Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1134: Geopolymer Based on Mechanically Activated Air-cooled Blast Furnace Slag Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051134 Authors: Ilda Tole Magdalena Rajczakowska Abeer Humad Ankit Kothari Andrzej Cwirzen An efficient solution to increase the sustainability of building materials is to replace Portland cement with alkali-activated materials (AAM). Precursors for those systems are often based on water-cooled ground granulated blast furnace slags (GGBFS)....
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 52: Relationship between Levels of Pre-Stroke Physical Activity and Post-Stroke Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor I Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8030052 Authors: N. David Åberg Gustaf Gadd Daniel Åberg Peter Hällgren Christian Blomstrand Katarina Jood Michael Nilsson Fredrick R. Walker Johan Svensson Christina Jern Jörgen Isgaard Physical activity (PA) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) have beneficial...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 109: Discordance for Potter’s Syndrome in a Dichorionic Diamniotic Twin Pregnancy—An Unusual Case Report Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56030109 Authors: Stoyan Kostov Stanislav Slavchev Deyan Dzhenkov Strahil Strashilov Angel Yordanov Introduction: Potter’s syndrome, also known as Potter’s sequence, is an uncommon and fatal disorder. Potter’s sequence in a multiple pregnancy is uncommon, and its frequency remains...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 53: Reversal of Hyperglycemia and Suppression of Type 1 Diabetes in the NOD Mouse with Apoptotic DNA Immunotherapy™ (ADi™), ADi-100 Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8030053 Authors: David G. Alleva Melika Rezaee Linda Yip Gang Ren Jarrett Rosenberg Waldo Concepcion Alan Escher Shahrokh Shabahang Avnesh S. Thakor The antigen-specific apoptotic DNA immunotherapeutic, ADi-100, is designed to suppress type 1 diabetes and...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1953: The Identity of Recycled Plastics: A Vocabulary of Perception Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051953 Authors: Veelaert Du Bois Moons De Pelsmacker Hubo Ragaert As designing with recycled materials is becoming indispensable in the context of a circulareconomy, we argue that understanding how recycled plastics are perceived by stakeholdersinvolved in the front end of the design process, is essential to achieve successful...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 282: Antioxidant, Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) Essential Oil for Its Application in Foods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030282 Authors: Miroslava Kačániová Lucia Galovičová Eva Ivanišová Nenad L. Vukovic Jana Štefániková Veronika Valková Petra Borotová Jana Žiarovská Margarita Terentjeva Soňa Felšöciová Eva Tvrdá The aim of this study was to assess the chemical composition, antioxidant,...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1753: Graphene Nanoplatelets Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051753 Authors: A. Jiménez-Suárez S. G. Prolongo The excellent performance of graphene nanoplatelets turns them into engaging fillers for different materials, offering a wide range of applications from energy harvesting, flexible electronic devices, smart sensors and structural-functional composites.
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 283: Rheology and Microstructures of Rennet Gels From Differently Heated Goat Milk Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030283 Authors: Zorana Miloradovic Nemanja Kljajevic Jelena Miocinovic Steva Levic Vladimir B. Pavlovic Marijana Blažić Predrag Pudja Rennet coagulation of goat milk heated to 65 °C/30 min (Gc), 80 °C/5 min (G8) and 90 °C/5 min (G9) was studied. A rheometer equipped with a vane geometry tool was used to measure...
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Mathematics, Vol. 8, Pages 342: Application of Multi-Parameter Perturbation Method to Functionally-Graded, Thin, Circular Piezoelectric Plates Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math8030342 Authors: Xiao-Ting He Zhi-Xin Yang Yang-Hui Li Xue Li Jun-Yi Sun In this study, a multi-parameter perturbation method is used for the solution of a functionally-graded, thin, circular piezoelectric plate. First, by assuming that elastic, piezoelectric, and dielectric coefficients of the...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 184: Transformation of Helicobacter pylori into Coccoid Forms as a Challenge for Research Determining Activity of Antimicrobial Substances Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030184 Authors: Paweł Krzyżek Rossella Grande Morphological variability is one of the phenotypic features related to adaptation of microorganisms to stressful environmental conditions and increased tolerance to antimicrobial substances. Helicobacter pylori, a gastric mucosal pathogen,...
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Mathematics, Vol. 8, Pages 340: A Probabilistic Linguistic Multiple Attribute Decision Making Based on a New Correlation Coefficient Method and its Application in Hospital Assessment Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math8030340 Authors: Dandan Luo Shouzhen Zeng Ji Chen The probabilistic linguistic term set (PLTS) is a newly emerging mathematical tool for handling uncertainties. It is considered a useful extension of linguistic term sets associated with probability information and...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 610: Development and Differentiation in Monobodies Based on the Fibronectin Type 3 Domain Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030610 Authors: Peter G. Chandler Ashley M. Buckle As a non-antibody scaffold, monobodies based on the fibronectin type III (FN3) domain overcome antibody size and complexity while maintaining analogous binding loops. However, antibodies and their derivatives remain the gold standard for the design of new therapeutics. In response, clinical-stage...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1744: Beneficial Properties of Green Tea Catechins International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051744 Authors: Claudia Musial Alicja Kuban-Jankowska Magdalena Gorska-Ponikowska Green tea (Camellia sinesis) is widely known for its anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties. Among the biologically active compounds contained in Camellia sinesis, the main antioxidant agents are catechins. Recent scientific research indicates that the...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Pages 829: Deformation Analysis Using B-Spline Surface with Correlated Terrestrial Laser Scanner Observations—A Bridge Under Load Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs12050829 Authors: Gaël Kermarrec Boris Kargoll Hamza Alkhatib The choice of an appropriate metric is mandatory to perform deformation analysis between two point clouds (PC)—the distance has to be trustworthy and, simultaneously, robust against measurement noise, which may be correlated...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 689: Dietary Polyphenol Intake is Associated with HDL-Cholesterol and A Better Profile of other Components of the Metabolic Syndrome: A PREDIMED-Plus Sub-Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030689 Authors: Sara Castro-Barquero Anna Tresserra-Rimbau Facundo Vitelli-Storelli Mónica Doménech Jordi Salas-Salvadó Vicente Martín-Sánchez María Rubín-García Pilar Buil-Cosiales Dolores Corella Montserrat Fitó Dora Romaguera Jesús...
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Coatings, Vol. 10, Pages 236: Investigation for Sidewall Roughness Caused Optical Scattering Loss of Silicon-on-Insulator Waveguides with Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings10030236 Authors: Hongpeng Shang Degui Sun Peng Yu Bin Wang Ting Yu Tiancheng Li Huilin Jiang Sidewall roughness-caused optical loss of waveguides is one of the critical limitations to the proliferation of the silicon photonic integrated circuits in fiber-optic...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 588: Lymph Node and Bone Marrow Micrometastases Define the Prognosis of Patients with pN0 Esophageal Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12030588 Authors: Karstens Ghadban Effenberger Sauter Pantel Izbicki Vashist König Reeh Background: Pathological routine lymph node staging is postulated to be the main oncological prognosticator in esophageal cancer (EC). However, micrometastases in lymph nodes (LNMM) and bone marrow...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1747: Co-Processing Parallel Computation for Distributed Optical Fiber Vibration Sensing Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051747 Authors: Yu Wang Yuejuan Lv Yuelin Xu Yu Chen Xin Liu Qing Bai Baoquan Jin Rapid data processing is crucial for distributed optical fiber vibration sensing systems based on a phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometer (Φ-OTDR) due to the huge amount of continuously refreshed sensing...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 701: Within and Among Fish Species Differences in Simulated Turbine Blade Strike Mortality: Limits on the Use of Surrogacy for Untested Species Water doi: 10.3390/w12030701 Authors: Ryan Saylor Dustin Sterling Mark Bevelhimer Brenda Pracheil Use of surrogacy remains a useful method for prioritizing research on representatives of at-risk groups of fishes, yet quantifiable evidence in support of its use is generally not available. Blade strike impact...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1951: Sustainable Development of Hotel Food and Beverage Service Training: Learning Satisfaction with the Situated Cognitive Apprenticeship Approach Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051951 Authors: Pei-Ling Tsui Yen-Cheng Chen The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact of the cognitive apprenticeship teaching approach in food and beverage (F&B) service training courses on learning satisfaction. This study is a quasi-experimental...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1133: Study on Structural Performance of Asphalt Concrete and Hot Rolled Sheet Through Viscoelastic Characterization Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051133 Authors: Senja Rum Harnaeni Florentina Pungky Pramesti Arif Budiarto Ary Setyawan Muhammad Imran Khan Muslich Hartadi Sutanto The aim of this study is to assess the viscoelastic parameters (i.e., phase angle and dynamic modulus) of asphalt concrete-wearing course (AC-WC) and hot rolled...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1743: The Control of Cell Expansion, Cell Division, and Vascular Development by Brassinosteroids: A Historical Perspective International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051743 Authors: Man-Ho Oh Saxon H. Honey Frans E. Tax Steroid hormones are important signaling molecules in plants and animals. The plant steroid hormone brassinosteroids were first isolated and characterized in the 1970s and have been studied since then for their functions...
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Mathematics, Vol. 8, Pages 339: Kinematics in Biology: Symbolic Dynamics Approach Mathematics doi: 10.3390/math8030339 Authors: Carlos Correia Correia Ramos Motion in biology is studied through a descriptive geometrical method. We consider a deterministic discrete dynamical system used to simulate and classify a variety of types of movements which can be seen as templates and building blocks of more complex trajectories. The dynamical system is determined by the iteration of a bimodal...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Dentistry Journal, Vol. 8, Pages 23: Nonsyndromic Oral Cleft in First-Degree Relatives of Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Dentistry Journal doi: 10.3390/dj8010023 Authors: Verônica Oliveira Dias Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli Maria Luiza Santos Célia Márcia Fernandes Maia Rodrigo Soares de Andrade Ricardo D. Coletta Hercílio Martelli Júnior Multiple studies have demonstrated an association between cancer and nonsyndromic oral clefts in different...
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IJNS, Vol. 6, Pages 17: Determining Reference Ranges for Total T4 in Dried Blood Samples for Newborn Screening International Journal of Neonatal Screening doi: 10.3390/ijns6010017 Authors: Anna-Isabella Hijman Daniel Konrad Ralph Fingerhut The purpose of this study was to define reference intervals for total thyroxine (tT4) in dried blood samples (DBSs) obtained for newborn screening. The aim of our study was to assess the possible benefit of measuring tT4 concentrations...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1748: Influence of Surroundings on Radiant Tube Lifetime in Indirect-Fired Vertical Strip Annealing Furnaces Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051748 Authors: Dominik Büschgens Narayana K. Karthik Nico Schmitz Herbert Pfeifer The effects of surrounding radiation—emanating from radiation exchange with neighboring partners in indirect-fired vertical strip annealing furnaces, such as the other radiant tubes, the passing strip,...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 111: Uddālaka’s Yoga in the Mokṣopāya Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030111 Authors: Tamara Cohen This paper suggests that the Uddālaka story, told in the Mokṣopāya (MU) (950 CE), in which the young sage Uddālaka undergoes a process of body and mind purification after an experience of the appearance of kuṇḍalinī in the body, prompted by the recitation of the syllable OṂ, could be seen as a precursor to systems of praxis outlined in later Haṭha Yoga (HY) texts....
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Catalysts, Vol. 10, Pages 291: A Machine Learning Approach for Efficient Selection of Enzyme Concentrations and Its Application for Flux Optimization Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal10030291 Authors: Anamya Ajjolli Nagaraja Philippe Charton Xavier F. Cadet Nicolas Fontaine Mathieu Delsaut Birgit Wiltschi Alena Voit Bernard Offmann Cedric Damour Brigitte Grondin-Perez Frederic Cadet The metabolic engineering of pathways has been used extensively...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 24: Advances in Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production, Volume 2 Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7010024 Authors: Martin Koller During the two years that have passed since the first volume of “Advances in Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production” was published, the progress in PHA-related research was indeed tremendous, calling for the next, highly bioprocess- and bioengineering-oriented volume. This editorial paper summarizes...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Geriatrics, Vol. 5, Pages 15: First-Hand Experience of Severe Dysphagia Following Brainstem Stroke: Two Qualitative Cases Geriatrics doi: 10.3390/geriatrics5010015 Authors: Annette Kjaersgaard Hanne Pallesen Background: Dysphagia has profound effects on individuals, and living with dysphagia is a complex phenomenon that touches essential areas of life. Dysphagia following a brainstem stroke is often more severe and the chances of spontaneous recovery are less likely as compared...
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Coatings, Vol. 10, Pages 235: Recent Advances on Coated Milling Tool Technology—A Comprehensive Review Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings10030235 Authors: Vitor F. C. Sousa Francisco J. G. Silva The milling process is one of the most used processes in the manufacturing industry. Milling, as a process, as evolved, with new machines and methods being employed, in order to obtain the best results consistently. Milling tools have also seen quite an evolution, from the uncoated high-speed...
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Agronomy, Vol. 10, Pages 351: Effects of the Application of Biochar in Four Typical Agricultural Soils in China Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy10030351 Authors: Huanhuan Wang Tianbao Ren Yuqing Feng Kouzhu Liu Huilin Feng Guoshun Liu Hongzhi Shi The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of biochar application on soils in the main tobacco-producing areas in China. The study was conducted in four study regions in China, where the same three experimental...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1749: Seismic Performance Assessments of RC Frame Structures Strengthened by External Precast Wall Panel Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051749 Authors: Seung-Ho Choi Jin-Ha Hwang Sun-Jin Han Hyo-Eun Joo Hyun-Do Yun Kang Su Kim In recent years, a variety of strengthening methods have been developed to improve the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures with non-seismic details. In this regard, this...
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EJIHPE, Vol. 10, Pages 544-553: Mindfulness and Executive Functions: Making the Case for Elementary School Practice European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education doi: 10.3390/ejihpe10010039 Authors: Anne Ritter Isabel Alvarez This study explores the use of mindfulness school-based intervention program in an elementary school. Mindfulness training is an accepted and effective didactic approach to improve the executive functions (EFs) of elementary school...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Genes, Vol. 11, Pages 274: High Contiguity De Novo Genome Sequence Assembly of Trifoliate Yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) Using Long Read Sequencing Genes doi: 10.3390/genes11030274 Authors: Christian Siadjeu Boas Pucker Prisca Viehöver Dirk C. Albach Bernd Weisshaar Trifoliate yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) is one example of an orphan crop, not traded internationally. Post-harvest hardening of the tubers of this species starts within 24 h after harvesting and renders the tubers...
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Genes, Vol. 11, Pages 275: Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals Human-Mediated Introgression from Western Pigs to Indigenous Chinese Breeds Genes doi: 10.3390/genes11030275 Authors: Jue Wang Chengkun Liu Jie Chen Ying Bai Kejun Wang Yubei Wang Meiying Fang Genetic variations introduced via introgression from Western to Chinese pigs have contributed to the performance of Chinese breeds in traits such as growth rate and feed conversion efficiency. However, little is...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 457: Self-Compliance and High Performance Pt/HfOx/Ti RRAM Achieved through Annealing Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030457 Authors: Lei Wu Hongxia Liu Jinfu Lin Shulong Wang A self-compliance resistive random access memory (RRAM) achieved through thermal annealing of a Pt/HfOx/Ti structure. The electrical characteristic measurements show that the forming voltage of the device annealing at 500 °C decreased, and the switching ratio...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 700: Identifying Spatially Correlated Patterns between Surface Water and Frost Risk Using EO Data and Geospatial Indices Water doi: 10.3390/w12030700 Authors: Panagiota Louka Ioannis Papanikolaou George P. Petropoulos Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos Nikolaos Stathopoulos Frost is one the most significant hazards affecting various aspects of human lives including infrastructure, agriculture, economy and biodiversity. Water bodies are one of the key...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 146: Analyzing the Open/Deep Web to Better Understand the New/Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Scenarios: Suggestions from CASSANDRA and NPS.Finder Research Projects Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10030146 Authors: Fabrizio Schifano New/novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are defined as new narcotic/psychotropic drugs which are not controlled by the United Nations’ 1961 Narcotic Drugs/1971 Psychotropic Substances conventions, but...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1392: Semantically Guided Large Deformation Estimation with Deep Networks Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051392 Authors: In Young Ha Matthias Wilms Mattias Heinrich Deformable image registration is still a challenge when the considered images have strong variations in appearance and large initial misalignment. A huge performance gap currently remains for fast-moving regions in videos or strong deformations of natural objects. We present a new semantically...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 145: The Relation between Sustained Attention and Incidental and Intentional Object-Location Memory Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10030145 Authors: Efrat Barel Orna Tzischinsky The role of attention allocation in object-location memory has been widely studied through incidental and intentional encoding conditions. However, the relation between sustained attention and memory encoding processes has scarcely been studied. The present study aimed...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1746: An Analytical Approach to Cutter Edge Temperature Prediction in Milling and Its Application to Trochoidal Milling Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051746 Authors: Qi Deng Rong Mo Zezhong C. Chen Zhiyong Chang Cutter edge temperature in milling is an important factor to cutter life. With high cutting speed and feedrate, the cutting efficiency is high; however, the cutter edge temperature is high, shortening the cutter life. Therefore,...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 699: Modeling of the Free-Surface-Pressurized Flow of a Hydropower System with a Flat Ceiling Tail Tunnel Water doi: 10.3390/w12030699 Authors: Jianxu Zhou Yongfa Li For a water diversion hydropower system with a flat ceiling tail tunnel with high elevation, during transient states with relatively low tail water levels, free-surface-pressurized flow inevitably appears and its transient characteristics have obvious effects on the system’s operating...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1949: A Prospective Study of Cranial Deformity and Delayed Development in Children Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051949 Authors: Josefa González-Santos Jerónimo J. González-Bernal Raquel De-la-Fuente-Anuncibay José M. Aguilar-Parra Rubén Trigueros Raúl Soto-Cámara Remedios López-Liria Plagiocephaly, the most common form of cranial deformity, has become more prevalent in recent years. Many authors have described a number of...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Catalysts, Vol. 10, Pages 290: Hydrogen Evolution Reaction-From Single Crystal to Single Atom Catalysts Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal10030290 Authors: Gutić Dobrota Fako Skorodumova López Pašti Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is one of the most important reactions in electrochemistry. This is not only because it is the simplest way to produce high purity hydrogen and the fact that it is the side reaction in many other technologies. HER actually shaped...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Information, Vol. 11, Pages 144: Decision-Making Techniques for Credit Resource Management Using Machine Learning and Optimization Information doi: 10.3390/info11030144 Authors: Ekaterina V. Orlova Credit operations are fundamental in the banks’ activities and provide a significant share of their income. Under an increased demand for credit resources, credit risks are growth. It keeps the importance of the problem of an increase in the efficiency of lending management processes...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 698: Coastal Wetlands: Ecosystems Affected by Urbanization? Water doi: 10.3390/w12030698 Authors: Vanessa Novoa Octavio Rojas Ramón Ahumada-Rudolph Katia Sáez Pablo Fierro Carolina Rojas Coastal wetlands are ecosystems that provide multiple benefits to human settlements; nonetheless, they are seriously threatened due to both a lack of planning instruments and human activities associated mainly with urban growth. An understanding of their...
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Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 1948: Management Characteristics as Determinants of Employee Creativity: The Mediating Role of Employee Job Satisfaction Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su12051948 Authors: Siyuan Miao Abdulkhamid Komil ugli Fayzullaev Alisher Tohirovich Dedahanov Purpose/Research Question: Managers of organizations play a significant role in promoting sustainability by enhancing employee job satisfaction and employee creativity. Despite the number of studies on...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 587: TLD1433 Photosensitizer Inhibits Conjunctival Melanoma Cells in Zebrafish Ectopic and Orthotopic Tumour Models Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12030587 Authors: Quanchi Chen Vadde Ramu Yasmin Aydar Arwin Groenewoud Xue-quan Zhou Martine J. Jager Houston Cole Colin G. Cameron Sherri A. McFarland Sylvestre Bonnet B. Ewa Snaar-Jagalska The ruthenium-based photosensitizer (PS) TLD1433 has completed a phase I clinical trial...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Pages 828: NOAA Operational Microwave Sounding Radiometer Data Quality Monitoring and Anomaly Assessment Using COSMIC GNSS Radio-Occultation Soundings Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs12050828 Authors: Robbie Iacovazzi Lin Lin Ninghai Sun Quanhua Liu National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) operational Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) and Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) data used in numerical weather prediction...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1391: A Solar Altitude Angle Model for Efficient Solar Energy Predictions Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051391 Authors: Sergio Herrería-Alonso Andrés Suárez-González Miguel Rodríguez-Pérez Raúl F. Rodríguez-Rubio Cándido López-García Sunlight is one of the most frequently used ambient energy sources for energy harvesting in wireless sensor networks. Although virtually unlimited, solar radiation experiences significant variations depending on the...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 697: Modelling and Management of Irrigation System Water doi: 10.3390/w12030697 Authors: Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz Rafael González Perea Miguel Ángel Moreno Nowadays, irrigation is becoming an activity of precision, whereby it is necessary to combine information collected from various sources to manage resources in an optimal way. New management strategies, such as big data techniques, sensors, artificial intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)...
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Symmetry, Vol. 12, Pages 397: Investigation of Magneto Hydro-Dynamics Effects on a Polymer Chain Transfer in Micro-Channel Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics Method Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym12030397 Authors: Ramin Zakeri Moslem Sabouri Akbar Maleki Zahra Abdelmalek In this paper, the effect of Magneto Hydro-Dynamics (MHD) on a polymer chain in the micro channel is studied by employing the Dissipative Particle Dynamics simulation (DPD) method. First, in a simple symmetric...
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Materials, Vol. 13, Pages 1132: Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Bi2MoO6/Carbon Anode for Lithium-Ion Battery Application Materials doi: 10.3390/ma13051132 Authors: Tingting Zhang Emilia Olsson Mohammadmehdi Choolaei Vlad Stolojan Chuanqi Feng Huimin Wu Shiquan Wang Qiong Cai High capacity electrode materials are the key for high energy density Li-ion batteries (LIB) to meet the requirement of the increased driving range of electric vehicles....
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
WEVJ, Vol. 11, Pages 20: Moving a Taxi Sector to Become Electric: Characterizing Taxi Drivers Interested in Purchasing a Full Electric Vehicle World Electric Vehicle Journal doi: 10.3390/wevj11010020 Authors: Milan Tamis Robert van den Hoed Electrification of mobility exceeds personal transport to increasingly focus on particular segments such as city logistics and taxis. These commercial mobility segments have different motives to purchase a full electric vehicle and require...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Chemistry, Vol. 2, Pages 93-100: Controlled Stepwise Synthesis and Characterization of a Ternary Multicomponent Crystal with 2-Methylresorcinol Chemistry doi: 10.3390/chemistry2010009 Authors: Daniel Komisarek Carsten Schauerte Klaus Merz A typical approach of a multicomponent crystal design starts with a retrosynthetic analysis of the target molecule followed by a one-pot reaction of all components. To develop protocols for multicomponent crystal syntheses, controlled stepwise...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 609: Lysine Acetylation Reshapes the Downstream Signaling Landscape of Vav1 in Lymphocytes Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030609 Authors: Rodríguez-Fdez Fernández-Nevado Lorenzo-Martín Bustelo Vav1 works both as a catalytic Rho GTPase activator and an adaptor molecule. These functions, which are critical for T cell development and antigenic responses, are tyrosine phosphorylation-dependent. However, it is not known whether other posttranslational modifications...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1742: A Reverse Genetics System for the Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus and Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051742 Authors: Sa Yang Hongxia Zhao Yanchun Deng Shuai Deng Xinling Wang Qingyun Diao Chunsheng Hou Honey bee viruses are associated with honey bee colony decline. Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is considered to have a strong impact on honey bee survival. Phylogenetic...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Processes, Vol. 8, Pages 289: The Efficiency of Bimodal Silica as a Carbon Dioxide Adsorbent for Natural Gas Treatment Processes doi: 10.3390/pr8030289 Authors: Fabíola Correia de Carvalho Paula Fabiane do Nascimento Márcio Rodrigo Oliveira de Souza Antonio Souza Araujo Natural gas (NG) production in Brazil has shown a significant increase in recent years. Oil and natural gas exploration and refining activities indicate circa 86% carbon dioxide content in NG, representing...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Genes, Vol. 11, Pages 273: Clinical Characteristics and In Vitro Analysis of MYO6 Variants Causing Late-Onset Progressive Hearing Loss Genes doi: 10.3390/genes11030273 Authors: Shin-ichiro Oka Timothy F. Day Shin-ya Nishio Hideaki Moteki Maiko Miyagawa Shinya Morita Shuji Izumi Tetsuo Ikezono Satoko Abe Jun Nakayama Misako Hyogo Nobuhiko Okamoto Natsumi Uehara Chie Oshikawa Shin-ichiro Kitajiri Shin-ichi Usami MYO6 is known...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 4: Breakthrough Knowledge Synthesis in the Age of Google Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies5010004 Authors: Brown Epistemology is the main branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, but how is new knowledge created? In this perspective article, I introduce a novel method of knowledge discovery that synthesizes online findings from current and prior research. This web-based knowledge synthesis method is especially relevant in today’s...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 30: Dystocia in a Captive Reared Agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010030 Authors: Kegan Romelle Jones Kavita Ranjeeta Lall Gary Wayne Garcia Dystocia is a complication that occurs at parturition either due to foetal or maternal factors. This condition has been well studies in domesticated species. However, there is very little information on dystocia in the agouti (Dasyprocta...
Wed Mar 04, 2020 02:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 586: The Current Status of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Neuro-Oncology: A Systematic Review Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12030586 Authors: Cyrillo G. Brahm Myra E. van Linde Roelien H. Enting Maaike Schuur René H.J. Otten Martijn W. Heymans Henk M.W. Verheul Annemiek M.E. Walenkamp The introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI), as a novel treatment modality, has transformed the field of oncology with unprecedented successes....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 456: Manganese and Graphene Included Titanium Dioxide Composite Nanowires: Fabrication, Characterization and Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030456 Authors: Jun-Cheol Lee Anantha-Iyengar Gopalan Gopalan Saianand Kwang-Pill Lee Wha-Jung Kim We report the detailed microstructural, morphological, optical and photocatalytic studies of graphene (G) and manganese (Mn) co-doped titanium dioxide nanowires...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 455: Nanopharmaceutics: Part II—Production Scales and Clinically Compliant Production Methods Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030455 Authors: Souto Silva Dias-Ferreira Zielinska Ventura Durazzo Lucarini Novellino Santini Due the implementation of nanotechnologies in the pharmaceutical industry over the last few decades, new type of cutting-edge formulations—nanopharmaceutics—have been proposed....
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 428: Electroencephalography Can Distinguish between Pain and Anaesthetic Intervention in Conscious Lambs Undergoing Castration Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030428 Authors: Harris White Mohler Lomax Australian sheep routinely undergo painful surgical husbandry procedures without anaesthesia or analgesia. Electroencephalography (EEG) has been shown to be a successful measure of pain in livestock under a general anaesthetic. The aim of this study...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 144: Cognitive and Emotional Aspects of Cupping Therapy Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10030144 Authors: Hong Lee Ryu Kim Chae Cupping therapy has recently gained public attention and is widely used in many regions. Some patients are resistant to being treated with cupping therapy, as visually unpleasant marks on the skin may elicit negative reactions. This study aimed to identify the cognitive and emotional components of...
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Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1744: Fast Planar Detection System Using a GPU-Based 3D Hough Transform for LiDAR Point Clouds Applied Sciences doi: 10.3390/app10051744 Authors: Yifei Tian Wei Song Long Chen Yunsick Sung Jeonghoon Kwak Su Sun Plane extraction is regarded as a necessary function that supports judgment basis in many applications, including semantic digital map reconstruction and path planning for unmanned ground vehicles. Owing to the heterogeneous...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 210: Combining Medicinal Plant In Vitro Culture with Machine Learning Technologies for Maximizing the Production of Phenolic Compounds Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9030210 Authors: García-Pérez Lozano-Milo Landín Gallego We combined machine learning and plant in vitro culture methodologies as a novel approach for unraveling the phytochemical potential of unexploited medicinal plants. In order to induce phenolic compound biosynthesis,...
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Agriculture, Vol. 10, Pages 61: Microbiota Characterization of Agricultural Green Waste-Based Suppressive Composts Using Omics and Classic Approaches Agriculture doi: 10.3390/agriculture10030061 Authors: Scotti Mitchell Pane Finn Zaccardelli While the control of soil-borne phytopathogenic fungi becomes increasingly difficult without using chemicals, concern over the intensive use of pesticides in agriculture is driving more environmentally sound crop protection...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1153: Improved Photovoltaic Self-Consumption in Residential Buildings with Distributed and Centralized Smart Charging of Electric Vehicles Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051153 Authors: Reza Fachrizal Joakim Munkhammar The integration of photovoltaic (PV) and electric vehicle (EV) charging in residential buildings has increased in recent years. At high latitudes, both pose new challenges to the residential power systems due to the negative correlation between...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1652: Caregiver-Attributed Etiologies of Children’s Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Study in Taiwan International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17051652 Authors: Chou Liu Hsiao Chen Chang Yen The aim of this survey study was to examine the etiologies of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) attributed by caregivers of Taiwanese children with ADHD, particularly factors...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 50: Alcohol Metabolizing Enzymes, Microsomal Ethanol Oxidizing System, Cytochrome P450 2E1, Catalase, and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8030050 Authors: Jiang Zhang Kusumanchi Han Yang Liangpunsakul Once ingested, most of the alcohol is metabolized in the liver by alcohol dehydrogenase to acetaldehyde. Two additional pathways of acetaldehyde generation are by...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 51: Effects of an 8-Week Protein Supplementation Regimen with Hyperimmunized Cow Milk on Exercise-Induced Organ Damage and Inflammation in Male Runners: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled, Cross-Over Study Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8030051 Authors: Ma Tominaga Kanda Sugama Omae Hashimoto Aoyama Yoshikai Suzuki Prolonged strenuous exercise may induce inflammation, cause changes in gastrointestinal permeability,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 688: Effects of an Alkalizing or Acidizing Diet on High-Intensity Exercise Performance under Normoxic and Hypoxic Conditions in Physically Active Adults: A Randomized, Crossover Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030688 Authors: Mirjam Limmer Juliane Sonntag Markus de Marées Petra Platen Pre-alkalization caused by dietary supplements such as sodium bicarbonate improves anaerobic exercise performance. However, the influence of a base-forming nutrition...
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Animals, Vol. 10, Pages 427: Study of the AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Role in Energy Metabolism Changes during the Postmortem Aging of Yak Longissimus dorsal Animals doi: 10.3390/ani10030427 Authors: Yang Han Yu Gao Song To explore the postmortem physiological mechanism of muscle, activity of adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase (AMPK) as well as its role in energy metabolism of postmortem yaks were studied. In this experiment, we injected 5-amino-1-beta-d-furanonyl...
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Symmetry, Vol. 12, Pages 396: A Mathematical Model for Transport in Poroelastic Materials with Variable Volume:Derivation, Lie Symmetry Analysis, and Examples Symmetry doi: 10.3390/sym12030396 Authors: Roman Cherniha Joanna Stachowska-Pietka Jacek Waniewski Fluid and solute transport in poroelastic media is studied. Mathematical modeling of such transport is a complicated problem because of the volume change of the specimen due to swelling or shrinking and the transport...
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Coatings, Vol. 10, Pages 234: Easy and Fast Fabrication of Self-Cleaning and Anti-Icing Perfluoroalkyl Silane Film on Aluminium Coatings doi: 10.3390/coatings10030234 Authors: Peter Rodič Barbara Kapun Matjaž Panjan Ingrid Milošev A combination of the chemical etching process in FeCl3 solution and chemical surface grafting by immersion in ethanol solution containing 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyltriethoxysilane is a viable route to achieve a hierarchical surface topography...
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Sensors, Vol. 20, Pages 1390: Automotive 3.0 µm Pixel High Dynamic Range Sensor with LED Flicker Mitigation Sensors doi: 10.3390/s20051390 Authors: Minseok Oh Sergey Velichko Scott Johnson Michael Guidash Hung-Chih Chang Daniel Tekleab Bob Gravelle Steve Nicholes Maheedhar Suryadevara Dave Collins Rick Mauritzson Lin Lin Shaheen Amanullah Manuel Innocent We present and discuss parameters of a high dynamic range (HDR) image sensor...
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Energies, Vol. 13, Pages 1140: Variability in Measured Real-World Operational Energy Use and Emission Rates of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Energies doi: 10.3390/en13051140 Authors: H. Christopher Frey Xiaohui Zheng Jiangchuan Hu Compared to comparably sized conventional light duty gasoline vehicles (CLDGVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) may offer benefits of improved energy economy, reduced emissions, and the flexibility to use electricity as an energy...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 608: Role of FGF and Hyaluronan in Choroidal Neovascularization in Sorsby Fundus Dystrophy Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9030608 Authors: Alyson Wolk Dilara Hatipoglu Alecia Cutler Mariya Ali Lestella Bell Jian Hua Qi Rupesh Singh Julia Batoki Laura Karle Vera L. Bonilha Oliver Wessely Heidi Stoehr Vincent Hascall Bela Anand-Apte Sorsby’s fundus dystrophy (SFD) is an inherited blinding disorder caused by...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1741: Neuroprotective Role of Dietary Supplementation with Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Presence of Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Neurons Degeneration in Aged Mice International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21051741 Authors: Debora Cutuli Eugenia Landolfo Davide Decandia Annalisa Nobili Maria Teresa Viscomi Livia La Barbera Stefano Sacchetti Paola De Bartolo Annacarmen Curci Marcello D’Amelio Stefano Farioli-Vecchioli...
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