Antibodies, Vol. 8, Pages 52: Immunoglobulin for Treating Bacterial Infections: One More Mechanism of Action Antibodies doi: 10.3390/antib8040052 Authors: Sawa Kinoshita Inoue Ohara Moriyama The mechanisms underlying the effects of immunoglobulins on bacterial infections are thought to involve bacterial cell lysis via complement activation, phagocytosis via bacterial opsonization, toxin neutralization, and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Nevertheless,...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 525: Chitosan Upregulates the Genes of the ROS Pathway and Enhances the Antioxidant Potential of Grape (Vitis vinifera L. ‘Touriga Franca’ and ’Tinto Cão’) Tissues Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8110525 Authors: Singh Soares Goufo Castro Cosme Pinto-Sintra Inês Oliveira Falco Chitosan is an environmentally-friendly active molecule that has been explored for numerous agricultural uses. Its use in crop protection is well-known,...
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Arts, Vol. 8, Pages 147: Reviewing the Inclusion of Artists’ Holograms in the Permanent Collections of Fine Art Museums Arts doi: 10.3390/arts8040147 Authors: Sydney Dinsmore Opening in 1976 with the exhibition, “Through the Looking Glass”, the Museum of Holography (MOH) emphasized from the beginning the importance of artistic holography with the inclusion of several holograms by artists whose primary practice was holography, articulating for the first time a distinction...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 7, Pages 87: Circulating Exosomal miRNA Profiles Predict the Occurrence and Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Direct-Acting Antiviral-Induced Sustained Viral Response Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines7040087 Authors: Itami-Matsumoto Hayakawa Uchida-Kobayashi Enomoto Tamori Mizuno Toyoda Tamura Akutsu Ochiya Kawada Murakami Direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 9, Pages 691: Ginkgo Biloba Extract Alleviates Methotrexate-Induced Renal Injury: New Impact on PI3K/Akt/mTOR Signaling and MALAT1 Expression Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom9110691 Authors: Sherif Al-Shaalan Sabry Renal injury induced by the chemotherapeutic agent methotrexate (MTX) is a serious adverse effect that has limited its use in the treatment of various clinical conditions. The antioxidant activity of Ginkgo biloba extract (GB) was reported to mitigate...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1720: The Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L Is a Functional Component of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Ovarian Cancer Cells Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111720 Authors: Annamaria Salvati Valerio Gigantino Giovanni Nassa Giorgio Giurato Elena Alexandrova Francesca Rizzo Roberta Tarallo Alessandro Weisz Although a large fraction of high-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancers (OCs) expresses Estrogen Receptor alpha (ERα), anti-estrogen-based...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1719: Plasma Androgen Receptor in Prostate Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111719 Authors: Vincenza Conteduca Giorgia Gurioli Nicole Brighi Cristian Lolli Giuseppe Schepisi Chiara Casadei Salvatore Luca Burgio Stefania Gargiulo Giorgia Ravaglia Lorena Rossi Amelia Altavilla Alberto Farolfi Cecilia Menna Sarah Pia Colangione Mario Pulvirenti Antonino Romeo Ugo De Giorgi The therapeutic landscape of prostate cancer...
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Cancers, Vol. 11, Pages 1718: Systematic Review of Irreversible Electroporation Role in Management of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers11111718 Authors: Stefano Lafranceschina Oronzo Brunetti Antonella Delvecchio Maria Conticchio Michele Ammendola Giuseppe Currò Tullio Piardi Nicola de’Angelis Nicola Silvestris Riccardo Memeo Background: Ablative techniques provide in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) symptomatic...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1383: The Role of Signaling Pathways of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Development of Senescence and Aging Phenotypes in Cardiovascular Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111383 Authors: John Papaconstantinou The ASK1-signalosome→p38 MAPK and SAPK/JNK signaling networks promote senescence (in vitro) and aging (in vivo, animal models and human cohorts) in response to oxidative stress and inflammation. These networks contribute to the promotion of age-associated...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1382: Cooperative and Escaping Mechanisms between Circulating Tumor Cells and Blood Constituents Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111382 Authors: Garrido-Navas de Miguel-Perez Exposito-Hernandez Bayarri Amezcua Ortigosa Valdivia Guerrero Garcia Puche Lorente Serrano Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and despite measurable progress in the field, underlying mechanisms are still not fully understood. Circulating...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1381: Detrimental Impact of Energy Drink Compounds on Developing Oligodendrocytes and Neurons Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111381 Authors: Serdar Mordelt Müser Kempe Felderhoff-Müser Herz Bendix The consumption of energy drinks is continuously rising, particularly in children and adolescents. While risks for adverse health effects, like arrhythmia, have been described, effects on neural cells remain elusive. Considering that neurodevelopmental...
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Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 1380: Wnt Signaling in the Regulation of Immune Cell and Cancer Therapeutics Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8111380 Authors: Haseeb Pirzada Ain Choi Wnt signaling is one of the important pathways to play a major role in various biological processes, such as embryonic stem-cell development, tissue regeneration, cell differentiation, and immune cell regulation. Recent studies suggest that Wnt signaling performs an essential function in immune cell modulation...
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Dentistry Journal, Vol. 7, Pages 104: Distribution of the Condylion-Gonion-Menton (CoGoMe^) Angle in a Population of Patients from Southern Italy Dentistry Journal doi: 10.3390/dj7040104 Authors: D’Antò Pango Madariaga Rongo Bucci Simeon Franchi Valletta The condylion-gonion-menton angle (CoGoMe^) is commonly used as a pre-treatment indicator of responsiveness in Class II patients treated with functional appliances. The distribution of this angle in the Caucasian...
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Fermentation, Vol. 5, Pages 95: The Second-Generation Biomethane from Mandarin Orange Peel under Cocultivation with Methanogens and the Armed Clostridium cellulovorans Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation5040095 Authors: Hisao Tomita Yutaka Tamaru This study demonstrates that the consortium, which consists of the microbial flora of methane production (MFMP) and Clostridium cellulovorans grown with cellulose, can perform the direct conversion of cellulosic biomass to methane. The...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 548: Storage Stability of Texture and Sensory Properties of Yogurt with the Addition of Polymerized Whey Proteins Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110548 Authors: Paulina Bierzuńska Dorota Cais-Sokolińska Asli Yiğit Herein, we examined the possibility of producing probiotic yogurt with the addition of polymerized whey protein (PWP). It was determined that the yogurt was stable in terms of syneresis, texture, and sensory features. No spontaneous whey syneresis (SWS)...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 546: Agaricus brasiliensis KA21 May Prevent Diet-Induced Nash Through Its Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anti-Fibrotic Activities in the Liver Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110546 Authors: Anna Nakamura Qi Zhu Yoko Yokoyama Naho Kitamura Sena Uchida Kayo Kumadaki Kazuo Tsubota Mitsuhiro Watanabe Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a progressive disease that occurs in the liver. As the number of people with NASH has increased, effective prevention...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 547: Occurrence and Reduction of Biogenic Amines in Kimchi and Korean Fermented Seafood Products Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110547 Authors: Young Kyoung Park Jae Hoan Lee Jae-Hyung Mah Biogenic amines produced during fermentation may be harmful when ingested in high concentrations. As current regulations remain insufficient to ensure the safety of fermented vegetable products, the current study determined the risks associated with the consumption of kimchi by...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 545: Factors Influencing Consumers’ Perceptions of Food: A Study of Apple Juice Using Sensory and Visual Attention Methods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8110545 Authors: Włodarska Pawlak-Lemańska Górecki Sikorska The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of intrinsic product characteristics and extrinsic packaging-related factors on the food quality perception. Sensory and visual attention methods were used to study how consumers perceive the quality...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 132: Measuring Transformational Leadership in Establishing Nursing Care Excellence Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040132 Authors: Sarah E. Moon Pieter J. Van Dam Alex Kitsos Transformational leadership (TL) is known to be essential to achieving Magnet® recognition, an internationally prestigious status for nursing care excellence. Since its inception in the 1980s, empirical studies have identified benefits of implementing the Magnet®...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 131: Heterogeneous Impacts of Basic Social Health Insurance on Medical Expenditure: Evidence from China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040131 Authors: Fang He Rozelle Shi Sun Yu This paper examines the effects of China’s New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) on medical expenditure. Utilizing the quasi-random rollout of the NCMS for a difference-in-difference analysis, we find that the NCMS increased...
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Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 130: Creating Age-Friendly Communities: Housing and Technology Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7040130 Authors: Joost van Hoof Hannah R. Marston Katie R. Brittain Helen R. Barrie Taking an international perspective of healthy ageing, people are living longer and are generally in better health than previous generations [...]
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4276: Spatio-Temporal Variation Characteristics of PM2.5 in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region, China, from 2013 to 2018 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214276 Authors: Lili Wang Qiulin Xiong Gaofeng Wu Atul Gautam Jianfang Jiang Shuang Liu Wenji Zhao Hongliang Guan Air pollution, including particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution, is extremely harmful to the environment as well as human health....
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4277: Prevalence of Respiratory Health Symptoms among Landfill Waste Recyclers in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214277 Authors: Nonhlanhla Tlotleng Tahira Kootbodien Kerry Wilson Felix Made Angela Mathee Vusi Ntlebi Spo Kgalamono Moses Mokone Karen Du Preez Nisha Naicker In developing countries, waste sorting and recycling have become a source...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4275: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Increase Physical Activity of Preschool-Aged Children Attending Early Childhood Education and Care: Study Protocol for the ‘Everybody Energise’ Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214275 Authors: Tessa Delaney Jacklyn K. Jackson Jannah Jones Alix Hall Ashleigh Dives Taya Wedesweiler Libby Campbell Nicole Nathan Maria Romiti...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4274: Putting Suicide Policy through the Wringer: Perspectives of Military Members Who Attempted to Kill Themselves International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214274 Authors: Tirzah Parrish LeFeber Bernadette Solorzano In response to the Air Force Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Mark Ediger’s call for medical services to be guided by service members’ values, preferences, and experiences within...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4273: Fatty Acid Profile of Postmenopausal Women Receiving, and Not Receiving, Hormone Replacement Therapy International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214273 Authors: Anna Maria Cybulska Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka Arleta Drozd Kamila Rachubińska Jolanta Pawlik Ewa Stachowska Anna Jurczak Elżbieta Grochans Menopause, the permanent cessation of the menstrual cycle, marks the end of a woman’s...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4272: Social Relationships, Age and the Use of Preventive Health Services: Findings from the German Ageing Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214272 Authors: Daniel Bremer Daniel Lüdecke Olaf von dem Knesebeck This paper investigates the associations between social relationships, age and the use of preventive health services among German adults. Data stem from the German Ageing Survey (10,324 respondents)....
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 4271: Serological and Molecular Investigation of Coxiella burnetii in Small Ruminants and Ticks in Punjab, Pakistan International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214271 Authors: Qudrat Ullah Hosny El-Adawy Tariq Jamil Huma Jamil Zafar Iqbal Qureshi Muhammad Saqib Shakeeb Ullah Muhammad Kamal Shah Alam Zeb Khan Muhammad Zubair Iahtasham Khan Katja Mertens-Scholz Klaus Henning Heinrich Neubauer...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5480: Lack of Delta-Sarcoglycan (Sgcd) Results in Retinal Degeneration International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215480 Authors: Andric C. Perez-Ortiz Martha J. Peralta-Ildefonso Esmeralda Lira-Romero Ernesto Moya-Albor Jorge Brieva Israel Ramirez-Sanchez Carmen Clapp Alexandra Luna-Angulo Alvaro Rendon Elva Adan-Castro Gabriela Ramírez-Hernández Nundehui Díaz-Lezama Ramón M. Coral-Vázquez Francisco J. Estrada-Mena...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5478: Emerging Highly Virulent Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus: Molecular Mechanisms of Attenuation and Rational Design of Live Attenuated Vaccines International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215478 Authors: Yixuan Hou Qiuhong Wang The highly virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) emerged in China in 2010. It infects pigs of all ages, and causes severe diarrhea and high mortality rates in newborn pigs, leading to devastating economic...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5477: Exploring the Regulatory Role of Circular RNAs in Neurodegenerative Disorders International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215477 Authors: Eleonora D’Ambra Davide Capauto Mariangela Morlando Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a distinctive class of regulatory non-coding RNAs characterised by the presence of covalently closed ends. They are evolutionary conserved molecules, and although detected in different tissues, circRNAs resulted specifically...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5476: Generation of Organized Porcine Testicular Organoids in Solubilized Hydrogels from Decellularized Extracellular Matrix International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215476 Authors: Maxime Vermeulen Federico Del Vento Marc Kanbar Sébastien Pyr dit Ruys Didier Vertommen Jonathan Poels Christine Wyns Cryopreservation of immature testicular tissue (ITT) prior to chemo/radiotherapy is now ethically accepted and is currently the...
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IJMS, Vol. 20, Pages 5475: Blood Platelet Adenosine Receptors as Potential Targets for Anti-Platelet Therapy International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms20215475 Authors: Nina Wolska Marcin Rozalski Adenosine receptors are a subfamily of highly-conserved G-protein coupled receptors. They are found in the membranes of various human cells and play many physiological functions. Blood platelets express two (A2A and A2B) of the four known adenosine receptor subtypes (A1,...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1866: Identification of Risk of QT Prolongation by Pharmacists When Conducting Medication Reviews in Residential Aged Care Settings: A Missed Opportunity? Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111866 Authors: Louise Christensen J. Rick Turner Gregory M. Peterson Mark Naunton Jackson Thomas Kwang Choon Yee Sam Kosari QT interval prolongation is associated with torsade de pointes and sudden cardiac death. QT prolongation can be caused by many...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1867: Secretome and Extracellular Vesicles as New Biological Therapies for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111867 Authors: Daniele D’Arrigo Alice Roffi Magali Cucchiarini Matteo Moretti Christian Candrian Giuseppe Filardo Secretome and extracellular vesicles (EVs) are considered a promising option to exploit mesenchymal stem cells’ (MSCs) properties to address knee osteoarthritis (OA)....
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1864: Positive Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1 Expression Predicts Poor Treatment Outcomes in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111864 Authors: Huang Lu Wang Chen Lo Lin Lan Tseng Li Background: Programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) is present in a subgroup of cancer patients who may be favorable targets for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies....
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1863: Associations of Anti-Aquaporin 5 Autoantibodies with Serologic and Histopathological Features of Sjögren's Syndrome Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111863 Authors: Jeon Lee Park Kim Choi Biomarkers to stratify the complex and heterogeneous phenotypes of Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) are needed. We aimed to validate the prevalence of anti-aquaporin 5 (AQP5) IgG in a non-Korean cohort and to optimize the method to screen the anti-AQP5...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1865: Osteoarthritis Severely Decreases the Elasticity and Hardness of Knee Joint Cartilage: A Nanoindentation Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111865 Authors: Mieloch Richter Trzeciak Giersig Rybka The nanoindentation method was applied to determine the elastic modulus and hardness of knee articular cartilage. Cartilage samples from both high weight bearing (HWB) and low weight bearing (LWB) femoral condyles were collected from...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1860: Lipid Profile Rather Than the LCAT Mutation Explains Renal Disease in Familial LCAT Deficiency Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111860 Authors: Lamiquiz-Moneo Civeira Gómez-Coronado Blanco-Vaca Villafuerte-Ledesma Gil Amigó Mateo-Gallego Cenarro Renal complications are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with familial lecithin–cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency (FLD). We report...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1861: Hypovitaminosis D Influences the Clinical Presentation of Immune Thrombocytopenia in Children with Newly Diagnosed Disease Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111861 Authors: Petrovic Benzon Batinic Culic Roganovic Markic Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired autoimmune disorder characterized by isolated thrombocytopenia defined as platelet count in peripheral blood <100 × 109/L. Hypovitaminosis D is very...
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JCM, Vol. 8, Pages 1862: Influence of a Concurrent Exercise Training Intervention during Pregnancy on Maternal and Arterial and Venous Cord Serum Cytokines: The GESTAFIT Project Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm8111862 Authors: Acosta-Manzano Coll-Risco Van Poppel Segura-Jiménez Femia Romero-Gallardo Borges-Cosic Díaz-Castro Moreno-Fernández Ochoa-Herrera Aparicio The aim of the present study was to analyze the influence of a supervised...
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Membranes, Vol. 9, Pages 144: Gas Separation Silica Membranes Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition of Methyl-Substituted Silanes Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes9110144 Authors: Harumi Kato Sean-Thomas B. Lundin So-Jin Ahn Atsushi Takagaki Ryuji Kikuchi S. Ted Oyama The effect on the gas permeance properties and structural morphology of the presence of methyl functional groups in a silica membrane was studied. Membranes were synthesized via chemical vapor deposition (CVD)...
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Metabolites, Vol. 9, Pages 265: Exposure of HepaRG Cells to Sodium Saccharin Underpins the Importance of Including Non-Hepatotoxic Compounds When Investigating Toxicological Modes of Action Using Metabolomics Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo9110265 Authors: Matthias Cuykx Charlie Beirnaert Robim Marcelino Rodrigues Kris Laukens Tamara Vanhaecke Adrian Covaci Metabolites represent the most downstream information of the cellular organisation. Hence, metabolomics experiments...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 524: Microbiological Assessment of the Quality of Some Commercial Products Marketed as Lactobacillus crispatus-Containing Probiotic Dietary Supplements Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110524 Authors: Pierro Polzonetti Patrone Morelli In the last decade, many authors have reported low viability for probiotic products. Investigators commonly find they are not meeting claimed active counts and/or incorrect species and/or strains have...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 7, Pages 523: Aided Phytoremediation to Clean Up Dioxins/Furans-Aged Contaminated Soil: correlation between microbial communities and pollutant dissipation Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7110523 Authors: Meglouli Fontaine Verdin Magnin-Robert Tisserant Hijri Sahraoui To restore and clean up polluted soils, aided phytoremediation was found to be an effective, eco-friendly, and feasible approach in the case of many organic pollutants....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3982: The Polyphenols as Potential Agents in Prevention and Therapy of Prostate Diseases Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213982 Authors: Tomislav Pejčić Tomislav Tosti Zoran Džamić Uroš Gašić Aleksandar Vuksanović Zana Dolićanin Živoslav Tešić In recent years, the progress of science and medicine greatly has influenced human life span and health. However, lifestyle habits, like physical activity, smoking cessation, moderate alcohol consumption,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3983: Comparison of the Fatty Acid and Triglyceride Profiles of Big Eye Tuna (Thunnus obesus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Bighead Carp (Aristichthysnobilis) Heads Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213983 Authors: Jing Zhang Ningping Tao Yueliang Zhao Xichang Wang Mingfu Wang Big eye tuna (Thunnus obesus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) are three representative marine and fresh water fishes. In this study,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3981: Gamma Irradiated Rhodiola sachalinensis Extract Ameliorates Testosterone-Induced Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Downregulating 5-Alpha Reductase and Restoring Testosterone in Rats Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213981 Authors: Qi Xin Mi-Jin Kwon Ju-Woon Lee Kwan-Soo Kim Hao Chen Maria G. Campos Rosa Tundis Cheng-Bi Cui Young Ho Cho Hui Cao The effect of Rhodiola sachalinensis Boriss extract irradiated with 50 kGy gamma rays...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3980: Protein Chemical Labeling Using Biomimetic Radical Chemistry Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213980 Authors: Sato Nakamura Chemical labeling of proteins with synthetic low-molecular-weight probes is an important technique in chemical biology. To achieve this, it is necessary to use chemical reactions that proceed rapidly under physiological conditions (i.e., aqueous solvent, pH, low concentration, and low temperature) so that protein denaturation...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3978: Use of Deep Eutectic Solvents in Polymer Chemistry–A Review Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213978 Authors: Michal Jablonský Andrea Škulcová Jozef Šima This review deals with two overlapping issues, namely polymer chemistry and deep eutectic solvents (DESs). With regard to polymers, specific aspects of synthetic polymers, polymerization processes producing such polymers, and natural cellulose-based nanopolymers are evaluated. As for DESs, their...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3979: Eugenol Exerts Apoptotic Effect and Modulates the Sensitivity of HeLa Cells to Cisplatin and Radiation Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24213979 Authors: Moustafa Fathy Michael Atef Fawzy Henning Hintzsche Toshio Nikaido Thomas Dandekar Eman M. Othman Eugenol is a phytochemical present in different plant products, e.g., clove oil. Traditionally, it is used against a number of different disorders and it was suggested to have anticancer activity....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1559: Effect of Foliar Spray Application of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles on Quantitative, Nutritional, and Physiological Parameters of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica L.) under Field Conditions Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111559 Authors: Kolenčík Ernst Komár Urík Šebesta Dobročka Černý Illa Kanike Qian Feng Orlová Kratošová It has been shown that the foliar application of inorganic nano-materials on cereal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2643: Metabolic Effects of the Sweet Protein MNEI as a Sweetener in Drinking Water. A Pilot Study of a High Fat Dietary Regimen in a Rodent Model Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112643 Authors: Rosa Cancelliere Serena Leone Cristina Gatto Arianna Mazzoli Carmine Ercole Susanna Iossa Giovanna Liverini Delia Picone Raffaella Crescenzo Sweeteners have become integrating components of the typical western diet, in response to the spreading of sugar-related...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2644: Hochu-Ekki-To Improves Motor Function in an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Animal Model Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112644 Authors: Mudan Cai Eun Jin Yang Hochu-ekki-to (Bojungikgi-Tang (BJIGT) in Korea; Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi Tang in Chinese), a traditional herbal prescription, has been widely used in Asia. Hochu-ekki-to (HET) is used to enhance the immune system in respiratory disorders, improve the nutritional status associated with chronic diseases, enhance...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2642: The Role of Probiotics in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A New Insight into Therapeutic Strategies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112642 Authors: Marica Meroni Miriam Longo Paola Dongiovanni Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a broad spectrum of pathological hepatic conditions ranging from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which may predispose to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Due to the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2641: Factors Predicting the Response to a Vitamin D-Fortified Milk in Healthy Postmenopausal Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112641 Authors: Rebeca Reyes-Garcia Antonia Garcia-Martin Santiago Palacios Nancy Salas Nicolas Mendoza Miguel Quesada-Charneco Juristo Fonolla Federico Lara-Villoslada Manuel Muñoz-Torres Background: Milk products fortified with vitamin D may constitute an alternative to pharmacological supplements for reaching...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2640: Evidence of Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Cord Blood and Maternal-to-Fetal Transport across the Placenta Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112640 Authors: Birgit Hirschmugl Waltraud Brandl Bence Csapo Mireille van Poppel Harald Köfeler Gernot Desoye Christian Wadsack Evelyn Jantscher-Krenn Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are present in maternal serum in early gestation, raising the question of whether HMOs can cross the placental barrier...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2639: The Effects of Iodine Supplementation in Pregnancy on Iodine Status, Thyroglobulin Levels and Thyroid Function Parameters: Results from a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial in a Mild-to-Moderate Iodine Deficiency Area Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112639 Authors: Simona Censi Sara Watutantrige-Fernando Giulia Groccia Jacopo Manso Mario Plebani Diego Faggian Monica Maria Mion Roberta Venturini Alessandra Andrisani Anna Casaro Pietro...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2638: High-Fructose Diet-Induced Metabolic Disorders Were Counteracted by the Intake of Fruit and Leaves of Sweet Cherry in Wistar Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112638 Authors: Dziadek Kopeć Piątkowska Leszczyńska Numerous studies have indicated that the use of plants rich in bioactive compounds may reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate how the addition of fruit and leaves to high-fructose diet...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2637: Is N-Carbamoyl Putrescine, the Decarboxylation Derivative of Citrulline, a Regulator of Muscle Protein Metabolism in Rats? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112637 Authors: Prasanthi Jegatheesan David Ramani Mickael Lhuillier Naouel El-Hafaia Radji Ramassamy Mohamed Aboubacar Samir Nakib Huixiong Chen Christiane Garbay Nathalie Neveux Cécile Loï Luc Cynober Jean-Pascal de Bandt N-carbamoyl putrescine (NCP), the decarboxylation...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2635: Tea Consumption Patterns in Relation to Diet Quality among Children and Adults in the United States: Analyses of NHANES 2011–2016 Data Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112635 Authors: Florent Vieux Matthieu Maillot Colin D. Rehm Adam Drewnowski Flavonoid-rich tea offers an alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages. The present analyses, based on 2 24-hour dietary recalls for 17,506 persons aged ≥9 years old in the 2011–2016 National...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 217: Metagenomic Analysis of Infectious F-Specific RNA Bacteriophage Strains in Wastewater Treatment and Disinfection Processes Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040217 Authors: Lee Suwa Shigemura F-specific RNA bacteriophages (FRNAPHs) can be used to indicate water contamination and the fate of viruses in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, the occurrence of FRNAPH strains in WWTPs is relatively unknown, whereas FRNAPH genotypes (GI–GIV)...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 471: Assessment of the Genetic Diversity of Rice Germplasms Characterized by Black-Purple and Red Pericarp Color Using Simple Sequence Repeat Markers Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110471 Authors: Jae-Ryoung Park Won-Tae Yang Yong-Sham Kwon Hyeon-Nam Kim Kyung-Min Kim Doh-Hoon Kim The assessment of the genetic diversity within germplasm collections can be accomplished using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers and association mapping techniques. The present...
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 73: Editors’ Introduction: ‘Access to Justice: Historical Approaches to Victims of Crime’ Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9040073 Authors: Pamela Cox Barry Godfrey Victims were central to the detection and prosecution of crime for most of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries [...]
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 229: An Evaluation of Heart Rate Variability in Female Youth Soccer Players Following Soccer Heading: A Pilot Study Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7110229 Authors: Alexandra B. Harriss Kolten Abbott Kurt Kimpinski Jeffrey D. Holmes Andrew M. Johnson David M. Walton James P. Dickey Most head impacts in soccer occur from purposeful heading; however, the link between heading and neurological impairment is unknown. Previous work suggests concussion may...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 228: Increased Parasympathetic Activity by Foot Reflexology Massage after Repeated Sprint Test in Collegiate Football Players: A Randomised Controlled Trial Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7110228 Authors: Chen Lu Clemente Bezerra Kuo Foot reflexology massage (FRM) has positive effects on cardiovascular and haemodynamic functions. However, information regarding the physiological changes after FRM post exercise-stress is limited. This study investigated...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 641: Using Botulinum Toxin A for Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome—Possible Pathomechanisms and Practical Issues Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110641 Authors: Jia-Fong Jhang Treatment for patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) is always challenging for urologists. The main mechanism of the botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) is inhibition of muscle contraction, but the indirect sensory modulation and anti-inflammatory effect...
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Vibration, Vol. 2, Pages 300-310: Field Experiments and Numerical Analysis of the Ground Vibration Isolation of Shock Wave Propagation under Explosion Shock Loading Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration2040019 Authors: Wang Because blast effects can jeopardize the safety of facilities, controlling blast hazards is critical in engineering design and construction. The attenuation and amplification effects generated by blast waves are affected by the topography and terrain of the blast area....
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1021: Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Induces Single Immunoglobulin Interleukin-1 Related Receptor (SIGIRR) Downregulation to Promote Interleukin-1β Upregulation in Porcine Alveolar Macrophage Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111021 Authors: Yang Liu Yin Shang Zhang Khan Liu Cai Multisystemic inflammation in pigs affected by porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) indicates the disordered expression of inflammatory cytokines. However, the PCV2-induced...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1020: Emerging Role of LY6E in Virus–Host Interactions Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111020 Authors: Jingyou Yu Shan-Lu Liu As a canonical lymphocyte antigen-6/urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor Ly6/uPAR family protein, lymphocyte antigen 6 complex, locus E (LY6E), plays important roles in immunological regulation, T cell physiology, and oncogenesis. Emerging evidence indicates that LY6E is also involved in the modulation of viral infection. Consequently,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2306: Reconstruction of Seasonal Net Erosion in a Mediterranean Landscape (Alento River Basin, Southern Italy) over the Past Five Decades Water doi: 10.3390/w11112306 Authors: Nazzareno Diodato Gianni Bellocchi In the low Mediterranean basin, late spring and autumn rainfall events have the potential to increase discharge and transport substantial amounts of sediment soil (that is, the net soil erosion from a watershed). For the Alento River Basin (ARB), located...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2305: Risk Analysis of Earth-Rock Dam Breach Based on Dynamic Bayesian Network
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2305: Risk Analysis of Earth-Rock Dam Breach Based on Dynamic Bayesian Network Water doi: 10.3390/w11112305 Authors: Li Wang Ge Wei Li Despite the fact that the Bayesian network has great advantages in logical reasoning and calculation compared with the other traditional risk analysis methods, there are still obvious shortcomings in the study of dynamic risk. The risk factors of the earth-rock dam breach are complex, which vary with time during...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2302: Enhanced Coagulation with Mn(III) Pre-Oxidation for Treatment of Micro-Polluted Raw Water Water doi: 10.3390/w11112302 Authors: Yan Sun Wang Wang Pan Wu Liu Mn(III) oxidation technology has attracted increasing interest in recent years because of its fast decontamination kinetics and second-pollution-free characteristic. Whether it can be used as a pre-oxidation step to enhance conventional coagulation process remains to be evaluated....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2303: The Expected Shoreline Effect of a Marine Energy Farm Operating Close to Sardinia Island Water doi: 10.3390/w11112303 Authors: Onea Rusu Coastal areas are defined by numerous opportunities and threats. Among them we can mention emerging renewable projects and on the other hand coastal erosion. In the present work, the impact of a generic wind–wave farm on the nearshore waves and currents in the vicinity of the Porto Ferro inlet (northwest Sardinia)...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2304: Is Flood Irrigation a Potential Driver of River-Groundwater Interactions and Diffuse Nitrate Pollution in Agricultural Watersheds? Water doi: 10.3390/w11112304 Authors: Racchetti Salmaso Pinardi Quadroni Soana Sacchi Severini Celico Viaroli Bartoli In the Po plain, northern Italy, rivers within agricultural basins display steep summer increases in nitrate (NO3−) concentrations. Flood irrigation in overfertilized,...
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