JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1525: Advances in Precision Health and Emerging Diagnostics for Women Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101525 Authors: Megan B. Fitzpatrick Avnesh S. Thakor During the Dutch winter famine of 1944–1945, an interesting observation was made about the offspring born during this time—They had an increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome and other chronic diseases. Subsequent research has confirmed this finding as well as noting...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1522: Stimulation of Human Osteoblast Differentiation in Magneto-Mechanically Actuated Ferromagnetic Fiber Networks Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101522 Authors: Galit Katarivas Levy Mark A. Birch Roger A. Brooks Suresh Neelakantan Athina E. Markaki There is currently an interest in “active” implantable biomedical devices that include mechanical stimulation as an integral part of their design. This paper reports the experimental...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1523: Why, Who, When, and How? Rationale for Considering Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation in Children with Sickle Cell Disease Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101523 Authors: Françoise Bernaudin Considering the progress made in the management of sickle cell disease during the past 30 years, along with the excellent results obtained with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT), it is important to reexamine why, who, when and how to recommend...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1521: Motor Capacities in Boys with High Functioning Autism: Which Evaluations to Choose? Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101521 Authors: Véronique-Aurélie BRICOUT Marion PACE Léa DUMORTIER Sahal MIGANEH Yohan MAHISTRE Michel GUINOT The difficulties with motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has become a major focus of interest. Our objectives were to provide an overall profile of motor capacities in children with...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1520: The Association between Alcohol Hangover Frequency and Severity: Evidence for Reverse Tolerance? Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101520 Authors: Joris C. Verster Karin A. Slot Lizanne Arnoldy Albertine E. van Lawick van Pabst Aurora J. A. E. van de Loo Sarah Benson Andrew Scholey Although hangover is a common consequence of heavy alcohol consumption, the area is heavily under-researched. Hangover frequency is a potential predictor...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1519: Autophagy and Inflammasome Activation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101519 Authors: Angela Caragnano Aneta Aleksova Michela Bulfoni Celeste Cervellin Irene Giulia Rolle Claudia Veneziano Arianna Barchiesi Maria Chiara Mimmi Carlo Vascotto Nicoletta Finato Sandro Sponga Ugolino Livi Miriam Isola Carla Di Loreto Rossana Bussani Gianfranco Sinagra Daniela Cesselli Antonio Paolo...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1518: Fibromyalgia and Shoulder Surgery: A Systematic Review and a Critical Appraisal of the Literature Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101518 Authors: Riccardo Compagnoni Roberta Gualtierotti Francesco Luceri Fabio Sciancalepore Pietro Simone Randelli Fibromyalgia is a common musculoskeletal syndrome characterized by chronic widespread pain and other systemic manifestations, which has demonstrated a contribution to higher postoperative analgesic...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1517: The Prognostic Value of Soluble ST2 in Adults with Pulmonary Hypertension Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101517 Authors: Laurie W. Geenen Vivan J. M. Baggen Robert M. Kauling Thomas Koudstaal Karin A. Boomars Eric Boersma Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink Annemien E. van den Bosch Soluble ST2 (sST2) is upregulated in response to myocardial stress and may serve as biomarker in adults with pulmonary hypertension (PH). This prospective...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1509: Incidence and Risk Factors of Pulmonary Complications after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: A Retrospective Observational Analysis of 2208 Patients at a Large Single Center Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101509 Authors: Jihion Yu Jun-Young Park Doo-Hwan Kim Sungwon Kim Jai-Hyun Hwang Hyungseok Seo Young-Kug Kim Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) is a minimally invasive technique for the treatment of prostate...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1511: Estimated Daily Urine Volume and Solute Excretion from Spot Urine Samples to Guide the Therapy of Hyponatremia in SIADH Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101511 Authors: Guy Decaux Wim Musch Background: In hyponatremia, due to the inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH), a high versus low solute intake will affect the urine volume (UV) and, hence, the SNa level. The clinical implication of the fractional solute excretion is presented....
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1515: A Novel Automatic Method to Estimate Visual Acuity and Analyze the Retinal Vasculature in Retinal Vein Occlusion Using Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101515 Authors: Marta Díez-Sotelo Macarena Díaz Maximino Abraldes Francisco Gómez-Ulla Manuel G. Penedo Marcos Ortega The assessment of vascular biomarkers and their correlation with visual acuity is one of the most important issues...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1510: Is There a Link between Basal Metabolic Rate, Spleen Volume and Hepatic Growth Factor Levels in Patients with Obesity-Related NAFLD? Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101510 Authors: Giovanni Tarantino Vincenzo Citro Paolo Conforti Clara Balsano Domenico Capone Background: Recent pieces of research point to a link between basal metabolic rate (BMR) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or hepatic steatosis (HS). The spleen in obese...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1516: Neurorehabilitation of Spatial Memory Using Virtual Environments: A Systematic Review Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101516 Authors: Montana Tuena Serino Cipresso Riva In recent years, virtual reality (VR) technologies have become widely used in clinical settings because they offer impressive opportunities for neurorehabilitation of different cognitive deficits. Specifically, virtual environments (VEs) have ideal characteristics...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1513: Evaluation of Apelin and Apelin Receptor Level in the Primary Tumor and Serum of Colorectal Cancer Patients Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101513 Authors: Marta Podgórska Dorota Diakowska Katarzyna Pietraszek-Gremplewicz Miroslaw Nienartowicz Dorota Nowak Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest tumor, which has a positive correlation with obesity which led to increasing interest in the relationship between adipokines and cancer progression....
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1512: The Overlooked Immune State in Candidemia: A Risk Factor for Mortality Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101512 Authors: Christian Ortega-Loubon Beatriz Cano-Hernández Rodrigo Poves-Alvarez María Fe Muñoz-Moreno Patricia Román-García Sara Balbás-Alvarez Olga de la Varga-Martínez Esther Gómez-Sánchez Estefanía Gómez-Pesquera Mario Lorenzo-López Eduardo Tamayo María Heredia-Rodríguez Lymphopenia has been related to increased...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1507: Effects of Hip Structure Analysis Variables on Hip Fracture: A Propensity Score Matching Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101507 Authors: Yong-Chan Ha Jun-Il Yoo Jeongkyun Yoo Ki Soo Park The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the hip structural analysis (HSA) levels of patients with those of a hip fracture group. All patients with an initial hip fracture who were older than or equal to 65 years old and admitted to...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1508: Sensory Processing Issues and Their Association with Social Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101508 Authors: Nada Kojovic Lylia Ben Hadid Martina Franchini Marie Schaer Sensory processing issues have been frequently reported in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but their relationship with social and overall adaptive functioning has not been extensively characterized...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1514: Brain-Immune Alterations and Mitochondrial Dysfunctions in a Mouse Model of Paediatric Autoimmune Disorder Associated with Streptococcus: Exacerbation by Chronic Psychosocial Stress Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101514 Authors: Ajmone-Cat Spinello Valenti Franchi Macrì Vacca Laviola Adverse psychosocial experiences have been shown to modulate individual responses to immune challenges and affect mitochondrial functions....
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1504: Analysis of the Usefulness of a Serious Game to Raise Awareness about Mental Health Problems in a Sample of High School and University Students: Relationship with Familiarity and Time Spent Playing Video Games Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101504 Authors: Adolfo J. Cangas Noelia Navarro José M. Aguilar-Parra Rubén Trigueros José Gallego Roberto Zárate Melanie Gregg Background: One of the main challenges in the field of mental...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1506: Validating the Transformation of PROMIS-GH to EQ-5D in Adult Spine Patients
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1506: Validating the Transformation of PROMIS-GH to EQ-5D in Adult Spine Patients Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101506 Authors: Panchagnula Sun Montejo Nouri Kolb Virojanapa Camara-Quintana Sommaruga Patel Lakomkin Abbed Cheng Spinal disorders and associated interventions are costly in the United States, putting them in the limelight of economic analyses. The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1505: Ultra-Widefield Retinal Imaging for Analyzing the Association Between Types of Pathological Myopia and Posterior Staphyloma Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101505 Authors: Ririko Mimura Kiwako Mori Hidemasa Torii Norihiro Nagai Misa Suzuki Sakiko Minami Yoko Ozawa Toshihide Kurihara Kazuo Tsubota High myopia may develop to pathologic myopia, which brings severe visual impairment; however, the etiology is not fully understood....
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1503: Mental Health Correlates of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Gender Diverse Young People: Evidence from a Specialised Child and Adolescent Gender Clinic in Australia Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8101503 Authors: Simone Mahfouda Christina Panos Andrew J.O. Whitehouse Cati S. Thomas Murray Maybery Penelope Strauss Florian D. Zepf Amanda O’Donovan Hans-Willem van Hall Liz A. Saunders Julia K. Moore Ashleigh Lin Research...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
JoF, Vol. 5, Pages 88: Long-Chain Acyl-CoA Synthetase is Associated with the Growth of Malassezia spp. Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof5040088 Authors: Tenagy Kengo Tejima Xinyue Chen Shun Iwatani Susumu Kajiwara The lipophilic fungal pathogen Malassezia spp. must acquire long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) from outside the cell. To clarify the mechanism of LCFA acquisition, we investigated fatty acid uptake by this fungus and identified the long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (ACS)...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
JoF, Vol. 5, Pages 87: The Dysbiosis and Inter-Kingdom Synergy Model in Oropharyngeal Candidiasis, a New Perspective in Pathogenesis Journal of Fungi doi: 10.3390/jof5040087 Authors: Martinna Bertolini Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou As more information emerges on oral microbiota using advanced sequencing methodologies, it is imperative to examine how organisms modulate the capacity of each other to colonize or trigger infection. Most mouse models of oral C. albicans infection have focused...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
J. Imaging, Vol. 5, Pages 77: Shape Similarity Measurement for Known-Object Localization: A New Normalized Assessment Journal of Imaging doi: 10.3390/jimaging5100077 Authors: Baptiste Magnier Behrang Moradi This paper presents a new, normalized measure for assessing a contour-based object pose. Regarding binary images, the algorithm enables supervised assessment of known-object recognition and localization. A performance measure is computed to quantify differences between a reference...
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Life, Vol. 9, Pages 77: Twenty Years of “Lipid World”: A Fertile Partnership with David Deamer Life doi: 10.3390/life9040077 Authors: Doron Lancet Daniel Segrè Amit Kahana “The Lipid World” was published in 2001, stemming from a highly effective collaboration with David Deamer during a sabbatical year 20 years ago at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The present review paper highlights the benefits of this scientific interaction and assesses the impact...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medical Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 99: Non-Analgesic Symptomatic or Disease—Modifying Potential of TRPA1 Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci7100099 Authors: Stefan Heber Michael J.M. Fischer TRPA1, a versatile ion channel of the Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channel family, detects a large variety of chemicals and can contribute to signal processing of other stimuli, e.g., due to its sensitivity to cytosolic calcium elevation or phosphoinositolphosphate modulation. At first, TRPA1...
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Medical Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 98: Sexuality in Ageing Male: Review of Pathophysiology and Treatment Strategies for Various Male Sexual Dysfunctions Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci7100098 Authors: Eric Chung Sexual function among older men is often thought to decrease as part of normal ageing biology despite the fact that sexuality remains an important issue in the elderly. Sexual dysfunction in the aged male is likely multifactorial in nature, with the development and/or progression...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medical Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 97: Compliance and Treatment Outcomes of Various Regimens for Trichomoniasis in Trinidad and Tobago Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci7100097 Authors: Divakaruni Mahabir Orrett Adidam Venkata Adidam Divakaruni Trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted disease (STD) globally and yet is not a reportable disease. Trichomonas vaginalis is an important source of reproductive morbidity and may increase risk of...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 622: Hepatitis B Virus Genotypes in the Kingdom of Bahrain: Prevalence, Gender Distribution and Impact on Hepatic Biomarkers Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100622 Authors: Essam M. Janahi Zahra Ilyas Sara Al-Othman Abdulla Darwish Sanad J. Sanad Budoor Almusaifer Mariam Al-Mannai Jamal Golbahar Simone Perna Background: Approximately 400 million people are infected with Hepatitis B virus (HBV) around the world, which makes it one of the...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 621: How Perfectionism and Eating Disorder Symptoms Contribute to Searching Weight-Loss Information on the Internet? Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100621 Authors: Katarina Prnjak Ivan Jukic Anita Lauri Korajlija Background and Objectives: Eating disorder (ED) symptoms are a growing problem and modern technologies introduced a new and unexplored potential risk factor for vulnerable individuals. It is fairly common for women to use the Internet in order...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 620: The Effect of Enteral Nutrition Support Rich in TGF-β in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Childhood Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100620 Authors: Mehmet Agin Aylin Yucel Meltem Gumus Hasan Ali Yuksekkaya Gokhan Tumgor Background and Objective: Malnutrition is a major complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Our aim of the study was to examine the effects of Modulen IBD supplementation, which was administered to IBD patients...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 619: The Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation and Therapeutic Exercises on Trunk Muscle Tone and Dynamic Sitting Balance in Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Crossover Trial Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100619 Authors: Margot Bergmann Anna Zahharova Märt Reinvee Toomas Asser Helena Gapeyeva Doris Vahtrik Background and objectives: Functional electrical stimulation (FES) has shown good results in improving static and dynamic sitting...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 618: Postoperative Delirium is Associated with Negative Outcomes and Long-Term Mortality in Elderly Koreans: A Retrospective Observational Study Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100618 Authors: Eun A Park Min Young Kim Background and objectives: Delirium is an acute state that causes confusion and occurs frequently after surgery in elderly patients. Delirium is also related to various clinical complications. With increasing numbers of surgeries performed on...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 616: Nurr1, Pitx3, and α7 nAChRs mRNA Expression in Nigral Tissue of Rats with Pedunculopontine Neurotoxic Lesion Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100616 Authors: Blanco-Lezcano Alberti-Amador González-Fraguela Larrea Pérez-Serrano Jiménez-Luna Serrano-Sánchez Francis-Turner Camejo-Rodriguez Vega-Hurtado Background and Objectives: The knowledge that the cholinergic neurons from pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) are vulnerable...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 615: Vaginal Health in Menopausal Women Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100615 Authors: Stefania Alvisi Giulia Gava Isabella Orsili Giulia Giacomelli Maurizio Baldassarre Renato Seracchioli Maria Cristina Meriggiola The aim of this review is to provide an overview of genitourinary health in peri- and postmenopause, particularly of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), which is part of genitourinary syndrome (GSM). This condition has a high prevalence...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 617: Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke. A Review on the Use of Vitamin K Antagonists and Novel Oral Anticoagulants Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100617 Authors: Alfredo Caturano Raffaele Galiero Pia Clara Pafundi Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia, ranging from 0.1% in patients <55 years to >9% in octogenarian patients. One important issue is represented by the 5-fold increased ischemic stroke risk in AF patients. Hence,...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 613: Imaging Review of the Lung Parenchymal Complications in Patients with IPF Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100613 Authors: Elisa Baratella Ilaria Fiorese Cristina Marrocchio Francesco Salton Maria Assunta Cova Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, pulmonary-limited, interstitial lung disease with a poor prognosis. This condition is characterized by different clinical scenarios, ranging from the most typical slow and progressive deterioration...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 612: Pathogenic APC Variants in Latvian Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Patients Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100612 Authors: Zanda Daneberga Dace Berzina Viktors Borosenko Zita Krumina Linda Kokaine-Sapovalova Andris Gardovskis Egija Berga-Svitina Janis Gardovskis Edvins Miklasevics Background and objectives: Familial adenomatous polyposis is one of the APC-associated polyposis conditions described as genetically predetermined colorectal...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 614: Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100614 Authors: Wojciech Glinkowski Agnieszka Żukowska Małgorzata Dymitrowicz Emilia Wołyniec Bożena Glinkowska Dorota Kozioł-Kaczorek Background and Objectives: This study aimed to translate the Hip disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) into the...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 610: Methods for Congenital Thumb Hypoplasia Reconstruction. A Review of the Outcomes for Ten Years of Surgical Treatment Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100610 Authors: Ozols Butnere Petersons Background and objectives: Congenital thumb hypoplasia is a rare deformity of upper extremity. The incidence for thumb hypoplasia grade II–V is 1:10,000 newborns per year in Latvia. A technique for extensor indicis proprius (EIP) tendon transfer with...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 611: Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of Stroke: Past, Present and Future Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100611 Authors: Ahmed AlTurki Mariam Marafi Vincenzo Russo Riccardo Proietti Vidal Essebag Subclinical atrial fibrillation (SCAF) describes asymptomatic episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF) that are detected by cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED). The increased utilization of CIEDs renders our understanding of SCAF important...
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Medicina, Vol. 55, Pages 609: Does Colchicine Substitute Corticosteroids in Treatment of Idiopathic and Viral Pediatric Pericarditis? Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina55100609 Authors: Vladislav Vukomanovic Sergej Prijic Stasa Krasic Ruzica Borovic Sanja Ninic Dejan Nesic Bojko Bjelakovic Sasa Popovic Mila Stajević Gordana Petrović Background and Objectives: Recurrence of pericarditis (ROP) is an important complication of the acute pericarditis. The aim of this...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Medicines, Vol. 6, Pages 96: Antipyretic, Antinociceptive, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities from Pogostemon benghalensis Leaf Extract in Experimental Wister Rats Medicines doi: 10.3390/medicines6040096 Authors: Sushant Aryal Balkrishna Adhikari Kasmira Panthi Pramod Aryal Shyam Kumar Mallik Ram Prasad Bhusal Bahare Salehi William N. Setzer Javad Sharifi-Rad Niranjan Koirala Background: Pogostemon benghalensis leaves have traditionally been utilized for relieving...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 124: Synthesis, Transfer, and Gas Separation Characteristics of MOF-Templated Polymer Membranes Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9100124 Authors: Sophia Schmitt Sergey Shishatskiy Peter Krolla Qi An Salma Begum Alexander Welle Tawheed Hashem Sylvain Grosjean Volker Abetz Stefan Bräse Christof Wöll Manuel Tsotsalas This paper discusses the potential of polymer networks, templated by crystalline metal–organic framework...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 123: Fabrication and Evaluation of Trimethylmethoxysilane (TMMOS)-Derived Membranes for Gas Separation Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9100123 Authors: Mise Ahn Takagaki Kikuchi Oyama Gas separation membranes were fabricated with varying trimethylmethoxysilane(TMMOS)/tetraethoxy orthosilicate (TEOS) ratios by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method at650 °C and atmospheric pressure. The membrane had a high H2 permeance of 8.3 ×...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 198: Normalizing Untargeted Periconceptional Urinary Metabolomics Data: A Comparison of Approaches Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100198 Authors: Ana K. Rosen Vollmar Nicholas J. W. Rattray Yuping Cai Álvaro J. Santos-Neto Nicole C. Deziel Anne Marie Z. Jukic Caroline H. Johnson Metabolomics studies of the early-life exposome often use maternal urine specimens to investigate critical developmental windows, including the periconceptional period...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 199: Steroidomics for the Prevention, Assessment, and Management of Cancers: A Systematic Review and Functional Analysis Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100199 Authors: Nguyen Hoang Anh Nguyen Phuoc Long Sun Jo Kim Jung Eun Min Sang Jun Yoon Hyung Min Kim Eugine Yang Eun Sook Hwang Jeong Hill Park Soon-Sun Hong Sung Won Kwon Steroidomics, an analytical technique for steroid biomarker mining, has received much attention in recent...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 197: Extending the Metabolite Diversity of the Endophyte Dimorphosporicola tragani Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100197 Authors: Victor González-Menéndez Gloria Crespo Clara Toro Jesús Martín Nuria de Pedro Jose R Tormo Olga Genilloud Fungi are one of the most prolific sources of microbial secondary metabolites. The production of new metabolites can be achieved using multiple fermentation conditions and by adding small-molecule effectors,...
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 193: Choosing an Optimal Sample Preparation in Caulobacter crescentus for Untargeted Metabolomics Approaches Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100193 Authors: Julian Pezzatti Matthieu Bergé Julien Boccard Santiago Codesido Yoric Gagnebin Patrick H. Viollier Víctor González-Ruiz Serge Rudaz Untargeted metabolomics aims to provide a global picture of the metabolites present in the system under study. To this end, making a careful choice of...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 195: Current Understanding of Methamphetamine-Associated Metabolic Changes Revealed by the Metabolomics Approach Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100195 Authors: Minjeong Kim Won-Jun Jang Rupa Shakya Boyeon Choi Chul-Ho Jeong Sooyeun Lee Metabolomics is a powerful tool used in the description of metabolic system perturbations caused by diseases or abnormal conditions, and it usually involves qualitative and/or quantitative metabolome determination,...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 196: Serum Levels of Mitochondrial and Microbial Metabolites Reflect Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Different Stages of Sepsis Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100196 Authors: Natalia Beloborodova Alisa Pautova Aleksandr Sergeev Nadezhda Fedotcheva Mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis are being extensively studied in recent years. During our study, concentrations of microbial phenolic acids and mitochondrial metabolites (succinic, α-ketoglutaric,...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 194: Unravelling the Metabolic Reconfiguration of the Post-Challenge Primed State in Sorghum bicolor Responding to Colletotrichum sublineolum Infection Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9100194 Authors: Fidele Tugizimana Paul A. Steenkamp Lizelle A. Piater Nico Labuschagne Ian A. Dubery Priming is a natural phenomenon that pre-conditions plants for enhanced defence against a wide range of pathogens. It represents a complementary strategy, or sustainable...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 381: Microfluidic-Based Approaches for Foodborne Pathogen Detection Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100381 Authors: Xihong Zhao Mei Li Yao Liu Food safety is of obvious importance, but there are frequent problems caused by foodborne pathogens that threaten the safety and health of human beings worldwide. Although the most classic method for detecting bacteria is the plate counting method, it takes almost three to seven days to get the bacterial...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 380: The Ecology of Subaerial Biofilms in Dry and Inhospitable Terrestrial Environments Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100380 Authors: Federica Villa Francesca Cappitelli The ecological relationship between minerals and microorganisms arguably represents one of the most important associations in dry terrestrial environments, since it strongly influences major biochemical cycles and regulates the productivity and stability of the Earth’s...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 379: Complete Genome Sequence and Characterization of a Polyethylene Biodegradation Strain, Streptomyces Albogriseolus LBX-2 Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100379 Authors: Huanhuan Shao Meiju Chen Xueting Fei Ronglin Zhang Yue Zhong Weimin Ni Xiang Tao XinYi He Erliang Zhang Bin Yong Xuemei Tan A bacterial strain, Streptomyces albogriseolus LBX-2, was isolated from a soil sample in Chengdu, China. S. albogriseolus...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 378: A Crucial Role for Ergosterol in Plasma Membrane Composition, Localisation, and Activity of Cdr1p and H+-ATPase in Candida albicans Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100378 Authors: Jakub Suchodolski Jakub Muraszko Przemysław Bernat Anna Krasowska Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen of humans. Treatment of C. albicans infections relies on azoles, which target the lanosterol 14α-demethylase (Erg11p) encoded...
Sun Sep 22, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 377: Editorial for the Special Issue: Gut Microorganisms of Aquatic Animals Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100377 Authors: Konstantinos Ar. Kormas Since the introduction of the term holobiont [...]
Sat Sep 21, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 375: Active Fungal Communities in Asymptomatic Eucalyptus grandis Stems Differ between a Susceptible and Resistant Clone Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100375 Authors: Mandy Messal Bernard Slippers Sanushka Naidoo Oliver Bezuidt Martin Kemler Fungi represent a common and diverse part of the microbial communities that associate with plants. They also commonly colonise various plant parts asymptomatically. The molecular mechanisms of...
Fri Sep 20, 2019 03:00
Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 376: The Microbial Pecking Order: Utilization of Intestinal Microbiota for Poultry Health Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100376 Authors: Joel J. Maki Cassidy L. Klima Matthew J. Sylte Torey Looft The loss of antibiotics as a tool to improve feed efficiency in poultry production has increased the urgency to understand how the microbiota interacts with animals to impact productivity and health. Modulating and harnessing microbiota-host...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 373: Reduction of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, and Naturally Present Microbe Counts on Lettuce using an Acid Mixture of Acetic and Lactic Acid Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100373 Authors: Wang Sun Tao Wang Li Zheng Wu Lactic acid (LA) and acetic acid (AA) are independently used to disinfect fresh leaf vegetables. LA has a higher efficacy but costs more than AA. Herein, we compared the disinfection...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 374: Microbiota, Gut Health and Chicken Productivity: What Is the Connection? Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100374 Authors: Juan M. Diaz Carrasco Natalia A. Casanova Mariano E. Fernández Miyakawa Gut microbiota and its relationship to animal health and productivity in commercial broiler chickens has been difficult to establish due to high variability between flocks, which derives from plenty of environmental, nutritional, and host factors...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 372: A Review on Microbial Electrocatalysis Systems Coupled with Membrane Bioreactor to Improve Wastewater Treatment Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100372 Authors: Jicun Wang Shuai Zhao Apurva Kakade Saurabh Kulshreshtha Pu Liu Xiangkai Li Microbial electrocatalysis is an electro reaction that uses microorganisms as a biocatalyst, mainly including microbial electrolytic cells (MEC) and microbial fuel cells (MFC), which has been...
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