can Agroforestry Grow beyond Its Niche and Contribute to a Transition towards Sustainable Agriculture in Sweden? Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133522 Authors: Christina Schaffer Karin Eksvärd Johanna Björklund Agroforestry is thought to be an approach that could support agriculture in the transition from a system with sustainability problems to one containing regenerative activities contributing to viable ecosystems and, therefore, sustainability...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3523: Life Cycle Assessment of Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Produced in Offshore Fish Farms: Variability and Multiple Regression Analysis Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133523 Authors: Benjamín García García Caridad Rosique Jiménez Felipe Aguado-Giménez José García García Equations were developed through multiple regression analysis (MRA) to explain the variability of potential environmental impacts (PEIs) estimated by life cycle assessment...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2268: Cognitive Biases of Consumers’ Risk Perception of Foodborne Diseases in China: Examining Anchoring Effect International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132268 Authors: Lijie Shan Shusai Wang Linhai Wu Fu-Sheng Tsai Consumer cognitive biases arise from judgment and decision-making due to their limitations in information processing. As one of the important cognitive biases, the anchoring effect plays a significant...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2850: Investigation of a Signal Demodulation Method based on Wavelet Transformation for OFDR to Enhance Its Distributed Sensing Performance Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132850 Authors: Kunpeng Feng Jiwen Cui Hong Dang Xun Sun Dong Jiang Yihua Jin Yizhao Niu Xuping Zhang Optical fiber distributed sensing that is based on optical frequency domain reflectometer (OFDR) is a promising technology for achieving a highest spatial resolution downwards to...
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Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 427: Detection of Coxiella burnetii Using Silicon Microring Resonator in Patient Blood Plasma Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi10070427 Authors: Bonhan Koo Choong Eun Jin Moonsuk Bae Yoon Ok Jang Ji Yeun Kim Sung-Han Kim Yong Shin Blood plasma from patients is a powerful resource for diagnosing infectious disease due to it having many genetic materials as well as being relatively easy to obtain. Thus, various biosensors have been investigated...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2267: Association between Blood Group and Nonmelanoma Skin Cancers (Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132267 Authors: Dijana Celić Jasna Lipozenčić Branko Kolarić Goran Ferenčak Jolanda Kanižaj Rajković Tajana Borlinić Background: Development of nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) has been associated with certain risk factors, but studies of the association...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 2849: Structural Health Monitoring of Underground Structures in Reclamation Area Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19132849 Authors: Zhen Liu Pengzhen Liu Cuiying Zhou Yuncong Huang Lihai Zhang The long-term structural performance of underground structures in reclamation areas is very sensitive to the vibrations caused by vehicles passing above the structures and environmental factors (e.g., tide levels, rainfall and temperature)....
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2266: Selection of Level-Dependent Hearing Protectors for Use in An Indoor Shooting Range International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132266 Authors: Rafal Mlynski Emil Kozlowski The high sound pressure level generated by impulse noise produced in an indoor shooting range makes it necessary to protect the hearing of the people it affects. Due to the need for verbal communication during training at a shooting range,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1452: Impact of Arginine Nutrition and Metabolism during Pregnancy on Offspring Outcomes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071452 Authors: Chien-Ning Hsu You-Lin Tain By serving as a precursor for the synthesis of nitric oxide, polyamines, and other molecules with biological importance, arginine plays a key role in pregnancy and fetal development. Arginine supplementation is a potential therapy for treating many human diseases. An impaired arginine metabolic pathway...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 373: Association of Pertussis Toxin with Severe Pertussis Disease Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11070373 Authors: Karen Scanlon Ciaran Skerry Nicholas Carbonetti Pertussis, caused by respiratory tract infection with the bacterial pathogen Bordetella pertussis, has long been considered to be a toxin-mediated disease. Bacteria adhere and multiply extracellularly in the airways and release several toxins, which have a variety of effects on the host, both local and...
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Fermentation, Vol. 5, Pages 52: Solid State Fermentation of Brewers’ Spent Grains for Improved Nutritional Profile Using Bacillus subtilis WX-17 Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation5030052 Authors: Yong Xing Tan Wai Kit Mok Jaslyn Lee Jaejung Kim Wei Ning Chen Brewers’ spent grains (BSG) are underutilized food waste materials produced in large quantities from the brewing industry. In this study, solid state fermentation of BSG using Bacillus subtilis WX-17 was...
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Minerals, Vol. 9, Pages 388: Copper-Arsenic Nanoparticles in Hematite: Fingerprinting Fluid-Mineral Interaction Minerals doi: 10.3390/min9070388 Authors: Max R. Verdugo-Ihl Cristiana L. Ciobanu Ashley Slattery Nigel J. Cook Kathy Ehrig Liam Courtney-Davies Metal nanoparticles (NP) in minerals are an emerging field of research. Development of advanced analytical techniques such as Z-contrast imaging and mapping using high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron...
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Data, Vol. 4, Pages 90: Database for Research Projects to Solve the Inverse Heat Conduction Problem Data doi: 10.3390/data4030090 Authors: Sándor Szénási Imre Felde To achieve the optimal performance of an object to be heat treated, it is necessary to know the value of the Heat Transfer Coefficient (HTC) describing the amount of heat exchange between the work piece and the cooling medium. The prediction of the HTC is a typical Inverse Heat Transfer Problem (IHCP), which cannot be...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1327: Flash Flood Forecasting Using Support Vector Regression Model in a Small Mountainous Catchment Water doi: 10.3390/w11071327 Authors: Jian Wu Haixing Liu Guozhen Wei Tianyu Song Chi Zhang Huicheng Zhou Flash floods in mountainous catchments are often caused by the rainstorm, which may result in more severe consequences than plain area floods due to less timescale and a fast-flowing front of water and debris. Flash flood forecasting is a huge...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2374: Curcumin-Based Photodynamic Sterilization for Preservation of Fresh-Cut Hami Melon Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132374 Authors: Yilin Lin Jiamiao Hu Shiyang Li Siti Sarah Hamzah Huiqin Jiang Arong Zhou Shaoxiao Zeng Shaoling Lin Fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are the main sources of foodborne illness outbreaks with implicated pathogens such as Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Listeria monocytogenes. This study aimed...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 647: Aberrant Expression of Intracellular let-7e, miR-146a, and miR-155 Correlates with Severity of Depression in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder and Is Ameliorated after Antidepressant Treatment Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8070647 Authors: Yi-Yung Hung Ming-Kung Wu Meng-Chang Tsai Ya-Ling Huang Hong-Yo Kang Chronic inflammation and abnormalities in Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling pathways are associated with major depressive disorder (MDD). Our...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 2265: New 20 m Progressive Shuttle Test Protocol and Equation for Predicting the Maximal Oxygen Uptake of Korean Adolescents Aged 13–18 Years International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16132265 Authors: Sang-Hyun Lee Jung-Ran Song Yang-Jung Kim Su-Jin Kim Hyuk Park Chang-Sun Kim Hyo-Bum Kwak Ju-Hee Kang Dong-Ho Park Background: Although several equations for predicting VO2max in children and adolescents...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 2063: Numerical Study of Angle-Insensitive and Tunable Dual-Band THz Absorber Using Periodic Cross-Shaped Graphene Arrays Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12132063 Authors: Tian Sang Jian Gao La Wang Honglong Qi Xin Yin Yueke Wang A dual-band terahertz (THz) absorber using the periodic cross-shaped graphene arrays is presented. It is shown that the dual-band light absorption enhancement of graphene results from the edge graphene plasmon (EGP) resonance,...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3519: A Study of Transport Behaviour of Academic Communities Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133519 Authors: Aleksandra Romanowska Romanika Okraszewska Kazimierz Jamroz An important challenge to achieving sustainable university campuses is ensuring that the academic community makes sustainable transport choices. The objective of this study was to investigate the daily commuting patterns, identify the potential for change, and determine the factors...
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Proceedings, Vol. 2, Pages 1595: Utilization of Instruction Materials as Tools for Effective Academic Performance of Students: Implications for Counselling Proceedings doi: 10.3390/proceedings2211595 Authors: Bukoye The study investigated the utilization of instructional materials as tools for effective academic performance of students. Survey research method was used and the study sampled the total number of 100 respondents in five selected secondary schools. A questionnaire constructed...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 3518: Foundations of Banking Origin and Social Rating Philosophy—A New Proposal for an Evaluation System Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11133518 Authors: Antonio Minguzzi Michele Modina Carmen Gallucci Social impact investments represent a cultural revolution, as they offer the opportunity to pursue financial and social goals simultaneously. However, Social impact investing market configurations are not evolving equally across national contexts. Therefore,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2375: Conserved G-Quadruplexes Regulate the Immediate Early Promoters of Human Alphaherpesviruses Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24132375 Authors: Ilaria Frasson Matteo Nadai Sara N. Richter Human Alphaherpesviruses comprise three members, herpes simplex virus (HSV) 1 and 2 and varicella zoster virus (VZV). These viruses are characterized by a lytic cycle in epithelial cells and latency in the nervous system, with lifelong infections that may periodically...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1451: Use of Online Dietary Recalls among Older UK Adults: A Feasibility Study of an Online Dietary Assessment Tool Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11071451 Authors: Heather A. Ward Heather McLellan Chi Udeh-Momoh Parthenia Giannakopoulou Catherine Robb Petra A. Wark Lefkos Middleton This study examined the feasibility of including myfood24, an online 24-hour dietary recall tool, in a cohort studies of older adults. Participants (n = 319) were recruited...
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