Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 498: Antimicrobial Stewardship in General Practice: A Scoping Review of the Component Parts Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080498 Authors: Hawes Buising Mazza There is no published health‐system‐wide framework to guide antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in general practice. The aim of this scoping review was to identify the component parts necessary to inform a framework to guide AMS in general practice. Six databases and nine websites were searched....
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 497: Antibiotic Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries and the Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance in Surgery Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080497 Authors: Massimo Sartelli Timothy C. Hardcastle Fausto Catena Alain Chichom-Mefire Federico Coccolini Sameer Dhingra Mainul Haque Adrien Hodonou Katia Iskandar Francesco M. Labricciosa Cristina Marmorale Ibrahima Sall Leonardo Pagani Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 496: Synergy of Linezolid with Several Antimicrobial Agents against Linezolid-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcal Strains Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080496 Authors: María-José Valderrama María Alfaro Icíar Rodríguez-Avial Elvira Baos Carmen Rodríguez-Avial Esther Culebras Linezolid is a synthetic oxazolydinone active against multi-resistant Gram-positive cocci that inhibits proteins synthesis by interacting with the 50S ribosomal subunit....
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 495: Evaluation of Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Properties of a Fluorinated Diamond-Like Carbon Coating for the Development of Antibacterial Medical Implants Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080495 Authors: Katsutaka Yonezawa Masahito Kawaguchi Ayumi Kaneuji Toru Ichiseki Yoshitsugu Iinuma Kae Kawamura Kazuhiro Shintani Shinobu Oda Makoto Taki Norio Kawahara Peri-implant infection is a serious complication in surgical procedures...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 494: An Update on Molecular Tools for Genetic Engineering of Actinomycetes—The Source of Important Antibiotics and Other Valuable Compounds Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080494 Authors: Lena Mitousis Yvonne Thoma Ewa M. Musiol-Kroll The first antibiotic-producing actinomycete (Streptomyces antibioticus) was described by Waksman and Woodruff in 1940. This discovery initiated the “actinomycetes era”, in which several species were...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 493: A Hundred Years of Bacteriophages: Can Phages Replace Antibiotics in Agriculture and Aquaculture? Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080493 Authors: Carmen Sieiro Lara Areal-Hermida Ángeles Pichardo-Gallardo Raquel Almuiña-González Trinidad de Miguel Sandra Sánchez Ángeles Sánchez-Pérez Tomás G. Villa Agriculture, together with aquaculture, supplies most of the foodstuffs required by the world human population to survive. Hence,...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 490: Prescriber Commitment Posters to Increase Prudent Antibiotic Prescribing in English General Practice: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080490 Authors: Anna Sallis Paulina Bondaronek Jet G. Sanders Ly-Mee Yu Victoria Harris Ivo Vlaev Michael Sanders Sarah Tonkin-Crine Tim Chadborn Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing contributes to Antimicrobial Resistance posing a major public health risk....
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 491: Bioinformatic Analysis of 1000 Amphibian Antimicrobial Peptides Uncovers Multiple Length-Dependent Correlations for Peptide Design and Prediction Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080491 Authors: Guangshun Wang Amphibians are widely distributed on different continents, except for the polar regions. They are important sources for the isolation, purification and characterization of natural compounds, including peptides with various functions. Innate immune...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 492: Discrepancy in Therapeutic and Prophylactic Antibiotic Prescribing in General Dentists and Maxillofacial Specialists in Australia Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080492 Authors: Cheryl Chen Nicole Gilpin Laurence Walsh There are concerns that general dentists (GDs) and dental specialists may be prescribing antibiotics inappropriately. This study explored the prescribing habits and decision-making processes of GDs versus oral and maxillofacial...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 489: Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Elderly Patients: A 2016–2019 Retrospective Analysis from an Italian Referral Hospital Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9080489 Authors: Francesco Di Gennaro Pietro Vittozzi Gina Gualano Maria Musso Silvia Mosti Paola Mencarini Carlo Pareo Antonino Di Caro Vincenzo Schininà Enrico Girardi Fabrizio Palmieri Tuberculosis (TB) in the elderly (>65 years old) has increasingly become a...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 725: Acute Diarrhea in Dogs: Current Management and Potential Role of Dietary Polyphenols Supplementation Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080725 Authors: Alessia Candellone Matteo Cerquetella Flavia Girolami Paola Badino Rosangela Odore Acute diarrhea is one of the most common reasons why pet owners seek veterinary care for their canine companions. In many cases, signs resolve spontaneously or with symptomatic therapy without a specific cause...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 724: The Potential of Sulfated Polysaccharides Isolated from the Brown Seaweed Ecklonia maxima in Cosmetics: Antioxidant, Anti-melanogenesis, and Photoprotective Activities Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080724 Authors: Wang Jayawardena Yang Lee Jeon : Sulfated polysaccharides prepared from marine algae are potential ingredients in nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and cosmeceutical industries. In the present study, the antioxidant, anti-melanogenesis,...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 723: Counteracting Cisplatin-Induced Testicular Damages by Natural Polyphenol Constituent Honokiol Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080723 Authors: Tse-En Wang Yu-Hua Lai Kai-Chien Yang Sung-Jan Lin Chih-Lin Chen Pei-Shiue Tsai Cisplatin, despite its anti-cancer ability, exhibits severe testicular toxicities when applied systemically. Due to its wide application in cancer treatment, reduction of its damages to normal tissue is an imminent clinical...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 722: Antioxidant Properties and Reported Ethnomedicinal Use of the Genus Echium (Boraginaceae) Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080722 Authors: Ju Jin Mark Boersch Akshaya Nagarajan Andrew K. Davey Matthew Zunk The genus Echium L. from the Boraginaceae family consists of 67 recognised species. The genus is widely distributed in the Mediterranean, having been documented in the traditional medicine of the area since 300 B.C. Current pharmacological...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 721: Modulation and Protection Effects of Antioxidant Compounds against Oxidant Induced Developmental Toxicity in Zebrafish Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080721 Authors: Nuria Boix Elisabet Teixido Ester Pique Juan Maria Llobet Jesus Gomez-Catalan The antioxidant effect of compounds is regularly evaluated by in vitro assays that do not have the capability to predict in vivo protective activity or to determine their underlying mechanisms of action....
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 720: Stability of Phenolic Compounds in Grape Stem Extracts Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080720 Authors: Irene Esparza María José Cimminelli Jose Antonio Moler Nerea Jiménez-Moreno Carmen Ancín-Azpilicueta Grape stem is rich in phenolic compounds, especially stilbenes. These antioxidants can be degraded during the storage of grape stem extracts for long periods of time. The aim of this work was to analyze the stability of Mazuelo stem extracts...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 719: The Antiaging Effect of Active Fractions and Ent-11α-Hydroxy-15-Oxo-Kaur-16-En-19-Oic Acid Isolated from Adenostemma lavenia (L.) O. Kuntze at the Cellular Level Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080719 Authors: Irmanida Batubara Rika Indri Astuti Muhammad Eka Prastya Auliya Ilmiawati Miwa Maeda Mayu Suzuki Akie Hamamoto Hiroshi Takemori Background: The extract of Adenostemma lavenia (L.) O. Kuntze leaves has anti-inflammatory activities...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 718: Epigallocatechin Gallate Slows Retinal Degeneration, Reduces Oxidative Damage, and Modifies Circadian Rhythms in P23H Rats Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080718 Authors: Lorena Perdices Lorena Fuentes-Broto Francisco Segura Nicolás Cuenca Elvira Orduna-Hospital Isabel Pinilla Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) includes a group of genetic disorders that involve the loss of visual function due to mutations mainly in photoreceptors but also in other...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 716: Current Landscape of NRF2 Biomarkers in Clinical Trials Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080716 Authors: Yagishita Gatbonton-Schwager McCallum Kensler The transcription factor NF-E2 p45-related factor 2 (NRF2; encoded by NFE2L2) plays a critical role in the maintenance of cellular redox and metabolic homeostasis, as well as the regulation of inflammation and cellular detoxication pathways. The contribution of the NRF2 pathway to organismal...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 715: Natural-Based Antioxidant Extracts as Potential Mitigators of Fruit Browning Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080715 Authors: Cindy Dias Alexandre M. A. Fonseca Ana L. Amaro Ana A. Vilas-Boas Ana Oliveira Sonia A. O. Santos Armando J. D. Silvestre Sílvia M. Rocha Nélson Isidoro Manuela Pintado Fruit enzymatic browning (EB) inhibition continues to be a challenge in the Food Industry. This physiological disorder results mainly...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 717: Expression of the Tyrosine Hydroxylase Gene from Rat Leads to Oxidative Stress in Potato Plants Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9080717 Authors: Kamil Kostyn Aleksandra Boba Anna Kostyn Bartosz Kozak Michał Starzycki Anna Kulma Jan Szopa Catecholamines are biogenic aromatic amines common among both animals and plants. In animals, they are synthesized via tyrosine hydroxylation, while both hydroxylation or decarboxylation of tyrosine...
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Arts, Vol. 9, Pages 87: A Freeport Comes to Luxembourg, or, Why Those Wishing to Hide Assets Purchase Fine Art Arts doi: 10.3390/arts9030087 Authors: Samuel Weeks This article addresses how global art markets are becoming an outlet of choice for those wishing to hide assets. Recent efforts by the OECD and the U.S. Treasury have made it more difficult for people to avoid taxes by taking money “offshore”. These efforts, however, do not cover physical assets such as...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 844: Influence of the Autumn SST in the Southern Pacific Ocean on Winter Precipitation in the North American Monsoon Region Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080844 Authors: Ting Liu Jianping Li Qiuyun Wang Sen Zhao Previous investigations have reported that the impacts of the preceding climate signal in the Southern Hemisphere can extend to Northern Hemisphere middle latitudes during the following season. This study suggests that the positive (negative)...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 843: Effects of Elevated Air Temperature and CO2 on Maize Production and Water Use Efficiency under Future Climate Change Scenarios in Shaanxi Province, China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080843 Authors: Qaisar Saddique Muhammad Imran Khan Muhammad Habib ur Rahman Xu Jiatun Muhammad Waseem Thomas Gaiser Muhammad Mohsin Waqas Ijaz Ahmad Li Chong Huanjie Cai The ongoing global warming and changing patterns of precipitation have significant...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 841: Droplet Fate in a Cough Puff Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080841 Authors: Paolo Martano The dynamic and thermodynamic evolution of droplets, in a size range characterizing a cough, has been analysed using basic equations of motion and coupled to the evolution of a spherical cloud puff in which they are supposed to be expired. It has been found that the maximum contamination range of the emitted droplets is controlled by two different mechanisms: surface...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 842: Evolution of Plume Core Structures and Turbulence during a Wildland Fire Experiment Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080842 Authors: Maritza Arreola Amaya Craig B. Clements Micrometeorological observations were made during a prescribed fire experiment conducted in a region of complex terrain with grass fuels and weak ambient winds of 3 m s−1. The experiment allowed for the analysis of plume and turbulence structures including individual plume...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 840: Local Weather Types by Thermal Periods: Deepening the Knowledge about Lisbon’s Urban Climate Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080840 Authors: Cláudia Reis António Lopes Ezequiel Correia Marcelo Fragoso Urbanized hot spots incorporate a great diversity of microclimates dependent, among other factors, on local meteorological conditions. Until today, detailed analysis of the combination of climatic variables at local scale are very scarce in urban...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 838: The Role of Weather during the Greek–Persian “Naval Battle of Salamis” in 480 B.C. Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080838 Authors: Christos Zerefos Stavros Solomos Dimitris Melas John Kapsomenakis Christos Repapis The Battle of Salamis in 480 B.C. is one of the most important naval battles of all times. This work examines in detail the climatically prevailing weather conditions during the Persian invasion in Greece. We perform a climatological...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 837: Light Scattering in a Turbulent Cloud: Simulations to Explore Cloud-Chamber Experiments Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080837 Authors: Packard Larsen Thomas Cantrell Shaw Radiative transfer through clouds can be impacted by variations in particle number size distribution, but also in particle spatial distribution. Due to turbulent mixing and inertial effects, spatial correlations often exist, even on scales reaching the cloud droplet separation...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 835: A High Spatiotemporal Resolution Global Gridded Dataset of Historical Human Discomfort Indices Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080835 Authors: Malcolm N. Mistry Meteorological human discomfort indices or bioclimatic indices are important metrics to gauge potential risks to human health under varying environmental thermal exposures. Derived using sub-daily meteorological variables from a quality-controlled reanalysis data product (Global Land Data Assimilation...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 836: Trends in Atmospheric Humidity and Temperature above Dome C, Antarctica Evaluated from Observations and Reanalyses Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080836 Authors: Philippe Ricaud Paolo Grigioni Romain Roehrig Pierre Durand Dana E. Veron The time evolution of humidity and temperature above Dome C (Antarctica) has been investigated by considering data from (1) meteorological radiosondes (2005–2017), (2) the microwave radiometer HAMSTRAD...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 832: Incorporating a Canopy Parameterization within a Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Model to Improve a Smoke Simulation for a Prescribed Burn Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080832 Authors: Derek V. Mallia Adam K. Kochanski Shawn P. Urbanski Jan Mandel Angel Farguell Steven K. Krueger Forecasting fire growth, plume rise and smoke impacts on air quality remains a challenging task. Wildland fires dynamically interact with the atmosphere, which can impact...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 833: Characteristics and the Potential Influence of Fugitive PM10 Emissions from Enclosed Storage Yards in Iron and Steel Plant Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080833 Authors: Zijie Lin Fujiang Wang Tao Ji Baolong Ma Linyan Xu Qian Xu Kebin He Fugitive particle emission of enclosed storage yards in iron and steel plant is a complicated and multivariable problem, which will have negative impacts on the environment and economy. Researchers have...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 834: Flash Flood and Extreme Rainfall Forecast through One-Way Coupling of WRF-SMAP Models: Natural Hazards in Rio de Janeiro State Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11080834 Authors: Priscila da Cunha Luz Barcellos Marcio Cataldi Flash floods and extreme rains are destructive phenomena and difficult to forecast. In 2011, the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state suffered one of the largest natural hazards in Brazil, affecting more than 300,000 people,...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 129: The Mediating Effect of Parental Involvement on School Climate and Behavior Problems: School Personnel Perceptions Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10080129 Authors: Sónia Maria Martins Caridade Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Sousa Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis As a reflection of the culture and norms of the school community, the school climate (SC) is a potential factor connected to students’ major behavior problems (BP). Parental involvement...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 128: The Experience of Post-Stroke Pain and The Impact on Quality of Life: An Integrative Review Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10080128 Authors: Hannah Payton Andrew Soundy Background: Many people experience post-stroke pain (PSP). It is a long-term consequence of stroke that commonly goes unrecognised and untreated. As a result, an integrative review is needed to identify the primary factors that affect PSP and determine the impact on quality...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 90: Hemodynamic Performance of Dysfunctional Prosthetic Heart Valve with the Concomitant Presence of Subaortic Stenosis: In Silico Study Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030090 Authors: Othman Smadi Anas Abdelkarim Samer Awad Thakir D. Almomani The prosthetic heart valve is vulnerable to dysfunction after surgery, thus a frequent assessment is required. Doppler electrocardiography and its quantitative parameters are commonly used to assess...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 89: Coupling of Fibrin Reorganization and Fibronectin Patterning by Corneal Fibroblasts in Response to PDGF BB and TGFβ1 Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030089 Authors: Miguel Miron-Mendoza Dalia Vazquez Nerea García-Rámila Hikaru R. Ikebe W. Matthew Petroll We previously reported that corneal fibroblasts within 3D fibrin matrices secrete, bind, and organize fibronectin into tracks that facilitate cell spreading and migration. Other...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 216: Characterization of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-5 (IGFBP-5) Gene and Its Potential Roles in Ontogenesis in the Pacific Abalone, Haliotis discus hannai Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9080216 Authors: Md. Rajib Sharker Soo Cheol Kim Shaharior Hossen Kang Hee Kho Insulin-like growth factor binding protein family is known to be involved in regulating biological actions of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs). In the present study, a full-length...
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