Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 12, Pages 175: Libidibia ferrea (jucá), a Traditional Anti-Inflammatory: A Study of Acute Toxicity in Adult and Embryos Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph12040175 Authors: Ferreira Ferraz Araújo Cruz Fernandes Souza Ortiz Sarquis Miranda Garrett Carvalho Oliveira The plant species Libidibia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) LP Queiroz var. ferrea basionym of Caesalpinia ferrea (Mart. ex Tul.) is used in various...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 641: Antimicrobial Biophotonic Treatment of Ampicillin-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Hypericin and Ampicillin Cotreatment Followed by Orange Light Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120641 Authors: Alam Le Park Kwon Kang Bacterial antibiotic resistance is an alarming global issue that requires alternative antimicrobial methods to which there is no resistance. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (APDT) is a well-known method...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 639: Mechanistic Evaluation of Enhanced Curcumin Delivery through Human Skin In Vitro from Optimised Nanoemulsion Formulations Fabricated with Different Penetration Enhancers Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120639 Authors: Yousef Mohammed Namjoshi Grice Benson Sakran Roberts Curcumin is a natural product with chemopreventive and other properties that are potentially useful in treating skin diseases, including psoriasis...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 640: Attenuation of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia by Optimized Tadalafil Loaded Pumpkin Seed Oil-Based Self Nanoemulsion: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120640 Authors: Alhakamy Fahmy Ahmed The FDA has approved tadalafil (TDL) for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)-associated symptoms. Pumpkin seed oil (PSO) has shown promise for the relief of prostatitis-related lower urinary tract symptoms....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 637: Thermosensitive Liposome-Mediated Drug Delivery in Chemotherapy: Mathematical Modelling for Spatio–temporal Drug Distribution and Model-Based Optimisation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120637 Authors: Huang Gu Liu Stebbing Gedroyc Thanou Xu Thermosensitive liposome-mediated drug delivery has shown promising results in terms of improved therapeutic efficacy and reduced side effects compared to conventional chemotherapeutics....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 638: Validation of an Ex Vivo Permeation Method for the Intestinal Permeability of Different BCS Drugs and Its Correlation with Caco-2 In Vitro Experiments Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120638 Authors: Sánchez Calpena Mallandrich Clares The absorption study of drugs through different biological membranes constitutes an essential step in the development of new pharmaceutical dosage forms. Concerning orally administered forms, methods...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 636: Metal-Phenolic Network-Coated Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles for pH-Responsive Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120636 Authors: Shin Choi Song Ko Lee Lee Yoo Park Although self-assembled nanoparticles (SNPs) have been used extensively for targeted drug delivery, their clinical applications have been limited since most of the drugs are released into the blood before they reach their target site. In this...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 635: Development of Kaempferol-Loaded Gelatin Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Corneal Neovascularization in Mice Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120635 Authors: Chuang Fang Ajitsaria Chen Su Liu Tseng Cornea is the transparent layer in front of the eye that does not contain blood vessels. Among eye diseases, corneal neovascularization (NV) is one of the major causes of vision loss, since it can also lead to blindness....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 634: Controlling and Predicting the Dissolution Kinetics of Thermally Oxidised Mesoporous Silicon Particles: Towards Improved Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11120634 Authors: Feng Wang Timothy J. Barnes Clive A. Prestidge Porous silicon (pSi) continues to receive considerable interest for use in applications ranging from sensors, biological scaffolds, therapeutic delivery systems to theranostics. Critical to all of these applications...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 161: Polypharmacy and Pharmacological Treatment of Diabetes in Older Individuals: A Population-Based Study in Quebec, Canada Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7040161 Authors: Gagnon Sirois Simard Plante Our objectives were to describe the use of pharmacological treatments in older adults with diabetes and to identify the factors associated with the use of a combination of hypoglycemic, antihypertensive and lipid-lowering agents. Using the Quebec Integrated...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 562: Exogenous Nitric Oxide Mitigates Nickel-Induced Oxidative Damage in Eggplant by Upregulating Antioxidants, Osmolyte Metabolism, and Glyoxalase Systems Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120562 Authors: Soliman Alhaithloul Hakeem Alharbi El-Esawi Elkelish Nitric oxide (NO) at optimal levels is considered beneficial to plant functioning. The present study was carried out to investigate the role of exogenously applied NO (100 and 150 µM...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 561: Potential Effects of Awn Length Variation on Seed Yield and Components, Seed Dispersal and Germination Performance in Siberian Wildrye (Elymus sibiricus L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120561 Authors: Ntakirutimana Xiao Xie Zhang Zhang Wang Yan : Awns, needle-like structures formed on the distal of the lemmas in the florets, are of interest because of their essential roles in seed dispersal, germination and photosynthesis. Previous research...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 560: Plant-Produced Anti-Enterovirus 71 (EV71) Monoclonal Antibody Efficiently Protects Mice Against EV71 Infection Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120560 Authors: Kaewta Rattanapisit Zhang Chao Konlavat Siriwattananon Zhong Huang Waranyoo Phoolcharoen Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the main causative agent of severe hand-foot-mouth disease. EV71 affects countries mainly in the Asia-Pacific region, which makes it unattractive for pharmaceutical companies to develop...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 559: Identification of Stem Rust Resistance Genes in the Winter Wheat Collection from Southern Russia Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120559 Authors: Andrey V. Alabushev Nataliya N. Vozhzhova Natiya T. Kupreyshvili Nikolay V. Shishkin Dmitry M. Marchenko Elena V. Ionova The high yield potential of winter wheats cannot be realized due to disease pressure under field conditions. One of the most harmful of such diseases is stem rust, hence the constant search...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 558: Investigating the In Vitro Regeneration Potential of Commercial Cultivars of Brassica Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120558 Authors: Nisma Farooq Muhammad Asif Nawaz Zahid Mukhtar Iftikhar Ali Penny Hundleby Niaz Ahmad In vitro regeneration is a pre-requisite for developing transgenic plants through tissue culture-based genetic engineering approaches. Huge variations among different genotypes of the genus Brassica necessitate the identification of...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 557: Alternative Pathway is Involved in Nitric Oxide-Enhanced Tolerance to Cadmium Stress in Barley Roots Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120557 Authors: He Wang Feng He Wang Liang Yan Bi Alternative pathway (AP) has been widely accepted to be involved in enhancing tolerance to various environmental stresses. In this study, the role of AP in response to cadmium (Cd) stress in two barley varieties, highland barley (Kunlun14) and barley (Ganpi6),...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 556: Ginkgo biloba L. Leaf Extract Protects HepG2 Cells Against Paraquat-Induced Oxidative DNA Damage Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120556 Authors: Amélia M. Silva Sandra C. Silva Jorge P. Soares Carlos Martins-Gomes João Paulo Teixeira Fernanda Leal Isabel Gaivão Ginkgo biloba L. leaf extracts and herbal infusions are used worldwide due to the health benefits that are attributed to its use, including anti-neoplastic, anti-aging, neuro-protection,...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 555: Chemical and Antifungal Variability of Several Accessions of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. from Six Locations Across the Colombian Caribbean Coast: Identification of Antifungal Azadirone Limonoids Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120555 Authors: Juan Manuel Álvarez-Caballero Ericsson Coy-Barrera Plant materials (i.e., leaves, fruits, and seeds) from 40 trees of Azadirachta indica A. Juss. were collected from six different locations across the Colombian Caribbean...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 554: Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves
Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 554: Silicon and Iron Differently Alleviate Copper Toxicity in Cucumber Leaves Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120554 Authors: Bosnić Bosnić Nikolić Nikolić Samardžić Copper (Cu) toxicity in plants may lead to iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) deficiencies. Here, we investigated the effect of Si and Fe supply on the concentrations of micronutrients and metal-chelating amino acids nicotianamine (NA) and histidine (His) in leaves of cucumber plants...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 553: Plant Resistance to Abiotic Stresses Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120553 Authors: Costa Farrant : Extreme weather events are one of the biggest dangers posed by climate breakdown. As the temperatures increase, droughts and desertification will render whole regions inhospitable to agriculture. At the same time, other regions might suffer significant crop losses due to floods. Usually, regional food shortages can be covered by surpluses from elsewhere on the...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 552: Exploiting the Allelopathic Potential of Aqueous Leaf Extracts of Artemisia absinthium and Psidium guajava against Parthenium hysterophorus, a Widespread Weed in India Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120552 Authors: Dhriti Kapoor Rinzim Anupam Tiwari Amit Sehgal Marco Landi Marian Brestic Anket Sharma Artemisia absinthium and Psidium guajava are powerful sources of secondary metabolites, some of them with potential allelopathic activity. Both...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 551: Carotenoids in Cereal Food Crops: Composition and Retention throughout Grain Storage and Food Processing Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120551 Authors: Daniela Trono Carotenoids are C40 isoprenoids synthesized by plants, as well as some bacteria, fungi and algae, that have been reported to be responsible for a number of benefits conferred on human health. The inability of animals and humans to synthesize de novo these compounds is the reason why they must be introduced...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 550: Allelic Differentiation at the E1/Ghd7 Locus Has Allowed Expansion of Rice Cultivation Area Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8120550 Authors: Hiroki Saito Yutaka Okumoto Takuji Tsukiyama Chong Xu Masayoshi Teraishi Takatoshi Tanisaka The photoperiod-insensitivity allele e1 is known to be essential for the extremely low photoperiod sensitivity of rice, and thereby enabled rice cultivation in high latitudes (42–53° north (N)). The E1...
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Prosthesis, Vol. 1, Pages 61-68: Screwdriver Aspiration During Oral Procedures: A Lesson for Dentists and Gastroenterologists Prosthesis doi: 10.3390/prosthesis1010008 Authors: Paola Iovino Alessandro Di Sarno Vincenzo De Caro Cosimo Mazzei Antonella Santonicola Vincenzo Bruno This article reports the case of a patient suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who underwent a dental procedure for the peri-implantitis of his dental implants placed some years earlier....
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 653: Shedding Light on the Modalities of Authority in a Dar al-Uloom, or Religious Seminary, in Britain Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10120653 Authors: Sidat ‘God is the Light of the heavens and the earth…’ This article sheds light on the modalities of authority that exist in a traditional religious seminary or Dar al-Uloom (hereon abbreviated to DU) in modern Britain. Based on unprecedented insider access and detailed ethnography,...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 654: Where Our Bright Star Is Cast: Religiosity, Spirituality, and Positive Black Development in Urban Landscapes Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10120654 Authors: Mattis Palmer Hope Social science research offers a particular, narrow view of the lived experiences of Black urban-residing people. When the religious and spiritual lives of Black urban residents are viewed through this narrow lens, the diversity of religious and spiritual experiences and the...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 652: “A Desora Desperto y vio una Grand Claridat”: The Role of Dreams and Light in the Construction of a Multi-Confessional Audience of the Miracles of the Virgin of Guadalupe Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10120652 Authors: Amanda Valdés Sánchez This paper examines the religious proselytizing agenda of the order of Saint Jerome that ruled the Extremaduran sanctuary of the Virgin of Guadalupe since 1389. To this end, I analyze how the Hieronymite’s used...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 180: Adsorptive Findings on Selected Biomasses for Removal of Phenol from Aqueous Solutions Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040180 Authors: Jha India produces an enormous number of biomasses in the form of agricultural and forestry residues. To handle their disposal, they need to be explored as adsorbents, as one of the alternatives for their utilizations. Biomasses, having a high content of carbon, can be used as low-cost adsorptive materials for the removal...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 179: Globalizing Extraction and Indigenous Rights in the Russian Arctic: The Enduring Role of the State in Natural Resource Governance Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040179 Authors: Tulaeva Tysiachniouk Henry Horowitz The governance of extractive industries has become increasingly globalized. International conventions and multi-stakeholder institutions set out rules and standards on a range of issues, such as environmental protection, human rights,...
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Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 99: On Using Inertial Measurement Units for Solving the Direct Kinematics Problem of Parallel Mechanisms Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8040099 Authors: Stefan Schulz In this paper, we investigate the accuracy and the computational efficiency of an IMU-based approach for solving the direct kinematics problem of parallel mechanisms with length-variable linear actuators under dynamic conditions. By avoiding to measure the linear actuators’ lengths and by...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 84: Is Sexual Assault a Problem in Greek Prisons? Initial Evidence from a Greek Male Prison Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5040084 Authors: Papadakaki Tsalkanis Prokopiadou Goutsou Chliaoutakis This study aimed to explore the problem of inmate sexual victimization in a Greek male prison. A total of 400 individuals were approached in the largest Greek male prison and 50 individuals participated. The questionnaire examined sociodemographic, offence-related...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 324: Knowing the Blood Nondonor to Activate Behaviour Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8120324 Authors: Martín-Santana Robaina-Calderín Reinares-Lara Romero-Domínguez This work is aimed at further developing the study of blood nondonor behaviour through a joint analysis of sociodemographic characteristics, psychological and physical barriers, impure altruism and anticipated emotions, as predictors of intention to donate. To that end, a step-by-step...
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 83: The Trailer as Erotic Capital. Gendered Performances—Research and Participant Roles during Festival Fieldwork Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9040083 Authors: Trysnes This article examines different roles and field relations of the researcher in studies of young people at Christian festivals. The main questions are how the researcher gains access to the “flirtation field,” which flirting roles the youth participants engage in, and how the researcher...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 242: Short-Term Seasonal Development of Anthropometry, Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Sport-Specific Performance in Young Olympic Weightlifters Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7120242 Authors: Helmi Chaabene Olaf Prieske Melanie Lesinski Ingo Sandau Urs Granacher The aim of this study is to monitor short-term seasonal development of young Olympic weightlifters’ anthropometry, body composition, physical fitness, and sport-specific performance....
Sat Nov 30, 2019 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 699: Anti-Nociceptive and Anti-Inflammation Effect Mechanisms of Mutants of Syb-prII, a Recombinant Neurotoxic Polypeptide Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11120699 Authors: Chunli Li Mengqi Ban Fei Bai Jianzhao Chen Xiaoquan Jin Yongbo Song Syb-prII, a recombinant neurotoxic polypeptide, has analgesic effects with medicinal value. Previous experiments indicated that Syb-prII displayed strong analgesic activities. Therefore, a series of in vivo and vitro...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 698: High Diversity of Microcystin Chemotypes within a Summer Bloom of the Cyanobacterium Microcystis botrys Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11120698 Authors: Johansson Legrand Björnerås Godhe Mazur-Marzec Säll Rengefors The fresh-water cyanobacterium Microcystis is known to form blooms world-wide, and is often responsible for the production of microcystins found in lake water. Microcystins are non-ribosomal peptides with toxic effects, e.g....
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 697: Philodryas (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) Envenomation, a Neglected Issue in Chile Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11120697 Authors: Urra Miranda-Calle Araya-Maturana Snakebite envenomation is considered a neglected tropical disease, although it also occurs outside the tropics. In this work, we analyzed the literature on Philodryas species in Chile (Philodryas chamissonis, P. simonsii, and P. tachymenoides) from 1834 to 2019, searching for epidemiological, clinical,...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 696: An Electrochemical Fiveplex Biochip Assay Based on Anti-Idiotypic Antibodies for Fast On-Site Detection of Bioterrorism Relevant Low Molecular Weight Toxins Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11120696 Authors: Katharina Schulz Christopher Pöhlmann Richard Dietrich Erwin Märtlbauer Thomas Elßner Modern threats of bioterrorism force the need for multiple detection of biothreat agents to determine the presence or absence of such agents in suspicious samples....
Thu Nov 28, 2019 02:00
Urban Science, Vol. 3, Pages 108: The TRAX Light-Rail Train Air Quality Observation Project Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci3040108 Authors: Mendoza Crosman Mitchell Jacques Fasoli Park Lin Horel Observing air quality from sensors onboard light rail cars in Salt Lake County, Utah began as a pilot study in 2014 and has now evolved into a five-year, state-funded program. This metropolitan region suffers from both elevated ozone levels during summer and high...
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