Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 690: Awareness of Appropriate Antibiotic Use in Primary Care for Influenza-Like Illness: Evidence of Improvement from UK Population-Based Surveys Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100690 Authors: Koen B. Pouwels Laurence S. J. Roope James Buchanan Liz Morrell Sarah Tonkin-Crine Michele Peters Leah F. Jones Enrique Castro-Sánchez Derrick W. Crook Tim Peto Christopher C. Butler Julie V. Robotham A. Sarah Walker Sarah Wordsworth...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 692: Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Properties of Graphene Oxide on Enterococcus faecalis Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100692 Authors: Cecilia Martini Francesca Longo Raffaella Castagnola Luca Marigo Nicola Maria Grande Massimo Cordaro Margherita Cacaci Massimiliano Papi Valentina Palmieri Francesca Bugli Maurizio Sanguinetti The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial properties of graphene oxide (GO) against...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 691: The Role of the Xylem in Oxytetracycline Translocation within Citrus Trees Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100691 Authors: Faraj Hijaz Yasser Nehela Fuad Al-Rimawi Christopher I. Vincent Nabil Killiny Antibiotics have been successfully used to control plant diseases for more than fifty years. Recently, oxytetracycline and streptomycin have been approved for the treatment of Huanglongbing, which is threatening the citrus industry in many...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 693: Molecular Epidemiology of Carbapenemases in Enterobacteriales from Humans, Animals, Food and the Environment Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100693 Authors: Gurleen Taggar Muhammad Attiq Rheman Patrick Boerlin Moussa Sory Diarra The Enterobacteriales order consists of seven families including Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae, Pectobacteriaceae, Yersiniaceae, Hafniaceae, Morganellaceae, and Budviciaceae and 60 genera encompassing over 250 species....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 689: Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin Resistant S. aureus in Nepalese Primates: Resistance to Antimicrobials, Virulence, and Genetic Lineages Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100689 Authors: Marilyn C. Roberts Prabhu Raj Joshi Stefan Monecke Ralf Ehricht Elke Müller Darius Gawlik Celia Diezel Sascha D. Braun Saroj Paudel Mahesh Acharya Laxman Khanal Narayan P. Koju Mukesh Chalise Randall C. Kyes Staphylococcus...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 688: Antibiotics in Food Chain: The Consequences for Antibiotic Resistance Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100688 Authors: Shashi B. Kumar Shanvanth R. Arnipalli Ouliana Ziouzenkova Antibiotics have been used as essential therapeutics for nearly 100 years and, increasingly, as a preventive agent in the agricultural and animal industry. Continuous use and misuse of antibiotics have provoked the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria that progressively...
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Antibodies, Vol. 9, Pages 53: Structure, Function, and Therapeutic Use of IgM Antibodies Antibodies doi: 10.3390/antib9040053 Authors: Bruce A. Keyt Ramesh Baliga Angus M. Sinclair Stephen F. Carroll Marvin S. Peterson Natural immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies are pentameric or hexameric macro-immunoglobulins and have been highly conserved during evolution. IgMs are initially expressed during B cell ontogeny and are the first antibodies secreted following exposure to foreign...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 985: A Red Fluorescent Protein-Based Probe for Detection of Intracellular Reactive Sulfane Sulfur Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100985 Authors: Zimai Li Qingda Wang Yongzhen Xia Luying Xun Huaiwei Liu Reactive sulfane sulfur, including persulfide and polysulfide, is a type of regular cellular component, playing an antioxidant role. Its function may be organelle-dependent; however, the shortage of probes for detecting organellar reactive sulfane...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 986: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities in Relation to the Flavonoids Composition of Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100986 Authors: Soo-Yeon Cho Heon-Woong Kim Min-Ki Lee Hyeon-Jung Kim Jung-Bong Kim Jeong-Sook Choe Young-Min Lee Hwan-Hee Jang The chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a food source that is rich in flavonoids such as luteolin and apigenin. Flavonoids are known to have anti-inflammatory...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 987: Susceptibility of Protein Methionine Oxidation in Response to Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment–Ex Vivo Versus In Vitro: A Computational Insight Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100987 Authors: Aledo Aledo Methionine oxidation plays a relevant role in cell signaling. Recently, we built a database containing thousands of proteins identified as sulfoxidation targets. Using this resource, we have now developed a computational approach aimed at characterizing...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 983: Antioxidant and Biological Properties of Mesenchymal Cells Used for Therapy in Retinitis Pigmentosa Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100983 Authors: Paolo Giuseppe Limoli Enzo Maria Vingolo Celeste Limoli Marcella Nebbioso Both tissue repair and regeneration are a priority in regenerative medicine. Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a complex retinal disease characterized by the progressive loss of impaired photoreceptors, is currently lacking effective...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 982: Insight into Polyphenol and Gut Microbiota Crosstalk: Are Their Metabolites the Key to Understand Protective Effects Against Metabolic Disorders? Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100982 Authors: Mireille Koudoufio Yves Desjardins Francis Feldman Schohraya Spahis Edgard Delvin Emile Levy Lifestyle factors, especially diet and nutrition, are currently regarded as essential avenues to decrease modern-day cardiometabolic disorders (CMD), including...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 984: Enzyme Selection and Hydrolysis under Optimal Conditions Improved Phenolic Acid Solubility, and Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Wheat Bran Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100984 Authors: Sara Bautista-Expósito Irene Tomé-Sánchez Ana Belén Martín-Diana Juana Frias Elena Peñas Daniel Rico María Jesús García Casas Cristina Martínez-Villaluenga Valorization of wheat bran (WB) into new high-value products is of great interest...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 980: Roles of Nrf2 in Liver Diseases: Molecular, Pharmacological, and Epigenetic Aspects Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100980 Authors: Marina Galicia-Moreno Silvia Lucano-Landeros Hugo Christian Monroy-Ramirez Jorge Silva-Gomez Jorge Gutierrez-Cuevas Arturo Santos Juan Armendariz-Borunda Liver diseases represent a critical health problem with 2 million deaths worldwide per year, mainly due to cirrhosis and its complications. Oxidative...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 979: Coenzyme Q10 Treatment Monitoring in Different Human Biological Samples Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100979 Authors: Abraham J. Paredes-Fuentes Raquel Montero Anna Codina Cristina Jou Guerau Fernández Joan Maynou Carlos Santos-Ocaña Joan Riera Plácido Navas Franchek Drobnic Rafael Artuch Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ) treatment monitoring is a matter of debate since CoQ distribution from plasma to blood cells and tissues is not fully...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 981: Potential Anti-Skin Aging Effect of (-)-Catechin Isolated from the Root Bark of Ulmus davidiana var. japonica in Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Stimulated Normal Human Dermal Fibroblasts Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9100981 Authors: Sullim Lee Jae Sik Yu Hung Manh Phung Jeong Gun Lee Ki Hyun Kim Ki Sung Kang Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated during skin aging, including intrinsic (chronologic aging) and extrinsic aging (photoaging)....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1094: Historic and Modern Air Pollution Studies Conducted in Utah Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101094 Authors: Judy Ou Cheryl S. Pirozzi Benjamin D. Horne Heidi A. Hanson Anne C. Kirchhoff Logan E. Mitchell Nathan C. Coleman C. Arden Pope Arden Pope Utah’s low-smoking population and high population density concentrated in mountain valleys, with intermittent industrial activity and frequent temperature inversions, have yielded...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1093: Characteristics of Snow Particle Size Distribution in the PyeongChang Region of South Korea Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101093 Authors: Tiantian Yu V. Chandrasekar Hui Xiao Shashank S. Joshil Snow particle size distribution (PSD) information is important in understanding the microphysics and quantitative precipitation estimation over complex terrain. Measurement and interpretation of the snow PSDs is a topic of active research. This study...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1092: Quantification of Atmospheric Ammonia Concentrations: A Review of Its Measurement and Modeling Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101092 Authors: Arshad Arjunan Nair Fangqun Yu Ammonia (NH3), the most prevalent alkaline gas in the atmosphere, plays a significant role in PM2.5 formation, atmospheric chemistry, and new particle formation. This paper reviews quantification of [NH3] through measurements, satellite-remote-sensing, and modeling reported in over...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1090: Modeling Functional Organic Chemistry in Arctic Rivers: An Idealized Siberian System Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101090 Authors: Amadini Jayasinghe Scott Elliott Anastasia Piliouras Jaclyn Clement Kinney Georgina Gibson Nicole Jeffery Forrest Hoffman Jitendra Kumar Oliver Wingenter Rivers of the Arctic will become ever more important for the global climate, since they carry a majority of continental dissolved organic carbon...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1089: First Spaceborne Version of Velocity-Azimuth Display Technique for Wind Field Retrieval on Cloud and Precipitation Radar Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101089 Authors: Yuexia Wang Ming Wei Quan Shi Cloud and precipitation radar mounted on a polar orbiting satellite opens up a new opportunity for global wind observation to improve numerical weather forecasting and prevent weather disasters. However, no related works have been done to retrieve the...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1091: A Review and Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model Using Idealized Simulations and Observations Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101091 Authors: Jun A. Zhang Evan A. Kalina Mrinal K. Biswas Robert F. Rogers Ping Zhu Frank D. Marks This paper reviews the evolution of planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterization schemes that have been used in the operational version of...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1087: Wind Turbulence Statistics of the Atmospheric Inertial Sublayer under Near-Neutral Conditions Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101087 Authors: Eslam Reda Lotfy Zambri Harun The inertial sublayer comprises a considerable and critical portion of the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer. The mean windward velocity profile is described comprehensively by the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory, which is equivalent to the logarithmic law of the wall...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1086: Seasonal Variation in the Chemical Composition and Oxidative Potential of PM2.5 Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101086 Authors: Alex Vinson Allie Sidwell Oscar Black Courtney Roper Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has well-established systemic human health effects due in part to the chemical components associated with these exposures. Oxidative stress is a hypothesized mechanism for the health effects associated with PM2.5 exposures....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1088: Ammonia Emission Characteristics of a Mechanically Ventilated Swine Finishing Facility in Korea Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101088 Authors: Gwanggon Jo Taehwan Ha Yuna Jang Okhwa Hwang Siyoung Seo Saem Ee Woo Sojin Lee Dahye Kim Minwoong Jung In this study, we aimed to determine the ammonia emission characteristics through analysis of ammonia concentration, ventilation rate, temperature, and relative humidity pattern in a mechanically...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 1085: Complex Characterization of Fine Fraction and Source Contribution to PM2.5 Mass at an Urban Area in Central Europe Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11101085 Authors: Lucyna Samek Anna Turek-Fijak Alicja Skiba Przemyslaw Furman Katarzyna Styszko Leszek Furman Zdzislaw Stegowski It is well documented that Southern Poland is one of the most polluted areas in Europe due to the highest airborne concentrations of particulate matter (PM). Concentrations...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 157: Semantics Based on the Physical Characteristics of Facial Expressions Used to Produce Japanese Vowels Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10100157 Authors: Shushi Namba Toshimune Kambara Previous studies have reported that verbal sounds are associated—non-arbitrarily—with specific meanings (e.g., sound symbolism and onomatopoeia), including visual forms of information such as facial expressions; however, it remains unclear...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 156: Motor Coordination Disorders Evaluated through the Grid Test and Changes in the Nigral Nrf2 mRNA Expression in Rats with Pedunculopontine Lesion Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10100156 Authors: Lisette Blanco Lezcano Esteban Alberti Amador María Elena González Fraguela Guadalupe Zaldívar Lelo de Larrea Rosa Martha Pérez Serrano Nadia Angélica Jiménez Luna Dianet Camejo Rodríguez Teresa Serrano Sánchez Liliana Francis...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Beverages, Vol. 6, Pages 60: A Multi-Parameter, Predictive Model of Starch Hydrolysis in Barley Beer Mashes Beverages doi: 10.3390/beverages6040060 Authors: Andrew Saarni Konrad V. Miller David E. Block A key first step in the production of beer is the mashing process, which enables the solubilization and subsequent enzymatic conversion of starch to fermentable sugars. Mashing performance depends primarily on temperature, but also on a variety of other process parameters, including...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 335: Opioid-Induced Immunomodulation: Consequences for the Experimental Coxsackievirus B3-Induced Myocarditis Model Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9100335 Authors: Kathleen Pappritz Sophie Linthout Myocarditis is an inflammatory disorder of the heart predominantly caused by infectious agents. Since more than sixty years, the Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced myocarditis mouse model is the experimental model used to investigate viral myocarditis. The pathogenesis...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 334: Recommendations, Practices and Infrastructural Model for the Dental Radiology Set-up in Clinical and Academic Institutions in the COVID-19 Era Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9100334 Authors: Anu Sushanth. A Kumar Chandan Srivastava Deepti Shrivastava Hala A. Hosni Zafar Ali Khan Khalid Al-Johani Ibrahim A Alzoubi Sasirekha B Mohammed Ghazi Sghaireen Mohammad Khursheed Alam The pandemic of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has emerged as...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 333: Bi-Pinnate Compound Serianthes nelsonii Leaf-Level Plasticity Magnifies Leaflet-Level Plasticity Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9100333 Authors: Benjamin E. Deloso Thomas E. Marler Numerous leaf traits exhibit developmental plasticity in response to irradiance, an attribute that maximizes performance in the prevailing light. The use of leaflets to represent whole leaf traits of tree species with compound leaves is common in the acclimation literature. These...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 413: Preliminary Study on β3-Adrenoreceptor as Predictor Marker of Relapse in Ewing Sarcoma Patients Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8100413 Authors: Maura Calvani Marina Vignoli Giovanni Beltrami Amada Pasha Perla Scalini Sara Ciullini Mannurita Stefania Cardellicchio Luca Coccoli Cecilia Cecchi Emanuela De Marco Laura Luti Sayla Bernasconi Luca Filippi Gabriella Casazza Angela Tamburini Claudio Favre Ewing...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 414: Genetic Alterations of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8100414 Authors: Ugo Testa Germana Castelli Elvira Pelosi Genome sequencing studies have characterized the genetic alterations of different tumor types, highlighting the diversity of the molecular processes driving tumor development. Comprehensive sequencing studies have defined molecular subtypes of colorectal cancers (CRCs) through the identification of genetic...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 412: Native T1 Mapping Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Quantitative Biomarker for Characterization of the Extracellular Matrix in a Rabbit Hepatic Cancer Model Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8100412 Authors: Sarah Keller Tabea Borde Julia Brangsch Lisa C. Adams Avan Kader Carolin Reimann Pimrapat Gebert Bernd Hamm Marcus Makowski To characterize the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) using native T1 mapping magnetic resonance imaging...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 410: Glycosylation Alterations in Multiple Sclerosis Show Increased Proinflammatory Potential Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8100410 Authors: Ana Cvetko Domagoj Kifer Olga Gornik Lucija Klarić Elizabeth Visser Gordan Lauc James F. Wilson Tamara Štambuk Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder affecting the central nervous system (CNS), with unresolved aetiology. Previous studies have implicated N-glycosylation,...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 411: CMT-308, a Nonantimicrobial Chemically-Modified Tetracycline, Exhibits Anti-Melanogenic Activity by Suppression of Melanosome Export Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8100411 Authors: Shilpi Goenka Sanford R. Simon CMT-308 is a nonantimicrobial chemically-modified tetracycline (CMT), which we have previously shown exhibits antifungal activity and pleiotropic anti-inflammatory activities, including inhibition of the enzymatic activity of matrix...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biomimetics, Vol. 5, Pages 52: From a Pinecone to Design of an Active Textile Biomimetics doi: 10.3390/biomimetics5040052 Authors: Veronika Kapsali Julian Vincent Botanical nastic systems demonstrate non-directional structural responses to stimuli such as pressure, light, chemicals or temperature; hygronasty refers to systems that respond specifically to moisture. Many seed dispersal mechanisms such as wheat awns, legume pods, spruce and pinecones fall within this classification....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1438: A Possible Path towards Rapid Development of Live-Attenuated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: Plunging into the Natural Pool Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10101438 Authors: German Todorov Vladimir N. Uversky Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic spreading around the world, causing massive distress to the world’s economy and affecting healthcare systems...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1437: The Dichotomous Role of Inflammation in the CNS: A Mitochondrial Point of View Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10101437 Authors: Bianca Vezzani Marianna Carinci Simone Patergnani Matteo P. Pasquin Annunziata Guarino Nimra Aziz Paolo Pinton Michele Simonato Carlotta Giorgi Innate immune response is one of our primary defenses against pathogens infection, although, if dysregulated, it represents the leading cause of chronic tissue...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 733: Antidepressant-Like Properties of Fish Oil on Postpartum Depression-Like Rats Model: Involvement of Serotonergic System Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100733 Authors: Nurul Uyun Abdul Aziz Samaila Musa Chiroma Mohamad Aris Mohd Moklas Mohd Ilham Adenan Amin Ismail Mohamad Taufik Hidayat Baharuldin Pathophysiology of postpartum depression (PPD) has been associated with many factors, such as neuroendocrine, neuroinflammation and...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 726: Prediction of Human Inhibition Brain Function with Inter-Subject and Intra-Subject Variability Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100726 Authors: Rupesh Kumar Chikara Li-Wei Ko The stop signal task has been used to quantify the human inhibitory control. The inter-subject and intra-subject variability was investigated under the inhibition of human response with a realistic environmental scenario. In present study, we used a battleground scenario...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 727: Olfaction as a Marker for Dystonia: Background, Current State and Directions Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100727 Authors: Thorsten Herr Julie Gamain Robert Fleischmann Bernhard Lehnert Marcus Vollmer Carsten Willert Birgitt Veit Andrea Stenner Jan-Uwe Mueller Barbara Caspers Martin Kronenbuerger Dystonia is a heterogeneous group of hyperkinetic movement disorders. The unifying descriptor of dystonia is the motor...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 731: 1,3,4-Oxadiazole Derivative Attenuates Chronic Constriction Injury Induced Neuropathic Pain: A Computational, Behavioral, and Molecular Approach Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100731 Authors: Muhammad Faheem Syed Hussain Ali Abdul Waheed Khan Mahboob Alam Umair Ilyas Muhammad Zahoor Muhammad Umar Khayam Sahibzada Sidra Khalid Riaz Ullah Ali S. Alqahtani Abdulaziz M. Alqahtani The production and up-regulation of...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 729: The Criterion Validity of the First Year Inventory and the Quantitative-CHecklist for Autism in Toddlers: A Longitudinal Study Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100729 Authors: Annalisa Levante Serena Petrocchi Flavia Lecciso Pediatric surveillance through screening procedures is needed to detect warning signs of risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder under 24 months of age and to promote early diagnosis and treatment. The main purpose of this...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 730: Functional Neural Changes after Low-Frequency Bilateral Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain Stimulation for Post-Hypoxic Cortical Myoclonus: Voxel-Based Subtraction Analysis of Serial Positron Emission Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100730 Authors: Myung Ji Kim So Hee Park Kyoung Heo Jin Woo Chang Joong Il Kim Won Seok Chang Post-hypoxic myoclonus (PHM) and Lance–Adams syndrome (LAS) are rare conditions following cardiopulmonary...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 728: The Impact of Different Sounds on Stress Level in the Context of EEG, Cardiac Measures and Subjective Stress Level: A Pilot Study Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100728 Authors: Szczepan Paszkiel Paweł Dobrakowski Adam Łysiak Everyone experiences stress at certain times in their lives. This feeling can motivate, however, if it persists for a prolonged period, it leads to negative changes in the human body. Stress is characterized, among...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 724: A Re-Appraisal of the Effect of Amplitude on the Stability of Interlimb Coordination Based on Tightened Normalization Procedures Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100724 Authors: Harjo J. de Poel Melvyn Roerdink C. (Lieke) E. Peper Peter J. Beek The stability of rhythmic interlimb coordination is governed by the coupling between limb movements. While it is amply documented how coordinative performance depends on movement frequency, theoretical...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 725: Alcohol Sensitivity as an Endophenotype of Alcohol Use Disorder: Exploring Its Translational Utility between Rodents and Humans Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100725 Authors: Clarissa C. Parker Ryan Lusk Laura M. Saba Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a complex, chronic, relapsing disorder with multiple interacting genetic and environmental influences. Numerous studies have verified the influence of genetics on AUD, yet the underlying biological...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 723: Palliative Care in High-Grade Glioma: A Review Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100723 Authors: Rita C. Crooms Nathan E. Goldstein Eli L. Diamond Barbara G. Vickrey High-grade glioma (HGG) is characterized by debilitating neurologic symptoms and poor prognosis. Some of the suffering this disease engenders may be ameliorated through palliative care, which improves quality of life for seriously ill patients by optimizing symptom management...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 732: Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus—New Research Developments and Remaining Gaps in Disease Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10100732 Authors: Tang-Chuan Wang Ta-Yuan Chang Richard Tyler Ying-Ju Lin Wen-Miin Liang Yio-Wha Shau Wei-Yong Lin Yi-Wen Chen Chia-Der Lin Ming-Hsui Tsai Long-term noise exposure often results in noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). Tinnitus, the generation...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2967: Chemerin Is Induced in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102967 Authors: Haberl Feder Pohl Rein-Fischboeck Dürholz Eichelberger Wanninger Weiss Buechler Chemerin is protective in experimental models of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Noteworthy, chemerin mRNA and protein were reduced in HCC tissues of Asian patients with mostly hepatitis B disease...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2968: LAT-1 and GLUT-1 Carrier Expression and Its Prognostic Value in Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102968 Authors: Sampedro-Núñez Bouthelier Serrano-Somavilla Martínez-Hernández Adrados Martín-Pérez Muñoz de Nova Cameselle-Teijeiro Blanco-Carrera Cabezas-Agricola Díaz García-Centeno Aragones Marazuela Cancer cells develop mechanisms that increase nutrient uptake,...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2965: Understanding the Biological Activities of Vitamin D in Type 1 Neurofibromatosis: New Insights into Disease Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Design Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102965 Authors: Riccardi Perrone Napolitano Sampaolo Melone Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone playing a pivotal role in calcium and phosphate homeostasis as well as in bone health. Vitamin D levels are not exclusively dependent on food intake. Indeed, the endogenous...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2964: Immunohistochemically Characterized Intratumoral Heterogeneity Is a Prognostic Marker in Human Glioblastoma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102964 Authors: Friederike Liesche-Starnecker Karoline Mayer Florian Kofler Sandra Baur Friederike Schmidt-Graf Johanna Kempter Georg Prokop Nicole Pfarr Wu Wei Jens Gempt Stephanie E. Combs Claus Zimmer Bernhard Meyer Benedikt Wiestler Jürgen Schlegel Tumor heterogeneity is considered...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2963: CTEN Induces Tumour Cell Invasion and Survival and Is Prognostic in Radiotherapy-Treated Head and Neck Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102963 Authors: Jason C. Fleming Jeongmin Woo Karwan Moutasim Christopher J. Hanley Steven J. Frampton Oliver Wood Matthew Ward Christopher H Woelk Christian H. Ottensmeier Sassan Hafizi Dae Kim Gareth J. Thomas Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a heterogenous disease treated...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2966: High PD-L1/CD274 Expression of Monocytes and Blood Dendritic Cells Is a Risk Factor in Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment with PD1 Inhibitor Therapy Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102966 Authors: Dagmar Riemann Wolfgang Schütte Steffi Turzer Barbara Seliger Miriam Möller The aim of this study was to investigate the expression of the coinhibitory molecule PD-L1/CD274 in monocytes and dendritic cells (DC) in the blood of lung cancer patients...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2961: Vascular Complications in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Sorafenib Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102961 Authors: Katharina Pomej Bernhard Scheiner Dabin Park David Bauer Lorenz Balcar Tobias Meischl Mattias Mandorfer Thomas Reiberger Christian Müller Michael Trauner Matthias Pinter VEGF(R)-targeted therapies are associated with an increased risk of thromboembolism and bleeding, which might be pronounced...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2960: Heterogeneity Matters: Different Regions of Glioblastoma Are Characterized by Distinctive Tumor-Supporting Pathways Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102960 Authors: Ivana Manini Federica Caponnetto Emiliano Dalla Tamara Ius Giuseppe Maria Della Pepa Enrico Pegolo Anna Bartolini Giuseppe La Rocca Grazia Menna Carla Di Loreto Alessandro Olivi Miran Skrap Giovanni Sabatino Daniela Cesselli The glioblastoma microenvironment...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2959: De Novo A-to-I RNA Editing Discovery in lncRNA Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102959 Authors: Domenico Alessandro Silvestris Chiara Scopa Sara Hanchi Franco Locatelli Angela Gallo Background: Adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing is the most frequent editing event in humans. It converts adenosine to inosine in double-stranded RNA regions (in coding and non-coding RNAs) through the action of the adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) enzymes....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2958: Baseline MRI-Radiomics Can Predict Overall Survival in Non-Endemic EBV-Related Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patients Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102958 Authors: Marco Bologna Valentina Corino Giuseppina Calareso Chiara Tenconi Salvatore Alfieri Nicola Alessandro Iacovelli Anna Cavallo Stefano Cavalieri Laura Locati Paolo Bossi Domenico Attilio Romanello Rossana Ingargiola Tiziana Rancati Emanuele Pignoli Silvana Sdao Mattia...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2957: An In Vitro Evaluation of the Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Medical Plants from the Lamiaceae Family as Effective Sources of Active Compounds Against Human Cancer Cell Lines Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102957 Authors: Przemysław Sitarek Anna Merecz-Sadowska Tomasz Śliwiński Radosław Zajdel Tomasz Kowalczyk It is predicted that 1.8 million new cancer cases will be diagnosed worldwide in 2020; of these, the incidence of lung, colon, breast,...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2956: Quantification of Receptor Occupancy by Ligand—An Understudied Class of Potential Biomarkers Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102956 Authors: Suresh Veeramani George J. Weiner Molecular complexes, such as ligand–receptor complexes, are vital for both health and disease and can be shed into the circulation in soluble form. Relatively little is known about the biology of soluble ligand–receptor complexes. The functional importance of such...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2955: Efficacy and Safety of the Radiotherapy for Liver Cancer: Assessment of Local Controllability and its Role in Multidisciplinary Therapy Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102955 Authors: Marina Ohkoshi-Yamada Kenya Kamimura Osamu Shibata Shinichi Morita Motoki Kaidu Toshimichi Nakano Katsuya Maruyama Atsushi Ota Hirotake Saito Nobuko Yamana Tomoya Oshikane Yukiyo Goto Natsumi Yoshimura Satoshi Tanabe Hisashi Nakano Madoka...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2962: GATA2 Related Conditions and Predisposition to Pediatric Myelodysplastic Syndromes Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102962 Authors: Antonella Bruzzese Davide Leardini Riccardo Masetti Luisa Strocchio Katia Girardi Mattia Algeri Giada Del Baldo Franco Locatelli Angela Mastronuzzi Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are hematopoietic disorders rare in childhood, often occurring in patients with inherited bone marrow failure syndromes or germinal...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2950: High Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor 1 Expression Correlates with Poor Survival of Uveal Melanoma Patients and Cognate Antagonist Drugs Modulate the Growth, Cancer Secretome, and Metabolism of Uveal Melanoma Cells Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102950 Authors: Kayleigh Slater Aisling B. Heeran Sandra Garcia-Mulero Helen Kalirai Rebeca Sanz-Pamplona Arman Rahman Nebras Al-Attar Mays Helmi Fiona O’Connell Rosa Bosch Anna Portela Alberto...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2953: The CINs of Polo-Like Kinase 1 in Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102953 Authors: Chelsea E. Cunningham Mackenzie J. MacAuley Frederick S. Vizeacoumar Omar Abuhussein Andrew Freywald Franco J. Vizeacoumar Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is overexpressed near ubiquitously across all cancer types and dysregulation of this enzyme is closely tied to increased chromosomal instability and tumor heterogeneity. PLK1 is a mitotic kinase with a critical...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2952: A Small Molecule Stabilizer of the MYC G4-Quadruplex Induces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Senescence and Pyroptosis in Multiple Myeloma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102952 Authors: Snehal M. Gaikwad Zaw Phyo Anaisa Quintanilla Arteaga Sayeh Gorjifard David R. Calabrese Daniel Connors Jing Huang Aleksandra M. Michalowski Shuling Zhang Zheng-Gang Liu John S. Schneekloth Mock New approaches to target MYC include the stabilization...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2949: Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts: Epigenetic Regulation and Therapeutic Intervention in Breast Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102949 Authors: Yeuan Ting Lee Yi Jer Tan Marco Falasca Chern Ein Oon Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in women worldwide. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a heterogeneous population of cells in the solid tumour microenvironment. These cells are positively linked to breast cancer progression....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2951: High Levels of miR-7-5p Potentiate Crizotinib-Induced Cytokilling and Autophagic Flux by Targeting RAF1 in NPM-ALK Positive Lymphoma Cells Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102951 Authors: Domenico Sorrentino Julie Frentzel Géraldine Mitou Rafael B. Blasco Avédis Torossian Coralie Hoareau-Aveilla Chiara Pighi Manon Farcé Fabienne Meggetto Stéphane Manenti Estelle Espinos Roberto Chiarle Sylvie Giuriato Anaplastic lymphoma...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2954: Regenerative Wound Dressings for Skin Cancer Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102954 Authors: Teodor Iulian Pavel Cristina Chircov Marius Rădulescu Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu Skin cancer is considered the most prevalent cancer type globally, with a continuously increasing prevalence and mortality growth rate. Additionally, the high risk of recurrence makes skin cancer treatment among the most expensive of all cancers, with average costs estimated to...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2948: Mutational Profile of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM) in the Phase II RAMES Study Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102948 Authors: Maria Pagano Luca Giovanni Ceresoli Paolo Andrea Zucali Giulia Pasello Marina Garassino Federica Grosso Marcello Tiseo Hector Soto Parra Francesca Zanelli Federico Cappuzzo Francesco Grossi Filippo De Marinis Paolo Pedrazzoli Roberta Gnoni Candida Bonelli Federica Torricelli Alessia...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2947: Polymorphisms within Immune Regulatory Pathways Predict Cetuximab Efficacy and Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102947 Authors: Nico B. Volz Diana L. Hanna Sebastian Stintzing Wu Zhang Dongyun Yang Shu Cao Yan Ning Satoshi Matsusaka Yu Sunakawa Martin D. Berger Chiara Cremolini Fotios Loupakis Alfredo Falcone Heinz-Josef Lenz Cetuximab, an IgG1 EGFR-directed antibody, promotes...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2946: Divergent Resistance Mechanisms to Immunotherapy Explain Responses in Different Skin Cancers Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12102946 Authors: Emmanuel Dollinger Daniel Bergman Peijie Zhou Scott X. Atwood Qing Nie The advent of immune checkpoint therapy for metastatic skin cancer has greatly improved patient survival. However, most skin cancer patients are refractory to checkpoint therapy, and furthermore, the intra-immune cell signaling driving...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2285: The Effects of Divalent Cation-Chelated Prion Fibrils on the Immune Response of EOC 13.31 Microglia Cells Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102285 Authors: Huan-I Jen Zih-You Lin Jin-Xun Guo Cheng-I Lee Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are epidemic neurodegenerative diseases caused by prion proteins; in particular, they are induced by misfolded prion proteins (PrPSc). PrPSc tend to aggregate into insoluble amyloid prion fibrils (fPrPWT), resulting...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2284: Exercise as a Therapeutic Strategy for Sarcopenia in Heart Failure: Insights into Underlying Mechanisms Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102284 Authors: Jinkyung Cho Youngju Choi Pavol Sajgalik Mi-Hyun No Sang-Hyun Lee Sujin Kim Jun-Won Heo Eun-Jeong Cho Eunwook Chang Ju-Hee Kang Hyo-Bum Kwak Dong-Ho Park Sarcopenia, a syndrome commonly seen in elderly populations, is often characterized by a gradual loss of skeletal muscle, leading...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2283: Gut Microbiome Changes in Patients with Active Left-sided Ulcerative Colitis after Fecal Microbiome Transplantation and Topical 5-aminosalicylic Acid Therapy Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102283 Authors: Dagmar Schierová Jan Březina Jakub Mrázek Kateřina Olša Fliegerová Simona Kvasnová Lukáš Bajer Pavel Drastich Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease, and intestinal bacteria are implicated in the pathogenesis of this disorder....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2286: Modulation of Inflammasome and Pyroptosis by Olaparib, a PARP-1 Inhibitor, in the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102286 Authors: Emanuela Paldino Vincenza D’Angelo Daunia Laurenti Cecilia Angeloni Giuseppe Sancesario Francesca R. Fusco Pyroptosis is a type of cell death that is caspase-1 (Casp-1) dependent, which leads to a rapid cell lysis, and it is linked to the inflammasome. We recently showed that pyroptotic...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2282: LPS-Induced Endotoxemia Evokes Epigenetic Alterations in Mitochondrial DNA That Impacts Inflammatory Response Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102282 Authors: Björn Koos Eva Lotta Moderegger Katharina Rump Hartmuth Nowak Katrin Willemsen Caroline Holtkamp Patrick Thon Michael Adamzik Tim Rahmel Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) plays a vital role as a damage-associated molecular pattern in sepsis being able to shape the immune response. Since pathogen...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2279: Rho Family of Ras-Like GTPases in Early-Branching Animals Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102279 Authors: Silvestar Beljan Maja Herak Bosnar Helena Ćetković Non-bilaterian animals consist of four phyla; Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, and Placozoa. These early-diverging animals are crucial for understanding the evolution of the entire animal lineage. The Rho family of proteins make up a major branch of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases, which function as...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2280: IRAG1 Deficient Mice Develop PKG1β Dependent Pulmonary Hypertension Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102280 Authors: Siladitta Biswas Baktybek Kojonazarov Stefan Hadzic Michael Majer Ganimete Bajraktari Tatyana Novoyatleva Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani Friedrich Grimminger Werner Seeger Norbert Weissmann Jens Schlossmann Ralph Theo Schermuly PKGs are serine/threonine kinases. PKG1 has two isoforms—PKG1α and β....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2281: Aberrant DNA Methylation of ABC Transporters in Cancer Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102281 Authors: Katja Zappe Margit Cichna-Markl ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters play a crucial role in multidrug resistance (MDR) of cancers. They function as efflux pumps, resulting in limited effectiveness or even failure of therapy. Increasing evidence suggests that ABC transporters are also involved in tumor initiation, progression, and metastasis. Tumors frequently...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2277: The Impact of the CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis in Neurological Disorders Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102277 Authors: Paulina Pawelec Malgorzata Ziemka-Nalecz Joanna Sypecka Teresa Zalewska Fractalkine (FKN, CX3CL1) is a transmembrane chemokine expressed by neurons in the central nervous system (CNS). CX3CL1 signals through its unique receptor, CX3CR1, that is expressed in microglia. Within the CNS, fractalkine acts as a regulator of microglia activation in response...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2278: mTOR Signaling in Metabolism and Cancer Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9102278 Authors: Shile Huang The mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a serine/threonine kinase, is a central regulator for human physiological activity. Deregulated mTOR signaling is implicated in a variety of disorders, such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, and neurodegenerative diseases. The papers published in this special issue summarize the current understanding of the mTOR pathway...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Challenges, Vol. 11, Pages 26: Current Challenges of Cold Brew Coffee—Roasting, Extraction, Flavor Profile, Contamination, and Food Safety Challenges doi: 10.3390/challe11020026 Authors: Raven Kwok Kenny Lee Wee Ting Steffen Schwarz Linda Claassen Dirk W. Lachenmeier Cold brew coffee has emerged as a new trend over the last decade. However, “cold brew” is an extraction style of ground roasted coffee with water at lower than body temperature (typically...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Children, Vol. 7, Pages 181: Preliminary Study on the Echo-Assisted Intersphincteric Autologous Microfragmented Adipose Tissue Injection to Control Fecal Incontinence in Children Operated for Anorectal Malformations Children doi: 10.3390/children7100181 Authors: Giovanni Parente Valentina Pinto Neil Di Salvo Simone D’Antonio Michele Libri Tommaso Gargano Vincenzo Davide Catania Giovanni Ruggeri Mario Lima Aim of the study: To assess the efficacy of a novel technique...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Children, Vol. 7, Pages 180: How Do We Monitor Oxygenation during the Management of PPHN? Alveolar, Arterial, Mixed Venous Oxygen Tension or Peripheral Saturation? Children doi: 10.3390/children7100180 Authors: Praveen Chandrasekharan Munmun Rawat Satyan Lakshminrusimha Oxygen is a pulmonary vasodilator and plays an important role in mediating circulatory transition from fetal to postnatal period. Oxygen tension (PO2) in the alveolus (PAO2) and pulmonary artery (PaO2) are the main...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Clean Technol., Vol. 2, Pages 422-439: Open-Eco-Innovation for SMEs with Pan-European Key Enabling Technology Centres Clean Technologies doi: 10.3390/cleantechnol2040026 Authors: Faruk Civelek Romit Kulkarni Karl-Peter Fritz Tanja Meyer Costas Troulos Thomas Guenther André Zimmermann The project “key enabling technologies for clean production” (KET4CP), which is supported by the European Commission, has the aim to connect small and medium-sized enterprises...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Dentistry Journal, Vol. 8, Pages 118: Communication, Trust and Dental Anxiety: A Person-Centred Approach for Dental Attendance Behaviours Dentistry Journal doi: 10.3390/dj8040118 Authors: Siyang Yuan Ruth Freeman Kirsty Hill Tim Newton Gerry Humphris Effective communication forges the dentist-patient treatment alliance and is thus essential for providing person-centred care. Social rank theory suggests that shame, trust, communication and anxiety are linked together, they...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 812: The Valid Diagnostic Parameters in Bilateral CT Scan to Predict Unstable Syndesmotic Injury with Ankle Fracture Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10100812 Authors: Si-Wook Lee Kyung-Jae Lee Chul Hyun Park Hyuk-Jun Kwon Beom-Soo Kim The purpose of this study is to evaluate the reasonable parameters to predict unstable syndesmotic injuries in ankle fractures. Seventy consecutive patients who underwent preoperative bilateral computed tomography...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 813: MicroRNAs as Biomarkers of Systemic Changes in Response to Endurance Exercise—A Comprehensive Review Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10100813 Authors: Aleksandra Soplinska Lukasz Zareba Zofia Wicik Ceren Eyileten Daniel Jakubik Jolanta M. Siller-Matula Salvatore De Rosa Lukasz A. Malek Marek Postula Endurance sports have an unarguably beneficial influence on cardiovascular health and general fitness. Regular physical activity...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 811: Methodological Study to Investigate the Potential of Ultrasound-Based Elastography and Texture as Biomarkers to Monitor Liver Tumors Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10100811 Authors: Salma Moalla Charly Girot Stéphanie Franchi-Abella Samy Ammari Corinne Balleyguier Nathalie Lassau Stéphanie Pitre-Champagnat Aims and objectives: In order to evaluate the responses of hepatic lesions to treatment in terms of tissue stiffness and heterogeneity,...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 814: Gastrointestinal Applications of Iodine Quantification Using Dual-Energy CT: A Systematic Review Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10100814 Authors: Jack Junchi Xu Mikkel Taudorf Peter Sommer Ulriksen Michael Patrick Achiam Timothy Andrew Resch Michael Bachmann Nielsen Lars Birger Lönn Kristoffer Lindskov Hansen Dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) can estimate tissue vascularity and perfusion via iodine quantification. The aim...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 394: Prioritizing Management of Non-Native Eurasian Watermilfoil Using Species Occurrence and Abundance Predictions Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12100394 Authors: Alison Mikulyuk Catherine L. Hein Scott Van Egeren Ellen Ruth Kujawa M. Jake Vander Zanden Prioritizing the prevention and control of non-native invasive species requires understanding where introductions are likely to occur and cause harm. We developed predictive models for Eurasian watermilfoil...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 395: Diversity of Olfactory Responses and Skills in Astyanax Mexicanus Cavefish Populations Inhabiting different Caves Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12100395 Authors: Maryline Blin Julien Fumey Camille Lejeune Maxime Policarpo Julien Leclercq Stéphane Père Jorge Torres-Paz Constance Pierre Boudjema Imarazene Sylvie Rétaux Animals in many phyla are adapted to and thrive in the constant darkness of subterranean environments. To do so, cave...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 393: Patterns of Rotifer Diversity in the Chihuahuan Desert Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12100393 Authors: Patrick D. Brown Thomas Schröder Judith V. Ríos-Arana Roberto Rico-Martinez Marcelo Silva-Briano Robert L. Wallace Elizabeth J. Walsh Desert aquatic systems are widely separated, lack hydrologic connections, and are subject to drought. However, they provide unique settings to investigate distributional patterns of micrometazoans, including...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 392: Definition of Core Bacterial Taxa in Different Root Compartments of Dactylis glomerata, Grown in Soil under Different Levels of Land Use Intensity Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12100392 Authors: Jennifer Estendorfer Barbara Stempfhuber Gisle Vestergaard Stefanie Schulz Matthias Rillig Jasmin Joshi Peter Schröder Michael Schloter Plant-associated bacterial assemblages are critical for plant fitness. Thus, identifying a consistent plant-associated...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 391: Seascape Configuration and Fine-Scale Habitat Complexity Shape Parrotfish Distribution and Function across a Coral Reef Lagoon Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12100391 Authors: Maria Eggertsen Dinorah H Chacin Joshua van Lier Linda Eggertsen Christopher J Fulton Shaun Wilson Christina Halling Charlotte Berkström Structural complexity spanning fine to broad spatial scales can influence the distribution and activity of key organisms within marine...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 390: Diversity, Interaction, and Bioprospecting of Plant-Associated Microbiomes Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12100390 Authors: Jacquelinne J. Acuña Milko A. Jorquera Plant-associated microbiomes have been suggested as pivotal for the growth and health of natural vegetation and agronomic plants. In this sense, plant-associated microbiomes harbor a huge diversity of microorganisms (such as bacteria and fungi) which can modulate the plant host response against pathogens...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1458: Legume Beverages from Chickpea and Lupin, as New Milk Alternatives Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101458 Authors: Mariana Lopes Chloé Pierrepont Carla Margarida Duarte Alexandra Filipe Bruno Medronho Isabel Sousa Recently, milk consumption has been declining and there is a high demand for non-dairy beverages. However, market offers are mainly cereal and nut-based beverages, which are essentially poor in protein (typically, less than 1.5% against the...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1457: A Closer Look at Changes in High-Risk Food-Handling Behaviors and Perceptions of Primary Food Handlers at Home in South Korea across Time Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101457 Authors: Cho Kim Kim Rhee Food-handling behaviors and risk perceptions among primary food handlers were investigated by consumer surveys from different subjects in 2010 (N = 609; 1st survey will be called here “Year 2010”) and 2019 (N = 605; 2nd survey will...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1456: Characterizing the Dynamic Taste and Retro-Nasal Aroma Properties of Oral Nutritional Supplements Using Temporal Dominance of Sensation and Temporal Check-All-That-Apply Methods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101456 Authors: Delompré Lenoir Martin Briand Salles Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs) are used to restore the nutritional status of people suffering from swallowing pathologies such as dysphagia. ODTs are consumed without water intake and...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1455: Determination of the Geographical Origin of Maltese Honey Using 1H NMR Fingerprinting Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101455 Authors: Spiteri Lia Farrugia The price of honey, as a highly consumed natural product, depends on its botanical source and its production environment, causing honey to be vulnerable to adulteration through mislabeling and inappropriate, fraudulent production. In this study, a fast and simple approach is proposed to tackle this issue...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1452: Determination of Biochemical Composition in Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) Accessions Characterized by Different Flesh Color and Textural Typologies Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101452 Authors: Serra Anthony Masia Giovannini Musacchi The rising interest in beneficial health properties of polyphenol compounds in fruit initiated this investigation about biochemical composition in peach mesocarp/exocarp. Biochemical evaluation of phenolic compounds...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1453: Effect of Decontamination Treatments on Campylobacter jejuni in Chicken Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101453 Authors: Elena Gonzalez-Fandos Alba Martinez-Laorden Iratxe Perez-Arnedo The ability of different decontaminating treatments (acetic, citric and fumaric acids, and potassium sorbate) to decrease Campylobacter jejuni on chicken legs was evaluated. Fresh chicken legs were inoculated with C. jejuni and washed with either acetic, citric, or fumaric acid...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1454: Development and Consumer Perception of a Snack Machine Producing Customized Spoonable and Drinkable Products Enriched in Dietary Fiber and Protein Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101454 Authors: Vehmas Calton Grenman Aisala Sozer Nordlund The aim of the study was to evaluate consumer perceptions toward customized snacks produced with a Healthy Snack Machine (HSM) prototype, at-site of the purchase and consumption. The present study had a multi-disciplinary...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1451: Polyphenolic Composition and In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Red Grape Seeds as Byproducts of Short and Medium-Long Fermentative Macerations Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101451 Authors: Antonella Bosso Claudio Cassino Silvia Motta Loretta Panero Christos Tsolakis Massimo Guaita The polyphenolic composition and antioxidant activity of grape seeds, as byproducts of red winemaking, depend on various factors, such as grape cultivar, vintage effect,...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1449: Effect of a Nutritional Support System (Diet and Supplements) for Improving Gross Motor Function in Cerebral Palsy: An Exploratory Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101449 Authors: Fernando Leal-Martínez Denise Franco Andrea Peña-Ruiz Fabiola Castro-Silva Andrea A. Escudero-Espinosa Oscar G. Rolón-Lacarrier Mardia López-Alarcón Ximena De León Mariana Linares-Eslava Antonio Ibarra Background: Most patients...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1450: Vibrational Spectroscopy Coupled to a Multivariate Analysis Tiered Approach for Argentinean Honey Provenance Confirmation Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101450 Authors: Damiani Alonso-Salces Aubone Baeten Arnould Dall’Asta Fuselli Fernández Pierna In the present work, the provenance discrimination of Argentinian honeys was used as case study to compare the capabilities of three spectroscopic techniques as fast screening platforms for...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1448: Comprehensive Characterization and Relative Quantification of α-Amylase/Trypsin Inhibitors from Wheat Cultivars by Targeted HPLC-MS/MS Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101448 Authors: Sagu Zimmermann Landgräber Homann Huschek Özpinar Schweigert Rawel The α-amylase/trypsin inhibitors (ATIs) are discussed as being responsible for non-celiac wheat sensitivity (NCWS), besides being known as allergenic components for baker’s...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1447: Effect of Baking Time and Temperature on Nutrients and Phenolic Compounds Content of Fresh Sprouts Breadlike Product Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9101447 Authors: Vincenzo Alfeo Elisabetta Bravi Dayana Ceccaroni Giuseppe Perretti Ombretta Marconi Valeria Sileoni Sprouting has received increasing attention because of the enhanced nutritional values of the derived products. Baking affects the nutrient availability of the end products. The aim of this...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 397: Nursing Students’ Perception on the Effectiveness of Emergency Competence Learning through Simulation Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8040397 Authors: Ignacio Manuel Guerrero-Martínez Francisco Javier Portero-Prados Rocío Cándida Romero-González Rocío Romero-Castillo Manuel Pabón-Carrasco José Antonio Ponce-Blandón (1) Background: Simulation is a part of the day-to-day of the learning method in health sciences. The objective is to determine...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 118: Making the Call: Art and Politics in Ronald Harwood’s Taking Sides Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9040118 Authors: Ann C. Hall Set in Germany during the denazification processes following World War Two, Ronald Harwood’s Taking Sides (1995 play, 2001 film) pits German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler against a relatively uncultured American interrogator, Steve Arnold, to, as Harwood says, examine the role of an artist under a totalitarian state...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7453: Development of a Rapid and Eco-Friendly UHPLC Analytical Method for the Detection of Histamine in Fish Products International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207453 Authors: Antonello Cicero Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo Gaetano Cammilleri Andrea Pulvirenti Giuseppe Giangrosso Andrea Macaluso Antonio Vella Vincenzo Ferrantelli We developed, validated, and confirmed with proficiency tests a fast ultra-high-performance...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7458: Survival and Estimation of Direct Medical Costs of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Short Title: COVID-19 Survival and Cost in Saudi Arabia) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207458 Authors: Anas A. Khan Yazed AlRuthia Bander Balkhi Sultan M. Alghadeer Mohamad-Hani Temsah Saqer M. Althunayyan Yousef M. Alsofayan Objectives: Assess the survival of hospitalized...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7459: The Association of Caries Increment Dynamics in Preschool Children with Risk Factors: The 3-Year Prospective Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207459 Authors: Nela Pilbauerova Eva Cermakova Romana Koberova Ivancakova Jakub Suchanek This prospective study monitored the dental status, the presence of plaque, and cariogenic microorganism levels of identical children over three years. The aim...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7457: Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome in Novice and Recreational Runners: A Systematic Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207457 Authors: Claudia Menéndez Lucía Batalla Alba Prieto Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Irene Crespo Hugo Olmedillas This systematic review evaluates the existing literature about medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS) in novice and recreational runners. PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE,...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7456: Prevalence and Credibility of Nutrition and Health Claims: Policy Implications from a Case Study of Mongolian Food Labels International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207456 Authors: Chimedtseren Kelly McMahon Yeatman Nutrition and health claims should be truthful and not misleading. We aimed to determine the use of nutrition and health claims in packaged foods sold in Mongolia and examine their credibility....
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7454: Motivation and Barriers to Maintaining Lifestyle Changes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes after an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (The U-TURN Trial): A Longitudinal Qualitative Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207454 Authors: Schmidt Hemmestad MacDonald Langberg Valentiner The purpose of this study was to explore and identify factors that influence motivation for and barriers to...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7447: German Dentists’ Preferences for the Treatment of Apical Periodontitis: A Cross-Sectional Survey International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207447 Authors: Jonas Conrad Jan Retelsdorf Sameh Attia Christof Dörfer Mohamed Mekhemar Currently, there is no standard treatment protocol for apical periodontitis (AP). Thus, restorable teeth might get extracted and replaced prosthetically. This study evaluated...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7455: Smart Hotels and Sustainable Consumer Behavior: Testing the Effect of Perceived Performance, Attitude, and Technology Readiness on Word-of-Mouth International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207455 Authors: Kim Lee Han Many recent studies with the topic of innovative technologies have been executed in the viewpoint of adoption/readiness of one specific cutting-edge technology in the hospitality industry. Unlike...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7452: Continuity and Overlap of Roles in Victims and Aggressors of Bullying and Cyberbullying in Adolescence: A Systematic Review International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207452 Authors: Estévez Cañas Estévez Povedano The objective of this study was to conduct a systematic review of research focused on analyzing the overlap and continuity of the roles in victims and aggressors of bullying and cyberbullying,...
Tue Oct 13, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7450: The Spatio-Temporal Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Covid-19 Spread in Shenzhen, China—An Analysis Based on 417 Cases International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207450 Authors: Shirui Liu Yaochen Qin Zhixiang Xie Jingfei Zhang The global pandemic of COVID-19 has made it the focus of current attention. At present, the law of COVID-19 spread in cities is not clear. Cities have long been difficult...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7451: Smoking Prevalence, Attitudes and Behavior among Dental Students in Poland and Italy International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207451 Authors: Rodakowska Mazur Baginska Sierpinska La Torre Ottolenghi D’Egidio Guerra The aim of the study was to perform preliminary research to compare the smoking prevalence, attitudes and behavior between dentistry students in two universities in Europe...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7448: Assessment of Relative Asthma Risk in Populations Living Near Incineration Facilities in Seoul, Korea International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207448 Authors: Bae Kang Lim While incineration is among the most commonly used technologies for waste disposal, there is ongoing public concern regarding the adverse health impact. The aim of this study is thus to use health statistics to assess the relative risk...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7449: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Associated Factors in Southeast Spain: A Retrospective Study from 2000 to 2014 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207449 Authors: Pérez-Morente Gázquez-López Álvarez-Serrano Martínez-García Femia-Marzo Pozo-Cano Martín-Salvador The World Health Organization estimates that more than one million people acquire a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7442: Factors Influencing Private Hospitals’ Participation in the Innovation of Biomedical Engineering Industry: A Perspective of Evolutionary Game Theory International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207442 Authors: Weiwei Liu Jianing Yang Kexin Bi The innovation of the biomedical engineering (BME) industry is inseparable from its cooperation with medical institutions. China has considerable medical institutions....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7445: Occupational Physicians’ Perspectives on Determinants of Employee Participation in a Randomized Controlled Musculoskeletal Health Promotion Measure: A Qualitative Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207445 Authors: Kristina Schubin Lara Schlomann Lara Lindert Holger Pfaff Kyung-Eun Choi Occupational physicians (OPs) are key figures for advising employees and employers about prevention and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 7444: Tracking Knowledge Evolution Based on the Terminology Dynamics in 4P-Medicine International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207444 Authors: Aida Khakimova Xuejie Yang Oleg Zolotarev Maria Berberova Michael Charnine The accelerating evolution of scientific terms connected with 4P-medicine terminology and a need to track this process has led to the development of new methods of analysis and visualization...
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