Conditions to Prolonged Release of Microencapsulated Carvacrol on Alginate Films as Affected by Emulsifier Type and PH by Silvia Matiacevich, Natalia Riquelme, María Lidia Herrera

“…Films containing alginate, carvacrol as antimicrobial agent, and Tween 20 or trehalose (0.25 and 0.75% w/w) as encapsulating agents were obtained from suspensions at pH 4 and pH 8. Physical characterization of emulsions and films and antimicrobial properties (E. coli and B. cinerea) was evaluated. …”
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Bimodal Porous Scaffolds by Sequential Electrospinning of Poly(glycolic acid) with Sucrose Particles by B. Wulkersdorfer, K. K. Kao, V. G. Agopian, A. Ahn, J. C. Dunn, B. M. Wu, M. Stelzner

“…Poly(glycolic acid) (PGA) and a sucrose-ethanol suspension were electrospun in equal, alternating sequences at intervals of one, two, and ten minutes each. …”
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Refractory Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Patient with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis by Ara Darakjian, Ani B. Darakjian, Edward T. Chang, Macario Camacho

“…This patient had an initial apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of 145 events/hour and was treated with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, genial tubercle advancement, hyoid suspension, septoplasty, inferior turbinoplasties, and radiofrequency ablations to the tongue base which reduced his AHI to 40 events/hour. …”
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Vibration Response Analysis of Simply Supported Box Girder Bridge-Maglev Train in Accelerated Test of Changsha Maglev Express by Xiao Liang, Tianyong Jiang, Yue Hong, Jiabing Zhang, Mai Jiang, Zeyin Wang

“…When the speed is 130 km/h, the suspension gap of the maglev vehicle was concentrated in the range of 7.24∼11.50 mm. …”
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Social Isolation Stress Induces Anxious-Depressive-Like Behavior and Alterations of Neuroplasticity-Related Genes in Adult Male Mice by Alessandro Ieraci, Alessandra Mallei, Maurizio Popoli

“…Socially isolated (SI) mice showed higher locomotor activity, spent less time in the open field center, and displayed higher immobility time in the tail suspension test compared to group-housed (GH) mice. …”
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Structural Insight into Chitosan Supports Functionalized with Nanoparticles by J. Lamarra, L. Damonte, S. Rivero, A. Pinotti

“…The incorporation of suspensions of nanoparticles functionalized with gallic acid (GA) was used as a strategy to obtain nanocomposite active films with different both chitosan : tripolyphosphate (CH : TPP) and nanoparticles:chitosan (N : CH) ratios. …”
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Comparative Study between Dermo, Pelite, and Seal-In X5 Liners: Effect on Patient’s Satisfaction and Perceived Problems by Sadeeq Ali, Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Nooranida Arifin, Hossein Gholizadeh, Nasrul Anwar Abd Razak, Wan Abu Bakar Wan Abas

“…The statistics highlight that Dermo liner showed significantly higher score (P=0.05) in walking, walking on uneven surfaces, stairs walking, fitting, donning/doffing, sitting, suspension, and overall satisfaction with Dermo liner compared with Seal-In X5 and Pelite liners. …”
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Influence of Degree of Dispersion of Noncovalent Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets on Rheological Behaviour of Aqueous Drilling Fluids by Arif Ibrahim, Syahrir Ridha, Asna Amer, Radzi Shahari, Tarek Ganat

“…There is a general consensus that addition of colloids in suspension will alter its rheology, i.e., carbon nanomaterials, in this research work; graphene nanoplatelets are hydrophobic materials, which require functionalisation to improve its dispersion in aqueous solution. …”
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Comparison of Biomarkers in Blood and Saliva in Healthy Adults by Sarah Williamson, Cindy Munro, Rita Pickler, Mary Jo Grap, R. K. Elswick

“…Cytokines were assayed using Bio-Rad multiplex suspension array technology. Descriptive statistics and pairwise correlations were used for data analysis. …”
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IgD Multiple Myeloma Paraproteinemia as a Cause of Myositis by I. Colombo, M. E. Fruguglietti, L. Napoli, M. Sciacco, E. Tagliaferri, A. Della Volpe, V. Crugnola, N. Bresolin, M. Moggio, A. Prelle

“…Soon after thalidomide suspension, MM relapsed again and the patient came to our observation for a new onset of neuromuscular symptoms. …”
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Punica granatum L. (Pomegranate) Extract: In Vivo Study of Antimicrobial Activity against Porphyromonas gingivalis in Galleria mellonella Model by Livia Aparecida Procópio Gomes, Lívia Mara Alves Figueiredo, Ana Luiza do Rosário Palma, Barbara Maria Corrêa Geraldo, Kelly Cristine Isler Castro, Luciana Ruano de Oliveira Fugisaki, Antônio Olavo Cardoso Jorge, Luciane Dias de Oliveira, Juliana Campos Junqueira

“…Injection of high concentration (200, 100, and 25 mg/mL) of PGE showed a toxic effect, leading them to death. A suspension of P. gingivalis (106 cells/mL) was inoculated in the left last proleg and PGE (12.5, 6.25, 3.1, and 2.5 mg/mL) were injected into the right proleg. …”
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Single dose of recombinant baculovirus vaccine expressing sigma B and sigma C genes provides good protection against novel duck reovirus challenge in ducks by Yufei Wang, Siyi Xu, Xia Chen, Yunlong Dou, Xingzhu Yang, Zenglei Hu, Shuang Wu, Xiaoquan Wang, Jiao Hu, Xiufan Liu

“…Then, the σB and σC subunit vaccine candidates were prepared by directly inactivating the recombinant virus infected-Sf9 cell suspension. The double antibody-sandwich ELISA was used for quantitative of σB or σC protein in the inactivated crude antigen. …”
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Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Expansion in Contact with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in a Hanging Drop Model Uncovers Disadvantages of 3D Culture by Olga Schmal, Jan Seifert, Tilman E. Schäffer, Christina B. Walter, Wilhelm K. Aicher, Gerd Klein

“…When seeded as a mixed cell suspension, MSCs segregated into tight spheroids. Despite the high expression of niche-specific extracellular matrix components by spheroid-forming MSCs, HSPCs did not migrate into the spheroids in the initial phase of coculture, indicating strong homotypic interactions of MSCs. …”
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Investigating the Antiscale Magnetic Treatment Controversy: Insights from the Model Calcium Carbonate Scalant by M. ElMassalami, M. S. Teixeira, A. Elzubair

“…For simplification, we consider the working fluid, such as in domestic and industrial settings, as a homogeneous mixture of a supersaturated, multi-ionic solution and a suspension of neutral multiphase contaminants, a fraction of which is magnetic. …”
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Heat transfer enhancement by utilizing Al2O3-Water nanofluid in a coiled agitated vessel by Abdulrazzaq Abdzaid Hussein, Ahmed Chead Auda, Ansam F. Showard, H.I. Dawood

“…Besides, smaller Al2O₃ nanoparticle sizes ranging from 12.3 to 17.5 nm resulted in improved stability and suspension efficiency. Propeller speed at 12 r.p.s led to an increase in the heat transfer coefficient by 11.8 %. …”
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Beneficial Effects of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Porcine Hepatocyte Viability and Albumin Secretion by Elisa Montanari, Joel Pimenta, Luca Szabó, François Noverraz, Solène Passemard, Raphael P. H. Meier, Jeremy Meyer, Jonathan Sidibe, Aurelien Thomas, Henk-Jan Schuurman, Sandrine Gerber-Lemaire, Carmen Gonelle-Gispert, Leo H. Buhler

“…Livers from 10 kg pigs (n=9) were harvested, and hepatocytes were isolated from liver suspensions for microencapsulation using alginate and poly(ethylene-glycol)- (PEG-) grafted alginate hydrogels, either alone or in combination with MSC. …”
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Identification of Sources of Resistance for Peanut Aspergillus flavus Colonization and Aflatoxin Contamination by Richard Moise Alansou Dieme, Issa Faye, Yedomon Ange Bovys Zoclanclounon, Daniel Fonceka, Ousmane Ndoye, Papa Madiallacke Diedhiou

“…Thus, seeds from 67 peanut genotypes were tested under laboratory conditions. Aqueous conidial suspension of an aflatoxinogenic strain of A. flavus was used for inoculation in Petri dishes containing ten seeds of each genotype, and data on incidence and severity were recorded. …”
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Influence of Relative Humidity and Aging on Morphology and Chemical Composition on Biomass Burning Particle by Titinan Utavong, Thunyapat Thongyen, Surat Bualert, Parkpoom Choomanee, Saranarat Kongkeaw, Tanawan Rattanapotanan, Jitlada Phupijit, Suteekan Maneejantra, Nitchakarn Changplaiy

“…Abstract Agricultural waste burning is a major source of fine particulate matter (FPM), which remains in long-term suspension in the atmosphere during the aging processes. …”
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Multilevel Collapsibility of Loess under Irrigation in Jinya Town, Gansu Province, China by Xiaozhou Zhang, Yudong Lu, Xin Li, Yangchun Lu, Jianzhong Sun, Wangsheng Pan

“…In the entire irrigation experiment, a three-day water suspension period resulted in two peaks on the collapsibility velocity curve, thereby showing a remarkable difference in the collapsibility curve from the standard one. …”
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Effects of a New Nano-Silver Fluoride-Containing Dentifrice on Demineralization of Enamel and Streptococcus mutans Adhesion and Acidogenicity by Joás Araújo Teixeira, Amitis Vieira Costa e Silva, Valdeci Elias dos Santos Júnior, Paulo Correia de Melo Júnior, Manuela Arnaud, Maria Goretti Lima, Miguel Angel Pelagio Flores, Thayza Christina Montenegro Stamford, José Ricardo Dias Pereira, Andréa Gadelha Ribeiro Targino, André Galembeck, Aronita Rosenblatt

“…Fragments of deciduous enamel were treated with dentifrice slurries, containing bacterial suspension and PBS-treated saliva. The quantification of the microorganisms that adhered to the enamel was determined after 24 hours of incubation, and media pH readings were performed after 2 hours and 24 hours. …”
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