JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1533: Large-Fiber Neuropathy in Parkinson’s Disease: Clinical, Biological, and Electroneurographic Assessment of a Romanian Cohort Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101533 Authors: Oana Maria Vanta Nicoleta Tohanean Sebastian Pintea Lacramioara Perju-Dumbrava (1) Background: Increased attention has lately been given to polyneuropathy in Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Several papers postulated that large-fiber neuropathy (PNP) in PD is related...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1531: Gallbladder Radiation Protection in SIRT—Quantitative Anatomical Study of Hepatic Vasculature Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101531 Authors: Piotr Piasecki Krzysztof Brzozowski Piotr Ziecina Marek Wierzbicki Anna Budzynska Andrzej Mazurek Miroslaw Dziuk Maciej Maciak Edward Iller Jerzy Narloch Introduction: This study was designed to assess quantitatively a safe position of the microcatheter during the SIRT (Selective...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1530: General Anesthetic Agents and Renal Function after Nephrectomy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101530 Authors: Ho-Jin Lee Jinyoung Bae Yongsuk Kwon Hwan Suk Jang Seokha Yoo Chang Wook Jeong Jin-Tae Kim Won Ho Kim The association between the choice of general anesthetic agents and the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and long-term renal dysfunction after nephrectomy has not yet been evaluated. We reviewed 1087 cases of partial...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
J. Imaging, Vol. 5, Pages 78: Overview and Empirical Analysis of ISP Parameter Tuning for Visual Perception in Autonomous Driving Journal of Imaging doi: 10.3390/jimaging5100078 Authors: Lucie Yahiaoui Jonathan Horgan Brian Deegan Senthil Yogamani Ciarán Hughes Patrick Denny Image quality is a well understood concept for human viewing applications, particularly in the multimedia space, but increasingly in an automotive context as well. The rise in prominence of autonomous...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 630: Proportion of the CD19-Positive and CD19-Negative Lymphocytes and Monocytes within the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Set is Characteristic for Rheumatoid Arthritis Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100630 Authors: Kholodnyuk Kadisa Svirskis Gravelsina Studers Spaka Sultanova Lejniece Lejnieks Murovska Background and objectives: Composition of the peripheral blood (PB) cell populations and their activation state reflect...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 633: Mechanical Cavity Creation with Curettage and Vacuum Suction (Q-VAC) in Lytic Vertebral Body Lesions with Posterior Wall Dehiscence and Epidural Mass before Cement Augmentation Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100633 Authors: Piechowiak Isalberti Pileggi Distefano Hirsch Cianfoni Background and Objectives: We describe a novel technique for percutaneous tumor debulking and cavity creation in patients with extensive lytic lesions of the...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 632: Health Behavior Change and Complementary Medicine Use: National Health Interview Survey 2012 Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100632 Authors: Bishop Lauche Cramer Pinto Leung Hall Leach Chung Sundberg Zhang Steel Ward Sibbritt Adams Background and objectives: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use has been associated with preventive health behaviors. However, the role of CAM use in patients’...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 634: Reliability and Repeatability of the Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students (ASNS) Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100634 Authors: Losa-Iglesias Jiménez-Fernández Alameda-Cuesta Cid-Exposito Rodriguez-Vazquez Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo Background and objectives: Stress in nursing students is a very common experience, especially when they face clinical practice. The aims of this study were to perform a transcultural...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 629: Relationship between Muscle Mass/Strength and Hepatic Fat Content in Post-Menopausal Women Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100629 Authors: Yajie Zhang Dajiang Lu Renwei Wang Weijie Fu Shengnian Zhang Background and Objectives: Recent studies have shown that low skeletal muscle mass can contribute to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through insulin resistance. However, the association between muscle mass/strength and hepatic fat content remains...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 631: Nitric Oxide Donor NOC-18-Induced Changes of Mitochondrial Phosphoproteome in Rat Cardiac Ischemia Model Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100631 Authors: Danielius Umbrasas Ramūnas Jokubka Algirdas Kaupinis Mindaugas Valius Odeta Arandarčikaitė Vilmantė Borutaitė Background and objective: Nitric oxide (NO) is known to exert cardioprotective effects against heart ischemic damage and may be involved in ischemic pre- and postconditioning. NO-triggered...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 628: Alcohol and Cannabis Intake in Nursing Students Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100628 Authors: Carlos Tejedor-Cabrera Omar Cauli Background and objectives: Drug misuse among young people has become a major worldwide health concern. The present study analyzes substance misuse and its social and personal consequences in young university students. Materials and Methods: Screening of alcohol misuse was based on the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 127: Flower and Leaf Extracts of Sambucus nigra L.: Application of Membrane Processes to Obtain Fractions with Antioxidant and Antityrosinase Properties Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9100127 Authors: Rosa Tundis Claudia Ursino Marco Bonesi Monica R. Loizzo Vincenzo Sicari Teresa Pellicanò Ilaria L. Manfredi Alberto Figoli Alfredo Cassano This study aimed at evaluating and comparing the chemical profile as well as the antityrosinase and...
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Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 126: Factors Limiting the Apparent Hydrogen Flux in Asymmetric Tubular Cercer Membranes Based on La27W3.5Mo1.5O55.5−δ and La0.87Sr0.13CrO3−δ Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9100126 Authors: Zuoan Li Jonathan M. Polfus Wen Xing Christelle Denonville Marie-Laure Fontaine Rune Bredesen Asymmetric tubular ceramic–ceramic (cercer) membranes based on La27W3.5Mo1.5O55.5−δ-La0.87Sr0.13CrO3−δ were fabricated...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 391: Predictive Values of Serum Chlamydia trachomatis TroA and HtrA IgG Antibodies as Markers of Persistent Infection in the Detection of Pelvic Adhesions and Tubal Occlusion Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100391 Authors: Tiina Rantsi Jolande A. Land Päivi Joki-Korpela Sander Ouburg Kati Hokynar Jorma Paavonen Aila Tiitinen Mirja Puolakkainen Chlamydia trachomatis IgG antibody testing (CAT) has been used as a screening test...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 390: Genetic Modification of mfsT Gene Stimulating the Putative Penicillin Production in Monascus ruber M7 and Exhibiting the Sensitivity towards Precursor Amino Acids of Penicillin Pathway Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100390 Authors: Ramzan Safiullah Virk Muhammad Ahmed Yuan Chen : The biosynthesis of penicillin G (PG) is compartmentalized, which forces penicillin and its intermediates to cross the membrane barriers. Although...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 389: Molecular Epidemiological Characterization of Staphylococcus argenteus Clinical Isolates in Japan: Identification of Three Clones (ST1223, ST2198, and ST2550) and a Novel Staphylocoagulase Genotype XV Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100389 Authors: Aung Urushibara Kawaguchiya Sumi Takahashi Ike Ito Habadera Kobayashi Staphylococcus argenteus, a novel emerging species within Staphylococcus aureus complex (SAC),...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 386: Lefamulin. Comment on: “Novel Antibiotics for Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Microorganisms. Microorganisms, 2019, 7, 270” Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100386 Authors: Despoina Koulenti Elena Xu Isaac Yin Sum Mok Andrew Song Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos Apostolos Armaganidis Jeffrey Lipman Sotirios Tsiodras On 18 August 2019, an article was published in Microorganisms presenting novel, approved anti-Gram-positive...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 388: Optimizing a Whole-Genome Sequencing Data Processing Pipeline for Precision Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Infections Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100388 Authors: Weihua Huang Guiqing Wang Changhong Yin Donald Chen Abhay Dhand Melissa Chanza Nevenka Dimitrova John T. Fallon The surveillance of health care-associated infection (HAI) is an essential element of the infection control program. While whole-genome...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 387: Vibrio Proteases for Biomedical Applications: Modulating the Proteolytic Secretome of V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus for Improved Enzymes Production Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100387 Authors: Monica Salamone Aldo Nicosia Giulio Ghersi Marcello Tagliavia Proteolytic enzymes are of great interest for biotechnological purposes, and their large-scale production, as well as the discovery of strains producing new molecules,...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 385: Effects of Vertical Water Mass Segregation on Bacterial Community Structure in the Beaufort Sea Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100385 Authors: Yunyun Fu Richard B. Rivkin Andrew S. Lang The Arctic Ocean is one of the least well-studied marine microbial ecosystems. Its low-temperature and low-salinity conditions are expected to result in distinct bacterial communities, in comparison to lower latitude oceans. However, this is an ocean...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 384: Root Bacteria Recruited by Phragmites australis in Constructed Wetlands Have the Potential to Enhance Azo-Dye Phytodepuration Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100384 Authors: Valentina Riva Francesca Mapelli Evdokia Syranidou Elena Crotti Redouane Choukrallah Nicolas Kalogerakis Sara Borin The microbiome associated with plants used in phytodepuration systems can boost plant growth and services, especially in ecosystems dealing...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3469: Pharmacokinetic Profiling and Simultaneous Determination of Thiopurine Immunosuppressants and Folic Acid by Chromatographic Methods Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193469 Authors: Brusač Jeličić Amidžić Klarić Nigović Turk Klarić Mornar With the increase in the number of medicines patients have to take, there has been a rapid rise of fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) in the last two decades. Prior to FDC development, pharmacokinetic...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3470: A Complete Study of Farrerol Metabolites Produced in Vivo and in Vitro Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193470 Authors: Yin Ma Liang Wang Sun Zhang Jia Although farrerol, a characteristically bioactive constituent of Rhododendron dauricum L., exhibits extensive biological and pharmacological activities (e.g., anti-oxidant, anti-immunogenic, and anti-angiogenic) as well as a high drug development potential, its metabolism remains...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3467: The Ubiquitous Issue of Cross-Mass Transfer: Applications to Single-Use Systems Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193467 Authors: Phuong-Mai Nguyen Samuel Dorey Olivier Vitrac The leaching of chemicals by materials has been integrated into risk management procedures of many sectors where hygiene and safety are important, including food, medical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological applications. The approaches focus on direct contact and do not usually...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3468: Volatiles from the Mandibular Gland Reservoir Content of Colobopsis explodens Laciny and Zettel, 2018, Worker Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193468 Authors: Michaela Hoenigsberger Alexey Kopchinskiy Christoph Bueschl Alexandra Parich Alice Laciny Herbert Zettel Kamariah Salim Linda Lim Irina Druzhinina Rainer Schuhmacher Forty-five volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were identified or annotated...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3465: Ratiometric Polymer Probe for Detection of Peroxynitrite and the Application for Live-Cell Imaging Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193465 Authors: Hio Kuan Lao Jingyun Tan Chunfei Wang Xuanjun Zhang Peroxynitrite (ONOO−) is one of the sources of oxidation stress involved in many biological signaling pathways. The role of ONOO− being a double-edged sword in biological systems drives the development of effective detection tools....
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3466: The Role of Thickness Control and Interface Modification in Assembling Efficient Planar Perovskite Solar Cells Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193466 Authors: Weifu Sun Kwang-Leong Choy Mingqing Wang Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have achieved tremendous success within just a decade. This success is critically dependent upon compositional engineering, morphology control of perovskite layer, or contingent upon high-temperature annealed mesoporous...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3463: Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography–Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Constituents of Corydalis bungeana Turcz Extract Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193463 Authors: Miao Tian Chunjuan Yang Jing Yang Hongrui Dong Lu Liu Yixuan Ren Zhibin Wang In this study, the constituents of a Corydalis bungeana Turcz extract were qualitatively analyzed using gradient elution...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3464: Enantioselective 5-exo-Fluorocyclization of Ene-Oximes Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193464 Authors: Taiki Rouno Tomoki Niwa Kousuke Nishibashi Nobuharu Yamamoto Hiromichi Egami Yoshitaka Hamashima The enantioselective 5-exo-fluorocyclization of ene-oxime compounds was demonstrated under phase-transfer catalysis. Although deprotonative fluorinations competed, the chemical yields and the ee values of the desired isoxazoline products were...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3461: Simultaneous Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction for Flavonoids and Antioxidant Activity of Angelica keiskei Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193461 Authors: Lei Zhang Yuhuan Jiang Xuening Pang Puyue Hua Xiang Gao Qun Li Zichao Li Angelica keiskei Koidzumi (A. keiskei), as a Japanese edible herbal plant, enjoys a variety of biological activities due to the presence of numerous active...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3462: A Facile Strategy to Prepare Shaped ZSM-5 Catalysts with Enhanced Para-Xylene Selectivity and Stability for Toluene Methylation: The Effect of In Situ Modification by Attapulgite Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193462 Authors: Yiren Wang Yang Chang Min Liu Anfeng Zhang Xinwen Guo A general strategy for preparing shaped toluene methylation catalysts with enhanced para-selectivity and stability is developed by extruding ZSM-5 zeolite with attapulgite...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3459: Computer-Aided Discovery of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Thymocyte Selection-Associated High Mobility Group Box Protein (TOX) as Potential Therapeutics for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193459 Authors: Vibudh Agrawal Mingwan Su Yuanshen Huang Michael Hsing Artem Cherkasov Youwen Zhou Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) are the most common primary lymphomas of the skin. We have previously identified thymocyte...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3460: The Microenvironment in Immobilized Enzymes: Methods of Characterization and Its Role in Determining Enzyme Performance Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193460 Authors: Juan M. Bolivar Bernd Nidetzky The liquid milieu in which enzymes operate when they are immobilized in solid materials can be quite different from the milieu in bulk solution. Important differences are in the substrate and product concentration but also in pH and ionic strength. The...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1372: Dysprosium Removal from Water Using Active Carbons Obtained from Spent Coffee Ground Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101372 Authors: Lorena Alcaraz María Esther Escudero Francisco José Alguacil Irene Llorente Ana Urbieta Paloma Fernández Félix Antonio López This paper describes the physicochemical study of the adsorption of dysprosium (Dy3+) in aqueous solution onto two types of activated carbons synthesized from spent coffee ground....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1369: High Surface Proton Conduction in Nanostructured ZIF-8 Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101369 Authors: Muñoz-Gil Figueiredo The zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) combines a significantly high microporosity with an excellent thermal, chemical, and hydrothermal stability. Here, we demonstrated that ZIF-8 can display significant levels of protonic conductivity through a water-mediated surface transport mechanism associated to the presence of...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1370: Catalytic Effect of Facile Synthesized TiH1.971 Nanoparticles on the Hydrogen Storage Properties of MgH2 Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101370 Authors: Zhang Lu Ji Yan Sun Zhu Abstract: Catalytic doping plays an important role in enhancing the hydrogen storage performance of MgH2, while finding an efficient and reversible catalyst remains to be a great challenge in enhancing the de/rehydrogenation properties of MgH2. Herein, a...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1368: Surfactant-Assisted Fabrication of Alumina-Doped Amorphous Silica Nanofiltration Membranes with Enhanced Water Purification Performances Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101368 Authors: Xianzheng Ma Katarzyna Janowska Vittorio Boffa Debora Fabbri Giuliana Magnacca Paola Calza Yuanzheng Yue Surfactant-templated 5 mol% Al2O3-doped silica membranes nanofiltration membranes were synthesized via the sol-gel method, and afterward, were optimized,...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1365: Interactions of Nanoparticles and Biosystems: Microenvironment of Nanoparticles and Biomolecules in Nanomedicine Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101365 Authors: Carlota Auría-Soro Tabata Nesma Pablo Juanes-Velasco Alicia Landeira-Viñuela Helena Fidalgo-Gomez Vanessa Acebes-Fernandez Rafael Gongora María Jesus Almendral Parra Raúl Manzano-Roman Manuel Fuentes Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary science covering matters involving...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1367: Interaction of Immune Cells and Tumor Cells in Gold Nanorod–Gelatin Composite Porous Scaffolds Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101367 Authors: Xiuhui Wang Naoki Kawazoe Guoping Chen Composite porous scaffolds prepared by immobilization of photothermal nano-agents into porous scaffold have been used for both cancer therapy and tissue regeneration. However, it is not clear how the host immune cells and ablated tumor cells interact and stimulate...
Tue Sep 24, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1366: The Stability of Metallic MoS2 Nanosheets and Their Property Change by Annealing Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101366 Authors: Li Li Jiyang Chen Keyue Wu Chunbin Cao Shiwei Shi Jingbiao Cui Highly pure 1T MoS2 nanosheets were grown at 200 °C by a hydrothermal process. The effects of mild annealing on the structural and physical properties of the MoS2 were studied by heating the nanosheets in air and vacuum up to 350 °C....
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