Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 197: Increased Circulating Levels of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Are Associated with the Risk of Spontaneous Abortion During the First Trimester of Pregnancy Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10040197 Authors: Lara J. Monteiro Manuel Varas-Godoy Stephanie Acuña-Gallardo Paula Correa Gianluca Passalacqua Max Monckeberg Gregory E. Rice Sebastián E. Illanes Spontaneous abortion is a common complication in early pregnancy, with an...
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 196: Automatic Annotation of Narrative Radiology Reports Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10040196 Authors: Ivan Krsnik Goran Glavaš Marina Krsnik Damir Miletić Ivan Štajduhar Narrative texts in electronic health records can be efficiently utilized for building decision support systems in the clinic, only if they are correctly interpreted automatically in accordance with a specified standard. This paper tackles the problem of developing an automated...
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 195: Stakeholders’ Perspectives for the Development of a Point-of-Care Diagnostics Curriculum in Rural Primary Clinics in South Africa—Nominal Group Technique Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10040195 Authors: Nkosinothando Chamane Desmond Kuupiel Tivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson Poor knowledge and adherence to point-of-care (POC) HIV testing standards have been reported in rural KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), a high HIV prevalent setting. Improving compliance...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 135: Taxonomic, Phylogenetic, and Functional Diversity of Ferns at Three Differently Disturbed Sites in Longnan County, China Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12040135 Authors: Xiaohua Dai Chunfa Chen Zhongyang Li Xuexiong Wang Human disturbances are greatly threatening to the biodiversity of vascular plants. Compared to seed plants, the diversity patterns of ferns have been poorly studied along disturbance gradients, including aspects of their taxonomic, phylogenetic,...
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 134: Wildlife Diversity and Relative Abundance among a Variety of Adjacent Protected Areas in the Northern Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12040134 Authors: Carolina Sáenz-Bolaños Todd K. Fuller Eduardo Carrillo J. Protected areas are intended to achieve the long-term conservation of nature, but not all such areas are equal in their effectiveness because of their varying regulation of human activities. In Costa Rica, we assessed...
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Environments, Vol. 7, Pages 27: Effects of Mixtures of Engineered Nanoparticles and Metallic Pollutants on Aquatic Organisms Environments doi: 10.3390/environments7040027 Authors: Mengting Li Wei Liu Vera I. Slaveykova In aquatic environment, engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) are present as complex mixtures with other pollutants, such as trace metals, which could result in synergism, additivity or antagonism of their combined effects. Despite the fact that the toxicity and environmental...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 406: Microbiological Stability and Overall Quality of Ready-To-Heat Meals Based on Traditional Recipes of the Basilicata Region Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040406 Authors: Attilio Matera Giuseppe Altieri Annamaria Ricciardi Teresa Zotta Nicola Condelli Fernanda Galgano Francesco Genovese Giovanni DI Renzo The quality of ready meals is affected by several factors that may impair stability and nutritional value. In this work, we evaluated the overall...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 407: Multisensory Flavour Perception: Blending, Mixing, Fusion, and Pairing Within and Between the Senses Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040407 Authors: Charles Spence This review summarizes the various outcomes that may occur when two or more elements are paired in the context of flavour perception. In the first part, I review the literature concerning what happens when flavours, ingredients, and/or culinary techniques are deliberately combined in a dish, drink, or food...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 408: Novel Blotting Method for Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Metabolites in Strawberry Fruit by Desorption/Ionization Using Through Hole Alumina Membrane Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040408 Authors: Hirofumi Enomoto Masahiro Kotani Takayuki Ohmura Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is a powerful technique for visualizing metabolites in the strawberry fruit. During sample preparation for MALDI-MSI, sectioning...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 403: Study of Xoconostle (Opuntia spp.) Powder as Source of Dietary Fiber and Antioxidants Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040403 Authors: José Arias-Rico Nelly del Socorro Cruz-Cansino Montaña Cámara-Hurtado Rebeca López-Froilán María Luisa Pérez-Rodríguez María de Cortes Sánchez-Mata Osmar Antonio Jaramillo-Morales Rosario Barrera-Gálvez Esther Ramírez-Moreno The objective of this study is to evaluate the nutritional composition, antioxidant properties,...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 405: Optimizing High Pressure Processing Parameters to Produce Milkshakes Using Chokeberry Pomace Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040405 Authors: Elena Diez-Sánchez Antonio Martínez Dolores Rodrigo Amparo Quiles Isabel Hernando High hydrostatic pressure is a non-thermal treatment of great interest because of its importance for producing food with additional or enhanced benefits above their nutritional value. In the present study, the effect of high hydrostatic...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 404: Flaxseed Enriched Pasta—Chemical Composition and Cooking Quality Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040404 Authors: Piotr Zarzycki Emilia Sykut-Domańska Aldona Sobota Dorota Teterycz Ada Krawęcka Agata Blicharz-Kania Dariusz Andrejko Beata Zdybel Pasta production is a good opportunity for product innovation in different forms. The aim of this work was to assess the use of flaxseed components for pasta production. We examined the chemical composition...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 402: Application of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Evaluating the Quality of Fish Fillets Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040402 Authors: Mizuki Morisasa Keisuke Kimura Motoki Sumida Saya Fukumoto Tadashi Tamura Riko Takeuchi Tsukasa Mori Naoko Goto-Inoue Consumption of fish is rapidly increasing worldwide. It is important to evaluate fish fillet quality because fish undergoes physical and chemical changes...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 400: The Effect of Sprouting in Lentil (Lens culinaris) Nutritional and Microbiological Profile Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040400 Authors: Carla S.Santos Beatriz Silva Luísa M.P.Valente Sabine Gruber Marta W.Vasconcelos Biological and vegetarian raw food products, in particular based on legume sprouts, are an increasing food trend, due to their improved nutritional value when compared to seeds. Herein, protein and mineral profiles were studied in 12 lentil...
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 401: Anti-Thrombotic, Anti-Oxidant and Haemolysis Activities of Six Edible Insect Species Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040401 Authors: Su-Jin Pyo Deok-Gyeong Kang Chuleui Jung Ho-Yong Sohn In Korea, various insect species such as crickets and grasshoppers, as well as honey bee and silkworm pupae, have been consumed as food and used in oriental medicine. In this study to evaluate useful the bioactivities and potentially adverse effects of edible insects, ethanol...
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Geriatrics, Vol. 5, Pages 22: Surgical Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures: A Brief Review Geriatrics doi: 10.3390/geriatrics5020022 Authors: Ellen Lutnick Jeansol Kang David M. Freccero Hip fracture is a cause for concern in the geriatric population. It is one of the leading causes of traumatic injury in this demographic and correlates to a higher risk of all-cause morbidity and mortality. The Garden classification of femoral neck fractures (FNF) dictates treatment via internal...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 83: Use of Clinical Preventive Service and Related Factors in Middle-Aged Postmenopausal Women in Korea Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8020083 Authors: Kim Postmenopausal women experiencing health transitions can improve health-related quality of life through clinical health service use. The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting clinical preventive service use, focusing on a multi-dimensional approach among middle-aged postmenopausal...
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 82: The Age at Which a Woman Becomes a Mother and Her Satisfaction with the Process of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8020082 Authors: Leticia Molina-García Manuel Hidalgo-Ruiz Alberto Gálvez-Toro Silvia Cristina Aguilar-Puerta Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez Juan Miguel Martínez-Galiano This study assessed the effect of maternal age on satisfaction at each stage of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, and...
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Heritage, Vol. 3, Pages 176-197: Parametric Analysis on Local Mechanisms of Masonry Churches in Teramo (Italy) Heritage doi: 10.3390/heritage3020011 Authors: Vaiano Formisano Fabbrocino Local collapse mechanisms related to the out-of-plane response of walls are commonly observed in existing masonry buildings subjected to earthquakes. In such structures, the lack of proper connections among orthogonal walls and between walls and floors does not allow a global box-type behaviour...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2406: Side Streams of Broccoli Leaves: A Climate Smart and Healthy Food Ingredient International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072406 Authors: Emilia Berndtsson Roger Andersson Eva Johansson Marie E. Olsson Human consumption of fruits and vegetables are generally below recommended levels. Waste from the production, e.g., of un-used parts such as broccoli leaves and stem when producing broccoli florets for food,...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2405: The Awareness and Attitude of Parents towards the Legislation of Child Restraint in Two Cities of China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072405 Authors: Ye Jin Xiao Deng Pengpeng Ye Ji Peng Juanjuan Peng Lin Lei Yan Yu Leilei Duan The death of child passengers was one of the leading causes of death among children fatally injured on roads in China. Child restraint can effectively protect...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2404: Contact Allergy—Emerging Allergens and Public Health Impact International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072404 Authors: Uter Werfel Lepoittevin White Contact allergy (sensitisation) and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) resulting from it have a considerable public health impact. For the present review, all pertinent articles were systematically searched via Medline and Web of Science™; additionally,...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2403: Guanxi HRM Practice and Employees’ Occupational Well-Being in China: A Multi-Level Psychological Process International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072403 Authors: Xu Xie Tang Chinese employees may experience and respond to guanxi human resource management (HRM) practice (e.g., recruiting, selecting, inducting and appraising employees based on personal relationships). Little has been done to examine the...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2401: Epidemiology of Alcohol Misuse and Illicit Drug Use Among Young People Aged 15–24 Years in Fishing Communities in Uganda International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072401 Authors: Monica O. Kuteesa Helen A. Weiss Sarah Cook Janet Seeley Josephine N. Ssentongo Robert Kizindo Paul Ngonzi Moses Sewankambo Emily L. Webb Background: We determined the prevalence of and risk factors for alcohol...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2402: Associations Between Quality of Life, Psychosocial Well-being and Health-Related Behaviors Among Adolescents in Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, Thai and the Filipino Populations: A Cross-Sectional Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072402 Authors: Regina L.T. Lee Wai Tong Chien Jason Ligot Jennifer M. Nailes Keiko Tanida Sachi Takeuchi Masanori Ikeda Sachiyo Miyagawa Toshisaburo Nagai...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2400: Water Level Decline in a Reservoir: Implications for Water Quality Variation and Pollution Source Identification International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072400 Authors: Wang Wang Liu Hu Ma Sun Continuous water-level decline makes the changes of water quality in reservoirs more complicated. This paper uses trend analyses, wavelet analysis and principal component analysis-multiple linear regression...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2398: Beyond the Wall: Death Education at Middle School as Suicide Prevention
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2398: Beyond the Wall: Death Education at Middle School as Suicide Prevention International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072398 Authors: Ines Testoni Elisa Tronca Gianmarco Biancalani Lucia Ronconi Giovanna Calapai This study investigates the psychological effects of participation in Death Education (DeEd) by middle school children in two towns in northeast Italy in which suicides occur to a greater extent...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2399: Pharmacist-led Medication Counseling for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis: A Path to Better Adherence International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072399 Authors: Al-Abdelmuhsin Al-Ammari Babelghaith Wajid Asiri Almetawaz Alghadeer Al-Arifi Objective: The primary objective was to assess the satisfaction of patients undergoing hemodialysis regarding counseling services provided by pharmacists....
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2396: A National, Palliative Care Competency Framework for Undergraduate Medical Curricula International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072396 Authors: Jolien Pieters Diana H.J.M. Dolmans Marieke H.J. van den Beuken-van Everdingen Franca C. Warmenhoven Judith H. Westen Daniëlle M.L. Verstegen As nearly all doctors deal with patients requiring palliative care, it is imperative that palliative care education...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2397: Cognitive Function and Mortality: Results from Kaunas HAPIEE Study 2006–2017 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072397 Authors: Abdonas Tamosiunas Laura Sapranaviciute-Zabazlajeva Dalia Luksiene Dalia Virviciute Martin Bobak Background: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the association between cognitive function and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality during 10 years...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2395: Movement in High School: Proportion of Chinese Adolescents Meeting 24-Hour Movement Guidelines International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072395 Authors: Li Ying Xihe Zhu Justin Haegele Yang Wen The purposes of this study were (a) to examine the proportions of adolescents in China who partially or fully meet three 24-h movement guidelines on physical activity, screen-time, and sleep duration and (b) to...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2394: Perceptions of Harmfulness of Heated Tobacco Products Compared to Combustible Cigarettes among Adult Smokers in Japan: Findings from the 2018 ITC Japan Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072394 Authors: Shannon Gravely Geoffrey T. Fong Edward Sutanto Ruth Loewen Janine Ouimet Steve S. Xu Anne C. K. Quah Mary E. Thompson Christian Boudreau Grace Li Maciej L. Goniewicz Itsuro...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2393: A Specific Inflammatory Profile Underlying Suicide Risk? Systematic Review of the Main Literature Findings International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072393 Authors: Gianluca Serafini Valentina Maria Parisi Andrea Aguglia Andrea Amerio Gaia Sampogna Andrea Fiorillo Maurizio Pompili Mario Amore Consistent evidence indicates the association between inflammatory markers and suicidal behavior. The...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2392: Influence of Skull Fracture on Traumatic Brain Injury Risk Induced by Blunt Impact International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072392 Authors: Lihai Ren Dangdang Wang Xi Liu Huili Yu Chengyue Jiang Yuanzhi Hu This study is aimed at investigating the influence of skull fractures on traumatic brain injury induced by blunt impact via numerous studies of head–ground impacts. First, finite element...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2389: Perception of Old Age by the Inhabitants of Poland International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072389 Authors: Mariusz Wysokiński Wiesław Fidecki Tomasz Plech Irena Wrońska Magda Kamila Pawelec Beata Dziedzic Introduction: People’s self-esteem and public perception of senior citizens both play important roles in perceiving old age. The public perception manifests itself in adopting specific...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2391: Multi-Level-Phase Deep Learning Using Divide-and-Conquer for Scaffolding Safety International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072391 Authors: Sayan Sakhakarmi Jee Woong Park A traditional structural analysis of scaffolding structures requires loading conditions that are only possible during design, but not in operation. Thus, this study proposes a method that can be used during operation to make an automated safety...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2390: Self-Selected Pacing During a World Record Attempt in 40 Ironman-Distance Triathlons in 40 Days International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072390 Authors: Caio Victor Sousa Rinaldo Wellerson Pereira Thomas Rosemann Pantelis T. Nikolaidis Beat Knechtle The present case study analyzed performance, pacing, and potential predictors in a self-paced world record attempt of a professional triathlete to finish...
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2388: The Relationship Exploration between Public Migration Attention and Population Migration from a Perspective of Search Query International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072388 Authors: Chun Li Jianhua He Xingwu Duan Rapid population migration has been viewed as a critical factor impacting urban network construction and regional sustainable development. The supervision and analysis of population migration are...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 2456: In Silico Prediction of the Dissociation Rate Constants of Small Chemical Ligands by 3D-Grid-Based VolSurf Method International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21072456 Authors: Shuheng Huang Linxin Chen Hu Mei Duo Zhang Tingting Shi Zuyin Kuang Yu Heng Lei Xu Xianchao Pan Accumulated evidence suggests that binding kinetic properties—especially dissociation rate constant or drug-target residence time—are...
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