Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 274: Circulating Irisin in Healthy Adults: Changes after Acute Exercise, Correlation with Body Composition, and Energy Expenditure Parameters in Cross-Sectional Study Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56060274 Authors: Rudite Lagzdina Maija Rumaka Gita Gersone Peteris Tretjakovs Background and Objectives: Skeletal muscles are considered to be the main source of circulating irisin, both at rest and during physical activity. The aim of this study was to investigate...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 273: Mortality Prediction Using SOFA Score in Critically Ill Surgical and Non-Surgical Patients: Which Parameter Is the Most Valuable? Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56060273 Authors: Piotr A. Fuchs Iwona J. Czech Łukasz J. Krzych Background and Objectives: assessment systems, such as the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scale, are routinely used in intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide in order to predict patients’ outcome. We aimed...
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Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 232: Wood Metabolomic Responses of Wild and Cultivated Grapevine to Infection with Neofusicoccum parvum, a Trunk Disease Pathogen Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10060232 Authors: Labois Wilhelm Laloue Tarnus Bertsch Goddard Chong Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs), which are associated with complex of xylem-inhabiting fungi, represent one of the major threats to vineyard sustainability currently. Botryosphaeria dieback, one of the major...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 850: From Wuhan to COVID-19 Pandemic: An Up-to-Date Review of Its Pathogenesis, Potential Therapeutics, and Recent Advances Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060850 Authors: Zeouk Bekhti Lorenzo-Morales The emergence of a novel human coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) causing severe contagious respiratory tract infections presents a serious threat to public health worldwide. To date, there are no specific antiviral agents available for this disease,...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 849: Antimicrobial Activity of Six International Artisanal Kefirs Against Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis, and Staphylococcus aureus Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060849 Authors: Sindi Badsha Nielsen Ünlü Kefir, a fermented dairy beverage, exhibits antimicrobial activity due to many metabolic products, including bacteriocins, generated by lactic acid bacteria. In this study, the antimicrobial...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 845: Anti-Inflammatory and Gut Microbiota Modulatory Effect of Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain LDTM 7511 in a Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis Murine Model Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060845 Authors: Soyoung Yeo Hyunjoon Park Eunsol Seo Jihee Kim Byoung Kook Kim In Suk Choi Chul Sung Huh Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of conditions involving chronic relapsing-remitting inflammation of the gastrointestinal...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 846: The Pta-AckA Pathway Regulates LrgAB-Mediated Pyruvate Uptake in Streptococcus mutans Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060846 Authors: Sang-Joon Ahn Shailja Desai Min Lin Kelly C. Rice Pyruvate forms the central node of carbon metabolism and promotes growth as an alternative carbon source during starvation. We recently revealed that LrgAB functions as a stationary phase pyruvate uptake system in Streptococcus mutans, the primary causative...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 844: The Epidemiological Characteristics of the Korean Bat Paramyxovirus between 2016 and 2019 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060844 Authors: Jang Noh Lo Choi Yoon Jeong Kim Bats are considered reservoirs of severe emerging human pathogens. Notably, bats host major mammalian paramyxoviruses from the family Paramyxoviridae, order Mononegavirales. In this study, paramyxoviruses were investigated by reverse transcription...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 843: Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis of Porcine Faecal Commensal Escherichia coli Carrying Class 1 Integrons from Sows and Their Offspring Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060843 Authors: Zingali Reid Chapman Gaio Liu Darling Djordjevic Intensive pig production systems often rely on the use of antimicrobials and heavy metal feed additives to maintain animal health and welfare. To gain insight into the carriage of antimicrobial...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 847: In vivo Fitness of Acinetobacter baumannii Strains in Murine Infection Is Associated with International Lineage II-rep-2 and International Lineage III Clones Showing High Case Fatality Rates in Human Infections Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060847 Authors: Amir Nutman Jonathan Lellouche Ziv Lifshitz Rivka Glick Yehuda Carmeli We previously reported that the 14-day case fatality rate (CFR) in patients with carbapenem-resistant...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 842: Transcriptome Profiling of Toxoplasma gondii-Infected Human Cerebromicrovascular Endothelial Cell Response to Treatment with Monensin Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060842 Authors: Mohammad S. R. Harun Mica Taylor Xing-Quan Zhu Hany M. Elsheikha Central to the progression of cerebral toxoplasmosis is the interaction of Toxoplasma gondii with the blood-brain barrier (BBB) endothelial cells. In the present work, we tested the hypothesis...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 841: Inactivation of the sfgtr4 Gene of Shigella flexneri Induces Biofilm Formation and Affects Bacterial Pathogenicity Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8060841 Authors: Abdelmoughit Kaoukab-Raji Latéfa Biskri Abdelmounaaïm Allaoui Biofilm formation is a significant cause for the environmental persistence of foodborne pathogens. This phenomenon remains misunderstood in Shigella flexneri whose pathogenicity is mainly associated with the virulence...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2621: A Co-Delivery System of Curcumin and p53 for Enhancing the Sensitivity of Drug-Resistant Ovarian Cancer Cells to Cisplatin Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112621 Authors: Xinli Guo Zhou Fang Min Zhang Deyu Yang Shuyue Wang Kehai Liu In order to enhance the sensitivity of drug-resistant ovarian cancer cells to cisplatin (DDP), a co-delivery system was designed for simultaneous delivery of curcumin (CUR) and p53 DNA. Firstly, the bifunctional...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2620: Composite Graphene-Containing Porous Materials from Carbon for Capacitive Deionization of Water Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112620 Authors: Bakhia Tamuna Khamizov Ruslan Kh. Bavizhev Zaur R. Bavizhev Mukhamed D. Konov Magomet A. Kozlov Daniil A. Tikhonova Snezhana A. Maslakov Konstantin I. Ashurov Matin S. Melezhik Alexander V. Kurnosov Dmitry A. Burakov Alexander E. Tkachev Aleksey G. New techniques were developed...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2619: Effects of Promoter on Structural and Surface Properties of Zirconium Oxide-Based Catalyst Materials Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112619 Authors: Ekaterina S. Borovinskaya Steffen Oswald Wladimir Reschetilowski Ternary mixed oxide systems CuO/ZnO/ZrO2 and CuO/NiO/ZrO2 were synthesized by one-pot synthesis for a better understanding of the synthesis-property relationships of zirconium oxide-based catalyst materials. The prepared mixed oxide samples...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2617: GC-MS Composition and Olfactory Profile of Concretes from the Flowers of Four Nicotiana Species Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112617 Authors: Venelina Popova Tanya Ivanova Albena Stoyanova Violeta Nikolova Tsveta Hristeva Valtcho D. Zheljazkov The genus Nicotiana (Solanaceae) includes over 70 species, with a long history of traditional use; many of them are nowadays used in bioengineering, biosynthesis, molecular biology, and other studies,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2616: An Improved Nanoemulsion Formulation Containing Kojic Monooleate: Optimization, Characterization and In Vitro Studies Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112616 Authors: Muhammad Azimuddin Roselan Siti Efliza Ashari Nur Hana Faujan Siti Munirah Mohd Faudzi Rosfarizan Mohamad Tyrosinase inhibitors have become increasingly important targets for hyperpigmentation disease treatment. Kojic monooleate (KMO), synthesized from the esterification of kojic...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2618: Optimization of Protective Agents for The Freeze-Drying of Paenibacillus polymyxa Kp10 as a Potential Biofungicide Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112618 Authors: Hayatun Syamila Nasran Hidayat Mohd Yusof Murni Halim Nor’Aini Abdul Rahman Anthracnose is a fungal disease causing major losses in crop production. Chemical fungicides widely used in crop plantations to combat fungal infections can be a threat to the environment and humans in the...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2615: The Study on the hERG Blocker Prediction Using Chemical Fingerprint Analysis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112615 Authors: Kwang-Eun Choi Anand Balupuri Nam Sook Kang Human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) potassium channel blockage by small molecules may cause severe cardiac side effects. Thus, it is crucial to screen compounds for activity on the hERG channels early in the drug discovery process. In this study, we collected 5299 hERG inhibitors...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2612: Chemical Profile and Biological Activity of Cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) and Atemoya (Annona atemoya) Leaves Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112612 Authors: Giuseppe Mannino Carla Gentile Alessandra Porcu Chiara Agliassa Fabio Caradonna Cinzia Margherita Bertea Annona cherimola (Cherimoya) and Annona atemoya (Atemoya) are tropical plants known for their edible fruit. Scientific data suggest that their leaves, used in traditional...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2613: CASPT2 Potential Energy Curves for NO Dissociation in a Ruthenium Nitrosyl Complex Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112613 Authors: Francesco Talotta Leticia González Martial Boggio-Pasqua Ruthenium nitrosyl complexes are fascinating photoactive compounds showing complex photoreactivity, such as N→O linkage photoisomerism and NO photorelease. This dual photochemical behavior has been the subject of many experimental studies in order to...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2614: Drug-Drug Interactions of Irinotecan, 5-Fluorouracil, Folinic Acid and Oxaliplatin and Its Activity in Colorectal Carcinoma Treatment Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112614 Authors: Marloes Zoetemelk George M. Ramzy Magdalena Rausch Patrycja Nowak-Sliwinska The combination of folinic acid, 5-fluorouracil, oxaliplatin and/or irinotecan (FOLFOXIRI) is the standard of care for metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). This strategy inhibits tumor growth...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2611: Genus Ophiorrhiza: A Review of Its Distribution, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Biological Activities and Propagation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112611 Authors: Muhammad Taher Siti Syazwani Shaari Deny Susanti Dayar Arbain Zainul Amiruddin Zakaria Almost 50 species of Ophiorrhiza plants were reviewed in this work and the main objective is to critically analyse their distribution, phytochemical content, biological activity, and propagation....
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2610: Cytotoxic Activity of Christia vespertilionis Root and Leaf Extracts and Fractions against Breast Cancer Cell Lines Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112610 Authors: Joanna Jinling Lee Latifah Saiful Yazan Nur Kartinee Kassim Che Azurahanim Che Abdullah Nurulaidah Esa Pei Cee Lim Dai Chuan Tan Christia vespertilionis, commonly known as ‘Daun Rerama’, has recently garnered attention from numerous sources in Malaysia...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 2609: Effect of Cultural Conditions on Protease Production by a Thermophilic Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius SKF4 Isolated from Sungai Klah Hot Spring Park, Malaysia Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25112609 Authors: Allison D. Suleiman Nor’Aini Abdul Rahman Hidayat Mohd Yusof Fairolniza Mohd Shariff Nur Adeela Yasid Major progress in the fields of agriculture, industry, and biotechnology over the years has influenced the quest for a potent microorganism...
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MTI, Vol. 4, Pages 26: Iterative Prototyping of Urban CoBuilder: Tracking Methods and User Interface of an Outdoor Mobile Augmented Reality Tool for Co-Designing Multimodal Technologies and Interaction doi: 10.3390/mti4020026 Authors: Imottesjo Thuvander Billger Wallberg Bodell Kain Nielsen This research presents results from a study developing a smartphone app, UrbanCoBuilder, in which citizens can collaboratively create designs for urban environments usingaugmented...
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MTI, Vol. 4, Pages 25: Identifying the Optimal Features in Multimodal Deception Detection Multimodal Technologies and Interaction doi: 10.3390/mti4020025 Authors: Amin Derakhshan Mohammad Mikaeili Tom Gedeon Ali Motie Nasrabadi Facial thermal imaging is a non-contact technology which can be useful for ubiquitous deceptive anxiety recognition. To date, studies investigating this technology have produced equivocal results in classification accuracy and finding the most correlated...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1112: Surface Modification of Bentonite with Polymer Brushes and Its Application as an Efficient Adsorbent for the Removal of Hazardous Dye Orange I Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061112 Authors: Wenjuan Guo Ahmad Umar Yankai Du Luyan Wang Meishan Pei Poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate)-grafted bentonite, marked as Bent-PDMAEMA, was designed and prepared by a surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization method for the first...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1111: Absorption-Enhanced Ultra-Thin Solar Cells Based on Horizontally Aligned p–i–n Nanowire Arrays Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061111 Authors: Yuan Chen Yan Wei Zhang Zhang A horizontally aligned GaAs p–i–n nanowire array solar cell is proposed and studied via coupled three-dimensional optoelectronic simulations. Benefiting from light-concentrating and light-trapping properties, the horizontal nanowire array...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1110: Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles in Food and Personal Care Products—What Do We Know about Their Safety? Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10061110 Authors: Joanna Musial Rafal Krakowiak Dariusz T. Mlynarczyk Tomasz Goslinski Beata J. Stanisz Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is a material of diverse applications commonly used as a food additive or cosmetic ingredient. Its prevalence in products of everyday use, especially in nanosize, raises concerns...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1680: Weight Status, Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, and Physical Fitness in Spanish Children and Adolescents: The Active Health Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061680 Authors: Samuel Manzano-Carrasco Jose Luis Felipe Javier Sanchez-Sanchez Antonio Hernandez-Martin Leonor Gallardo Jorge Garcia-Unanue The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in body composition and physical fitness according to the weight status (normoweight,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1681: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adolescent Girls Towards Reducing Malnutrition in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria: Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061681 Authors: Charles Shapu Ismail Ahmad Ying Abubakar Njodi Addressing the gap in knowledge, attitude, and practice among adolescent girls are important as malnutrition has a negative effect on their future generation. This study aimed to determine...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1675: Glutamine for Amelioration of Radiation and Chemotherapy Associated Mucositis during Cancer Therapy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061675 Authors: Peter M. Anderson Rajesh V. Lalla Glutamine is a major dietary amino acid that is both a fuel and nitrogen donor for healing tissues damaged by chemotherapy and radiation. Evidence supports the benefit of oral (enteral) glutamine to reduce symptoms and improve and/or maintain quality of life of cancer patients....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1678: Further Evidence of Benefits to Mood and Working Memory from Lipidated Curcumin in Healthy Older People: A 12-Week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Partial Replication Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061678 Authors: Katherine H. M. Cox David J. White Andrew Pipingas Kaylass Poorun Andrew Scholey Curcumin (a flavonoid isolated from turmeric) affects several processes involved in neurocognitive aging. We have previously reported that short...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1677: The Effect of Interactions between Folic Acid Supplementation and One Carbon Metabolism Gene Variants on Small-for-Gestational-Age Births in the Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints (SCOPE) Cohort Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061677 Authors: Rhodi E. Bulloch Clare R. Wall Lesley M. E. McCowan Rennae S. Taylor Claire T. Roberts John M. D. Thompson Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) is associated with significant perinatal morbidity and mortality....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1676: Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Programs for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants: A Scoping Review of Program Structure Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061676 Authors: Engel Ruder The low intake of fruits/vegetables (FV) by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants is a persistent public health challenge. Fruit and vegetable incentive programs use inducements to encourage FV purchases. The purpose of this scoping...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1679: Health Benefits of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) Fermentates Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061679 Authors: Harsh Mathur Tom P. Beresford Paul D. Cotter Consuming fermented foods has been reported to result in improvements in a range of health parameters. These positive effects can be exerted by a combination of the live microorganisms that the fermented foods contain, as well as the bioactive components released into the foods as by-products of the fermentation...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1674: The Effect of Three Mediterranean Diets on Remnant Cholesterol and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Secondary Analysis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061674 Authors: Angelo Campanella Palma A. Iacovazzi Giovanni Misciagna Caterina Bonfiglio Antonella Mirizzi Isabella Franco Antonella Bianco Paolo Sorino Maria G. Caruso Anna M. Cisternino Claudia Buongiorno Rosalba Liuzzi Alberto R. Osella Background: Elevated fasting...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1671: Effect of Porcine Placenta Extract Supplement on Skin Condition in Healthy Adult Women: A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061671 Authors: Masumi Nagae Maki Nagata Mitsuhiro Teramoto Masayuki Yamakawa Takahiro Matsuki Koichiro Ohnuki Kuniyoshi Shimizu Placenta extract has been used as a component of ointments for skin dryness and beautification. However, little is known about the effect of oral...
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