Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 558: Characteristics and Management of Candidaemia Episodes in an Established Candida auris Outbreak Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090558 Authors: Juan V. Mulet Bayona Nuria Tormo Palop Carme Salvador García Paz Herrero Rodríguez Vicente Abril López de Medrano Carolina Ferrer Gómez Concepción Gimeno Cardona The multi-resistant yeast Candida auris has become a global public health threat because of its ease to persist and spread in clinical...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 557: Candida auris Bloodstream Infections in Russia Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090557 Authors: Natalia E. Barantsevich Antonina V. Vetokhina Natalia I. Ayushinova Olga E. Orlova Elena P. Barantsevich Candida auris—a fungus (yeast) that can cause hospital outbreaks was first recognized in 2009. The authors report data on 38 cases of C. auris bloodstream infections in multidisciplinary hospitals situated in two distantly located...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 556: Feasibility Study of the World Health Organization Health Care Facility-Based Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit for Low- and Middle-Income Countries Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090556 Authors: Gina Maki Ingrid Smith Sarah Paulin Linda Kaljee Watipaso Kasambara Jessie Mlotha Pem Chuki Priscilla Rupali Dipendra R. Singh Deepak C. Bajracharya Lisa Barrow Eliaser Johnson Tyler Prentiss Marcus Zervos Antimicrobial...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 555: Improving Access to Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines in 4 African Countries: Development and Pilot Implementation of an App and Cross-Sectional Assessment of Attitudes and Behaviour Survey of Healthcare Workers and Patients Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090555 Authors: Omotayo Olaoye Chloe Tuck Wei Ping Khor Roisin McMenamin Luke Hudson Mike Northall Edwin Panford-Quainoo Derrick Mawuena Asima Diane Ashiru-Oredope Smartphone...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 554: The Impacts of Animal Health Service Providers on Antimicrobial Use Attitudes and Practices: An Examination of Poultry Layer Farmers in Ghana and Kenya Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090554 Authors: Kofi Afakye Stella Kiambi Eric Koka Emmanuel Kabali Alejandro Dorado-Garcia Ann Amoah Tabitha Kimani Benjamin Adjei Mark A Caudell International organizations and governments have argued that animal health service providers can...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 551: Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Capacity of Chitosan Nanoparticles against Wild Type Strain of Pseudomonas sp. Isolated from Milk of Cows Diagnosed with Bovine Mastitis Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090551 Authors: Paula Rivera Aguayo Tamara Bruna Larenas Carlos Alarcón Godoy Bernardita Cayupe Rivas Jorge González-Casanova Diana Rojas-Gómez Nelson Caro Fuentes Bovine mastitis (BM) is the most prevalent bacterial infection in the...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 552: Bacteriophage-Induced Lipopolysaccharide Mutations in Escherichia coli Lead to Hypersensitivity to Food Grade Surfactant Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090552 Authors: Zeyan Zhong Jean-Guillaume Emond-Rheault Sudhakar Bhandare Roger Lévesque Lawrence Goodridge Bacteriophages (phages) are considered as one of the most promising antibiotic alternatives in combatting bacterial infectious diseases. However, one concern...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 550: Novel Treatments against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Based on Drug Repurposing Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090550 Authors: Álvaro Mourenza José A. Gil Luis M. Mateos Michal Letek Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death, worldwide, due to a bacterial pathogen. This respiratory disease is caused by the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and produces 1.5 million deaths every year. The incidence of tuberculosis has decreased...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 553: Overview of Global Trends in Classification, Methods of Preparation and Application of Bacteriocins Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090553 Authors: Maria Zimina Olga Babich Alexander Prosekov Stanislav Sukhikh Svetlana Ivanova Margarita Shevchenko Svetlana Noskova This paper summarizes information about the division of bacteriocins into classes (Gram-negative bacteria, Gram-positive bacteria, and archaea). Methods for producing bacteriocins...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 549: Secondary Antibiotic Resistance, Correlation between Genotypic and Phenotypic Methods and Treatment in Helicobacter pylori Infected Patients: A Retrospective Study Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090549 Authors: Maria Teresa Mascellino Alessandra Oliva Maria Claudia Miele Massimiliano De Angelis Giovanni Bruno Carola Severi The aim of this study was to evaluate the secondary resistance in Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infected patients who...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 802: Comment on “Calmangafodipir Reduces Sensory Alterations and Prevents Intraepidermal Nerve Fibers Loss in a Mouse Model of Oxaliplatin Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity” Antioxidants 2020, 9, 594 Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090802 Authors: Stehr Lundström Karlsson We have with enthusiasm read the article “Calmangafodipir Reduces Sensory Alterations and Prevents Intraepidermal Nerve Fibers Loss in a Mouse Model of Oxaliplatin Induced...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 931: Evaluation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave Simulated by CMIP5 and CMIP6 Models Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090931 Authors: Zhichao Lu Tianbao Zhao Weican Zhou As a coupled large-scale oceanic and atmospheric pattern in the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic circumpolar wave (ACW) has substantial impacts on the global climate. In this study, using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ERA5 dataset and historical experiment outputs...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 928: Organic Compounds and Suspended Particulate Matter in Snow of High Latitude Areas (Arctic and Antarctic) Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090928 Authors: Inna A. Nemirovskaya Vladimir P. Shevchenko Long-term studies of suspended particulate matter (SPM) and organic compounds (OCs)—Corg, lipids, hydrocarbons (aliphatic—AHCs and polycyclic aromatic—PAHs), and chlorophyll a in the snow cover of the Arctic (Franz Victoria Trough,...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 929: Atmospheric Heavy Metal Deposition in North Macedonia from 2002 to 2010 Studied by Moss Biomonitoring Technique Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090929 Authors: Lambe Barandovski Trajče Stafilov Robert Šajn Marina Frontasyeva Katerina Bačeva Andonovska Moss biomonitoring technique was used for a heavy-metal pollution study in Macedonia in the framework of the International Cooperative Program on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 930: Influence of Complex Terrain on Near-Surface Turbulence Structures over Loess Plateau Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090930 Authors: Jiening Liang Qi Guo Zhida Zhang Min Zhang Pengfei Tian Lei Zhang To study the influence of complex terrain with different scales on the structure of near-surface turbulence, the turbulence observational data from Semi-Arid Climate and Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University (SACOL) were analyzed. SACOL...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 927: Evaluation of the SOA Formation in the Reaction of Furfural with Atmospheric Oxidants Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090927 Authors: Inmaculada Colmenar Pilar Martín Beatriz Cabañas Sagrario Salgado Florentina Villanueva Bernabe Ballesteros An experimental product study of the reactions of furfural with the main tropospheric oxidants (Cl, OH and NO3) has been carried out using a Fourier Transform Infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) and a gas...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 926: Field Evaluation of Low-Cost PM Sensors (Purple Air PA-II) Under Variable Urban Air Quality Conditions, in Greece Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090926 Authors: Iasonas Stavroulas Georgios Grivas Panagiotis Michalopoulos Eleni Liakakou Aikaterini Bougiatioti Panayiotis Kalkavouras Kyriaki Maria Fameli Nikolaos Hatzianastassiou Nikolaos Mihalopoulos Evangelos Gerasopoulos Recent advances in particle sensor technologies have led...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 925: Grazing under Irrigation Affects N2O-Emissions Substantially in South Africa Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090925 Authors: Smit Reinsch Swanepoel Kluß Taube Fertilized agricultural soils serve as a primary source of anthropogenic N2O emissions. In South Africa, there is a paucity of data on N2O emissions from fertilized, irrigated dairy-pasture systems and emission factors (EF) associated with the amount of N applied. A first study aiming...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 924: On the Diagnosis of Unidirectional Acoustic Waves as Applied to the Measurement of Atmospheric Parameters by the API Method in the SURA Experiment Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090924 Authors: Sergey Leble Sergey Vereshchagin Nataliya V. Bakhmetieva Gennadiy I. Grigoriev The problem of wave identification is formulated as applied to the results of measurements of the temperature and the density of the neutral atmosphere in the range height 90–120...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 923: Sampling, Filtering, and Analysis Protocols to Detect Black Carbon, Organic Carbon, and Total Carbon in Seasonal Surface Snow in an Urban Background and Arctic Finland (>60° N) Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090923 Authors: Outi Meinander Enna Heikkinen Minna Aurela Antti Hyvärinen Black carbon (BC), organic carbon (OC), and total carbon (TC) in snow are important for their climatic and cryospheric effects. They are also part of the global...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 922: Can We Vacuum Our Air Pollution Problem Using Smog Towers? Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090922 Authors: Sarath Guttikunda Puja Jawahar In November 2019, the Supreme Court of India issued a notification to all the states in the National Capital Region of Delhi to install smog towers for clean air and allocated INR 36 crores (~USD 5.2 million) for a pilot. Can we vacuum our air pollution problem using smog towers? The short answer is “no”....
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 921: Harmful Effects of Ambient Nitrogen Dioxide on Atopic Dermatitis: Comparison of Exposure Assessment Based on Monitored Concentrations and Modeled Estimates Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090921 Authors: Kim Oh Kim Kang Ahn Precise exposure assessment of air pollutants is crucial in epidemiologic studies to ensure valid estimates of health effects. We conducted a longitudinal study to evaluate the role of air quality monitoring (AQM) measurements...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 919: A Review on Airborne Microbes: The Characteristics of Sources, Pathogenicity and Geography Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090919 Authors: Xueyan Chen Deepika Kumari Varenyam Achal Microbes are widespread and have been much more studied in recent years. In this review, we describe detailed information on airborne microbes that commonly originate from soil and water through liquid–air and soil–air interface. The common bacteria...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 920: Heat Exposure Information at Screen Level for an Impact-Based Forecasting and Warning Service for Heat-Wave Disasters Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090920 Authors: Chaeyeon Yi Hojin Yang The importance of impact-based forecasting services, which can support decision-making, is being emphasized to reduce the damage of meteorological disasters, centered around the World Meteorological Organization. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) began...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 918: Seasonal Variability of Lightning Activity in Yakutia in 2009–2019 Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090918 Authors: Lena Tarabukina Vladimir Kozlov The instrumental continuous monitoring of lightning activity in Yakutia has been carried by the lightning direction finder since the 2000s. Devices for detection of sferic (very low frequency radio pulses emitted by lightning discharges) in Yakutia were supplemented in 2009 with relatively short-range (effective...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 917: Airborne Aerosols and Human Health: Leapfrogging from Mass Concentration to Oxidative Potential Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090917 Authors: Carolina Molina Richard Toro A. Carlos A. Manzano Silvia Canepari Lorenzo Massimi Manuel. A. Leiva-Guzmán The mass concentration of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) has been systematically used in epidemiological studies as an indicator of exposure to air pollutants, connecting PM concentrations...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 916: CNT Parameterization Based on the Observed INP Concentration during Arctic Summer Campaigns in a Marine Environment Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090916 Authors: Ana Cirisan Eric Girard Jean-Pierre Blanchet Setigui Aboubacar Keita Wanmin Gong Vickie Irish Allan K. Bertram Aerosol–cloud interactions present a large source of uncertainties in atmospheric and climate models. One of the main challenges to simulate ice clouds is...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 915: Projecting Northern Hemisphere Flow Regime Transition Using Integrated Enstrophy Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090915 Authors: Emily Klaus Patrick Market Anthony Lupo Michael Bodner Joshua Kastman Integrated enstrophy (IE) is the square of vorticity integrated over an entire hemisphere at a particular level in the atmosphere. Previous work has shown this quantity is correlated to the positive Lyapunov Exponent for hemispheric flow, and as...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 131: Emotional Education in Early Onset Schizophrenia and Asperger’s Syndrome Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10090131 Authors: Alessandro Frolli Maria Carla Ricci Francesco Alberto Tortorelli Antonella Cavallaro Luana Valenzano Angelo Rega Operto Francesca Felicia Giulio Corrivetti In this study, we aim to verify how emotional training can improve empathy and theory of mind (ToM) in patients diagnosed with early onset schizophrenia...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 101: Utilization of an Industry Byproduct, Corymbia maculata Leaves, by Aspergillus terreus to Produce Lovastatin Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030101 Authors: Subhan Faryal Macreadie Due to its ability to lower cholesterol levels, simvastatin is a leading drug for the prevention of strokes and heart disease: it also lowers the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases. Simvastatin is made from lovastatin, a precursor produced by the...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 254: Red-Light Irradiation of Horse Spermatozoa Increases Mitochondrial Activity and Motility through Changes in the Motile Sperm Subpopulation Structure Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090254 Authors: Jaime Catalán Marion Papas Sabrina Gacem Yentel Mateo-Otero Joan E. Rodríguez-Gil Jordi Miró Marc Yeste Previous studies in other mammalian species have shown that stimulation of semen with red-light increases sperm motility, mitochondrial activity,...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 253: Enhancing Sustainability by Improving Plant Salt Tolerance through Macro- and Micro-Algal Biostimulants Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090253 Authors: Petronia Carillo Loredana F. Ciarmiello Pasqualina Woodrow Giandomenico Corrado Pasquale Chiaiese Youssef Rouphael Algal biomass, extracts, or derivatives have long been considered a valuable material to bring benefits to humans and cultivated plants. In the last decades, it became evident that...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 252: Bioactive Compounds in Anti-Diabetic Plants: From Herbal Medicine to Modern Drug Discovery Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090252 Authors: Ngan Tran Bao Pham Ly Le Natural products, including organisms (plants, animals, or microorganisms) have been shown to possess health benefits for animals and humans. According to the estimation of the World Health Organization, in developing countries, 80% of the population has still depended on traditional medicines...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 251: Differential Expression and miRNA–Gene Interactions in Early and Late Mild Cognitive Impairment Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090251 Authors: Leonardo Miranda Brito Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos Amanda Ferreira Vidal Gilderlanio Santana de Araújo Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) are complex diseases with their molecular architecture not elucidated. APOE, Amyloid Beta Precursor Protein (APP), and Presenilin-1 (PSEN1)...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 317: Well-Defined Construction of Functional Macromolecular Architectures Based on Polymerization of Amino Acid Urethanes Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090317 Authors: Endo Sudo Polypeptide synthesis was accomplished using the urethane derivatives of amino acids as monomers, which can be easily prepared, purified, and stored at ambient temperature without the requirement for special precautions. The urethanes of amino acids are readily synthesized...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 314: The Potential of Steroid Profiling by Mass Spectrometry in the Management of Adrenocortical Carcinoma Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090314 Authors: Claudia Rossi Ilaria Cicalini Sara Verrocchio Giulia Di Dalmazi Luca Federici Ines Bucci Radiological and endocrinological work up of adrenal neoplasms is aimed at distinguishing between frequent non-functioning adenomas and rare but very aggressive adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)....
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 315: Antimicrobial Activities of Different Fractions from Mucus of the Garden Snail Cornu aspersum Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090315 Authors: Dolashki Velkova Daskalova Zheleva Topalova Atanasov Voelter Dolashka Natural products have long played a major role in medicine and science. The garden snail Cornu aspersum is a rich source of biologically active natural substances that might be an important source for new drugs...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 313: Evidence of Altered Peripheral Nerve Function in a Rodent Model of Diet-Induced Prediabetes Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090313 Authors: Hossain Kendig Wild Issar Krishnan Morris Arnold Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a debilitating complication of diabetes that affects >50% of patients. Recent evidence suggests that obesity and metabolic disease, which often precede diabetes diagnosis, may influence PN onset and...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 316: Involvement of STAT5 in Oncogenesis Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090316 Authors: Clarissa Esmeralda Halim Shuo Deng Mei Shan Ong Celestial T. Yap Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) proteins, and in particular STAT3, have been established as heavily implicated in cancer. Recently, the involvement of STAT5 signalling in the pathology of cancer has been shown to be of increasing importance. STAT5 plays a crucial role...
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