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Biochemical Research Methods
Min-Seon Seo, Ji-Seon Jeong, Mariam M. Abady, Ha-Jeong Kwon
Summary: The study aimed to develop a serum CRM for measuring glucose and galactose using HPAEC-PAD method, showing good accuracy and precision, with results demonstrating favorable outcomes.
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Panhong Yuan, Ziyan Chen, Mengtao Xu, Wenfeng Cai, Zhizhi Liu, Dongchang Sun
Summary: Paenibacillus is widely used in agriculture, medicine, industry, and environmental remediation due to its ability to promote plant growth, degrade toxic substances, and produce industrially-relevant enzymes and antimicrobial peptides. However, the lack of genetic manipulation tools and methods has limited the exploitation of its bioresources.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Syed Zaghum Abbas, Yang-Chun Yong, Fu-Xiang Chang
Summary: The use of soil microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) has gained popularity for energy production and soil pollutants treatments. Research on developing cost-effective anode materials that attract exoelectrogens in solid medium is needed for future advancements in SMFCs. Additionally, modifications to traditional anode materials have shown promising results in enhancing the performance of SMFCs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Daniela Gomes, Ligia R. Rodrigues, Joana L. Rodrigues
Summary: Prenylflavonoids are bioactive compounds with limited natural sources. Using microorganisms as cell factories is a faster and cheaper alternative for their production. Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli can be used as suitable chassis, but challenges remain in terms of yield and titer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biophysics
MichaelY Moraskie, Md Harun Or Roshid, Gregory O'Connor, Emre Dikici, Jean-Marc Zingg, Sapna Deo, Sylvia Daunert
Summary: Microbial Whole-Cell Biosensors (MWCBs) utilize microbial species to produce reporter proteins for determining target analytes, offering cost-effective, versatile, and robust advantages with great potential in various applications.
While MWCBs have been developed for biomedical, environmental, and agricultural monitoring, they still face challenges in transitioning from the laboratory to industrial settings.
Researchers are working on addressing these challenges and discussing exciting new applications and possibilities with the rapidly evolving technology of MWCBs.
BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yafang Shao, Dawei Zhu, Jing Yu, Changyun Fang, Renxiang Mou, Xianqiao Hu, Zhiwei Zhu, Mingxue Chen
Summary: In this study, four rice reference materials were developed and their apparent amylose content (AAC) was measured using a spectrophotometric method. The stability and homogeneity of the materials were assessed, and it was found that 720 nm wavelength was more suitable for determining rice AAC. The use of unde-fatted reference materials provided satisfactory results for a wide range of rice samples, reducing time cost and improving testing efficiency and applicability.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Alexey V. Gulyuk, Dennis R. LaJeunesse, Ramon Collazo, Albena Ivanisevic
Summary: In the past two decades, a wide range of advanced programmable materials and structures have been developed for biological applications, with semiconducting materials playing a key role in areas such as biocomputing, implantable electronics, and healthcare. Biointerfaces based on inorganic semiconducting materials offer unconventional paths for bioinformatics and biosensing, and understanding how substrate properties can alter microbial biofilm behavior is crucial for creating programmable biointerfaces. Promising inorganic material types and target microorganisms identified in this work will be critical for future research on programmable biointerfacial structures.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2021)
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Cong-Yu Ke, Rui Sun, Ming-Xia Wei, Xiu-Ni Yuan, Wu-Juan Sun, Si-Chang Wang, Qun-Zheng Zhang, Xun-Li Zhang
Summary: This review provides an overview of microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) technology, including its principle, characteristics, classification, recent development, and applications. It summarizes the microbial strains, nutrient systems, and actual effects used in MEOR based on numerous field trials conducted worldwide. The article also discusses the challenges and future prospects for industrial application of MEOR, highlighting the need to overcome uncertain factors hindering its industrialization.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sage Albright, Stilianos Louca
Summary: Common culturing techniques bias the discovery of microbial diversity. This study compares culture-independent metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) to the RefSeq genome database to examine these biases. The distribution of gene orthologs in MAGs and RefSeq genomes is compared, revealing significant biases. This systematic analysis provides a resource for addressing these biases in the future.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mitra Ahanchi, Tahereh Jafary, Anteneh Mesfin Yeneneh, Parveen Fatemeh Rupani, Alireza Shafizadeh, Hossein Shahbeik, Junting Pan, Meisam Tabatabaei, Mortaza Aghbashlo
Summary: This review highlights the opportunity of using abundant waste biomass resources to address the challenges of economic viability and low power productivity in microbial fuel cell (MFC) systems. The potential of utilizing waste biomass as membrane constituents, electrode materials, and feedstock sources is discussed, along with recent advances in power management and optimization techniques. The study suggests that converting waste biomass to biochar or activated carbon can significantly reduce the cost of electrodes, and waste biomass-derived biochar can lower membrane manufacturing costs. The review also proposes optimum power management configurations based on key factors such as input and output voltage. It outlines the challenges and limitations of using waste biomass in MFC systems, providing insights for future research in this field.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Review
Engineering, Environmental
Lina Xu, Wei Li, Jiaqin Luo, Lingyu Chen, Kuanchang He, Dongmei Ma, Sihao Lv, Defeng Xing
Summary: Developing efficient conversion technologies for sustainable hydrogen production is crucial for addressing environmental and energy challenges. Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) have the potential to produce hydrogen from wastewater and solid wastes, making them a promising technology. However, the catalytic activity of pristine carbon materials is usually low, limiting the performance of MECs.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chen He, Qin Gao, Changwen Ye, Guotao Yang, Pengfei Zhang, Rongchao Yang, Qing Zhang, Kang Ma
Summary: In this paper, an improved method was established for the determination of three impurities in vinyl acetate, using the mass balance method. Gas chromatography tandem high-resolution mass spectrometry was used to identify the impurities as methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and vinyl propionate. The purity of vinyl acetate was determined to be 99.90% with an expanded uncertainty of 0.30%, and the total content of organic impurities was 0.08% with a relative correction factor of 1.23%. The vinyl acetate reference material has been certified as GBW (E) 062710 in China.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
M. Premalatha, M. Lavanya, B. Sundaresan
Summary: Novel carbon bread bioelectrodes were prepared using carbonization technique and analyzed for their structural, thermal, and electrical properties. The carbon bread foam exhibited the highest ionic conductivity compared to carbon cloth and carbon bread foam coated carbon cloth. A compact microbial fuel cell (MFC) was constructed using these bioelectrodes, and the output voltage measurement indicated promising application in electrochemical devices.
Article
Business
Chang-Xiong Qin, Zhao Liu
Summary: This study utilizes spatial econometrics and text mining to analyze the reference price effect of partially similar online products. The study explores the influence of retail price, unit size price, and brand on the reference price effect.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Energy & Fuels
Shalu Rani, Nagesh Kumar, Yogesh Sharma
Summary: The rapid development of ultra-thin, lightweight, and flexible energy storage systems for portable/wearable electronic devices is driven by the increasing demand for flexible and wearable electronic systems. Supercapacitors have shown advantages such as long cyclability, high power density, and fast charge-discharge rate in this field. In-plane interdigitated electrode designs provide convenience for integrating flexible micro-supercapacitors into portable and wearable electronics systems.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-ENERGY
(2021)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Marlena Maziarz, Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Yunhu Wan, Mitchell H. Gail
Article
Oncology
Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Yenny Webb-Vargas, William Wheeler, Mitchell H. Gail
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION
(2018)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Stephanie J. Weinstein, Alison M. Mondul, Kai Yu, Tracy M. Layne, Christian C. Abnet, Neal D. Freedman, Racheal Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon, Unhee Lim, Mitchell H. Gail, Demetrius Albanes
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Oncology
Parichoy Pal Choudhury, Amber N. Wilcox, Mark N. Brook, Yan Zhang, Thomas Ahearn, Nick Orr, Penny Coulson, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Michael E. Jones, Mitchell H. Gail, Anthony J. Swerdlow, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Montserrat Garcia-Closas
JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
(2020)
Editorial Material
Oncology
Mitchel H. Gail
JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
(2020)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Mitchell H. Gail, Douglas G. Altman, Suzanne M. Cadarette, Gary Collins, Stephen J. W. Evans, Peggy Sekula, Elizabeth Williamson, Mark Woodward
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Mitchell H. Gail, David Pee
STATISTICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH
(2020)
Editorial Material
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Mitchell H. Gail
Summary: HIV and Covid-19 (or SARS-CoV-2) have different characteristics in terms of their incubation periods and susceptibility to immune defenses, which impact our ability to predict and control these epidemics.
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Carolina Porras, Joshua N. Sampson, Rolando Herrero, Mitchell H. Gail, Bernal Cortes, Allan Hildesheim, Jean Cyr, Byron Romero, John T. Schiller, Christian Montero, Ligia A. Pinto, John Schussler, Karla Coronado, Monica S. Sierra, Jane J. Kim, Catherine M. Torres, Loretto Carvajal, Sarah Wagner, Nicole G. Campos, Rebecca Ocampo, Troy J. Kemp, Michael Zuniga, Douglas R. Lowy, Carlos Avila, Stephen Chanock, Ariane Castrillo, Yenory Estrada, Gloriana Barrientos, Cindy Monge, Maria Y. Oconitrillo, Aimee R. Kreimer
Summary: Vaccination of adolescent girls with HPV vaccines is essential for preventing cervical cancer. Studies suggest that a single dose of the vaccine may provide long-lasting protection and reduce the risk of cervical cancer. Large trials are currently underway to compare the efficacy of one versus two doses of different HPV vaccines in preventing new HPV infections.
Article
Oncology
Mitchell H. Gail, Ismail Jatoi
Summary: Women with unilateral breast cancer may opt for contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) based on the risk of contralateral breast cancer (CBC). However, considering the absolute risks of regional and distant recurrences and mortality from non-breast cancer causes can lead to a better decision-making process.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Yiyao Chen, Mitchell H. Gail, Donna P. Ankerst
Summary: Validating risk prediction models in independent data is more reliable than internal assessment through cross-validation. However, differences in the training and validation data can affect the performance of a risk model. This paper introduces the concepts of similarity and relatedness between the data sets, and defines reproducibility and transportability. The study examines the impact of different distributions of model predictors and variations in outcome verification on model performance.
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Yujie Wu, Mitchell Gail, Stephanie Smith-Warner, Regina Ziegler, Molin Wang
Summary: This paper presents methods for pooling continuous biomarker measurements from multiple studies and estimating the nonlinear association between biomarker values and disease risks. Pooling biomarker data from multiple studies enables more precise estimates of the association, but calibration of local laboratory measurements is necessary.
Editorial Material
Biology
Ruth M. Pfeiffer, Mitchell H. Gail
Summary: The authors discuss the conditions and bias factors involved in case-crossover analysis, as well as the simplification of the problem by focusing on two exposure times and randomized exposure assignments.
Article
Oncology
Phuong L. Mai, Austin Miller, Mitchell H. Gail, Steven Skates, Karen Lu, Mark E. Sherman, Olga B. Ioffe, Gustavo Rodriguez, David E. Cohn, John Boggess, Thomas Rutherford, Noah D. Kauff, Janet S. Rader, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Paul A. DiSilvestro, Alexander B. Olawaiye, Mildred R. Ridgway, Mark H. Greene, Marion Piedmonte, Joan L. Walker
JNCI CANCER SPECTRUM
(2020)