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  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,727 Views
16 Pages

Mentalization is a complex and multifaceted trans-theoretical and trans-diagnostic construct that has found increasing application in the clinical context. This research aimed at deepening the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Mentalizi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
8,456 Views
16 Pages

Development of a New Measure for Assessing Mentalizing: The Multidimensional Mentalizing Questionnaire (MMQ)

  • Alessio Gori,
  • Alessandro Arcioni,
  • Eleonora Topino,
  • Giuseppe Craparo and
  • Rosapia Lauro Grotto

15 April 2021

This research consists of two studies which aimed to: (1) evaluate the psychometric properties of a new self-report measure for the assessment of mentalizing, the Multidimensional Mentalizing Questionnaire (MMQ); and (2) investigate the ability of th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
12,017 Views
16 Pages

Synthesis and Characterization of Room Temperature Vulcanized Silicone Rubber Using Methoxyl-Capped MQ Silicone Resin as Self-Reinforced Cross-Linker

  • Jianye Ji,
  • Xin Ge,
  • Xiaoyan Pang,
  • Ruoling Liu,
  • Shuyi Wen,
  • Jiaqi Sun,
  • Weijie Liang,
  • Jianfang Ge and
  • Xunjun Chen

3 July 2019

Methoxyl-capped MQ silicone resin (MMQ) was first synthesized by the hydrosilylation of vinyl-containing MQ silicone resin and trimethoxysilane and then used in condensed room-temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber as a self-reinforced cross-li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,300 Views
14 Pages

The Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire and Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Study in Parkinson’s Disease

  • Emily J. Corti,
  • Natalie Gasson,
  • Hayley Grant,
  • Brayden Wisniewski and
  • Andrea M. Loftus

13 January 2025

Background/Objectives: Objective memory decline is associated with poor quality of life (QOL) in Parkinson’s disease (PD, but it is unclear what role perception of memory (metamemory) plays. The Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire (MMQ) measure...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,502 Views
9 Pages

Anatomical Features of the Parotid Duct in Sialography as an Aid to Endoscopy—A Retrospective Study

  • Gal Avishai,
  • Muhammad Younes,
  • Hanna Gilat,
  • Leon Gillman,
  • Vadim Reiser,
  • Eli Rosenfeld,
  • Gavriel Chaushu and
  • Daya Masri

Sialography is used for diagnosis of obstructive salivary gland diseases and prior to sialendoscopy. Three-dimensional cone beam computerized tomography (CBCT) sialography allows imaging and measurement of salivary duct structures. Salivary gland end...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,568 Views
14 Pages

20 December 2023

Musk mallow (Malva moschata) is a perennial European plant that grows in pastures and grass mixtures. M. moschata is a medicinal plant with a high content of polysaccharides, flavonoids, and other biologically active compounds. The sensitivity of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,091 Views
12 Pages

Exploring Personal Recovery in Schizophrenia: The Role of Mentalization

  • Carmen Concerto,
  • Alessandro Rodolico,
  • Ludovico Mineo,
  • Alessia Ciancio,
  • Leonardo Marano,
  • Carla Benedicta Romano,
  • Elisa Vita Scavo,
  • Riccardo Spigarelli,
  • Laura Fusar-Poli and
  • Maria Salvina Signorelli
  • + 2 authors

16 June 2023

Recovery is a broadly debated concept in the field of psychiatry research and in schizophrenia. Our study aims to understand the correlation between personal recovery from schizophrenia and factors such as mentalization, disability, quality of life,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,967 Views
10 Pages

Improved Asymmetric Cipher Based on Matrix Power Function with Provable Security

  • Eligijus Sakalauskas,
  • Aleksejus Mihalkovich and
  • Algimantas Venčkauskas

7 January 2017

The improved version of the author’s previously declared asymmetric cipher protocol based on matrix power function (MPF) is presented. Proposed modification avoids discrete logarithm attack (DLA) which could be applied to the previously declared prot...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,344 Views
16 Pages

18 August 2022

Ubiquinone, composed of a 1,4-benzoquinone and naturally produced in the body, actively participates in the mitochondrial redox reaction and functions as an endogenous lipid antioxidant, protecting against peroxidation in the pituitary-dependent horm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
9,713 Views
15 Pages

23 June 2011

Pituitary apoplexy is a clinical syndrome with unknown pathogenesis. Therefore, identifying the underlying mechanisms is of high clinical relevance. Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is a critical cytokine mediating various hemorrhagic events, but...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,708 Views
13 Pages

Carbon Pool Dynamic and Soil Microbial Respiration Affected by Land Use Alteration: A Case Study in Humid Subtropical Area

  • Mohammad Ghorbani,
  • Elnaz Amirahmadi,
  • Petr Konvalina,
  • Jan Moudrý,
  • Marek Kopecký and
  • Trong Nghia Hoang

11 February 2023

Alterations of soil characteristics frequently accompany adaptations of pristine areas to different land uses, and these shifts have an impact on the overall ecosystem. Soil carbon stores and atmospheric CO2 emissions are directly affected by those a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,396 Views
17 Pages

Esaxerenone (ESAX; CS-3150, Minnebro®) is known to be a newly non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonist. However, its modulatory actions on different types of ionic currents in electrically excitable cells remain largely unanswered. Th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,636 Views
29 Pages

The EU has consistently tackled the challenge of energy poverty (EP) through various legislative and non-legislative measures, particularly in the context of ongoing energy crisis, but it should also support the reduction of income inequality that mi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,192 Views
15 Pages

Early Detection of Cognitive Decline: Executive Functioning Index R4Alz-pc Predicts Memory-Related Concerns in Community Adults

  • Eudokia Emmanouilidou,
  • Despina Moraitou,
  • Nikoleta Frantzi,
  • Eleni Poptsi,
  • Emmanouil Tsardoulias,
  • Andreas L. Symeonidis,
  • Georgia Papantoniou,
  • Maria Sofologi,
  • Elvira Masoura and
  • Magda Tsolaki
  • + 2 authors

26 August 2025

Background/Objectives: Early identification of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is critically important. This study investigates whether early cognitive decline in preclinical AD can be detected through the executive functioning index R4Alz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,557 Views
12 Pages

The Marine Metabolite SZ-685C Induces Apoptosis in Primary Human Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma Cells by Inhibition of the Akt Pathway in Vitro

  • Xin Wang,
  • Ting Tan,
  • Zhi-Gang Mao,
  • Ni Lei,
  • Zong-Ming Wang,
  • Bin Hu,
  • Zhi-Yong Chen,
  • Zhi-Gang She,
  • Yong-Hong Zhu and
  • Hai-Jun Wang

23 March 2015

Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) is one of the most common types of pituitary adenoma. The marine anthraquinone derivative SZ-685C has been isolated from the secondary metabolites of the mangrove endophytic fungus Halorosellinia sp. (No. 1403)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,225 Views
18 Pages

The Activation of p300 Enhances the Sensitivity of Pituitary Adenomas to Dopamine Agonist Treatment by Regulating the Transcription of DRD2

  • Sihan Li,
  • Xingbo Li,
  • Quanji Wang,
  • Qian Jiang,
  • Zihan Wang,
  • Linpeng Xu,
  • Yimin Huang and
  • Ting Lei

21 November 2024

Prolactinomas are commonly treated with dopamine receptor agonists (DAs), such as bromocriptine (BRC) and cabergoline (CAB). However, 10–30% of patients exhibit resistance to DA therapies. DA resistance is largely associated with reduced dopami...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,911 Views
13 Pages

A β-Arrestin 2-Biased Dopamine Receptor Type 2 (DRD2) Agonist Is More Efficacious Than Cabergoline in Reducing Cell Proliferation in PRL-Secreting but Not in Non-Functioning Pituitary Tumor Cells

  • Genesio Di Muro,
  • Federica Mangili,
  • Emanuela Esposito,
  • Anna Maria Barbieri,
  • Rosa Catalano,
  • Donatella Treppiedi,
  • Giusy Marra,
  • Emma Nozza,
  • Andrea G. A. Lania and
  • Giovanna Mantovani
  • + 4 authors

16 June 2023

The molecular events underlying the variable effectiveness of dopamine receptor type 2 (DRD2) agonists in pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are not known. Besides the canonical pathway induced by DRD2 coupling with Gi proteins, the β-arr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,739 Views
13 Pages

Beneficial Effects of a Moderately High-Protein Diet on Telomere Length in Subjects with Overweight or Obesity

  • Blanca De la Fuente,
  • Fermín I. Milagro,
  • Marta Cuervo,
  • José A. Martínez,
  • José I. Riezu-Boj,
  • Guillermo Zalba,
  • Amelia Marti Del Moral and
  • Sonia García-Calzón

17 January 2025

Background and aim: Telomere length (TL) is a key biomarker of cellular aging, with shorter telomeres associated with age-related diseases. Lifestyle interventions mitigating telomere shortening are essential for preventing such conditions. This stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,321 Views
11 Pages

Assessment of the Telomere Length and Its Effect on the Symptomatology of Parkinson’s Disease

  • Tina Levstek,
  • Sara Redenšek,
  • Maja Trošt,
  • Vita Dolžan and
  • Katarina Trebušak Podkrajšek

19 January 2021

Telomeres, which are repetitive sequences that cap the end of the chromosomes, shorten with each cell division. Besides cellular aging, there are several other factors that influence telomere length (TL), in particular, oxidative stress and inflammat...

  • Protocol
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,842 Views
10 Pages

A Dual-Labeled Multiplex Absolute Telomere Length Method to Measure Average Telomere Length

  • Sue Rutherford Siegel,
  • E. Alex Calcagni,
  • Kelsey M. Draughon and
  • Sheree F. Logue

18 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Telomeres consist of repetitive nucleotide sequences and associated proteins that safeguard chromosome ends from degradation and fusion with neighboring chromosomes. As cells divide, telomeres shorten due to the end-replication...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,862 Views
13 Pages

Telomere Length Increase in HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients with Cirrhosis after HCV Eradication with Direct-Acting Antivirals

  • Silvia Molina-Carrión,
  • Óscar Brochado-Kith,
  • Juan González-García,
  • Juan Berenguer,
  • Cristina Díez,
  • Elba Llop,
  • Victor Hontañón,
  • Luis Ibañez-Samaniego,
  • Maria Luisa Montes and
  • María Ángeles Jiménez-Sousa
  • + 2 authors

28 July 2020

Introduction: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and cirrhosis are associated with a senescent phenotype that decreases telomere length. We evaluated the impact of hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination on telomere length in patients with adva...