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Plants and their uses in dermatological recipes of the Receptarium of Burkhard III von Hallwyl from 16th century Switzerland – Data mining a historical text and preliminary in vitro screening
(2024)Journal of ethnopharmacologyEthnopharmacological relevance: Historical texts on materia medica can be an attractive source of ethnopharmacological information. Various research groups have investigated corresponding resources from Europe and the Mediterranean region, pursuing different objectives. Regardless of the method used, the indexing of textual information and its conversion into data sets useful for further investigations represents a significant challenge. ...Journal Article -
Machine learning uncovers analytical kinetic models of bioprocesses
(2024)Chemical Engineering ScienceIdentifying suitable kinetic models for bioprocesses is a complex task, particularly when interpretable models are sought. Classical machine learning algorithms are gaining wide interest to simulate complex bioprocesses that are hard to describe via first principles. However, they often rely on a priori assumptions of the model structure and lead to mathematical expressions that are hard to interpret. In this work, we apply an alternative ...Journal Article -
Interactions between microplastics and heavy metals in leachate: Implications for landfill stabilization process
(2024)Journal of Hazardous MaterialsThe emission of microplastics and heavy metals in landfills has attracted widespread attention for its stabilization process. Microplastics have become carriers of heavy metals due to their adsorption properties, affecting their environmental behavior. However, the effects of landfill stabilization on the interaction between microplastics and heavy metals in leachate are ambiguous. This work explored the abundance characteristics of ...Journal Article -
Comparative study on route choice models for cyclists
(2024)Journal of Cycling and Micromobility ResearchThis paper presents a comparison of different route choice models for cyclists. The data includes approx. 3,700 cycling trajectories. The network is derived based on the Open-Street-Map that contains street-level attribute information. We estimate two path-based and one link-based model. We present descriptive statistics, model results, resulting indicators, and compare different validation approaches. The results reveal important differences ...Journal Article -
Tumor targeted and GSH stimuli-response α‑lactalbumin nanotubes co-delivering doxorubicin and siRNA for cancer therapy
(2024)Journal of Future Foodsα-Lactalbumin (α-lac), a natural food-sourced protein, exhibits high biocompatibility as delivery systems for small bioactive molecules or RNA. However, their potential clinical application as a delivery system is greatly limited due to the lack of targeting to desired tissues, such as tumors. Here, a delivery system/nanocarrier of nanotube (NT) was fabricated by the self-assembly of peptides hydrolyzed from α-lac. Among the loading of ...Journal Article -
Influence of post-processing methods on bond-slip behavior of nonlinear Fe-SMA lap-shear joints
(2024)Case Studies in Construction MaterialsPrestressed bonded strengthening for structures employing iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) has been proven promising. Analyzing adhesively bonded joints necessitates a thorough understanding of the bond-slip behavior. However, when examining the bond-slip behavior of Fe-SMA-to-steel joints comprising nonlinear adhesives, the “forward” and “backward” post-processing methods, representing the current state-of-the-art, produce a trilinear ...Journal Article -
G–PLIP: Knowledge graph neural network for structure-free protein–ligand bioactivity prediction
(2024)Computational and Structural Biotechnology JournalProtein–ligand interactions (PLIs) determine the efficacy and safety profiles of small molecule drugs. Existing methods rely on either structural information or resource-intensive computations to predict PLI, casting doubt on whether it is possible to perform structure-free PLI predictions at low computational cost. Here we show that a light-weight graph neural network (GNN), trained with quantitative PLIs of a small number of proteins ...Journal Article -
A holistic lifestyle mobile health intervention for the prevention of type 2 diabetes and common mental disorders in Asian women with a history of gestational diabetes: a randomised control trial with 3-year follow-up protocol
(2024)TrialsBackground: Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are 12-fold more likely to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D) 4–6 years after delivery than women without GDM. Similarly, GDM is associated with the development of common mental disorders (CMDs) (e.g. anxiety and depression). Evidence shows that holistic lifestyle interventions focusing on physical activity (PA), dietary intake, sleep, and mental well-being strategies can ...Journal Article -
Yielding behaviour of chemically treated Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms
(2024)BiofilmThe mechanics of biofilms are intrinsically shaped by their physicochemical environment. By understanding the influence of the extracellular matrix composition, pH and elevated levels of cationic species on the biofilm rheology, novel living materials with tuned properties can be formulated. In this study, we examine the role of a chaotropic agent (urea), two divalent cations and distilled deionized water on the nonlinear viscoelasticity ...Journal Article -
The physicochemical properties and emulsion performance of different fractions from rice glutelin fibrils
(2024)Journal of Food EngineeringHerein, oil in water emulsion was prepared by the different fractions from rice glutelin fibrils after centrifugal filtration. The morphology and physicochemical properties of retentates (RGFs), filtrates (FGFs), and total heated samples of amyloid fibrils from rice glutelin (TGFs) were characterized. As the oil fraction increased, the viscosity of TGFs-, RGFs- and FGFs-prepared emulsions increased, and the emulsions at φ = 0.7 exhibited ...Journal Article