Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2038: Comparative Study of Nanostructured CuSe Semiconductor Synthesized in a Planetary and Vibratory Mill Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102038 Authors: Marcela Achimovičová Matej Baláž Vladimír Girman Juraj Kurimský Jaroslav Briančin Erika Dutková Katarína Gáborová Copper(II) selenide, CuSe was prepared from Cu and Se powders in a stoichiometric ratio by a rapid, and convenient one-step mechanochemical synthesis, after 5 and 10 min...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2039: Recent Advances in the Development of Nano-Sculpted Films by Magnetron Sputtering for Energy-Related Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102039 Authors: Adriano Panepinto Rony Snyders In this paper, we overview the recent progress we made in the magnetron sputtering-based developments of nano-sculpted thin films intended for energy-related applications such as energy conversion. This paper summarizes our recent experimental work often...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2036: Mesoporous Carbons from Polysaccharides and Their Use in Li-O2 Batteries Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102036 Authors: Uriburu-Gray Pinar-Serrano Cavus Knipping Aucher Conesa-Cabeza Satti Amantia Martínez-Crespiera Previous studies have demonstrated that the mesoporosity of carbon material obtained by the Starbon® process from starch-formed by amylose and amylopectin can be tuned by controlling this ratio...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2035: Enhancing Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Efficiency of Titania–Lanthanide Hybrid Upconversion Nanomaterials by Shortening the Donor–Acceptor Distance Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102035 Authors: Lin Chen Chang Several robust titania (TiO2) coated core/multishell trivalent lanthanide (Ln) upconversion nanoparticles (UCNPs) hybrid architecture designs have been reported for use in photodynamic therapy (PDT) against cancer, utilizing...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2034: Hydrogen Peroxide Detection by Super-Porous Hybrid CuO/Pt NP Platform: Improved Sensitivity and Selectivity Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102034 Authors: Kulkarni Kunwar Mandavkar Jeong Lee A super-porous hybrid platform can offer significantly increased number of reaction sites for the analytes and thus can offer advantages in the biosensor applications. In this work, a significantly improved sensitivity and selectivity of hydrogen...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2037: Tunable Electronic Properties of Type-II SiS2/WSe2 Hetero-Bilayers Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102037 Authors: Yue Guan Xiaodan Li Ruixia Niu Ningxia Zhang Taotao Hu Liyao Zhang First-principle calculations based on the density functional theory (DFT) are implemented to study the structural and electronic properties of the SiS2/WSe2 hetero-bilayers. It is found that the AB-2 stacking model is most stable among all the six SiS2/WSe2...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2031: Synthesis of Citrate-Stabilized Silver Nanoparticles Modified by Thermal and pH Preconditioned Tannic Acid Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102031 Authors: Rita La Spina Dora Mehn Francesco Fumagalli Margaret Holland Fabiano Reniero François Rossi Douglas Gilliland Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) may be synthesized by many different methods, with those based on the thermal reduction of silver salts by citric acid or citric acid/tannic...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2032: Predictive Biomarkers for the Ranking of Pulmonary Toxicity of Nanomaterials Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102032 Authors: Nishida Izumi Tomonaga Takeshita Wang Yamasaki Yatera Morimoto We analyzed the mRNA expression of chemokines in rat lungs following intratracheal instillation of nanomaterials in order to find useful predictive markers of the pulmonary toxicity of nanomaterials. Nickel oxide (NiO) and cerium dioxide...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2033: Metadata Stewardship in Nanosafety Research: Community-Driven Organisation of Metadata Schemas to Support FAIR Nanoscience Data Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102033 Authors: Papadiamantis Klaessig Exner Hofer Hofstaetter Himly Williams Doganis Hoover Afantitis Melagraki Nolan Rumble Maier Lynch The emergence of nanoinformatics as a key component of nanotechnology and nanosafety assessment...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2030: Ultrawide Bandgap and High Sensitivity of a Plasmonic Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguide Filter with Cavity and Baffles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102030 Authors: Yuan-Fong Chou Chau Chung-Ting Chou Chao Hung Ji Huang Muhammad Raziq Rahimi Kooh Narayana Thotagamuge Roshan Nilantha Kumara Chee Ming Lim Hai-Pang Chiang A plasmonic metal-insulator-metal waveguide filter consisting of one rectangular cavity and three silver baffles...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2029: Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Induced HeLa Cell Necrosis under UVA Radiation through the ROS-mPTP Pathway Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102029 Authors: Runqing Geng Yuanyuan Ren Rong Rao Xi Tan Hong Zhou Xiangliang Yang Wei Liu Qunwei Lu Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO2), as a common nanomaterial, are widely used in water purification, paint, skincare and sunscreens. Its safety has always been a concern. Prior studies...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 2028: Manufacture of Contact Lens of Nanoparticle-Doped Polymer Complemented with ZEMAX Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10102028 Authors: Lina M. Shaker Ahmed A. Al-Amiery Abdul Amir H. Kadhum Mohd S. Takriff Many people suffer from myopia or hyperopia due to the refractive errors of the cornea all over the world. The use of high refractive index (RI), Abbe number (νd), and visible light transmittance (T%) polymeric contact lenses (CLs) holds...
Thu Oct 15, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3156: Dietary Protein Intake Patterns and Inadequate Protein Intake in Older Adults from Four Countries Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103156 Authors: Alejandro Gaytán-González María de Jesús Ocampo-Alfaro Francisco Torres-Naranjo Roberto Gabriel González-Mendoza Martha Gil-Barreiro Maritza Arroniz-Rivera Juan R. López-Taylor Recent interest in protein intake per meal is observed in studies that have reported the protein intake patterns in different...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3155: Beverages in Rheumatoid Arthritis: What to Prefer or to Avoid Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103155 Authors: Mrinalini Dey Maurizio Cutolo Elena Nikiphorou Background: The role of nutrition in the pathogenesis of rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), has gained increasing attention in recent years. A growing number of studies have focussed on the diverse nutritional contents of beverages, and their possible role in the development...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3154: Food Sustainability Knowledge and Attitudes in the Spanish Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103154 Authors: Ángela García-González María Achón Alejandra Carretero Krug Gregorio Varela-Moreiras Elena Alonso-Aperte Moving towards sustainable food systems and food consumption are proposed as strategies to reduce environmental impact. However, these strategies require joint action between different stakeholders,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3153: A 3 Year Longitudinal Prospective Review Examining the Dietary Profile and Contribution Made by Special Low Protein Foods to Energy and Macronutrient Intake in Children with Phenylketonuria Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103153 Authors: Anne Daly Sharon Evans Alex Pinto Catherine Ashmore Júlio César Rocha Anita MacDonald The nutritional composition of special low protein foods (SLPFs) is controlled under EU legislation for ‘Foods for...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3151: The Relationships between Total Protein Intake, Protein Sources, Physical Activity, and Lean Mass in a Representative Sample of the US Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103151 Authors: Furong Xu Jacob E. Earp Maya Vadiveloo Alessandra Adami Matthew J. Delmonico Ingrid E. Lofgren Mary L. Greaney Background: Although dietary protein and physical activity play essential roles in developing and preserving lean mass, studies exploring these...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3150: Nutrition among Vulnerable U.S. Populations Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103150 Authors: Heather A. Eicher-Miller Marie K. Fialkowski Food insecurity and low resources continue to be a burden influencing the health, well-being, growth and development of millions of U [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3152: Association of Health Literacy and Nutritional Status Assessment with Glycemic Control in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103152 Authors: Saman Agad Hashim Mohd Yusof Barakatun-Nisak Hazizi Abu Saad Suriani Ismail Osama Hamdy Abbas Ali Mansour While the role of medical and nutrition factors on glycemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been well-established, the association between...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3148: Dietary Indole-3-Carbinol Alleviated Spleen Enlargement, Enhanced IgG Response in C3H/HeN Mice Infected with Citrobacter rodentium Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103148 Authors: Yanbei Wu Jing Wang Qiang He Liangli Yu Quynhchi Pham Lumei Cheung Zhi Zhang Young S. Kim Allen D. Smith Thomas T. Y. Wang Enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli are important enteric pathogens that induce hemorrhagic colitis or even fatal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3149: Supplementation with Resveratrol, Piperine and Alpha-Tocopherol Decreases Chronic Inflammation in a Cluster of Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103149 Authors: Raúl Francisco Pastor Marisa Gabriela Repetto Fabiana Lairion Alberto Lazarowski Amalia Merelli Zulma Manfredi Carabetti Isabel Pastor Elena Pastor Laura Valeria Iermoli Carlos Amadeo Bavasso Roberto Héctor Iermoli Metabolic Syndrome (MetS)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3147: Understanding Development of Malnutrition in Hemodialysis Patients: A Narrative Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103147 Authors: Sahathevan Khor Ng Gafor Mat Daud Mafra Karupaiah Hemodialysis (HD) majorly represents the global treatment option for patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5, and, despite advances in dialysis technology, these patients face a high risk of morbidity and mortality from malnutrition. We aimed to...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3146: Association of Plasma Total Cysteine and Anthropometric Status in 6–30 Months Old Indian Children Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103146 Authors: Catherine Schwinger Ranadip Chowdhury Shakun Sharma Nita Bhandari Sunita Taneja Per M. Ueland Tor A. Strand High-quality protein has been associated with child growth; however, the role of the amino acid cysteine remains unclear. The aim was to measure the extent to which plasma total cysteine (tCys)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3145: Carbohydrate-Induced Insulin Signaling Activates Focal Adhesion Kinase: A Nutrient and Mechanotransduction Crossroads Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103145 Authors: Dylan T. Wilburn Steven B. Machek Thomas D. Cardaci Darryn S. Willoughby Research has suggested that nutrient, exercise, and metabolism-related proteins interact to regulate mammalian target of rapamycin complex one (mTOR) post-exercise and their interactions needs clarification. In a...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 3144: A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Effectiveness of Coping with Cancer in the Kitchen, a Nutrition Education Program for Cancer Survivors Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12103144 Authors: Melissa Farmer Miller Zhongyu Li Melissa Habedank Following a diet rich in whole grains, vegetables, fruit, and beans may reduce cancer incidence and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Coping with Cancer in the Kitchen (CCK), an 8...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 845: Renibacterium salmoninarum—The Causative Agent of Bacterial Kidney Disease in Salmonid Fish Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100845 Authors: Delghandi El-Matbouli Menanteau-Ledouble Renibacterium salmoninarum is one of the oldest known bacterial pathogens of fish. This Gram-positive bacterium is the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, a chronic infection that is mostly known to infect salmonid fish at low temperatures. Externally, infected...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 846: Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato and Relapsing Fever Borrelia in Feeding Ixodes Ticks and Rodents in Sarawak, Malaysia: New Geographical Records of Borrelia yangtzensis and Borrelia miyamotoi Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100846 Authors: Alice C. C. Lau Yongjin Qiu Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa Ryo Nakao Michito Shimozuru Manabu Onuma Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan Toshio Tsubota Members of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 843: Immune Modulation and the Development of Fowl Typhoid: A Model of Human Disease? Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100843 Authors: Tang Jones Barrow Foster Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum (S. Gallinarum) is the cause of typhoid in chickens but the immune factors that may facilitate the development of typhoid have not been fully elucidated. We show that, in contrast to non-typhoid S. Enteritidis infection, S. Gallinarum significantly reduced...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 844: Sepsis, Phages, and COVID-19 Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100844 Authors: Górski Borysowski Międzybrodzki Phage therapy has emerged as a potential novel treatment of sepsis for which no decisive progress has been achieved thus far. Obviously, phages can help eradicate local bacterial infection and bacteremia that may occur in a syndrome. For example, phages may be helpful in correcting excessive inflammatory responses and aberrant immunity that...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 842: Establishment of an In Vitro Model of Persistent Chicken Anemia Virus Infection Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9100842 Authors: Hieu Van Dong Giang Thi Huong Tran Dai Quang Trinh Yohei Takeda Haruko Ogawa Kunitoshi Imai Persistent infection of chicken anemia virus (CAV) in chickens has been suspected to result in immunosuppression and exogenous virus contamination within vaccine production. However, no direct evidence for persistent CAV infection...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 315: Metformin Reduces NGF-Induced Tumour Promoter Effects in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Cells Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13100315 Authors: Maritza P. Garrido Renato Salvatierra Manuel Valenzuela-Valderrama Christopher Vallejos Nicole Bruneau Andrea Hernández Margarita Vega Alberto Selman Andrew F. G. Quest Carmen Romero Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a lethal gynaecological neoplasm characterized by rapid growth and angiogenesis....
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 313: Medicinal Plants to Strengthen Immunity during a Pandemic Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13100313 Authors: Babich Sukhikh Prosekov Asyakina Ivanova The development of new effective anti-coronavirus drugs and therapies is important, but it requires significant human, financial and, most importantly, time expenditures. The current pandemic is neither the first nor the last. Humanity has already accumulated considerable survival experience....
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 312: New Class of Efficient T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent: Carbon-Coated Paramagnetic Dysprosium Oxide Nanoparticles Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13100312 Authors: Huan Yue Ji Ae Park Son Long Ho Mohammad Yaseen Ahmad Hyunsil Cha Shuwen Liu Tirusew Tegafaw Shanti Marasini Adibehalsadat Ghazanfari Soyeon Kim Kwon Seok Chae Yongmin Chang Gang Ho Lee Nanoparticles are considered potential candidates for...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 314: Brain-Targeted Delivery of Pre-miR-29b Using Lactoferrin-Stearic Acid-Modified-Chitosan/Polyethyleneimine Polyplexes Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13100314 Authors: Patrícia Pereira Maria Barreira Carla Cruz Joana Tomás Ângelo Luís Augusto Q. Pedro João A. Queiroz Fani Sousa The efficacy of brain therapeutics is largely hampered by the presence of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), mainly due to the failure of most (bio)...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 311: Development of a Multivariate Predictive Dissolution Model for Tablets Coated with Cellulose Ester Blends Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13100311 Authors: Eman M. Mohamed Tahir Khuroo Hamideh Afrooz Sathish Dharani Khaldia Sediri Phillip Cook Rajendran Arunagiri Mansoor A. Khan Ziyaur Rahman The focus of the present investigation was to develop a predictive dissolution model for tablets coated with blends of cellulose acetate...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 973: Transcutol® P Containing SLNs for Improving 8-Methoxypsoralen Skin Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100973 Authors: Giulia Pitzanti Antonella Rosa Mariella Nieddu Donatella Valenti Rosa Pireddu Francesco Lai Maria Cristina Cardia Anna Maria Fadda Chiara Sinico Topical psoralens plus ultraviolet A radiation (PUVA) therapy consists in the topical application of 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) followed by the skin irradiation...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 975: Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Model of MBQ-167 to Predict Tumor Growth Inhibition in Mice Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100975 Authors: Javier Reig-López María del Mar Maldonado Matilde Merino-Sanjuan Ailed M. Cruz-Collazo Jean F. Ruiz-Calderón Victor Mangas-Sanjuán Suranganie Dharmawardhane Jorge Duconge MBQ-167 is a dual inhibitor of the Rho GTPases Rac and Cdc42 that has shown promising results...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 976: Simple Method to Measure the Aerodynamic Size Distribution of Porous Particles Generated on Lyophilizate for Dry Powder Inhalation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100976 Authors: Kahori Miyamoto Hiroaki Taga Tomomi Akita Chikamasa Yamashita Recently, statistical techniques such as design of experiments are being applied for efficient optimization of oral formulations. To use these statistical techniques for inhalation formulations,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 974: Deep Tumor Penetration of Doxorubicin-Loaded Glycol Chitosan Nanoparticles Using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100974 Authors: Choi Han Jeon Yoon Kim Kwon Kim The dense extracellular matrix (ECM) in heterogeneous tumor tissues can prevent the deep tumor penetration of drug-loaded nanoparticles, resulting in a limited therapeutic efficacy in cancer treatment. Herein, we suggest that...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 972: Rapid Target Binding and Cargo Release of Activatable Liposomes Bearing HER2 and FAP Single-Chain Antibody Fragments Reveal Potentials for Image-Guided Delivery to Tumors Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100972 Authors: Felista L. Tansi Ronny Rüger Claudia Böhm Frank Steiniger Martin Raasch Alexander S. Mosig Roland E. Kontermann Ulf K. Teichgräber Alfred Fahr Ingrid Hilger Liposomes represent suitable tools for the...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 971: In Vitro Evaluation of a Vibrating-Mesh Nebulizer Repeatedly Use over 28 Days Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100971 Authors: Hui-Ling Lin Chi-Shuo Chen James B. Fink Guo-Hao Lee Chun-Wei Huang Jui-Chi Chen Zi Yi Chiang This in vitro study evaluates the performance of a disposable vibrating-mesh nebulizer when used for 28 days. A lung model was used to simulate the breathing pattern of an adult with chronic obstructive pulmonary...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 970: An Updated Review of Macro, Micro, and Nanostructured Hydrogels for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100970 Authors: Caroline S. A. de Lima Tatiana S. Balogh Justine P. R. O. Varca Gustavo H. C. Varca Ademar B. Lugão Luis A. Camacho-Cruz Emilio Bucio Slawomir S. Kadlubowski Hydrogels are materials with wide applications in several fields, including the biomedical and pharmaceutical...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1373: Metabolic Responses to Waterlogging Differ between Roots and Shoots and Reflect Phloem Transport Alteration in Medicago truncatula Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101373 Authors: Lothier Diab Cukier Limami Tcherkez Root oxygen deficiency that is induced by flooding (waterlogging) is a common situation in many agricultural areas, causing considerable loss in yield and productivity. Physiological and metabolic acclimation to hypoxia has mostly been...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1375: Impact of Coating of Urea with Bacillus-Augmented Zinc Oxide on Wheat Grown under Salinity Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101375 Authors: Ain Naveed Hussain Mumtaz Rafique Bashir Alamri Siddiqui Zinc (Zn) availability is limited in salt-affected soils due to high soil pH and calcium concentrations causing Zn fixation. The application of synthetic Zn fertilizer is usually discouraged due to the high cost and low Zn use efficiency....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1371: Development of EST-SSR Markers Linked to Flowering Candidate Genes in Elymus sibiricus L. Based on RNA Sequencing Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101371 Authors: Zheng Zhang Wan Tian Xie Elymus sibiricus L. is an important cold-season grass with excellent cold and drought tolerance, good palatability, and nutrition. Flowering time is a key trait that affects forage and seed yield. Development of EST-SSR (expressed sequence tag simple sequence repeat)...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1374: Molecular Markers Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops: A Review Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101374 Authors: Younis Ramzan Ramzan Zulfiqar Ahsan Lim Plants endure many abiotic stresses, such as temperature (heat or frost), drought, and salt. Such factors are primary and frequent stressors that reduce agriculture crop yields. Often alterations in nutrient management and constituents, along with variations in biosynthetic capacity, ultimately...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1367: Differential Expression of Maize and Teosinte microRNAs under Submergence, Drought, and Alternated Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101367 Authors: Edgar Baldemar Sepúlveda-García José Francisco Pulido-Barajas Ariana Arlene Huerta-Heredia Julián Mario Peña-Castro Renyi Liu Blanca Estela Barrera-Figueroa Submergence and drought stresses are the main constraints to crop production worldwide. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to play a major role in...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1372: Molecular and Biochemical Differences in Leaf Explants and the Implication for Regeneration Ability in Rorippa aquatica (Brassicaceae) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101372 Authors: Rumi Amano Risa Momoi Emi Omata Taiga Nakahara Kaori Kaminoyama Mikiko Kojima Yumiko Takebayashi Shuka Ikematsu Yuki Okegawa Tomoaki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Kasahara Hitoshi Sakakibara Ken Motohashi Seisuke Kimura Plants have a high regeneration capacity...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1368: Effect of Prohydrojasmon on the Growth of Eggplant and Komatsuna Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101368 Authors: Haidar Rafid Azis Shinya Takahashi Masami Koshiyama Hiroshi Fujisawa Hiroko Isoda Prohydrojasmon (PDJ) can improve the polyphenol and anthocyanin content and antioxidant activity of some crop plants, but it also shows a suppressive effect on the plant growth. This study aimed to investigate the inhibitory effect of PDJ on the growth of two...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1370: Comparative Physiological and Proteomic Analysis Reveals Different Involvement of Proteins during Artificial Aging of Siberian Wildrye Seeds Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101370 Authors: Xiong Lei Wenhui Liu Junming Zhao Minghong You Chaohui Xiong Yi Xiong Yanli Xiong Qingqing Yu Shiqie Bai Xiao Ma Seed aging has an important effect on the germplasm preservation and industrialized production of Siberian wildrye (Elymus sibiricus) in...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1369: The Challenge for Rapid Detection of High-Structured Circular RNA: Assay of Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Based on Recombinase Polymerase Amplification and Lateral Flow Tests Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101369 Authors: Aleksandr V. Ivanov Irina V. Shmyglya Anatoly V. Zherdev Boris B. Dzantiev Irina V. Safenkova An assay was developed to detect the potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd), a dangerous plant pathogen that causes crop damage resulting in...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1364: Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Electrical and Photosynthetic Activity and the Content of Phytohormones Induced by Local Stimulation of Pea Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101364 Authors: Maria Ladeynova Maxim Mudrilov Ekaterina Berezina Dmitry Kior Marina Grinberg Anna Brilkina Vladimir Sukhov Vladimir Vodeneev A local leaf burning causes variation potential (VP) propagation, a decrease in photosynthesis activity, and changes in the...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1365: Impact of Bulk ZnO, ZnO Nanoparticles and Dissolved Zn on Early Growth Stages of Barley—A Pot Experiment Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101365 Authors: Lucia Nemček Martin Šebesta Martin Urík Marek Bujdoš Edmund Dobročka Ivo Vávra Zinc is among the most in-demand metals in the world which also means that a considerable amount of this element is released to the environment each year as a result of human activities. A pot experiment was conducted...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1366: Correction of Potassium Fertigation Rate of Apple Tree (Malus domestica Borkh.) in Central Russia during the Growing Season Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101366 Authors: Andrei I. Kuzin Natalia Ya. Kashirskaya Anna M. Kochkina Alexey V. Kushner The proper use of potassium fertilizer can stimulate a significant yield increase. However, the application of excessively high rates of potassium can reduce the availability of soil calcium for apple trees. The...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 122: The Possibilities of Open-Cast Mining in Landscape Parks in Poland—A Case Study Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9100122 Authors: Alicja Kot-Niewiadomska Agnieszka Pawłowska Landscape parks are one of the most important tools for nature conservation in Europe. Cultural landscape protection, coupled in particular with rural tradition of land use plays a very important role. A common feature of these popular protected areas is the fact that they are established...
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Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 46: What, Who, and When? The Perceptions That Young Drivers and Parents Have of Driving Simulators for Use in Driver Education Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6040046 Authors: David Rodwell Grégoire S. Larue Lyndel Bates Narelle Haworth Driver education providers may utilise technologies such as driving simulators to augment their existing courses. Understanding the perceptions that young drivers and parents have of simulators may help to make simulator-based...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 76: The Future of Academic Journals in a COVID-19 World Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2040076 Authors: Jan R. Magnus Michael McAleer Many academics are critical of the current publishing system, but it is difficult to create a better alternative. This review relates to the Sciences and Social Sciences, and discusses the primary purpose of academic journals as providing a seal of approval for perceived quality, impact, significance, and importance. The key issues considered...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 183: Comparative Case Study Methods in Urban Political Development Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9100183 Authors: Dilworth Over the past decade there has been a concerted attempt among a growing group of authors to bring together the political science subfields of urban politics and American political development (APD). In this paper, I look at specifically how the comparative study of different cities and urban areas might contribute to this intellectual...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 79: Dealignment: Class in Britain and Class in British Sociology Since 1945 Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10040079 Authors: Ken Roberts This paper sets changes in Britain’s class structure since 1945 alongside the parallel sociological controversies about class. Since the 1970s, the class scheme developed by John Goldthorpe and colleagues for initial use in their study of social mobility in Britain has become sociology’s standard template for...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 136: Associations between Multimodal Fitness Assessments and Rowing Ergometer Performance in Collegiate Female Athletes Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8100136 Authors: Clifton J. Holmes Bjoern Hornikel Katherine Sullivan Michael V. Fedewa The purpose was to examine the association of critical power from a three-minute all-out row (CP3-min) and peak power from a one-stroke maximum test (1-Stroke) with laboratory-based fitness assessments (peak oxygen consumption...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 135: Effect of New Zealand Blackcurrant Extract on Isometric Contraction-Induced Fatigue and Recovery: Potential Muscle-Fiber Specific Effects Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8100135 Authors: Mark E. T. Willems Megan Bradley Sam D. Blacker Ian C. Perkins New Zealand blackcurrant (NZBC) extract has shown performance-enhancing effects during cycling, running and sport climbing. We examined effects of NZBC extract on (1) voluntary and twitch force of the quadriceps...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 55: Data Augmentation vs. Domain Adaptation—A Case Study in Human Activity Recognition Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8040055 Authors: Evaggelos Spyrou Eirini Mathe Georgios Pikramenos Konstantinos Kechagias Phivos Mylonas Recent advances in big data systems and databases have made it possible to gather raw unlabeled data at unprecedented rates. However, labeling such data constitutes a costly and timely process. This is especially true...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 658: Immunotoxin Screening System: A Rapid and Direct Approach to Obtain Functional Antibodies with Internalization Capacities Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12100658 Authors: Shusei Hamamichi Takeshi Fukuhara Nobutaka Hattori Toxins, while harmful and potentially lethal, have been engineered to develop potent therapeutics including cytotoxins and immunotoxins (ITs), which are modalities with highly selective targeting capabilities. Currently, three cytotoxins...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 611: Influenza Vaccination and Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Cohort of Health Workers Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040611 Authors: Iván Martínez-Baz Camino Trobajo-Sanmartín Irati Arregui Ana Navascués Marta Adelantado Juan Indurain Ujué Fresán Carmen Ezpeleta Jesús Castilla Vaccines may induce positive non-specific immune responses to other pathogens. This study aims to evaluate if influenza vaccination in the 2019–2020...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 610: 14-year-old Schoolchildren can Consent to Get Vaccinated in Tyrol, Austria: What do They know about Diseases and Vaccinations? Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040610 Authors: Peter Kreidl Maria-Magdalena Breitwieser Reinhard Würzner Wegene Borena In Austria, consent to receiving vaccines is regulated at the federal state level and in Tyrol, children aged 14 years are allowed to consent to receiving vaccination. In August 2017, we investigated determinants...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 156: Development of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay Targeting the Citrate Synthase Gene for Detection of Ehrlichia canis in Dogs Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7040156 Authors: Angela Patricia B. Chua Remil L. Galay Tetsuya Tanaka Wataru Yamazaki Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by Ehrlichia canis is one of the leading tick-borne diseases of dogs, particularly in tropical countries. A highly sensitive and specific...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1169: An Outbreak of a Respiratory Disorder at a Russian Swine Farm Associated with the Co-Circulation of PRRSV1 and PRRSV2 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101169 Authors: Sergei Raev Anton Yuzhakov Alexandr Bulgakov Ludmila Kostina Alexei Gerasianinov Oleg Verkhovsky Alexei Zaberezhny Taras Aliper We conducted a cross-sectional study to identify the major respiratory pathogen responsible for an outbreak of respiratory disease at a swine farm in West...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1170: The Unconventional Viruses of Ichneumonid Parasitoid Wasps Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101170 Authors: Anne-Nathalie Volkoff Michel Cusson To ensure their own immature development as parasites, ichneumonid parasitoid wasps use endogenous viruses that they acquired through ancient events of viral genome integration. Thousands of species from the campoplegine and banchine wasp subfamilies rely, for their survival, on their association with these viruses, hijacked...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1167: Emergence and Full Genome Analysis of Tomato Torrado Virus in South Africa Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101167 Authors: Vaneson Moodley Augustine Gubba Paramu L. Mafongoya Emerging pests and diseases are a major threat to food production worldwide. In a recent survey, Tomato torrado virus (ToTV) was identified on tomato crops in the Limpopo province of South Africa and a first report of the disease was published. In this follow-up study, the full genome...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1168: Taking the Scenic Route: Polyomaviruses Utilize Multiple Pathways to Reach the Same Destination Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101168 Authors: Colleen L. Mayberry Melissa S. Maginnis Members of the Polyomaviridae family differ in their host range, pathogenesis, and disease severity. To date, some of the most studied polyomaviruses include human JC, BK, and Merkel cell polyomavirus and non-human subspecies murine and simian virus 40 (SV40) polyomavirus. Although...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1165: A Cell-Based Capture Assay for Rapid Virus Detection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101165 Authors: Elad Milrot Efi Makdasi Boaz Politi Tomer Israely Orly Laskar Routine methods for virus detection in clinical specimens rely on a variety of sensitive methods, such as genetic, cell culture and immuno-based assays. It is imperative that the detection assays would be reliable, reproducible, sensitive and rapid. Isolation of viruses from clinical samples...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1166: Spatiotemporal Distribution and Genetic Characterization of Measles Strains Circulating in Greece during the 2017–2018 Outbreak Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101166 Authors: Vasiliki Pogka Elina Horefti Maria Evangelidou Evangelia Georgia Kostaki Dimitrios Paraskevis Anastasia Flountzi Theano Georgakopoulou Ioanna Magaziotou Andreas Mentis Timokratis Karamitros Between May 2017 and November 2018, Greece has experienced a severe measles...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2874: Seasonal Variation and Assessment of Fish Resources in the Yangtze Estuary Based on Environmental DNA Water doi: 10.3390/w12102874 Authors: Hui Jia Yibang Wang Susumu Yoshizawa Wataru Iwasaki Yuquan Li Weiwei Xian Hui Zhang In the past few years, environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques have been used to monitor marine communities. Research indicates that eDNA is an effective tool for monitoring fishery resources. This study analyzed the seasonal...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2873: Wave Force Characteristics and Stability of Detached Breakwaters Consisting of Open Cell Caissons Interlocked via Crushed Stones Water doi: 10.3390/w12102873 Authors: Byeong Wook Lee Jae-Sang Jung Woo-Sun Park Jae-Seon Yoon The maximum external force acting on a long continuous harbor structure can be reduced by controlling the phase difference of forces acting longitudinally. This strategy can be used to increase the structural stability of breakwaters...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2871: The Use of Biochar and Pyrolysed Materials to Improve Water Quality through Microcystin Sorption Separation Water doi: 10.3390/w12102871 Authors: Vladimír Frišták H. Dail Laughinghouse IV Stephen M. Bell Harmful algal blooms have increased globally with warming of aquatic environments and increased eutrophication. Proliferation of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and the subsequent flux of toxic extracellular microcystins present threats to public...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2870: Conservation and Management of Isolated Pools in Temporary Rivers Water doi: 10.3390/w12102870 Authors: Núria Bonada Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles Francesc Gallart Daniel von Schiller Pau Fortuño Jérôme Latron Pilar Llorens Cesc Múrria Maria Soria Dolors Vinyoles Núria Cid Temporary rivers are characterized by shifting habitats between flowing, isolated pools, and dry phases. Despite the fact that temporary rivers are currently receiving...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2872: A Complex Method for Estimation of Multiple Abiotic Hazards in Forest Ecosystems Water doi: 10.3390/w12102872 Authors: Hana Středová Petra Fukalová Filip Chuchma Tomáš Středa Forest ecosystems are faced with a variety of threats, including increasingly prolonged droughts and other abiotic stresses such as extreme high temperatures, very strong wind, invasive insect outbreaks, and the rapid spread of pathogens. The aim of the study was to define crucial...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2866: Influence of Climate and Land Use Change on the Groundwater System of the Veluwe, The Netherlands: A Historical and Future Perspective Water doi: 10.3390/w12102866 Authors: Marjolein H. J. Van Huijgevoort Bernard R. Voortman Sjoerd Rijpkema Kelly H. S. Nijhuis Jan-Philip M. Witte Changes in land use and climate have a large influence on groundwater recharge and levels. In The Netherlands, precipitation shifts from summer to winter are expected,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2869: Quantitative Detection and Attribution of Groundwater Level Variations in the Amu Darya Delta Water doi: 10.3390/w12102869 Authors: Xiaohui Pan Weishi Wang Tie Liu Yue Huang Philippe De Maeyer Chenyu Guo Yunan Ling Shamshodbek Akmalov In the past few decades, the shrinkage of the Aral Sea is one of the biggest ecological catastrophes caused by human activity. To quantify the joint impact of both human activities and climate change on groundwater,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2867: Ecological and Health Risk of Soils, Sediments, and Water Contamination Water doi: 10.3390/w12102867 Authors: Zeng-Yei Hseu Soils, sediments, and water require careful stewardship for the planet’s security to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) set from the United Nations. However, the contamination of these natural resources can damage ecological and human health, and thus we need a comprehensive approach to provide a remediation reference...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2865: A Test Study of an Energy and Mass Balance Model Application to a Site on Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Chinese Tian Shan Water doi: 10.3390/w12102865 Authors: Puyu Wang Zhongqin Li Christoph Schneider Hongliang Li Alexandra Hamm Shuang Jin Chunhai Xu Huilin Li Xiaoying Yue Min Yang In this study, energy and mass balance is quantified using an energy balance model to represent the glacier melt of Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Chinese Tian Shan....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2868: Decoupling Urban Water Use and Growth in Response to Water Scarcity Water doi: 10.3390/w12102868 Authors: Brian D. Richter Kendall Benoit Jesse Dugan Gabriella Getacho Natalie LaRoe Bailey Moro Tyler Rynne Maria Tahamtani Allen Townsend Many cities in the western US face difficult challenges in trying to secure water supplies for rapidly growing urban populations in the context of intensifying water scarcity. We obtained annual data...
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