Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1394: Evaluating the Potential of Ursolic Acid as Bioproduct for Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25061394 Authors: Pablo Bilbao-Ramos Dolores R. Serrano Helga Karina Ruiz Saldaña Juan J. Torrado Francisco Bolás-Fernández María Auxiliadora Dea-Ayuela Leishmaniasis affects around 12 million people worldwide and is estimated to cause the ninth-largest disease burden. There are three main forms of the disease,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1397: Highly Bioavailable Forms of Curcumin and Promising Avenues for Curcumin-Based Research and Application: A Review Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25061397 Authors: Sidney J. Stohs Oliver Chen Sidhartha D. Ray Jin Ji Luke R. Bucci Harry G. Preuss Curcumin exerts a wide range of beneficial physiological and pharmacological activities, including antioxidant, anti-amyloid, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-neoplastic, immune-modulating,...
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Molecules, Vol. 25, Pages 1395: Cerebrosides and Steroids from the Edible Mushroom Meripilus giganteus with Antioxidant Potential Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules25061395 Authors: András Sárközy Zoltán Béni Miklós Dékány Zoltán Péter Zomborszki Kinga Rudolf Viktor Papp Judit Hohmann Attila Ványolós The detailed chemical analysis of the methanol extract of Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P. Karst. led to the isolation of two new cerebrosides, mericeramides A (1) and B...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 558: Thin-Film Engineering of Mechanical Fragmentation Properties of Atomic-Layer-Deposited Metal Oxides Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030558 Authors: Mikko Ruoho Janne-Petteri Niemelä Carlos Guerra-Nunez Natalia Tarasiuk Georgina Robertson Aidan A. Taylor Xavier Maeder Czeslaw Kapusta Johann Michler Ivo Utke Mechanical fracture properties were studied for the common atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3, ZnO, TiO2, ZrO2, and Y2O3 thin...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 557: Electrospun Nanocomposites Containing Cellulose and Its Derivatives Modified with Specialized Biomolecules for an Enhanced Wound Healing Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030557 Authors: Teixeira Paiva Amorim Felgueiras Wound healing requires careful, directed, and effective therapies to prevent infections and accelerate tissue regeneration. In light of these demands, active biomolecules with antibacterial properties and/or healing capacities...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 556: Acid Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution by Using Neodymium(III) Oxide Nanoadsorbents Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030556 Authors: Ahmadi Mohammadi Rahdar Rahdar Dehghani Igwegbe Kyzas In the current work, neodymium oxide (Nd2O3) nanoparticles were synthesized and characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The major aim/investigation...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 555: In Situ Investigation of the Formation Kinematics of Plasma-Generated Silver Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030555 Authors: Tasche Weber Mrotzek Gerhard Wieneke Möbius Höfft Viöl In this publication, it is shown how to synthesize silver nanoparticles from silver cations out of aqueous solutions by the use of an atmospheric pressure plasma source. The use of an atmospheric pressure plasma leads to a very fast...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 554: Modeling of Catalytic Centers Formation Processes during Annealing of Multilayer Nanosized Metal Films for Carbon Nanotubes Growth Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030554 Authors: Oleg I. Il’in Nikolay N. Rudyk Alexandr A. Fedotov Marina V. Il’ina Dmitriy I. Cherednichenko Oleg A. Ageev The paper presents a theoretical model of the catalytic centers formation processes during annealing of multilayer nanosized metal films for carbon nanotubes...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 553: Delivery of siRNA to Ewing Sarcoma Tumor Xenografted on Mice, Using Hydrogenated Detonation Nanodiamonds: Treatment Efficacy and Tissue Distribution Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030553 Authors: Sandra Claveau Émilie Nehlig Sébastien Garcia-Argote Sophie Feuillastre Grégory Pieters Hugues A. Girard Jean-Charles Arnault François Treussart Jean-Rémi Bertrand Nanodiamonds of detonation origin are promising delivery agents of...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 552: Ultra-Broadband High-Efficiency Solar Absorber Based on Double-Size Cross-Shaped Refractory Metals Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10030552 Authors: Hailiang Li Jiebin Niu Congfen Zhang Gao Niu Xin Ye Changqing Xie In this paper, a theoretical simulation based on a finite-difference time-domain method (FDTD) shows that the solar absorber can reach ultra-broadband and high-efficiency by refractory metals titanium (Ti) and titanium nitride...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 820: Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Patients with Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study in Taiwan Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030820 Authors: Tsai Liu Lin Wang Wu Yong Chen Chuah Yao Huang Chen Hu Chen The gut microbiota plays a role in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but data about gut dysbiosis in Asians with NAFLD remains scarce. We analyzed the differences in fecal microbiota...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 821: Comparison between Acupuncture and Nutraceutical Treatment with Migratens® in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030821 Authors: Vittorio Erica Cinzia Alvise Elena Alessandro Enrico Katia Teresa Luca Objectives: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic clinical condition characterized by pain, fatigue, altered sleep, and cognitive disturbances. The...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 818: Nutrition and the Immune System: A Complicated Tango Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030818 Authors: Carina Venter Stefanie Eyerich Tara Sarin Kevin C. Klatt Enthusiasm exists for the potential of diet to impact the immune system, prevent disease and its therapeutic potential. Herein, we describe the challenge to nutrition scientists in defining this relationship through case studies of diets and nutrients in the context of allergic and autoimmune diseases....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 819: Obesogenic Lifestyle and Its Influence on Adiposity in Children and Adolescents, Evidence from Mexico Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030819 Authors: Desiree Lopez-Gonzalez Armando Partida-Gaytán Jonathan C. Wells Pamela Reyes-Delpech Fatima Avila-Rosano Marcela Ortiz-Obregon Frida Gomez-Mendoza Laura Diaz-Escobar Patricia Clark Overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) during childhood/adolescence are major public health problems in Mexico. Several...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 813: Comparison of Structured Nutrition Therapy for Ramadan with Standard Care in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030813 Authors: Mohd Yusof Wan Zukiman Abu Zaid Omar Mukhtar Yahya Shahar Hasbullah Liu Xin Yi Marczewska Hamdy (1) Background: Structured nutrition therapy (NT) is essential for the management of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but the optimal delivery during Ramadan fasting remains unclear. The...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 816: Erratum: Eating Jet Lag: A Marker of the Variability in Meal Timing and its Association with Body Mass Index Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030816 Authors: Zerón-Rugerio Hernáez Porras-Loaiza Cambras Izquierdo-Pulido The Nutrients Editorial Office would like to update the error in the original published version[1] [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 814: Non-Systematic Review of Diet and Nutritional Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in Obesity Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030814 Authors: Rychter Ratajczak Zawada Dobrowolska Krela-Kaźmierczak Although cardiovascular disease and its risk factors have been widely studied and new methods of diagnosis and treatment have been developed and implemented, the morbidity and mortality levels are still rising—cardiovascular disease is...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 812: Development and Validation of Surveys to Estimate Food Additive Intake Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030812 Authors: Trakman Lin Wilson-O’Brien Stanley Hamilton Tang Or Ching Morrison Yu Ng Kamm (1) Background: The Food Agricultural Organization/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) International Food Standards Codex Alimentarius CXS 192e International Food Standards (hereafter, CODEX) declares additives non-toxic,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 815: In Contrast to Dietary Restriction, Application of Resveratrol in Mice Does not Alter Mouse Major Urinary Protein Expression Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030815 Authors: Pallauf Günther Chin Rimbach Resveratrol (RSV) supplementation in mice has been discussed as partly mimicking the beneficial effects of dietary restriction (DR). However, data on putative benefits from resveratrol application in mice and other model organisms including humans...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 817: Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Juice, Artificially-Sweetened Soda and Bottled Water: An Australian Population Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030817 Authors: Caroline Miller Kerry Ettridge Melanie Wakefield Simone Pettigrew John Coveney David Roder Sarah Durkin Gary Wittert Jane Martin Joanne Dono Reducing consumption of free sugars, such as those found in high concentrations in manufactured products such as sugar-sweetened...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 811: Effect of Luteolin and Apigenin on the Production of Il-31 and Il-33 in Lipopolysaccharides-Activated Microglia Cells and Their Mechanism of Action Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030811 Authors: Denis Nchang Che Byoung Ok Cho Ji-su Kim Jae Young Shin Hyun Ju Kang Seon Il Jang Microglia cells are resident cells of the central nervous system (CNS) charged with modulating inflammation in the CNS. Overstimulation of microglia cells continuously releases...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 810: Patterns of Complementary Feeding Behaviors Predict Diet Quality in Early Childhood Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030810 Authors: Karen M. Switkowski Véronique Gingras Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman Emily Oken Infancy is a time of plasticity in development of taste preference. Complementary feeding (CF) may be a “sensitive period” for learning new taste preferences and establishing healthy dietary behaviors that may track later in life....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 809: Second Version of a Mini-Survey to Evaluate Food Intake Quality (Mini-ECCA v.2): Reproducibility and Ability to Identify Dietary Patterns in University Students Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030809 Authors: María Fernanda Bernal-Orozco Patricia Belen Salmeron-Curiel Ruth Jackelyne Prado-Arriaga Jaime Fernando Orozco-Gutiérrez Nayeli Badillo-Camacho Fabiola Márquez-Sandoval Martha Betzaida Altamirano-Martínez Montserrat González-Gómez Porfirio...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 227: Compost Amendments Based on Vinegar Residue Promote Tomato Growth and Suppress Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia Solanacearum Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030227 Authors: Mingming He Mohammad Shah Jahan Yu Wang Jin Sun Sheng Shu Shirong Guo Tomato bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (RS) is one of the most devastating soil-borne diseases, and compost is to be considered as a resource-saving and environment-friendly measure...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 228: Commensal Neisseria Are Shared between Sexual Partners: Implications for Gonococcal and Meningococcal Antimicrobial Resistance Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030228 Authors: Christophe Van Dijck Jolein G. E. Laumen Sheeba S. Manoharan-Basil Chris Kenyon Antimicrobial resistance in pathogenic Neisseria parallels reduced antimicrobial susceptibility in commensal Neisseria in certain populations, like men who have sex with men (MSM). Although this...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 277: piggyBac-Based Non-Viral In Vivo Gene Delivery Useful for Production of Genetically Modified Animals and Organs Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030277 Authors: Masahiro Sato Emi Inada Issei Saitoh Satoshi Watanabe Shingo Nakamura In vivo gene delivery involves direct injection of nucleic acids (NAs) into tissues, organs, or tail-veins. It has been recognized as a useful tool for evaluating the function of a gene of interest (GOI),...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 45: Substandard and Falsified Medicines in Myanmar Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010045 Authors: Mirai Sakuda Naoko Yoshida Takashi Takaoka Tomoko Sanada Mohammad Sofiqur Rahman Tsuyoshi Tanimoto Theingi Zin Kazuko Kimura Hirohito Tsuboi Background: substandard and falsified medicines (SFMs) are a threat to public health. The availability of SFMs in Myanmar was reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1999, but there have been...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 44: Improving Management of Respiratory Tract Infections in Community Pharmacies and Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Cluster Randomised Control Trial with a Self-Report Behavioural Questionnaire and Process Evaluation Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010044 Authors: Diane Ashiru-Oredope Anne Doble Tracey Thornley Ayoub Saei Natalie Gold Anna Sallis Cliodna A M McNulty Donna Lecky Eno Umoh Chaamala Klinger In England, 81% of all...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 382: Recovery, Assessment, and Molecular Characterization of Minor Olive Genotypes in Tunisia Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030382 Authors: Olfa Saddoud Debbabi Monica Marilena Miazzi Olfa Elloumi Mahdi Fendri Fendri Fathi Ben Amar Michele Savoia Sara Sion Hana Souabni Sameh Rahmani Mnasri Selma Ben Abdelaali Fadwa Jendoubi Giacomo Mangini Franco Famiani Francesca Taranto Cinzia Montemurro Monji Msallem Olive is one of the...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 381: Emerging Advanced Technologies to Mitigate the Impact of Climate Change in Africa Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030381 Authors: Priscilla Francisco Ribeiro Anyela Valentina Camargo Rodriguez Agriculture remains critical to Africa’s socioeconomic development, employing 65% of the work force and contributing 32% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Low productivity, which characterises food production in many Africa countries, remains a major concern. Compounded...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 378: The Influence of Agricultural Practices, the Environment, and Cultivar Differences on Soybean Seed Protein, Oil, Sugars, and Amino Acids Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030378 Authors: Nacer Bellaloui Angela M. McClure Alemu Mengistu Hamed K. Abbas Information on the effects of agricultural practices such as seeding rate (S), row spacing (RS), herbicide apical treatment (T), and nitrogen application (N) on soybean seed nutrition (protein, oil, fatty acids,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 380: Citric Acid Assisted Phytoremediation of Chromium through Sunflower Plants Irrigated with Tannery Wastewater Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030380 Authors: Mallhi Chatha Hussain Rizwan Bukhar Hussain Mallhi Ali Hashem Abd_Allah Alyemeni Ahmad Heavy metals are rapidly polluting the environment as a result of growing industrialization and urbanization. The presence of high concentrations of chromium (Cr), along with other...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 379: Capacity of Pseudomonas Strains to Degrade Hydrocarbons, Produce Auxins and Maintain Plant Growth under Normal Conditions and in the Presence of Petroleum Contaminants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030379 Authors: Margarita Bakaeva Elena Kuzina Lidiya Vysotskaya Guzel Kudoyarova Tat’yana Arkhipova Gulnaz Rafikova Sergey Chetverikov Tat’yana Korshunova Dar’ya Chetverikova Oleg Loginov The phytoremediation of soil contaminated with petroleum...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 377: Biological and Cellular Functions of the Microdomain-Associated FWL/CNR Protein Family in Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030377 Authors: Sandra Thibivilliers Andrew Farmer Marc Libault Membrane microdomains/nanodomains are sub-compartments of the plasma membrane enriched in sphingolipids and characterized by their unique protein composition. They play important roles in regulating plant development and plant-microbe interactions including mutualistic...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 141: Buddhist Ritual and the Bronze Buddha Mold Excavated from the Western Five-Story Stone Pagoda of Hwaŏm Temple, Korea Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030141 Authors: Lim This paper examines the bronze Buddha mold that was excavated from the western pagoda of Hwaŏm temple 華嚴寺. The research centers on the mold’s date of production, its function, and the reason it was enshrined in the Hwaŏmsa pagoda. The pagoda itself was constructed in the ninth century...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 140: Amṛtasiddhi A Posteriori: An Exploratory Study on the Possible Impact of the Amṛtasiddhi on the Subsequent Sanskritic Vajrayāna Tradition Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030140 Authors: Samuel Grimes Recent research into source materials for haṭhayoga (Birch, Mallinson, Szántó) has revealed that the physical techniques and esoteric anatomy traditionally associated with Śaiva practitioners likely found a genesis within Vajrayāna Buddhist...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 17: Power Laws and Elementary Particle Decays Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2010017 Authors: Leonardo Chiatti This study analyzes the correlation between the lifetime and the rest energy of the unstable particle states with a lifetime greater than the zeptosecond (10−21 s), using data available from the Particle Data Group. This set of states seems to be divided into three groups, in each of which the two quantities can be correlated through a remarkably accurate power...
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Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 138-156: A Low-Cost Vehicular Traffic Monitoring System Using Fog Computing Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3010008 Authors: Spiridon Vergis Vasileios Komianos Georgios Tsoumanis Athanasios Tsipis Konstantinos Oikonomou With the rapid increase of vehicles in use worldwide, the need for efficient traffic monitoring systems has arisen. This work proposes a low-cost vehicular traffic monitoring system using IoT devices and fog computing. The...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 38: Relationships between Change of Direction, Sprint, Jump, and Squat Power Performance Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8030038 Authors: Luis Suarez-Arrones Oliver Gonzalo-Skok Irene Carrasquilla Jose Asián-Clemente Alfredo Santalla Pilar Lara-Lopez F. Javier Núñez The aim of the study was to investigate the relationships between countermovement jump (CMJ) height and inertial power in squat and sprint variables with change of direction (COD) performance....
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