Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2003: In Vivo Ergogenic Properties of the Bifidobacterium longum OLP-01 Isolated from a Weightlifting Gold Medalist Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092003 Authors: Mon-Chien Lee Yi-Ju Hsu Hsiao-Li Chuang Pei-Shan Hsieh Hsieh-Hsun Ho Wei-Ling Chen Yen-Shuo Chiu Chi-Chang Huang In recent years, probiotics of human origin have shown superior results and performance compared to probiotics from plant or dairy sources, in both in vitro and animal studies....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2001: Tolerability and Safety of a Nutritional Supplement with Potential as Adjuvant in Colorectal Cancer Therapy: A Randomized Trial in Healthy Volunteers Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092001 Authors: Marta Gómez de Cedrón José Moises Laparra Viviana Loria-Kohen Susana Molina Juan Moreno-Rubio Juan Jose Montoya Carlos Torres Enrique Casado Guillermo Reglero Ana Ramírez de Molina Bioactive supplements display relevant therapeutic properties...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2000: Association of Low Serum l-Carnitine Levels with Peripheral Arterial Stiffness in Patients Who Undergo Kidney Transplantation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11092000 Authors: Yu-Hsien Lai Ming-Che Lee Guan-Jin Ho Chin-Hung Liu Bang-Gee Hsu l-carnitine is an important co-factor in fatty-acid metabolism, and its deficiency is associated with insulin resistance, which is independently associated with arterial stiffness. This study evaluated the relationship...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1999: Nutritional Assessment in Preterm Infants: A Practical Approach in the NICU Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11091999 Authors: Luis Pereira-da-Silva Daniel Virella Christoph Fusch A practical approach for nutritional assessment in preterm infants under intensive care, based on anthropometric measurements and commonly used biochemical markers, is suggested. The choice of anthropometric charts depends on the purpose: Fenton 2013 charts to assess intrauterine...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1998: Association of the Dietary Index Underpinning the Nutri-Score Label with Oral Health: Preliminary Evidence from a Large, Population-Based Sample Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11091998 Authors: Valentina A. Andreeva Manon Egnell Pilar Galan Gilles Feron Serge Hercberg Chantal Julia The 2017 implementation in France of the front-of-package nutrition label known as ‘Nutri-Score’ was intended as a public health strategy to help...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1997: Gluten-Free Products: From Dietary Necessity to Premium Price Extraction Tool Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11091997 Authors: Maria Teresa Gorgitano Valeria Sodano Every year, the Italian National Health Service (NHS) provides about 200,000 celiac people (based on 2017 data) living in Italy with financial support of about 250 million euro to cover the cost of their specific dietary constrains. The existence of gluten-free products of high quality and affordable...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1996: Evaluating Potential Behavioral Mediators for Increasing Similarity in Friends’ Body Size among College Students Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11091996 Authors: Irene van Woerden Daniel Hruschka David R. Schaefer Kimberly L. Fine Meg Bruening College students and their friends become more similar in weight status over time. However, it is unclear which mediators explain this relationship. Using validated survey measures of diet, physical activity,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1995: Brain-Behavior-Immune Interaction: Serum Cytokines and Growth Factors in Patients with Eating Disorders at Extremes of the Body Mass Index (BMI) Spectrum Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11091995 Authors: Mariarita Caroleo Elvira Anna Carbone Marta Greco Domenica Maria Corigliano Biagio Arcidiacono Gilda Fazia Marianna Rania Matteo Aloi Luca Gallelli Cristina Segura-Garcia Daniela Patrizia Foti Antonio Brunetti Alterations of the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1993: Calorie Restriction Modulates Reproductive Development and Energy Balance in Pre-Pubertal Male Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11091993 Authors: Guilherme Rizzoto Deepa Sekhar Jacob C. Thundathil Prasanth K. Chelikani John P. Kastelic The objective was to determine effects of feed restriction and refeeding on reproductive development and energy balance in pre-pubertal male rats. Sprague Dawley rats (n = 32, 24 days old, ~65 g), were randomly...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1994: Administration of Intravenous Ascorbic Acid—Practical Considerations for Clinicians Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11091994 Authors: Scott E. Walker John Iazzetta Shirley Law Salmaan Kanji Brigitte Bolduc François Lamontagne Neill K.J. Adhikari Emerging data suggest that intravenous ascorbic acid (AA) may be beneficial in patients with sepsis. Clinicians require data on stability of diluted AA for safe administration. We evaluated the stability...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 12, Pages 124: Antitumor Mechanism of the Essential Oils from Two Succulent Plants in Multidrug Resistance Leukemia Cell Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph12030124 Authors: Paola Poma Manuela Labbozzetta James A. McCubrey Aro Vonjy Ramarosandratana Maurizio Sajeva Pietro Zito Monica Notarbartolo Drug resistance remains a major challenge in the treatment of cancer. The multiplicity of the drug resistance determinants raises the question about the optimal...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 12, Pages 123: Unraveling Hepcidin Plasma Protein Binding: Evidence from Peritoneal Equilibration Testing Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph12030123 Authors: Laura E. Diepeveen Coby M. Laarakkers Hilde P.E. Peters Antonius E. van Herwaarden Hans Groenewoud Joanna IntHout Jack F. Wetzels Rachel P.L. van Swelm Dorine W. Swinkels Peptide hormone hepcidin regulates systemic iron metabolism and has been described to be partially bound to α2-macroglobulin...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 433: Shelf-Life Evaluation and Lyophilization of PBCA-Based Polymeric Microbubbles Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11090433 Authors: Tarun Ojha Vertika Pathak Natascha Drude Marek Weiler Dirk Rommel Stephan Rütten Bertram Geinitz Mies J. van Steenbergen Gert Storm Fabian Kiessling Twan Lammers Poly(n-butyl cyanoacrylate) microbubbles (PBCA-MB) are extensively employed for functional and molecular ultrasound (US) imaging,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 432: Hydrogels Based Drug Delivery Synthesis, Characterization and Administration Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11090432 Authors: Onaciu Munteanu Moldovan Moldovan Berindan-Neagoe Hydrogels represent 3D polymeric networks specially designed for various medical applications. Due to their porous structure, they are able to swollen and to entrap large amounts of therapeutic agents and other molecules. In addition, their biocompatibility...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 431: Nanocarrier Lipid Composition Modulates the Impact of Pulmonary Surfactant Protein B (SP-B) on Cellular Delivery of siRNA Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11090431 Authors: Roberta Guagliardo Pieterjan Merckx Agata Zamborlin Lynn De Backer Mercedes Echaide Jesus Pérez-Gil Stefaan C. De Smedt Koen Raemdonck Two decades since the discovery of the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway, we are now witnessing the approval of the first...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 429: Erythrocyte Membrane Cloaked Curcumin-Loaded Nanoparticles for Enhanced Chemotherapy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11090429 Authors: Xiaotian Xie Haijun Wang Gareth R. Williams Yanbo Yang Yongli Zheng Junzi Wu Li-Min Zhu In this study, curcumin-loaded porous poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared and surface modified with red blood cell membranes (RBCM) to yield biomimetic RBCM-p-PLGA@Cur NPs....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 430: Folic Acid and PEI Modified Mesoporous Silica for Targeted Delivery of Curcumin Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11090430 Authors: Xiaoxiao Sun Nan Wang Li-Ye Yang Xiao-Kun Ouyang Fangfang Huang Nano anti-cancer drug carriers loaded with antineoplastic drugs can achieve targeted drug delivery, which enriches drugs at tumor sites and reduces the toxic side effects in normal tissues. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSN) are good nano...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 428: Towards the Oral Treatment of Ileo-Colonic Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Infliximab Tablets: Development and Validation of the Production Process Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11090428 Authors: Bahez Gareb Silke Posthumus Max Beugeling Pauline Koopmans Daan J. Touw Gerard Dijkstra Jos G.W. Kosterink Henderik W. Frijlink Infliximab (IFX) is an intravenously administered monoclonal antibody antagonizing the effects of...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 120: Penicillin Allergy Skin Testing in the Inpatient Setting Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030120 Authors: Julie Ann Justo Wesley D. Kufel Lisa Avery P. Brandon Bookstaver The consequences of a documented penicillin allergy in the medical record are especially troublesome in acutely ill, hospitalized patients. A penicillin allergy label may lead to alternative or second line therapies resulting in adverse drug events, negative clinical outcomes and...
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Philosophies, Vol. 4, Pages 52: Time and the Problems of Television: Three Images Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies4030052 Authors: Barker In this paper I look at three images and use them to discuss television and the conditions for the representation of time in the twenty-first century. The first image is from the UK’s Channel 4 news report following the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris. The paper begins by offering a theoretical critique of this televisual image...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 302: Circular and Micro RNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana Flowers Are Simultaneously Isolated from AGO-IP Libraries Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8090302 Authors: Érika Frydrych Capelari Guilherme Cordenonsi da Fonseca Frank Guzman Rogerio Margis Competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) are natural transcripts that can act as endogenous sponges of microRNAs (miRNAs), modulating miRNA action upon target mRNAs. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are one among the various classes...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 301: Garcienone, a Novel Compound Involved in Allelopathic Activity of Garcinia Xanthochymus Hook Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8090301 Authors: Md. Mahfuzur Rob Arihiro Iwasaki Ryota Suzuki Kiyotake Suenaga Hisashi Kato-Noguchi Plants are sources of diversified allelopathic substances that can be investigated for use in eco-friendly and efficient herbicides. An aqueous methanol extract from the leaves of Garcinia xanthochymus exhibited strong inhibitory...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 300: The Essential Oil of Thymbra capitata and its Application as A Biocide on Stone and Derived Surfaces Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8090300 Authors: Rossella Gagliano Candela Filippo Maggi Giuseppe Lazzara Sergio Rosselli Maurizio Bruno Many chemicals used nowadays for the preservation of cultural heritage pose a risk to both human health and the environment. Thus, it is desirable to find new and eco-friendly biocides that can replace the synthetic ones....
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 299: Plant Development and Organogenesis: From Basic Principles to Applied Research Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8090299 Authors: Giovanna Frugis The way plants grow and develop organs significantly impacts the overall performance and yield of crop plants. The basic knowledge now available in plant development has the potential to help breeders in generating plants with defined architectural features to improve productivity. Plant translational research effort has...
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Publications, Vol. 7, Pages 57: Third Mission Activities at Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences: Results from an Expert Survey Publications doi: 10.3390/publications7030057 Authors: Martina Gaisch Daniela Noemeyer Regina Aichinger This article looks at third mission activities as an integral part of universities of applied sciences (UAS) and sheds light on the wide portfolio of third stream initiatives at the Austrian applied higher education sector. In a pilot study, this...
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Recycling, Vol. 4, Pages 35: Sustainable Solutions for Oyster Shell Waste Recycling in Thailand and the Philippines Recycling doi: 10.3390/recycling4030035 Authors: Ramakrishna Chilakala Chottitisupawong Thannaree Eunsoo Justin Shin Thriveni Thenepalli Ji Whan Ahn This paper studies the utilization and management of the waste mollusk shell. The two major export countries of mollusk shell are the Southeast Asia’s Thailand and the Philippines. First, the aquaculture...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 503: An American Hero: Faith-Based Emergency Health Care in Karen State, Myanmar and Beyond Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10090503 Authors: Horstmann This article examines the vastly expanded mobility of displaced Karen villagers in the evangelical humanitarian movement, the Free Burma Rangers. This builds on ethnographic fieldwork on humanitarian cultures in the Thai-Burmese borderlands conducted since 2007 with a Thai research team and funded by Max Planck Institute...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 502: River Goddesses, Personhood and Rights of Nature: Implications for Spiritual Ecology Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10090502 Authors: Kelly D. Alley Designating rights for nature is a potentially powerful way to open up the dialogue on nature conservation around the world and provide enforcement power for an ecocentric approach. Experiments using a rights-based framework have combined in-country perspectives, worldviews, and practices with legal justifications...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 501: Australian Media and Islamophobia: Representations of Asylum Seeker Children Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10090501 Authors: Tejaswini Vishwanath Patil Helen Jacqueline McLaren Australian media invests considerable attention in asylum seekers and their children, especially those arriving by boat. In this paper, we provide an analysis of Australian newsprint media published during the term of Australia’s Gillard’s government (2010–2013)....
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 500: Understanding Neighbourhoods as Multifaith Spaces Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10090500 Authors: Melanie Prideaux This paper asked whether it is possible to understand neighbourhoods as ‘multifaith spaces’ and whether doing so helps us think differently about neighbourhoods or about multifaith spaces. By referring to the English context, this paper explored the significance of the local and the demotic in the experience of religious diversity, the construction...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 499: Dressed to Marry: Islam, Fashion, and the Making of Muslim Brides in Brazil Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10090499 Authors: Gisele Fonseca Chagas Solange R. Mezabarba This article explores the dress practices of Muslim women in Brazil, focusing on the ways through which they choose, prepare, use, and talk about their wedding garments. The aim is to understand how religiously oriented women interpret the Islamic normative codes concerning the coverage of...
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Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 92: Drivers of Old-Age Dependence and Long-Term Care Usage in Switzerland—A Structural Equation Model Approach Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7030092 Authors: Iegor Rudnytskyi Joël Wagner Long-term care (LTC) encompasses a set of services provided to impaired and dependent elderly people. To assess the level of the dependence several scales are used, including activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental ADL (IADL) and functional limitations. Once an elderly person...
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Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 91: Bigger Is Not Always Safer: A Critical Analysis of the Subadditivity Assumption for Coherent Risk Measures Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7030091 Authors: Hans Rau-Bredow This paper provides a critical analysis of the subadditivity axiom, which is the key condition for coherent risk measures. Contrary to the subadditivity assumption, bank mergers can create extra risk. We begin with an analysis how a merger affects depositors, junior or senior bank creditors, and bank...
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Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 90: Persistence of Bank Credit Default Swap Spreads Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7030090 Authors: Xin Huang Credit default swap (CDS) spreads measure the default risk of the reference entity and have been frequently used in recent empirical papers. To provide a rigorous econometrics foundation for empirical CDS analysis, this paper applies the augmented Dickey–Fuller, Phillips–Perron, Kwiatkowski–Phillips–Schmidt–Shin,...
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Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 89: Liquidity Risk Drivers and Bank Business Models Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7030089 Authors: Galletta Mazzù This paper examines the bank liquidity risk while using a maturity mismatch indicator of loans and deposits (LTDm) during a specific period. Core banking activities that are based on the process of maturity transformation are the most exposed to liquidity risk. The financial crisis in 2007–2009 highlighted the importance of liquidity to the functioning...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 59: Alignment of the Safety Assessment Method with New Zealand Legislative Responsibilities Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5030059 Authors: Dirk J. Pons Need—National legislative health and safety (H&S) frameworks impose requirements but grant self-management to organisations. Consequently variability arises in management systems, and some organisations struggle to achieve successful implementation. The risk assessment process is key to the H&S...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 58: Drinking Water Risk Management Plan: A Case Study in the Ore Processing Industry Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5030058 Authors: Arif Susanto Purwanto Purwanto Edi K. Putro Fanny Yuliasari All of the water supply system development needs to be safe and meet health requirements. Due to the expansion of the ore processing industry, water supply providers are required to identify the risks that may arise from dangerous and hazardous events. The purpose of this...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 57: Can Automated Vehicles Improve Cyclist Safety in Urban Areas? Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5030057 Authors: Pavlos Tafidis Ali Pirdavani Tom Brijs Haneen Farah Automated vehicles (AVs) are expected to assist in decreasing road traffic fatalities, particularly among passenger cars. However, until now limited research has been conducted on how they will impact the safety of vulnerable road users (VRUs) (i.e., cyclists and pedestrians). Therefore, there is...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 247: Correction: Beans, J.A.; et al. Community Protections in American Indian and Alaska Native Participatory Research–A Scoping Review. Soc. Sci. 2019, 8(4), 127 Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8090247 Authors: Julie Beans Bobby Saunkeah R. Woodbury Terry Ketchum Paul Spicer Vanessa Hiratsuka The authors wish to make the following change to their paper (Beans et al [...]
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