Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 124: Tear Break-Up Time and Seasonal Variation in Intraocular Pressure in a Japanese Population Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020124 Authors: Ayaki Negishi Yuki Kawashima Uchino Tsubota Purpose: To evaluate seasonal variation in intraocular pressure (IOP) with and without short tear break-up time (SBUT, BUT ≤5 s) since dry eye and IOP are known to have seasonal variation. Methods: This study enrolled 176 patients who visited...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 123: Similarities and Differences between Clear Cell Tubulo-Papillary and Conventional Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Comparative Phenotypical and Mutational Analysis Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020123 Authors: Giunchi Gruppioni Altimari Capizzi Massari Schiavina Brunelli Martignoni Fiorentino Background: Clear cell tubulo-papillary renal cell carcinoma (cctpRCC) is characterized by clear cell morphology, but...
Sun Feb 23, 2020 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 122: Decreased Cytoplasmic Expression of ADAMTS14 Is Correlated with Reduced Survival Rates in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020122 Authors: Yueh-Min Lin Chiao-Wen Lin Jeng-Wei Lu Kun-Tu Yeh Shu-Hui Lin Shun-Fa Yang A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motif 14 (ADAMTS14) is a member of the zinc-dependent protease family that is implicated in the occurrence and progression of tumors....
Sun Feb 23, 2020 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 121: Olaparib Combined with an ATR or Chk1 Inhibitor as a Treatment Strategy for Acquired Olaparib-Resistant BRCA1 Mutant Ovarian Cells Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020121 Authors: Brian T. Burgess Abigail M. Anderson J. Robert McCorkle Jianrong Wu Frederick R. Ueland Jill M. Kolesar Objective: Despite the promise of PARP inhibitors (PARPi) for treating BRCA1/2 mutated ovarian cancer (OC), drug resistance invariably develops. We hypothesized...
Sat Feb 22, 2020 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 120: Screening and Prevention for High-Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Ovary Based on Carcinogenesis—Fallopian Tube- and Ovarian-Derived Tumors and Incessant Retrograde Bleeding Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020120 Authors: Otsuka Matsuura High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common and lethal subtype of ovarian carcinoma. Many HGSCs are now believed to originate in the fallopian tube epithelium; ovarian surface epithelium is another possible...
Sat Feb 22, 2020 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 119: BRCAness as an Important Prognostic Marker in Patients with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Multicenter Retrospective Study Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020119 Authors: Yoshimasa Kosaka Yutaka Yamamoto Hirokazu Tanino Hiroshi Nishimiya Mutsuko Yamamoto-Ibusuki Yuko Hirota Hirotaka Iwase Seigo Nakamura Sadako Akashi-Tanaka Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has several subtypes....
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 118: Viscoelastic Hemostatic Assays: Moving from the Laboratory to the Site of Care—A Review of Established and Emerging Technologies Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020118 Authors: Jan Hartmann Matthew Murphy Joao D. Dias Viscoelastic-based techniques to evaluate whole blood hemostasis have advanced substantially since they were first developed over 70 years ago but are still based upon the techniques first described by Dr. Hellmut Hartert in...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 117: Diagnostic Problems in Diffuse Axonal Injury Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020117 Authors: Sung Ho Jang In this study, three problems associated with diagnosing diffuse axonal injury (DAI) in patients with traumatic brain injury are reviewed: the shortage of scientific evidence supporting the 6-hour loss of consciousness (LOC) diagnostic criterion to discriminate concussion and DAI, the low sensitivity of conventional brain MRI in the detection...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Diseases, Vol. 8, Pages 5: Rabies: Knowledge, Attitude and Practices in and Around South Gondar, North West Ethiopia Diseases doi: 10.3390/diseases8010005 Authors: Bihon Meresa Tesfaw A cross-sectional study was conducted from February 2017 to April 2017 to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of the community towards rabies in south Gondar zone, Ethiopia. A structured closed ended questionnaire was used to collect the data through face to face interviews among 384 respondents....
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 85: Testing the Effectiveness of DNA Barcoding for Biodiversity Assessment of Moths from Nigeria Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12020085 Authors: Nneji Adeola Wang Ajao Anyaele Malann Olatunde Nneji Ayoola Rahman Adeniyi Okeyoyin Olory Comprehensive biodiversity assessment of moths in Nigeria rely greatly on accurate species identification. While most of the Nigerian moths are identified effortlessly using their morphological...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 84: Relating Bat Passage Rates to Wind Turbine Fatalities Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12020084 Authors: K. Shawn Smallwood Douglas A. Bell Wind energy siting to minimize impacts to bats would benefit from impact predictions following pre-construction surveys, but whether pre- or even post-construction activity patterns can predict fatalities remains unknown. We tested whether bat passage rates through rotor-swept airspace differ between groups of wind turbines...
Sat Feb 22, 2020 02:00
Environments, Vol. 7, Pages 17: Port Noise and Complaints in the North Tyrrhenian Sea and Framework for Remediation Environments doi: 10.3390/environments7020017 Authors: Matteo Bolognese Francesco Fidecaro Diego Palazzuoli Gaetano Licitra Compared to the other relevant noise sources such as railways, roads, and airplanes, the regulation regarding port noise is lagging behind. The absence of specific laws is likely one of the main causes of the increasingly high number of complaints...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Environments, Vol. 7, Pages 16: Influence of Soil Characteristics and Land Use Type on Existing Fractions of Radioactive 137Cs in Fukushima Soils Environments doi: 10.3390/environments7020016 Authors: Mensah Terasaki Aung Toda Suzuki Tanaka Onwona-Agyeman Omari Bellingrath-Kimura Radioactive cesium (137Cs) in distinct soil fractions provides key information to its bioavailability, and therefore determining the effect of soil characteristics and land use...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
EJIHPE, Vol. 10, Pages 469-496: Towards a Model of Teacher Well-Being from a Positive Emotions Perspective European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education doi: 10.3390/ejihpe10010035 Authors: Manasia Pârvan Macovei Teacher well-being represents a key factor in assuring the quality of learning in terms of both process and outcomes. Despite a growing literature addressing the role of job demands and job resources in teacher well-being, fewer studies have...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Fermentation, Vol. 6, Pages 29: Non-Conventional Yeasts as Sources of Ene-Reductases for the Bioreduction of Chalcones Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation6010029 Authors: Sara Filippucci Giorgia Tasselli Fatima-Zohra Kenza Labbani Benedetta Turchetti Maria Rita Cramarossa Pietro Buzzini Luca Forti Thirteen Non-Conventional Yeasts (NCYs) have been investigated for their ability to reduce activated C=C bonds of chalcones to obtain the corresponding dihydrochalcones....
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Fermentation, Vol. 6, Pages 28: Yeast Nanometric Scale Oscillations Highlights Fibronectin Induced Changes in C. albicans Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation6010028 Authors: Kohler Leonardo Venturelli Abhilash Kannan Dominique Sanglard Giovanni Dietler Ronnie Willaert Sandor Kasas Yeast resistance to antifungal drugs is a major public health issue. Fungal adhesion onto the host mucosal surface is still a partially unknown phenomenon that is modulated by several...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 247: How Far is the Spanish Snack Sector from Meeting the Acrylamide Regulation 2017/2158? Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020247 Authors: Marta Mesias Aouatif Nouali Cristina Delgado-Andrade Francisco J Morales In 2017, the European Commission published Regulation 2017/2158 establishing mitigation measures and benchmark levels to reduce acrylamide in foods. Acrylamide was determined in seventy potato crisp samples commercialized in Spain. The aim was to update...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 246: New Evidences of Antibacterial Effects of Cranberry Against Periodontal Pathogens Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020246 Authors: María C. Sánchez Honorato Ribeiro-Vidal Begoña Bartolomé Elena Figuero M. Victoria Moreno-Arribas Mariano Sanz David Herrera The worrying rise in antibiotic resistances emphasizes the need to seek new approaches for treating and preventing periodontal diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antibacterial...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 244: Use of Phycobiliproteins from Atacama Cyanobacteria as Food Colorants in a Dairy Beverage Prototype Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020244 Authors: Alexandra Galetović Francisca Seura Valeska Gallardo Rocío Graves Juan Cortés Carolina Valdivia Javier Núñez Claudia Tapia Iván Neira Sigrid Sanzana Benito Gómez-Silva The interest of the food industry in replacing artificial dyes with natural pigments has grown recently. Cyanobacterial phycobiliproteins...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 245: Effect of Rice Protein Hydrolysates as an Egg Replacement on the Physicochemical Properties of Flaky Egg Rolls Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020245 Authors: Yung-Jia Chan Wen-Chien Lu Hui-Yao Lin Zong-Ru Wu Chen-Wei Liou Po-Hsien Li Eggs are linked to some health-related problems, for example, allergy, and religious restrictions, thus the food manufacturer is challenged to find egg replacements and include the physicochemical properties of egg in food....
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 242: Antioxidant, Biochemical, and In-Life Effects of Punica granatum L. Natural Juice vs. Clarified Juice by Polyvinylidene Fluoride Membrane Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020242 Authors: Valeria Maria Morittu Vincenzo Mastellone Rosa Tundis Monica Rosa Loizzo Raffaella Tudisco Alberto Figoli Alfredo Cassano Nadia Musco Domenico Britti Federico Infascelli Pietro Lombardi A clarification method was proposed to ameliorate the technological...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 243: Enzymatic, Phyto-, and Physicochemical Evaluation of Apple Juice under High-Pressure Carbon Dioxide and Thermal Processing Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020243 Authors: Ayesha Murtaza Aamir Iqbal Krystian Marszałek Muhammad Amjed Iqbal Shinawar Waseem Ali Xiaoyun Xu Siyi Pan Wanfeng Hu In this study, the changes in enzyme activities, total polyphenols, phenolic profile, and physicochemical properties from thermally (25–75 °C)...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 241: Determination of the Volatile Profile of Lemon Peel Oils as Affected by Rootstock Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020241 Authors: Marlene G. Aguilar-Hernández Paola Sánchez-Bravo Francisca Hernández Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina Joaquín J. Pastor-Pérez Pilar Legua Citrus limon (L.) Burm is an important crop that grows between latitudes 30° North and 30° South, the main producers being China, the USA, Mexico, India, Brazil, and Spain....
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 240: The Effect of Nanocoatings Enriched with Essential Oils on ‘Rocha’ Pear Long Storage Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020240 Authors: Custódia Gago Rui Antão Cristino Dores Adriana Guerreiro Maria Graça Miguel Maria Leonor Faleiro Ana Cristina Figueiredo Maria Dulce Antunes The effect of coating ‘Rocha’ pears with alginate-based nanoemulsions enriched with lemongrass essential oil (LG) or citral (Cit) was investigated. Fruit...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 239: Use of IHF-QD Microscopic Analysis for the Detection of Food Allergenic Components: Peanuts and Wheat Protein Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020239 Authors: Ludmila Kalčáková Bohuslava Tremlová Matej Pospiech Martin Hostovský Dani Dordević Zdeňka Javůrková Hana Běhalová Marie Bartlová The aim of the study was to analytically evaluate quantum dots in immunohistofluorescence (IHF-QD) microscopic imaging as detectors of food allergens—peanut...
Sun Feb 23, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 238: Screening of Polyphenols and Antioxidative Activity in Industrial Beers Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020238 Authors: Kristina Habschied Ante Lončarić Krešimir Mastanjević Antioxidative molecules, such as polyphenols can preserve and prolong the freshness of packaged beers. The aim of this work was to assess the content of polyphenolic compounds (by Folin-Ciocalteu and standard European Brewery Convention method) in different types of industrially produced...
Sun Feb 23, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 237: Evaluation of the Suitability of Mammalian In Vitro Assays to Assess the Genotoxic Potential of Food Contact Materials Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020237 Authors: Elisabeth Pinter Bernhard Rainer Thomas Czerny Elisabeth Riegel Benoît Schilter Maricel Marin-Kuan Manfred Tacker Background: Non-targeted screening of food contact materials (FCM) for non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) reveals a great number of unknown and unidentified substances...
Sat Feb 22, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 236: The Influence of Composition and Manufacturing Approach on the Physical and Rehydration Properties of Milk Protein Concentrate Powders Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020236 Authors: David J. McSweeney Valentyn Maidannyk Sharon Montgomery James A. O’Mahony Noel A. McCarthy This study investigated the physical and rehydration properties of milk protein concentrate (MPC) powders with five different protein contents (i.e., 38.9, 53.7, 63.6, 74.1, and 84.7%,...
Sat Feb 22, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 235: Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Semi-Processed Frozen Prickly Pear Juice as Affected by Cultivar and Harvest Time Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020235 Authors: Rosa Palmeri Lucia Parafati Elena Arena Emanuela Grassenio Cristina Restuccia Biagio Fallico Consumer interest toward natural ingredients is creating a growing trend in the food industry and research for the development of natural products such as colorants, antimicrobials and antioxidants....
Sat Feb 22, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 233: Quantification and Distribution of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in South Pacific Fish and Shellfish Species Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020233 Authors: Miguel Ángel Rincón-Cervera Valeria González-Barriga Jaime Romero Rodrigo Rojas Sandra López-Arana Fatty acid composition and distribution in edible species of fish and shellfish captured in the South Pacific were studied, with a focus on n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA). Fatty acids were...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 232: Sensory Analysis of a Processed Food Intended for Vitamin A Supplementation Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020232 Authors: Xiaoyu Zhang George A. Cavender Kristina R. Lewandowski Ginnefer O. Cox Chad M. Paton Provitamin A and pre-formed vitamin A compounds are essential micronutrients for humans. However, vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects the health status of nearly 50% of populations in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and is especially pronounced...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 234: Combination of Low Fluctuation of Temperature with TiO2 Photocatalytic/Ozone for the Quality Maintenance of Postharvest Peach Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020234 Authors: Xiaoyu Jia Jiangkuo Li Meijun Du Zhiyong Zhao Jianxin Song Weiqiao Yang Yanli Zheng Lan Chen Xihong Li Chilling injury, tissue browning, and fungal infection are the major problems of peach fruit during post-harvest storage. In this study, a precise temperature control cold...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 231: Effect of Glazing with Different Materials on the Quality of Tuna During Frozen Storage Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020231 Authors: Wang Yu Xie This study investigated and determined the changes in various qualities of tuna samples that were glazed with rosmarinic acid, a bamboo leaf antioxidant, and sodium lactate and stored at −18 °C for 180 days. The water-holding capacity, cooking loss, color, texture, protein content, and total...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 229: Oilseeds from A Brazilian Semi-Arid Region: Edible Potential Regarding the Mineral Composition Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020229 Authors: M. C. Almeida Oliva-Teles Alves Santos S. Pinho I. Silva Delerue-Matos Oliveira Oilseeds from five native plant species with edible potential from the Brazilian Caatinga semi-arid region (Diplopterys pubipetala, Barnebya harleyi, Croton adamantinus, Hippocratea volubilis, and Couroupita guianensis)...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 228: The Snacking Chameleon: Psychological Proximity Increases Imitation of Food Intake Independently of Brand Choice Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020228 Authors: Claudia Bischoff Leonie Reutner Jochim Hansen Observing other people snacking can affect one’s own consumption behavior. The present experiment tested whether temporal distance moderates imitation of brand choice and the number of snacks consumed. Based on previous research demonstrating that...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 230: Techno-Functional, Nutritional and Environmental Performance of Protein Isolates from Blue Lupin and White Lupin Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020230 Authors: Vogelsang-O’Dwyer Bez Petersen Joehnke Detzel Busch Krueger Ispiryan O’Mahony Arendt Zannini Similarly prepared protein isolates from blue lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) and white lupin (L. albus) were assessed in relation to their composition, functional properties,...
Fri Feb 21, 2020 02:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 44: Treatment of Patients with Low Back Pain: A Comparison of Physical Therapy and Chiropractic Manipulation Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010044 Authors: Khodakarami Low back pain (LBP) is a pandemic and costly musculoskeletal condition in the United States (U.S.). Patients with LBP may endure surgery, injections, and expensive visits to emergency departments. Some suggest that using physical therapy (PT) or chiropractic in the earlier stage of LBP reduces...
Mon Feb 24, 2020 02:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 43: Heart Rate Assessment during Neonatal Resuscitation Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010043 Authors: Peter A. Johnson Georg M. Schmölzer Approximately 10% of newborn infants require some form of respiratory support to successfully complete the fetal-to-neonatal transition. Heart rate (HR) determination is essential at birth to assess a newborn’s wellbeing. Not only is it the most sensitive indicator to guide interventions during neonatal resuscitation,...
Sun Feb 23, 2020 02:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 42: Emotional Intelligence Components as Predictors of Engagement in Nursing Professionals by Sex Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010042 Authors: María del Mar Molero Jurado María del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes Ana Belén Barragán Martín José Jesús Gázquez Linares Nieves Fátima Oropesa Ruiz María del Mar Simón Márquez Engagement of nursing professionals is related to their psychological wellbeing, and therefore, emotional intelligence acts as a predictor....
Sat Feb 22, 2020 02:00
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