Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 738: Development of a Danish Adapted Healthy Plant-Based Diet Based on the EAT-Lancet Reference Diet Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030738 Authors: Anne D. Lassen Lene M. Christensen Ellen Trolle Plant-based diets have been linked to both health benefits and a lower climate impact. However, plant-based diets may represent both healthy and unhealthy dietary practices. The present study aimed to develop a nationally adapted healthy plant-based diet based on...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 741: ADOR2A C Allele Carriers Exhibit Ergogenic Responses to Caffeine Supplementation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030741 Authors: Grgic Pickering Bishop Del Coso Schoenfeld Tinsley Pedisic Caffeine’s ergogenic effects on exercise performance are generally explained by its ability to bind to adenosine receptors. ADORA2A is the gene that encodes A2A subtypes of adenosine receptors. It has been suggested that ADORA2A gene polymorphisms...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 735: The Role of Parents and Children in Meal Selection and Consumption in Quick Service Restaurants Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030735 Authors: Juliana F.W. Cohen Eric B. Rimm Kirsten K. Davison Sean B. Cash Kyle McInnis Christina D. Economos Children regularly consume foods from quick service restaurants (QSRs) in the United States, but little is known about how ordering decisions are made and the impact on selection and consumption. A total...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 734: Beyond Heat Stress: Intestinal Integrity Disruption and Mechanism-Based Intervention Strategies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030734 Authors: Puqiao Lian Saskia Braber Johan Garssen Harry J. Wichers Gert Folkerts Johanna Fink-Gremmels Soheil Varasteh The current climate changes have increased the prevalence and intensity of heat stress (HS) conditions. One of the initial consequences of HS is the impairment of the intestinal epithelial barrier...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 736: Glycolate is a Novel Marker of Vitamin B2 Deficiency Involved in Gut Microbe Metabolism in Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030736 Authors: Uebanso Yoshimoto Aizawa Nakamura Masuda Shimohata Mawatari Takahashi Microbes in the human gut play a role in the production of bioactive compounds, including some vitamins. Although several studies attempted to identify definitive markers for certain vitamin deficiencies, the role of gut...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 733: Adolescents’ Food Purchasing Patterns in The School Food Environment: Examining the Role of Perceived Relationship Support and Maternal Monitoring Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12030733 Authors: Roel C.J. Hermans Koen Smit Nina van den Broek Irma J. Evenhuis Lydian Veldhuis The school food environment plays a role in adolescents’ dietary behaviors. In this study, adolescents’ food purchasing patterns in and around school and its...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 207: Effectiveness of Sulfadoxine–Pyrimethamine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Pregnant Women Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030207 Authors: Eulambius M. Mlugu Omary Minzi Muhammad Asghar Anna Färnert Appolinary A.R. Kamuhabwa Eleni Aklillu Effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) for prevention of malaria and adverse birth...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 206: Identification and Genome Analysis of Vibrio coralliilyticus Causing Mortality of Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Larvae Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9030206 Authors: Hyoun Joong Kim Jin Woo Jun Sib Sankar Giri Cheng Chi Saekil Yun Sang Guen Kim Sang Wha Kim Se Jin Han Jun Kwon Woo Taek Oh Sung Bin Lee Ji Hyung Kim Se Chang Park Vibrio coralliilyticus is known as a coral pathogen that also infects marine bivalve...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 44: Preparation, Characterization, and Evaluation of Cisplatin-Loaded Polybutylcyanoacrylate Nanoparticles with Improved In Vitro and In Vivo Anticancer Activities Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13030044 Authors: Ghaferi Amari Mohrir Raza Shahmabadi Alavi This study aimed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of the cisplatin encapsulated into polybutylcyanoacrylate (PBCA) nanoparticles for the treatment of kidney cancer. The nanoformulation...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 252: Development of Lipomer Nanoparticles for the Enhancement of Drug Release, Anti-microbial Activity and Bioavailability of Delafloxacin Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030252 Authors: Anwer Iqbal Muharram Mohammad Ezzeldin Aldawsari Alalaiwe Imam Delafloxacin (DFL) is a novel potent and broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics effective against both Gram-positive and negative aerobic and anaerobic bacteria....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 253: Assembling Surfactants-Mucoadhesive Polymer Nanomicelles (ASMP-Nano) for Ocular Delivery of Cyclosporine-A Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030253 Authors: Terreni Chetoni Tampucci Burgalassi Al-kinani Alany Monti The physiological protective mechanisms of the eye reduce the bioavailability of topically administered drugs above all for those with high molecular weight and /or lipophilic characteristics, such as Cyclosporine...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 251: Pharmacotechnical Development of a Nasal Drug Delivery Composite Nanosystem Intended for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12030251 Authors: Adnet Groo Picard Davis Corvaisier Since Bounoure Rochais Pluart Dallemagne Malzert-Fréon Direct nose-to-brain delivery has been raised as a non-invasive powerful strategy to deliver drugs to the brain bypassing the blood-brain barrier...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 39: The Cost of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Nursing Homes in West Occitanie Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010039 Authors: Caucat Zacarin Rousseau Montastruc Bagheri Introduction: As of 2019, people older than 65 years represent 20% of the French population. Despite several guidelines suggesting to avoid potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use in elderly, the prevalence of their prescription remains high (25%). Furthermore,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 357: Citrus Essential Oils (CEOs) and Their Applications in Food: An Overview Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030357 Authors: Himashree Bora Madhu Kamle Dipendra Kumar Mahato Pragya Tiwari Pradeep Kumar Citrus is a genus belonging to the Rutaceae family and includes important crops like orange, lemons, pummelos, grapefruits, limes, etc. Citrus essential oils (CEOs) consist of some major biologically active compounds like α-/β-pinene, sabinene,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 356: Neuroprotective Effects of Dried Tubers of Aconitum napellus Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030356 Authors: Ambreen Shoaib Hefazat Hussain Siddiqui Rakesh Kumar Dixit Sahabjada Siddiqui Badrud Deen Andleeb Khan Salman H. Alrokayan Haseeb A. Khan Parvaiz Ahmad The present study was designed to explore the neuroprotective properties of Aconitum napellus (Ranunculaceae). The plant detoxification was done using either water, or cow or goat milk...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 355: Dynamic of Phenolic Compounds, Antioxidant Activity, and Yield of Rhubarb under Chemical, Organic and Biological Fertilization Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030355 Authors: Cojocaru Vlase Munteanu Stan Teliban Burducea Stoleru In recent years, rhubarb is being increasingly cultivated, as it provides early yields when the vegetables supply to market is deficient and shows high levels of both polyphenols content and antioxidant capacity...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 354: SQUAMOSA Promoter Binding Protein-Like (SPL) Gene Family: TRANSCRIPTOME-Wide Identification, Phylogenetic Relationship, Expression Patterns and Network Interaction Analysis in Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030354 Authors: Li Li Jiang Wu Sun Zhao Jiang Zhu Wang Su Wang Wang Zhang : SPL (SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like) gene family is specific transcription factor in the plant that...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 353: Transcriptional and Biochemical Characterization of Cytosolic Pyruvate Kinases in Arabidopsis thaliana Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030353 Authors: Wulfert Schilasky Krueger Glycolysis is a central catabolic pathway in every living organism with an essential role in carbohydrate breakdown and ATP synthesis, thereby providing pyruvate to the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle). The cytosolic pyruvate kinase (cPK) represents a key glycolytic enzyme by...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 352: Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Coloured Callus Formation and Accumulation of Azadirachtin, an Essential Biopesticide in Azadirachta indica Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9030352 Authors: Sharmilla Ashokhan Rashidi Othman Muhamad Hafiz Abd Rahim Saiful Anuar Karsani Jamilah Syafawati Yaacob For centuries, Azadirachta indica or neem has been utilized as a primary source of medicine due to its antimicrobial, larvacidal, antimalarial and antifungal...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 122: Foucault for Heisman: College Football and the Liturgies of Power Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030122 Authors: Jason M. Smith This essay attempts to give a new sort of answer to the question of whether or not sport and sports fandom are a religion through the work of Foucault on “power.” Looking specifically at college football in North America, I examine the ways in which Foucault’s different variations of power have and still...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 121: ‘From Dialogue to Action’: The Promise and Challenge of a Multireligious Approach to Peacebuilding. A Myanmar Case Study Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11030121 Authors: Anna S. King Mark Owen This article explores whether a relational approach to peacebuilding, shared multireligious perspectives and widening networks can bring sources of strength which enable positive peacebuilding and create grassroots, cross-community peace. While religious peacebuilding...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 30: The Connection between a Suspended Sediments and Reservoir Siltation: Empirical Analysis in the Maziarnia Reservoir, Poland Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9030030 Authors: Cieśla Gruca-Rokosz Bartoszek This paper presents research on the influence of suspended sediments on selected aspects of a reservoir’s functioning. As the amount of sediment suspended in water (SS) there was found to correlate significantly with sedimentation rate (Us),...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 12: Correlation between Cyclosporine Blood Levels and Area under Blood Concentration Time Curve in Iraqi Bone Marrow Transplant Patients Treated with Neoral® Oral Solution Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88010012 Authors: Abass Al-Tamimi Al-Tamimi Ibraheem Cyclosporine is a potent immunosuppressive drug. It has a narrow therapeutic index, and therefore the measurement of cyclosporine’s blood concentration is essential to...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 13: Pharmacokinetics and Dose Proportionality of Betahistine in Healthy Individuals Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88010013 Authors: Al-Tamimi Ammoo Alani Ibraheem Betahistine dihydrochloride is widely used to reduce the severity and frequency of vertigo attacks associated with Ménière’s disease. Betahistine is an analogue of histamine, and is a weak histamine H1 receptor agonist and potent histamine...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 28: Global Game Jam in Latin-America, a Collaborative Videogame Learning Experience Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9030028 Authors: Angel Torres-Toukoumidis Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero Sheila Peñalva Paola Carrera Videogame production events, particularly the Global Game Jam (GGJ), is an activity par excellence aimed at the development of the world’s largest games, enhancing the form of personal expression, critical thinking, and...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 27: Understanding Motivations for Volunteering in Food Insecurity and Food Upcycling Projects Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9030027 Authors: Sabrina Rondeau Sara M. Stricker Chantel Kozachenko Kate Parizeau For non-profit organizations relying on volunteers to operate, investigations into the motivations of volunteerism are critical to attract new volunteers and to support the current ones. This study looked at volunteerism in the not-for-profit...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 33: Associations Between Two Athlete Monitoring Systems Used to Quantify External Training Loads in Basketball Players Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8030033 Authors: Aaron Heishman Keldon Peak Ryan Miller Brady Brown Bryce Daub Eduardo Freitas Michael Bemben Monitoring external training load (eTL) has become popular for team sport for managing fatigue, optimizing performance, and guiding return-to-play protocols. During indoor sports, eTL can be measured...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 32: The Assessment and Relationship Between Quality of Life and Physical Activity Levels in Greek Breast Cancer Female Patients under Chemotherapy Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8030032 Authors: Maria Maridaki Argyro Papadopetraki Helen Karagianni Michael Koutsilieris Anastassios Philippou A growing body of evidence suggests that physical activity (PA) can be a complementary intervention during breast cancer (BCa) treatment, contributing to the alleviation...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 31: Which are the Nutritional Supplements Used by Beach-Volleyball Athletes? A Cross-Sectional Study at the Italian National Championship Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8030031 Authors: Amatori Sisti Perroni Impey Lantignotti Gervasi Donati Zeppa Rocchi Beach volleyball is an intermittent team sport played under high temperature and humidity. Given that some nutritional supplements can enhance sports performance, this study aimed to evaluate...
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Stats, Vol. 3, Pages 40-55: On Some Test Statistics for Testing the Regression Coefficients in Presence of Multicollinearity: A Simulation Study Stats doi: 10.3390/stats3010005 Authors: Sergio Perez Perez Melo B.M. Golam Kibria Ridge regression is a popular method to solve the multicollinearity problem for both linear and non-linear regression models. This paper studied forty different ridge regression t-type tests of the individual coefficients of a linear regression model. A simulation...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 173: An Acetylcholinesterase Inhibition-Based Biosensor for Aflatoxin B1 Detection Using Sodium Alginate as an Immobilization Matrix Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030173 Authors: Amani Chrouda Khouala Zinoubi Raya Soltane Noof Alzahrani Gamal Osman Youssef O. Al-Ghamdi Sameer Qari Albandary Al Al mahri Faisal K. Algethami Hatem Majdoub Nicole Jaffrezic Jaffrezic Renault In this study, we investigated a novel aflatoxin biosensor based...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 172: Mycotoxin Exposure and Related Diseases Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030172 Authors: Ricardo Assunção Susana Viegas Mycotoxins are considered the most frequently occurring natural contaminants in the diet of humans and animals [...]
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 125: Immune Pressure on Polymorphous Influenza B Populations Results in Diverse Hemagglutinin Escape Mutants and Lineage Switching Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010125 Authors: Ewan P. Plant Hasmik Manukyan Jose L. Sanchez Majid Laassri Zhiping Ye Mutations arise in the genomes of progeny viruses during infection. Mutations that occur in epitopes targeted by host antibodies allow the progeny virus to escape the host adaptive, B-cell mediated antibody...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 124: Safety of Administering Live Vaccines During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Pregnancy Outcomes Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010124 Authors: Almudena Laris-González Daniel Bernal-Serrano Alexander Jarde Beate Kampmann Live-attenuated vaccines (LAV) are currently contraindicated during pregnancy, given uncertain safety records for the mother–infant pair. LAV might, however, play an important role to protect them against...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 305: Barriers to Hepatitis B Screening and Prevention for African Immigrant Populations in the United States: A Qualitative Study Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030305 Authors: Catherine Freeland Sierra Bodor Udara Perera Chari Cohen Chronic hepatitis B infection (HBV) disproportionately affects African Immigrant (AI) communities in the U.S., with a reported infection rate of 15%. HBV screening rates within these communities are low. This study sought to better...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 304: Study on the Antiviral Activities and Hemagglutinin-Based Molecular Mechanism of Novel Chlorogenin 3-O-β-Chacotrioside Derivatives Against H5N1 Subtype Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030304 Authors: Shi Jiang Song Wang Xiong Ke The objective of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of chlorogenin 3-O-β-chacotrioside derivatives against H5N1 subtype of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) viruses and its...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 306: Special Issue “Emerging Viruses: Surveillance, Prevention, Evolution, and Control” Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030306 Authors: Abrahão de Arruda Emerging viruses represent a major concern for public health offices. Climate changes, the international migration of people and products, deforestation, and other anthropogenic activities (and their consequences) have been historically and continuously related to the emerging and re-emerging of new viruses, triggering...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 301: User-Friendly Reverse Genetics System for Modification of the Right End of Fowl Adenovirus 4 Genome Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030301 Authors: Bingyu Yan Xiaohui Zou Xinglong Liu Jiaming Zhao Wenfeng Zhang Xiaojuan Guo Min Wang Yingtao Lv Zhuozhuang Lu A novel fowl adenovirus 4 (FAdV-4) has caused significant economic losses to the poultry industry in China since 2015. We established an easy-to-use reverse genetics system for modification...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 302: The Beginning of Ending Hepatitis C Virus: A Summary of the 26th International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030302 Authors: Shin Han Kang Kato Kim Zhong Kim Park Sung Watashi Park Windisch Oh Wakita Han Jang : Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects ~71 million people worldwide, and 399,000 people die annually due to HCV-related liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular...
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