Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 369: Christianity’s Last Stand: Visions of Spirituality in Post-1970 African American Women’s Literature Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070369 Authors: Trudier Harris Christianity appealed to writers of African descent from the moment they set foot on New World soil. That attraction, perhaps as a result of the professed mission of slaveholders to “Christianize the heathen African,” held sway in African American letters well into the twentieth...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 367: Live Streaming and Digital Stages for the Hungry Ghosts and Deities Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070367 Authors: Alvin Eng Hui Lim Many Chinese temples in Singapore provide live streaming of getai (English: a stage for songs) during the Hungry Ghost Month as well as deities’ birthday celebrations and spirit possessions—a recent phenomenon. For instance, Sheng Hong Temple launched its own app in 2018, as part of a digital turn that culminated...
Fri Jul 17, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 368: Was Swami Vivekananda a Hindu Supremacist? Revisiting a Long-Standing Debate Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070368 Authors: Swami Medhananda In the past several decades, numerous scholars have contended that Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu supremacist in the guise of a liberal preacher of the harmony of all religions. Jyotirmaya Sharma follows their lead in his provocative book, A Restatement of Religion: Swami Vivekananda and the Making of Hindu Nationalism...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 365: Commemorating the Nameless Wives of the Bible: Midrashic Poems by Contemporary American-Jewish Women Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070365 Authors: Anat Koplowitz-Breier A proper name individualizes a person, the lack of it making him or her less noticeable. This insight is apt in regard to the nameless women in the Hebrew Bible, a resolutely androcentric work. As Judaism traditionally barred women from studying, many Jewish feminists have sought access to...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 364: Words and Pictures: Rāmāyaṇa Traditions and the Art of Ekphrasis Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070364 Authors: Subhashini Kaligotla This article examines two ambitious enactments of the Rama story or Rāmāyaṇa, side by side: the 17th-century painted Mewar Rāmāyaṇa and Vālmīki’s epic poem (ca. 750–500 BCE). Through a formal analysis of two crucial episodes of the tale, it highlights the creative tactics of each medium and stresses their...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 363: The Cult of the Underworld in Singapore: Mythology and Materiality Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070363 Authors: Dean Koon Lee Wang Myths provide hagiographic and iconographic accounts of the gods, which shape rituals that are performed in cults associated with these gods. In the realization of iconographies and ritualization of narratives in myths, material objects play an active role. This article examines the pattern of worship in the cult of the Ah Pehs,...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 366: Five William Shakespeares Versus One Santa Claus; Self-Sacrifice and The Trolley Problem in the Series “The Good Place” Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070366 Authors: Frank G. Bosman The television series The Good Place (2016–2020), created by Michael Schur revolves around four humans who—after their deaths—end up in what they believe to be heaven: the “Good Place”. In reality, however, they are in a very sophisticated...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 362: Becoming a Shaman: Narratives of Apprenticeship and Initiation in Contemporary Shamanism Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070362 Authors: Carolina Ivanescu Sterre Berentzen This article, based on an open-question survey completed in 2018, engages with McAdams and Manczak’s approaches to life stories (2015) and Mayer’s ten elements of the shaman myth (2008) to explore the way contemporary people based in the UK, who define themselves as...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 55: Possible Life Saver: A Review on Human Fall Detection Technology Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9030055 Authors: Wang Ramamoorthy Gal Guez Among humans, falls are a serious health problem causing severe injuries and even death for the elderly population. Besides, falls are also a major safety threat to bikers, skiers, construction workers, and others. Fortunately, with the advancements of technologies, the number of proposed fall detection systems...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 56: Automatic Detection of Dynamic and Static Activities of the Older Adults using a Wearable Sensor and Support Vector Machines Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2030056 Authors: Zhang Soangra Lockhart Although Support Vector Machines (SVM) are widely used for classifying human motion patterns, their application in the automatic recognition of dynamic and static activities of daily life in the healthy older adults is limited. Using a body mounted wireless inertial measurement...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 124: Direct and Indirect Impacts of Housing Tenure Mix on Antisocial Behavior: A Study of Hong Kong’s Private Housing Communities Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9070124 Authors: Yau The problem of antisocial behavior (ASB) undermines the life quality of urban residents. While many previous studies on ASB focused on the solutions, little effort has been dedicated to finding out the social determinants of the levels of ASB problems in private housing...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 52: An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Public Attitudes toward Implementing Basic Income (BI) from an Individual Perspective: A Case Study of Hokuriku Region, Japan Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10030052 Authors: Jiaqi Yang Geetha Mohan Kensuke Fukushi With increasing interest in basic income (BI) in recent years around the world, a precise understanding of public attitudes toward this policy can provide valuable evidence for discussions on its feasibility...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 101: The Effects of Loaded Plyometric Exercise during Warm-Up on Subsequent Sprint Performance in Collegiate Track Athletes: A Randomized Trial Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8070101 Authors: Kalin A. Tomlinson Ken Hansen Daniel Helzer Zakkoyya H. Lewis Whitney D. Leyva Meghan McCauley William Pritchard Emma Silvestri Monica Quila Michael Yi Edward Jo Prior evidence demonstrates the efficacy by which plyometric activities during warm-up...
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Stats, Vol. 3, Pages 221-238: A Bayesian Adaptive Design in Cancer Phase I Trials Using Dose Combinations with Ordinal Toxicity Grades Stats doi: 10.3390/stats3030017 Authors: Márcio A. Diniz Sungjin Kim Mourad Tighiouart We propose a Bayesian adaptive design for early phase drug combination cancer trials incorporating ordinal grade of toxicities. Parametric models are used to describe the relationship between the dose combinations and the probabilities of the ordinal toxicities...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 462: Development of an Improved Method of Sample Extraction and Quantitation of Multi-Mycotoxin in Feed by LC-MS/MS Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070462 Authors: Bahar Nakhjavan Nighat Sami Ahmed Maryam Khosravifard A multi-mycotoxin chromatographic method was developed and validated for the simultaneous quantitation of aflatoxins (AFB1, AFB2, AFG1 and AFG2), ochratoxin A (OTA), zearalenone (ZON), deoxynivalenol (DON), nivalenol (NIV), diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS),...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 461: Mycotoxins and the Enteric Nervous System Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070461 Authors: Sławomir Gonkowski Magdalena Gajęcka Krystyna Makowska Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by various fungal species. They are commonly found in a wide range of agricultural products. Mycotoxins contained in food enter living organisms and may have harmful effects on many internal organs and systems. The gastrointestinal tract, which first comes into contact...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 460: Qualifying the T-2 Toxin-Degrading Properties of Seven Microbes with Zebrafish Embryo Microinjection Method Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070460 Authors: Edina Garai Anita Risa Emese Varga Mátyás Cserháti Balázs Kriszt Béla Urbányi Zsolt Csenki T-2 mycotoxin degradation and detoxification efficiency of seven bacterial strains were investigated with zebrafish microinjection method in three steps ((1) determination of mycotoxin toxicity baseline,...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 459: Cytotoxicity of the Sesquiterpene Lactones, Ivalin and Parthenolide in Murine Muscle Cell Lines and Their Effect on Desmin, a Cytoskeletal Intermediate Filament Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070459 Authors: Christo J. Botha Y. Zethu Mathe Gezina C. H. Ferreira E. Annette Venter Vermeersiekte or “vomiting disease” is an economically important disease of ruminants following ingestion of Geigeria (G.) species in South Africa. Sheep...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 458: Comparative Toxigenicity and Associated Mutagenicity of Aspergillus Fumigatus and Aspergillus Flavus Group Isolates Collected from the Agricultural Environment Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070458 Authors: Caroline Lanier David Garon Natacha Heutte Valérie Kientz Véronique André The mutagenic patterns of A. flavus, A. parasiticus and A. fumigatus extracts were evaluated. These strains of toxigenic Aspergillus were collected from the agricultural...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 457: Secondary Metabolites of Lasiodiplodia theobromae: Distribution, Chemical Diversity, Bioactivity, and Implications of Their Occurrence Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070457 Authors: Maria Michela Salvatore Artur Alves Anna Andolfi Lasiodiplodia theobromae is a plant pathogenic fungus from the family Botryosphaeriaceae that is commonly found in tropical and subtropical regions. It has been associated with many hosts, causing diverse diseases and being responsible...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 456: Effect of Botulinum Toxin Injection on Asymmetric Lower Face with Chin Deviation Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070456 Authors: Dongwook Kim Ju-Hyun Park Vittorio Favero James Mah Young-Soo Jung Seong Taek Kim The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of botulinum toxin (BoNT) in masseter muscle reduction depending on the amount of chin deviation. Exploring distinctive effects of BoNT relative to the characteristics of facial asymmetry...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 455: Neotropical Rattlesnake (Crotalus simus) Venom Pharmacokinetics in Lymph and Blood Using an Ovine Model Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070455 Authors: Edgar Neri-Castro Melisa Bénard-Valle Dayanira Paniagua Leslie V. Boyer Lourival D. Possani Fernando López-Casillas Alejandro Olvera Camilo Romero Fernando Zamudio Alejandro Alagón The most abundant protein families in viper venoms are Snake Venom Metalloproteases (SVMPs), Snake Venom...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 120: High Seroprevalence of Dengue Virus Infection in Sudan: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030120 Authors: Adel Hussein Elduma A. Desiree LaBeaud Jessica A. Plante Kenneth S. Plante Ayman Ahmed The goal of this study was to systematically review the published data on dengue virus (DENV) seroprevalence in Sudan and to estimate disease burden through meta-analysis. We searched,...
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Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 34: Using Multi-Sensory and Multi-Dimensional Immersive Virtual Reality in Participatory Planning Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4030034 Authors: Mahbubur Meenar Jennifer Kitson In the last two decades, urban planners have embraced digital technologies to complement traditional public participation processes; research on the impact of smarter digital instruments, such as immersive virtual reality (IVR), however, is scant. We recruited 40 focus group...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 392: Generation of a Peptide Vaccine Candidate against Falciparum Placental Malaria Based on a Discontinuous Epitope Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030392 Authors: Catherine J. Mitran Lauren M. Higa Michael F. Good Stephanie K. Yanow In pregnant women, Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells adhere to the placenta via the parasite protein VAR2CSA. Two vaccine candidates based on VAR2CSA are currently in clinical trials; however, these candidates...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 93: Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G Antibodies Against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Dogs Bred in Japan Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030093 Authors: Takashi Kuribayashi Davide Cossu Eiichi Momotani In this study, the seroprevalence of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in dogs bred in Japan was evaluated. Ninety-two non-clinical samples were obtained from three...
Fri Jul 17, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 775: Decrypting the Origin and Pathogenesis in Pregnant Ewes of a New Ovine Pestivirus Closely Related to Classical Swine Fever Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070775 Authors: Miaomiao Wang Enrica Sozzi José Alejandro Bohórquez Mònica Alberch Joan Pujols Guillermo Cantero Alessandra Gaffuri Davide Lelli Rosa Rosell Albert Bensaid Mariano Domingo Lester Josue Pérez Ana Moreno Llilianne Ganges This study shows the origin and...
Fri Jul 17, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 773: Aphid Transmission of Potyvirus: The Largest Plant‑Infecting RNA Virus Genus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070773 Authors: Kiran R. Gadhave Saurabh Gautam David A. Rasmussen Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan Potyviruses are the largest group of plant infecting RNA viruses that cause significant losses in a wide range of crops across the globe. The majority of viruses in the genus Potyvirus are transmitted by aphids in a non‑persistent, non‑circulative manner and...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 772: Brothers in Arms: Structure, Assembly and Function of Arenaviridae Nucleoprotein Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070772 Authors: Nicolas Papageorgiou Maria Spiliopoulou Thi-Hong Van Nguyen Afroditi Vaitsopoulou Elsie Yekwa Laban Karine Alvarez Irene Margiolaki Bruno Canard François Ferron Arenaviridae is a family of viruses harbouring important emerging pathogens belonging to the Bunyavirales order. Like in other segmented negative strand...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 774: Genetic Characterization of a Novel North American-Origin Avian Influenza A (H6N5) Virus Isolated from Bean Goose of South Korea in 2018 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070774 Authors: Ngoc Minh Nguyen Haan Woo Sung Ki-Jung Yun Hyun Park Seon-Ju Yeo The complex overlap in waterfowl migratory pathways across the world has established numerous occurrences of genetic reassortment and intercontinental spread of avian influenza virus (AIV) over long distances,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 771: ZIKV Infection Induces DNA Damage Response and Alters the Proteome of Gastrointestinal Cells Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070771 Authors: Kathleen Glover Kevin M. Coombs The zika virus (ZIKV) is a neurotropic virus that causes congenital abnormalities in babies when they are infected in utero. Some studies have reported these congenital abnormalities result from ZIKV attacking neural progenitor cells within the brain which differentiate into neurons, oligodendrocytes,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 770: The Mutation of the Genes Related to Neurovirulence in HSV-2 Produces an Attenuated Phenotype in Mice Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070770 Authors: Lei Liu Jishuai Cheng Tangwei Mou Ying Zhang Xingli Xu Jingjing Zhang Xueqi Li Xiao Feng Xiangxiong Xu Yun Liao Shengtao Fan Lichun Wang Guorun Jiang Qihan Li HSV-2 (Herpes simplex virus type 2) is a critical viral agent that mainly causes genital herpes and life-long latent infection...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2053: Sorption Characteristics and Removal Efficiency of Organic Micropollutants in Drinking Water Using Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) in Pilot-Scale and Full-Scale Tests Water doi: 10.3390/w12072053 Authors: Oksana Golovko Luana de Brito Anton Claudia Cascone Lutz Ahrens Elin Lavonen Stephan J. Köhler Granulated active carbon (GAC) is commonly used as a chemical barrier for the removal of organic micropollutants (OMPs) in drinking water treatment...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2052: Kinetic and Prediction Modeling Studies of Organic Pollutants Removal from Municipal Wastewater using Moringa oleifera Biomass as a Coagulant Water doi: 10.3390/w12072052 Authors: Bashir Adelodun Matthew Segun Ogunshina Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade Taofeeq Sholagberu Abdulkadir Hashim Olalekan Bakare Kyung Sook Choi This study investigated the potential of Moringa oleifera (MO) seed biomass as a coagulant for the removal of turbidity, biochemical...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2051: State of the Art and Recent Advancements in the Modelling of Land Subsidence Induced by Groundwater Withdrawal Water doi: 10.3390/w12072051 Authors: Artur Guzy Agnieszka A. Malinowska Land subsidence is probably one of the most evident environmental effects of groundwater pumping. Globally, freshwater demand is the leading cause of this phenomenon. Land subsidence induced by aquifer system drainage can reach total values of up to 14.5 m. The spatial extension...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2050: Flood Risk Analysis and Assessment, Applications and Uncertainties: A Bibliometric Review Water doi: 10.3390/w12072050 Authors: Andrés Díez-Herrero Julio Garrote Studies looking at flood risk analysis and assessment (FRA) reviews are not customary, and they usually approach to methodological and spatial scale issues, uncertainty, mapping or economic damage topics. However, most of these reviews provide a snapshot of the scientific state of the art of FRA...
Sat Jul 18, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2049: Non-Fickian Solute Transport in Rough-Walled Fractures: The Effect of Contact Area Water doi: 10.3390/w12072049 Authors: Hu Xu Zhan Ye Chen The influence of contact area, caused by normal deformation, on fluid flow and solute transport through three-dimensional (3D) rock fractures is investigated. Fracture surfaces with different Hurst exponents (H) were generated numerically using the modified successive random addition (SRA) method. By applying...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2047: Evaluation of CYGNSS Observations for Flood Detection and Mapping during Sistan and Baluchestan Torrential Rain in 2020 Water doi: 10.3390/w12072047 Authors: Mahmoud Rajabi Hossein Nahavandchi Mostafa Hoseini Flood detection and produced maps play essential roles in policymaking, planning, and implementing flood management options. Remote sensing is commonly accepted as a maximum cost-effective technology to obtain detailed information over large areas...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2046: Evaluation of Effects of Municipal Sludge Leachates on Water Quality Water doi: 10.3390/w12072046 Authors: Ioannis Giannakis Christina Emmanouil Athanasios Kungolos Biosolids made from municipal sludge are an attractive solution instead of chemical fertilization. Nevertheless, their effects on the ecosystem should always be considered. In the present study, anaerobically digested sludge was subjected to two leaching methods (EN 12457-2 and NEN 7341)...
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