Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 143: Modeling the Genetic Basis of Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Gulf War Illness Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10030143 Authors: Jones Miller Lu Zhao Ashbrook Xu Mulligan Williams Zhuang Torres-Rojas O’Callaghan Between 25% and 30% of the nearly one million military personnel who participated in the 1991 Persian Gulf War became ill with chronic symptoms ranging from gastrointestinal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 676: Functional Biomarkers for the Selenium Status in a Human Nutritional Intervention Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030676 Authors: Sandra M. Müller Christine Dawczynski Johanna Wiest Stefan Lorkowski Anna P. Kipp Tanja Schwerdtle Soils in Germany are commonly low in selenium; consequently, a sufficient dietary supply is not always ensured. The extent of such provision adequacy is estimated by the optimal effect range of biomarkers,...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1116: Development of an Efficient Cooling Strategy in the Heading Face of Underground Mines Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051116 Authors: Li Fu Heat damage in deep mines is severe and can lead to adverse health effects. The existing refrigeration schemes for the heading face in excavation roadways aim to cool the whole cooling region. However, the ratio of the area occupied by workers to that of the cooling region is quite small. A great quantity of energy...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 666: Relationship Between Changes in Myocardial F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake and Radiation Dose After Adjuvant Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy in Patients with Breast Cancer Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030666 Authors: In Young Jo Jeong Won Lee Woo Chul Kim Chul Kee Min Eun Seog Kim Seung-Gu Yeo Sang Mi Lee This study aimed to assess the relationship between radiation dose and changes in the irradiated myocardial...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 665: Determining the Significance of Coronary Plaque Lesions: Physiological Stenosis Severity and Plaque Characteristics Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030665 Authors: John-Ross D. Clarke Freddy Duarte Duarte Lau Stuart W. Zarich The evaluation of coronary lesions has evolved in recent years. Physiologic-guided revascularization (particularly with pressure-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR)) has led to superior outcomes compared to traditional...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1117: Geomechanical Analysis for Deep Shale Gas Exploration Wells in the NDNR Blocks, Sichuan Basin, Southwest China Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051117 Authors: Majia Zheng Hongming Tang Hu Li Jian Zheng Cui Jing The abundant reserve of shale gas in Sichuan Basin has become a significant natural gas component in China. To achieve efficient development of shale gas, it is necessary to analyze the stress state, pore pressure, and reservoir mechanical...
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Life, Vol. 10, Pages 21: Evolution of Life on Earth: tRNA, Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases and the Genetic Code Life doi: 10.3390/life10030021 Authors: Lei Lei Zachary F Burton Life on Earth and the genetic code evolved around tRNA and the tRNA anticodon. We posit that the genetic code initially evolved to synthesize polyglycine as a cross-linking agent to stabilize protocells. We posit that the initial amino acids to enter the code occupied larger sectors of the code that were then...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1115: Optimizing Energy Consumption in Transportation: Literature Review, Insights, and Research Opportunities Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051115 Authors: Canan G. Corlu Rocio de la Torre Adrian Serrano-Hernandez Angel A. Juan Javier Faulin From airplanes to electric vehicles and trains, modern transportation systems require large quantities of energy. These vast amounts of energy have to be produced somewhere—ideally by using sustainable...
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 416: Protected Organic Acids Improved Growth Performance, Nutrient Digestibility, and Decreased Gas Emission in Broilers Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030416 Authors: Nguyen Kim We investigated the effects of a blend of organic acids (OAs) and medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) supplementation in 800 1-d-old male Ross 308 broiler chickens (42 ± 0.90 g) in a 7-week study. Broiler chicks were randomly allocated into one of the five dietary treatments...
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Catalysts, Vol. 10, Pages 284: Photochemical Study of a New Bimolecular Photoinitiating System for Vat Photopolymerization 3D Printing Techniques under Visible Light Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal10030284 Authors: Paweł Fiedor Maciej Pilch Patryk Szymaszek Anna Chachaj-Brekiesz Mariusz Galek Joanna Ortyl In this work, we presented a new bimolecular photoinitiating system based on 2-amino-4,6-diphenylpyridine-3-carbonitrile derivatives as visible photosensitizers...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1118: Design of Heat-Pump Systems for Single- and Multi-Family Houses Using a Heuristic Scheduling for the Optimization of PV Self-Consumption Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051118 Authors: Kemmler Thomas Heat pumps in combination with a photovoltaic system are a very promising option for the transformation of the energy system. By using such a system for coupling the electricity and heat sectors, buildings can be heated sustainably and with low greenhouse...
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Agronomy, Vol. 10, Pages 343: Phenotypic Variation and Relationships Between Fatty Acid Concentrations and Feed Value of Perennial Ryegrass Genotypes from a Breeding Population Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy10030343 Authors: Morgan Huws Lister Sanderson Scollan Fatty acid (FA) concentration and composition of forage has recently gained interest due to potential opportunities for improving FA profile of ruminant products (meat and milk). Twenty perennial ryegrass...
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Genes, Vol. 11, Pages 271: The Potential Role of Selected miRNA in Uveal Melanoma Primary Tumors as Early Biomarkers of Disease Progression Genes doi: 10.3390/genes11030271 Authors: Joanna Patrycja Wróblewska Michał Stefan Lach Adam Ustaszewski Katarzyna Kulcenty Matthew Ibbs Inga Jagiełło Wiktoria Maria Suchorska Andrzej Marszałek Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary tumor of the eye diagnosed in adults, associated with a high risk of metastasis...
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 415: Carbon Footprint of Mediterranean Pasture-Based Native Beef: Effects of Agronomic Practices and Pasture Management under Different Climate Change Scenarios Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030415 Authors: Grossi Vitali Lacetera Danieli Bernabucci Nardone A better understanding of soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics is needed when assessing the carbon footprint (CFP) of livestock products and the effectiveness of possible agriculture...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1114: Decentralized Control Method of ISOP Converter for Input Voltage Sharing and Output Current Sharing in Current Control Loop Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051114 Authors: Kim Kim Park Won Input-Series-Output-Parallel (ISOP) converters, a kind of modular converter, are used in high-input voltage and high-output current applications. In ISOP converters, Input Voltage Sharing (IVS) and Output Current Sharing (OCS) should be implemented for...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Pages 800: Surface Water Evolution (2001–2017) at the Cambodia/Vietnam Border in the Upper Mekong Delta Using Satellite MODIS Observations Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs12050800 Authors: Filipe Aires Jean-Philippe Venot Sylvain Massuel Nicolas Gratiot Binh Pham-Duc Catherine Prigent Studying the spatial and temporal distribution of surface water resources is critical, especially in highly populated areas and in regions under climate change...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 271: Phytopharmacological Strategies in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030271 Authors: Ana M. Duarte Maria P. Guarino Sónia Barroso Maria M. Gil Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic disease which corresponds to 90% of the worldwide cases of diabetes, mainly due to epigenetic factors such as unhealthy lifestyles. First line therapeutic approaches are based on lifestyle changes, most of the time complemented...
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Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1113: High-Power Fiber Laser Cutting for 50-mm-Thick Cement-Based Materials Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051113 Authors: Youngjin Seo Dongkyoung Lee Sukhoon Pyo This experimental research highlights the applicability of laser cutting to cement-based materials using multimode fiber lasers. A 9 kW multimode fiber laser is used, and the experimental variables are the water-to-cement ratio, laser speed, and material compositions such as cement paste,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1107: Identifying Novel ATX Inhibitors via Combinatory Virtual Screening Using Crystallography-Derived Pharmacophore Modelling, Docking Study, and QSAR Analysis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051107 Authors: Ji-Xia Ren Rui-Tao Zhang Hui Zhang Autotaxin (ATX) is considered as an interesting drug target for the therapy of several diseases. The goal of the research was to detect new ATX inhibitors which have novel scaffolds by using virtual screening....
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Machines, Vol. 8, Pages 12: Experimental Study on the Influence of Machining Conditions on the Quality of Electrical Discharge Machined Surfaces of aluminum alloy Al5052 Machines doi: 10.3390/machines8010012 Authors: Angelos P. Markopoulos Emmanouil-Lazaros Papazoglou Panagiotis Karmiris-Obratański Although electrical discharge machining (EDM) is one of the first established non-conventional machining processes, it still finds many applications in the modern industry, due...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1363: Methods for Detection of Bioimpedance Variations in Resource Constrained Environments Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051363 Authors: Eiko Priidel Paul Annus Andrei Krivošei Marek Rist Raul Land Mart Min Olev Märtens Changes in a certain parameter are often a few magnitudes smaller than the base value of the parameter, specifying significant requirements for the dynamic range and noise levels of the measurement system. In case of electrical...
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Algorithms, Vol. 13, Pages 58: Kalman Filter-Based Online Identification of the Electric Power Characteristic of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Aiming at Maximum Power Point Tracking Algorithms doi: 10.3390/a13030058 Authors: Andreas Rauh Wiebke Frenkel Julia Kersten High-temperature fuel cells are one of the devices currently investigated for an integration into distributed power supply grids. Such distributed grids aim at the simultaneous production of thermal energy and electricity....
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 594: Apelin Affects the Progression of Osteoarthritis by Regulating VEGF-Dependent Angiogenesis and miR-150-5p Expression in Human Synovial Fibroblasts Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030594 Authors: Yu-Han Wang Shu-Jui Kuo Shan-Chi Liu Shih-Wei Wang Chun-Hao Tsai Yi-Chin Fong Chih-Hsin Tang Synovium-induced angiogenesis is central to osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis and thus a promising therapeutic target. The adipokine apelin (APLN) is involved...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1895: A Spatial-Based Integration Model for Regional Scale Solar Energy Technical Potential Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051895 Authors: Younes Noorollahi Mohammad Mohammadi Hossein Yousefi Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam One of the main objectives of human society in the present century is to achieve clean and sustainable energy through utilization of renewable energy sources (RESs). In this paper, the main purpose is to identify the locations...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1894: New Policy Approaches for Increasing Response to Climate Change in Small Rural Municipalities Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051894 Authors: Thomas Bausch Karin Koziol Although nearly half of the world population lives in rural small municipalities, research on climate change policy at this level is widely neglected. Frequently climate change adaptation is not a policy field in these small municipalities, which is both a problem and a risk....
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1893: Disaster and Climate Change Issues in Japan’s Society 5.0 – A Discussion Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051893 Authors: Mavrodieva Shaw Faced with a number of socio-economic challenges and a continuously rising risk of more frequent and higher-impact disasters, the Japanese government, in cooperation with the private sector, has formulated a new comprehensive strategy, under the name of “Society 5.0”, which is to utilize...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1892: Spanish Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Institutional Change, Financial Effects, and the Business Sector Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051892 Authors: Raquel Fernández-González Andrés Suárez-García Miguel Ángel Álvarez Feijoo Elena Arce Montserrat Díez-Mediavilla Spain is a country with a high dependence on fossil fuels. For this reason, in 2007, it implemented a bonus system that aimed to encourage the production of renewable energies,...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1113: Aldehydes-Aided Lignin-First Deconstruction Strategy for Facilitating Lignin Monomers and Fermentable Glucose Production from Poplar Wood Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051113 Authors: Chen Ma Min Liu Sun Cao Wen Yuan Sun In this study, lignin with fine structures and facile enzymatic saccharifying residue were successively dissociated based on the lignin-first biomass deconstruction strategy. In the lignin-first...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 593: C. quinoa and S. hispanica L. Seeds Provide Immunonutritional Agonists to Selectively Polarize Macrophages Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030593 Authors: Maša Srdić Ivana Ovčina Bartosz Fotschki Claudia Monika Haros Jose Moises Laparra Llopis Diet-related immunometabolic-based diseases are associated with chronic inflammation in metabolic tissues, and infiltrated macrophages have been suggested as mediators for tissue- damaging inflammation. Growing...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1108: Targeted Isolation of Indole Alkaloids from Streptomyces sp. CT37 Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051108 Authors: Qing Fang Fleurdeliz Maglangit Morgane Mugat Caroline Urwald Kwaku Kyeremeh Hai Deng Four compounds (1–4) were isolated from the extracts of Streptomyces sp. CT37 using bioassay in conjunction with mass spectrometric molecular networking (MN) driven isolation. Their complete structures were established by...
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Minerals, Vol. 10, Pages 227: 5th-Century BC Himera and the Campanian Connection: Petrographic and Archaeological Studies on Western Greek Amphorae from Poseidonia and Elea Unearthed in the Necropolis of Himera Minerals doi: 10.3390/min10030227 Authors: Alberto De De Bonis Verena Gassner Theodoros Ntaflos Maria Luigia Rizzo Roman Sauer Antonia Serritella Stefano Vassallo Babette Bechtold Within the frame of an in-depth study of the corpus of about 560...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 357: Type III Secretion Effectors with Arginine N-Glycosyltransferase Activity Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8030357 Authors: Juan Luis Araujo-Garrido Joaquín Bernal-Bayard Francisco Ramos-Morales Type III secretion systems are used by many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens to inject proteins, known as effectors, into the cytosol of host cells. These virulence factors interfere with a diverse array of host signal transduction pathways...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 106: Impact of Changes in Serum Calcium Levels on In-Hospital Mortality Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56030106 Authors: Charat Thongprayoon Wisit Cheungpasitporn Panupong Hansrivijit Juan Medaura Api Chewcharat Michael A Mao Tarun Bathini Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula Sorkko Thirunavukkarasu Stephen B. Erickson Background and objectives: Calcium concentration is strictly regulated at both the cellular and systemic level,...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1708: HI-Sky: Hash Index-Based Skyline Query Processing Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051708 Authors: Jong-Hyeok Choi Fei Hao Aziz Nasridinov The skyline query has recently attracted a considerable amount of research interest in several fields. The query conducts computations using the domination test, where “domination” means that a data point does not have a worse value than others in any dimension, and has a better...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Pages 798: Developing Non-Negative Spatial Autoregressive Models for Better Exploring Relation Between Nighttime Light Images and Land Use Types Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs12050798 Authors: Honghan Zheng Zhipeng Gui Huayi Wu Aihong Song Exploring the relationship between nighttime light and land use is of great significance to understanding human nighttime activities and studying socioeconomic phenomena. Models have been studied to explain the...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1111: Determinants of the Forward Premium in the Nord Pool Electricity Market Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051111 Authors: Erik Haugom Peter Molnár Magne Tysdahl Nord Pool is the leading power market in Europe. It has been documented that the forward contracts traded in this market exhibit a significant forward premium, which could be a sign of market inefficiency. Efficient power markets are important, especially when there is a goal to increase the...
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Entropy, Vol. 22, Pages 293: Nonlinear Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics Based on the Ehrenfest–Klein Model Entropy doi: 10.3390/e22030293 Authors: Gleb A. Zhernokleev Leonid M. Martyushev Nonlinear non-equilibrium thermodynamic relations have been constructed based on the generalized Ehrenfest–Klein model. Using these relations, the behavior of the entropy and its production in time at arbitrary deviations from equilibrium has been studied. It has been shown that the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1109: Semi-Synthesis of C-Ring Cyclopropyl Analogues of Fraxinellone and Their Insecticidal Activity Against Mythimna separata Walker Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051109 Authors: Xiao-Jun Yang Qing-Miao Dong Min-Ran Wang Jiang-Jiang Tang Fraxinellone (1) is a naturally occurring degraded limonoid isolated from Meliaceae and Rutaceae plants. As a potential natural-product-based insecticidal agent, fraxinellone has been structurally modified...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1891: Strategic Alliance for Vietnam Domestic Real Estate Companies Using a Hybrid Approach Combining GM (1,1) with Super SBM DEA Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051891 Authors: Chia-Nan Wang Hsien-Pin Hsu Jing-Wein Wang Yang-Chin Kao Thi-Phuong Nguyen The high economic development in Vietnam contributes much momentum to boost the estate industry in this country. However, competition in this market is also increased. To survive better...
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