Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 995: Sodium Imbalance in Mice Results Primarily in Compensatory Gene Regulatory Responses in Kidney and Colon, but Not in Taste Tissue Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040995 Authors: Kristina Lossow Wolfgang Meyerhof Maik Behrens Renal excretion and sodium appetite provide the basis for sodium homeostasis. In both the kidney and tongue, the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is involved in sodium uptake and sensing. The diuretic drug amiloride is known to block...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 993: Analysis of Sports Supplements Consumption in Young Spanish Elite Dinghy Sailors Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040993 Authors: Israel Caraballo Raúl Domínguez Eduardo J. Guerra-Hernandez Antonio J. Sánchez-Oliver The sports performance of dinghy sailors is determined by their state of nutrition and hydration. Sports supplementation plays a prominent role in elite sailors, being essential in periods of competition due to its characteristics. This study...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 992: Vaccinium macrocarpon (Cranberry)-Based Dietary Supplements: Variation in Mass Uniformity, Proanthocyanidin Dosage and Anthocyanin Profile Demonstrates Quality Control Standard Needed Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12040992 Authors: Giuseppe Mannino Vita Di Stefano Antonino Lauria Rosa Pitonzo Carla Gentile Vaccinium macrocarpon (syn. American Cranberry) is employed in dietary supplements (DS) with the aim to improve urinary tract well-being. This...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 265: From Anonymous to Public Enemy: How Does a Mosquito Become a Feared Arbovirus Vector? Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040265 Authors: Didier Fontenille Jeffrey R. Powell The past few decades have seen the emergence of several worldwide arbovirus epidemics (chikungunya, Zika), the expansion or recrudescence of historical arboviruses (dengue, yellow fever), and the modification of the distribution area of major vector mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 264: Biofilm Production Ability, Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Staphylococcus aureus from Various Veterinary Hospitals Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040264 Authors: Chen Tang Cui Ma Deng Kong Yang Lin Xiong Zeng : Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the most clinically important zoonotic pathogens, but an understanding of the prevalence, biofilm formulation ability, virulence, and antimicrobial...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 263: Haemoproteus spp. and Leucocytozoon californicus Coinfection in a Merlin (Falco colombarius) Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040263 Authors: Simona Nardoni Francesca Parisi Guido Rocchigiani Renato Ceccherelli Francesca Mancianti Alessandro Poli The Leucocytozoon genus comprises numerous widely distributed parasites which have been less investigated than other avian hemoprotozoa. Their occurrence is common, with very variable prevalence values...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 262: Bovine Papillomavirus Type 2 Infection Associated with Papillomatosis of the Amniotic Membrane in Water Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040262 Authors: Valeria Russo Franco Roperto Davide De Biase Pellegrino Cerino Chiara Urraro John S. Munday Sante Roperto Multiple papillomatous nodules were observed scattered over the amniotic membrane in six water buffaloes that had recently aborted. Grossly, some of the...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 261: In Vivo Demonstration of the Superior Replication and Infectivity of Genotype 2.1 with Respect to Genotype 3.4 of Classical Swine Fever Virus by Dual Infections Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040261 Authors: Yu-Liang Huang Kuo-Jung Tsai Ming-Chung Deng Hsin-Meng Liu Chin-Cheng Huang Fun-In Wang Chia-Yi Chang In Taiwan, the prevalent CSFV population has shifted from the historical genotype 3.4 (94.4 strain) to the newly invading genotype...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 260: Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Host Interaction by the Complement System Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040260 Authors: Seung-Min Yoo Myung-Shin Lee Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) modulates the immune response to allow the virus to establish persistent infection in the host and facilitate the development of KSHV-associated cancer. The complement system has a central role in the defense against pathogens. Hence,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 259: A Systematic Review of Studies Published between 2016 and 2019 on the Effectiveness and Efficacy of Pneumococcal Vaccination on Pneumonia and Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in an Elderly Population Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040259 Authors: Jacob Dag Berild Brita Askeland Winje Didrik Frimann Vestrheim Hans-Christian Slotved Palle Valentiner-Branth Adam Roth Jann Storsäter Adult vaccination is high on the agenda in many countries....
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 62: Inhibition of Fast Nerve Conduction Produced by Analgesics and Analgesic Adjuvants—Possible Involvement in Pain Alleviation Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13040062 Authors: Kumamoto Nociceptive information is transmitted from the periphery to the cerebral cortex mainly by action potential (AP) conduction in nerve fibers and chemical transmission at synapses. Although this nociceptive transmission is largely inhibited at synapses by analgesics and...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 61: Trends in Antidepressants Use in Spain between 2015 and 2018: Analyses from a Population-Based Registry Study with Reference to Driving Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13040061 Authors: Gutiérrez-Abejón Herrera-Gómez Criado-Espegel Álvarez Antidepressants are considered driving-impairing medicines (DIM). This is a population-based registry study that shows the trend in the use of antidepressants in Castile and León, Spain, from...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 326: Neuroprotective Effect of Bergamot Juice in 6-OHDA-Induced SH-SY5Y Cell Death, an In Vitro Model of Parkinson’s Disease Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040326 Authors: Ferlazzo Cirmi Maugeri Russo Lombardo Gangemi Calapai Mollace Navarra Much evidence suggests that both oxidative stress and apoptosis play a key role in the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). The present study aims to evaluate...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 325: Norfloxacin-Loaded Electrospun Scaffolds: Montmorillonite Nanocomposite vs. Free Drug Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040325 Authors: Faccendini Ruggeri Miele Rossi Bonferoni Aguzzi Grisoli Viseras Vigani Sandri Ferrari Infections in nonhealing wounds remain one of the major challenges. Recently, nanomedicine approach seems a valid option to overcome the antibiotic resistance mechanisms. The aim of...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 324: Antifungal and Antiparasitic Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040324 Authors: Juan José Torrado Dolores R. Serrano Javier Capilla Fungal and parasitic diseases affect more than a billion people across the globe, one-sixth of the world’s population, mostly located in developing countries. The lack of effective and safer treatments combined with a deficient diagnosis lead to serious chronic illness or even death....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 323: HPLC-Based Analysis of Impurities in Sapropterin Branded and Generic Tablets Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040323 Authors: Emanuela Scudellaro Luciana Tartaglione Fabio Varriale Carmela Dell’Aversano Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati This work was aimed at the definition of a chromatographic method able to separate and quantify impurities present in sapropterin-containing drugs during an accelerated stability study. The chromatographic...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 60: Relationship between 2-Hour Tacrolimus Concentrations and Clinical Outcomes in Long Term Kidney Transplantation Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8020060 Authors: Jeffrey Yin Tammy Hsu Janice S Kerr Robert Steiner Linda Awdishu Background: Tacrolimus is routinely monitored using trough concentrations, however, recent data have suggested that area under the curve (AUC) provides better correlation with toxicity and efficacy. Area under the curve is cumbersome...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 459: Improving the Efficiency of Colchicine-Based Chromosomal Doubling of Maize Haploids Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040459 Authors: Chaikam Gowda Martinez Ochieng Omar Prasanna Production and use of doubled haploids (DH) is becoming an essential part of maize breeding programs worldwide as DH lines offer several advantages in line development and evaluation. One of the critical steps in maize DH line production is doubling the chromosomes of...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 457: Comparative Lipidomic Analysis Reveals Heat Stress Responses of Two Soybean Genotypes Differing in Temperature Sensitivity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040457 Authors: Sruthi Narayanan Zolian S. Zoong-Lwe Nitant Gandhi Ruth Welti Benjamin Fallen James R. Smith Sachin Rustgi Heat-induced changes in lipidome and their influence on stress adaptation are not well-defined in plants. We investigated if lipid metabolic changes contribute to differences...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 458: Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Halophyte Zoysia macrostachya in Response to Salinity Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040458 Authors: Wang Wang Liu Zhang Zhang Fan As one of the most severe environmental stresses, salt stress can cause a series of changes in plants. In salt tolerant plant Zoysia macrostachya, germination, physiology, and genetic variation under salinity have been studied previously, and the morphology and distribution...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 455: Characterization of the AP2/ERF Transcription Factor Family and Expression Profiling of DREB Subfamily under Cold and Osmotic Stresses in Ammopiptanthus nanus Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040455 Authors: Shilin Cao Ying Wang Xuting Li Fei Gao Jinchao Feng Yijun Zhou APETALA2/ethylene-responsive factor (AP2/ERF) is one of the largest transcription factor (TF) families in plants, which play important roles in regulating plant growth, development,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 456: The First Glimpse of Streptocarpus ionanthus (Gesneriaceae) Phylogenomics: Analysis of Five Subspecies’ Chloroplast Genomes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040456 Authors: Cornelius M. Kyalo Zhi-Zhong Li Elijah M. Mkala Itambo Malombe Guang-Wan Hu Qing-Feng Wang Streptocarpus ionanthus (Gesneriaceae) comprise nine herbaceous subspecies, endemic to Kenya and Tanzania. The evolution of Str. ionanthus is perceived as complex due to morphological heterogeneity...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 454: Effects of Exogenous Abscisic Acid (ABA) on Carotenoids and Petal Color in Osmanthus fragrans ‘Yanhonggui’ Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040454 Authors: Yucheng Liu Bin Dong Chao Zhang Liyuan Yang Yiguang Wang Hongbo Zhao Osmanthus fragrans is a well-known native plant in China, and carotenoids are the main group of pigments in the petals. Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the products of the metabolic pathway of carotenoids. Application of ABA could...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 453: In vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil Extracted from Leaves of Leoheo domatiophorus Chaowasku, D.T. Ngo and H.T. Le in Vietnam Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040453 Authors: Trong Le Viet Ho Quoc Doan Tuan Le Raal Usai Madeddu Marchetti Usai Rappelli Diaz Zanetti Nguyen Cappuccinelli Donadu :The present study aimed to determine the antimicrobial activity and chemical composition of leaves-extracted...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 451: Patatin-Related Phospholipase AtpPLAIIIα Affects Lignification of Xylem in Arabidopsis and Hybrid Poplars Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040451 Authors: Jin Hoon Jang Ok Ran Lee Lipid acyl hydrolase are a diverse group of enzymes that hydrolyze the ester or amide bonds of fatty acid in plant lipids. Patatin-related phospholipase AIIIs (pPLAIIIs) are one of major lipid acyl hydrolases that are less closely related to potato tuber patatins and are plant-specific....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 450: Nitrogen Enhances Salt Tolerance by Modulating the Antioxidant Defense System and Osmoregulation Substance Content in Gossypium hirsutum Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040450 Authors: Ripon Kumar Sikder Xiangru Wang Hengheng Zhang Huiping Gui Qiang Dong Dingsha Jin Meizhen Song Increasing soil salinity suppresses both productivity and fiber quality of cotton, thus, an appropriate management approach needs to be developed to lessen the detrimental...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 452: Coordinated Localization and Antagonistic Function of NtPLC3 and PI4P 5-Kinases in the Subapical Plasma Membrane of Tobacco Pollen Tubes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040452 Authors: Irene Stenzel Till Ischebeck Linh Hai Vu-Becker Mara Riechmann Praveen Krishnamoorthy Marta Fratini Ingo Heilmann Polar tip growth of pollen tubes is regulated by the membrane phospholipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns(4,5)P2), which localizes in...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 449: Effects of GABA and Vigabatrin on the Germination of Chinese Chestnut Recalcitrant Seeds and Its Implications for Seed Dormancy and Storage Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040449 Authors: Changjian Du Wei Chen Yanyan Wu Guangpeng Wang Jiabing Zhao Jiacheng Sun Jing Ji Donghui Yan Zeping Jiang Shengqing Shi Recalcitrant chestnut seeds are rich in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which negatively regulates adventitious root development...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 448: Soil or Vermiculite-Applied Microencapsulated Peppermint Oil Effects on White Mustard Initial Growth and Performance Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040448 Authors: Agnieszka Synowiec Agnieszka Krajewska Microencapsulated peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) essential oil (MPEO) is a prospective botanical herbicide. A hypothesis was formulated, that the type of growth medium (vermiculite or silty clay loam soil substrate) affects the phytotoxic potential of MPEO....
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Plasma, Vol. 3, Pages 54-58: Low Temperature Plasma Jets: Characterization and Biomedical Applications Plasma doi: 10.3390/plasma3020006 Authors: Mounir Laroussi For many decades non-equilibrium plasmas (NEPs) that can be generated at atmospheric pressure have played important roles in various material and surface processing applications [...]
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 171: Brahmā at the Ajapāla Banyan Tree: Re-Examining Paintings at the Sulamani Temple, Bagan Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040171 Authors: Bopearachchi This article examines how the literary evidence corroborates with the visual evidence for the unusual presence of Brahmā with the Buddha at the Ajapāla banyan tree of the goatherd symbolizing the Fifth of the Seven Weeks after the Enlightenment of the Buddha in the paintings of the recessed chamber in the east...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 170: Bloodthirsty, or Not, That Is the Question: An Ethnography-Based Discussion of Bhadrakāḷi’s Use of Violence in Popular Worship, Ritual Performing Arts and Narratives in Central Kerala (South India) Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040170 Authors: Pasty-Abdul Wahid Violence is a characteristic that has somewhat become definitional for the Hindu goddess Kālī. But looking at it through the lens of folk narrative and the popular, devotion-infused and highly personalised...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 169: Returning Faith to Knowledge: Earthlings after the Anthropocene Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040169 Authors: Whitney A. Bauman The technologies of the Anthropocene are based upon Modern certainties. These technologies of a reductive and productive model of science create the worlds in which we live, in the image of a particular human being: the modern, western anthropos (with its raced, sexed, and gendered body). This article explores some of the technologies...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 168: Fragmentation and Cooperation in the Jihadi International (Sub)System: ‘Islamic State’ vs. Al-Qaeda and Beyond Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040168 Authors: Eleftheriadou The article explores the implications the rise of the ‘Islamic State’ (IS) had on the international order and the salafi-jihadi movement. The main argument is that at the height of its activity (2014–2016) IS was a de facto revolutionary state. In this capacity,...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 167: What Can Faith-Based Forms of Violent Conflict Prevention Teach Us About Liberal Peace? Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040167 Authors: Laura Payne Faith-based actors are often recognised as contributors to both conflict and peace. However, their work to prevent violent conflict, rather than bring an end to or recover from it, is largely unexplored. This is despite the growth of conflict prevention as a global social norm and field of practice. Based on collaborative...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 166: Complex, Critical and Caring: Young People’s Diverse Religious, Spiritual and Non-Religious Worldviews in Australia and Canada Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040166 Authors: Anna Halafoff Heather Shipley Pamela D. Young Andrew Singleton Mary Lou Rasmussen Gary Bouma Recent scholarly and media perspectives on religion and youth have often depicted young people as being apathetic when it comes to religion. The methods used in research on religion...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 38: Underutilised Resources in Urban Environments Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9040038 Authors: Sigrid Kusch-Brandt An important opportunity for more sustainable development pathways in an urbanising world is missed where resources remain underutilised, when they could be valorised in a sound and environmentally favourable mode. This Special Issue of the journal Resources was initiated to identify promising solutions and specific challenges in the context...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 32: A Note on Combining Machine Learning with Statistical Modeling for Financial Data Analysis Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8020032 Authors: José María Sarabia Faustino Prieto Vanesa Jordá Stefan Sperlich This note revisits the ideas of the so-called semiparametric methods that we consider to be very useful when applying machine learning in insurance. To this aim, we first recall the main essence of semiparametrics like the mixing of global and local estimation...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 42: Examining Yam Production in Response to Climate Change in Nigeria: A Co-Integration Model Approach Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9040042 Authors: Cynthia W. Angba Richard N. Baines Allan J. Butler This study addressed yam production in response to climate change in Cross River State using a co-integration model approach. The specific objectives of this paper are to analyze the trend in yam production, annual precipitation, and annual temperature,...
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