Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 66: Trematocine, a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide from the Antarctic Fish Trematomus bernacchii: Identification and Biological Activity Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9020066 Authors: Della Pelle Perà Belardinelli Gerdol Felli Crognale Scapigliati Ceccacci Buonocore Porcelli Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short peptides active against a wide range of pathogens and, therefore, they are considered a useful alternative...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 64: Dibasic Derivatives of Phenylcarbamic Acid as Prospective Antibacterial Agents Interacting with Cytoplasmic Membrane Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9020064 Authors: Pospíšilová Malik Bezouskova Kauerova Kollar Csöllei Oravec Cizek Jampilek 1-[2-[({[2-/3-(Alkoxy)phenyl]amino}carbonyl)oxy]-3-(dipropylammonio)propyl]pyrrolidinium/azepan- ium oxalates or dichlorides (alkoxy = butoxy to heptyloxy) were recently described...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 65: Strategies to Combat Multidrug-Resistant and Persistent Infectious Diseases Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9020065 Authors: Olga Pacios Lucia Blasco Inès Bleriot Laura Fernandez-Garcia Mónica González Bardanca Antón Ambroa María López German Bou Maria Tomás Antibiotic failure is one of the most worrying health problems worldwide. We are currently facing an international crisis with several problematic facets: new antibiotics...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 63: How Does Antimicrobial Stewardship Affect Inappropriate Antibiotic Therapy in Urological Patients? Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9020063 Authors: Uda Shigemura Kitagawa Osawa Onuma Inoue Kotani Yan Nakano Nishioka Yano Miyara Fujisawa Antimicrobial stewardship teams (ASTs) have been well-accepted in recent years; however, their clinical outcomes have not been fully investigated in urological patients....
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Antibodies, Vol. 9, Pages 4: Equal Neutralization Potency of Antibodies Raised against Abrin Subunits Antibodies doi: 10.3390/antib9010004 Authors: Yoav Gal Anita Sapoznikov Reut Falach Ohad Mazor Ron Alcalay Eytan Elhanany Moshe Aftalion Sharon Ehrlich Chanoch Kronman Tamar Sabo Abrin and ricin are potent AB toxins, which are considered biological threats. To date, there are no approved treatments against abrin or ricin intoxications. Previously, we showed...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 141: Inactivation of Carbonyl-Detoxifying Enzymes by H2O2 Is a Trigger to Increase Carbonyl Load for Initiating Programmed Cell Death in Plants Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9020141 Authors: Biswas Terada Mano H2O2-induced programmed cell death (PCD) of tobacco Bright Yellow-2 (BY-2) cells is mediated by reactive carbonyl species (RCS), degradation products of lipid peroxides, which activate caspase-3-like protease (C3LP). Here, we investigated...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 143: Antioxidant and Anti-Proliferative Properties of Hagenia abyssinica Roots and Their Potentially Active Components Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9020143 Authors: Fan Chen Zhang Nahar Sarker Hu Guo Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J. F. Gmel. is a multipurpose dioecious tree that has been used to treat various ailments, for example, the flowers of H. abyssinica have been widely used as a tea to treat intestinal parasites by local residents...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 142: Redox Signaling and Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) in Diet-Related Diseases Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9020142 Authors: Cepas Collino Mayo Sainz Diets are currently characterized by elevated sugar intake, mainly due to the increased consumption of processed sweetened foods and drinks during the last 40 years. Diet is the main source of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs). These are toxic compounds formed during the Maillard...
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Arts, Vol. 9, Pages 16: Radicant Israeli Art: From Past to Future Arts doi: 10.3390/arts9010016 Authors: Soltes Mieke Bal’s concept of “migratory aesthetics” and the observation by Saloni Mathur and Anne Ring Peterson that “traditional notions of location, origin and authenticity seem obsolete and in urgent need of reconsideration” perfectly encompass the phrase “Jewish art”, and within that difficult-to-define subject,...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 169: Ozone Layer Evolution in the Early 20th Century Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020169 Authors: Egorova Rozanov Arsenovic Sukhodolov The ozone layer is well observed since the 1930s from the ground and, since the 1980s, by satellite-based instruments. The evolution of ozone in the past is important because of its dramatic influence on the biosphere and humans but has not been known for most of the time, except for some measurements of near-surface...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 168: Pollution Transport Patterns Obtained Through Generalized Lagrangian Coherent Structures Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020168 Authors: Peter J. Nolan Hosein Foroutan Shane D. Ross Identifying atmospheric transport pathways is important to understand the effects of pollutants on weather, climate, and human health. The atmospheric wind field is variable in space and time and contains complex patterns due to turbulent mixing. In such a highly unsteady...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 56: Ethno-National Attitudes as Intercultural Competence Predictors in University Students: Gender Differences Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10020056 Authors: Irina A. Novikova Marina V. Gridunova Alexey L. Novikov Dmitriy A. Shlyakhta The search for predictors of intercultural competence (ICC) development is one of the important challenges of modern psychology in connection with globalization in all the spheres of modern life, including...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 54: Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10020054 Authors: Adams Murdock Daly-Cano Rose Introduction: The college years are characterized by psychosocial and biological phenomena that may impact mental health, such as heightened sensitivity to social stressors and compromises in sleep quantity and quality. The current study...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 55: Assessing Mothers’ Postpartum Depression From Their Infants’ Cry Vocalizations Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10020055 Authors: Giulio Gabrieli Marc H. Bornstein Nanmathi Manian Gianluca Esposito Postpartum Depression (PPD), a condition that affects up to 15% of mothers in high-income countries, reduces attention to the needs of the child and is among the first causes of infanticide. PPD is usually identified using self-report measures...
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Beverages, Vol. 6, Pages 7: The Influence of Partial Substitution of Malt with Unmalted Wheat in Grist on Quality Parameters of Lager Beer Beverages doi: 10.3390/beverages6010007 Authors: Vinko Krstanović Kristina Habschied Jasmina Lukinac Marko Jukić Krešimir Mastanjević The aim of this research was to assess whether the grist mixture (50% malt, 34% maize grits, and 16% unmalted wheat) used for the production of beer 1 could be appropriate for lager to retain the declared...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 250: Solution of Levinthal’s Paradox and a Physical Theory of Protein Folding Times Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020250 Authors: Ivankov Finkelstein “How do proteins fold?” Researchers have been studying different aspects of this question for more than 50 years. The most conceptual aspect of the problem is how protein can find the global free energy minimum in a biologically reasonable time, without exhaustive enumeration of all...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 251: Modified Potentiometric Screen-Printed Electrodes Based on Imprinting Character for Sodium Deoxycholate Determination Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020251 Authors: H. Kamel Ezzat Ahmed Amr A. Almehizia A. Al-Omar Potentiometric sensors have a great influence on the determination of most various compounds in their matrices. Therefore, efficient and new sensors were introduced to measure sodium Deoxycholate (NaDC) as a bile acid...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 248: From Seabed to Bedside: A Review on Promising Marine Anticancer Compounds Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020248 Authors: Wang Sorolla Krishnan Sorolla The marine environment represents an outstanding source of antitumoral compounds and, at the same time, remains highly unexplored. Organisms living in the sea synthesize a wide variety of chemicals used as defense mechanisms. Interestingly, a large number of these compounds exert excellent...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 249: The Potential of Telomeric G-quadruplexes Containing Modified Oligoguanosine Overhangs in Activation of Bacterial Phagocytosis and Leukotriene Synthesis in Human Neutrophils Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020249 Authors: Golenkina Viryasova Dolinnaya Bannikova Gaponova Romanova F.Sud’ina Human neutrophils are the first line of defense against bacterial and viral infections. They eliminate pathogens through phagocytosis, which...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 247: Melittin—A Natural Peptide from Bee Venom Which Induces Apoptosis in Human Leukaemia Cells Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020247 Authors: Michal Ceremuga Maksymilian Stela Edyta Janik Leslaw Gorniak Ewelina Synowiec Tomasz Sliwinski Przemyslaw Sitarek Joanna Saluk-Bijak Michal Bijak Bee venom is a very complex mixture produced and secreted by the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Melittin is a major component of bee venom that accounts...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 246: Structural and Functional Comparison of Salmonella Flagellar Filaments Composed of FljB and FliC Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020246 Authors: Tomoko Yamaguchi Shoko Toma Naoya Terahara Tomoko Miyata Masamichi Ashihara Tohru Minamino Keiichi Namba Takayuki Kato The bacterial flagellum is a motility organelle consisting of a long helical filament as a propeller and a rotary motor that drives rapid filament rotation to produce thrust....
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Biosensors, Vol. 10, Pages 10: Cutting-Edge Advances in Electrochemical Affinity Biosensing at Different Molecular Level of Emerging Food Allergens and Adulterants Biosensors doi: 10.3390/bios10020010 Authors: Campuzano Ruiz-Valdepeñas Montiel Serafín Yáñez-Sedeño Pingarrón The presence of allergens and adulterants in food, which represents a real threat to sensitized people and a loss of consumer confidence, is one of the main current problems facing society. The detection...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 86: Dual Networks for High-Precision and High-Speed Registration of Brain Electron Microscopy Images Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020086 Authors: Chang Shu Tong Xin Fangxu Zhou Xi Chen Hua Han It remains a mystery as to how neurons are connected and thereby enable use to think, and volume reconstruction from series of microscopy sections of brains is a vital technique in determining this connectivity. Image registration is a key component;...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 85: Multimodal Affective State Assessment Using fNIRS + EEG and Spontaneous Facial Expression Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020085 Authors: Yanjia Sun Hasan Ayaz Ali N. Akansu Human facial expressions are regarded as a vital indicator of one’s emotion and intention, and even reveal the state of health and wellbeing. Emotional states have been associated with information processing within and between subcortical and cortical areas...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 378: Risk of Contralateral Breast Cancer in Women with and without Pathogenic Variants in BRCA1, BRCA2, and TP53 Genes in Women with Very Early-Onset (<36 Years) Breast Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020378 Authors: Zerin Hyder Elaine F. Harkness Emma R. Woodward Naomi L. Bowers Marta Pereira Andrew J. Wallace Sacha J. Howell Anthony Howell Fiona Lalloo William G. Newman Miriam J. Smith D Gareth Evans Early age at diagnosis...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 377: Selective Killing of Activated T Cells by 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Mediated Photodynamic Effect: Potential Improvement of Extracorporeal Photopheresis Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020377 Authors: Darvekar Juzenas Oksvold Kleinauskas Holien Christensen Stokke Sioud Peng Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), a modality that exposes isolated leukocytes to the photosensitizer 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) and ultraviolet-A (UV-A) light,...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 376: Clinical Relevance of Immune Checkpoints on Circulating Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020376 Authors: Papadaki Koutsopoulos Tsoulfas Lagoudaki Aggouraki Monastirioti Koutoulaki Apostolopoulou Merodoulaki Papadaki Mavroudis Agelaki The role of CD47 and PD-L1 expression on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) remains unclear, and it is currently unknown whether their distribution varies between...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 375: Design and Characterization of an “All-in-One” Lentiviral Vector System Combining Constitutive Anti-GD2 CAR Expression and Inducible Cytokines Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020375 Authors: Zimmermann Kuehle Dragon Galla Kloth Rudek Sandalcioglu Neyazi Moritz Meyer Rossig Altvater Eiz-Vesper Morgan Abken Schambach Genetically modified T cells expressing chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) so far have...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 373: Multi-Reader Multi-Case Study for Performance Evaluation of High-Risk Thyroid Ultrasound with Computer-Aided Detection Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020373 Authors: Wu Chen Shih Ho Tai Chang Chen Chen Physicians use sonographic characteristics as a reference for the possible diagnosis of thyroid cancers. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether physicians were more effective in their tentative diagnosis based on the...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 371: Immunotherapy by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Nuclear Medicine Imaging: Current and Future Applications Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020371 Authors: Decazes Bohn Immunotherapy by using immune checkpoint inhibitors is a revolutionary development in oncology. Medical imaging is also impacted by this new therapy, particularly nuclear medicine imaging (also called radionuclide imaging), which uses radioactive tracers to visualize metabolic functions....
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 372: Foes or Friends? Bacteria Enriched in the Tumor Microenvironment of Colorectal Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020372 Authors: Xu Yin Zhang Lv Yang He Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the third cause of cancer death in the world, while intestinal microbiota is a community of microbes living in human intestine that can potentially impact human health in many ways. Accumulating evidence suggests...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 370: Near-Infrared Fluorescent Imaging for Monitoring of Treatment Response in Endometrial Carcinoma Patient-Derived Xenograft Models Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020370 Authors: Fonnes Strand Fasmer Berg Espedal Sortland Stefansson Bjørge Haldorsen Krakstad McCormack Imaging of clinically relevant preclinical animal models is critical to the development of personalized therapeutic strategies for endometrial carcinoma....
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 374: Autotaxin and Breast Cancer: Towards Overcoming Treatment Barriers and Sequelae Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020374 Authors: Benesch Tang Brindley After a decade of intense preclinical investigations, the first in-class autotaxin inhibitor, GLPG1690, has entered Phase III clinical trials for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. In the intervening time, a deeper understanding of the role of the autotaxin–lysophosphatidate (LPA)–lipid...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 378: Controversy in the Use of CD38 Antibody for Treatment of Myeloma: Is High CD38 Expression Good or Bad? Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020378 Authors: Plesner van de Donk Richardson During a time span of just a few years, the CD38 antibody, daratumumab, has been established as one of the most important new drugs for the treatment of multiple myeloma, both in the relapsed/refractory setting and, more recently, as a first-line treatment. Although much is known...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 379: Trifolium Repens Blocks Proliferation in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia via the BCR-ABL/STAT5 Pathway Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020379 Authors: Sarno Pepe Termolino Carafa Massaro Merciai Campiglia Nebbioso Altucci Some species of clover are reported to have beneficial effects in human diseases. However, little is known about the activity of the forage plant Trifolium repens, or white clover, which has been recently found to exert...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 375: TGF-β Regulates Collagen Type I Expression in Myoblasts and Myotubes via Transient Ctgf and Fgf-2 Expression Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020375 Authors: Michèle M.G. Hillege Ricardo A. Galli Caro Carla Offringa Gerard M.J. de Wit Richard T. Jaspers Willem M.H. Hoogaars Transforming Growth Factor β (TGF-β) is involved in fibrosis as well as the regulation of muscle mass, and contributes to the progressive pathology of muscle wasting disorders. However,...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 376: Interventional Influence of the Intestinal Microbiome Through Dietary Intervention and Bowel Cleansing Might Improve Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020376 Authors: Hegelmaier Lebbing Duscha Tomaske Tönges Holm Bjørn Nielsen Gatermann Przuntek Haghikia The impact of the gut microbiome is being increasingly appreciated in health and in various chronic diseases, among them neurodegenerative disorders...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 377: Effect of Dietary Silk Peptide on Obesity, Hyperglycemia, and Skeletal Muscle Regeneration in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020377 Authors: Kippeum Lee Heegu Jin Sungwoo Chei Hyun-Ji Oh Jeong-Yong Lee Boo-Yong Lee Obesity is associated with excess body fat accumulation that can cause hyperglycemia and reduce skeletal muscle function and strength, which characterize the development of sarcopenic obesity. In this study, we aimed...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 374: Excess TPX2 Interferes with Microtubule Disassembly and Nuclei Reformation at Mitotic Exit Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020374 Authors: Francesco D. Naso Valentina Sterbini Elena Crecca Italia A. Asteriti Alessandra D. Russo Maria Giubettini Enrico Cundari Catherine Lindon Alessandro Rosa Giulia Guarguaglini The microtubule-associated protein TPX2 is a key mitotic regulator that contributes through distinct pathways to spindle assembly....
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Climate, Vol. 8, Pages 27: Perceptions of Climate Change and Drivers of Insect Pest Outbreaks in Vegetable Crops in Limpopo Province of South Africa Climate doi: 10.3390/cli8020027 Authors: Phophi Mafongoya Lottering Vegetable production is a source of income for smallholder farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Vegetable production is constrained by the negative impacts of climate change and pests. This study assessed farmers’ awareness of climate change, farmers’...
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Dentistry Journal, Vol. 8, Pages 16: Continuous Measurement of Three-Dimensional Root Canal Curvature Using Cone-Beam Computed and Micro-Computed Tomography: A Comparative Study Dentistry Journal doi: 10.3390/dj8010016 Authors: Kucher Dannemann Modler Haim Hannig Weber The knowledge of root canal curvature is crucial regarding the prevention of ledge formation, root perforation and the possibility of endodontic instruments’ fracture during endodontic treatments....
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 86: Effect of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors on Renal Function in Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Type 2 Diabetes in Japan Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020086 Authors: Yano Seko Takahashi Okishio Kataoka Takemura Okuda Mizuno Taketani Umemura Nishikawa Yamaguchi Moriguchi Okanoue Itoh Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2I) have been reported to have...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 65: Ecotypes of Aquatic Plant Vallisneria americana Tolerate Different Salinity Concentrations Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12020065 Authors: Tootoonchi Gettys Thayer Markovich Sigmon Sadeghibaniani Increased salinity caused by saltwater intrusion or runoff from de-icing salts can severely affect freshwater vegetation and deteriorate aquatic ecosystems. These habitats can be restored with freshwater ecotypes (locally adapted populations) that...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 64: Characterization of Tanzanian Avocado Using Morphological Traits Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12020064 Authors: Juma Nyomora Hovmalm Fatih Geleta Carlsson Ortiz Two-hundred and twenty-six old avocado trees (Persea americana Mill) derived from seeds were selected from eight districts of the Mbeya, Njombe and Songwe regions in Tanzania. The tree, leaf, fruit and seed characteristics were studied using the descriptors for avocado (Persea...
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Fermentation, Vol. 6, Pages 21: β-Glucan Degradation During Malting of Different Purpose Barley Varieties Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation6010021 Authors: Habschied Lalić Horvat Mastanjević Lukinac Jukić Krstanović The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of predicting the concentration of β-glucan from starting barley and malt, as well as malt and wort for different types and purpose of barley groups. The strength of the correlation...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 159: From by-Product to Unconventional Vegetable: Preliminary Evaluation of Fresh Fava Hulls Highlights Richness in L-Dopa and Low Content of Anti-Nutritional Factor Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020159 Authors: Massimiliano Renna Francesca De Cillis Beniamino Leoni Ermelinda Acciardi Pietro Santamaria Faba bean hulls are a by-product, generated from the processing of beans and usually disposed of as waste, utilized in some recipes of Italian traditional cuisine....
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 157: Inactivation of L. monocytogenes and S. typhimurium Biofilms by Means of an Air-Based Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) System Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020157 Authors: Govaert Smet Graeffe Walsh Van Impe Previous (biofilm) inactivation studies using Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) focused on helium (with or without the addition of oxygen) as feeding gas since this proved to result in a stable and uniform plasma. In industry, the use of helium gas...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 158: Volatile, Sensory and Functional Properties of HydroSOS Pistachios Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020158 Authors: Noguera-Artiaga Sánchez-Bravo Pérez-López Szumny Calin-Sánchez Burgos-Hernández Carbonell-Barrachina Climate change, the increase in world population, and the intensification of urban and industrial activities, will cause a shortage of water for agriculture. This situation requires conscientious studies to manage water deficits...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 156: HPTLC-DESI-HRMS-Based Profiling of Anthraquinones in Complex Mixtures—A Proof-of-Concept Study Using Crude Extracts of Chilean Mushrooms Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020156 Authors: Annegret Laub Ann-Katrin Sendatzki Götz Palfner Ludger A. Wessjohann Jürgen Schmidt Norbert Arnold High-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) coupled with negative ion desorption electrospray ionization high-resolution mass spectrometry (DESI-HRMS) was used for...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 154: Rapid Identification and Visualization of Jowl Meat Adulteration in Pork Using Hyperspectral Imaging Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020154 Authors: Jiang Cheng Shi Minced pork jowl meat, also called the sticking-piece, is commonly used to be adulterated in minced pork, which influences the overall product quality and safety. In this study, hyperspectral imaging (HSI) methodology was proposed to identify and visualize this kind of meat adulteration. A total...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 155: Comparison and Discrimination of Two Major Monocultivar Extra Virgin Olive Oils in the Southern Region of Peloponnese, According to Specific Compositional/Traceability Markers Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020155 Authors: Vasiliki Skiada Panagiotis Tsarouhas Theodoros Varzakas The qualitative characteristics and chemical parameters were determined for 112 virgin olive oil samples of the two dominant olive cultivars in the southern region of Peloponnese, cv....
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 33: The Impact of Joining a Team on the Initial Trust in Online Physicians
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 33: The Impact of Joining a Team on the Initial Trust in Online Physicians Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010033 Authors: Li Bao Liu Ma Introduction: Trust is a major challenge for the online market and this is especially the case for e-consultation platforms. Research that promotes online physician trust is highly desirable. In this study, we focus on whether joining a team led by a well-known physician will increase physician trust and what...
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Heritage, Vol. 3, Pages 47-67: A Scan-to-BIM Methodology Applied to Heritage Buildings Heritage doi: 10.3390/heritage3010004 Authors: Rocha Mateus Fernández Ferreira Heritage buildings usually have complex (non-parametric) geometries that turn their digitization through conventional methods in inaccurate and time-consuming processes. When it comes to the survey and representation of historical assets, remote sensing technologies have been playing key roles in the last few...
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 16: Introduction: Alienated Majesty: On Reading as Othering Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9010016 Authors: Adam Zachary Newton Diese Gewähr eines moralischen Gewinns liegt in einer geistigen Disziplin, die gegenüber dem einzigen, was ungestraft verletzt werden kann, der Sprache, das höchste Maß einer Verantwortung festsetzt und wie keine andere geeignet ist, den Respekt vor jeglichem andern Lebensgut zu lehren [...]
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1045: Physical Fitness in Upper Austrian Children Living in Urban and Rural Areas: A Cross-Sectional Analysis with More Than 18,000 Children International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031045 Authors: Clemens Drenowatz Franz Hinterkörner Klaus Greier Physical fitness is an important component in the development and health of children and adolescents. Given the equivocal results of previous research regarding the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1044: Mental Recovery and Running-Related Injuries in Recreational Runners: The Moderating Role of Passion for Running International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031044 Authors: de Jonge Balk Taris This pilot study investigates the moderating role of passion for running in the relation between mental recovery from running and running-related injuries (RRIs). We predict that the relation between recovery and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1042: Analysis of Answers to Queries among Anonymous Users with Gastroenterological Problems on an Internet Forum International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031042 Authors: Kamiński Borger Prymas Muth Stachowski Łoniewski Marlicz Internet forums are an attractive source of health-related information. We aimed to investigate threads in the gastroenterological section of a popular Polish medical...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1043: Melatonin as an Agent for Direct Pulp-Capping Treatment International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031043 Authors: Guerrero-Gironés Alcaina-Lorente Ortiz-Ruiz Ortiz-Ruiz Pecci-Lloret Rodríguez-Lozano Martínez Ortiz-Ruiz Melatonin plays an essential role in the regulation of bone growth. The actions that melatonin exerts on odontoblasts may be similar to its action on osteoblasts. This...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1039: Food Behaviors, Health, and Bean Nutrition Awareness among Low-Income Men: A Pilot Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031039 Authors: Michelle M. Heer Donna M. Winham Bean consumption is known to lower blood cholesterol and postprandial blood glucose. With higher chronic disease risk, low-income men could theoretically benefit from increased bean intakes. The study objective was to explore low-income...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1040: Contextual Factors Influencing the MAMAACT Intervention: A Qualitative Study of Non-Western Immigrant Women’s Response to Potential Pregnancy Complications in Everyday Life International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031040 Authors: Johnsen Christensen Juhl Villadsen In western countries, immigrant women have an increased risk of negative birth outcomes. Immigrant women’s and maternity care...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1041: Active Commuting and Depression Symptoms in Adults: A Systematic Review
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1041: Active Commuting and Depression Symptoms in Adults: A Systematic Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031041 Authors: Adilson Marques Miguel Peralta Duarte Henriques-Neto Diana Frasquilho Élvio Rubio Gouveira Diego Gomez-Baya Physical activity (PA) is suggested to have a protective effect against depression. One way of engaging in PA is through active commuting. This review summarises...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1036: A Scoping Review on How to Make Hospitals health Literate Healthcare Organizations International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031036 Authors: Zanobini Lorini Baldasseroni Dellisanti Bonaccorsi The concept of health literacy is increasingly being recognised as not just an individual trait, but also as a characteristic related to families, communities, and organisations providing health and social...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1035: A Network-Based Bioinformatics Approach to Identify Molecular Biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes that Are Linked to the Progression of Neurological Diseases International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031035 Authors: Md Habibur Rahman Silong Peng Xiyuan Hu Chen Chen Md Rezanur Rahman Shahadat Uddin Julian M.W. Quinn Mohammad Ali Moni Neurological diseases (NDs) are progressive disorders, the progression...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1038: Optimizing Employee Creativity in the Digital Era: Uncovering the Interactional Effects of Abilities, Motivations, and Opportunities International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031038 Authors: Wenjing Cai Svetlana Khapova Bart Bossink Evgenia Lysova Jing Yuan An increasing digitalization in all aspects of life and work reshapes traditional assumptions about human creativity. Both scholars and practitioners...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1037: Examining the Feasibility and Acceptability of Valuing the Arabic Version of SF-6D in a Lebanese Population International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031037 Authors: Kharroubi Beyh Harake Dawoud Rowen Brazier Objectives: The SF-6D is a preference-based measure of health developed to generate utility values from the SF-36. The aim of this pilot study was to examine the feasibility and acceptability...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1032: Environmental Particulate Matter Levels during 2017 Large Forest Fires and Megafires in the Center Region of Portugal: A Public Health Concern? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031032 Authors: Marta Oliveira Cristina Delerue-Matos Maria Carmo Pereira Simone Morais This work characterizes the dimension and the exceptionality of 2017 large- and mega-fires that occurred in the center region of Portugal...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1027: How Should Forests Be Characterized in Regard to Human Health? Evidence from Existing Literature International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031027 Authors: Albert Bach Pagès Josep Peñuelas Jana Clarà Joan Llusià Ferran Campillo i López Roser Maneja The potential of forests as a source of health has been addressed by the scientific community and is now being considered in national forest strategies,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1033: A Multidimensional Questionnaire to Measure Career Satisfaction of Physicians: Validation of the Polish Version of the 4CornerSAT International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031033 Authors: Juan Nicolás Peña-Sánchez Alicja Domagała Katarzyna Dubas-Jakóbczyk Maciej Polak To study physicians’ satisfaction with a multidimensional approach, the 4CornerSAT questionnaire to measure the career satisfaction...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1029: How to Form Wellbeing Perception and Its Outcomes in the Context of Elderly Tourism: Moderating Role of Tour Guide Services International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031029 Authors: Hwang Kim Lee Sahito Many people travel to improve their wellbeing perception (WBP), and senior tourists in South Korea are no exception in that they hope to enhance their quality of life through tourism. As such, this...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1034: Physical Activity in Older Adults: An Investigation in a Metropolitan Area of Southern Italy International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031034 Authors: Francesca Gallè Elita Anna Sabella Giovanna Da Molin Eduardo Alfonso Parisi Giorgio Liguori Maria Teresa Montagna Osvalda De Giglio Luca Tondini Giovanni Battista Orsi Christian Napoli Physical activity (PA) and exercise are fundamental...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1031: Per-Cooling (Using Cooling Systems during Physical Exercise) Enhances Physical and Cognitive Performances in Hot Environments. A Narrative Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031031 Authors: Wafa Douzi Olivier Dupuy Dimitri Theurot Juhani Smolander Benoit Dugué There are many important sport events that are organized in environments with a very hot ambient temperature (Summer Olympics,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1030: Chemical Impurities: An Epistemological Riddle with Serious Side Effects International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031030 Authors: Ahmad Yaman Abdin Prince Yeboah Claus Jacob Chemical synthesis is a science and an art. Rooted in laboratory or large-scale manufacture, it results in certain side products, eventually compromising the integrity of the final products. Such “impurities” occur...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1022: Cyberaggression in Adolescents of Bolivia: Connection with Psychopathological Symptoms, Adaptive and Predictor Variables International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031022 Authors: Garaigordobil Mollo-Torrico Machimbarrena Páez Concern about the increase of cyberbullying underlies this study, which had four objectives: (1) to calculate the prevalence of cyberaggressors; (2) to compare non-cyberaggressors...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1028: Occurrence and Characteristics of Mobile Colistin Resistance (mcr) Gene-Containing Isolates from the Environment: A Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031028 Authors: Madubuike Umunna Anyanwu Ishmael Festus Jaja Obichukwu Chisom Nwobi The emergence and spread of mobile colistin (COL) resistance (mcr) genes jeopardize the efficacy of COL, a last resort antibiotic for treating deadly infections....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1023: A Serial Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Prevalence, Risk Factors and Geographic Variations of Reduced Visual Acuity in Primary and Secondary Students from 2000 to 2017 in Hong Kong International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031023 Authors: Wong Lai Chan Background: We would like to investigate the prevalence trend, potential risk factors and geographic features of reduced visual acuity (VA) in primary...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1024: Computerized Clinical Decision Support System for Prompting Brief Alcohol Interventions with Treatment Seeking Smokers: A Sex-Based Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031024 Authors: Minian Ivanova Voci Veldhuizen Zawertailo Baliunas Noormohamed Giesbrecht Selby Although brief alcohol intervention can reduce alcohol use for...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1026: Comparison of Acute Responses to Two Different Cycling Sprint Interval Exercise Protocols with Different Recovery Durations International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031026 Authors: Natalia Danek Marcin Smolarek Kamil Michalik Marek Zatoń Background: Knowledge of acute responses to different sprint interval exercise (SIE) helps to implement new training programs. The aim of this study was to compare the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1025: Assessment of Biological Toxicity and Ecological Safety for Urban Black-Odor River Remediation International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031025 Authors: Rou-Rou Xu Zhou-Tao Pei Wen-Qian Wang Meng Zhang Li-Ling Zhang Jing Zhang Wen-Qiang Wang Li-Wei Sun Yi-Min Zhang The judgment and assessment of remediation effect on urban black-odor river still depend on the physical-chemical parameters...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1021: Hypothetical Interventions on Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment among Chinese Older Adults: An Application of the Parametric G-Formula International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17031021 Authors: Zhou Cai Fu Han Fang The effects of psychosocial and dietary interventions on risk of cognitive impairment is not known. The aim of this study was to estimate the 10-year risks of cognitive impairment...
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