Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 3: Incidence of Vancomycin Resistant Phenotype of the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Lahore Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9010003 Authors: Saeed Ahsan Nawaz Iqbal Rehman Ijaz Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) associated infections are one of the major threats to public health. The aim of the present study was to determine the antibiotic resistance pattern as well as the genetic...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 2: Reduced Production of Bacterial Membrane Vesicles Predicts Mortality in ST45/USA600 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9010002 Authors: Dey Gudipati Giuliano Zervos Monk Szubin Jorgensen Sakoulas Berti Immune biomarkers can stratify mortality risk in staphylococcal bacteremia. Microbial biomarkers may provide more consistent signals during early infection. We demonstrate...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 1: Characterization of Antibiotic and Biocide Resistance Genes and Virulence Factors of Staphylococcus Species Associated with Bovine Mastitis in Rwanda Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9010001 Authors: Antók Mayrhofer Marbach Masengesho Keinprecht Nyirimbuga Fischer Lepuschitz Ruppitsch Ehling-Schulz Feßler Schwarz Monecke Ehricht Grunert Spergser Loncaric The present study was conducted from...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 6: Dietary Antioxidants in Coffee Leaves: Impact of Botanical Origin and Maturity on Chlorogenic Acids and Xanthones Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010006 Authors: Ângelo Monteiro Silvia Colomban Helena G. Azinheira Leonor Guerra-Guimarães Maria Do Céu Silva Luciano Navarini Marina Resmini Natural polyphenols are important dietary antioxidants that significantly benefit human health. Coffee and tea have been shown to largely contribute...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 5: Antioxidant Activity of Metal Nanoparticles Coated with Tocopherol-Like Residues—The Importance of Studies in Homo- and Heterogeneous Systems Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010005 Authors: Konopko Kusio Litwinienko Functionalized nanoparticles (NPs) attract great attention in pharmacy, diagnostics, and biomedical areas due to benefits like localization and unique interactions of NPs with biocomponents of living cells. In the present paper, we...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 4: Unification of Opposites between Two Antioxidant Transcription Factors Nrf1 and Nrf2 in Mediating Distinct Cellular Responses to the Endoplasmic Reticulum Stressor Tunicamycin Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010004 Authors: Zhu Zheng Hu Ru Fan Qiu Zhang The water-soluble Nrf2 (nuclear factor, erythroid 2-like 2, also called Nfe2l2) is accepted as a master regulator of antioxidant responses to cellular stress, and it was also identified...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 3: 3,3’-Diindolylmethane Promotes BDNF and Antioxidant Enzyme Formation via TrkB/Akt Pathway Activation for Neuroprotection against Oxidative Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Hippocampal Neuronal Cells Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010003 Authors: Lee Yoo Baek Li Sok Kim 3,3’-Diindolylmethane (DIM), a metabolite of indole-3-carbinol present in Brassicaceae vegetables, possesses various health-promoting effects. Nonetheless, the...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 2: Intrarenal Transplantation of Hypoxic Preconditioned Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improves Glomerulonephritis through Anti-Oxidation, Anti-ER Stress, Anti-Inflammation, Anti-Apoptosis, and Anti-Autophagy Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010002 Authors: Chang Hsu Chien To confer further therapeutic potential and prevent some adverse effects by the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) transplantation, we explored the effects of locally intrarenal arterial administration...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 1: Peroxiredoxin II Maintains the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential against Alcohol-Induced Apoptosis in HT22 Cells Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9010001 Authors: Jin Yu Sun Jin Shen Jin Cui Lee Kim Kim Kwon Han Excessive alcohol intake can significantly reduce cognitive function and cause irreversible learning and memory disorders. The brain is particularly vulnerable to alcohol-induced ROS damage; the hippocampus...
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Arts, Vol. 9, Pages 1: Speaking Volumes: Studying Depth in Holographic Narratives Arts doi: 10.3390/arts9010001 Authors: Vila This article investigates a decision every holographer makes: where to place light-forms along the z-axis, given the power of light imagery. This choice governs what sits behind the plate, what is on the surface and what projects in front of the plate toward the viewer. After considering ways that the placement of imagery sets the stage for viewers to respond...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 5: Seasonal Control of Water-Soluble Inorganic Ions in PM2.5 from Nanning, a Subtropical Monsoon Climate City in Southwestern China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010005 Authors: Guo Long Zhang Zheng Xiao Xiao In this study, we measured the daily water-soluble inorganic ions (WSIIs) concentration (including SO42−, NO3−, NH4+, Ca2+, K+, Cl−, Na+, Mg2+, and F−) of PM2.5 (particulate matter with a diameter...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 6: Oxidative Potential Associated with Urban Aerosol Deposited into the Respiratory System and Relevant Elemental and Ionic Fraction Contributions Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010006 Authors: Manigrasso Simonetti Astolfi Perrino Canepari Protano Antonucci Avino Vitali Size-segregated aerosol measurements were carried out at an urban and at an industrial site. Soluble and insoluble fractions of elements and inorganic ions were...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 3: Analyzing the Influence of the North Atlantic Ocean Variability on the Atlantic Meridional Mode on Decadal Time Scales Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010003 Authors: F. Veiga Giarolla Nobre A. Nobre Important features of the Atlantic meridional mode (AMM) are not fully understood. We still do not know what determines its dominant decadal variability or the complex physical processes that sustain it. Using reanalysis datasets, we investigated...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 4: Sources of Particulate Matter in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010004 Authors: Keywood Hibberd Selleck Desservettaz Cohen Stelcer Atanacio Scorgie Chang : Exposure to particulate matter results in adverse health outcomes, especially in sensitive members of the community. Many communities that co-exist with industry are concerned about the perceived impact of emissions from that...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 2: Estimating Ensemble Flood Forecasts’ Uncertainty: A Novel “Peak-Box” Approach for Detecting Multiple Peak-Flow Events Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11010002 Authors: Antonio Giordani Massimiliano Zappa Mathias W. Rotach Ensemble flood forecasts are an established tool to provide information about the uncertainty of runoff predictions. However, their interpretation may not be straightforward, especially when dealing with extreme events; therefore, the...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 7: Routes for Specialization in Psychology throughout Europe Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010007 Authors: David Dias Neto Sónia Figueiredo Constança Biscaia Maria João Barros Ricardo Barroso Filipa Fernandes The specialization of psychology helps to delineate fields in the practice of psychology. When establishing professional qualification criteria, associations seek to promote, in their members, scientific skills and knowledge...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 8: Why Do We Watch? The Role of Emotion Gratifications and Individual Differences in Predicting Rewatchability and Movie Recommendation Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010008 Authors: Patrícia Arriaga Joana Alexandre Octavian Postolache Manuel J. Fonseca Thibault Langlois Teresa Chambel Background: The present study’s main aim was to determine the predictors of movie rewatchability and recommendations. Methods: Using a...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 6: Relationships Between Medical Doctors’ Personality Traits and Their Professional Risk Perception Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010006 Authors: Nataliya Bogacheva Tatiana Kornilova Elizaveta Pavlova Medical decision-making is often related to risk and uncertainty, but existing research does not offer a comprehensive approach to this matter. We discuss the necessity to study cognitive representations of risks (CRRs), which we define as...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 9: Relationship Between Satisfaction and Concern with Own Appearance and Subjective Estimation of Economic Status Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010009 Authors: Vera Labunskaya This study is aimed to scrutinize the relationship between satisfaction and concern with an individual’s physical appearance and the subjective estimation of economic status, which is considered as one of main predictors of life satisfaction. Recent research...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 5: Psychological Mediation of Dysfunction and Hyperfunction of Respiratory Regulation Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010005 Authors: Koniukhovskaia Pervichko This research investigates the continuum between the dysfunction and the hyperfunction of breath regulation and presents the psychological mediation that supports or disrupts this regulation. The pilot study compared breathing regulation in patients with hyperventilation syndrome (HVS),...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1: Procrastination as a Threat to the Psychological Security of the Educational Environment Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010001 Authors: Litvinova Kokurin Ekimova Koteneva Pozdnyakov The present study provides an analysis of the concept of procrastination and its features, together with a discussion of the fundamental approaches to its investigation. It examines procrastination as a threat to the psychological security of the...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 3: Associations of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sleep with Weight Loss Maintenance: A Preliminary Study of Japanese Adults Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010003 Authors: Wakaba Sasai Nakata Maintaining weight loss is considerably more challenging than losing weight. Most previous studies on weight loss maintenance have been conducted in Western countries and have assessed physical activity and sleep with the use of questionnaires....
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 4: Parents of Children with Developmental Difficulties and Parents of Typically Developed Children: What Happens in a Year? Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010004 Authors: Lana Lučić Parents of children with developmental difficulties (DD) face many challenges on an everyday basis and, compared to a parent of a typically developed child (TD), are at risk to experience lower well-being. Earlier, as a part of the CRO-WELL project, we explored differences...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 2: Russian Students’ Social Representations of Higher Education Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10010002 Authors: Sachkova Esina The ideas of the theory social representations proposed by Moscovici and developed in the structural approach by Abric were used in the research in order to reveal the structure and content of students’ social representations of higher education in a modern society. The total sample size was 572 students:...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 1: Synergistic Model of Cardiac Function with a Heart Assist Device Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7010001 Authors: Kim Capoccia The breakdown of cardiac self-organization leads to heart diseases and failure, the number one cause of death worldwide. The left ventricular pressure–volume relation plays a key role in the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases. Lumped-parameter models combined with pressure–volume loop...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 1: Consequences of Haemorrhagic Smolt Syndrome (HSS) for the Immune Status of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) (Case Study) Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9010001 Authors: Aleksei Krasnov Ingunn Sommerset Tina Søfteland Sergey Afanasyev Preben Boysen Hege Lund Haemorrhagic smolt syndrome (HSS) is a disorder of unknown aetiology causing losses in the fresh water phase of Atlantic salmon farming. Normally, the mortality is limited and symptoms disappear...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 12: Dietary Fatty Acids and Microbiota-Brain Communication in Neuropsychiatric Diseases Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010012 Authors: Marrone Coccurello The gut-brain axis is a multimodal communication system along which immune, metabolic, autonomic, endocrine and enteric nervous signals can shape host physiology and determine liability, development and progression of a vast number of human diseases. Here, we broadly discussed the current knowledge...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 11: Protective Effects of Melatonin Against Aristolochic Acid-Induced Nephropathy in Mice Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010011 Authors: Jung-Yeon Kim Jaechan Leem Eon Ju Jeon Melatonin, a pineal hormone, is well known to regulate the sleep–wake cycle. Besides, the hormone has been shown to display pleiotropic effects arising from its powerful anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Recent studies have reported that melatonin exerts...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 10: Challenges Faced with Small Molecular Modulators of Potassium Current Channel Isoform Kv1.5 Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010010 Authors: Zhao Ruan Ma Feng Xie Nie Fan Qian He Wu Zhang Zheng The voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.5, which mediates the cardiac ultra-rapid delayed-rectifier (IKur) current in human cells, has a crucial role in atrial fibrillation. Therefore, the design of selective Kv1.5 modulators...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 9: 4-Aminobenzoic Acid Derivatives: Converting Folate Precursor to Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Agents Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010009 Authors: Krátký Konečná Janoušek Brablíková Janďourek Trejtnar Stolaříková Vinšová 4-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), an essential nutrient for many human pathogens, but dispensable for humans, and its derivatives have exhibited various biological activities. In this study, we combined two pharmacophores...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 8: Functional Analysis of DNMT3A DNA Methyltransferase Mutations Reported in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010008 Authors: Khrabrova Loiko Tolkacheva Cherepanova Zvereva Kirsanova Gromova In mammals, DNA methylation is necessary for the maintenance of genomic stability, gene expression regulation, and other processes. During malignant diseases progression, changes in both DNA methylation patterns...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 7: Designer Amyloid Cell-Penetrating Peptides for Potential Use as Gene Transfer Vehicles Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010007 Authors: Kokotidou Jonnalagadda Orr Vrentzos Kretsovali Tamamis Mitraki Cell-penetrating peptides are used extensively to deliver molecules into cells due to their unique characteristics such as rapid internalization, charge, and non-cytotoxicity. Amyloid fibril biomaterials were reported as gene transfer...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 6: Simultaneous Estimation of Twenty Eight Phenolic Compounds by a Novel and Expeditious Method Developed on Quaternary Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography System with a Photodiode Array Detector Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010006 Authors: Mandhania Pal Saharan Plant secondary metabolites including phenolics and flavonoidsare synthesized through phenylpropanoid and phenylpropanoid–acetate pathways and significantly contribute against...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 5: Generation of Retinaldehyde for Retinoic Acid Biosynthesis Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010005 Authors: Belyaeva Adams Popov Kedishvili The concentration of all-trans-retinoic acid, the bioactive derivative of vitamin A, is critically important for the optimal performance of numerous physiological processes. Either too little or too much of retinoic acid in developing or adult tissues is equally harmful. All-trans-retinoic acid is produced...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 4: Elucidating the Binding Mechanism of a Novel Silica-Binding Peptide Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10010004 Authors: Bansal Elgundi Care C. Goodchild S. Lord Rodger Sunna Linker-protein G (LPG) is a bifunctional fusion protein composed of a solid-binding peptide (SBP, referred as the “linker”) with high affinity to silica-based compounds and a Streptococcus protein G (PG), which binds antibodies. The binding...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 4: The Impact of a Structured Exercise Programme upon Cognitive Function in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Patients Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10010004 Authors: Paweł Zalewski Sławomir Kujawski Malwina Tudorowska Karl Morten Małgorzata Tafil-Klawe Jacek J. Klawe James Strong Fernando Estévez-López Modra Murovska Julia L. Newton the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE) Background: Cognitive function disturbance is a frequently...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 2: Cerebral Blood Flow in Low Intracranial Pressure Headaches—What is Known? Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10010002 Authors: Nowaczewska Kaźmierczak Headaches attributed to low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure are described as orthostatic headaches caused by spontaneous or secondary low CSF pressure or CSF leakages. Regardless of the cause, CFS leaks may lead to intracranial hypotension (IH) and influence cerebral blood flow (CBF). When CSF...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 1: Should the Minimal Intervention Principle Be Considered When Investigating Dual-Tasking Effects on Postural Control? Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10010001 Authors: Wachholz Tiribello Promsri Federolf Dual-tasking charges the sensorimotor system with performing two tasks simultaneously. Center of pressure (COP) analysis reveals the postural control that is altered during dual-tasking, but may not reveal the underlying neural mechanisms....
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 3: Delay-Period Activity and Executive Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10010003 Authors: Phensy Kroener The term “working memory” (WM) describes the ability to maintain and manipulate information in the memory for the guidance of goal-directed behavior.[...]
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