Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 293: Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulation of Fluids in Confinement: Relation between the Differential and Integral Pressures Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020293 Authors: Máté Erdős Olav Galteland Dick Bedeaux Signe Kjelstrup Othonas A. Moultos Thijs J. H. Vlugt The accurate description of the behavior of fluids in nanoporous materials is of great importance for numerous industrial applications. Recently, a new approach was reported to...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 292: Metal-Based Nanoparticles as Antimicrobial Agents: An Overview Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020292 Authors: Sánchez-López Gomes Esteruelas Bonilla Lopez-Machado Galindo Cano Espina Ettcheto Camins Silva Durazzo Santini Garcia Souto Metal-based nanoparticles have been extensively investigated for a set of biomedical applications. According to the World Health Organization, in addition to their...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 290: Optical Properties of Electrically Active Gold Nanoisland Films Enabled with Interfaced Liquid Crystals Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020290 Authors: Hung-Chi Yen Tsung-Rong Kuo Chun-Ta Wang Jia-De Lin Chia-Chun Chen Yu-Cheng Hsiao A system comprising a gold nanoisland film (Au NIF) covered with a liquid crystal (LC) material is introduced. By applying a voltage across the LC bulk, we demonstrate that changes in the refractive-index...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 291: PMMA Thin Film with Embedded Carbon Quantum Dots for Post-Fabrication Improvement of Light Harvesting in Perovskite Solar Cells Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020291 Authors: Askar A. Maxim Shynggys N. Sadyk Damir Aidarkhanov Charles Surya Annie Ng Yoon-Hwae Hwang Timur Sh. Atabaev Askhat N. Jumabekov Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with a standard sandwich structure suffer from optical transmission losses due to the substrate and...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 289: Electroactive Ultra-Thin rGO-Enriched FeMoO4 Nanotubes and MnO2 Nanorods as Electrodes for High-Performance All-Solid-State Asymmetric Supercapacitors Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020289 Authors: Ranjith Raju Chodankar Ghoreishian Kwak Huh Han A flexible asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) with high electrochemical performance was constructed using reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-wrapped redox-active metal oxide-based negative...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 287: Ocular Formulation Based on Palmitoylethanolamide-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: Technological and Pharmacological Profile Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020287 Authors: Carmelo Puglia Debora Santonocito Carmine Ostacolo Eduardo Maria Sommella Pietro Campiglia Claudia Carbone Filippo Drago Rosario Pignatello Claudio Bucolo The present work was aimed for the preparation of a stable nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) system...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 288: Lanthanide-Doped SPIONs Bioconjugation with Trastuzumab for Potential Multimodal Anticancer Activity and Magnetic Hyperthermia Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020288 Authors: Weronika Gawęda Magdalena Osial Michał Żuk Marek Pękała Aleksander Bilewicz Pawel Krysinski Iron oxide-based nanoparticles have been modified in their core with holmium(III) in an amount affecting only slightly their magnetic properties. Nanoparticles were conjugated...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 286: Comparison between Citral and Pompia Essential Oil Loaded in Phospholipid Vesicles for the Treatment of Skin and Mucosal Infections Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020286 Authors: Iris Usach Elisabetta Margarucci Maria Letizia Manca Carla Caddeo Matteo Aroffu Giacomo L. Petretto Maria Manconi José-Esteban Peris Citrus species extracts are well known sources of bio-functional compounds with health-promoting effects. In particular,...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 284: Computational Study of Heat Transfer inside Different PCMs Enhanced by Al2O3 Nanoparticles in a Copper Heat Sink at High Heat Loads Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020284 Authors: Nadezhda S. Bondareva Nikita S. Gibanov Mikhail A. Sheremet The cooling of electronic elements is one of the most important problems in the development of architecture in electronic technology. One promising developing cooling method is heat sinks based on the phase...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 285: Thermal Transport in Graphene Oxide Films: Theoretical Analysis and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020285 Authors: Yi Yang Dan Zhong Yilun Liu Donghui Meng Lina Wang Ning Wei Guohua Ren Rongxin Yan Yang Kang As a derivative material of graphene, graphene oxide films hold great promise in thermal management devices. Based on the theory of Fourier formula, we deduce the analytical formula of the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 283: Transition Metal-Hyperdoped InP Semiconductors as Efficient Solar Absorber Materials Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020283 Authors: Gregorio García Pablo Sánchez-Palencia Pablo Palacios Perla Wahnón This work explores the possibility of increasing the photovoltaic efficiency of InP semiconductors through a hyperdoping process with transition metals (TM = Ti, V, Cr, Mn). To this end, we investigated the crystal structure, electronic band and...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 282: Removal of Diclofenac, Paracetamol, and Carbamazepine from Model Aqueous Solutions by Magnetic Sol–Gel Encapsulated Horseradish Peroxidase and Lignin Peroxidase Composites Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020282 Authors: Ievgen V. Pylypchuk Geoffrey Daniel Vadim G. Kessler Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva Sustainable and green synthesis of nanocomposites for degradation of pharmaceuticals was developed via immobilization and stabilization of the biological...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 281: 6-Aza-2-Thio-Thymine Stabilized Gold Nanoclusters as Photoluminescent Probe for Protein Detection Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020281 Authors: Hao-Hua Deng Xiao-Qiong Shi Paramasivam Balasubramanian Kai-Yuan Huang Ying-Ying Xu Zhong-Nan Huang Hua-Ping Peng Wei Chen This study puts forward an efficient method for protein detection in virtue of the tremendous fluorescence enhancement property of 6-aza-2-thio-thymine protected...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 437: In Vitro Hypocholesterolemic Effect of Coffee Compounds Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020437 Authors: Filipe Manuel Coreta-Gomes Guido R. Lopes Cláudia P. Passos Inês M. Vaz Fernanda Machado Carlos F. G. C. Geraldes Maria João Moreno Laura Nyström Manuel A. Coimbra (1) Background: Cholesterol bioaccessibility is an indicator of cholesterol that is available for absorption and therefore can be a measure of hypocholesterolemic potential....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 438: The Cow’s Milk-Related Symptom Score (CoMiSSTM): Health Care Professional and Parent and Day-to-Day Variability Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020438 Authors: Yvan Vandenplas Eva Carvajal Stefaan Peeters Nadine Balduck Yesra Jaddioui Carmen Ribes-Koninckx Koen Huysentruyt The Cow’s Milk-related Symptom Score (CoMiSSTM) was created as an awareness tool for cow’s milk allergy. The aim of the present study was to analyze the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 436: Cholesterol-Lowering Action of a Novel Nutraceutical Combination in Uremic Rats: Insights into the Molecular Mechanism in a Hepatoma Cell Line Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020436 Authors: Lupo Biancorosso Brilli Tarantino Adorni Vivian Salvalaio Dall’Acqua Sut Neutel Chen Bressan Faggin Rattazzi Ferri Appropriate nutraceutical combinations may represent a valid approach to prevent vascular calcification...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 435: The Role of Dietary Antioxidants in the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Their Impact on Cerebral Oxidoreductive Balance Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020435 Authors: Winiarska-Mieczan Baranowska-Wójcik Kwiecień Grela Szwajgier Kwiatkowska Kiczorowska Neurodegenerative diseases are progressive diseases of the nervous system that lead to neuron loss or functional disorders. Neurodegenerative diseases require long-term,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 434: The Effects of Caffeine Ingestion on Measures of Rowing Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020434 Authors: Grgic Diaz-Lara Coso Duncan Tallis Pickering Schoenfeld Mikulic The purpose of this paper was to conduct a systematic review and a meta-analysis of studies examining the acute effects of caffeine ingestion on measures of rowing performance. Crossover and placebo-controlled experiments...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 433: Stakeholder’s Perceptions of Mexico’s Federal Corn Flour Fortification Program: A Qualitative Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020433 Authors: Anna W. Waller Astrid Dominguez-Uscanga Emely Lopez Barrera Juan E. Andrade Jeanette M. Andrade Background: In Mexico, the fortification of corn and wheat flours with iron, zinc, and folic acid and the restoration of B-vitamins is a mandatory program. However, the monitoring and evaluation (M&E)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 429: Dietary and Health Characteristics of Korean Adults According to the Level of Energy Intake from Carbohydrate: Analysis of the 7th (2016–2017) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020429 Authors: Soh Chung Yoon The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the level of energy intake from carbohydrate and the dietary and health characteristics among Korean adults. We examined the...
Fri Feb 07, 2020 02:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 431: Withania somnifera Extract Enhances Energy Expenditure via Improving Mitochondrial Function in Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020431 Authors: Lee Ahn Jang Seo Ha Kim Huh Jung Withania somnifera (WS), commonly known as ashwagandha, possesses diverse biological functions. WS root has mainly been used as an herbal medicine to treat anxiety and was recently reported to have an anti-obesity...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 430: Feeding the Outer Bran Fraction of Rice Alters Hepatic Carbohydrate Metabolism in Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020430 Authors: Kawaguchi Nishikoba Shimamoto Tomonaga Kohrogi Yamauchi Fujita Ohtsuka Ijiri Dietary intake of fiber-rich food has been reported to contribute to multiple health benefits. The aim of the current study is to investigate the effects of a diet containing the outer bran fraction of rice (OBFR), which...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 432: Influences of Parental Snacking-Related Attitudes, Behaviours and Nutritional Knowledge on Young Children’s Healthy and Unhealthy Snacking: The ToyBox Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020432 Authors: Edward Leigh Gibson Odysseas Androutsos Luis Moreno Paloma Flores-Barrantes Piotr Socha Violeta Iotova Greet Cardon Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij Berthold Koletzko Simona Skripkauskaite Yannis Manios on behalf of the Toybox-study Group ...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 428: Exposure to Food and Beverage Advertising on Television among Canadian Adolescents, 2011 to 2016 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020428 Authors: Czoli Pauzé Potvin Kent Adolescents represent a key audience for food advertisers, however there is little evidence of adolescent exposure to food marketing in Canada. This study examined trends in Canadian adolescents’ exposure to food advertising on television. To do so, data on 19 food categories...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 427: Ginsenoside Rg3 Induces Browning of 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by Activating AMPK Signaling Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020427 Authors: Kyungtae Kim Ki Hong Nam Sang Ah Yi Jong Woo Park Jeung-Whan Han Jaecheol Lee Ginsenoside Rg3, one of the major components in Panax ginseng, has been reported to possess several therapeutic effects including anti-obesity properties. However, its effect on the browning of mature white adipocytes as well as the underlying...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 106: Betanodavirus and VER Disease: A 30-year Research Review Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020106 Authors: Bandín Souto The outbreaks of viral encephalopathy and retinopathy (VER), caused by nervous necrosis virus (NNV), represent one of the main infectious threats for marine aquaculture worldwide. Since the first description of the disease at the end of the 1980s, a considerable amount of research has gone into understanding the mechanisms involved...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 143: Quercetin Loaded Monolaurate Sugar Esters-Based Niosomes: Sustained Release and Mutual Antioxidant—Hepatoprotective Interplay Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020143 Authors: Elmowafy El-Derany Biondo Tiboni Casettari Soliman Flavonoids possess different interesting biological properties, including antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. However, unfortunately, these molecules present different...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 142: Nanomedicine Fight against Antibacterial Resistance: An Overview of the Recent Pharmaceutical Innovations Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020142 Authors: Eleraky Allam Hassan Omar Based on the recent reports of World Health Organization, increased antibiotic resistance prevalence among bacteria represents the greatest challenge to human health. In addition, the poor solubility, stability, and side effects that lead to inefficiency...
Sat Feb 08, 2020 02:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 141: Ultrasound- and Microbubble-Assisted Gemcitabine Delivery to Pancreatic Cancer Cells Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020141 Authors: Bjånes Kotopoulis Murvold Kamčeva Gjertsen Gilja Schjøtt Riedel McCormack Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a major cause of cancer death worldwide. Poor drug delivery to tumours is thought to limit chemotherapeutic treatment efficacy. Sonoporation combines ultrasound...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 19: Clinical Pharmacy Activities in Swiss Hospitals: How Have They Evolved from 2013 to 2017? Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010019 Authors: Helene Studer Fabienne Boeni Markus Messerli Kurt E. Hersberger Markus L. Lampert The role of pharmacists is changing; in many countries, pharmacists have acquired new competencies. A survey conducted in 2013 mapped the clinical pharmacy services in Swiss hospitals by quantifying full-time equivalents (FTE) and...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 18: Drug Dosing Considerations in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010018 Authors: Jang Infante Abdi Pour Acute kidney injury is very common in critically ill patients requiring renal replacement therapy. Despite the advancement in medicine, the mortality rate from septic shock can be as high as 60%. This manuscript describes drug-dosing considerations and challenges for clinicians....
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 17: Physicians’, Nurses’ and Pharmacists’ Perceptions of Determinants to Deprescribing in Nursing Homes Considering Three Levels of Action: A Qualitative Study Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010017 Authors: Foley Hurard Cateau Koutaissoff Bugnon Niquille Background: Polypharmacy and the use of potentially inappropriate medications are frequent safety issues among nursing home (NH) residents. Deprescribing can significantly reduce the number...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 224: Molecular and Morphological Divergence of Australian Wild Rice Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020224 Authors: Lam Ichitani Henry Ishikawa Two types of perennial wild rice, Australian Oryza rufipogon and a new taxon Jpn2 have been observed in Australia in addition to the annual species Oryza meridionalis. Jpn2 is distinct owing to its larger spikelet size but shares O. meridionalis-like morphological features including a high density of bristle cells...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 223: Reducing Cadmium Accumulation in Plants: Structure–Function Relations and Tissue-Specific Operation of Transporters in the Spotlight Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020223 Authors: Huang Duan Wu Yu Shabala Cadmium (Cd) is present in many soils and, when entering the food chain, represents a major health threat to humans. Reducing Cd accumulation in plants is complicated by the fact that most known Cd transporters also operate in the transport of...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 222: Comparative Inner Morphological and Chemical Studies on Reynoutria Species in Korea Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020222 Authors: Atif Ali Khan Khalil Kazi-Marjahan Akter Hye-Jin Kim Woo Sung Park Dong-Min Kang Kyung Ah Koo Mi-Jeong Ahn Reynoutria species are medicinal plants that belong to the family Polygonaceae and are widely distributed in eastern Asia, North America and Europe. Although the phylogeny and morphological and anatomical studies...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 219: Soybean Resistance to Soybean Mosaic Virus Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020219 Authors: Widyasari Alazem Kim Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) occurs in all soybean-growing areas in the world and causes huge losses in soybean yields and seed quality. During early viral infection, molecular interactions between SMV effector proteins and the soybean resistance (R) protein, if present, determine the development of resistance/disease in soybean plants. Depending...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 220: Melatonin Application Improves Salt Tolerance of Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by Enhancing Antioxidant Capacity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020220 Authors: Cen Wang Liu Tian Zhang Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is an important and widely cultivated forage grass. The productivity and forage quality of alfalfa are severely affected by salt stress. Melatonin is a bioactive molecule with versatile physiological functions and plays important roles...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 221: Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of Auxin Response Factor (ARF) Gene Family in Longan (Dimocarpus longan L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020221 Authors: Peng Fang Zhang Zhang Zeng Auxin response factor (ARF) is the key regulator involved in plant development. Despite their physiological importance identified in various woody plants, the functions of ARF genes in longan were still not clear. In this study, 17 longan ARF genes...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 218: The DOF Transcription Factors in Seed and Seedling Development Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020218 Authors: Ruta Longo Lepri De Angelis Occhigrossi Costantino Vittorioso The DOF (DNA binding with one finger) family of plant-specific transcription factors (TF) was first identified in maize in 1995. Since then, DOF proteins have been shown to be present in the whole plant kingdom, including the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 217: In Vitro and In Vivo Effect of Poplar Bud Extracts on Phytophthora infestans: A New Effective Biological Method in Potato Late Blight Control Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020217 Authors: Turóczi Bakonyi Szabó Bálint Máthé Lányi Balog The effect of populin extract from black poplar (Populus nigra) on seven different late blight strains was tested under laboratory and field conditions. The growth rate of hyphae was found to be significantly...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 216: The Role of Plasmodesmata-Associated Receptor in Plant Development and Environmental Response Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020216 Authors: Vu Iswanto Lee Kim Over the last decade, plasmodesmata (PD) symplasmic nano-channels were reported to be involved in various cell biology activities to prop up within plant growth and development as well as environmental stresses. Indeed, this is highly influenced by their native structure, which is lined with...
Fri Feb 07, 2020 02:00
Psych, Vol. 2, Pages 54-73: Experimental Effects of Priming on Affective Responses to Acute Exercise
Psych, Vol. 2, Pages 54-73: Experimental Effects of Priming on Affective Responses to Acute Exercise Psych doi: 10.3390/psych2010007 Authors: Addoh Sanders Loprinzi The purpose of this study was to experimentally investigate the relationship between positive affect elicitation (using a short video clip) prior to exercise and affect during acute aerobic exercise. A counterbalanced, within-subject experimental design was used. We conducted three related experiments. In Experiment...
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Publications, Vol. 8, Pages 10: Change in Format, Register and Narration Style in the Biomedical Literature: A 1948 Example Publications doi: 10.3390/publications8010010 Authors: Galli Guizzardi Scientific communication has evolved over time and the formats of scientific writing, including its stylistic modules, have changed accordingly. Research articles from the past fit a research world that had not been taken over by the internet, electronic searches, the new media and even...
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Recycling, Vol. 5, Pages 2: Evaluating the Thermal Behavior of a Sustainable Room and Roof Prototype Using Recycled Waste Materials Recycling doi: 10.3390/recycling5010002 Authors: Ceja Soto Pérez Bueno Mendoza López Pérez Ramos Reyes Araiza Ramírez Jiménez Manzano-Ramírez This work shows a proposed room prototype and its thermal behavior evaluation. The room was built by using polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles filled with soil from the site for its walls...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 78: God, the Middle Term: Bonhoeffer, Kierkegaard, and Christ’s Mediation in Works of Love Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020078 Authors: Verhagen In this article, I argue that in Works of Love Søren Kierkegaard stays true to his Lutheran roots in detailing an ethic of neighbor love that draws deeply on and unfolds the implications of the inseparable realities of justification and Christ’s mediation in the social sphere. The article unfolds...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 77: Introduction to “Religious Environmentalism Activism in Asia: Case Studies in Spiritual Ecology” Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020077 Authors: Sponsel Environmental issues and problems are serious; some are getting worse, and occasionally new ones are still being discovered (Flannery 2010; Meyers and Kent 2005; Ripple et al. 2017) [...]
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 76: Masculinity in the Sikh Community in Italy and Spain: Expectations and Challenges Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020076 Authors: Garha Since the 1990s, the Sikh community in India has entered a phase of considerable socioeconomic and demographic transformation that is caused by the large-scale practice of female feticide, the spread of higher education among women, and the mass emigration of unskilled men to the Western countries. These changes have a great...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 75: Exploring Religiousness and Hope: Examining the Roles of Spirituality and Social Connections among Salvadoran Youth Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020075 Authors: Pamela Ebstyne King Jennifer Medina Vaughn Yeonsoo Yoo Jonathan M. Tirrell Elizabeth M. Dowling Richard M. Lerner G. John Geldhof Jacqueline V. Lerner Guillermo Iraheta Kate Williams Alistair T. R. Sim Given the strong link between religiousness and hope, we sought to...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 17: Data Analytic Approaches for Mining Process Improvement—Machinery Utilization Use Case Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9020017 Authors: Edyta Brzychczy Paulina Gackowiec Mirko Liebetrau This paper investigates the application of process mining methodology on the processes of a mobile asset in mining operations as a means of identifying opportunities to improve the operational efficiency of such. Industry 4.0 concepts with related extensive digitalization...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 16: Assessing Asset-Liability Risk with Neural Networks Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8010016 Authors: Patrick Cheridito John Ery Mario V. Wüthrich We introduce a neural network approach for assessing the risk of a portfolio of assets and liabilities over a given time period. This requires a conditional valuation of the portfolio given the state of the world at a later time, a problem that is particularly challenging if the portfolio contains structured products...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 8: Comparative Investigation of Amino Acids Content in the Dry Extracts of Juno bucharica, Gladiolus Hybrid Zefir, Iris Hungarica, Iris Variegata and Crocus Sativus Raw Materials of Ukrainian Flora Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88010008 Authors: Mykhailenko Ivanauskas Bezruk Lesyk Georgiyants The aim of this research was the comparative study of the amino acids content in the dry extracts of Iridaceae plants of Ukrainian flora:...
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Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 31-47: Mobile Computing for Disaster Emergency Management: Empirical Requirements Analysis for a Cooperative Crowdsourced System for Emergency Management Operation Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3010003 Authors: Vittorio Astarita Vincenzo Pasquale Giofrè Giuseppe Guido Giulio Stefano Alessandro Vitale In large-scale civil emergencies such as floods, earthquakes, and extreme weather conditions, extended geographic areas and a great number...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 14: Rethinking Women’s Empowerment: Insights from the Russian Arctic Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9020014 Authors: Marya S. Rozanova Valeriy L. Mikheev This article examines women’s political empowerment in the Russian Arctic as an example of progress towards gender equality. In contrast to women’s severe underrepresentation in Russian federal politics, a strong trend towards women’s political empowerment can be observed...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 13: Slovak Criminal Justice and the Philosophy of Its Privatization: An Appropriate Solution of Problems of Slovak Justice in the 21st Century? Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9020013 Authors: Šramel Machyniak Guťan The authors of the paper deal with the philosophy of the privatization of elements of criminal justice, which in the last decades influenced the development of criminal justice in European countries, including the Slovak Republic....
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 12: Cluster Competitiveness Modeling: An Approach with Systems Dynamics Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9020012 Authors: Martínez-Marín Puello-Pereira Ovallos-Gazabon This study makes a systemic review to cluster and create a competitiveness relationship considering a systems dynamics approach. A dynamic hypothesis was constructed to validate what factors increase a cluster’s level of competitiveness, through causal analysis. Then,...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 18: The Significance of Civil Intellectuals’ Activism: A Case of Eco-Nationalistic Social Movement in Bangladesh Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010018 Authors: Huq This article examines how the civil intellectuals of Bangladesh oppose the state-sponsored political imposition that consistently approached to establish a coal-fired power plant, thus, risking the Sundarbans—one of the world’s largest mangrove forests. By incorporating five points...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 17: Sexual Citizenship Theory and Employment Discrimination among Transgender-Identified People Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010017 Authors: Rosich Employment discrimination remains a consistent and widespread concern among transgender and gender non-conforming (GNC) people. A secondary data analysis was conducted using the Transgender Law Center California Economic Health Survey (n = 646). The aim of this study was to examine workplace discrimination among...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 19: Changes in Duration and Intensity of the World’s Top-Level Badminton Matches: A Consideration of the Increased Acute Injuries among Elite Women’s Singles Players Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8020019 Authors: Taro Iizuka Kanako Hirano Tomoaki Atomi Miho Shimizu Yoriko Atomi The purpose of this study was to clarify whether there have been any specific changes in the characteristics of the world’s top-level women’s singles badminton...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 109: Morphological, Pathogenic and Toxigenic Variability in the Rice Sheath Rot Pathogen Sarocladium Oryzae Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020109 Authors: Peeters Haeck Harinck Afolabi Demeestere Audenaert Höfte Sheath rot is an emerging rice disease that leads to considerable yield losses. The main causal agent is the fungus Sarocladium oryzae. This pathogen is known to produce the toxins cerulenin and helvolic acid, but their role in pathogenicity...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 108: The Effectiveness of Durian Peel as a Multi-Mycotoxin Adsorbent Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020108 Authors: Saowalak Adunphatcharaphon Awanwee Petchkongkaew Donato Greco Vito D’Ascanio Wonnop Visessanguan Giuseppina Avantaggiato Durian peel (DP) is an agricultural waste that is widely used in dyes and for organic and inorganic pollutant adsorption. In this study, durian peel was acid-treated to enhance its mycotoxin adsorption efficacy. The...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 107: Chronic Microcystin-LR Exposure Induces Abnormal Lipid Metabolism via Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Male Zebrafish Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020107 Authors: Zhang Lin Liu Guo Wang Yang Li Li Tang In order to explore effects of low levels of continuous microcystin-LR (MC-LR) (a cyanotoxin) exposure on hepatic lipid metabolism on the basis of the endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) pathway, we exposed adult male zebrafish...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 24: Haemoparasitic Infections in Cattle from a Trypanosoma brucei Rhodesiense Sleeping Sickness Endemic District of Eastern Uganda Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010024 Authors: Matovu Mugasa Waiswa Kitibwa Boobo Ndung’u We carried out a baseline survey of cattle in Kaberamaido district, in the context of controlling the domestic animal reservoir of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis...
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Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 9: Perception of Urban Green Areas Associated with Sociodemographic Affiliation, Structural Elements, and Acceptance Stripes Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4010009 Authors: Zobec Betz Unterweger The extensification (opposite of intensification) of urban public green spaces offers great potential for conservation. One major issue for the long-term success of such a measure is, however, its acceptance by the urban population. This contribution...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 78: Predominance of a Drifted Influenza A (H3N2) Clade and its Association with Age-specific Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness Variations, Influenza Season 2018–2019 Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010078 Authors: Aharona Glatman-Freedman Rakefet Pando Hanna Sefty Itay Omer Alina Rosenberg Yaron Drori Ital Nemet Ella Mendelson Lital Keinan-Boker Michal Mandelboim for the Israeli Influenza Surveillance Network (IISN) Background: Influenza...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 77: A Novel Combined Scientific and Artistic Approach for the Advanced Characterization of Interactomes: The Akirin/Subolesin Model Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010077 Authors: Artigas-Jerónimo Comín Villar Contreras Alberdi Viera Soto Cordero Valdés Cabezas-Cruz Estrada-Peña Fuente The main objective of this study was to propose a novel methodology to approach challenges in molecular biology. Akirin/Subolesin (AKR/SUB)...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 75: Discrepancies between Protocols of Immunization Targeting Internationally Adopted Children in Western Countries Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010075 Authors: Alimenti Bechini Boccalini Bonanni Galli Chiappini The immunization status of Internationally Adopted Children (IAC) newly arrived in the adoptive country require a timely assessment and completion of necessary vaccinations. In fact, due to their frequent suboptimal immunization...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 76: The Vaccine Uptake Continuum: Applying Social Science Theory to Shift Vaccine Hesitancy Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010076 Authors: Piltch-Loeb DiClemente Vaccines are the optimal public health strategy to prevent disease, but the growing anti-vaccine movement has focused renewed attention on the need to persuade people to increase vaccine uptake. This commentary draws on social and behavioral science theory and proposes a vaccine uptake continuum...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 74: Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Propensity towards HPV Vaccine of Young Adult Students in Italy Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010074 Authors: Trucchi Amicizia Tafuri Sticchi Durando Costantino Varlese Silverio Bagnasco Ansaldi Icardi Background: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI), representing the main cause of genital warts and cervical cancer. This cross-sectional...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 20: Lab-Made Electronic Nose for Fast Detection of Listeria monocytogenes and Bacillus cereus Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010020 Authors: Prima Febri Astantri Wredha Sandhi Ardha Prakoso Kuwat Triyana Tri Untari Claude Mona Airin Pudji Astuti The aim of this study is to determine the performance of a lab-made electronic nose (e-nose) composed of an array of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors in the detection and differentiation...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 19: Transverse Right Ventricle Strain and Strain Rate Assessed by 2-Dimensional Speckle Tracking Echocardiography in Dogs with Pulmonary Hypertension Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010019 Authors: Caivano Rishniw Birettoni Petrescu Porciello Right ventricular (RV) strain analysis using 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D STE) permits practitioners to assess regional and global deformation of the myocardium....
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 18: Assessment of Ochratoxin A Exposure in Ornamental and Self-Consumption Backyard Chickens Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010018 Authors: Guerrini Altafini Roncada Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin that may be present in various food and feed of plant and animal origin, including chicken meat. In Italy, backyard poultry farming is rather widespread. Animals are raised for meat, eggs and for ornamental purpose, and they are often...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 192: TSPphg Lysin from the Extremophilic Thermus Bacteriophage TSP4 as a Potential Antimicrobial Agent against Both Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive Pathogenic Bacteria Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020192 Authors: Wang Ji Li Zhang Peng Hai Zhang Ci Li Xiong Deng Lin New strategies against antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens are urgently needed but are not within reach. Here, we present in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 191: Benzodiazepines Drive Alteration of Chromatin at the Integrated HIV-1 LTR Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020191 Authors: Weam Elbezanti Angel Lin Alexis Schirling Alexandria Jackson Matthew Marshall Rachel Van Duyne Frank Maldarelli Luca Sardo Zachary Klase Antiretroviral therapy (ART) lowers human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) viral load to undetectable levels, but does not eliminate the latent reservoir. One of the factors controlling...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 190: Nanoscale Structure Determination of Murray Valley Encephalitis and Powassan Virus Non-Coding RNAs Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020190 Authors: Mrozowich Henrickson Demeler Patel Viral infections are responsible for numerous deaths worldwide. Flaviviruses, which contain RNA as their genetic material, are one of the most pathogenic families of viruses. There is an increasing amount of evidence suggesting that their 5’ and 3’ non-coding...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 189: New Insights into the Susceptibility of Immunocompetent Mice to Usutu Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020189 Authors: Emna Benzarti Michaël Sarlet Mathieu Franssen Daniel Desmecht Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit Mutien-Marie Garigliany Usutu virus (USUV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that shares many similarities with the closely related West Nile virus (WNV) in terms of ecology and clinical manifestations. Initially distributed in Africa, USUV emerged...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 188: Reduce and Control: A Combinatorial Strategy for Achieving Sustained HIV Remissions in the Absence of Antiretroviral Therapy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020188 Authors: Schwarzer Gramatica Greene Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) indefinitely persists, despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), within a small pool of latently infected cells. These cells often display markers of immunologic memory and harbor both replication-competent and -incompetent...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 187: Antibody-Mediated Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection Downregulates the Production of Interferon-α and Tumor Necrosis Factor-α in Porcine Alveolar Macrophages via Fc Gamma Receptor I and III Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020187 Authors: Zhang Li Sun Kong Xu Xia Zhang Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) contributes to the pathogenesis of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)-persistent infection....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 186: Identifying Age Cohorts Responsible for Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus Transmission among Sheep, Goats, and Cattle in Northern Tanzania Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020186 Authors: Herzog de Glanville Willett Cattadori Kapur Hudson Buza Swai Cleaveland Bjørnstad Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) causes a contagious disease of high morbidity and mortality in global sheep and goat populations. To better control this disease...
Fri Feb 07, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 463: Phreatic Water Quality Assessment and Associated Hydrogeochemical Processes in an Irrigated Region Along the Upper Yellow River, Northwestern China Water doi: 10.3390/w12020463 Authors: Liu Zhao Yang Ma Li Gong Liu Groundwater resources are playing an increasingly vital role in water supply for domestic and irrigation purposes in the Yinchuan Plain, along with the reduction in water transfer from the Yellow River. This study aimed to...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 464: Glacial Lake Inventory and Lake Outburst Flood/Debris Flow Hazard Assessment after the Gorkha Earthquake in the Bhote Koshi Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12020464 Authors: Mei Liu Ningsheng Chen Yong Zhang Mingfeng Deng Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) evolve into debris flows by erosion and sediment entrainment while propagating down a valley, which highly increases peak discharge and volume and causes destructive damage downstream. This study focuses...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 462: Comprehensive Drought Assessment Using a Modified Composite Drought index: A Case Study in Hubei Province, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12020462 Authors: Chen Zhong Pan Xie Kim Under the background of global climate change, accurate monitoring and comprehensive assessment of droughts are of great practical significance to sustain agricultural development. Considering multiple causes and the complexity of the occurrence of drought, this paper employs...
Sun Feb 09, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 461: Being Bayesian: Discussions from the Perspectives of Stakeholders and Hydrologists Water doi: 10.3390/w12020461 Authors: Ferre Bayes’ Theorem is gaining acceptance in hydrology, but it is still far from standard practice to cast hydrologic analyses in a Bayesian context—especially in the realm of hydrologic practice. Three short discussions are presented to encourage more complete adoption of a Bayesian approach. The first, aimed at a stakeholder...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 460: Evaluation of a Low-Cost Ceramic Filter for Sustainable Reuse of Urban Stormwater in Arid Environments Water doi: 10.3390/w12020460 Authors: Shafiquzzaman Haider Ghazaw Alharbi S. AlSaleem Almoshaogeh Sustainable reuse of urban stormwater is inevitable in the fight against water crises in arid regions. This research aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a low-cost ceramic filtration process for reuse applications of urban stormwater. Stormwater...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 459: A Comparative Study of Statistical Methods for Daily Streamflow Estimation at Ungauged Basins in Turkey Water doi: 10.3390/w12020459 Authors: Yilmaz Onoz In this study, a comparative evaluation of the statistical methods for daily streamflow estimation at ungauged basins is presented. The single donor station drainage area ratio (DAR) method, the multiple-donor stations drainage area ratio (MDAR) method, the inverse similarity weighted (ISW) method, and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 458: Periurban Transformations in the Global South and Their Impact on Water-Based Livelihoods Water doi: 10.3390/w12020458 Authors: Butsch Heinkel Urban sprawl and population increase are fundamentally transforming periurban areas in the Global South. These areas often suffer from inadequate environmental planning, resulting in water sources being overexploited, degraded, and redistributed. These processes affect water-based livelihoods due to disadvantages...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 457: Effect of Hyporheic Exchange on Macroinvertebrate Community in the Weihe River Basin, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12020457 Authors: Qidong Lin Jinxi Song Carlo Gualtieri Dandong Cheng Ping Su Xinxin Wang Jiaxu Fu Jianglin Peng The effect of hyporheic exchange on macroinvertebrates is a significant topic in ecohydraulics. A field study was conducted during May and June 2017 to investigate the impacts of magnitude and patterns of hyporheic...
Sat Feb 08, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 453: Twenty-First Century Streamflow and Climate Change in Forest Catchments of the Central Appalachian Mountains Region, US Water doi: 10.3390/w12020453 Authors: Brandi Gaertner Rodrigo Fernandez Nicolas Zegre Forested catchments are critical sources of freshwater used by society, but anthropogenic climate change can alter the amount of precipitation partitioned into streamflow and evapotranspiration, threatening their role as reliable fresh water sources....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 455: Hydraulic Optimization of Double Chamber Surge Tank Using NSGA-II Water doi: 10.3390/w12020455 Authors: Resham Dhakal Jianxu Zhou Sunit Palikhe Khem Prasad Bhattarai A surge tank effectively reduces water hammer but experiences water level oscillations during transient processes. A double chamber surge tank is used in high head plants with appreciable variations in reservoir water levels to limit the maximum amplitudes of oscillation by increasing...
Sat Feb 08, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 456: Global Policy Overview of Groundwater in Urban Development—A Tale of 10 Cities! Water doi: 10.3390/w12020456 Authors: Stephen Foster Urbanisation is the predominant global phenomenon of our time. This overview provides an assessment of the trends in both public and private use of groundwater for urban water-supply in 10 developing cities and their policy implications, which is based on the global experience during 2001–2012 of the World Bank—Groundwater...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 454: Eco-Efficiency of End-of-Pie Systems: An Extended Environmental Cost Efficiency Framework for Wastewater Treatment Water doi: 10.3390/w12020454 Authors: Zhao Zhang Bai As a method for eco-efficiency analysis, environmental cost efficiency (ECE) indicators have been proposed for the end-of-pie (EOP) systems that referred to the techniques achieving environmental benefit under economic cost. The wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) belongs to the EOP systems;...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 452: Analysis of Hydrograph Shape Affected by Flow-Direction Assumptions in Rainfall-Runoff Models Water doi: 10.3390/w12020452 Authors: Huang Different approaches for flow-direction determination have been continuously proposed to perform a more realistic simulation of surface runoff, yet the diversity of the existing methods causes significant differences in the extractions of geomorphic parameters as well as the results of rainfall-runoff simulations. In this...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 451: Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Wave Overtopping of Barriers Water doi: 10.3390/w12020451 Authors: Cannata Tamburrino Ferrari Badas Querzoli We present a study of wave overtopping of barriers. The phenomenon of the wave overtopping over emerged structures is reproduced both numerically and experimentally. The numerical simulations are carried out by a numerical scheme for three-dimensional free-surface flows, which is based on the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 450: The Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in an Urban River in Nepal Water doi: 10.3390/w12020450 Authors: Ocean Thakali Sarmila Tandukar John P. Brooks Samendra P. Sherchan Jeevan B. Sherchand Eiji Haramoto Urban rivers affected by anthropogenic activities can act as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). This study aimed to describe the occurrence of selected ARGs (blaTEM, ermF, mecA, and tetA) and a class 1 integron (intI1)...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 449: Diatom Species Richness in Swiss Springs Increases with Habitat Complexity and Elevation Water doi: 10.3390/w12020449 Authors: Taxböck Lukas Karger Dirk Nikolaus Kessler Michael Spitale Daniel Marco Cantonati Understanding the drivers of species richness gradients is a central challenge of ecological and biodiversity research in freshwater science. Species richness along elevational gradients reveals a great variety of patterns. Here, we investigate...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 444: Cotransport of Cu with Graphene Oxide in Saturated Porous Media with Varying Degrees of Geochemical Heterogeneity Water doi: 10.3390/w12020444 Authors: Jianzhou He Dengjun Wang Tingting Fan Dongmei Zhou Graphene oxide (GO) is likely to encounter heavy metals due to its widespread use and inevitable release into the subsurface environment, where the ubiquitous presence of iron oxides (e.g., hematite) would affect their interaction and transport. The...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 447: Slope Stability of a Scree Slope Based on Integrated Characterisation and Monitoring Water doi: 10.3390/w12020447 Authors: Lucas Fankhauser Maurer McArdell Grob Herzog Bleiker Springman Three years of geotechnical seasonal field monitoring including soil temperature, suction and volumetric water content plus geophysical measurements, lead to a preliminary ground model and assessment of slope stability for a steep scree slope in...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 448: CFD Investigations of Transient Cavitation Flows in Pipeline Based on Weakly-Compressible Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12020448 Authors: Xuelin Tang Xiangyu Duan Hui Gao Xiaoqin Li Xiaoyan Shi In hydraulic systems, transient flow often occurs and may results in cavitation in pipelines. In this paper, the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method based on the Fluent software was used to investigate the cavitation flow in pipeline; the density-pressure...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 446: Adsorption Properties of Magnetic Magnetite Nanoparticle for Coexistent Cr(VI) and Cu(II) in Mixed Solution Water doi: 10.3390/w12020446 Authors: Zhang Lin Han Su Xia Hui The adsorption properties of coexistent Cr(VI) and Cu(II) in mixed solution on magnetic magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticle were studied in batch experiments. The influences of various factors, such as pH, adsorbent dose, temperature, initial concentration of metal ions, and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 445: The Impact of Capillary Trapping of Air on Satiated Hydraulic Conductivity of Sands Interpreted by X-Ray Microtomography Water doi: 10.3390/w12020445 Authors: Princ Fideles Koestel Snehota The relationship between entrapped air content and the corresponding hydraulic conductivity was investigated experimentally for two coarse sands. Two packed samples of 5 cm height were prepared for each sand. Air entrapment was created by repeated infiltration...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 443: Performance of Field-Scale Phosphorus Removal Structures Utilizing Steel Slag for Treatment of Surface and Subsurface Drainage Water doi: 10.3390/w12020443 Authors: Penn Livingston Shedekar King Williams Reducing dissolved phosphorus (P) losses from legacy P soils to surface waters is necessary for preventing algal blooms. Phosphorus removal structures containing steel slag have shown success in treating surface runoff for dissolved P, but...
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