IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1202: Urban Form, Air Quality, and Cardiorespiratory Mortality: A Path Analysis International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041202 Authors: Li Song Tian Ouyang With the unprecedented urbanization during the past three decades, air quality in many Chinese cities has been a serious issue which poses great challenges for urban sustainability. This study examines the health consequences of development patterns...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1207: Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041207 Authors: Kwon Yoo Song After the 2011 “Oxy accident” involving deaths from humidifier disinfectants, Korean consumers’ anxiety about chemical products has risen. To provide timely, appropriate information to consumers,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1201: Association between Smoking and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041201 Authors: Xiaowen Li Xing Rong Zhi Wang Aihua Lin The purpose of this study was to synthesize the results of previously published observational studies through meta-analysis to clarify the association between smoking and noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL)....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1198: Family Planning Practices in Appalachia: Focus Group Perspectives on Service Needs in the Context of Regional Substance Abuse International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041198 Authors: Laura E. T. Swan Samantha L. Auerbach Gretchen E. Ely Kafuli Agbemenu Jessica Mencia Nimah R. Araf Reproductive health disparities in the Appalachian region may be driven by barriers to healthcare access. However, the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1200: Predicting Sustainable Employability in Swedish Healthcare: The Complexity of Social Job Resources International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041200 Authors: Marta Roczniewska Anne Richter Henna Hasson Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz Achieving sustainable employability (SE), i.e., when employees are able to continue working in a productive, satisfactory, and healthy manner, is a timely challenge for healthcare....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1197: School-Based Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, and Health-Related Outcomes among Hispanic Children in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041197 Authors: Xiangli Gu Tao Zhang Senlin Chen M Jean Keller Xiaoxia Zhang The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between school-based sedentary behavior, physical activity, and health-related...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1199: Environmental Orientation, Green Supply Chain Management, and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041199 Authors: Xiangzhi Bu Wilson V.T. Dang Jianming Wang Qiu Liu This study investigates the relationship between environmental orientation and firm performance with the mediating role of green supply chain management...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1195: A Systematic Review Protocol of the Barriers to Both Physical Activity and Obesity Counselling in the Secondary Care Setting as Reported by Healthcare Providers International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041195 Authors: Jaishri Sooknarine-Rajpatty Austin B. Auyeung Frank Doyle Physical activity and obesity counselling have both been gaining increasing interest in preventive health and treatment. However, most...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1196: Analytical Methodology for the Identification of Critical Zones on the Generation of Solid Waste in Large Urban Areas International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041196 Authors: Johanna Karina Solano Meza Javier Rodrigo-Ilarri Claudia Patricia Romero Hernández Mª Elena Rodrigo-Clavero One of the main environmental issues to address in large urban areas is the ever-increasing generation of municipal solid...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1194: Association of Urinary Levels of Bisphenols A, F, and S with Endometriosis Risk: Preliminary Results of the EndEA Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041194 Authors: Francisco M. Peinado Inmaculada Lendínez Rafael Sotelo Luz M. Iribarne-Durán Jorge Fernández-Parra Fernando Vela-Soria Nicolás Olea Mariana F. Fernández Carmen Freire Josefa León Beatriz Pérez-Cabrera Olga Ocón-Hernández...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1192: Determinants of Breastfeeding Duration in Shiraz, Southwest Iran International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041192 Authors: Mahnaz Zarshenas Yun Zhao Jane A. Scott Colin W. Binns A prospective cohort study was conducted in Shiraz in the south west of Iran to investigate breastfeeding from birth to six months of age. Mothers were recruited in a face-to-face interview within 48 h of giving birth in three...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1191: Inflammatory Markers in Dysmenorrhea and Therapeutic Options International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041191 Authors: Zofia Barcikowska Elżbieta Rajkowska-Labon Magdalena Emilia Grzybowska Rita Hansdorfer-Korzon Katarzyna Zorena Dysmenorrhea often significantly reduces the quality of women’s life and is still an important public health problem. Despite numerous studies, the pathomechanism...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1190: Link between Financial Management Behaviours and Quality of Relationship and Overall Life Satisfaction among Married and Cohabiting Couples: Insights from Application of Artificial Neural Networks International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041190 Authors: Monika Baryła-Matejczuk Viktorija Skvarciany Andrzej Cwynar Wiesław Poleszak Wiktor Cwynar Background: To explain the link between household finances...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1193: Influence of Contextual Variables on Physical and Technical Performance in Male Amateur Basketball: A Case Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041193 Authors: Antonio Fernández-Leo Carlos D. Gómez-Carmona Javier García-Rubio Sergio J. Ibáñez Currently, most basketball research is focused on professional and elite players. Studies at the amateur level are important to explain the physical and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1189: Using Machine-Learning Algorithms for Eutrophication Modeling: Case Study of Mar Menor Lagoon (Spain) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041189 Authors: Patricia Jimeno-Sáez Javier Senent-Aparicio José M. Cecilia Julio Pérez-Sánchez The Mar Menor is a hypersaline coastal lagoon with high environmental value and a characteristic example of a highly anthropized hydro-ecosystem located in the southeast...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1188: Passive Smoking Exposure and Perceived Health Status in Children Seeking Pediatric Care Services at a Vietnamese Tertiary Hospital International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041188 Authors: Chau Quy Ngo Giap Van Vu Phuong Thu Phan Hanh Thi Chu Lan Phuong Thi Doan Anh Tu Duong Quan-Hoang Vuong Manh-Tung Ho Minh-Hoang Nguyen Hong-Kong T. Nguyen Hai Thanh Phan Giang Hai Ha Giang Thu Vu...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1186: Socio-Psychological Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Community Health and Well-Being International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041186 Authors: Mehmet Soyer Kylen Kaminski Sebahattin Ziyanak At the core of the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) debate is the level of perceived risk involved with extractive industries, such as the release of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals, increased population growth, and...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1187: Aligning Community-Engaged Research to Context International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041187 Authors: Jonathan K. London Krista A. Haapanen Ann Backus Savannah M. Mack Marti Lindsey Karen Andrade Community-engaged research is understood as existing on a continuum from less to more community engagement, defined by participation and decision-making authority. It has been widely assumed that more...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1185: Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041185 Authors: Renata E. Howland Nicole C. Deziel Gillian R. Bentley Mark Booth Osul A. Choudhury Jonathan N. Hofmann Robert N. Hoover Hormuzd A. Katki Britton Trabert Stephen D. Fox Rebecca Troisi Lauren C. Houghton...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1184: Factors Associated with Maternal Deaths in a Hard-To-Reach Marginalized Rural Community of Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041184 Authors: Animesh Biswas Abdul Halim Abu Sayeed Md. Abdullah Fazlur Rahman Sathyanaraynan Doraiswamy Every year in Bangladesh, approximately 5200 mothers die (172 maternal deaths/100,000 live births) due to maternal complications....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1180: Particle and Carbon Dioxide Concentration Levels in a Surgical Room Conditioned with a Window/Wall Air-conditioning System International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041180 Authors: Pereira Tribess Buonanno Stabile Scungio Baffo One of the most important functions of air conditioning systems in operating rooms is to protect occupants against pathogenic agents transported by air. This protection...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1182: Demographic Risk Factors for Suicide among Youths in The Netherlands International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041182 Authors: Guus Berkelmans Rob van der Mei Sandjai Bhulai Saskia Merelle Renske Gilissen In 2000 to 2016 the highest number of suicides among Dutch youths under 20 in any given year was 58 in 2013. In 2017 this number increased to 81 youth suicides. To get more insight in what types of...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 1183: The Prevalence and Characterization of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase- and Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria from Hospital Sewage, Treated Effluents and Receiving Rivers International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17041183 Authors: Luhua Zhang Xinyue Ma Li Luo Nan Hu Jiayao Duan Zhongjian Tang Rujie Zhong Ying Li Hospital sewage plays a key role in the dissemination of antibiotic-resistant genes...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1276: TLR4 Stimulation Promotes Human AVIC Fibrogenic Activity through Upregulation of Neurotrophin 3 Production International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041276 Authors: Qingzhou Yao Erlinda The Lihua Ao Yufeng Zhai Maren K. Osterholt David A. Fullerton Xianzhong Meng Background: Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is a chronic inflammatory disease that manifests as progressive valvular fibrosis and calcification. An inflammatory...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1274: Generation of a Quantitative Luciferase Reporter for Sox9 SUMOylation International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041274 Authors: Saotome Ito Kubo Inui Sox9 is a master transcription factor for chondrogenesis, which is essential for chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and maintenance. Sox9 activity is regulated by multiple layers, including post-translational modifications, such as SUMOylation. A detection method for...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1268: Characterization of Inhibitory Effectiveness in Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Currents by a Group of ent-Kaurane-Type Diterpenoids from Croton tonkinensis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041268 Authors: Kuo Liu Lo Wu Croton is an extensive flowering plant genus in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. Three croton compounds with the common ent-kaurane skeleton have been purified from Croton tonkinensis. Methods:...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1261: Jasmonic Acid: An Essential Plant Hormone International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041261 Authors: Gomi The plant hormone jasmonic acid (JA) and its derivative, an amino acid conjugate of JA (jasmonoyl isoleucine: JA-Ile), are signaling compounds involved in the regulation of cellular defense and development in plants [...]
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1273: A Rapid Robust Method for Subgrouping Non-NF2 Meningiomas According to Genotype and Detection of Lower Levels of M2 Macrophages in AKT1 E17K Mutated Tumours International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041273 Authors: Adams Ercolano Ferluga Sofela Dave Negroni Kurian Hilton Hanemann The majority of meningiomas are grade I, but some grade I tumours are clinically more aggressive. Recent advances in the genetic...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1260: Growth and Maturation in Development: A Fly’s Perspective International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041260 Authors: Delanoue Romero In mammals like humans, adult fitness is improved due to resource allocation, investing energy in the developmental growth process during the juvenile period, and in reproduction at the adult stage. Therefore, the attainment of their target body height/size co-occurs with the acquisition of maturation,...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1265: Engineering Herbicide-Tolerance Rice Expressing an Acetohydroxyacid Synthase with a Single Amino Acid Deletion International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041265 Authors: Fang, Wan Wang Ma Wang Cheng Zhou Qiao Wang The acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) is an essential enzyme involved in branched amino acids. Several herbicides wither weeds via inhibiting AHAS activity, and the AHAS mutants show tolerance to...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1264: Distinct and Overlapping Expression Patterns of the Homer Family of Scaffolding Proteins and Their Encoding Genes in Developing Murine Cephalic Tissues International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041264 Authors: Reibring Hallberg Linde Gritli-Linde In mammals Homer1, Homer2 and Homer3 constitute a family of scaffolding proteins with key roles in Ca2+ signaling and Ca2+ transport. In rodents, Homer proteins and mRNAs have been...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1263: Simulated Microgravity Influences VEGF, MAPK, and PAM Signaling in Prostate Cancer Cells International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041263 Authors: Hybel Dietrichs Sahana Corydon Nassef Wehland Krüger Magnusson Bauer Utpatel Infanger Grimm Kopp Prostate cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality in men worldwide. An unusual but unique environment for studying tumor cell processes...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1262: Topical Drug Delivery Systems Based on Bacterial Nanocellulose: Accelerated Stability Testing International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041262 Authors: Silva Mota Almeida Carvalho Silvestre Vilela Rosado Freire Bacterial nanocellulose (BNC) membranes have enormous potential as systems for topical drug delivery due to their intrinsic biocompatibility and three-dimensional nanoporous structure, which can house...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1259: Recombinant Irisin Prevents the Reduction of Osteoblast Differentiation Induced by Stimulated Microgravity through Increasing β-Catenin Expression International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041259 Authors: Chen Zhang Zhao Yin Yang Wang Wu Liang Li Lin Tian Hu Li Qian Background: Irisin, a novel exercise-induced myokine, was shown to mediate beneficial effects of exercise in osteoporosis....
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1258: Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II: One Hundred Years of Research, Diagnosis, and Treatment International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041258 Authors: D'Avanzo Rigon Zanetti Tomanin Mucopolysaccharidosis type II (MPS II, Hunter syndrome) was first described by Dr. Charles Hunter in 1917. Since then, about one hundred years have passed and Hunter syndrome, although at first neglected for a few decades and afterwards mistaken for a...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1272: Intrathecal Injection in A Rat Model: A Potential Route to Deliver Human Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into the Brain International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041272 Authors: Kim Na Lee Kim Lee Jang Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are considered as promising therapeutic agents for neurodegenerative disorders because they can reduce underlying pathology and also repair damaged tissues. Regarding the delivery...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1257: CharXgen-Activated Bamboo Charcoal Encapsulated in Sodium Alginate Microsphere as the Absorbent of Uremic Toxins to Retard Kidney Function Deterioration International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041257 Authors: Lin Sun Wu Wu Wu Lin Indoxyl sulphate (IS) and p-cresyl sulphate (PCS) are two protein bound uraemic toxins accumulated in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated with adverse outcomes. The purpose of this...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1253: Density Functional Theory, Chemical Reactivity, Pharmacological Potential and Molecular Docking of Dihydrothiouracil-Indenopyridopyrimidines with Human-DNA Topoisomerase II International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041253 Authors: Elshakre Noamaan Moustafa Butt In this work, three computational methods (Hatree-Fock (HF), Møller–Plesset 2 (MP2), and Density Functional Theory (DFT)) using a variety of basis...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 1275: Interleukin-17A and Keratinocytes in Psoriasis International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21041275 Authors: Furue Furue Tsuji Nakahara The excellent clinical efficacy of anti-interleukin 17A (IL-17A) biologics on psoriasis indicates a crucial pathogenic role of IL-17A in this autoinflammatory skin disease. IL-17A accelerates the proliferation of epidermal keratinocytes. Keratinocytes produce a myriad of antimicrobial peptides...
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