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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4269: Predicting the Swallow-Related Quality of Life of the Elderly Living in a Local Community Using Support Vector Machine
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4269: Predicting the Swallow-Related Quality of Life of the Elderly Living in a Local Community Using Support Vector Machine International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214269 Authors: Haewon Byeon Background and Objectives: This study developed a support vector machine (SVM) algorithm-based prediction model with considering influence factors associated with the swallowing quality-of-life as the predictor variables and...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3611: Special Issue: Materials for Nuclear Waste Immobilization
Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3611: Special Issue: Materials for Nuclear Waste Immobilization Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213611 Authors: Hyatt Ojovan Nuclear energy is clean, reliable, and competitive with many useful applications, among which power generation is the most important as it can gradually replace fossil fuels and avoid massive pollution of environment. A by-product resulting from utilization of nuclear energy in both power generation and other applications, such as in medicine,...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 7, Pages 87: Circulating Exosomal miRNA Profiles Predict the Occurrence and Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Direct-Acting Antiviral-Induced Sustained Viral Response
Biomedicines, Vol. 7, Pages 87: Circulating Exosomal miRNA Profiles Predict the Occurrence and Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Direct-Acting Antiviral-Induced Sustained Viral Response Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines7040087 Authors: Itami-Matsumoto Hayakawa Uchida-Kobayashi Enomoto Tamori Mizuno Toyoda Tamura Akutsu Ochiya Kawada Murakami Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4783: Kullback–Leibler Divergence Based Probabilistic Approach for Device-Free Localization Using Channel State Information
Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4783: Kullback–Leibler Divergence Based Probabilistic Approach for Device-Free Localization Using Channel State Information Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214783 Authors: Gao Zhang Xiao Li Recently, people have become more and more interested in wireless sensing applications, among which indoor localization is one of the most attractive. Generally, indoor localization can be classified as device-based and device-free localization (DFL). The former requires...
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Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 1280: Analysis of Propagation Characteristics along an Array of Silver Nanorods Using Dielectric Constants from Experimental Data and the Drude-Lorentz Model
Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 1280: Analysis of Propagation Characteristics along an Array of Silver Nanorods Using Dielectric Constants from Experimental Data and the Drude-Lorentz Model Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics8111280 Authors: Zong Zhang In this study, the Fourier series expansion method (FSEM) was employed to calculate the complex propagation constants of plasma structures consisting of infinitely long, silver nanorod arrays in the range of 180–1900 nm, and...
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 800: Simultaneous Removal of Calconcarboxylic Acid, NH4+ and PO43− from Pharmaceutical Effluent Using Iron Oxide-Biochar Nanocomposite Loaded with Pseudomonas putida
Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 800: Simultaneous Removal of Calconcarboxylic Acid, NH4+ and PO43− from Pharmaceutical Effluent Using Iron Oxide-Biochar Nanocomposite Loaded with Pseudomonas putida Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110800 Authors: Saifeldin M. Siddeeg Mohamed A. Tahoon Faouzi Ben Rebah In the current study, the Fe2O3/biochar nanocomposite was synthesized through a self-assembly method, followed by the immobilization of Pseudomonas putida (P. putida) on its surface to produce...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 130: Creating Age-Friendly Communities: Housing and Technology
Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 130: Creating Age-Friendly Communities: Housing and Technology Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040130 Authors: Joost van Hoof Hannah R. Marston Katie R. Brittain Helen R. Barrie Taking an international perspective of healthy ageing, people are living longer and are generally in better health than previous generations [...]
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Forests, Vol. 10, Pages 971: Time-Lag Effect Between Sap Flow and Environmental Factors of Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr
Forests, Vol. 10, Pages 971: Time-Lag Effect Between Sap Flow and Environmental Factors of Larix principis-rupprechtii Mayr Forests doi: 10.3390/f10110971 Authors: Liu Hong Jianbin Guo Zebin Liu Yanhui Wang Jing Ma Xiao Wang Ziyou Zhang A time lag between sap flux density (Js) and meteorological factors has been widely reported, but the controlling factors of the time lag are poorly understood. To interpret the time lag phenomenon systematically, thermal dissipation...
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Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 1279: Mesh-Grounded Monopolar Hexagonal Microstrip Antenna for Artillery-Launched Observation Round
Electronics, Vol. 8, Pages 1279: Mesh-Grounded Monopolar Hexagonal Microstrip Antenna for Artillery-Launched Observation Round Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics8111279 Authors: Lee Kim Pyo This paper presents a novel low-profile microstrip antenna with an omnidirectional radiation pattern for an artillery-launched observation round. The proposed antenna consists of one centered hexagonal patch for a feeding network and six periodic arrays of a trapezoid patch for a radiator....
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4683: Dynamic Analysis of Modified Duffing System via Intermittent External Force and Its Application
Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4683: Dynamic Analysis of Modified Duffing System via Intermittent External Force and Its Application Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214683 Authors: Jianbin He Jianping Cai Over the past century, a tremendous amount of work on the Duffing system has been done with continuous external force, including analytical and numerical solution methods, and the dynamic behavior of physical systems. However, hows does the Duffing oscillator behave if the external...
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Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1805: Friction and Wear Behavior of Polyimide Composites Reinforced by Surface-Modified Poly-p-Phenylenebenzobisoxazole (PBO) Fibers in High Ambient Temperatures
Polymers, Vol. 11, Pages 1805: Friction and Wear Behavior of Polyimide Composites Reinforced by Surface-Modified Poly-p-Phenylenebenzobisoxazole (PBO) Fibers in High Ambient Temperatures Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym11111805 Authors: Yu Zhang Tang Gao (1) In order to improve the properties of antifriction and wear resistance of polyimide (PI) composite under high temperature conditions, (2) 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and Lanthanum (La) salt modifications were employed...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2580: A Prior Estimation of the Spatial Distribution Parameter of Soil Moisture Storage Capacity Using Satellite-Based Root-Zone Soil Moisture Data
Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2580: A Prior Estimation of the Spatial Distribution Parameter of Soil Moisture Storage Capacity Using Satellite-Based Root-Zone Soil Moisture Data Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11212580 Authors: Yifei Tian Lihua Xiong Bin Xiong Ruodan Zhuang Integration of satellite-based data with hydrological modelling was generally conducted via data assimilation or model calibration, and both approaches can enhance streamflow predictions. In this study, we...
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 73: Editors’ Introduction: ‘Access to Justice: Historical Approaches to Victims of Crime’
Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 73: Editors’ Introduction: ‘Access to Justice: Historical Approaches to Victims of Crime’ Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9040073 Authors: Pamela Cox Barry Godfrey Victims were central to the detection and prosecution of crime for most of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries [...]
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6131: The Influence of Consumers’ Perceived Risks towards Eco-Design Packaging upon the Purchasing Decision Process: An Exploratory Study
Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6131: The Influence of Consumers’ Perceived Risks towards Eco-Design Packaging upon the Purchasing Decision Process: An Exploratory Study Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216131 Authors: Tian Zeng Fabien Durif Drawing on the means–end chain method, this exploratory study attempts to provide a better understanding of consumers’ perceived risks towards eco-design packaging and its effects on consumers’ purchasing decisions. This study makes divers contributions...
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Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 753: Investigation on Ambipolar Current Suppression Using a Stacked Gate in an L-shaped Tunnel Field-Effect Transistor
Micromachines, Vol. 10, Pages 753: Investigation on Ambipolar Current Suppression Using a Stacked Gate in an L-shaped Tunnel Field-Effect Transistor Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi10110753 Authors: Junsu Yu Sihyun Kim Donghyun Ryu Kitae Lee Changha Kim Jong-Ho Lee Sangwan Kim Byung-Gook Park L-shaped tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) provides higher on-current than a conventional TFET through band-to-band tunneling in the vertical direction of the channel. However,...
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Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 799: Reliability Evaluation Method Considering Demand Response (DR) of Household Electrical Equipment in Distribution Networks
Processes, Vol. 7, Pages 799: Reliability Evaluation Method Considering Demand Response (DR) of Household Electrical Equipment in Distribution Networks Processes doi: 10.3390/pr7110799 Authors: Chen Tang Sun Zhou Wang Mao The load characteristic of typical household electrical equipment is elaborately analyzed. Considering the electric vehicles’ (EVs’) charging behavior and air conditioning’s thermodynamic property, an electricity price-based...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 522: HP1717 Contributes to Streptococcus suis Virulence by Inducing an Excessive Inflammatory Response and Influencing the Biosynthesis of the Capsule
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 522: HP1717 Contributes to Streptococcus suis Virulence by Inducing an Excessive Inflammatory Response and Influencing the Biosynthesis of the Capsule Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110522 Authors: Liu Zhang Xu Huang Zhu Zhang Sun Jin Streptococcus suis 2 (SS2) is an important zoonotic pathogen that substantially harms the swine industry and poses threats to human health. Excessive inflammation is considered to be...
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Minerals, Vol. 9, Pages 678: Clay Minerals and Element Geochemistry of Clastic Reservoirs in the Xiaganchaigou Formation of the Lenghuqi Area, Northern Qaidam Basin, China
Minerals, Vol. 9, Pages 678: Clay Minerals and Element Geochemistry of Clastic Reservoirs in the Xiaganchaigou Formation of the Lenghuqi Area, Northern Qaidam Basin, China Minerals doi: 10.3390/min9110678 Authors: Sun Wang Guo Wang Jiang Pan We performed mineralogical and geochemical analyses of core samples from the Lenghuqi area in the northern marginal tectonic belt of the Qaidam Basin. The clay mineralogy of the Xiaganchaigou Formation sandstone is dominated...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2637: Is N-Carbamoyl Putrescine, the Decarboxylation Derivative of Citrulline, a Regulator of Muscle Protein Metabolism in Rats?
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2637: Is N-Carbamoyl Putrescine, the Decarboxylation Derivative of Citrulline, a Regulator of Muscle Protein Metabolism in Rats? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112637 Authors: Prasanthi Jegatheesan David Ramani Mickael Lhuillier Naouel El-Hafaia Radji Ramassamy Mohamed Aboubacar Samir Nakib Huixiong Chen Christiane Garbay Nathalie Neveux Cécile Loï Luc Cynober Jean-Pascal de Bandt N-carbamoyl putrescine (NCP), the decarboxylation...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1381: Detrimental Impact of Energy Drink Compounds on Developing Oligodendrocytes and Neurons
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1381: Detrimental Impact of Energy Drink Compounds on Developing Oligodendrocytes and Neurons Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111381 Authors: Serdar Mordelt Müser Kempe Felderhoff-Müser Herz Bendix The consumption of energy drinks is continuously rising, particularly in children and adolescents. While risks for adverse health effects, like arrhythmia, have been described, effects on neural cells remain elusive. Considering that neurodevelopmental...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 175: Immunization Status against Measles of Health-Care Workers Operating at Three Sicilian University Hospitals: An Observational Study
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 175: Immunization Status against Measles of Health-Care Workers Operating at Three Sicilian University Hospitals: An Observational Study Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040175 Authors: Claudio Costantino Caterina Ledda Cristina Genovese Eleonora Contrino Ermanno Vitale Carmelo Massimo Maida Raffaele Squeri Francesco Vitale Venerando Rapisarda Measles is a highly contagious vaccine-preventable disease (VPD) that also commonly affects health-care...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3609: Effect of Cu Substrate Roughness and Sn Layer Thickness on Whisker Development from Sn Thin-Films
Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3609: Effect of Cu Substrate Roughness and Sn Layer Thickness on Whisker Development from Sn Thin-Films Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213609 Authors: Balázs Illés Tamás Hurtony Olivér Krammer Bálint Medgyes Karel Dušek David Bušek The effect of copper substrate roughness and tin layer thickness were investigated on whisker development in the case of Sn thin-films. Sn was vacuum-evaporated onto both unpolished and mechanically polished Cu substrates...
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Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1364: The Face of Early Cognitive Decline? Shape and Asymmetry Predict Choice Reaction Time Independent of Age, Diet or Exercise
Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1364: The Face of Early Cognitive Decline? Shape and Asymmetry Predict Choice Reaction Time Independent of Age, Diet or Exercise Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym11111364 Authors: Brown Usacka Slower reaction time is a measure of cognitive decline and can occur as early as 24 years of age. We are interested if developmental stability predicts cognitive performance independent of age and lifestyle (e.g., diet and exercise). Developmental stability is the latent capacity...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2578: Super-Resolution of Remote Sensing Images via a Dense Residual Generative Adversarial Network
Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2578: Super-Resolution of Remote Sensing Images via a Dense Residual Generative Adversarial Network Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11212578 Authors: Wen Ma Zongxu Pan Feng Yuan Bin Lei Single image super-resolution (SISR) has been widely studied in recent years as a crucial technique for remote sensing applications. In this paper, a dense residual generative adversarial network (DRGAN)-based SISR method is proposed to promote the resolution of remote...
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Agronomy, Vol. 9, Pages 711: Pre-Harvest Foliar Application of Mineral Nutrients to Retard Chlorophyll Degradation and Preserve Bio-Active Compounds in Broccoli
Agronomy, Vol. 9, Pages 711: Pre-Harvest Foliar Application of Mineral Nutrients to Retard Chlorophyll Degradation and Preserve Bio-Active Compounds in Broccoli Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy9110711 Authors: Mohamed M. El-Mogy Mohamed Abdel M. Wahab Mohamed B. I. El-Sawy Aditya Parmar Foliar application of micronutrients has become a common farm management practice to increase the overall yield of various crops. However, the effects of foliar fertilization on shelf life and...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3610: Contactless Ultrasonic Cavitation in Alloy Melts
Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3610: Contactless Ultrasonic Cavitation in Alloy Melts Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213610 Authors: Koulis Pericleous Valdis Bojarevics Georgi Djambazov Agnieszka Dybalska William D. Griffiths Catherine Tonry A high frequency tuned electromagnetic induction coil is used to induce ultrasonic pressure waves leading to cavitation in alloy melts. This presents an alternative ‘contactless’ approach to conventional immersed probe techniques....
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Agronomy, Vol. 9, Pages 710: Critical Success Factors for the Adoption of Decision Tools in IPM
Agronomy, Vol. 9, Pages 710: Critical Success Factors for the Adoption of Decision Tools in IPM Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy9110710 Authors: Rossi Sperandio Caffi Simonetto Gilioli The rational control of harmful organisms for plants (pests) forms the basis of the integrated pest management (IPM), and is fundamental for ensuring agricultural productivity while maintaining economic and environmental sustainability. The high level of complexity of the decision processes...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2301: Effects of Forest Thinning on the Long-Term Runoff Changes of Coniferous Forest Plantation
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2301: Effects of Forest Thinning on the Long-Term Runoff Changes of Coniferous Forest Plantation Water doi: 10.3390/w11112301 Authors: Yang Choi Lim Forests and water are closely related to each other. Thus, forest management is crucial for the sustainable clean water supply. Forest thinning is one of the fundamental forest management practices, as it can change runoff by controlling the density of trees. In this study, the effect of forest thinning on...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2635: Tea Consumption Patterns in Relation to Diet Quality among Children and Adults in the United States: Analyses of NHANES 2011–2016 Data
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2635: Tea Consumption Patterns in Relation to Diet Quality among Children and Adults in the United States: Analyses of NHANES 2011–2016 Data Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112635 Authors: Florent Vieux Matthieu Maillot Colin D. Rehm Adam Drewnowski Flavonoid-rich tea offers an alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages. The present analyses, based on 2 24-hour dietary recalls for 17,506 persons aged ≥9 years old in the 2011–2016 National...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3977: Effects of Temperature on Bending Properties of Three-Dimensional and Five-Directional Braided Composite
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3977: Effects of Temperature on Bending Properties of Three-Dimensional and Five-Directional Braided Composite Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213977 Authors: Li Jia Pei Wan Li Wu The bending properties of three-dimensional (3Dim) and five-directional (5Dir) braided/epoxy resin composites at room temperature, 90 °C, 110 °C, and 150 °C and heating for 0.25 h, 10 h, and 30 h, respectively, were studied. The effect...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4682: An Improved Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm for Solving the Dynamic and Continuous Berth Allocation Problem (DCBAP)
Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4682: An Improved Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm for Solving the Dynamic and Continuous Berth Allocation Problem (DCBAP) Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app9214682 Authors: Hsu Chiang This research deals with the dynamic and continuous berth allocation problem (DCBAP) in which both arrived and incoming ships are considered and a quay is used as a continuous line to accommodate as many ships as possible at one time. The DCBAP is solved by a two-stage...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2636: Impact of Endurance and Resistance Training on Skeletal Muscle Glucose Metabolism in Older Adults
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2636: Impact of Endurance and Resistance Training on Skeletal Muscle Glucose Metabolism in Older Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112636 Authors: Leslie A. Consitt Courtney Dudley Gunjan Saxena Aging is associated with insulin resistance and the development of type 2 diabetes. While this process is multifaceted, age-related changes to skeletal muscle are expected to contribute to impaired glucose metabolism. Some of these changes include sarcopenia, impaired...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1380: Wnt Signaling in the Regulation of Immune Cell and Cancer Therapeutics
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1380: Wnt Signaling in the Regulation of Immune Cell and Cancer Therapeutics Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111380 Authors: Haseeb Pirzada Ain Choi Wnt signaling is one of the important pathways to play a major role in various biological processes, such as embryonic stem-cell development, tissue regeneration, cell differentiation, and immune cell regulation. Recent studies suggest that Wnt signaling performs an essential function in immune cell modulation...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2579: A Comparative Analysis of Phytovolume Estimation Methods Based on UAV-Photogrammetry and Multispectral Imagery in a Mediterranean Forest
Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2579: A Comparative Analysis of Phytovolume Estimation Methods Based on UAV-Photogrammetry and Multispectral Imagery in a Mediterranean Forest Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11212579 Authors: Fernando Carvajal-Ramírez João Manuel Pereira Ramalho Serrano Francisco Agüera-Vega Patricio Martínez-Carricondo Management and control operations are crucial for preventing forest fires, especially in Mediterranean forest areas with dry climatic periods. One...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 544: Development, Characterization, and Bioactivity of Non-Dairy Kefir-Like Fermented Beverage Based on Flaxseed Oil Cake
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 544: Development, Characterization, and Bioactivity of Non-Dairy Kefir-Like Fermented Beverage Based on Flaxseed Oil Cake Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110544 Authors: Łukasz Łopusiewicz Emilia Drozłowska Paulina Siedlecka Monika Mężyńska Artur Bartkowiak Monika Sienkiewicz Hanna Zielińska-Bliźniewska Paweł Kwiatkowski Flaxseed oil cake (FOC) was evaluated as a potential substrate for the production of a novel kefir-like fermented beverage. Three...
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IJGI, Vol. 8, Pages 497: Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Field Quadrat Survey of Alpine Grassland Fractional Vegetation Cover Based on the Satellite Remote Sensing Pixel Scale
IJGI, Vol. 8, Pages 497: Evaluation of the Accuracy of the Field Quadrat Survey of Alpine Grassland Fractional Vegetation Cover Based on the Satellite Remote Sensing Pixel Scale ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information doi: 10.3390/ijgi8110497 Authors: Chen Zhao Zhang Qin Yi The fractional vegetation cover (FVC) data measured on the ground is the main source for the calibration and verification of FVC remote sensing inversion, and its accuracy directly affects...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5474: Transforming Growth Factor Beta 3-Loaded Decellularized Equine Tendon Matrix for Orthopedic Tissue Engineering
IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5474: Transforming Growth Factor Beta 3-Loaded Decellularized Equine Tendon Matrix for Orthopedic Tissue Engineering International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215474 Authors: Susanne Pauline Roth Walter Brehm Claudia Groß Patrick Scheibe Susanna Schubert Janina Burk Transforming growth factor beta 3 (TGFβ3) promotes tenogenic differentiation and may enhance tendon regeneration in vivo. This study aimed to apply TGFβ3...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3608: The Effects of Nano-SiO2 and Nano-TiO2 Addition on the Durability and Deterioration of Concrete Subject to Freezing and Thawing Cycles
Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3608: The Effects of Nano-SiO2 and Nano-TiO2 Addition on the Durability and Deterioration of Concrete Subject to Freezing and Thawing Cycles Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213608 Authors: Fang Liu Tonghuan Zhang Tao Luo Mengzhen Zhou Weiwei Ma Kunkun Zhang The objective of this manuscript is to study the effects of nano-particle addition on the durability and internal deterioration of concrete subject to freezing and thawing cycles (FTCs). Fifteen...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2634: Berry-Enriched Diet in Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats: Metabolic Fate of (Poly)Phenols and the Role of Gut Microbiota
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2634: Berry-Enriched Diet in Salt-Sensitive Hypertensive Rats: Metabolic Fate of (Poly)Phenols and the Role of Gut Microbiota Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112634 Authors: Gomes Oudot Macià Foito Carregosa Stewart Van de Wiele Berry Motilva Brenner dos Santos Diets rich in (poly)phenols are associated with a reduced reduction in the incidence of cardiovascular disorders. While the absorption and metabolism of (poly)phenols...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6130: Methodologies of Economic Measurement and Vulnerability Assessment for Application in Landslide Risk Analysis in a Highway Domain Strip: A Case Study in the Serra Pelada Region (Brazil)
Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6130: Methodologies of Economic Measurement and Vulnerability Assessment for Application in Landslide Risk Analysis in a Highway Domain Strip: A Case Study in the Serra Pelada Region (Brazil) Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216130 Authors: Ellen Felizardo Batista Larissa De Brum Passini Alessander Christopher Morales Kormann Landslides are one of the main causes of death caused by disasters in the world. In this study, methodologies to measure landslide...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4194: An Adiabatic Coaxial Line for Microcalorimeter Power Measurements in Wireless Communication for Smart Grid
Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4194: An Adiabatic Coaxial Line for Microcalorimeter Power Measurements in Wireless Communication for Smart Grid Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214194 Authors: Zeljko Martinovic Martin Dadic Branimir Ivsic Roman Malaric This paper presents the extended results and prototype of the adiabatic copper conductor constructed with two interruption points in the external conductor layer, for use as a microcalorimeter power standard in wireless communication for a...
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Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1363: Numerical Study of Natural Convection Flow of Nanofluid Past a Circular Cone with Cattaneo–Christov Heat and Mass Flux Models
Symmetry, Vol. 11, Pages 1363: Numerical Study of Natural Convection Flow of Nanofluid Past a Circular Cone with Cattaneo–Christov Heat and Mass Flux Models Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym11111363 Authors: Iqbal Khan Mustafa Ghaffari The objective of this study is to analyze the natural convection flow of nanofluid along a circular cone placed in a vertical direction. The generalized heat flux and mass flux models are commonly known as the Cattaneo–Christov heat flux...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3607: Constructive Optimization of Vulcanization Installations in Order to Improve the Performance of Conveyor Belts
Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3607: Constructive Optimization of Vulcanization Installations in Order to Improve the Performance of Conveyor Belts Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213607 Authors: Dan Dobrota Valentin Petrescu Conveyor belts of special importance must have superior mechanical characteristics. The joining by vulcanization of the conveyor belts allows to obtain superior performances, but it has been found that at the vulcanizing joint of the conveyor belts, there is a “bell”-type...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3976: Differential Cytotoxic Potential of Acridocarpus orientalis Leaf and Stem Extracts with the Ability to Induce Multiple Cell Death Pathways
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3976: Differential Cytotoxic Potential of Acridocarpus orientalis Leaf and Stem Extracts with the Ability to Induce Multiple Cell Death Pathways Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213976 Authors: Sameera Omar Mohammed Saeed Balhamar Neena Gopinathan Panicker Shaima Akhlaq Mohammed Mansoor Qureshi Waqar Ahmad Najeeb Ur Rehman Liaqat Ali Ahmed Al-Harrasi Javid Hussain Farah Mustafa This study systematically analyzed the anticancer potential...
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Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1043: Effects of Nanolayer and Second Order Slip on Unsteady Nanofluid Flow Past a Wedge
Mathematics, Vol. 7, Pages 1043: Effects of Nanolayer and Second Order Slip on Unsteady Nanofluid Flow Past a Wedge Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math7111043 Authors: Zhu Cao This paper presents the study of unsteady nanofluids flow and heat transfer past a wedge with second order velocity slip and temperature jump. The model is modified by considering the existence of a nanolayer together with the effects of thermophoresis and Brownian motion. The fundamental equations were transformed...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4268: Determinants of Hurricane Evacuation from a Large Representative Sample of the U.S. Gulf Coast
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4268: Determinants of Hurricane Evacuation from a Large Representative Sample of the U.S. Gulf Coast International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214268 Authors: Ibraheem M. Karaye Jennifer A. Horney David P. Retchless Ashley D. Ross Exposure to natural disasters like hurricanes negatively impacts the mental and physical health of populations, and evacuation is an important step taken to prevent these adverse health...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 640: Co-Occurrence and Combinatory Effects of Alternaria Mycotoxins and other Xenobiotics of Food Origin: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 640: Co-Occurrence and Combinatory Effects of Alternaria Mycotoxins and other Xenobiotics of Food Origin: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110640 Authors: Crudo Varga Aichinger Galaverna Marko Dall’Asta Dellafiora Mycotoxins are low-molecular weight compounds produced by diverse genera of molds that may contaminate food and feed threatening the health of humans and animals. Recent findings underline the...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1716: Balancing STAT Activity as a Therapeutic Strategy
Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1716: Balancing STAT Activity as a Therapeutic Strategy Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111716 Authors: Polak Chernosky Smigiel Tamagno Jackson Driven by dysregulated IL-6 family member cytokine signaling in the tumor microenvironment (TME), aberrant signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT3) and (STAT5) activation have been identified as key contributors to tumorigenesis. Following transformation, persistent STAT3 activation drives...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6129: Environmental Sustainability of Greenhouse Covering Materials
Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6129: Environmental Sustainability of Greenhouse Covering Materials Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216129 Authors: Chrysanthos Maraveas The fundamental objective of the review article was to explore the ecological sustainability of greenhouse covering material based on the following themes; considerations for greenhouse materials, properties of polymers and glass, additives, fillers, stabilizers and reinforcements, performance, Ultraviolet (UV) transmittance,...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 609: Search for the Theological Grounds to Develop Inclusive Islamic Interpretations: Some Insights from Rationalistic Islamic Maturidite Theology
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