Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 30: Analysis of Risk Factors and Symptoms of Burnout Syndrome in Colombian School Teachers under Statutes 2277 and 1278 Using Machine Learning Interpretation Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9030030 Authors: Hugo F. Posada-Quintero Paula N. Molano-Vergara Ronald M. Parra-Hernández Jorge I. Posada-Quintero In 2002, the Colombian ministry of education released statute 1278, for teaching professionalization, superseding statute 2277 of 1977. Although...
Fri Mar 20, 2020 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 202: Anatomical Considerations When Treating Compensatory Hypertrophy of the Upper Part of the Masseter after Long-Term Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Injections Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030202 Authors: Lee Cho Bae Park Park Kim The masseter is the most targeted muscle when treating hypertrophy to produce a smooth face shape. Compensatory hypertrophy is a well known clinical sequela that occurs in botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) treatments and...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 200: Natural Occurrence of Deoxynivalenol and Its Acetylated Derivatives in Chinese Maize and Wheat Collected in 2017 Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030200 Authors: Pianpian Yan Zhezhe Liu Shiqiao Liu Liyun Yao Yan Liu Yongning Wu Zhiyong Gong Deoxynivalenol (DON), along with 3-acetyl-deoxynivalenol (3-ADON) and 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol (15-ADON), occur in grains and cereal products and is often hazardous to humans and livestock. In this study, 579...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 201: Fangs for the Memories? A Survey of Pain in Snakebite Patients Does Not Support a Strong Role for Defense in the Evolution of Snake Venom Composition Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030201 Authors: Harry Ward-Smith Kevin Arbuckle Arno Naude Wolfgang Wüster Animals use venoms for multiple purposes, most prominently for prey acquisition and self-defense. In snakes, venom composition often evolves as a result of selection for optimization for local diet....
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 199: ERβ and NFκB—Modulators of Zearalenone-Induced Oxidative Stress in Human Prostate Cancer Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030199 Authors: Karolina Kowalska Dominika Ewa Habrowska-Górczyńska Kamila Domińska Kinga Anna Urbanek Agnieszka Wanda Piastowska-Ciesielska Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NFκB) is commonly expressed in prostate cancer (PCa) cells and is associated with increased proliferation, metastases...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 198: Bee Venom Phospholipase A2 Induces Regulatory T Cell Populations by Suppressing Apoptotic Signaling Pathway Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030198 Authors: Hyunjung Baek Seon-Young Park Su Jeong Ku Kihyun Ryu Younsub Kim Hyunsu Bae Ye-Seul Lee Bee venom phospholipase A2 is a lipolytic enzyme in bee venom that catalyzes hydrolysis of the sn-2 ester bond of membrane phospholipids to produce free fatty acid and lysophospholipids. Current evidence...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 197: αM-Conotoxin MIIIJ Blocks Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors at Neuromuscular Junctions of Frog and Fish Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030197 Authors: Matthew J. Rybin Henrik O’Brien Iris Bea L. Ramiro Layla Azam J. Michael McIntosh Baldomero M. Olivera Helena Safavi-Hemami Doju Yoshikami We report the discovery and functional characterization of αM-Conotoxin MIIIJ, a peptide from the venom of the fish-hunting cone snail Conus magus....
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 196: Physiological and Metabolic Responses of Marine Mussels Exposed to Toxic Cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa and Chrysosporum ovalisporum Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12030196 Authors: Flavio Oliveira Leticia Diez-Quijada Maria V. Turkina João Morais Aldo Barreiro Felpeto Joana Azevedo Angeles Jos Ana M. Camean Vitor Vasconcelos José Carlos Martins Alexandre Campos Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are a major contaminant in inland aquatic...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 46: Role of Host and Parasite MIF Cytokines during Leishmania Infection Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010046 Authors: Thomas Holowka Richard Bucala Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is an immunoregulatory cytokine that has been extensively characterized in human disease and in mouse models. Its pro-inflammatory functions in mammals includes the retention of tissue macrophages and a unique ability to counteract...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 140: Protective Effect of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination in Elderly Individuals with Disability in Taiwan: A Propensity Score–Matched, Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010140 Authors: Chang Yu-Tung Chen Tung Huang Ernawaty Wu Abstract: Condensed Abstract: This is the first and largest population-based cohort study to demonstrate that influenza vaccination reduced all-cause mortality and influenza-related...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 138: From Bivariate to Multivariate Analysis of Cytometric Data: Overview of Computational Methods and Their Application in Vaccination Studies Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010138 Authors: Simone Lucchesi Simone Furini Donata Medaglini Annalisa Ciabattini Flow and mass cytometry are used to quantify the expression of multiple extracellular or intracellular molecules on single cells, allowing the phenotypic and functional characterization of complex...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 139: Recent Progress on the Versatility of Virus-Like Particles Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010139 Authors: Ciying Qian Xinlin Liu Qin Xu Zhiping Wang Jie Chen Tingting Li Qingbing Zheng Hai Yu Ying Gu Shaowei Li Ningshao Xia Virus-like particles (VLPs) are multimeric nanostructures composed of one or more structural proteins of a virus in the absence of genetic material. Having similar morphology to natural viruses but lacking...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 34: Taenia ovis in Small Ruminants in Iran: Prevalence, Pathology, and Economic Loss Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010034 Authors: Nasser Hajipour Habib Allah Rashidzadeh Jennifer Ketzis Rouhollah Esmaeili seraji Hamidreza Azizi Iraj Karimi Hossein Bagherniaee Rohollah Montazeri Taenia ovis larvae can result in economic losses in small ruminants due to condemnation of infected tissues or whole carcasses. From 2017 to 2018,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 351: Antiviral Activity of Benzavir-2 against Emerging Flaviviruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030351 Authors: Yong-Dae Gwon Mårten Strand Richard Lindqvist Emma Nilsson Michael Saleeb Mikael Elofsson Anna K. Överby Magnus Evander Most flaviviruses are arthropod-borne viruses, transmitted by either ticks or mosquitoes, and cause morbidity and mortality worldwide. They are endemic in many countries and have recently emerged in new regions, such...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 352: BoLA-DRB3 Polymorphism is Associated with Differential Susceptibility to Bovine Leukemia Virus-Induced Lymphoma and Proviral Load Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030352 Authors: Chieh-Wen Lo Liushiqi Borjigin Susumu Saito Koya Fukunaga Etsuko Saitou Katsunori Okazaki Tetsuya Mizutani Satoshi Wada Shin-nosuke Takeshima Yoko Aida Bovine leukemia virus (BLV) is the causative agent of enzootic bovine leucosis. However, less than 5% of BLV-infected...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 350: Translation-Independent Roles of RNA Secondary Structures within the Replication Protein Coding Region of Turnip Crinkle Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030350 Authors: Rong Sun Shaoyan Zhang Limin Zheng Feng Qu RNA secondary structures play diverse roles in positive-sense (+) RNA virus infections, but those located with the replication protein coding sequence can be difficult to investigate. Structures that regulate the translation of replication...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 349: Human Papillomavirus (HPV69/HPV73) Coinfection associated with Simultaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus and Presumed Lung Metastasis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030349 Authors: Stephanie Shea Marina Muñoz Stephen C. Ward Mary B. Beasley Melissa R Gitman Michael D Nowak Jane Houldsworth Emilia Mia Sordillo Juan David Ramirez Alberto E. Paniz Mondolfi Background: Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been linked to a variety of human...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 348: Fluorescence Microscopy of the HIV-1 Envelope Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030348 Authors: Carravilla Nieva Eggeling Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection constitutes a major health and social issue worldwide. HIV infects cells by fusing its envelope with the target cell plasma membrane. This process is mediated by the viral Env glycoprotein and depends on the envelope lipid composition. Fluorescent microscopy has been employed to investigate the...
Sat Mar 21, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 346: The E3 Ubiquitin Ligase TRIM21 Promotes HBV DNA Polymerase Degradation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030346 Authors: Ting Mu Xiaoqing Zhao Yanan Zhu Hongxia Fan Hua Tang The tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family is an E3 ubiquitin ligase family. Recent reports have indicated that some TRIM proteins have antiviral functions, especially against retroviruses. However, most studies mainly focus on the relationship between TRIM21 and interferon or other...
Sat Mar 21, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 347: Identification of Immunogenic Epitopes That Permit the Detection of Antigen-Specific T Cell Responses in Multiple Serotypes of Group B Coxsackievirus Infections Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030347 Authors: Ninaad Lasrado Arunakumar Gangaplara Rajkumar Arumugam Chandirasegaran Massilamany Sayli Pokal Yuzhen Zhou Shi-Hua Xiang David Steffen Jay Reddy Coxsackievirus group B (CVB) contains six serotypes that can affect various organs. Some...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 345: Non-Coding RNAs and Their Role in Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and Human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) Infections Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030345 Authors: Wenzhe Wu Eun-Jin Choi Inhan Lee Yong Sun Lee Xiaoyong Bao Recent high-throughput sequencing revealed that only 2% of the transcribed human genome codes for proteins, while the majority of transcriptional products are non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). Herein, we review the current knowledge regarding ncRNAs,...
Sat Mar 21, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 344: Berberine Hampers Influenza A Replication through Inhibition of MAPK/ERK Pathway Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030344 Authors: Paweł Botwina Katarzyna Owczarek Zenon Rajfur Marek Ochman Maciej Urlik Maria Nowakowska Krzysztof Szczubiałka Krzysztof Pyrc Background: Berberine (BBR) is an isoquinoline alkaloid which exhibits a variety of biological and therapeutic properties, and has been reported by some to block replication of the influenza...
Sat Mar 21, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 343: Differential Localization of Structural and Non-Structural Proteins during the Bluetongue Virus Replication Cycle Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030343 Authors: Mohl Kerviel Labadie Matsuo Roy Members of the Reoviridae family assemble virus factories within the cytoplasm of infected cells to replicate and assemble virus particles. Bluetongue virus (BTV) forms virus inclusion bodies (VIBs) that are aggregates of viral RNA, certain viral proteins,...
Fri Mar 20, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 342: Structural Insight into Paramyxovirus and Pneumovirus Entry Inhibition Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030342 Authors: Megha Aggarwal Richard K Plemper Paramyxoviruses and pneumoviruses infect cells through fusion (F) protein-mediated merger of the viral envelope with target membranes. Members of these families include a range of major human and animal pathogens, such as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), measles virus (MeV), human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs),...
Fri Mar 20, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 341: Special Issue “Recent Advances in Morbillivirus Vaccine Development and Oncolytic Virotherapy” Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030341 Authors: Liang-Tzung Lin Members of the Morbillivirus genus are enveloped, negative-strand RNA viruses that include a number of highly contagious pathogens important to humans and animals [...]
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 340: Coinfections of Novel Polyomavirus, Anelloviruses and a Recombinant Strain of Myxoma Virus-MYXV-Tol Identified in Iberian Hares Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030340 Authors: Ana Águeda-Pinto Simona Kraberger Michael C. Lund Christian Gortázar Grant McFadden Arvind Varsani Pedro J. Esteves Viruses are ubiquitous in nature; however, very few have been identified in the Leporid species. In the fall of 2018, an outbreak of myxomatosis in Iberian hares...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 339: Viral Pathogenesis, Recombinant Vaccines, and Oncolytic Virotherapy: Applications of the Canine Distemper Virus Reverse Genetics System Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030339 Authors: Jianjun Zhao Yanrong Ren Jie Chen Jiasan Zheng Dongbo Sun Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious pathogen transmissible to a broad range of terrestrial and aquatic carnivores. Despite the availability of attenuated vaccines against CDV, the virus remains responsible...
Fri Mar 20, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 338: Molecular Basis of the Ternary Interaction between NS1 of the 1918 Influenza A Virus, PI3K, and CRK Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030338 Authors: Alyssa Dubrow Sirong Lin Nowlan Savage Qingliang Shen Jae-Hyun Cho The 1918 influenza A virus (IAV) caused the worst flu pandemic in human history. Non-structural protein 1 (NS1) is an important virulence factor of the 1918 IAV and antagonizes host antiviral immune responses. NS1 increases virulence by activating...
Fri Mar 20, 2020 02:00
Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 20: Interocular Differences in Spatial Frequency Influence the Pulfrich Effect
Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 20: Interocular Differences in Spatial Frequency Influence the Pulfrich Effect Vision doi: 10.3390/vision4010020 Authors: Seung Hyun Min Alexandre Reynaud Robert F. Hess The Pulfrich effect is a stereo-motion phenomenon. When the two eyes are presented with visual targets moving in fronto-parallel motion at different luminances or contrasts, the perception is of a target moving-in-depth. It is thought that this percept of motion-in-depth occurs because lower...
Fri Mar 20, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 899: Urban Flood Prediction Using Deep Neural Network with Data Augmentation Water doi: 10.3390/w12030899 Authors: Hyun Il Kim Kun Yeun Han Data-driven models using an artificial neural network (ANN), deep learning (DL) and numerical models are applied in flood analysis of the urban watershed, which has a complex drainage system. In particular, data-driven models using neural networks can quickly present the results and be used for flood forecasting. However,...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 898: Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation Using Low-Flow Purging Data Elaboration in Contaminated Sites Water doi: 10.3390/w12030898 Authors: Francesco Maria De Filippi Silvia Iacurto Flavia Ferranti Giuseppe Sappa Hydrogeological characterization is required when investigating contaminated sites, and hydraulic conductivity is an important parameter that needs to be estimated. Before groundwater sampling, well water level values are measured during low-flow...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 897: Calibration of a Distributed Hydrological Model in a Data-Scarce Basin Based on GLEAM Datasets Water doi: 10.3390/w12030897 Authors: Xin Jin Yanxiang Jin The calibration of hydrological models is often complex in regions with scarce data, and generally only uses site-based streamflow data. However, this approach will yield highly generalised values for all model parameters and hydrological processes. It is therefore necessary to obtain more spatially heterogeneous...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 900: Studying Unimodal, Bimodal, PDI and Bimodal-PDI Variants of Multiple Soil Water Retention Models: I. Direct Model Fit Using the Extended Evaporation and Dewpoint Methods Water doi: 10.3390/w12030900 Authors: Amir Haghverdi Mohsen Najarchi Hasan Sabri Öztürk Wolfgang Durner This study focuses on the reliable parametrization of the full Soil Water Retention Curve (SWRC) from saturation to oven-dryness using high resolution but limited range measured...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 896: Studying Unimodal, Bimodal, PDI and Bimodal-PDI Variants of Multiple Soil Water Retention Models: II. Evaluation of Parametric Pedotransfer Functions Against Direct Fits Water doi: 10.3390/w12030896 Authors: Amir Haghverdi Hasan Sabri Öztürk Wolfgang Durner A high-resolution soil water retention data set (81 repacked soil samples with 7729 observations) measured by the HYPROP system was used to develop and evaluate the performance of regression parametric...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 895: Real Values of Local Resistance Coefficients during Water Flow through Welded Polypropylene T-Junctions Water doi: 10.3390/w12030895 Authors: Marek Kalenik Marek Chalecki Piotr Wichowski The paper presents results of investigation of the local resistance coefficient ζ in welded polypropylene T-junctions with the internal diameter 13.2 mm. The investigations were performed on an independently constructed test rig. The scope of investigations encompassed...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 892: Floodwater Utilization Based on Reservoir Pre-Release Strategy Considering the Worst-Case Scenario Water doi: 10.3390/w12030892 Authors: Lijuan Hua Xinyu Wan Xianhui Wang Fangzheng Zhao Ping’an Zhong Moyang Liu Qingyan Yang Utilizing floodwater resources is important in relieving water shortages, and dynamic control of the flood limited water level (FLWL) for reservoir operation in a flood season is an effective method to achieve this objective....
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 893: A New Framework to Model Hydraulic Bank Erosion Considering the Effects of Roots Water doi: 10.3390/w12030893 Authors: Eric Gasser Paolo Perona Luuk Dorren Chris Phillips Johannes Hübl Massimiliano Schwarz Floods and subsequent bank erosion are recurring hazards that pose threats to people and can cause damage to buildings and infrastructure. While numerous approaches exist on modeling bank erosion, very few consider the stabilizing effects of...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 891: Automatic Extraction of Supraglacial Lakes in Southwest Greenland during the 2014–2018 Melt Seasons Based on Convolutional Neural Network Water doi: 10.3390/w12030891 Authors: Jiawei Yuan Zhaohui Chi Xiao Cheng Tao Zhang Tian Li Zhuoqi Chen The mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) has implications for global sea level rise, and surface meltwater is an important factor that affects the mass balance. Supraglacial lakes (SGLs), which are...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 890: Study on Aeration Optimization and Sewage Treatment Efficiency of a Novel Micro-Pressure Swirl Reactor (MPSR) Water doi: 10.3390/w12030890 Authors: Shengshu Ai Shuangshi Dong Zebing Nie Suiyi Zhu Qingkai Ren Dejun Bian This study developed a new type of micro-pressure swirl reactor (MPSR) for treating rural domestic sewage with variable water volume in northern China. The transformation of a traditional aeration tank to MPSR was mainly divided...
Sun Mar 22, 2020 02:00
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