Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 389: Postbiotics for Preventing and Treating Common Infectious Diseases in Children: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020389 Authors: Malagón-Rojas Mantziari Salminen Szajewska Postbiotics have recently been tentatively defined as bioactive compounds produced during a fermentation process (including microbial cells, cell constituents and metabolites) that supports health and/or wellbeing. Postbiotics are currently available in some...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 390: Supplements and Nutritional Interventions to Augment High-Intensity Interval Training Physiological and Performance Adaptations—A Narrative Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020390 Authors: Scott C. Forbes Darren G. Candow Abbie E. Smith-Ryan Katie R. Hirsch Michael D. Roberts Trisha A. VanDusseldorp Matthew T. Stratton Mojtaba Kaviani Jonathan P. Little High-intensity interval training (HIIT) involves short bursts of intense activity...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 387: Valeric Acid, a Gut Microbiota Product, Penetrates to the Eye and Lowers Intraocular Pressure in Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020387 Authors: Skrzypecki Niewęgłowska Samborowska Mechanisms controlling intraocular pressure (IOP) and arterial blood pressure (BP) sharesimilar mediators, including gut bacteria metabolites. Here, we investigated the effects of valericacid (VA), a short chain fatty acid produced by microbiota from undigested carbohydrates,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 386: Oral Supplementation with Sucrosomial Ferric Pyrophosphate Plus L-Ascorbic Acid to Ameliorate the Martial Status: A Randomized Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020386 Authors: Briguglio Hrelia Malaguti De Vecchi Lombardi Banfi Riso Porrini Romagnoli Pino Crespi Perazzo Altered martial indices before orthopedic surgery are associated with higher rates of complications and greatly affect the patient’s...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 385: The Role of Dietary Carbohydrates in Gestational Diabetes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020385 Authors: Mustad Huynh López-Pedrosa Campoy Rueda Gestational diabetes (GDM) is hyperglycemia that is recognized for the first time during pregnancy. GDM is associated with a wide range of short- and long-term adverse health consequences for both mother and offspring. It is a complex disease with a multifactorial etiology, with disturbances in glucose,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 384: Using Group Model Building to Describe the System Driving Unhealthy Eating and Identify Intervention Points: A Participatory, Stakeholder Engagement Approach in the Caribbean Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020384 Authors: Leonor Guariguata Etiënne AJA Rouwette Madhuvanti M Murphy Arlette Saint Ville Leith L Dunn Gordon M Hickey Waneisha Jones T Alafia Samuels Nigel Unwin Many Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean experience...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 383: The Evaluation and Use of a Food Frequency Questionnaire Among the Population in Trivandrum, South Kerala, India Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020383 Authors: Vijay Mohan Taylor Grove Valdes Aithal Shenoy Dietary record tools such as food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and food diaries (FD) are the most commonly used choices for assessing dietary intakes in most large-scale epidemiological studies. The authors developed a self-administered...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 388: Muscle Phenotype, Proteolysis, and Atrophy Signaling During Reloading in Mice: Effects of Curcumin on the Gastrocnemius Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020388 Authors: Mañas-García Bargalló Gea Barreiro : We hypothesized that curcumin may mitigate muscle protein degradation and loss through attenuation of proteolytic activity in limb muscles of mice exposed to reloading (7dR) following immobilization (7dI). In gastrocnemius of mice (female C57BL/6J,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 382: Metabolic and Cognitive Effects of Ranolazine in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Data from an in vivo Model Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020382 Authors: Cassano Leo Tallarico Nesci Cimellaro Fiorentino Citraro Hribal De Sarro Perticone Sesti Russo Sciacqua : Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a risk factor for cognitive impairment. Ranolazine, an anti-ischemic drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, has been...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 380: Comparable Postprandial Amino Acid and Gastrointestinal Hormone Responses to Beef Steak Cooked Using Different Methods: A Randomised Crossover Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020380 Authors: Prodhan Pundir Chiang Milan Barnett Smith Markworth Knowles Cameron-Smith Cooking changes the texture and tenderness of red meat, which may influence its digestibility, circulatory amino acids (AA) and gastrointestinal (GI) hormonal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 379: Food Insecurity and Major Diet-Related Morbidities in Migrating Children: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020379 Authors: Dondi Piccinno Morigi Sureshkumar Gori Lanari Children of migrant families are known to be at a higher risk of diet-related morbidities due to complex variables including food insecurity, cultural and religious beliefs, and sociodemographic factors like ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and education....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 376: Gestational Diabetes Triggers Oxidative Stress in Hippocampus and Cerebral Cortex and Cognitive Behavior Modifications in Rat Offspring: Age- and Sex-Dependent Effects Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020376 Authors: Maribel Huerta-Cervantes Donovan J. Peña-Montes Rocío Montoya-Pérez Xóchitl Trujillo Miguel Huerta Miguel Ángel López-Vázquez María Esther Olvera-Cortés Alfredo Saavedra-Molina Gestational diabetes (GD) has been linked with an...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 378: Nutraceuticals and Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy: The Available Clinical Evidence Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020378 Authors: Fogacci Fogacci Cicero The aim of the present critical review is to summarize the available clinical evidence supporting the use of some dietary supplements that have been shown to lower blood pressure in hypertensive pregnant women. A systematic search strategy was carried out to identify trials in MEDLINE (National...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 377: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial Assessing the Effects of Angelica Gigas Nakai Extract on Blood Triglycerides Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020377 Authors: Su-Jin Jung Woo-Rim Kim Mi-Ra Oh Youn-Soo Cha Byung-Hyun Park Soo-Wan Chae Angelica gigas Nakai, Korean dang-gui, has long been widely used in traditional treatment methods. There have been a number of studies of the health effects of A. gigas and related compounds,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 381: Role of Dietary Nutrients in the Modulation of Gut Microbiota: A Narrative Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020381 Authors: Yang Liang Balakrishnan Belobrajdic Feng Zhang Understanding how dietary nutrients modulate the gut microbiome is of great interest for the development of food products and eating patterns for combatting the global burden of non-communicable diseases. In this narrative review we assess scientific studies published...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 374: Effects of 12-Week Ingestion of Yogurt Containing Lactobacillus plantarum OLL2712 on Glucose Metabolism and Chronic Inflammation in Prediabetic Adults: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020374 Authors: Takayuki Toshimitsu Ayako Gotou Toshihiro Sashihara Satoshi Hachimura Nobuhiko Shioya Satoru Suzuki Yukio Asami The ingestion of Lactobacillus plantarum OLL2712 (OLL2712) cells improved glucose metabolism by...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 375: Eating Behavior (Duration, Content, and Timing) Among Workers Living under Different Levels of Urbanization Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020375 Authors: Natalia M. Tiuganji Patricia Nehme Elaine C. Marqueze Cheryl M. Isherwood Andressa J. Martins Suleima Vasconcelos José Cipolla-Neto Arne Lowden Debra J. Skene Claudia R. C. Moreno Urbanization has contributed to extended wakefulness, which may in turn be associated with eating over...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 372: Nutritional Aspects in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020372 Authors: Paola Balestrieri Mentore Ribolsi Michele Pier Luca Guarino Sara Emerenziani Annamaria Altomare Michele Cicala Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are chronic, relapsing, inflammatory disorders of the digestive tract that characteristically develop in adolescence and early adulthood. The reported prevalence of malnutrition...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 373: Dietary Synbiotic Supplementation Protects Barrier Integrity of Hepatocytes and Liver Sinusoidal Endothelium in a Mouse Model of Chronic-Binge Ethanol Exposure Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020373 Authors: Yingchun Han Bryan Glueck David Shapiro Aaron Miller Sanjoy Roychowdhury Gail A. M. Cresci Alcohol overconsumption disrupts the gut microbiota and intestinal barrier, which decreases the production of beneficial microbial metabolic byproducts...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 371: Exploring the Nutritional Ecology of Stunting: New Approaches to an Old Problem Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020371 Authors: Daniel J. Raiten Andrew A. Bremer Despite a declining prevalence, stunting remains an elusive target for the global health community. The perception is that stunting represents chronic undernutrition (i.e., due to inadequate nutrient intake associated with food insecurity, low-quality diet, and suboptimal infant feeding practices...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 93: A Rare Cause of a Scrotal Abscess due to the Symbiotic Infection of Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella bivia in an Adult Male Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020093 Authors: Anthony Bekasiak Fabian Dammann Claudia Nader Gardnerella vaginalis (G. vaginalis) is the major bacteria detected in women with bacterial vaginosis (BV). Prevotella bivia (P. bivia) has been demonstrated to show a symbiotic relationship with G. vaginalis. Some men have been shown...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 92: Witch Hazel Significantly Improves the Efficacy of Commercially Available Teat Dips Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020092 Authors: Rasooly Molnar Do Morroni Brescini Cirioni Giacometti Apostolidis Bovine intramammary infections (IMIs) are the main cause of economic loss in milk production. Antibiotics are often ineffective in treating infections due to antimicrobial resistance and the formation of bacterial biofilms that enhance...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 90: Isolation of Naegleria spp. from a Brazilian Water Source Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020090 Authors: Bellini Fonseca Reyes-Batlle Lorenzo-Morales Rocha Thiemann The genus Naegleria, of the free-living amoeba (FLA) group, has been investigated mainly due to its human health impact, resulting in deadly infections and their worldwide distribution on freshwater systems. Naegleria fowleri, colloquially known as the “brain-eating...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 91: The Laboratory Diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Current Testing and Future Demands Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020091 Authors: Meyer Buder The ideal laboratory test to detect Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Ng) should be sensitive, specific, easy to use, rapid, and affordable and should provide information about susceptibility to antimicrobial drugs. Currently, such a test is not available and presumably will not be in the near future. Thus, diagnosis...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 89: Pathogenomic Analysis of a Novel Extensively Drug-Resistant Citrobacter freundii Isolate Carrying a blaNDM-1 Carbapenemase in South Africa Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020089 Authors: Ramsamy Mlisana Amoako Allam Ismail Singh Abia Essack Pathogenomic analysis was performed on a novel carbapenem-resistant Citrobacter freundii isolate (H2730R) from a rectal swab of an adult male patient admitted to a tertiary hospital, Durban,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 88: Oral Manifestations in HIV-Positive Children: A Systematic Review Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020088 Authors: Dorina Lauritano Giulia Moreo Luca Oberti Alberta Lucchese Dario Di Stasio Massimo Conese Francesco Carinci Background: The number of pediatric patients affected by HIV still remains high, mainly in developing countries, where the main cause of infection is vertical transmission from the mother. Even today, a large number of...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 24: Hormetic-Like Effects of L-Homocysteine on Synaptic Structure, Function, and Aβ Aggregation Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13020024 Authors: Carla Montecinos-Oliva Macarena S. Arrázola Claudia Jara Cheril Tapia-Rojas Nibaldo C. Inestrosa Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the primary cause of dementia among the elderly population. Elevated plasma levels of homocysteine (HCy), an amino acid derived from methionine metabolism, are considered...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 23: Ultrasound for Drug Synthesis: A Green Approach Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13020023 Authors: Draye Chatel Duwald This last century, the development of new medicinal molecules represents a real breakthrough in terms of humans and animal life expectancy and quality of life. However, this success is tainted by negative environmental consequences. Indeed, the synthesis of drug candidates requires the use of many chemicals, solvents, and processes...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 119: A Validated IVRT Method to Assess Topical Creams Containing Metronidazole Using a Novel Approach Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020119 Authors: Seeprarani Rath Isadore Kanfer An IVRT method was developed and validated to confirm its reproducibility, precision, sensitivity, selectivity, accuracy, robustness, and reliability. A novel approach was used to demonstrate the appropriateness of the IVRT method to accurately assess “sameness”...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 117: Pulmonary Metabolism of Substrates for Key Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes by Human Alveolar Type II Cells, Human and Rat Lung Microsomes, and the Isolated Perfused Rat Lung Model Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020117 Authors: Katarina Rubin Pär Ewing Erica Bäckström Anna Abrahamsson Britta Bonn Satoshi Kamata Ken Grime Significant pulmonary metabolism of inhaled drugs could have drug safety implications or influence pharmacological...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 118: Biocompatible PLGA-Mesoporous Silicon Microspheres for the Controlled Release of BMP-2 for Bone Augmentation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020118 Authors: Silvia Minardi Joseph S. Fernandez-Moure Dongmei Fan Matthew B. Murphy Iman K. Yazdi Xuewu Liu Bradley K. Weiner Ennio Tasciotti Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) has been demonstrated to be one of the most vital osteogenic factors for bone augmentation. However,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 116: Exploring the Complexity of Processing-Induced Dehydration during Hot Melt Extrusion Using In-Line Raman Spectroscopy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020116 Authors: Lærke Arnfast Jeroen van Renterghem Johanna Aho Johan Bøtker Dhara Raijada Stefania Baldursdóttir Thomas De Beer Jukka Rantanen The specific aim in this study was to understand the effect of critical process parameters on the solid form composition of model...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 115: The Stability Maintenance of Protein Drugs in Organic Coatings Based on Nanogels Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020115 Authors: Hongzhao Qi Lijun Yang Peipei Shan Sujie Zhu Han Ding Sheng Xue Yin Wang Xubo Yuan Peifeng Li Protein drugs are often loaded on scaffolds with organic coatings to realize a spatiotemporal controlled release. The stability or activity of protein drugs, however, is largely affected by the organic...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 114: Effects of Tissue Pressure on Transgene Expression Characteristics via Renal Local Administration Routes from Ureter or Renal Artery in the Rat Kidney Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020114 Authors: Oyama Takahashi Kawaguchi Miyamoto Nishida Tsurumaru Nakashima Yamashita Hashida Kawakami We previously developed a renal pressure-mediated transfection method (renal pressure method) as a kidney-specific in...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 182: Cultivar Resistance against Colletotrichum asianum in the World Collection of Mango Germplasm in Southeastern Brazil Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020182 Authors: Vitale Alfenas Siqueira Magistà Perrone Polizzi During the spring of 2014, a wide survey was conducted in one of the most important mango (Mangifera indica) cultivating areas located in Minas Gerais State (Brazil) to ascertain the causal agent of severe anthracnose infections and...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 183: Functional Improvement of Human Cardiotrophin 1 Produced in Tobacco Chloroplasts by Co-expression with Plastid Thioredoxin m Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020183 Authors: Ancín Sanz-Barrio Santamaría Millán Larraya Veramendi Farran Human cardiotrophin 1 (CT1), a cytokine with excellent therapeutic potential, was previously expressed in tobacco chloroplasts. However, the growth conditions required to reach the highest expression levels...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 181: Formation of Annual Ring Eccentricity in Coarse Roots within the Root Cage of Pinus ponderosa Growing on Slopes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020181 Authors: Montagnoli Lasserre Sferra Chiatante Scippa Terzaghi Dumroese : The coarse roots of Pinus ponderosa included in the cage are the ones most involved in tree stability. This study explored the variations in traits, such as volume, cross-sectional area, and radius length of cage roots,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 180: Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Paddies: Understanding the Role of Rice Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020180 Authors: Timilsina Bizimana Pandey Yadav Dong Hu : Paddies are a potential source of anthropogenic nitrous oxide (N2O) emission. In paddies, both the soil and the rice plants emit N2O into the atmosphere. The rice plant in the paddy is considered to act as a channel between the soil and the atmosphere for N2O emission. However,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 179: Foliar Application of Polyamines Modulates Winter Oilseed Rape Responses to Increasing Cold Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020179 Authors: Elžbieta Jankovska-Bortkevič Virgilija Gavelienė Vaidevutis Šveikauskas Rima Mockevičiūtė Jurga Jankauskienė Dessislava Todorova Iskren Sergiev Sigita Jurkonienė Cold stress is one of the most common abiotic stresses experienced by plants and is caused by low temperature extremes and variations. Polyamines...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 176: Physiological Responses to the Foliar Application of Synthetic Resistance Elicitors in Cape Gooseberry Seedlings Infected with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. physali Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020176 Authors: Chávez-Arias Gómez-Caro Restrepo-Díaz Vascular wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum is the most limiting disease that affects cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) crops in Colombia. The use of synthetic elicitors for vascular wilt management is still...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 178: High Nitrogen Enhance Drought Tolerance in Cotton through Antioxidant Enzymatic Activities, Nitrogen Metabolism and Osmotic Adjustment Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020178 Authors: Asif Iqbal Qiang Dong Xiangru Wang Huiping Gui Hengheng Zhang Xiling Zhang Meizhen Song Drought is one of the most important abiotic stresses and hampers many plant physiological processes under suboptimal nitrogen (N) concentration. Seedling tolerance to drought stress...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 175: Evaluation of Cross-Species Transferability of SSR Markers in Foeniculum vulgare Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020175 Authors: Domenico Aiello Nicoletta Ferradini Lorenzo Torelli Chiara Volpi Joep Lambalk Luigi Russi Emidio Albertini Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a species belonging to the Apiaceae family, well known for its nutritional and pharmacological properties. Despite the economic and agricultural relevance, its genomic and transcriptomic...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 177: Living Mulch and Organic Fertilization to Improve Weed Management, Yield and Quality of Broccoli Raab in Organic Farming Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020177 Authors: Mariano Fracchiolla Massimiliano Renna Massimiliano D’Imperio Cesare Lasorella Pietro Santamaria Eugenio Cazzato Living mulch gives many benefits to agro-ecosystems such as erosion control, nitrogen fixation and nutrient recycling, increasing of organic matter, weed and pest control,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 174: Using Rapid Chlorophyll Fluorescence Transients to Classify Vitis Genotypes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020174 Authors: Jorge Marques da Silva Andreia Figueiredo Jorge Cunha José Eduardo Eiras-Dias Sara Silva Leonardo Vanneschi Pedro Mariano When a dark-adapted leaf is illuminated with saturating light, a fast polyphasic rise of fluorescence emission (Kautsky effect) is observed. The shape of the curve is dependent on the molecular organization...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 172: Stimulation of Insect Herbivory by Elevated Temperature Outweighs Protection by the Jasmonate Pathway Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020172 Authors: Havko Kapali Das Howe Rising global temperatures are associated with increases in the geographic range, population size, and feeding voracity of insect herbivores. Although it is well established that the plant hormone jasmonate (JA) promotes durable resistance to many ectothermic herbivores, little is...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 173: Additive Effect of Botanical Insecticide and Entomopathogenic Fungi on Pest Mortality and the Behavioral Response of Its Natural Enemy Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020173 Authors: G. Mandela Fernández-Grandon Steven J. Harte Jaspher Ewany Daniel Bray Philip C. Stevenson Sustainable agricultural intensification employs alternatives to synthetic insecticides for pest management, but these are not always a direct replacement. Botanical insecticides,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 171: Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of PvNTD2, a Nucleotidase Highly Expressed in Nodules from Phaseolus vulgaris Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020171 Authors: Galvez-Valdivieso Delgado-Garcia Diaz-Baena Montaño Quiles Pineda Piedras Nucleotides are molecules of great importance in plant physiology. In addition to being elementary units of the genetic material, nucleotides are involved in bio-energetic processes, play a role as...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 170: Effects of Hot Air Treatments on Postharvest Storage of Newhall Navel Orange Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020170 Authors: Chunpeng Wan İbrahim Kahramanoğlu Jinyin Chen Zengyu Gan Chuying Chen The effects of hot air flow (HAF) treatment on the postharvest storage of ‘Newhall’ navel oranges were investigated in this study. Studies were conducted with two separate sections. First of all, the effects of HAF at 37 °C for 36...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 169: Physiological and Anatomical Differences and Differentially Expressed Genes Reveal Yellow Leaf Coloration in Shumard Oak Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020169 Authors: Xiaoyun Dong Libin Huang Qingsheng Chen Yunzhou Lv Hainan Sun Zhenhai Liang Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii Buckley) is a traditional foliage plant, but little is known about its regulatory mechanism of yellow leaf coloration. Here, the yellow leaf variety of Q. shumardii named ‘Zhongshan...
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Publications, Vol. 8, Pages 7: Reviewing Research Trends—A Scientometric Approach Using Gunshot Residue (GSR) Literature as an Example Publications doi: 10.3390/publications8010007 Authors: Catarina Sobreira Joyce K. Klu Christian Cole Niamh Nic Daéid Hervé Ménard The ability to manage, distil and disseminate the significant amount of information that is available from published literature is fast becoming a core and critical skill across all research domains, including that...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 67: Playful Religion: An Innovative Approach to Prevent Radicalisation of Muslim Youth in Europe Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020067 Authors: Omer Gurlesin Muhammed Akdag Alper Alasag Ina ter Avest The above-mentioned concepts of radicalisation, deradicalisation and prevention are presented in the first paragraph, followed by a discussion of de- and counter-radicalisation programmes in paragraph two. The third paragraph focuses on the prevention of radicalisation...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 68: Women in Luther’s Life and Theology: Scholarship in Recent Years Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020068 Authors: Jurgens The purpose of this article is to provide a broad but comprehensive review of the current scholarship on Martin Luther and women. Luther’s thoughts and actions still play an important role as witnessed by the recent events commemorating the five-hundredth anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. However, after five-hundred years,...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 15: The Embeddedness of Social Sciences and Economics in Research on Resources Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9020015 Authors: Juan Uribe-Toril José Luis Ruiz-Real Jaime de Pablo Valenciano Sustainability, local development, and ecology are keywords that cover a wide range of research fields in both experimental and social sciences. The transversal nature of this knowledge area creates synergies but also divergences, making a continuous review of the existing...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 14: Iceland, an Open-Air Museum for Geoheritage and Earth Science Communication Purposes Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9020014 Authors: Mariotto Bonali Venturini Iceland is one of the most recognizable and iconic places on Earth, offering an unparalleled chance to admire the most powerful natural phenomena related to the combination of geodynamic, tectonic and magmatic forces, such as active rifting, volcanic eruptions and subvolcanic intrusions. We...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 12: Do We Need Stochastic Volatility and Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity? Comparing Squared End-Of-Day Returns on FTSE Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8010012 Authors: David E. Allen Michael McAleer The paper examines the relative performance of Stochastic Volatility (SV) and Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH) (1,1) models fitted to ten years of daily data for FTSE. As a benchmark, we used the realized volatility...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 6: Assessment of “Sameness” and/or Differences between Marketed Creams Containing Miconazole Nitrate Using a Discriminatory in vitro Release Testing (IVRT) Method Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88010006 Authors: Purazi Rath Ramanah Kanfer In vitro release testing (IVRT) provides an efficient method for the evaluation of drug release from semi-solid formulations. The aim of this research was to develop and validate a discriminatory...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 10: Classical and Modern Prejudice toward Asylum Seekers: The Mediating Role of Intergroup Anxiety in a Sample of Italians Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9020010 Authors: Rocco Servidio (1) Background: Increasing waves of immigration have not only changed the demographic features of European societies but have also had important implications for intergroup relationships. Based on the theoretical model of intergroup threat theory, this study examined...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 13: A Parametric EIT System Spice Simulation with Phantom Equivalent Circuits Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8010013 Authors: Christos Dimas Nikolaos Uzunoglu Paul Peter Sotiriadis In this paper a number of LT Spice simulations have been carried out on an Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) system, which includes the whole analog and digital circuitry as well as the subject to be examined (phantom model). The aim of this study is to show how...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 96: Inflammatory Reaction Induced by Two Metalloproteinases Isolated from Bothrops atrox Venom and by Fragments Generated from the Hydrolysis of Basement Membrane Components Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020096 Authors: Michelle Teixeira de Almeida Luciana Aparecida Freitas-de-Sousa Monica Colombini Sarah N. C. Gimenes Eduardo S. Kitano Eliana L. Faquim-Mauro Solange M. T. Serrano Ana Maria Moura-da-Silva Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs)...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 19: Gaps in Implementing Bidirectional Screening for Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus in Myanmar: An Operational Research Study Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010019 Authors: Tun Kyaw Soe Kyaw Thu Soe Srinath Satyanarayana Saw Saw Cho Cho San Si Thu Aung In Myanmar from July 2018, as a pilot project in 32 townships, all tuberculosis (TB) patients aged ≥40 years were eligible for diabetes mellitus (DM)...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 64: Genetic Adjuvants in Replicating Single-Cycle Adenovirus Vectors Amplify Systemic and Mucosal Immune Responses against HIV-1 Envelope Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010064 Authors: William E. Matchett Goda Baddage Rakitha Malewana Haley Mudrick Michael J. Medlyn Michael A. Barry Most infections occur at mucosal surfaces. Providing a barrier of protection at these surfaces may be a useful strategy to combat the earliest events in infection when...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 63: A Review on Dengue Vaccine Development Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010063 Authors: Sheng-Qun Deng Xian Yang Yong Wei Jia-Ting Chen Xiao-Jun Wang Hong-Juan Peng Dengue virus (DENV) has become a global health threat with about half of the world’s population at risk of infection. Although the disease caused by DENV is self-limiting in the first infection, the antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) effect increases the mortality in the...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 62: Genetically Modified Mouse Mesenchymal Stem Cells Expressing Non-Structural Proteins of Hepatitis C Virus Induce Effective Immune Response Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010062 Authors: Olga V. Masalova Ekaterina I. Lesnova Regina R. Klimova Ekaterina D. Momotyuk Vyacheslav V. Kozlov Alla M. Ivanova Olga V. Payushina Nina N. Butorina Natalia F. Zakirova Alexander N. Narovlyansky Alexander V. Pronin Alexander V. Ivanov Alla A....
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 61: Protective Immunity Elicited by VP1 Chimeric Antigens of Bacterial Ghosts against Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010061 Authors: Gong Nan Sun He Li Chen Li Ning Wang Li Luo Wang This study was designed to evaluate the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of two VP1 chimeric antigens of bacterial ghosts. Inoculation of the two VP1 chimeric antigens of bacterial ghosts into BALB/c...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 60: Assessment of the Clinical and Economic Impact of Different Immunization Protocols of Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella in Internationally Adopted Children Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010060 Authors: Boccalini Bechini Alimenti Bonanni Galli Chiappini The appropriate immunization of internationally adopted children (IAC) is currently under debate and different approaches have been suggested. The aim of this study is to evaluate the...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 59: Evaluation of A Baculovirus-Expressed VP2 Subunit Vaccine for the Protection of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010059 Authors: Sun Young Sunwoo Leela E. Noronha Igor Morozov Jessie D. Trujillo In Joong Kim Erin E. Schirtzinger Bonto Faburay Barbara S. Drolet Kinga Urbaniak D. Scott McVey David A. Meekins Mitchell V. Palmer Velmurugan Balaraman William...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 16: Improvement of Embryo Recovery in Holstein Cows Treated by Intra-Ovarian Platelet Rich Plasma before Superovulation Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010016 Authors: Cremonesi Bonfanti Idda Anna The current research was designed to evaluate if intra-ovarian administration of autologous platelet rich plasma (PRP) before superovulation could increase the number of follicles responsive to gonadotropin treatment in order to improve...
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Vibration, Vol. 3, Pages 3-17: A Comparison between Elastic and Viscoelastic Asymmetric Dynamics of Elastically Supported AFG Beams Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration3010002 Authors: Gholipour Ghayesh Zhang This investigation compares the dynamic simulation results of perfect, elastically-supported, axially-functionally-graded (AFG) beams between viscoelastic and elastic models. When modeling and simulating the dynamics of AFG beams, the elastic model is commonly assumed so as...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 170: The Detection and Association of Canine Papillomavirus with Benign and Malignant Skin Lesions in Dogs Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020170 Authors: Chia-Yu Chang Wei-Tao Chen Takeshi Haga Nanako Yamashita Chi-Fen Lee Masano Tsuzuki Hui-Wen Chang Papillomavirus (PV) mainly infects the squamous epithelium and may potentially lead to benign or even malignant cutaneous lesions. However, the malignant transforming ability has been identified in several...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 169: Pathogenetic Potential Relating to Metabolic Activity in a Mouse Model of Infection with the Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Genotype Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020169 Authors: Mya Myat Ngwe Tun Rohitha Muthugala Aung Kyaw Kyaw Satoshi Shimada Kouichi Morita Daisuke Hayasaka Epidemics of the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) from 2004 onwards were caused by the East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype. However, the pathogenesis of the genotype...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 168: The First Non-LRV RNA Virus in Leishmania Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020168 Authors: Grybchuk Macedo Kleschenko Kraeva Lukashev Bates Kulich Leštinová Volf Kostygov Yurchenko In this work, we describe the first Leishmania-infecting leishbunyavirus—the first virus other than Leishmania RNA virus (LRV) found in trypanosomatid parasites. Its host is Leishmania martiniquensis, a human pathogen causing infections...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 167: A Broad and Potent H1-Specific Human Monoclonal Antibody Produced in Plants Prevents Influenza Virus Infection and Transmission in Guinea Pigs Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020167 Authors: Jun-Gyu Park Chengjin Ye Michael S. Piepenbrink Aitor Nogales Haifeng Wang Michael Shuen Ashley J. Meyers Luis Martinez-Sobrido James J. Kobie Although seasonal influenza vaccines block most predominant influenza types and subtypes, humans still remain...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 165: The Molecular Epidemiology and Phylogeny of Torque Teno Virus (TTV) in Jordan Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020165 Authors: Haneen Sarairah Salwa Bdour Waleed Gharaibeh Torque teno virus (TTV) is the most common component of the human blood virobiota. Little is known, however, about the prevalence of TTV in humans and the most common farm domesticates in Jordan, or the history and modality of TTV transmission across species lines. We therefore tested sera...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 166: Effects of TDP2/VPg Unlinkase Activity on Picornavirus Infections Downstream of Virus Translation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020166 Authors: Autumn C. Holmes Guido Zagnoli-Vieira Keith W. Caldecott Bert L. Semler In this study, we characterized the role of host cell protein tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (TDP2) activity, also known as VPg unlinkase, in picornavirus infections in a human cell model of infection. TDP2/VPg unlinkase is used by picornaviruses...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 164: Experimental Usutu Virus Infection in Domestic Canaries Serinus canaria
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 164: Experimental Usutu Virus Infection in Domestic Canaries Serinus canaria Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020164 Authors: Emna Benzarti José Rivas Michaël Sarlet Mathieu Franssen Daniel Desmecht Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Giovanni Savini Alessio Lorusso Anne-Sophie Van Laere Mutien-Marie Garigliany Usutu virus (USUV) is a neurotropic flavivirus closely related to West Nile virus (WNV). Its enzootic cycle mainly involves mosquitoes and birds....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 163: Development of Antibodies with Broad Neutralization Specificities against HIV-1 after Long Term SHIV Infection in Macaques Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020163 Authors: Nan Gao Yanxin Gai Lina Meng Chu Wang Xin Zhang Wei Wang Chuan Qin Xianghui Yu Feng Gao Non-human primates (NHP) are the only animal model suitable to evaluate the protection efficacy of HIV-1 vaccines. It is important to understand how and when neutralizing antibodies (nAbs)...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 162: Regulation of Transcription Factor E2-2 in Human Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells by Monocyte-Derived TNFα Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020162 Authors: Dewald Hurley Fitzgerald-Bocarsly Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are innate immune cells and potent producers of interferon alpha (IFNα). Regulation of pDCs is crucial for prevention of aberrant IFN production. Transcription factor E2-2 (TCF4) regulates pDC development and function, but mechanisms...
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Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 10: Aesthetic Image Statistics Vary with Artistic Genre Vision doi: 10.3390/vision4010010 Authors: Mather Research to date has not found strong evidence for a universal link between any single low-level image statistic, such as fractal dimension or Fourier spectral slope, and aesthetic ratings of images in general. This study assessed whether different image statistics are important for artistic images containing different subjects and used partial least squares...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 402: Linking Stoichiometric Organic Carbon–Nitrogen Relationships to planktonic Cyanobacteria and Subsurface Methane Maximum in Deep Freshwater Lakes Water doi: 10.3390/w12020402 Authors: Santona Khatun Tomoya Iwata Hisaya Kojima Yoshiki Ikarashi Kana Yamanami Daichi Imazawa Tanaka Kenta Ryuichiro Shinohara Hiromi Saito Our understanding of the source of methane (CH4) in freshwater ecosystems is being revised because CH4 production in oxic...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 403: Geometry-Based Assessment of Levee Stability and Overtopping Using Airborne LiDAR Altimetry: A Case Study in the Pearl River Delta, Southern China Water doi: 10.3390/w12020403 Authors: Wang Wang Zhang Levees are normally the last barrier for defending flood water and storm surges in low-lying coastal cities. Levees in a large delta plain were usually constructed in different time and criteria and have been changing with age as well. Fast and quantitative...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 400: Evaluating the Risks of Groundwater Extraction in an Agricultural Landscape under Different Climate Projections Water doi: 10.3390/w12020400 Authors: Juan S. Acero Triana Maria L. Chu Jorge A. Guzman Daniel N. Moriasi Jean L. Steiner Groundwater resources worldwide are being depleted at alarming rates since 1960 to support agriculture, industry, and domestic water demand. Water harvesting and the implementation of reduced application or more efficient...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 401: Tracking Sources and Fate of Groundwater Nitrate in Kisumu City and Kano Plains, Kenya Water doi: 10.3390/w12020401 Authors: Benjamin Nyilitya Stephen Mureithi Pascal Boeckx Groundwater nitrate (NO3−) pollution sources and in situ attenuation were investigated in Kisumu city and Kano plains. Samples from 62 groundwater wells consisting of shallow wells (hand dug, depth <10 m) and boreholes (machine drilled, depth >15 m) were obtained during...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 398: Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in Freshwater Sediments of Rzeszów Reservoir Water doi: 10.3390/w12020398 Authors: Dorota Szal Renata Gruca-Rokosz The anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) is an important sink of methane that plays a significant role in global warming. However, evidence for the AOM in freshwater habitats is rare, especially in dam and weir (small-scale dam) reservoirs. Here, the AOM process was examined in freshwater sediments of a small-scale...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 399: Links and Trade-Offs between Fisheries and Environmental Protection in Relation to the Sustainable Development Goals in Thailand Water doi: 10.3390/w12020399 Authors: Tiptiwa Sampantamit Long Ho Wout Van Echelpoel Carl Lachat Peter Goethals The fisheries sector significantly contributes to global food security, nutrition, and livelihood of people. Its importance for economic benefits, healthy diets, and nutrition, and achieving sustainable food...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 396: Mesoscale Mapping of Sediment Source Hotspots for Dam Sediment Management in Data-Sparse Semi-Arid Catchments Water doi: 10.3390/w12020396 Authors: Smetanová Müller Zargar Suleiman Gholami Mousavi Land degradation and water availability in semi-arid regions are interdependent challenges for management that are influenced by climatic and anthropogenic changes. Erosion and high sediment loads in rivers cause reservoir siltation and decrease...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 394: The Variability of Lake Water Chemistry in the Bory Tucholskie National Park (Northern Poland) Water doi: 10.3390/w12020394 Authors: Sojka Choiński Ptak Siepak The paper presents the results of chemical analysis of lake waters in Bory Tucholskie National Park (BTNP). The BTNP area is unique due to its location within a single catchment and high variability in geological structure. Moreover, the lakes have different morphometric parameters, represent...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 397: An Experimental Study on the Effects of Atomized Rain of a High Velocity Waterjet to Downstream Area in Low Ambient Pressure Environment Water doi: 10.3390/w12020397 Authors: Liu Lian Liu Liu Ma Shi A better understanding of the atomized rain characteristics in low ambient pressure areas is beneficial in reducing the jeopardizing effect of flood discharge atomization on high-altitude hydropower stations. A random splash experiment is designed...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 393: Can Soil Hydraulic Parameters be Estimated from the Stable Isotope Composition of Pore Water from a Single Soil Profile? Water doi: 10.3390/w12020393 Authors: Alexandra Mattei Patrick Goblet Florent Barbecot Sophie Guillon Yves Coquet Shuaitao Wang Modeling water and solute transport in the vadose zone for groundwater resource management requires an accurate determination of soil hydraulic parameters. Estimating these parameters by inverse modeling...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 390: Headwaters’ Isotopic Signature as a Tracer of Stream Origins and Climatic Anomalies: Evidence from the Italian Alps in Summer 2018 Water doi: 10.3390/w12020390 Authors: Marchina Lencioni Paoli Rizzo Bianchini Glaciers are shrinking due to global warming, resulting in a diminishing contribution of ice and snowmelt to headwaters and subsequent consequences to freshwater ecosystems. Within this context, we tested whether water-stable isotopes...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 395: Perceived Importance of Water Issues and Factors Affecting Learning Opportunities in Oklahoma Water doi: 10.3390/w12020395 Authors: Binod P. Chapagain Kevin L. Wagner Omkar Joshi Christopher J. Eck Water resource management is a critical natural resource issue in Oklahoma and as such, has received priority in Extension program design and implementation. While the content of outreach programs has been modified over the years due to changes in technology...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 391: Combination of Ecological Engineering Procedures Applied to Morphological Stabilization of Estuarine Banks after Dredging Water doi: 10.3390/w12020391 Authors: Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes António Augusto Sampaio Pinto Daniela Patrícia Salgado Terêncio Fernando António Leal Pacheco Rui Manuel Vitor Cortes Gravel extraction and upstream damming caused profound effects on the estuary of the Lima river (NW Portugal) which was reflected by the collapse...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 392: Quality of Drinking Water in the Balkhash District of Kazakhstan’s Almaty Region Water doi: 10.3390/w12020392 Authors: Sabir Nurtazin Steven Pueppke Temirkhan Ospan Azamat Mukhitdinov Timur Elebessov The thinly populated Balkhash District of Kazakhstan’s Almaty Region lies in the lower reaches of the Ili-Balkhash basin, which is shared by China and Kazakhstan. The district is arid and heavily dependent on inflows of surface water, which...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 389: The Improvement of Pollutant Removal in the Ferric-Carbon Micro-Electrolysis Constructed Wetland by Partial Aeration Water doi: 10.3390/w12020389 Authors: Cheng Dong Mengting Li Lin-Lan Zhuang Jian Zhang Youhao Shen Xiangzheng Li Subsurface flow constructed wetland (SSFCW) has been applied for wastewater treatment for several decades. In recent years, the combination of ferric-carbon micro-electrolysis (Fe/C-M/E) and SSFCW was proven to be an...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 388: Experimental Study on Hydraulic Characteristics of Pneumatic Lifting Pump
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 388: Experimental Study on Hydraulic Characteristics of Pneumatic Lifting Pump Water doi: 10.3390/w12020388 Authors: Zuo Li Zhang He Wang Zhang A pneumatic lifting pump is used in sewage treatment, offshore oil production, and other fields because of its simple structure and strong practicability. In order to study its internal hydraulic characteristics and gas-liquid two-phase flow, this paper carries out experimental research on the influence...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 387: Nossana Spring (Northern Italy) under Climate Change: Projections of Future Discharge Rates and Water Availability Water doi: 10.3390/w12020387 Authors: Citrini Camera Beretta Nossana represents an important pre-Alpine karst spring for drinking supply, sustaining a water distribution system serving 300,000 people. The goal of this study was to project Nossana discharges and evaluate potential supply limits for four future periods (2021–2040,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 386: Numerical Simulation of Wave Overtopping on Breakwater with an Armor Layer of Accropode Using SWASH Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12020386 Authors: Na Zhang Qinghe Zhang Keh-Han Wang Guoliang Zou Xuelian Jiang Aiwu Yang Yan Li In this paper, a new method for predicting wave overtopping discharges of Accropode armored breakwaters using the non-hydrostatic wave model Simulating WAves till SHore (SWASH) is presented. The apparent friction coefficient...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 385: Selection of CMIP5 GCM Ensemble for the Projection of Spatio-Temporal Changes in Precipitation and Temperature over the Niger Delta, Nigeria Water doi: 10.3390/w12020385 Authors: Hassan Kalin White Aladejana Selection of a suitable general circulation model (GCM) ensemble is crucial for effective water resource management and reliable climate studies in developing countries with constraint in human and computational resources. A careful selection...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 382: Human Activities and Climate Variability Affecting Inland Water Surface Area in a High Latitude River Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12020382 Authors: Chen Zhang Xu Chen Wu Gao Yu Spatiotemporal changes in the surface area of inland water bodies have important implications in regional water resources, flood control, and drought hazard prediction. Although inland water bodies have been investigated intensively, few studies have looked at...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 383: Combining Tools from Edge-of-Field to In-Stream to Attenuate Reactive Nitrogen along Small Agricultural Waterways Water doi: 10.3390/w12020383 Authors: Goeller Febria McKergow Harding Matheson Tanner McIntosh Reducing excessive reactive nitrogen (N) in agricultural waterways is a major challenge for freshwater managers and landowners. Effective solutions require the use of multiple and combined N attenuation tools, targeted along small...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 384: Flow-Mediated Vulnerability of Source Waters to Elevated TDS in an Appalachian River Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12020384 Authors: Merriam Petty O’Neal Ziemkiewicz Widespread salinization—and, in a broader sense, an increase in all total dissolved solids (TDS)—is threatening freshwater ecosystems and the services they provide (e.g., drinking water provision). We used a mixed modeling approach to characterize long-term (2010–2018)...
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