Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 812: Impact of a Soil Conditioner Integrated into Fertilization Scheme on Orange and Lemon Seedling Physiological Performances Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070812 Authors: Rossi Hallman Adams Ac-Pangan Growers in Florida face unique challenges regarding maintaining proper citrus nutrition.Poor draining soils with low fertility, low C.E.C., and high rates of leaching are common in thisregion. In response to these challenges, interest has grown in products...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 809: Melatonin Suppressed the Heat Stress-Induced Damage in Wheat Seedlings by Modulating the Antioxidant Machinery Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070809 Authors: Zeeshan Ali Buttar Sheng Nan Wu Marino B. Arnao Chaojie Wang Ikram Ullah Chengshe Wang Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a pleiotropic signaling molecule that plays a crucial role in the regulation of various environmental stresses, including heat stress (HS). In this study, a 100...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 810: Nanofibrillation Is an Effective Method to Produce Chitin Derivatives for Induction of Plant Responses in Soybean Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070810 Authors: Hironori Kaminaka Chihiro Miura Yukiko Isowa Takaya Tominaga Mamu Gonnami Mayumi Egusa Shinsuke Ifuku Chitin, an N-acetylglucosamine polymer, is well-known to have unique biological functions, such as growth promotion and disease resistance induction in plants. Chitin has been expectedly...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 808: Comparative Analyses of Four Chemicals Used to Control Black Mold Disease in Tomato and Its Effects on Defense Signaling Pathways, Productivity and Quality Traits Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070808 Authors: Hoda A. S. El-Garhy Fayz A. Abdel-Rahman Abdelhakeem S. Shams Gamal H. Osman Mahmoud M. A. Moustafa The field application of safe chemical inducers plays a vital role in the stimulation of systematic acquired resistance (SAR) of plants. In this...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 811: Medicinal Plants for Treating Musculoskeletal Disorders among Karen in Thailand Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070811 Authors: Rapeeporn Kantasrila Hataichanok Pandith Henrik Balslev Prasit Wangpakapattanawong Prateep Panyadee Angkhana Inta Millions of people suffer from Musculoskeletal System Disorders (MSDs), including Karen people who work hard in the fields for their subsistence and have done so for generations. This has forced the Karen to use...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 807: Exploitation of Heterosis in Pearl Millet: A Review Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070807 Authors: Rakesh K. Srivastava Srikanth Bollam Vijayalakshmi Pujarula Madhu Pusuluri Ram B. Singh Gopi Potupureddi Rajeev Gupta The phenomenon of heterosis has fascinated plant breeders ever since it was first described by Charles Darwin in 1876 in the vegetable kingdom and later elaborated by George H Shull and Edward M East in maize during 1908. Heterosis...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 805: Exploring the Use of Fruit Callus Culture as a Model System to Study Color Development and Cell Wall Remodeling during Strawberry Fruit Ripening Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070805 Authors: Pablo Ric-Varas Marta Barceló Juan A. Rivera Sergio Cerezo Antonio J. Matas Julia Schückel J. Paul Knox Sara Posé Fernando Pliego-Alfaro José A. Mercado Cell cultures derived from strawberry fruit at different developmental stages have been obtained...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 806: The Effect of Low-Haze Diffuse Glass on Greenhouse Tomato and Bell Pepper Production and Light Distribution Properties Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070806 Authors: Kristof Holsteens Rob Moerkens Bram Van de Poel Wendy Vanlommel Diffuse greenhouse glass can increase the production and growth of several crops, by scattering the incoming direct sunlight, which results in a better and more homogeneous light distribution in the crop canopy. Tomato and bell...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 803: Barley’s Second Spring as A Model Organism for Chloroplast Research Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070803 Authors: Lisa Rotasperti Francesca Sansoni Chiara Mizzotti Luca Tadini Paolo Pesaresi Barley (Hordeum vulgare) has been widely used as a model crop for studying molecular and physiological processes such as chloroplast development and photosynthesis. During the second half of the 20th century, mutants such as albostrians led to the discovery of...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 804: Joint Selenium–Iodine Supply and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Inoculation Affect Yield and Quality of Chickpea Seeds and Residual Biomass Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070804 Authors: Nadezhda Golubkina Leonardo D. Gomez Helene Kekina Eugenio Cozzolino Rachael Simister Alessio Tallarita Valentina Torino Andrey Koshevarov Antonio Cuciniello Roberto Maiello Vincenzo Cenvinzo Gianluca Caruso The essentiality of selenium (Se) and iodine...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 802: Popular Biofortified Cassava Cultivars Are Heavily Impacted by Plant Parasitic Nematodes, Especially Meloidogyne Spp. Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060802 Authors: Aminat Akinsanya Steve Afolami Peter Kulakow Elizabeth Parkes Danny Coyne The development of new biofortified cassava cultivars, with higher micronutrient contents, offers great potential to enhance food and nutrition security prospects. Among the various constraints affecting cassava production...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 800: Aromatic Herbs, Medicinal Plant-Derived Essential Oils, and Phytochemical Extracts as Potential Therapies for Coronaviruses: Future Perspectives Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060800 Authors: Mohamed Nadjib Boukhatem William N. Setzer After its recent discovery in patients with serious pneumonia in Wuhan (China), the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), named also Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread quickly. Unfortunately,...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 801: Selenium Enrichment Enhances the Quality and Shelf Life of Basil Leaves Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060801 Authors: Martina Puccinelli Beatrice Pezzarossa Irene Rosellini Fernando Malorgio The biofortification of leafy vegetables with selenium (Se) is a good way to increase human dietary Se intake. In addition, selenium delays plant senescence by enhancing the antioxidant capacity of plant tissues, decreasing postharvest losses. We investigated the...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 799: Evolutionary Understanding of Aquaporin Transport System in the Basal Eudicot Model Species Aquilegia coerulea Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060799 Authors: Shweta Singh Vacha Bhatt Virender Kumar Surbhi Kumawat Praveen Khatri Pankaj Singla S.M. Shivaraj Altaf Nadaf Rupesh Deshmukh Tilak Raj Sharma Humira Sonah Aquaporins (AQPs) play a pivotal role in the cellular transport of water and many other small solutes, influencing many physiological...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 798: The Essential Oil of Salvia rosmarinus Spenn. from Italy as a Source of Health-Promoting Compounds: Chemical Profile and Antioxidant and Cholinesterase Inhibitory Activity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060798 Authors: Mariarosaria Leporini Marco Bonesi Monica Rosa Loizzo Nicodemo Giuseppe Passalacqua Rosa Tundis The chemical composition of the essential oil from Salvia rosmarinus Spenn. collected in Calabrian Ionian (R1) and Tyrrhenian (R2) coast (Southern...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 796: Thermal Requirements Underpinning Germination Allude to Risk of Species Decline from Climate Warming Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060796 Authors: J. Anne Cochrane The storage of seeds is a commonly used means of preserving plant genetic diversity in the face of rising threats such as climate change. Here, the findings of research from the past decade into thermal requirements for germination are synthesised for more than 100 plant species from southern Western...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 797: Short-Term Pre-Harvest UV-B Supplement Enhances the Polyphenol Content and Antioxidant Capacity of Ocimum basilicum Leaves during Storage Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060797 Authors: Luana Beatriz dos S. Nascimento Cecilia Brunetti Giovanni Agati Clara Lo Iacono Cassandra Detti Edgardo Giordani Francesco Ferrini Antonella Gori Ocimum basilicum (basil) leaves are rich in polyphenols, conferring them a high antioxidant activity. The application...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 794: A Genomic and Transcriptomic Overview of MATE, ABC, and MFS Transporters in Citrus sinensis Interaction with Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060794 Authors: Maria H. M. Julião Saura R. Silva Jesus A. Ferro Alessandro M. Varani The multi-antimicrobial extrusion (MATE), ATP-binding cassette (ABC), and major facilitator superfamily (MFS) are the main plant transporters families, playing an essential role in the membrane-trafficking...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 793: Effects of Concentration and Temperature of Nutrient Solution on Growth and Camptothecin Accumulation of Ophiorrhiza pumila Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060793 Authors: Ji-Yoon Lee Miki Hiyama Shoko Hikosaka Eiji Goto The medicinal plant, Ophiorrhiza pumila, naturally grows on the floors of humid inland forests in subtropical areas. It accumulates camptothecin (CPT), which is used as an anti-tumor agent, in all organs. We investigated the optimal hydroponic...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 795: Physiological Basis of Salt Stress Tolerance in a Landrace and a Commercial Variety of Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060795 Authors: Pasquale Giorio Valerio Cirillo Martina Caramante Marco Oliva Gianpiero Guida Accursio Venezia Stefania Grillo Albino Maggio Rossella Albrizio Salt stress is one of the most impactful abiotic stresses that plants must cope with. Plants’ ability to tolerate salt stress...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 792: GmNMHC5, A Neoteric Positive Transcription Factor of Flowering and Maturity in Soybean Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060792 Authors: Wenting Wang Zhili Wang Wensheng Hou Li Chen Bingjun Jiang Wei Liu Yongjun Feng Cunxiang Wu The soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) is an important oil and food crop. Its growth and development is regulated by complex genetic networks, and there are still many genes with unknown functions in regulation pathways....
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 318: Nora’s Ironic Longing for Christlike Love: Self-Sacrifice, Self-Love, and the “Religion of Torvald” in Ibsen’s A Doll House Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070318 Authors: Urban This essay argues that in Ibsen’s A Doll House, both Nora and her husband, Torvald Helmer, exhibit a “religion of Torvald” characterized by their respective devotion to Torvald himself. However, while Torvald’s devotion to himself is characterized...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 317: Sacred Nature. Diverging Use and Understanding of Old Sámi Offering Sites in Alta, Northern Norway Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070317 Authors: Marte Spangen Tiina Äikäs This study focuses on the contemporary use of two well-known Sámi offering sites in Alta, Finnmark, Norway. Today, these are hiking destinations and sightseeing points for both the Sámi and the non-Sámi local population, as well as a few non-local visitors....
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 316: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution and Natural Theology Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060316 Authors: Michael A. Flannery Alfred Russel Wallace’s conception of evolution and its relation to natural theology is examined. That conception is described as intelligent evolution—directed, detectably designed, and purposeful common descent. This essay extends discussion of the forces and influences behind Wallace’s journey...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 315: The Effect of Supernatural Priming on Cheating Behaviour Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060315 Authors: Lin Suárez Research has shown that the mental activation of concepts related to supernatural agents (e.g., God, ghost) is capable of altering one’s moral behaviours. Based on the supernatural monitoring hypothesis, two experiments were conducted to investigate the impact of priming on cheating behaviour using undergraduate participants from...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 314: Body, Soul, and Spirit: An Explorative Qualitative Study of Anthroposophic Meditation and Spiritual Practice Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060314 Authors: Terje Sparby This article presents the results of a qualitative study of Anthroposophic meditation, which arose in the German-speaking world in the early 20th Century focusing on cognition, self-development, and pro-social action. The objective was to explore this previously unstudied form of meditation....
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 313: Youth Ministry after the Synod on Young People— Ten Points of No Return Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060313 Authors: Sala From October 2016 to March 2019, the Catholic Church engaged in a lengthy journey together with young people. Over these two and a half years, some important documents were produced, including the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christus Vivit by Pope Francis. The Synod on Youth has involved the entire Catholic Church, mobilizing...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 80: Geoheritage and Geotourism Resources Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9070080 Authors: Santangelo Valente This Special Issue wants to outline the role of Geoheritage and Geotourism as potential touristic resources of a region. The term “Geoheritage” refers to a peculiar type of natural resources represented by sites of special geological significance, rarity or beauty that are representative of a region and of its geological history,...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 79: Social License to Operate in Mining: Present Views and Future Trends Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9060079 Authors: Konstantinos Komnitsas The social license to operate (SLO) is an informal social contract that aims to bridge the gap among the views of the most important stakeholders involved in mining activities. The novelty of this paper lies in the fact that it discusses the current situation and the future prospects of granting a SLO, mainly at the...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 48: Fast Approximation of Over-Determined Second-Order Linear Boundary Value Problems by Cubic and Quintic Spline Collocation Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9020048 Authors: Philipp Seiwald Daniel J. Rixen We present an efficient and generic algorithm for approximating second-order linear boundary value problems through spline collocation. In contrast to the majority of other approaches, our algorithm is designed for over-determined problems. These typically...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 47: On the Hunt for Noble Savages: Romance Tourism and Ageing Femininities
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 47: On the Hunt for Noble Savages: Romance Tourism and Ageing Femininities Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10030047 Authors: Ieva Stončikaitė Keywords: leisure travel; romance tourism; sexuality; successful ageing; later life; older women; gender
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 92: Physiological Predictors of Performance on the CrossFit “Murph” Challenge Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8070092 Authors: Carreker Grosicki We examined physiological predictors of performance on the CrossFit Murph challenge (1-mile run, 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 air squats, 1-mile run). Male CrossFit athletes (n = 11, 27 ± 3 years) performed a battery of physical assessments including: (1) body composition, (2) upper and lower body strength, (3)...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 91: Effects of Plyometric and Repeated Sprint Training on Physical Performance
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 91: Effects of Plyometric and Repeated Sprint Training on Physical Performance Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8070091 Authors: Ivan Krakan Luka Milanovic Ivan Belcic The purpose of study was to resolve the effect of plyometric training and repeated sprint training on physical performance. The study was conducted on 41 subjects in two experimental groups (plyometric/repeated sprints training). Before and after the training program, subjects were subjected to diagnostic...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 36: Evaluation of Epidemic-Based Information Dissemination in a Wireless Network Testbed Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8030036 Authors: Andreana Stylidou Alexandros Zervopoulos Aikaterini Georgia Alvanou George Koufoudakis Georgios Tsoumanis Konstantinos Oikonomou Information dissemination is an integral part of modern networking environments, such as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Probabilistic flooding, a common epidemic-based approach,...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 46: Pulmonary Toxicity and Inflammatory Response of E-Cigarette Vape Cartridges Containing Medium-Chain Triglycerides Oil and Vitamin E Acetate: Implications in the Pathogenesis of EVALI Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8030046 Authors: Muthumalage Lucas Wang Lamb McGraw Rahman Recently, there has been an outbreak associated with the use of e-cigarette or vaping products, associated lung injury (EVALI). The primary components of vaping products, vitamin...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 45: Combining Different In Vitro Bioassays to Evaluate Genotoxicity of Water-Accommodated Fractions from Petroleum Products Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8020045 Authors: Sarah Johann Mira Goßen Peter A. Behnisch Henner Hollert Thomas-Benjamin Seiler Genotoxicity assessment is of high relevance for crude and refined petroleum products, since oil compounds are known to cause DNA damage with severe consequences for aquatic biota as demonstrated in long-term...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 426: Improved Antithrombotic Activity and Diminished Bleeding Side Effect of a PEGylated αIIbβ3 Antagonist, Disintegrin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070426 Authors: Kuo Chang Chung Chuang Huang Polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG), or PEGylation of polypeptides improves protein drug stability by decrease degradation and reduces renal clearance. To produce a pharmaceutical disintegrin derivative, the N-terminal PEGylation technique was used to modify...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 424: Reducing Ochratoxin A Content in Grape Pomace by Different Methods Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070424 Authors: Jianmei Yu Ivy N. Smith Nona Mikiashvili Grape pomace (GP) is the residue of grapes after wine making and is a valuable source of dietary polyphenol and fiber for health promotion. However, studies found the presence of ochratoxin A (OTA) in GP at very high concentrations, which raises a safety issue in the value-added utilization of GP. This...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 425: Molecular Mechanism by which Cobra Venom Cardiotoxins Interact with the Outer Mitochondrial Membrane Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070425 Authors: Li Shrivastava Hanlon Dagda Gasanoff Cardiotoxin CTII from Naja oxiana cobra venom translocates to the intermembrane space (IMS) of mitochondria to disrupt the structure and function of the inner mitochondrial membrane. At low concentrations, CTII facilitates ATP-synthase activity, presumably via...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 423: Occurrence of Mycotoxins in Winter Rye Varieties Cultivated in Poland (2017–2019) Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060423 Authors: Robert Kosicki Magdalena Twarużek Paweł Dopierała Bartosz Rudzki Jan Grajewski Rye (Secale cereale L.) is one of the most important cereals and is used in both the food and feed industries. It is produced mainly in a belt extending from Russia through Poland to Germany. Despite the great economic importance of this cereal,...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 422: Evaluating the Potential for Cross-Interactions of Antitoxins in Type II TA Systems Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060422 Authors: Chih-Han Tu Michelle Holt Shengfeng Ruan Christina Bourne The diversity of Type-II toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems in bacterial genomes requires tightly controlled interaction specificity to ensure protection of the cell, and potentially to limit cross-talk between toxin–antitoxin pairs of the same family...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 421: Zearalenone-Induced Interaction between PXR and Sp1 Increases Binding of Sp1 to a Promoter Site of the eNOS, Decreasing Its Transcription and NO Production in BAECs Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060421 Authors: Hyeon-Ju Lee Jung-Hyun Park Se-Young Oh Du-Hyong Cho Suji Kim Inho Jo Zearalenone (ZEN) is a non-steroidal mycotoxin that has various toxicological impacts on mammalian health. Here, we found that ZEN significantly affected the production...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 419: Type A Trichothecene Diacetoxyscirpenol-Induced Emesis Corresponds to Secretion of Peptide YY and Serotonin in Mink Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060419 Authors: Qinghua Wu Kamil Kuca Eugenie Nepovimova Wenda Wu The trichothecene mycotoxins contaminate cereal grains and have been related to alimentary toxicosis resulted in emetic response. This family of mycotoxins comprises type A to D groups of toxic sesquiterpene chemicals. Diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS),...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 420: Gustatory Function and the Uremic Toxin, Phosphate, Are Modulators of the Risk of Vascular Calcification Among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pilot Study Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060420 Authors: Shih-I Chen Chin-Ling Chiang Chia-Ter Chao Chih-Kang Chiang Jenq-Wen Huang Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased risk of vascular calcification (VC), including aortic arch calcification (AAC). Few investigated the influence...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 105: The Emergence of Chikungunya ECSA Lineage in a Mayaro Endemic Region on the Southern Border of the Amazon Forest Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020105 Authors: Carla Julia da Silva Pessoa Vieira David José Ferreira da Silva Janaína Rigotti Kubiszeski Laís Ceschini Machado Lindomar José Pena Roberta Vieira de Morais Bronzoni Gabriel da Luz Wallau Anthropic changes on the edges of the tropical...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 30: Simplified Numerical Model for Analyzing the Effects of the Urban Heat Island upon Low-Rise Buildings by Using a Free-License Thermal Simulation Program Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4020030 Authors: Ivan Oropeza-Perez In this document, the thermal effect of a heat island upon an urban area and its surrounding low-rise buildings is analyzed with the building thermal simulation program EnergyPlus and its EnergyPlus weather files (EPW). By using a...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 344: Preventing the Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Complications of Influenza among the Elderly: Is There a Better Influenza Vaccination Strategy? A Retrospective Population Study Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030344 Authors: Silvia Cocchio Tolinda Gallo Stefania Del Zotto Elena Clagnan Andrea Iob Patrizia Furlan Marco Fonzo Chiara Bertoncello Vincenzo Baldo Influenza and its complications are an important public health concern,...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 343: Grippenet: A New Tool for the Monitoring, Risk-Factor and Vaccination Coverage Analysis of Influenza-Like Illness in Switzerland Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030343 Authors: Richard Müller Wisniak Thiabaud Merle Dietrich Paolotti Jeannot Flahault Implemented in Switzerland in November 2016, Grippenet provides Internet-based participatory surveillance of influenza-like illness (ILI). The aim of this research is to test the...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 342: Strengthening the Evidence-Based Approach to Guiding Effective Influenza Vaccination Policies Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030342 Authors: Giovanna Elisa Calabrò Maria Lucia Specchia Sara Boccalini Donatella Panatto Caterina Rizzo Stefano Merler Anna Maria Ferriero Maria Luisa Di Pietro Paolo Bonanni Chiara de Waure The availability of several effective and safe vaccines enables health systems to counteract annual influenza epidemics....
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 341: Overview of the Development, Impacts, and Challenges of Live-Attenuated Oral Rotavirus Vaccines Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030341 Authors: Olufemi Samuel Folorunso Olihile M. Sebolai Safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness are paramount to vaccine development. Following the isolation of rotavirus particles in 1969 and its evidence as an aetiology of severe dehydrating diarrhoea in infants and young children worldwide, the quest to find not only an...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 340: CD19+ CD24hi CD38hi Regulatory B Cells and Memory B Cells in Periodontitis: Association with Pro-Inflammatory and Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020340 Authors: Hetta Mwafey Batiha Alomar Mohamed Ibrahim Elkady Meshaal Alrefai Khodeer Zahran Regulatory B cells (Bregs) are unique subpopulations of B cells with immune-regulating or immune-suppressing properties and play a role in peripheral...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 339: Cross-Sectional Study on the Sero- and Viral Dynamics of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 in the Field Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020339 Authors: Chao-Nan Lin Ni-Jyun Ke Ming-Tang Chiou Porcine circovirus-associated diseases (PCVADs) cause considerable economic losses in industrial pork production in the field. To minimize the economic losses due to PCVAD, porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccines have been developed, and there is widespread vaccination...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 338: Establishing a Robust Manufacturing Platform for Recombinant Veterinary Vaccines: An Adenovirus-Vector Vaccine to Control Newcastle Disease Virus Infections of Poultry in Sub-Saharan Africa Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020338 Authors: Omar Farnós Esayas Gelaye Khaled Trabelsi Alice Bernier Kumar Subramani Héla Kallel Martha Yami Amine A. Kamen Developing vaccine technology platforms to respond to pandemic threats or zoonotic diseases...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 337: Features of the Human Antibody Response against the Respiratory Syncytial Virus Surface Glycoprotein G Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020337 Authors: Kristina Borochova Katarzyna Niespodziana Katarina Stenberg Hammar Marianne van Hage Gunilla Hedlin Cilla Söderhäll Margarete Focke-Tejkl Rudolf Valenta Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are a major cause of serious respiratory disease in infants. RSV occurs as two major subgroups...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 336: How to Demonstrate Freedom from African Swine Fever in Wild Boar—Estonia as an Example Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020336 Authors: Katja Schulz Christoph Staubach Sandra Blome Imbi Nurmoja Arvo Viltrop Franz J. Conraths Maarja Kristian Carola Sauter-Louis Estonia has been combatting African swine fever (ASF) for six years now. Since October 2017, the disease has only been detected in the wild boar population, but trade restrictions...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 700: Extracellular Vesicles in Viral Infections of the Nervous System Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070700 Authors: Kutchy Peeples Sil Liao Chivero Hu Buch Almost all types of cells release extracellular vesicles (EVs) into the extracellular space. EVs such as exosomes and microvesicles are membrane-bound vesicles ranging in size from 30 to 1000 nm in diameter. Under normal conditions, EVs mediate cell to cell as well as inter-organ communication...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 699: Saxifraga spinulosa-Derived Components Rapidly Inactivate Multiple Viruses Including SARS-CoV-2 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070699 Authors: Takeda Murata Jamsransuren Suganuma Kazami Batkhuu Badral Ogawa Novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), influenza A virus (IAV), and norovirus (NV) are highly contagious pathogens that threaten human health. Here we focused on the antiviral potential of the medicinal...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 697: Comparative Protective Efficacies of Novel Avian Paramyxovirus-Vectored Vaccines against Virulent Infectious Bronchitis Virus in Chickens Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070697 Authors: Shirvani Samal Viral vectored vaccines are desirable alternatives for conventional infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) vaccines. We have recently shown that a recombinant Newcastle disease virus (rNDV) strain LaSota expressing the spike (S) protein of IBV strain Mass-41 (rLaSota/IBV-S)...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 698: Distinct New York City Aedes albopictus Mosquito Populations Display Differences in Salivary Gland Protein D7 Diversity and Chikungunya Virus Replication Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070698 Authors: Kaczmarek Herzog Noval Zuzworsky Shah Bajwa Stapleford In an increasingly interconnected world, the exposure and subsequent spread of emergent viruses has become inevitable. This is particularly true for Aedes (Ae.) mosquito-vectored viruses,...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 695: Ross River Virus Provokes Differentially Expressed MicroRNA and RNA Interference Responses in Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070695 Authors: Sinclair Asgari Alphaviruses are globally distributed and predominately transmitted by mosquitoes. Aedes species are common vectors for the clinically important alphaviruses—Chikungunya, Sindbis, and Ross River (RRV) viruses—with Aedes aegypti also being a vector for the flaviviruses...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 696: microRNA-99a Restricts Replication of Hepatitis C Virus by Targeting mTOR and de novo Lipogenesis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070696 Authors: Lee Sung Kim Park Hur Yoon In this study, we investigated the role of microRNA-99a (miR-99a) in hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication and lipogenesis in hepatocytes. Cell-culture-derived HCV (HCVcc) infection caused down-regulation of miR-99a in Huh-7 cells, and the relative levels of miR-99a were significantly...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 694: Multi-Laboratory Comparison of Next-Generation to Sanger-Based Sequencing for HIV-1 Drug Resistance Genotyping Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070694 Authors: Neil T. Parkin Santiago Avila-Rios David F. Bibby Chanson J. Brumme Susan H. Eshleman P. Richard Harrigan Mark Howison Gillian Hunt Hezhao Ji Rami Kantor Johanna Ledwaba Emma R. Lee Margarita Matías-Florentino Jean L. Mbisa Marc Noguera-Julian Roger Paredes Vanessa...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 692: Discovery of Two Novel Negeviruses in a Dungfly Collected from the Arctic Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070692 Authors: Lu Ye He Zhang Wang Huang Zhuo Sun Yan Chen Zhang Li Negeviruses are a proposed group of insect-specific viruses that can be separated into two distinct phylogenetic clades, Nelorpivirus and Sandewavirus. Negeviruses are well-known for their wide geographic distribution and broad host range among hematophagous...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 693: Viral Membrane Fusion and the Transmembrane Domain Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070693 Authors: Barrett Dutch Initiation of host cell infection by an enveloped virus requires a viral-to-host cell membrane fusion event. This event is mediated by at least one viral transmembrane glycoprotein, termed the fusion protein, which is a key therapeutic target. Viral fusion proteins have been studied for decades, and numerous critical insights into their function have...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 689: HHV-6 Infection and Chemokine RANTES Signaling Pathway Disturbance in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroiditis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060689 Authors: Alina Sultanova Maksims Cistjakovs Liba Sokolovska Katerina Todorova Egils Cunskis Modra Murovska The aim of this study was to investigate the role of human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) in autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) development. We examined the possible involvement of HHV-6 gene expression encoding immunomodulating...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 690: Infection of Ruminants, Including Pregnant Cattle, with Bungowannah Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060690 Authors: Andrew J. Read Deborah S. Finlaison Peter D. Kirkland Bungowannah virus is a pestivirus known to cause reproductive losses in pigs. The virus has not been found in other species, nor is it known if it has the capacity to cause disease in other animals. Eight sheep, eight calves and seven pregnant cows were experimentally infected with Bungowannah...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 691: The Outcome of Porcine Foetal Infection with Bungowannah Virus is Dependent on the Stage of Gestation at Which Infection Occurs. Part 1: Serology and Virology Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060691 Authors: Deborah S. Finlaison Peter D. Kirkland Bungowannah virus is a novel porcine pestivirus identified in a disease outbreak in Australia in 2003. The aim of this study was to determine the outcome of infection of the pregnant pig with this virus. Twenty-four pregnant...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 688: Localization of Tobacco Yellow Dwarf Virus Replication Using the In Plant Activation (INPACT) Expression Platform Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060688 Authors: Kato Harding Dale Dugdale Geminiviruses and their diseases are a considerable economic threat to a vast number of crops worldwide. Investigating how and where these viruses replicate and accumulate in their hosts may lead to novel molecular resistance strategies. In this study, we used the Rep-inducible...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 687: Live Visualization of Hemagglutinin Dynamics During Infection by Using a Novel Reporter Influenza A Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060687 Authors: Luiz Gustavo dos Anjos Borges Giuseppe Pisanelli Oyahida Khatun Adolfo García-Sastre Shashank Tripathi Live visualization of influenza A virus (IAV) structural proteins during viral infection in cells is highly sought objective to study different aspects of the viral replication cycle. To achieve this,...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 686: Development and Evaluation of a duo SARS-CoV-2 RT-qPCR Assay Combining Two Assays Approved by the World Health Organization Targeting the Envelope and the RNA-Dependant RNA Polymerase (RdRp) Coding Regions Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060686 Authors: Laura Pezzi Remi N. Charrel Laetitia Ninove Antoine Nougairede Gregory Molle Bruno Coutard Guillaume Durand Isabelle Leparc-Goffart Xavier de Lamballerie Laurence Thirion The recent emergence...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 685: Differential Growth Characteristics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Kidney Cells of Human and Bovine Origin Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060685 Authors: Katalin Földes Touraj Aligholipour Farzani Koray Ergünay Aykut Ozkul Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) causes a lethal tick-borne zoonotic disease with severe clinical manifestation in humans but does not produce symptomatic disease in wild or domestic animals. The factors contributing...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 684: BLI-Based Functional Assay in Phage Display Benefits the Development of a PD-L1-Targeting Therapeutic Antibody Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060684 Authors: Jong Rip Choi Min Jung Kim Nara Tae Tae Min Wi Se-Ho Kim Eung Suk Lee Dae Hee Kim The therapeutic functionality of the antibodies from phage display is verified after an initial screening. Several immunological assays such as ELISA, flow cytometry, the western blot, and surface plasmon resonance...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1859: Determining the Impact of Riparian Wetlands on Nutrient Cycling, Storage and Export in Permeable Agricultural Catchments Water doi: 10.3390/w12071859 Authors: Johnes Gooddy Heaton Binley Kennedy Shand Prior The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper:[...]
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1858: Parameterization of Soil Hydraulic Parameters for HYDRUS-3D Simulation of Soil Water Dynamics in a Drip-Irrigated Orchard Water doi: 10.3390/w12071858 Authors: Domínguez-Niño Arbat Raij-Hoffman Kisekka Girona Casadesús Although surface drip irrigation allows an efficient use of water in agriculture, the heterogeneous distribution of soil water complicates its optimal usage. Mathematical models can be used to simulate the dynamics of water...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1857: Experimental Application of Sediment Flow Connectivity Index (SCI) in Flood Monitoring Water doi: 10.3390/w12071857 Authors: Zingaro Refice D’Addabbo Hostache Chini Capolongo Sediment connectivity is considered a powerful geomorphic indicator for defining the most sensitive areas to geomorphological modifications in a fluvial catchment (hotspots). This encourages the development of methods and models for its assessment, to investigate...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1855: Historical Evolution of Sources and Pollution Levels of Heavy Metals in the Sediment of the Shuanglong Reservoir, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12071855 Authors: Zhou Wang Teng Yang Liu Li Niu In this study, the concentrations of seven heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Hg, and Pb) and Pb isotope in a sediment core from the Shuanglong reservoir, Southwestern China, were investigated. Based on the constant rate of supply (CRS) model, the...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1854: Seasonal Estuarine Turbidity Maximum under Strong Tidal Dynamics: Three-Year Observations in the Changjiang River Estuary Water doi: 10.3390/w12071854 Authors: Xia Hua Huiming Huang Yigang Wang Xiao Yu Kun Zhao Dake Chen The estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM) under strong tidal dynamics (during spring tides) was investigated along the Deepwater Navigation Channel (DNC) in the North Passage (NP) of the Changjiang River Estuary (CRE) in wet and...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1853: A Comparison of the Mechanism of TOC and COD Degradation in Rhodamine B Wastewater by a Recycling-Flow Two- and Three-dimensional Electro-Reactor System Water doi: 10.3390/w12071853 Authors: Ni Shi Xu Wang Dye wastewater, as a kind of refractory wastewater (with a ratio of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) of less than 0.3), still needs advanced treatments in order to reach the discharge standard. In this work, the...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1856: Effects of Land Use Types on CH4 and CO2 Production Potentials in Subtropical Wetland Soils Water doi: 10.3390/w12071856 Authors: Xu Lai Neogi Changes in land use types can alter the soil and environmental characteristics of wetlands, which in turn influence the magnitude of greenhouse gas production by soil microbes. However, the effects of land use change on the production potential of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in subtropical wetland...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1852: Households’ Willingness to Contribute to Irrigation Infrastructure in Rural China: The Role of Lineage and Outmigration Water doi: 10.3390/w12071852 Authors: Yang Wang Rural areas worldwide are witnessing an increase in outmigration, which has led to an impact on irrigation infrastructure management. In many cases, governments in transition economies find it difficult to support small-scale irrigation infrastructure programs. This research aims to examine...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1851: Water Flow, Solute and Heat Transfer in Groundwater Water doi: 10.3390/w12071851 Authors: Yakirevich Groundwater is an essential and vital water resource for drinking water production, agricultural irrigation, and industrial processes. The better understanding of physical and chemical processes in aquifers enables more reliable decisions and reduces the investments concerning water management. This Special Issue on “Water Flow, Solute and Heat Transfer...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1850: Techno-Economic Analysis of RO Desalination of Produced Water for Beneficial Reuse in California Water doi: 10.3390/w12071850 Authors: Arian Edalat Eric M. V. Hoek There is approximately 508.7 million cubic meters (3.2 million barrels) of oilfield-produced water generated per year across the oil fields of California. While less than 2% of this produced water receives advanced treatment for beneficial reuse, changing regulations and increasing scarcity of...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1848: Protection Motivation Theory: A Proposed Theoretical Extension and Moving beyond Rationality—The Case of Flooding Water doi: 10.3390/w12071848 Authors: Oakley Himmelweit Leinster Casado Despite the significant financial and non-financial costs of household flooding, and the availability of products that can reduce the risk or impact of flooding, relatively few consumers choose to adopt these products. To help explain this, we combine the existing...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1849: Governing Urban Water Conflict through Watershed Councils—A Public Policy Analysis Approach and Critique Water doi: 10.3390/w12071849 Authors: Pacheco-Vega Cities face substantial water governance challenges, even more so when their activities are water-intensive, as global tourism is. As the lower-most level of government, municipalities face important challenges when dealing with water stress. Designing robust urban water policy thus may require us to challenge...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1847: Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from GRACE and Surface Mass Balance Modelling Water doi: 10.3390/w12071847 Authors: Zou Tenzer Fok Nichol The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is losing mass at a rate that represents a major contribution to global sea-level rise in recent decades. In this study, we use the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data to retrieve the time series variations of the GrIS from April 2002 to June 2017. We also...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1846: Managed Aquifer Recharge for Water Resilience Water doi: 10.3390/w12071846 Authors: Dillon Escalante Megdal Massmann Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) is part of the palette of solutions to water shortage, water security, water quality decline, falling water tables, and endangered groundwater-dependent ecosystems. It can be the most economic, most benign, most resilient, and most socially acceptable solution, but frequently has not been implemented...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1845: Structural Properties of the Static Armor during Formation and Reestablishment in Gravel-Bed Rivers Water doi: 10.3390/w12071845 Authors: Wang Pan Yang Nie The formation and reestablishment of bed structural properties in the static armor layer is an important research subject. To address this issue, we conducted a series of static armor layer experiments in a laboratory flume that focused on formation and reestablishment. Through an automatic...
Sun Jun 28, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1844: Managed Aquifer Recharge in Africa: Taking Stock and Looking Forward Water doi: 10.3390/w12071844 Authors: Girma Y Ebrahim Jonathan F. Lautze Karen G. Villholth Climatic variability and change result in unreliable and uncertain water availability and contribute to water insecurity in Africa, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas and where water storage infrastructure is limited. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), which comprises purposeful recharge and...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1843: Direct Mass Spectrometry with Online Headspace Sample Pretreatment for Continuous Water Quality Monitoring Water doi: 10.3390/w12071843 Authors: Sun-Hong Lee Eun-Ji Shin Kyung-Duk Zoh Youn-Seok Kang Jae-Won Choi This study investigates the use of selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry with an automated headspace pretreatment system for the continuous surveillance of water quality at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and rivers. The reaction...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1842: Measurement of Total Nitrogen Concentration in Surface Water Using Hyperspectral Band Observation Method Water doi: 10.3390/w12071842 Authors: Changjiang Liu Fei Zhang Xiangyu Ge Xianlong Zhang Ngai weng Chan Yaxiao Qi Nitrogen overload is one of the main reasons for the deterioration of surface water quality. Hence, monitoring nitrogen loadings is vital in maintaining good surface water quality. Increasingly, the use of spectral reflectance...
Sat Jun 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1841: What Can We Learn from Planning Instruments in Flood Prevention? Comparative Illustration to Highlight the Challenges of Governance in Europe Water doi: 10.3390/w12061841 Authors: Mathilde Gralepois Studying the selection of planning instruments in flood prevention can be critical to gain a better understanding of governance. This choice is underestimated in the flood management literature. This paper fills a knowledge gap in flood management governance by...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1840: A Process-Based, Fully Distributed Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport Model for WRF-Hydro Water doi: 10.3390/w12061840 Authors: Dongxiao Yin Z. George Xue David J. Gochis Wei Yu Mirce Morales Arezoo Rafieeinasab A soil erosion and sediment transport model (WRF-Hydro-Sed) is introduced to WRF-Hydro. As a process-based, fully distributed soil erosion model, WRF-Hydro-Sed accounts for both overland and channel processes. Model performance is evaluated...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1837: Multi-Biomarker Assessment in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Linnaeus 1758) Liver after Acute Chlorpyrifos Exposure Water doi: 10.3390/w12061837 Authors: Stela Stoyanova Elenka Georgieva Iliana Velcheva Ilia Iliev Tonka Vasileva Veselin Bivolarski Stoil Tomov Krisztián Nyeste László Antal Vesela Yancheva The excessive use of pesticides at different stages of crop production can pose a great danger to the aquatic environment, and particularly...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1839: How Different Are Manometric, Gravimetric, and Automated Volumetric BMP Results? Water doi: 10.3390/w12061839 Authors: Corrado Amodeo Sasha D. Hafner Rúben Teixeira Franco Hassen Benbelkacem Paul Moretti Rémy Bayard Pierre Buffière The objectives of this study were to: (1) quantify differences in biochemical methane potential (BMP) measured using three measurement methods, including two popular methods (a commercial automated system (AMPTS...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1836: Direct Membrane Filtration for Wastewater Treatment Using an Intermittent Rotating Hollow Fiber Module Water doi: 10.3390/w12061836 Authors: Ignacio Ruigómez Enrique González Luis Rodríguez-Gómez Luisa Vera Direct membrane filtration of municipal wastewater has attracted a considerable interest in recent years. Preventing severe membrane fouling is a crucial issue in the process development. This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of a rotating...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1838: Development of an Electrochemical Ceramic Membrane Bioreactor for the Removal of PPCPs from Wastewater Water doi: 10.3390/w12061838 Authors: Kangquan Qi Mei Chen Ruobin Dai Qiang Li Miaoju Lai Zhiwei Wang The removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) from water and wastewater is of great significance for eco-system safety. In this study, an electrochemical ceramic membrane bioreactor (ECMBR) was developed for removing seven...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1835: Agricultural Water Allocation Under Cyclical Scarcity: The Role of Priority Water Rights Water doi: 10.3390/w12061835 Authors: José A. Gómez-Limón Carlos Gutiérrez-Martín Nazaret M. Montilla-López Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource worldwide, suggesting that water rationing methods should be revised to improve water allocation efficiency, especially during cyclical scarcity events (droughts). The proportional rule is the most widely used...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1833: Investigation of Pathogenic Bacterial Transport by Waterbirds: A Case Study of Flooded and Non-Flooded Rice Systems in Mississippi Water doi: 10.3390/w12061833 Authors: Firth Baker Brooks Smith Iglay Davis Waterbirds may facilitate pathogen transport in rice fields from autumn to winter. This study investigated pathogen dynamics in two types of rice fields, those considered conventionally managed and a low-external-input-sustainable-agriculture...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1832: Nitrogen Removal Efficiency and Microbial Community Analysis of a High-Efficiency Honeycomb Fixed-Bed Bioreactor Water doi: 10.3390/w12061832 Authors: Jie Xu Chao Zhu Yi Liu Guanghui Lv Changyan Tian Hongrui Ma Based on the concept of microbial community multi-processing in integrated spatial bacterial succession (ISBS), this study constructs a highly efficient cellular fixed-bed bioreactor that follows the growth of biological flora in the...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1834: Large Scale Flood Risk Mapping in Data Scarce Environments: An Application for Romania Water doi: 10.3390/w12061834 Authors: Raffaele Albano Caterina Samela Iulia Crăciun Salvatore Manfreda Jan Adamowski Aurelia Sole Åke Sivertun Alexandru Ozunu Large-scale flood risk assessment is essential in supporting national and global policies, emergency operations and land-use management. The present study proposes a cost-efficient method for the...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1830: Spatial and Seasonal Variations of C, Nutrient, and Metal Concentration in Thermokarst Lakes of Western Siberia Across a Permafrost Gradient Water doi: 10.3390/w12061830 Authors: Rinat M. Manasypov Artem G. Lim Ivan V. Kriсkov Liudmila S. Shirokova Sergey N. Vorobyev Sergey N. Kirpotin Oleg S. Pokrovsky Thermokarst lakes and ponds formed due to thawing of frozen peat in high-latitude lowlands are very dynamic and environmentally important...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1831: Existing Empirical Kinetic Models in Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) Testing, Their Selection and Numerical Solution Water doi: 10.3390/w12061831 Authors: Yehor Pererva Charles D. Miller Ronald C. Sims Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) tests are a crucial part of feasibility studies to estimate energy recovery opportunities from organic wastes and wastewater. Despite the large number of publications dedicated to BMP testing and numerous attempts...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1829: Salinity Management in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia Water doi: 10.3390/w12061829 Authors: Barry Hart Glen Walker Asitha Katupitiya Jane Doolan The southern Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) is particularly vulnerable to salinity problems. Much of the Basin’s landscape and underlying groundwater is naturally saline with groundwater not being suitable for human or irrigation use. Since European settlement in the early 1800s, two...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1828: Modelling the Effects of Changes in Forest Cover and Climate on Hydrology of Headwater Catchments in South-Central Chile Water doi: 10.3390/w12061828 Authors: Guillermo Barrientos Albert Herrero Andrés Iroumé Oscar Mardones Ramon J. Batalla This study analyses the changes in the runoff of forested experimental catchments in south-central Chile, to determine to what extent observed trends can be attributed to effects of intensive forestry and/or...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1827: Towards Sustainable River Management of the Dutch Rhine River Water doi: 10.3390/w12061827 Authors: Havinga Two thousand years of human interventions has heavily modified the Dutch Rhine river. Situated in a densely populated and developed delta, the river and its infrastructure fulfil important societal functions: safety against flooding, inland waterways, nature, freshwater supply, and agriculture. Programs to improve individual functions increasingly lead...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1826: Prediction of Children’s Blood Lead Levels from Exposure to Lead in Schools’ Drinking Water—A Case Study in Tennessee, USA Water doi: 10.3390/w12061826 Authors: DeSimone Sharafoddinzadeh Salehi Lead (Pb) exposure can delay children’s mental development and cause behavioral disorders and IQ deficits. With children spending a significant portion of their time at schools, it is critical to investigate the lead concentration in schools’...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1825: Image Segmentation Methods for Flood Monitoring System Water doi: 10.3390/w12061825 Authors: Nur Atirah Muhadi Ahmad Fikri Abdullah Siti Khairunniza Bejo Muhammad Razif Mahadi Ana Mijic Flood disasters are considered annual disasters in Malaysia due to their consistent occurrence. They are among the most dangerous disasters in the country. Lack of data during flood events is the main constraint to improving flood monitoring systems. With the rapid...
Fri Jun 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1824: The Ecosystem Resilience Concept Applied to Hydrogeological Systems: A General Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w12061824 Authors: África de la de la Hera-Portillo Julio López-Gutiérrez Pedro Zorrilla-Miras Beatriz Mayor Elena López-Gunn We have witnessed the great changes that hydrogeological systems are facing in the last decades: rivers that have dried up; wetlands that have disappeared, leaving their buckets converted into farmland; and aquifers...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1821: Analysing Irrigation Farmers’ Preferences for Local Governance Using a Discrete Choice Experiment in India and Pakistan Water doi: 10.3390/w12061821 Authors: Michael Burton Bethany Cooper Lin Crase This paper reports the results of an investigation into the preferences of irrigation farmers for different payment apparatus for irrigation fees. We also report the results of a study that queried farmers’ preferred model for water governance at...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1822: Prediction of Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in the Nakdong River Using Machine Learning Methods Water doi: 10.3390/w12061822 Authors: Yuna Shin Taekgeun Kim Seoksu Hong Seulbi Lee EunJi Lee SeungWoo Hong ChangSik Lee TaeYeon Kim Man Sik Park Jungsu Park Tae-Young Heo Many studies have attempted to predict chlorophyll-a concentrations using multiple regression models and validating them with a hold-out technique. In this study commonly...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1823: Assessing the Fish Stock Status in Lake Trichonis: A Hydroacoustic Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w12061823 Authors: Triantafyllia-Maria Perivolioti Jaroslava Frouzova Michal Tušer Dimitra Bobori Fish stock monitoring is an important element for the sustainable management of inland water resources. A scarcity of data and the lack of systematic monitoring for Lake Trichonis precludes an up-to-date assessment. To assess the current status of pelagic fish...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1820: Conserving Mekong Megafishes: Current Status and Critical Threats in Cambodia Water doi: 10.3390/w12061820 Authors: Teresa Campbell Kakada Pin Peng Bun Ngor Zeb Hogan Megafishes are important to people and ecosystems worldwide. These fishes attain a maximum body weight of ≥30 kg. Global population declines highlight the need for more information about megafishes’ conservation status to inform management and conservation. The northern...
Thu Jun 25, 2020 03:00
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