Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 403: Phytochemical Composition and In Vitro Biological Activity of Iris spp. (Iridaceae): A New Source of Bioactive Constituents for the Inhibition of Oral Bacterial Biofilms Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070403 Authors: Hoang Beneš Fenclová Kronusová Švarcová Řehořová Švecová Vosátka Hajšlová Kaštánek Viktorová Ruml The inhibition and eradication of oral biofilms is increasingly focused on the use of plant...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 402: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of Porcine Respiratory Bacteria in Spain Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070402 Authors: Anna Vilaró Elena Novell Vicens Enrique-Tarancón Jordi Balielles Carles Vilalta Sonia Martinez Lorenzo José Fraile Sauce The monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility of pig pathogens is critical to optimize antimicrobial treatments and prevent development of resistance with a one-health approach. The aim...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 400: Antimicrobial Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Saprophytic Bacteria Isolated from Ambient, Near-Shore Sediments of an Urbanized Estuary: Absence of β-Lactamase Drug-Resistance Genes Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070400 Authors: Charles F. Moritz Robert E. Snyder Lee W. Riley Devin W. Immke Ben K. Greenfield We assessed the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and screened for clinically relevant β-lactamase resistance determinants...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 401: Influence of Renal Function and Age on the Pharmacokinetics of Levofloxacin in Patients with Bone and Joint Infections Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070401 Authors: Gauthier Eloy David Lebeaux Manon Launay Marie-Paule Fernandez-Gerlinger Eliane Billaud Emmanuel Douez Jean-Luc Mainardi Benjamin Bouyer Vincent Jullien Despite its efficacy and toxicity being exposure-related, levofloxacin pharmacokinetics in patients with bone...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 398: Antimicrobial Stewardship: From Bedside to Theory. Thirteen Examples of Old and More Recent Strategies from Everyday Clinical Practice Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070398 Authors: Stefano Di Bella Bojana Beović Massimiliano Fabbiani Michael Valentini Roberto Luzzati “Antimicrobial stewardship” is a strategy that promotes the responsible use of antimicrobials. The objective of this paper is to focus on consolidated...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 399: Role of Tobramycin in the Induction and Maintenance of Viable but Non-Culturable Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an In Vitro Biofilm Model Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070399 Authors: Gianmarco Mangiaterra Nicholas Cedraro Salvatore Vaiasicca Barbara Citterio Roberta Galeazzi Emiliano Laudadio Giovanna Mobbili Cristina Minnelli Davide Bizzaro Francesca Biavasco The recurrence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) biofilm infections...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 396: Insights into Host–Pathogen Interactions in Biofilm-Infected Wounds Reveal Possibilities for New Treatment Strategies Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070396 Authors: Hannah Trøstrup Anne Sofie Boe Laulund Claus Moser Normal wound healing occurs in three phases—the inflammatory, the proliferative, and the remodeling phase. Chronic wounds are, for unknown reasons, arrested in the inflammatory phase. Bacterial biofilms may cause chronicity...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 397: FimH and Anti-Adhesive Therapeutics: A Disarming Strategy Against Uropathogens Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9070397 Authors: Meysam Sarshar Payam Behzadi Cecilia Ambrosi Carlo Zagaglia Anna Teresa Palamara Daniela Scribano Chaperone-usher fimbrial adhesins are powerful weapons against the uropathogens that allow the establishment of urinary tract infections (UTIs). As the antibiotic therapeutic strategy has become less effective in...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 612: Effects of Supplementation with Natural Antioxidants on Oocytes and Preimplantation Embryos Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070612 Authors: Maria Cristina Budani Gian Mario Tiboni For most infertile couples, in vitro fertilization (IVF) represents the only chance to conceive. Given the limited success of IVF procedures, novel approaches are continuously tested with the aim of improving IVF outcomes. Growing attention is devoted today to the potential...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 611: Highlighting the Biological Potential of the Brown Seaweed Fucus spiralis for Skin Applications Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070611 Authors: Rafaela Freitas Alice Martins Joana Silva Celso Alves Susete Pinteus Joana Alves Fernando Teodoro Helena Margarida Ribeiro Lídia Gonçalves Željko Petrovski Luís Branco Rui Pedrosa Skin aging is a biological process influenced by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. The last ones,...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 606: Mitochondrial ROS Induce Partial Dedifferentiation of Human Mesothelioma via Upregulation of NANOG Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070606 Authors: Filip Sedlic Fran Seiwerth Ana Sepac Suncana Sikiric Marina Cindric Marija Milavic Lovorka Batelja Vuletic Marko Jakopovic Sven Seiwerth The expression of pluripotency factors is a key regulator of tumor differentiation status and cancer stem cells. The purpose of this study was to...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 609: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Citrus Flavonoid Hesperetin: Special Focus on Neurological Disorders Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070609 Authors: Khan Ikram Hahm Kim Neurodegenerative disorders have emerged as a serious health issue in the current era. The most common neurodegenerative disorders are Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)....
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 607: The Interplay between Oxidative Stress and miRNAs in Obesity-Associated Hepatic and Vascular Complications Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070607 Authors: Jorge Infante-Menéndez Andrea R. López-Pastor Paula González-López Almudena Gómez-Hernández Oscar Escribano Nowadays, the obesity pandemic is one of the most relevant health issues worldwide. This condition is tightly related to comorbidities such as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 610: The Potential of Lactobacillus spp. for Modulating Oxidative Stress in the Gastrointestinal Tract Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070610 Authors: Kong Olejar On Chelikani The gastrointestinal (GI) tract is crucial for food digestion and nutrient absorption in humans. However, the GI tract is usually challenged with oxidative stress that can be induced by various factors, such as exogenous pathogenic microorganisms and dietary alterations....
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 608: Upregulation of Tolerogenic Pathways by the Hydrogen Sulfide Donor GYY4137 and Impaired Expression of H2S-Producing Enzymes in Multiple Sclerosis Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070608 Authors: Lazarević Battaglia Jevtić Đedović Bruno Cavalli Miljković Nicoletti Momčilović Fagone The aim of this study was to examine the in vitro effects of the slow-releasing H2S donor GYY4137 on the immune cells involved in the pathogenesis...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 604: The Apoplast: A Key Player in Plant Survival Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070604 Authors: Farvardin González-Hernández Llorens García-Agustín Scalschi Vicedo The apoplast comprises the intercellular space, the cell walls, and the xylem. Important functions for the plant, such as nutrient and water transport, cellulose synthesis, and the synthesis of molecules involved in plant defense against both biotic and abiotic stresses,...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 605: Antioxidants as Molecular Probes: Structurally Novel Dihydro-m-Terphenyls as Turn-On Fluorescence Chemodosimeters for Biologically Relevant Oxidants Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070605 Authors: Víctor González-Ruiz Jegathalaprathaban Rajesh Ana I. Olives Damiano Rocchi Jorge Gómez-Carpintero Juan F. González Vellaisamy Sridharan M. Antonia Martín J. Carlos Menéndez One interesting aspect of antioxidant organic molecules is...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 603: Involvement of L-Cysteine Desulfhydrase and Hydrogen Sulfide in Glutathione-Induced Tolerance to Salinity by Accelerating Ascorbate-Glutathione Cycle and Glyoxalase System in Capsicum Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070603 Authors: Cengiz Kaya Bernardo Murillo-Amador Muhammad Ashraf The aim of this study is to assess the role of L-cysteine desulfhydrase (L-DES) and endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in glutathione (GSH)-induced tolerance to salinity...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 602: Olive Mill Wastewater Polyphenol-Enriched Fractions by Integrated Membrane Process: A Promising Source of Antioxidant, Hypolipidemic and Hypoglycaemic Compounds Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9070602 Authors: Rosa Tundis Carmela Conidi Monica R. Loizzo Vincenzo Sicari Alfredo Cassano The valorisation of food wastes is a challenging opportunity for the green, sustainable, and competitive development of industry. The recovery of phenols contributes...
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Arts, Vol. 9, Pages 79: Design Glass Objects: The Portuguese Panorama Arts doi: 10.3390/arts9030079 Authors: Teresa Almeida The aim of this study is to analyze the convergence of art, design and craftsmanship for the creation of glass objects within the context of the 20th and 21st centuries, in the Portuguese panorama. In the late 1920s and 1950s, Portuguese artists established a growing collaboration with the glass industry situated in the Marinha Grande region and started to produce...
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Arts, Vol. 9, Pages 78: Cultural “Authenticity” as a Conflict-Ridden Hypotext: Mulan (1998), Mulan Joins the Army (1939), and a Millennium-Long Intertextual Metamorphosis Arts doi: 10.3390/arts9030078 Authors: Zhuoyi Wang Disney’s Mulan (1998) has generated much scholarly interest in comparing the film with its hypotext: the Chinese legend of Mulan. While this comparison has produced meaningful criticism of the Orientalism inherent in Disney’s cultural appropriation,...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 739: The Study of Emission Inventory on Anthropogenic Air Pollutants and Source Apportionment of PM2.5 in the Changzhutan Urban Agglomeration, China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070739 Authors: Bin Xu Xiangyu You Yaoyu Zhou Chunhao Dai Zhan Liu Shaojian Huang Datong Luo Hui Peng As one of China’s emerging urban agglomerations, the Changzhutan urban area is suffering from regional composite air pollution. Previous studies mainly...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 738: Wind Speed Forecast Based on Post-Processing of Numerical Weather Predictions Using a Gradient Boosting Decision Tree Algorithm Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070738 Authors: Wenqing Xu Like Ning Yong Luo With the large-scale development of wind energy, wind power forecasting plays a key role in power dispatching in the electric power grid, as well as in the operation and maintenance of wind farms. The most important technology for wind power forecasting...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 737: Calibration and Improved Speckle Statistics of IM-CW Lidar for Atmospheric CO2 Measurements Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070737 Authors: Xindong Liang Hao Liu Tao Chen Wei Kong Guanglie Hong An intensity modulated, continuous-wave (IM-CW) integrated path differential absorption (IPDA) fiber-based lidar is developed herein for measuring atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). There are two main challenges in improving measurement accuracy, which...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 736: A Nonlinear Land Use Regression Approach for Modelling NO2 Concentrations in Urban Areas—Using Data from Low-Cost Sensors and Diffusion Tubes Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070736 Authors: Said Munir Martin Mayfield Daniel Coca Lyudmila S Mihaylova Land Use Regression (LUR) based on multiple linear regression model is one of the techniques used most frequently for modelling the spatial variability of air pollution and assessing exposure in urban...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 735: Iron Speciation in Different Saharan Dust Advections and Effect of the Procedural Blank on the Results From X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Selective Leaching Experiments Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070735 Authors: Chiara Petroselli Beatrice Moroni Stefano Crocchianti Roberta Selvaggi Francesco Soggia Marco Grotti Francesco d’Acapito David Cappelletti In this work, we applied X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and selective leaching...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 734: A New Background Method for Greenhouse Gases Flux Calculation Based in Back-Trajectories Over the Amazon Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070734 Authors: Lucas Gatti Domingues Luciana Vanni Gatti Afonso Aquino Alber Sánchez Caio Correia Manuel Gloor Wouter Peters John Miller Jocelyn Turnbull Ricardo Santana Luciano Marani Gilberto Câmara Raiane Neves Stéphane Crispim The large amount of carbon stored in trees and soils...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 733: Air Quality Modeling Study on the Controlling Factors of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) in Hanoi: A Case Study in December 2010 Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070733 Authors: Thanh Hung Nguyen Tatsuya Nagashima Quang-Van Doan Meteorology and emission sources are the two main factors determining concentrations of air pollutants, including fine particulate matter. A regional air quality modeling system was used to analyze the sources of fine-particulate...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 732: Classification of Clouds Sampled at the Puy de Dôme Station (France) Based on Chemical Measurements and Air Mass History Matrices Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070732 Authors: Pascal Renard Angelica Bianco Jean-Luc Baray Maxime Bridoux Anne-Marie Delort Laurent Deguillaume A statistical analysis of 295 cloud samples collected at the Puy de Dôme station in France (PUY), covering the period 2001–2018, was conducted using...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 731: Wintertime Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Hemiboreal Drained Peatlands Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11070731 Authors: Birgit Viru Gert Veber Jaak Jaagus Ain Kull Martin Maddison Mart Muhel Mikk Espenberg Alar Teemusk Ülo Mander The aim of this study is to estimate wintertime emissions of greenhouse gases CO2, N2O and CH4 in two abandoned peat extraction areas (APEA), Ess-soo and Laiuse, and in two Oxalis site-type drained peatland forests...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 115: The Relationship Benefits of Auto Maintenance and Repair Service: A Case Study of Korea Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10070115 Authors: Jinpyo Hong Boyoung Kim Sungho Oh This study aimed to empirically examine what effects confidence, social, and economic benefit factors have on continuous relationship orientation through the mediation of service trust, service satisfaction, and customer engagement factors in the auto maintenance and...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 162: Aconitase: To Be or not to Be Inside Plant Glyoxysomes, That Is the Question Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9070162 Authors: Luigi De Bellis Andrea Luvisi Amedeo Alpi After the discovery in 1967 of plant glyoxysomes, aconitase, one the five enzymes involved in the glyoxylate cycle, was thought to be present in the organelles, and although this was found not to be the case around 25 years ago, it is still suggested in some textbooks and recent scientific...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 161: Development of an LDL Receptor-Targeted Peptide Susceptible to Facilitate the Brain Access of Diagnostic or Therapeutic Agents Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9070161 Authors: Séverine André Lionel Larbanoix Sébastien Verteneuil Dimitri Stanicki Denis Nonclercq Luce Vander Elst Sophie Laurent Robert N. Muller Carmen Burtea Blood-brain barrier (BBB) crossing and brain penetration are really challenging for the delivery of therapeutic agents...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 208: Potential Endogenous Cell Sources for Retinal Regeneration in Vertebrates and Humans: Progenitor Traits and Specialization Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8070208 Authors: Eleonora N. Grigoryan Retinal diseases often cause the loss of photoreceptor cells and, consequently, impairment of vision. To date, several cell populations are known as potential endogenous retinal regeneration cell sources (RRCSs): the eye ciliary zone, the retinal pigment...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 207: Serum γ-Glutamyltransferase Concentration Predicts Endothelial Dysfunction in Naïve Hypertensive Patients Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8070207 Authors: Perticone Maio Caroleo Sciacqua Suraci Gigliotti Martino Andreozzi Sesti Perticone Background: Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (γ-GT) is recognized as a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CV). Traditional cardiovascular risk factors mediate...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 205: NLPR3 Inflammasomes and Their Significance for Atherosclerosis Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8070205 Authors: Poznyak Melnichenko Wetzker Gerasimova Orekhov Atherosclerosis is a serious disorder, with numerous potential complications such as cardiovascular disease, ischemic stroke, and myocardial infarction. The origin of atherosclerosis is related to chronic inflammation, lipid metabolism alterations, and oxidative stress. Inflammasomes...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 206: NADPH Oxidases and Their Role in Atherosclerosis Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8070206 Authors: Anastasia V. Poznyak Andrey V. Grechko Varvara A. Orekhova Victoria Khotina Ekaterina A. Ivanova Alexander N. Orekhov The current view on atherosclerosis positions it as a multifactorial disorder that results from the interplay between lipid metabolism disturbances and inflammatory processes. Oxidative stress is proven to be one of the...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 204: Bi- and Tri-Specific T Cell Engager-Armed Oncolytic Viruses: Next-Generation Cancer Immunotherapy Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8070204 Authors: Zong Sheng Guo Michael T. Lotze Zhi Zhu Walter J. Storkus Xiao-Tong Song Oncolytic viruses (OVs) are potent anti-cancer biologics with a bright future, having substantial evidence of efficacy in patients with cancer. Bi- and tri-specific antibodies targeting tumor antigens and capable of activating...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1040: MicroRNAs and Their Influence on the ZEB Family: Mechanistic Aspects and Therapeutic Applications in Cancer Therapy Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10071040 Authors: Milad Ashrafizadeh Hui Li Ang Ebrahim Rahmani Moghadam Shima Mohammadi Vahideh Zarrin Kiavash Hushmandi Saeed Samarghandian Ali Zarrabi Masoud Najafi Reza Mohammadinejad Alan Prem Kumar Molecular signaling pathways involved in cancer have been intensively studied...
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