abstract：:This study focused on the feasibility of delivering docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) via zein/ Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid stabilized nanoparticles (ZPDNPs). ZPDNPs with good encapsulation efficiency, water solubility, and chemical instability were prepared by the antisolvent precipitation method. The structure and intera...

authors： Liu E,Su Z,Yang C,Ji Y,Liu B,Meng X

更新日期：2021-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a novel ratiometric electrochemical sensor for carbendazim (CBZ) detection was constructed by a composite of MXene@Ag nanoclusters and amino-functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MXene@AgNCs/NH2-MWCNTs). The Ag nanoclusters (AgNCs) embedded in the MXene not only could inhibit the aggregation of ...

authors： Zhong W,Gao F,Zou J,Liu S,Li M,Gao Y,Yu Y,Wang X,Lu L

更新日期：2021-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional methods for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) detection are complex, time-consuming, labor-intensive, and high cost. Moreover, they require sophisticated large-scale instrumentation, which limits their on-site rapid detection. Herein, phycocyanin fluorescent nanospheres based on fluorescence immunochromatographic assay ...

authors： Li S,Zhong X,Xu Y,Zheng Y,Shi X,Li F,Guo S,Yang J

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authors： Hoeksema N,Verga L,Mengede J,van Roessel C,Villanueva S,Salazar-Casals A,Rubio-Garcia A,Ćurčić-Blake B,Vernes SC,Ravignani A

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authors： Searcy WA,Soha J,Peters S,Nowicki S

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authors： Xu Y,Tang Y,Xu L,Wang Y,Liu Z,Qin Q

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authors： Pei L,Yang F,Xu X,Nan H,Gui X,Zhao L,Cao X

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authors： Jordanova N,Jordanova D,Tcherkezova E,Georgieva B,Ishlyamski D

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abstract：:A model based on the Lattice Boltzmann method is developed to study the flow of reactive electro-kinetic fluids in porous media. The momentum, concentration and electric/potential fields are simulated via the Navier-Stokes, advection-diffusion/Nernst-Planck and Poisson equations, respectively. With this model, the tot...

authors： Li H,Clercx HJH,Toschi F

更新日期：2021-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibiotics contamination in the water environment is a high priority global concern. Growing levels of antibiotics in freshwater resources, especially groundwater, due to anthropogenic sources such as pharmaceutical and veterinary applications, are alarming. The present study aims to investigate the occurrence, spati...

authors： Zainab SM,Junaid M,Rehman MYA,Lv M,Yue L,Xu N,Malik RN

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abstract：:Despite increasing efforts globally to remove dams and construct fish passage structures, broad-scale analyses balancing tradeoffs between cost and habitat gains from these mitigations infrequently consider invasive species. We present an optimization-based approach for prioritizing dam mitigations to restore habitat ...

authors： Cooper AR,Infante DM,O'Hanley JR,Yu H,Neeson TM,Brumm KJ

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abstract：:The present study was conducted to comprehensively evaluate watershed sustainability with the help of an initiative barometer developed based on different dimensions of social, economic, environmental, and policy. The newly developed barometer was then applied to assess the temporal variation of sustainability for the...

authors： Mirchooli F,Sadeghi SH,Khaledi Darvishan A,Strobl J

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abstract：:As a new pollutant, microplastics (MPs) exhibited more and more significant influence on the organisms in the environment. Especially, the effects on the growth and development of plants by MPs attracted wide attentions in recent period. In the review article, we summarized the important influences of MPs on terrestri...

authors： Ge J,Li H,Liu P,Zhang Z,Ouyang Z,Guo X

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abstract：:Molecular interaction of chitosan with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) is a more complicated process than it has been imagined so far. For the first time it has been shown that the shorter chitosan chains are, the more preferably they interact with the SDS and the larger-in-size microparticles they form. The influence of...

authors： Bezrodnykh EA,Antonov YA,Berezin BB,Kulikov SN,Tikhonov VE

更新日期：2021-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate oligosaccharide (AOS) possesses various pharmaceutical benefits, making it an attractive candidate for biomedical applications. In the present study, we prepared AOS by depolymerising alginate; its degree of polymerisation mainly ranged from 2 to 8. We confirmed the enteroprotective potential of AOS against e...

authors： Wan J,Zhang J,Xu Q,Yin H,Chen D,Yu B,He J

更新日期：2021-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:γ-Valerolactone (GVL), a biomass-derived green chemical, offers an environmentally responsible solvent for conversion of lignocellulose to high value-added chemicals. Herein, we report a two-step process for directly producing cellulosic residual, furfural and lignin from Miscanthus × giganteus (M. × giganteus) bypass...

authors： Ding D,Hu J,Hui L,Liu Z,Shao L

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abstract：:In this study, lignin-carbohydrate complexes (LCCs) were isolated from biomass (raw and pretreated) to investigate the structural changes in biomass pretreated by Fenton oxidation and hydrothermal treatment, and their effect on enzymatic hydrolysis. The composition and structure of the LCCs fractions were investigated...

authors： Jeong SY,Lee EJ,Ban SE,Lee JW

更新日期：2021-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe urban public spaces are vital owing to their impacts on public health, especially during pandemics such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Urban public spaces and urbanscape elements must be designed with the risk of viral transmission in mind. This work therefore examines how the design of urbanscape elements can...

authors： Hassan AM,Megahed NA

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abstract：:B atoms and cyano groups co-doped graphite carbon nitride with nitrogen vacancies (VN-BC-CN) was explored via one-step in-situ route. A series of comprehensive experiments confirmed that B atoms and cyano groups had been doped into the framework of graphite carbon nitride, forming VN-BC-CN catalyst sample with a large...

authors： Sun D,Li L,Yu Y,Huang L,Meng F,Su Q,Ma S,Xu B

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abstract：:This work demonstrates an easy and cost-effective synthesis of PANI-PPY conducting nanoflakes (NFs) with a self-healing capability. Scanning electron microscopic (SEM) analysis shows the minimum width of NFs as 30 nm, while HRTEM analysis confirms the shape, size, and semi-crystalline nature of the polymer. These PANI...

authors： Singh S,Tripathi RK,Gupta MK,Dzhardimalieva GI,Uflyand IE,Yadav B

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abstract：:In comparison to the common anatase, rutile and brookite phases, the bronze phase TiO2 (TiO2(B)) is rarely prepared, and obtaining unique TiO2(B) structures, especially those with complex configurations remains a great challenge. This work presents a completely new synthetic approach for fabricating hierarchical nanop...

authors： Ye X,Hu H,Xiong H,Wang Y,Ye J

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abstract：:Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) has an important economic value as exotic ingredient in juice blends. We inoculated the passion fruit cultivar Passiflora edulis Sims f. edulis's roots with the beneficial root-colonizing fungus Piriformospora indica under greenhouse conditions. The experiments were performed at three...

authors： Yan C,Muhammad Rizwan H,Liang D,Reichelt M,Mithöfer A,Scholz SS,Oelmüller R,Chen F

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abstract：:The contents of amylose and amylopectin in sorghum directly affects the quality and yield of liquor. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is an emerging technology widely applied in the content analysis of food ingredients. In this study, the effects of different preprocessing methods on visible-light and near-infrared spectra...

authors： Huang H,Hu X,Tian J,Jiang X,Sun T,Luo H,Huang D

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abstract：:Effective evaluation methods for assessing the nutritional quality of foods that eliminate free radicals (i.e., foods that are classified as antioxidants) have long attracted the attention of scientists and the populace. In this case, constructing a corresponding photoelectrochemical sensor that has the advantages of ...

authors： Liang Z,Han D,Han F,Wu Z,Zhao X,Fu W,Wang W,Han D,Niu L

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abstract：:In dense mating aggregations, such as leks and choruses, acoustic signals produced by competing male conspecifics often overlap in time. When signals overlap at a fine temporal scale the ability of females to discriminate between individual signals is reduced. Yet, despite this cost, males of some species deliberately...

authors： Legett HD,Aihara I,Bernal XE

更新日期：2021-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This theme issue assembles current studies that ask how and why precise synchronization and related forms of rhythm interaction are expressed in a wide range of behaviour. The studies cover human activity, with an emphasis on music, and social behaviour, reproduction and communication in non-human animals. In most cas...

authors： Greenfield MD,Honing H,Kotz SA,Ravignani A

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abstract：:Studies have recently focused on microplastics (MPs) in tap and drinking water. Directly comparing the results of different studies is difficult owing to the use of various methodologies. In particular, a study of particles on a part of the filter to reduce the analysis time can lead to uncertainty regarding the numbe...

authors： Mukotaka A,Kataoka T,Nihei Y

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abstract：:Global land use changes that tend to satisfy the food needs of augmenting population is provoking agricultural soils to act as a carbon (C) source rather than sink. Agricultural management practices are crucial to offset the anthropogenic C emission; hence, Carbon sequestration (CS) in agriculture is a viable option f...

authors： Bhattacharyya SS,Leite FFGD,Adeyemi MA,Sarker AJ,Cambareri GS,Faverin C,Tieri MP,Castillo-Zacarías C,Melchor-Martínez EM,Iqbal HMN,Parra-Saldívar R

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abstract：:Malaria, even though an avoidable and treatable disease, can be fatal if ignored. Artemisinin Combination Therapy (ACT) and RTS, S/AS01 vaccine (Mosquirix™) are the only modest means available with humans to overcome malaria, a lethal affliction wreaking havoc across the globe. Employment of ACT is associated with pro...

authors： Kamboj A,Sihag B,Brar DS,Kaur A,Salunke DB

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abstract：:Naturally occurring polyphenol curcumin (4) or demethoxycurcumin (5) and their synthetic derivatives display promising anticancer activities. However, their further development is limited by low bioavailability and poor selectivity. Thus, a mitochondria-targeted compound 14 (DMC-TPP) was prepared in the present study ...

authors： Shi L,Gao LL,Cai SZ,Xiong QW,Ma ZR

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abstract：:HDAC6 isoform selective inhibitors can be pursued as an alternative to pan-HDACs inhibitors due to their therapeutic effect and low toxicity. Efforts of the structure optimization of our previous compound 10c (IC50 = 4.4 nM) resulted in a new series of 3, 4-disubstituted-imidazolidine-2, 5-dione based HDAC6 inhibitors...

authors： Liang T,Xue J,Yao Z,Ye Y,Yang X,Hou X,Fang H

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abstract：:A structurally characterized novel dual-pocketed tetra-conjugated bisphenol-based chromophore (fluorescence = 652 nm) was synthesized in gram scale in ~90% yield from its tetraaldehyde. Highly selective, naked-eye detection of CN- (DMSO/H2O) was confirmed by interferent testing. A detection limit of 0.38 µM, within th...

authors： Ullah Z,Sonawane PM,Nguyen TS,Garai M,Churchill DG,Yavuz CT

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abstract：:A novel imidazoles fluorescent probe (2) was synthesized from vanillin, o-phenylenediamine, and N,N-diphenylcarbamyl chloride. Its structure was characterized by fluorescence spectra, UV-Vis spectra, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). Moreover, its aggregation-induced emission (AIE) feature...

authors： Wang J,Xia T,Lan Z,Liu G,Hou S,Hou S

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abstract：:With the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance, new antibacterial agents having novel mechanisms of action hence are in an urgent need to combat infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens. Four novel series of substituted 9-arylalkyl-10-methylacridinium derivatives as FtsZ inhibitors wer...

authors： Song D,Zhang N,Zhang P,Zhang N,Chen W,Zhang L,Guo T,Gu X,Ma S

更新日期：2021-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:To egress from its erythrocyte host, the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, must destabilize the erythrocyte membrane by activating an erythrocyte tyrosine kinase. Because imatinib inhibits erythrocyte tyrosine kinases and because imatinib has a good safety profile, we elected to determine whether coadministrati...

authors： Chien HD,Pantaleo A,Kesely KR,Noomuna P,Putt KS,Tuan TA,Low PS,Turrini FM

更新日期：2021-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern production systems can benefit greatly from integrated and up-to-date digital representations. Their applications range from consistency checks during the design phase to smart manufacturing to maintenance support. Such digital twins not only require data, information and knowledge as inputs but can also be con...

authors： Vogel-Heuser B,Ocker F,Weiß I,Mieth R,Mann F

更新日期：2021-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the next 10 years, we are likely to see the convergence of two independent evolutionary paths: one leading to an augmentation of machine capabilities; the other with the augmentation of human capabilities. This convergence will not happen at a specific point in time; instead, it will be the result of progressive ...

authors： Saracco R,Grise K,Martinez T

更新日期：2021-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray diffraction studies of muscle have been tremendously powerful in providing fundamental insights into the structures of, for example, the myosin and actin filaments in a variety of muscles and the physiology of the cross-bridge mechanism during the contractile cycle. However, interpretation of x-ray diffraction p...

authors： Squire JM,Knupp C

更新日期：2021-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumen morphogenesis results from the interplay between molecular pathways and mechanical forces. In several organs, epithelial cells share their apical surfaces to form a tubular lumen. In the liver, however, hepatocytes share the apical surface only between adjacent cells and form narrow lumina that grow anisotropica...

authors： Belicova L,Repnik U,Delpierre J,Gralinska E,Seifert S,Valenzuela JI,Morales-Navarrete HA,Franke C,Räägel H,Shcherbinina E,Prikazchikova T,Koteliansky V,Vingron M,Kalaidzidis YL,Zatsepin T,Zerial M

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abstract：:Phospholipases cleave phospholipids, major membrane constituents. They are thus essential for many developmental processes, including male gamete development. In flowering plants, mutation of phospholipase NOT-LIKE-DAD (NLD, also known as MTL or ZmPLA1) leads to peculiar defects in sexual reproduction, notably the ind...

authors： Gilles LM,Calhau ARM,La Padula V,Jacquier NMA,Lionnet C,Martinant JP,Rogowsky PM,Widiez T

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