Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3185: The Cardiotonic Steroid Marinobufagenin Is a Predictor of Increased Left Ventricular Mass in Obesity: The African-PREDICT Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103185 Authors: Michél Strauss-Kruger Ruan Kruger Wayne Smith Lebo F. Gafane-Matemane Gontse Mokwatsi Wen Wei Olga V. Fedorova Aletta E. Schutte The endogenous Na+/K+-ATPase inhibitor, marinobufagenin (MBG), strongly associates with salt intake and a greater left ventricular mass...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3183: Tryptophan Intake and Metabolism in Older Adults with Mood Disorders
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3183: Tryptophan Intake and Metabolism in Older Adults with Mood Disorders Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103183 Authors: Cezary Chojnacki Tomasz Popławski Jan Chojnacki Michał Fila Paulina Konrad Janusz Blasiak The role of serotonin in the pathogenesis of depression is well-documented, while the involvement of other tryptophan (TRP) metabolites generated in the kynurenine pathway is less known. The aim of this study was to assess the intake and metabolism...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3182: A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies the Association between the 12q24 Locus and Black Tea Consumption in Japanese Populations Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103182 Authors: Kyohei Furukawa Maki Igarashi Huijuan Jia Shun Nogawa Kaoru Kawafune Tsuyoshi Hachiya Shoko Takahashi Kenji Saito Hisanori Kato Several genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have reported the association between genetic variants and the habitual consumption...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3181: High-Sugar Diet Disrupts Hypothalamic but Not Cerebral Cortex Redox Homeostasis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103181 Authors: Ewa Żebrowska Adrian Chabowski Anna Zalewska Mateusz Maciejczyk Despite several reports on the relationship between metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases, the effect of a high-sugar diet (HSD) on brain function is still unknown. Given the crucial role of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of these disorders, this study...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3178: Rapid Weight Gain, Infant Feeding Practices, and Subsequent Body Mass Index Trajectories: The CALINA Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103178 Authors: Paloma Flores-Barrantes Isabel Iguacel Iris Iglesia-Altaba Luis A. Moreno Gerardo Rodríguez We aimed to study growth patterns according to rapid weight gain (RWG) and infant feeding practices during the first 120 days and whether infant feeding practices mediated the association between RWG in...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3179: Curcumin: Could This Compound Be Useful in Pregnancy and Pregnancy-Related Complications? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103179 Authors: Filardi Varì Ferretti Zicari Morano Santangelo Curcumin, the main polyphenol contained in turmeric root (Curcuma longa), has played a significant role in medicine for centuries. The growing interest in plant-derived substances has led to increased consumption of them also in pregnancy. The pleiotropic...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3180: Play with Your Food and Cook It! Tactile Play with Fish as a Way of Promoting Acceptance of Fish in 11- to 13-Year-Old Children in a School Setting—A Qualitative Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103180 Authors: Rikke Højer Karen Wistoft Michael Bom Frøst Despite a tradition of consuming fish in Denmark and despite the health benefits of eating fish, Danish children consume only one-third of the officially recommended amount of fish. The objective...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3176: Vitamin D Status Impacts Genital Mucosal Immunity and Markers of HIV-1 Susceptibility in Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103176 Authors: Sharon M. Anderson Andrea R. Thurman Neelima Chandra Suzanne S. Jackson Susana Asin Christiane Rollenhagen Mimi Ghosh Jason Daniels Nikolas C. Vann Meredith R. Clark Gustavo F. Doncel While vitamin D insufficiency is known to impact a multitude of health outcomes, including HIV-1, little...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3177: Impact of Clinical Markers of Nutritional Status and Feeding Jejunostomy Use on Outcomes in Esophageal Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103177 Authors: Rishi Jain Talha Shaikh Jia-Llon Yee Cherry Au Crystal S. Denlinger Elizabeth Handorf Joshua E. Meyer Efrat Dotan Background: Patients with esophageal cancer (EC) have high rates of malnutrition due to tumor location and treatment-related...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3175: St. John’s Wort Suppresses Growth in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line MDA-MB-231 by Inducing Prodeath Autophagy and Apoptosis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103175 Authors: Mikyoung You Young-Hyun Lee Hwa-Jin Kim Ji Hyun Kook Hyeon-A Kim The rational regulation of programmed cell death by means of autophagy and apoptosis has been considered a potential treatment strategy for cancer. We demonstrated the inhibitory effect of St. John’s...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3174: The Causal Effects of Blood Iron and Copper on Lipid Metabolism Diseases: Evidence from Phenome-Wide Mendelian Randomization Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103174 Authors: Jingqi Zhou Chang Liu Michael Francis Yitang Sun Moon-Suhn Ryu Arthur Grider Kaixiong Ye Blood levels of iron and copper, even within their normal ranges, have been associated with a wide range of clinical outcomes. The available epidemiological evidence for these...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3173: Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet and Thyroid Function in Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Apulian Survey Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103173 Authors: Roberta Zupo Fabio Castellana Francesco Panza Luisa Lampignano Isanna Murro Carmen Di Noia Vincenzo Triggiani Gianluigi Giannelli Rodolfo Sardone Giovanni De Pergola Much research suggests that Mediterranean eating habits and lifestyle contribute to counteract the risk of chronic diseases...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3171: Carbohydrates, Starch, Total Sugar, Fiber Intakes and Food Sources in Spanish Children Aged One to <10 Years—Results from the EsNuPI Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103171 Authors: Samaniego-Vaesken Partearroyo Valero Rodriguez Soto-Méndez Hernández-Ruiz Villoslada Leis Martínez de Victoria Moreno Ortega Ruiz-López Gil Varela-Moreiras Diet quality is a modifiable factor that may contribute to the...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3170: Prevention of Neural Tube Defects by Folic Acid Supplementation: A National Population-Based Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103170 Authors: Benoît de la Fournière Ferdinand Dhombres Paul Maurice Sabine de Foucaud Pauline Lallemant Michel Zérah Lucie Guilbaud Jean-Marie Jouannic Folic acid supplementation is recommended for neural tube defect prevention during pregnancy. We conducted an observational, retrospective national registry...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3172: Offspring Birth Weight Is Associated with Specific Preconception Maternal Food Group Intake: Data from a Linked Population-Based Birth Cohort Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103172 Authors: Nastaran Salavati Petra C. Vinke Fraser Lewis Marian K. Bakker Jan Jaap H.M. Erwich Eline M. M.van der Beek The preconception period has been recognized as one of the earliest sensitive windows for human development. Maternal dietary intake during this period...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3169: The Benefits of Flavonoids in Diabetic Retinopathy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103169 Authors: Matos Bruno Ambrósio Santos Diabetic retinopathy (DR), one of the most common complications of diabetes, is the leading cause of legal blindness among adults of working age in developed countries. After 20 years of diabetes, almost all patients suffering from type I diabetes mellitus and about 60% of type II diabetics have DR. Several studies have...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3167: The Role of Nutritional Support in Cured/Chronic Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103167 Authors: Giovanni Rosti Fabrizio Romano Simona Secondino Riccardo Caccialanza Federica Lobascio Ornella Carminati Paolo Pedrazzoli Paolo Tralongo Improvements in Clinical Oncology, due to earlier diagnoses and more efficient therapeutic strategies, have led to increased numbers of long-term survivors, albeit many with chronic diseases. Dealing...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3168: The Social Stratification of Availability, Affordability, and Consumption of Food in Families with Preschoolers in Addis Ababa; The EAT Addis Study in Ethiopia Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103168 Authors: Semira Abdelmenan Hanna Y. Berhane Magnus Jirström Jill Trenholm Alemayehu Worku Eva-Charlotte Ekström Yemane Berhane The aim of this study was to understand the quality of diet being consumed among families in Addis Ababa, and to what...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3165: Characteristic-Grouped Adiposity Indicators for Identifying Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents: Develop and Valid Risk Screening Tools Using Dual Populatio Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103165 Authors: Yu-Ting Chin Wei-Ting Lin Pei-Wen Wu Sharon Tsai Chun-Ying Lee David W. Seal Ted Chen Hsiao-Ling Huang Chien-Hung Lee A simple, robust, and characterized adiposity indicator may be appropriate to be used as a risk screening tool for identifying...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3166: Pediatric Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Nutritional Origins and Potential Molecular Mechanisms Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103166 Authors: Ashok Mandala Rachel C. Janssen Sirish Palle Kevin R. Short Jacob E. Friedman Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the number one chronic liver disease worldwide and is estimated to affect nearly 40% of obese youth and up to 10% of the general pediatric population without any obvious signs or...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3164: Grape Seed Proanthocyanidin Extract Prevents Bone Loss via Regulation of Osteoclast Differentiation, Apoptosis, and Proliferation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103164 Authors: Sung Chul Kwak Yoon-Hee Cheon Chang Hoon Lee Hong Young Jun Kwon-Ha Yoon Myeung Su Lee Ju-Young Kim Dietary procyanidin has been shown to be an important bioactive component that regulates various pharmacological activities to maintain metabolic homeostasis. In particular,...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3161: Metabolomic Associations with Serum Bone Turnover Markers Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103161 Authors: Moriah P. Bellissimo Joseph L. Roberts Dean P. Jones Ken H. Liu Kaitlin R. Taibl Karan Uppal M. Neale Weitzmann Roberto Pacifici Hicham Drissi Thomas R. Ziegler Jessica A. Alvarez Bone is a dynamic tissue that is in a constant state of remodeling. Bone turnover markers (BTMs), procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (P1NP)...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3163: Role of Probiotics in Stimulating the Immune System in Viral Respiratory Tract Infections: A Narrative Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103163 Authors: Liisa Lehtoranta Sinikka Latvala Markus J. Lehtinen Viral respiratory tract infection (RTI) is the most frequent cause of infectious illnesses including the common cold. Pharmacological solutions for treating or preventing viral RTIs are so far limited and thus several self-care products are available...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3160: Influence of the Accumulation of Unhealthy Eating Habits on Obesity in a General Japanese Population: The Hisayama Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103160 Authors: Yuki Ishida Daigo Yoshida Takanori Honda Yoichiro Hirakawa Mao Shibata Satoko Sakata Yoshihiko Furuta Emi Oishi Jun Hata Takanari Kitazono Toshiharu Ninomiya Few studies have examined the association between the accumulation of unhealthy eating habits and the likelihood...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3158: Natural Products: Evidence for Neuroprotection to Be Exploited in Glaucoma Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103158 Authors: Annagrazia Adornetto Laura Rombolà Luigi Antonio Morrone Carlo Nucci Maria Tiziana Corasaniti Giacinto Bagetta Rossella Russo Glaucoma, a leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, is an optic neuropathy characterized by the progressive death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP)...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3159: Beyond Fish Oil Supplementation: The Effects of Alternative Plant Sources of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids upon Lipid Indexes and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers—An Overview Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103159 Authors: Heitor O. Santos James C. Price Allain A. Bueno Cardiovascular diseases remain a global challenge, and lipid-associated biomarkers can predict cardiovascular events. Extensive research on cardiovascular benefits of omega-3 polyunsaturated...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3162: Inconsistencies in the Nutrition Management of Glutaric Aciduria Type 1: An International Survey Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103162 Authors: Laurie Bernstein Curtis R. Coughlin Morgan Drumm Steven Yannicelli Fran Rohr Glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA-1) is a cerebral organic aciduria characterized by striatal injury and progressive movement disorder. Nutrition management shifted from a general restriction of intact protein to targeted restriction...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3157: Transport of a Peptide from Bovine αs1-Casein across Models of the Intestinal and Blood–Brain Barriers Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103157 Authors: Brian Christensen Andrea E. Toth Simone S. E. Nielsen Carsten Scavenius Steen V. Petersen Jan J. Enghild Jan T. Rasmussen Morten S. Nielsen Esben S. Sørensen The effect of food components on brain growth and development has attracted increasing attention. Milk has been shown to contain...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 852: Concordance between Histology, Immunohistochemistry, and RT-PCR in the Diagnosis of Feline Infectious Peritonitis Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100852 Authors: Angelica Stranieri Donatella Scavone Saverio Paltrinieri Alessia Giordano Federico Bonsembiante Silvia Ferro Maria Elena Gelain Sara Meazzi Stefania Lauzi Histology, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) have been used to...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 851: Onychomycosis in Northwestern Greece Over a 7-Year Period Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100851 Authors: Hercules Sakkas Christos Kittas Georgia Kapnisi Efthalia Priavali Amalia Kallinteri Ioannis D. Bassukas Konstantina Gartzonika Onychomycosis is considered as one of the major public health problems with a global distribution associated with geographic, demographic and environmental factors, underlying comorbidities and immunodeficiency...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 850: Immunological Perspective for Ebola Virus Infection and Various Treatment Measures Taken to Fight the Disease Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100850 Authors: Sahil Jain Svetlana F. Khaiboullina Manoj Baranwal Ebolaviruses, discovered in 1976, belongs to the Filoviridae family, which also includes Marburg and Lloviu viruses. They are negative-stranded RNA viruses with six known species identified to date. Ebola virus (EBOV) is a member of Zaire ebolavirus...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 849: Inactivation of Multi-Drug Resistant Non-Typhoidal Salmonella and Wild-Type Escherichia coli STEC Using Organic Acids: A Potential Alternative to the Food Industry Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100849 Authors: Vinicius Silva Castro Yhan da Silva Mutz Denes Kaic Alves Rosario Adelino Cunha-Neto Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo Carlos Adam Conte-Junior Salmonella and Escherichia coli are the main bacterial species involved in food outbreaks...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 848: Sequencing of Historical Isolates, K-mer Mining and High Serological Cross-Reactivity with Ross River Virus Argue against the Presence of Getah Virus in Australia Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100848 Authors: Rawle Nguyen Dumenil Parry Warrilow Tang Le Slonchak Khromykh Lutzky Yan Suhrbier Getah virus (GETV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus primarily associated with disease in horses and pigs in Asia. GETV...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 847: OV16 Seroprevalence among Persons with Epilepsy in Onchocerciasis Endemic Regions: A Multi-Country Study Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100847 Authors: Alfred Dusabimana Dan Bhwana Michel Mandro Bruno P. Mmbando Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo Robert Colebunders There is growing epidemiological evidence that onchocerciasis may induce epilepsy. High prevalence of onchocerciasis has been reported in onchocerciasis-meso and hyper-endemic regions. We...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 317: Effect of Tocilizumab in Hospitalized Patients with Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Case-Control Cohort Study Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13100317 Authors: Benjamin Rossi Lee S. Nguyen Philippe Zimmermann Faiza Boucenna Louis Dubret Louise Baucher Helene Guillot Marie-Anne Bouldouyre Yves Allenbach Joe-Elie Salem Paul Barsoum Arezki Oufella Helene Gros Tocilizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 receptor, administrated during...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 316: Novel Photosensitizer β-Mannose-Conjugated Chlorin e6 as a Potent Anticancer Agent for Human Glioblastoma U251 Cells Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13100316 Authors: Yo Shinoda Kohei Kujirai Kohei Aoki Mai Morita Masato Masuda Lihao Zhang Zhou Kaixin Akihiro Nomoto Tsutomu Takahashi Yayoi Tsuneoka Jiro Akimoto Hiromi Kataoka Rioko Rachi Atsushi Narumi Tomokazu Yoshimura Shigenobu Yano Yasuyuki Fujiwara ...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 984: Optimization and Formulation of Nanostructured and Self-Assembled Caseinate Micelles for Enhanced Cytotoxic Effects of Paclitaxel on Breast Cancer Cells Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100984 Authors: Farah Rehan Nafees Ahemad Rowshan Ara Islam Manish Gupta Siew Hua Gan Ezharul Hoque Chowdhury Background: Paclitaxel (PTX) is a widely used anti-cancer drug for treating various types of solid malignant tumors including breast,...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 985: Targeted Therapy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Gemcitabine-Incorporated GPC3 Aptamer Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100985 Authors: Jun Young Park Ju Ri Chae Ye Lim Cho Youndong Kim Dasom Lee Jeong Kyun Lee Won Jun Kang Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignancy of the liver, which can progress rapidly and has a poor prognosis. Glypican-3 (GPC3) has been proposed to be an important diagnostic biomarker...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 983: An Overview of Biopolymeric Electrospun Nanofibers Based on Polysaccharides for Wound Healing Management Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100983 Authors: Andreea-Teodora Iacob Maria Drăgan Oana-Maria Ionescu Lenuța Profire Anton Ficai Ecaterina Andronescu Luminița Georgeta Confederat Dan Lupașcu Currently, despite the thoroughgoing scientific research carried out in the area of wound healing management, the treatment of...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 981: Viral load Reduction in SHIV-Positive Nonhuman Primates via Long-Acting Subcutaneous Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate Release from a Nanofluidic Implant Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100981 Authors: Fernanda P. Pons-Faudoa Nicola Di Trani Antons Sizovs Kathryn A. Shelton Zoha Momin Lane R. Bushman Jiaqiong Xu Dorothy E. Lewis Sandra Demaria Trevor Hawkins James F. Rooney Mark A. Marzinke Jason T. Kimata Peter...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 982: Sustained Release of Linezolid from Prepared Hydrogels with Polyvinyl Alcohol and Aliphatic Dicarboxylic Acids of Variable Chain Lengths Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100982 Authors: Gustavo Carreño Adolfo Marican Sekar Vijayakumar Oscar Valdés Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas Johanna Castaño Esteban F. Durán-Lara A series of hydrogels with a specific release profile of linezolid was successfully synthesized. The hydrogels were synthesized...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 980: Extracellular Vesicle-Based Nucleic Acid Delivery: Current Advances and Future Perspectives in Cancer Therapeutic Strategies Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100980 Authors: Crescenzo Massaro Giulia Sgueglia Victoria Frattolillo S. Rubina Baglio Lucia Altucci Carmela Dell’Aversana Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are sophisticated and sensitive messengers released by cells to communicate with and influence distant and neighboring...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 978: Enhanced Lymphatic Delivery of Methotrexate Using W/O/W Nanoemulsion: In Vitro Characterization and Pharmacokinetic Study Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100978 Authors: Ji-Hun Jang Seung-Hyun Jeong Yong-Bok Lee Methotrexate, which is widely used in the treatment of cancer and immune-related diseases, has limitations in use because of its low bioavailability, short half-life, and tissue toxicity. Thus, in this study, a nano-sized water-in-oil-in-water...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 977: Preclinical Evaluation of the GRPR-Targeting Antagonist RM26 Conjugated to the Albumin-Binding Domain for GRPR-Targeting Therapy of Cancer Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100977 Authors: Ayman Abouzayed Hanna Tano Ábel Nagy Sara S. Rinne Fadya Wadeea Sharmishtaa Kumar Kristina Westerlund Vladimir Tolmachev Amelie Eriksson Karlström Anna Orlova The targeting of gastrin-releasing peptide receptors (GRPR) was recently...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 979: Conjugation of Native-Like HIV-1 Envelope Trimers onto Liposomes Using EDC/Sulfo-NHS Chemistry: Requirements and Limitations Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100979 Authors: Suleiman Mayer Lehner Kohlhauser Katholnig Batzoni Damm Temchura Wagner Überla Vorauer-Uhl The display of native-like human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope (HIV-1 Env) trimers on liposomes has gained wide attention over the...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 192: Using Simulation to Teach Methods for Improving Patient Literacy about Medicines Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8040192 Authors: Vivienne Mak Anisha Kaur Sandhu Sunanthiny Krishnan Pharmacists have a role in educating patients on the self-management of their medications, using accurate medicines lists. Thus, pharmacy students need to be adequately trained and assessed in health-literacy skills to be competent for future patient-education consultations...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1387: Weather Conditions and Maturity Group Impacts on the Infestation of First Generation European Corn Borers in Maize Hybrids in Croatia Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101387 Authors: Renata Bažok Ivan Pejić Maja Čačija Helena Virić Gašparić Darija Lemić Zrinka Drmić Martina Kadoić Balaško Overwintering success and weather conditions are the key factors determining the abundance and intensity of the attack of the first generation of European corn...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1384: Functional Analysis of StPHT1;7, a Solanum tuberosum L. Phosphate Transporter Gene, in Growth and Drought Tolerance Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101384 Authors: Minxuan Cao Hengzhi Liu Chao Zhang Dongdong Wang Xiaofang Liu Qin Chen PHT1 (phosphate transporter 1) family genes play important roles in regulating plant growth and responding to stress. However, there has been little research on the role of the PHT1 family in potatoes. In this study,...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1385: How Do Novel M-Rootstock (Vitis Spp.) Genotypes Cope with Drought? Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101385 Authors: Bianchi Caramanico Grossi Brancadoro Lorenzis Most of the vineyards around the world are in areas characterized by seasonal drought, where water deficits and high temperatures represent severe constraints on the regular grapevine growth cycle. Although grapevines are well adapted to arid and semi-arid environments, water stress can...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1386: Effect of Cadmium-Tolerant Rhizobacteria on Growth Attributes and Chlorophyll Contents of Bitter Gourd under Cadmium Toxicity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101386 Authors: Zafar-ul-Hye Naeem Danish Khan Fahad Datta Brtnicky Kintl Hussain El-Esawi Cadmium (Cd) is one of the heavy metals that negatively affects the growth of plants. High solubilization in water leads Cd to enter into plants quite easily, thus decreasing seed...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1383: A Cytoplasmic Receptor-like Kinase Contributes to Salinity Tolerance Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101383 Authors: Nir Sade Fei Weng Hiromi Tajima Yarden Zeron Lei Zhang Maria del Mar Rubio Wilhelmi George Day Zvi Peleg Eduardo Blumwald Receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases (RLCKs) are receptor kinases that lack extracellular ligand-binding domains and have emerged as a major class of signaling proteins that regulate plant cellular activities...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1381: Successional Categorization of European Hemi-Boreal Forest Tree Species Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101381 Authors: Raimundas Petrokas Virgilijus Baliuckas Michael Manton Developing forest harvesting regimes that mimic natural forest dynamics requires knowledge on typical species behaviors and how they respond to environmental conditions. Species regeneration and survival after disturbance depends on a species’ life history traits. Therefore,...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1382: Differential Interpretation of Mountain Temperatures by Endospermic Seeds of Three Endemic Species Impacts the Timing of In Situ Germination Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101382 Authors: Marco Porceddu Hugh W. Pritchard Efisio Mattana Gianluigi Bacchetta Predicting seed germination in the field is a critical part of anticipating the impact of climate change on the timing of wild species regeneration. We combined thermal time and soil heat sum models...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1380: Exogenous Nitric Oxide Delays Plant Regeneration from Protoplast and Protonema Development in Physcomitrella patens Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101380 Authors: Daniela Cervantes-Pérez Angélica Ortega-García Rigoberto Medina-Andrés Ramón Alberto Batista-García Verónica Lira-Ruan Nitric oxide (NO) has been recognized as a major player in the regulation of plant physiology and development. NO regulates cell cycle progression and cell elongation in...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1378: Early Low-Fluence Red Light or Darkness Modulates the Shoot Regeneration Capacity of Excised Arabidopsis Roots Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101378 Authors: Xi Wei Yanpeng Ding Ye Wang Fuguang Li Xiaoyang Ge In plants, light is an important environmental signal that induces meristem development and interacts with endogenous signals, including hormones. We found that treatment with 24 h of low-fluence red light (24 h R) or 24 h of darkness (24 h D)...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1379: Variability in the Qualitative and Quantitative Composition and Content of Phenolic Compounds in the Fruit of Introduced American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101379 Authors: Ieva Gudžinskaitė Elicija Stackevičienė Mindaugas Liaudanskas Kristina Zymonė Vaidotas Žvikas Jonas Viškelis Rima Urbštaitė Valdimaras Janulis The aim of this study was to determine the composition and content of phenolic compounds...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1377: Self-Compatibility Not Associated with Morphological or Genetic Diversity Reduction in Oil-Rewarding Calceolaria Species Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101377 Authors: Maureen Murúa Anahí Espíndola Fernanda Pérez One of the most common evolutionary transitions in angiosperms is the reproductive change from outcrossing to selfing, commonly associated with changes in floral biology and genetic diversity. Here, we aim to test whether self-compatibility leads...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 28: Short-Chain Fatty Acids Modulate Metabolic Pathways and Membrane Lipids in Prevotella bryantii B14 Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8040028 Authors: Andrej Trautmann Lena Schleicher Simon Deusch Jochem Gätgens Julia Steuber Jana Seifert Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are bacterial products that are known to be used as energy sources in eukaryotic hosts, whereas their role in the metabolism of intestinal microbes is rarely explored. In the present...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Psych, Vol. 2, Pages 186-197: Influence of Maternal Stress during Pregnancy on Child’s Neurodevelopment Psych doi: 10.3390/psych2040016 Authors: Cristina Matas-Blanco Rafael A. Caparros-Gonzalez (1) Background: High stress levels during pregnancy can affect the organogenesis and the foetus’ central nervous system maturation. The objective of this study was to determine whether a relationship between maternal stress during pregnancy and alterations in child neurodevelopment...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 531: Judges 19-21: The Disasters of the Community of Virtue Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100531 Authors: Richard Cohen This paper is an ethical exegesis of the biblical story of Gibeah, which concludes the Book of Judges (19–21), to show the catastrophic failure of the anti-political politics of the “community of virtue”, i.e., the rejection of power for the sake of moral society, such as proposed by libertarians, neo-liberals, anarchists...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 530: Warriors Who Do Not Kill in War: A Buddhist Interpretation of the Warrior’s Role in Relation to the Precept against Killing Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100530 Authors: Tsunehiko Sugiki Buddhist scriptures in ancient South Asia include discourses that teach measures by which a warrior can face problems in confrontation with foreign armies and domestic rebel troops without resorting to killing them in battle. These moderate measures have not attracted much...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 529: Spiritual Needs of Older Adults during Hospitalization: An Integrative Review Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100529 Authors: Lindsy Desmet Jessie Dezutter Anna Vandenhoeck Annemie Dillen A hospital admission presents various challenges for a patient which often result in high or intense spiritual needs. To provide the best possible care for older adults during hospitalization, it is essential to assess patients’ spiritual needs. However,...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 123: Hydrological Response to Drought Occurrences in a Brazilian Savanna Basin Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9100123 Authors: Rubens Junqueira Marcelo R. Viola Jhones da S. Amorim Carlos R. de Mello The Brazilian savanna is one of the world’s 25 biodiversity hotspots. However, droughts can decrease water availability in this biome. This study aimed to analyze meteorological and hydrological droughts and their influence on the hydrological...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 107: Determinants and Predictors of SMEs’ Financial Failure: A Logistic Regression Approach Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8040107 Authors: Youssef Zizi Mohamed Oudgou Abdeslam El Moudden This paper aims to identify the determinants and predictors of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)’ financial failure. Within this framework, we have opted for a quantitative method based on a sample of healthy and failing SMEs of a Moroccan bank. The main results...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 86: Parallel Manipulation Based on Stick-Slip Motion of Vibrating Platform Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9040086 Authors: Mohammad Mayyas The majority of the industrial material handling mechanisms used in the manipulation or assembly of mesoscale objects are slow and require precision programming and tooling, mainly because they are based on sequential robotic pick-n-place operations. This paper presents problem formation, modeling, and analysis of a sensorless...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 185: Understanding Fake News Consumption: A Review Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9100185 Authors: Baptista Gradim Combating the spread of fake news remains a difficult problem. For this reason, it is increasingly urgent to understand the phenomenon of fake news. This review aims to see why fake news is widely shared on social media and why some people believe it. The presentation of its structure (from the images chosen, the format of the titles...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 184: Social (Im)Mobility and Social Work with Families with Children. Case Study of a Disadvantaged Microregion in Hungary Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9100184 Authors: Andrea Rácz Dorottya Sik The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of families and concerned social workers. The research was conducted in an underprivileged and disadvantaged microregion in North Hungary. The main focus was on the available health, educational, child...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 80: Beyond TTM and ABC: A Practice Perspective on Physical Activity Promotion for Adolescent Females from Disadvantaged Backgrounds Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10040080 Authors: Ellyse Hopkins Nicola Bolton David Brown Nic Matthews Melissa Anderson This paper builds on a growing body of literature on the promise of practice theory in understanding and promoting behavior change in society and develops upon Blue (2017) and Spotswood et al.’s...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 138: The Effects of Strength and Conditioning in Physical Education on Athletic Motor Skill Competencies and Psychological Attributes of Secondary School Children: A Pilot Study Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8100138 Authors: Ben J. Pullen Jon L. Oliver Rhodri S. Lloyd Camilla J. Knight Leading global physical activity guidelines advocate that young children need to engage in activities that strengthen musculoskeletal tissues and improve movement skill competency....
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 137: Acute Effects of Supervised Making Weight on Health Markers, Hormones and Body Composition in Muay Thai Fighters Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8100137 Authors: Cannataro Cione Gallelli Marzullo Bonilla Making weight is a practice often used in combat sports. This consists of a rapid weight loss (RWL) and a subsequent rapid weight gain (RWG) in the days preceding competition. However, this practice is often carried out based on anecdotal information...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 89: Oxidative Damage of Mussels Living in Seawater Enriched with Trace Metals, from the Viewpoint of Proteins Expression and Modification Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8040089 Authors: Kournouto Giannopoulou Sazakli Leotsinidis Kalpaxis Dinos The impact of metals bioaccumulation in marine organisms is a subject of intense investigation. This study was designed to determine the association between oxidative stress induced by seawater enriched with...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 660: Calcination Improves the In Vivo Efficacy of a Montmorillonite Clay to Bind Aflatoxin G1 in Broiler Chickens: A Toxicokinetic Approach Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12100660 Authors: Rejeb Baere Devreese Ducatelle Croubels Ayed Ghorbal Antonissen The goal of this study was to investigate the toxicokinetic characteristics of aflatoxin G1 (AFG1) in broiler chickens and the effect of calcination of a Tunisian montmorillonite clay on the...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 659: Gradual and Discrete Ontogenetic Shifts in Rattlesnake Venom Composition and Assessment of Hormonal and Ecological Correlates Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12100659 Authors: Richard B. Schonour Emma M. Huff Matthew L. Holding Natalie M. Claunch Schyler A. Ellsworth Michael P. Hogan Kenneth Wray James McGivern Mark J. Margres Timothy J. Colston Darin R. Rokyta Ontogenetic shifts in venom occur in many snakes but establishing their...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 160: Hand Hygiene Knowledge and Practices among Domestic Hajj Pilgrims: Implications for Future Mass Gatherings Amidst COVID-19 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5040160 Authors: Hashim Mahdi Amani Alqahtani Osamah Barasheed Amjad Alemam Mohammed Alhakami Ibrahim Gadah Hadeel Alkediwi Khadijah Alzahrani Lujain Fatani Lamis Dahlawi Saeed Alsharif Ramon Shaban Robert Booy Harunor Rashid This...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 615: Selecting Target Antigens for Cancer Vaccine Development Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040615 Authors: Luigi Buonaguro Maria Tagliamonte One of the principal goals of cancer immunotherapy is the development of efficient therapeutic cancer vaccines that are able to elicit an effector as well as memory T cell response specific to tumor antigens. In recent years, the attention has been focused on the personalization of cancer vaccines. However, the efficacy...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 614: A Herpesvirus of Turkey-Based Vector Vaccine Reduces Transmission of Newcastle Disease Virus in Commercial Broiler Chickens with Maternally Derived Antibodies Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040614 Authors: Timea Tatár-Kis Egil A.J. Fischer Christophe Cazaban Edit Walkó-Kovács Zalan G. Homonnay Francisca C. Velkers Vilmos Palya J. Arjan Stegeman Newcastle Disease is one of the most important infectious poultry diseases worldwide and is...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 612: The Strange Case of BCG and COVID-19: The Verdict Is Still up in the Air Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040612 Authors: Radha Gopalaswamy Natarajan Ganesan Kalamani Velmurugan Vivekanandhan Aravindhan Selvakumar Subbian COVID-19, caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, contributes significantly to the morbidity and mortality in humans worldwide. In the absence of specific vaccines or therapeutics available, COVID-19 cases are managed empirically...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 613: Xanthohumol and Gossypol Are Promising Inhibitors against Babesia microti by In Vitro Culture via High-Throughput Screening of 133 Natural Products Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040613 Authors: Guo Luo Wang He Zhao Human babesiosis caused by Babesia microti is an emerging threat for severe illness and even death, with an increasing impact worldwide. Currently, the regimen of atovaquone and azithromycin is considered as the standard therapy...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 157: Dermacentor marginatus and Dermacentor reticulatus, and Their Infection by SFG Rickettsiae and Francisella-Like Endosymbionts, in Mountain and Periurban Habitats of Northwestern Italy Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7040157 Authors: Aitor Garcia-Vozmediano Giorgia Giglio Elisa Ramassa Fabrizio Nobili Luca Rossi Laura Tomassone We investigated the distribution of Dermacentor spp. and their infection by zoonotic bacteria causing...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1179: Zinc and Copper Ions Differentially Regulate Prion-Like Phase Separation Dynamics of Pan-Virus Nucleocapsid Biomolecular Condensates Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101179 Authors: Anne Monette Andrew J. Mouland Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a rapidly growing research focus due to numerous demonstrations that many cellular proteins phase-separate to form biomolecular condensates (BMCs) that nucleate membraneless organelles (MLOs). A growing repertoire...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1178: Identification and Tracking of Antiviral Drug Combinations Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101178 Authors: Aleksandr Ianevski Rouan Yao Svetlana Biza Eva Zusinaite Andres Mannik Gaily Kivi Anu Planken Kristiina Kurg Eva-Maria Tombak Mart Ustav Nastassia Shtaida Evgeny Kulesskiy Eunji Jo Jaewon Yang Hilde Lysvand Kirsti Løseth Valentyn Oksenych Per Arne Aas Tanel Tenson Astra Vitkauskienė Marc P. Windisch Mona...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1177: Disruption of Zika Virus xrRNA1-Dependent sfRNA1 Production Results in Tissue-Specific Attenuated Viral Replication Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101177 Authors: Hadrian Sparks Brendan Monogue Benjamin Akiyama Jeffrey Kieft J. David Beckham The Zika virus (ZIKV), like other flaviviruses, produces several species of sub-genomic RNAs (sfRNAs) during infection, corresponding to noncoding RNA fragments of different lengths that result from the exonuclease...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1175: Can Measurements of Inflammatory Biomarkers Be Used to Spot Respiratory Viral Infections? Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101175 Authors: Anirban Sinha René Lutter Tamara Dekker Barbara Dierdorp Peter J. Sterk Urs Frey Edgar Delgado-Eckert Accurate detection of human respiratory viral infections is highly topical. We investigated how strongly inflammatory biomarkers (FeNO, eosinophils, neutrophils, and cytokines in nasal lavage fluid) and lung...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1176: Selective Blockade of TNFR1 Improves Clinical Disease and Bronchoconstriction in Experimental RSV Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101176 Authors: Dorothea R. Morris Maria Ansar Teodora Ivanciuc Yue Qu Antonella Casola Roberto P. Garofalo Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of bronchiolitis in infants and young children. Although some clinical studies have speculated that tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α is a major...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1174: Expression Pattern of the SARS-CoV-2 Entry Genes ACE2 and TMPRSS2 in the Respiratory Tract Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101174 Authors: Yichuan Liu Hui-Qi Qu Jingchun Qu Lifeng Tian Hakon Hakonarson To address the expression pattern of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor ACE2 and the viral priming protease TMPRSS2 in the respiratory tract, this study investigated RNA sequencing transcriptome profiling of samples of airway and oral mucosa. As shown, ACE2 has medium...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1172: Viral Related Tools against SARS-CoV-2 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101172 Authors: Laura Fernandez-Garcia Olga Pacios Mónica González-Bardanca Lucia Blasco Inés Bleriot Antón Ambroa María López German Bou Maria Tomás At the end of 2019, a new disease appeared and spread all over the world, the COVID-19, produced by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. As a consequence of this worldwide health crisis, the scientific community began to redirect...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1171: Influenza A Virus Inhibits RSV Infection via a Two-Wave Expression of IFIT Proteins Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101171 Authors: Yaron Drori Jasmine Jacob-Hirsch Rakefet Pando Aharona Glatman-Freedman Nehemya Friedman Ella Mendelson Michal Mandelboim Influenza viruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are respiratory viruses that primarily circulate worldwide during the autumn and winter seasons. Seasonal surveillance has shown that RSV...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1173: Diversity of tRNA Clusters in the Chloroviruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101173 Authors: Garry A. Duncan David D. Dunigan James L. Van Etten Viruses rely on their host’s translation machinery for the synthesis of their own proteins. Problems belie viral translation when the host has a codon usage bias (CUB) that is different from an infecting virus due to differences in the GC content between the host and virus genomes. Here, we examine the...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 44: Current Choroidal Imaging Findings in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Vision doi: 10.3390/vision4040044 Authors: Gideon Nkrumah Dmitrii S. Maltsev Paez-Escamilla A. Manuel Mohammed A. Rasheed Marianno Cozzi Alessandro Ivernizzi Marco Lupidi Sumit Randhir Singh Jay Chhablani Background: Central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR) is a chorioretinal disease affecting mostly middle age males. It is marked by the serous detachment of the neurosensory...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2912: Assessment of the Impact of Sand Mining on Bottom Morphology in the Mekong River in An Giang Province, Vietnam, Using a Hydro-Morphological Model with GPU Computing Water doi: 10.3390/w12102912 Authors: Tran Thi Kim Nguyen Thi Mai Huong Nguyen Dam Quoc Huy Pham Anh Tai Sumin Hong Tran Minh Quan Nguyen Thi Bay Won-Ki Jeong Nguyen Ky Phung Sand mining, among the many activities that have significant effects on the bed changes of rivers,...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2910: Application of an Interval Two-Stage Robust (ITSR) Optimization Model for Optimization of Water Resource Distribution in the Yinma River Basin, Jilin Province, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12102910 Authors: He Yang Li Meng Li The present study is based on the application of an interval two-stage stochastic programming (ITSP) model in the Yinma River Basin. A robust method based on interval two-stage robust (ITSR) optimization is introduced to...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2911: Application of the RSPARROW Modeling Tool to Estimate Total Nitrogen Sources to Streams and Evaluate Source Reduction Management Scenarios in the Grande River Basin, Brazil Water doi: 10.3390/w12102911 Authors: Miller de Souza Alexander Sanisaca Teixeira Appling Large-domain hydrological models are increasingly needed to support water-resource assessment and management in large river basins. Here, we describe results for the first Brazilian...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2909: Heterogeneous Fenton-Like Catalytic Degradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid by Nano-Scale Zero-Valent Iron Assembled on Magnetite Nanoparticles Water doi: 10.3390/w12102909 Authors: Xiaofan Lv Yiyang Ma Yangyang Li Qi Yang Fe0@Fe3O4 nanoparticles with dispersibility and stability better than single nano zero-valent iron (nZVI) were synthesized and combined with hydrogen peroxide to constitute a heterogeneous Fenton-like system, which was creatively...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2908: Massive Influx of Pelagic Sargassum spp. on the Coasts of the Mexican Caribbean 2014–2020: Challenges and Opportunities Water doi: 10.3390/w12102908 Authors: Valeria Chávez Abigail Uribe-Martínez Eduardo Cuevas Rosa E. Rodríguez-Martínez Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek Vanessa Francisco Miriam Estévez Lourdes B. Celis L. Verónica Monroy-Velázquez Rosa Leal-Bautista Lorenzo Álvarez-Filip Marta García-Sánchez Luis Masia Rodolfo Silva...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2907: Investigating Sediment Dynamics in a Landslide-Dominated Catchment by Modeling Landslide Area and Fluvial Sediment Export Water doi: 10.3390/w12102907 Authors: Tse-Yang Teng Jr-Chuan Huang Tsung-Yu Lee Yi-Chin Chen Ming-Young Jan Cheng-Chien Liu Few models are capable of simultaneously simulating the sequences of landslide occurrence and sediment export. Quantification of the temporarily stored sediment within the watershed plays a key role...
Sun Oct 18, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2906: Plastic Film Mulch Performed Better in Improving Heat Conditions and Drip Irrigated Potato Growth in Northwest China than in Eastern China Water doi: 10.3390/w12102906 Authors: Youliang Zhang Ren Feng Wei Nie Fengxin Wang Shaoyuan Feng Plastic film (i.e., transparent and black films) is widely applied in mulching to improve thermal environments and plant growth in China. However, choosing suitable film for potato cultivation in different areas...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2904: Effects of Pressure and Nozzle Size on the Spray Characteristics of Low-Pressure Rotating Sprinklers Water doi: 10.3390/w12102904 Authors: Rui Chen Hong Li Jian Wang Xin Guo Using low-pressure sprinklers in agricultural irrigation has become an alternative way of reducing water and energy stress. To determine the applicability of the low-pressure rotating sprinkler, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of working pressure and nozzle...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2902: Removal of Diclofenac in Effluent of Sewage Treatment Plant by Photocatalytic Oxidation Water doi: 10.3390/w12102902 Authors: Nan Ma Nannan Zhang Ling Gao Rongfang Yuan Huilun Chen Xuerui Hou Jiawei Hou Fei Wang Beihai Zhou Diclofenac (DCF) has been widely found in sewage treatment plants and environmental water bodies, and has attracted worldwide attention. In this paper, the photocatalytic degradation of DCF was investigated using...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2905: Collaborative Action and Social Organization in Remote Rural Regions: Autonomous Irrigation Arrangements in the Pamirs of Tajikistan Water doi: 10.3390/w12102905 Authors: Andrei Dörre This paper proposes a bottom–up “nexus medium” perspective to examine and understand social organization and how socio-ecological challenges in remote rural regions are dealt with in communities that receive only limited external support. While “nexus...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2903: In Situ Rates of Carbon and Nitrogen Uptake by Phytoplankton and the Contribution of Picophytoplankton in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard Water doi: 10.3390/w12102903 Authors: Bo Kyung Kim Hyoung Min Joo Jinyoung Jung Boyeon Lee Sun-Yong Ha Rapid climate warming and the associated melting of glaciers in high-latitude open fjord systems can have a significant impact on biogeochemical cycles. In this study, the uptake rates of carbon and nitrogen (nitrate...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2901: Evaluation of Different Objective Functions Used in the SUFI-2 Calibration Process of SWAT-CUP on Water Balance Analysis: A Case Study of the Pursat River Basin, Cambodia Water doi: 10.3390/w12102901 Authors: Davy Sao Tasuku Kato Le Hoang Tu Panha Thouk Atiqotun Fitriyah Chantha Oeurng Many calibration techniques have been developed for the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). Among them, the SWAT calibration and uncertainty program (SWAT-CUP)...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2900: Activated Carbon and Ozone to Reduce Simazine in Water Water doi: 10.3390/w12102900 Authors: Alejandro Aldeguer Esquerdo Pedro José Varo Galvañ Irene Sentana Gadea Daniel Prats Rico In this study, the reduction of the pesticide simazine at an initial concentration of 0.7 mg L−1 in water has been investigated using two different technologies: adsorption with powdered and granulated activated carbon, advanced oxidation processes with ozone...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2899: An Analytical Study on Wave-Current-Mud Interaction Water doi: 10.3390/w12102899 Authors: Shamsnia Dutykh This study aims at providing analytical investigations to the first and second-order on the wave–current–mud interaction problem by applying a perturbation method. Direct formulations of the wave–current–mud interaction could not be found in the literature. Explicit formulations for the particle velocity, dissipation...
Sat Oct 17, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2898: Quantitative Analysis of the Influencing Factors and Their Interactions in Runoff Generation in a Karst Basin of Southwestern China Water doi: 10.3390/w12102898 Authors: Wenjuan Hou Jiangbo Gao Shaohong Wu The unique geological conditions of karst regions create highly heterogeneous habitat characteristics, and the addition of human disturbance results in rocky desertification. Water and soil loss are the core questions, and moreover, runoff is the key...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2895: Use of Modern Technologies for the Conservation of Historical Heritage in Water Management Water doi: 10.3390/w12102895 Authors: Adrian Șmuleac Laura Șmuleac Teodor Eugen Man Cosmin Alin Popescu Florin Imbrea Isidora Radulov Tabita Adamov Raul Pașcalău Historical monuments represent a cultural heritage that humanity has a duty to preserve and conserve. Lately all over the world, scanning these heritage objectives has become a priority,...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2897: General Assessment of the Operational Utility of National Water Model Reservoir Inflows for the Bureau of Reclamation Facilities Water doi: 10.3390/w12102897 Authors: Francesca Viterbo Laura Read Kenneth Nowak Andrew W. Wood David Gochis Robert Cifelli Mimi Hughes This work investigates the utility of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Water Model (NWM) for water management operations by assessing the...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2894: Ecologically Non-Invasive Decontamination of Natura 2000 Locality from Old Deposits of Hexavalent Chromium and Bivalent Nickel by Modular Electrocoagulation Combined with Ca(OH)2 Addition Water doi: 10.3390/w12102894 Authors: Pavel Krystynik Pavel Masin Zuzana Krusinova Petr Kluson A modular electrocoagulation unit, supported by Ca(OH)2 addition to treated water, was operated in the vicinity of a Natura 2000 site for the removal of Cr6+ or Ni2+ from...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2893: Effectiveness of Nature-Based Solutions in Mitigating Flood Hazard in a Mediterranean Peri-Urban Catchment Water doi: 10.3390/w12102893 Authors: Carla S. S. Ferreira Sandra Mourato Milica Kasanin-Grubin António Ferreira Georgia Destouni Zahra Kalantari Urbanization alters natural hydrological processes and enhances runoff, which affects flood hazard. Interest in nature-based solutions (NBS) for sustainable mitigation and adaptation to urban...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2892: The Initial Deposition Behavior of Silica Colloid and Amino-Modified Silica Colloid in Unsaturated Sand Columns Water doi: 10.3390/w12102892 Authors: Yosuke Fujita Motoyoshi Kobayashi Colloid transport experiments focusing on the initial deposition stage in water-unsaturated sand columns were conducted. To examine the effect of electrostatic interaction in the unsaturated condition, negatively and positively charged silica colloids were used for column...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2896: Hydraulic Transient Analysis of Sewer Pipe Systems Using a Non-Oscillatory Two-Component Pressure Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w12102896 Authors: David Khani Yeo Howe Lim Ahmad Malekpour On the basis of the two-component pressure approach, we developed a numerical model to capture mixed transient flows in close conduit systems. To achieve this goal, an innovative Godunov finite-volume numerical scheme is proposed to suppress the spurious numerical oscillations...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2884: Vehicle-Related Flood Fatalities in Texas, 1959–2019 Water doi: 10.3390/w12102884 Authors: Zhongyu Han Hatim O. Sharif Texas has the highest number of flood fatalities and vehicle-related flood fatalities in the United States. This study provides a detailed analysis of vehicle-related flood fatalities in Texas from 1959 to 2019. The data was compiled from the Storm Data publication maintained by the National Weather Service and includes demographics of...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2890: A Detailed Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Kabul Basin, Afghanistan, and Suitability for Future Development Water doi: 10.3390/w12102890 Authors: Hussain Ali Jawadi Jay Sagin Daniel D. Snow Kabul is one of the most populated cities in Afghanistan and providing resources to support this population in an arid climate presents a serious environmental challenge. The current study evaluated the quality of local Kabul Basin groundwater to determine...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2883: Sediment-Containing Sewage Separation Using Intermittent-Discharge Columnar Hydrocyclones Water doi: 10.3390/w12102883 Authors: Yuekan Zhang Meng Yang Peikun Liu Traditional hydrocyclones can be used for the concentration of sewage-containing sediments, but the low underflow concentration and the high content of fine particles result in a large subsequent dehydration workload. This study aimed to investigate the effect of columnar hydrocyclone column...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2889: Effect of Soluble Salt Loss via Spring Water on Irrigation-Induced Landslide Deformation Water doi: 10.3390/w12102889 Authors: Zonglin Zhang Runqiang Zeng Xingmin Meng Yi Zhang Shufen Zhao Jianhua Ma Yunqi Yao Landslide exposes the previously blocked groundwater discharge. High concentrations of soluble salt form salt sinters that can be observed near discharge passages. Based on existing laboratory investigation results of soil leaching...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2891: Impact of Climate Change on the Frequency of Dynamic Breakup Events and on the Risk of Ice-Jam Floods in Quebec, Canada Water doi: 10.3390/w12102891 Authors: Benoit Turcotte Brian Morse Gabriel Pelchat In cold regions, every year, river-ice jams generate sudden, surprising, intense flooding that challenges the capacity of public security services. This type of flood is commonly unpredictable and often appears chaotic because its occurrence depends on...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2887: Drought in the Upper Hron Region (Slovakia) between the Years 1984–2014 Water doi: 10.3390/w12102887 Authors: Jaroslav Vido Paulína Nalevanková Climate change causes an increase in the frequency and severity of weather extremes. One of the most relevant severe and damaging phenomena in Europe is drought. However, a difference in the spatial frequency of the occurrence and drought trends is evident between southern and northern Europe. Central Europe and...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2886: Decadal Spatiotemporal Halocline Analysis by ISAS15 due to Influx of Major Rivers in Oceans and Discrepancies Illustrated Near the Bay of Bengal Water doi: 10.3390/w12102886 Authors: Kashif Iqbal Shengchun Piao Minghui Zhang The discharge from rivers is one of the major factors of regional salinity perturbations in addition to precipitation, evaporation, and circulation of the ocean, whereas simulations regarding the marine environment are dominantly...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2888: Mass and Heat Balance of a Lake Ice Cover in the Central Asian Arid Climate Zone Water doi: 10.3390/w12102888 Authors: Peng Lu Xiaowei Cao Guoyu Li Wenfeng Huang Matti Leppäranta Lauri Arvola Jussi Huotari Zhijun Li To improve the understanding of the seasonal evolution of the mass and heat budget of ice-covered lakes in the cold and arid climate zone, in-situ observations were collected during two winters (2016–2017 and 2017–2018)...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2882: Insights on the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Water doi: 10.3390/w12102882 Authors: Vasilis Kanakoudis Stavroula Tsitsifli This Special Issue addresses topics on the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus along with other water-related topics, such as water resources, irrigation and drinking water supply systems, hydraulics and pollution. Several threats jeopardize freshwater availability and quality, energy and food availability. Integrated management...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2885: Comprehensive Assessment of Water Sensitive Urban Design Practices Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis via a Case Study of the University of Melbourne, Australia Water doi: 10.3390/w12102885 Authors: Hanxiang Xiong Yafei Sun Xingwei Ren Water sensitive urban design (WSUD), as a typical green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), contains various facilities to decrease the urbanization impacts and enhance the values of amenity, ecosystem, and livability...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2880: Quantifying Focused Groundwater Recharge Induced by Irrigation Surface Water Reservoirs in Crystalline Basement Areas for Complementary Irrigation Water doi: 10.3390/w12102880 Authors: Apolline Bambara Philippe Orban Issoufou Ouedraogo Eric Hallot Francis Guyon Adolphe Zangré Serge Brouyère Through the practice of irrigation, surface water reservoirs (SWRs) contribute to the socio-economic development and food production activities of populations...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2879: Evaluation of Temporal Contribution of Groundwater to a Small Lake through Analyses of Water Quantity and Quality Water doi: 10.3390/w12102879 Authors: Jeonga Kim Sung-Wook Jeen Jeonghoon Lee Kyung-Seok Ko Dong-Chan Koh Wonbin Kim Hojeong Jo Groundwater can flow into or out of surface water and thus can greatly affect the quantity and quality of surface water. In this study, we conducted a water quantity and quality analysis for 11 months...
Fri Oct 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2881: Climate Change Risk Evaluation of Tsunami Hazards in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea Water doi: 10.3390/w12102881 Authors: Cuneyt Yavuz Elcin Kentel Mustafa M. Aral Climate change impacts on social and economic assets and activities are expected to be devastating. What is as important as the analysis of climate change triggered events is the analysis of a combination of climate change related events and other natural hazards not related to climate change....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2877: Study of the Water Quality Index and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon for a River Receiving Treated Landfill Leachate Water doi: 10.3390/w12102877 Authors: Brenda Tan Pei Jian Muhammad Raza Ul Mustafa Mohamed Hasnain Isa Asim Yaqub Ho Ho Rising solid waste production has caused high levels of environmental pollution. Population growth, economic patterns, and lifestyle patterns are major factors that have led to the alarming rate of solid waste production....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2878: The Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System for 30 Years: A Systematic Review Water doi: 10.3390/w12102878 Authors: Benxin Chen Zhifeng Liu Chunyang He Hui Peng Pei Xia Yu Nie As the Regional Hydro-Ecological Simulation System (RHESSys) is a tool to simulate the interactions between ecological and hydrological processes, many RHESSys-based studies have been implemented for sustainable watershed management. However, it is crucial to review...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2875: Investigation of Role of Retention Storage in Tanks (Small Water Bodies) on Future Urban Flooding: A Case Study of Chennai City, India Water doi: 10.3390/w12102875 Authors: N. Nithila Devi B. Sridharan V. M. Bindhu B. Narasimhan S. Murty Bhallamudi C. M. Bhatt Tune Usha D. Thirumalai Vasan Soumendra Nath Kuiry The Adyar River flowing through Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) in Southern India functions as a surplus course of upstream...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2876: Energy Efficient Rapid Removal of Arsenic in an Electrocoagulation Reactor with Hybrid Fe/Al Electrodes: Process Optimization Using CCD and Kinetic Modeling Water doi: 10.3390/w12102876 Authors: Saif Ullah Khan Izharul Haq Farooqi Muhammad Usman Farrukh Basheer Threats due to insufficient, inadequate and costlier methods of treating contaminants such as arsenic have emphasized the significance of optimizing and managing the processes adopted. This...
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