Zhou, Jin Wang, Tingyang Fan, Lele Xiao, Hongde Ji, Hui Zhou, Naiji Zhou, Zutao Liu, Huazhen Akhtar, Muhammad Xiao, Yuncai
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Nutrients
The gut microbiota is known to regulate the immune system and thereby influence susceptibility to infection. In this study, we observed that the administration of Enterococcus faecium HDRsEf1 (HDRsEf1) led to an improvement in the development of the immune system. This was evidenced by an increase in both the spleen index and the area of spleen whi...
Ogata, Soshiro Manson, JoAnn E Kang, Jae H Buring, Julie E Lee, I-Min Nishimura, Kunihiro Sakata, Yasuhiko Danik, Jacqueline Suk D'Agostino, Denise Mora, Samia
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Nutrients
This study aimed to investigate whether n-3 fatty acid supplementation reduced cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in a novel analysis using hierarchical composite CVD outcomes based on win ratio in the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL). This was a secondary analysis of our VITAL randomized trial, which assessed the effects of marine n-3 fatty ac...
Palmieri, Barbara Cilento, Fabrizia Amendola, Eugenio Valente, Teodoro Dello Iacono, Stefania Giordano, Michele Martone, Alfonso
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Polymers
In the present work, a commercial epoxy based on epoxy anhydride and tertiary amine was modified by a metallic catalyst (Zn2+) to induce vitrimeric behavior by promoting the transesterification reaction. The effect of two different epoxy/acid ratios (1 and 0.6) at two different zinc acetate amounts (Zn(Ac)2) on the thermomechanical and viscoelastic...
Alsadat-Seyedbokaei, Fahimeh Felix, Manuel Bengoechea, Carlos
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Polymers
The growing concern about reducing carbon footprint has led to the progressive replacement of traditional polymeric materials by natural-based biodegradable materials. However, materials from natural sources (i.e., plants) typically possess poorer mechanical properties when compared to conventional plastics. To counterbalance this, they need to be ...
Nester, Sara Meinhard, Dieter Schanz, Jochen Rettenberger, Markus Taha, Iman Riegel, Harald Knoblauch, Volker
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Polymers
Additive-manufacturing-based joining methods enable tailored or even functionalized joints and allow for hybridization at small scales. The current study explored an innovative joining method for aluminum cast alloys (AlSi12) with thermoset carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) via laser powder bed fusion (LPBF). The direct build-up of AlSi12 on...
Tessanan, Wasan Phinyocheep, Pranee Amornsakchai, Taweechai
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Polymers
Starch extracted from pineapple stem waste underwent an environmentally friendly modification process characterized by low-energy consumption. This process resulted in the creation of dialdehyde pineapple stem starch featuring varying aldehyde contents ranging from 10% to 90%. Leveraging these dialdehyde starches, thermosetting plastics were meticu...
Ritter, Tobias McNiffe, Eric Higgins, Tom Sam-Daliri, Omid Flanagan, Tomas Walls, Michael Ghabezi, Pouyan Finnegan, William Mitchell, Sinéad Harrison, Noel M
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Polymers
In recent years, the creative use of polymers has been expanded as the range of achievable material properties and options for manufacturing and post-processing continually grows. The main goal of this research was to design and develop a fully-functioning material extrusion additive manufacturing device with the capability to produce functionally ...
Khalili, Pooria Skrifvars, Mikael Dhakal, Hom Nath Dashatan, Saeid Hosseinpour Danielsson, Mikael Gràcia, Alèxia Feiner
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Polymers
In this paper, sandwich composites were produced by compression moulding techniques, and they consisted of regenerated cellulose fabric (rayon) and bio-based polypropylene (PP) to form facings, while virgin and recycled polyamide (PA) textiles were used as core materials. To compare the mechanical performance between sandwich composites and typical...
Yuan, Quan Li, Yunlong Wang, Shijie He, Enqiu Yang, Bin Nie, Rui
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Polymers
The molecular models of nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) with varied contents of acrylonitrile (ACN) were developed and investigated to provide an understanding of the enhancement mechanisms of ACN. The investigation was conducted using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to calculate and predict the mechanical and tribological properties of NBR thro...
Kiattipornpithak, Krittameth Rachtanapun, Pornchai Thanakkasaranee, Sarinthip Jantrawut, Pensak Ruksiriwanich, Warintorn Sommano, Sarana Rose Leksawasdi, Noppol Kittikorn, Thorsak Jantanasakulwong, Kittisak
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Polymers
A novel poly (lactic acid) (PLA) composite with excellent mechanical properties, toughness, thermal stability, and water resistance was developed using a reactive melt-blending technique. PLA was melt mixed with epoxy resin (EPOXY) and bamboo pulp (PULP) to improve its reaction and mechanical properties. FTIR analysis confirmed the successful react...
