Agronomy, Vol. 9, Pages 694: Analysis of Factors Affecting the Rearing of Early-Weaned Lambs of Dairy Breeds for the Meat Market Agronomy doi: 10.3390/agronomy9110694 Authors: Jesús P. Val-Aguasca Pablo Martín-Ramos Esperanza Horcas Jesús Yániz F. Javier García-Ramos Sheep farming makes an important socio-economic contribution to Spain’s rural areas by sustaining farming and employment in less favored regions, but it is a low-profit sector because of high operating...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6025: An Intellectual Capital Approach to Citizens’ Quality of Life in Sustainable Cities: A Focus on Europe Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216025 Authors: Víctor-Raúl López-Ruiz José-Luis Alfaro-Navarro Domingo Nevado-Peña The quality of life of citizens in a city is related to the sustainable decisions made by their leaders. By using principal component analysis (PCA) and taking an intellectual capital perspective (all sources of knowledge in human,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4192: Emotion, Psychological Well-Being and Their Influence on Resilience. A Study with Semi-Professional Athletes International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214192 Authors: Rubén Trigueros José M. Aguilar-Parra Joaquín F. Álvarez Jerónimo J. González-Bernal Remedios López-Liria The objective of the present study is to analyze the influence of coaches on emotional intelligence and on levels of anxiety, motivation,...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6024: An Ontological and Semantic Foundation for Safety and Security Science Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216024 Authors: Peter Blokland Genserik Reniers When discussing the concepts of risk, safety, and security, people have an intuitive understanding of what these concepts mean, and, to a certain level, this understanding is universal. However, when delving into the real meaning of these concepts, one is likely to fall into semantic debates and...
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Genes, Vol. 10, Pages 859: Cell Cycle-Dependent Control and Roles of DNA Topoisomerase II Genes doi: 10.3390/genes10110859 Authors: Joyce H. Lee James M. Berger Type II topoisomerases are ubiquitous enzymes in all branches of life that can alter DNA superhelicity and unlink double-stranded DNA segments during processes such as replication and transcription. In cells, type II topoisomerases are particularly useful for their ability to disentangle newly-replicated sister chromosomes....
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6023: Corporate Sustainability and CEO–Employee Pay Gap—Buster or Booster? Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216023 Authors: Fernando Gómez-Bezares Wojciech Przychodzen Justyna Przychodzen There is a general agreement that extensive remuneration gaps may cause pressing environmental, social, and economic problems. Thus, a critical question to be answered is what is the effect of being at the forefront of corporate sustainability on the CEO–employee...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 297: Myelin Pathology: Involvement of Molecular Chaperones and the Promise of Chaperonotherapy Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci9110297 Authors: Federica Scalia Antonella Marino Gammazza Everly Conway de Macario Alberto J. L. Macario Francesco Cappello The process of axon myelination involves various proteins including molecular chaperones. Myelin alteration is a common feature in neurological diseases due to structural and functional abnormalities...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2600: Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in PEMT and MTHFR Genes are Associated with Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acid Levels in the Red Blood Cells of Children with Obesity Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112600 Authors: Vlad Serafim Adela Chirita-Emandi Nicoleta Andreescu Diana-Andreea Tiugan Paul Tutac Corina Paul Iulian Velea Alexandra Mihailescu Costela Lăcrimioara Șerban Cristian G. Zimbru Maria Puiu Mihai Dinu Niculescu Polyunsaturated...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6022: Application of Export Coefficient Model and QUAL2K for Water Environmental Management in a Rural Watershed Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216022 Authors: Zhuohang Xin Lei Ye Chi Zhang Water quality deterioration caused by excessive nutrient discharge from various point and non-point sources are a global challenge. Understanding the pollution sources and their respective contribution is the prerequisite for environmental planning, management...
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Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 139: Highly Conductive and Flexible Gel Polymer Electrolyte with Bis(Fluorosulfonyl)imide Lithium Salt via UV Curing for Li-Ion Batteries Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9110139 Authors: Lei Jin Faiz Ahmed Taewook Ryu Sujin Yoon Wei Zhang Yonghoon Lee Daeho Kim Hohyoun Jang Whangi Kim A series of new self-standing gel polymer electrolytes (SGPEs) were fabricated by ultraviolet (UV) curing and investigated for application in flexible lithium-ion...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 8, Pages 203: Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Awareness of Antibiotic Use, Resistance and Stewardship: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics8040203 Authors: Andrea Rábano-Blanco Eva María Domínguez-Martís Diego Gabriel Mosteiro-Miguéns Manuel Freire-Garabal Silvia Novío Antibiotic resistance is an emerging worldwide concern with serious repercussions in terms of morbi-mortality. Bearing in mind that the inadequate use of...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2599: Effect of High-Dose Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Atherosclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112599 Authors: Akira Sekikawa Chendi Cui Daisuke Sugiyama Anthony Fabio William S. Harris Xiao Zhang A recent randomized controlled trial (RCT), the Reduction of Cardiovascular Events with Icosapent Ethyl-Intervention Trial (REDUCE-IT), reported that high-dose marine omega-3 fatty...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 630: Development and Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies for the Mycotoxin Citreoviridin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110630 Authors: Chris M. Maragos Yosuke Uchiyama Naoki Kobayashi Fumichika Kominato Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi Citreoviridin (CTV) in an inhibitor of mitochondrial ATPase that has been isolated from molded yellow rice and linked to the human disease Shoshin-kakke (acute cardiac beriberi). The disease results from a deficiency of thiamine,...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2548: Spatial–Temporal Analysis of Land Cover Change at the Bento Rodrigues Dam Disaster Area Using Machine Learning Techniques Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11212548 Authors: Dong Luo Douglas G. Goodin Marcellus M. Caldas Disasters are an unpredictable way to change land use and land cover. Improving the accuracy of mapping a disaster area at different time is an essential step to analyze the relationship between human activity and environment. The...
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Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 4710: The Influence of Air Pressure on the Dynamics of Flexural Ultrasonic Transducers Sensors doi: 10.3390/s19214710 Authors: Andrew Feeney Lei Kang William E. Somerset Steve Dixon The flexural ultrasonic transducer comprises a piezoelectric ceramic disc bonded to a membrane. The vibrations of the piezoelectric ceramic disc induce flexural modes in the membrane, producing ultrasound waves. The transducer is principally utilized for proximity or flow...
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Catalysts, Vol. 9, Pages 908: Facile Green Preparation of Rhodium Nanoclusters Supported Nano-Scaled Graphene Platelets for Sonogashira Coupling Reaction and Reduction of p-Nitrophenol Catalysts doi: 10.3390/catal9110908 Authors: Gopiraman Mayakrishnan Saravanamoorthy Somasundaram Sana Ullah Ilangovan Andivelu Kim Ick Soo Chung Ill Min Rhodium nanoclusters were uniformly dispersed on nano-scaled graphene platelets by a simple ‘mix and heat’ method without...
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Future Internet, Vol. 11, Pages 229: Predicting Rogue Content and Arabic Spammers on Twitter Future Internet doi: 10.3390/fi11110229 Authors: Adel R. Alharbi Amer Aljaedi Twitter is one of the most popular online social networks for spreading propaganda and words in the Arab region. Spammers are now creating rogue accounts to distribute adult content through Arabic tweets that Arabic norms and cultures prohibit. Arab governments are facing a huge challenge in the detection of these...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5398: Inverse Regulation of Lipocalin-2/24p3 Receptor/SLC22A17 and Lipocalin-2 Expression by Tonicity, NFAT5/TonEBP and Arginine Vasopressin in Mouse Cortical Collecting Duct Cells mCCD(cl.1): Implications for Osmotolerance International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215398 Authors: Stephanie Probst Bettina Scharner Ruairi McErlean Wing-Kee Lee Frank Thévenod The rodent collecting duct (CD) expresses a 24p3/NGAL/lipocalin-2 (LCN2) receptor...
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Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 6021: How to Improve Water Resources Allocation Efficiency: A Two-Stage Performance-Based Allocation Mechanism Sustainability doi: 10.3390/su11216021 Authors: Hui Zhang Qiyu Ren Jiaying Li The fact that the water resource governor has to allocate limited water resources to two competing agricultural water users under the administrative system (AS) leads to a principal-agent issue. Hence, this paper constructs a two-stage performance-based allocation...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3554: Tuning the Photophysical Features of Self-Assembling Photoactive Polypeptides for Light-Harvesting Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213554 Authors: Maciej Michalik Mateusz Zbyradowski Heriyanto Leszek Fiedor The LH1 complex is the major light-harvesting antenna of purple photosynthetic bacteria. Its role is to capture photons, and then store them and transfer the excitation energy to the photosynthetic reaction center. The structure of LH1 is modular...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3904: Characterization of Volatile Component Changes in Jujube Fruits during Cold Storage by Using Headspace-Gas Chromatography-Ion Mobility Spectrometry Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213904 Authors: Lvzhu Yang Jie Liu Xinyu Wang Rongrong Wang Fang Ren Qun Zhang Yang Shan Shenghua Ding Volatile components in jujube fruits from Zizyphus jujuba Mill. cv. Dongzao (DZ) and Zizyphus jujuba Mill. cv. Jinsixiaozao (JS) were analyzed under different...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3555: Use of Superelastic Nitinol and Highly-Stretchable Latex to Develop a Tongue Prosthetic Assist Device and Facilitate Swallowing for Dysphagia Patients Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213555 Authors: Mahdis Shayan Neil Gildener-Leapman Moataz Elsisy Jack T. Hastings Shinjae Kwon Woon-Hong Yeo Jee-Hong Kim Puneeth Shridhar Gabrielle Salazar Youngjae Chun We introduce a new tongue prosthetic assist device (TPAD), which shows the first...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3557: Mortars with Crushed Lava Granulate for Repair of Damp Historical Buildings Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213557 Authors: Zbyšek Pavlík Jaroslav Pokorný Milena Pavlíková Lucie Zemanová Martina Záleská Martina Vyšvařil Tomáš Žižlavský In this paper, crushed lava granulate was used as full silica sand replacement in composition of repair mortars based on hydrated lime, natural hydraulic lime, or cement-lime binder. Lava granules were analyzed...
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Materials, Vol. 12, Pages 3556: Friction Weldability of a High Nb Containing TiAl Alloy Materials doi: 10.3390/ma12213556 Authors: Xiangjun Xu Junpin Lin Jian Guo Yongfeng Liang The friction weldability of Ti-45Al-8.5Nb-0.2W-0.2B-0.02Y alloy has been investigated by optimizing process parameters and analyzing the microstructures and tensile properties of the joints. The as-cast alloy with a nearly lamellar (NL) microstructure and the as-forged alloys with a duplex (DP) microstructure...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4131: A Fast CFD-Based Methodology for Determining the Cyclic Variability and Its Effects on Performance and Emissions of Spark-Ignition Engines Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214131 Authors: George M. Kosmadakis Constantine D. Rakopoulos A methodology for determining the cyclic variability in spark-ignition (SI) engines has been developed recently, with the use of an in-house computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code. The simulation of a large number of engine cycles...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4130: Selective Removal of Water Generated during Hydrogenotrophic Methanation from Culture Medium Using Membrane Distillation Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214130 Authors: Okkyoung Choi MinJeong Kim Youngwook Go Moon-Gi Hong Bomin Kim Yonghyun Shin Sangho Lee Young Gook Kim Ji Sun Joo Byoung Seung Jeon Byoung-In Sang Methane production was carried out in two different types of reactors using a thermophilic and hydrogenotrophic methanogen,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4197: Addressing the Impact of Interpersonal Violence in Women Who Struggle with Substance Use Through Developmental-Relational Strategies in a Community Program International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214197 Authors: Mary Motz Naomi C. Z. Andrews Bianca C. Bondi Margaret Leslie Debra J. Pepler From a developmental–relational framework, substance use in women can be understood as relating to early...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5397: Neurofilament Heavy Chain and Tau Protein Are Not Elevated in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Adult Patients with Spinal Muscular Atrophy during Loading with Nusinersen International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215397 Authors: Andreas Totzeck Benjamin Stolte Kathrin Kizina Saskia Bolz Melina Schlag Andreas Thimm Christoph Kleinschnitz Tim Hagenacker Nusinersen is the first approved drug for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy...
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Forests, Vol. 10, Pages 960: The Removal Efficiencies of Several Temperate Tree Species at Adsorbing Airborne Particulate Matter in Urban Forests and Roadsides Forests doi: 10.3390/f10110960 Authors: Myeong Ja Kwak Jongkyu Lee Handong Kim Sanghee Park Yeaji Lim Ji Eun Kim Saeng Geul Baek Se Myeong Seo Kyeong Nam Kim Su Young Woo Although urban trees are proposed as comparatively economical and eco-efficient biofilters for treating atmospheric particulate matter...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4196: The Effects of 12 Weeks of a Combined Exercise Program on Physical Function and Hormonal Status in Elderly Korean Women International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214196 Authors: Ji Yu Im Hyun Seok Bang Dae Yun Seo Aging causes a decline in physical function and hormonal balance. Exercise can improve these parameters. However, the beneficial effects of a combined exercise program (Korean dance and yoga) on...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4198: The Low Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Czech Breastfed Infants and Young Children: An Anthropological Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214198 Authors: Jitka Riedlová Markéta Paulová Jana Vignerová Marek Brabec Petr Sedlak Dagmar Schneidrová The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sample of children who were exclusively or predominantly...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 461: Integrating DNA Barcoding and Traditional Taxonomy for the Identification of Dipterocarps in Remnant Lowland Forests of Sumatra Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110461 Authors: Carina Carneiro de Melo Moura Fabian Brambach Kevin Jair Hernandez Bado Konstantin V. Krutovsky Holger Kreft Sri Sudarmiyati Tjitrosoedirdjo Iskandar Z. Siregar Oliver Gailing DNA barcoding has been used as a universal tool for phylogenetic inferences and diversity assessments,...
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Energies, Vol. 12, Pages 4129: An Evaluation Method of Wind Power Integration in Power Systems with Flexible Combined Heat and Power Plant Energies doi: 10.3390/en12214129 Authors: Quan Lyu Haoyan Gong Nan Yang Xiandong Xu Na Zhang Haixia Wang During the heating period in Northeast China, the electricity generated by Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants has caused a large amount of wind power curtailment. To avoid this curtailment, Heat Storages (HS) and Electric Boilers...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 510: Label-Free Quantitative Acetylome Analysis Reveals Toxoplasma gondii Genotype-Specific Acetylomic Signatures Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110510 Authors: Ze-Xiang Wang Rui-Si Hu Chun-Xue Zhou Jun-Jun He Hany M. Elsheikha Xing-Quan Zhu Distinct genotypic and pathogenic differences exist between Toxoplasma gondii genotypes. For example, genotype I is highly virulent, whereas genotype II and genotype III are less virulent....
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4195: Traditional Sheep Consumption by Navajo People in Cameron, Arizona International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214195 Authors: Tommy Rock Ricky Camplain Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone Jani C. Ingram Over 500 abandoned uranium mines are located on the Navajo Reservation. Different pathways of environmental uranium exposure have been studied with respect to the Navajo people including water, soil, and plants; however,...
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Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Pages 2538: Automatic Proba-V Processor: TREX—Tool for Raster Data Exploration Remote Sensing doi: 10.3390/rs11212538 Authors: Joanna Suliga Joy Bhattacharjee Jarosław Chormański Ann van Griensven Boud Verbeiren The processing tool TREX, standing for ‘Tool for Raster data EXploration’ is presented and evaluated in the Biebrza wetlands in northeastern Poland. TREX was designed for the automatization of processing satellite data...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4191: A Combination of Factors Related to Smoking Behavior, Attractive Product Characteristics, and Socio-Cognitive Factors are Important to Distinguish a Dual User from an Exclusive E-Cigarette User International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214191 Authors: Kim A.G.J. Romijnders Jeroen L.A. Pennings Liesbeth van Osch Hein de Vries Reinskje Talhout Although total cessation of nicotine and tobacco products...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4194: Effectiveness of Integrative Laughter Therapy to Reduce Anxiety, Improve Self-Esteem and Increase Happiness: A Naturalistic Study at a Day Hospital for Addictive Disorders International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214194 Authors: Seyla De Francisco Cristina Torres Sandra De Andrés Ana Millet M. Teresa Ricart Elvira Hernández-Martínez-Esparza Mercedes Abades Joan Trujols Little is known about...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4193: The Potential of Non-Mega Sporting Events for the Promotion of Physical Activity Among Inactive Supporters at the Poznan Half Marathon: A Case Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214193 Authors: Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko Joanna Poczta Katarzyna Adamczewska The impact of sports events on the promotion of physical activity, healthy lifestyles and sports participation is debatable, and most of the literature...
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