Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 294: Structures of Three Actinobacteriophage Capsids: Roles of Symmetry and Accessory Proteins Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030294 Authors: Jennifer Podgorski Joshua Calabrese Lauren Alexandrescu Deborah Jacobs-Sera Welkin Pope Graham Hatfull Simon White Here, we describe the structure of three actinobacteriophage capsids that infect Mycobacterium smegmatis. The capsid structures were resolved to approximately six angstroms, which allowed confirmation...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 293: Peste des Petits Ruminants at the Wildlife–Livestock Interface in the Northern Albertine Rift and Nile Basin, East Africa Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030293 Authors: Xavier Fernandez Aguilar Mana Mahapatra Mattia Begovoeva Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka Margaret Driciru Chrisostom Ayebazibwe David Solomon Adwok Michael Kock Jean-Paul Kabemba Lukusa Jesus Muro Ignasi Marco Andreu Colom-Cadena Johan Espunyes Natascha Meunier Oscar Cabezón...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 292: A Kayvirus Distant Homolog of Staphylococcal Virulence Determinants and VISA Biomarker Is a Phage Lytic Enzyme Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030292 Authors: Aleksandra Głowacka-Rutkowska Magdalena Ulatowska Joanna Empel Magdalena Kowalczyk Jakub Boreczek Małgorzata Łobocka Staphylococcal bacteriophages of the Kayvirus genus are candidates for therapeutic applications. One of their proteins, Tgl, is slightly similar to two staphylococcal virulence...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 291: Experimental Infection of Mid-Gestation Pregnant Female and Intact Male Sheep with Zika Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030291 Authors: Erika R. Schwarz Lilian J. Oliveira Francesco Bonfante Ruiyu Pu Malgorzata A. Pozor N. James Maclachlan Sarah Beachboard Kelli L. Barr Maureen T. Long Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus that causes birth defects, persistent male infection, and sexual transmission in humans. The purpose of this study was...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 290: Purinergic Receptors: Elucidating the Role of these Immune Mediators in HIV-1 Fusion Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030290 Authors: Tracey L. Freeman Talia H. Swartz Purinergic receptors are inflammatory mediators activated by extracellular nucleotides released by dying or injured cells. Several studies have described an important role for these receptors in HIV-1 entry, particularly regarding their activity on HIV-1 viral membrane fusion. Several reports identify...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 288: Immunization of Cats against Fel d 1 Results in Reduced Allergic Symptoms of Owners Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030288 Authors: Franziska Thoms Stefanie Haas Aline Erhart Claudia S. Nett Silvia Rüfenacht Nicole Graf Arnis Strods Gauravraj Patil Thonur Leenadevi Michael C. Fontaine Lindsey A. Toon Gary T. Jennings Gabriela Senti Thomas M. Kündig Martin F. Bachmann An innovative approach was tested to treat cat allergy...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 287: New Viral Sequences Identified in the Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma Vector Scaphoideus titanus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030287 Authors: Sara Ottati Marco Chiapello Luciana Galetto Domenico Bosco Cristina Marzachì Simona Abbà The leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus is the primary vector of Flavescence dorée phytoplasma (FDp) in European vineyards. Flavescence dorée is one of the most severely damaging diseases of Vitis vinifera...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 289: Porcine Circovirus 2 Induction of ROS Is Responsible for Mitophagy in PK-15 Cells via Activation of Drp1 Phosphorylation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12030289 Authors: Yikai Zhang Renjie Sun Xiaoliang Li Weihuan Fang Mitochondrial dynamics is essential for the maintenance of cell homeostasis. Previous studies have shown that porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) infection decreases the mitochondrial membrane potential and causes the elevation of reactive oxygen species...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 745: E-DATA: A Comprehensive Field Campaign to Investigate Evaporation Enhanced by Advection in the Hyper-Arid Altiplano Water doi: 10.3390/w12030745 Authors: Francisco Suárez Felipe Lobos Alberto de la Fuente Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano Ana Prieto Carolina Meruane Oscar Hartogensis In the endorheic basins of the Altiplano, water is crucial for sustaining unique ecological habitats. Here, the wetlands act as highly localized evaporative environments,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 746: Assessment of Water Security in Socially Excluded Areas in Kolkata, India: An Approach Focusing on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Water doi: 10.3390/w12030746 Authors: Subham Mukherjee Trude Sundberg Brigitta Schütt Water security is essential not only to ensure the availability and accessibility of water for drinking, producing food, washing, but also to maintain both human and environmental health. The 2011 Census of India reveals that 17.4% of urban...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 744: A New Method for the Evaluation of Well Rehabilitation from the Early Portion of a Pumping Test Water doi: 10.3390/w12030744 Authors: Daniel Kahuda Pavel Pech This study analyzes the unsteady groundwater flow to a real well (with wellbore storage and the skin effect) that fully penetrates the confined aquifer. The well is located within an infinite system, so the effect of boundaries is not considered. The Laplace-domain solution for a partial differential...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 742: Numerical Simulation of Seepage and Stability of Tailings Dams: A Case Study in Lixi, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12030742 Authors: Chen Zhang Junrui Chai Jing Cao Zengguang Xu Yuan Qin Zongjie Lv The purpose of establishing a tailings dam is to safely store tailings to protect the natural environment from damage. Accidents at tailings dams are frequent, however, with serious consequences of not only threats to life and property but also the pollution...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 741: Analysis of Temporal-Spatial Variation Characteristics of Drought: A Case Study from Xinjiang, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12030741 Authors: Qiang An Huaxiang He Juanjuan Gao Qianwen Nie Yingjie Cui Chuanjiang Wei Xinmin Xie It is of great significance to study the characteristics and change trends of drought in Xinjiang to provide a basis for implementing local strategies. Based on monthly precipitation and temperature data from 95 meteorological...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 743: Civil Society and the Governance of Water Services: German Political Parties’ Reactions to Right2Water Water doi: 10.3390/w12030743 Authors: Jale Tosun Rita Triebskorn The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) Right2Water asked for guaranteed water quality and quantity all over Europe, and demanded that water services remain in the hands of public entities. Support for Right2Water was particularly pronounced in Germany. The German organisers managed...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 740: Comparative Assessment of Water Governance in Protected Areas Water doi: 10.3390/w12030740 Authors: Maia Lordkipanidze Hans Bressers Kris Lulofs This paper undertakes a comparative analysis of the governance systems of nature areas in relation to resilience measures in the field of water and nature management. The main question is to identify the key characteristics of governance that influence the resilience of the selected areas. The purpose of this...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 738: Experimental and Simulation Study on Validating a Numerical Model for CO2 Density-Driven Dissolution in Water Water doi: 10.3390/w12030738 Authors: Holger Class Kilian Weishaupt Oliver Trötschler Carbon dioxide density-driven dissolution in a water-filled laboratory flume of the dimensions 60 cm length, 40 cm height, 1 cm thickness, was visualized using a pH-sensitive color indicator. We focus on atmospheric pressure conditions, like in caves where CO...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 739: Shifting Hydrological Processes in a Canadian Agroforested Catchment due to a Warmer and Wetter Climate Water doi: 10.3390/w12030739 Authors: Aygün Kinnard Campeau Krogh This study examines the hydrological sensitivity of an agroforested catchment to changes in temperature and precipitation. A physically based hydrological model was created using the Cold Regions Hydrological Modelling platform to simulate the hydrological processes over 23 years...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 737: The Application of the Seismic Cone Penetration Test (SCPTU) in Tailings Water Conditions Monitoring Water doi: 10.3390/w12030737 Authors: Wojciech Tschuschke Sławomir Gogolik Magdalena Wróżyńska Maciej Kroll Paweł Stefanek The safe operation of the large, outflow Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF) requires comprehensive and continuous threat monitoring. One of the basic kinds of threat monitoring is to monitor the water conditions in deposited tailings,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 736: Use of Global Sensitivity and Data-Worth Analysis for an Efficient Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Properties Water doi: 10.3390/w12030736 Authors: Anis Younes Qian Shao Thierry Alex Mara Husam Musa Baalousha Marwan Fahs Accurate simulation of flow and contaminant transport processes through unsaturated soils requires adequate knowledge of the soil parameters. This study deals with the hydraulic characterization of soils using laboratory experiments....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 735: Evaluation of Water Quality in Ialomita River Basin in Relationship with Land Cover Patterns Water doi: 10.3390/w12030735 Authors: Daniel Dunea Petre Bretcan Danut Tanislav Gheorghe Serban Razvan Teodorescu Stefania Iordache Nicolae Petrescu Elena Tuchiu The paper reviews the state of water quality in Ialomita River Basin (IRB), Romania, between 2007 and 2018 using the land use/land cover and basin-specific conditions effects on sediments...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 734: A New Approach to Permeability Inversion of Fractured Rock Masses and Its Engineering Application Water doi: 10.3390/w12030734 Authors: Lei Gan Guanyun Chen Zhenzhong Shen This paper presents a new seepage inversion technique to predict the permeability coefficient of the rock mass with developed fracture or fault. With the measured data of flow and water head of boreholes, the permeability coefficient of the rock masses near the boreholes are obtained...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 733: New Sustainable Approach for the Production of Fe3O4/Graphene Oxide-Activated Persulfate System for Dye Removal in Real Wastewater Water doi: 10.3390/w12030733 Authors: Md. Nahid Pervez Wei He Tiziano Zarra Vincenzo Naddeo Yaping Zhao Persulfate (PS)-activated, iron-based heterogeneous catalysts have attracted significant attention as a potential advanced and sustainable water purification system. Herein, a novel Fe3O4 impregnated graphene oxide...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 732: Enhanced Monovalent Cation Biomineralization Ability by Quartz Sand for Effective Removal of Soluble Iron in Simulated Acid Mine Drainage Water doi: 10.3390/w12030732 Authors: Heru Wang Mengying Li Yongwei Song Acid mine drainage (AMD) is characterized by low pH, high soluble Fe, and heavy metal concentrations. Conventional lime neutralization produces large amounts of Fe(OH)2 and Fe(OH)3, which complicate subsequent disposal. Secondary iron minerals...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 730: Comparative Assessment of Spatial Variability and Trends of Flows and Sediments under the Impact of Climate Change in the Upper Indus Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12030730 Authors: Waqas Ul Hussan Muhammad Khurram Shahzad Frank Seidel Anna Costa Franz Nestmann Extensive research of the variability of flows under the impact of climate change has been conducted for the Upper Indus Basin (UIB). However, limited literature is available on the spatial distribution...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 731: Identification of Aquifer Recharge Sources as the Origin of Emerging Contaminants in Intensive Agricultural Areas. La Plana de Castellón, Spain Water doi: 10.3390/w12030731 Authors: Arianna Renau-Pruñonosa Olga García-Menéndez María Ibáñez Enric Vázquez-Suñé Clara Boix Bruno B. Ballesteros Marta Hernández Hernández García Ignacio Morell Félix Hernández In urban, industrial, and agricultural areas, a vast array of contaminants may be...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 728: Occurrence and Fate of Heavy Metals in Municipal Wastewater in Heilongjiang Province, China: A Monthly Reconnaissance from 2015 to 2017 Water doi: 10.3390/w12030728 Authors: Peng Du Lingrong Zhang Yuntao Ma Xinyue Li Zhenglu Wang Kang Mao Na Wang Ying Li Jia He Xuan Zhang Fanghua Hao Xiqing Li Maodian Liu Xuejun Wang As one of the major sources of pollutions in the environments, effluents from municipal wastewater recently...
Fri Mar 06, 2020 02:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 727: Flow Resistance Equation in Sand-bed Rivers and Its Practical Application in the Yellow River Water doi: 10.3390/w12030727 Authors: Rongrong Cai Hongwu Zhang Yu Zhang Luohao Zhang Hai Huang To fully reflect the effect of the flow characteristics, sidewall conditions and sediment concentrations on the bed roughness of sand-bed rivers, this study established a new flow resistance equation by introducing a comprehensive influence coefficient presented...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 729: A Combination Model for Quantifying Non-Point Source Pollution Based on Land Use Type in a Typical Urbanized Area Water doi: 10.3390/w12030729 Authors: Siru Wang Pinzeng Rao Dawen Yang Lihua Tang Water pollution poses threats to urban environments and subsequently impacts the ecological health and sustainable development of urban areas. Identifying the spatiotemporal variation in non-point sources (NPS) pollution is a prerequisite for improving water...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 725: Temporal Pattern Analysis of Local Rainstorm Events in China During the Flood Season Based on Time Series Clustering Water doi: 10.3390/w12030725 Authors: Fan Wang Similar to the rainfall depth, duration and intensity, the temporal pattern is also an important characteristic of rainstorm events. Studies have shown that temporal patterns will influence runoff modelling, flash flood warning thresholds as well as urban and infrastructure flood inundation simulations....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 721: Dynamic Water Balance Modelling for Risk Assessment and Decision Support on MAR Potential in Botswana Water doi: 10.3390/w12030721 Authors: Andreas Lindhe Lars Rosén Per-Olof Johansson Tommy Norberg Botswana experiences a water stressed situation due to the climate and a continuously increasing water demand. Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is considered, among other measures, to improve the situation. To evaluate the possibility for increased water...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 724: The Effect of Hydraulic Conditions in Barbotage Reactors on Aeration Efficiency Water doi: 10.3390/w12030724 Authors: Sebastian Kujawiak Małgorzata Makowska Jakub Mazurkiewicz Barbotage reactors such as airlift reactors (ALR) and bubble column reactors (BCR), due to their two-phase flow systems, were investigated in many research papers. In their basic design variants, they are typically used to lift, mix, and aerate liquids, while, when equipped with...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 723: Comparing the Adsorption Performance of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Oxidized by Varying Degrees for Removal of Low Levels of Copper, Nickel and Chromium(VI) from Aqueous Solutions Water doi: 10.3390/w12030723 Authors: Marko Šolić Snežana Maletić Marijana Kragulj Kragulj Isakovski Jasmina Nikić Malcolm Watson Zoltan Kónya Jelena Tričković Functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have drawn wide attention in recent years as novel...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 722: Rainfall Erosivity in Soil Erosion Processes Water doi: 10.3390/w12030722 Authors: Gianni Bellocchi Nazzareno Diodato Regional studies on the erosive power of rainfall patterns are still limited and the actual impacts that may follow on erosional and sedimentation processes are poorly understood. Given the several interrelated challenges of environmental management, it is also not always unclear what is relevant for the development of adaptive and integrated...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 726: Combined Electrocoagulation and Chemical Coagulation in Treating Brewery Wastewater Water doi: 10.3390/w12030726 Authors: Kimberly Swain Bassim Abbassi Chris Kinsley Significant over-strength discharge fees are often imposed on breweries for the disposal of high-strength effluent to sanitary sewers. In this research work, the removal performances of electrocoagulation (EC) compared with operating electrocoagulation and chemical coagulation in sequence...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 719: Hydrometallurgical Recovery of Cr(III) from Tannery Waste: Optimization and Selectivity Investigation Water doi: 10.3390/w12030719 Authors: Evgenios Kokkinos Anastasios Zouboulis Tanneries produce significant quantities of hazardous waste/waters and, according to international environmental organizations, their further recycling/reuse/exploitation in the context of circular economy is considered mandatory. A relevant case study is the recovery of Cr(III),...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 720: Water Regulation in Cyanobacterial Biocrusts from Drylands: Negative Impacts of Anthropogenic Disturbance Water doi: 10.3390/w12030720 Authors: Yolanda Cantón Sonia Chamizo Emilio Rodriguez-Caballero Roberto Lázaro Beatriz Roncero-Ramos José Raúl Román Albert Solé-Benet Arid and semi-arid ecosystems are characterized by patchy vegetation and variable resource availability. The interplant spaces of these ecosystems are very often covered by...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 717: Characterizing Density Flow Regimes of Three Rivers with Different Physicochemical Properties in a Run-Of-The-River Reservoir Water doi: 10.3390/w12030717 Authors: Ingu Ryu Soonju Yu Sewoong Chung Inflow mixing affects the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of water quality in reservoirs. Reservoir water quality management requires accurate prediction of density flow regimes to understand the spatiotemporal distribution of dissolved and particulate nutrients...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 718: Effect of Pressure Fluctuations and Flow Confinement on Shear Stress in Jet-Driven Scour Processes Water doi: 10.3390/w12030718 Authors: Pagliara Palermo The effect of pressure fluctuations and flow confinement on shear stress still represents a challenging problem for hydraulic engineers. Only a few studies investigated such aspects, but they did not focus on jet-driven scour processes in granular bed material. Following a recent theoretical framework,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 716: Spatiotemporal Variability of Precipitation in Beijing, China during the Wet Seasons Water doi: 10.3390/w12030716 Authors: Meifang Ren Zongxue Xu Bo Pang Jiangtao Liu Longgang Du To comprehensively evaluate the changes in precipitation patterns in the context of global climate change and urbanization, the spatiotemporal variability of precipitation during the wet seasons of 1981–2017 in Beijing was analyzed in this study using up-to-date...
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