Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2088: A Multi-Year Examination of Gardening Experience and Fruit and Vegetable Intake During College Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092088 Authors: Daniel Staub Sarah E. Colby Melissa D. Olfert Kendra Kattelmann Wenjun Zhou Tanya M. Horacek Geoffrey W. Greene Ivana Radosavljevic Lisa Franzen-Castle Anne E. Mathews Gardening has been positively associated with fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption based on short-term studies among children,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2092: The Emerging Role of l-Glutamine in Cardiovascular Health and Disease Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092092 Authors: William Durante Emerging evidence indicates that l-glutamine (Gln) plays a fundamental role in cardiovascular physiology and pathology. By serving as a substrate for the synthesis of DNA, ATP, proteins, and lipids, Gln drives critical processes in vascular cells, including proliferation, migration, apoptosis, senescence, and extracellular matrix...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2086: Food Addiction: Implications for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Overeating Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092086 Authors: Rachel C. Adams Jemma Sedgmond Leah Maizey Christopher D. Chambers Natalia S. Lawrence With the obesity epidemic being largely attributed to overeating, much research has been aimed at understanding the psychological causes of overeating and using this knowledge to develop targeted interventions. Here, we review this literature...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2087: The Potential for Renal Injury Elicited by Physical Work in the Heat
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2087: The Potential for Renal Injury Elicited by Physical Work in the Heat Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092087 Authors: Zachary J. Schlader David Hostler Mark D. Parker Riana R. Pryor James W. Lohr Blair D. Johnson Christopher L. Chapman An epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is occurring in laborers who undertake physical work in hot conditions. Rodent data indicate that heat exposure causes kidney injury, and when this injury is regularly...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2085: Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Lesson from Nutrigenomics Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092085 Authors: Stefania De Santis Marica Cariello Elena Piccinin Carlo Sabbà Antonio Moschetta Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) consumption has a beneficial effect on human health, especially for prevention of cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders. Here we underscore the peculiar importance of specific cultivars used for EVOO production since biodiversity among...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2089: Effects of Regular Kefir Consumption on Gut Microbiota in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Parallel-Group, Randomized, Controlled Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092089 Authors: Ezgi BELLIKCI-KOYU Banu Pınar SARER-YUREKLI Yakut AKYON Fadime AYDIN-KOSE Cem KARAGOZLU Ahmet Gokhan OZGEN Annika BRINKMANN Andreas NITSCHE Koray ERGUNAY Engin YILMAZ Zehra BUYUKTUNCER Several health-promoting effects of kefir have been suggested,...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 131: Improving Recruitment and Retention of Pharmacists in a Practice-Based Research Network Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030131 Authors: Katherine Rotzenberg Michelle A. Chui Pharmacy practice-based research networks (PBRNs) are relatively new compared to their primary care forebears, representing a unique set of research challenges. Recruitment and retention of network members are essential to maintaining the integrity of the network and achieving its research...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 325: Management of Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds in Mexican Citrus Groves: Chemical Alternatives and Economic Viability Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8090325 Authors: Ricardo Alcántara-de la Cruz Pablo Alfredo Domínguez-Martínez Hellen Martins da Silveira Hugo Enrique Cruz-Hipólito Candelario Palma-Bautista José Guadalupe Vázquez-García José Alfredo Domínguez-Valenzuela Rafael De Prado Glyphosate is a cheap herbicide that has been used to control a...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 324: Intra-Sample Heterogeneity of Potato Starch Reveals Fluctuation of Starch-Binding Proteins According to Granule Morphology Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8090324 Authors: Stanislas Helle Fabrice Bray Jean-Luc Putaux Jérémy Verbeke Stéphanie Flament Christian Rolando Christophe D’Hulst Nicolas Szydlowski Starch granule morphology is highly variable depending on the botanical origin. Moreover, all investigated plant species display intra-tissular...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 514: The Reincarnation of Waste: A Case Study of Spiritual Ecology Activism for Household Solid Waste Management: The Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative of Rural Bhutan Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10090514 Authors: Elizabeth Allison As rural and subsistence households in the Global South take on the consumption habits of industrialized countries, shifting consumption patterns have contributed to cascades of nonbiodegradable solid waste overwhelming the ability of households,...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 513: Future of Catholic Monasteries on New Monastic Continents: The Case of Africa Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10090513 Authors: Isabelle Jonveaux Catholic monasticism in Europe is often associated with a crisis of vocations, of credibility and sometimes the question of closing down. Looking at monasteries outside Europe, especially in Asia and Africa, we observe a dynamic of new foundations and young entrants into the communities. What are the challenges for...
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Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 52: Railway Vehicle Wheel Restoration by Submerged Arc Welding and Its Characterization Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1020052 Authors: Byeong-Choo Coo Young-Jin Lee When a railway vehicle moves on a curved rail, sliding contact occurs between the rail head side and wheel flange, which wears the wheel flange down. The thinned flange needs to be restored above the required minimum thickness for structural safety. In this study, a new process and welding wire for restoring worn-out...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 204: The Effects of Varying Glenohumeral Joint Angle on Acute Volume Load, Muscle Activation, Swelling, and Echo-Intensity on the Biceps Brachii in Resistance-Trained Individuals Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7090204 Authors: Christopher Barakat Renato Barroso Michael Alvarez Jacob Rauch Nicholas Miller Anton Bou-Sliman Eduardo O. De Souza There is a paucity of data on how manipulating joint angles during isolation exercises may impact overall session...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 516: Could Mycolactone Inspire New Potent Analgesics? Perspectives and Pitfalls Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11090516 Authors: Marie-Line Reynaert Denis Dupoiron Edouard Yeramian Laurent Marsollier Priscille Brodin Pain currently represents the most common symptom for which medical attention is sought by patients. The available treatments have limited effectiveness and significant side-effects. In addition, most often, the duration of analgesia is short....
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TropicalMed, Vol. 4, Pages 118: Development of a Non-Meat-Based, Mass Producible and Effective Bait for Oral Vaccination of Dogs against Rabies in Goa State, India Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed4030118 Authors: Andrew D. Gibson Stella Mazeri Gowri Yale Santosh Desai Vilas Naik Julie Corfmat Steffen Ortmann Alasdair King Thomas Müller Ian Handel Berend MdeC. Bronsvoort Luke Gamble Richard J. Mellanby Ad Vos Introduction:...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 106: Immunomodulatory Potential of Tinospora cordifolia and CpG ODN (TLR21 Agonist) against the Very Virulent, Infectious Bursal Disease Virus in SPF Chicks Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030106 Authors: Sachan Dhama Latheef Samad Mariappan Munuswamy Singh Singh Malik Singh Infectious bursal disease (IBD), caused by infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV), is characterized by severe immunosuppression in young chicks of 3 to...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 822: Identification of an Immunosuppressive Cell Population during Classical Swine Fever Virus Infection and Its Role in Viral Persistence in the Host Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090822 Authors: Bohorquez Muñoz-González Pérez-Simó Revilla Domínguez Ganges Classical swine fever virus (CSFV) remains a highly important pathogen, causing major losses in the swine industry. Persistent infection is highly relevant for CSFV maintenance in the field;...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 820: Establishment of a Parvovirus B19 NS1-Expressing Recombinant Adenoviral Vector for Killing Megakaryocytic Leukemia Cells Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090820 Authors: Xu Wang Li Qiu Adenoviral viral vectors have been widely used for gene-based therapeutics, but commonly used serotype 5 shows poor transduction efficiency into hematopoietic cells. In this study, we aimed to generate a recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 (rAd5) vector that has a high efficiency...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 821: Understanding Enterovirus D68-Induced Neurologic Disease: A Basic Science Review Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090821 Authors: Hixon Frost Rudy Messacar Clarke Tyler In 2014, the United States (US) experienced an unprecedented epidemic of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)-induced respiratory disease that was temporally associated with the emergence of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a paralytic disease occurring predominantly in children, that has a...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 819: Role of Herpes Simplex Envelope Glycoprotein B and Toll-Like Receptor 2 in Ocular Inflammation: An ex vivo Organotypic Rabbit Corneal Model Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090819 Authors: Andreana Marino Simona Pergolizzi Francesco Cimino Eugenia Rita Lauriano Antonio Speciale Valeria D’Angelo Mariaconcetta Sicurella Rafaela Argnani Roberto Manservigi Peggy Marconi It has been recently reported, using in vitro studies, that the herpes simplex...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 817: Circulation of Toscana Virus in a Sample Population of Corsica, France Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090817 Authors: Shirley Masse Nazli Ayhan Lisandru Capai Frédéric Bosseur Xavier de Lamballerie Rémi Charrel Alessandra Falchi Sandfly-borne phleboviruses pathogenic to humans, such as Toscana virus (TOSV) and Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus (SFSV), are endemic in the Mediterranean region. In France, several autochthonous cases of TOSV infection have...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 818: Cucurbit Chlorotic Yellows Virus p22 Protein Interacts with Cucumber SKP1LB1 and Its F-Box-Like Motif Is Crucial for Silencing Suppressor Activity Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090818 Authors: Siyu Chen Xinyan Sun Yajuan Shi Ying Wei Xiaoyu Han Honglian Li Linlin Chen Bingjian Sun Hangjun Sun Yan Shi Plants use RNA silencing as a defense against viruses. In response, viruses encode various RNA silencing suppressors to counteract the antiviral...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 816: The Conserved Tyr176/Leu177 Motif in the α-Helix 9 of the Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Capsid Protein Is Critical for Gag Particle Assembly Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090816 Authors: César A. Ovejero Silvia A. González José L. Affranchino The capsid domain (CA) of the lentiviral Gag polyproteins has two distinct roles during virion morphogenesis. As a domain of Gag, it mediates the Gag–Gag interactions that drive immature particle assembly,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1843: Modeling Spatiotemporal Rainfall Variability in Paraíba, Brazil Water doi: 10.3390/w11091843 Authors: Elias Silva de Medeiros Renato Ribeiro de Lima Ricardo Alves de Olinda Carlos Antonio Costa dos Santos The purpose of this study was to provide a detailed framework to use the spatiotemporal kriging to model the space-time variability of precipitation data in Paraíba, which is located in the northeastern region of Brazil (NEB). The NEB is characterized...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1842: Application of Stable Isotopes of Water to Study Coupled Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Nutrient Delivery Water doi: 10.3390/w11091842 Authors: Duque Jessen Tirado-Conde Karan Engesgaard Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)—including terrestrial freshwater, density-driven flow at the saltwater–freshwater interface, and benthic exchange—can deliver nutrients to coastal areas, generating a negative effect...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1841: Application of an Analytic Methodology to Estimate the Movements of Moored Vessels Based on Forecast Data Water doi: 10.3390/w11091841 Authors: Sande Figuero Tarrío-Saavedra Peña Alvarellos Rabuñal A port’s operating capacity and the economic performance of its concessions are intimately related to the quality of its operational conditions. This paper presents an analytical methodology for estimating the movements of a moored...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1840: Comparative Analysis of Building Representations in TELEMAC-2D for Flood Inundation in Idealized Urban Districts Water doi: 10.3390/w11091840 Authors: Li Liu Mei Shao Wang Yan This study aims to better understand the impact of different building representations and mesh resolutions on urban flood simulations using the TELEMAC-2D model in idealized urban districts. A series of numerical models based on previous laboratory experiments was...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1839: GLOF Risk Assessment Model in the Himalayas: A Case Study of a Hydropower Project in the Upper Arun River Water doi: 10.3390/w11091839 Authors: Washakh Chen Wang Almas Ahmad Rahman A glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) is a phenomenon that is widely known by researchers because such an event can wreak havoc on the natural environment as well as on manmade infrastructure. Therefore, a GLOF risk assessment is necessary, especially within...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1837: Effect of Different Copper Levels on Growth and Morpho-Physiological Parameters in Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.) in Semi-Hydroponic Mesocosm Experiment Water doi: 10.3390/w11091837 Authors: Fabrizio Pietrini Monica Carnevale Claudio Beni Massimo Zacchini Francesco Gallucci Enrico Santangelo In Mediterranean countries, the use of copper-based fungicides in agriculture is causing a concerning accumulation of copper in the upper layer (0–20...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1838: Water-Energy Nexus for an Italian Storage Hydropower Plant under Multiple Drivers Water doi: 10.3390/w11091838 Authors: Mattia Bonato Alessandro Ranzani Epari Ritesh Patro Ludovic Gaudard Carlo De Michele Climate change has repercussions on the management of water resources. Particularly, changes in precipitation and temperature impact hydropower generation and revenue by affecting seasonal electricity prices and streamflow. This issue exemplifies...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1834: Trends in Drought over the Northeast United States Water doi: 10.3390/w11091834 Authors: Nir Y. Krakauer Tarendra Lakhankar Damien Hudson The Northeast United States is a generally wet region that has had substantial increases in mean precipitation over the past decades, but also experiences damaging droughts. We evaluated drought frequency, intensity, and duration trends in the region over the period 1901–2015. We used a dataset of Standardized...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1835: The Groundwater‒Energy‒Food Nexus in Iran’s Agricultural Sector: Implications for Water Security Water doi: 10.3390/w11091835 Authors: Atena Mirzaei Bahram Saghafian Ali Mirchi Kaveh Madani This paper presents the first groundwater‒energy‒food (GEF) nexus study of Iran’s agronomic crops based on national and provincial datasets and firsthand estimates of agricultural groundwater withdrawal. We use agronomic crop production, water withdrawal,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1836: Multi-Objective Optimal Scheduling Model of Dynamic Control of Flood Limit Water Level for Cascade Reservoirs Water doi: 10.3390/w11091836 Authors: Guanjun Liu Hui Qin Qin Shen Rui Tian Yongqi Liu Reservoirs play a significant role in water resources management and water resource allocation. Traditional flood limited water level (FLWL) of reservoirs is set as a fixed value which over-considers the reservoir flood control and limits the benefits...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1833: A Comprehensive Modelling Approach to Assess Water Use Efficiencies of Different Irrigation Management Options in Rice Irrigation Districts of Northern Italy Water doi: 10.3390/w11091833 Authors: Alice Mayer Michele Rienzner Sandra Cesari de Maria Marco Romani Alberto Lasagna Arianna Facchi European rice production is concentrated in limited areas of a small number of countries. Italy is the largest European producer with over half of the total...
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