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  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,707 Views
11 Pages

Increased Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Risk in Individuals with Low AMY1 Copy Numbers

  • Clara Marquina,
  • Aya Mousa,
  • Regina Belski,
  • Harry Banaharis,
  • Negar Naderpoor and
  • Barbora de Courten

19 March 2019

Lower copy number variations (CNVs) in the salivary amylase gene (AMY1) have been associated with obesity and insulin resistance; however, the relationship between AMY1 and cardiometabolic risk has not been fully elucidated. Using gold-standard measu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,320 Views
9 Pages

Association of Salivary Amylase (AMY1) Gene Copy Number with Obesity in Alabama Elementary School Children

  • Chandra M. K. Venkatapoorna,
  • Priscilla Ayine,
  • Emily P. Parra,
  • Taylor Koenigs,
  • Megan Phillips,
  • Jeganathan R. Babu,
  • Maninder Sandey and
  • Thangiah Geetha

19 June 2019

Salivary amylase (AMY1) is the most abundant enzyme in human saliva, responsible for the hydrolysis of α-1,4 glycosidic linkages that aids in the digestion of starch. Recently studies have shown that the copy number of AMY1 is associated with o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,732 Views
12 Pages

Low Salivary Amylase Gene (AMY1) Copy Number Is Associated with Obesity and Gut Prevotella Abundance in Mexican Children and Adults

  • Paola León-Mimila,
  • Hugo Villamil-Ramírez,
  • Blanca E. López-Contreras,
  • Sofía Morán-Ramos,
  • Luis R. Macias-Kauffer,
  • Víctor Acuña-Alonzo,
  • Blanca E. Del Río-Navarro,
  • Jorge Salmerón,
  • Rafael Velazquez-Cruz and
  • Samuel Canizales-Quinteros
  • + 2 authors

1 November 2018

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified copy number variants (CNVs) associated with obesity in chromosomal regions 1p31.1, 10q11.22, 11q11, 16p12.3, and recently 1p21.1, which contains the salivary amylase gene (AMY1). Recent evidence...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,027 Views
21 Pages

Obesity as an Early Symptom of the AMIS Syndrome

  • W. Wayne Lautt and
  • Hui Helen Wang

28 October 2014

We review evidence that the AMIS (Absence of Meal-induced Insulin Sensitization) syndrome describes a paradigm fundamental to development of obesity. The hypoglycemic response to a pulse of insulin is doubled after a meal as a result of Hepatic Insul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,587 Views
33 Pages

FunBlocks. A Modular Framework for AmI System Development

  • Rafael Baquero,
  • José Rodríguez,
  • Sonia Mendoza,
  • Dominique Decouchant and
  • Alfredo Piero Mateos Papis

30 July 2012

The last decade has seen explosive growth in the technologies required to implement Ambient Intelligence (AmI) systems. Technologies such as facial and speech recognition, home networks, household cleaning robots, to name a few, have become commonpla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,728 Views
17 Pages

Fatty Liver and Fatty Heart—Where do They Stand in the AMIS Syndrome?

  • W. Wayne Lautt,
  • Zhi Ming,
  • Dallas J. Legare,
  • Kawshik K. Chowdhury,
  • Grant M. Hatch and
  • Hui Helen Wang

11 August 2015

Meal-induced insulin sensitization (MIS) refers to the augmented glucose uptake response to insulin following a meal. Absence of MIS (AMIS) causes significant decrease in post-meal glucose disposal leading to postprandial hyperglycemia, hyperinsuline...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,632 Views
12 Pages

17 June 2024

Starch degradation provides energy and signaling molecules for plant growth, development, defense, and stress response. α-amylase (AMY) is one of the most important enzymes in this process. Potato tubers are rich in starch, and the hydrolysis o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,009 Views
30 Pages

Analysis of AMI Communication Methods in Various Field Environments

  • Dong Sik Kim,
  • Beom Jin Chung and
  • Young Mo Chung

5 October 2020

In order to construct an efficient on-site communication network for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in Korea, the high-speed power line communication (HS PLC), wireless smart utility network (Wi-SUN), and ZigBee modems are currently being...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,650 Views
21 Pages

Security Management for an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) System of Smart Electrical Grids

  • Ahmed A. Abdullah,
  • B. M. El-den,
  • Khaled M. Abo-Al-Ez and
  • Tarek M. Hassan

5 August 2023

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) plays a crucial role in enabling the efficient functioning of Smart Electrical Grids, but its successful implementation hinges on robust cybersecurity measures. To uphold data confidentiality and integrity, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,534 Views
15 Pages

The maltose α-amylase AmyM from Bacillus stearothermophilus can be used for flour modification, baked goods preservation, and maltose production. Here, we optimized the recombinant expression of AmyM in Bacillus subtilis WB800 via several strat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,458 Views
22 Pages

A QoS-Aware Machine Learning-Based Framework for AMI Applications in Smart Grids

  • Asfandyar Khan,
  • Arif Iqbal Umar,
  • Arslan Munir,
  • Syed Hamad Shirazi,
  • Muazzam A. Khan and
  • Muhammad Adnan

6 December 2021

The Internet of things (IoT) enables a diverse set of applications such as distribution automation, smart cities, wireless sensor networks, and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). In smart grids (SGs), quality of service (QoS) and AMI traffic man...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,675 Views
17 Pages

30 January 2023

In this study, we compare the data of the advanced geostationary radiation imager (AGRI) on board the FY-4B and the advanced meteorological imager (AMI) on board the GK-2A, in terms of overall data, different reflectivity/brightness temperature inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,399 Views
13 Pages

α-Glucan affects fungal cell–cell interactions and is important for the virulence of pathogenic fungi. Interfering with production of α-glucan could help to prevent fungal infection. In our previous study, we reported that an amylase-like protein, Am...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,814 Views
21 Pages

20 September 2020

This paper explores how the Amis people on the east coast of Taiwan who practice freediving spearfishing manage the local marine area. Among the coastal Amis people, freediving spearfishing is not only a way of life but is also closely related to rit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,898 Views
13 Pages

Revisiting High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Abnormal Baseline Cutoffs: Implications for AMI Diagnosis in the Emergency Department

  • Kavithalakshmi Sataranatarajan,
  • Madhusudhanan Narasimhan,
  • Ishwar Daniel Chuckaree,
  • Jyoti Balani,
  • Ray Zhang,
  • Rebecca Vigen and
  • Alagarraju Muthukumar

16 October 2025

Background: Current clinical guidelines recommend 52 ng/L as the abnormal baseline cutoff in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) algorithms for the rapid diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Though abnormal, this threshold is not AM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,201 Views
29 Pages

Solving the Optimal Selection of Wellness Tourist Attractions and Destinations in the GMS Using the AMIS Algorithm

  • Rapeepan Pitakaso,
  • Natthapong Nanthasamroeng,
  • Sairoong Dinkoksung,
  • Kantimarn Chindaprasert,
  • Worapot Sirirak,
  • Thanatkij Srichok,
  • Surajet Khonjun,
  • Sarinya Sirisan,
  • Ganokgarn Jirasirilerd and
  • Chaiya Chomchalao

18 September 2022

This study aims to select the ideal mixture of small and medium-sized destinations and attractions in Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani Province in order to find potential wellness destinations and attractions. In the study region, 46 attractions and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,347 Views
18 Pages

16 January 2023

A broad range of data identify Ca2+-permeable amyloid pores as the most neurotoxic species of Alzheimer’s β-amyloid peptide (Aβ1–42). Following the failures of clinical trials targeting amyloid plaques by immunotherapy, a consen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,652 Views
18 Pages

Radiative Energy Budget for East Asia Based on GK-2A/AMI Observation Data

  • Il-Sung Zo,
  • Joon-Bum Jee,
  • Kyu-Tae Lee,
  • Kwon-Ho Lee,
  • Mi-Young Lee and
  • Yong-Soon Kwon

12 March 2023

The incident and emitted radiative energy data for the top of the atmosphere (TOA) are essential in climate research. Since East Asia (11–61°N, 80–175°E) is complexly composed of land and ocean, real-time satellite data are used i...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,544 Views
11 Pages

Blockchain Technologies for Private Data Management in AmI Environments

  • Tomás Robles,
  • Borja Bordel,
  • Ramón Alcarria and
  • Diego Sánchez-de-Rivera

19 October 2018

Blockchain enables the creation of distributed ledgers as a type of database that is shared, replicated, and synchronized among the members of a network. In this paper we analyze how distributed ledgers can be used for empowering end-users to self-ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,038 Views
14 Pages

The Amylolytic Regulator AmyR of Aspergillus niger Is Involved in Sucrose and Inulin Utilization in a Culture-Condition-Dependent Manner

  • Roland S. Kun,
  • Sonia Salazar-Cerezo,
  • Mao Peng,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Emily Savage,
  • Anna Lipzen,
  • Vivian Ng,
  • Igor V. Grigoriev,
  • Ronald P. de Vries and
  • Sandra Garrigues

4 April 2023

Filamentous fungi degrade complex plant material to its monomeric building blocks, which have many biotechnological applications. Transcription factors play a key role in plant biomass degradation, but little is known about their interactions in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,939 Views
20 Pages

17 September 2021

Automatic meter infrastructure (AMI) systems using remote metering are being widely used to utilize water resources efficiently and minimize non-revenue water. We propose a convolutional neural network-long short-term memory network (CNN-LSTM)-based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,294 Views
21 Pages

24 August 2021

With the expansion of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) installations, various additional services using AMI data have emerged. However, some data is lost in the communication process of data collection. Hence, to address this challenge, the est...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,088 Views
34 Pages

Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Amongst Lower Extremity Agonist–Antagonist Myoneural Interface (AMI) Amputees

  • Rachael B. Chiao,
  • Corey L. Sullivan,
  • Lori Berger,
  • Tawnee L. Sparling,
  • Kendall Clites,
  • Tracy Landry and
  • Matthew J. Carty

20 September 2023

(1) Background: The standard surgical approach to amputation has failed to evolve significantly over the past century. Consequently, standard amputations often fall short with regard to improving the quality of life (QoL) for patients. A modified low...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,139 Views
22 Pages

27 August 2021

Evapotranspiration (ET) is a fundamental factor in energy and hydrologic cycles. Although highly precise in-situ ET monitoring is possible, such data are not always available due to the high spatiotemporal variability in ET. This study estimates dail...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,420 Views
31 Pages

11 November 2024

This paper compares four time series forecasting algorithms—ARIMA, SARIMA, LSTM, and SVM—suitable for short-term load forecasting using Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) data. The primary focus is on evaluating the applicability and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
494 Views
16 Pages

6 December 2025

RNA interference (RNAi) is a crucial antiviral defense mechanism in plants, where Argonaute (AGO) proteins play a central role. However, the function of AGO proteins in the interaction between Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) and Nicotiana benthamiana rema...

  • Article
  • Open Access
998 Views
26 Pages

29 August 2025

Background and Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic potential of routinely available hematological parameters for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by employing an Explainable Neural Network (ENN) model that combines high predictive...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,647 Views
26 Pages

11 April 2022

Surface solar irradiance (SSI) is a crucial component in climatological and agricultural applications. Because the use of renewable energy is crucial, the importance of SSI has increased. In situ measurements are often used to investigate SSI; howeve...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,384 Views
9 Pages

30 October 2013

Mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) have a peculiar feeding habit of only accepting live fish prey and refusing dead prey and artificial diets. However, previous research has shown that some individuals accept dead prey after gradual domestication. Dig...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,193 Views
12 Pages

9 May 2024

Background: Ischaemic heart disease, including myocardial infarction, is one of the main causes leading to heart failure as a consequence of ischaemic myocardial damage. In recent years, survival in the acute phase of myocardial infarction has improv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,586 Views
19 Pages

30 January 2023

In recent years, urban regeneration strategic plans have been implemented across South Korea to curb the negative impacts of depopulation, physical deterioration and economic decline. By adopting a people-centered regeneration process, context-sensit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,991 Views
14 Pages

13 May 2021

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination and confirmation featured frequent references to her role as a mother. This article situates these references within the trajectory of American political development to demonstrate how motherhood operates as a m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,533 Views
27 Pages

The Power of Big Data and Data Analytics for AMI Data: A Case Study

  • Jenniffer Sidney Guerrero-Prado,
  • Wilfredo Alfonso-Morales,
  • Eduardo Caicedo-Bravo,
  • Benjamín Zayas-Pérez and
  • Alfredo Espinosa-Reza

9 June 2020

In recent years, there has been a transformation in the value chain of different industrial sectors, like the electricity networks, with the appearance of smart grids. Currently, the underlying knowledge in raw data coming from numerous devices can m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,773 Views
14 Pages

6 January 2015

A series of in vivo and in vitro studies using animal and human models in the past 15 years have demonstrated that approximately 55% (~66% in humans) of the glucose disposal effect of an i.v. injection of insulin in the fed state is dependent on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,196 Views
35 Pages

Towards an Efficient Method for Large-Scale Wi-SUN-Enabled AMI Network Planning

  • Marcos Alberto Mochinski,
  • Marina Luísa de Souza Carrasco Vieira,
  • Mauricio Biczkowski,
  • Ivan Jorge Chueiri,
  • Edgar Jamhour,
  • Voldi Costa Zambenedetti,
  • Marcelo Eduardo Pellenz and
  • Fabrício Enembreck

23 November 2022

In a smart grid communication network, positioning key devices (routers and gateways) is an NP-Hard problem as the number of candidate topologies grows exponentially according to the number of poles and smart meters. The different terrain profiles im...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,249 Views
16 Pages

24 May 2024

Although the concept of the Absurd seems to be characteristic only of modernity, especially since WWII, we face the intriguing opportunity to investigate its likely first emergence in the early thirteenth century in Der Stricker’s Pfaffe Am&ici...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,836 Views
24 Pages

Development of Fog Detection Algorithm Using GK2A/AMI and Ground Data

  • Ji-Hye Han,
  • Myoung-Seok Suh,
  • Ha-Yeong Yu and
  • Na-Young Roh

28 September 2020

Fog affects transportation due to low visibility and also aggravates air pollutants. Thus, accurate detection and forecasting of fog are important for the safety of transportation. In this study, we developed a decision tree type fog detection algori...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,588 Views
18 Pages

1 September 2017

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) refers to the electricity service infrastructure between electricity consumers and suppliers and is technically essential for the realization of a smart grid environment. To implement AMI, various communications...

  • Article
  • Open Access
212 Views
25 Pages

With the widespread deployment of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) in Power Industrial Control Systems (PICS), a significant and inherent property of network traffic data is its pronounced class imbalance. The continuous emergence of new ty...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,846 Views
13 Pages

Diagnostic Performance of Clinical and Routine Laboratory Data in Acute Mesenteric Arterial Occlusion—An International Multicenter Study

  • Yasmin Soltanzadeh-Naderi,
  • Annika Reintam Blaser,
  • Martin Björck,
  • Alexandre Nuzzo,
  • Joel Starkopf,
  • Alastair Forbes,
  • Marko Murruste,
  • Kadri Tamme,
  • Peep Talving and
  • Stefan Acosta
  • + 20 authors

30 November 2024

Background: There are no clinical or laboratory markers that can diagnose acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) accurately. This study aimed to find differences in clinical and laboratory markers between arterial occlusive AMI and other acute abdominal dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,601 Views
11 Pages

Disparities in the Prevalence of Hospitalizations and In-Hospital Mortality Due to Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Nationwide Retrospective Study

  • Umar Hayat,
  • Faisal Kamal,
  • Muhammad U. Kamal,
  • Wasique Mirza,
  • Tariq A. Ahmad,
  • Manesh K. Gangwani,
  • Dushyant S. Dahiya,
  • Hassam Ali,
  • Shiva F. Naidoo and
  • Muhammad Aziz
  • + 2 authors

18 November 2024

Background: Non-alcoholic liver disease (NAFLD) may be associated with cardiovascular diseases; however, only a few studies have analyzed this relationship. We aimed to assess the epidemiologic data and the association between NAFLD and acute myocard...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,169 Views
9 Pages

Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Pneumoconiosis: Results from a Retrospective Cohort Study

  • Ju-Hsin Chang,
  • Te-Chun Shen,
  • Ke-Wei Chen,
  • Cheng-Li Lin,
  • Chung Y. Hsu,
  • Yeong-Ray Wen and
  • Kuan-Cheng Chang

Background: Pneumoconiosis (PCN) has several comorbidities, most notably pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases. However, much is still unknown about the relationship between PCN and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The present study aimed to clarif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,850 Views
15 Pages

CUPRAC-Reactive Advanced Glycation End Products as Prognostic Markers of Human Acute Myocardial Infarction

  • Govigerel Bayarsaikhan,
  • Delger Bayarsaikhan,
  • Pyung Chun Oh,
  • Woong Chol Kang and
  • Bonghee Lee

Cardiovascular disorders, especially acute coronary syndromes, are among the leading causes of mortality worldwide, and advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are associated with cardiovascular disease and serve as biomarkers for diagnosis and predic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,454 Views
14 Pages

Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number Relates with BMI Z-Score and with Response to Lifestyle Intervention for Children with Overweight and Obesity

  • Margalida Monserrat-Mesquida,
  • Cristina Bouzas,
  • Hélia Cardoso,
  • Silvia García,
  • Emma Argelich,
  • David Mateos,
  • Monica Marques,
  • Catarina Campos,
  • Elsa Lamy and
  • Josep A. Tur

17 September 2025

The prevalence of childhood obesity has risen significantly, with numerous associated health risks. Emerging research suggests a potential role for genetic factors; particularly, copy number variations (CNVs) of the amylase 1 gene (AMY1) may influenc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
3,732 Views
11 Pages

19 February 2022

Rice stripe virus (RSV) causes one of the most serious viral diseases of rice. RNA interference is one of the most efficient ways to control viral disease. In this study, we constructed an amiRNA targeting the RSV MP gene (amiR MP) based on the backb...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
8,262 Views
15 Pages

The Impact of Human Salivary Amylase Gene Copy Number and Starch on Oral Biofilms

  • Dorothy K. Superdock,
  • Lynn M. Johnson,
  • Jennifer Ren,
  • Alizeh Khan,
  • Megan Eno,
  • Shuai Man and
  • Angela C. Poole

The copy number (CN) variant AMY1 encodes the salivary amylase enzyme which promotes starch digestion. Although this gene has been associated with dental caries and periodontal disease susceptibility, the impact of the interaction between AMY1 CN and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,117 Views
14 Pages

Association between Outdoor Air Pollution and Fatal Acute Myocardial Infarction in Lithuania between 2006 and 2015: A Time Series Design

  • Vidmantas Vaičiulis,
  • Jonė Venclovienė,
  • Auksė Miškinytė,
  • Rūta Ustinavičienė,
  • Audrius Dėdelė,
  • Gintarė Kalinienė,
  • Dalia Lukšienė,
  • Abdonas Tamošiūnas,
  • Laura Seiduanova and
  • Ričardas Radišauskas

Background. Air pollution has a significant effect on human health and there is a broad body of evidence showing that exposure to air pollution is associated with an increased risk of adverse health effects. The main objective of this study was to as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,839 Views
17 Pages

13 July 2022

Identifying genes significantly related to diseases is a focus in the study of disease mechanisms. In this paper, from the perspective of integrated analysis and dynamic control, a method for identifying genes significantly related to diseases based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,176 Views
26 Pages

BPM Proteins Modulate Heat Stress Response in Arabidopsis thaliana Seedlings

  • Sandra Vitko,
  • Dunja Leljak-Levanić,
  • Nataša Bauer and
  • Željka Vidaković-Cifrek

27 June 2025

Plant responses to heat stress include complex transcriptional networks and protein regulations in which BTB/POZ-MATH (BPM) proteins participate as a part of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. Arabidopsis thaliana contains six BPM genes involved...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,130 Views
2 Pages

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the medical name for a heart attack. A heart attack is a life-threatening condition that occurs when blood flow to the heart muscle is abruptly cut off, causing tissue damage. AMI is a major health problem and is...

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