Ratliff Thorpe

This review is useful for researchers and packaging manufacturers because it puts emphasis on recent works that have dealt with the nanocellulose applications and focuses on the best strategies to be adopted for swift and sustainable industrial manufacturing scale-up of high-performance bio-based/compostable packaging in replacement of the…[Lees meer]

With its impact on quality of life and increasing awareness, postinfectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS) is now gaining attention as one of the major health problems commonly encountered in gastrointestinal practice. Literature investigating the various pathogenic mechanisms involved is rapidly emerging. The objective of the current review is…[Lees meer]

The objective of this experiment was to test the effect of supplementation of analogues of methionine 2-hydroxy-4-methylthio butanoic acid isopropyl ester (HMBi) on growth, digestibility, antioxidant index, abundance and composition of rumen bacterial community in Xiangdong Black Goats. Thirty-six growing Xiangdong Black Goats were divided into…[Lees meer]

Optical probes that specifically and sensitively change the optical properties upon contact with targets have become irreplaceable tools in fundamental biology and medicine. Semiconducting polymer dots (Pdots) have emerged as popular optical nanoplatforms because of their excellent characteristics, such as tunable luminescence, high brightness,…[Lees meer]

OBJECTIVE Clarify associations between diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and deployment traumatic brain injury (TBI) on salient regional brain volumes in returning combat veterans. PARTICIPANTS Iraq and Afghanistan era combat veterans, N = 163, 86.5% male. MAIN MEASURES Clinician-administered PTSD Scale (CAPS-5), Mid-Atlantic…[Lees meer]

sign, delivery, and cost-effectiveness of BCC screening interventions for rural communities. Future research might focus on methods to promote repeat BCC screening and effective translation of these interventions for other rural populations.

Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is a precursor of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). Therefore, an accurate…[Lees meer]

Lactobacillus casei group bacteria improve cheese ripening and may interact with host intestinal cells as probiotics, where surface proteins play a key role. Three complementary methods [trypsin shaving (TS), LiCl-sucrose (LS) extraction, and extracellular culture fluid precipitation] were used to analyze cell surface proteins of Lactobacillus…[Lees meer]