Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 138: Addendum: Zurob, E., et al. Inhibition of Wild Enterobacter cloacae Biofilm Formation by Nanostructured Graphene- and Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Coated Surfaces. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 49 Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010138 Authors: Elsie Zurob Geraldine Dennett Dana Gentil Francisco Montero-Silva Ulrike Gerber Pamela Naulín Andrea Gómez Raúl Fuentes Sheila Lascano Thiago Henrique Rodrigues da Rodrigues da Cunha Cristian Ramírez...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 134: Design of Heat-Conductive hBN–PMMA Composites by Electrostatic Nano-Assembly Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010134 Authors: Atsushi Yokoi Wai Kian Tan Taichi Kuroda Go Kawamura Atsunori Matsuda Hiroyuki Muto Micro/nanoscale design of composite materials enables alteration of their properties for advanced functional materials. One of the biggest challenges in material design is the controlled decoration of composite materials with the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 137: Improving the Tribological and Anticorrosion Performance of Waterborne Polyurethane Coating by the Synergistic Effect between Modified Graphene Oxide and Polytetrafluoroethylene Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010137 Authors: Tao Bai Lei Lv Weiping Du Wenqi Fang Yansong Wang In this work, the effect of modified graphene oxide and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) on the tribological and anticorrosion properties of waterborne polyurethane (WPU)...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 136: Polyol Process Coupled to Cold Plasma as a New and Efficient Nanohydride Processing Method: Nano-Ni2H as a Case Study Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010136 Authors: Sonia Haj-Khlifa Sophie Nowak Patricia Beaunier Patricia De Rango Michaël Redolfi Souad Ammar-Merah An alternative route for metal hydrogenation has been investigated: cold plasma hydrogen implantation on polyol-made transition metal nanoparticles. This treatment applied...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 135: An Overview of Micro- and Nanoemulsions as Vehicles for Essential Oils: Formulation, Preparation and Stability Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010135 Authors: Lucia Pavoni Diego Romano Perinelli Giulia Bonacucina Marco Cespi Giovanni Filippo Palmieri The interest around essential oils is constantly increasing thanks to their biological properties exploitable in several fields, from pharmaceuticals to food and agriculture. However, their...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 133: Indocyanine Green Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles: Physicochemical Characterization and Interaction Studies with Caco-2 Cell Line by Light and Transmission Electron Microscopy Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010133 Authors: Antonella Obinu Elisabetta Gavini Giovanna Rassu Federica Riva Alberto Calligaro Maria Cristina Bonferoni Marcello Maestri Paolo Giunchedi Biomedical applications of nanoparticles (NPs) have reached an increasing...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 130: Round Robin into Best Practices for the Determination of Indentation Size Effects Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010130 Authors: Ruiz-Moreno Hähner Kurpaska Jagielski Spätig Trebala Hannula Merino de Diego Namburi Libera Terentyev Khvan Heintze Jennett The paper presents a statistical study of nanoindentation results obtained in seven European laboratories which have joined a round robin exercise...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 131: Design of Crosslinked Hydrogels Comprising Poly(Vinylphosphonic Acid) and Bis[2-(Methacryloyloxy)Ethyl] Phosphate as an Efficient Adsorbent for Wastewater Dye Removal Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010131 Authors: Anil Gunday Bozkurt Alagha The development of adsorbents with high adsorption capacity and fast separation is of utmost importance for the environmental management of dye-bearing wastewaters. Within this scope, crosslinked hydrogels...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 132: Spectroscopic and Microscopic Analyses of Fe3O4/Au Nanoparticles Obtained by Laser Ablation in Water Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010132 Authors: Muniz-Miranda Muniz-Miranda Giorgetti Magneto-plasmonic nanoparticles constituted of gold and iron oxide were obtained in an aqueous environment by laser ablation of iron and gold targets in two successive steps. Gold nanoparticles are embedded in a mucilaginous matrix of iron oxide, which was...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 129: Influence of Dopant Nature on Biological Properties of ZnO Thin-Film Coatings on Ti Alloy Substrate Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010129 Authors: Stoleriu Lungu Ghitulica Surdu Voicu Cucuruz Turculet Ciocan In this paper, ZnO and Co2+/Mg2+-doped ZnO thin films on TiAlV alloy substrates were obtained. The films were deposited by spin coating of sol-gel precursor solutions and thermally treated at 600 °C for 2 h,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 128: Visible Light Photodegradation of Formaldehyde over TiO2 Nanotubes Synthesized via Electrochemical Anodization of Titanium Foil Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010128 Authors: Nurul Tasnim Sahrin Rab Nawaz Chong Fai Kait Siew Ling Lee Mohd Dzul Hakim Wirzal In this study, a series of TiO2 nanotubes (NTs) were synthesized employing electrochemical anodization of titanium foil in an ionic liquid solution containing a mixture of glycerol and...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 127: Effects of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Toll-Like Receptor mRNAs in Human Monocytes Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10010127 Authors: Vladislav A. Vasilichin Sergey A. Tsymbal Anna F. Fakhardo Elizaveta I. Anastasova Andrey S. Marchenko Alexander A. Shtil Vladimir V. Vinogradov Elena I. Koshel For the widespread application of nanotechnology in biomedicine, it is necessary to obtain information about their safety. A critical problem...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 199: Identification of a Circulating Amino Acid Signature in Frail Older Persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Results from the Metabofrail Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010199 Authors: Riccardo Calvani Leocadio Rodriguez-Mañas Anna Picca Federico Marini Alessandra Biancolillo Olga Laosa Laura Pedraza Jacopo Gervasoni Aniello Primiano Giorgia Conta Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson Sophie C. Regueme Roberto Bernabei Emanuele Marzetti...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 198: Perceptions of ‘Home Cooking’: A Qualitative Analysis from the United Kingdom and United States Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010198 Authors: Susanna D.H. Mills Julia A. Wolfson Wendy L. Wrieden Heather Brown Martin White Jean Adams Cooking at home is likely to be associated with benefits to diet and health. However, the nuanced perceptions and practices linked to different types of cooking are not yet fully understood. This research aimed to...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 197: The Molecular and Physiological Effects of Protein-Derived Polyamines in the Intestine Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010197 Authors: Anna F. Bekebrede Jaap Keijer Walter J. J. Gerrits Vincent C. J. de Boer Consumption of a high-protein diet increases protein entry into the colon. Colonic microbiota can ferment proteins, which results in the production of protein fermentation end-products, like polyamines. This review describes the effects of polyamines...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 196: Gardenia jasminoides Enhances CDDP-Induced Apoptosis of Glioblastoma Cells via AKT/mTOR Pathway While Protecting Death of Astrocytes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010196 Authors: Kim Hong Ku Kim Ju Chang Cheon Ko Gliomas are the most observed primary brain tumor, of which glioblastoma multiform (GBM) shows the highest incidence. Radiotherapy with temozolomide is the standard therapeutic method, but because of side effects, search...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 195: Association of Total Flavonoid Intake with Hypo-HDL-Cholesterolemia among Korean Adults: Effect Modification by Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010195 Authors: Ahn Jun Joung The aim of this study was to examine the independent association between flavonoid intake and hypo-high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterolemia and the potential modifying effect of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) intake on this association...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 194: Improving the Metabolic and Mental Health of Children with Obesity: A School-Based Nutrition Education and Physical Activity Intervention in Wuhan, China Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010194 Authors: Hong-jie Yu Fang Li Yong-feng Hu Chang-feng Li Shuai Yuan Yong Song Miaobing Zheng Jie Gong Qi-qiang He This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based nutrition education and physical activity intervention on cardiovascular...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 193: Effect of Ten Weeks of Creatine Monohydrate Plus HMB Supplementation on Athletic Performance Tests in Elite Male Endurance Athletes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010193 Authors: Julen Fernández-Landa Diego Fernández-Lázaro Julio Calleja-González Alberto Caballero-García Alfredo Córdova Martínez Patxi León-Guereño Juan Mielgo-Ayuso Creatine monohydrate (CrM) and β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate (HMB) are common ergogenic aids in...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 192: The Effect of Walnut Consumption on n-3 Fatty Acid Profile of Healthy People Living in a Non-Mediterranean West Balkan Country, a Small Scale Randomized Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12010192 Authors: Gordana Petrović-Oggiano Jasmina Debeljak-Martačić Slavica Ranković Biljana Pokimica Alma Mirić Maria Glibetić Tamara Popović People living in non-Mediterranean West Balkan countries have diets with a low n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 55: Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Serum from Pigs Experimentally Infected with Trichinella spiralis, Trichinella britovi, and Trichinella pseudospiralis Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010055 Authors: Gondek Herosimczyk Knysz Ożgo Lepczyński Szkucik Although the available proteomic studies have made it possible to identify and characterize Trichinella stage-specific proteins reacting with infected host-specific antibodies, the vast majority...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 54: Clinical, Ultrasonographic, Bacteriological, Cytological and Histopathological Findings of Uterine Involution in Ewes with Uterine Infection Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010054 Authors: Ioannidi Vasileiou Barbagianni Orfanou Mantziaras Chouzouris Dovolou Chatzopoulos Karavanis Papadopoulos Katsafadou Fragkou Kordalis Amiridis Fthenakis Mavrogianni The objectives of the study were (a) to study...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 52: Characterization of Salmonella Isolates from Wastewater Treatment Plant Influents to Estimate Unreported Cases and Infection Sources of Salmonellosis Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010052 Authors: Keita Yanagimoto Takaya Yamagami Kosei Uematsu Eiji Haramoto Salmonella enterica is a major cause of gastroenteritis usually caused by animal-based contaminated foods. Since the current passive surveillance is not sufficient to detect all infections and...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 51: HMPV in Immunocompromised Patients: Frequency and Severity in Pediatric Oncology Patients Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010051 Authors: Cesar Martinez-Rodriguez Ma. del Rocio Banos-Lara Cancer is the first cause of death by disease in childhood globally. The most frequent types of cancers in children and adolescents are leukemias, followed by brain and central nervous system tumors and lymphomas. The recovery rate of cancer in children is around 80%...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 53: CRISPR-cas3 of Salmonella Upregulates Bacterial Biofilm Formation and Virulence to Host Cells by Targeting Quorum-Sensing Systems Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9010053 Authors: Luqing Cui Xiangru Wang Deyu Huang Yue Zhao Jiawei Feng Qirong Lu Qinqin Pu Yulian Wang Guyue Cheng Min Wu Menghong Dai Salmonella is recognized as one of the most common microbial pathogens worldwide. The bacterium contains the clustered regularly interspaced...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 12: Current Status of PSMA-Radiotracers for Prostate Cancer: Data Analysis of Prospective Trials Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13010012 Authors: Claus Zippel Sarah C. Ronski Sabine Bohnet-Joschko Frederik L. Giesel Klaus Kopka The recent development of dedicated prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted radioligands shows the potential to change and improve the diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 62: Antibodies for the Treatment of Brain Metastases, a Dream or a Reality? Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010062 Authors: Marco Cavaco Diana Gaspar Miguel ARB Castanho Vera Neves The incidence of brain metastases (BM) in cancer patients is increasing. After diagnosis, overall survival (OS) is poor, elicited by the lack of an effective treatment. Monoclonal antibody (mAb)-based therapy has achieved remarkable success in treating both...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 60: Zein Beta-Cyclodextrin Micropowders for Iron Bisglycinate Delivery
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 60: Zein Beta-Cyclodextrin Micropowders for Iron Bisglycinate Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010060 Authors: Diletta Esposito Giovanni Dal Poggetto Aurélie Demont Nicolai Kraut Agnese Miro Francesca Ungaro Paola Laurienzo Fabiana Quaglia Given the limited number of materials available to design delivery platforms for nutrients, the rational combination of raw materials already approved as food ingredients and their...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 61: Energy Transfer in Vials Nested in a Rack System During Lyophilization Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010061 Authors: Sarah Daller Wolfgang Friess Rudolf Schroeder Small batch sizes are a consequence of more personalized medicine and reflect a trend in the biopharmaceutical industry. Freeze drying of vials nested in a rack system is a tool used in new flexible pilot scale processing lines. Understanding of heat transfer mechanisms in...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 58: Stability and Compatibility Studies of Levothyroxine Sodium in Solid Binary Systems—Instrumental Screening Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010058 Authors: Ionuț Ledeți Mirabela Romanescu Denisa Cîrcioban Adriana Ledeți Gabriela Vlase Titus Vlase Oana Suciu Marius Murariu Sorin Olariu Petru Matusz Valentina Buda Doina Piciu The influence of excipients on the stability of sodium levothyroxine pentahydrate (LTSS)...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 59: Polymer Cancerostatics Containing Cell-Penetrating Peptides: Internalization Efficacy Depends on Peptide Type and Spacer Length Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12010059 Authors: Eliška Böhmová Robert Pola Michal Pechar Jozef Parnica Daniela Machová Olga Janoušková Tomáš Etrych Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are commonly used substances enhancing the cellular uptake of various cargoes that do not easily cross the cellular membrane....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 96: Farming without Glyphosate? Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010096 Authors: Beckie Flower Ashworth Recent statements from scientific organisations and court decisions have resulted in widespread public interest and concern over the safety of glyphosate, the most popular and effective herbicide used worldwide. Consequently, glyphosate-based products are under intense scrutiny from governments at all levels. Some jurisdictions have already banned or restricted...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 95: Transcriptome Analysis Unravels Metabolic and Molecular Pathways Related to Fruit Sac Granulation in a Late-Ripening Navel Orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010095 Authors: Li-Ming Wu Ce Wang Li-Gang He Zhi-Jing Wang Zhu Tong Fang Song Jun-Fan Tu Wen-Ming Qiu Ji-Hong Liu Ying-Chun Jiang Shu-Ang Peng Lanelate navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) is a late-ripening citrus cultivar increasingly planted in...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 93: Simalikalactone D, a Potential Anticancer Compound from Simarouba tulae, an Endemic Plant of Puerto Rico Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010093 Authors: Belmari Mendez Jeyshka Reyes Isabel Conde Zulma Ramos Eunice Lozada Ailed M. Cruz Gabriela Asencio Augusto Carvajal Suranganie Dharmawardhane Dalice M. Piñero-Cruz Eliud Hernández Pablo Vivas Claudia A. Ospina Species of the genus Simarouba have been studied because of their antimalarial...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 94: Influence of Regulated Deficit Irrigation and Environmental Conditions on Reproductive Response of Sweet Cherry Trees Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010094 Authors: Victor Blanco Pedro José Blaya-Ros Roque Torres-Sánchez Rafael Domingo The reproductive response of fifteen year old sweet cherry trees (Prunus avium L.) combination ‘Prime Giant’/SL64 under Mediterranean climate to deficit irrigation was studied in a commercial orchard in...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 92: Seasonality and Small Spatial-Scale Variation of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Bryophyte Syntrichia ruralis [Hedw.] in Semi-Arid Sandy Grassland, Hungary Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010092 Authors: Ruchika Zsolt Csintalan Evelin Ramóna Péli Bryophytes face challenges due to global climate change which is leading to in-depth research in monitoring and studying their photosynthetic activity. The aim of this preliminary experiment was to study the seasonal...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 90: The Cytoskeleton and Its Role in Determining Cellulose Microfibril Angle in Secondary Cell Walls of Woody Tree Species Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010090 Authors: Tobias Spokevicius McFarlane Bossinger Recent advances in our understanding of the molecular control of secondary cell wall (SCW) formation have shed light on molecular mechanisms that underpin domestication traits related to wood formation. One such trait is the cellulose microfibril...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 91: Oxygen and ROS in Photosynthesis Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010091 Authors: Khorobrykh Havurinne Mattila Tyystjärvi Oxygen is a natural acceptor of electrons in the respiratory pathway of aerobic organisms and in many other biochemical reactions. Aerobic metabolism is always associated with the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS may damage biomolecules but are also involved in regulatory functions of photosynthetic organisms. This review...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 89: Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. Aerial Parts Methanolic Extract: In Vitro Screening of Biological Activity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010089 Authors: Marrelli Argentieri Avato Conforti Lobularia maritima (L.) Desv. is a perennial herb growing wild in the Mediterranean basin. The aim of this work was to assess the fatty acid, terpene, phytosterol, and phenolic composition of the methanolic extract and its sub-fractions using Gas Chromatography-Mass...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 88: Photosynthetic Metabolism under Stressful Growth Conditions as a Bases for Crop Breeding and Yield Improvement Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010088 Authors: Fermín Morales María Ancín Dorra Fakhet Jon González-Torralba Angie L. Gámez Amaia Seminario David Soba Sinda Ben Mariem Miguel Garriga Iker Aranjuelo Increased periods of water shortage and higher temperatures, together with a reduction in nutrient availability, have been proposed...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 87: Identification, Characterization and Functional Analysis of C-Class Genes Associated with Double Flower Trait in Carnation (Dianthus caryphyllus L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9010087 Authors: Qijian Wang Naizhen Dan Xiaoni Zhang Shengnan Lin Manzhu Bao Xiaopeng Fu Flowers with more petals are of more ornamental value. It is well known that AGAMOUS (AG) is the core member of the C-class gene which plays an essential role in double flower formation...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 41: On Triads, Teleology, and Tensions in Antiquities 18–20 Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010041 Authors: Schwartz Josephus liked to organize material in three-part structures, which imparted a sense of completion by indicating to readers that an end had been reached. This study focuses on Books 18–20 of Josephus’s Antiquities, which are organized as such a triad: Book 18 opens Roman rule in Judea and adumbrates the final clash and catastrophe,...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 40: Alexander Janneus as High Priest and King: Struggling between Jewish and Hellenistic Concepts of Rule Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010040 Authors: Babota Josephus refers explicitly to Alexander Janneus in his narratives in both War and Antiquities only as king. Janneus’s high priestly office is only implied, and that in a context that is hostile to him (War 1.88//Ant. 13.372). If one looks at Josephus’s list of high priests in Ant. 20.242,...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 39: Devotion, Paintings, and the House: The Collections of Ercole and Giuseppe Branciforti, Princes of Scordia (Palermo, 1687–1720) Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010039 Authors: Viola This paper interrogates familial devotion and its relationship with parts of the house other than the chapel. In detail, it aims to problematize the issue of the devotional/non-devotional use of paintings inside the house by moving the focus from this dual opposition to the active...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 38: “Wonderful”, “Hot”, “Good” Priests: Clergy on Contemporary British TV and the New Visibility of Religion Thesis Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11010038 Authors: Andrew Crome This article examines the “new visibility of religion” thesis through a case study of recent depictions of priests and ministers in British television drama and comedy. It focuses on four award-winning shows produced between 2009 and 2019 with clergy as central characters:...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 6: The Institutionalization of Nature-Based Solutions—A Discourse Analysis of Emergent Literature Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9010006 Authors: Mendes Fidélis Roebeling Teles The European Union quickly incorporated the concept of nature based-solutions (NBS), becoming a key promotor. This was achieved through financial support for both academic research and city implementations. Still, the processes of institutionalization are yet to be fully...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 5: Centralized or Decentralized Rainwater Harvesting Systems: A Case Study Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9010005 Authors: Słyś Stec World population growth, climate changes, urbanization, and industrialization have all had a negative impact on natural resources, including water resources. Excessive exploitation and pollution have caused more and more regions to have problems with access to fresh water. Rainwater is perceived as a valuable alternative source...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 5: Measuring Financial Contagion and Spillover Effects with a State-Dependent Sensitivity Value-at-Risk Model Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8010005 Authors: Alin Marius Andries Elena Galasan In this paper, we measure the size and the direction of the spillover effects among European commercial banks, with respect to their size, geographical position, income sources, and systemic importance for the period from 2006 to 2016, using a state-dependent sensitivity value-at-risk...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 4: Justice and Civil Liberties on Sex Work in Contemporary International Human Rights Law Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9010004 Authors: Brooks-Gordon Wijers Jobe To fulfil obligations in international law State parties have to take the issue of human trafficking seriously. The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) provides General Recommendations (GR) to member states on the interpretation of...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 7: Skeletal Muscle Myofibrillar Protein Abundance Is Higher in Resistance-Trained Men, and Aging in the Absence of Training May Have an Opposite Effect Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8010007 Authors: Christopher G. Vann Paul. A. Roberson Shelby C. Osburn Petey W. Mumford Matthew A. Romero Carlton D. Fox Johnathon H. Moore Cody Haun Darren T. Beck Jordan R. Moon Andreas N. Kavazis Kaelin C. Young Veera L. D. Badisa Benjamin M. Mwashote...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 5: SET Pulse Characterization and SER Estimation in Combinational Logic with Placement and Multiple Transient Faults Considerations Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8010005 Authors: Georgios Ioannis Paliaroutis Pelopidas Tsoumanis Nestor Evmorfopoulos George Dimitriou Georgios I. Stamoulis Integrated circuit susceptibility to radiation-induced faults remains a major reliability concern. The continuous downscaling of device feature size and...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 45: Circumstances and Consequences of Snakebite Envenomings: A Qualitative Study in South-Eastern Costa Rica Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12010045 Authors: Arias-Rodríguez Gutiérrez A qualitative study was carried out in south-eastern Costa Rica on the circumstances and consequences of snakebite envenomings. This region has the highest incidence of snakebites and the lowest per capita and per family income in the country. There is a high degree of destitution...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 44: New Insights into the Type II Toxins from the Sea Anemone Heteractis crispa Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12010044 Authors: Kalina Peigneur Zelepuga Dmitrenok Kvetkina Kim Leychenko Tytgat Kozlovskaya Monastyrnaya Gladkikh Toxins modulating NaV channels are the most abundant and studied peptide components of sea anemone venom. Three type-II toxins, δ-SHTX-Hcr1f (= RpII), RTX-III, and RTX-VI, were isolated from...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 43: T-2 Toxin-Induced Oxidative Stress Leads to Imbalance of Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion to Activate Cellular Apoptosis in the Human Liver 7702 Cell Line Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12010043 Authors: Yang Guo Wang Yang Zhang Zhao T-2 toxin, as a highly toxic mycotoxin to humans and animals, induces oxidative stress and apoptosis in various cells and tissues. Apoptosis and mitochondrial fusion/fission are two tightly interconnected processes...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 42: Development of An Innovative and Quick Method for the Isolation of Clostridium botulinum Strains Involved in Avian Botulism Outbreaks Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12010042 Authors: Le Gratiet Poezevara Rouxel Houard Mazuet Chemaly Maréchal Avian botulism is a serious neuroparalytic disease mainly caused by a type C/D botulinum neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum group III, one of the entwined bacterial species from the Clostridium...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 10: Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis Sequelae after Treatment: A Follow-Up Study 12 Years after Treatment Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010010 Authors: Junior Mudji Anna Blum Leticia Grize Rahel Wampfler Marie-Thérèse Ruf Lieselotte Cnops Beatrice Nickel Christian Burri Johannes Blum The clinical presentation of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is well...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 9: The Removal of Subterranean Stormwater Drain Sumps as Mosquito Breeding Sites in Darwin, Australia Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010009 Authors: Warchot Whelan Brown Vincent Carter Kurucz The Northern Territory Top End Health Service, Medical Entomology Section and the City of Darwin council carry out a joint Mosquito Engineering Program targeting the rectification of mosquito breeding sites in the...
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Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 3: Framing the Debate on Suburbanization in North America and Germany Conceptually—Edward Soja’s Concept of “Regional Urbanization” Revisited Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4010003 Authors: Marius Mlejnek Petra Lütke Gerald Wood This article is on imaginaries of the urban. Here, we develop a critical view on urban and regional developments in capitalist countries and scrutinize explanation patterns anchored in a rigid urban–suburban dichotomy...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 21: Synthetic DNA Vaccines Adjuvanted with pIL-33 Drive Liver-Localized T Cells and Provide Protection from Plasmodium Challenge in a Mouse Model Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010021 Authors: Sophia M. Reeder Emma L. Reuschel Mamadou A. Bah Kun Yun Nicholas J. Tursi Kevin Y. Kim Jacqueline Chu Faraz I. Zaidi Ilknur Yilmaz Robert J. Hart Benjamin Perrin Ziyang Xu Laurent Humeau David B. Weiner Ahmed S. I. Aly The need...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 20: The Unknown Health Burden of Herpes Zoster Hospitalizations: The Effect on Chronic Disease Course in Adult Patients ≥50 Years Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010020 Authors: Maria Francesca Piazza Chiara Paganino Daniela Amicizia Cecilia Trucchi Andrea Orsi Matteo Astengo Paolo Romairone Simona Simonetti Giancarlo Icardi Filippo Ansaldi The effect of severe Herpes Zoster (HZ) on chronic diseases is a component of the real burden of...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 19: A Single Dose of Dendrimer B2T Peptide Vaccine Partially Protects Pigs against Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Infection Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010019 Authors: Rodrigo Cañas-Arranz Mar Forner Sira Defaus Patricia de León María J. Bustos Elisa Torres Francisco Sobrino Esther Blanco David Andreu Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) causes a highly contagious disease of cloven-hoofed animals whose control relies on efficient vaccination....
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 8: Comparative Morphological Effects of Cold-Blade, Electrosurgical, and Plasma Scalpels on Dog Skin Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010008 Authors: Lacitignola Desantis Izzo Staffieri Rossi Resta Crovace The aim of the present study was to evaluate the histological results of the Onemytis® plasma surgery device with Airplasma® technology. We compared the efficacy and the effect on tissues of the new...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 7: Alternative Vaccination Routes against Paratuberculosis Modulate Local Immune Response and Interference with Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Laboratory Animal Models Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010007 Authors: Rakel Arrazuria Iraia Ladero Elena Molina Miguel Fuertes Ramón Juste Miguel Fernández Valentín Pérez Joseba Garrido Natalia Elguezabal Paratuberculosis (PTB) is an enteric granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 87: Caspase-Mediated Cleavage of Human Cortactin during Influenza A Virus Infection Occurs in Its Actin-Binding Domains and Is Associated with Released Virus Titres Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010087 Authors: Da-Yuan Chen Matloob Husain Influenza A virus (IAV) exploits host factors to multiply and cause disease. An in-depth knowledge of this interaction of IAV with the host will aid the development of anti-IAV intervention strategies. Previously, we demonstrated...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 86: Structural Fluidity of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Rev Response Element Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010086 Authors: Chringma Sherpa Stuart F. J. Le Grice Nucleocytoplasmic transport of unspliced and partially spliced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA is mediated in part by the Rev response element (RRE), a ~350 nt cis-acting element located in the envelope coding region of the viral genome. Understanding the interaction of the RRE with the viral Rev...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 85: The 19th Rocky Mountain Virology Association Meeting Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010085 Authors: Joel Rovnak Laura A. St. Clair Elena Lian Carley McAlister Rushika Perera Randall J. Cohrs This autumn, 95 scientists and students from the Rocky Mountain area, along with invited speakers from Colorado, California, Montana, Florida, Louisiana, New York, Maryland, and India, attended the 19th annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Virology Association...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 84: Block-And-Lock Strategies to Cure HIV Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010084 Authors: Gerlinde Vansant Anne Bruggemans Julie Janssens Zeger Debyser Today HIV infection cannot be cured due to the presence of a reservoir of latently infected cells inducing a viral rebound upon treatment interruption. Hence, the latent reservoir is considered as the major barrier for an HIV cure. So far, efforts to completely eradicate the reservoir via a shock-and-kill...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 83: A Tale of Two Viruses: The Distinct Spike Glycoproteins of Feline Coronaviruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12010083 Authors: Javier A. Jaimes Jean K. Millet Alison E. Stout Nicole M. André Gary R. Whittaker Feline coronavirus (FCoV) is a complex viral agent that causes a variety of clinical manifestations in cats, commonly known as feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). It is recognized that FCoV can occur in two different serotypes. However, differences...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 215: Physics-Based Simulation of Ocean Scenes in Marine Simulator Visual System Water doi: 10.3390/w12010215 Authors: Li Ren Qiu Wang The realistic simulation of ocean scenes is of great significance in many scientific fields. We propose an improved Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) framework to simulate the ocean scenes. The improved SPH combines nonlinear constant density constraints and divergence-free velocity field constraint. Density constraints...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 214: Removal of COD and SO42− from Oil Refinery Wastewater Using a Photo-Catalytic System—Comparing TiO2 and Zeolite Efficiencies Water doi: 10.3390/w12010214 Authors: K. Tetteh Obotey Ezugbe Rathilal Asante-Sackey Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have many prospects in water and wastewater treatment. In recent years, AOPs are gaining attention as having potentials for the removal of different ranges of contaminants from industrial wastewater towards...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 213: Electric Power Consumption and Current Efficiency of Electrochemical and Electrobiological Rotating Disk Contactors Removing Nutrients from Wastewater Generated in Soil-Less Plant Cultivation Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w12010213 Authors: Joanna Rodziewicz Artur Mielcarek Wojciech Janczukowicz Kamil Bryszewski The study was conducted in a one-stage rotating electrobiological disk contactor (REBDC) and a rotating electrochemical disk contactor (RECDC)....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 212: Hydrogeomorphic Impacts of Floods in a First-Order Catchment: Integrated Approach Based on Dendrogeomorphic Palaeostage Indicators, 2D Hydraulic Modelling and Sedimentological Parameters Water doi: 10.3390/w12010212 Authors: Radek Tichavský Stanislav Ruman Tomáš Galia Floods represent frequent hazards in both low- and first-order catchments; however, to date, the investigation of peak flow discharges in the latter catchments has been omitted due to the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 206: Spatial Variation of Metallic Contamination and Its Ecological Risk in Sediment and Freshwater Mollusk: Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) Water doi: 10.3390/w12010206 Authors: Mohammed Othman Aljahdali Abdullahi Bala Alhassan Heavy metal pollution has been on the rise with serious implications for the wellbeing of aquatic ecosystems. Benthic sediments and freshwater mollusk (snail): Mellanoides tuberculata were sampled from five...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 210: Evaluation of Legionella pneumophila Decrease in Hot Water Network of Four Hospital Buildings after Installation of Electron Time Flow Taps Water doi: 10.3390/w12010210 Authors: Michele Totaro Tommaso Mariotti Costanza Bisordi Erica De Vita Paola Valentini Anna Laura Costa Beatrice Casini Gaetano Privitera Angelo Baggiani Legionella spp. control is a critical issue in hospital with old water networks. Chemical disinfection methods are...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 208: 3D Numerical Investigation of Forces and Flow Field around the Semi-Submersible Platform in An Internal Solitary Wave Water doi: 10.3390/w12010208 Authors: Ding Ai Jin Lin Characteristics of hydrodynamic forces and flow fields around the semi-submersible platform induced by the internal solitary wave (ISW) propagation were investigated in a 3D numerical wave tank. Good agreements between numerical results and experimental data of forces and torque...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 209: Application of Open Source Electronics for Measurements of Surface Water Properties in an Estuary: A Case Study of River Jadro, Croatia Water doi: 10.3390/w12010209 Authors: Vladimir Divić Morena Galešić Mariaines Di Dato Marina Tavra Roko Andričević There are multiple factors affecting the behavior of water properties in an estuary, including the hydraulic properties of rivers and corresponding receiving water bodies, along with the potential solutes...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 207: Efficiency Analysis of the Input for Water-Saving Agriculture in China Water doi: 10.3390/w12010207 Authors: Yangdong Wang Jinzheng To optimize the installation distribution of water-saving techniques and improve the efficiency of water-saving agricultural inputs, we used a three-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) model and Chinese provincial panel data from 2014 to 2016 to analyze the input efficiency of the water-saving irrigation. This study...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 211: Long-Term Homogeneity, Trend, and Change-Point Analysis of Rainfall in the Arid District of Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh State, India Water doi: 10.3390/w12010211 Authors: Patakamuri Muthiah Sridhar The objective of this study is to evaluate the homogeneity, trend, and trend change points in the rainfall data. Daily rainfall data was collected for the arid district of Ananthapuramu, Andhra Pradesh state, India from 1981 to 2016 at the subdistrict...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 205: Numerical Analysis of Combined Wave Radiation and Diffraction on a Floating Barge Water doi: 10.3390/w12010205 Authors: Yajie Li Bin Xu Desheng Zhang Xi Shen Weibin Zhang A two-dimensional boundary element method (BEM) based on the potential flow theory is adopted to study the combined wave radiation and diffraction by a single barge. The wave-body interaction problems are simulated using a mixed Euler-Lagrangian scheme, with fully nonlinear boundary...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 204: Generating Hydrants’ Configurations for Efficient Analysis and Management of Pressurized Irrigation Distribution Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w12010204 Authors: Abdelouahid Fouial Nicola Lamaddalena Juan Antonio Rodríguez Díaz Water scarcity is a mounting problem in arid and semi-arid regions such as the Mediterranean. Therefore, smarter and more effective water management is required, especially in irrigated agriculture. One of the most challenging uncertainties...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 203: Integrating Sustainable Stormwater Management in Urban Planning: Ways Forward Towards Institutional Change and Collaborative Action Water doi: 10.3390/w12010203 Authors: Bohman Glaas Karlson Climate change impacts, ageing infrastructure and the increasing imperviousness of cities all raise enormous challenges to and call for new ways of planning for sustainable urban stormwater management. Especially, closer collaboration among a diverse set of actors...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 198: The Groundwater Demand for Industrial Uses in Areas with Access to Drinking Publicly-Supplied Water: A Microdata Analysis Water doi: 10.3390/w12010198 Authors: Gracia-de-Rentería Barberán Mur This study examines, from an economic perspective, the factors influencing the decision of companies to use groundwater or not, in a context in which they have access to drinking publicly-supplied water and can also opt for self-supplying groundwater, and then...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 199: Application of the City Blueprint Approach in Landlocked Asian Countries: A Case Study of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Water doi: 10.3390/w12010199 Authors: Munkhsuld Ochir Koop Leeuwen Batbold Urbanization is a major global development. At present, more than half of the world population lives in urban areas, i.e., cities. One of the fundamental requirements of citizens is safe and sufficient drinking water. The premises for water security are adequate...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 201: Seepage, Deformation, and Stability Analysis of Sandy and Clay Slopes with Different Permeability Anisotropy Characteristics Affected by Reservoir Water Level Fluctuations Water doi: 10.3390/w12010201 Authors: Yu Ren Zhang Wang Wang Zhu Evaluation of slope stability under water level fluctuations is an important topic in the Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) in China. However, most of the previous studies regarded slope soil as isotropic material,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 202: Metallic Pollution and the Use of Antioxidant Enzymes as Biomarkers in Bellamya Unicolor (Olivier, 1804) (Gastropoda: Bellamyinae) Water doi: 10.3390/w12010202 Authors: Aljahdali Alhassan Industrial and domestic discharges of effluent is one of the major causes of heavy metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Samples of benthic sediment and freshwater mollusc Bellamya unicolor were collected from 5 sites in the River Kaduna to determine heavy metal concentration,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 200: Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Rainfall Erosivity in the Tibetan Plateau Water doi: 10.3390/w12010200 Authors: Gu Feng Duan Gong Li Yue The Tibetan Plateau is influenced by global climate change which results in frequent melting of glaciers and snow, and in heavy rainfalls. These conditions may increase the risk of soil erosion, but prediction is not feasible due to scarcity of rainfall data in the high altitudes of the region. In this...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 197: Climate Change Impacts on Hydropower in Yunnan, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12010197 Authors: Liu Lund Liu Liao Li Cheng Climate change could have dire effects on hydropower systems, especially in southwest China, where hydropower dominates the regional power system. This study examines two large cascade hydropower systems in Yunnan province in southwest China for 10 climate change projections made with 5 global climate models (GCMs) and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 195: Cost–Benefit Analysis of Leakage Reduction Methods in Water Supply Networks Water doi: 10.3390/w12010195 Authors: Suvi Ahopelto Riku Vahala Reducing water loss from water supply systems is often regarded as one of the most important ways to improve the resource efficiency of water supply services. However, the costs and impacts of water loss reduction efforts need to be weighed against the benefits to define the optimal water loss target level. To this end,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 193: Multi-Indicator Evaluation for Extreme Precipitation Events in the Past 60 Years over the Loess Plateau Water doi: 10.3390/w12010193 Authors: Chaoxing Sun Guohe Huang Yurui Fan The unique characteristics of topography, landforms, and climate in the Loess Plateau make it especially important to investigate its extreme precipitation characteristics. Daily precipitation data of Loess Plateau covering a period of 1959–2017 are applied to evaluate...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 196: Gender Perspective in Water Management: The Involvement of Women in Participatory Water Institutions of Eastern India Water doi: 10.3390/w12010196 Authors: Varsha Khandker Vasant P. Gandhi Nicky Johnson The paper examines the extent, nature, and factors affecting women’s involvement in participatory irrigation institutions of eastern India. Effective participatory water institutions are urgently needed to improve water management in eastern...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 194: Numerical Analysis of the Effects of Crack Characteristics on the Stress and Deformation of Unsaturated Soil Slopes Water doi: 10.3390/w12010194 Authors: Liuxin Yang Enlong Liu Cracks induced by evaporation or rainfall have a great influence on the stability of unsaturated soil slopes, which can lead to landslides during the rainfall process. In order to study the effect of crack characteristics on the evolution of stress and deformation of unsaturated soil...
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