Vibration, Vol. 3, Pages 235-265: Towards the Development of an Operational Digital Twin Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration3030018 Authors: Paul Gardner Mattia Dal Borgo Valentina Ruffini Aidan J. Hughes Yichen Zhu David J. Wagg A digital twin is a powerful new concept in computational modelling that aims to produce a one-to-one mapping of a physical structure, operating in a specific context, into the digital domain. The development of a digital twin provides clear benefits...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 991: Comprehensive Analysis of Codon Usage on Porcine Astrovirus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090991 Authors: Huiguang Wu Zhengyu Bao Chunxiao Mou Zhenhai Chen Jingwen Zhao Porcine astrovirus (PAstV), associated with mild diarrhea and neurological disease, is transmitted in pig farms worldwide. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the main factors affecting codon usage to PAstVs. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the subtype PAstV-5 sat at the bottom...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 990: Sequence Analysis of Egyptian Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Field and Vaccine Strains: Intertypic Recombination and Evidence for Accidental Release of Virulent Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090990 Authors: Sahar Abd El Rahman Bernd Hoffmann Reham Karam Mohamed El-Beskawy Mohammed F. Hamed Leonie F. Forth Dirk Höper Michael Eschbaumer In spite of annual mass vaccination programs with polyvalent inactivated vaccines, the incidence and economic...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 988: Acute RNA Viral Encephalomyelitis and the Role of Antibodies in the Central Nervous System Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090988 Authors: Maggie L. Bartlett Diane E. Griffin Acute RNA viral encephalomyelitis is a serious complication of numerous virus infections. Antibodies in the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) are correlated to better outcomes, and there is substantive evidence of antibody secreting cells (ASCs) entering the central nervous system (CNS) and contributing...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 987: Attenuated Influenza Virions Expressing the SARS-CoV-2 Receptor-Binding Domain Induce Neutralizing Antibodies in Mice Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090987 Authors: Andrea N. Loes Lauren E. Gentles Allison J. Greaney Katharine H. D. Crawford Jesse D. Bloom An effective vaccine is essential for controlling the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, we describe an influenza virus-based vaccine for SARS-CoV-2. We incorporated a membrane-anchored form of...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 989: Bile Facilitates Human Norovirus Interactions with Diverse Histoblood Group Antigens, Compensating for Capsid Microvariation Observed in 2016–2017 GII.2 Strains Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090989 Authors: Michael L. Mallory Lisa C. Lindesmith Paul D. Brewer-Jensen Rachel L. Graham Ralph S. Baric Human norovirus (HuNoV) is the leading cause of global infectious acute gastroenteritis, causing ~20% of reported diarrheal episodes. Typically, GII.4 strains...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 984: Dance with the Devil: Stress Granules and Signaling in Antiviral Responses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090984 Authors: Nina Eiermann Katharina Haneke Zhaozhi Sun Georg Stoecklin Alessia Ruggieri Cells have evolved highly specialized sentinels that detect viral infection and elicit an antiviral response. Among these, the stress-sensing protein kinase R, which is activated by double-stranded RNA, mediates suppression of the host translation machinery...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 985: Screening for the Proteins That Can Interact with Grouper Nervous Necrosis Virus Capsid Protein Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090985 Authors: Po-Yu Huang Han-Chia Hsiao Szu-Wen Wang Shao-Fu Lo Ming-Wei Lu Li-Li Chen Nervous necrosis virus (NNV) can infect many species of fish and has an 80–100% mortality rate. NNV capsid protein (NNVCP) is the only structural protein of NNV, but there are few studies on the protein–protein interaction...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 983: Isolation and Cultivation of a New Isolate of BTV-25 and Presumptive Evidence for a Potential Persistent Infection in Healthy Goats Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090983 Authors: Christina Ries Ursula Domes Britta Janowetz Jens Böttcher Katinka Burkhardt Thomas Miller Martin Beer Bernd Hoffmann Recently, several so-called “atypical” Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotypes were discovered, including BTV-25 (Toggenburg virus), in...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 986: Exploring the Remarkable Diversity of Culturable Escherichia coli Phages in the Danish Wastewater Environment Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090986 Authors: Nikoline S. Olsen Laura Forero-Junco Witold Kot Lars H. Hansen Phages drive bacterial diversity, profoundly influencing microbial communities, from microbiomes to the drivers of global biogeochemical cycling. Aiming to broaden our understanding of Escherichia coli (MG1655, K-12) phages, we screened...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 982: Advances in Continuous Microfluidics-Based Technologies for the Study of HIV Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090982 Authors: Joëlle Eid Marylène Mougel Marius Socol HIV-1 is the causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It affects millions of people worldwide and the pandemic persists despite the implementation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. A wide spectrum of techniques has been implemented in order to diagnose and monitor...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 981: Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Rapid and Accurate Confirmatory Diagnosis of HTLV-1/2 Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090981 Authors: Yago Gomes Adele Caterino-de-Araujo Karoline Campos Maria Gisele Gonçalves Ana Claudia Leite Marco Antonio Lima Abelardo Araújo Marcus Tulius Silva Otávio Espíndola Laboratory diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) 1 and 2 infection is performed by serological screening...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2491: Reducing Flood Risk in Changing Environments: Optimal Location and Sizing of Stormwater Tanks Considering Climate Change Water doi: 10.3390/w12092491 Authors: Saldarriaga Salcedo Solarte Pulgarín Rivera Camacho Iglesias-Rey Martínez-Solano Cunha In recent years, there has been an increase in the frequency of urban floods as a result of three determinant factors: the reduction in systems’ capacity due to aging, a changing...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2490: Ready for Drought? A Community Resilience Role-Playing Game Water doi: 10.3390/w12092490 Authors: Markéta Poděbradská Mary Noel Deborah J. Bathke Tonya R. Haigh Michael J. Hayes Drought is an abstract and complex phenomenon that can be difficult for many people to comprehend. Proactive planning to improve response during drought events is necessary but complicated because it involves stakeholders and decision-makers with competing interests. A...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2489: Lesson Learned from Catastrophic Floods in Western Japan in 2018: Sustainable Perspective Analysis Water doi: 10.3390/w12092489 Authors: Song-Shun Lin Ning Zhang Ye-Shuang Xu Takenori Hino Natural hazards have a significant impact on the sustainable development of human society. This paper reports on the catastrophic floods in western Japan in 2018. Continuous rainfall resulted in catastrophic floods, leading to 212 deaths, damage to more than 2000...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2488: Water of Increased Content of Molecular Oxygen Water doi: 10.3390/w12092488 Authors: Jarosław Chwastowski Wojciech Ciesielski Karen Khachatryan Henryk Kołoczek Damian Kulawik Zdzisław Oszczęda Jacek A. Soroka Piotr Tomasik Mariusz Witczak Deionized and tap water were saturated with molecular oxygen either prior to (WST), or after (WTS), treatment with low-temperature, low-pressure glow plasma of low frequency (LPGP) for 0, 5, 15, 30,...
Sat Sep 05, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2487: Using Stable Isotope Analysis (δD and δ18O) and Tracing Tests to Characterize the Regional Hydrogeological Characteristics of Kazeroon County, Iran Water doi: 10.3390/w12092487 Authors: Dragana Dogančić Ardalan Afrasiabian Nikola Kranjčić Bojan Đurin Unpredictable climate changes are affecting water resources, especially in karst arid and semiarid areas. In such locations, the need for additional sources of water always arises. The paper gives insight...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2486: Entropy-Based Research on Precipitation Variability in the Source Region of China’s Yellow River Water doi: 10.3390/w12092486 Authors: Henan Gu Zhongbo Yu Guofang Li Jian Luo Qin Ju Yan Huang Xiaolei Fu The headwater regions in the Tibetan Plateau play an essential role in the hydrological cycle, however the variation characteristics in the long-term precipitation and throughout-the-year apportionment remain ambiguous. To investigate the...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2485: Isolation and Identification of Two Algae-Lysing Bacteria against Microcystis aeruginosa Water doi: 10.3390/w12092485 Authors: Jing Yang Kai Qiao Junping Lv Qi Liu Fangru Nan Shulian Xie Jia Feng Algae blooms present an environmental problem worldwide. In response to the outbreak of harmful algal blooms in cyanobacteria, the role of biological control has drawn wide attention, particularly for algicidal bacteria. The mechanism underlying...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2484: Evaluation of the Impact of Rainfall Inputs on Urban Rainfall Models: A Systematic Review Water doi: 10.3390/w12092484 Authors: Hu Liu Yao Wu Ma Jian Over the past several decades, urban flooding and other water-related disasters have become increasingly prominent and serious. Although the urban rain flood model’s benefits for urban flood simulation have been extensively documented, the impact of rainfall input to model simulation...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2483: Assessment of the Impact of Sewage Storage Ponds on the Water Environment in Surrounding Area Water doi: 10.3390/w12092483 Authors: Kairat Ospanov Timur Rakhimov Menlibai Myrzakhmetov Dariusz Andraka Due to geographical limitations (lack of natural receivers of treated wastewater) large sewage storage ponds are the main method of sewage disposal in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The paper presents the results of research on the environmental impact of...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2482: Water Demand Scenarios for Electricity Generation at the Global and Regional Levels Water doi: 10.3390/w12092482 Authors: Julia C. Terrapon-Pfaff Willington Ortiz Peter Viebahn Ellen Kynast Martina Flörke Electricity generation requires water. With the global demand for electricity expected to increase significantly in the coming decades, the water demand in the power sector is also expected to rise. However, due to the ongoing global energy transition,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2480: Geomorphologic Analysis of Small River Basin within the Framework of Fractal Tree Water doi: 10.3390/w12092480 Authors: Meiyan Feng Kwansue Jung Joo-Cheol Kim This paper presents the modified framework of geomorphologic analysis based on the concept of fractal tree. Especially, it is intended to provide hydrologic practitioners with the information on the fractal property of small river basins. To this end, the complete drainage path network is applied...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2481: Effect of Fluvial Discharges and Remote Non-Tidal Residuals on Compound Flood Forecasting in San Francisco Bay Water doi: 10.3390/w12092481 Authors: Babak Tehranirad Liv Herdman Kees Nederhoff Li Erikson Robert Cifelli Greg Pratt Michael Leon Patrick Barnard Accurate and timely flood forecasts are critical for making emergency-response decisions regarding public safety, infrastructure operations, and resource allocation. One of the main...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2479: Recreation and Tourism Service Systems Featuring High Riverbanks in Taiwan Water doi: 10.3390/w12092479 Authors: Guey-Shin Shyu Wei-Ta Fang Bai-You Cheng Taiwan’s cities exhibit high levels of urbanization, which has resulted in limited recreation space in urban areas. In response, government policies have been enacted to promote the large-scale greening of rivers in urban areas and the establishment of aquatic recreation areas that do not...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2478: Rainfall Prediction in the State of Paraíba, Northeastern Brazil Using Generalized Additive Models Water doi: 10.3390/w12092478 Authors: Leydson G. Dantas Carlos A. C. dos Santos Ricardo A. de Olinda José I. B. de Brito Celso A. G. Santos Eduardo S. P. R. Martins Gabriel de Oliveira Nathaniel A. Brunsell The state of Paraíba is part of the semi-arid region of Brazil, where severe droughts have occurred in recent years, resulting...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2477: How to Meter Agricultural Pumping at Numerous Small-Scale Wells?—An Indirect Monitoring Method Using Electric Energy as Proxy Water doi: 10.3390/w12092477 Authors: Lu Wang Wolfgang Kinzelbach Huaixian Yao Jakob Steiner Haijing Wang The large number of users and the small scale of wells greatly complicate monitoring of groundwater abstraction in areas of intensive pumping by numerous smallholders such as in the North China Plain. This paper presents...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2476: Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance and Metal Homeostasis Genes in Midwest USA Agricultural Sediments Water doi: 10.3390/w12092476 Authors: Michael R. Brooker William A. Arnold Jill F. Kerrigan Timothy M. LaPara Jonathan D. Witter Paula J. Mouser Microbial antibiotic resistance is a naturally occurring phenomenon that has grown in part with the use of antibiotics in agricultural operation. There are also known connections between genes...
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