Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1192: Antioxidant Properties of Camphene-Based Thiosemicarbazones: Experimental and Theoretical Evaluation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051192 Authors: Lijuan Yang Haochuang Liu Dasha Xia Shifa Wang The thiosemicarbazone derivatives have a wide range of biological activities, such as antioxidant activity. In this study, the antiradical activities of six camphene-based thiosemicarbazones (TSC-1~6) were investigated by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1187: Preparation and Characterization of Chitosan-Coated Pectin Aerogels: Curcumin Case Study Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051187 Authors: Milica Pantić Gabrijela Horvat Željko Knez Zoran Novak The following study describes the preparation of pectin aerogels and pectin aerogels coated with an external layer of chitosan. For the preparation of chitosan-coated pectin aerogels, a modified coating procedure was employed. Since pectin as well as pectin...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1188: Development and Characterization of the Shortest Anti-Adhesion Peptide Analogue of B49Mod1 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051188 Authors: Yuan Lyu Wadie D. Mahauad-Fernandez Chioma M. Okeoma Inhibition of cancer cell adhesion is an effective approach to killing adherent cancer cells. B49 and its analog B49Mod1 peptides, derived from the extracellular domain (ECD) of bone marrow stromal antigen 2 (BST-2), display anti-adhesion activity on breast...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 488: A Perfect Absorber Based on Similar Fabry-Perot Four-Band in the Visible Range Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030488 Authors: Pinghui Wu Congfen Zhang Yijun Tang Bin Liu Li Lv A simple metamaterial absorber is proposed to achieve near-perfect absorption in visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The absorber is composed of metal-dielectric-metal (MIM) three-layer structure. The materials of these three-layer structures are Au, SiO2, and...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 487: Controllable Synthesis of Three-Dimensional β-NiS Nanostructured Assembly for Hybrid-Type Asymmetric Supercapacitors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030487 Authors: Yao Zhang Jia Zhang Daqian Ding Yanfang Gao The process of energy storage in supercapacitors via the surface reaction of the electrode can lead to a significant perfecting of the electrochemical performance of supercapacitors, for developing the morphologies of materials and increasing...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 486: Physico-Chemically Distinct Nanomaterials Synthesized from Derivates of a Poly(Anhydride) Diversify the Spectrum of Loadable Antibiotics Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030486 Authors: Amalia Mira Carlos Sainz-Urruela Helena Codina Stuart I. Jenkins Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz Ricardo Mallavia Alberto Falco Recent advances in the field of nanotechnology such as nanoencapsulation offer new biomedical applications, potentially increasing...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 485: Comparison of the Level and Mechanisms of Toxicity of Carbon Nanotubes, Carbon Nanofibers, and Silicon Nanotubes in Bioassay with Four Marine Microalgae Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030485 Authors: Konstantin Pikula Vladimir Chaika Alexander Zakharenko Zhanna Markina Aleksey Vedyagin Vladimir Kuznetsov Alexander Gusev Soojin Park Kirill Golokhvast Nanoparticles (NPs) have various applications in medicine, cosmetics, optics,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 484: Surface Energy of Au Nanoparticles Depending on Their Size and Shape Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030484 Authors: David Holec Phillip Dumitraschkewitz Dieter Vollath Franz Dieter Fischer Motivated by often contradictory literature reports on the dependence of the surface energy of gold nanoparticles on the variety of its size and shape, we performed an atomistic study combining molecular mechanics and ab initio calculations. We show that,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 483: Nano/Microscale Thermal Field Distribution: Conducting Thermal Decomposition of Pyrolytic-Type Polymer by Heated AFM Probes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030483 Authors: Bo Li Yanquan Geng Yongda Yan In relevant investigations and applications of the heated atomic force microscope (AFM) probes, the determination of the actual thermal distribution between the probe and the materials under processing or testing is a core issue. Herein, the polyphthalaldehyde...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 481: Fabrication of Hybrid Silver Microstructures from Vermiculite Templates as SERS Substrates Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030481 Authors: Nicolas Pazos-Perez Luca Guerrini Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla There is great interest in developing complex, 3D plasmonic materials with unusual structural properties. This can be achieved via template-assisted approaches exploiting scaffold elements to engineer unique plasmonic substrates, which would be otherwise...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 482: New Poly(β-Cyclodextrin)/Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Electrospun Sub-Micrometric Fibers and their Potential Application for Wastewater Treatments Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030482 Authors: Anceschi Caldera Bertasa Cecone Trotta Bracco Zanetti Malandrino Mallon Scalarone Cyclodextrin (CD)-based polymers are known to efficiently form molecular inclusion complexes with various organic and inorganic guest compounds. In...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 480: Nanostructured Organic/Hybrid Materials and Components in Miniaturized Optical and Chemical Sensors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030480 Authors: Mario Prosa Margherita Bolognesi Lucia Fornasari Gerardo Grasso Laura Lopez-Sanchez Franco Marabelli Stefano Toffanin In the last decade, biochemical sensors have brought a disruptive breakthrough in analytical chemistry and microbiology due the advent of technologically advanced systems...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 479: Bioelectronic Nose Based on Single-Stranded DNA and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube to Identify a Major Plant Volatile Organic Compound (p-Ethylphenol) Released by Phytophthora Cactorum Infected Strawberries Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030479 Authors: Wang Wang Hou Xiong The metabolic activity in plants or fruits is associated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which can help identify the different diseases. P-ethylphenol has been...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 476: Mesoporous Cobalt Ferrite Nanosystems Obtained by Surfactant-Assisted Hydrothermal Method: Tuning Morpho-structural and Magnetic Properties via pH-Variation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030476 Authors: Palade Comanescu Kuncser Berger Matei Iacob Kuncser A facile and cheap surfactant-assisted hydrothermal method was used to prepare mesoporous cobalt ferrite nanosystems with BET surface area up to 151 m2/g. These mesostructures...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 477: Salinomycin-Loaded Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Glioblastoma Therapy Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030477 Authors: Norouzi Yathindranath Thliveris Miller Salinomycin is an antibiotic introduced recently as a new and effective anticancer drug. In this study, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) were utilized as a drug carrier for salinomycin for potential use in glioblastoma (GBM) chemotherapy. The biocompatible polyethylenimine...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 478: Strengthening of Wood-Like Materials via Densification and Nanoparticle Intercalation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030478 Authors: Novel Ghio Gaiardo Picciotto Guidi Speranza Boscardin Bellutti Pugno Recently, several chemical and physical treatments were developed to improve different properties of wood. Such treatments are applicable to many types of cellulose-based materials. Densification leads the group in terms...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 475: The Design of ZnO Nanorod Arrays Coated with MnOx for High Electrochemical Stability of a Pseudocapacitor Electrode Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030475 Authors: Hsiang-Chun Chen Yang-Ru Lyu Alex Fang Gang-Juan Lee Lakshmanan Karuppasamy Jerry J. Wu Chung-Kwei Lin Sambandam Anandan Chin-Yi Chen Tremendous efforts have been made on the development of unique electrochemical capacitors or pseudocapacitors due to the overgrowing...
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ncRNA, Vol. 6, Pages 10: ncRNAs in Type-2 Immunity Non-Coding RNA doi: 10.3390/ncrna6010010 Authors: Riccardo Guidi Christopher J. Wedeles Mark S. Wilson Immunological diseases, including asthma, autoimmunity and immunodeficiencies, affect a growing percentage of the population with significant unmet medical needs. As we slowly untangle and better appreciate these complex genetic and environment-influenced diseases, new therapeutically targetable pathways are emerging. Non-coding...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 718: Determinants of Sweetness Preference: A Scoping Review of Human Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030718 Authors: Carolina Venditti Kathy Musa-Veloso Han Youl Lee Theresa Poon Alastair Mak Maryse Darch Justine Juana Dylan Fronda Daniel Noori Erika Pateman Maia Jack Factors associated with sweetness preference are multi-faceted and incredibly complex. A scoping review was undertaken to identify determinants of sweetness preference...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 717: Advances in Medical Nutrition Therapy: Parenteral Nutrition Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030717 Authors: Moran Hellerman Itzhaki Pierre Singer Parenteral nutrition has evolved tremendously, with parenteral formulas now safer and more accessible than ever. “All-in-one” admixtures are now available, which simplify parenteral nutrition usage and decrease line infection rates alongside other methods of infectious control. Recently published...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 716: Feasibility of Low Fermentable Oligosaccharide, Disaccharide, Monosaccharide, and Polyol Diet and Its Effects on Quality of Life in an Italian Cohort Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030716 Authors: Arianna Cingolani Danilo Paduano Valentina Vecchiarelli Manuela Demelas Paola Teresa Corrias Laura Casula Paolo Usai The low Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAP) diet has demonstrated excellent results...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 695: Reply to “Comment on: A Systematic Review of Organic Versus Conventional Food Consumption: Is There a Measurable Benefit on Human Health? Nutrients 2020, 12, 7” Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030695 Authors: Vanessa Vigar Christopher Oliver Carlo Leifert Stephen P Myers We would like to thank Di Renzo et al [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 715: Exploring the Association between Vascular Dysfunction and Skeletal Muscle Mass, Strength and Function in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030715 Authors: Dvoretskiy Lieblein-Boff Jonnalagadda Atherton Phillips Pereira Background: The prevalence of vascular dysfunction increases with advancing age, as does the loss of muscle mass, strength and function. This systematic review explores the association between...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 710: The Impact of Nutrition and Intestinal Microbiome on Elderly Depression—A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030710 Authors: Blanka Klimova Michal Novotny Martin Valis The aim of this review is to systematically review the evidence whether proper nutrition has a positive impact on the prevention or decline of depressive symptoms among elderly people. In addition, possible connections between nutrition, microbiome, and serotonin molecules...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 713: Differential Impact of Calcium and Vitamin D on Body Composition Changes in Post-Menopausal Women Following a Restricted Energy Diet and Exercise Program Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030713 Authors: Chad M. Kerksick Michael D. Roberts Bill I. Campbell Melyn M. Galbreath Lemuel W. Taylor Colin D. Wilborn Ashli Lee Jacqueline Dove Jennifer W. Bunn Christopher J. Rasmussen Richard B. Kreider Vitamin D and calcium supplementation...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 714: Risk Factors for Anemia and Micronutrient Deficiencies among Women of Reproductive Age—The Impact of the Wheat Flour Fortification Program in Uzbekistan Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030714 Authors: Nicolai Petry Fakhriddin Nizamov Bradley A. Woodruff Regina Ishmakova Jasur Komilov Rita Wegmüller James P. Wirth Diyora Arifdjanova Sufang Guo Fabian Rohner Food fortification can be effective in reducing the prevalence of anemia and...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 712: Social Stratification, Diet Diversity and Malnutrition among Preschoolers: A Survey of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030712 Authors: Hanna Y. Berhane Magnus Jirström Semira Abdelmenan Yemane Berhane Beatrix Alsanius Jill Trenholm Eva-Charlotte Ekström In Sub-Saharan Africa, being overweight in childhood is rapidly rising while stunting is still remaining at unacceptable levels. A key contributor to this double burden...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 711: Exploring In Vivo Dynamics of Bovine Milk Derived Gangliosides Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030711 Authors: Welma Stonehouse Bradley Klingner Paul McJarrow Bertram Fong Nathan O’Callaghan Gangliosides are glycosphingolipids present in mammalian cell membranes, playing important structural and functional roles. Human studies on the health benefits of gangliosides are increasing, but knowledge gaps regarding ganglioside analysis exist. The study...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 709: Regardless of the Brewing Conditions, Various Types of Tea are a Source of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030709 Authors: Baranowska-Wójcik Szwajgier Winiarska-Mieczan Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized, among others, by abnormally low levels of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays a significant role in the process...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 705: Evaluation of Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity in Patients with Previous Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030705 Authors: Barone Gemello Viggiani Cristofori Renna Iannone Di Leo Francavilla Background. To date, there is no reliable marker for the diagnosis of non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), which benefits from a gluten-free diet...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 707: Nutrition Profile of Products with Cartoon Animations on the Packaging: A UK Cross-Sectional Survey of Foods and Drinks Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030707 Authors: Pombo-Rodrigues Hashem Tan Davies He MacGregor Background: Marketing, including the use of cartoon animations on packaging, has been shown to influence the food children choose to eat. This paper aims to determine the nutritional quality of UK food and drink products featuring...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 703: A Suboptimal Diet is Associated with Poorer Cognition: The NUDAD Project Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030703 Authors: Fieldhouse Doorduijn de Leeuw Verhaar Koene Wesselman Schueren Visser Rest Scheltens Kester Flier Nutrition is one of the modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia, and is therefore highly relevant in the context of prevention. However, knowledge...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 706: Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Sarcopenia among Older Adults in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030706 Authors: Koyanagi Veronese Solmi Oh Shin Jacob Yang Haro Smith Fruit and vegetable consumption may protect against sarcopenia but there are no studies on this topic from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Thus, we assessed this association among older adults from six LMICs. Community-based...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 704: Consumers’ Perceptions of the Australian Health Star Rating Labelling Scheme Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030704 Authors: Pelly Swanepoel Rinella Cooper The objective of this study was to explore consumers’ use and perception of the Australian Health Star Rating (HSR). A purposive sample of fifteen Australian grocery shoppers was recruited into four focus groups using a supermarket intercept strategy. Focus group discussions were recorded,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 702: Water Intake, Body Water Regulation and Health Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030702 Authors: Evan C. Johnson William M. Adams The biological feedback provided by human water intake upon our physiology is grossly under-investigated [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 708: The Effect of DHA Supplementation on Cognition in Patients with Bipolar Disorder: An Exploratory Randomized Control Trial. Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030708 Authors: Ciappolino DelVecchio Prunas Andreella Finos Caletti Siri Mazzocchi Botturi Turolo Agostoni Brambilla Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe mental disorder with a wide range of cognitive deficits, both in the euthymic and acute phase of the disease....
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Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 223-233: Detectable Optical Signatures of QED Vacuum Nonlinearities Using High-Intensity Laser Fields Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3010018 Authors: Leonhard Klar Up to date, quantum electrodynamics (QED) is the most precisely tested quantum field theory. Nevertheless, particularly in the high-intensity regime it predicts various phenomena that so far have not directly been accessible in all-optical experiments, such as photon-photon scattering phenomena induced...
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Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 208-222: Semileptonic Decays of Heavy Baryons in the Relativistic Quark Model Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3010017 Authors: Rudolf N. Faustov Vladimir O. Galkin Semileptonic and rare semileptonic decays of heavy baryons are studied in the framework of the relativistic quark model based on the quark-diquark picture, quasipotential approach, and quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The form factors parametrizing the matrix elements of the weak transitions are calculated...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 199: Effects of Inactivated Mycobacterium bovis Vaccination on Molokai-Origin Wild Pigs Experimentally Infected with Virulent M. bovis Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030199 Authors: Pauline Nol Morgan E. Wehtje Richard A. Bowen Suelee Robbe-Austerman Tyler C. Thacker Kristina Lantz Jack C. Rhyan Laurie A. Baeten Ramón A. Juste Iker A. Sevilla Christian Gortázar Joaquín Vicente The wild pig population on Molokai, Hawaii, USA...
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