Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 101: Review of Research Trends in Learning and the Internet in Higher Education Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9060101 Authors: Segura-Robles Moreno-Guerrero Parra-González López-Belmonte Within the scientific literature, there has been much debate about the use of the Internet in teaching in university contexts. The potential of this tool and its educational possibilities is well documented. The main purpose of this study is to analyze...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 44: Job Satisfaction in Direct Support Professionals: Associations with Self-Efficacy and Perspective-Taking Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10020044 Authors: Flynn Harrington Knott Lin Direct support professionals (DSPs) play a vital role in supporting and sustaining the life qualities of individuals with developmental disabilities (DDs). The occupation is often challenging due to a multitude of workplace deficiencies and certain challenging behaviors...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 87: Match Demands of Women’s Collegiate Soccer Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8060087 Authors: Jagim Murphy Schaefer Askow Luedke Erickson Jones Research describing the match and specific positional demands during match play in women’s collegiate soccer is limited. The purpose of the study was to quantify the match demands of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III soccer and assess position differences in movement...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 86: Transversus Abdominis Thickness at Rest and Exercise in Individuals with Poststroke Hemiparesis Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8060086 Authors: Kelli Kellis Galanis Dafkou Sahinis Ellinoudis The activity of the transverse abdominal (TrA) muscle affects the stabilization of the trunk. It is known that after a stroke, people experience problems in performing daily activities. The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are differences...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 394: Botulinum Toxin Paves the Way for the Treatment of Functional Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060394 Authors: Hann-Chorng Kuo Botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) is a potent protein that can selectively modulate neurotransmission from nerve endings, resulting in the blocking of neurotransmitter releases and causing muscular paralysis [...]
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 393: OnabotulinumtoxinA Displays Greater Biological Activity Compared to IncobotulinumtoxinA, Demonstrating Non-Interchangeability in Both In Vitro and In Vivo Assays Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060393 Authors: Rupp Nicholson Canty Wang Rhéaume Le Steward Washburn Jacky Broide Philipp-Dormston Brin Brideau-Andersen Differences in botulinum neurotoxin manufacturing, formulation, and potency evaluation can impact...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 392: Probing the Interactions of Ochratoxin B, Ochratoxin C, Patulin, Deoxynivalenol, and T-2 Toxin with Human Serum Albumin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060392 Authors: Zelma Faisal Virág Vörös Eszter Fliszár-Nyúl Beáta Lemli Sándor Kunsági-Máté Rita Csepregi Tamás Kőszegi Ferenc Zsila Miklós Poór Ochratoxins, patulin, deoxynivalenol, and T-2 toxin are mycotoxins, and common contaminants in food and drinks. Human serum albumin (HSA) forms...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 391: Drugs Commonly Applied to Kidney Patients May Compromise Renal Tubular Uremic Toxins Excretion Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060391 Authors: Silvia M. Mihaila João Faria Maurice F. J. Stefens Dimitrios Stamatialis Marianne C. Verhaar Karin G. F. Gerritsen Rosalinde Masereeuw In chronic kidney disease (CKD), the secretion of uremic toxins is compromised leading to their accumulation in blood, which contributes to uremic complications, in particular...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 389: Involvement of the Endothelin Receptor Type A in the Cardiovascular Inflammatory Response Following Scorpion Envenomation Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060389 Authors: Amina Sifi Sonia Adi-Bessalem Fatima Laraba-Djebari Elevated levels of endothelin-1 (ET-1) were recorded in sera of scorpion sting patients. However, no studies focused on the mechanism of ET-1 involvement in the pathogenesis of scorpion envenomation, particularly in the cardiovascular system...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 388: Toxin-Antitoxin Systems: A Tool for Taxonomic Analysis of Human Intestinal Microbiota Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060388 Authors: Ksenia M. Klimina Viktoriya N. Voroshilova Elena U. Poluektova Vladimir A. Veselovsky Roman A. Yunes Aleksey S. Kovtun Anna V. Kudryavtseva Artem S. Kasianov Valery N. Danilenko The human gastrointestinal microbiota (HGM) is known for its rich diversity of bacterial species and strains. Yet many studies stop...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 390: Potential Cause of Decrease in Bloom Events of the Harmful Dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides in Southern Korean Coastal Waters in 2016 Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12060390 Authors: Seung Ho Baek Yunji Kim Minji Lee Chi-Yong Ahn Kyung Hwa Cho Bum Soo Park Blooms of the ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides are responsible for massive fish mortality events in Korean coastal waters (KCW). They have been consistently present...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 303: Innate Immune Receptors and Defense Against Primary Pathogenic Fungi Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020303 Authors: Theo N. Kirkland Joshua Fierer The innate immune system is critical for natural resistance to all pathogenic microorganisms, including fungi. The innate response plays a vital role in resistance to infections before the antigen-specific immune response and also influences antigen-specific adaptive immunity. There are many different receptors...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 302: Immune Response to Herpes Simplex Virus Infection and Vaccine Development Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020302 Authors: Ike Onu Ononugbo Reward Muo Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections are among the most common viral infections and usually last for a lifetime. The virus can potentially be controlled with vaccines since humans are the only known host. However, despite the development and trial of many vaccines, this has not yet been possible....
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 77: Characterization of Global DNA Methylation in Different Gene Regions Reveals Candidate Biomarkers in Pigs with High and Low Levels of Boar Taint Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020077 Authors: Xiao Wang Haja N. Kadarmideen DNA methylation of different gene components, including different exons and introns, or different lengths of exons and introns is associated with differences in gene expression. To investigate the methylation of porcine...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 645: Quality Control of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based HIV-1 Drug Resistance Data in Clinical Laboratory Information Systems Framework Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060645 Authors: Rupert Capina Katherine Li Levon Kearney Anne-Mieke Vandamme P. Richard Harrigan Kristel Van Laethem Next-generation sequencing (NGS) in HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) testing has the potential to improve both clinical and public health settings, however it challenges the normal...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 644: Special Issue “Transmission Dynamics of Insect Viruses” Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060644 Authors: Kenneth A. Stapleford At the close of this Special Issue of Viruses on the Transmission Dynamics of Insect Viruses, we would like to thank all of the authors for their submissions and the great work expanding our knowledge of insect virus biology and transmission [...]
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 642: Potential Antiviral Options against SARS-CoV-2 Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060642 Authors: Aleksandr Ianevski Rouan Yao Mona Høysæter Fenstad Svetlana Biza Eva Zusinaite Tuuli Reisberg Hilde Lysvand Kirsti Løseth Veslemøy Malm Landsem Janne Fossum Malmring Valentyn Oksenych Sten Even Erlandsen Per Arne Aas Lars Hagen Caroline H. Pettersen Tanel Tenson Jan Egil Afset Svein Arne Nordbø Magnar Bjørås Denis...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 641: Zika Virus in West Africa: A Seroepidemiological Study between 2007 and 2012 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060641 Authors: Serena Marchi Simonetta Viviani Emanuele Montomoli Yuxiao Tang Adele Boccuto Ilaria Vicenti Maurizio Zazzi Samba Sow Aldiouma Diallo Olubukola T. Idoko Niranjan Bhat Claudia Maria Trombetta According to the World Health Organization, the entire African continent is at risk of a Zika outbreak. To increase data...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 643: Role of Viruses in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060643 Authors: Rachael E. Tarlinton Ekaterina Martynova Albert A. Rizvanov Svetlana Khaiboullina Subhash Verma Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune inflammatory disease, where the underlying etiological cause remains elusive. Multiple triggering factors have been suggested, including environmental, genetic and gender components. However, underlying infectious triggers...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 640: Treatment with Class A CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides in Cats with Naturally Occurring Feline Parvovirus Infection: A Prospective Study Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060640 Authors: Filippo Ferri Federico Porporato Francesco Rossi Daniela Enache Carolina Callegari Gabriele Gerardi Luigi M. Coppola Barbara Contiero Chiara Crinò Neda Ranjbar Kohan Marina L. Meli Hans Lutz Regina Hofmann-Lehmann Eric Zini Feline parvovirus (FPV) causes...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 638: The Single-Stranded RNA Bacteriophage Qβ Adapts Rapidly to High Temperatures: An Evolution Experiment Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060638 Authors: Hossain Yokono Kashiwagi Single-stranded (ss)RNA viruses are thought to evolve rapidly due to an inherently high mutation rate. However, it remains unclear how ssRNA viruses adapt to novel environments and/or how many and what types of substitutions are needed to facilitate this evolution. In this study, we...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 639: n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Impede the TCR Mobility and the TCR–pMHC Interaction of Anti-Viral CD8+ T Cells Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060639 Authors: Younghyun Lim Seyoung Kim Sehoon Kim Dong-In Kim Kyung Won Kang So-Hee Hong Sang-Myeong Lee Hye Ran Koh Young-Jin Seo The immune-suppressive effects of omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on T cells have been observed via multiple in vitro and in vivo models. However,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 637: Innate Immune Components that Regulate the Pathogenesis and Resolution of hRSV and hMPV Infections Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12060637 Authors: Catalina A. Andrade Gaspar A. Pacheco Nicolas M. S. Gálvez Jorge A. Soto Susan M. Bueno Alexis M. Kalergis The human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) and human Metapneumovirus (hMPV) are two of the leading etiological agents of acute lower respiratory tract infections, which constitute the main cause of...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1702: Integration of GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process to Assess Flood Hazard on the Al-Shamal Train Pathway in Al-Qurayyat Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Water doi: 10.3390/w12061702 Authors: Ashraf Abdelkarim Seham S. Al-Alola Haya M. Alogayell Soha A. Mohamed Ibtesam I. Alkadi Ismail Y. Ismail Understanding the dynamics of floods in dry environments and predicting an accurate flood hazard map considering...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1701: Effect of Cobalt, Cadmium and Manganese on Nitrogen Removal Capacity of Arthrobacter arilaitensis Y-10 Water doi: 10.3390/w12061701 Authors: Tengxia He Deti Xie Jiupai Ni Zhu Li Zhenlun Li The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of a simultaneous nitrification–denitrification hypothermic bacterium for applying in Cd(II), Co(II), and Mn(II)-contaminated wastewater. The influence of Cd(II), Co(II), and Mn(II) on the inorganic...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1700: Driving Forces Analysis of Non-structural Carbohydrates for Phragmites australis in Different Habitats of Inland River Wetland Water doi: 10.3390/w12061700 Authors: Liang Jiao Yi Zhou Xuerui Liu Shengjie Wang Fang Li Habitat variation in non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) reflects the resource allocation trade-offs for clonal plants, and its driving force analysis embodies the ecological adaptation strategy of clonal plants to heterogeneous environments....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1699: CHNS Modeling for Study and Management of Human–Water Interactions at Multiple Scales Water doi: 10.3390/w12061699 Authors: Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam S. Jamshid Mousavi This paper presents basic definitions and challenges/opportunities from different perspectives to study and control water cycle impacts on society and vice versa. The wider and increased interactions and their consequences such as global warming and climate change, and the role of complex...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1698: Urban Mountain Waterscapes: The Transformation of Hydro-Social Relations in the Trans-Himalayan Town Leh, Ladakh, India Water doi: 10.3390/w12061698 Authors: Judith Müller Juliane Dame Marcus Nüsser Socio-economic processes and climate change impact the socio-hydrology of many small towns in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), such as Leh in Ladakh. The rapidly urbanising town experienced a shift from agricultural livelihoods towards incomes mainly relying...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1697: Removal of Arsenic(III) Ion from Aqueous Media Using Complex Nickel-Aluminum and Nickel-Aluminum-Zirconium Hydroxides Water doi: 10.3390/w12061697 Authors: Fumihiko Ogata Noriaki Nagai Megumu Toda Masashi Otani Chalermpong Saenjum Takehiro Nakamura Naohito Kawasaki The technology of wastewater treatment involving removal of heavy metals using complex metal hydroxides is reported. In this study, complex nickel-aluminum (NA11 and NA12) and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1696: Pier Scour Prediction in Non-Uniform Gravel Beds Water doi: 10.3390/w12061696 Authors: Pandey Oliveto Pu Sharma Ojha Pier scour has been extensively studied in laboratory experiments. However, scour depth relationships based on data at the laboratory scale often yield unacceptable results when extended to field conditions. In this study, non-uniform gravel bed laboratory and field datasets with gravel of median size ranging from 2.7 to 14.25...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1695: Wave Overtopping Discharge for Very Gently Sloping Foreshores Water doi: 10.3390/w12061695 Authors: Nguyen Hofland Chinh Stive The spectral wave period Tm-1,0 at the toe of sea-dikes is a crucial parameter to predict wave overtopping discharge over sea-dikes. It is known from literature that this period quickly increases when waves reach shallow foreshores; however, sometimes the assumption is made that the wave period remains constant from offshore...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1694: Characteristics and Causes of Long-Term Water Quality Variation in Lixiahe Abdominal Area, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12061694 Authors: Jiang Zhou Wang Fu Zhou The Lixiahe abdominal area is a representative plain river network in the lower reaches of the Huai River, being an upstream section of south-to-north water diversion from the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, China. The assessment of long-term water quality variation and the identification...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1693: System Dynamics Applied to Terraced Agroecosystems: The Case Study of Assaragh (Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco) Water doi: 10.3390/w12061693 Authors: Vladimiro Boselli Abdessalam Ouallali Hamza Briak Mhammad Houssni Jalal Kassout Abdeltif El El Ouahrani and Eleni Maria Michailidi Terraced agroecosystems (TAS)—apart from being an important cultural heritage element—are considered vital for sustainable water resource management...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1691: Evaluating Hydrological Responses to Climate Change Water doi: 10.3390/w12061691 Authors: Lorraine E. Flint Alicia Torregrosa This Special Issue of the journal Water, “The Evaluation of Hydrologic Response to Climate Change”, is intended to explore the various impacts of climate change on hydrology. Using a selection of approaches, including field observations and hydrological modeling; investigations, including changing habitats and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1692: InVEST Model-Based Estimation of Water Yield in North China and Its Sensitivities to Climate Variables Water doi: 10.3390/w12061692 Authors: Guodong Yin Xiao Wang Xuan Zhang Yongshuo Fu Fanghua Hao Qiuhong Hu A revegetation program in North China could potentially increase carbon sequestration and mitigate climate change. However, the responses of water yield ecosystem services to climate factors are still unclear among different vegetation...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1689: Does the Process of Passive Forest Restoration Affect the Hydrophysical Attributes of the Soil Superficial Horizon? Water doi: 10.3390/w12061689 Authors: Nayana Alves Pereira Simone Di Prima Renata Cristina Bovi Laura Fernanda Simões da Silva Gustavo de Godoy Rafaela Pereira Naves Miguel Cooper There has been an increase in the area of secondary tropical forests in recent years due to forest restoration in degraded areas. Recent analyses...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1688: Nitrifying and Denitrifying Microbial Communities in Centralized and Decentralized Biological Nitrogen Removing Wastewater Treatment Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w12061688 Authors: Sara K. Wigginton Elizabeth Q. Brannon Patrick J. Kearns Brittany V. Lancellotti Alissa Cox Serena Moseman-Valtierra George W. Loomis Jose A. Amador Biological nitrogen removal (BNR) in centralized and decentralized wastewater treatment systems is assumed to be...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1687: Optimization of Electrocoagulation Conditions for the Purification of Table Olive Debittering Wastewater Using Response Surface Methodology Water doi: 10.3390/w12061687 Authors: Niazmand Jahani Sabbagh Rezania In the present study, the optimization of electrocoagulation (EC) conditions for the purification of olive debittering wastewater (ODW) was investigated by response surface methodology (RSM). For this purpose, a central composite design...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1690: Effect of Microhabitat Structure on the Distribution of an Endangered Fish, Coreoperca kawamebari (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) in the Geum River, South Korea Water doi: 10.3390/w12061690 Authors: Jong-Yun Choi Seong-Ki Kim Jeong-Cheol Kim Jong-Hak Yun Macrophytes play a major role in the structuring of aquatic environments and may influence the distribution and feeding habits of fish species. We explored the microhabitat characteristics influencing...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1685: A Case Study on Settling Process in Inclined-Tube Gravity Sedimentation Tank for Drip Irrigation with the Yellow River Water Water doi: 10.3390/w12061685 Authors: Wang Li Ren Yang A sedimentation tank which can remove fine sediment with low cost and high efficiency is of great significance for the wide application of drip irrigation techniques with the Yellow River water. In this study, the settling process of an inclined-tube gravity sedimentation...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1684: Influence of Historical Climate Patterns on Streamflow and Water Demand in Wales, UK Water doi: 10.3390/w12061684 Authors: Dallison Patil Williams Ensuring reliable drinking water supplies is anticipated to be a key future challenge facing water service providers due to fluctuations in rainfall patterns and water demand caused by climate change. This study investigates historical trends and relationships between precipitation, air temperature and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1683: Hybrid Model for Short-Term Water Demand Forecasting Based on Error Correction Using Chaotic Time Series Water doi: 10.3390/w12061683 Authors: Wu Han Hou Diao Short-term water demand forecasting plays an important role in smart management and real-time simulation of water distribution systems (WDSs). This paper proposes a hybrid model for the short-term forecasting in the horizon of one day with 15 minute time steps, which improves the forecasting...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1686: Fate of Diclofenac and Its Transformation and Inorganic By-Products in Different Water Matrices during Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Process Using a Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode Water doi: 10.3390/w12061686 Authors: Heim Rajab Greco Grosse Drewes Letzel Helmreich The focus of this study was to investigate the efficacy of applying boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes in an electrochemical advanced oxidation process, for the removal...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1682: Assessment of the Water, Environmental, Economic and Social Vulnerability of a Watershed to the Potential Effects of Climate Change and Land Use Change Water doi: 10.3390/w12061682 Authors: Ismael Orozco Adrián Martínez Víctor Ortega In semi-arid regions, where hydrological resources are very vulnerable and where there are water shortages in many regions of the world, it is of great importance to assess the vulnerability that a system is facing or will...
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