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Establishing a pure antiferroelectric PbZrO3 phase through tensile epitaxial strain

Krina Parmar, Pauline Dufour, Emma Texier, Cécile Carrétéro et al. • Nature Communications (2025)

Abstract The nature of lead zirconate, the historical antiferroelectric material, has recently been challenged. In PbZrO3 epitaxial films, thickness reduction engenders competition among antiferroelectric, ferrielectric and ferroelectric ph...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61867-y

Effect of Preparation Mode on the Properties of Mn-Na-W/SiO2 Catalysts for Oxidative Coupling of Methane: Conventional Methods vs. POSS Nanotechnology

I. Z. Ismagilov, E. V. Matus, V. V. Kuznetsov, M. A. Kerzhentsev et al. • Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal (2016)

Using XPS, BET, XRD, TG-DTA, HRTEM-EDX, TPR and UV-Vis Diffuse Reflectance spectroscopic methods the electronic, redox and structural properties of Mn-Na-W/SiO2 catalysts prepared by the incipient wetness impregnation method and mixture slu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18321/ectj430

Lab-scale coin-cell supercapattery assembled with nickel cobaltite/rGO nanocomposite electrodes for hybrid energy storage

B. Raghavendra Babu, R. Sasikumar, K. Visagavel, R. Baskar • Next Nanotechnology (2026)

Hybrid energy storage devices that bridge the gap between batteries and supercapacitors are critical for next-generation portable and high-power applications. In this work, a lab-scale coin cell asymmetric supercapattery device is fabricate...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nxnano.2026.100892

Gold nanoparticles synthesized from Bacopa monneri plant extract: Bovine serum albumin protein interactions and antibacterial effectiveness

Pranita Rananaware, H. Swetha, Varsha Brahmkhatri • Next Nanotechnology (2025)

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are widely used in various scientific and technological domains, particularly biomedicine due to their superior biocompatibility. This study focuses on the synthesis of biogenic gold nanoparticles (B-Au) and chemo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nxnano.2025.100305

Chitosan nanoparticles as next-generation carriers for veterinary DNA vaccines: Mechanisms, immune responses, and translational prospects

Miguel González-Lozano, José Alberto Cano-Buendía • Veterinary World (2025)

Background and Aim: Chitosan-based DNA nanoparticles have emerged as a promising next-generation platform for veterinary vaccines, addressing several limitations of conventional attenuated, inactivated, and recombinant formulations. Chitosa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2025.3826-3838

Succinic acid Production Strategy: Raw material, Organisms and Recent Applications in pharmaceutical and Food: Critical Review

Ramzi A. Abd Alsaheb, Mohammed A. Atyia, Jaafar Kamil Abdullah, Azza Hashim Abbas • Al-Khawarizmi Engineering Journal (2023)

Succinic acid is an essential base ingredient for manufacturing various industrial chemicals. Succinic acid has been acknowledged as one of the most significant bio based building block chemicals. Rapid demand for succinic acid has been not...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22153/kej.2023.01.002

The influence of the volatiles on the slag composition for the heating process

Zhao Z.-Y., Zhao J.-X., Cui Y., Lu L. et al. • Journal of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Metallurgy (2020)

The physicochemical properties of slag are of great importance in pyrometallurgy. If there is a volatile component in the slag, evaporation will inevitably occur. As a result, the slag composition will change, and the measured results will ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2298/JMMB190509046Z

Indagine epidemiologica locale dell’eziologia delle infezioni delle vie urinarie (IVU) nosocomiali e comunitarie e dell’antibiotico-sensibilità degli uropatogeni.

Agostina Ronca, Sabrina Brenci, Luisa Santoriello, Anna Marchese et al. • Microbiologia Medica (2007)

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common infectious diseases that can be associated with substantial morbidity. During the last decade, resistance to ampicillin and co-trimoxazole has increased in Escherichia coli, the most co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4081/mm.2007.2603

Beneficial Effects of Pomegranate Peel Extract and Probiotics on Pre-adipocyte Differentiation

Valeria Sorrenti, Cinzia Lucia Randazzo, Cinzia Caggia, Gabriele Ballistreri et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2019)

The beneficial effects of pomegranate are due to the ellagitannins and anthocyanins content, which are protective toward a wide variety of diseases including inflammatory diseases. Many investigators have reported that pomegranate waste (pe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00660

Adaptation of SIVmac to baboon primary cells results in complete absence of in vivo baboon infectivity

Veronica Obregon-Perko, Amanda Mannino, Jason T. Ladner, Vida Hodara et al. • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2024)

While simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection is non-pathogenic in naturally infected African nonhuman primate hosts, experimental or accidental infection in rhesus macaques often leads to AIDS. Baboons, widely distributed throughout ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1408245

Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Activity of an Ankyrin Repeat Protein on Viral Assembly against Chimeric NL4-3 Viruses Carrying Gag/PR Derived from Circulating Strains among Northern Thai Patients

Supachai Sakkhachornphop, Sudarat Hadpech, Tanchanok Wisitponchai, Chansunee Panto et al. • Viruses (2018)

Certain proteins have demonstrated proficient human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) life cycle disturbance. Recently, the ankyrin repeat protein targeting the HIV-1 capsid, AnkGAG1D4, showed a negative effect on the viral assembly of the HIV...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/v10110625

Multi-omics analysis delineates the distinct functions of sub-cellular acetyl-CoA pools in Toxoplasma gondii

Joachim Kloehn, Rebecca D. Oppenheim, Ghizal Siddiqui, Pieter-Jan De Bock et al. • BMC Biology (2020)

Abstract Background Acetyl-CoA is a key molecule in all organisms, implicated in several metabolic pathways as well as in transcriptional regulation and post-translational modification. The human pathogen Toxoplasma gondii possesses at leas...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-00791-7

Tissue Biopsy in Infected Foot and Ankle Surgery

Samir Abdalla, Daoud Makki MD, FRCS(Tr&Orth), tarel Elgamal, David Harvey MB ChB et al. • Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics (2016)

Category: Basic Sciences/Biologics Introduction/Purpose: When performing surgical debridement to treat chronically infected orthopaedic cases our unit routinely samples 5 intraoperative specimens for microbiology. Best practice and achievin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2473011416S00076

Analysis of Hendra Virus Fusion Protein N-Terminal Transmembrane Residues

Chelsea T. Barrett, Hadley E. Neal, Kearstin Edmonds, J. Lizbeth Reyes Zamora et al. • Viruses (2021)

Hendra virus (HeV) is a zoonotic enveloped member of the family Paramyoxviridae. To successfully infect a host cell, HeV utilizes two surface glycoproteins: the attachment (G) protein to bind, and the trimeric fusion (F) protein to merge th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/v13122353

A Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Gene (MGV1) in Fusarium graminearum Is Required for Female Fertility, Heterokaryon Formation, and Plant Infection

Zhanming Hou, Chaoyang Xue, Youliang Peng, Talma Katan et al. • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (2002)

Fusarium graminearum is an important pathogen of small grains and maize in many areas of the world. Infected grains are often contaminated with mycotoxins harmful to humans and animals. During the past decade, F. graminearum has caused seve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.11.1119

Study on seroprevalence of hepatitis delta in a regional hospital in western Turkey

Sukran Kose, Gulfem Ece, Ayhan Gozaydin, Melda Turken • Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (2012)

Introduction: Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) is an incomplete virus dependent on hepatitis B virus (HBV) for its multiplication. It can infect individuals with active HBV infection and cause severe liver disease. It is less prevalent than hepa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1749

Identification and Validation of PLOD2 as an Adverse Prognostic Biomarker for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yawei Sun, Shuai Wang, Xingwei Zhang, Zhuhao Wu et al. • Biomolecules (2021)

Background: Procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2 (PLOD2), a key enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of lysine, plays a crucial role in the progression of several solid tumors. However, its spatial expression profile and pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biom11121842

Bacteriophage: A Useful Tool for Studying Gut Bacteria Function of Housefly Larvae, Musca domestica

Xinyu Zhang, Shumin Wang, Ting Li, Qian Zhang et al. • Microbiology Spectrum (2021)

ABSTRACT Beneficial symbiotic bacteria have positive effects on some insects’ (such as mosquitoes, cockroaches, and flies) biological activities. However, the effects of a lack of one specific symbiotic bacterium on the life activities of s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00599-21

Application of TyG index and carotid ultrasound parameters in the prediction of ischemic stroke

Huimin Guo, Huimin Guo, Sen Wang, Haizheng Wang et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2025)

ObjectiveThe triglyceride - glucose (TyG) index has been confirmed as an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS) in numerous studies. In terms of the role of carotid ultrasound in the risk assessment of IS, the focus has shifted fr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1481676