Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 44: Ultramarathon Plasma Metabolomics: Phosphatidylcholine Levels Associated with Running Performance Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8040044 Authors: Tracy B. Høeg Kenneth Chmiel Alexandra E. Warrick Sandra L. Taylor Robert H. Weiss The purpose of this study was to identify plasma metabolites associated with superior endurance running performance. In 2016, participants at the Western States Endurance Run (WSER), a 100-mile (161-km) foot race, underwent non-targeted...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 24: In vitro Evaluation of The Effects of Cadmium on Endocytic Uptakes of Proteins into Cultured Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8020024 Authors: Hitomi Fujishiro Hazuki Yamamoto Nobuki Otera Nanae Oka Mei Jinno Seiichiro Himeno Cadmium (Cd) is an environmental pollutant known to cause dysfunctions of the tubular reabsorption of biomolecules in the kidney. Elevated levels of urinary excretion of low-molecular-weight proteins...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 23: Lactational Transfer of Long-Chain Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids in Mice: A Method to Directly Collect Milk and Evaluate Chemical Transferability Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8020023 Authors: Yukiko Fujii Kouji H. Harada Hatasu Kobayashi Koichi Haraguchi Akio Koizumi Perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs), such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, C8), are a group of industrial chemicals that are detected in the serum of people throughout the world....
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 221: Effects of Nutrient Limitation on the Synthesis of N-Rich Phytoplankton Toxins: A Meta-Analysis Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040221 Authors: Karen Brandenburg Laura Siebers Joost Keuskamp Thomas G. Jephcott Dedmer B. Van de Van de Waal Eutrophication has played a major role in the worldwide increase of harmful algal blooms (HABs). Higher input of key nutrients, such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), can stimulate the growth of harmful algal species...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 51: Identification of Mosquito Bloodmeals Collected in Diverse Habitats in Malaysian Borneo Using COI Barcoding Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020051 Authors: Katherine I. Young Joseph T. Medwid Sasha R. Azar Robert M. Huff Hannah Drumm Lark L. Coffey R. Jason Pitts Michaela Buenemann Nikos Vasilakis David Perera Kathryn A. Hanley Land cover and land use change (LCLUC) acts as a catalyst for spillover...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 52: Understanding the Role of the Diagnostic ‘Reflex’ in the Elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020052 Authors: Palmer Jones Surur Kelly To successfully eliminate human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), healthcare workers (HCWs) must maintain their diagnostic acuity to identify cases as the disease becomes rarer. HAT experts refer to this concept as a ‘reflex’...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 50: A Devil of a Transmissible Cancer Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020050 Authors: Gregory M. Woods A. Bruce Lyons Silvana S. Bettiol Devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) encompasses two independent transmissible cancers that have killed the majority of Tasmanian devils. The cancer cells are derived from Schwann cells and are spread between devils during biting, a common behavior during the mating season. The Centers...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 49: Scrub Typhus: Historic Perspective and Current Status of the Worldwide Presence of Orientia Species Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020049 Authors: Richards Jiang Scrub typhus and its etiological agents, Orientia species, have been around for a very long time. Historical reference to the rickettsial disease scrub typhus was first described in China (313 AD) by Hong Ge in a clinical manual (Zhouhofang) and in Japan...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 158: Identification of Toxoplasma Gondii Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH) Activity and Molecular Immunoprotection against Toxoplasmosis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020158 Authors: Zhenchao Zhang Yuhua Li Haoran Li Xiaoxiao Song Zhongshan Ma Haoran Lu Shuyue Liu Yi Zhao Mengyao Tan Shuai Wang Xiangrui Li The neurotropic parasite Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection can change the behavior of rodents and cause neuropsychological symptoms...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 157: Histone Methyltransferase DOT1L is Involved in Larval Molting and Second Stage Nymphal Feeding in Ornithodoros Moubata Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020157 Authors: Gobl Kumar Sinha Sima Perner Kopáček Valdés Rego Cabezas-Cruz Epigenetic mechanisms have not been characterized in ticks despite their importance as vectors of human and animal diseases worldwide. Our investigation identifies and functionally characterizes the orthologue...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 392: Suppression of nbe-miR1919c-5p Expression in Nicotiana benthamiana Enhances Tobacco Curly Shoot Virus and Its Betasatellite Co-Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040392 Authors: Jiang Du Rui Wu Zhuoying Liu Miao Sun Hussein Ghanem Mingjun Li Gentu Wu Ling Qing MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding but functional RNA molecules of 21–25 nucleotides in length. MiRNAs play significant regulatory roles in diverse plant biological processes....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 391: Successive Passage In Vitro Led to Lower Virulence and Higher Titer of A Variant Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040391 Authors: Pengwei Zhao Song Wang Zhi Chen Jiang Yu Rongzhi Tang Wenbin Qiu Lu Zhao Yueyue Liu Xiaozhen Guo Hongbin He Guanlong Xu Jinxiang Li Jiaqiang Wu A highly virulent porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) appeared in China and spread rapidly to neighbor countries, which have...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 393: Metabolomic Analysis of Cricket paralysis virus Infection in Drosophila S2 Cells Reveals Divergent Effects on Central Carbon Metabolism as Compared with Silkworm Bm5 Cells Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040393 Authors: Luo-Luo Wang Luc Swevers Lieven Van Meulebroek Ivan Meeus Lynn Vanhaecke Guy Smagghe High-throughput approaches have opened new opportunities for understanding biological processes such as persistent virus infections, which are widespread....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1009: Temporal Variations of Spring Water in Karst Areas: A Case Study of Jinan Spring Area, Northern China Water doi: 10.3390/w12041009 Authors: Gao Liu Xu Wang Wang Feng Fu Jinan is known as “Spring City,” because of its famous 72 artesian springs. Spring water plays an important role in the social and economic development of Jinan. However, the accelerating process of urbanization and more intensive human activities...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1007: Holocene Evolution of the Burano Paleo-Lagoon (Southern Tuscany, Italy) Water doi: 10.3390/w12041007 Authors: Maurizio D’Orefice Piero Bellotti Adele Bertini Gilberto Calderoni Paolo Censi Neri Letizia Di Bella Domenico Fiorenza Luca Maria Foresi Markella Asimina Louvari Letizia Rainone Cécile Vittori Jean-Philippe Goiran Laurent Schmitt Pierre Carbonel Frank Preusser Christine Oberlin Francesca Sangiorgi Lina Davoli...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1008: Extreme Floods in Small Mediterranean Catchments: Long-Term Response to Climate Variability and Change Water doi: 10.3390/w12041008 Authors: Benito Sanchez-Moya Medialdea Barriendos Calle Rico Sopeña Machado Climate change implies changes in the frequency and magnitude of flood events. The influence of climate variability on flooding was evaluated by an analysis of sedimentary (palaeofloods) and documentary archives. A 500-year...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1006: Statistical Evaluation of the Latest GPM-Era IMERG and GSMaP Satellite Precipitation Products in the Yellow River Source Region Water doi: 10.3390/w12041006 Authors: Jiayong Shi Fei Yuan Chunxiang Shi Chongxu Zhao Limin Zhang Liliang Ren Yonghua Zhu Shanhu Jiang Yi Liu As the successor of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) has released a range of satellite-based precipitation products (SPPs)....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1003: Assessing Redundancy in Stormwater Structures Under Hydraulic Design Water doi: 10.3390/w12041003 Authors: Sina Hesarkazzazi Mohsen Hajibabaei Julian David Reyes-Silva Peter Krebs Robert Sitzenfrei As environmental change is happening at an unprecedented pace, a reliable and proper urban drainage design is required to alleviate the negative effects of unexpected extreme rainfall events occurring due to the natural and anthropogenic variations such...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 999: Tendency of Runoff and Sediment Variety and Multiple Time Scale Wavelet Analysis in Hongze Lake during 1975–2015 Water doi: 10.3390/w12040999 Authors: Yu Duan Guobin Xu Yuan Liu Yijun Liu Shixiong Zhao Xianlu Fan Hongze Lake plays a key role in flood and waterlogging prevention, analyzing the variation process and characteristics of multi-time scales will have a great practical significance to water resources management and regulation in the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1005: Inundation Analysis of the Oda River Basin in Japan during the Flood Event of 6–7 July 2018 Utilizing Local and Global Hydrographic Data Water doi: 10.3390/w12041005 Authors: Shakti P. C. Hideyuki Kamimera Ryohei Misumi During the first week of July 2018, widespread flooding caused extensive damage across several river basins in western Japan. Among the affected basins were the Mabicho district of Kurashiki city in the lower part of the Oda river basin...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1001: An Improved Model for the Evaluation of Groundwater Recharge Based on the Concept of Conservative Use Potential: A Study in the River Pandeiros Watershed, Minas Gerais, Brazil Water doi: 10.3390/w12041001 Authors: Marcelo Alvares Tenenwurcel Maíse Soares de Moura Adriana Monteiro da Costa Paula Karen Mota João Hebert Moreira Viana Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes Fernando António Leal Pacheco Water resources have been increasingly impacted due...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1000: The Selection of Rain Gauges and Rainfall Parameters in Estimating Intensity-Duration Thresholds for Landslide Occurrence: Case Study from Wayanad (India) Water doi: 10.3390/w12041000 Authors: Minu Treesa Abraham Neelima Satyam Ascanio Rosi Biswajeet Pradhan Samuele Segoni Recurring landslides in the Western Ghats have become an important concern for authorities, considering the recent disasters that occurred during the 2018 and 2019 monsoons....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 998: Analysis of Agricultural Drought Using Remotely Sensed Evapotranspiration in a Data-Scarce Catchment Water doi: 10.3390/w12040998 Authors: Frank Joseph Wambura Ottfried Dietrich Understanding spatial drought characteristics is vital for planning adaptation and mitigation measures in river catchments. In many parts of the world, spatial drought information is not available due to lack of adequate evenly distributed data for spatial drought analyses. This...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1002: Water Network Partitioning into District Metered Areas: A State-Of-The-Art Review Water doi: 10.3390/w12041002 Authors: Xuan Khoa Bui Malvin S. Marlim Doosun Kang A water distribution network (WDN) is an indispensable element of civil infrastructure that provides fresh water for domestic use, industrial development, and fire-fighting. However, in a large and complex network, operation and management (O&M) can be challenging. As a technical initiative...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1004: Real-Time Data and Flood Forecasting in Tagus Basin. A Case Study: Rosarito and El Burguillo Reservoirs from 8th to 12th March, 2018 Water doi: 10.3390/w12041004 Authors: Ignacio Menéndez Pidal José Antonio Hinojal Martín Justo Mora Alonso-Muñoyerro Eugenio Sanz Pérez The hydrological regime of the Iberian Peninsula is characterized by its extreme irregularity, including its propensity for periodic floods, which cause severe floods. The development...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 996: Investigate the Applicability of CMADS and CFSR Reanalysis in Northeast China Water doi: 10.3390/w12040996 Authors: Zhang Meng Wang Yang Cai Reanalysis datasets can provide alternative and complementary meteorological data sources for hydrological studies or other scientific studies in regions with few gauge stations. This study evaluated the accuracy of two reanalysis datasets, the China Meteorological Assimilation Driving Datasets for the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 997: Comparative Hydrodynamic Analysis by Using Two−Dimensional Models and Application to a New Bridge Water doi: 10.3390/w12040997 Authors: Jesús Mateo-Lázaro Jorge Castillo-Mateo Alejandro García-Gil José Ángel Sánchez-Navarro Víctor Fuertes-Rodríguez Vanesa Edo-Romero This document develops a methodology that evaluates the impact on the environment of the rivers produced by the creation of civil infrastructures. The methodology is based on the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 993: Location Suitability for Small Reservoirs at the Bodri-Kuto River Basin Based on Spatial Monthly SPI Water doi: 10.3390/w12040993 Authors: Suharyanto Suharyanto Theresia Novie Secunda Harjanti Ignatius Sriyana Fransiskus Suryadi Despite efforts to develop and conserve water resources, almost every year during the dry season, some areas in Central Java province in Indonesia still experience a lack of water, especially in rural villages. These areas...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 994: Flood Control Versus Water Conservation in Reservoirs: A New Policy to Allocate Available Storage Water doi: 10.3390/w12040994 Authors: Ivan Gabriel-Martin Alvaro Sordo-Ward David Santillán Luis Garrote The aim of this study is to contribute to solving conflicts that arise in the operation of multipurpose reservoirs when determining maximum conservation levels (MCLs). The specification of MCLs in reservoirs that are operated for water supply and flood...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 992: Efficiency and Survivability of a Floating Oscillating Water Column Wave Energy Converter Moored to the Seabed: An Overview of the EsflOWC MaRINET2 Database Water doi: 10.3390/w12040992 Authors: Kisacik Stratigaki Wu Cappietti Simonetti Troch Crespo Altomare Domínguez Hall Gómez-Gesteira Canelas Stansby Floating oscillating water column (OWC) type wave energy converters (WECs), compared to fixed OWC WECs that...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 991: Differences of Regulative Flexibility between Hydrological Isolated and Connected Lakes in a Large Floodplain: Insight from Inundation Dynamics and Landscape Heterogeneity Water doi: 10.3390/w12040991 Authors: Teng Xia Liu Cui Chen Si Duan Yu The inundation areas of floodplains are crucial to wetland ecosystems, especially in supporting biodiversity. Accurately identifying the spatial and temporal patterns of inundation areas is...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 995: Symmetrical Rank-Three Vectorized Loading Scores Quasi-Newton for Identification of Hydrogeological Parameters and Spatiotemporal Recharges Water doi: 10.3390/w12040995 Authors: Huang Hsu Hsu You Yao In a multi-layered groundwater model, achieving accurate spatiotemporal identification and solving the ill-posed problem is the vital topic for model calibration. This study proposes a symmetry rank three vectorized loading scores (SR3 VLS) quasi-Newton...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 990: Application of Bottom Ash as Filter Media for Construction Site Runoff Control Water doi: 10.3390/w12040990 Authors: Ki Woong Bang Jin Chul Joo Jin Ho Kim Eunbi Kang Jongsoo Choi Jung Min Lee Yonghyok Kim The potential application of bottom ash (BA) for construction site runoff control as an alternative filter media with high removal efficiency of total suspended solids (TSS) and longer operation period were evaluated. Both lab-scale single-layer...
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