Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 75: Price Discovery and Market Reflexivity in Agricultural Futures Contracts with Different Maturities Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030075 Authors: Steffen Volkenand Günther Filler Martin Odening The purpose of this paper is to analyze market reflexivity in agricultural futures contracts with different maturities. To this end, we apply a four-dimensional Hawkes model to storable and non-storable agricultural commodities. We find market reflexivity for both storable...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 76: How Risky Are the Options? A Comparison with the Underlying Stock Using MaxVaR as a Risk Measure Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030076 Authors: Saswat Patra Malay Bhattacharyya This paper investigates the risk exposure for options and proposes MaxVaR as an alternative risk measure which captures the risk better than Value-at-Risk especially. While VaR is a measure of end-of-horizon risk, MaxVaR captures the interim risk exposure of a position or a portfolio. MaxVaR...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 676-704: Towards an Integrated Framework to Measure Smart City Readiness: The Case of Iranian Cities Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3030035 Authors: Noori de Jong Hoppe This paper introduces an indicator system to measure and assess smart city readiness. Analyzing smart city initiatives in Iran as case studies, the theoretical framework we present reflects on how cities explore the possibility of becoming smart, and prepare themselves to begin...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 122: Animals as Something More Than Mere Property: Interweaving Green Criminology and Law Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9070122 Authors: Gacek Jochelson Our article argues that non-human animals deserve to be treated as something more than property to be abused, exploited, or expended. Such an examination lies at the heart of green criminology and law—an intersection of which we consider more thoroughly. Drawing upon our respective and...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 121: Social Work with Families in Special Distress: Collaborative Practices Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9070121 Authors: Casado Riera Cardona Collaborative practices have emerged as an effective approach for conducting social work interventions with families in special distress. This study aimed to ascertain the perspective of the social workers located in basic community social services, in relation to the development of a collaborative...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 120: The Culture of Violent Talk: An Interpretive Approach Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9070120 Authors: Pete Simi Steven Windisch One of the defining characteristics of extremist movements is the adherence to an ideology highly antagonistic to the status quo and one that permits or explicitly promotes the use of violence to achieve stated goals and to address grievances. For members of extremist groups, talk is one of the most concrete manifestations...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 98: A Thirty-Five-Minute Nap Improves Performance and Attention in the 5-m Shuttle Run Test during and Outside Ramadan Observance Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8070098 Authors: Hsen Hsouna Omar Boukhris Khaled Trabelsi Raouf Abdessalem Achraf Ammar Jordan M. Glenn Nick Bott Nizar Souissi Paola Lanteri Sergio Garbarino Nicola Luigi Bragazzi Hamdi Chtourou Ramadan observance is characterized by several changes in behaviors, such as food...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 451: Antimicrobial Properties of Apis mellifera’s Bee Venom Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070451 Authors: Hesham El-Seedi Aida Abd El-Wahed Nermeen Yosri Syed Ghulam Musharraf Lei Chen Moustafa Moustafa Xiaobo Zou Saleh Al-Mousawi Zhiming Guo Alfi Khatib Shaden Khalifa Bee venom (BV) is a rich source of secondary metabolites from honeybees (Apis mellifera L.). It contains a variety of bioactive ingredients including peptides, proteins,...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 450: Vaccination with VLPs Presenting a Linear Neutralizing Domain of S. aureus Hla Elicits Protective Immunity Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070450 Authors: Jason A. Joyner Seth M. Daly Julianne Peabody Kathleen D. Triplett Srijana Pokhrel Bradley O. Elmore Diane Adebanjo David S. Peabody Bryce Chackerian Pamela R. Hall The pore-forming cytotoxin α-hemolysin, or Hla, is a critical Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor that promotes...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 448: Fate of Free and Modified Forms of Mycotoxins during Food Processing Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070448 Authors: Michele Suman International trade is highly affected by mycotoxin contaminations, which result in an annual 5% to 10% loss of global crop production [...]
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 447: Toxic Potential and Metabolic Profiling of Two Australian Biotypes of the Invasive Plant Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070447 Authors: Ali Ahsan Bajwa Paul A. Weston Saliya Gurusinghe Sajid Latif Steve W. Adkins Leslie A. Weston Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) is an invasive plant species in around 50 countries and a ‘Weed of National Significance’ in Australia. This...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 449: Shiga Toxin Uptake and Sequestration in Extracellular Vesicles Is Mediated by Its B-Subunit Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070449 Authors: Annie Willysson Anne-lie Ståhl Daniel Gillet Julien Barbier Jean-Christophe Cintrat Valérie Chambon Anne Billet Ludger Johannes Diana Karpman Shiga toxin (Stx)-stimulated blood cells shed extracellular vesicles (EVs) which can transfer the toxin to the kidneys and lead to hemolytic uremic syndrome....
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 445: AFLA-PISTACHIO: Development of a Mechanistic Model to Predict the Aflatoxin Contamination of Pistachio Nuts Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070445 Authors: Michail D. Kaminiaris Marco Camardo Leggieri Dimitrios I. Tsitsigiannis Paola Battilani In recent years, very many incidences of contamination with aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in pistachio nuts have been reported as a major global problem for the crop. In Europe, legislation is in force and 12 μg/kg...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 446: Introduction to the Toxins Special Issue on Toxicological Effects of Mycotoxin on Target Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070446 Authors: Ana Juan-García Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by filamentous fungi from Fusarium, Alternaria and Penicillium spp [...]
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 115: Insights into the Control and Management of Human and Bovine African Trypanosomiasis in Zambia between 2009 and 2019—A Review Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030115 Authors: Mulenga Henning Chilongo Mubamba Namangala Gummow Tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis is a fatal disease commonly known as Nagana in cattle and sleeping sickness in humans. The disease threatens food security and has severe economic...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 382: Neutralizing Antibodies Targeting the Conserved Stem Region of Influenza Hemagglutinin Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030382 Authors: Neerukonda Vassell Weiss Influenza continues to be a public health threat despite the availability of annual vaccines. While vaccines are generally effective at inducing strain-specific immunity, they are sub-optimal or ineffective when drifted or novel pandemic strains arise due to sequence changes in the major surface...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 381: Impact of Helminth Infections during Pregnancy on Vaccine Immunogenicity in Gabonese Infants Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030381 Authors: Judith Flügge Ayôla Akim Adegnika Yabo Josiane Honkpehedji Thaisa L. Sandri Esther Askani Gédéon Prince Manouana Marguerite Massinga Massinga Loembe Sina Brückner Mohamed Duali Johannes Strunk Benjamin Mordmüller Selidji Todagbe Agnandji Bertrand Lell Peter G. Kremsner Meral Esen ...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 379: Adherence to Vaccination Policy among Public Health Professionals: Results of a National Survey in Italy Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030379 Authors: Maria Teresa Montagna Osvalda De Giglio Christian Napoli Fabrizio Fasano Giusy Diella Rosalba Donnoli Giuseppina Caggiano Silvio Tafuri Pier Luigi Lopalco Antonella Agodi GISIO-SItI Working Group GISIO-SItI Working Group Starting from 2013, the number of unvaccinated people alarmingly...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 378: Significantly Improved COVID-19 Outcomes in Countries with Higher BCG Vaccination Coverage: A Multivariable Analysis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030378 Authors: Danielle Klinger Ido Blass Nadav Rappoport Michal Linial The COVID-19 pandemic that started in China has spread within 3 months to the entire globe. We tested the hypothesis that the vaccination against tuberculosis by Bacille Calmette–Guérin vaccine (BCG) correlates...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 380: Regulatory B Cells and Their Cytokine Profile in HCV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Association with Regulatory T Cells and Disease Progression Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030380 Authors: Hetta Mekky Zahran Abdel-Malek Ramadan Shafik Abbas Abbas El-Masry Mohamed Kamel Marraiki Beshbishy Batiha Osman Koneru El-Mokhtar Although regulatory B cells (Bregs) have been proven to play a suppressive...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 376: Editorial of Harnessing the Power of T Cells: The Promising Hope for a Universal Influenza Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030376 Authors: Salman M. Toor Varun Sasidharan Nair Eyad Elkord The global burden of influenza-associated respiratory mortality is higher than previous estimates, with over 0 [...]
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 375: Potential and Limitations of Cross-Protective Vaccine against Malaria by Blood-Stage Naturally Attenuated Parasite Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030375 Authors: Takashi Imai Kazutomo Suzue Ha Ngo-Thanh Chikako Shimokawa Hajime Hisaeda Human malaria vaccine trials have revealed vaccine efficacy but improvement is still needed. In this study, we aimed to re-evaluate vaccination with blood-stage naturally attenuated parasites, as a whole-organism...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 374: Cross-Reactivity Antibody Response after Vaccination with Modified Live and Killed Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVD) Vaccines Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030374 Authors: Enrica Sozzi Cecilia Righi Massimo Boldini Moira Bazzucchi Giulia Pezzoni Matteo Gradassi Stefano Petrini Davide Lelli Giordano Ventura Ilaria Pierini Ana Moreno Emiliana Brocchi Antonio Lavazza Gian Mario De Mia Pestivirus A or bovine viral diarrhoea...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 377: A Phase 2a Randomized, Double-Blind, Dose-Optimizing Study to Evaluate the Immunogenicity and Safety of a Bivalent DNA Vaccine for Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Delivered by Intramuscular Electroporation Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030377 Authors: Hooper Paolino Mills Kwilas Josleyn Cohen Somerville Wisniewski Norris Hill Sanchez-Lockhart Hannaman Schmaljohn Hantaan virus (HTNV) and Puumala virus...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 372: Response of Sport Horses to Different Formulations of Equine Influenza Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030372 Authors: Johanna Entenfellner Jacinta Gahan Marie Garvey Cathal Walsh Monica Venner Ann Cullinane The international governing body of equestrian sports requires that horses be vaccinated against equine influenza within 6 months and 21 days of competing. The aim of this study was to compare the antibody response of young sport...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 373: Progress in the Development of Subunit Vaccines against Malaria Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030373 Authors: Mariusz Skwarczynski Saranya Chandrudu Berta Rigau-Planella Md. Tanjir Islam Yee S. Cheong Genan Liu Xiumin Wang Istvan Toth Waleed M. Hussein Malaria is a life-threatening disease and one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the human population. The disease also results in a major socio-economic burden. The rapid...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 370: Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv2005c Induces Dendritic Cell Maturation and Th1 Responses and Exhibits Immunotherapeutic Activity by Fusion with the Rv2882c Protein Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030370 Authors: Yong Woo Back Ki Won Shin Seunga Choi Hye-Soo Park Kang-In Lee Han-Gyu Choi Hwa-Jung Kim Immunotherapy represents a promising approach for improving current antibiotic treatments through the engagement of the host’s immune...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 371: The Landscape of Tumor-Specific Antigens in Colorectal Cancer Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030371 Authors: Nurul Ainaa Adilah Rus Bakarurraini Nurul Syakima Ab Mutalib Rahman Jamal Nadiah Abu Over the last few decades, major efforts in cancer research and treatment have intensified. Apart from standard chemotherapy approaches, immunotherapy has gained substantial traction. Personalized immunotherapy has become an important tool for cancer therapy...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 90: The Presence of Rabies Virus-Neutralizing Antibody in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), a Non-Target Bait Vaccine Animal in Korea Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030090 Authors: Ha-Hyun Kim Dong-Kun Yang Ja-Young Wang Dong-Jun An Oral vaccination with bait is an effective method to prevent rabies in wildlife, but non-target wild animals may also ingest the bait vaccine. In Korea, the target animal of the rabies bait vaccine is the raccoon...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 751: Controlling Avian Influenza Virus in Bangladesh: Challenges and Recommendations Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070751 Authors: Rokshana Parvin Mohammed Nooruzzaman Congriev Kumar Kabiraj Jahan Ara Begum Emdadul Haque Chowdhury Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Timm Harder Avian influenza virus (AIV) remains a huge challenge for poultry production with negative repercussions for micro- and macro-economy and public health in Bangladesh. High (HP) H5N1 and low...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 750: Canine Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (cAdMSCs) as a “Trojan Horse” in Vaccinia Virus Mediated Oncolytic Therapy against Canine Soft Tissue Sarcomas Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070750 Authors: Ivan Petrov Ivaylo Gentschev Anna Vyalkova Mohamed I. Elashry Michele C. Klymiuk Stefan Arnhold Aladar A. Szalay Several oncolytic viruses (OVs) including various human and canine adenoviruses, canine distemper virus, herpes-simplex virus, reovirus,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 749: Assessing Genome-Wide Diversity in European Hantaviruses through Sequence Capture from Natural Host Samples Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070749 Authors: Melanie Hiltbrunner Gerald Heckel Research on the ecology and evolution of viruses is often hampered by the limitation of sequence information to short parts of the genomes or single genomes derived from cultures. In this study, we use hybrid sequence capture enrichment in combination with high-throughput sequencing...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 748: aBravo Is a Novel Aedes aegypti Antiviral Protein that Interacts with, but Acts Independently of, the Exogenous siRNA Pathway Effector Dicer 2 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070748 Authors: Margus Varjak Rommel J. Gestuveo Richard Burchmore Esther Schnettler Alain Kohl Mosquitoes, such as Aedes aegypti, can transmit arboviruses to humans. The exogenous short interfering RNA (exo-siRNA) pathway plays a major antiviral role in controlling virus infection...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 747: Differential Detection of Encapsidated versus Unencapsidated Enterovirus RNA in Samples Containing Pancreatic Enzymes—Relevance for Diabetes Studies Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070747 Authors: Maarit Oikarinen Lori Bertolet Antonio Toniolo Sami Oikarinen Jutta Laiho Alberto Pugliese Richard Lloyd Heikki Hyöty the nPOD-V Study Group Using immunohistochemistry, enterovirus capsid proteins were demonstrated in pancreatic islets of patients...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 744: Regulation of the Human Papillomavirus Life Cycle by DNA Damage Repair Pathways and Epigenetic Factors Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070744 Authors: Ekaterina Albert Laimonis Laimins Human papillomaviruses are the causative agents of cervical and other anogenital cancers along with approximately 60% of oropharyngeal cancers. These small double-stranded DNA viruses infect stratified epithelia and link their productive life cycles to differentiation. HPV proteins...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 746: The Multiple Roles of Hepatitis B Virus X Protein (HBx) Dysregulated MicroRNA in Hepatitis B Virus-Associated Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HBV-HCC) and Immune Pathways Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070746 Authors: Kurt Sartorius Leo Swadling Ping An Julia Makarova Cheryl Winkler Anil Chuturgoon Anna Kramvis Currently, the treatment of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) [HBV-HCC] relies on blunt tools that are unable...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 745: Revisiting Membrane Microdomains and Phase Separation: A Viral Perspective Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070745 Authors: Prabuddha Sengupta Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Retroviruses selectively incorporate a specific subset of host cell proteins and lipids into their outer membrane when they bud out from the host plasma membrane. This specialized viral membrane composition is critical for both viral survivability and infectivity. Here, we review recent findings...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 743: Phages Needed against Resistant Bacteria Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070743 Authors: Karin Moelling Phages have been known for more than 100 years. They have been applied to numerous infectious diseases and have proved to be effective in many cases. However, they have been neglected due to the era of antibiotics. With the increase of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms, we need additional therapies. Whether or not phages can fulfill this expectation needs to...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 742: Comprehensive Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of BAFASAL® Bacteriophage Preparation for the Reduction of Salmonella in the Food Chain Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070742 Authors: Ewelina A. Wójcik Małgorzata Stańczyk Arkadiusz Wojtasik Justyna D. Kowalska Magdalena Nowakowska Magdalena Łukasiak Milena Bartnicka Joanna Kazimierczak Jarosław Dastych Bacteriophages are bacterial predators, which are garnering much interest nowadays vis-à-vis...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 741: Hepatitis C Virus and Hepatitis B Virus Co-Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070741 Authors: Yi-Fen Shih Chun-Jen Liu Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection can be encountered in either virus endemic countries. Co-infection can also be found in populations at risk of parenteral transmission. Previous studies demonstrated a high risk of liver disease progression in patients with HCV/HBV co-infection; thus, they should be treated...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1974: The Negative Impact of Blockage on Storm Water Drainage Network Water doi: 10.3390/w12071974 Authors: Ismail Fathy Gamal M. Abdel-Aal Maha Rashad Fahmy Amira Fathy Martina Zeleňáková Storm water drainage system in urban areas became a deterministic system, especially in light of the current climate changes. This system eliminates the excess water resulting from heavy rainfall, which leads to disruption of daily life. Irregular maintenance of the...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1971: Challenges and Prospects of Using Treated Wastewater to Manage Water Scarcity Crises in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries Water doi: 10.3390/w12071971 Authors: Asad Sarwar Qureshi The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are located in the driest part of the world with an annual per capita water availability of 500 m3 compared to the world average of 6000 m3. Agricultural water demand, which is more than 80% of the total water consumption, is...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1973: Application of Artificial Neural Network and Information Entropy Theory to Assess Rainfall Station Distribution: A Case Study from Colombia Water doi: 10.3390/w12071973 Authors: Augusto Rafael Garrido-Arévalo Luis Mauricio Agudelo-Otálora Nelson Obregón-Neira Victor Garrido-Arévalo Edgar Eduardo Quiñones-Bolaños Parisa Naraei Mehrab Mehrvar Ciro Fernando Bustillo-Lecompte An assessment of the rainfall station distribution in the mountainous...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1972: Replying to “Questions and Concerns Re: Blue Water Footprints Reported in “Water Footprint of Meat Analogs: Selected Indicators According to Life Cycle Assessment”” Water doi: 10.3390/w12071972 Authors: Ujué Fresán D.L. Marrin Maximino Alfredo Mejía Joan Sabaté In 2019, we published a study focused on the quantification of several indicators related to the water footprint of meat analogs. Recently, a comment requesting clarification of specific data...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1969: Analysis of the Evolution of Drought, Flood, and Drought-Flood Abrupt Alternation Events under Climate Change Using the Daily SWAP Index Water doi: 10.3390/w12071969 Authors: Ying Zhao Zhaohui Weng Hua Chen Jiawei Yang With the increase of drought and flood frequency, the drought-flood abrupt alternation events occur frequently. Due to the coexistence and rapid transformation of drought and flood, the drought-flood abrupt alternation events is often...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1970: Effect of Inlet/Outlet Configuration on Water Quality in a Rainwater Harvesting Tank Water doi: 10.3390/w12071970 Authors: Janith Dissanayake Mooyoung Han Rainwater harvesting (RWH) has attracted global attention as a solution for the urban water crisis; however, the water quality can be impacted by particulate matter and soluble contaminants. Therefore, the inlet and outlet configurations of the storage tank should be designed to minimize bottom sediment...
Sun Jul 12, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1968: Consequences of Transport Low-Carbon Transitions and the Carbon, Land and Water Footprints of Different Fuel Options in The Netherlands Water doi: 10.3390/w12071968 Authors: Winnie Gerbens-Leenes Karlieke Holtz Transport greenhouse gas emissions are mainly caused by the use of fossil fuels, e.g., gasoline and diesel. This case study for The Netherlands calculates how alternative fuels, e.g., electricity, hydrogen or biofuels, contribute to policy aims to...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1967: Small Reservoirs, Landscape Changes and Water Quality in Sub-Saharan West Africa Water doi: 10.3390/w12071967 Authors: Cecchi Forkuor Cofie Lalanne Poussin Jamin Small reservoirs (SRs) are essential water storage infrastructures for rural populations of Sub-Saharan West Africa. In recent years, rapid population increase has resulted in unprecedented land use and land cover (LULC) changes. Our study documents the impacts of such changes...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1966: Learning to Manage Common Resources: Stakeholders Playing a Serious Game See Increased Interdependence in Groundwater Basin Management Water doi: 10.3390/w12071966 Authors: Robert Goodspeed Christina Babbitt Ana Lucia Garcia Briones Emily Pfleiderer Camilla Lizundia Colleen M. Seifert This paper reports an empirical evaluation of a new serious game created to foster learning about collaborative management of common pool resources. Stakeholders...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1965: Substantial Decrease in Contaminant Concentrations in the Sediments of the Venice (Italy) Canal Network in the Last Two Decades—Implications for Sediment Management Water doi: 10.3390/w12071965 Authors: Roberto Zonta Daniele Cassin Roberto Pini Janusz Dominik The Venice canal network requires periodic intervention to remove sediments that progressively accumulate. The most recent dredging operation was carried out in the second half of the 1990s and...
Sat Jul 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1963: Correction: Fresán, U., et al. Water Footprint of Meat Analogs: Selected Indicators According to Life Cycle Assessment. Water 2019, 11, 728 Water doi: 10.3390/w12071963 Authors: Ujué Fresán D. L. Marrin Maximino Alfredo Mejia Joan Sabaté The authors wish to make the following corrections to the text, table and references of this paper [...]
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1964: Improvement of SCS-CN Initial Abstraction Coefficient in the Czech Republic: A Study of Five Catchments Water doi: 10.3390/w12071964 Authors: Martin Caletka Monika Šulc Michalková Petr Karásek Petr Fučík The SCS-CN method is a globally known procedure used primarily for direct-runoff estimates. It also is integrated in many modelling applications. However, the method was developed in specific geographical conditions, often making its universal applicability...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1962: Land-Cover and Climatic Controls on Water Temperature, Flow Permanence, and Fragmentation of Great Basin Stream Networks Water doi: 10.3390/w12071962 Authors: Andrew S. Gendaszek Jason B. Dunham Christian E. Torgersen David P. Hockman-Wert Michael P. Heck Justin Thorson Jeffrey Mintz Todd Allai The seasonal and inter-annual variability of flow presence and water temperature within headwater streams of the Great Basin of the western United...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1960: Reactivation of a Huge, Deep-Seated, Ancient Landslide: Formation Mechanism, Deformation Characteristics, and Stability Water doi: 10.3390/w12071960 Authors: Shilin Luo Xiaoguang Jin Da Huang Xibin Kuang Yixiang Song Dongming Gu In this study, an investigation on the formation mechanisms, deformation characteristics, and stability of the Outang landslide, composed by three independent blocks (O1, O2, and O3), is performed by integrating site...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1961: Factors Controlling Hypoxia Occurrence in Estuaries, Chester River, Chesapeake Bay Water doi: 10.3390/w12071961 Authors: Richard Tian The Chester River, a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, provides critical habitats for numerous living species and oyster aquaculture, but faces increasing anthropogenic stresses due to excessive nutrient loading and hypoxia occurrence. An application of the Integrated Compartment Water Quality Model (ICM), coupled with the Finite-Volume...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1959: CO2 Degassing in Sicily (Central Mediterranean) as Inferred from Groundwater Composition Water doi: 10.3390/w12071959 Authors: Marianna Cangemi Maria Grazia Di Figlia Rocco Favara Marcello Liotta The circulation of groundwater is influenced by several factors, including permeability changes due to the dynamics of the stress field acting along tectonic discontinuities. Open faults can act as preferential pathways for the escape of crustal and subcrustal...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1957: Trend and Sensitivity Analysis of Reference Evapotranspiration in the Senegal River Basin Using NASA Meteorological Data Water doi: 10.3390/w12071957 Authors: Papa Malick Ndiaye Ansoumana Bodian Lamine Diop Abdoulaye Deme Alain Dezetter Koffi Djaman Andrew Ogilvie Understanding evapotranspiration and its long-term trends is essential for water cycle studies, modeling and for water uses. Spatial and temporal analysis of evapotranspiration...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1958: Urbanization—Its Hidden Impact on Water Losses: Prądnik River Basin, Lesser Poland Water doi: 10.3390/w12071958 Authors: Tomáš Lepeška Jakub Wojkowski Andrzej Wałęga Dariusz Młyński Artur Radecki-Pawlik Branislav Olah Urban development causes multiple water losses. Some of them may be ignored but some could have a huge influence on the whole catchment, including soil drought. As urban sprawl rises, space for unaffected infiltration and retention...
Fri Jul 10, 2020 03:00
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