Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3575: β-Cyclodextrin Inhibits Monocytic Adhesion to Endothelial Cells through Nitric Oxide-Mediated Depletion of Cell Adhesion Molecules Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163575 Authors: Sujeong Jang Seongsoo Lee Heonyong Park Cyclodextrins (CDs) are used as drug delivery agents. In this study, we examined whether CDs have an inflammatory effect on endothelial cells. First, we found that β-CD promoted cell proliferation in bovine aortic endothelial...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3574: Optimization with Response Surface Methodology of Microwave-Assisted Conversion of Xylose to Furfural Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163574 Authors: Carmen Padilla-Rascón Juan Miguel Romero-García Encarnación Ruiz Eulogio Castro The production of furfural from renewable sources, such as lignocellulosic biomass, has gained great interest within the concept of biorefineries. In lignocellulosic materials, xylose is the most abundant pentose, which...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3573: Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Simonsinol on Lipopolysaccharide Stimulated RAW264.7 Cells through Inactivation of NF-κB Signaling Pathway Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163573 Authors: Lian-Chun Li Zheng-Hong Pan De-Sheng Ning Yu-Xia Fu Simonsinol is a natural sesqui-neolignan firstly isolated from the bark of Illicium simonsii. In this study, the anti-inflammatory activity of simonsinol was investigated with a lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3572: Fabrication and Biological Analysis of Highly Porous PEEK Bionanocomposites Incorporated with Carbon and Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles for Biological Applications Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163572 Authors: Swaminathan Uddin Wooley Asmatulu Bone regeneration for replacing and repairing damaged and defective bones in the human body has attracted much attention over the last decade. In this research, highly porous polyetheretherketone (PEEK)/hydroxyapatite...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3571: Catechins as Tools to Understand the Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163571 Authors: Karla Martinez Pomier Rashik Ahmed Giuseppe Melacini Protein misfolding as well as the subsequent self-association and deposition of amyloid aggregates is implicated in the progression of several neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Modulators of amyloidogenic aggregation...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3570: Synthesis of Novel Sulfamethaoxazole 4-Thiazolidinone Hybrids and Their Biological Evaluation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163570 Authors: Mashooq A. Bhat Mohamed A. Al-Omar Ahmed M. Naglah Azmat Ali Khan A search for potent antitubercular agents prompted us to design and synthesize sulfamethaoxazole incorporated 4-thiazolidinone hybrids (7a–l) by using a cyclocondensation reaction between 4-amino-N-(5-methylisoxazol-3-yl)benzenesulfonamide...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3567: Multi-Enzymatic Cascade One-Pot Biosynthesis of 3′-Sialyllactose Using Engineered Escherichia coli Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163567 Authors: Zhongkui Li Zhijian Ni Xiangsong Chen Gang Wang Jinyong Wu Jianming Yao Among the human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), one of the most abundant oligosaccharides and has great benefits for human health is 3′-sialyllactose (3′-SL). Given its important physiological functions...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3568: Acorn Flour as a Source of Bioactive Compounds in Gluten-Free Bread Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163568 Authors: Rita Beltrão Martins Irene Gouvinhas Maria Cristiana Nunes José Alcides Peres Anabela Raymundo Ana I.R.N.A. Barros Polyphenols are important bioactive compounds whose regular ingestion has shown different positive impacts in health. Celiac patients have nutritional deficiencies, bringing many problems to their health. Thus,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 3569: Immune Activity of Polysaccharide Fractions Isolated from Korean Red Ginseng Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25163569 Authors: Soo Hyun Youn Sang Min Lee Chang-Kyun Han Gyo In Chae-Kyu Park Sun Hee Hyun Korean red ginseng (KRG)’s pharmacological efficacy and popular immunomodulatory effects have already been proven in many studies; however, the component of KRG that is effective in immune activity has not been studied before. Therefore,...
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MTI, Vol. 4, Pages 46: A Multimodal Facial Emotion Recognition Framework through the Fusion of Speech with Visible and Infrared Images Multimodal Technologies and Interaction doi: 10.3390/mti4030046 Authors: Mohammad Faridul Haque Siddiqui Ahmad Y. Javaid The exigency of emotion recognition is pushing the envelope for meticulous strategies of discerning actual emotions through the use of superior multimodal techniques. This work presents a multimodal automatic emotion recognition...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1545: Antibacterial Activity of Manganese Dioxide Nanosheets by ROS-Mediated Pathways and Destroying Membrane Integrity Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081545 Authors: Ting Du Siya Chen Jinyu Zhang Tingting Li Ping Li Jifeng Liu Xinjun Du Shuo Wang Manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanosheets have shown exciting potential in nanomedicine because of their ultrathin thickness, large surface area, high near-infrared (NIR) absorbance and good biocompatibility....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1546: Green Synthesis of Free Standing Cellulose/Graphene Oxide/Polyaniline Aerogel Electrode for High-Performance Flexible All-Solid-State Supercapacitors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081546 Authors: Yueqin Li Zongbiao Xia Qiang Gong Xiaohui Liu Yong Yang Chen Chen Changhao Qian The cellulose/graphene oxide (GO) networks as the scaffold of free-standing aerogel electrodes are developed by using lithium bromide aqueous solution, as...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1544: Switching Quantum Interference in Phenoxyquinone Single Molecule Junction with Light Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081544 Authors: Abdalghani Daaoub Sara Sangtarash Hatef Sadeghi Quantum interference (QI) can lead to large variations in single molecule conductance. However, controlling QI using external stimuli is challenging. The molecular structure of phenoxyquinone can be tuned reversibly using light stimulus. In this paper, we show that...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1543: Comparison of Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation Efficiency and Toxicity Evaluations of CeO2 Nanoparticles Synthesized Through Double-Modulation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081543 Authors: Jang Hyun Choi Jung-A Hong Ye Rim Son Jian Wang Hyun Sung Kim Hansol Lee Hangil Lee We demonstrated that Fe/Cr doped and pH-modified CeO2 nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit enhanced photocatalytic performance as compared to bare CeO2 NPs, using photocatalytic...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1542: Cu Nanoparticle-Loaded Nanovesicles with Antibiofilm Properties. Part I: Synthesis of New Hybrid Nanostructures Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081542 Authors: Lucia Sarcina Pablo García-Manrique Gemma Gutiérrez Nicoletta Ditaranto Nicola Cioffi Maria Matos Maria del Carmen Blanco-López Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) stabilized by quaternary ammonium salts are well known as antimicrobial agents. The aim of this work was to study the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1541: Fabrication of a Novel AgBr/Ag2MoO4@InVO4 Composite with Excellent Visible Light Photocatalytic Property for Antibacterial Use Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081541 Authors: Jie Zhang Jia Wang Qingjun Zhu Binbin Zhang Huihui Xu Jizhou Duan Baorong Hou A novel AgBr/Ag2MoO4@InVO4 composite photocatalyst with different heterojunction structures was successfully constructed by compounding InVO4 with Ag2MoO4 and AgBr. According to the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1540: Nitrogen- and Oxygen-Containing Three-Dimensional Hierarchical Porous Graphitic Carbon for Advanced Supercapacitor Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081540 Authors: Yunyan Zhao Honghu Wang Jing Liu Jinghao Liu Guicun Li Hongrui Peng Kezheng Chen Zhonghua Zhang Three-dimensional hierarchical porous graphitic carbon (HPGC) were synthesized via one-step carbonization-activation and a catalytic strategy. The method can not only improve...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2354: Sociodemographic Differences in the Dietary Quality of Food-at-Home Acquisitions and Purchases among Participants in the U.S. Nationally Representative Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082354 Authors: Maya K. Vadiveloo Haley W. Parker Filippa Juul Niyati Parekh Insufficient research has explored whether sociodemographic differences in self-reported, individual-level diet quality are similarly reflected...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2352: The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Behavior, Stress, Financial and Food Security among Middle to High Income Canadian Families with Young Children Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082352 Authors: Nicholas Carroll Adam Sadowski Amar Laila Valerie Hruska Madeline Nixon David W.L. Ma Jess Haines on behalf of the Guelph Family Health Study on behalf of the Guelph Family Health Study The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many aspects of daily life....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2353: The Root of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. Alleviates Non-Alcoholic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance in High Fat Diet-Fed Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082353 Authors: Soonwoong Jung Hyeonwi Son Chung Eun Hwang Kye Man Cho Sang Won Park Hwajin Kim Hyun Joon Kim Non-alcoholic steatosis and insulin resistance are critical health problems and cause metabolic complications worldwide. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2351: The ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Oxidative Stress in Long-Term Parenteral Nutrition Dependent Adult Patients: Functional Lipidomics Approach Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082351 Authors: Vit Kosek Marie Heczkova Frantisek Novak Eva Meisnerova Olga Novákova Jaroslav Zelenka Kamila Bechynska Nikola Vrzacova Jiri Suttnar Alzbeta Hlavackova Helena Dankova Miriam Bratova Nikola Daskova Hana Malinska Olena Oliyarnyk Petr...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2350: A Greater Flavonoid Intake Is Associated with Lower Total and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082350 Authors: Mohsen Mazidi Niki Katsiki Maciej Banach Introduction: The links between flavonoid intake and mortality were previously evaluated in epidemiological studies. The aim of the present study was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies evaluating the link of flavonoid...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2349: The Effects of Intermittent Fasting Combined with Resistance Training on Lean Body Mass: A Systematic Review of Human Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082349 Authors: Stephen Keenan Matthew B. Cooke Regina Belski Diets utilising intermittent fasting (IF) as a strategic method to manipulate body composition have recently grown in popularity, however, dietary practices involving fasting have also been followed for centuries for religious reasons...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 640: Mycoplasma bovis Infections—Occurrence, Diagnosis and Control Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080640 Authors: Katarzyna Dudek Robin A. J. Nicholas Ewelina Szacawa Dariusz Bednarek Mycoplasma bovis is a cause of bronchopneumonia, mastitis and arthritis but may also affect other main organs in cattle such us the eye, ear or brain. Despite its non-zoonotic character, M. bovis infections are responsible for substantial economic health and welfare problems...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 639: Factoring in the Complexity of the Cystic Fibrosis Lung to Understand Aspergillus fumigatus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Interactions Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080639 Authors: Beswick Amich Gago Pseudomonas aeruginosa has long been established as the most prevalent respiratory pathogen in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients, with opportunistic infection causing profound morbidity and mortality. Recently, Aspergillus fumigatus has also been recognised...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 641: Preclinical Models of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection for Early Drug Discovery and Vaccine Research Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080641 Authors: Elisa Rampacci Valentina Stefanetti Fabrizio Passamonti Marcela Henao-Tamayo Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) represent an increasingly prevalent etiology of soft tissue infections in animals and humans. NTM are widely distributed in the environment and while, for the most part, they behave as...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 638: Characterization of Cutaneous Bacterial Microbiota from Superficial Pyoderma Forms in Atopic Dogs Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080638 Authors: Caitlin E. Older Aline Rodrigues Hoffmann Kathleen Hoover Frane Banovic Although Staphylococcus pseudintermedius is considered the major pathogen associated with superficial canine pyoderma, no study has investigated the entire bacterial community in these lesions with molecular techniques. The objectives...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 183: Deciphering the Pharmacological Properties of Methanol Extract of Psychotria calocarpa Leaves by In Vivo, In Vitro and In Silico Approaches Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080183 Authors: Tahmina Akter Bristy Niloy Barua Abu Montakim Tareq Shahenur Alam Sakib Saida Tasnim Etu Kamrul Hasan Chowdhury Mifta Ahmed Jyoti Md. Arfin Ibn Aziz A.S.M. Ali Reza Elisabetta Caiazzo Barbara Romano Syed Mohammed Tareq Talha Bin Emran...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 182: Layered Silicate-Alginate Composite Particles for the pH-Mediated Release of Theophylline Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080182 Authors: Uttom Nandi Vivek Trivedi Dennis Douroumis Andrew P. Mendham Nichola J. Coleman Numerous natural and synthetic clay minerals have proven to be excellent drug carriers for high drug-loaded and sustained release formulations due to their considerable ion exchange, adsorption, and swelling capacities....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 740: Design and Characterization of Ethosomes for Transdermal Delivery of Caffeic Acid Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080740 Authors: Supandeep Singh Hallan Maddalena Sguizzato Paolo Mariani Rita Cortesi Nicolas Huang Fanny Simelière Nicola Marchetti Markus Drechsler Tautgirdas Ruzgas Elisabetta Esposito The present investigation describes a formulative study aimed at designing ethosomes for caffeic acid transdermal...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 741: Identification and Pharmaceutical Characterization of a New Itraconazole Terephthalic Acid Cocrystal Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080741 Authors: Ricardo Machado Cruz Tereza Boleslavská Josef Beránek Eszter Tieger Brendan Twamley Maria Jose Santos-Martinez Ondřej Dammer Lidia Tajber The crystallization of poorly soluble drug molecules with an excipient into new solid phases called cocrystals has gained a considerable...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 739: Therapeutic Efficacy of Curcumin Enhanced by Microscale Discoidal Polymeric Particles in a Murine Asthma Model Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080739 Authors: Jun Young Park Ga Eul Chu Sanghyo Park Chaewon Park Susmita Aryal Won Jun Kang Won Gil Cho Jaehong Key Curcumin is considered a potential anti-asthmatic agent owing to its anti-inflammatory properties. The objective of the present study was to prepare curcumin-containing...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 139: Learn Today–Apply Tomorrow: The SMART Pharmacist Program Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030139 Authors: Michael J Rouse Arijana Meštrović The SMART Pharmacist Program was initiated by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and Pharma Expert in 2014. It was designed to introduce a new continuing education model for pharmacists for the Turkish Pharmacists’ Association, and to support development of competencies for future practice....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1002: Trifolium repens-Associated Bacteria as a Potential Tool to Facilitate Phytostabilization of Zinc and Lead Polluted Waste Heaps Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081002 Authors: Ewa Oleńska Valeria Imperato Wanda Małek Tadeusz Włostowski Małgorzata Wójcik Izabela Swiecicka Jaco Vangronsveld Sofie Thijs Heavy metals in soil, as selective agents, can change the structure of plant-associated bacterial communities and their metabolic properties,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1000: Chamazulene-Rich Artemisia arborescens Essential Oils Affect the Cell Growth of Human Melanoma Cells Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081000 Authors: Alessandra Russo Maurizio Bruno Rosanna Avola Venera Cardile Daniela Rigano Artemisia arborescens is an aromatic shrub whose essential oils are considered a potential source of molecules with industrial and pharmaceutical interest. The chemical profile of A. arborescens essential oils (EOs) was shown to...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1001: Quantitative Ethnobotanical Study of Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used by the Tribal Communities of Gokand Valley, District Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081001 Authors: Sulaiman Shah Khan Bussmann Ali Hussain Hussain The current study on the traditional use of medicinal plants was carried out from February 2018 to March 2020, in Gokand Valley, District Buner, Pakistan. The goal was to collect,...
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Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 17: What Room for Two-Dimensional Gel-Based Proteomics in a Shotgun Proteomics World? Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8030017 Authors: Katrin Marcus Cécile Lelong Thierry Rabilloud Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was instrumental in the birth of proteomics in the late 1980s. However, it is now often considered as an outdated technique for proteomics—a thing of the past. Although this opinion may be true for some biological questions, e.g.,...
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Publications, Vol. 8, Pages 41: Decision Algorithm for the Automatic Determination of the Use of Non-Inclusive Terms in Academic Texts Publications doi: 10.3390/publications8030041 Authors: Pedro Orgeira-Crespo Carla Míguez-Álvarez Miguel Cuevas-Alonso María Isabel Doval-Ruiz The use of inclusive language, among many other gender equality initiatives in society, has garnered great attention in recent years. Gender equality offices in universities and public administration cannot...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 404: Islamic Studies in Australian Islamic Schools: Learner Voice Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080404 Authors: Mohamad Abdalla Dylan Chown Nadeem Memon This paper provides insight into senior secondary learners’ views on Islamic Studies (IS) in three large Australian Islamic schools. This study offers a ‘dialogic alternative’ of ‘speaking with’ rather than ‘speaking for’ learners in Islamic...
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