Yang, Song-Yi Lee, Myung-Jin
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Polymers
Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a commonly used denture material with poor antimicrobial effects. This study investigated the antimicrobial effects of PMMA-containing silver-phosphate glass. We fabricated a novel material comprising PMMA-containing silver-phosphate glass. Then, microhardness, flexural strength, and gloss unit were analyzed. An...
Piqueret, Baptiste Sandoz, Jean-Christophe d’Ettorre, Patrizia
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Agents that cause disease alter the cell metabolism of their hosts. Cells with an altered metabolism produce particular profiles of biomolecules, which are different from those of healthy cells. Such differences may be detected by olfaction. Historically, physicians used olfactory cues to diagnose sickness by smelling the breath or the urine of pat...
Barrett, Meghan Fischer, Bob Buchmann, Stephen
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Climate change, agricultural intensification, and other anthropogenic ecosystem challenges have caused declines in the diversity and abundance of insect pollinators. In response to these declines, entomologists have called for greater attention to insect pollinator conservation. Conservation primarily aims to protect groups of non-human animals—pop...
Poissonnier, Laure-Anne Tait, Catherine Lihoreau, Mathieu
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
It is often assumed that social life imposes specific cognitive demands for animals to communicate, cooperate and compete, ultimately requiring larger brains. The “social brain” hypothesis is supported by data in primates and some other vertebrates, but doubts have been raised over its applicability to other taxa, and in particular insects. Here, w...
Yang, Xian-Guang Wen, Ping-Ping Yang, Yi-Fan Jia, Pan-Pan Li, Wei-Guo Pei, De-Sheng
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Frontiers in Microbiology
Traditional plastics, such as polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyurethane (PUR), and other plastic polymers, are difficult to degrade and are gradually accumulated in the environment to cause a serious environmental problem, which is urgently needed to develop nov...
Alqudah, Abdelrahim Qnais, Esam Y Wedyan, Mohammed A Altaber, Sara Bseiso, Yousra Oqal, Muna AbuDalo, Rawan Alrosan, Khaled Alrosan, Amjad Z Bani Melhim, Suhad
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Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
Isorhamnetin is a flavonoid that is found in medical plants. Several studies showed that isorhamnetin has anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity effects. This study aims to investigate the anti-diabetic effects of isorhamnetin in a high-fat diet and Streptozotocin-(HFD/STZ)-induced mice model of type 2 diabetes. Mice were fed with HFD followed by two c...
Nguyen, Quoc-Bao D Vu, Mai-Anh N Hebert, Adelaide A
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Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Malaria, Zika virus, West Nile virus, Dengue fever, and Lyme disease are common causes of morbidity and mortality around the world. While arthropod bites may cause local inflammation and discomfort, a greater concern is the potential to develop deadly systemic infection. The use of insect repellents (IRs) to prevent systemic infections constitutes ...
Atencio Valdespino, Randy Collantes, Ruben Darío
Introduction. Insects are associated with human communities, with positive and negative impacts within each society. This aspect is the basis of the study of insects as a science called entomology, which involves the development of various branches. Due to the social and economic importance of this science in various areas of Panamanian society, a ...
Rigosi, Elisa Tison, Léa Haase, Albrecht
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Frontiers in Insect Science
Ganseman, Eva; Gouwy, Mieke; Bullens, Dominique MA; 12210; Breynaert, Christine; 69617; Schrijvers, Rik; 60298; Proost, Paul; 19058;
A significant part of adult-onset asthma is caused by occupational exposure to both high- and low-molecular-mass agents. Insects are occasionally described to cause occupational allergy in professions including anglers and fishers, laboratory workers, employees of aquaculture companies, farmers, bakers, sericulture workers and pet shop workers. Occ...
