Computers, Vol. 9, Pages 17: Hash-Based Hierarchical Caching and Layered Filtering for Interactive Previews in Global Illumination Rendering Computers doi: 10.3390/computers9010017 Authors: Thorsten Roth Martin Weier Pablo Bauszat André Hinkenjann Yongmin Li Modern Monte-Carlo-based rendering systems still suffer from the computational complexity involved in the generation of noise-free images, making it challenging to synthesize interactive previews. We present...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 696: The Impact of Cell-Expansion and Inflammation on The Immune-Biology of Human Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030696 Authors: Karolien Buyl Makram Merimi Robim M. Rodrigues Douâa Moussa Agha Rahma Melki Tamara Vanhaecke Dominique Bron Philippe Lewalle Nathalie Meuleman Hassan Fahmi Vera Rogiers Laurence Lagneaux Joery De Kock Mehdi Najar Background:...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1963: OHS Disclosures Within Non-Financial Reports: The Romanian Case
Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1963: OHS Disclosures Within Non-Financial Reports: The Romanian Case Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051963 Authors: Ana Petrina Păun Codruța Cornelia Dura Sorin Mihăilescu Roland Iosif Moraru Claudia Adriana Isac The article addresses the issue of disclosing Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) issues by corporations in Romania, under the influence of recent changes in the legislative framework imposed by the adoption of the EU Directive...
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JPM, Vol. 10, Pages 16: A Feasibility Study of an Extrusion-Based Fabrication Process for Personalized Drugs Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm10010016 Authors: Yu Chen Developing a high-efficiency manufacturing system for personalized medicine plays an important role in increasing the feasibility of personalized medication. The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility of a new extrusion-based fabrication process for personalized drugs with a...
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JoF, Vol. 6, Pages 32: SUMOylation in Human Pathogenic Fungi: Role in Physiology and Virulence Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof6010032 Authors: Sahu Patra Kumar Kaur The small ubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) protein is an important component of the post-translational protein modification systems in eukaryotic cells. It is known to modify hundreds of proteins involved in diverse cellular processes, ranging from nuclear pore dynamics to signal transduction pathways....
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Minerals, Vol. 10, Pages 234: Influence of Pre-Existing Nuclei on the Crystallization Kinetics of Primitive Alkaline Magmas: Insights on the Deep Feeding System of the Campi Flegrei Volcanic District Minerals doi: 10.3390/min10030234 Authors: Barbara Bonechi Aiming to evaluate the influence of pre-existing nuclei on the clinopyroxene crystallization kinetics, time-series experiments were performed using both natural and vitrified starting materials. Experiments were carried out...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 364: Interaction Between Root Exudates of the Poisonous Plant Stellera chamaejasme L. and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Growth of Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8030364 Authors: Xinrui Zhu Xiaote Li Fu Xing Chen Chen Guohui Huang Ying Gao The growth of a large number of poisonous plants is an indicator of grassland degradation. Releasing allelochemicals through root exudates is one...
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Micromachines, Vol. 11, Pages 269: Recent Advances of Fluid Manipulation Technologies in Microfluidic Paper-Based Analytical Devices (μPADs) toward Multi-Step Assays Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi11030269 Authors: Taehoon H. Kim Young Ki Hahn Minseok S. Kim Microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (μPADs) have been suggested as alternatives for developing countries with suboptimal medical conditions because of their low diagnostic cost, high portability, and disposable...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 620: Response to Stimulations Inducing Circadian Rhythm in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030620 Authors: Kaneko Kaitsuka Tomizawa Regenerative medicine and disease modeling are expanding rapidly, through the development of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). Many exogeneous supplements are often used for the directed differentiation of hiPSCs to specific lineages, such as chemicals and hormones. Some of these...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1775: Towards a Reliable Comparison and Evaluation of Network Intrusion Detection Systems Based on Machine Learning Approaches Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051775 Authors: Roberto Magán-Carrión Daniel Urda Ignacio Díaz-Cano Bernabé Dorronsoro Presently, we are living in a hyper-connected world where millions of heterogeneous devices are continuously sharing information in different application contexts for wellness, improving communications,...
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Inorganics, Vol. 8, Pages 18: Copper(II) Halide Salts with 1-(4’-Pyridyl)-Pyridinediium Inorganics doi: 10.3390/inorganics8030018 Authors: Monroe Landee Rademeyer Turnbull The compounds [1,4′-bipyridine]-1,1′-diium [CuCl4] (1) and [1,4′-bipyridine]-1,1′-diium [CuBr4] (2) were prepared and their crystal structures and magnetic properties are reported. The compounds are isomorphous and crystallize in the monoclinic space group...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1676: Investigating the Qualities of a Recreational Forest: Findings from the Cross-Sectional Hallerwald Case Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051676 Authors: Renate Cervinka Markus Schwab Daniela Haluza Prior research shows that forests contribute to human health and well-being. In this sense, this cross-sectional case study, adopting the principles of citizen science, assessed the restorative...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Pages 832: Synergistic Use of Multi-Temporal RADARSAT-2 and VENµS Data for Crop Classification Based on 1D Convolutional Neural Network Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs12050832 Authors: Chunhua Liao Jinfei Wang Qinghua Xie Ayman Al Baz Xiaodong Huang Jiali Shang Yongjun He Annual crop inventory information is important for many agriculture applications and government statistics. The synergistic use of multi-temporal polarimetric synthetic...
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Micromachines, Vol. 11, Pages 267: An Electret-Augmented Low-Voltage MEMS Electrostatic Out-of-Plane Actuator for Acoustic Transducer Applications Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi11030267 Authors: Chikako Sano Manabu Ataka Gen Hashiguchi Hiroshi Toshiyoshi Despite the development of energy-efficient devices in various applications, microelectromechanical system (MEMS) electrostatic actuators yet require high voltages to generate large displacements. In this respect, electrets...
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JMSE, Vol. 8, Pages 172: Risk Retirement—Decreasing Uncertainty and Informing Consenting Processes for Marine Renewable Energy Development Journal of Marine Science and Engineering doi: 10.3390/jmse8030172 Authors: Copping Freeman Gorton Hemery Marine renewable energy (MRE) is under development in many coastal nations, adding to the portfolio of low carbon energy sources that power national electricity grids as well as off-grid uses in isolated areas and at sea....
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Polymers, Vol. 12, Pages 568: Fluorescent SiO2@Tb3+(PET-TEG)3Phen Hybrids as Nucleating Additive for Enhancement of Crystallinity of PET Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym12030568 Authors: Zhang Wang Li Gong Liu Huang Wang Wang Zhao Belfiore Tang A hybrid polymer of SiO2@Tb3+(poly(ethylene terephthalate)-tetraglycol)3 phenanthroline (SiO2@Tb3+(PET–TEG)3Phen) was synthesized by mixing of inorganic SiO2 nanoparticles with polymeric...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1962: Transitioning European Protein-Rich Food Consumption and Production Towards More Sustainable Patterns—Strategies and Policy Suggestions Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051962 Authors: Rhys Manners Irene Blanco-Gutiérrez Consuelo Varela-Ortega Ana M. Tarquis Global and European diets have shifted towards greater consumption of animal proteins. Recent studies urge reversals of these trends and call for a rapid transition towards adoption...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 697: Parafoveal and Peripapillary Perfusion Predict Visual Field Recovery in Chiasmal Compression due to Pituitary Tumors Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030697 Authors: Lee Park Oh Kong Background: To evaluate the potential of vessel density alterations for predicting postoperative visual field (VF) improvement in chiasmal compression using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). Methods: The study investigated 57 eyes...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1759: A Novel Way of Preventing Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula by Directly Injecting Profibrogenic Materials into the Pancreatic Parenchyma International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051759 Authors: Sang Chul Lee Tae Ho Hong Ok-Hee Kim Suk Joon Cho Kee-Hwan Kim Jin Sook Song Kyu-Seok Hwang Jae-Kyung Jung Ha-Eun Hong Haeyeon Seo Ho Joong Choi Joseph Ahn Tae Yoon Lee Eunyoung Rim Kwan-Young...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1961: Outdoor Thermal Comfort of Urban Park—A Case Study Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051961 Authors: Lili Zhang Dong Wei Yuyao Hou Junfei Du Zu’an Liu Guoming Zhang Long Shi Urban parks are an important component of urban public green space and a public place where a large number of urban residents choose to conduct outdoor activities. An important factor attracting people to visit and stay in urban parks is its outdoor...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1409: Solar-Supplied Satellite Internet Access Point for the Internet of Things in Remote Areas Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051409 Authors: Angus Wong Yan Tai Chow As satellite communications provide ubiquitous coverage, they play a key role in providing Internet connectivity in remote or marginalized areas, so as to enable the vision of a truly global connectivity of the Internet of Things (IoT). However, these areas often lack reliable electricity supply....
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1408: Improvement of Pulse Voltage Generated by Wiegand Sensor Through Magnetic-Flux Guidance Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051408 Authors: Chao Yang Takafumi Sakai Tsutomu Yamada Zenglu Song Yasushi Takemura Magnetization reversal in a Wiegand wire induces a pulse voltage in the pickup coil around the wire, called the Wiegand pulse. The Wiegand sensor features the Wiegand wire and the pickup coil. The amplitude and width of the Wiegand pulse are...
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Agronomy, Vol. 10, Pages 357: Ozone Induced Loss of Seed Protein Accumulation Is Larger in Soybean than in Wheat and Rice Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy10030357 Authors: Malin C. Broberg Sara Daun Håkan Pleijel We investigated the effects of ozone (O3) on seed protein accumulation in soybean, rice, and wheat based on existing literature. We identified 30, 10, and 32 datasets meeting the requirements for soybean, rice, and wheat, respectively. Data for each crop were combined...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1407: Event-Driven Data Gathering in Pure Asynchronous Multi-Hop Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051407 Authors: Sara Blanc In underwater acoustic modem design, pure asynchrony can contribute to improved wake-up coordination, thus avoiding energy-inefficient synchronization mechanisms. Nodes are designed with a pre-receptor and an acoustically adapted Radio Frequency Identification system, which wakes up the node when it receives...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1405: Steerable-Discrete-Cosine-Transform (SDCT): Hardware Implementation and Performance Analysis Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051405 Authors: Riccardo Peloso Maurizio Capra Luigi Sole Massimo Ruo Roch Guido Masera Maurizio Martina In the last years, the need for new efficient video compression methods grown rapidly as frame resolution has increased dramatically. The Joint Collaborative Team on Video Coding (JCT-VC) effort produced in 2013...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1404: Feasibility of Social-Network-Based eHealth Intervention on the Improvement of Healthy Habits among Children Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051404 Authors: José Alberto Benítez-Andrades Natalia Arias María Teresa García-Ordás Marta Martínez-Martínez Isaías García-Rodríguez This study shows the feasibility of an eHealth solution for tackling eating habits and physical activity in the adolescent population. The participants were children from...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1406: Comparing Airborne Particulate Matter Intake Dose Assessment Models Using Low-Cost Portable Sensor Data Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051406 Authors: Rok Novak David Kocman Johanna Amalia Robinson Tjaša Kanduč Dimosthenis Sarigiannis Milena Horvat Low-cost sensors can be used to improve the temporal and spatial resolution of an individual’s particulate matter (PM) intake dose assessment. In this work, personal activity monitors...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 695: Conventional and Unconventional Therapeutic Strategies for Sialidosis Type I
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 695: Conventional and Unconventional Therapeutic Strategies for Sialidosis Type I Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030695 Authors: Rosario Mosca Diantha van de Vlekkert Yvan Campos Leigh E. Fremuth Jaclyn Cadaoas Vish Koppaka Emil Kakkis Cynthia Tifft Camilo Toro Simona Allievi Cinzia Gellera Laura Canafoglia Gepke Visser Ida Annunziata Alessandra d’Azzo Congenital deficiency of the lysosomal...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1960: Industrial Decarbonization by A New Energy-Baseline Methodology—Case Study Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051960 Authors: Rosaura Castrillón-Mendoza Javier M. Rey-Hernández Francisco J. Rey-Martínez The main target of climate change policies in the majority of industrialized countries is to reduce energy consumption in their facilities, which would reduce the carbon emissions that are generated. Through this idea, energy management plans...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1151: Photoluminescent Spectral Broadening of Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Investigated by Emission Wavelength Dependent Lifetime Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051151 Authors: Jinlei Zhang Jiuyang He Lun Yang Zhixing Gan Despite intensive efforts, the fluorescence of perovskite nanocrystals (NCs) still suffers from a poor color purity, which limits the applications in light emitting and multicolor display. A deep understanding on...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 694: Inherited Metabolic Diseases and Cardiac Pathology in Adults: Diagnosis and Prevalence in a CardioMetabo Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030694 Authors: Brailova Clerfond Trésorier Minet-Quinard Durif Massoullié Pereira Sapin Eschalier Bouvier Many inherited metabolic diseases (IMD) have cardiac manifestations. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of IMD in adult patients with...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 693: Smartphones and Apps to Control Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) Level in Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030693 Authors: Martos-Cabrera Velando-Soriano Pradas-Hernández Suleiman-Martos Cañadas-De la Fuente Albendín-García Gómez-Urquiza Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic endocrine-metabolic disease, the evolution of which is closely related to people´s...
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Micromachines, Vol. 11, Pages 265: Atomistic Simulation Study of Nanoparticle Effect on Nano-Cutting Mechanisms of Single-Crystalline Materials Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi11030265 Authors: Pengyue Zhao Qi Zhang Yongbo Guo Huan Liu Zongquan Deng Nanoparticle (NP), as a kind of hard-to-machine component in nanofabrication processes, dramatically affects the machined surface quality in nano-cutting. However, the surface/subsurface generation and the plastic deformation...
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Micromachines, Vol. 11, Pages 266: Cross-Sectional Dimension Dependence of Electroosmotic Flow in Fractal Treelike Rectangular Microchannel Network Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi11030266 Authors: Dalei Jing Xuekuan Zhan The present work theoretically and numerically studies the electroosmotic flow (EOF) within a fractal treelike rectangular microchannel network with uniform channel height. To obtain minimum EOF fluidic resistance, the microchannel cross-sectional dimensions of...
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Micromachines, Vol. 11, Pages 264: Hybrid Polymer/Metal Oxide Thin Films for High Performance, Flexible Transistors Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi11030264 Authors: Jae Won Jeong Hye Suk Hwang Dalsu Choi Byung Chol Ma Jaehan Jung Mincheol Chang Metal oxides (MOs) have garnered significant attention in a variety of research fields, particularly in flexible electronics such as wearable devices, due to their superior electronic properties. Meanwhile, polymers exhibit...
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Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1142: Nanotopographical Coatings Induce an Early Phenotype-Specific Response of Primary Material-Resident M1 and M2 Macrophages Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051142 Authors: Tobias Schmitz Maren Jannasch Tobias Weigel Claus Moseke Uwe Gbureck Jürgen Groll Heike Walles Jan Hansmann Implants elicit an immunological response after implantation that results in the worst case in a complete implant rejection. This biomaterial-induced...
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Micromachines, Vol. 11, Pages 263: An Origami Heat Radiation Fin for Use in a Stretchable Thermoelectric Generator Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi11030263 Authors: Momoe Akuto Eiji Iwase Recently, some studies have addressed the use of a folded substrate to realize stretchable electronic devices including stretchable thermoelectric generators (TEGs). However, the utilization of the folded substrate as a heat radiation fin has not been achieved. Herein, we have proposed the construction...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 692: Sarcoscore: A Novel Approach for Assessing Sarcopenia and Functional Disability in Older Adults Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030692 Authors: Osuka Kim Kawai Taniguchi Yokoyama Seino Obuchi Kitamura Shinkai Sarcopenia is associated with instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and basic activities of daily living (BADL) disabilities. We developed an index for assessing sarcopenia degree (sarcoscore)...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 691: Post-Concussion Syndrome and Sleep Apnea: A Retrospective Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030691 Authors: Alexandra Santos Hannah Walsh Neda Anssari Ivone Ferreira Maria Carmela Tartaglia Background: Concussion symptoms typically resolve within 7–10 days, but 10%–25% of patients do not fully recover. They can develop post-concussion syndrome (PCS), which includes sleep abnormalities such as obstructive...
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Metals, Vol. 10, Pages 343: Study of Zn6Al6Ag Alloy Application in Ultrasonic Soldering of Al2O3–(Al/Al2O3) Joints Metals doi: 10.3390/met10030343 Authors: Roman Kolenak Igor Kostolny Jaromir Drapala Paulina Babincova Matej Pasak The aim of this research is to characterize the soldering alloy Zn6Al6Ag, and to study the ultrasonic soldering of an Al2O3/metal–ceramic composite (Al/Al2O3). Zn6Al6Ag solder presents a quasi-eutectic structure with a melting...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1146: Evaluating Autoencoder-Based Featurization and Supervised Learning for Protein Decoy Selection Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051146 Authors: Fardina Fathmiul Alam Taseef Rahman Amarda Shehu Rapid growth in molecular structure data is renewing interest in featurizing structure. Featurizations that retain information on biological activity are particularly sought for protein molecules, where decades of research have shown that indeed structure...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1757: Fluidity of Poly (ε-Caprolactone)-Based Material Induces Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051757 Authors: Sharmy Saimon Mano Koichiro Uto Mitsuhiro Ebara Background: We propose the potential studies on material fluidity to induce epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in MCF-7 cells. In this study, we examined for the first time the effect of material fluidity on EMT using poly(ε-caprolactone-co-D,L-lactide)...
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Catalysts, Vol. 10, Pages 294: Influence of the Preparation Method of Ag-K/CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3 Catalysts on Their Structure and Activity for the Simultaneous Removal of Soot and NOx Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal10030294 Authors: Cooper Davies Morgan Golunski Taylor Ag/CeO2-ZrO2-Al2O3, a known catalyst for the simultaneous removal of NOx and soot, was modified by the addition of K, and was prepared using various techniques: wet impregnation, incipient wetness, and...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 690: Immunohistochemical BRAF V600E Expression and Intratumor BRAF V600E Heterogeneity in Acral Melanoma: Implication in Melanoma-Specific Survival Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030690 Authors: Ito Kaku-Ito Murata Furue Shen Oda Furue Acral melanoma, a distinct form of cutaneous melanoma originating in the glabrous skin of the palms, soles, and nail beds, has a different genetic background from other subtypes of cutaneous...
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Information, Vol. 11, Pages 145: Bimodal Emotion Recognition Model for Minnan Songs Information doi: 10.3390/info11030145 Authors: Zhenglong Xiang Xialei Dong Yuanxiang Li Fei Yu Xing Xu Hongrun Wu Most of the existing research papers study the emotion recognition of Minnan songs from the perspectives of music analysis theory and music appreciation. However, these investigations do not explore any possibility of carrying out an automatic emotion recognition of...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 363: Cryptosporidium parvum gp40/15 Is Associated with the Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane and Is a Potential Vaccine Target Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8030363 Authors: Zhaohui Cui Luyang Wang Yuexin Wang Juan Li Rongjun Wang Mingfei Sun Longxian Zhang Cryptosporidium parvum is a zoonotic intracellular protozoan responsible for the diarrheal illness cryptosporidiosis in humans and animals. Although a number of...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1749: Insight in Adhesion Protein Sialylation and Microgravity Dependent Cell Adhesion—An Omics Network Approach International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051749 Authors: Thomas J. Bauer Erich Gombocz Markus Wehland Johann Bauer Manfred Infanger Daniela Grimm The adhesion behavior of human tissue cells changes in vitro, when gravity forces affecting these cells are modified. To understand the mechanisms underlying these...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1750: Biomarkers for the Noninvasive Diagnosis of Endometriosis: State of the Art and Future Perspectives International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051750 Authors: Costin Vlad Anastasiu Marius Alexandru Moga Andrea Elena Neculau Andreea Bălan Ioan Scârneciu Roxana Maria Dragomir Ana-Maria Dull Liana-Maria Chicea Background: Early and accurate diagnosis of endometriosis is crucial for the management of this benign,...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 687: Changes in the Intestinal Microbiota Are Seen Following Treatment with Infliximab in Children with Crohn’s Disease Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030687 Authors: Kinga Kowalska-Duplaga Przemysław Kapusta Tomasz Gosiewski Agnieszka Sroka-Oleksiak Agnieszka H. Ludwig-Słomczyńska Paweł P. Wołkow Krzysztof Fyderek The aim of the study was to determine the impact of biological treatment with tumor necrosis factor α...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1751: Genome-Wide Identification and Characterization of Actin-Depolymerizing Factor (ADF) Family Genes and Expression Analysis of Responses to Various Stresses in Zea Mays L. International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051751 Authors: Jun Huang Wei Sun Jiaxin Ren Ruichun Yang Jingsheng Fan Yunfeng Li Xin Wang Shija Joseph Wenbin Deng Lihong Zhai Actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF) is a small class of actin-binding...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1752: Global Survey and Expressions of the Phosphate Transporter Gene Families in Brassica Napus and Their Roles in Phosphorus Response International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051752 Authors: Jin Yang Jie Zhou Hong-Jun Zhou Mang-Mang Wang Ming-Ming Liu Yun-Zhuo Ke Peng-Feng Li Jia-Na Li Hai Du Phosphate (Pi) transporters play critical roles in Pi acquisition and homeostasis. However, currently little is...
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Micromachines, Vol. 11, Pages 268: Fano-Resonance in Hybrid Metal-Graphene Metamaterial and Its Application as Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Sensor Micromachines doi: 10.3390/mi11030268 Authors: Jianfa Zhang Qilin Hong Jinglan Zou Yuwen He Xiaodong Yuan Zhihong Zhu Shiqiao Qin Fano resonances in nanostructures have attracted widespread research interests in the past few years for their potential applications in sensing, switching and nonlinear optics. In this paper,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1149: Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Sensitive Prodrugs of the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Crizotinib Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051149 Authors: Bjoern Bielec Isabella Poetsch Esra Ahmed Petra Heffeter Bernhard K. Keppler Christian R. Kowol Tyrosine kinase inhibitors revolutionized cancer therapy but still evoke strong adverse effects that can dramatically reduce patients’ quality of life. One possibility to enhance drug...
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Symmetry, Vol. 12, Pages 405: Earthquake Vulnerability Mapping Using Different Hybrid Models Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym12030405 Authors: Peyman Yariyan Mohammadtaghi Avand Fariba Soltani Omid Ghorbanzadeh Thomas Blaschke The main purpose of the present study was to mathematically integrate different decision support systems to enhance the accuracy of seismic vulnerability mapping in Sanandaj City, Iran. An earthquake is considered to be a catastrophe that poses a...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 185: Large-Scale Screening of 239 Traditional Chinese Medicinal Plant Extracts for Their Antibacterial Activities against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Cytotoxic Activities Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030185 Authors: Gowoon Kim Ren-You Gan Dan Zhang Arakkaveettil Kabeer Farha Olivier Habimana Vuyo Mavumengwana Hua-Bin Li Xiao-Hong Wang Harold Corke Novel alternative antibacterial compounds have been persistently...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 689: Intraoperative Transfusion is Independently Associated with a Worse Prognosis in Resected Pancreatic Cancer—a Retrospective Cohort Analysis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030689 Authors: Kim Choi Hwang Rho Lee Kang Backgrounds: Investigate whether intraoperative transfusion is a negative prognostic factor for oncologic outcomes of resected pancreatic cancer. Methods: From June 2004 to January 2014, the medical records...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 688: Accuracy of Digital and Conventional Full-Arch Impressions in Patients: An Update Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030688 Authors: Schmidt Klussmann Wöstmann Schlenz The aim of this clinical study was to update the available data in the literature regarding the transfer accuracy (trueness/precision) of four current intraoral scanners (IOS) equipped with the latest software versions and to compare these data with conventional impressions...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
JRFM, Vol. 13, Pages 48: The Predictability of the Exchange Rate When Combining Machine Learning and Fundamental Models Journal of Risk and Financial Management doi: 10.3390/jrfm13030048 Authors: Zhang Hamori In 1983, Meese and Rogoff showed that traditional economic models developed since the 1970s do not perform better than the random walk in predicting out-of-sample exchange rates when using data obtained after the beginning of the floating rate system. Subsequently, whether...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 29: The COPHELA (Cooperation in Quality Assurance for Pharmacy Education and Training between Europe and Latin America) Project Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010029 Authors: Antonio Sánchez-Pozo Afonso Miguel Cavaco Paolo Blasi Mariana Ortiz Reynoso Carlos Tomas Quirino-Barreda Patricia Acuña Johnson Fernando Torres Moscoso Selma Rodrigues de Castilho Claudia Fegadolli Sergio Slan Zarwar Jeffrey Atkinson COPHELA (Cooperation...
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Catalysts, Vol. 10, Pages 293: Potassium Ferrite as Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Catalyst for Highly Efficient Dye Degradation Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal10030293 Authors: Xinghui Zhang Zhibin Geng Juan Jian Yiqiang He Zipeng Lv Xinxin Liu Hongming Yuan In this work, hexagon-shaped potassium ferrite (K2Fe4O7) crystals with different sizes were prepared using the hydrothermal method. The crystals showed a narrow band gap of 1.44 eV, revealed by UV-visible diffuse...
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Electronics, Vol. 9, Pages 429: A Fault Diagnosis Strategy Based on Multilevel Classification for a Cascaded Photovoltaic Grid-Connected Inverter Electronics doi: 10.3390/electronics9030429 Authors: Wenyi Yuan Tianzhen Wang Demba Diallo Claude Delpha In this paper, an effective strategy is presented to realize IGBT open-circuit fault diagnosis for closed-loop cascaded photovoltaic (PV) grid-connected inverters. The approach is based on the analysis of the inverter output...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 111: Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-Mediated Food Allergy in Children: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Prevention, and Management Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56030111 Authors: Simona Barni Giulia Liccioli Lucrezia Sarti Mattia Giovannini Elio Novembre Francesca Mori A food allergy is an immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated hypersensitive reaction to food, which consists in the appearance of allergic symptoms; it can vary from common urticaria...
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Metals, Vol. 10, Pages 342: Metals Production, CO2 Mineralization and LCA Metals doi: 10.3390/met10030342 Authors: Ron Zevenhoven Modern methods of metal and metal-containing materials production involve a serious consideration of the impact on the environment. Emissions of greenhouse gases and the efficiency of energy use have been used as starting points for more sustainable production for several decades, but a more complete analysis can be made using life cycle assessment (LCA)....
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Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1141: Evaluation of the Covalent Functionalization of Carbon Nano-Onions with Pyrene Moieties for Supercapacitor Applications Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051141 Authors: José D. Velásquez Monika Tomczykowa Marta E. Plonska-Brzezinska Manuel N. Chaur Herein, we report the surface functionalization of carbon nano-onions (CNOs) through an amidation reaction that occurs between the oxidized CNOs and 4-(pyren-4-yl)butanehydrazide. Raman and Fourier...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 398: Protective Effects of Chromium Picolinate Against Diabetic-Induced Renal Dysfunction and Renal Fibrosis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030398 Authors: Qi Zheng Jiang Yuan Dong Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is one of the most important complications of diabetes， and the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). While Chromium picolinate (CrPic) supplementation...
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Processes, Vol. 8, Pages 291: A Self-Adaptive Damping Control Strategy of Virtual Synchronous Generator to Improve Frequency Stability Processes doi: 10.3390/pr8030291 Authors: Tianyang Li Buying Wen Huaiyuan Wang In a microgrid, grid-connected inverters, as the interface between the distributed power supply and grid, cannot provide inertia support for the system. The control strategy of virtual synchronous generator (VSG) based on grid-connected inverters can enhance the...
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Processes, Vol. 8, Pages 292: Photochemical Synthesis of Silver Nanodecahedrons under Blue LED Irradiation and Their SERS Activity Processes doi: 10.3390/pr8030292 Authors: Mai Ngoc Tuan Anh Dinh Tien Dung Nguyen Ngo Vo Ke Thanh Nguyen Thi Phuong Phong Dai Hai Nguyen Minh-Tri Nguyen-Le Silver nanodecahedrons were successfully synthesized by a photochemical method under irradiation of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The formation of silver nanodecahedrons...
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Polymers, Vol. 12, Pages 562: Surface Studies of UV Irradiated Polypropylene Films Modified with Mineral Fillers Designed as Piezoelectric Materials Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym12030562 Authors: Marta Chylińska Halina Kaczmarek Dariusz Moszyński Bogusław Królikowski Jolanta Kowalonek Isotactic-polypropylene (i-PP) films with inorganic minerals such as Sillikolloid, perlite, or glass beads were prepared. The obtained polymeric films were subjected to an orientation...
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Polymers, Vol. 12, Pages 563: The Research of Interface Microdomain And Corona-Resistance Characteristics of Micro-Nano-ZnO/LDPE Polymers doi: 10.3390/polym12030563 Authors: Cheng Yu In this article, the melting blend was used to prepare the Micro-ZnO/LDPE, Nano-ZnO/LDPE and Micro-Nano-ZnO/LDPE with different inorganic particles contents. The effect of Micro-ZnO and Nano-ZnO particles doping on interface microdomain and corona-resistance breakdown characteristics of LDPE composite...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 686: Simulation and Training of Needle Puncture Procedure with a Patient-Specific 3D Printed Gluteal Artery Model Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030686 Authors: Paweł Rynio Aleksander Falkowski Jan Witowski Arkadiusz Kazimierczak Łukasz Wójcik Piotr Gutowski The puncture of the gluteal artery (GA) is a rare and difficult procedure. Less experienced clinicians do not always have the opportunity to practice and prepare for it,...
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Mathematics, Vol. 8, Pages 346: A Multilevel Iteration Method for Solving a Coupled Integral Equation Model in Image Restoration Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math8030346 Authors: Hongqi Yang Bing Zhou The problem of out-of-focus image restoration can be modeled as an ill-posed integral equation, which can be regularized as a second kind of equation using the Tikhonov method. The multiscale collocation method with the compression strategy has already been developed to discretize...
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Mathematics, Vol. 8, Pages 347: On Best Approximations for Set-Valued Mappings in G-convex Spaces Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math8030347 Authors: Zoran D. Mitrović Azhar Hussain Manuel de la de la Sen Stojan Radenović In this paper we obtain a best approximations theorem for multi-valued mappings in G -convex spaces. As applications, we derive results on the best approximations in hyperconvex and normed spaces. The obtain results generalize many existing results...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1174: Direct Consideration of Eddy Current Losses in Laminated Magnetic Cores in Finite Element Method (FEM) Calculations Using the Laplace Transform Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051174 Authors: Marek Gołębiowski Lesław Gołębiowski Andrzej Smoleń Damian Mazur The following article presents a computation procedure that enables us to simulate the dynamic states of electric machines with a laminated magnetic core, with direct consideration of the eddy...
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Arts, Vol. 9, Pages 33: Galician Female Architects—A Critical Approach to Inequality in the Architectural Profession (1931–1986) Arts doi: 10.3390/arts9010033 Authors: Novas-Ferradás Carreiro-Otero López-González The remoteness of Galicia, a cultural and linguistic bridge between Portugal and Spain, did not prevent it from playing a significant role in the history of female architects in the Iberian Peninsula. Nine Galician pioneers have carved the path since the first...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 256: Kinetic Measurements of Cl Atom Reactions with C5–C8 Unsaturated Alcohols Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11030256 Authors: Grira Amarandei Romanias El Dib Canosa Arsene Bejan Olariu Coddeville Tomas The reactions of five structurally similar unsaturated alcohols, i.e., (Z)-2-penten-1-ol, (E)-2-hexen-1-ol, (E)-3-hexen-1-ol, (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol, and 1-octen-3-ol, with Cl atoms in the gas phase, were investigated...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1148: Magnetic Solid-Phase Extraction of Organic Compounds Based on Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051148 Authors: Natalia Manousi Erwin Rosenberg Eleni Deliyanni George A. Zachariadis Victoria Samanidou Graphene oxide (GO) is a chemical compound with a form similar to graphene that consists of one-atom-thick two-dimensional layers of sp2-bonded carbon. Graphene oxide exhibits high hydrophilicity and dispersibility....
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1173: Practical Implementation of Adaptive SRF-PLL for Three-Phase Inverters Based on Sensitivity Function and Real-Time Grid-Impedance Measurements Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051173 Authors: Roni Luhtala Henrik Alenius Tomi Roinila Rapidly increasing demand for renewable energy has created a need for the photovoltaic and wind farms to be placed in various locations that have diverse and possibly time-variant grid conditions. A mismatch between the...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 685: The Evolving Role of Gut Microbiota in the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: An Overview of the Current Knowledge Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9030685 Authors: Amir Mari Fadi Abu Baker Mahmud Mahamid Wisam Sbeit Tawfik Khoury The intestinal microbiota is one of the most rapidly evolving areas in biology and medicine. Extensive research in the last decade has escalated our understanding of the role of the microbiota in...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1150: Unprecedented Potential for Neural Drug Discovery Based on Self-Organizing hiPSC Platforms Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25051150 Authors: Agustín Cota-Coronado Jennifer C. Durnall Néstor Fabián Díaz Lachlan H. Thompson N. Emmanuel Díaz-Martínez Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have transformed conventional drug discovery pathways in recent years. In particular, recent advances in hiPSC biology, including organoid technologies,...
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JRFM, Vol. 13, Pages 47: Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction Model, a Special Focus on Listed Companies in Kenya Journal of Risk and Financial Management doi: 10.3390/jrfm13030047 Authors: Ogachi Ndege Gaturu Zoltan Predicting bankruptcy of companies has been a hot subject of focus for many economists. The rationale for developing and predicting the financial distress of a company is to develop a predictive model used to forecast the financial condition of a company...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1169: Thickness Distribution Prediction for Tectonically Deformed Coal with a Deep Belief Network: A Case Study Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051169 Authors: Xin Wang Tongjun Chen Hui Xu Thickness of tectonically deformed coal (TDC) has positive correlations with the susceptible gas outbursts in coal mines. To predict the TDC thickness of the coalbed, we proposed a prediction method using seismic attributes based on the deep belief network (DBN) and...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1172: District Heating Tariffs, Economic Optimisation and Local Strategies during Radical Technological Change Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051172 Authors: Søren Djørup Karl Sperling Steffen Nielsen Poul Alborg Østergaard Jakob Zinck Thellufsen Peter Sorknæs Henrik Lund David Drysdale This paper addresses economic aspects of heat savings in the context of strategic heat planning. The analysis uses the city of Aalborg, Denmark, as...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1674: Human Health Risk Assessment and Potentially Harmful Element Contents in the Cereals Cultivated on Agricultural Soils International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051674 Authors: Agnieszka Gruszecka-Kosowska Potentially harmful element (PHE) contents were investigated in six species of cereals in southern Poland, with human health risk implications assessed afterwards. The PHE contents belonged to the following ranges...
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Agronomy, Vol. 10, Pages 355: Effect of Winter Oilseed Rape Cropping on the Development of the Sugar Beet Cyst Nematode, Heterodera schachtii, and Control of Volunteer Plants as a Trap Crop Method Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy10030355 Authors: Daub Matthias The integration of oilseed rape (OSR) into sugar beet rotation systems is restricted due to the very good host status of OSR for the beet cyst nematode (BCN) Heterodera schachtii. In contrast to sugar beet, the cultivation of...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 619: Valproic Acid Promotes Early Neural Differentiation in Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells Through Protein Signalling Pathways Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030619 Authors: Santos Hubert Milthorpe Regenerative medicine is a rapidly expanding area in research and clinical applications. Therapies involving the use of small molecule chemicals aim to simplify the creation of specific drugs for clinical applications. Adult mesenchymal stem cells have recently...
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Symmetry, Vol. 12, Pages 408: Breast and Colon Cancer Classification from Gene Expression Profiles Using Data Mining Techniques Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym12030408 Authors: Mohammed Loey Mohammed Wajeeh Jasim Hazem M. EL-Bakry Mohamed Hamed N. Taha Nour Eldeen M. Khalifa Early detection of cancer increases the probability of recovery. This paper presents an intelligent decision support system (IDSS) for the early diagnosis of cancer based on gene expression profiles...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 397: A Bioorthogonally Applicable, Fluorogenic, Large Stokes-Shift Probe for Intracellular Super-Resolution Imaging of Proteins Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030397 Authors: Németh Knorr Németh Kele Herein, we present the synthesis and application of a fluorogenic, large Stokes-shift (>100 nm), bioorthogonally conjugatable, membrane-permeable tetrazine probe, which can be excited at common laser line 488 nm and detected at around...
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Universe, Vol. 6, Pages 39: Deformed General Relativity and Quantum Black Holes Interior Universe doi: 10.3390/universe6030039 Authors: Denis Arruga Jibril Ben Achour Karim Noui Effective models of black holes interior have led to several proposals for regular black holes. In the so-called polymer models, based on effective deformations of the phase space of spherically symmetric general relativity in vacuum, one considers a deformed Hamiltonian constraint while keeping...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 395: An Oral Rinse Active Matrix Metalloproteinase-8 Point-of-Care Immunotest May Be Less Accurate in Patients with Crohn’s Disease Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030395 Authors: Rautava Gürsoy Kullström Könönen Sorsa Tervahartiala Gürsoy The diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care (PoC) applications may be compromised in individuals with additional inflammatory conditions. This cross-sectional study examined the performance...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1767: Experimental Evaluation and Numerical Simulation of the Thermal Performance of a Green Roof Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051767 Authors: Claudia Guattari Luca Evangelisti Francesco Asdrubali Roberto De Lieto Vollaro In the building sector, both passive and active systems are essential for achieving a high-energy performance. Considering passive solutions, green roofs represent a sustainable answer, allowing buildings to reach...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1765: The Spatiotemporal Variability of Temperature and Precipitation Over the Upper Indus Basin: An Evaluation of 15 Year WRF Simulations Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051765 Authors: Dars Strong Kochanski Ansari Ali Investigating the trends in the major climatic variables over the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) region is difficult for many reasons, including highly complex terrain with heterogeneous spatial precipitation patterns...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 396: Hypothalamic NAD+-Sirtuin Axis: Function and Regulation Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10030396 Authors: Roh Kim The rapidly expanding elderly population and obesity endemic have become part of continuing global health care problems. The hypothalamus is a critical center for the homeostatic regulation of energy and glucose metabolism, circadian rhythm, and aging-related physiology. Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent deacetylase...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1764: Unbalanced and Reactive Currents Compensation in Three-Phase Four-Wire Sinusoidal Power Systems Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051764 Authors: Montoya-Mira Blasco Diez Montoya Reig In an unbalanced linear three-phase electrical system, there are inefficient powers that increase the apparent power supplied by the network, line losses, machine malfunctions, etc. These inefficiencies are mainly due to the use of unbalanced...
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Mathematics, Vol. 8, Pages 344: Correlations between Background Radiation Inside a Multilayer Interleaving Structure, Geomagnetic Activity, and Cosmic Radiation: A Fourth-Order Cumulant-Based Correlation Analysis Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math8030344 Authors: Miguel E. Iglesias-Martínez Juan Carlos Castro-Palacio Felix Scholkmann Victor Milián-Sánchez Pedro Fernández de Fernández de Córdoba Antonio Mocholí-Salcedo Ferrán Mocholí Belenguer Valeriy A. Kolombet...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1763: Real Cyclic Load-Bearing Test of a Ceramic-Reinforced Slab Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051763 Authors: Albareda-Valls Rivera-Rogel Costales-Calvo García-Carrera Ceramic-reinforced slabs were widely used in Spain during the second half of the 20th century, especially for industrial buildings. This solution was popular due to the lack of materials at that time, as it requires almost no concrete and low ratios of reinforcement....
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1762: A Combined Visualization Method for Multivariate Data Analysis. Application to Knee Kinematic and Clinical Parameters Relationships Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051762 Authors: Bensalma Richardson Ouakrim Fuentes Dunbar Hagemeister Mezghani This paper aims to analyze the correlation structure between the kinematic and clinical parameters of an end-staged knee osteoarthritis population. The kinematic data...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1403: An Efficient NLOS Errors Mitigation Algorithm for TOA-Based Localization Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051403 Authors: Yanbin Zou Huaping Liu In time-of-arrival (TOA) localization systems, errors caused by non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signal propagation could significantly degrade the location accuracy. Existing works on NLOS error mitigation commonly assume that NLOS error statistics or the TOA measurement noise variances are known. Such information is generally...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1673: Spatially Varying and Scale-Dependent Relationships of Land Use Types with Stream Water Quality International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051673 Authors: Park Lee Understanding the complex relationships between land use and stream water quality is critical for water pollution control and watershed management. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between land use types and water quality indicators...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 24: Cousins, Siblings and Twins: A Review of the Geological Model’s Place in the Digital Mine Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9030024 Authors: Jane H. Hodgkinson Marc Elmouttie Digital mining is a broad term describing the enhancement of the physical mining method through the use of digital models, simulations, analytics, controls and associated feedbacks. Mining optimisation will be improved through increased digitisation and real-time interactions...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1672: Personal Cold Protection Behaviour and Its Associated Factors in 2016/17 Cold Days in Hong Kong: A Two-Year Cohort Telephone Survey Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051672 Authors: Lam Huang Liu Guo Goggins Chan Background: Despite larger health burdens attributed to cold than heat, few studies have examined personal cold protection behaviours (PCPB). This study examined...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1761: Seepage Analysis in Short Embankments Using Developing a Metaheuristic Method Based on Governing Equations Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051761 Authors: Dongchun Tang Behrouz Gordan Mohammadreza Koopialipoor Danial Jahed Armaghani Reza Tarinejad Binh Thai Pham Van Van Huynh Seepage is one of the most challenging issues in some procedures such as design, construction, and operation of embankment or earth fill dams....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1671: Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette Use and its Determinants among 13-to-15-Year-Old Students in Greece: Results from the 2013 Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051671 Authors: Soteriades Barbouni Rachiotis Grevenitou Mouchtouri Pinaka Dadouli Hadjichristodoulou Electronic cigarette use has increased over the past decade. Its potential...
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