Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1768: The Impact of the Food Labeling and Other Factors on Consumer Preferences Using Discrete Choice Modeling—The Example of Traditional Pork Sausage Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061768 Authors: Péter Czine Áron Török Károly Pető Péter Horváth Péter Balogh In our study, we examined whether product characteristics indicated by food labels matter in purchasing decisions for sausage made from traditional Hungarian mangalica pork; and how much consumers...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1760: Black Sorghum Phenolic Extract Modulates Platelet Activation and Platelet Microparticle Release Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061760 Authors: Nignpense Chinkwo Blanchard Santhakumar Platelet hyper-activation and platelet microparticles (PMPs) play a key role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Dietary polyphenols are believed to mimic antiplatelet agents by blunting platelet activation receptors via its antioxidant phenomenon. However,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1758: Effects of Cocoa-Rich Chocolate on Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Arterial Stiffness in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061758 Authors: Garcia-Yu Garcia-Ortiz Gomez-Marcos Rodriguez-Sanchez Agudo-Conde Gonzalez-Sanchez Maderuelo-Fernandez Recio-Rodriguez This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the intake of 10 g of cocoa-rich chocolate on blood pressure, other...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1761: The Central Role of Iron in Human Nutrition: From Folk to Contemporary Medicine Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061761 Authors: Briguglio Hrelia Malaguti Lombardi Riso Porrini Perazzo Banfi Iron is a fundamental element in human history, from the dawn of civilization to contemporary days. The ancients used the metal to shape tools, to forge weapons, and even as a dietary supplement. This last indication has been handed down until...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1759: Relationship between Diet, Menstrual Pain and other Menstrual Characteristics among Spanish Students Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061759 Authors: Onieva-Zafra Fernández-Martínez Abreu-Sánchez Iglesias-López García-Padilla Pedregal-González Parra-Fernández This study sought to describe and compare adherence to the Mediterranean diet and consumption of local foods from the Huelva region among Spanish university women in relation to...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1762: Eating Vegetables First at Start of Meal and Food Intake among Preschool Children in Japan Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061762 Authors: Yang Tani Tobias Ochi Fujiwara Eating behavior is an important aspect for dietary quality and long-term health. This study examined associations between eating vegetables first at a meal and food intakes among preschool children in Tokyo, Japan. We used cross-sectional data of 135 preschool children from...
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Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 456-476: Kinetic Equation Approach to Graphene in Strong External Fields Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3020032 Authors: Stanislav A. Smolyansky Anatolii D. Panferov David B. Blaschke Narine T. Gevorgyan The report presents the results of using the nonperturbative kinetic approach to describe the excitation of plasma oscillations in a graphene monolayer. As examples the constant electric field as well as an electric field of short high-frequency pulses...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 469: Isolation of Candidatus Bartonella rousetti and Other Bat-associated Bartonellae from Bats and Their Flies in Zambia Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060469 Authors: Yongjin Qiu Masahiro Kajihara Ryo Nakao Evans Mulenga Hayato Harima Bernard Mudenda Hang’ombe Yoshiki Eto Katendi Changula Daniel Mwizabi Hirofumi Sawa Hideaki Higashi Aaron Mweene Ayato Takada Martin Simuunza Chihiro Sugimoto Bat-associated bartonellae,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 468: The Global Prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060468 Authors: Dora Buonfrate Donal Bisanzio Giovanni Giorli Peter Odermatt Thomas Fürst Christina Greenaway Michael French Richard Reithinger Federico Gobbi Antonio Montresor Zeno Bisoffi Strongyloidiasis is a common neglected tropical disease in tropical and sub-tropical climatic zones. At the worldwide level, there is high uncertainty...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 467: Activating the DNA Damage Response and Suppressing Innate Immunity: Human Papillomaviruses Walk the Line Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060467 Authors: Claire D. James Dipon Das Molly L. Bristol Iain M. Morgan Activation of the DNA damage response (DDR) by external agents can result in DNA fragments entering the cytoplasm and activating innate immune signaling pathways, including the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway. The consequences...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 466: Identification of Essential Oils Including Garlic Oil and Black Pepper Oil with High Activity against Babesia duncani Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060466 Authors: Zhang Bai Shi Manzo Zhang Some evidence indicated that human babesiosis caused by Babesia duncani has spread widely in North America. However, current therapeutic regimens (atovaquone + azithromycin) for human babesiosis are suboptimal with frequent recrudescence and side effects,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 465: Transcriptomic Analysis of the Early Strobilar Development of Echinococcus granulosus Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060465 Authors: João Antonio Debarba Martín Pablo Cancela Sehabiague Karina Mariante Monteiro Alexandra Lehmkuhl Gerber Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos Henrique Bunselmeyer Ferreira Arnaldo Zaha Echinococcus granulosus has a complex life cycle involving two mammalian hosts. The transition from one host to another is accompanied...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 464: Prevalence and Epitope Recognition of Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi Antibodies in Two Procyonid Species: Implications for Host Resistance Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060464 Authors: Guiehdani Villalobos Claudia I. Muñoz-García Roberto Rodríguez-Cabo-Mercado Nancy Mendoza-Bazán Adrián Hernández-Ortiz Claudia Villanueva-García Fernando Martínez-Hernández Emilio Rendón-Franco More than 180 mammalian species have been found naturally infected...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 463: Gut Microbiome in Psoriasis: An Updated Review Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060463 Authors: Sikora Stec Chrabaszcz Knot Waskiel-Burnat Rakowska Olszewska Rudnicka (1) Background: A growing body of evidence highlights that intestinal dysbiosis is associated with the development of psoriasis. The gut–skin axis is the novel concept of the interaction between skin diseases and microbiome through inflammatory mediators,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 552: Electrospun Resveratrol-Loaded Polyvinylpyrrolidone/Cyclodextrin Nanofibers and Their Biomedical Applications Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060552 Authors: Ying-Cheng Lin Stephen Chu-Sung Hu Pao-Hsien Huang Tzu-Ching Lin Feng-Lin Yen Resveratrol is a naturally occurring polyphenol compound which has been shown to possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its pharmaceutical applications are limited by its...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 551: Evaluating the Therapeutic Efficacy of Mono- and Bivalent Affibody-Based Fusion Proteins Targeting HER3 in a Pancreatic Cancer Xenograft Model Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060551 Authors: Charles Dahlsson Leitao Sara S. Rinne Mohamed Altai Olga Vorontsova Finn Dunås Per Jonasson Vladimir Tolmachev John Löfblom Stefan Ståhl Anna Orlova Human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (HER3) has been increasingly scrutinized...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 550: Bioprinting and Preliminary Testing of Highly Reproducible Novel Bioink for Potential Skin Regeneration Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060550 Authors: Forough Hafezi Susan Shorter Atabak Ghanizadeh Tabriz Andrew Hurt Victoria Elmes Joshua Boateng Dennis Douroumis Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is considered as a novel approach in biofabricating cell-laden constructs that could potentially be used to promote skin regeneration...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 549: Preclinical Development of Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Based Gene Therapy for Immune Deficiencies: A Journey from Mouse Cage to Bed Side Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060549 Authors: Laura Garcia-Perez Anita Ordas Kirsten Canté-Barrett Pauline Meij Karin Pike-Overzet Arjan Lankester Frank J. T. Staal Recent clinical trials using patient’s own corrected hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), such as for primary...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 547: Effect of Rumex Acetosa Extract, a Herbal Drug, on the Absorption of Fexofenadine Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060547 Authors: Jung Hwan Ahn Junhyeong Kim Naveed Ur Rehman Hye-Jin Kim Mi-Jeong Ahn Hye Jin Chung Herbal drugs are widely used for the auxiliary treatment of diseases. The pharmacokinetics of a drug may be altered when it is coadministered with herbal drugs that can affect drug absorption. The effects of herbal...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 548: Different BCS Class II Drug-Gelucire Solid Dispersions Prepared by Spray Congealing: Evaluation of Solid State Properties and In Vitro Performances Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060548 Authors: Serena Bertoni Beatrice Albertini Nadia Passerini Delivery of poorly water soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) by semi-crystalline solid dispersions prepared by spray congealing in form of microparticles (MPs) is an emerging method...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 546: The Role of Cocrystallization-Mediated Altered Crystallographic Properties on the Tabletability of Rivaroxaban and Malonic Acid Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060546 Authors: Dnyaneshwar P. Kale Vibha Puri Amit Kumar Navin Kumar Arvind K. Bansal The present work aims to understand the crystallographic basis of the mechanical behavior of rivaroxaban-malonic acid cocrystal (RIV-MAL Co) in comparison to its parent constituents, i.e.,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 545: Development of Antibody–Oligonucleotide Complexes for Targeting Exosomal MicroRNA Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060545 Authors: Asako Yamayoshi Shota Oyama Yusuke Kishimoto Ryo Konishi Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Akio Kobori Hiroshi Harada Eishi Ashihara Hiroshi Sugiyama Akira Murakami MicroRNAs in exosomes (exosomal miRNAs) are considered as significant targets for cancer therapy. Anti-miR oligonucleotides are often used...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 544: Development and Evaluation of Docetaxel-Phospholipid Complex Loaded Self-Microemulsifying Drug Delivery System: Optimization and In Vitro/Ex Vivo Studies Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060544 Authors: Miao Wang Sung-Kyun You Hong-Ki Lee Min-Gu Han Hyeon-Min Lee Thi Mai Anh Pham Young-Guk Na Cheong-Weon Cho Docetaxel (DTX) has clinical efficacy in the treatment of breast cancer, but it is difficult to develop a product...
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Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 9: Digitocracy: Ruling and Being Ruled Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies5020009 Authors: Ballesteros Digitalisation is attracting much scholarly attention at present. However, scholars often take its benefits for granted, overlooking the essential question: “Does digital technology make us better?” This paper aims to help fill this gap by examining digitalisation as a form of government (digitocracy) and the way it shapes a new kind...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 748: The Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequencing and Comparative Analysis of Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) and Hardinggrass (P. aquatica) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060748 Authors: Yi Xiong Yanli Xiong Shangang Jia Xiao Ma There are 22 species in the Phalaris genera that distribute almost all over the temperate regions of the world. Among them, reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea, tetraploid and hexaploid) and hardinggrass (P. aquatica, tetraploid)...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 747: Corn Stunt Disease: An Ideal Insect–Microbial–Plant Pathosystem for Comprehensive Studies of Vector-Borne Plant Diseases of Corn Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060747 Authors: Jones Medina Over 700 plant diseases identified as vector-borne negatively impact plant health and food security globally. The pest control of vector-borne diseases in agricultural settings is in urgent need of more effective tools. Ongoing research in genetics, molecular biology, physiology,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 746: Ecological and Geochemical Conditions for the Accumulation of Antioxidants in the Leaves of Lathyrus maritimus (L.) Bigel Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060746 Authors: Pavel Maslennikov Elena Golovina Anastasia Artemenko The article explores how location affected the dynamics of accumulation of ascorbic acid (AC) and oxidized forms of AC—dehydroascorbic acid (DAA) and diketogulonic acid (DKGA) in beach pea during ontogenetic development. Our analysis...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 745: The Many Facets of Hypoxia in Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060745 Authors: Loreti Perata Plants are aerobic organisms that require oxygen for their respiration. Hypoxia arises due to the insufficient availability of oxygen, and is sensed by plants, which adapt their growth and metabolism accordingly. Plant hypoxia can occur as a result of excessive rain and soil waterlogging, thus constraining plant growth. Increasing research on hypoxia has led to...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 743: The Role of Microbial Inoculants on Plant Protection, Growth Stimulation, and Crop Productivity of the Olive Tree (Olea europea L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060743 Authors: Georgios Bizos Efimia M. Papatheodorou Theocharis Chatzistathis Nikoletta Ntalli Vassilis G. Aschonitis Nikolaos Monokrousos The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is an emblematic, long-living fruit tree species of profound economic and environmental importance. This study is...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 744: Genetic Characterization of an Endangered Chilean Endemic Species, Prosopis burkartii Muñoz, Reveals its Hybrids Parentage Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060744 Authors: Roberto Contreras Liesbeth van den Brink Boris Burgos Marlene González Sandra Gacitúa The hybridization of Prosopis burkartii, a critically endangered endemic species, and the identification of its paternal species has not been genetically studied before. In this study we aimed to genetically...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 740: A New Ferula (Apiaceae) Species from Southwest Anatolia: Ferula pisidica Akalın & Miski Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060740 Authors: Emine Akalın Hüseyin Onur Tuncay Bülent Olcay Mahmut Miski Ferula pisidica is a novel endemic species found in the vicinity of Karaman province of inner Mediterranean Region of Turkey. F. pisidica is morphologically distinct from F. haussknechtii and F. brevipedicellata by habit, sheaths, terminal leaf lobes, and mericarp...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 741: Phytosociological Study, Diversity and Conservation Status of the Cloud Forest in the Dominican Republic Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060741 Authors: Ana Cano Ortiz Carmelo Maria Musarella Carlos José Pinto Gomes Ricardo Quinto Canas José Carlos Piñar Fuentes Eusebio Cano The study of the forest in rainy environments of the Dominican Republic reveals the presence of four types of vegetation formations, clearly differentiated from each other...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 739: Development of in Vivo Haploid Inducer Lines for Screening Haploid Immature Embryos in Maize Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060739 Authors: Chen Xiao Zhang Li Li Liu Chen Doubled haploid technology is widely applied in maize. The haploid inducer lines play critical roles in doubled haploid breeding. We report the development of specialized haploid inducer lines that enhance the purple pigmentation of crossing immature embryos. During the...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 742: Allelopathic Effects of Bidens pilosa L. var. radiata Sch. Bip. on the Tuber Sprouting and Seedling Growth of Cyperus rotundus L Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060742 Authors: Ming-Tung Hsueh Chihhao Fan Wen-Lian Chang Bidens pilosa L. var. radiata Sch. Bip. (BPr) had been found capable of excluding Cyperus rotundus L. (CR) from its vegetation in fallow fields. Both allelopathy and competition of BPr were able to limit the growth of CR, but this has not been...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 289: The Challenge of Chronotopicity: Female Co-Cremation in India Revisited in the Light of Time–Space Sensitive Ritual Criticism Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060289 Authors: Nugteren Rituals are embedded in a particular time and space, and so are their objects and meanings. The ‘chronotope’ we focus on here is the occasional—partly self-chosen, partly societally forced—ritual death of Hindu widows along with their deceased...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 290: Narrative and the Politics of Identity: Patterns of the Spread and Acceptance of Radicalism and Terrorism in Indonesia Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060290 Authors: Firdaus Syam Fachruddin Majeri Mangunjaya Ajeng Rizqi Rahmanillah Robi Nurhadi This study aims to examine Islamic narratives heard at mosques and in study groups in the greater metropolitan area of Jakarta, Indonesia. The article asks if youth and leaders of youth organizations in Jakarta...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 47: Images of Roman Imperial Denarii: A Curated Data Set for the Evaluation of Computer Vision Algorithms Applied to Ancient Numismatics, and an Overview of Challenges in the Field Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020047 Authors: Ognjen Arandjelović Marios Zachariou Automatic ancient Roman coin analysis only recently emerged as a topic of computer science research. Nevertheless, owing to its ever-increasing popularity, the field is already reaching a certain degree of maturity,...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 46: Portable XRF Quick-Scan Mapping for Potential Toxic Elements Pollutants in Sustainable urban Drainage Systems: A Methodological Approach Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020046 Authors: Venvik Boogaard Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) such as swales are designed to collect, store and infiltrate a large amount of surface runoff water during heavy rainfall. Stormwater is known to transport pollutants, such as particle-bound Potential Toxic Elements (PTE), which...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 29: Remdesivir—Bringing Hope for COVID-19 Treatment Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88020029 Authors: Al-Tannak Novotny Alhunayan At the beginning of 2020, the world was swept with a wave of a new coronavirus disease, named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO 2). The causative agent of this infection is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The data available on one of the promising therapeutic agents—nucleotide...
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