Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2153: Diagnostic Performance of PET Imaging Using Different Radiopharmaceuticals in Prostate Cancer According to Published Meta-Analyses Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12082153 Authors: Salvatore Annunziata Daniele Antonio Pizzuto Giorgio Treglia A significant number of meta-analyses reporting data on the diagnostic performance of positron emission tomography (PET) in prostate cancer (PCa) is currently available in the literature. In particular, different PET...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2156: Brain Metastases from Ovarian Cancer: Current Evidence in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12082156 Authors: Fulvio Borella Luca Bertero Antonio Morrone Alessandro Gambella Marialuisa Bovetti Stefano Cosma Andrea Carosso Dionyssios Katsaros Silvia Gemmiti Mario Preti Giorgio Valabrega Giulia Scotto Paola Cassoni Chiara Benedetto With this review, we provide the state of the art concerning...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2154: EMT-Inducing Transcription Factors, Drivers of Melanoma Phenotype Switching, and Resistance to Treatment Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12082154 Authors: Yaqi Tang Simon Durand Stéphane Dalle Julie Caramel Transcription factors, extensively described for their role in epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT-TFs) in epithelial cells, also display essential functions in the melanocyte lineage. Recent evidence has shown specific expression patterns...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2158: Multiple Myeloma as a Bone Disease? The Tissue Disruption-Induced Cell Stochasticity (TiDiS) Theory Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12082158 Authors: Jean-Pascal Capp Régis Bataille The standard model of multiple myeloma (MM) relies on genetic instability in the normal counterparts of MM cells. MM-induced lytic bone lesions are considered as end organ damages. However, bone is a tissue of significance in MM and bone changes could be at the origin/facilitate...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2152: Hospital Based Quality of Life in Oral Cancer Surgery Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12082152 Authors: Carolin Goetz Julius Raschka Klaus-Dietrich Wolff Andreas Kolk Oliver Bissinger The diagnosis of cancer and its treatment have an incomparable impact on a patient’s life. In the early postoperative stages after the surgical treatment of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), functions and well-being are limited, which leads to a fundamental...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1834: In Vivo Assembly of a Dictyostelium Lamin Mutant Induced by Light, Mechanical Stress, and pH Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9081834 Authors: Marianne Grafe Phillip Hofmann Petros Batsios Irene Meyer Ralph Gräf We expressed Dictyostelium lamin (NE81) lacking both a functional nuclear localization signal and a CAAX-box for C-terminal lipid modification. This lamin mutant assembled into supramolecular, three-dimensional clusters in the cytosol that disassembled...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1833: Endocytosis: A Turnover Mechanism Controlling Ion Channel Function Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9081833 Authors: Irene Estadella Oriol Pedrós-Gámez Magalí Colomer-Molera Manel Bosch Alexander Sorkin Antonio Felipe Ion channels (IChs) are transmembrane proteins that selectively drive ions across membranes. The function of IChs partially relies on their abundance and proper location in the cell, fine-tuned by the delicate balance between secretory,...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1835: Sphingolipids in Type 1 Diabetes: Focus on Beta-Cells Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9081835 Authors: Ewa Gurgul-Convey Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is a chronic autoimmune disease, with a strong genetic background, leading to a gradual loss of pancreatic beta-cells, which secrete insulin and control glucose homeostasis. Patients with T1DM require life-long substitution with insulin and are at high risk for development of severe secondary complications. The incidence of...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1831: Tumor Necrosis Factor-Like Weak Inducer of Apoptosis (TWEAK) Enhances Activation of STAT3/NLRC4 Inflammasome Signaling Axis through PKCδ in Astrocytes: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9081831 Authors: Manikandan Samidurai Prashant Tarale Chelva Janarthanam Crystal Gomez Estrada Richard Gordon Gary Zenitsky Huajun Jin Vellareddy Anantharam Anumantha G. Kanthasamy Arthi Kanthasamy Astrocytic dysfunction...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 1832: How Does Protein Zero Assemble Compact Myelin? Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9081832 Authors: Arne Raasakka Petri Kursula Myelin protein zero (P0), a type I transmembrane protein, is the most abundant protein in peripheral nervous system (PNS) myelin—the lipid-rich, periodic structure of membrane pairs that concentrically encloses long axonal segments. Schwann cells, the myelinating glia of the PNS, express P0 throughout their development until the formation...
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Chemosensors, Vol. 8, Pages 64: Molecular Imprinted Based Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensors for Bacteria and Spores Chemosensors doi: 10.3390/chemosensors8030064 Authors: Usman Latif Serpil Can Hermann F. Sussitz Franz L. Dickert A molecular imprinting strategy was combined with mass-sensitive transducers to generate robust and reliable biomimetic sensor systems for the detection of bioparticles. The patterning of polymers with bioanalytes enabled us to detect Escherichia...
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Chemosensors, Vol. 8, Pages 63: Electrochemical Detection of H2O2 Released from Prostate Cancer Cells Using Pt Nanoparticle-Decorated rGO–CNT Nanocomposite-Modified Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes Chemosensors doi: 10.3390/chemosensors8030063 Authors: Seokyung Lee Young Ju Lee Jae Hyung Kim Gi-Ja Lee In this study, we fabricated platinum nanoparticles (PtNP)-decorated, porous reduced graphene oxide (rGO)–carbon nanotube (CNT) nanocomposites on a PtNP-deposited screen-printed...
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Dentistry Journal, Vol. 8, Pages 86: Effect of Flavonoid Supplementation on Alveolar Bone Healing—A Randomized Pilot Trial Dentistry Journal doi: 10.3390/dj8030086 Authors: Jose Moises Souza Stephen A. Tuin Adam G. Robinson Joao Gustavo Oliveira de Souza Marco Aurelio Bianchini Patricia A. Miguez We investigated the effects of two common dietary supplements on bone healing in dental extraction sockets in humans. In this randomized pilot trial, male subjects took Grape...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 558: Deep Learning Versus Iterative Reconstruction for CT Pulmonary Angiography in the Emergency Setting: Improved Image Quality and Reduced Radiation Dose Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080558 Authors: Marc Lenfant Olivier Chevallier Pierre-Olivier Comby Grégory Secco Karim Haioun Frédéric Ricolfi Brivaël Lemogne Romaric Loffroy To compare image quality and the radiation dose of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA)...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 555: A Single Liver Metastasis from Pleural Biphasic Mesothelioma Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080555 Authors: Andrea Marzullo Gabriella Serio Federica Pezzuto Francesco Fortarezza Gerardo Cazzato Concetta Caporusso Teresa Lettini Domenica Cavone Maria Celeste Delfino Luigi Vimercati Virtually any malignancy can metastasize to the liver. Large solitary metastases are rare and can be difficult to distinguish from primary...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 556: Cryoablation of Extra-Abdominal Desmoid Tumors: A Single-Center Experience with Literature Review Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080556 Authors: Sarah Saltiel Pierre E. Bize Patrick Goetti Nicolas Gallusser Stéphane Cherix Alban Denys Fabio Becce Georgia Tsoumakidou Cryoablation (CA) has gained popularity in the treatment of benign and malignant musculoskeletal tumors. While extra-abdominal desmoid (EAD) tumors are not malignant,...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 557: Ultrasound Assessment of Hepatic Steatosis by Using the Double Nakagami Distribution: A Feasibility Study Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080557 Authors: Feng Fang Jui Fang Qiang Li Dar-In Tai Yung-Liang Wan Kazuki Tamura Tadashi Yamaguchi Po-Hsiang Tsui Ultrasound imaging is a first-line assessment tool for hepatic steatosis. Properties of tissue microstructures correlate with the statistical distribution of ultrasound backscattered...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 554: Hearing Loss in Mucopolysaccharidoses: Current Knowledge and Future Directions Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080554 Authors: Jeremy Wolfberg Keerthana Chintalapati Shunji Tomatsu Kyoko Nagao Mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) are a group of lysosomal storage disorders caused by a deficiency of one of the enzymes involved in the degradation of glycosaminoglycans. Hearing loss is a common clinical presentation in MPS. This paper reviews the literature...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1056: Historical Reflection of Food Processing and the Role of Legumes as Part of a Healthy Balanced Diet Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081056 Authors: Patricia Huebbe Gerald Rimbach The purpose of food processing has changed over time. High-intensity industrially processed food often exhibits higher concentrations of added sugar, salt, higher energy, and lower micronutrient density than does similar food or meals prepared at home from raw or minimally processed food....
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1055: Impact of Ultrasound Treatment and pH-Shifting on Physicochemical Properties of Protein-Enriched Barley Fraction and Barley Protein Isolate Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081055 Authors: Pia Silventoinen Nesli Sozer Ultrasonication alone or in combination with a pH-shifting method could be applied as means for improving the techno-functional properties and performance of barley protein ingredients in liquid food matrix. Ultrasound technology was utilised with...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1057: Effectiveness of Oat-Hull-Based Ingredient as Fat Replacer to Produce Low Fat Burger with High Beta-Glucans Content Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081057 Authors: Carmine Summo Davide De Angelis Graziana Difonzo Francesco Caponio Antonella Pasqualone Low-fat beef burgers with high beta-glucan content was obtained using a gel made from an oat-hull-based ingredient as fat replacer. Two levels of fat substitution were considered: 50% (T1) and 100% (T2)....
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1054: Growth Dynamics and Diversity of Yeasts during Spontaneous Plum Mash Fermentation of Different Varieties Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081054 Authors: Magdalena Skotniczny Paweł Satora Katarzyna Pańczyszyn Monika Cioch-Skoneczny The influence of fruit varieties on yeast ecology during spontaneous plum mash fermentation was investigated. Yeast colonies were isolated from mashes obtained from four plum varieties throughout fermentation in laboratory conditions...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1052: Meat Quality Parameters and Sensory Properties of One High-Performing and Two Local Chicken Breeds Fed with Vicia faba Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081052 Authors: Cynthia I. Escobedo del Bosque Brianne A. Altmann Marco Ciulu Ingrid Halle Simon Jansen Tanja Nolte Steffen Weigend Daniel Mörlein The current practices of the poultry industry have raised concerns among consumers. Among these is the culling of day-old male chicks of laying hybrids;...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1053: Motivating Military Trainee Healthy Eating: Insight from Two Sites Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081053 Authors: Anna Kitunen Julia Carins Sharyn Rundle-Thiele This paper investigates eating behaviours and motivations of early career military trainees from two pathways (officer cadets and army recruits) to understand whether, and to what extent, healthful eating behaviours were present, and what motivates eating in general and healthful habits specifically....
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1051: Microencapsulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae into Alginate Beads: A Focus on Functional Properties of Released Cells Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081051 Authors: Antonio Bevilacqua Daniela Campaniello Barbara Speranza Angela Racioppo Clelia Altieri Milena Sinigaglia Maria Rosaria Corbo Five yeast strains (four wild Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains and a collection strain-S. cerevisiae var. boulardii) were encapsulated in alginate beads. Encapsulation...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1050: Proteomic Strategies to Evaluate the Impact of Farming Conditions on Food Quality and Safety in Aquaculture Products Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081050 Authors: Mónica Carrera Carmen Piñeiro Iciar Martinez This review presents the primary applications of various proteomic strategies to evaluate the impact of farming conditions on food quality and safety in aquaculture products. Aquaculture is a quickly growing sector that represents 47% of total fish production....
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 75: Christian Prayer and the Kingdom Quest: A Dialogue with Our Father across Languages and Cultures Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9030075 Authors: Cristina Pennarola Much has been written about the Our Father (also referred to as the Lord’s Prayer) as it represents a personal and public dialogue with God in daily prayer and liturgy. While its theological and spiritual aspects have been thoroughly investigated, their cultural implications for different...
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 74: J.M. Coetzee and Elizabeth Costello: Landscapes and Animals Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9030074 Authors: Lucilla Spini The South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is well-known for references to animals in his fiction, also given the fact that he and one of his well-known characters, Elizabeth Costello, raise awareness of the cruelty enacted on animals. Many studies have been conducted on Coetzee’s animals, but less attention has been placed on...
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 73: Blue Sublime and the Time of Capital Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9030073 Authors: Filippo Menozzi This essay proposes a concept of the “blue sublime” in order to address how the contradictions of capitalist accumulation regimes manifest themselves in the hydrosphere. My argument starts from the fact that capitalism entails a shift in the imagination of the sea: from the point of view of commodity production and consumption, the sea has turned...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5631: Quantifying the Impact of the Grain-for-Green Program on Ecosystem Health in the Typical Agro-Pastoral Ecotone: A Case Study in the Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165631 Authors: Zhaoyi Wang Qianru Yu Luo Guo The Green-for-Grain program (GGP) is the largest environmental restoration program in China. It is effective in controlling land desertification but at the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5629: Association between Social Trust and Metabolic Syndrome in a Previously Healthy Population—A Longitudinal Cohort Study in South Korea International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165629 Authors: Hyeah Park Seulggie Choi Kyae Hyung Kim EunKyo Kang Ahryoung Ko Sang Min Park Background: Social trust, assessed by the trustworthiness of one another in a community, is known to have beneficial effects on health...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5628: Perceptions of Light Pollution and its Impacts: Results of an Irish Citizen Science Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155628 Authors: Andrew N. Coogan Michael Cleary-Gaffney Megan Finnegan Georgia McMillan Ainhoa González Brian Espey Background: Light pollution is increasingly an area of concern for health and quality of life research. Somewhat surprisingly, there are relatively few...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5619: Investigating Connections between Need for Cognitive Closure and Climate Change Concern in College Students International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155619 Authors: Margaret Orr Alan Stewart Andrew Grundstein Understanding how people’s worldviews and individual personality differences affect their thinking about anthropogenic climate change is critical to communication efforts regarding this issue....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5626: Factors Influencing Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment in Ethiopia: A Literature Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155626 Authors: Zekariyas Sahile Nezenega Lua Perimal-Lewis Anthony John Maeder Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global public health problem and one of the leading causes of death among infectious diseases. Although TB can be cured with first-line antibiotics...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5627: Factors Associated with Mental Health Results among Workers with Income Losses Exposed to COVID-19 in China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155627 Authors: Xin Li Peixin Lu Lianting Hu Tianhui Huang Long Lu The outbreak and worldwide spread of COVID-19 has resulted in a high prevalence of mental health problems in China and other countries. This was a cross-sectional study conducted using...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5624: Synthetic Bone Grafting in Aseptic Loosening of Acetabular Cup: Good Clinical and Radiological Outcomes in Contained Bone Defects at Medium-Term Follow Up International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155624 Authors: Paolo Domenico Parchi Matteo Simonetti Enrico Bonicoli Nicola Piolanti Michelangelo Scaglione Restoring bone loss is one of the major challenges when facing hip revision surgery. To eliminate...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5623: Influential Factors Associated with Consecutive Crash Severity: A Two-Level Logistic Modeling Approach International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155623 Authors: Fanyu Meng Pengpeng Xu Cancan Song Kun Gao Zichu Zhou Lili Yang A consecutive crash series is composed by a primary crash and one or more subsequent secondary crashes that occur immediately within a certain distance. The crash mechanism of...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5625: Physical Activity Counseling in Primary Care in Germany—An Integrative Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155625 Authors: Füzéki Weber Groneberg Banzer Physical activity counseling in primary health care is regarded as a useful complementary preventive and therapeutic measure and is advocated by leading public health institutions. This integrative review summarizes the available data...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5622: Walkability and Fitness Center Prices, Opening Hours, and Extra Services: The Case of Madrid, Spain International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155622 Authors: León-Quismondo Bonal Burillo Fernández-Luna Walkability has been associated with urban development and political plans, contributing to more connected cities with improvements in communication, shopping, and pedestrian base. Among these services,...
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