Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1112: Transcriptomic Analysis of a Susceptible African Maize Line to Fusarium verticillioides Infection Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091112 Authors: Humaira Lambarey Naadirah Moola Amy Veenstra Shane Murray Mohamed Suhail Rafudeen Maize (Zea mays L.) is a staple crop providing food security to millions of people in sub Saharan Africa. Fusarium verticillioides, an important fungal pathogen, infects maize causing ‘Fusarium Ear Rot’ disease,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1115: Endophytic Strain Bacillus subtilis 26DCryChS Producing Cry1Ia Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis Promotes Multifaceted Potato Defense against Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary and Pest Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091115 Authors: Antonina Sorokan Galina Benkovskaya Guzel Burkhanova Darya Blagova Igor Maksimov Novel properties of a previously obtained Bacillus subtilis 26DCryChS strain are described. The B. subtilis...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 445: Predictors of Self-Reported Growth Following Religious and Spiritual Struggles: Exploring the Role of Wholeness Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090445 Authors: Hart Pargament Grubbs Exline Wilt Religious and spiritual (r/s) struggles have been robustly linked to negative outcomes, such as greater psychological distress, reduced well-being, and difficulty finding meaning in life. R/s struggles, however, do not inevitably lead to decline. Many...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 444: Rose, Tulip and Peony: The Image of Paradise and the “Localized” Islam in China Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090444 Authors: Chuanbin Zhou Lanxi Guo Al-Janna—Paradise—is the most important image of the afterworld in Islam. The Qur’an describes paradise as an oasis. Along with the spread of Islam, the image of paradise has gradually transformed into a garden with blooming flowers, where different Muslim groups chose their...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 443: Illuminating a Truth: Dṛṣṭānta and Huatou Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090443 Authors: Jeson Woo In Chan/Seon/Zen (禪, hereafter referred to as Chan) Buddhism, the gongan (公案), a word that can be literally translated as “public case”, is conceived as both the tool by which enlightenment is brought about and an expression of the enlightened mind itself. Among the diverse styles of gongan, perhaps the most puzzling is a form of its key phrase,...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 105: Thermal Characteristics of Slinky-Coil Ground Heat Exchanger with Discrete Double Inclined Ribs Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9090105 Authors: Teguh Hady Ariwibowo Akio Miyara The slinky ground heat exchanger (GHE) is the most widely utilized horizontal-type GHE, however, this GHE has a low curvature coil. The GHE has poor thermal mixing, especially at a low flowrate. At this flowrate, the coil heat exchanger has similar performance to a straight tube...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 104: Fragmented Landscapes and Planscapes—The Double Pressure of Increasing Natural Resource Exploitation on Indigenous Sámi Lands in Northern Sweden Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9090104 Authors: Österlin Raitio Human induced land-use change through natural resource extraction has significant ecological, social and cultural effects for indigenous communities. Indigenous rights, cultural practices and identities are strongly interconnected with traditional...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 90: A Note on Simulation Pricing of π-Options Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030090 Authors: Zbigniew Palmowski Tomasz Serafin In this work, we adapt a Monte Carlo algorithm introduced by Broadie and Glasserman in 1997 to price a π-option. This method is based on the simulated price tree that comes from discretization and replication of possible trajectories of the underlying asset’s price. As a result, this algorithm produces the lower and the upper...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 67: Displacement Analysis and Design of a (2–RRU)–URR Parallel Mechanism Performing 2R1T Output Motion for Thumb Rehabilitation Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9030067 Authors: Woo-hyeok Choi Yukio Takeda The thumb assists other fingers, and any damage in its functionality prevents the human hand from performing dexterous functions. In this paper, the kinematic design of the (2–RRU)–URR parallel mechanism as the application of the thumb rehabilitation...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 119: Acute Static Stretching Results in Muscle-Specific Alterations amongst the Hamstring Muscles Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8090119 Authors: Manon Riccetti Jules Opplert Joao L. Q. Durigan Carole Cometti Nicolas Babault This study aimed to explore the acute effects of static stretching on the musculotendinous properties of two hamstring muscles. Twelve male volunteers underwent two testing sessions. One session was dedicated to the evaluation of the...
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Stats, Vol. 3, Pages 343-355: Nonparametric Limits of Agreement for Small to Moderate Sample Sizes: A Simulation Study Stats doi: 10.3390/stats3030022 Authors: Maria E. Frey Hans C. Petersen Oke Gerke The assessment of agreement in method comparison and observer variability analysis of quantitative measurements is usually done by the Bland–Altman Limits of Agreement, where the paired differences are implicitly assumed to follow a normal distribution. Whenever this assumption...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 46: Hardware Implementation of a Softmax-Like Function for Deep Learning
Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 46: Hardware Implementation of a Softmax-Like Function for Deep Learning Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8030046 Authors: Ioannis Kouretas Vassilis Paliouras In this paper a simplified hardware implementation of a CNN softmax-like layer is proposed. Initially the softmax activation function is analyzed in terms of required numerical accuracy and certain optimizations are proposed. A proposed adaptable hardware architecture is evaluated in terms of...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 64: Effect of Perfluorooctanoic Acid on the Epigenetic and Tight Junction Genes of the Mouse Intestine Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8030064 Authors: Faizan Rashid Saeed Ahmad Joseph Maria Kumar Irudayaraj Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) has been implicated in various toxicities including neurotoxicity, genotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, epigenetic toxicity, immunotoxicity, reproductive toxicity, and hepatotoxicity. However, information on the accumulation of PFOA in...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 559: Limnological Differences in a Two-Basin Lake Help to Explain the Occurrence of Anatoxin-a, Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins, and Microcystins Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090559 Authors: Zacharias J. Smith Douglas E. Conroe Kimberly L. Schulz Gregory L. Boyer Chautauqua Lake, New York, is a two-basin lake with a deeper, cooler, and less nutrient-rich Northern Basin, and a warmer, shallower, nutrient-replete Southern Basin. The lake is populated...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 558: Clinical Effectiveness and Adverse Events of Bee Venom Therapy: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090558 Authors: Soobin Jang Kyeong Han Kim Bee venom has been used to treat many diseases because of its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. However, the secretions of bee venom can also cause life-threatening adverse reactions. The objective of this paper was to review the clinical effectiveness of bee venom...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 556: Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Virulence Potentials of Helicobacter pylori Strain KE21 Isolated from a Kenyan Patient with Gastric Signet Ring Cell Carcinoma Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090556 Authors: Catherine Mwangi Stephen Njoroge Evariste Tshibangu-Kabamba Zahir Moloo Allan Rajula Smita Devani Takashi Matsumoto Kimang’a Nyerere Samuel Kariuki Gunturu Revathi Yoshio Yamaoka Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection is etiologically...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 555: Determination of Fungi and Multi-Class Mycotoxins in Camelia Sinensis and Herbal Teas and Dietary Exposure Assessment Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090555 Authors: Ingars Reinholds Estefanija Bogdanova Iveta Pugajeva Laura Alksne Darta Stalberga Olga Valcina Vadims Bartkevics In this paper, a study of fungal and multi-mycotoxin contamination in 140 Camellia sinensis and 26 herbal teas marketed in Latvia is discussed. The analysis was performed...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 557: Determination of Cytisine and N-Methylcytisine from Selected Plant Extracts by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Comparison of Their Cytotoxic Activity Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090557 Authors: Anna Petruczynik Karol Wróblewski Justyna Misiurek Tomasz Plech Karolina Szalast Krzysztof Wojtanowski Tomasz Mroczek Grażyna Szymczak Monika Waksmundzka-Hajnos Piotr Tutka Quinolizidine alkaloids exhibit various forms of biological...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 554: Bleeding Disorders in Bothrops atrox Envenomations in the Brazilian Amazon: Participation of Hemostatic Factors and the Impact of Tissue Factor Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090554 Authors: Sâmella S. Oliveira Eliane C. Alves Alessandra S. Santos Elizandra F. Nascimento João Pedro T. Pereira Iran M. Silva Jacqueline A. G. Sachett Lybia Kássia S. Sarraff Luciana Aparecida Freitas-de-Sousa Mônica Colombini Hedylamar O. Marques Marcus...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 553: A Functional ClpXP Protease is Required for Induction of the Accessory Toxin Genes, tst, sed, and sec Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090553 Authors: Schelin Cohn Frisk Frees Staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome is a potentially lethal illness attributed to superantigens produced by Staphylococcus aureus, in particular toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (TSST-1), but staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are also implicated. The genes encoding these important...
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