Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 929: Phloroglucinol Mediated Plant Regeneration of Ornithogalum dubium as the Sole “Hormone-Like Supplement” in Plant Tissue Culture Long-Term Experiments Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080929 Authors: Carloalberto Petti Tissue culture is an essential requirement in plant science to preserve genetic resources and to expand naturally occurring germplasm. A variety of naturally occurring and synthetic hormones are available to induce the processes of dedifferentiation...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 928: Complete Chloroplast Genome Characterization of Oxalis Corniculata and Its Comparison with Related Species from Family Oxalidaceae Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080928 Authors: Lubna Sajjad Asaf Rahmatullah Jan Abdul Latif Khan In-Jung Lee Oxalis corniculata L. (family Oxalidaceae) is a small creeper wood sorrel plant that grows well in moist climates. Despite being medicinally important, little is known about the genomics of this species. Here, we...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 930: Maize Thymidine Kinase Activity Is Present throughout Plant Development and Its Heterologous Expression Confers Tolerance to an Organellar DNA-Damaging Agent Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080930 Authors: Manuela Nájera-Martínez José Antonio Pedroza-García Luis Jiro Suzuri-Hernández Christelle Mazubert Jeannine Drouin-Wahbi Jorge Vázquez-Ramos Cécile Raynaud Javier Plasencia Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) phosphorylates thymidine nucleosides to generate...
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Publications, Vol. 8, Pages 39: A Provisional System to Evaluate Journal Publishers Based on Partnership Practices and Values Shared with Academic Institutions and Libraries Publications doi: 10.3390/publications8030039 Authors: Rachel Caldwell Background: Journals with high impact factors (IFs) are the “coin of the realm” in many review, tenure, and promotion decisions, ipso facto, IFs influence academic authors’ views of journals and publishers. However,...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 380: Sacred Sites Protection and Indigenous Women’s Activism: Empowering Grassroots Social Movements to Influence Public Policy. A Look into the “Women of Standing Rock” and “Idle No More” Indigenous Movements Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080380 Authors: Francesca Gottardi Religion and public policy are interconnected across a variety of issues. One aspect where this linkage has been understudied is religion and Indigenous sacred sites protection. This article...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 381: The World on Fire: A Buddhist Response to the Environmental Crisis Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080381 Authors: Katie Javanaud This paper identifies and responds to the four main objections raised against Buddhist environmentalism. It argues that none of these objections is insurmountable and that, in fact, Buddhists have developed numerous concepts, arguments, and practices which could prove useful for dealing with the most pressing environmental problems...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 379: Sacred Architecture and Public Space under the Conditions of a New Visibility of Religion Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080379 Authors: Jakob Helmut Deibl Embedded in the paradigm of the “New Visibility of Religion,” this article addresses the question of the significance of sacred buildings for public spaces. ‘Visibility’ is conceived as religion’s presence in cities through the medium of architecture. In...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 378: Introduction: Faith after the Anthropocene Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080378 Authors: Matthew Wickman Jacob Sherman This is the introductory essay to the Special Issue “Faith after the Anthropocene” published in Religions 11:4 and 11:5. How does the Earth’s precarious state reveal our own? How does this vulnerable condition prompt new ways of thinking and being? The essays that are part of this collection consider how the...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 57: Global Significance of Mangrove Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation (Version 1) Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2030057 Authors: Daniel M. Alongi Mangrove forests store and sequester large area-specific quantities of blue carbon (Corg). Except for tundra and peatlands, mangroves store more Corg per unit area than any other ecosystem. Mean mangrove Corg stock is 738.9 Mg Corg ha−1 and mean global stock is 6.17 Pg Corg, which equates to only 0.4–7% of...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 55: Participation with Style. Clothing among Young Activists in Political Groups Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10030055 Authors: Carlo Genova Research shows that forms of participation among youth are strongly differentiated and connected with complex meanings and motivations. A growing sector of youth develops political intervention through the adoption of distinctive everyday practices and lifestyles. The article aims to reflect upon dress among young activists...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 468: Nature-Identical Compounds and Organic Acids Reduce E. coli K88 Growth and Virulence Gene Expression In Vitro Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080468 Authors: Andrea Bonetti Benedetta Tugnoli Barbara Rossi Giulia Giovagnoni Andrea Piva Ester Grilli Post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) is one of the long-standing challenges in pig husbandry. Due to the risks of resistance caused by antibiotics (AB) misuse, conventional treatments against Escherichia coli...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 121: Melioidosis and the Heart: A Systematic Review Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030121 Authors: Ragani Velusamy Stephen Muhi Melioidosis is caused by Gram-negative bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Clinical presentation can vary from pneumonia, sepsis and multi-focal abscess formation. The aim of this study was to systemically review the cardiac manifestations of melioidosis in the literature and describe their epidemiology,...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 411: Live Oral Adenovirus Type 4 and Type 7 Vaccine Induces Durable Antibody Response Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030411 Authors: Natalie D. Collins Anima Adhikari Yu Yang Robert A. Kuschner Nicos Karasavvas Leonard N. Binn Shannon D. Walls Paul C. F. Graf Christopher A. Myers Richard G. Jarman Jun Hang Human adenoviruses (AdV) are mostly associated with minimal pathology. However, more severe respiratory tract infections and acute...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 410: New Points of Departure for More Global Influenza Vaccine Use Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030410 Authors: Irina Kiseleva Each year, influenza causes a significant acute respiratory disease burden. In addition, influenza pandemics periodically occur. Annual vaccination is the best tool for influenza prevention, but its effectiveness can vary from year to year. The narrow specificity of conventional vaccines and the drug resistance of currently circulating...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 409: Influenza Neuraminidase: A Neglected Protein and Its Potential for a Better Influenza Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030409 Authors: Luca T. Giurgea David M. Morens Jeffery K. Taubenberger Matthew J. Memoli Neuraminidase (NA) is an influenza surface protein that helps to free viruses from mucin-associated decoy receptors and to facilitate budding from infected cells. Experiments have demonstrated that anti-NA antibodies protect animals against...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 408: Immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 Epitopes: In Silico Study Towards Better Understanding of COVID-19 Disease—Paving the Way for Vaccine Development Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030408 Authors: Vipin Ranga Erik Niemelä Mahlet Z. Tamirat John E. Eriksson Tomi T. Airenne Mark S. Johnson The emergence of the COVID-19 outbreak at the end of 2019, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, has, to date, led to over 13.6 million infections and nearly 600,000...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 98: Effect of Sulfur and Urea Fortification of Fresh Cassava Root in Fermented Total Mixed Ration on the Improvement Milk Quality of Tropical Lactating Cows Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030098 Authors: Chanadol Supapong Anusorn Cherdthong The aim of the present research was to determine the influence of sulfur and urea combined with fresh cassava root in fermented total mixed ration (FTMR) on digestibility, fermentation in the rumen, blood...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 97: Exercise but Not Supplemental Dietary Tryptophan Influences Heart Rate and Respiratory Rate in Sled Dogs Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030097 Authors: Emma Thornton James R. Templeman Michael Bower John P. Cant Graham P. Holloway Anna K. Shoveller Tryptophan (Trp), an indispensable amino acid for dogs, is the precursor of serotonin, a neurotransmitter with a variety of effects throughout the body, including the ability to...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 792: Endogenous Retroviruses Walk a Fine Line between Priming and Silencing Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080792 Authors: Harrison Cullen Andrea J. Schorn Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in mammals are closely related to infectious retroviruses and utilize host tRNAs as a primer for reverse transcription and replication, a hallmark of long terminal repeat (LTR) retroelements. Their dependency on tRNA makes these elements vulnerable to targeting by small RNAs derived...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 791: Evaluation of HIV Transmission Clusters Among Natives and Foreigners Living in Italy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080791 Authors: Lavinia Fabeni Maria Mercedes Santoro Patrizia Lorenzini Stefano Rusconi Nicola Gianotti Andrea Costantini Loredana Sarmati Andrea Antinori Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein Antonella d’Arminio Monforte Annalisa Saracino Enrico Girardi on behalf of the Icona Foundation Study Icona Foundation Study Cohort...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 793: Complex Virome in a Mesenteric Lymph Node from a Californian Sea Lion (Zalophus Californianus) with Polyserositis and Steatitis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080793 Authors: Eda Altan Martha A. Delaney Kathleen M. Colegrove Terry R. Spraker Elizabeth A. Wheeler Xutao Deng Yanpeng Li Frances M. D. Gulland Eric Delwart An emaciated subadult free-ranging California sea lion (Csl or Zalophus californianus) died following stranding with lesions...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 790: Molecular Characterization of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and Its New Genetic Classification Based on the Nucleocapsid Gene Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080790 Authors: Sung-Jae Kim Van-Giap Nguyen Thi-My-Le Huynh Yong-Ho Park Bong-Kyun Park Hee-Chun Chung Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) causes continuous, significant damage to the swine industry worldwide. By RT-PCR-based methods, this study demonstrated the ongoing presence of PEDV...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 788: Dangerous Liaisons: Gammaherpesvirus Subversion of the Immunoglobulin Repertoire Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080788 Authors: Monika A. Zelazowska Kevin McBride Laurie T. Krug A common biologic property of the gammaherpesviruses Epstein–Barr Virus and Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus is their use of B lymphocytes as a reservoir of latency in healthy individuals that can undergo oncogenic transformation later in life. Gammaherpesviruses (GHVs) employ...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 789: Gilt Vaccination with a Mixed Administration of a PRRS MLV and a PPV1 Subunit Vaccine Protects against Heterologous PRRSV1 Infection and Prevents Detrimental Effects on Piglet Performance Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080789 Authors: Beatriz Garcia-Morante Rachel Friedrich Troy Kaiser Christian Kraft Philip Bridger Marta Noguera The efficacy of the combined administration of a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) modified live virus...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2094: Dune Systems’ Characterization and Evolution in the Andalusia Mediterranean Coast (Spain) Water doi: 10.3390/w12082094 Authors: Rosa Molina Giorgio Manno Carlo Lo Re Giorgio Anfuso This paper deals with the characterization and evolution of dune systems along the Mediterranean coast of Andalusia, in the South of Spain, a first step to assess their relevant value in coastal flood protection and in the determination of sound management strategies to...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2093: Optimization of Combined Submerged Macrophyte Planting Conditions for Inhibiting Algae by Response Surface Methodology Water doi: 10.3390/w12082093 Authors: Shengnan Wang Junxia Yu Fang Guo Guoqiang Pan Lin Zhang Hongying Hu Yifeng Lu Guohua Dao Combined planting of submerged macrophytes could be an effective way of controlling algal blooms in landscape waters. In this study, the algal inhibition of single and combined planting of Hydrilla...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2092: The Effect of a Sand Interlayer on Soil Evaporation during the Seasonal Freeze–Thaw Period in the Middle Reaches of the Yellow River Water doi: 10.3390/w12082092 Authors: Jing Xue Huijun Feng Junfeng Chen Xiuqing Zheng Qi Du Reducing soil evaporation in arid and semi-arid areas of the Yellow River Basin greatly benefits the efficient utilization of water resources in winter and spring, particularly during the seasonal freeze–thaw period....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2090: Potential Enhancement of the In-Situ Bioremediation of Contaminated Sites through the Isolation and Screening of Bacterial Strains in Natural Hydrocarbon Springs Water doi: 10.3390/w12082090 Authors: Pietro Rizzo Matilde Malerba Antonio Bucci Anna M. Sanangelantoni Sara Remelli Fulvio Celico Petroleum hydrocarbon contamination (PHC) is an issue of major concern worldwide. These compounds represent the most common environmental pollutants and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2089: Addressing the Scarcity of Traditional Water Sources through Investments in Alternative Water Supplies: Case Study from Florida Water doi: 10.3390/w12082089 Authors: Tatiana Borisova Matthew Cutillo Kate Beggs Krystle Hoenstine This paper examines the capital costs for alternative water supply projects in Florida, the third most populous state in the United States. The increasing scarcity of fresh groundwater in Florida has led to investments in alternative...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2091: Ecotoxicological Effect of Aged Wood Leachates to Aquatic Organisms Water doi: 10.3390/w12082091 Authors: Lyndon N. A. Sackey Klára A. Mocová Vladimír Kočí Wood is an important natural resource used for various human activities. Toxicity of wood leachate in aquatic organisms has been previously established, but whether storage over time has an impact on the quality of leachate has not been assessed. Hence, this research seeks to assess the toxicity of...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2087: Wave Energy Assessment in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea Based on a 40-Year Hindcast Water doi: 10.3390/w12082087 Authors: Jie Dong Jian Shi Jianchun Zhao Chi Zhang Haiyan Xu A wave hindcast, covering the period of 1979–2018, was preformed to assess wave energy potential in the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. The hindcase was carried out using the third generation wave model TOMAWAC with high spatio-temporal resolution (about 1 km and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2088: Emulation of a Process-Based Salinity Generator for the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta of California via Deep Learning Water doi: 10.3390/w12082088 Authors: Minxue He Liheng Zhong Prabhjot Sandhu Yu Zhou Salinity management is a subject of particular interest in estuarine environments because of the underlying biological significance of salinity and its variations in time and space. The foremost step in such management practices is understanding the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2085: Numerical Study on Dynamical Structures and the Destratification of Vertical Turbulent Jets in Stratified Environment Water doi: 10.3390/w12082085 Authors: Xuan Huang Ling-ling Wang Jin Xu The law of pollutant emission and diffusion in stratified waters is a common issue. In this paper, numerical study on the interaction between vertical turbulent jets and the pycnocline is carried out to study the problems of jet’s emission through the large...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2086: Annual Runoff Forecasting Based on Multi-Model Information Fusion and Residual Error Correction in the Ganjiang River Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12082086 Authors: Peibing Song Weifeng Liu Jiahui Sun Chao Wang Lingzhong Kong Zhenxue Nong Xiaohui Lei Hao Wang Accurate forecasting of annual runoff time series is of great significance for water resources planning and management. However, considering that the number of forecasting factors is...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2084: Oxygen Gradients and Structure of the Ciliate Assemblages in Floodplain Lake Water doi: 10.3390/w12082084 Authors: Roman Babko Tetiana Kuzmina Yaroslav Danko Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak Grzegorz Łagód This paper presents the results of studies on the structure of the ciliate population in a freshwater lake. The classification of the ciliated communities based on the analysis of the distribution of ciliate population density in the lake along the oxygen...
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