Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 964: ROCK Inhibition Drives Resolution of Acute Inflammation by Enhancing Neutrophil Apoptosis Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8090964 Authors: Izabela Galvão Rayssa M. Athayde Denise A. Perez Alesandra C. Reis Luisa Rezende Vivian Louise S. de Oliveira Barbara M. Rezende William A. Gonçalves Lirlândia P. Sousa Mauro M. Teixeira Vanessa Pinho Uncontrolled inflammation leads to tissue damage and it is central for the development of chronic inflammatory...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 961: Dynamics of Dynamin-Related Protein 1 in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8090961 Authors: Darryll Oliver P. Hemachandra Reddy The purpose of this article is to highlight the role of dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) in abnormal mitochondrial dynamics, mitochondrial fragmentation, autophagy/mitophagy, and neuronal damage in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s,...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 963: Signaling Pathways of Type I and Type III Interferons and Targeted Therapies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8090963 Authors: I-Tsu Chyuan Hong-Tai Tzeng Ji-Yih Chen Type I and type III interferons (IFNs) share several properties in common, including the induction of signaling pathways, the activation of gene transcripts, and immune responses, against viral infection. Recent advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 962: Mutant Huntingtin Affects Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Markers in Human and Cell Models of Huntington’s Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8090962 Authors: Gepoliano Chaves John Stanley Nader Pourmand A higher incidence of diabetes was observed among family members of individuals affected by Huntington’s Disease with no follow-up studies investigating the genetic nature of the observation. Using a genome-wide association study (GWAS), RNA sequencing...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 960: Transforming Growth Factor-Beta (TGFβ) Signaling Pathway in Cholangiocarcinoma Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8090960 Authors: Panagiotis Papoutsoglou Corentin Louis Cédric Coulouarn Cholangiocarcinoma is a deadly cancer worldwide, associated with a poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. Although cholangiocarcinoma accounts for less than 15% of liver primary cancer, its silent nature restricts early diagnosis and prevents efficient treatment. Therefore,...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Cells, Vol. 8, Pages 959: PFN2a Suppresses C2C12 Myogenic Development by Inhibiting Proliferation and Promoting Apoptosis via the p53 Pathway Cells doi: 10.3390/cells8090959 Authors: Huaqin Li Lianjie Hou Yu Zhang Fangyi Jiang Yifan Zhu Qing X. Li Ching Yuan Hu Chong Wang Skeletal muscle plays a crucial role in physical activity and in regulating body energy and protein balance. Myoblast proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis are indispensable processes for...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Chemosensors, Vol. 7, Pages 39: A Perspective on Recent Advances in Piezoelectric Chemical Sensors for Environmental Monitoring and Foodstuffs Analysis Chemosensors doi: 10.3390/chemosensors7030039 Authors: Kuchmenko Lvova This paper provides a selection of the last two decades publications on the development and application of chemical sensors based on piezoelectric quartz resonators for a wide range of analytical tasks. Most of the attention is devoted to an analysis of gas and...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Children, Vol. 6, Pages 96: Parental Educational Attainment and Chronic Medical Conditions among American Youth; Minorities’ Diminished Returns Children doi: 10.3390/children6090096 Authors: Shervin Assari Mohsen Bazargan Cleopatra Caldwell Background: Parental educational attainment is protective against chronic medical conditions (CMCs). According to the minorities’ diminished returns (MDRs) theory, however, the health effects of socioeconomic status (SES) indicators...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Children, Vol. 6, Pages 95: Development of the Help Overcoming Pain Early (HOPE) Programme Built on a Person-Centred Approach to Support School Nurses in the Care of Adolescents with Chronic Pain—A Feasibility Study Children doi: 10.3390/children6090095 Authors: Stefan Nilsson Ulrika Wallbing Gösta Alfvén Kristina Dalenius Andreas Fors Marie Golsäter Per-Åke Rosvall Helena Wigert Mari Lundberg Chronic pain and its consequences are major global health challenges,...
Sun Aug 25, 2019 03:00
Climate, Vol. 7, Pages 102: Assessing Future Spatio-Temporal Changes in Crop Suitability and Planting Season over West Africa: Using the Concept of Crop-Climate Departure Climate doi: 10.3390/cli7090102 Authors: Temitope S. Egbebiyi Chris Lennard Olivier Crespo Phillip Mukwenha Shakirudeen Lawal Kwesi Quagraine The changing climate is posing significant threats to agriculture, the most vulnerable sector, and the main source of livelihood in West Africa. This study assesses...
Sat Aug 24, 2019 03:00
Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 1, Pages 394-413: Enhanced Circadian Entrainment in Mice and Its Utility under Human Shiftwork Schedules Clocks & Sleep doi: 10.3390/clockssleep1030032 Authors: Thijs J. Walbeek Elizabeth M. Harrison Robert R. Soler Michael R. Gorman The circadian system is generally considered to be incapable of adjusting to rapid changes in sleep/work demands. In shiftworkers this leads to chronic circadian disruption and sleep loss, which together predict underperformance...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 105: The HD-OCT Study May Be Useful in Searching for Markers of Preclinical Stage of Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9030105 Authors: Magdalena Kołodziej Arleta Waszczykowska Irmina Korzeniewska-Dyl Aleksandra Pyziak-Skupien Konrad Walczak Dariusz Moczulski Piotr Jurowski Wojciech Młynarski Agnieszka Szadkowska Agnieszka Zmysłowska The aim of the study was to analyze the thickness...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 104: Identification of Leukemia Subtypes from Microscopic Images Using Convolutional Neural Network Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9030104 Authors: Ahmed Yigit Isik Alpkocak Leukemia is a fatal cancer and has two main types: Acute and chronic. Each type has two more subtypes: Lymphoid and myeloid. Hence, in total, there are four subtypes of leukemia. This study proposes a new approach for diagnosis of all subtypes of leukemia from microscopic...
Sun Aug 25, 2019 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 103: Diagnostic Performance of a Support Vector Machine for Dermatofluoroscopic Melanoma Recognition: The Results of the Retrospective Clinical Study on 214 Pigmented Skin Lesions Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9030103 Authors: Łukasz Szyc Uwe Hillen Constantin Scharlach Friederike Kauer Claus Garbe The need for diagnosing malignant melanoma in its earliest stages results in an increasing number of unnecessary excisions. Objective criteria...
Sun Aug 25, 2019 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 9, Pages 102: Preoperative MRI Parameters Predict Urinary Continence after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy in Prostatic Cancer Patients Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics9030102 Authors: Shinji Fukui Yoriaki Kagebayashi Yusuke Iemura Yoshiaki Matsumura Shoji Samma We aimed to investigate whether preoperative MRI findings could predict the bladder neck location on postoperative cystography and recovery of urinary incontinence after robot-assisted...
Sun Aug 25, 2019 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 11, Pages 146: An Alien Invader is the Cause of Homogenization in the Recipient Ecosystem: A Simulation-Like Approach Diversity doi: 10.3390/d11090146 Authors: Carla Morri Monica Montefalcone Giulia Gatti Paolo Vassallo Chiara Paoli Carlo Nike Bianchi Biotic homogenization is an expected effect of biological invasions. Invasive alien species typically show great adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions and may expand into different habitats,...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 11, Pages 145: A New Species of Terrestrial-Breeding Frog (Amphibia, Strabomantidae, Noblella) from the Upper Madre De Dios Watershed, Amazonian Andes and Lowlands of Southern Peru Diversity doi: 10.3390/d11090145 Authors: Roy Santa-Cruz Rudolf von May Alessandro Catenazzi Courtney Whitcher Evaristo López Tejeda Daniel Rabosky We describe and name a new species of Noblella Barbour, 1930 (Strabomantidae) from southern Peru. Key diagnostic characteristics...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 11, Pages 144: A Multireference-Based Whole Genome Assembly for the Obligate Ant-Following Antbird, Rhegmatorhina melanosticta (Thamnophilidae) Diversity doi: 10.3390/d11090144 Authors: Coelho Musher Cracraft Current generation high-throughput sequencing technology has facilitated the generation of more genomic-scale data than ever before, thus greatly improving our understanding of avian biology across a range of disciplines. Recent developments in linked-read...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 11, Pages 143: Total-Evidence Framework Reveals Complex Morphological Evolution in Nightbirds (Strisores) Diversity doi: 10.3390/d11090143 Authors: Albert Chen Noor D. White Roger B.J. Benson Michael J. Braun Daniel J. Field Strisores is a clade of neoavian birds that include diurnal aerial specialists such as swifts and hummingbirds, as well as several predominantly nocturnal lineages such as nightjars and potoos. Despite the use of genome-scale molecular...
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Epigenomes, Vol. 3, Pages 18: Behavioral Epigenetics: Perspectives Based on Experience-Dependent Epigenetic Inheritance Epigenomes doi: 10.3390/epigenomes3030018 Authors: You-Yuan Pang Rita Jui-Hsien Lu Pao-Yang Chen Epigenetic regulation plays an important role in gene regulation, and epigenetic markers such as DNA methylation and histone modifications are generally described as switches that regulate gene expression. Behavioral epigenetics is defined as the study of how epigenetic...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Fermentation, Vol. 5, Pages 77: Estimating Economic and Environmental Impacts of Red-Wine-Making Processes in the USA Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation5030077 Authors: Congmu Zhang Kurt A. Rosentrater The goal of this study was to examine cost impacts using techno-economic analysis (TEA) and environmental impacts using life-cycle assessment (LCA) for the production of red wine. Three production scales, denoted as “small” (5000 gal per year), “medium”...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Fermentation, Vol. 5, Pages 76: Biodegradation of Residues from the Palo Santo (Bursera graveolens) Essential Oil Extraction and Their Potential for Enzyme Production Using Native Xylaria Fungi from Southern Ecuador Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation5030076 Authors: Vinicio Carrión-Paladines Andreas Fries Rosa Elena Caballero Pablo Pérez Daniëls Roberto García-Ruiz The degradation dynamics of lignin and cellulose were analyzed by means of a solid state biodegradation...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 369: Testing Model of Purchase Intention for Fast Food in Mexico: How do Consumers React to Food Values, Positive Anticipated Emotions, Attitude toward the Brand, and Attitude toward Eating Hamburgers? Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090369 Authors: Héctor Hugo Pérez-Villarreal María Pilar Martínez-Ruiz Alicia Izquierdo-Yusta This research investigated the effect of the food values, positive anticipated emotions, attitude toward the brand, and attitude toward eating...
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Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 368: Structural Changes Induced by Pulsed Electric Fields Increase the Concentration of Volatiles Released in Red Onion (Allium cepa L. var. Red Pearl) Bulbs Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090368 Authors: Thirawat Tantamacharik Sze Ying Leong Michelle J. Leus Graham T. Eyres David J. Burritt Indrawati Oey This study investigated whether pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment can induce structural changes of whole, intact red onion bulb (Allium cepa L. var....
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 367: Exploring the Use of a Modified High-Temperature, Short-Time Continuous Heat Exchanger with Extended Holding Time (HTST-EHT) for Thermal Inactivation of Trypsin Following Selective Enzymatic Hydrolysis of the β-Lactoglobulin Fraction in Whey Protein Isolate Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090367 Authors: Laura Sáez Eoin Murphy Richard J. FitzGerald Phil Kelly Tryptic hydrolysis of whey protein isolate under specific incubation conditions including a relatively...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 366: Strategy towards Replacing Pork Backfat with a Linseed Oleogel in Frankfurter Sausages and its Evaluation on Physicochemical, Nutritional, and Sensory Characteristics Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090366 Authors: Franco Martins López-Pedrouso Purriños Cerqueira Vicente Pastrana Zapata Lorenzo Different health institutions from western countries ha–ve recommended a diet higher in polyunsaturated fats, especially of the n-3...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 365: Structurally Different Pectic Oligosaccharides Produced from Apple Pomace and Their Biological Activity In Vitro Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090365 Authors: Agnieszka Wilkowska Adriana Nowak Aneta Antczak-Chrobot Ilona Motyl Agata Czyżowska Anna Paliwoda This study set out to identify the composition and the biological activity of pectin-derived oligosaccharides (POS) generated from mild acid or enzymatic hydrolysis of apple pomace (AP). The effect...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 364: Analysis of the Acid Detergent Fibre Content in Turnip Greens and Turnip Tops (Brassica rapa L. Subsp. rapa) by Means of Near-Infrared Reflectance Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090364 Authors: Sara Obregón-Cano Rafael Moreno-Rojas Ana Jurado-Millán María Cartea-González Antonio De Haro-Bailón Standard wet chemistry analytical techniques currently used to determine plant fibre constituents are costly, time-consuming and destructive. In this paper the potential...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 363: Promising Tropical Fruits High in Folates Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090363 Authors: Lisa Striegel Nadine Weber Caroline Dumler Soraya Chebib Michael E. Netzel Yasmina Sultanbawa Michael Rychlik As the popularity of tropical fruits has been increasing consistently during the last few decades, nutritional and health-related data about these fruits have been gaining more and more interest. Therefore, we analyzed 35 samples of tropical fruits and...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 362: How Fermentation Affects the Antioxidant Properties of Cereals and Legumes
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 362: How Fermentation Affects the Antioxidant Properties of Cereals and Legumes Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090362 Authors: Michela Verni Vito Verardo Carlo Giuseppe Rizzello The major role of antioxidant compounds in preserving food shelf life, as well as providing health promoting benefits, combined with the increasing concern towards synthetic antioxidants, has led the scientific community to focus on natural antioxidants present in food matrices or resulting...
Sat Aug 24, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 361: Lipid Oxidation in Emulsions Fortified with Iron-Loaded Alginate Beads Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090361 Authors: Alime Cengiz Karin Schroën Claire Berton-Carabin The potential use of iron-loaded alginate beads to fortify oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions was studied. Iron-loaded alginate beads with different sizes (0.65, 0.84, 1.5 and 2 mm) were produced by ionic gelation with calcium chloride, leading to 81% encapsulation efficiency (EE) of ferrous sulfate....
Sat Aug 24, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 360: Depicting the Non-Covalent Interaction of Whey Proteins with Galangin or Genistein Using the Multi-Spectroscopic Techniques and Molecular Docking Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090360 Authors: Chun-Min Ma Xin-Huai Zhao The non-covalent interactions between a commercial whey protein isolate (WPI) and two bioactive polyphenols galangin and genistein were studied at pH 6.8 via the multi-spectroscopic assays and molecular docking. When forming these WPI-polyphenol...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 359: Different Postharvest Responses of Fresh-Cut Sweet Peppers Related to Quality and Antioxidant and Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase Activities during Exposure to Light-Emitting Diode Treatments Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090359 Authors: Gludia M. Maroga Puffy Soundy Dharini Sivakumar The influence of emitting diode (LED) treatments for 8 h per day on functional quality of three types of fresh-cut sweet peppers (yellow, red, and green) were investigated after 3,...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Foods, Vol. 8, Pages 358: Phytochemical Characteristics and Antimicrobial Activity of Australian Grown Garlic (Allium Sativum L.) Cultivars Foods doi: 10.3390/foods8090358 Authors: Anh Dao Thi Phan Gabriele Netzel Panhchapor Chhim Michael E. Netzel Yasmina Sultanbawa This study systematically evaluated the main bioactive compounds and associated biological properties of two Australian grown garlic cultivars and commercial non-Australian grown garlic (for comparison purposes...
Fri Aug 23, 2019 03:00
Geriatrics, Vol. 4, Pages 49: Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners in Later Life in Mainland China Geriatrics doi: 10.3390/geriatrics4030049 Authors: Aw Yiengprugsawan Gong Mainland China is one of the world’s most rapidly aging countries, and yet there is very limited literature on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) use in older individuals. This study aimed to determine the national and provincial prevalence of TCM practitioner utilization in...
Sun Aug 25, 2019 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 7, Pages 100: Drug-Induced Sleep Endoscopy: Clinical Application and Surgical Outcomes Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare7030100 Authors: Vito Cammaroto Chong Carrasco-Llatas Vicini The visualization of the level and pattern of apnea and hypopnea events is of pivotal importance in the diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). There are numerous techniques available to assess upper airway obstruction, which include...
Sun Aug 25, 2019 03:00
Heritage, Vol. 2, Pages 2457-2479: Using 3D Spatial Visualisation to Interpret the Coverage of Anti-Aircraft Batteries on a World War II Battlefield Heritage doi: 10.3390/heritage2030151 Authors: Spennemann Poynter Heritage Building Information Modeling (HBIM) focuses on the documentation and visualization of heritage properties which are confined in their permanent terrestrial space. This paper extended the concept of Heritage Building Information Modeling to the airspace above...
Mon Aug 26, 2019 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 3109: Body Dissatisfaction in Adolescents: Differences by Sex, BMI and Type and Organisation of Physical Activity International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173109 Authors: Juan Gregorio Fernández-Bustos Álvaro Infantes-Paniagua Irene Gonzalez-Martí Onofre Ricardo Contreras-Jordán The aim of this study was to assess the differences in body dissatisfaction (BD) of male and female adolescents by body max index...
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IJERPH, Vol. 16, Pages 3108: “There Is a Cat on Our Ward”: Inpatient and Staff Member Attitudes toward and Experiences with Cats in a Psychiatric Ward International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173108 Authors: Cora Wagner Undine E. Lang Karin Hediger The aim of this study was to investigate inpatient and staff member attitudes toward and experiences with ward cats, and identify possible mechanisms for how cats affect patient satisfaction...
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