Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2797: Daily Ingestion of Eggplant Powder Improves Blood Pressure and Psychological State in Stressed Individuals: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112797 Authors: Mie Nishimura Miho Suzuki Ryuto Takahashi Shohei Yamaguchi Kazufumi Tsubaki Tomoyuki Fujita Jun Nishihira Kozo Nakamura Eggplant (Solanum melongena) is a globally popular vegetable and its significant health effect has not been reported in randomized...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2798: Patient Involvement in Education of Nutrition and Dietetics Students: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112798 Authors: Judi Porter Nicole Kellow Amanda Anderson Andrea Bryce Janeane Dart Claire Palermo Evelyn Volders Simone Gibson A client-centred approach sits at the core of modern healthcare. Exploration of the patients’ role within the education of nutrition and dietetic students has not previously been undertaken....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2796: Calorie Restriction in Adulthood Reduces Hepatic Disorders Induced by Transient Postnatal Overfeeding in Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112796 Authors: Catherine Yzydorczyk Na Li Eve Rigal Hassib Chehade Dolores Mosig Jean Baptiste Armengaud Thibaud. Rolle Anithan Krishnasamy Eulalia Orozco Benazir Siddeek Christian Juvet Catherine Vergely Umberto Simeoni Impaired early nutrition influences the risk of developing metabolic...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2794: Punicalagin Prevents Inflammation in LPS-Induced RAW264.7 Macrophages by Inhibiting FoxO3a/Autophagy Signaling Pathway Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112794 Authors: Cao Chen Ren Zhang Tan Yang Punicalagin, a hydrolysable tannin of pomegranate juice, exhibits multiple biological effects, including inhibiting production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in macrophages. Autophagy, an intracellular self-digestion process, has been recently shown...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2793: Segmenting Young Adult University Student’s Eating Behaviour: A Theory-Informed Approach Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112793 Authors: Kitunen Rundle-Thiele Carins The purpose of this paper is to extend behavioural theory and segmentation application. Specifically, this paper draws on three segmentation bases and behavioural theory that extends focus beyond individual psychological predispositions to form segments within the healthy eating context...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2795: Ecklonia Cava Extract Attenuates Endothelial Cell Dysfunction by Modulation of Inflammation and Brown Adipocyte Function in Perivascular Fat Tissue Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112795 Authors: Myeongjoo Son Seyeon Oh Hye Sun Lee Dong-Min Chung Ji Tae Jang You-Jin Jeon Chang Hu Choi Kook Yang Park Kuk Hui Son Kyunghee Byun It is well known that perivascular fat tissue (PVAT) dysfunction can induce endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2792: Polydatin Inhibits NLRP3 Inflammasome in Dry Eye Disease by Attenuating Oxidative Stress and Inhibiting the NF-κB Pathway Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112792 Authors: Bongkyun Park Kyuhyung Jo Tae Gu Lee Soo-Wang Hyun Jin Sook Kim Chan-Sik Kim Polydatin (also named pieceid, (E)-piceid, (E)-polydatin, trans-polydatin, or 3,5,4’-trihydroxystilbene-3-b-D-glucoside) is a monocrystalline compound isolated from the root and rhizome of...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2790: Soy Products Ameliorate Obesity-Related Anthropometric Indicators in Overweight or Obese Asian and Non-Menopausal Women: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112790 Authors: Mu Kou Wei Lu Liu Tian Zhang Liu Li Cui Wang Background: The effect of soy products on the weight of overweight or obese people is controversial, so we aimed to conduct a systematic review and a meta-analysis...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2791: Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Isomaltodextrin in a C57BL/6NCrl Mouse Model with Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Low-Grade Chronic Inflammation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112791 Authors: Hann Zeng Zong Sakurai Taniguchi Takagaki Watanabe Mitsuzumi Mine ：The purpose of this study was to identify the anti-inflammatory activity and mechanism of isomaltodextrin (IMD) in a C57BL/6NCrl mouse model with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2788: PipeNig®-FL, a Fluid Extract of Black Pepper (Piper Nigrum L.) with a High Standardized Content of Trans-β-Caryophyllene, Reduces Lipid Accumulation in 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes and Improves Glucose Uptake in C2C12 Myotubes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112788 Authors: Federica Geddo Rosaria Scandiffio Susanna Antoniotti Erika Cottone Giulia Querio Massimo E. Maffei Patrizia Bovolin Maria Pia Gallo Trans-β-caryophyllene (BCP) is a...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2789: Validation of a Newly Developed Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Dietary Intakes of Magnesium Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112789 Authors: Deeptha Sukumar Rosemary DeLuccia May Cheung Rohit Ramadoss Tammy Ng Alicia Lamoureux Magnesium (Mg) intake is an important indication of an individual’s Mg status, but no validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess intake currently exists. The purpose of this study was to develop...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2781: Relationships Between Health and Environmental Information on the Willingness to Pay for Functional Foods: The Case of a New Aloe Vera Based Product Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112781 Authors: Castellari Elena Ricci Elena Claire Stranieri Stefanella Marette Stéphan Sarnataro Martina Soregaroli Claudio There is an increasing interest in healthy and sustainable product characteristics. Consumers determine their dietary intake and frame production...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2779: Body Fluid-Independent Effects of Dietary Salt Consumption in Chronic Kidney Disease Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112779 Authors: Jetta J. Oppelaar Liffert Vogt The average dietary salt (i.e., sodium chloride) intake in Western society is about 10 g per day. This greatly exceeds the lifestyle recommendations by the WHO to limit dietary salt intake to 5 g. There is robust evidence that excess salt intake is associated with deleterious effects including...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2786: Antimicrobial, Antioxidant, and Immunomodulatory Properties of Essential Oils: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112786 Authors: Magdalena Valdivieso-Ugarte Carolina Gomez-Llorente Julio Plaza-Díaz Ángel Gil Essential oils (EOs) are a mixture of natural, volatile, and aromatic compounds obtained from plants. In recent years, several studies have shown that some of their benefits can be attributed to their antimicrobial, antioxidant,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2785: Fat Addiction: Psychological and Physiological Trajectory Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112785 Authors: Siddharth Sarkar Kanwal Preet Kochhar Naim Akhtar Khan Obesity has become a major public health concern worldwide due to its high social and economic burden, caused by its related comorbidities, impacting physical and mental health. Dietary fat is an important source of energy along with its rewarding and reinforcing properties. The nutritional recommendations...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2784: Plasma Cholesterol-Lowering Activity of Soybean Germ Phytosterols Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112784 Authors: Hanyue Zhu Jingnan Chen Zouyan He Wangjun Hao Jianhui Liu Erika Kwek Ka Ying Ma Yanlan Bi Soybean germ phytosterols (SGP) largely exist in soybean germ oil. Our previous study demonstrated that soybean germ oil was effective in reducing plasma cholesterol. However, it remains unknown if its phytosterols are the active ingredients...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2782: The Calorie and Nutrient Density of More- Versus Less-Processed Packaged Food and Beverage Products in the Canadian Food Supply Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112782 Authors: Laura Vergeer Paige Veira Jodi T. Bernstein Madyson Weippert Mary R. L’Abbé The association between the degree of processing and healthfulness of foods remains unclear. Most evidence of this relationship is based on dietary intake surveys rather than individual products and...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2783: Dietary Protein Consumption and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: ADose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112783 Authors: Mengying Fan Yuqian Li Chongjian Wang Zhenxing Mao Wen Zhou Lulu Zhang Xiu Yang Songyang Cui Linlin Li The relationship between dietary protein consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been inconsistent. The aim of this meta-analysis was to explore the relations...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2780: White Kidney Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) Consumption Reduces Fat Accumulation in a Polygenic Mouse Model of Obesity Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112780 Authors: Elizabeth S. Neil John N. McGinley Vanessa K. Fitzgerald Corey A. Lauck Jeremy A. Tabke Madyson R. Streeter-McDonald Linxing Yao Corey D. Broeckling Tiffany L. Weir Michelle T. Foster Henry J. Thompson Clinical studies indicate that eating common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2787: Hypovitaminosis Din Postherpetic Neuralgia—High Prevalence and Inverse Association with Pain: A Retrospective Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112787 Authors: Jen-Yin Chen Yao-Tsung Lin Li-Kai Wang Kuo-Chuan Hung Kuo-Mao Lan Chung-Han Ho Chia-Yu Chang Hypovitaminosis D (25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) <75 nmol/L) is associated with neuropathic pain and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) immunity. A two-part retrospective hospital-based...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2778: Effects of Weekly Supplementation of Cholecalciferol and Calcifediol Among the Oldest-Old People: Findings From a Randomized Pragmatic Clinical Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112778 Authors: Carmelinda Ruggiero Marta Baroni Vittorio Bini Annalisa Brozzetti Luca Parretti Elisa Zengarini Maria Lapenna Pierluigi Antinolfi Alberto Falorni Patrizia Mecocci Virginia Boccardi Vitamin D inadequacy is pervasive in the oldest-old....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2776: Aqueous Extract of Brazilian Berry (Myrciaria jaboticaba) Peel Improves Inflammatory Parameters and Modulates Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium in Rats with Induced-Colitis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112776 Authors: Juliana Kelly da Silva-Maia Ângela Giovana Batista Cinthia Baú Betim Cazarin Edilene Siqueira Soares Stanislau Bogusz Junior Raquel Franco Leal Maria Alice da Cruz-Höfling Mário Roberto Maróstica Junior Natural compounds...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2777: Inhibitory Effects of Osthole on Human Breast Cancer Cell Progression via Induction of Cell Cycle Arrest, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, and ER Stress Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112777 Authors: Wonhyoung Park Sunwoo Park Gwonhwa Song Whasun Lim Background: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in women. Although, recently, the number of pathological studies of breast cancer have increased,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2774: Multiple Sclerosis Patients Show Lower Bioavailable 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D, but No Difference in Ratio of 25(OH)D/24,25(OH)2D and FGF23 Concentrations Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112774 Authors: Mariska C Vlot Laura Boekel Jolijn Kragt Joep Killestein Barbara M. van Amerongen Robert de Jonge Martin den Heijer Annemieke C. Heijboer Vitamin D (VitD) insufficiency is common in multiple sclerosis (MS). VitD has possible anti-inflammatory...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2775: Improvements in Glycemic, Micronutrient, and Mineral Indices in Arab Adults with Pre-Diabetes Post-Lifestyle Modification Program Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112775 Authors: Hanan Alfawaz Alsoodeeri Fahadah Naeef Kaiser Wani Malak Nawaz Khan Khattak Shaun Sabico Abdullah M. Alnaami Nasser M. Al-Daghri The present study aimed to investigate the changes in dietary patterns of adult Saudis with prediabetes who underwent a six-month lifestyle...
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Particles, Vol. 2, Pages 481-490: Upgrading the Baryonic Matter at the Nuclotron Experiment at NICA for Studies of Dense Nuclear Matter Particles doi: 10.3390/particles2040029 Authors: Peter Senger Dmitrii Dementev Johann Heuser Mikhail Kapishin Evgeny Lavrik Yuri Murin Anna Maksymchuk Hans Rudolf Schmidt Christian Schmidt Anna Senger Alexander Zinchenko The Nuclotron at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna can deliver gold beams with kinetic...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 239: Apoptosis, Autophagy, and Pyroptosis: Immune Escape Strategies for Persistent Infection and Pathogenesis of Classical Swine Fever Virus Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040239 Authors: Sheng-ming Ma Qian Mao Lin Yi Ming-qiu Zhao Jin-ding Chen Classical swine fever (CSF) is a severe acute infectious disease that results from classical swine fever virus (CSFV) infection, which leads to serious economic losses in the porcine industry worldwide....
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 238: A Complex Dance: Measuring the Multidimensional Worlds of Influenza Virus Evolution and Anti-Influenza Immune Responses Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040238 Authors: Jiong Wang Alexander Wiltse Martin S. Zand The human antibody response to influenza virus infection or vaccination is as complicated as it is essential for protection against flu. The constant antigenic changes of the virus to escape human herd immunity hinder the yearly selection of...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 237: Identification of Candida Species from Clinical Samples in a Honduran Tertiary Hospital Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040237 Authors: Kathy Montes Bryan Ortiz Celeste Galindo Isis Figueroa Sharleen Braham Gustavo Fontecha Candida species are one of the most important causes of human infections, especially in hospitals and among immunocompromised patients. The correct and rapid etiological identification of yeast infections is important...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 613: Development and Characterization of a Semi-Solid Dosage Form of Meglumine Antimoniate for Topical Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110613 Authors: Diana Berenguer Lilian Sosa Magdalena Alcover Marcella Sessa Lyda Halbaut Carme Guillén Roser Fisa Ana Cristina Calpena-Campmany Cristina Riera Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is treated with painful intralesional injections of meglumine antimoniate...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 614: Macrophage Targeting pH Responsive Polymersomes for Glucocorticoid Therapy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110614 Authors: Virgínia M. Gouveia Loris Rizzello Claudia Nunes Alessandro Poma Lorena Ruiz-Perez António Oliveira Salette Reis Giuseppe Battaglia Glucocorticoid (GC) drugs are the cornerstone therapy used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Here, we report pH responsive poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)–poly(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 612: The Role of Nanovaccine in Cross-Presentation of Antigen-Presenting Cells for the Activation of CD8+ T Cell Responses Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110612 Authors: Cheol Gyun Kim Yoon-Chul Kye Cheol-Heui Yun Explosive growth in nanotechnology has merged with vaccine development in the battle against diseases caused by bacterial or viral infections and malignant tumors. Due to physicochemical characteristics including size, viscosity,...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 512: Evolution of Target-Site Resistance to Glyphosate in an Amaranthus palmeri Population from Argentina and Its Expression at Different Plant Growth Temperatures Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110512 Authors: Kaundun Jackson Hutchings Galloway Marchegiani Howell Carlin Mcindoe Tuesca Moreno The mechanism and expression of resistance to glyphosate at different plant growing temperatures was investigated in an Amaranthus palmeri...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 511: Chemical Composition, Enantiomeric Distribution, and Sensory Evaluation of the Essential Oils Distilled from the Ecuadorian Species Myrcianthes myrsinoides (Kunth) Grifo and Myrcia mollis (Kunth) DC. (Myrtaceae) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110511 Authors: Montalván Peñafiel Ramírez Cumbicus Bec Larroque Bicchi Gilardoni The essential oils of Myrcianthes myrsinoides and Myrcia mollis, belonging to the Myrtaceae family, were obtained...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 510: Scribbling the Cat: A Case of the “Miracle” Plant, Moringa oleifera Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110510 Authors: Thulani Tshabalala Bhekumthetho Ncube Ntakadzeni Edwin Madala Trevor Tapiwa Nyakudya Hloniphani Peter Moyo Mbulisi Sibanda Ashwell Rungano Ndhlala This paper reviews the properties of the most cultivated species of the Moringaceae family, Moringa oleifera Lam. The paper takes a critical look at the positive and the associated negative...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 508: Mechanisms and Adaptation Strategies to Improve Heat Tolerance in Rice. A Review Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110508 Authors: Shahbaz Khan Sumera Anwar M. Yasin Ashraf Binish Khaliq Min Sun Sajid Hussain Zhi-qiang Gao Hafeez Noor Sher Alam The incidence of short episodes of high temperature in the most productive rice growing region is a severe threat for sustainable rice production. Screening for heat tolerance and breeding to increase...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 509: Effects of Bactericera cockerelli Herbivory on Volatile Emissions of Three Varieties of Solanum lycopersicum Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110509 Authors: Juan Mayo-Hernández Enrique Ramírez-Chávez Jorge Molina-Torres María de Lourdes Guillén-Cisneros Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera Francisco Hernández-Castillo Alberto Flores-Olivas José Humberto Valenzuela-Soto Domesticated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) crops have presented an increased susceptibility...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 507: Mycorrhization Mitigates Disease Caused by “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” in Tomato Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110507 Authors: Eric-Olivier Tiénébo Kyle Harrison Kouabenan Abo Yao Casimir Brou Leland S. Pierson Cecilia Tamborindeguy Elizabeth A. Pierson Julien G. Levy Disease caused by the bacterial pathogen “Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum” (Lso) represents a serious threat to solanaceous crop production....
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 634: Whither Neurotheology? Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110634 Authors: W. R. Klemm Human culture has modernized at a much faster pace than has theology and religion. We are at the point where many moderns apparently think that religion is losing relevance. Satisfying the need for relevance and ecumenical harmony requires more reasoned and mature approaches to religion. Science is one of those secular activities that seems to undermine religious faith for many...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 633: Reviving the Dead: A Kierkegaardian Turn from the Self-Positing to the Theological Self Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110633 Authors: Amber Bowen Kierkegaard scholars have traditionally chosen to read Kierkegaard as either a theologian or a philosopher. As a result, his corpus is bifurcated as theologians and philosophers lean on their preferred texts. Beneath this practice is an underlying assumption that philosophy and theology “make two,”...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 632: Religion’s Ambivalent Relation with Violence: From Scott Appleby to Emmanuel Levinas Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110632 Authors: Xin Mao The recent debate on the relation between certain religious traditions and violence has offered us multiple perspectives on this issue. Some scholars accept the conflictual image of religion in the contemporary time projected by the media, seeking the reason for religion’s supposedly violent nature. Some scholars...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 175: An Economic-Based Evaluation of Maize Production under Deficit and Supplemental Irrigation for Smallholder Farmers in Northern Togo, West Africa Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040175 Authors: Agossou Gadedjisso-Tossou Tamara Avellán Niels Schütze While the world population is expected to reach 9 billion in 2050, in West Africa, it will more than double. This situation will lead to a high demand for cereals in the region. At the same time, farmers...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 174: Water, Livelihoods, and Migration in SIDS: Climate Change and Future Prospects for Carriacou, West Indies Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040174 Authors: Adrian Cashman David Yawson Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among the most vulnerable to climate change, which will have a disproportionate impact on local environments and economies. Whilst there is a growing literature on how Caribbean SIDS can adapt to become more resilient, an...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 83: Detection of the Species of Origin for Pork, Chicken and Beef in Meat Food Products by Real-Time PCR Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5040083 Authors: Lavinia-Maria Chiş Dan Cristian Vodnar Processed food products of animal origin raise questions related to industrial safety and human health protection. This paper aimed to optimize and validate a real-time, sensitive, and accurate PCR method for the detection and quantification of meat species in selected processed...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 87, Pages 30: 4-Hydroxyderricin Isolated from the Sap of Angelica keiskei Koidzumi: Evaluation of Its Inhibitory Activity towards Dipeptidyl Peptidase-IV Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm87040030 Authors: Diah Lia Aulifa I Ketut Adnyana Jutti Levita Sukrasno Sukrasno Angelica keiskei sap is used as a blood-sugar reducer in Indonesia, however its molecular mechanism has not yet been explored. 4-hydroxyderricin (4-HD) is one of the major components...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 317: Gendered Career Pathways among Doctoral Graduates in the United Kingdom Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8110317 Authors: Peri-Rotem While women form about half of PhD students in Western countries, previous studies have shown that female doctoral graduates are underrepresented in senior positions and have lower earnings compared to their male counterparts within and outside academia. Less is known however about the role of gender in determining...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 316: Who Is Concerned about Terrorist Attacks? A Religious Profile Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8110316 Authors: Leite Ramires Dinis Sousa As part of the study on the psychological impact of terrorist acts on ordinary people, the objective of this study is to understand if religious identity protects individuals from feeling concerned about the possibility of terrorist attacks. The study was based on a sample from the World Values Survey,...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 315: Flipped Classroom to Improve University Student Centered Learning and Academic Performance Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8110315 Authors: Mingorance Estrada Granda Vera Rojas Ruiz Alemany Arrebola In recent years, educational research has focused on analyzing significant differences in the academic performance of university students according to the intervention model of the traditional methodology vs. the flipped classroom. This...
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 78: Is There a Gender Gap in the Sense of Duty to Vote? Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9040078 Authors: Carol Galais André Blais The topic of gender differences in the propensity to vote has been a central theme in political behavior studies for more than seventy years. When trying to explain why the turnout gender gap has shrunk over the last few decades, some scholars have claimed that this might be due to the fact that women are more dutiful than men; however,...
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Stats, Vol. 2, Pages 447-456: Bayesian Prediction of Order Statistics Based on k-Record Values from a Generalized Exponential Distribution Stats doi: 10.3390/stats2040031 Authors: Zoran Vidović We examine in this paper the implementation of Bayesian point predictors of order statistics from a future sample based on the k th lower record values from a generalized exponential distribution.
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Technologies, Vol. 7, Pages 82: 3D Model Generation on Architectural Plan and Section Training through Machine Learning Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies7040082 Authors: Hang Zhang Machine learning, especially the GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) model, has been developed tremendously in recent years. Since the NVIDIA Machine Learning group presented the StyleGAN in December 2018, it has become a new way for designers to make machines learn different or similar types of architectural...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 670: Deoxynivalenol Inhibits Porcine Intestinal Trefoil Factors Expression in Weanling Piglets and IPEC-J2 Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110670 Authors: Wang Zhang Wang Yang Wu Zhang Zhang Yang Qi Trefoil factors (TFFs) are regulatory peptides playing critical roles in mucosal repair and protection against a variety of insults within the gastrointestinal tract. This work aimed to explore the effects of deoxynivalenol (DON) on...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 671: Proteomic Characterization of High-Density Lipoprotein Particles from Non-Diabetic Hemodialysis Patients Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110671 Authors: Florens Calzada Delolme Page Guebre Egziabher Juillard Soulage Chronic kidney disease is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk, and altered biological properties of high-density lipoproteins (HDL) may play a role in these events. This study aimed to describe the HDL proteome...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 669: First Detection of Microcystin-LR in the Amazon River at the Drinking Water Treatment Plant of the Municipality of Macapá, Brazil Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110669 Authors: Elane D.C. Oliveira Raquel Castelo-Branco Luis Silva Natalina Silva Joana Azevedo Vitor Vasconcelos Silvia Faustino Alan Cunha Human poisoning by microcystin has been recorded in many countries, including Brazil, where fatal cases have already occurred. The Amazon...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 667: Cytotoxic Properties of HT-2 Toxin in Human Chondrocytes: Could T3 Inhibit Toxicity of HT-2? Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110667 Authors: Feng’e Zhang Mikko Juhani Lammi Wanzhen Shao Pan Zhang Yanan Zhang Haiyan Wei Xiong Guo Thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T3) plays an important role in coordinated endochondral ossification and hypertrophic differentiation of the growth plate, while aberrant thyroid hormone function appears to be related...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 668: Effects of Botulinum Toxin on Migraine Attack Features in Chronic Migraine: A Six-Month Open-Label Observation Study through Electronic Diary Smartphone Application Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110668 Authors: Antonio Santoro Marianna Delussi Maurizio Leone Anna Maria Miscio Laura De Rocco Gianluca Leo Marina De Tommaso OnobotulintoxinA (OBT-A) is a treatment option for Chronic Migraine (CM). It works on central sensitization and pain but...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 184: SLAM Family Receptor Signaling in Viral Infections: HIV and Beyond Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040184 Authors: O’Connell Amalfitano Aldhamen The signaling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM) family of receptors are expressed on the majority of immune cells. These receptors often serve as self-ligands, and play important roles in cellular communication and adhesion, thus modulating immune responses. SLAM family receptor signaling is differentially...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1070: A Multi-Omics Study of Chicken Infected by Nephropathogenic Infectious Bronchitis Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111070 Authors: Puzhi Xu Ping Liu Changming Zhou Yan Shi Qingpeng Wu Yitian Yang Guyue Li Guoliang Hu Xiaoquan Guo Chicken gout resulting from nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis virus (NIBV) has become a serious kidney disease problem in chicken worldwide with alterations of the metabolic phenotypes in multiple metabolic...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1069: In Vivo Characterization of Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Bank Voles (Myodes glareolus) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111069 Authors: Michelitsch Tews Klaus Bestehorn-Willmann Dobler Beer Wernike Tick-borne encephalitis is the most important tick-transmitted zoonotic virus infection in Eurasia, causing severe neurological symptoms in humans. The causative agent, the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), circulates between ticks and...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1067: Efficient Expression and Processing of Ebola Virus Glycoprotein Induces Morphological Changes in BmN Cells but Cannot Rescue Deficiency of Bombyx Mori Nucleopolyhedrovirus GP64 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111067 Authors: Jinshan Huang Na Liu Fanbo Xu Ellen Ayepa Charles Amanze Luping Sun Yaqin Shen Miao Yang Shuwen Yang Xingjia Shen Bifang Hao Ebola virus (EBOV) disease outbreaks have resulted in many fatalities, yet no licensed...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1068: Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Peritonitis: A Review of the Current Literature Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111068 Authors: Sandra Felten Katrin Hartmann Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a fatal disease that poses several challenges for veterinarians: clinical signs and laboratory changes are non-specific, and there are two pathotypes of the etiologic agent feline coronavirus (FCoV), sometimes referred to as feline enteric coronavirus (FECV) and feline...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1066: Treatment of Highly Pathogenic H7N9 Virus-Infected Mice with Baloxavir Marboxil Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111066 Authors: Maki Kiso Seiya Yamayoshi Yuri Furusawa Masaki Imai Yoshihiro Kawaoka Viral neuraminidase inhibitors show limited efficacy in mice infected with H7N9 influenza A viruses isolated from humans. Although baloxavir marboxil protected mice from lethal challenge infection with a low pathogenic avian influenza H7N9 virus isolated from...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1065: Schmallenberg Disease—A Newly Emerged Culicoides-borne Viral Disease of Ruminants Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111065 Authors: Abaineh D. Endalew Bonto Faburay William C. Wilson Juergen A. Richt First appearing in 2011 in Northern Europe, Schmallenberg virus (SBV), an Orthobunyavirus of the Simbu serogroup, is associated with clinical disease mainly in ruminants such as cattle, sheep and goats. The clinical signs are characterized by abortion and congenital...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1064: Erythromycin Estolate Inhibits Zika Virus Infection by Blocking Viral Entry as a Viral Inactivator Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111064 Authors: Xiaohuan Wang Shuai Xia Peng Zou Lu Lu Recently, Zika virus (ZIKV) has attracted much attention in consideration of its association with severe neurological complications including fetal microcephaly. However, there are currently no prophylactic vaccines or therapeutic drugs approved for clinical treatments of...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2409: Geomorphological Signature of Late Pleistocene Sea Level Oscillations in Torre Guaceto Marine Protected Area (Adriatic Sea, SE Italy) Water doi: 10.3390/w11112409 Authors: Francesco De Giosa Giovanni Scardino Matteo Vacchi Arcangelo Piscitelli Maurilio Milella Alessandro Ciccolella Giuseppe Mastronuzzi Morphostratigraphy is a useful tool to reconstruct the sequence of processes responsible for shaping the landscape. In marine and coastal...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2408: Mainstreaming Gender into Irrigation: Experiences from Pakistan Water doi: 10.3390/w11112408 Authors: Junaid Alam Memon Bethany Cooper Sarah Wheeler The influence of gender in participatory irrigation management reforms has been the subject of significant research in the past. Whilst there is some understanding of what hinders women and marginalized groups from participating in irrigation management, there is limited understanding of how male and female...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2407: Precipitation Trends and Alteration in Wei River Basin: Implication for Water Resources Management in the Transitional Zone between Plain and Loess Plateau, China Water doi: 10.3390/w11112407 Authors: Li Zhang Gong Wei Yang Precipitation plays a critical role in water resources management, and trend changes and alterations thereof are crucial to regional or basin water security, disaster prevention, and ecological restoration under a changing...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2406: Equivalent Discharge Coefficient of Side Weirs in Circular Channel—A Lazy Machine Learning Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w11112406 Authors: Granata Nunno Gargano Marinis Side weirs have been widely used since ancient times in many hydraulic works. Their operation can be analyzed following different approaches. However, almost all possible analysis approaches require knowledge of the discharge coefficient, which depends on several geometric and hydraulic...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2405: Investigation of Sediment-Rich Glacial Meltwater Plumes Using a High-Resolution Multispectral Sensor Mounted on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Water doi: 10.3390/w11112405 Authors: Wójcik Bialik Osińska Figielski A Parrot Sequoia+ multispectral camera on a Parrot Bluegrass drone registered in four spectral bands (green, red, red edge (RE), and near-infrared (NIR)) to identify glacial outflow zones and determined the meltwater turbidity values in waters...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2403: Assessment of Water Supply Stability for Drought-Vulnerable Boryeong Multipurpose Dam in South Korea Using Future Dry Climate Change Scenarios Water doi: 10.3390/w11112403 Authors: Kim Lee Kim Kim This study assessed the water supply stability for Boryeong multipurpose dam by applying future dry climate change scenarios and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). CMCC-CM, INM-CM4, and IPSL-CM5A-MR RCP 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios were selected as the...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2401: Competitive Relationship Between Flood Control and Power Generation with Flood Season Division: A Case Study in Downstream Jinsha River Cascade Reservoirs Water doi: 10.3390/w11112401 Authors: Hongyi Zengchuan Wenhao Xiaokuan Mufeng Cailin Dayong The lower reaches of Jinsha River host the richest hydropower energy sources in China. With the construction of Wudongde and Baihetan, the multi-objective optimization for cascade reservoirs...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2402: Hydraulic Responses and Flow Regulation in Multi-Demand Water Transfer Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w11112402 Authors: Liu Tian Lei Fan Wang It is of great significance for the practical operation scheduling to comprehensively analyze the influencing factors of the long-term steady-state operation state of different water demand scenarios and the coupled operation of hydraulic facilities when switching demand scenario as the demand changes....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2400: The State of the Art of Clogging in Vertical Flow Wetlands Water doi: 10.3390/w11112400 Authors: Bernhard Pucher Guenter Langergraber Clogging in vertical flow (VF) wetlands is an important process influencing water purification processes. The main contributing factors are the growth of microorganisms within the filter media, the accumulation of suspended solids on top of the wetland, as well as within the filter media. Both processes lead to a decrease...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2404: Testing an Analytical Model for Predicting Subsurface LNAPL Distributions from Current and Historic Fluid Levels in Monitoring Wells: A Preliminary Test Considering Hysteresis Water doi: 10.3390/w11112404 Authors: Robert James Lenhard John L. Rayner J. García-Rincón Knowledge of subsurface light nonaqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) saturation is important for developing a conceptual model and a plan for addressing LNAPL contaminated sites. Investigators commonly...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2399: Analysis of Wet Soil Granular Flow down Inclined Chutes Using Discrete Element Method Water doi: 10.3390/w11112399 Authors: Chuan Zhao Linlin Jiang Xin Lu Xiang Xiao This paper presents numerical simulation and analysis of two numerical experiments of wet soil granular flow down inclined chutes based on the JKR(Johnson-Kendall-Roberts)-cohesion model of the discrete element method. JKR is a cohesive contact model, which can reflect the influence of...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2397: A Simple Approach to Predicting the Reliability of Small Wastewater Treatment Plants Water doi: 10.3390/w11112397 Authors: Joshua T. Bunce David W. Graham The treatment performance of small wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is not well understood, and their ecological impact may be underestimated. Growing evidence suggests they play a critical role in ensuring sustainable wastewater management, meaning they can no longer be neglected. The aim of this...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2398: A New Water Environmental Load and Allocation Modeling Framework at the Medium–Large Basin Scale Water doi: 10.3390/w11112398 Authors: Qiankun Liu Jingang Jiang Changwei Jing Zhong Liu Jiaguo Qi Waste load allocation (WLA), as a well-known total pollutant control strategy, is designed to distribute pollution responsibilities among polluters to alleviate environmental problems, but the current policy is unfair and limited to single scale or single...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2395: Invasive Alien Vines Affect Leaf Traits of Riparian Woody Vegetation Water doi: 10.3390/w11112395 Authors: Mateja Grašič Mateja Piberčnik Igor Zelnik Dragan Abram Alenka Gaberščik The vines Echinocystis lobata and Parthenocissus quinquefolia are spreading over the natural vegetation in riparian zones, which may significantly affect riparian vegetation properties and the quality of litter for aquatic organisms. We examined leaf morphological, biochemical...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2396: Modeling Travel Time Distributions of Preferential Subsurface Runoff, Deep Percolation and Transpiration at A Montane Forest Hillslope Site Water doi: 10.3390/w11112396 Authors: Jaromir Dusek Tomas Vogel Residence and travel times of water in headwater catchments, or their smaller spatial units, such as individual hillslopes, represent important descriptors of catchments’ hydrological regime. In this study, travel time distributions and residence...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2394: Water-Exchange Response of Downstream River–Lake System to the Flow Regulation of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China Water doi: 10.3390/w11112394 Authors: Junhong Zhang Tao Huang Lu Chen Xiaofang Liu Lingling Zhu Luojie Feng Yunping Yang Hydrological regime changes in the river–lake system and their influences on the ecological environment downstream dams have attracted increasingly more attention all over the world. The Dongting...
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