• Smart MRI Agents for Detecting Extracellular Events In Vivo: Progress and Challenges 

  Parrott, Daniel; Fernando, W. Shirangi; Martins, Andre F. (MDPI, 2019-02-09)

  Many elegant inorganic designs have been developed to aid medical imaging. We know better now how to improve imaging due to the enormous efforts made by scientists in probe design and other fundamental sciences, including ...

• Two ABC Transporters and a Periplasmic Metallochaperone Participate in Zinc Acquisition in Paracoccus Denitrificans 

  Neupane, Durga P.; Kumar, Santosh; Yukl, Erik T. (Amer Chemical Soc, 2018-10-24)

  Bacteria must acquire the essential element zinc from extremely limited environments, and this function is performed largely by ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters. These systems rely on a periplasmic or extracellular ...

• High Performance Diesel Oxidation Catalysts Using Ultra-Low Pt Loading on Titania Nanowire Array Integrated Cordierite Honeycombs 

  Hoang, Son; Lu, Xingxu; Tang, Wenxiang; Wang, Sibo; Du, Shoucheng; Nam, Chang-Yong; Ding, Yong; Vinluan, Rodrigo D., III; Zheng, Jie; Gao, Pu-Xian (Elsevier Science B.V., 2017-11-15)

  High performance of an ultra-low Pt loading diesel oxidation catalyst can be achieved by using a combination of novel nano-array structured support, precise control of ultrafine active Pt particles, and an addition of H₂ ...

• Reporting of Sample Size Parameters in Randomized Controlled Trials Published in Prosthodontic Journals 

  Dumbrigue, Herman B.; Dumbrigue, Ethan C.; Dumbrigue, Derek C.; Chingbingyong, Marianne I. (Wiley, 2018-12-18)

  Purpose: An important consideration in the proper planning of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is the determination of sample size. A study may fail to answer its research question if the sample size is inadequate, while ...

• 5-Methoxy-α-Methyltryptamine (5-MeO-AMT), A Tryptamine Derivative, Induces Head-Twitch Responses in Mice through the Activation of Serotonin Receptor 2a in the Prefrontal Cortex 

  Abiero, Arvie; Botanas, Chrislean Jun; Sayson, Leandro Val; Custodio, Raly James; de la Peña, June Bryan; Kim, Mikyung; Lee, Hyun Jun; Seo, Joung-Wook; Ryu, In Soo; Chang, Cho Min; Yang, Ji Seul; Lee, Yong Sup; Jang, Choon-Gon; Kim, Hee Jin; Cheong, Jae Hoon (Elsevier Science Bv, 2018-07-24)

  5-Methoxy-α-methyltryptamine (5-MeO-AMT) is a tryptamine derivative that is used recreationally because of its reported hallucinogenic and mood elevating effects. Studies suggest that the psychopharmacological effects of ...

• An Optimized Space-Time Gaussian Beam Migration Method with Dynamic Parameter Control 

  Lv, Qingda; Huang, Jianping; Yang, Jidong; Guan, Zhe (Elsevier Science B.V., 2018-11-14)

  In the Gaussian beam (GB) method, initial beam parameters are principal factors influencing the accuracy and computational efficiency of seismic depth imaging. Various optimized beam parameter strategies for Gaussian beam ...

• Adsorption of Polypropylene Oxide-Polyethylene Oxide Type Surfactants at Surfaces of Pharmaceutical Relevant Materials: Effect of Surface Energetics and Surfactant Structures 

  Li, Jinjiang; Rudraraju, Sneha; Zheng, Songyan; Jaiswal, Archana (Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018-01-05)

  Protein therapeutics are exposed to various surfaces during product development, where their adsorption possibly causes unfolding, denaturation, and aggregation. In this paper, we aim to characterize four types of typical ...

• Trace Elements and Isotope Data of the Um Garayat Gold Deposit, Wadi Allaqi District, Egypt 

  Zoheir, Basem; Emam, Ashraf; Pitcairn, Iain K.; Boskabadi, Arman; Lehaye, Yann; Cooper, Matthew J. (Springer, 2018-04-09)

  Trace element composition of sulfides and O, C, Sr and S isotopic data are assessed to constrain the evolution and potential fluid and metal sources of the Um Garayat gold deposit. Ore microscopy and BSE investigations of ...

• Superconductivity in Europium Bismuth Sulfofluorides 

  Zhai, Hui-Fei; Zhang, P.; Cao, G. -H (Physical Society of Japan, 2019)

  The layered bismuth sulfofluorides EuBiS₂F and Eu₃Bi₂S₄F₄ show unique properties among all the BiS₂-based superconductors. Both compounds exhibit a possible charge-density-wave (CDW) instability around 280 K and undergo ...

• Polytype Control of MoS₂ Using Chemical Bath Deposition 

  Hedlund, Jenny K.; Walker, Amy V. (American Institute of Physics Inc., 2019-05-01)

  Molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) has a wide range of applications from electronics to catalysis. While the properties of single-layer and multilayer MoS₂ films are well understood, controlling the deposited MoS₂ polytype remains ...

• Geochemistry of Palaeogene Coals from the Fuqiang Mine, Hunchun Coalfield, Northeastern China: Composition, Provenance, and Relation to the Adjacent Polymetallic Deposits 

  Guo, Wenmu; Dai, Shifeng; Nechaev, Victor P.; Nechaeva, Evgeniya, V.; Wei, Guojun; Finkelman, Robert B.; Spiro, Baruch F. (Elsevier Science Bv, 2018-11-02)

  This paper describes the geochemistry of the two Palaeogene coal seams (FQ-23 and FQ-26) from the Fuqiang mine, Hunchun Coalfield, Jilin Province, northeastern China. The samples investigated consist of coal, parting, and ...

• Cyclophilin D Deficiency Attenuates Mitochondrial F1Fo ATP Synthase Dysfunction Via OSCP In Alzheimer's Disease 

  Gauba, Esha; Chen, Hao; Guo, Lan; Du, Heng (Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2018-09-26)

  Mitochondrial dysfunction is pivotal in inducing synaptic injury and neuronal stress in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Mitochondrial F1Fo ATP synthase deregulation is a hallmark mitochondrial defect leading to oxidative ...

• Relationship Between Religious Orientation, Anxiety, and Depression Among College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

  Forouhari, Sedighe; Hosseini Teshnizi, Saeed; Ehrampoush, Mohammad Hasan; Mazloomy Mahmoodabad, Seyed Saeed; Fallahzadeh, Hossein; Tabei, Seyed Ziaeddin; Nami, Mohammad; Mirzaei, Masoud; Namavar Jahromi, Bahia; Hosseini Teshnizi, Seyyed Mehrdad; Ghani Dehkordi, Jalil; Kazemitabaee, Maryamsadat (Iranian Scientific Society of Medical Entomology, 2019-01-16)

  Background: Religious obligation helps people to develop mental health by creating internal commitment to special rules. This meta-analysis aimed to determine the relationship between religious orientation and anxiety among ...

• Bias: A 30-Year Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Published in Three Prosthodontic Journals 

  Dumbrigue, H. B.; Dumbrigue, Derek C.; Dumbrigue, E. C.; Chingbingyong, M. I. (Blackwell Publishing Inc., 2019-05-13)

  Purpose: Bias can occur in various phases of an investigation, and its control is an important measure of the validity of results for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The purpose of this study is to determine if bias ...

• Methoxetamine: A Foe or Friend? 

  Botanas, Chrislean Jun; de la Peña, June Bryan; Kim, Hee Jin; Lee, Yong Sup; Cheong, Jae Hoon (Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018-10-24)

  Methoxetamine (MXE) is an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist that is chemically and pharmacologically similar to other dissociative substances, such as ketamine and phencyclidine. There are reports on the ...

• Water-Rock Interactions: The Formation of an Unusual Mineral Assemblage Found in a Siberian Coal 

  Thompson, Leah N.; Finkelman, Robert B.; Arbuzov, S. I. (EDP Sciences, 2019-07)

  Volcanic ash is regularly found in coal and is particularly common in the Minusinsk coal basin in southern Siberia, Russia. Ash deposits in coal are usually observed in the form of thinly bedded, kaolinite-rich layers ...

• Eight Novel Single Chain Antibody Fragments Recognising VP2 of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotypes A, O, and SAT 2 

  Salem, R.; El-Kholy, A. A.; Ibrahim, Mohamed (Academic Press Inc., 2019-05-25)

  Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) exhibits a high degree of antigenic diversity among its serotypes, requiring several anti-FMDV antibodies for its laboratory diagnosis, which complicated the used techniques. To conquer ...

• Modes of Occurrence of Rare-Earth Elements (La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb, Lu) in Coals of Northern Asia (Review) 

  Arbuzov, S. I.; Finkelman, Robert B.; Il’enok, S. S.; Maslov, S. G.; Mezhibor, A. M.; Blokhin, M. G. (Pleiades Publishing, 2019-05-18)

  Abstract: The modes of occurrence of six rare-earth elements (La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Yb, and Lu) in low-rank coals (lignites and sub-bituminous coals; also referred to as brown coals) from different deposits of Siberia, the Russian ...

• Gene Correction for SCID-X1 In Long-Term Hematopoietic Stem Cells 

  Kildebeck, Eric J. (Nature Publishing Group, 2019-04-09)

  Gene correction in human long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs) could be an effective therapy for monogenic diseases of the blood and immune system. Here we describe an approach for X-linked sSevere cCombined ...

• Geochemistry of Rare Earth Elements in Lower Gondwana Coals of the Talchir Coal Basin, India 

  Mishra, V.; Chakravarty, S.; Finkelman, Robert B.; Varma, A. K. (Elsevier B.V., 2019-05-03)

  This study investigated the concentration, distribution, and modes of occurrences of rare earth elements in coal from the Talchir coal basin, Odisha State. This basin comprises two coal bearing Formations i.e. Barakar and ...

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