Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 727: The Metabolic Syndrome: Emerging Novel Insights Regarding the Relationship between the Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance and other Key Predictive Markers in Young Adults of Western Algeria Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030727 Authors: Mohammed Ilyes Belhayara Zoheir Mellouk Mohammed Seddik Hamdaoui Malika Bachaoui Omar Kheroua Willy J. Malaisse Several biological markers have been identified as risk factors for cardiovascular...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 725: Selenium, Zinc, and Manganese Status in Pregnant Women and Its Relation to Maternal and Child Complications Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030725 Authors: Sehar Iqbal Inayat Ali Petra Rust Michael Kundi Cem Ekmekcioglu Micronutrients, as essential components of prenatal care, are important to reduce the risk for maternal and child morbidity and mortality by lowering pregnancy-related complications. The present study aimed to investigate the status...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 722: Impact of Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) Nutrition Interventions on Breastfeeding Practices, Growth and Mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030722 Authors: Zohra S. Lassi Fahad Rind Omar Irfan Rabia Hadi Jai K. Das Zulfiqar A. Bhutta Undernutrition is associated with 45% of total infant deaths, totalling 2.7 million globally per year. The vast majority of the burden is felt in...
Tue Mar 10, 2020 02:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 205: Single versus Multiple Dose Ivermectin Regimen in Onchocerciasis-Infected Persons with Epilepsy Treated with Phenobarbital: A Randomized Clinical Trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030205 Authors: Michel Mandro Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo Alfred Dusabimana Deby Mukendi Steven Haesendonckx Richard Lokonda Swabra Nakato Francoise Nyisi Germain Abhafule D Wonya’rossi An Hotterbeekx Steven Abrams...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 204: Improved Metagenomic Taxonomic Profiling Using a Curated Core Gene-Based Bacterial Database Reveals Unrecognized Species in the Genus Streptococcus Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030204 Authors: Mauricio Chalita Sung-min Ha Yeong Ouk Kim Hyun-Seok Oh Seok-Hwan Yoon Jongsik Chun Shotgun metagenomics is of great importance in order to understand the composition of the microbial community associated with a sample and the potential impact it...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 202: Rodents as Hosts of Pathogens and Related Zoonotic Disease Risk Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030202 Authors: Handi Dahmana Laurent Granjon Christophe Diagne Bernard Davoust Florence Fenollar Oleg Mediannikov Rodents are known to be reservoir hosts for at least 60 zoonotic diseases and are known to play an important role in their transmission and spread in different ways. We sampled different rodent communities within and around human settlements...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 203: Tritrichomonas Foetus: A Study of Prevalence in Animal Hosts in Poland
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 203: Tritrichomonas Foetus: A Study of Prevalence in Animal Hosts in Poland Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030203 Authors: Joanna Dąbrowska Jacek Karamon Maciej Kochanowski Jacek Sroka Katarzyna Skrzypek Jolanta Zdybel Mirosław Różycki Artur Jabłoński Tomasz Cencek Tritrichomonas foetus is described as a pathogen of cattle and cats and also exhibits commensalism with pigs. In order to estimate the prevalence and determine the risk factors...
Tue Mar 10, 2020 02:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 43: Fatty Acid Amides Synthesized from Andiroba Oil (Carapa guianensis Aublet.) Exhibit Anticonvulsant Action with Modulation on GABA-A Receptor in Mice: A Putative Therapeutic Option Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13030043 Authors: Fábio Rodrigues de Oliveira Keuri Eleuterio Rodrigues Moisés Hamoy Ícaro Rodrigues Sarquis Akira Otake Hamoy Maria Elena Crespo Lopez Irlon Maciel Ferreira Barbarella de Matos Macchi José Luiz Martins do Nascimento...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 250: Technology of Orodispersible Polymer Films with Micronized Loratadine—Influence of Different Drug Loadings on Film Properties Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030250 Authors: Katarzyna Centkowska Elżbieta Ławrecka Malgorzata Sznitowska The production of orodispersible films (ODFs) with suspended insoluble drug substances is still a challenge, mainly due to the difficulty associated with achieving a proper homogeneity and mechanical properties...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 249: MHC Class I Stability is Modulated by Cell Surface Sialylation in Human Dendritic Cells Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030249 Authors: Zélia Silva Tiago Ferro Danielle Almeida Helena Soares José Alexandre Ferreira Fanny M. Deschepper Paul J. Hensbergen Martina Pirro Sandra J. van Vliet Sebastian Springer Paula A. Videira Maturation of human Dendritic Cells (DCs) is characterized by increased expression of antigen...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 248: The Challenge of Die Filling in Rotary Presses—A Systematic Study of Material Properties and Process Parameters Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030248 Authors: Ann Kathrin Schomberg Arno Kwade Jan Henrik Finke For the efficient and safe production of pharmaceutical tablets, a deep process understanding is of high importance. An essential process step during tableting is the die filling, as it is responsible for a consistent tablet weight...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 247: Lyophilized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Amphotericin B: A Novel Targeted Nano Drug Delivery System for the Treatment of Systemic Fungal Infections Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030247 Authors: Pavan Balabathula Sarah Garland Whaley Dileep R. Janagam Nivesh K. Mittal Bivash Mandal Laura A. Thoma P. David Rogers George C. Wood We formulated and tested a targeted nanodrug delivery system to help treat life-threatening...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 37: Prescribing and Safety of Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants Compared to Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation on Chronic Hemodialysis Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010037 Authors: Estella Davis Dallin Darais Kevin Fuji Paige Nekola Khalid Bashir ESRD patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) were excluded from landmark trials evaluating direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in atrial fibrillation (AF). The objective was to evaluate prescribing...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 38: Exploring Medication Adherence Using M-Health: A Study from Veterinary Medicine Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010038 Authors: Marta Ribas Ana Mafalda Lourenço Afonso Cavaco Background: Pharmacy practice includes the handling of human and animal medication. Amongst veterinary pharmaceutical treatments, the management of Canine Atopic Dermatitis (CAD), a chronic skin condition affecting 10%–15% of the canine population, is complex and demanding....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 351: miRNA–mRNA Integrated Analysis Reveals Roles for miRNAs in a Typical Halophyte, Reaumuria soongorica, during Seed Germination under Salt Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030351 Authors: Huilong Zhang Xiaowei Liu Xiuyan Yang Haiwen Wu Jianfeng Zhu Huaxin Zhang MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small RNAs that play a crucial role in plant growth, development, and environmental stress responses. Reaumuria soongorica is a typical halophyte that...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 350: Comparative Metabolites and Citrate-Degrading Enzymes Activities in Citrus Fruits Reveal the Role of Balance between ACL and Cyt-ACO in Metabolite Conversions Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030350 Authors: Lingxia Guo Yongzhong Liu Lijuan Luo Syed Bilal Hussain Yingxin Bai Shariq Mahmood Alam Citric acid metabolism is considered to be the central cellular process of metabolite conversions. ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) and cytosolic aconitase (cyt-ACO)...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 349: Characterization of the Auxin Efflux Transporter PIN Proteins in Pear Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030349 Authors: Liying Qi Ling Chen Chuansen Wang Shaoling Zhang Yingjie Yang Jianlong Liu Dingli Li Jiankun Song Ran Wang PIN-FORMED (PIN) encodes a key auxin polar transport family that plays a crucial role in the outward transport of auxin and several growth and development processes, including dwarfing trees. We identified a dwarfing...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 348: Grain Yield Response of Corn (Zea mays L.) to Nitrogen Management Practices and Flooding Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030348 Authors: Taylor E. Dill Steven K. Harrison Steven W. Culman Alexander J. Lindsey Flooding can reduce corn growth and yield, but nitrogen (N) management practices may alter the degree to which plants are negatively impacted. Damage caused by flooded conditions may also affect the utilization of a post-flood N application to increase...
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Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 5: Targeting a Subset of the Membrane Proteome for Top–Down Mass Spectrometry: Introducing the Proteolipidome Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8010005 Authors: Julian Whitelegge A subsection of integral membrane proteins partition into chloroform during a chloroform/methanol/water extraction primarily designed to extract lipids. Traditionally, these proteins were called proteolipids due to their lipid-like properties; the c-subunit of the ATP synthase integral...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 120: ‘Make Your House like a Temple’: Gender, Space and Domestic Devotion in Medieval Florence Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030120 Authors: Catherine Lawless This article will discuss domestic devotions by framing them in terms of devotions carried out in the home, defined by its opposition to ecclesiastical, consecrated space. It will examine how women, considered the laity par excellence through their inability to ever attain sacerdotal authority, were advised...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 119: Tales of Endings and Beginnings: Cycles of Violence as a Leitmotif in the Narrative Structure of the Bhadrakāḷīmāhātmya Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030119 Authors: Noor van Brussel The asura’s demise at the hands of the goddess is a theme frequently revisited in Hindu myth. It is the chronicle of a death foretold. The Bhadrakāḷīmāhātmya, a sixteenth century regional purāṇa from Kerala, narrates the tale of fierce goddess Bhadrakāḷī and her triumph...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 118: “True, Masculine Men Are Not Like Women!”: Salafism between Extremism and Democracy Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030118 Authors: Susanne Olsson Whether we should understand Salafism in general as a security threat, as extremist, and as un-democratic and of concern to authorities is a debated question. In the article, this policy-oriented objective is addressed through an analysis of a specific non-violent Salafi ideology in Sweden, which is compared to the...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 29: University Students’ Preferences for Labour Conditions at a Mining Site: Evidence from Two Australian Universities Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9030029 Authors: Ito Mikami Jang Taheri Tanaka Kawamura The mining industry makes up a large portion of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Australia, although securing human resources remains a problem in that field. The aim of this paper is to identify Australian university mining students’...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 28: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of the “El Sexmo” Tourist Gold Mine (Zaruma, Ecuador) as A Geosite and Mining Site Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9030028 Authors: Paúl Carrión-Mero Oscar Loor-Oporto Héctor Andrade-Ríos Gricelda Herrera-Franco Fernando Morante-Carballo María Jaya-Montalvo Maribel Aguilar-Aguilar Karen Torres-Peña Edgar Berrezueta Zaruma is host to the ‘‘El Sexmo’’ tourist...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 25: Importance Sampling in the Presence of PD-LGD Correlation Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8010025 Authors: Adam Metzler Alexandre Scott This paper seeks to identify computationally efficient importance sampling (IS) algorithms for estimating large deviation probabilities for the loss on a portfolio of loans. Related literature typically assumes that realised losses on defaulted loans can be predicted with certainty, i.e., that loss given default (LGD) is non-random....
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 25: The Teletalker – A Design Researcher’s Tool to Explore Intergenerational Online Video Connectivity in-the-Wild Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010025 Authors: Marianne Markowski Although a fair amount of research around older adults’ perception of digital technology exists, there is only a moderate amount of research investigating older people’s reactions and sense-making in real-world contexts with emerging digital tools. This paper reports...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 171: Occurrence of Fungi and Fungal Toxins in Fish Feed During Storage Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030171 Authors: Pietsch Müller Mourabit Carnal Bandara Periods of unfavorable storing conditions can lead to changes in the quality of fish feeds, as well as the development of relevant mycotoxins. In the present study, a commercial fish feed was stored under defined conditions for four weeks. The main findings indicate that even storing fish feeds...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 170: Efficacy of Divinylbenzenic Resin in Removing Indoxyl Sulfate and P-Cresol Sulfate in Hemodialysis Patients: Results From an In Vitro Study and An In Vivo Pilot Trial (xuanro4-Nature 3.2) Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030170 Authors: Rocchetti Cosola di Bari Magnani Galleggiante Scandiffio Dalfino Netti Atti Corciulo Gesualdo High serum levels of microbiota-derived uremic toxins, indoxyl sulfate (IS) and p-cresyl sulfate...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 169: Membrane Activity and Channel Formation of the Adenylate Cyclase Toxin (CyaA) of Bordetella pertussis in Lipid Bilayer Membranes Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030169 Authors: Oliver Knapp Roland Benz The Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis is the cause of whooping cough. One of its pathogenicity factors is the adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) secreted by a Type I export system. The 1706 amino acid long CyaA (177 kDa) belongs to the continuously increasing...
Tue Mar 10, 2020 02:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 43: High Levels of Treatment Success and Zero Relapse in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Receiving a Levofloxacin-Based Shorter Treatment Regimen in Vietnam Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010043 Authors: Le T. N. Anh Ajay M. V. Kumar Gomathi Ramaswamy Thurain Htun Thuy Thanh Hoang Thi Giang Hoai Nguyen Mamel Quelapio Agnes Gebhard Hoa Binh Nguyen Nhung Viet Nguyen Vietnam has been using...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 42: From Colonial Research Spirit to Global Commitment: Bayer and African Sleeping Sickness in the Mirror of History Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010042 Authors: Ulrich-Dietmar Madeja Ulrike Schroeder In the early 20th century, a series of epidemics across equatorial Africa brought African sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis, HAT) to the attention of the European colonial administrations. This disease presented...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 123: mRNA Vaccines Encoding the HA Protein of Influenza A H1N1 Virus Delivered by Cationic Lipid Nanoparticles Induce Protective Immune Responses in Mice Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010123 Authors: Xinyu Zhuang Yanxin Qi Maopeng Wang Ning Yu Fulong Nan He Zhang Mingyao Tian Chang Li Huijun Lu Ningyi Jin The design of the mRNA vaccine involves the selection of in vitro transcription (IVT) systems and nonviral delivery vectors. This...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 299: Co-Acquired Nanovirus and Geminivirus Exhibit a Contrasted Localization within Their Common Aphid Vector Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030299 Authors: Jérémy Di Di Mattia Faustine Ryckebusch Marie-Stéphanie Vernerey Elodie Pirolles Nicolas Sauvion Michel Peterschmitt Jean-Louis Zeddam Stéphane Blanc Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) plant viruses belong to the families Geminiviridae and Nanoviridae. They are transmitted by Hemipteran insects in a...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 763: Agricultural Impacts on Hydrobiogeochemical Cycling in the Amazon: Is There Any Solution? Water doi: 10.3390/w12030763 Authors: Ricardo de O. Figueiredo Anthony Cak Daniel Markewitz Expansion of agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon has been driven not just by demands from traditional, rural producers, but also large agriculture and cattle producers, both of whom have put considerable pressure on remaining forests and their watersheds. Monitoring of these...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 766: Comparing Complexity in Watershed Governance: The Case of California Water doi: 10.3390/w12030766 Authors: Nicola Ulibarri Nataly Escobedo Escobedo Garcia Environmental governance scholars argue that optimal environmental performance can be achieved by matching the scale of governance to the scale of the resource being managed. In the case of water, this means managing at the scale of the watershed. However, many watersheds lack a single watershed-scale...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 765: A Definition of Aquaculture Intensity Based on Production Functions—The Aquaculture Production Intensity Scale (APIS) Water doi: 10.3390/w12030765 Authors: Guðmundur Valur Oddsson Aquaculture intensity has been used for years as a means to gauge how much production a site makes using three terms: extensive, semi-intensive and intensive aquaculture production systems. The industry has a relatively coordinated understanding of these terms, but an explicit general...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 764: Effect of Primary Variables on A Confined Plunging Liquid Jet Reactor Water doi: 10.3390/w12030764 Authors: Al-Anzi The effects of operating conditions including a novel downcomer geometry on the gas/air entrainment rate, Qa, were investigated for a local vertical confined plunging liquid jet reactor (CPLJR) as an alternative aeration process that is of interest to Kuwait and can be used in various applications, such as in wastewater treatment as an aerobic...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 767: Earthquake-Induced Spring Discharge Modifications: The Pescara di Arquata Spring Reaction to the August–October 2016 Central Italy Earthquakes Water doi: 10.3390/w12030767 Authors: Daniela Valigi Davide Fronzi Costanza Cambi Giulio Beddini Carlo Cardellini Roberto Checcucci Lucia Mastrorillo Francesco Mirabella Alberto Tazioli Co-seismic changes in groundwater regime are often observed after moderate to strong earthquakes. The 24 August...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 760: ARIMA-M: A New Model for Daily Water Consumption Prediction Based on the Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Model and the Markov Chain Error Correction Water doi: 10.3390/w12030760 Authors: Hongyan Du Zhihua Zhao Huifeng Xue Water resource is considered as a significant factor in the development of regional environment and society. Water consumption prediction can provide an important decision basis for the regional water supply scheduling optimizations....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 761: Simulating Flow of An Urban River Course with Complex Cross Sections Based on the MIKE21 FM Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12030761 Authors: Wang Peng Dong Liu Ou In this case study, the method of unsteady flow was used to study the flow characteristics of a planned urban river course, River A, with complex cross sections, based on the MIKE21 FM hydrodynamic module, which is an important tool for analyzing and solving hydrodynamic problems. First,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 759: Water–Air Interface Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CO2, CH4, and N2O) Emissions Were Amplified by Continuous Dams in an Urban River in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12030759 Authors: Yang Mao Wei Tao Zhang Ma Continuous dams may lead to great variation in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from rivers, which contribute more uncertainty to regional carbon balance. This study is among the first to determine water–air interface...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 762: Addressing the Water–Energy Nexus by Coupling the Hydrological Model with a New Energy LISENGY Model: A Case Study in the Iberian Peninsula Water doi: 10.3390/w12030762 Authors: Marko Adamovic Emiliano Gelati Berny Bisselink Ad De Roo As water is required for producing hydropower, and subsequently the water balance is changed for downstream areas, the linking of hydrological and energy models is needed to properly address the interactions among them....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 758: Response of Zooplankton Indices to Anthropogenic Pressure in the Catchment of Field Ponds Water doi: 10.3390/w12030758 Authors: Natalia Kuczyńska-Kippen As methods for assessing the environmental conditions in ponds are still not well developed, I studied zooplankton to identify a response of community indices to abiotic, biotic, and habitat type in two types of ponds differing in the level of human stress. Ponds of low human alterations (LowHI) harbored generally...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 757: Multicomponent Water Effects on Rotating Machines Disk Erosion Water doi: 10.3390/w12030757 Authors: Chunxia Yang Shanshan Hou Junhui Xu Yuquan Zhang Yuan Zheng E Fernandez-Rodriguez Daqing Zhou When sand particles are entrained into carrier flow, such as liquid, a strong interaction occurs with the surface of the metallic material, resulting in serious erosion damage. However, the effect of the physical properties of particles and materials...
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