Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1523: Cellulose Nanocrystals/Graphene Hybrids—A Promising New Class of Materials for Advanced Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081523 Authors: Djalal Trache Vijay Kumar Thakur Rabah Boukherroub With the growth of global fossil-based resource consumption and the environmental concern, there is an urgent need to develop sustainable and environmentally friendly materials, which exhibit promising properties and could maintain an acceptable...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1524: Potential Applications of Magnesium-Based Polymeric Nanocomposites Obtained by Electrospinning Technique Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081524 Authors: Adrián Leonés Marcela Lieblich Rosario Benavente José Luis Gonzalez Laura Peponi In the last few decades, the development of new electrospun materials with different morphologies and advanced multifunctional properties are strongly consolidated. There are several reviews that describe...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1522: Experimental Investigation of Stability of Silica Nanoparticles at Reservoir Conditions for Enhanced Oil-Recovery Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10081522 Authors: Shidong Li Yeap Hung Ng Hon Chung Lau Ole Torsæter Ludger P. Stubbs To be effective enhanced oil-recovery (EOR) agents, nanoparticles must be stable and be transported through a reservoir. However, the stability of a nanoparticle suspension at reservoir salinity and...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2335: Comparisons of Within-Group Instead of Between-Group Affect the Conclusions. Comment on: “Changes in Weight and Substrate Oxidation in Overweight Adults Following Isomaltulose Intake during a 12-Week Weight Loss Intervention: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial”. Nutrients 2019, 11(10), 2367 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082335 Authors: Colby J. Vorland Theodore K. Kyle Andrew W. Brown We read with interest the publication by Lightowler et...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2333: The Importance of Marine Omega-3s for Brain Development and the Prevention and Treatment of Behavior, Mood, and Other Brain Disorders Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082333 Authors: James J. DiNicolantonio James H. O’Keefe Most of the global population is deficient in long-chain marine omega-3s. In particular, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a long-chain omega-3 fatty acid, is important for brain and eye development. Additionally, DHA plays a significant role...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2334: A High Docosahexaenoic Acid Diet Alters the Lung Inflammatory Response to Acute Dust Exposure Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082334 Authors: Edward C. Dominguez Art J. Heires Jacqueline Pavlik Tricia D. Larsen Stephanie Guardado Joseph H. Sisson Michelle L. Baack Debra J. Romberger Tara M. Nordgren Agricultural workers are at risk for the development of acute and chronic lung diseases due to their exposure to organic agricultural dusts....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2331: Long-Term Outcomes from a 10-Year Follow-Up of Women Living with a Restrictive Eating Disorder: A Brief Report Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082331 Authors: Enza Speranza Lidia Santarpia Maurizio Marra Emilia De Filippo Olivia Di Vincenzo Delia Morlino Fabrizio Pasanisi Franco Contaldo Background: This study aimed to evaluate several socio-demographic and long-term clinical outcomes in a cohort of women living with a restrictive eating...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2332: Assessing Adherence, Competence and Differentiation in a Stepped-Wedge Randomised Clinical Trial of a Complex Behaviour Change Intervention Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082332 Authors: Alison Kate Beck Amanda L. Baker Gregory Carter Chris Wratten Judith Bauer Luke Wolfenden Kristen McCarter Ben Britton Background: A key challenge in behavioural medicine is developing interventions that can be delivered adequately (i.e., with fidelity)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2329: The Effects of Linoleic Acid Consumption on Lipid Risk Markers for Cardiovascular Disease in Healthy Individuals: A Review of Human Intervention Trials Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082329 Authors: Erik Froyen Bonny Burns-Whitmore Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Risk factors for developing this disease include high serum concentrations of total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoproteins, very-low density...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2330: Relationship between Nutritional Status and Clinical and Biochemical Parameters in Hospitalized Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction, with 1-year Follow-Up Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082330 Authors: Marta Kałużna-Oleksy Helena Krysztofiak Jacek Migaj Marta Wleklik Magdalena Dudek Izabella Uchmanowicz Maciej Lesiak Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj Heart Failure (HF) is a cardiovascular disease with continually increasing...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2328: Circadian Variation in Human Milk Composition, a Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12082328 Authors: Merel F. Italianer Eva F. G. Naninck Jorine A. Roelants Gijsbertus T. J. van der Horst Irwin K. M. Reiss Johannes B. van Goudoever Koen F. M. Joosten Inês Chaves Marijn J. Vermeulen Background: Breastfeeding is considered the most optimal mode of feeding for neonates and mothers. Human milk changes over the course of lactation...
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Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 576-620: New Concept for Studying the Classical and Quantum Three-Body Problem: Fundamental Irreversibility and Time’s Arrow of Dynamical Systems Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3030039 Authors: A. S. Gevorkyan The article formulates the classical three-body problem in conformal-Euclidean space (Riemannian manifold), and its equivalence to the Newton three-body problem is mathematically rigorously proved. It is shown that a curved space with a local coordinate...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 634: Combining Computed Tomography and Histology Leads to an Evolutionary Concept of Hepatic Alveolar Echinococcosis Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080634 Authors: Johannes Grimm Annika Beck Juliane Nell Julian Schmidberger Andreas Hillenbrand Ambros J. Beer Balázs Dezsényi Rong Shi Meinrad Beer Peter Kern Doris Henne-Bruns Wolfgang Kratzer Peter Moller Thomas FE Barth Beate Gruener Tilmann Graeter Alveolar echinococcosis...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 633: Comparative Pathology of Pseudorabies in Different Naturally and Experimentally Infected Species—A Review Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080633 Authors: Julia Sehl Jens Peter Teifke The pseudorabies virus (PRV) is an alphaherpesvirus and the causative agent of Aujeszky’s disease (AD). PRV infects a wide range of animal species including swine as the natural host as well as ruminants, carnivores, rodents and lagomorphs. In these species, except...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 180: Uncovering the Exosomes Diversity: A Window of Opportunity for Tumor Progression Monitoring Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080180 Authors: Domenico Maisano Selena Mimmi Rossella Russo Antonella Fioravanti Giuseppe Fiume Eleonora Vecchio Nancy Nisticò Ileana Quinto Enrico Iaccino Cells can communicate through special “messages in the bottle”, which are recorded in the bloodstream inside vesicles, namely...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 179: The Interaction of Fluorinated Glycomimetics with DC-SIGN: Multiple Binding Modes Disentangled by the Combination of NMR Methods and MD Simulations Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080179 Authors: Martínez Infantino Valverde Diercks Delgado Reichardt Ardá Cañada Oscarson Jiménez-Barbero Fluorinated glycomimetics are frequently employed to study and eventually modulate protein–glycan interactions. However,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 733: Polymeric Bioadhesive Patch Based on Ketoprofen-Hydrotalcite Hybrid for Local Treatments Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080733 Authors: Cinzia Pagano Loredana Latterini Alessandro Di Michele Francesca Luzi Debora Puglia Maurizio Ricci César Antonio Viseras Iborra Luana Perioli Ketoprofen (KET) represents one of the most common drugs used in the topical treatment of pain and inflammations. However, its potential is rather...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 730: Transungual Delivery, Anti-Inflammatory Activity, and In Vivo Assessment of a Cyclodextrin Polypseudorotaxanes Nail Lacquer Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080730 Authors: Francisco Fernández-Campos Francesc Navarro Adrian Corrales Jordi Picas Eloy Pena Jordi González Francisco J. Otero-Espinar A new cyclodextrin polypseudorotaxanes nail lacquer (Regenail®) containing biotin, methyl sulphonyl methane (MSM), and dimethylsilanediol...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 731: Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Duodenum Targeted Oral Delivery of Tilmicosin Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080731 Authors: Kaixiang Zhou Yuanyuan Yan Dongmei Chen Lingli Huang Chao Li Kuiyu Meng Shuge Wang Samah Attia Algharib Zonghui Yuan Shuyu Xie Developing a targeted oral delivery system to improve the efficacy of veterinary antibiotics and reduce their consumption and environmental risks is urgent. To achieve...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 729: Effects of Formulation Excipients on Skin Barrier Function in Creams Used in Pediatric Care Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080729 Authors: Anita Kovács Dóra Péter-Héderi Katalin Perei Mária Budai-Szűcs Attila Léber Attila Gácsi Erzsébet Csányi Szilvia Berkó Semisolid dosage forms are recommended for the dermal care of babies and children. If we look at the ingredients of these preparations, there are still many cases...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 732: In Vitro Release Study of the Polymeric Drug Nanoparticles: Development and Validation of a Novel Method Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080732 Authors: Jingwen Weng Henry H. Y. Tong Shing Fung Chow The in vitro release study is a critical test to assess the safety, efficacy, and quality of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems, but there is no compendial or regulatory standard. The variety of testing methods makes direct comparison...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 137: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials of Telehealth and Digital Technology Use by Community Pharmacists to Improve Public Health Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030137 Authors: Philip Crilly Reem Kayyali Community pharmacists (CPs) continue to have an important role in improving public health, however, advances in telehealth and digital technology mean that the methods by which they support their customers and patients are changing. The primary...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 992: Osmotin: A Cationic Protein Leads to Improve Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080992 Authors: Muhammad Ajmal Bashir Cristian Silvestri Touqeer Ahmad Ishfaq Ahmad Hafiz Nadeem Akhtar Abbasi Ayesha Manzoor Valerio Cristofori Eddo Rugini Research on biologically active compounds has been increased in order to improve plant protection against various environmental stresses. Among natural sources, plants...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 989: Preserving Biodiversity in Marginal Rural Areas: Assessment of Morphological and Genetic Variability of a Sicilian Common Bean Germplasm Collection Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080989 Authors: Maria Carola Fiore Francesco Maria Raimondo Francesco Mercati Ignazio Digangi Francesco Sunseri Anna Scialabba The historical cultivation of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) has resulted in the development of local populations/cultivars in restricted Italian...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 988: Analysis of the Antimicrobial, Cytotoxic, and Antioxidant Activities of Cnidium officinale Extracts Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080988 Authors: Myung-Jin Lee Min-Kyung Kang This study analyzed the antimicrobial, cytotoxic, and antioxidant properties of Cnidiumofficinale (CO) extracts to confirm their antimicrobial activity toward oral microorganisms. The control group contained 0 μg/mL of CO, and the experimental groups contained 50, 100, 150, and...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 990: Convergent Variations in the Leaf Traits of Desert Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080990 Authors: Muhammad Adnan Akram Xiaoting Wang Weigang Hu Junlan Xiong Yahui Zhang Yan Deng Jinzhi Ran Jianming Deng Convergence is commonly caused by environmental filtering, severe climatic conditions and local disturbance. The basic aim of the present study was to understand the pattern of leaf traits across diverse desert plant species in a common...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 991: Photosynthesis and Growth of Pennisetum centrasiaticum (C4) is Superior to Calamagrostis pseudophragmites (C3) During Drought and Recovery Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080991 Authors: Yayong Luo Xueyong Zhao Ginger R. H. Allington Lilong Wang Wenda Huang Rui Zhang Yongqing Luo Zhuwen Xu Global warming and changes in rainfall patterns may put many ecosystems at risk of drought. These stressors could be particularly destructive in arid systems...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 986: Phytochemical Assessment of Native Ecuadorian Peppers (Capsicum spp.) and Correlation Analysis to Fruit Phenomics Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080986 Authors: Carlos A. García-González Cristina Silvar In this work, the impact of pepper (Capsicum spp.) fruits morphology on their composition for health-promoting compounds was investigated. For that purpose, pepper accessions from Ecuador, one of the hotspots in Capsicum’s origin, were analyzed for...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 987: Heterogeneous Light Conditions Reduce the Assimilate Translocation Towards Maize Ears Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080987 Authors: Guopeng Chen Hong Chen Kai Shi Muhammad Ali Raza George Bawa Xin Sun Tian Pu Taiwen Yong Weiguo Liu Jiang Liu Junbo Du Feng Yang Wenyu Yang Xiaochun Wang The border row crop in strip intercropped maize is often exposed to heterogeneous light conditions, resulting in increased photosynthesis and...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 985: Distribution and Characterization of Deep Rhodolith Beds off the Campania coast (SW Italy, Mediterranean Sea) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080985 Authors: Francesco Rendina Sara Kaleb Annalisa Caragnano Federica Ferrigno Luca Appolloni Luigia Donnarumma Giovanni Fulvio Russo Roberto Sandulli Valentina Roviello Annalisa Falace Rhodolith beds (RBs) are bioconstructions characterized by coralline algae, which provide habitat for several...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 400: The Bodily Discourse in Modern Chinese Buddhism—Asceticism and Its Presentation in Buddhist Periodicals Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080400 Authors: Lianghao Lu This article focuses on accounts of bodily asceticism published in Buddhist periodicals in Republican China (1912–1949) in order to explore the mentality and motivation of publicly presenting this seemingly fanatic and backward tradition in an era marked by modernization. By zeroing in...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 83: Nagging Predictors Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030083 Authors: Ronald Richman Mario V. Wüthrich We define the nagging predictor, which, instead of using bootstrapping to produce a series of i.i.d. predictors, exploits the randomness of neural network calibrations to provide a more stable and accurate predictor than is available from a single neural network run. Convergence results for the family of Tweedie’s compound Poisson models, which are usually...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 500: Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Naja pallida and Naja mossambica Venoms against Three Candida Species Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080500 Authors: Ewelina Kuna Aleksandra Bocian Konrad K. Hus Vladimir Petrilla Monika Petrillova Jaroslav Legath Anna Lewinska Maciej Wnuk In contrast to comprehensively investigated antibacterial activity of snake venoms, namely crude venoms and their selected components, little is known about antifungal...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 499: Clinical Implications of Difference in Antigenicity of Different Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A Preparations: Clinical Take-Home Messages from Our Research Pool and Literature Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080499 Authors: Sara Samadzadeh Beyza Ürer Raphaela Brauns Dietmar Rosenthal John-Ih Lee Philipp Albrecht Harald Hefter The three different botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) preparations being licensed in Europe and the U.S. differ in protein...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 436: Natural Self-Ligand Gamma Delta T Cell Receptors (γδTCRs) Insight: The Potential of Induced IgG Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030436 Authors: Thamires Rodrigues de Sousa Jefferson Russo Victor A γδ T cell acquires functional properties in response to the gamma delta T cell receptor γδTCR signal strength during its development in the thymus. The elucidation of the potential ligands of γδ T cell...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 435: Maximization of Livestock Anthrax Vaccination Coverage in Bangladesh: An Alternative Approach Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030435 Authors: M. Shahjahan A. Sarker Mohamed E. El Zowalaty M. Ahosanul Haque Shahid M. Asaduzzaman Sarker M. Bahanur Rahman Josef D. Järhult K. H. M. Nazmul Hussain Nazir Low vaccination coverage of livestock is one of the major challenges to control anthrax in Bangladesh. This study was conducted to assess an alternate...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 853: Chikungunya virus Detection in Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus during an Outbreak in the Amazon Region Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080853 Authors: Ana Cecília Ribeiro Cruz Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto Sandro Patroca da Silva Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva Glennda Juscely Galvão Pereira Maissa Maia Santos Hamilton Antônio de Oliveira Monteiro Flavia Barreto dos Santos Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães Carine Fortes Aragão Lívia...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 851: Advances with RNAi-Based Therapy for Hepatitis B Virus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080851 Authors: Fiona van den Berg Shonisani Wendy Limani Njabulo Mnyandu Mohube Betty Maepa Abdullah Ely Patrick Arbuthnot Infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a global health challenge. Approximately 292 million people worldwide are chronically infected with HBV and the annual mortality from the infection is approaching 900,000. Despite the...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 852: Contribution of Human Retroviruses to Disease Development—A Focus on the HIV– and HERV–Cancer Relationships and Treatment Strategies Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080852 Authors: Ching-Hsuan Liu Nicole Grandi Lalitha Palanivelu Enzo Tramontano Liang-Tzung Lin Animal retroviruses are known for their transforming potential, and this is also true for the ones hosted by humans, which have gathered expanding attention as one of the potent causative agents...
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