A Systematic Review of the Effects of Plant Compared with Animal Protein Sources on Features of Metabolic Syndrome.

Dietary protein may play an important role in the prevention of metabolic dysfunctions. However, the way in which the protein source affects these dysfunctions has not been clearly established. The aim of the current systematic review was to compare the impact of plant- and animal-sourced dietary proteins on several features of metabolic syndrome in humans.

Interface roughness of plasma deposited polymer layers.

The interface roughness of adjacent films which were made by plasma polymerization of hexamethyldisiloxane were investigated. Multilayered structures were made by using different plasma conditions in alteration resulting in different mechanical properties within each layer. Scanning force microscopy on the face side of fractured pieces of the multilayer structures revealed a significant phase contrast between the layers.

Atomic force microscopy studies on the nanomechanical properties of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

In the past years atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques have turned out to be a suitable and versatile tool for probing the physical properties of microbial cell surfaces. Besides interaction forces, nanomechanical properties can be obtained from force spectroscopic measurements. Analyzing the recorded force curves by applying appropriate models allows the extraction of cell mechanical parameters, e.