Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using Leaf Extract of Lippia adoensis (Koseret) and Evaluation of Its Antibacterial Activity by Meron Girma Demissie, Fedlu Kedir Sabir, Gemechu Deressa Edossa, Bedasa Abdisa Gonfa

“…According to the result of this study, ZnO nanoparticles synthesized using Lippia adoensis leaf extract showed promising result against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains with a maximum inhibition zone of 14 mm and 12 mm, respectively, using uncalcinated form of the synthesized ZnO nanoparticles.…”
Get full text

Levels of Urinary Trypsin Inhibitor and Structure of Its Chondroitin Sulphate Moiety in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes by Antonio Junior Lepedda, Gabriele Nieddu, Silvia Rocchiccioli, Nadia Ucciferri, Michela Idini, Pierina De Muro, Marilena Formato

“…In the last years, we reported an association among urinary trypsin inhibitor (UTI), a small proteoglycan that plays pleiotropic roles in many inflammatory processes, and both type 1 and 2 diabetes and developed a method for its direct quantitation and structural characterization. …”
Get full text

Attitudes toward Management of Sickle Cell Disease and Its Complications: A National Survey of Academic Family Physicians by Arch G. Mainous, Rebecca J. Tanner, Christopher A. Harle, Richard Baker, Navkiran K. Shokar, Mary M. Hulihan

“…There were significant differences in comfort level for treatment of SCD patients depending on whether or not physicians had patients who had SCD, as well as physicians who had more than 10% African American patients. Physicians also felt that clinical decision support (CDS) tools would be useful for treatment (69.4%) and avoiding complications (72.6%) in managing SCD patients. …”
Get full text

The Level of hs-CRP in Coronary Artery Ectasia and Its Response to Statin and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Treatment by Yilmaz Ozbay, Mehmet Akbulut, Mehmet Balin, Hidayet Kayancicek, Adil Baydas, Hasan Korkmaz

“…Plasma hs-CRP levels significantly decreased from baseline 3 months later in the CE (from 2.68±0.66 mg/L to 1.2±0.53 mg/L, P<.0001) as well as in the O-CAD group (from 1.64±0.64 mg/L to 1.01±0.56 mg/L, P<.001). …”
Get full text

Kazan National Research Technological University celebrates its 125th anniversary (Interview with G.S. D’yakonov) by Editorial Article

“…Высшее образование в России…”
Get full text

Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Ordered Weighted Cosine Similarity Measure and Its Application in Investment Decision-Making by Donghai Liu, Xiaohong Chen, Dan Peng

“…The main advantage of the IVIFOWCS measure provides a parameterized family of similarity measures, and the decision maker can use the IVIFOWCS measure to consider a lot of possibilities and select the aggregation operator in accordance with his interests. …”
Get full text

Network Pharmacology Reveals Polyphyllin II as One Hit of Nano Chinese Medicine Monomers against Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Meng-Zhe Yang, Bei-Bei Zhang, Jian-Chun Huang, Xian-Yu Bai, Zhen-Qiang Liang, Xiang Yi, Ning Xu, Yuan-Jiao Huang, Ai-Jun Jiao

“…In addition, the anti-NPC effects of polyphyllin II mainly involved in the pathways related to cancer, especially in the PI3K-Akt signaling indicated by the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis. …”
Get full text

Influence of Temperature and Purity of Polyacrylic Acid on its Adsorption and Surface Structures at the ZrO/Polymer Solution Interface by M. Wiśniewska, S. Chibowski

“…All measurements were carried out over the temperature range 15—40°C. The occurrence of a minimum in the adsorption of PAA between 25–30°C was caused by conformational changes of the polymer macromolecules. …”
Get full text

An investigation on the feasibility of applying MODIS snow cover products in cloudy weather by the employment of its integration with microwave images by majid vazifedoust, nima fayaz, shahab araghinejad

Subjects: Get full text

The Hydrogeochemical Stratigraphy of Brines and Its Implications on Water Management in the Central Jordan-Dead Sea Rift Valley, Israel by Eliahu Rosenthal, Peter Möller, Orna Buch-Leviatan, Moshe Politi

“…The exploratory borehole Megiddo-Jezre’el 1 (MJ1) was drilled in Israel, in the Bet She’an Valley which branches out from the Central Jordan Rift. …”
Get full text

Flat feet occurrence among young school-age children and its association with body mass index values by Sona Jandova

“…Flat feet were observed in 54% of children (BMI 18.4 ± 4.3 kg/m2). A high foot arch was observed in only 2% of children (BMI 16.0 ± 1.3 kg/m2). …”
Get full text

Utilization of Integrated Community Case Management and Its Factors in Southern Ethiopia: Facility Based-Cross-Sectional Study by Samuel Yohannes, Yitagesu Habtu, Bereket Abreham, Menen Ayele

“…Participants who were not members of the women’s development team were about 2.23 times more likely not to utilize ICCM services when compared to their counterparts. …”
Get full text

A Review of Psoriasis, a Known Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease and Its Impact on Folate and Homocysteine Metabolism by Ian McDonald, Maureen Connolly, Anne-Marie Tobin

“…Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin condition with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. …”
Get full text

Correction: Sine hyperbolic fractional orthotriple linear Diophantine fuzzy aggregation operator and its application in decision making by Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Qiyas, Lazim Abdullah, Neelam Khan

“…AIMS Mathematics…”
Get full text

Synthesis of Neutral SiO𝟐/TiO𝟐 Hydrosol and Its Application as Antireflective Self-Cleaning Thin Film by Chiahung Huang, Hsunling Bai, Yaoling Huang, Shuling Liu, Shaoi Yen, Yaohsuan Tseng

“…It is not only an antireflective self-cleaning coating material but also an environmental-benign material. Even heated at 700°C for 5 minutes in the tempering process, the as-prepared SiO2/TiO2 thin film still demonstrated antireflection and photocatalytic self-cleaning effect. …”
Get full text

Synthesis of Al-MCM-41@Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposite and Its Photocatalytic Activity for Degradation of Dibenzothiophene by Xuan Nui Pham, Tuan Dat Pham, Ba Manh Nguyen, Hoa Thi Tran, Dinh Trong Pham

“…MCM-41@Ag/TiO2 catalyst exhibited high catalytic activity for the oxidative desulfurization (ODS) of DBT reaching almost 100% conversions at 50°C after 2 h under UV and visible light irradiations. …”
Get full text

The Effect of Mulching on the Root Growth of Greenhouse Tomatoes Under Different Drip Irrigation Volumes and Its Distribution Model by Jiankun Ge, Yuhao Zhu, Xuewen Gong, Chuqi Yao, Xinyu Wu, Jiale Zhang, Yanbin Li

“…In the N0.9 treatment, root length density had a bivariate cubic polynomial relationship with soil water and temperature, with a coefficient of determination (<i>R</i>²) of 0.97 and a normalized root mean square error (NRMSE) of 20%. (4) When introducing the film mulching factor (<i>f_m</i>) and water stress factor (<i>K_s</i>) into the root distribution model to simulate the root length density distribution of Y0.9 and Y0.5, it was found that the NRMSE was 22% and <i>R</i>² was 0.90 under the Y0.9 treatment, and the NRMSE was 24% and R² was 0.98 under the Y0.5 treatment. …”
Get full text

sB7H3 in Children with Acute Appendicitis: Its Diagnostic Value and Association with Histological Findings by Xiaochen Du, Yan Chen, Jie Zhu, Zhenjiang Bai, Jun Hua, Ying Li, Haitao Lv, Guangbo Zhang

“…We aimed to determine the diagnostic capacity of soluble B7H3 (sB7H3) in acute appendicitis (AA) and its accuracy as a predictor of the severity of appendicitis. …”
Get full text

Expression of Helicobacter pylori hspA Gene in Lactococcus lactis NICE System and Experimental Study on Its Immunoreactivity by Xiao-Juan Zhang, Shu-Ying Feng, Zhi-Tao Li, Yan-Ming Feng

“…There was no effect observed from the growth curve after exogenous gene hspA was cloned into L. lactis NZ3900; different concentrations of Nisin did not affect the growth of NZ3900 and NZ3900/pNZ8110, while different concentrations of Nisin inhibited the growth of NZ3900/pNZ8110-hspA except 10 ng/mL Nisin. …”
Get full text

Glucocorticoid-Induced TNFR-Related (GITR) Protein and Its Ligand in Antitumor Immunity: Functional Role and Therapeutic Modulation by Theresa Placke, Hans-Georg Kopp, Helmut Rainer Salih

“…In this paper, we address available data on GITR and its ligand in immune responses and discuss the role and potential therapeutic modulation of this molecule system in antitumor immunity.…”
Get full text