MTI, Vol. 4, Pages 3: Effect of Body Representation Level of an Avatar on Quality of AR-Based Remote Instruction Multimodal Technologies and Interaction doi: 10.3390/mti4010003 Authors: Tzu-Yang Wang Yuji Sato Mai Otsuki Hideaki Kuzuoka Yusuke Suzuki In manufacturing, augmented reality (AR)-based remote instruction systems, which enableworkers to receive instructions from an avatar, are widely used. In this study, we developed sucha system and investigated the effect of...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 269: The Self-Adaptation Ability of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Enables Reliable Cancer Treatments Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020269 Authors: Taylor Marucho Optimal procedures for reliable anti-cancer treatments involve the systematic delivery of zinc oxide nanoparticles, which spread through the circulatory system. The success of these procedures may largely depend on the NPs’ ability of self-adapting their physicochemical properties to...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 268: High Entropy Oxide Phases with Perovskite Structure Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020268 Authors: Vinnik Trofimov Zhivulin Gudkova Zaitseva Zherebtsov Starikov Sherstyuk Amirov Kalgin Trukhanov Podgornov The possibility of the formation of high entropy single-phase perovskites using solid-state sintering was investigated. The BaO–SrO–CaO–MgO–PbO–TiO2, BaO–SrO–CaO–MgO–PbO–Fe2O3...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 266: Influences of Nanoparticles Characteristics on the Cellular Responses: The Example of Iron Oxide and Macrophages Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020266 Authors: Dalzon Torres Reymond Gallet Saint-Antonin Collin-Faure Moriscot Fenel Schoehn Aude-Garcia Rabilloud Iron oxide nanoparticles/microparticles are widely present in a variety of environments, e.g., as a byproduct of steel and iron degradation, as, for...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 267: Scalable Preparation of Low-Defect Graphene by Urea-Assisted Liquid-Phase Shear Exfoliation of Graphite and Its Application in Doxorubicin Analysis Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020267 Authors: Lee Shim Kim The mass production of graphene is of great interest for commercialization and industrial applications. Here, we demonstrate that high-quality graphene nanosheets can be produced in large quantities by liquid-phase shear exfoliation under...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 265: Investigation of the Electrical Properties of Microtubule Ensembles under Cell-Like Conditions Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10020265 Authors: Kalra Patel Bhuiyan Preto Scheuer Mohammed Lewis Rezania Shankar Tuszynski Microtubules are hollow cylindrical polymers composed of the highly negatively-charged (~23e), high dipole moment (1750 D) protein α, β- tubulin. While the roles of microtubules...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 417: Coenzyme A and Its Thioester Pools in Obese Zucker and Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020417 Authors: Shigeru Chohnan Shiori Matsuno Kei Shimizu Yuka Tokutake Daisuke Kohari Atsushi Toyoda Feeding behavior is closely related to hypothalamic malonyl-CoA level in the brain and diet-induced obesity affects total CoA pools in liver. Herein, we performed a comprehensive analysis of the CoA pools formed in thirteen tissues...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 416: Calcium, Vitamin D, and Health Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020416 Authors: Luis Gracia-Marco Calcium is the main mineral in the body [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 418: Erythrocyte Ascorbate Is a Potential Indicator of Steady-State Plasma Ascorbate Concentrations in Healthy Non-Fasting Individuals Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020418 Authors: Juliet M. Pullar Susannah Dunham Gabi U. Dachs Margreet C. M. Vissers Anitra C. Carr Plasma vitamin C concentrations fluctuate in response to recent dietary intake; therefore levels are typically determined in the fasting state. Erythrocyte ascorbate concentrations have been...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 415: Predictive Ability of Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio for Cardiometabolic Risk Screening among Spanish Children Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020415 Authors: Arellano-Ruiz García-Hermoso García-Prieto. Sánchez-López. Vizcaíno. Solera-Martínez An excess of fat mass has been associated with adverse cardiometabolic risk factors. Different anthropometric measures have been proposed as alternative non-invasive measures for obesity-related...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 414: The Efficacy of Squalene in Cardiovascular Disease Risk-A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020414 Authors: Ibrahim Fairus Zulfarina Naina Mohamed Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Squalene (SQ), an intermediate for the cholesterol biosynthesis, has been proposed to act similarly to statins via inhibition of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase in the liver. Purpose:...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 413: Oropharyngeal Colostrum Positively Modulates the Inflammatory Response in Preterm Neonates Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020413 Authors: Estefanía Martín-Álvarez Javier Diaz-Castro Manuela Peña-Caballero Laura Serrano-López Jorge Moreno-Fernández Belen Sánchez-Martínez Francisca Martín-Peregrina Mercedes Alonso-Moya José Maldonado-Lozano Jose A. Hurtado-Suazo Julio J. Ochoa During the first days of life, premature infants have...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 412: Different Patterns of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Metabolically Healthy and Insulin-Resistant Obese Subjects Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020412 Authors: Angela Sciacqua Antonio Cimellaro Luana Mancuso Sofia Miceli Velia Cassano Maria Perticone Teresa V. Fiorentino Francesco Andreozzi Elena Succurro Giorgio Sesti Francesco Perticone Obese subjects showed different cardiovascular risk depending by different insulin sensitivity...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 411: Inhibitory Effect of Centella asiatica Extract on DNCB-Induced Atopic Dermatitis in HaCaT Cells and BALB/c Mice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020411 Authors: Lee Choi N’deh Choi Fan Kim Chung An Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease caused mainly by immune dysregulation. This study explored the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of the Centella asiatica ethanol extract (CA) on an AD-like dermal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 410: The Elapsed Time between Dinner and the Midpoint of Sleep is Associated with Adiposity in Young Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12020410 Authors: Zerón-Rugerio Longo-Silva Hernáez Ortega-Regules Cambras Izquierdo-Pulido Meal timing relative to sleep/wake schedules is relevant in the search for obesity risk factors. However, clock time does not accurately characterize the timing of food intake in the context of internal circadian timing....
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 101: Molecular detection of antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax from returned travellers to NSW, Australia during 2008–2018 Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020101 Authors: Noisang Meyer Sawangjaroen Ellis Lee To monitor drug resistance in Plasmodium vivax, a multidrug resistance 1 (Pvmdr1) gene and a putative transporter protein (Pvcrt-o) gene were used as molecular markers for chloroquine resistance. The biomarkers, the dihydrofolate...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 99: Comparison of the Transcriptome Response within the Swine Tracheobronchial Lymphnode Following Infection with PRRSV, PCV-2 or IAV-S. Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020099 Authors: Miller Fleming Lager Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a major respiratory pathogen of swine that has become extremely costly to the swine industry worldwide, often causing losses in production and animal life due to their ease of spread....
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 100: Common Structural Patterns in the Maxicircle Divergent Region of Trypanosomatidae Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020100 Authors: Evgeny S. Gerasimov Ksenia A. Zamyatnina Nadezda S. Matveeva Yulia A. Rudenskaya Natalya Kraeva Alexander A. Kolesnikov Vyacheslav Yurchenko Maxicircles of all kinetoplastid flagellates are functional analogs of mitochondrial genome of other eukaryotes. They consist of two distinct parts, called the coding region...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 98: Protective Effects of Evening Primrose Oil against Cyclophosphamide-Induced Biochemical, Histopathological, and Genotoxic Alterations in Mice Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020098 Authors: Khodeer Mehanna Abushouk Abdel-Daim Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a well-known antineoplastic agent; however, its clinical use can be associated with various organ toxicities. Evening primrose oil (EPO) contains several phytoconstituents with potent anti-oxidant...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 97: Detection of Helicobacter pylori Microevolution and Multiple Infection from Gastric Biopsies by Housekeeping Gene Amplicon Sequencing Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9020097 Authors: Montserrat Palau Núria Piqué André M. Comeau Gavin M. Douglas M. José Ramírez-Lázaro Sergio Lario Xavier Calvet Morgan G. I. Langille David Miñana-Galbis Despite the great efforts devoted to research on Helicobacter pylori, the prevalence of single-strain...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 26: Cyclin-Dependent Kinase and Antioxidant Gene Expression in Cancers with Poor Therapeutic Response Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13020026 Authors: Scaria Kren Klein Pancreatic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and mesothelioma are treatment-refractory cancers, and patients afflicted with these cancers generally have a very poor prognosis. The genomics of these tumors were analyzed as part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project. However,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 135: Functional Polymers for Controlled Drug Release Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020135 Authors: Spizzirri In the last decade, the pharmaceutical application of hydrophilic materials has emerged as one of the most significant trends in the biomedical and pharmaceutical areas [...]
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 136: Skin Irritation Testing beyond Tissue Viability: Fucoxanthin Effects on Inflammation, Homeostasis, and Metabolism Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020136 Authors: Spagolla Napoleão Tavares Maria-Engler Colepicolo Debonsi Schäfer-Korting Marx Gaspar Zoschke UV light catalyzes the ozone formation from air pollutants, like nitrogen oxides. Since ozone reacts with cutaneous sebum lipids to peroxides and, thus, promotes...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 134: Absorption and Intestinal Metabolic Profile of Oleocanthal in Rats Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020134 Authors: López-Yerena Vallverdú-Queralt Mols Augustijns Lamuela-Raventós Escribano-Ferrer Oleocanthal (OLC), a phenolic compound of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), has emerged as a potential therapeutic agent against a variety of diseases due to its anti-inflammatory activity. The aim of the present study is to explore...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 132: Practical Guide for Quantification of In Vivo Degradation Rates for Therapeutic Proteins with Single-Cell Resolution Using Fluorescence Ratio Imaging Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020132 Authors: Nessler Cilliers Thurber Many tools for studying the pharmacokinetics of biologics lack single-cell resolution to quantify the heterogeneous tissue distribution and subsequent therapeutic degradation in vivo. This protocol describes a dual-labeling...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 133: Formulation of Folate-Modified Raltitrexed-Loaded Nanoparticles for Colorectal Cancer Theranostics Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020133 Authors: Rosch DuRoss Landry Sun Multifunctional nanoparticles (NPs) that enable the imaging of drug delivery and facilitate cancer cell uptake are potentially powerful tools in tailoring oncologic treatments. Here we report the development of a layer-by-layer (LbL) formulation of folic acid...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 16: Barriers and Challenges in Performing Pharmacokinetic Studies to Inform Dosing in the Neonatal Population Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8010016 Authors: O’Hara Martin Schneider A number of barriers and challenges must be overcome in order to conduct the pharmacokinetic studies that are urgently needed to inform the selection and dosing of medication in neonates. However, overcoming these barriers can be difficult. This review outlines the common barriers...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 198: The Function of miRNAs in Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020198 Authors: Millar MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small RNAs (sRNAs) that repress gene expression via high complementary binding sites in target mRNAs (messenger RNAs). Many miRNAs are ancient, and their intricate integration into gene expression programs have been fundamental for plant life, controlling developmental programs and executing responses to biotic/abiotic cues. Additionally, there...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 199: Comparative Chloroplast Genomics of Endangered Euphorbia Species: Insights into Hotspot Divergence, Repetitive Sequence Variation, and Phylogeny Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020199 Authors: Khan Asaf Khan Shehzad Al-Rawahi Al-Harrasi Euphorbia is one of the largest genera in the Euphorbiaceae family, comprising 2000 species possessing commercial, medicinal, and ornamental importance. However, there are very little data available on their...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 197: Tomato Phenotypic Diversity Determined by Combined Approaches of Conventional and High-Throughput Tomato Analyzer Phenotyping Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020197 Authors: Amol N. Nankar Ivanka Tringovska Stanislava Grozeva Daniela Ganeva Dimitrina Kostova Morphological variation in vegetative and fruit traits is a key determinant in unraveling phenotypic diversity. This study was designed to assess phenotypic diversity in tomatoes and examine intra-...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 195: Allelic Variants of CRISPR/Cas9 Induced Mutation in an Inositol Trisphosphate 5/6 Kinase Gene Manifest Different Phenotypes in Barley Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020195 Authors: Vlčko Ohnoutková Inositol trisphosphate 5/6 kinases (ITPK) constitute a small group of enzymes participating in the sequential phosphorylation of inositol phosphate to inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6), which is a major storage form of phosphate in cereal grains. The development of...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 194: Physiological Response of Miscanthus x giganteus to Plant Growth Regulators in Nutritionally Poor Soil Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020194 Authors: Malinská Pidlisnyuk Nebeská Erol Medžová Trögl Miscanthus x giganteus (Mxg) is a promising second-generation biofuel crop with high production of energetic biomass. Our aim was to determine the level of plant stress of Mxg grown in poor quality soils using non-invasive physiological parameters...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 196: Profiling of Flavonoid and Antioxidant Activity of Fruit Tissues from 27 Chinese Local Citrus Cultivars Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020196 Authors: Chen Wang Tan Hu Sundararajan Zhou Flavonoid profile and antioxidant activity of citrus peels, pulps, and juices from 27 local citrus cultivars in China were investigated. Flavonoid composition and content were determined using UPLC-PDA. Total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 193: Heterologous Expression of Three Ammopiptanthus mongolicus Dehydrin Genes Confers Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020193 Authors: Cui Wang Yu Chen Chen Lu Ammopiptanthus mongolicus, a xerophyte plant that belongs to the family Leguminosae, adapts to extremely arid, hot, and cold environments, making it an excellent woody plant to study the molecular mechanisms underlying abiotic stress tolerance....
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Publications, Vol. 8, Pages 8: Enhancing Content Discovery of Open Repositories: An Analytics-Based Evaluation of Repository Optimizations Publications doi: 10.3390/publications8010008 Authors: George Macgregor Ensuring open repositories fulfil the discovery needs of both human and machine users is of growing importance and essential to validate the continued relevance of open repositories to users, and as nodes within open scholarly communication infrastructure. Following positive preliminary...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 72: Master Questions, Student Questions, and Genuine Questions: A Performative Analysis of Questions in Chan Encounter Dialogues Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020072 Authors: Dickman I want to know whether Chan masters and students depicted in classical Chan transmission literature can be interpreted as asking open (or what I will call “genuine”) questions. My task is significant because asking genuine questions appears to be a decisive factor...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 71: Avoidance as Inter-Religious Competence? Samaritans and Their Religious “Others” in Nablus, Palestine Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020071 Authors: Julia Droeber In this paper, I take issue with the theory and practice of inter-religious competence, based on a case-study of the Samaritans of Nablus. I take as a starting point the contemporary observation that inter-religious relations in Nablus are relatively peaceful, which in most models of inter-religious...
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Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 8: Leaders’ Influence Tactics for Safety: An Exploratory Study in the Maritime Context Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6010008 Authors: Kim Gausdal A growing body of research has pointed out effective leadership as an important influencing factor for safety performance in various high-risk industrial contexts. However, limited systematic knowledge is available about how leaders can effectively persuade rule compliance, and stimulate actions and participation. Recognizing...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 16: The Manifestation of Neighborhood Effects: A Pattern for Community Growth? Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010016 Authors: Cope Jackson Sanders Erickson Morlan Brown Neighborhood effects, or the development of community by neighborhoods, are often studied in an urban context. Previous research has neglected to examine the influence of neighborhoods in nonurban settings. Our case study, however, contributes to the existing literature as it...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 15: Consent for Research on Violence against Children: Dilemmas and Contradictions Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010015 Authors: Paula Cristina Martins Ana Isabel Sani The increasing visibility of violence involving children has led to a recognition of the need to research its underlying dynamics. As a result, we now have a better understanding of the complexities involved in this kind of research, associated with children’s developmental characteristics...
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Stats, Vol. 3, Pages 34-39: New Equivalence Tests for Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium and Multiple Alleles Stats doi: 10.3390/stats3010004 Authors: Vladimir Ostrovski We consider testing equivalence to Hardy–Weinberg Equilibrium in case of multiple alleles. Two different test statistics are proposed for this test problem. The asymptotic distribution of the test statistics is derived. The corresponding tests can be carried out using asymptotic approximation. Alternatively, the variance...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 9: Effects of Exposure to Tobacco Cigarette, Electronic Cigarette and Heated Tobacco Product on Adipocyte Survival and Differentiation In Vitro Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8010009 Authors: Zagoriti El Mubarak Farsalinos Topouzis Cigarette smoking (CS) causes significant morbidity worldwide, attributed to the numerous toxicants generated by tobacco combustion. Electronic cigarettes (ECIG) and heated tobacco products (HTP) are considered alternative smoking/vaping...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 103: Bacteriocins of Listeria monocytogenes and Their Potential as a Virulence Factor Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020103 Authors: Lee Intestinal microbiota exerts protective effects against the infection of various bacterial pathogens, including Listeria monocytogenes, a major foodborne pathogen whose infection can lead to a disease (listeriosis) with a high fatality rate. As a strategy to mitigate the action of the intestinal microbiota, pathogens often produce...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 102: Isolation of an Anti–Tumour Disintegrin: Dabmaurin–1, a Peptide Lebein–1–Like, from Daboia mauritanica Venom Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020102 Authors: Chalier Mugnier Tarbe Aboudou Villard Kovacic Gigmes Mansuelle de Pomyers Luis Mabrouk In the soft treatment of cancer tumours, consequent downregulation of the malignant tissue angiogenesis constitutes an efficient way to stifle tumour development and metastasis spreading....
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 101: In Vitro Rumen Simulations Show a Reduced Disappearance of Deoxynivalenol, Nivalenol and Enniatin B at Conditions of Rumen Acidosis and Lower Microbial Activity Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020101 Authors: Debevere Cools Baere Haesaert Rychlik Croubels Fievez Ruminants are generally considered to be less susceptible to the effects of mycotoxins than monogastric animals as the rumen microbiota are capable of detoxifying some of these...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 23: Phenotypic Drug Discovery for Human African Trypanosomiasis: A Powerful Approach Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010023 Authors: Buckner Buchynskyy Nagendar Patrick Gillespie Herbst Tidwell Gelb The work began with the screening of a library of 700,000 small molecules for inhibitors of Trypanosoma brucei growth (a phenotypic screen). The resulting set of 1035 hit compounds was reviewed by a...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 22: The Importance of Understanding Social and Cultural Norms in Delivering Quality Health Care—A Personal Experience Commentary Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5010022 Authors: Latif The objectives of this paper are to provide a review of the author’s personal experiences working in culturally diverse environments and to emphasize the importance of recognizing the social determinants of health. While some determinants...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 68: Evaluation of Immunization Services for Children of Migrant Workers Along Thailand–Myanmar Border: Compliance with Global Vaccine Action Plan (2011–2020) Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010068 Authors: Pinna Kaewkungwal Hattasingh Swaddiwudhipong Methakulchart Moungsookjareoun Lawpoolsri Immunization is a core component of the human right to health. However, accessibility to the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) might be difficult...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 182: In Search of Covariates of HIV-1 Subtype B Spread in the United States—A Cautionary Tale of Large-Scale Bayesian Phylogeography Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020182 Authors: Samuel L. Hong Simon Dellicour Bram Vrancken Marc A. Suchard Michael T. Pyne David R. Hillyard Philippe Lemey Guy Baele Infections with HIV-1 group M subtype B viruses account for the majority of the HIV epidemic in the Western world. Phylogeographic studies have placed...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 179: Norovirus Seroprevalence among Adults in the United States: Analysis of NHANES Serum Specimens from 1999–2000 and 2003–2004 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020179 Authors: Kirby Kienast Zhu Barton Anderson Sizemore Vinje Moe Norovirus is the most common cause of epidemic and endemic acute gastroenteritis. However, national estimates of the infection burden are challenging. This study used a nationally representative serum bank to estimate...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 180: Genetic and Biological Diversity of Porcine Sapeloviruses Prevailing in Zambia Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020180 Authors: Hayato Harima Masahiro Kajihara Edgar Simulundu Eugene Bwalya Yongjin Qiu Mao Isono Kosuke Okuya Gabriel Gonzalez Junya Yamagishi Bernard M. Hang’ombe Hirofumi Sawa Aaron S. Mweene Ayato Takada Porcine sapelovirus (PSV) has been detected worldwide in pig populations. Although PSV causes various symptoms...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 178: The Serological Prevalence of Rabies Virus-Neutralizing Antibodies in the Bat Population on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020178 Authors: Seetahal Greenberg Satheshkumar Sanchez-Vazquez Legall Singh Ramkissoon Schountz Munster Oura Carrington : Rabies virus (RABV) is the only lyssavirus known to be present within the Caribbean. The island of Trinidad, is richly diverse in chiropteran fauna...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 181: DEAD-Box Helicases: Sensors, Regulators, and Effectors for Antiviral Defense Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020181 Authors: Taschuk Cherry DEAD-box helicases are a large family of conserved RNA-binding proteins that belong to the broader group of cellular DExD/H helicases. Members of the DEAD-box helicase family have roles throughout cellular RNA metabolism from biogenesis to decay. Moreover, there is emerging evidence that cellular RNA helicases, including...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 177: Antiviral Ranpirnase TMR-001 Inhibits Rabies Virus Release and Cell-to-Cell Infection In Vitro Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020177 Authors: Todd G. Smith Felix R. Jackson Clint N. Morgan William C. Carson Brock E. Martin Nadia Gallardo-Romero James A. Ellison Lauren Greenberg Thomas Hodge Luis Squiquera Jamie Sulley Victoria A. Olson Christina L. Hutson Currently, no rabies virus-specific antiviral drugs are available. Ranpirnase...
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Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 12: Individual Differences in Multisensory Interactions:The Influence of Temporal Phase Coherence and Auditory Salience on Visual Contrast Sensitivity Vision doi: 10.3390/vision4010012 Authors: Chow Leviyah Ciaramitaro : While previous research has investigated key factors contributing to multisensory integration in isolation, relatively little is known regarding how these factors interact, especially when considering the enhancement of visual contrast...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 432: Aquatic Macrophytes and Local Factors Drive Bacterial Community Distribution and Interactions in a Riparian Zone of Lake Taihu Water doi: 10.3390/w12020432 Authors: Yuanjiao LYU Rui Huang Jin Zeng Qinglong L. Wu Aquatic macrophytes rhizosphere are biogeochemical cycling hotspots in freshwater ecosystems. However, little is known regarding the effect of aquatic macrophytes on bacterial community and interactions in the riparian zones. We investigated...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 431: Heavy Metals Distribution, Sources, and Ecological Risk Assessment in Huixian Wetland, South China Water doi: 10.3390/w12020431 Authors: Liangliang Huang Saeed Rad Li Xu Liangying Gui Xiaohong Song Yanhong Li Zhiqiang Wu Zhongbing Chen This research has focused on the source identification, concentration, and ecological risk assessment of eight heavy metals in the largest karst wetland (Huixian) of south China. Numerous samples from superficial...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 429: Guarding the Sons of Empire: Military–State–Society Relations in Water, Sanitation and Health Programs of mid-19th-Century India Water doi: 10.3390/w12020429 Authors: Halvorson Wescoat Drinking water supply and sanitation have had a strong association with military institutions in South Asia from the colonial period to the present. This paper shows how military-state-society relationships created spaces of differential water access and sanitation burdens...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 428: Risk and Cost Assessment of Nitrate Contamination in Domestic Wells Water doi: 10.3390/w12020428 Authors: Juntakut Haacker Snow Ray This study combines empirical predictive and economics models to estimate the cost of remediation for domestic wells exceeding suggested treatment thresholds for nitrates. A multiple logistic regression model predicted the probability of well contamination by nitrate, and a life cycle costing methodology was used to...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 427: Flooding of Piazza San Marco (Venice): Physical Model Tests to Evaluate the Overtopping Discharge Water doi: 10.3390/w12020427 Authors: Ruol Favaretto Volpato Martinelli This paper aims at evaluating the wave overtopping discharge over the pavement of “Piazza S. Marco” (Venice) in order to select the best option to mitigate the risk of flooding of the Piazza and to protect the monuments and historic buildings, e.g., the “Basilica...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 426: A Three-Stage Hybrid Model for Space-Time Analysis of Water Resources Carrying Capacity: A Case Study of Jilin Province, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12020426 Authors: Tong Liu Xiaohua Yang Leihua Geng Boyang Sun Water shortage, water pollution, shrinking water area and water mobility are the main contents of the water resources crisis, which are widespread in the social and economic development of Jilin Province. In this paper, a three-stage hybrid model...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 430: Study on the Characteristic Point Location of Depth Average Velocity in Smooth Open Channels: Applied to Channels with Flat or Concave Boundaries Water doi: 10.3390/w12020430 Authors: Tongshu Li Jian Chen Yu Han Zhuangzhuang Ma Jingjing Wu Based on the flow partition theory, we derive a mathematical expression by using the log-law for the characteristic point location (CPL) of depth average velocity in channels with flat or concave boundaries. It...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 424: Dynamic Evapotranspiration Alters Hyporheic Flow and Residence Times in the Intrameander Zone Water doi: 10.3390/w12020424 Authors: Kruegler Gomez-Velez Lautz Endreny Hyporheic zones (HZs) influence biogeochemistry at the local reach scale with potential implication for water quality at the large catchment scale. The characteristics of the HZs (e.g., area, flux rates, and residence times) change in response to channel and aquifer physical properties,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 425: Hyporheic Process Restoration: Design and Performance of an Engineered Streambed Water doi: 10.3390/w12020425 Authors: Bakke Hrachovec Lynch Stream restoration designed specifically to enhance hyporheic processes has seldom been contemplated. To gain experience with hyporheic restoration, an engineered streambed was built using a gravel mixture formulated to mimic natural streambed composition, filling an over-excavated channel to a minimum depth of...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 419: Regarding Groundwater and Drinking Water Access through A Human Rights Lens: Self-Supply as A Norm Water doi: 10.3390/w12020419 Authors: Jenny Grönwall Kerstin Danert Globally, some 2.5 billion people depend solely on groundwater to satisfy their daily drinking water needs. The reliance on this resource and its centrality to realize the human right to ‘safe’ drinking water has increased manifold, but this is yet to be fully acknowledged globally or by governments...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 422: Improving Pearl Millet (Pennisetum glaucum) Productivity through Adaptive Management of Water and Nitrogen Water doi: 10.3390/w12020422 Authors: Ausiku Annandale Steyn Sanewe Management of nitrogen and water plays a significant role in increasing crop productivity. A large amount of nitrogen (N) may be lost through leaching if these resources are not well managed. Wetting front detectors (WFDs) and Chameleon soil water sensors were used to adapt...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 423: Assessment Framework for Natural Groundwater Contamination in Arid Regions: Development of Indices and Wells Ranking System using Fuzzy VIKOR Method Water doi: 10.3390/w12020423 Authors: Haider Ghumman Al-Salamah Thabit Limited groundwater resources in arid regions have been found polluted for drinking purpose due to the presence of natural minerals and radioactive substances, in the sub-soils, higher than the drinking water quality standards....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 421: Drought Risk Assessment in Central Asia Using a Probabilistic Copula Function Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w12020421 Authors: Zhang Wang Chen Bai Zhang The aim of this research is to adopt the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) with three-month timescale (SPEI-3) to analyze drought risk in Central Asia. Based on SPEI-3, a drought event is defined through Run Theory. The multidimensional Copula function based on drought...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 420: Quantifying the Information Content of a Water Quality Monitoring Network Using Principal Component Analysis: A Case Study of the Freiberger Mulde River Basin, Germany Water doi: 10.3390/w12020420 Authors: Nguyen Helm Hettiarachchi Caucci Krebs Although river water quality monitoring (WQM) networks play an important role in water management, their effectiveness is rarely evaluated. This study aims to evaluate and optimize water quality variables...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 418: Assessment of the Environmental Risk of Pesticides Leaching at the Watershed Scale under Arid Climatic Conditions and Low Recharge Rates Water doi: 10.3390/w12020418 Authors: Ibrahim Al-Turki The assessment of the vulnerability of soil and groundwater resources to pesticide contamination is important to reduce the risk of environmental pollution. The applicability of the expanded attenuation factor (EAF) to assess leaching potential of 30 pesticides was...
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