Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 292: Safe Practice of Y-Site Drug Administration: The Case of Colistin and Parenteral Nutrition Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030292 Authors: Maciej Stawny Aleksandra Gostyńska Malwina Nadolna Anna Jelińska A serious problem in everyday clinical practice is the co-administration of drugs using the same infusion line. Potential complications of co-administration of incompatible drugs include precipitation in the infusion line or central...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 407: Melatonin: Awakening the Defense Mechanisms during Plant Oxidative Stress
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 407: Melatonin: Awakening the Defense Mechanisms during Plant Oxidative Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040407 Authors: Khan Numan Khan Lee Imran Asaf Al-Harrasi Melatonin is a multifunctional signaling molecule that is ubiquitously distributed in different parts of a plant and responsible for stimulating several physio-chemical responses to adverse environmental conditions. In this review, we show that, although plants are able to biosynthesize...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 409: Feasible Production of Lignans and Neolignans in Root-derived In Vitro Cultures of Flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040409 Authors: Anjum Komal Drouet Kausar Hano Abbasi Flax lignans and neolignans impart health benefits, particularly in treating different types of cancers, due to their strong phytoestrogenic and antioxidant properties. The present study enhances the comprehension on the biosynthesis of antioxidant...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 408: Research Progress on Plant Long Non-Coding RNA Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040408 Authors: Wu Liu Qi Cai Xu Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that were once considered “dark matter” or “transcriptional noise” in genomes are research hotspots in the field of epigenetics. The most well-known microRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short non-coding, small molecular weight RNAs with lengths of 20–24 nucleotides...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 406: Nitro-Oleic Acid in Seeds and Differently Developed Seedlings of Brassica napus L. Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030406 Authors: Vollár Feigl Oláh Horváth Molnár Kúsz Ördög Csupor Kolbert Similar to animals, it has recently been proven that nitro-fatty acids such as nitro-linolenic acid and nitro-oleic acid (NO2-OA) have relevant physiological roles as signalling molecules also in plants. Although NO2-OA is of great therapeutic...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 405: De novo Sequencing and Analysis of Salvia hispanica Tissue-Specific Transcriptome and Identification of Genes Involved in Terpenoid Biosynthesis Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030405 Authors: James Wimberley Joseph Cahill Hagop S. Atamian Salvia hispanica (commonly known as chia) is gaining popularity worldwide as a healthy food supplement due to its low saturated fatty acid and high polyunsaturated fatty acid content, in addition to being rich in protein,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 403: Heterosis Breeding in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.): Gains and Provocations Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030403 Authors: Ashish Kumar Vinay Sharma Bharat Taindu Jain Prashant Kaushik Heterosis (or hybrid vigor) results in a hybrid’s phenotypic superiority over its founder parents for quantitative and qualitative traits. Hybrid vigor is defined by mechanisms such as dominant complementation, over-dominance, and epistasis. Eggplant (Solanum...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 404: Copper Uptake and Accumulation, Ultra-Structural Alteration, and Bast Fibre Yield and Quality of Fibrous Jute (Corchorus capsularis L.) Plants Grown Under Two Different Soils of China Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030404 Authors: Saleem Ali Irshad Hussaan Rizwan Rana Hashem Abd_Allah Ahmad Copper (Cu) is an essential heavy metal for plants, but high Cu concentration in the soil causes phytotoxicity. Some plants, however, possess...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 402: The Effect of Recombinant Tags on Citrus paradisi Flavonol-Specific 3-O Glucosyltransferase Activity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030402 Authors: Aaron S. Birchfield Cecilia A. McIntosh Recombinant tags are used extensively in protein expression systems to allow purification through IMAC (Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography), identification through Western blot, and to facilitate crystal formation for structural analysis. While widely used, their role...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 400: Identification and Expression Analysis of Stress-Associated Proteins (SAPs) Containing A20/AN1 Zinc Finger in Cucumber Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030400 Authors: Wei Lai Yong Zhou Rao Pan Liting Liao Juncheng He Haoju Liu Yingui Yang Shiqiang Liu Stress-associated proteins (SAPs) are a class of zinc finger proteins that confer tolerance to a variety of abiotic and biotic stresses in diverse plant species. However, in cucumber (Cucumis sativus...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 401: Phytochemicals, Antioxidant Activity and Ethnobotanical Uses of Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del. Fruits from the Arid Zone of Mauritania, Northwest Africa Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030401 Authors: Selouka Mint Abdelaziz Fouteye Mint Mohamed Lemine Hasni Ould Tfeil Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary Phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of fruits of 30 B. aegyptiaca trees naturally growing in the hyper-arid and arid zones...
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Recycling, Vol. 5, Pages 6: Household Waste Sorting Participation in Developing Countries—A Meta-Analysis Recycling doi: 10.3390/recycling5010006 Authors: Kamran Rousta Liu Zisen Coralie Hellwig Given the increasing efforts at improving waste management in developing countries, this study aimed to analyze factors that influence participation in household waste sorting. It thereby is the first review that extends the published literature on this topic. A meta-analysis was conducted...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 152: Gertrude Stein and the Metaphysical Avant-Garde Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040152 Authors: Dana Tanner-Kennedy When American metaphysical religion appears onstage, it most often manifests in the subject matter and dramaturgies of experimental theater. In the artistic ferment of the 1960s and 1970s counterculture, theater-makers looked both to alternative dramaturgies and alternative religions to create radical works of political, social, and spiritual...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 151: Confucian Exemplars and Catholic Saints as Models for Women in Nineteenth-Century Korea Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030151 Authors: Deberniere Torrey Women in Joseon Korea (1392–1910) were held to high standards of virtue, which were propagated through didactic texts such as the “Chaste and Obedient Biographies” volume of Lienü Zhuan, the Chinese classic featuring biographies of exemplary women. Joseon women who converted...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 149: Religious Struggle and Psychological Well-Being: The Mediating Role of Religious Support and Meaning Making Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030149 Authors: Beata Zarzycka Anna Tychmanowicz Dariusz Krok Although a variety of studies have found robust links between religious/spiritual (r/s) struggle and poorer well-being, only a few have examined the means by which r/s struggle affects mental well-being. The present paper aims to examine religious support...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 150: Religion and International Relations in the Middle East as a Challenge for International Relations (IR) Studies Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030150 Authors: Anna M. Solarz This article addresses the search for religion’s “suitable place” within International Relations (IR), taking as a starting point the social changes in the world (“reflexive modernity”) and the postulated “Mesopotamian turn” in IR. The assumption is that religion is present at each level...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 35: Protected Areas: Geotourist Attractiveness for Weekend Tourists Based on the Example of Gorczański National Park in Poland Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9040035 Authors: Krzysztof Widawski Piotr Oleśniewicz Agnieszka Rozenkiewicz Anna Zaręba Soňa Jandová The aim of the publication was to assess the geotourist attractiveness of protected areas in Poland among weekend tourists based on the example of Gorczański National Park. The park location...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 19: A Novel Design and Implementation of Autonomous Robotic Car Based on ROS in Indoor Scenario Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9010019 Authors: Chunmei Liu Chengmin Zhou Wen Cao Fei Li Pengfei Jia Pervasive deployment of autonomous vehicle all over the world is an undisputed trend in the future. Autonomous vehicle will inevitably play an essential role in decreasing traffic jams, reducing threats from driving while intoxicated (DWI), and assisting the...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 19: Mechanical Energy before Chemical Energy at the Origins of Life? Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020019 Authors: Hansma Mechanical forces and mechanical energy are prevalent in living cells. This may be because mechanical forces and mechanical energy preceded chemical energy at life’s origins. Mechanical energy is more readily available in non-living systems than the various forms of chemical energy used by living systems. Two possible prebiotic environments that...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 18: Classification of Ancient Roman Coins by Denomination Using Colour, a Forgotten Feature in Automatic Ancient Coin Analysis Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2010018 Authors: Yuanyuan Ma Ognjen Arandjelović Ancient numismatics, that is, the study of ancient currencies (predominantly coins), is an interesting domain for the application of computer vision and machine learning, and has been receiving an increasing amount of attention in recent years. Notwithstanding the number...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 16: Thiazole-Bearing 4-Thiazolidinones as New Anticonvulsant Agents Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88010016 Authors: Mariia Mishchenko Sergiy Shtrygol Danylo Kaminskyy Roman Lesyk Here, we describe the synthesis and anticonvulsant activity of thiazole-bearing hybrids based on 2-imino-4-thiazolidinone and 2,4-dioxothiazolidine-5-carboxylic acid cores. The structure of target compounds was based on the following: (i) A combination of two...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 157-171: Demand Response in District Heating Market— Results of the Field Tests in Student Apartment Buildings Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3020009 Authors: Paula Ala-Kotila Terttu Vainio Janne Heinonen This article presents the field test of the developed demand response system installed in the central heating systems of existing apartment buildings. The buildings are occupied by students and located in Tampere, Finland, which is within the...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 32: On Decolonising Borders and Regional Integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Region Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9040032 Authors: Inocent Moyo This paper uses insights gained from a qualitative study of informal cross border actors on selected Southern African Development Community (SADC) borders to argue for the decolonisation of these borders. It is asserted that, although SADC citizens enjoy a 90-day free visa in member...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 28: Identity, Stigma, and Social Reaction Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010028 Authors: Daniel Kavish A great deal of theoretical and empirical work has examined the relationship between identity, social reaction, and stigma [...]
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 22: ‘The Plastic Nile’: First Evidence of Microplastic Contamination in Fish From the Nile River (Cairo, Egypt) Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8020022 Authors: Khan Shashoua Crawford Drury Sheppard Stewart Sculthorp The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the world’s longest river, the Nile River, has yet to be reported. This small-scale study aimed to provide the first information about MPs in the Nile River by sampling the digestive...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 21: Neuropathological Mechanisms Associated with Pesticides in Alzheimer’s Disease Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8020021 Authors: Tang Environmental toxicants have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, and pesticide exposure is a suspected environmental risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Several epidemiological analyses have affirmed a link between pesticides and incidence of sporadic AD. Meanwhile, in vitro and animal models of AD have shed...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 207: Aspartic Acid Isomerization Characterized by High Definition Mass Spectrometry Significantly Alters the Bioactivity of a Novel Toxin from Poecilotheria Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040207 Authors: Stephen R. Johnson Hillary G. Rikli Research in toxinology has created a pharmacological paradox. With an estimated 220,000 venomous animals worldwide, the study of peptidyl toxins provides a vast number of effector molecules. However, due to the complexity of...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 208: Adsorption of Deoxynivalenol (DON) from Corn Steep Liquor (CSL) by the Microsphere Adsorbent SA/CMC Loaded with Calcium Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040208 Authors: Shalapy Zhao Zhang Li Geng Ullah Wang Huang Liu The occurrence of deoxynivalenol (DON) in animal feed is a serious issue for the livestock industry. Approaches using mycotoxin adsorbents are key to decreasing mycotoxin carryover from contaminated feed to animals....
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 145: Vaccination with Aedes aegypti AgBR1 Delays Lethal Mosquito-Borne Zika Virus Infection in Mice Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020145 Authors: Wang Marin-Lopez Jiang Ledizet Fikrig Zika Virus (ZIKV) is transmitted primarily by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, resulting in asymptomatic infection, or acute illness with a fever and headache, or neurological complications, such as Guillain-Barre syndrome or fetal microcephaly. Previously, we determined...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 35: Clinical Characteristics, Serum Biochemical Changes, and Expression Profile of Serum Cfa-Mirnas in Dogs Confirmed to Have Congenital Portosystemic Shunts Accompanied by Liver Pathologies Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020035 Authors: El-Sebaey Abramov Abdelhamid Computed tomography angiography (CTA) and biochemical parameters cannot specify liver pathologies in dogs with congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) that are easily determined...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 359: Modelling Lyssavirus Infections in Human Stem Cell-Derived Neural Cultures Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040359 Authors: Vinod Sundaramoorthy Nathan Godde Ryan J. Farr Diane Green John M. Haynes John Bingham Carmel M. O’Brien Megan Dearnley Rabies is a zoonotic neurological infection caused by lyssavirus that continues to result in devastating loss of human life. Many aspects of rabies pathogenesis in human neurons are not well understood....
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 360: Structural Genomics of SARS-CoV-2 Indicates Evolutionary Conserved Functional Regions of Viral Proteins Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040360 Authors: Srinivasan Cui Gao Liu Lu Mkandawire Narykov Sun Korkin During its first two and a half months, the recently emerged 2019 novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has already infected over one-hundred thousand people worldwide and has taken more than four thousand lives. However, the swiftly...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 358: Genetic Strain Diversity of Multi-Host RNA Viruses that Infect a Wide Range of Pollinators and Associates is Shaped by Geographic Origins Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030358 Authors: Jana Dobelmann Antoine Felden Philip J. Lester Emerging viruses have caused concerns about pollinator population declines, as multi-host RNA viruses may pose a health threat to pollinators and associated arthropods. In order to understand the ecology and impact these viruses...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 356: Transcriptomic Analysis Suggests the M1 Polarization and Launch of Diverse Programmed Cell Death Pathways in Japanese Encephalitis Virus-Infected Macrophages Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030356 Authors: Zhao-Yang Wang Zi-Da Zhen Dong-Ying Fan Pei-Gang Wang Jing An The Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a Culex mosquito-borne flavivirus and is the pathogenic agent of Japanese encephalitis, which is the most important type of viral encephalitis in...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 357: Molecular Characterization of a Novel Strain of Fusarium graminearum Virus 1 Infecting Fusarium graminearum Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030357 Authors: Lihang Zhang Xiaoguang Chen Pallab Bhattacharjee Yue Shi Lihua Guo Shuangchao Wang Fungal viruses (mycoviruses) have attracted more attention for their possible hypovirulence (attenuation of fungal virulence) trait, which may be developed as a biocontrol agent of plant pathogenic fungi. However,...
Tue Mar 24, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 933: Drying and Wetting Trends and Vegetation Covariations in the Drylands of China Water doi: 10.3390/w12040933 Authors: Liang Chen Dolman Shi Wei Xu Hagan The semi-arid and arid drylands of China, which are located in the inland region of Eurasia, have experienced rapid climate change. Some regions in particular, have shown upward trends in the observational records of precipitation. However, there is more to drying and wetting than just...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 931: New Approaches to Monitor Inequalities in Access to Water and Sanitation: the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean Water doi: 10.3390/w12040931 Authors: Queiroz Carvalho Heller In the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Targets 6.1 and 6.2 show, in their formulation, some alignment with the normative content of the human rights to water and sanitation (HRWS). However, the principle of equality and non-discrimination, which applies to all human...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 927: Application of Empirical Mode Decomposition Method to Synthesize Flow Data: A Case Study of Hushan Reservoir in Taiwan Water doi: 10.3390/w12040927 Authors: Tai-Yi Chu Wen-Cheng Huang Although empirical mode decomposition (EMD) was developed to analyze nonlinear and non-stationary data in the beginning, the purpose of this study is to propose a new method—based on EMD—to synthesize and generate data which be interfered with the non-stationary...
Wed Mar 25, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 930: Accumulation Mechanism and Effects of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials in the Filters of Bottled Mineral-Water Facilities Water doi: 10.3390/w12040930 Authors: Shin Jeong Han Chang Choung Groundwater contains naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) through water–rock interactions. Although a recent study found that the NORMs are accumulated into the filters utilized in bottled mineral-water facilities, the accumulation...
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