Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 412: Optimized Extraction of Total Triterpenoids from Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) and Comprehensive Analysis of Triterpenic Acids in Different Cultivars Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040412 Authors: Lijun Song Li Zhang Long Xu Yunjian Ma Weishuai Lian Yongguo Liu Yonghua Wang Triterpenoid compounds are one of the main functional components in jujube fruit. In this study, the optimal process for ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) of total triterpenoids...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 157: Israelijew Jewisraeli: Yoram Kaniuk’s Adam Resurrected and the Problem of the Human Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040157 Authors: Netta van Vliet This article considers the political and philosophical genealogies of the category “Israeli Jew” in terms of Israeli novelist Yoram Kaniuk’s Adam Resurrected, which I situate within the wider context of contemporary Israel. Israel is defined by some as a colonial and occupying state and by others as a liberal democracy...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 156: The Relationship between the Economic Strand of Contemporary Pentecostalism and Neo-Liberalism in Post-1994 South Africa Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040156 Authors: Mookgo Solomon Kgatle South Africa endured racial segregation under the national party for many years until 1994, with the attainment of democracy. In the process of negotiating a democracy like the CODESA negotiations, the ANC-led government found itself adopting economic policies that embraced...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 155: Centrality of Religiosity as a Resource for Therapy Outcome? Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040155 Authors: Sonja Friedrich-Killinger The present intervention study tested the following hypothesis: the influence of one’s personal religious construct system is more intense and broader on therapy outcome if it stays central within the personality or becomes more central throughout psychotherapeutic in-treatment. The clinic concept included standard...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 154: Introduction to the Special Issue of Religions—“Domestic Devotions in Medieval and Early Modern Europe” Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040154 Authors: Ryan This Special Issue of Religions focuses on lived religion and devotional practices as found in the domestic settings of late medieval and early modern Europe[...]
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 20: Molecules to Microbes Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020020 Authors: Sohan Jheeta How did life begin on Earth? And is there life elsewhere in the Cosmos? Challenging questions, indeed. The series of conferences established by NoR CEL in 2013, addresses these very same questions. The basis for this paper is the summary report of oral presentations that were delivered by NoR CEL’s network members during the 2018 Athens conference and, as such, disseminates the latest...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 21: Portable XRF Quick-Scan Mapping for Potential Toxic Elements Pollutants in Sustainable urban Drainage Systems: A Methodological Approach Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020021 Authors: Guri Venvik Floris C. Boogaard Sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) such as swales are designed to collect, store and infiltrate a large amount of surface runoff water during heavy rainfall. Stormwater is known to transport pollutants, such as particle-bound Potential Toxic Elements...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 17: Development of Topical/Transdermal Self-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems, not as Simple as Expected Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88020017 Authors: Daniélle van Staden Jeanetta du Plessis Joe Viljoen Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDSs) originated as an oral lipid-based drug delivery system with the sole purpose of improving delivery of highly lipophilic drugs. However, the revolutionary drug delivery possibilities presented...
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Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 172-185: “Unparking”: How can Smart Mobility Reduce Parking Demand in Our Cities to the Minimum? (Beirut Case Study) Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3020010 Authors: Adib Haydar Beirut is a car-dependent city, with 80% of Beirut citizens using their private cars to move across the city (the rate of car ownership is higher than regional and global benchmarks: 627 cars/1000 in Beirut, 550/1000 in Dubai and 170/1000 in Singapore). This reality causes two...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 35: Populism and Independence Movements in Europe: The Catalan–Spanish Case Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9040035 Authors: Heras-Pedrosa Jambrino-Maldonado Iglesias-Sánchez Millán-Celis The most powerful countries in the world are immersed in a process of economic and cultural globalization. As an effect of action and reaction, there is an increasing emergence of nationalistic phenomena. This investigation undertakes an analysis of the...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 41: Are Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Stress Greater in Isometric or in Dynamic Resistance Exercise? Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8040041 Authors: Anastasios Kounoupis Stavros Papadopoulos Nikiforos Galanis Konstantina Dipla Andreas Zafeiridis Medical and sports medicine associations are reluctant to endorse isometric exercise to the same extent as dynamic resistance exercise (RE). The major concern is the fear of greater increases in blood pressure...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 40: Daily School Physical Activity from Before to After Puberty Improves Bone Mass and a Musculoskeletal Composite Risk Score for Fracture Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8040040 Authors: Cronholm Lindgren Rosengren Dencker Karlsson Karlsson This 7.5-year prospective controlled exercise intervention study assessed if daily school physical activity (PA), from before to after puberty, improved musculoskeletal traits. There were 63 boys and 34 girls...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 215: A Humanized Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail to Prevent Pulmonary Ricin Intoxication Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040215 Authors: Yinghui Rong Michael Pauly Adrian Guthals Henry Pham Dylan Ehrbar Larry Zeitlin Nicholas J. Mantis PB10 IgG1, a monoclonal antibody (MAb) directed against an immunodominant epitope on the enzymatic subunit (RTA) of ricin toxin (RT), has been shown to passively protect mice and non-human primates from an aerosolized...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 216: Novel Approaches to Minimizing Mycotoxin Contamination Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040216 Authors: Mar Rodríguez Félix Núñez Contamination of foods and agricultural commodities by various types of toxigenic fungi is a concerning issue for human and animal health [...]
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 214: A Proposal for Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection Into the Temporal Region in Chronic Migraine Headache Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040214 Authors: Kim Bae Kim Wang Kim Botulinum toxin type-A (BTX-A) injection for treating chronic migraine (CM) has developed into a new technique covering distinct injection points in the head and neck regions. The postulated analgesic mechanism implies that the injection should be administered to sensory nerves...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 213: Fullerol C60(OH)24 Nanoparticles Affect Secondary Metabolite Profile of Important Foodborne Mycotoxigenic Fungi In Vitro Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040213 Authors: Tihomir Kovač Bojan Šarkanj Ivana Borišev Aleksandar Djordjevic Danica Jović Ante Lončarić Jurislav Babić Antun Jozinović Tamara Krska Johann Gangl Chibundu N. Ezekiel Michael Sulyok Rudolf Krska Despite the efforts to control mycotoxin contamination worldwide,...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 212: Individual and Combined Effect of Zearalenone Derivates and Beauvericin Mycotoxins on SH-SY5Y Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040212 Authors: Fojan Agahi Guillermina Font Cristina Juan Ana Juan-García Beauvericin (BEA) and zearalenone derivatives, α-zearalenol (α-ZEL), and β-zearalenol (β-ZEL), are produced by several Fusarium species. Considering the impact of various mycotoxins on human’s health,...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 48: How Clinical Research Can Contribute to Strengthening Health Systems in Low Resource Countries Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020048 Authors: Florent Mbo Wilfried Mutombo Digas Ngolo Patrice Kabangu Olaf Valverde Mordt Nathalie Strub Wourgaft Erick Mwamba Clinical research on neglected tropical diseases is a challenge in low-resource countries, and the contribution of clinical and operational research...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 153: Progress and Prospects on Vaccine Development against SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020153 Authors: Zhang Zeng Gu Li Zheng Zou In December 2019, the outbreak of pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to a serious pandemic in China and other countries worldwide. So far, more than 460,000 confirmed cases were diagnosed in nearly 190 countries, causing globally...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 152: A Qualitative Study of Views and Experiences of Women and Health Care Professionals about Free Maternal Vaccinations Administered at Community Pharmacies Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020152 Authors: Natalie Gauld Samuel Martin Owen Sinclair Helen Petousis-Harris Felicity Dumble Cameron C. Grant Background: A policy to extend funding of maternal pregnancy influenza and pertussis vaccinations to community pharmacies could address low pregnancy...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 151: Interleukin 34 Serves as a Novel Molecular Adjuvant against Nocardia Seriolae Infection in Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020151 Authors: Hoang Wang Chen DNA vaccines have been widely employed in controlling viral and bacterial infections in mammals and teleost fish. Co-injection of molecular adjuvants, including chemokines, cytokines, and immune co-stimulatory molecules, is one of the potential strategies...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 150: Is an Increased Risk of Developing Guillain–Barré Syndrome Associated with Seasonal Influenza Vaccination? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020150 Authors: Petráš Lesná Dáňová Čelko While the weight of epidemiological evidence does not support a causal link with influenza vaccination evaluated over the last 30 years, Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) has been considered a vaccine-associated...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 149: Recombinant Measles AIK-C Vaccine Strain Expressing Influenza HA Protein Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020149 Authors: Ito Kumagai Yamaji Sawada Nakayama Recombinant measles AIK-C vaccine expressing the hemagglutinin (HA) protein of influenza A/Sapporo/107/2013(H1N1pdm) (MVAIK/PdmHA) was constructed. Measles particle agglutination (PA) and influenza hemagglutinin inhibition (HI) antibodies were induced in cotton rats immunized with MVAIK/PdmHA....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 377: IRF7 Is Required for the Second Phase Interferon Induction during Influenza Virus Infection in Human Lung Epithelia Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040377 Authors: Wenxin Wu Wei Zhang Lili Tian Brent R. Brown Matthew S. Walters Jordan P. Metcalf Influenza A virus (IAV) infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Retinoic acid-inducible protein I (RIG-I) plays an important role in the recognition of IAV in most cell types, and leads to the...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 376: Host–Virus Interaction: How Host Cells Defend against Influenza A Virus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040376 Authors: Yun Zhang Zhichao Xu Yongchang Cao Influenza A viruses (IAVs) are highly contagious pathogens infecting human and numerous animals. The viruses cause millions of infection cases and thousands of deaths every year, thus making IAVs a continual threat to global health. Upon IAV infection, host innate immune system is triggered and...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 375: Proteome Analysis in a Mammalian Cell line Reveals that PLK2 is Involved in Avian Metapneumovirus Type C (aMPV/C)-Induced Apoptosis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040375 Authors: Quan Wei Hou Wang Zhu Li Lv Liu Avian metapneumovirus subtype C (aMPV/C) causes an acute respiratory disease that has caused serious economic losses in the Chinese poultry industry. In the present study, we first explored the protein profile in aMPV/C-infected...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 374: Development of a Honey Bee RNA Virus Vector Based on the Genome of a Deformed Wing Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040374 Authors: Eugene V. Ryabov Krisztina Christmon Matthew C. Heerman Francisco Posada-Florez Robert L. Harrison Yanping Chen Jay D. Evans We developed a honey bee RNA-virus vector based on the genome of a picorna-like Deformed wing virus (DWV), the main viral pathogen of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). To test the potential...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 373: Antiviral Effects of Menthol on Coxsackievirus B Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040373 Authors: David J.R. Taylor Syed M. Hamid Allen M. Andres Hannaneh Saadaeijahromi Honit Piplani Juliana F. Germano Yang Song Savannah Sawaged Ralph Feuer Stephen J. Pandol Jon Sin Coxsackievirus B (CVB) is a common human enterovirus that causes systemic infection but specifically replicates to high titers in the pancreas. It was reported that certain...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 371: Evidence Supporting That RNA Polymerase II Catalyzes De Novo Transcription Using Potato Spindle Tuber Viroid Circular RNA Templates Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040371 Authors: Shachinthaka D. Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage Ying Wang Transcription is a fundamental process that mediates the interplay between genetic information and phenotype. Emerging evidence indicates that RNA polymerase II (Pol II) can catalyze transcription using both DNA and RNA templates. It...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 370: RNA-Binding Domains of Heterologous Viral Proteins Substituted for Basic Residues in the RSV Gag NC Domain Restore Specific Packaging of Genomic RNA Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040370 Authors: Breanna L. Rice Timothy L. Lochmann Leslie J. Parent The Rous sarcoma virus Gag polyprotein transiently traffics through the nucleus, which is required for efficient incorporation of the viral genomic RNA (gRNA) into virus particles. Packaging of gRNA is mediated...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 372: Virology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Control of COVID-19 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040372 Authors: Yuefei Jin Haiyan Yang Wangquan Ji Weidong Wu Shuaiyin Chen Weiguo Zhang Guangcai Duan The outbreak of emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) disease (COVID-19) in China has been brought to global attention and declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. Scientific advancements...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 369: Comparison of gE/gI- and TK/gE/gI-Gene-Deleted Pseudorabies Virus Vaccines Mediated by CRISPR/Cas9 and Cre/Lox Systems Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040369 Authors: Li Fang Rong Li Ren Ma Chen Li Qian Pseudorabies (PR), caused by pseudorabies virus (PRV), is an acute and febrile infectious disease in swine. To eradicate PR, a more efficacious vaccine needs to be developed. Here, the gE/gI- and TK/gE/gI-gene-deleted recombinant PRV...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 368: Rabies in the African Civet: An Incidental Host for Lyssaviruses? Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12040368 Authors: Sabeta Marston McElhinney Horton Phahladira Fooks In South Africa, canid rabies virus (RABV) infection is maintained in domestic and wildlife species. The identification of rabies in African civets raised the question of whether this wildlife carnivore is a potential reservoir host of RABVs of direct and ancestral dog origin (dog-maintained...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 971: Worldwide Regulations and Guidelines for Agricultural Water Reuse: A Critical Review Water doi: 10.3390/w12040971 Authors: Shoushtarian Negahban-Azar Water reuse is gaining momentum as a beneficial practice to address the water crisis, especially in the agricultural sector as the largest water consumer worldwide. With recent advancements in wastewater treatment technologies, it is possible to produce almost any water quality. However, the main human and...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 968: Using Wastewater in Irrigation: The Effects on Infiltration Process in a Clayey Soil Water doi: 10.3390/w12040968 Authors: Ammar A. Albalasmeh Mamoun A. Gharaibeh Ma’in Z. Alghzawi Renato Morbidelli Carla Saltalippi Teamrat A. Ghezzehei Alessia Flammini Soil water infiltration is a critical process in the soil water cycle and agricultural practices, especially when wastewater is used for irrigation. Although research has been conducted to...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 969: Predicting Event-Based Sediment and Heavy Metal Loads in Untreated Urban Runoff from Impermeable Surfaces Water doi: 10.3390/w12040969 Authors: Frances J. Charters Thomas A. Cochrane Aisling D. O’Sullivan Understanding the amount of pollutants contributed by impermeable urban surfaces during rain events is necessary for developing effective stormwater management. A process-based pollutant load model, named Modelled Estimates of Discharges for Urban Stormwater...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 970: Evaluation of Dam Break Social Impact Assessments Based on an Improved Variable Fuzzy Set Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12040970 Authors: He Chai Qin Xu Li : In recent years attention has shifted from “dam safety” to “dam risk” due to the high loss characteristics of dam breaks. Despite this, there has been little research on social impact assessments. Variable fuzzy sets (VFSs) are a theoretical system for...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 967: Comparative Analysis of Water Quality Disparities in the United States in Relation to Heavy Metals and Biological Contaminants Water doi: 10.3390/w12040967 Authors: Kaleh Karim Sujata Guha Ryan Beni Drinking water quality can be compromised by heavy metals, such as copper and lead. If consumed raw, water can pose a health burden to the general population. In this study, the roles of heavy metals and biological contaminants have been explored in determining...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 966: Contribution of Different Elements of Inclined Trash Racks to Head Losses Modeling Water doi: 10.3390/w12040966 Authors: Fatma Lemkecher Ludovic Chatellier Dominique Courret Laurent David Low bar spacing trash racks have been widely investigated in order to guide fish toward bypasses. In addition to this biological function, the formulae to predict head losses, for hydropower plants, are still being discussed. This paper investigates and models the...
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