Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 27: Neuroprotective Effects of Cornus officinalis on Stress-Induced Hippocampal Deficits in Rats and H2O2-Induced Neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010027 Authors: Weishun Tian Jing Zhao Jeong-Ho Lee Md Rashedunnabi Akanda Jeong-Hwi Cho Sang-Ki Kim Yu-Jin Choi Byung-Yong Park Oxidative stress plays a vital role in neurodegenerative diseases. Cornus officinalis (CC) has a wide range of pharmacological...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 25: Natural Antioxidants Beneficial Effects on Anion Exchange through Band 3 Protein in Human Erythrocytes Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010025 Authors: Alessia Remigante Rossana Morabito Angela Marino Band 3 protein (B3p) exchanging Cl− and HCO3− through erythrocyte membranes is responsible for acid balance, ion distribution and gas exchange, thus accounting for homeostasis of both erythrocytes and entire organisms. Moreover,...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 26: Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Induced Resistance to Doxorubicin is Reversed by Mulberry Leaf Polyphenol Extract in Hepatocellular Carcinoma through Inhibition of COX-2 Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010026 Authors: Yang Wu Hung Wang Mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves are used in Chinese medicine to treat metabolic disorders. Mulberry leaf polyphenol extracts (MLPE) have recently been shown to exhibit anticancer properties. Endoplasmic reticulum...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 24: Nanoantioxidants: Recent Trends in Antioxidant Delivery Applications
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 24: Nanoantioxidants: Recent Trends in Antioxidant Delivery Applications Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010024 Authors: Ibrahim Khalil Wageeh A. Yehye Alaitz Etxabide Etxeberria Abeer A. Alhadi Seyedehsara Masoomi Dezfooli Nurhidayatullaili Binti Muhd Julkapli Wan Jefrey Basirun Ali Seyfoddin Antioxidants interact with free radicals, terminating the adverse chain reactions and converting them to harmless products. Antioxidants thus minimize...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 23: Negative Mood Is Associated with Diet and Dietary Antioxidants in University Students During the Menstrual Cycle: A Cross-Sectional Study from Guangzhou, China Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010023 Authors: Lingling Bu Yuting Lai Yingyan Deng Chenlu Xiong Fengying Li Li Li Katsuhiko Suzuki Sihui Ma Chunhong Liu Postpubescent females may have negative mood or premenstrual syndrome during the menstrual cycle; with the emotional...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 26: Estimating Sunshine Duration Using Hourly Total Cloud Amount Data from a Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010026 Authors: Weiwei Zhu Bingfang Wu Nana Yan Zonghan Ma Linjiang Wang Wenjun Liu Qiang Xing Jiaming Xu Sunshine duration is an important indicator of the amount of solar radiation received in a region and an important input parameter for the study of atmospheric energy balance, climate change,...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 27: Concentration Fluctuations and Odor Dispersion in Lagrangian Models Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010027 Authors: Enrico Ferrero Alon Manor Luca Mortarini Dietmar Oettl In this paper, a review of the Lagrangian stochastic models developed in the last decades for the simulation of the concentration–fluctuation dispersion is presented. The main approaches available in the literature are described and their ability in reproducing the higher...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 25: Coupling of Soil Moisture and Air Temperature from Multiyear Data During 1980–2013 over China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010025 Authors: Qing Yuan Guojie Wang Chenxia Zhu Dan Lou Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan Xiaowen Ma Mingyue Zhan Soil moisture is an important parameter in land surface processes, which can control the surface energy and water budgets and thus affect the air temperature. Studying the coupling between soil moisture and...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 43: Changes in Ecophysiology, Osmolytes, and Secondary Metabolites of the Medicinal Plants of Mentha piperita and Catharanthus roseus Subjected to Drought and Heat Stress Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010043 Authors: Haifa A. Alhaithloul Mona H. Soliman Keshav Lalit Ameta Mohamed A. El-Esawi Amr Elkelish Global warming contributes to higher temperatures and reduces rainfall for most areas worldwide. The concurrent incidence of extreme temperature...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 41: Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi (PGPF) Instigate Plant Growth and Induce Disease Resistance in Capsicum annuum L. upon Infection with Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.) Butler & Bisby Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010041 Authors: Banu Naziya Mahadevamurthy Murali Kestur Nagaraj Amruthesh In the current study, a total of 70 fungi were isolated from the rhizosphere soil of chilli collected from six different districts of south Karnataka, India. All...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 40: Alzheimer’s Disease Pharmacotherapy in Relation to Cholinergic System Involvement Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010040 Authors: Stanciu Luca Rusu Bild Beschea Chiriac Solcan Bild Ababei Alzheimer’s disease, a major and increasing global health challenge, is an irreversible, progressive form of dementia, associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning. The etiology of this disease is not completely understood,...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 42: Influence of Exogenous Salicylic Acid and Nitric Oxide on Growth, Photosynthesis, and Ascorbate-Glutathione Cycle in Salt Stressed Vigna angularis Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010042 Authors: Ahanger Aziz Alsahli Alyemeni Ahmad The present study was carried out to investigate the beneficial role of exogenous application of salicylic acid (1 mM SA) and nitric oxide (100 μM NO) in preventing the oxidative damage in Vigna angularis...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 39: Polymorphic Protective Dps–DNA Co-Crystals by Cryo Electron Tomography and Small Angle X-Ray Scattering Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010039 Authors: Roman Kamyshinsky Yury Chesnokov Liubov Dadinova Andrey Mozhaev Ivan Orlov Maxim Petoukhov Anton Orekhov Eleonora Shtykova Alexander Vasiliev Rapid increase of intracellular synthesis of specific histone-like Dps protein that binds DNA to protect the genome against deleterious factors...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 38: Bioactivities of Geranium wallichianum Leaf Extracts Conjugated with Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010038 Authors: Banzeer Ahsan Abbasi Javed Iqbal Riaz Ahmad Layiq Zia Sobia Kanwal Tariq Mahmood Canran Wang Jen-Tsung Chen This study attempts to obtain and test the bioactivities of leaf extracts from a medicinal plant, Geranium wallichianum (GW), when conjugated with zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs). The...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 15: Current Therapeutic Strategies for Glioblastoma Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10010015 Authors: Julien Rossignol Bhairavi Srinageshwar Gary L. Dunbar Glioblastomas (GB) are grade 4 brain tumors, one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer found in humans. Although current treatments for GB are largely ineffective, new alternate approaches, beyond standard chemo- or radiation therapies have shown promising results in both pre-clinical...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 74: A Phase 1B Clinical Study of Combretastatin A1 Diphosphate (OXi4503) and Cytarabine (ARA-C) in Combination (OXA) for Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12010074 Authors: Fatih M. Uckun Christopher R. Cogle Tara L. Lin Sanjive Qazi Vuong N. Trieu Gary Schiller Justin M. Watts Combretastatin A1 (OXi4503) is a dual-function drug with vascular disrupting and cytotoxic properties that has exhibited...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 75: A Case-Control Analysis of the Impact of Venous Thromboembolic Disease on Quality of Life of Patients with Cancer: Quality of Life in Cancer (Qca) Study Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12010075 Authors: Lucia Marin-Barrera Andres J. Muñoz-Martin Eduardo Rios-Herranz Ignacio Garcia-Escobar Carmen Beato Carme Font Estefania Oncala-Sibajas Alfonso Revuelta-Rodriguez Maria Carmen Areses Victor Rivas-Jimenez Maria Angeles Moreno-Santos Aitor...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 73: Inhibition of Rho-Associated Kinase Suppresses Medulloblastoma Growth Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12010073 Authors: Cecilia Dyberg Teodora Andonova Thale Kristin Olsen Bertha Brodin Marcel Kool Per Kogner John Inge Johnsen Malin Wickström Medulloblastoma is one of the most common malignant brain tumor types in children, with an overall survival of 70%. Mortality is associated with metastatic relapsed tumors. Rho-associated kinases (ROCKs),...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 72: Relative Ratios Enhance the Diagnostic Power of Phospholipids in Distinguishing Benign and Cancerous Ovarian Masses Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12010072 Authors: Tsukasa Yagi Cyrus E. Kuschner Muhammad Shoaib Rishabh C. Choudhary Lance B. Becker Annette T. Lee Junhwan Kim Ovarian cancer remains a highly lethal disease due to its late clinical presentation and lack of reliable early biomarkers. Protein-based diagnostic markers have presented...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 71: Angioregulatory microRNAs in Colorectal Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12010071 Authors: Mohammad Hasan Soheilifar Michael Grusch Hoda Keshmiri Neghab Razieh Amini Hamid Maadi Massoud Saidijam Zhixiang Wang Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality. Angiogenesis is a rate-determining step in CRC development and metastasis. The balance of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors is crucial in this process. Angiogenesis-related...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 70: Autophagy and Macrophage Functions: Inflammatory Response and Phagocytosis Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9010070 Authors: Ming-Yue Wu Jia-Hong Lu Autophagy is a conserved bulk degradation and recycling process that plays important roles in multiple biological functions, including inflammatory responses. As an important component of the innate immune system, macrophages are involved in defending cells from invading pathogens, clearing cellular debris, and regulating...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 69: The Role of Cyclic AMP Signaling in Cardiac Fibrosis Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9010069 Authors: Marion Delaunay Halima Osman Simon Kaiser Dario Diviani Myocardial stress and injury invariably promote remodeling of the cardiac tissue, which is associated with cardiomyocyte death and development of fibrosis. The fibrotic process is initially triggered by the differentiation of resident cardiac fibroblasts into myofibroblasts. These activated fibroblasts...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 68: TDP-43-Mediated Toxicity in HEK293T Cells: A Fast and Reproducible Protocol To Be Employed in the Search of New Therapeutic Options against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9010068 Authors: Lanznaster Bourgeais Bruno Hergesheimer Thepault Vourc’h Corcia Andres Herault Blasco Cytoplasmic TDP-43 aggregates are a hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Today, only two drugs are available for ALS...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 67: Xenopus Interferon Complex: Inscribing the Amphibiotic Adaption and Species-Specific Pathogenic Pressure in Vertebrate Evolution? Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9010067 Authors: Yun Tian Jordan Jennings Yuanying Gong Yongming Sang Several recent studies have revealed previously unknown complexity of the amphibian interferon (IFN) system. Being unique in vertebrate animals, amphibians not only conserve and multiply the fish-like intron-containing IFN genes,...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 66: CCL11 Differentially Affects Post-Stroke Brain Injury and Neuroregeneration in Mice Depending on Age Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9010066 Authors: Simone Lieschke Bozena Zechmeister Matteo Haupt Xuan Zheng Fengyan Jin Katharina Hein Martin S. Weber Dirk M. Hermann Mathias Bähr Ertugrul Kilic Thorsten R. Doeppner CCL11 has recently been shown to differentially affect cell survival under various pathological conditions including stroke....
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 65: miR-9-5p Exerts a Dual Role in Cervical Cancer and Targets Transcription Factor TWIST1 Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9010065 Authors: Iris Babion Annelieke Jaspers Annina P. van Splunter Iris A.E. van der Hoorn Saskia M. Wilting Renske D.M. Steenbergen Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and adenocarcinoma (AC) represent the major cervical cancer histotypes. Both histotypes are caused by infection with high-risk HPV (hrHPV) and are associated with deregulated...
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Chemosensors, Vol. 8, Pages 4: Sequential Detection of Palladium and Chromium Oxyanion by a Fluorescein Based Chemosensor in Mixed Aqueous Media Chemosensors doi: 10.3390/chemosensors8010004 Authors: Aasif Helal A new highly selective chemosensor, based on fluorescein-allyloxy benzene conjugate 1, was developed for the sequential detection of palladium and chromium oxyanions in a mixed aqueous media, and was studied by UV-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy. The sensing of palladium...
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Children, Vol. 7, Pages 3: Study Protocol of the Parents in Child Nutrition Informing Community (PICNIC) Peer Education Cohort Study to Improve Child Feeding and Dietary Intake of Children Aged Six Months to Three Years Old Children doi: 10.3390/children7010003 Authors: Richard Ball Rebecca Vaschak Andrew Bailey Gail Whiteford Tracy L. Burrows Kerith Duncanson Clare E. Collins One in five Australian pre-schoolers are overweight or obese, meaning the first years of life...
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Climate, Vol. 8, Pages 3: Perception of Environmental Spillovers Across Scale in Climate Change Adaptation Planning: The Case of Small-Scale Farmers’ Irrigation Strategies, Kenya Climate doi: 10.3390/cli8010003 Authors: Volenzo Tom Elijah John O. Odiyo The failure to acknowledge and account for environmental externalities or spillovers in climate change adaptation policy, advocacy, and programming spaces exacerbate the risk of ecological degradation, and more so, the degradation of...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 12: Setup of Quantitative PCR for Oral Neisseria spp. Evaluation in Celiac Disease Diagnosis Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10010012 Authors: Maria Valeria Esposito Carmela Nardelli Ilaria Granata Chiara Pagliuca Valeria D’Argenio Ilaria Russo Mario Rosario Guarracino Paola Salvatore Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco Carolina Ciacci Lucia Sacchetti Coeliac disease (CD) is a multifactorial autoimmune disorder and gut dysbiosis contributes...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 28: Novel Antioxidant, Anti-α-Amylase, Anti-Inflammatory and Antinociceptive Water-Soluble Polysaccharides from the Aerial Part of Nitraria retusa Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9010028 Authors: Ilhem Rjeibi Faiez Hentati Anouar Feriani Najla Hfaiedh Cédric Delattre Philippe Michaud Guillaume Pierre In this paper, water-soluble polysaccharides (named as NRLP) were extracted from Nitraria retusa leaves. The main structural features of NRLP were determined...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 27: Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) Combined with Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Rapid Detection of Salmonella in Food Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9010027 Authors: Jiali Li Biao Ma Jiehong Fang Antong Zhi Erjing Chen Ying Xu Xiaoping Yu Chuanxin Sun Mingzhou Zhang Salmonella can cause serious foodborne diseases. We have developed a lateral flow immunoassay combined with recombinase polymerase amplification (LFD-RPA) for detection of Salmonella...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 193: Validity and Reliability of the WIMUTM Inertial Device for the Assessment of Joint Angulations International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010193 Authors: Javier García-Rubio José Pino Pedro R. Olivares Sergio J. Ibáñez Range of motion measurement is fundamental in the physical examination and functional evaluation of different joints. WIMUTM is an inertial device that allows the analysis of joint motion...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 192: How Health Communication via Tik Tok Makes a Difference: A Content Analysis of Tik Tok Accounts Run by Chinese Provincial Health Committees International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010192 Authors: Chengyan Zhu Xiaolin Xu Wei Zhang Jianmin Chen Richard Evans During the last two decades, social media has immersed itself into all facets of our personal and professional lives. The healthcare sector is no...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 191: Adolescents’ Views on Seeking Help for Emotional and Behavioral Problems: A Focus Group Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010191 Authors: Suzanne J. van den Toren Amy van Grieken Marjolein Lugtenberg Mirte Boelens Hein Raat This study aimed to get insight into adolescents’ views on help-seeking for emotional and behavioral problems. Fourteen focus groups were conducted. Two vignettes, depicting...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 190: Antimicrobial Air Filters Using Natural Sea Salt Particles for Deactivating Airborne Bacterial Particles International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010190 Authors: Sang Bin Jeong Ki Joon Heo Byung Uk Lee We developed an antimicrobial air filter using natural sea salt (NSS) particles. Airborne NSS particles were produced via an aerosol process and were continuously coated onto the surface of an air filter under...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 189: Mapping the Human Exposome to Uncover the Causes of Breast Cancer International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010189 Authors: Vincent Bessonneau Ruthann A. Rudel Breast cancer is an important cause of morbidity and mortality for women, yet a significant proportion of variation in individual risk is unexplained. It is reasonable to infer that unexplained breast cancer risks are caused by a myriad of exposures and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 188: Pathways Linking Exposure to Community Violence, Self-serving Cognitive Distortions and School Bullying Perpetration: A Three-Wave Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010188 Authors: Dragone Esposito De Angelis Affuso Bacchini School bullying is a social phenomenon stemming from a complex interrelationship between the individuals and their environments. Underpinned by the social-ecological...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 187: Study of the Spatio-Temporal Differentiation of Factors Influencing Carbon Emission of the Planting Industry in Arid and Vulnerable Areas in Northwest China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010187 Authors: Yujie Huang Yang Su Ruiliang Li Haiqing He Haiyan Liu Feng Li Qin Shu Due to the importance of understanding the relationship between agricultural growth and environmental quality, we...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 186: Breastfeeding and the Risk of Infant Illness in Asia: A Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010186 Authors: Mi Kyung Lee Colin Binns Infancy remains the most vulnerable period of human life for death, illness, and establishing a lifetime trajectory of growth and health. It is estimated that there are 5.3 million deaths under five years of age worldwide and approximately 800,000 lives could be saved...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 184: Regional Temperature-Sensitive Diseases and Attributable Fractions in China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010184 Authors: Xuemei Su Yibin Cheng Yu Wang Yue Liu Na Li Yonghong Li Xiaoyuan Yao Few studies have been carried out to systematically screen regional temperature-sensitive diseases. This study was aimed at systematically and comprehensively screening both high- and low-temperature-sensitive...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 185: Age and Sex Differences in the Use of Emergency Telephone Consultation Services in Saitama, Japan: A Population-Based Observational Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010185 Authors: Akihisa Nakamura Toshie Manabe Hiroyuki Teraura Kazuhiko Kotani The frequency of use of emergency telephone consultation (ETC) services, which is a telephone triage system in Japan, was explored to determine age-...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 183: Does the Credit Cycle Have an Impact on Happiness? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010183 Authors: Tinghui Li Junhao Zhong Mark Xu The 2008 international financial crisis triggered a heated discussion of the relationship between public health and the economic environment. We test the relationship between the credit cycle and happiness using the fixed effects model and explore the transmission channels...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 182: Community Determinants of Physical Growth and Cognitive Development among Indian Children in Early Childhood: A Multivariate Multilevel Analysis International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17010182 Authors: Jongho Heo Aditi Krishna Jessica M. Perkins Hwa-young Lee Jong-koo Lee S.V. Subramanian Juhwan Oh Inadequate child physical growth and cognitive development share common individual-level risk factors....
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 193: Ectopic Expression of Grapevine Gene VaRGA1 in Arabidopsis Improves Resistance to Downy Mildew and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 But Increases Susceptibility to Botrytis cinerea International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010193 Authors: Shanshan Tian Xiangjing Yin Peining Fu Wei Wu Jiang Lu The protein family with nucleotide binding sites and leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) in plants stimulates immune responses caused by...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 192: Mitochondrial Dynamics of Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells in Nephropathic Cystinosis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010192 Authors: Domenico De Rasmo Anna Signorile Ester De Leo Elena V. Polishchuk Anna Ferretta Roberto Raso Silvia Russo Roman Polishchuk Francesco Emma Francesco Bellomo Nephropathic cystinosis is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in CTNS gene leading to Fanconi...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 191: Enhancing Neurogenesis of Neural Stem Cells Using Homogeneous Nanohole Pattern-Modified Conductive Platform International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010191 Authors: Yeon-Woo Cho Da-Seul Kim Intan Rosalina Suhito Dong Keun Han Taek Lee Tae-Hyung Kim Biocompatible platforms, wherein cells attach and grow, are important for controlling cytoskeletal dynamics and steering stem cell functions, including differentiation. Among various...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 189: A New Vision of IgA Nephropathy: The Missing Link International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010189 Authors: Sallustio Curci Di Leo Gallone Pesce Gesualdo IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) is a primary glomerulonephritis problem worldwide that develops mainly in the 2nd and 3rd decade of life and reaches end-stage kidney disease after 20 years from the biopsy-proven diagnosis, implying a great socio-economic burden. IgAN may occur...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 188: Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Development: Insights from Drosophila International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010188 Authors: Mele Johnson Cell-to-cell communication mediates a plethora of cellular decisions and behaviors that are crucial for the correct and robust development of multicellular organisms. Many of these signals are encoded in secreted hormones or growth factors that bind to and activate cell surface receptors, to transmit...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 190: Ipragliflozin Ameliorates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Apoptosis through Preventing Ectopic Lipid Deposition in Renal Tubules International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010190 Authors: Kohshiro Hosokawa Tomoaki Takata Takaaki Sugihara Tomomitsu Matono Masahiko Koda Tsutomu Kanda Sosuke Taniguchi Ayami Ida Yukari Mae Marie Yamamoto Takuji Iyama Satoko Fukuda Hajime Isomoto Background: Chronic kidney...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 187: Preparation of Radiation Cross-Linked Poly(Acrylic Acid) Hydrogel Containing Metronidazole with Enhanced Antibacterial Activity International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010187 Authors: Jin-Oh Jeong Jong-Soek Park Eui Jin Kim Sung-In Jeong Jae Young Lee Youn-Mook Lim Metronidazole (MD) is known as a periodontitis medicine and has been widely used in antibiotics for resistance to anaerobic bacteria, periodontal disease, and...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 186: Protein and Polysaccharide-Based Magnetic Composite Materials for Medical Applications International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010186 Authors: Elizabeth J. Bealer Kyril Kavetsky Sierra Dutko Samuel Lofland Xiao Hu The combination of protein and polysaccharides with magnetic materials has been implemented in biomedical applications for decades. Proteins such as silk, collagen, and elastin and polysaccharides such as chitosan,...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 185: Integration of ATAC-Seq and RNA-Seq Identifies Key Genes in Light-Induced Primordia Formation of Sparassis latifolia International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010185 Authors: Chi Yang Lu Ma Donglai Xiao Zhenghe Ying Xiaoling Jiang Yanquan Lin Light is an essential environmental factor for Sparassis latifolia primordia formation, but the molecular mechanism is still unclear. In this study, differential expression profiling...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 183: Lixivaptan, a New Generation Diuretic, Counteracts Vasopressin-Induced Aquaporin-2 Trafficking and Function in Renal Collecting Duct Cells International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010183 Authors: Annarita Di Mise Maria Venneri Marianna Ranieri Mariangela Centrone Lorenzo Pellegrini Grazia Tamma Giovanna Valenti Vasopressin V2 receptor (V2R) antagonists (vaptans) are a new generation of diuretics. Compared with classical...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 184: Stereoselective Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of Steviol-Based Diterpen Aminodiols International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010184 Authors: Dániel Ozsvár Viktória Nagy István Zupkó Zsolt Szakonyi A library of steviol-based trifunctional chiral ligands was developed from commercially available natural stevisoide and applied as chiral catalysts in the addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde. The key intermediate steviol...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 182: IRE1-XBP1 Pathway of the Unfolded Protein Response Is Required during Early Differentiation of C2C12 Myoblasts International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010182 Authors: Yukako Tokutake Keita Yamada Satoko Hayashi Wataru Arai Takafumi Watanabe Shinichi Yonekura In skeletal muscle, myoblast differentiation results in the formation of multinucleated myofibers. Although recent studies have shown that unfolded protein responses...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 180: Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of the Molecular Mechanism of the Hairy Roots of Brassica campestris L. in Response to Cadmium Stress International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010180 Authors: Yaping Sun Qianyun Lu Yushen Cao Menghua Wang Xiyu Cheng Qiong Yan Brassica campestris L., a hyperaccumulator of cadmium (Cd), is considered a candidate plant for efficient phytoremediation. The hairy roots of Brassica campestris L...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 181: Intranasally Administered Human MSC-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Pervasively Incorporate into Neurons and Microglia in both Intact and Status Epilepticus Injured Forebrain International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21010181 Authors: Maheedhar Kodali Olagide W. Castro Dong-Ki Kim Alicia Thomas Bing Shuai Sahithi Attaluri Raghavendra Upadhya Daniel Gitai Leelavathi N. Madhu Darwin J. Prockop Ashok K. Shetty Extracellular...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 71: Selective ß2-Adrenoceptor Agonists and Relevant Hyperlactatemia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010071 Authors: Alina G. Liedtke Sebastiano A. G. Lava Gregorio P. Milani Carlo Agostoni Viola Gilardi Mario G. Bianchetti Giorgio Treglia Pietro B. Faré Selective ß2-agonists have been imputed as potential cause of l-hyperlactatemia since the 1970s. To document the prevalence of hyperlactatemia...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 69: Efficacy of Low-Dose Prophylactic Quetiapine on Delirium Prevention in Critically Ill Patients: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010069 Authors: Youlim Kim Hyung-Sook Kim Jong Sun Park Young-Jae Cho Ho Il Yoon Sang-Min Lee Jae Ho Lee Choon-Taek Lee Yeon Joo Lee Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of short-term low-dose quetiapine for delirium prevention in critically...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 70: Craniofacial Asymmetry from One to Three Years of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study with 3D Imaging Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010070 Authors: Anniina M. Launonen Ville Vuollo Henri Aarnivala Tuomo Heikkinen Pertti Pirttiniemi A. Marita Valkama Virpi Harila Deformational plagiocephaly (DP) is considered a risk factor for facial asymmetry. This cohort-based, prospective, follow-up study used three-dimensional (3D) stereophotogrammetry...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 67: IgG Anti-High Density Lipoprotein Antibodies Are Elevated in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Associated with Lipid Profile and Clinical Features Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010067 Authors: Javier Rodríguez-Carrio Jes S. Lindholt Marina Canyelles Diego Martínez-López Mireia Tondo Luis M. Blanco-Colio Jean-Baptiste Michel Joan Carles Escolà-Gil Ana Suárez José Luis Martín-Ventura High-density lipoproteins cholesterol (HDLc)...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 68: Design, Characterization, and Evaluation of scFvCD133/rGelonin: A CD133-Targeting Recombinant Immunotoxin for Use in Combination with Photochemical Internalization Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010068 Authors: Cathrine Elisabeth Olsen Lawrence H. Cheung Anette Weyergang Kristian Berg Daniel A. Vallera Michael G. Rosenblum Pål Kristian Selbo The objective of this study was to develop and explore a novel CD133-targeting immunotoxin...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 66: Preoperative Ascorbic Acid Levels in Proximal Femur Fracture Patients Have No Postoperative Clinical Impact, While Ascorbic Acid Levels upon Discharge Have a Major Effect on Postoperative Outcome Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010066 Authors: Katharina Hill-Mündel Johannes Schlegl Hans Konrad Biesalski Sabrina Ehnert Steffen Schröter Christian Bahrs Donatus Nohr Andreas K. Nüssler Christoph Ihle Proximal femur fractures show...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 65: Immunomodulation of Murine Chronic DSS-Induced Colitis by Tuftsin–Phosphorylcholine Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010065 Authors: Dana Ben-Ami Shor Jordan Lachnish Tomer Bashi Shani Dahan Asaf Shemer Yahel Segal Ora Shovman Gilad Halpert Alexander Volkov Iris Barshack Howard Amital Miri Blank Yehuda Shoenfeld Helminths or their products can immunomodulate the host immune system, and this phenomenon may be applied...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 63: Kinetics of Tear Fluid Proteins after Endothelial Keratoplasty and Predictive Factors for Recovery from Corneal Haze Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010063 Authors: Nobuyo Yawata Sunita Awate Yu-Chi Liu Shi Yuan Kaing Woon Jay Siak Yoh-Ichi Kawano Koh-Hei Sonoda Jodhbir S. Mehta Makoto Yawata Endothelial keratoplasty (EK) is less invasive with faster recovery as compared to conventional penetrating keratoplasty, however,...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 62: Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy in Higher-Aged Patients: How Do They Benefit from Surgery? Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010062 Authors: Oliver Gembruch Ramazan Jabbarli Ali Rashidi Mehdi Chihi Nicolai El Hindy Axel Wetter Bernd-Otto Hütter Ulrich Sure Philipp Dammann Neriman Özkan Background: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common reason for spinal cord disease in elderly patients. This study analyzes...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 64: Low-Dose and Long-Term Olaparib Treatment Sensitizes MDA-MB-231 and SUM1315 Triple-Negative Breast Cancers Spheroids to Fractioned Radiotherapy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010064 Authors: Clémence Dubois Fanny Martin Chervin Hassel Florian Magnier Pierre Daumar Corinne Aubel Sylvie Guerder Emmanuelle Mounetou Frédérique Penault-Lorca Mahchid Bamdad The Triple-Negative Breast Cancer subtype (TNBC) is particularly aggressive...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 60: Cathodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Occipital cortex in Episodic Migraine: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Crossover Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010060 Authors: Rechdi Ahdab Anthony G. Mansour Georges Khazen Christelle El-Khoury Toni M. Sabbouh Maher Salem Wissam Yamak Samar S. Ayache Naji Riachi Summary: Three consecutive daily sessions of cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 61: The Abbreviated Maslach Burnout Inventory Can Overestimate Burnout: A Study of Anesthesiology Residents Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010061 Authors: Wan Yen Lim John Ong Sharon Ong Ying Hao Hairil Rizal Abdullah Darren LK Koh Un Sam May Mok The Maslach Burnout Inventory for healthcare professionals (MBI-HSS) and its abbreviated version (aMBI), are the most common tools to detect burnout in clinicians. A wide range in burnout prevalence...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 9: Quantification of Pneumocystis jirovecii: Cross-Platform Comparison of One qPCR Assay with Leading Platforms and Six Master Mixes Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6010009 Authors: Sarah Dellière Maud Gits-Muselli P. Lewis White Carlo Mengoli Stéphane Bretagne Alexandre Alanio Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia relies on nucleic acid quantification in respiratory samples. Lack of standardization among molecular assays results in significant...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 9: Celiac Disease: A Common Unrecognized Health Problem with a Very Delayed Diagnosis Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56010009 Authors: Luis Rodrigo Celiac disease (CD) is a clinical entity of autoimmune nature, related to the presence of a permanent gluten intolerance that affects genetically predisposed individuals, producing a chronic inflammation process that usually occurs in the small bowel [...]
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Medicines, Vol. 7, Pages 1: Comorbidities in Mycosis Fungoides and Racial Differences in Co-Existent Lymphomatoid Papulosis: A Cross-Sectional Study of 580 Patients in an Urban Tertiary Care Center Medicines doi: 10.3390/medicines7010001 Authors: Subuhi Kaul Micah Belzberg John-Douglas Matthew Hughes Varun Mahadevan Raveena Khanna Pegah R. Bakhshi Michael S. Hong Kyle A. Williams Annie L. Grossberg Shawn G. Kwatra Ronald J. Sweren Background: Mycosis fungoides...
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Membranes, Vol. 10, Pages 5: Purification of Sucrose in Sugar Beet Molasses by Utilizing Ceramic Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes10010005 Authors: Mikael Sjölin Johan Thuvander Ola Wallberg Frank Lipnizki Molasses is a sugar mill by-product with low value that today is used primarily for animal feed. However, molasses contains large amounts of sucrose which, if purified, could be used for other purposes. In this study, purification...
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MPs, Vol. 3, Pages 2: Single-Grain Quartz OSL Characteristics: Testing for Correlations within and between Sites in Asia, Europe and Africa Methods and Protocols doi: 10.3390/mps3010002 Authors: Yue Hu Bo Li Zenobia Jacobs We studied the characteristics of the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signal of single-grain quartz from three sites in China, Italy, and Libya, including the brightness, decay curve and dose response curve (DRC) shapes, recuperation, and reproducibility....
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 52: Macroalgae Derived Fungi Have High Abilities to Degrade Algal Polymers Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010052 Authors: Patyshakuliyeva Falkoski Wiebenga Timmermans Vries Marine fungi associated with macroalgae are an ecologically important group that have a strong potential for industrial applications. In this study, twenty-two marine fungi isolated from the brown seaweed Fucus sp. were examined for their abilities to produce...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 53: Fluorimetric Detection of Single Pathogenic Bacterium in Milk and Sewage Water Using pH-Sensitive Fluorescent Carbon Dots and MALDI-TOF MS Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010053 Authors: Yang Farooq Chen Ullah Wang The current study is focused on the application of water-soluble, fluorescent, and pH-sensitive carbon dots (CDs) as a nanoprobe for sensitive detection of pathogenic bacteria in milk and sewage water. The CDs were...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 51: Ribavirin as a First Treatment Approach for Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Transplant Recipient Patients Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010051 Authors: Rivero-Juarez Vallejo Lopez-Lopez Díaz-Mareque Frias Vallejo Caballero-Gómez Rodríguez-Velasco Molina Aguilera The hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the major cause of acute hepatitis of viral origin worldwide. Despite its usual course as an asymptomatic self-limited...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 105: Synthesis and Antimicrobial Activity of a New Series of Thiazolidine-2,4-diones Carboxamide and Amino Acid Derivatives Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010105 Authors: Rakia Abd Alhameed Zainab Almarhoon Sarah I. Bukhari Ayman El-Faham Beatriz G. de la Torre Fernando Albericio Novel thiazolidine-2,4-dione carboxamide and amino acid derivatives were synthesized in excellent yield using OxymaPure/N,N′-diisopropylcarbodimide coupling...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 104: Reaction-Based Amine and Alcohol Gases Detection with Triazine Ionic Liquid Materials Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010104 Authors: Hsin-Yi Li Yen-Ho Chu We demonstrated in this work the use of affinity ionic liquids, AIL 1 and AIL 2, for chemoselective detection of amine and alcohol gases on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). These detections of gaseous amines and alcohols were achieved by nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions with the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 103: Distribution of Flavan-3-ol Species in Ripe Strawberry Fruit Revealed by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Mass Spectrometry Imaging Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010103 Authors: Enomoto Takahashi Takeda Hatta Flavan-3-ols, which comprise proanthocyanidins and their monomers, are major flavonoids in strawberries, and they have a wide range of biological activities and health benefits. However, their spatial distribution in strawberry...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 102: Extensive Structure Modification on Luteolin-Cinnamic Acid Conjugates Leading to BACE1 Inhibitors with Optimal Pharmacological Properties Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010102 Authors: Sun Cheng Moschke Huang Fang BACE1 inhibitory conjugates derived from two natural products, luteolin (1) and p-hydroxy-cinnamic acid (2), were subjected to systematic structure modifications, including various positions in luteolin segment for conjugation,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 101: Precursor-Dependent Photocatalytic Activity of Carbon Dots Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010101 Authors: Amadio Cailotto Campalani Branzi Raviola Ravelli Cattaruzza Trave Benedetti Selva Perosa This work systematically compares both structural features and photocatalytic performance of a series of graphitic and amorphous carbon dots (CDs) prepared in a bottom-up manner from fructose, glucose, and citric acid....
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 100: Efficient Synthesis of Purine Nucleoside Analogs by a New Trimeric Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase from Aneurinibacillus migulanus AM007 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010100 Authors: Liu Cheng Chu Li He Purine nucleoside phosphorylases (PNPs) are promising biocatalysts for the synthesis of purine nucleoside analogs. Although a number of PNPs have been reported, the development of highly efficient enzymes for industrial applications...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 99: Carbazole Alkaloids from Clausena anisum-olens: Isolation, Characterization, and Anti-HIV Evaluation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010099 Authors: Jing-Hua Yang Xin-Yi Wang Yi-Ping Zhou Rong Lu Chin-Ho Chen Meng-Han Zhang Yung-Yi Cheng Susan L. Morris-Natschke Kuo-Hsiung Lee Yun-Song Wang Two new carbazole alkaloids (1,2) and six known carbazole alkaloids (3–8) were isolated from Clausena anisum-olens. Their structures...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 98: PredPSD: A Gradient Tree Boosting Approach for Single-Stranded and Double-Stranded DNA Binding Protein Prediction Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010098 Authors: Changgeng Tan Tong Wang Wenyi Yang Lei Deng Interactions between proteins and DNAs play essential roles in many biological processes. DNA binding proteins can be classified into two categories. Double-stranded DNA-binding proteins (DSBs) bind to double-stranded DNA and are involved in...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 97: QSAR Model of Indeno[1,2-b]indole Derivatives and Identification of N-isopentyl-2-methyl-4,9-dioxo-4,9-Dihydronaphtho[2,3-b]furan-3-carboxamide as a Potent CK2 Inhibitor Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010097 Authors: Samer Haidar Christelle Marminon Dagmar Aichele Abdelhamid Nacereddine Wael Zeinyeh Abdeslem Bouzina Malika Berredjem Laurent Ettouati Zouhair Bouaziz Marc Le Borgne Joachim Jose Casein kinase II (CK2) is an...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 96: Hybrid Material Based on an Amorphous-Carbon Matrix and ZnO/Zn for the Solar Photocatalytic Degradation of Basic Blue 41 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010096 Authors: Silvania Lanfredi Marcos A. L. Nobre Po S. Poon Juan Matos Innovative composites based on an amorphous-carbon matrix containing a second phase ZnO oxide and/or highly dispersed Zn metallic were synthesized via a modified Pechini route, in which a partial pyrolysis method was reached....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 95: The Antibacterial Activity of Lavender Essential Oil Alone and In Combination with Octenidine Dihydrochloride against MRSA Strains Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25010095 Authors: Paweł Kwiatkowski Łukasz Łopusiewicz Mateusz Kostek Emilia Drozłowska Agata Pruss Bartosz Wojciuk Monika Sienkiewicz Hanna Zielińska-Bliźniewska Barbara Dołęgowska In the post-antibiotic era the issue of bacterial resistance refers not only to antibiotics...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 63: Insights into the Microstructure of Hydrothermal Synthesized Nanoscale K2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O Particles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010063 Authors: Liu Zhu Zhuang Shuai Li Long Xing Fang K-A-S-H (K2O-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O) gel is a key phase that forms in most alkali-activated binders (eco-friendly binders which utilize a substantial amount of industrial by-product). An in-depth understanding of the microstructure and performance...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 62: Picosecond Laser-Induced Hierarchical Periodic Near- and Deep-Subwavelength Ripples on Stainless-Steel Surfaces Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010062 Authors: Shijie Ding Dehua Zhu Wei Xue Wenwen Liu Yu Cao Ultrafast laser-induced periodic surface subwavelength ripples, categorized based on the ripple period into near-subwavelength ripples (NSRs) and deep-subwavelength ripples (DSRs), are increasingly found in the variety of materials such...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 61: Facile Preparation of Ni-Co Bimetallic Oxide/Activated Carbon Composites Using the Plasma in Liquid Process for Supercapacitor Electrode Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010061 Authors: Heon Lee In-Soo Park Young-Kwon Park Kay-Hyeok An Byung-Joo Kim Sang-Chul Jung In this study, a plasma in a liquid process (PiLP) was used to facilely precipitate bimetallic nanoparticles composed of Ni and Co elements on the surface of activated...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 60: First Proof-of-Principle of Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites Deposition by Magnetron-Sputtering Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010060 Authors: Claudia Borri Nicola Calisi Emanuele Galvanetto Naomi Falsini Francesco Biccari Anna Vinattieri Giuseppe Cucinotta Stefano Caporali The present work reports the application of RF-magnetron sputtering technique to realize CsPbBr 3 70 nm thick films on glass substrate by means of...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 74: Higher Omega-3 Index Is Associated with Better Asthma Control and Lower Medication Dose: A Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010074 Authors: Isobel Stoodley Manohar Garg Hayley Scott Lesley Macdonald-Wicks Bronwyn Berthon Lisa Wood Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease, associated with systemic inflammation. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) have established anti-inflammatory effects, thus having potential...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 73: Intake of Boiled Potato in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in a Large Norwegian Cohort: The HUNT Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010073 Authors: Trine Moholdt Brooke L. Devlin Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen Overall potato consumption is positively associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as measures of adiposity. However, few studies have explicitly stated the preparation method of potatoes, which may impact these associations....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 72: Yarrow Supercritical Extract Ameliorates the Metabolic Stress in a Model of Obesity Induced by High-Fat Diet Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010072 Authors: Lamia Mouhid Marta Gómez de Cedrón Adriana Quijada-Freire Pablo J. Fernández-Marcos Guillermo Reglero Tiziana Fornari Ana Ramírez de Molina Nowadays, obesity and its associated metabolic disorders, including diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, or cancer, continue to be...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 68: Temporal Measures in Cardiac Structure and Function During the Development of Obesity Induced by Different Types of Western Diet in a Rat Model Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010068 Authors: Danielle Fernandes Vileigas Cecília Lume de Carvalho Marciano Gustavo Augusto Ferreira Mota Sérgio Luiz Borges de Souza Paula Grippa Sant’Ana Katashi Okoshi Carlos Roberto Padovani Antonio Carlos Cicogna Obesity is recognized worldwide as a complex metabolic...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 70: Development and Predictors of Sarcopenic Dysphagia during Hospitalization of Older Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010070 Authors: Keisuke Maeda Yuria Ishida Tomoyuki Nonogaki Akio Shimizu Yosuke Yamanaka Remi Matsuyama Ryoko Kato Naoharu Mori The study aimed to investigate the impact of sarcopenia and sarcopenia-related conditions on the development of swallowing disorders during hospitalization. Older adult inpatients (n = 8768)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 71: Varied Pathways of Infant Gut-Associated Bifidobacterium to Assimilate Human Milk Oligosaccharides: Prevalence of the Gene Set and Its Correlation with Bifidobacteria-Rich Microbiota Formation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010071 Authors: Mikiyasu Sakanaka Aina Gotoh Keisuke Yoshida Toshitaka Odamaki Hiroka Koguchi Jin-zhong Xiao Motomitsu Kitaoka Takane Katayama The infant’s gut microbiome is generally rich in the Bifidobacterium...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 69: Consumer Evaluation of the Role of Functional Food Products in Disease Prevention and the Characteristics of Target Groups Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010069 Authors: Brigitta Plasek Zoltán Lakner Gyula Kasza Ágoston Temesi Our research explores the methods consumers would consider using in order to prevent non-communicable diseases, with consuming functional food products being one of these methods. Previous research has pointed out the importance...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 67: Rotundic Acid Protects against Metabolic Disturbance and Improves Gut Microbiota in Type 2 Diabetes Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010067 Authors: Zenghao Yan Hao Wu Hongliang Yao Wenjun Pan Minmin Su Taobin Chen Weiwei Su Yonggang Wang Rotundic acid (RA) is a major triterpene constituent in the barks of Ilex rotunda Thunb, which have been widely used to make herbal tea for health care in southern China. RA has a variety of bioactivities...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 26: Phylogenomic Analysis of Two Co-Circulating Canine Distemper Virus Lineages in Colombia Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010026 Authors: July Duque-Valencia Francisco J. Diaz Julian Ruiz-Saenz Canine distemper virus (CDV) is considered a reemerging disease-causing agent in domestic dogs because it presents high divergence among circulating strains worldwide. In Colombia, the South America-3 and South America/North America-4 lineages co-circulate in...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 25: Dichotomy in Fatal Outcomes in a Large Cohort of People Living with HTLV-1 in São Paulo, Brazil Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010025 Authors: Rosa Maria N. Marcusso Johan Van Weyenbergh João Victor Luisi de Moura Flávia Esper Dahy Aline de Moura Brasil Matos Michel E. J. Haziot Jose E. Vidal Luiz Augusto M. Fonseca Jerusa Smid Tatiane Assone Jorge Casseb Augusto César Penalva de Oliveira Background: Despite its relatively...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 24: Genome-Wide Analysis of Cyclophilin Proteins in 21 Oomycetes Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010024 Authors: Yan Zhang Kyle Fletcher Rongkui Han Richard Michelmore Ruiwu Yang Cyclophilins (CYPs), a highly-conserved family of proteins, belong to a subgroup of immunophilins. Ubiquitous in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, CYPs have peptidyl-prolyl cis–trans isomerase (PPIase) activity and have been implicated as virulence factors in plant pathogenesis...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 26: Actively Targeted and Redox Responsive Delivery of Anticancer Drug by Chitosan Nanoparticles Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010026 Authors: Elisabetta Mazzotta Selene De Benedittis Antonio Qualtieri Rita Muzzalupo The clinical efficacy of methotrexate (MTX) is limited by its poor water solubility, its low bioavailability, and the development of resistance in cancer cells. Herein, we developed novel folate redox-responsive chitosan...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 43: Potential of Karrikins as Novel Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010043 Authors: Antala Sytar Rastogi Brestic Karrikins (KARs) have been identified as molecules derived from plant material smoke, which have the capacity to enhance seed germination for a wide range of plant species. However, KARs were observed to not only impact seed germination but also observed to influence several biological processes. The plants...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 42: The Protective Role of 28-Homobrassinolide and Glomus versiforme in Cucumber to Withstand Saline Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010042 Authors: Husain Ahmad Sikandar Hayat Muhammad Ali Hongjiu Liu Xuejin Chen Jianming Li Zhihui Cheng The strategic role of phytohormones and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to overcome various stress conditions is gaining popularity in sustainable agricultural practices. This current study aims to investigate...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 41: High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals Bell Pepper Endornavirus Infection in Pepper (Capsicum annum) in Slovakia and Enables Its Further Molecular Characterization Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010041 Authors: Jana Tomašechová Richard Hančinský Lukáš Predajňa Ján Kraic Daniel Mihálik Katarína Šoltys Silvia Vávrová Miroslav Böhmer Sead Sabanadzovic Miroslav Glasa Ribosomal RNA-depleted total RNAs from a sweet pepper plant (Capsicum annuum,...
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Stats, Vol. 3, Pages 1-15: Distribution of Distances between Elements in a Compact Set Stats doi: 10.3390/stats3010001 Authors: Solal Lellouche Marc Souris In this article, we propose a review of studies evaluating the distribution of distances between elements of a random set independently and uniformly distributed over a region of space in a normed R -vector space (for example, point events generated by a homogeneous Poisson process in a compact set). The distribution of distances...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 3: Contact Investigation of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients: A Mixed-Methods Study from Myanmar Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010003 Authors: Aye Mon Phyo Ajay M. V. Kumar Kyaw Thu Soe Khine Wut Yee Kyaw Aung Si Thu Pyae Phyo Wai Sandar Aye Saw Saw Htet Myet Win Maung Si Thu Aung There is no published evidence on contact investigation among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 7: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors (KAB) of Influenza Vaccination in China: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2017/2018 Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010007 Authors: Xiang Ren Elizabeth Geoffroy Keqing Tian Liping Wang Luzhao Feng Jun Feng Ying Qin Peng Wu Shaosen Zhang Mengjie Geng Lingjia Zeng Jianxing Yu Benjamin J. Cowling Zhongjie Li Background: This study aimed to estimate influenza-like illness (ILI) prevalence, influenza-related...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 6: An Internet-Based Survey of Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Healthcare Workers in China, 2018/2019 Season Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010006 Authors: Haitao Liu Yayun Tan Muli Zhang Zhibin Peng Jiandong Zheng Ying Qin Zhiqiang Guo Junhua Yao Fen Pang Teng Ma Wenjing Duan Zhongjie Li Luzhao Feng Mo Hao Influenza vaccination coverage was low among healthcare workers (HCWs) in China. In October 2018, the National Health...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 2: R0 Estimation for the African Swine Fever Epidemics in Wild Boar of Czech Republic and Belgium Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010002 Authors: Andrea Marcon Annik Linden Petr Satran Vincenzo Gervasi Alain Licoppe Vittorio Guberti African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious haemorrhagic fever that affects both domesticated and wild pigs. Since ASF reached Europe wild boar populations have been a reservoir for the virus. Collecting...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 29: Pestivirus Infections in Semi-Domesticated Eurasian Tundra Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus): A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Serological Study in Finnmark County, Norway Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010029 Authors: das Neves Johansson Wensman Nymo Skjerve Alenius Tryland Members of the Pestivirus genus (family Flaviviridae) cause severe and economically important diseases in livestock. Serological studies have revealed the presence of...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 28: Characterization of the Role of Host Cellular Factor Histone Deacetylase 10 during HIV-1 Replication Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010028 Authors: Xiaozhuo Ran Zhujun Ao Titus Olukitibi Xiaojian Yao To date, a series of histone deacetylases have been documented to restrict HIV-1 replication at different steps. In this study, we identified histone deacetylase 10 (HDAC10) as an inhibitory factor against HIV-1 replication. Our results showed that endogenous...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 97: Assessment of Effective Dose from Radioactive Isotopes Contained in Mineral Waters Received by Patients During Hydrotherapy Treatments Water doi: 10.3390/w12010097 Authors: Maria Karpińska Jacek Kapała Agnieszka Raciborska Stanisław Mnich Hydrotherapy is a natural treatment and health protection method. Treatments using natural mineral water are gaining popularity as an alternative to pharmacotherapy or as additional support to pharmacotherapy in many...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 95: Feed Types Driven Differentiation of Microbial Community and Functionality in Marine Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture System Water doi: 10.3390/w12010095 Authors: Deng Zhou Ruan Ma Ding Yue Ma Yin Integrated multi trophic aquaculture (IMTA) improves the production of aquatic animals by promoting nutrient utilization through different tropical levels. Microorganisms play an important role in elements cycling, energy flow and farmed-species...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 96: Convolutional Neural Network Coupled with a Transfer-Learning Approach for Time-Series Flood Predictions Water doi: 10.3390/w12010096 Authors: Nobuaki Kimura Ikuo Yoshinaga Kenji Sekijima Issaku Azechi Daichi Baba East Asian regions in the North Pacific have recently experienced severe riverine flood disasters. State-of-the-art neural networks are currently utilized as a quick-response flood model. Neural networks typically require ample time in...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 94: Modeling the Ecological Response of a Temporarily Summer-Stratified Lake to Extreme Heatwaves Water doi: 10.3390/w12010094 Authors: Chen Nielsen Andersen Hu Chou Søndergaard Jeppesen Trolle Climate extremes, which are steadily increasing in frequency, can have detrimental consequences for lake ecosystems. We used a state-of-the-art, one-dimensional, hydrodynamic-ecosystem model [General Ocean Turbulence Model (GOTM)-framework for...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 93: Development of Water Level Prediction Models Using Machine Learning in Wetlands: A Case Study of Upo Wetland in South Korea Water doi: 10.3390/w12010093 Authors: Changhyun Choi Jungwook Kim Heechan Han Daegun Han Hung Soo Kim Wetlands play a vital role in hydrologic and ecologic communities. Since there are few studies conducted for wetland water level prediction due to the unavailability of data, this study developed a water level prediction model...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 91: Cu-BTC Metal−Organic Framework Modified Membranes for Landfill Leachate Treatment Water doi: 10.3390/w12010091 Authors: Mahfar Mazani Sadegh Aghapour Aktij Ahmad Rahimpour Naser Tavajohi Hassan Kiadeh In this study, Cu-BTC (copper(II) benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were incorporated into the structure of polysulfone (PSf) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes to improve the membrane performance for landfill leachate treatment,...
Thu Dec 26, 2019 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 92: Water and Climate Change, Two Key Objectives in the Agenda 2030: Assessment of Climate Literacy Levels and Social Representations in Academics from Three Climate Contexts Water doi: 10.3390/w12010092 Authors: Amor Escoz-Roldán José Gutiérrez-Pérez Pablo Ángel Meira-Cartea The relationship between climate change and water is an obvious and key issue within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This study aims to investigate the social representation...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 89: Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron Supported by Biomass-Activated Carbon for Highly Efficient Total Chromium Removal from Electroplating Wastewater Water doi: 10.3390/w12010089 Authors: Bo Zhang Bo-Hong Zhu Xiong Wang Song-Bai You The application potential of nanoscale zero valent iron (nZVI) in wastewater treatment is huge and has attracted a lot of attention. In this study, the composite material BC-nZVI was prepared by emulsion of nZVI and biomass-activated...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 90: Assessing the Retention Capacity of an Experimental Green Roof Prototype Water doi: 10.3390/w12010090 Authors: Mariana da Silva Mohammad K. Najjar Ahmed W. A. Hammad Assed Haddad Elaine Vazquez Cities with high urbanization produce impervious areas. Drainage network overload results in recurring flooding. Much of the damage could be prevented through proper urban planning and good drainage practices. While Low Impact Development techniques have been...
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