JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 177: Iodine Status, Thyroid Function, and Birthweight: A Complex Relationship in High-Risk Pregnancies Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010177 Authors: Velasco Sánchez-Gila Manzanares Taylor García-Fuentes (1) Background: The consequences of iodine deficiency and/or thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy have been extensively studied, emphasizing on infant neurodevelopment. However, the available information about the relationship between...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 173: Characterization of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Data from the Polish Registry of Pulmonary Hypertension (BNP-PL) Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010173 Authors: Kopeć Kurzyna Mroczek Chrzanowski Mularek-Kubzdela Skoczylas Kuśmierczyk Pruszczyk Błaszczak Lewicka Karasek Mizia-Stec Tomaszewski Jacheć Ptaszyńska-Kopczyńska Peregud-Pogorzelska Doboszyńska Pawlak Gąsior...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 175: Enhanced Nitric Oxide (NO) and Decreased ADMA Synthesis in Pediatric ADHD and Selective Potentiation of NO Synthesis by Methylphenidate Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010175 Authors: Jansen Hanusch Pross Hanff Drabert Bollenbach Dugave Carmann Siefen Emons Juckel Legenbauer Tsikas Lücke Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common pediatric psychiatric disorder, frequently treated...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 174: Flow Cytometry-Based Quantification of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Shows an Association with Hypercoagulation in Septic Shock and Hypocoagulation in Postsurgical Systemic Inflammation—A Proof-of-Concept Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010174 Authors: Schneck Mallek Schiederich Kramer Markmann Hecker Sommer Weissmann Pak Michel Hecker Padberg Boening Sander Koch This proof-of-concept...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 172: Preparation of PCI Balloons: What Is the Best Method to Avoid Air in the Balloon? A Comparison of Different Methods of Connecting PCI Balloons and the Inflation Syringe while Removing Air from the Balloon Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010172 Authors: Laura Kreuser Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz Klaus Tiemann Thorsten Lewalter Clemens Jilek As the techniques to connect percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) balloons and the inflation syringe...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 176: The Effects of Hyperuricemia on the Prognosis of IgA Nephropathy are More Potent in Females Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010176 Authors: Oh Choi Kim Kang Kwon Kim Ma Kim Bae Hyperuricemia is a potential risk factor for immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) progression but its sex-specific effects on IgAN progression remain unclear. This study aimed to determine the effect of serum uric acid on IgAN progression and...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 171: Oncolytic Virotherapy with Myxoma Virus Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010171 Authors: Rahman McFadden Oncolytic viruses are one of the most promising novel therapeutics for malignant cancers. They selectively infect and kill cancer cells while sparing the normal counterparts, expose cancer- specific antigens and activate the host immune system against both viral and tumor determinants. Oncolytic viruses can be used as monotherapy or combined...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 170: Apolipoprotein B/Apolipoprotein A-I Ratio Is a Better Predictor of Cancer Mortality Compared with C-Reactive Protein: Results from Two Multi-Ethnic US Populations Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010170 Authors: Mazidi Katsiki Mikhailidis Radenkovic Pella Banach Background: There is a lack of evidence regarding the link between apolipoproteins and cancer mortality. By using two nationally representative samples of US adults, we...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 169: Left Ventricular Function and Myocardial Triglyceride Content on 3T Cardiac MR Predict Major Cardiovascular Adverse Events and Readmission in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Heart Failure Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010169 Authors: Chang Lin Huang Juan Wang Tsai Lin Wu Liao Yang Liu Lin Wang Ng Ng Background: This prospective study was designed to investigate whether myocardial triglyceride...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 167: Relationship between the Renal Function and Adverse Clinical Events in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Japanese Multicenter Registry Substudy Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010167 Authors: Yasuhumi Yuzawa Keiichiro Kuronuma Yasuo Okumura Katsuaki Yokoyama Naoya Matsumoto Eizo Tachibana Koji Oiwa Michiaki Matsumoto Toshiaki Kojima Hironori Haruta Kazumiki Nomoto Kazumasa Sonoda Ken Arima Rikitake Kogawa Fumiyuki...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 168: Characterization and Analysis of the Skin Microbiota in Acne: Impact of Systemic Antibiotics Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010168 Authors: Seo-Yeon Park Hei Sung Kim Se Hoon Lee Sungjoo Kim Systemic antibiotics are extensively used to control moderate to severe acne. Hence, it is crucial to understand their impact on the skin microbiota, which is supposedly perturbed. The purpose of this study was to compare the makeup and diversity of...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 158: Modelling the Effects of MCM7 Variants, Somatic Mutations, and Clinical Features on Acute Myeloid Leukemia Susceptibility and Prognosis Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9010158 Authors: Florin Tripon Mihaela Iancu Adrian Trifa George Andrei Crauciuc Alina Boglis Delia Dima Erzsebet Lazar Claudia Bănescu The main objective of the study was to evaluate the associations between MCM7 rs2070215, rs1527423, and rs1534309 single nucleotide...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 23: Predictive Factors of Adrenal Insufficiency in Outpatients with Indeterminate Serum Cortisol Levels: A Retrospective Study Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56010023 Authors: Manosroi Phimphilai Khorana Atthakomol Pipanmekaporn Background and Objectives: To diagnose adrenal insufficiency (AI), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation tests may need to be performed, but those tests may not be available in some institutions. In addition,...
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Medicina, Vol. 56, Pages 22: Comparison of the Analgesic Effect of Ropivacaine with Fentanyl and Ropivacaine Alone in Continuous Epidural Infusion for Acute Herpes Zoster Management: A Retrospective Study Medicina doi: 10.3390/medicina56010022 Authors: Hee Yong Kang Chung Hun Lee Sang Sik Choi Mi Kyoung Lee Yeon Joo Lee Jong Sun Park Background and Objectives: Currently, few studies have reported the effects of opioids during continuous epidural infusion (CEI) to control...
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Medicines, Vol. 7, Pages 5: Gross Hematuria as a Presenting Feature of Posterior Urethral Valves in a Neonate with Normal Antenatal Sonograms Medicines doi: 10.3390/medicines7010005 Authors: Ratna Acharya Romano DeMarco Kiran Upadhyay Background: Posterior urethral valves (PUVs) are usually suspected during antenatal sonograms or by postnatal evidence of bilateral hydronephrosis with enlarged bladder. Gross hematuria as an initial manifestation of PUV with a history of normal antenatal...
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Medicines, Vol. 7, Pages 4: Association between Prurigo Nodularis and Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy: Suggesting a Role for Neural Dysregulation in Pathogenesis Medicines doi: 10.3390/medicines7010004 Authors: John-Douglas Matthew Hughes Taylor E. Woo Micah Belzberg Raveena Khanna Kyle A. Williams Madan M. Kwatra Shahzeb Hassan Shawn G. Kwatra Background: Prurigo nodularis (PN) is an intensely pruritic skin condition of considerable morbidity. However, the pathogenesis...
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Metabolites, Vol. 10, Pages 28: A Case Report of Switching from Specific Vendor-Based to R-Based Pipelines for Untargeted LC-MS Metabolomics Metabolites doi: 10.3390/metabo10010028 Authors: Álvaro Fernández-Ochoa Rosa Quirantes-Piné Isabel Borrás-Linares María de la Luz Cádiz-Gurrea PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium Marta E. Alarcón Riquelme Carl Brunius Antonio Segura-Carretero Data pre-processing of the LC-MS data is a critical step...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 88: Transcriptome Analysis of Ice Plant Growth-Promoting Endophytic Bacterium Halomonas sp. Strain MC1 to Identify the Genes Involved in Salt Tolerance Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010088 Authors: Jian Zhang Pengcheng Wang Hongmei Tian Zhen Tao Tingting Guo Salt stress is an important adverse condition encountered during plant and microbe growth in terrestrial soil ecosystems. Currently, how ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 84: Integrated Early Warning Surveillance: Achilles′ Heel of One Health? Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010084 Authors: Laura Amato Maria Dente Paolo Calistri Silvia Declich on behalf of the MediLabSecure Working Group Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses indicate the importance of the One Health (OH) approach for early warning. At present, even when surveillance data are available, they are infrequently timeously...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 86: When Combined with Colistin, an Otherwise Ineffective Rifampicin–Linezolid Combination Becomes Active in Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010086 Authors: Armengol Asunción Viñas Sierra The synergistic action of colistin, with two antibiotics active in Gram-positive bacteria but unable to kill gram negatives (linezolid and rifampicin), was investigated, since...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 87: Whole Genome Sequencing for Studying Bacillus anthracis from an Outbreak in the Abruzzo Region of Italy Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010087 Authors: Alexandra Chiaverini Mostafa Y. Abdel-Glil Jörg Linde Domenico Galante Valeria Rondinone Antonio Fasanella Cesare Cammà Nicola D’Alterio Giuliano Garofolo Herbert Tomaso Anthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by the gram-positive and spore-forming bacterium...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 85: The Use of Antimalarial Drugs against Viral Infection Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8010085 Authors: Sarah D’Alessandro Diletta Scaccabarozzi Lucia Signorini Federica Perego Denise P. Ilboudo Pasquale Ferrante Serena Delbue In recent decades, drugs used to treat malaria infection have been shown to be beneficial for many other diseases, including viral infections. In particular, they have received special attention due to...
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Molbank, Vol. 2020, Article M1105: (2Sp,4R,8Sp)-4-Methyl-1-phenyl-diferroceno-5-Z-ethylene-1-phosphinoxide Molbank doi: 10.3390/M1105 Authors: Philipp Honegger Michael Widhalm We present a synthesis of the title compound, a homochiral diferroceno cycle intended for use in asymmetric catalysis. We present a hydrovinylation protocol, which allows the production of the title compound in two steps from a known diferrocenyl precursor. We obtained one of two possible diastereomers selectively...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 263: Conjugation of Aspergillus flavipes Taxol with Porphyrin Increases the Anticancer Activity of Taxol and Ameliorates Its Cytotoxic Effects Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020263 Authors: Ashraf S. A. El-Sayed Maher Fathalla Marwa A. Yassin Nabila Zein Shaima Morsy Mahmoud Sitohy Basel Sitohy Taxol is one of the potential anticancer drugs; however, the yield of Taxol and its cytotoxicity are common challenges. Thus, manipulating the Taxol...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 262: Determination of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide Hydrochloride Using a Lactone-Rhodamine B-Based Fluorescence Optode Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020262 Authors: Akane Funaki Yuta Horikoshi Teruyuki Kobayashi Takashi Masadome A new determination method for polyhexamethylene biguanide hydrochloride (PHMB) using a lactone-rhodamine B (L-RB) based fluorescence optode has been developed. The optode membrane consists of 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether as...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 261: The Generation of Indole-2,3-quinodimethanes from the Deamination of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydropyrrolo[3,4-b]indoles Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020261 Authors: Alison Rinderspacher Gordon W. Gribble A novel generation of indole-2,3-quinodimethanes via the deamination of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrrolo[s3,4-b]indoles is reported.
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 259: Δ-FeOOH as Support for Immobilization Peroxidase: Optimization via a Chemometric Approach Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020259 Authors: Tavares da Rocha Nogueira Torres Silva Kuca Ramalho Owing to their high surface area, stability, and functional groups on the surface, iron oxide hydroxide nanoparticles have attracted attention as enzymatic support. In this work, a chemometric approach was performed, aiming at the optimization...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 260: Meroterpene-Like α-Glucosidase Inhibitors Based on Biomimetic Reactions Starting from β-Caryophyllene Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020260 Authors: Yan Huang Zheng Zhao Feng Ma Zhang Zhang Background: Natural meroterpenes derived from phloroglucinols and β-caryophyllene have shown high inhibitory activity against α-glucosidase or cancer cells, however, the chemical diversity of this type of skeletons in...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 258: Screening and Identification of the Main Metabolites of Schisantherin a In Vivo and In Vitro by Using UHPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020258 Authors: Feng Zhou Mu Gao Xu Liu Niu Wang Schisantherin A is an active ingredient originating from Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) which has hepatoprotective and anti-oxidation activities. In this study, in vitro metabolisms investigated on rat liver microsomes (RLMs)...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 257: Ultrashort Cationic Lipopeptides–Effect of N-Terminal Amino Acid and Fatty Acid Type on Antimicrobial Activity and Hemolysis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020257 Authors: Neubauer Jaśkiewicz Bauer Gołacki Kamysz Ultrashort cationic lipopeptides (USCLs) are promising antimicrobial agents that hypothetically may be alternatively used to combat pathogens such as bacteria and fungi. In general, USCLs consist of fatty acid chains and a few...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 255: One-Pot Multicomponent Synthesis and Cytotoxic Evaluation of Novel 7-Substituted-5-(1H-Indol-3-yl)Tetrazolo[1,5-a] Pyrimidine-6-Carbonitrile Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020255 Authors: Mohamed A. A. Radwan Fahad M. Alminderej Hanem M. Awad A series of novel 7-substituted-5-(1H-indol-3-yl)tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-6-carbonitrile was synthesized via a one-pot, three-multicomponent reaction of appropriate aldehydes, 1H-tetrazole-5-amine and 3-cyanoacetyl...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 256: A Co-Culturing Approach Enables Discovery and Biosynthesis of a Bioactive Indole Alkaloid Metabolite Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020256 Authors: Maglangit Fang Kyeremeh Sternberg Ebel Deng Whole-genome sequence data of the genus Streptomyces have shown a far greater chemical diversity of metabolites than what have been discovered under typical laboratory fermentation conditions. In our previous natural product discovery efforts...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 253: An Investigation of the Organoborane/Lewis Base Pairs on the Copolymerization of Propylene Oxide with Succinic Anhydride Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020253 Authors: Lan-Fang Hu Dan-Jing Chen Jia-Liang Yang Xing-Hong Zhang The copolymerization of biorenewable succinic anhydride (SA) with propylene oxide (PO) is a promising way to synthesize biodegradable aliphatic polyesters. However, the catalytic systems for this reaction still deserve to...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 254: Zn Complex of Diaminedithiol Tetradentate Ligand as a Stable Precursor for 99mTc-Labeled Compounds Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020254 Authors: Oshikiri Uehara Suzuki Koike-Satake Hino Arano The diaminedithiol (N2S2) tetradentate ligand constitutes a useful chelating molecule for preparing 99mTc-labeled compounds of high in vivo stability in high radiochemical yields. However, since the thiol groups in the N2S2 ligand are easy...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 252: Inhibitory Effect of Hesperidin on the Expression of Programmed Death Ligand (PD-L1) in Breast Cancer Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020252 Authors: Prachya Kongtawelert Benjawan Wudtiwai Thuzar Hla Shwe Peraphan Pothacharoen Thanyaluck Phitak Programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is overexpressed in the most aggressive breast cancer subtype, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), assisting the eradication of antitumor immunity, and thereby enhancing...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 250: Simultaneous Quantitation of S(+)- and R(−)-Baclofen and Its Metabolite in Human Plasma and Cerebrospinal Fluid using LC–APCI–MS/MS: An Application for Clinical Studies Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020250 Authors: Qingfeng He Yashpal S. Chhonker Matthew J. McLaughlin Daryl J. Murry Baclofen is a racemic mixture that is commonly used for the treatment for spasticity. However, the optimal dose and dosing interval to achieve effective cerebral...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 251: Structural Disorder in High-Spin {CoII9WV6} (Core)-[Pyridine N-Oxides] (Shell) Architectures Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25020251 Authors: Michal Liberka Jedrzej Kobylarczyk Robert Podgajny The combinations of Co(II), octacyanidotungstate(V), and monodentate pyridine N-oxide (pyNO) or 4-phenylpyridine N-oxide (4-phpyNO) led to crystallization of novel crystalline phases {CoII[CoII8(pyNO)12(MeOH)12][WV(CN)8]6} (1) and {CoII[CoII8(4-phpyNO)7(MeOH)17][WV(CN)8]6}·7MeOH·(4-phpyNO)3...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 121: Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of Medical Chemicals Detected by a Bacteriophage-Based Colorimetric Sensor Array Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010121 Authors: Chuntae Kim Hansong Lee Vasanthan Devaraj Won-Geun Kim Yujin Lee Yeji Kim Na-Na Jeong Eun Jung Choi Sang Hong Baek Dong-Wook Han Hokeun Sun Jin-Woo Oh M13 bacteriophage-based colorimetric sensors, especially multi-array sensors, have been successfully demonstrated...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 120: Competitive Surface Colonization of Antibacterial and Bioactive Materials Doped with Strontium and/or Silver Ions Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010120 Authors: Cochis Barberi Ferraris Miola Rimondini Vernè Yamaguchi Spriano Nowadays, there is a large amount of research aimed at improving the multifunctional behavior of the biomaterials for bone contact, including the concomitant ability to induce apatite formation (bioactivity),...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 119: Fabrication and Plasma Modification of Nanofibrous Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010119 Authors: Asadian Chan Norouzi Grande Cools Morent De Geyter This paper provides a comprehensive overview of nanofibrous structures for tissue engineering purposes and the role of non-thermal plasma technology (NTP) within this field. Special attention is first given to nanofiber fabrication strategies, including...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 118: Study on Direct Synthesis of Energy Efficient Multifunctional Polyaniline–Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite and Its Application in Aqueous Symmetric Supercapacitor Devices Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010118 Authors: Hajera Gul Anwar-ul-Haq Ali Shah Ulrike Krewer Salma Bilal The synthesis of promising nanocomposite materials can always be tricky and depends a lot on the method of synthesis itself. Developing such synthesis routes, which are...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 116: Practices and Trends of Machine Learning Application in Nanotoxicology Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010116 Authors: Irini Furxhi Finbarr Murphy Martin Mullins Athanasios Arvanitis Craig A. Poland Machine Learning (ML) techniques have been applied in the field of nanotoxicology with very encouraging results. Adverse effects of nanoforms are affected by multiple features described by theoretical descriptors, nano-specific measured properties,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 117: Silica-Coated Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Grafted onto Graphene Oxide for Protein Isolation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010117 Authors: Xuan-Hung Pham Eunil Hahm Hyung-Mo Kim Byung Sung Son Ahla Jo Jaehyun An Tuong An Tran Thi Dinh Quan Nguyen Bong-Hyun Jun In this study, silica-coated magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs@SiO2) were covalently conjugated onto graphene oxide (GO/MNP@SiO2) for protein isolation. First,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 181: Maternal Exposure to High-Fat Diet Induces Long-Term Derepressive Chromatin Marks in the Heart Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010181 Authors: Guillaume Blin Marjorie Liand Claire Mauduit Hassib Chehade Mohamed Benahmed Umberto Simeoni Benazir Siddeek Heart diseases are a leading cause of death. While the link between early exposure to nutritional excess and heart disease risk is clear, the molecular mechanisms involved are poorly understood....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 180: Estimation of the Minimum Effective Dose of Dietary Supplement Crocetin for Prevention of Myopia Progression in Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010180 Authors: Kiwako Mori Toshihide Kurihara Xiaoyan Jiang Shin-ichi Ikeda Erisa Yotsukura Hidemasa Torii Kazuo Tsubota The natural carotenoid crocetin has been reported to suppress phenotypes of an experimental myopia model in mice. We investigated the minimum effective dose to prevent myopia...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 179: The Effect of a Low GI Diet on Truncal Fat Mass and Glycated Hemoglobin in South Indians with Type 2 Diabetes—A Single Centre Randomized Prospective Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010179 Authors: Nivedita Pavithran Harish Kumar Arun Somasekharan Menon Gopala Krishna Pillai Karimassery Ramaiyer Sundaram Omorogieva Ojo Background: There has been no previous study that has investigated the effect of a low glycemic index (LGI) diet with local...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 177: Nutritional Feeding Strategies in Pediatric Intestinal Failure Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010177 Authors: Olieman Kastelijn Intestinal failure is defined as a critical reduction of the gut mass or function, below the minimum needed to absorb nutrients and fluids. The ultimate goal in intestinal failure is to promote bowel adaptation and reach enteral autonomy while a healthy growth and development is maintained. The condition is heterogeneous and complex....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 178: Can Parenting Practices Moderate the Relationship between Reward Sensitivity and Adolescents’ Consumption of Snacks and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010178 Authors: Van Lippevelde Vervoort Vangeel Goossens Background: Reward sensitivity has been associated with adolescents’ intake of unhealthy snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages. However, so far, there are no studies published describing the impact of parenting...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 176: Parents’ Perceptions about Salt Consumption in Urban Areas of Peru: Formative Research for a Social Marketing Strategy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010176 Authors: Vilarmina Ponce-Lucero Lorena Saavedra-Garcia Erik Cateriano-Arévalo Silvana Perez-Leon David Villarreal-Zegarra Diego Horna-Alva J. Jaime Miranda Background: Salt intakes in Latin America currently double the World Health Organization’s recommendation of 5 g/day. Various...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 174: Theanine, the Main Amino Acid in Tea, Prevents Stress-Induced Brain Atrophy by Modifying Early Stress Responses Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010174 Authors: Keiko Unno Akira Sumiyoshi Tomokazu Konishi Michiko Hayashi Kyoko Taguchi Yoshio Muguruma Koichi Inoue Kazuaki Iguchi Hiroi Nonaka Ryuta Kawashima Sanae Hasegawa-Ishii Atsuyoshi Shimada Yoriyuki Nakamura Chronic stress can impair the health of human brains. An important...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 175: Improved Understanding of Interactions between Risk Factors for Child Obesity May Lead to Better Designed Prevention Policies and Programs in Indonesia Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010175 Authors: Hadi Nurwanti Gittelsohn Arundhana Astiti West, Jr Dibley The nutrition transition in low-middle income countries is marked by rising intakes of highly caloric, low nutrient-dense (junk) foods, decreasing intakes of fruits and vegetables,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 172: The Role of a Nutrition Support Team in the Management of Intestinal Failure Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010172 Authors: Lotte E. Vlug Sjoerd C. J. Nagelkerke Cora F. Jonkers-Schuitema Edmond H. H. M. Rings Merit M. Tabbers Parenteral nutrition (PN) is a complex and specialized form of nutrition support that has revolutionized the care for both pediatric and adult patients with acute and chronic intestinal failure (IF). This has led...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 173: Suppression of DNCB-Induced Atopic Skin Lesions in Mice by Wikstroemia indica Extract Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010173 Authors: So-Yeon Lee No-June Park Jonghwan Jegal Beom-Geun Jo Sangho Choi Sang Woo Lee Md. Salah Uddin Su-Nam Kim Min Hye Yang Wikstroemia indica (L.) C.A. Mey. is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat inflammatory diseases such as arthritis and bronchitis. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects...
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Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 15-22: Chiral Perturbation Theory vs. Linear Sigma Model in a Chiral Imbalance Medium Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3010002 Authors: Alexander Andrianov Vladimir Andrianov Domenec Espriu We compare the chiral perturbation theory (ChPT) and the linear sigma model (LSM) as realizations of low energy quantum chromodynamics (QCD) for light mesons in a chirally-imbalanced medium. The relations between the low-energy constants of the chiral Lagrangian and the...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 11: Production and Characterization of Chitosan–Polyanion Nanoparticles by Polyelectrolyte Complexation Assisted by High-Intensity Sonication for the Modified Release of Methotrexate Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13010011 Authors: Yhors Ciro John Rojas Maria J. Alhajj Gustavo A. Carabali Constain H. Salamanca A promising strategy to improve the effectivity of anticancer treatment and decrease its side effects is to modulate drug release by...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 10: Troxerutin Prevents 5-Fluorouracil Induced Morphological Changes in the Intestinal Mucosa: Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 Pathway Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13010010 Authors: João Antônio Leal de Miranda Conceição da Silva Martins Lázaro de Sousa Fideles Maria Lucianny Lima Barbosa João Erivan Façanha Barreto Helder Bindá Pimenta Francisco Orlando Rafael Freitas Paulo Vitor de Souza Pimentel Claudio Silva Teixeira Ariel Gustavo Scafuri...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 52: Novel Gastroretentive Floating Pulsatile Drug Delivery System Produced via Hot-Melt Extrusion and Fused Deposition Modeling 3D Printing Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010052 Authors: Nagi Reddy Dumpa Suresh Bandari Michael A. Repka This study was performed to develop novel core-shell gastroretentive floating pulsatile drug delivery systems using a hot-melt extrusion-paired fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing and direct compression...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 80: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Mediate Drought Tolerance and Recovery in Two Contrasting Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) Ecotypes by Regulating Stomatal, Water Relations, and (In)Organic Adjustments Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010080 Authors: Boutasknit Baslam Ait-El-Mokhtar Anli Ben-Laouane Douira El Modafar Mitsui Wahbi Meddich Irregular precipitation and drought caused an increase in tree mortality rates in multiple forest biomes...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 79: Mineral Element Composition in Grain of Awned and Awnletted Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars: Tissue-Specific Iron Speciation and Phytate and Non-Phytate Ligand Ratio Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010079 Authors: Paula Pongrac Iztok Arčon Hiram Castillo-Michel Katarina Vogel-Mikuš In wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), the awns—the bristle-like structures extending from lemmas—are photosynthetically active. Compared to awned cultivars,...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 36: Comparison as a Provisional Activity Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010036 Authors: Hoel The careers of many scholars in various disciplines have been focused on the study of hagiography, including that of the author. Yet, as those scholars have uncovered new knowledge and employed new interpretations of the materials at hand, the very notions of “hagiography” and “hagiology” have become deeply problematized. The issues...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 35: The Ministering Critic: Kierkegaard’s Theology of Communication Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010035 Authors: Russell Johnson This paper analyzes Kierkegaard’s scattered writings on communication to foreground the distinctively theological dimension of Kierkegaard’s rhetorical theory. “Indirect communication” needs to be understood as a strategy to address a specific theological problem, namely, the tendency for readers...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 34: Interrogating Gender in Sikh Tradition and Practice Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010034 Authors: Satwinder Kaur Bains In contemporary Sikh society, what we consider religious is constantly being challenged, but for Sikhs, what remain constant are Sikhi’s sacred texts—they continue to be the paramount teacher and guide. Within this consistency, I ask the question: how can Sikh feminist ideas of representation and identity find expression...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 33: On Manuscripts, Prints and Blessed Transformations: Caterina da Siena’s Legenda maior as a Model of Sainthood in Premodern Castile Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010033 Authors: Pablo Acosta-García In this article, I analyze the translation commissioned in 1511 by Cardinal Francisco Ximénez Cisneros of the Life of Catherine of Siena by Raimundo de Capua, which includes the legendae of Giovanna (also known as Vanna) da Orvieto and Margherita da Città...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 3: Effect of N-Amide Substitution on Antioxidative Activities of Melatonin Derivatives Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88010003 Authors: Panyatip Johns Priprem Nakagawa Puthongking Five N-amide substituted melatonin (MLT) derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for antioxidative activities, and compounds 9–12 showed higher electron spin resonance (ESR) response than MLT. 4-Bromobenzoyl and naphthoyl derivatives (10...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 2: Multi-Analyte MS Based Investigation in Relation to the Illicit Treatment of Fish Products with Hydrogen Peroxide Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8010002 Authors: Federica Dal Bello Riccardo Aigotti Michael Zorzi Valerio Giaccone Claudio Medana Fishery products are perishable due to the action of many enzymes, both endogenous and exogenous. The latter are produced by bacteria that may contaminate the products. When fishes age, there is a massive bacteria...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 40: Isolation and Characterization of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Strains from Finished Drinking Water Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12010040 Authors: Carina Menezes Elisabete Valério Maria João Botelho Elsa Dias In the summer of 2015, an intense cyanobacterial bloom producing geosmin/2-methylisoborneol (MIB) occurred in the Roxo freshwater reservoir in Alentejo, Portugal. The drinking water supplied from the Roxo water treatment plant (WTP) exhibited an...
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Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 2: Regional Urbanisation through Accessibility?—The “Zweite Stammstrecke” Express Rail Project in Munich Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4010002 Authors: Fabian Wenner Khoi Anh Dang Melina Hölzl Alessandro Pedrazzoli Magdalena Schmidkunz Jiaqi Wang Alain Thierstein Transport accessibility is one of the most significant locational factors for both households and firms, and thus a potentially self-reinforcing driver of urban development....
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 17: Protection Efficacy of Oral Bait Probiotic Vaccine Constitutively Expressing Tetravalent Toxoids against Clostridium perfringens Exotoxins in Livestock (Rabbits) Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010017 Authors: Bai Qiao Ma Han Jia Huang Han Wang Li Xu Clostridium perfringens is an opportunistic pathogen. Its main virulence factors are exotoxins, which are the etiological agents of enteritis necroticans and enterotoxemia...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 76: Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Provides Molecular Insights into the Interaction of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus and Beet soil-borne mosaic virus with Their Host Sugar Beet Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010076 Authors: Jose Fernando Gil Daniel Wibberg Omid Eini Eugene I. Savenkov Mark Varrelmann Sebastian Liebe Beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) and Beet soil-borne mosaic virus (BSBMV) are closely related species, but disease development...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 77: The RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase NIb of Potyviruses Plays Multifunctional, Contrasting Roles during Viral Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010077 Authors: Wentao Shen Yan Shi Zhaoji Dai Aiming Wang Potyviruses represent the largest group of known plant RNA viruses and include many agriculturally important viruses, such as Plum pox virus, Soybean mosaic virus, Turnip mosaic virus, and Potato virus Y. Potyviruses adopt polyprotein processing as their...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 75: Envelope-Specific IgG3 and IgG1 Responses Are Associated with Clearance of Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010075 Authors: Melanie R. Walker Auda A. Eltahla Michael M. Mina Hui Li Andrew R. Lloyd Rowena A. Bull Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be cleared naturally in a subset of individuals. However, the asymptomatic nature of acute HCV infection makes the study of the early immune response and defining the correlates of...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 180: Analysis of the Lake-Effect on Precipitation in the Taihu Lake Basin Based on the GWR Merged Precipitation Water doi: 10.3390/w12010180 Authors: Zhao Yang Li Wang Hu Wang Based on the high-density gauged rainfall, the geographically weighted regression (GWR) was used to fuse the daily precipitation of rain gauges with those of Multi-source Weighted-Ensemble Precipitation V2.1 (MSWEP V2.1) and a new merged daily precipitation was generated...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 181: Drought in the Twenty-First Century in a Water-Rich Region: Modeling Study of the Wabash River Watershed, USA Water doi: 10.3390/w12010181 Authors: Dierauer Zhu Climate change is expected to alter drought regimes across North America throughout the twenty-first century, and, consequently, future drought risk may not resemble the past. To explore the implications of nonstationary drought risk, this study combined a calibrated, regional-scale hydrological...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 178: Effects of Hydropeaking on Bed Mobility: Evidence from a Pyrenean River Water doi: 10.3390/w12010178 Authors: Vericat Ville Palau-Ibars Batalla Hydropower production involves significant impacts on the dynamics and continuity of river systems. In this paper we analyse the effects of hydropeaks on river-bed particle mobility along a 2-km river channel. For this, a total of four study reaches were stablished: one considered a control reach (no impact...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 179: Application of Waste Polymers as Basic Material for Ultrafiltration Membranes Preparation Water doi: 10.3390/w12010179 Authors: Michał Adamczak Gabriela Kamińska Jolanta Bohdziewicz Polystyrene is a polymer commonly used in civil engineering as styrofoam for building isolation. It is also used in the packaging of glass and sensitive products such as electronics, household products, and other goods. Single-use products such as cups and plates made from...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 177: Numerical Studies on the Suitable Position of Artificial Upwelling in a Semi-Enclosed Bay Water doi: 10.3390/w12010177 Authors: Yao Fan Xiao Lin Zhang Zhang Liu Zhang Pan Chen Ecological engineering by artificial upwelling is considered a promising way to improve water quality. Artificial upwelling could lift nutrient-rich bottom water to the surface, enhance seaweed growth and consequently increase nutrient removal from...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 175: Comparison of Long Short Term Memory Networks and the Hydrological Model in Runoff Simulation Water doi: 10.3390/w12010175 Authors: Hongxiang Fan Mingliang Jiang Ligang Xu Hua Zhu Junxiang Cheng Jiahu Jiang Runoff modeling is one of the key challenges in the field of hydrology. Various approaches exist, ranging from physically based over conceptual to fully data driven models. In this paper, we propose a data driven approach using the state-of-the-art...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 176: Photocatalytic Degradation of Ampicillin Using PLA/TiO2 Hybrid Nanofibers Coated on Different Types of Fiberglass Water doi: 10.3390/w12010176 Authors: Constantin Bobirică Liliana Bobirică Maria Râpă Ecaterina Matei Andra Mihaela Predescu Cristina Orbeci New photocatalytic membranes based on polylactic acid (PLA)/TiO2 hybrid nanofibers deposited on fiberglass supports were prepared and tested for the removal of ampicillin from aqueous solutions....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 174: Comparison of Community and Function of Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium (DNRA) Bacteria in Chinese Shallow Lakes with Different Eutrophication Degrees Water doi: 10.3390/w12010174 Authors: Xiaowen Li Chunlei Song Zijun Zhou Jian Xiao Siyang Wang Liu Yang Xiuyun Cao Yiyong Zhou Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) plays an important role in controlling nitrogen (N) loading in lake ecosystems. However, studies on...
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