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View article: Sense of smell reduction as factor for mammoth’s and other mammals extinction. Immunoglobulins as possible markers
Sense of smell reduction as factor for mammoth’s and other mammals extinction. Immunoglobulins as possible markers Open
One of the possible mechanisms for the extinction of animals during climate change could be a violation of the sense of smell due to the development of allergies when the flora changes. During the breeding season, susceptibility to odors i…
View article: Blood on the Edge: Proteomic Analyses of Neolithic Arrowheads from the Negev
Blood on the Edge: Proteomic Analyses of Neolithic Arrowheads from the Negev Open
In spite of its centrality in understanding the human condition, the archaeological study of conflict and interpersonal violence in human prehistory1,2,3,4 has always been limited by the scarcity and ambiguity of direct evidence2,5. Proteo…
View article: Count Dracula Resurrected: Proteomic Analysis of Vlad III the Impaler’s Documents by EVA Technology and Mass Spectrometry
Count Dracula Resurrected: Proteomic Analysis of Vlad III the Impaler’s Documents by EVA Technology and Mass Spectrometry Open
The interest of scientists in analyzing items of World Cultural Heritage has been exponentially increasing since the beginning of the new millennium. These studies have grown considerably in tandem with the development and use of sophistic…
View article: Low-Abundance Protein Enrichment for Medical Applications: The Involvement of Combinatorial Peptide Library Technique
Low-Abundance Protein Enrichment for Medical Applications: The Involvement of Combinatorial Peptide Library Technique Open
The discovery of low- and very low-abundance proteins in medical applications is considered a key success factor in various important domains. To reach this category of proteins, it is essential to adopt procedures consisting of the select…
View article: Jack London and White Fang: a lost struggle
Jack London and White Fang: a lost struggle Open
The California State Parks curators granted access to artifacts owned by Jack London that are in storage in their Sonoma Barracks in Sonoma, CA. A medicine case, drug vials, and various paper documents that covered the period of his life f…
View article: Meta-proteomic analysis of two mammoth’s trunks by EVA technology and high-resolution mass spectrometry for an indirect picture of their habitat and the characterization of the collagen type I, alpha-1 and alpha-2 sequence
Meta-proteomic analysis of two mammoth’s trunks by EVA technology and high-resolution mass spectrometry for an indirect picture of their habitat and the characterization of the collagen type I, alpha-1 and alpha-2 sequence Open
The recent paleoproteomic studies, including paleo-metaproteomic analyses, improved our understanding of the dietary of ancient populations, the characterization of past human diseases, the reconstruction of the habitat of ancient species,…
View article: How to Nail Down Trace Proteins in Any Sample
How to Nail Down Trace Proteins in Any Sample Open
The Problems with Current Depletion MethodsThe elimination of high-abundance proteins is operated by immunodepletion using specific solid-phase antibodies against the proteins to be suppressed.The method is quite effective; however, it suf…
View article: Fiat Lux ... how Alessandro Volta illuminated his scripts
Fiat Lux ... how Alessandro Volta illuminated his scripts Open
The ink used by Volta in his scripts appears to be a very complex mixture. Our analysis of the eluates from the EVA diskettes (via GCXGC/TOFMS) has revealed the presence of more than 1800 unique metabolites. The ink thus appears to be a ve…
View article: Richard the Lionheart and the Ferocious Saladin Face to Face in Arsuf: A Proteomic Study
Richard the Lionheart and the Ferocious Saladin Face to Face in Arsuf: A Proteomic Study Open
On 7 September 1191, a fierce battle took place in Arsuf (Palestine) between the Crusaders (marching south towards Jerusalem) led by King Richard the Lionheart and the Ayyubid army commanded by the sultan Saladin. The confrontation lasted …
View article: Software “Pinxit”: Hail Magister Leonardo!
Software “Pinxit”: Hail Magister Leonardo! Open
In the present report, we offer a novel way for studying (via optical and digital means) features in Renaissance and Leonardo’s (and of course any other painter who followed this canon) paintings, based on a software that separately recogn…
View article: NUOVE ESCHE PER PESCARE NEL <em>MARE MAGNUM DELL’EREDITÀ CULTURALE</em>
NUOVE ESCHE PER PESCARE NEL <em>MARE MAGNUM DELL’EREDITÀ CULTURALE</em> Open
We describe here a novel tool for exploring documents pertaining to the world Cultural Heritage while avoiding their contamination or damage. Known under the acronym EVA, it consists of a plastic foil of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate studded with…
View article: A novel tool for assessing microbiomes in cultural heritage documents
A novel tool for assessing microbiomes in cultural heritage documents Open
This mini-review reports a novel way for exploring the world Cultural Heritage, in the absence of damage or contamination of the items under investigation, called the EVA technique. It is based on films of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) impr…
View article: Retraction: Remote sensing of formaldehyde fumes in indoor environments
Retraction: Remote sensing of formaldehyde fumes in indoor environments Open
Retraction of ‘Remote sensing of formaldehyde fumes in indoor environments’ by Gleb Zilberstein, Roman Zilberstein, Uriel Maor, Emmanuel Baskin, Shoumo Zhang and P. G. Righetti, Anal. Methods, 2016, DOI: 10.1039/c6ay00976j.