Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 228: Relationships between Nut Size, Kernel Quality, Nutritional Composition and Levels of Outcrossing in Three Macadamia Cultivars Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9020228 Authors: Richards Kämper Trueman Wallace Ogbourne Brooks Nichols Hosseini Bai Tree nuts play an important role in healthy diets, but their economic value and nutritional quality may be affected by their size and paternity. We assessed relationships between nut size and kernel...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Prosthesis, Vol. 2, Pages 10-24: Implant-Supported Prosthesis for Edentulous Patient Rehabilitation. From Temporary Prosthesis to Definitive with a New Protocol: A Single Case Report Prosthesis doi: 10.3390/prosthesis2010002 Authors: Scrascia Fiorillo Gaita Secondo Nicita Cervino This case study concerns a patient who had lost all of his teeth, needing a rehabilitation with total prosthesis, who went to the dentist looking for help to overcome psycho-physical trauma...
Mon Feb 10, 2020 02:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 84: Latin American Christians Living in the Basque Country (Spain): What Remains and What Changes Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020084 Authors: Lidia Rodríguez Luzio Uriarte Iziar Basterretxea The research we will present is based on interviews conducted with the Latin American immigrant population and the indigenous population of the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC hereafter). We seek to identify religious features tracing similarities and differences...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 85: The Samaritan and Jewish Versions of the Pentateuch: A Survey Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020085 Authors: Hjelm This article discusses the main differences between the Samaritan and the Jewish versions of the Pentateuch. The Samaritan Bible consists of the Torah—that is, the Five Books of Moses—also called the Samaritan Pentateuch (SP). The Jewish Bible contains in addition the Prophets and the Writings, a total of 39 books. The introduction...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 83: “Language, Sex, and Luther: Feminist Observations” Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020083 Authors: Streufert Reading Luther from a feminist perspective reveals paradoxes and ambiguities in Luther’s writings related to language and sex, but we cannot make sense of Luther without important historical information, particularly the history of the meaning of sex; it affords a fresh reading of Luther. Even while Luther reinforces male-identified language...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 82: Introduction: Teaching Dante Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11020082 Authors: Metress This introduction to the Special Issue “Teaching Dante” summarizes the volume’s essays and discusses the conference at which they were initially presented.
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 17: Stochastic Mortality Modelling for Dependent Coupled Lives Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8010017 Authors: Kira Henshaw Corina Constantinescu Olivier Menoukeu Pamen Broken-heart syndrome is the most common form of short-term dependence, inducing a temporary increase in an individual’s force of mortality upon the occurrence of extreme events, such as the loss of a spouse. Socioeconomic influences on bereavement processes allow for suggestion of variability...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 15: Revisiting the Right to the City, Rethinking Urban Environmentalism: From Lifeworld Environmentalism to Planetary Environmentalism Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9020015 Authors: Haderer In the environmental politics literature, cities are commonly framed as key sites for a shift towards greater sustainability and urban grassroots initiatives, such as food co-ops, urban gardening initiatives, repair cafés, and libraries of things, are...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 19: Democratic Frustration: Concept, Dimensions and Behavioural Consequences Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10010019 Authors: Harrison Using insights from the psychology literature, this article introduces and operationalises the concept of 'democratic frustration' to shed new light on the pathologies of democratic crises. While political scientists have devoted ample attention to democratic crises and dissatisfaction, this article suggests that citizens’...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 20: Reconsidering McKenzie’s Six Adventure Education Programming Elements Using an Ecological Dynamics Lens and Its Implications for Health and Wellbeing Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8020020 Authors: Jason King Ashley Hardwell Eric Brymer Andrew Bedford Two decades ago, McKenzie’s meta-analysis of literature provided six fundamental elements of adventure education programme design still used to guide research and practice today. While the value of...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 13: Evaluation of Existing Models to Estimate Sorption Coefficients for Ionisable Pharmaceuticals in Soils and Sludge Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8010013 Authors: Carter Wilkinson Boxall In order to assess the environmental risk of a pharmaceutical, information is needed on the sorption of the compound to solids. Here we use a high-quality database of measured sorption coefficients, all determined following internationally recognised protocols, to evaluate...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 12: Potential of Inactivated Bifidobacterium Strain in Attenuating Benzo(A)Pyrene Exposure-Induced Damage in Colon Epithelial Cells In Vitro Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8010012 Authors: Xu Fu Zhang Wang Fan Zhu Dziugan Zhang Zhao Long-term exposure to benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) poses a serious genotoxic threat to human beings. This in vitro study investigated the potential of inactivated Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BI-04 in alleviating...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 11: Biomonitoring of Trace Elements in Subjects Living Near a Hazardous Waste Incinerator: Concentrations in Autopsy Tissues Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8010011 Authors: García Marquès Barbería Torralba Landin Laguna Domingo Nadal The only hazardous waste incinerator (HWI) in Spain started to operate in 1999. Twenty years later, the levels of 11 trace elements (As, Be, Cd, Cr, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Tl and V) were analyzed in five different...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 115: Efficient and Simultaneous Chitosan-Mediated Removal of 11 Mycotoxins from Palm Kernel Cake Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020115 Authors: Atena Abbasi Pirouz Jinap Selamat Shahzad Zafar Iqbal Nik Iskandar Putra Samsudin Mycotoxins are an important class of pollutants that are toxic and hazardous to animal and human health. Consequently, various methods have been explored to abate their effects, among which adsorbent has found prominent application....
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 114: Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Quadrupole Orbitrap High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Multi-Residue Analysis of Mycotoxins and Pesticides in Botanical Nutraceuticals Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020114 Authors: Narváez Rodríguez-Carrasco Castaldo Izzo Ritieni Cannabidiol (CBD) food supplements made of Cannabis sativa L. extracts have quickly become popular products due to their health-promoting effects. However,...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 112: Use of Botulinum Toxin in Orofacial Clinical Practice Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020112 Authors: Serrera-Figallo Ruiz-de-León-Hernández Torres-Lagares Castro-Araya Torres-Ferrerosa Hernández-Pacheco Gutierrez-Perez Introduction: Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is a potent biological toxin and powerful therapeutic tool for a growing number of clinical orofacial applications. BoNT relaxes striated muscle by inhibiting acetylcholine’s...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 113: Acute Exposure to Zearalenone Disturbs Intestinal Homeostasis by Modulating the Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathway Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12020113 Authors: Lahjouji Bertaccini Neves Puel Oswald Soler The mycotoxin zearalenone (ZEN), which frequently contaminates cereal-based human food and animal feed, is known to have an estrogenic effect. The biological response associated with exposure to ZEN has rarely been reported in organs other...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 84: Evaluation of the Immunoprotective Potential of Recombinant Paraflagellar Rod Proteins of Trypanosoma evansi in Mice Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010084 Authors: Maharana Sudhakar Jawalagatti Saravanan Blake Tewari Trypanosomosis, caused by Trypanosoma evansi, is an economically significant disease of livestock. Systematic antigenic variation by the parasite has undermined prospects for the development of a protective vaccine that targets...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 81: Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Vaccines Contain Non-Structural Protein 1 Antigen and may Elicit NS1-Specific Antibody Responses in Vaccinated Individuals Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010081 Authors: Salat Mikulasek Larralde Pokorna Formanova Chrdle Haviernik Elsterova Teislerova Palus Eyer Zdrahal Petrik Ruzek Vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is based on the use of formalin-inactivated, culture-derived...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 82: MVA Vectored Vaccines Encoding Rift Valley Fever Virus Glycoproteins Protect Mice against Lethal Challenge in the Absence of Neutralizing Antibody Responses Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010082 Authors: López-Gil Moreno Ortego Borrego Lorenzo Brun In vitro neutralizing antibodies have been often correlated with protection against Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) infection. We have reported previously that a single inoculation of sucrose-purified...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 83: Development of an IL-17A DNA Vaccine to Treat Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Mice Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8010083 Authors: Koriyama Ikeda Nakagami Shimamura Yoshida Rakugi Morishita The interleukin-17 (IL-17) family, especially IL-17A, plays an important role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study developed an IL-17A epitope vaccine to treat SLE in NZBWF1 and MRL/lpr mouse models. A plasmid vector...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 22: Sonographic Evaluation of Medial Iliac Lymph Nodes-to-Aorta Ratio in Dogs Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7010022 Authors: Citi Oranges Arrighi Meucci Della Santa Tommaso Medial iliac lymph nodes drain many districts and are easy to identify during an ultrasound examination of the abdomen. Since there are no reference values for their size in healthy dogs, the aim of this work was to evaluate the size of the medial iliac...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Vibration, Vol. 3, Pages 18-33: Study on Dynamic Interaction of Railway Pantograph–Catenary Including Reattachment Momentum Impact Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration3010003 Authors: Chu Song The pantograph–catenary system is responsible for the electric transmission to the locomotive via the sliding contact between the pantograph head and the contact wire. The separation of the pantograph head from the contact wire is the main source of arcing, which challenges the normal...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 204: HIV-1 Transcription Inhibitor 1E7-03 Restores LPS-Induced Alteration of Lung Leukocytes’ Infiltration Dynamics and Resolves Inflammation in HIV Transgenic Mice Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020204 Authors: Jerebtsova Ahmad Niu Rutagarama Nekhai Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals treated with anti-retroviral therapy often develop chronic non-infectious lung disease. To determine the mechanism of HIV-1-associated lung disease...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 205: Isolation and Characterization of AbTJ, an Acinetobacter baumannii Phage, and Functional Identification of Its Receptor-Binding Modules Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020205 Authors: Xu Li Kang Bai Wang Huang A. baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen and a major cause of various community-acquired infections. Strains of this species can be resistant to multiple antimicrobial agents, leaving limited therapeutic options, also lacking in methods...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 203: Genetic Characterization of Avian Influenza A (H11N9) Virus Isolated from Mandarin Ducks in South Korea in 2018 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020203 Authors: Tuong Nguyen Sung Park Yeo In July 2018, a novel avian influenza virus (A/Mandarin duck/South Korea/KNU18-12/2018(H11N9)) was isolated from Mandarin ducks in South Korea. Phylogenetic and molecular analyses were conducted to characterize the genetic origins of the H11N9 strain. Phylogenetic...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 207: High Genomic Variability in Equine Infectious Anemia Virus Obtained from Naturally Infected Horses in Pantanal, Brazil: An Endemic Region Case Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020207 Authors: Camila Dantas Malossi Eduardo Gorzoni Fioratti Jedson Ferreira Cardoso Angelo Jose Magro Erna Geessien Kroon Daniel de Moura Aguiar Alice Mamede Costa Marque Borges Marcia Furlan Nogueira Leila Sabrina Ullmann João Pessoa Araujo Equine infectious anemia...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 206: Quantitative FRET-FLIM-BlaM to Assess the Extent of HIV-1 Fusion in Live Cells Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020206 Authors: Carlon-Andres Padilla-Parra The first steps of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection go through the engagement of HIV envelope (Env) with CD4 and coreceptors (CXCR4 or CCR5) to mediate viral membrane fusion between the virus and the host. New approaches are still needed to better define both the molecular mechanistic underpinnings...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 199: An Engineered Microvirin Variant with Identical Structural Domains Potently Inhibits Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Cellular Entry Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020199 Authors: Shahid Qadir Yang Ahmad Zahid Mirza Windisch Shahzad-ul-Hussan Microvirin (MVN) is one of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) entry inhibitor lectins, which consists of two structural domains sharing 35% sequence identity and contrary...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 201: Generation of Simian Rotavirus Reassortants with VP4- and VP7-Encoding Genome Segments from Human Strains Circulating in Africa Using Reverse Genetics Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020201 Authors: Falkenhagen Patzina-Mehling Gadicherla Strydom O’Neill Johne Human rotavirus A (RVA) causes acute gastroenteritis in infants and young children. The broad use of two vaccines, which are based on RVA strains from Europe and North America, significantly...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 200: Oxidative Stress in Canine Histiocytic Sarcoma Cells Induced by an Infection with Canine Distemper Virus Led to a Dysregulation of HIF-1α Downstream Pathway Resulting in a Reduced Expression of VEGF-B in vitro Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020200 Authors: Armando Gambini Corradi Giudice Pfankuche Brogden Attig von Köckritz-Blickwede Baumgärtner Puff Histiocytic sarcomas represent malignant tumors which require new treatment...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 202: Reconstruction and Characterization of Full-Length Begomovirus and Alphasatellite Genomes Infecting Pepper through Metagenomics Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020202 Authors: Verónica A. Bornancini José M. Irazoqui Ceferino R. Flores Carlos G. Vaghi Medina Ariel F. Amadio Paola M. López Lambertini In northwestern Argentina (NWA), pepper crops are threatened by the emergence of begomoviruses due to the spread of its vector, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)....
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 197: Insights into the Functions of eIF4E-Biding Motif of VPg in Potato Virus A Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020197 Authors: Saha Mäkinen The interaction between the viral protein genome-linked (VPg) and eukaryotic initiation factor 4E (eIF4E) or eIF(iso)4E of the host plays a crucial role in potyvirus infection. The VPg of potato virus A (PVA) contains the Tyr-X-X-X-X-Leu-phi (YXXXLΦ) binding motif for eIF(iso)4E. In order to investigate its...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 198: Mosquito-Independent Transmission of West Nile virus in Farmed Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12020198 Authors: Habarugira Moran Colmant Davis O’Brien Hall-Mendelin McMahon Hewitson Nair Barcelon Suen Melville Hobson-Peters Hall Isberg Bielefeldt-Ohmann West Nile virus, Kunjin strain (WNVKUN) is endemic in Northern Australia, but rarely causes clinical disease in...
Tue Feb 11, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 511: Effects of Climatic Change on Soil Hydraulic Properties during the Last Interglacial Period: Two Case Studies of the Southern Chinese Loess Plateau Water doi: 10.3390/w12020511 Authors: Wu Lin Zhang Ye Wang Liu Yi Tian The hydraulic properties of paleosols on the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) are closely related to agricultural production and are indicative of the environmental evolution during geological and pedogenic periods. In...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 509: Investigation of Ocean-Wave-Focusing Characteristics Induced by a Submerged Crescent-Shaped Plate for Long-Crested Waves Water doi: 10.3390/w12020509 Authors: Li Shih Weng The need for renewable energy has gained importance with growing concerns about climate change. Wave energy has attracted considerable attention owing to its sustainability potential. Reflection, refraction, diffraction, and shoaling of waves occur when waves propagate through a...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 508: Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Change and Vegetation Variation on Actual Evapotranspiration Based on the Budyko Hypothesis in North and South Panjiang Basin, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12020508 Authors: Li Xia She Cheng Zou Liu Actual evapotranspiration (Ea) plays a key role in the global water and energy cycles. The accurate quantification of the impacts of different factors on Ea change can help us better understand the driving mechanisms...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 507: Transformation of the Flow Regime of a Large Allochthonous River in Central Europe—an Example of the Vistula River in Poland Water doi: 10.3390/w12020507 Authors: Wrzesiński Sobkowiak Identification of river flow regime and its possible changes caused by natural factors or human activity is one of major issues in modern hydrology. In such studies different approaches and different indicators can be used. The aim of this study is to determine changes in...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 510: Recent Advances in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Sensor Technology for Monitoring Water Quality Water doi: 10.3390/w12020510 Authors: Park Kim Lee Water quality control and management in water resources are important for providing clean and safe water to the public. Due to their large area, collection, analysis, and management of a large amount of water quality data are essential. Water quality data are collected mainly by manual...
Wed Feb 12, 2020 02:00
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