Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1106: Functionalized Graphene Derivatives and TiO2 for High Visible Light Photodegradation of Azo Dyes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061106 Authors: Pérez-Molina Morales-Torres Maldonado-Hódar Pastrana-Martínez Functionalized graphene derivatives including graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (rGO), and heteroatom (nitrogen/sulphur (N/S) or boron (B))-doped graphene were used to synthesize composites with TiO2 (T). The photocatalytic...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1104: In-Situ Biofabrication of Silver Nanoparticles in Ceiba pentandra Natural Fiber Using Entada spiralis Extract with Their Antibacterial and Catalytic Dye Reduction Properties Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061104 Authors: Wan Khaima Azira Wan Mat Khalir Kamyar Shameli Seyed Davoud Jazayeri Nor Azizi Othman Nurfatehah Wahyuny Che Jusoh Norazian Mohd Hassan It is believed of great interest to incorporate silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs)...
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ncRNA, Vol. 6, Pages 22: MALAT1 Long Non-Coding RNA: Functional Implications Non-Coding RNA doi: 10.3390/ncrna6020022 Authors: Gayatri Arun Disha Aggarwal David L. Spector The mammalian genome is pervasively transcribed and the functional significance of many long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) transcripts are gradually being elucidated. Metastasis Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1 (MALAT1) is one of the most well-studied lncRNAs. MALAT1 is a highly conserved nuclear retained...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1666: Non-Dairy Fermented Beverages as Potential Carriers to Ensure Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Bioactive Compounds Arrival to the Gut and Their Health Benefits Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061666 Authors: Valero-Cases Cerdá-Bernad Pastor Frutos In alignment with Hippocrates’ aphorisms “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food” and “All diseases begin in the gut”, recent studies have suggested...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1667: Vitamin C in Home Parenteral Nutrition: A Need for Monitoring Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061667 Authors: Grillot Ait Bergoin Couronne Blond Peraldi Barnoud Chambrier Lauverjat To date, there are no recommendations about screening plasma vitamin C concentration and adjust its supplementation in patients on long-term home parenteral nutrition (HPN). The aim of this study was to evaluate vitamin C status and determine if a...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1665: Dietary Macronutrient Intakes and Mortality among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061665 Authors: Lin Liu Li Lin Lin Wang Yang Li The best macronutrient percentages of dietary intake supporting longevity remains unclear. The strength of association between dietary intake and mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) should be quantified as a basis for dietary recommendations. Our study cohort...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1663: Pentadecanoic Acid, an Odd-Chain Fatty Acid, Suppresses the Stemness of MCF-7/SC Human Breast Cancer Stem-Like Cells through JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061663 Authors: Ngoc Bao To Yen Thi-Kim Nguyen Jeong Yong Moon Meran Keshawa Ediriweera Somi Kim Cho Saturated fatty acids possess few health benefits compared to unsaturated fatty acids. However, increasing experimental evidence demonstrates the nutritionally beneficial...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1664: Fetal Head Growth during Early to Mid-Gestation Associated with Weight Gain in Mothers with Hyperemesis Gravidarum: A Retrospective Cohort Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061664 Authors: Muraoka Takagi Ueno Morita Nagano The epigenetic impact of malnutrition in mothers with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) on their offspring has not been fully elucidated. Recently, several reports have demonstrated that children born to mothers with HG were...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1662: Vitamin D Status Is Not Associated with Cognitive or Motor Function in Pre-School Ugandan Children Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061662 Authors: Agnes M. Mutua Margaret Nampijja Alison M. Elliott John M. Pettifor Thomas N. Williams Amina Abubakar Emily L. Webb Sarah H. Atkinson Vitamin D deficiency is common worldwide and young children are among the most affected groups. Animal studies suggest a key role for vitamin D in brain development....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1660: Endo-1,3(4)-β-Glucanase-Treatment of Oat β-Glucan Enhances Fermentability by Infant Fecal Microbiota, Stimulates Dectin-1 Activation and Attenuates Inflammatory Responses in Immature Dendritic Cells Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061660 Authors: Akkerman Logtenberg An Van Den Berg de Haan Faas Zoetendal de Vos Schols Background: Non-digestible carbohydrates are added to infant formula to mimic the effects of human milk oligosaccharide...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1661: The Role and the Effect of Magnesium in Mental Disorders: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061661 Authors: Botturi Ciappolino Delvecchio Boscutti Viscardi Brambilla Introduction: Magnesium is an essential cation involved in many functions within the central nervous system, including transmission and intracellular signal transduction. Several studies have shown its usefulness in neurological and psychiatric diseases. Furthermore,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1658: Migraine and Diet Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061658 Authors: Parisa Gazerani Migraine is characterized by recurrent attacks of disabling headaches, often accompanied by sensory and motor disturbances. Clinical manifestations of migraine are influenced by dietary behaviors and dietary elements. Several dietary triggers for migraine have been identified, leading to the definition of strategies such as elimination diets, ketogenic diets, and comprehensive...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1657: Dietary Choices and Habits during COVID-19 Lockdown: Experience from Poland Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061657 Authors: Aleksandra Sidor Piotr Rzymski The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in late December 2019 in China, which later developed into a pandemic, has forced different countries to implement strict sanitary regimes and social distancing measures. Globally, at least four billion people were under lockdown, working remotely, homeschooling...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1659: Bioactive Compounds and Their Effect on Blood Pressure—A Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061659 Authors: Malinowski Fajardo Leighton Hill Szandorowski Wiciński Elevated blood pressure affects a great part of the elderly population and is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease. New approaches have been taken in the fight against this growing problem, in the form of diets (Mediterranean, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1656: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess Adherence to the Healthy Food Pyramid in Spanish Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061656 Authors: Andrea Gila-Díaz Silvia M. Arribas Ángel Luis López de Pablo Ma Rosario López-Giménez Sophida Phuthong David Ramiro-Cortijo We aimed to design and validate a new questionnaire of adherence to healthy food pyramid (HFP) (AP-Q), to improve previous instruments. The questionnaire was self-administered...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 439: Autochthonous Human and Canine Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in Europe: Report of a Human Case in An Italian Teen and Systematic Review of the Literature Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060439 Authors: Letizia Ottino Dora Buonfrate Paola Paradies Zeno Bisoffi Alberto Antonelli Gian Maria Rossolini Simona Gabrielli Alessandro Bartoloni Lorenzo Zammarchi Autochthonous human and canine strongyloidiasis is reported in Europe but...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 438: Human T leukaemia Type 1 and COVID-19 Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060438 Authors: Araujo Martin In the absence of clinical data on Human T leukaemia Type 1 and COVID-19 infection, we are providing guidance to clinicians who look after people living with HTLV-1.
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 437: Lassa Fever: Viral Replication, Disease Pathogenesis, and Host Immune Modulations Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060437 Authors: Ly Despite major discoveries made in the last few decades about Lassa fever, there are still many unresolved key issues that hamper the development of effective vaccines and therapies against this deadly disease that is endemic in several West African countries. Some of these issues include the lack of a detailed understanding...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 115: Micromeria fruticosa Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Breast and Colorectal Cancer Cells Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13060115 Authors: Waseem El-Huneidi Naglaa G. Shehab Khuloud Bajbouj Arya Vinod Ahmed El-Serafi Jasmin Shafarin Lara J. Bou Malhab Wael M. Abdel-Rahman Eman Abu-Gharbieh Micromeria fruticosa (L.) Druce subsp. Serpyllifolia (Lamiaceae) has been used widely in folk medicine to alleviate various ailments...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 510: Nanotechnology as a Platform for the Development of Injectable Parenteral Formulations: A Comprehensive Review of the Know-Hows and State of the Art Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060510 Authors: Maryam A. Shetab Boushehri Dirk Dietrich Alf Lamprecht Within recent decades, the development of nanotechnology has made a significant contribution to the progress of various fields of study, including the domains of medical and pharmaceutical...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 511: Hot-Melt Extrusion Process Fluctuations and their Impact on Critical Quality Attributes of Filaments and 3D-printed Dosage Forms Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060511 Authors: Hanna Ponsar Raphael Wiedey Julian Quodbach Fused deposition modeling (FDMTM) is a 3D-printing technology of rising interest for the manufacturing of customizable solid dosage forms. The coupling of hot-melt extrusion with FDMTM is favored to allow the production...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 512: Role of Folic Acid in the Therapeutic Action of Nanostructured Porous Silica Functionalized with Organotin(IV) Compounds Against Different Cancer Cell Lines Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060512 Authors: Diana Díaz-García Karla Montalbán-Hernández Irene Mena-Palomo Patriciu Achimas-Cadariu Antonio Rodríguez-Diéguez Eduardo López-Collazo Sanjiv Prashar Karina Ovejero Ovejero Paredes Marco Filice Eva Fischer-Fodor Santiago...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 509: Oral Administration of Artemisone for the Treatment of Schistosomiasis: Formulation Challenges and In Vivo Efficacy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060509 Authors: Johanna Zech Daniel Gold Nadeen Salaymeh Netanel Cohen Sasson Ithai Rabinowitch Jacob Golenser Karsten Mäder Artemisone is an innovative artemisinin derivative with applications in the treatment of malaria, schistosomiasis and other diseases. However, its low aqueous...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 96: Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8020096 Authors: Mea van Huyssteen Angeni Bheekie Sunitha C Srinivas Azeezah Essack Lifelong learning among healthcare practitioners is crucial to keep abreast of advances in therapeutic and service delivery approaches. In South Africa, continuous professional...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 714: Genetic Structure of Wild Germplasm of Macadamia: Species Assignment, Diversity and Phylogeographic Relationships Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060714 Authors: Thuy Mai Mobashwer Alam Craig Hardner Robert Henry Bruce Topp Macadamia is an Australian native rainforest tree that has been domesticated and traded internationally for its premium nuts. Common cultivars rely upon a limited gene pool that has exploited only two of the four species. Introducing...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 715: Biology and Management of Vulpia myuros—An Emerging Weed Problem in No-Till Cropping Systems in Europe Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060715 Authors: Muhammad Javaid Akhter Peter Kryger Jensen Solvejg Kopp Mathiassen Bo Melander Per Kudsk Recently, Vulpia myuros has become a problematic grass weed species in parts of Europe. It is most common in no-till cropping systems. The inherent tolerance to several selective grass weed herbicides is of serious...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 713: Transcriptome and Network Analyses of Heterostyly in Turnera subulata Provide Mechanistic Insights: Are S-Loci a Red-Light for Pistil Elongation? Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060713 Authors: Paige M. Henning Joel S. Shore Andrew G. McCubbin Heterostyly employs distinct hermaphroditic floral morphs to enforce outbreeding. Morphs differ structurally in stigma/anther positioning, promoting cross-pollination, and physiologically blocking self-fertilization....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 712: In Vitro Propagation of an Endangered Helianthus Verticillatus by Axillary Bud Proliferation Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060712 Authors: Marzena Nowakowska Žaklina Pavlović Marcin Nowicki Sarah L. Boggess Robert N. Trigiano Helianthus verticillatus (Asteraceae), whorled sunflower, is a perennial species restricted to a few locations in the Southeastern United States. Habitat loss has caused H. verticillatus to become rare, and since 2014, it has...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 711: Genomic Insight into Differentiation and Selection Sweeps in the Improvement of Upland Cotton Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060711 Authors: Mian Faisal Nazir Yinhua Jia Haris Ahmed Shoupu He Muhammad Shahid Iqbal Zareen Sarfraz Mushtaque Ali Chenfan Feng Irum Raza Gaofei Sun Zhaoe Pan Xiongming Du Upland cotton is the most economically important fibre crop. The human-mediated selection has resulted in modern upland cultivars with...
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Publications, Vol. 8, Pages 30: Time to Acceptance of 3 Days for Papers About COVID-19 Publications doi: 10.3390/publications8020030 Authors: Ádám Kun Time to acceptance from submission and time to publication (publication lag) determines how quickly novel information is made available to other scientists and experts. In the medical field, the review process and revisions usually takes 3–4 months; the total time from submission to publication is 8–9 months. During...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 276: The Absence of Presence and the Presence of Absence: Social Distancing, Sacraments, and the Virtual Religious Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060276 Authors: Parish The response of churches to the challenges presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic invites a closer examination of the relationships between virtual and embodied religious communities during a time of social distancing. The speed and the scale of the closure...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 275: ‘The Ngabwe Covenant’ and The Search for an African Theology of Eco-Pneumato-Relational Way of Being in Zambia Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060275 Authors: Chammah Judex Kaunda This study explores the ways in which the born-again traditional leaders in Zambia are redefining neo-Pentecostal interaction with nonhuman creation. It demonstrates their attempts to rapture new religious imaginations in interstitial spaces between neo-Pentecostalism and Africa’s...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 59: How Does the Volatility of Volatility Depend on Volatility? Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8020059 Authors: Sigurd Emil Rømer Rolf Poulsen We investigate the state dependence of the variance of the instantaneous variance of the S&P 500 index empirically. Time-series analysis of realized variance over a 20-year period shows strong evidence of an elasticity of variance of the variance parameter close to that of a log-normal model, albeit with an empirical autocorrelation...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 44: User Affect Elicitation with a Socially Emotional Robot Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9020044 Authors: Mingyang Shao Matt Snyder Goldie Nejat Beno Benhabib To effectively communicate with people, social robots must be capable of detecting, interpreting, and responding to human affect during human–robot interactions (HRIs). In order to accurately detect user affect during HRIs, affect elicitation techniques need to be developed to create...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 39: A Comparison of Denoising Methods in Onset Determination in Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Activations during Stance Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020039 Authors: Jian Zhang Rahul Soangra Thurmon E. Lockhart One of the most basic pieces of information gained from dynamic electromyography is accurately defining muscle action and phase timing within the gait cycle. The human gait relies on selective timing and the intensity of appropriate muscle activations for stability,...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 38: Automatic Detection of Dynamic and Static Activities of the Elderly using a Wearable Sensor and Support Vector Machines Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020038 Authors: Jian Zhang Rahul Soangra Thurmon E. E. Lockhart Although Support Vector Machines (SVM) are widely used for classifying human motion patterns, their application in the automatic recognition of dynamic and static activities of daily life in the elderly is limited. Using a body mounted wireless inertial...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 37: Classification of Ancient Roman Coins by Denomination Using Colour, a Forgotten Feature in Automatic Ancient Coin Analysis Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020037 Authors: Yuanyuan Ma Ognjen Arandjelović Ancient numismatics, that is, the study of ancient currencies (predominantly coins), is an interesting domain for the application of computer vision and machine learning, and has been receiving an increasing amount of attention in recent years. Notwithstanding the number...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 28: Melatonin Potentiates the Therapeutic Effects of Metformin in Women with Metabolic Syndrome Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88020028 Authors: Sattar J. Abood Waleed K. Abdulsahib Saad A. Hussain Sajida H. Ismail Objective: This study evaluated the effect of melatonin on the response of patients suffering from metabolic syndrome (MEBS) treated with metformin. Design: This study used two-armed groups in a double-blind, randomized controlled...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 27: Contribution of Topical Antioxidants to Maintain Healthy Skin—A Review Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88020027 Authors: Tércio Elyan Azevedo Martins Claudinéia Aparecida Sales de Oliveira Pinto Andressa Costa de Oliveira Maria Valéria Robles Velasco Arilmí Rosa Gorriti Guitiérrez Martha Francisca Cosquillo Rafael Jossimar Paúl Huamaní Tarazona Mónica Guadalupe Retuerto-Figueroa The skin is constantly exposed to various...
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