Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 97: Taxonomy, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Rhodniini Tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12030097 Authors: Hernández Aristeu da Rosa Vallejo Guhl Ramírez The Triatominae subfamily includes 151 extant and three fossil species. Several species can transmit the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, significantly impacting public health in Latin American countries. The Triatominae can...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 329: Freeze-Dried Gellan Gum Gels as Vitamin Delivery Systems: Modelling the Effect of pH on Drying Kinetics and Vitamin Release Mechanisms Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030329 Authors: Valentina Prosapio Ian T. Norton Estefania Lopez-Quiroga Freeze-dried gellan gum gels present great potential as delivery systems for biocompounds, such as vitamins, in food products. Here, we investigate the effect of modifying the gel pH—prior to the encapsulation process—on...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 326: Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms for Industrial Food Enzyme Production: An Overview Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030326 Authors: Marie Deckers Dieter Deforce Marie-Alice Fraiture Nancy H.C. Roosens The use of food enzymes (FE) by the industrial food industry is continuously increasing. These FE are mainly obtained by microbial fermentation, for which both wild-type (WT) and genetically modified (GM) strains are used. The FE production yield can be increased...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 327: Comparative Study on Mixing Behavior of Binary Mixtures of Cocoa Butter/Tristearin (CB/TS) and Cocoa Butter/Coconut Oil (CB/CO) Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030327 Authors: Bhagyashri L. Joshi Birgitta I. Zielbauer Thomas A. Vilgis The comparative study between the mixing behavior of two binary mixtures of cocoa butter (CB)/tristearin (TS) and cocoa butter (CB)/coconut oil (CO) was investigated by using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The DSC profile...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 328: RS Content and eGI Value of Cooked Noodles (I): Effect of Cooking Methods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030328 Authors: Yu Tian Ming Li Aoxing Tang Jay-Lin Jane Sushil Dhital Boli Guo Noodles are widely consumed in China, which can be cooked in different ways. The effects of different cooking methods (boiling, steaming, microwave heating, stir-frying and frying) on the resistance starch (RS) content and digestive properties (digestion rate, digestibility...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 325: Nanostructured Lipid-Based Delivery Systems as a Strategy to Increase Functionality of Bioactive Compounds Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030325 Authors: Ariadna Gasa-Falcon Isabel Odriozola-Serrano Gemma Oms-Oliu Olga Martín-Belloso Acquisition of a healthy lifestyle through diet has driven the food manufacturing industry to produce new food products with high nutritional quality. In this sense, consumption of bioactive compounds has been associated with...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 324: Purification of Bioactive Peptide with Antimicrobial Properties Produced by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030324 Authors: Shayma Al-sahlany Ammar Altemimi Alaa Al-Manhel Alaa Niamah Naoufal Lakhssassi Salam Ibrahim A variety of organisms produce bioactive peptides that express inhibition activity against other organisms. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is considered the best example of a unicellular organism that is useful for studying...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 323: Effect of Jasmonic Acid, Yeast Extract Elicitation, and Drying Methods on the Main Bioactive Compounds and Consumer Quality of Lovage (Levisticum Officinale Koch) Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030323 Authors: Urszula Złotek Urszula Szymanowska Kamila Rybczyńska-Tkaczyk Anna Jakubczyk The aim of the study was to evaluate changes in the activities of some enzymes (polyphenol oxidase—PPO and peroxidase—POD), the content of some bioactive...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 322: Comparison of Faba Bean Protein Ingredients Produced Using Dry Fractionation and Isoelectric Precipitation: Techno-Functional, Nutritional and Environmental Performance Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9030322 Authors: Martin Vogelsang-O’Dwyer Iben Lykke Petersen Marcel Skejovic Joehnke Jens Christian Sørensen Juergen Bez Andreas Detzel Mirjam Busch Martina Krueger James A. O’Mahony Elke K. Arendt Emanuele Zannini Dry fractionated faba bean...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1827: Factors Associated with High Mercury Levels in Women and Girls from The Mojana Region, Colombia, 2013–2015 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061827 Authors: Sonia Mireya Diaz Ruth Marien Palma Maria Nathalia Muñoz Carolina Becerra-Arias Julián Alfredo Fernández Niño Women are primarily exposed to mercury through the consumption of fish contaminated by gold mining activities. The main systems...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1826: Variation in the Occurrence of fimA Genotypes of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Periodontal Health and Disease International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061826 Authors: Manohar Kugaji Uday Muddapur Kishore Bhat Vinayak Joshi Manjunath Manubolu Kavitha Pathakoti Malleswara Rao Peram Vijay Kumbar Porphyromonas gingivalis is regarded as a “keystone pathogen” in periodontitis....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1825: Intracervical Foley Catheter Plus Intravaginal Misoprostol vs Intravaginal Misoprostol Alone for Cervical Ripening: A Meta-Analysis International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061825 Authors: Lee Huang Cheng Yeh Lin Horng Huang Lee Wang Currently, there is no meta-analysis comparing intravaginal misoprostol plus intracervical Foley catheter versus intravaginal misoprostol alone for...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1824: Association of Ambient Air Pollution with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Incidence in Ten Large Chinese Cities, 2006–2013 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061824 Authors: Yang Liu Zhao Chen Deng Large cities in China are experiencing severe ambient air pollution. Although China accounts for more than 45% of new cases of nasopharyngeal carcinoma worldwide in 2018, few studies have examined the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1822: Effects of Sulfamethoxazole and 2-Ethylhexyl-4-Methoxycinnamate on the Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction Processes and N2O Release in Sediments in the Yarlung Zangbo River International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061822 Authors: Xu Lu Xue The nitrogen pollution of rivers as a global environmental problem has received great attentions in recent years. The occurrence of emerging pollutants in high-altitude...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1818: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease in Xinxiang, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061818 Authors: Hongbin Li Meihao Guo Zhen An Jun Meng Jing Jiang Jie Song Weidong Wu Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is recognized as the liver disease component of metabolic syndrome, which is mainly related to insulin resistance and genetic susceptibility....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1821: Mexican Validation of the Engagement and Disaffection in Physical Education Scale International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061821 Authors: René Rodríguez-Medellín Jorge Zamarripa María Marentes-Castillo Fernando Otero-Saborido Raúl Baños Raquel Morquecho-Sánchez To date, no instrument adapted and validated that measures engagement and disaffection in the physical education class has been found,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1823: Changes in Body Mass Index, Energy Intake, and Fluid Intake over 60 Months Premortem as Prognostic Factors in Frail Elderly: A Post-Death Longitudinal Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061823 Authors: Yoshiaki Kawakami Jun Hamano Survival prediction is considered difficult in elderly individuals with cognitive frailty or dementia that leads to death. The aim of this study was to verify temporal...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1819: What Drives the Performance of Collaboration Networks: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Local Water Governance in China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061819 Authors: Cui Yi Local water governance is challenging given the significance to public health and the difficulties to manage it in a fragmented administrative system. A collaboration network is a popular governance tool in local governance...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1820: Analysis and Optimization of Mn Removal from Contaminated Solid Matrixes by Electrokinetic Remediation International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061820 Authors: Cameselle Gouveia Cabo Electrokinetic remediation is a useful technique for the removal of ionic contaminants in soils, sediments, sludges, and other solid porous matrixes. The efficiency of metal removal and the electricity consumption in the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1817: Multimorbidity Analysis of 13 Systemic Diseases in Northeast China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061817 Authors: Jianxing Yu Fangying Song Yingying Li Zhou Zheng Huanhuan Jia Yuzhe Sun Lina Jin Xihe Yu Background: Multimorbidity not only affects the quality of patients’ lives, but can also bring a heavy economic burden to individuals, families and society. The purpose...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1814: Committed to Health: Key Factors to Improve Users’ Online Engagement through Facebook International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061814 Authors: Alonso-Cañadas Galán-Valdivieso Saraite-Sariene Caba-Pérez Health organizations, continuously exposed to public scrutiny due to the social relevance of the services provided, have adopted social media to disseminate information about health but also about themselves,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1815: Association of Economic Status and Mortality in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061815 Authors: Oh Song Lee The high cost of treatment for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a concern for healthcare systems, while the impact of patients’ socio-economic status on the risk of ARDS-associated mortality remains controversial....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1816: Mothers’ Healthcare Autonomy, Maternal-Health Utilization and Healthcare for Children under-3 Years: Analysis of the Nigeria DHS Data (2008–2018) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061816 Authors: Ariyo Jiang This study was designed to simultaneously examine if mothers’ personal healthcare autonomy within the household, and the level of their maternal-healthcare utilization, translates into...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1812: Suicide amongst the Inuit of Nunavut: An Exploration of Life Trajectories International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061812 Authors: William Affleck Eduardo Chachamovich Nadia Chawky Guy Beauchamp Gustavo Turecki Monique Séguin This article reports results of the life trajectories from 92 Inuit who died by suicide, matched for age and gender with 92 living-controls. A proxy-based procedure and semi-structured...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1813: Causal Evidence and Dispositions in Medicine and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17061813 Authors: Rocca Anjum Since the introduction of evidence-based medicine, there have been discussions about the epistemic primacy of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) for establishing causality in medicine and public health. A growing movement within philosophy of science calls instead for evidential...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1924: Systems Metabolic Alteration in a Semi-Dwarf Rice Mutant Induced by OsCYP96B4 Gene Mutation International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061924 Authors: Limiao Jiang Rengasamy Ramamoorthy Srinivasan Ramachandran Prakash P. Kumar Dwarfism and semi-dwarfism are among the most valuable agronomic traits in crop breeding, which were adopted by the “Green Revolution”. Previously, we reported a novel semi-dwarf rice mutant...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1927: NEAT1 is Required for the Expression of the Liver Cancer Stem Cell Marker CD44 International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061927 Authors: Shigemi Koyama Hiroyuki Tsuchiya Masataka Amisaki Hiromi Sakaguchi Soichiro Honjo Yoshiyuki Fujiwara Goshi Shiota CD44, a cancer stem cell (CSC) marker, is required for maintaining CSC properties in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nuclear enriched abundant transcript 1 (NEAT1), a long...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1923: New Arylethanolimidazole Derivatives as HO-1 Inhibitors with Cytotoxicity against MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061923 Authors: Valeria Ciaffaglione Sebastiano Intagliata Valeria Pittalà Agostino Marrazzo Valeria Sorrenti Luca Vanella Antonio Rescifina Giuseppe Floresta Ameera Sultan Khaled Greish Loredana Salerno In this paper, a novel series of imidazole-based heme oxygenase-1...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1926: Ligand Binding Mechanism and Its Relationship With Conformational Changes in Adenine Riboswitch International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061926 Authors: Guodong Hu Haiyan Li Shicai Xu Jihua Wang Riboswitches are naturally occurring RNA aptamers that control the expression of essential bacterial genes by binding to specific small molecules. The binding with both high affinity and specificity induces conformational changes. Thus,...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1928: Identification of Novel Genomic Regions and Superior Alleles Associated With Zn Accumulation in Wheat Using A Genome-Wide Association Analysis Method International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061928 Authors: Zhengfu Zhou Xia Shi Ganqing Zhao Maomao Qin Maria Itria Ibba Yahuan Wang Wenxu Li Pan Yang Zhengqing Wu Zhensheng Lei Jiansheng Wang Micronutrient deficiencies, and especially zinc (Zn) deficiency, pose...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1921: Comparative Transcriptome-Based Mining and Expression Profiling of Transcription Factors Related to Cold Tolerance in Peanut International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061921 Authors: Jiang Zhang Ren Dong Zhao Wang Wang Zhong Zhao Liu Gao Yu Plants tolerate cold stress by regulating gene networks controlling cellular and physiological traits to modify growth and development. Transcription factor...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1925: Molecular Dynamics Study of the Interaction of Carbon Nanotubes With Telomeric DNA Fragment Containing Noncanonical G-quadruplex and i-Motif Forms International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061925 Authors: Tomasz Panczyk Patrycja Wojton Pawel Wolski This work deals with molecular dynamics simulations of systems composed of telomeric dsDNA fragments, iG, and functionalized carbon nanotubes, fCNT. The iG contains 90 nucleotides in total...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1920: From Classical Laboratory Parameters to Novel Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Venous Thrombosis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061920 Authors: Anghel Sascău Radu Stătescu Venous thrombosis is a common and potentially fatal disease, because of its high morbidity and mortality, especially in hospitalized patients. To establish the diagnosis of venous thrombosis, in the last years, a multi-modality approach that involves...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1919: Fibroblast Interaction with Different Abutment Surfaces: In Vitro Study International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061919 Authors: Canullo Genova Gross Trujillo Pradies Petrillo Muzzi Carossa Mussano Background: Attaining an effective mucosal attachment to the transmucosal part of the implant could protect the peri-implant bone. Aim: To evaluate if chair side surface treatments (plasma of Argon and ultraviolet...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1922: Design, Synthesis, and Renal Targeting of Methylprednisolone-Lysozyme International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061922 Authors: Xingquan Pan Fei Xie Dian Xiao Junhai Xiao Xinbo Zhou Methylprednisolone (MP) is often used in the treatment of various kidney diseases, but overcoming the systemic side effects caused by its nonspecific distribution in the body is a challenge. This article reports the design, synthesis, and renal targeting...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1918: Reactive Oxygen Species in Venous Thrombosis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061918 Authors: Gutmann Siow Gwozdz Saha Smith Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have physiological roles as second messengers, but can also exert detrimental modifications on DNA, proteins and lipids if resulting from enhanced generation or reduced antioxidant defense (oxidative stress). Venous thrombus (DVT) formation and resolution are...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1914: Antimicrobial Resistance in Veterinary Medicine: An Overview International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061914 Authors: Palma Tilocca Roncada Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents one of the most important human- and animal health-threatening issues worldwide. Bacterial capability to face antimicrobial compounds is an ancient feature, enabling bacterial survival over time and the dynamic surrounding. Moreover, bacteria make...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1917: Injection Molded Capsules for Colon Delivery Combining Time-Controlled and Enzyme-Triggered Approaches International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061917 Authors: Federica Alice Saliha Marco Anastasia Alessandra Lucia Christel Florence Juergen Andrea A new type of colon targeting system is presented, combining time-controlled and enzyme-triggered approaches. Empty capsule shells were prepared by injection...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1913: The p38 Pathway: From Biology to Cancer Therapy International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21061913 Authors: Adrián Martínez-Limón Manel Joaquin María Caballero Francesc Posas Eulàlia de Nadal The p38 MAPK pathway is well known for its role in transducing stress signals from the environment. Many key players and regulatory mechanisms of this signaling cascade have been described to some extent. Nevertheless, p38 participates in...
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