Author(s): Park JH, Kim YU, Jeon J, Yun BY, Kang Y, Kim S

This study suggests a new perspective of biochar as a building material that improve not only for the strength but also hygrothermal properties. Biochar has a high porosity and surface area created by pyrolysis. It can be suitably used as a porous material because porous materials are used by incorporating into building materials for improving hygrotherma ...

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Author(s): Tat J, Crawford J, Chong J, Powell T, Fevens TG, Popa T, Martineau PA

Purpose: To dynamically assess for Hill-Sachs engagement with animated 3-dimensional (3D) shoulder models. Methods: We created 3D shoulder models from reconstructed computed tomography (CT) images from a consecutive series of patients with recurrent anterior dislocation. They were divided into 2 groups based on the perceived Hill-Sachs severity. For our c ...

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Author(s): Millera Ferriz L, Ponton DE, Storck V, Leclerc M, Bilodeau F, Walsh DA, Amyot M

Run-of-river power plants (RoRs) are expected to triple in number over the next decades in Canada. These structures are not anticipated to considerably promote the mobilization and transport of mercury (Hg) and its subsequent microbial transformation to methylmercury (MeHg), a neurotoxin able to biomagnify in food webs up to humans. To test whether constr ...

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Author(s): Danieles PK; Ybarra M; Van Hulst A; Barnett TA; Mathieu MÈ; Kakinami L; Drouin O; Bigras JL; Henderson M;

Introduction: Attrition in pediatric weight management programs is notoriously high. Greater understanding of its determinants is needed to inform retention strategies. We identified determinants of attrition in CIRCUIT, a healthy lifestyle intervention program for youth at risk of cardiovascular ...

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Author(s): Lismer A, Dumeaux V, Lafleur C, Lambrot R, Brind'Amour J, Lorincz MC, Kimmins S

A father's lifestyle impacts offspring health; yet, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain elusive. We hypothesized that a diet that changes methyl donor availability will alter the sperm and embryo epigenomes to impact embryonic gene expression and development. Here, we demonstrate that a folate-deficient (FD) diet alters histone H3 lysine 4 trim ...

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Author(s): Wang C; Murphy J; Delaney KZ; Khor N; Morais JA; Tsoukas MA; Lowry DE; Mutch DM; Santosa S;

Fatty acid desaturase 1 (FADS1) polymorphisms alter fatty acid content in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT); however, existing evidence is limited and conflicting regarding the association between FADS1 variants and SAT inflammatory status. To advance this area, we conducted an exploratory study ...

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Author(s): Wiener PC, Darwish A, Friend E, Kadem L, Pressman GS

INTRODUCTION: Study aims were to compare hemodynamics and viscous energy dissipation (VED) in 3D printed mitral valves-one replicating a normal valve and the other a valve with severe mitral annular calcification (MAC). Patients with severe MAC develop transmitral gradients, without the commissural fusion typifying rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS), and may ...

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Author(s): Pieruccini-Faria F, Black SE, Masellis M, Smith EE, Almeida QJ, Li KZH, Bherer L, Camicioli R, Montero-Odasso M

INTRODUCTION: Gait impairment is common in neurodegenerative disorders. Specifically, gait variability-the stride-to-stride fluctuations in distance and time-has been associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment. However, quantitative comparisons of gait impairments across the cogni ...

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Author(s): Ruel A; Devine S; Eppinger B;

Over the last decade, research on cognitive control and decision-making has revealed that individuals weigh the costs and benefits of engaging in or refraining from control and that whether and how they engage in these cost-benefit analyses may change across development and during healthy aging. In the present article, we examine how lifespan age differen ...

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Author(s): Lu H, Shrivastava M, Whiteway M, Jiang Y

Fluconazole has characteristics that make it widely used in the clinical treatment of C. albicans infections. However, fluconazole has only a fungistatic activity in C. albicans, therefore, in the long-term treatment of C. albicans infection with fluconazole, C. albicans has the potential to acquire fluconazole resistance. A promising approach to increase ...

Article GUID: 33587857

Author(s): Lindsay RJ, Mansbach RA, Gnanakaran S, Shen T

The conformational ensemble of intrinsically disordered proteins, such as a-synuclein, are responsible for their function and malfunction. Misfolding of a-synuclein can lead to neurodegenerative diseases, and the ability to study their conformations and those of other intrinsically disordered proteins under varying physiological conditions can be crucial ...

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Author(s): Almeida H, Palys S, Tsang A, Diallo AB

Fungal secondary metabolites (SMs) are an important source of numerous bioactive compounds largely applied in the pharmaceutical industry, as in the production of antibiotics and anticancer medications. The discovery of novel fungal SMs can potentially benefit human health. Identifying biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) involved in the biosynthesis of SMs ...

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