Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 548: Genetic Identification and Drug-Resistance Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using a Portable Sequencing Device. A Pilot Study Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090548 Authors: Jorge Cervantes Noemí Yokobori Bo-Young Hong Clinical management of tuberculosis (TB) in endemic areas is often challenged by a lack of resources including laboratories for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) culture. Traditional phenotypic drug susceptibility...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 545: Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Shedding by Dogs and Cats Hospitalized in an Emergency and Critical Care Department of a Veterinary Teaching Hospital Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090545 Authors: Anat Shnaiderman-Torban Shiri Navon-Venezia Efrat Kelmer Adar Cohen Yossi Paitan Haya Arielly Amir Steinman Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacterales (ESBL-PE) gut shedding in human medicine...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 546: Systematic Review on the Impact of Guidelines Adherence on Antibiotic Prescription in Respiratory Infections Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090546 Authors: Inês Oliveira Catarina Rego Guilherme Semedo Daniel Gomes Adolfo Figueiras Fátima Roque Maria Teresa Herdeiro Overuse and inappropriate antibiotic prescription for respiratory tract infections (RTI) are one of the major contributors to the current antibiotic resistance problem....
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 547: Antibiotic Tolerance of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm in Periprosthetic Joint Infections and Antibiofilm Strategies Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090547 Authors: Fabien Lamret Marius Colin Céline Mongaret Sophie C. Gangloff Fany Reffuveille The need for bone and joint prostheses is currently growing due to population aging, leading to an increase in prosthetic joint infection cases. Biofilms represent an adaptive and quite common bacterial...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 544: Mycobacterium vaccae Adaptation to Disinfectants and Hand Sanitisers, and Evaluation of Cross-Tolerance with Antimicrobials Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090544 Authors: Carla C. C. R. de Carvalho Raquel Teixeira Pedro Fernandes Mycobacterium vaccae is being considered as an adjuvant to antituberculosis therapy, tested for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, and as an anti-depressive agent. This bacterium is ubiquitous in the environment...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 801: The Effect of Plant Additives on the Stability of Polyphenols in Cloudy and Clarified Juices from Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090801 Authors: Andrzej Sidor Agnieszka Drożdżyńska Anna Brzozowska Artur Szwengiel Anna Gramza-Michałowska Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a fruit with increasing popularity in consumption and processing. Recent research has strengthened the position of chokeberry...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 800: Voltammetric Behavior, Flavanol and Anthocyanin Contents, and Antioxidant Capacity of Grape Skins and Seeds during Ripening (Vitis vinifera var. Merlot, Tannat, and Syrah) Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090800 Authors: Nawel Benbouguerra Tristan Richard Cédric Saucier François Garcia Skin and seed grape extracts of three red varieties (Merlot, Tannat, and Syrah) at different stages of ripening were studied for their total phenolic content (TPC)...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 799: Advances on Food-Derived Peptidic Antioxidants—A Review Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090799 Authors: Mingfei Pan Kaixin Liu Jingying Yang Shengmiao Liu Shan Wang Shuo Wang The oxidation process is considered to be the main reason behind human aging, human degenerative diseases and food quality degradation. Food-derived peptidic antioxidants (PAs) have wide sources and great activity, and have broad application prospects in removing...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 798: Virgin Olive Oil Extracts Reduce Oxidative Stress and Modulate Cholesterol Metabolism: Comparison between Oils Obtained with Traditional and Innovative Processes Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090798 Authors: Carmen Lammi Nadia Mulinacci Lorenzo Cecchi Maria Bellumori Carlotta Bollati Martina Bartolomei Carlo Franchini Maria Lisa Clodoveo Filomena Corbo Anna Arnoldi This study was aimed at demonstrating the substantial equivalence...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 797: Polyphenols by Generating H2O2, Affect Cell Redox Signaling, Inhibit PTPs and Activate Nrf2 Axis for Adaptation and Cell Surviving: In Vitro, In Vivo and Human Health Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090797 Authors: Joseph Kanner Human health benefits from different polyphenols molecules consumption in the diet, derived mainly by their common activities in the gastrointestinal tract and at the level of blood micro-capillary. In the stomach, intestine...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 913: Ammonia Emissions from a Western Open-Lot Dairy Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090913 Authors: Richard H. Grant Matthew T. Boehm G. Robert Hagevoort Manure on dairies is the second largest agricultural source of ammonia emissions. Ammonia (NH3) emissions were measured at a 3400-cow open-lot dairy in Texas using a backward Lagrangian Stochastic model in combination with measurements from long-path tunable diode lasers and on-site sonic anemometers....
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 914: Uncertainty in the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Air Quality in Hong Kong, China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090914 Authors: Yuhan Huang John L. Zhou Yang Yu Wai-chuen Mok Casey F.C. Lee Yat-shing Yam Strict social distancing rules are being implemented to stop the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in many cities globally, causing a sudden and extreme change in the transport activities. This offers a unique opportunity to assess the effect...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 912: Distribution Characteristics of Aerosol Size and CCN during the Summer on Mt. Tian and Their Influencing Factors Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090912 Authors: Ankang Liu Honglei Wang Yuanyuan Li Yan Yin Bin Li Kui Chen Yi Cui Chuan He Mingming Dai The aerosol size distribution and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) number concentration were measured using a wide-range particle spectrometer (WPS) and a cloud condensation nuclei counter...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 911: Future Holiday Climate Index (HCI) Performance of Urban and Beach Destinations in the Mediterranean Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090911 Authors: O. Cenk Demiroglu F. Sibel Saygili-Araci Aytac Pacal C. Michael Hall M. Levent Kurnaz Tourism is a major socioeconomic contributor to established and emerging destinations in the Mediterranean region. Recent studies introducing the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) highlight the significance of climate...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 910: Climatology of the Boundary Layer Height and of the Wind Field over Greece Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090910 Authors: Nikolaos A. Bakas Angeliki Fotiadi Sophia Kariofillidi In this study, a climatology of two key boundary layer features, the Planetary Boundary Layer Height (PBLH) and the wind field over Greece is derived. The climatology is based on daily soundings collected in Athens, Thessaloniki and Heraklion and spanning a 32-year period....
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 130: Evaluating Human Movement Coordination During Immersive Walking in a Virtual Crowd Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10090130 Authors: Alexandors Koilias Michael Nelson Sahana Gubbi Christos Mousas Christos-Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos This paper describes our investigation on how participants coordinate movement behavior in relation to a virtual crowd that surrounds them while immersed in a virtual environment. The participants were...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 250: An Evaluation of Different Parameters to Screen Ornamental Shrubs for Salt Spray Tolerance Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090250 Authors: Toscano Branca Romano Ferrante In the context of seaside landscaping, one of the greatest challenges for practitioners and scientists is to select suitable species that are able to tolerate salt spray. This is the key aspect for a wide number of potentially suitable species. The objectives of this study were (1)...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 249: Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Role in Co-Ordinating SARS-CoV-2 Entry and Symptomatology: Linking Cytotoxicity Changes in COVID-19 and Cancers; Modulation by Racial Discrimination Stress Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090249 Authors: George Anderson Annalucia Carbone Gianluigi Mazzoccoli There is an under-recognized role of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in co-ordinating the entry and pathophysiology of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 311: Exploring the Role of Gut Microbiota in Major Depressive Disorder and in Treatment Resistance to Antidepressants Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090311 Authors: Andrea Fontana Mirko Manchia Concetta Panebianco Pasquale Paribello Carlo Arzedi Eleonora Cossu Mario Garzilli Maria Antonietta Montis Andrea Mura Claudia Pisanu Donatella Congiu Massimiliano Copetti Federica Pinna Bernardo Carpiniello Alessio Squassina...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 310: Investigating Glioblastoma Response to Hypoxia Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090310 Authors: Agathe L Chédeville Anbarasu Lourdusamy Ana Rita Monteiro Richard Hill Patricia A Madureira Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common and deadly type of primary malignant brain tumor with an average patient survival of only 15–17 months. GBs typically have hypoxic regions associated with aggressiveness and chemoresistance. Using patient...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 309: Looking Inside the World of Granulosa Cells: The Noxious Effects of Cigarette Smoke Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090309 Authors: Fani Konstantinidou Liborio Stuppia Valentina Gatta The detrimental implications of tobacco smoke on systemic health have been widely established during the past few decades. Nonetheless, increasing evidence has begun to shed more light on the serious impact that smoke exposure could also have on mammal reproductive...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1248: Sex Differences in the Neuropeptide Y System and Implications for Stress Related Disorders Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091248 Authors: Roxanna J. Nahvi Esther L. Sabban The neuropeptide Y (NPY) system is emerging as a promising therapeutic target for neuropsychiatric disorders by intranasal delivery to the brain. However, the vast majority of underlying research has been performed with males despite females being twice as susceptible to many...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1246: Dynamic Nuclear Polarization of Biomembrane Assemblies Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091246 Authors: Tran Mentink-Vigier Long While atomic scale structural and dynamic information are hallmarks of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methodologies, sensitivity is a fundamental limitation in NMR studies. Fully exploiting NMR capabilities to study membrane proteins is further hampered by their dilution within biological membranes. Recent developments...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1247: Molecular and Therapeutic Aspects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Neurological Conditions Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091247 Authors: Inbar Fischer Boaz Barak In hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), the subject is placed in a chamber containing 100% oxygen gas at a pressure of more than one atmosphere absolute. This treatment is used to hasten tissue recovery and improve its physiological aspects, by providing an increased supply of oxygen to the...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1245: Enzymatic Regulation and Biological Functions of Reactive Cysteine Persulfides and Polysulfides Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091245 Authors: Tomohiro Sawa Hozumi Motohashi Hideshi Ihara Takaaki Akaike Cysteine persulfide (CysSSH) and cysteine polysulfides (CysSSnH, n > 1) are cysteine derivatives that have sulfane sulfur atoms bound to cysteine thiol. Advances in analytical methods that detect and quantify persulfides and polysulfides...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1244: Aggrecan, the Primary Weight-Bearing Cartilage Proteoglycan, Has Context-Dependent, Cell-Directive Properties in Embryonic Development and Neurogenesis: Aggrecan Glycan Side Chain Modifications Convey Interactive Biodiversity Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091244 Authors: Anthony J Hayes James Melrose This review examines aggrecan’s roles in developmental embryonic tissues, in tissues undergoing morphogenetic transition and in mature weight-bearing...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1243: Role of Melatonin in the Synchronization of Asexual Forms in the Parasite Plasmodium falciparum Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091243 Authors: Maneesh Kumar Singh Bárbara Karina de Menezes Dias Célia R. S. Garcia The indoleamine compound melatonin has been extensively studied in the regulation of the circadian rhythm in nearly all vertebrates. The effects of melatonin have also been studied in Protozoan parasites, especially in the synchronization...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1242: Hormone-Independent Mouse Mammary Adenocarcinomas with Different Metastatic Potential Exhibit Different Metabolic Signatures Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091242 Authors: Daniela Bispo Victoria Fabris Caroline A. Lamb Claudia Lanari Luisa A. Helguero Ana M. Gil The metabolic characteristics of metastatic and non-metastatic breast carcinomas remain poorly studied. In this work, untargeted Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) metabolomics...
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Biosensors, Vol. 10, Pages 109: Gait Phase Recognition Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network with Inertial Measurement Units Biosensors doi: 10.3390/bios10090109 Authors: Binbin Su Christian Smith Elena Gutierrez Farewik Gait phase recognition is of great importance in the development of assistance-as-needed robotic devices, such as exoskeletons. In order for a powered exoskeleton with phase-based control to determine and provide proper assistance to the wearer during gait, the...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 593: Concussion Office Based Rehabilitation Assessment: A Novel Clinical Tool for Concussion Assessment and Management Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090593 Authors: Matthew Katz Stephane Lenoski Haitham Ali Neil Craton The Concussion Office Based Rehabilitation Assessment (COBRA) is a novel tool constructed to ensure a comprehensive assessment of patients who may have sustained a concussion. The SCAT-5 (Sport Concussion Assessment Tool)...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2440: Classical and Non-Classical Progesterone Signaling in Breast Cancers Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092440 Authors: Diego A. Pedroza Ramadevi Subramani Rajkumar Lakshmanaswamy Much emphasis is placed on estrogen (E2) and estrogen receptor (ER) signaling as most research is focused on understanding E2 and ER’s ability to enhance proliferative signals in breast cancers. Progesterone (P4) is important for normal mammary gland development, function...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2439: Preoperative Fasting and General Anaesthesia Alter the Plasma Proteome
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2439: Preoperative Fasting and General Anaesthesia Alter the Plasma Proteome Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092439 Authors: Ulf Gyllensten Sofia Bosdotter Enroth Karin Stålberg Karin Sundfeldt Stefan Enroth Background: Blood plasma collected at time of surgery is an excellent source of patient material for investigations into disease aetiology and for the discovery of novel biomarkers. Previous studies on limited sets of proteins and patients have...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2437: Lysosome as a Central Hub for Rewiring PH Homeostasis in Tumors Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092437 Authors: Ran Chen Marja Jäättelä Bin Liu Cancer cells generate large quantities of cytoplasmic protons as byproducts of aberrantly activated aerobic glycolysis and lactate fermentation. To avoid potentially detrimental acidification of the intracellular milieu, cancer cells activate multiple acid-removal pathways that promote cytosolic alkalization...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2434: The Level of Preoperative Plasma KRAS Mutations and CEA Predict Survival of Patients Undergoing Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092434 Authors: Jiri Polivka Jindra Windrichova Martin Pesta Katerina Houfkova Hana Rezackova Tereza Macanova Ondrej Vycital Radek Kucera David Slouka Ondrej Topolcan Colorectal cancer (CRC) belongs to the most common cancers. The liver is a predominant site...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2438: Interaction of the Hippo Pathway and Phosphatases in Tumorigenesis Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092438 Authors: Sahar Sarmasti Emami Derek Zhang Xiaolong Yang The Hippo pathway is an emerging tumor suppressor signaling pathway involved in a wide range of cellular processes. Dysregulation of different components of the Hippo signaling pathway is associated with a number of diseases including cancer. Therefore, identification of the Hippo pathway regulators...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2431: Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma of Larynx and Hypopharynx: A Rare Clinicopathological Entity Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092431 Authors: Muhammad Faisal Sabrina Hartenbach Annemarie Schratter Wolfgang J. Köstler Hannes Kaufmann Rudolf Seemann Claudia Lill Sasan Hamzavi Arno Wutzl Boban M. Erovic (1) Background: Lymphoepithelial carcinoma of the hypopharynx and larynx is a rare tumor with fewer than 50 cases in the published literature....
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2436: Targeting Dopamine Receptor D2 by Imipridone Suppresses Uterine Serous Cancer Malignant Phenotype Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092436 Authors: Wen Hu Li Zhang Sammy Ferri-Borgogno Suet-Ying Kwan Kelsey E. Lewis Han T. Cun Tsz-Lun Yeung Pamela T. Soliman Rohinton S. Tarapore Joshua E. Allen Xinyuan Guan Karen H. Lu Samuel C. Mok Chi-Lam Au-Yeung Uterine serous cancer (USC) is an aggressive subtype of endometrial cancer,...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2432: Follow-Up 18F-FDG PET/CT versus Contrast-Enhanced CT after Ablation of Liver Metastases of Colorectal Carcinoma—A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092432 Authors: Moritz L. Schnitzer Matthias F. Froelich Felix G. Gassert Thomas Huber Eva Gresser Vincent Schwarze Dominik Nörenberg Andrei Todica Johannes Rübenthaler Purpose: After a percutaneous ablation of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), follow-up investigations...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2433: Oncogenic Orphan Nuclear Receptor NR4A3 Interacts and Cooperates with MYB in Acinic Cell Carcinoma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092433 Authors: David Y. Lee Kathryn J. Brayer Yoshitsugu Mitani Eric A. Burns Pulivarthi H. Rao Diana Bell Michelle D. Williams Renata Ferrarotto Kristen B. Pytynia Adel K. El-Naggar Scott A. Ness Acinic cell carcinoma (AcCC) is a morphologically distinctive salivary gland malignancy often associated...
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