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Open AccessImmune-mediated hematological disease in dogs is associated with alterations of the fecal microbiota: a pilot study
The dog is the most popular companion animal and is a valuable large animal model for several human diseases. Canine immune-mediated hematological diseases, including immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) an...
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Studies on photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B using the valentinite Sb2O3
A facile hydrolysis-precipitation was used to elaborate antimony oxide Sb2O3 (valentinite) and to study its semiconducting and photo-electrochemical properties. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron micr...
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Photocatalytic Activity of 3D Printed TiO2 Architectures Under Solar Radiation
The present study reports the production of 3D printed titanium dioxide (TiO2) macro-architectures to be employed as photocatalysts for water purification under solar radiation. These architectures, designed as a...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the Fiscal Costs and Consequences of Alzheimer’s Disease in Germany: Microsimulation of Patients’ and Caregivers’ Pathways
Alzheimer’s disease is a severe condition, impacting individual’s wellbeing and independence in daily activities. Informal care provision is common and of great value to societies but is not without negative e...
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Left atrial ejection fraction is an indicator of left ventricular diastolic function
Left atrial ejection fraction (LAEF) has been previously shown to accurately distinguish between patients with and without clearly defined left ventricle diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) by ASE/EACVI criteria, but...
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Open AccessLight management with quantum nanostructured dots-in-host semiconductors
Insightful knowledge on quantum nanostructured materials is paramount to engineer and exploit their vast gamut of applications. Here, a formalism based on the single-band effective mass equation was developed ...
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Open AccessDevelo** a social prescribing local system in a European Mediterranean country: a feasibility study to promote active and healthy aging
Social Prescribing (SP) is an innovative strategy to respond to the non-clinical health needs of the population. A Social Prescribing Local System (SPLS) can be defined as a set of joined community, health, an...
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Open AccessMajor Cost Drivers in Assessing the Economic Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Structured, Rapid Review
Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. AD is predicted to increase healthcare s...
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Open AccessElevated soluble TNFα levels and upregulated TNFα mRNA expression in purified peripheral blood monocyte subsets associated with high-grade hepatocellular carcinoma
Chronic inflammation is involved in the initiation and progression of various cancers, including liver cancer. The current study focuses on the characterization of the peripheral immune response in hepatocellu...
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Association Between Cognitive Function and Clustered Cardiovascular Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults at Risk of Cognitive Decline
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) represents a cluster of obesity and insulin resistance-related comorbidities. Abdominal obesity, hypertension, elevated triglyceride and glucose levels are components of MetS and may ...
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Enhanced UV Flexible Photodetectors and Photocatalysts Based on TiO2 Nanoplatforms
In this study, titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructured films were synthesized under microwave irradiation through low temperature synthesis (80 °C) and integrated in ultraviolet (UV) photodetectors and as photocat...
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Effect of solvents on ZnO nanostructures synthesized by solvothermal method assisted by microwave radiation: a photocatalytic study
The present work reports the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles with hexagonal wurtzite structure considering a solvothermal method assisted by microwave radiation and using different solvents: water (H2
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Open AccessOffice Paper Platform for Bioelectrochromic Detection of Electrochemically Active Bacteria using Tungsten Trioxide Nanoprobes
Electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) have the capability to transfer electrons to cell exterior, a feature that is currently explored for important applications in bioremediation and biotechnology fields. H...
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Ag and Sn Nanoparticles to Enhance the Near-Infrared Absorbance of a-Si:H Thin Films
Silver (Ag) and tin (Sn) nanoparticles (NPs) were deposited by thermal evaporation onto heated glass substrates with a good control of size, shape and surface coverage. This process has the advantage of allowi...
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Routing analog ICs using a multi-objective multi-constraint evolutionary approach
This paper describes a new multi-objective multi-constraint routing approach integrated in LAYGEN II, an analog integrated circuit layout generator based on template descriptions and evolutionary computation t...
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Diversity, distribution and ecology of the family Syllidae (Annelida) in the Portuguese coast (Western Iberian Peninsula)
The diversity, distribution and ecology of the family Syllidae along the Western Iberian coast was studied, based on 145 sediment samples covering the whole Portuguese coastal shelf and 30 Saccorhiza polyschides
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New approach in RNA quantification using arginine-affinity chromatography: potential application in eukaryotic and chemically synthesized RNA
The knowledge of RNA’s role in biological systems and the recent recognition of its potential use as a reliable biotherapeutic tool increase the demand for development and validation of analytical methods for ...
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More thinking about less data: a perspective from the 2nd Provence Summer Workshop
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Open AccessInfluence of the layer thickness in plasmonic gold nanoparticles produced by thermal evaporation
Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) have received recently considerable interest of photonic and photovoltaic communities. In this work, we report the optoelectronic properties of gold NPs (Au-NPs) obtained by deposi...
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On the stability of shear flows in nematics
A theoretical study of the effect of an applied magnetic field on the stability of the flow of nematic slabs subjected to an arbitrary shear is presented. Homeotropic boundary conditions with strong anchoring ...
