Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 557: High-Throughput Phenotyping (HTP) Data Reveal Dosage Effect at Growth Stages in Arabidopsis thaliana Irradiated by Gamma Rays Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050557 Authors: Chang Lee Hong Jo Kim The effects of radiation dosages on plant species are quantitatively presented as the lethal dose or the dose required for growth reduction in mutation breeding. However, lethal dose and growth reduction fail to provide dynamic growth behavior information...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 554: Physiological, Biochemical, and Metabolic Responses to Short and Prolonged Saline Stress in Two Cultivated Cardoon Genotypes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050554 Authors: Docimo De Stefano Cappetta Piccinelli Celano De Palma Tucci Cultivated cardoon is a multipurpose crop with adaptability to limiting environments. Two genotypes (“Bianco Avorio” and “Spagnolo”) were comparatively characterized in...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 216: Catholic Mediation in the Basque Peace Process: Questioning the Transnational Dimension Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050216 Authors: Xabier Itçaina The Basque conflict was one of the last ethnonationalist violent struggles in Western Europe, until the self-dissolution in 2018 of ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna, Basque Country and Freedom). The role played by some sectors of the Roman Catholic Church in the mediation efforts leading to this positive outcome has...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 215: Sacred Places and Planetary Stresses: Sanctuaries as Laboratories of Religious and Ecological Change Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050215 Authors: Willis Jenkins How are global relations and planetary flows experienced, interpreted, and managed from places set aside from everyday use, as “sacred” in that sense? Sanctuary Lab, a transdisciplinary initiative at UVA, investigates how religious processes interact with planetary stresses. Provisionally...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 41: How Do Health, Care Services Consumption and Lifestyle Factors Affect the Choice of Health Insurance Plans in Switzerland? Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8020041 Authors: Veronika Kalouguina Joël Wagner In compulsory health insurance in Switzerland, policyholders can choose two main features, the level of deductible and the type of plan. Deductibles can be chosen among six levels, which range from CHF 300 to 2500. While the coverage and benefits are identical, insurers...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 63: Effectiveness of a Psychosocial Therapy with SMS in Immigrant Women with Different Degrees of Depression Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050063 Authors: Yolanda García Carlos Ferrás María José Ginzo Immigrant women who are forced to adapt to a new cultural context often live in low income situations, have informal jobs, and experience social inclusion difficulties; these women frequently have mental health and social relationship problems....
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 62: The Migration of Career-Starter Hungarian Graduate Women to the Countries of the European Union Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050062 Authors: Ibolya Czibere Edit Schranz In our paper, we present the reasons for and characteristics of the increasing migration of graduate women, mostly undertaken alone. In Hungary, in the context of the acceleration of migration experienced after 2010, two phenomena can be observed: (1) Due to positive selection...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 22: Comparison of Different Hydrotalcite Solid Adsorbents on Adsorptive Desulfurization of Liquid Fuel Oil Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8020022 Authors: Mozammel Mazumder Rajib Das Md Symon Jahan Sajib Andrew Jewel Gomes Mohammad Islam Thinesh Selvaratnam Ashiqur Rahman With increasingly stringent environmental regulations, desulfurization for gasoline oil production has become an important issue. Nowadays, desulfurization technologies...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 281: Revisiting the Neuroblastoma Cell-Based Assay (CBA-N2a) for the Improved Detection of Marine Toxins Active on Voltage Gated Sodium Channels (VGSCs) Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050281 Authors: Jérôme Viallon Mireille Chinain Hélène Taiana Darius The neuroblastoma cell-based assay (CBA-N2a) is widely used for the detection of marine biotoxins in seafood products, yet a consensus protocol is still lacking. In this study, six key parameters of CBA-N2a were...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 64: Disease Ecology of Rickettsial Species: A Data Science Approach Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020064 Authors: Serge Morand Kittipong Chaisiri Anamika Kritiyakan Rawadee Kumlert We present an approach to assess the disease ecology of rickettsial species by investigating open databases and by using data science methodologies. First, we explored the epidemiological trend and changes of human rickettsial disease...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 56: A Review of the Public Health Challenges of Salmonella and Turtles Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020056 Authors: Hamid Reza Sodagari Ihab Habib Majedeh Pakzad Shahabi Narelle A. Dybing Penghao Wang Mieghan Bruce Non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars are recognized as zoonotic pathogens. Although human salmonellosis is frequently associated with ingestion of contaminated foods of animal origin, contact with animals may also be...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 54: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) in Poultry Species in Algeria: Long-Term Study on Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020054 Authors: Ismahane Benrabia Taha M. Hamdi Awad A. Shehata Heinrich Neubauer Gamal Wareth Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a well-known pathogen with a serious impact on human and veterinary public health. To determine antibiotic...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 55: Clinical and Pathological Data of 17 Non-Epithelial Pancreatic Tumors in Cats Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020055 Authors: Katrin Törner Marlies Staudacher Katja Steiger Heike Aupperle-Lellbach Tumors of mesenchymal origin are rarely reported in the pancreas. Therefore, this study characterized 17 feline non-epithelial pancreatic tumors, including clinical data, histopathology, and immunohistochemistry. Seventeen feline pancreatic...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 489: Differences in HIV Markers between Infected Individuals Treated with Different ART Regimens: Implications for the Persistence of Viral Reservoirs Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050489 Authors: Gilles Darcis Ben Berkhout Alexander O. Pasternak In adherent individuals, antiretroviral therapy (ART) suppresses HIV replication, restores immune function, and prevents the development of AIDS. However, ART is not curative and has to be followed lifelong. Persistence...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 490: Distribution and Genetic Variability of Sapoviruses in Africa Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050490 Authors: Kgomotso Makhaola Sikhulile Moyo Lemme P. Kebaabetswe In this review, we describe the distribution and genetic diversity of sapoviruses detected among humans, animals and the environment in African countries. Databases were searched for studies conducted in African countries and published between Jan 2005 and Mar 2019. Only studies where RT- PCR was...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 488: Virus-Like Particles as an Immunogenic Platform for Cancer Vaccines Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050488 Authors: Jerri C. Caldeira Michael Perrine Federica Pericle Federica Cavallo Virus-like particles (VLP) spontaneously assemble from viral structural proteins. They are naturally biocompatible and non-infectious. VLP can serve as a platform for many potential vaccine epitopes, display them in a dense repeating array, and elicit antibodies against non-immunogenic...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1246: Wind Effects on the Water Age in a Large Shallow Lake Water doi: 10.3390/w12051246 Authors: Sien Liu Qinghua Ye Shiqiang Wu Marcel J. F. Stive As the third largest fresh water lake in China, Taihu Lake is suffering from serious eutrophication, where nutrient loading from tributary and surrounding river networks is one of the main contributors. In this study, water age is used to investigate the impacts of tributary discharge and wind influence on...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1241: Potential Fields in Fluid Mechanics: A Review of Two Classical Approaches and Related Recent Advances Water doi: 10.3390/w12051241 Authors: Markus Scholle Florian Marner Philip H. Gaskell The use of potential fields in fluid dynamics is retraced, ranging from classical potential theory to recent developments in this evergreen research field. The focus is centred on two major approaches and their advancements: (i) the Clebsch transformation and (ii) the...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1249: Development of Decay in Biofilms under Starvation Conditions—Rethinking of the Biomass Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12051249 Authors: Michael Cramer Jens Tränckner The study investigates the decay of heterotrophic biomass in biofilms under starvation conditions based on measurements of the oxygen uptake rate (OUR). Original incentive was to understand the preservation of active biomass in SBR-trickling filter systems (SBR-TFS), treating event-based occurring,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1248: An Integrated Hydraulic and Hydrologic Modeling Approach for Roadside Bio-Retention Facilities Water doi: 10.3390/w12051248 Authors: James Li Seyed Alinaghian Darko Joksimovic Lianghao Chen Roadside bio-retention (RBR) facilities are low impact development practices, which control urban runoff primarily from road pavements. Using hydrologic models, such as the US EPA Storm Water Management Model (SWMM), RBR are typically designed with some fundamental...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1245: Suppress Numerical Oscillations in Transient Mixed Flow Simulations with a Modified HLL Solver Water doi: 10.3390/w12051245 Authors: Zhonghao Mao Guanghua Guan Zhonghua Yang Transition between free-surface and pressurized flows is a crucial phenomenon in many hydraulic systems. During simulation of such phenomenon, severe numerical oscillations may appear behind filling-bores, causing unphysical pressure variations and computation failure. This paper...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1247: Decision-Making Tools to Manage the Microbiology of Drinking Water Distribution Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w12051247 Authors: Silvia Carpitella Gonzalo Del Olmo Joaquín Izquierdo Stewart Husband Joby Boxall Isabel Douterelo This paper uses a two-fold multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach applied for the first time to the field of microbial management of drinking water distribution systems (DWDS). Specifically, the decision-making trial...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1243: Web-Based Tool for the Development of Intensity Duration Frequency Curves under Changing Climate at Gauged and Ungauged Locations Water doi: 10.3390/w12051243 Authors: Andre Schardong Slobodan P. Simonovic Abhishek Gaur Dan Sandink Rainfall Intensity–Duration–Frequency (IDF) curves are among the most essential datasets used in water resources management across the globe. Traditionally, they are derived from observations of historical...
Mon Apr 27, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1244: Variability of Trends in Precipitation across the Amazon River Basin Determined from the CHIRPS Precipitation Product and from Station Records Water doi: 10.3390/w12051244 Authors: Victor Hugo da Motta Paca Gonzalo E. Espinoza-Dávalos Daniel Medeiros Moreira Georges Comair The Amazon River Basin is the largest rainforest in the world. Long-term changes in precipitation trends in the basin can affect the continental water balance and the world’s...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1242: Using GRanD Database and Surface Water Data to Constrain Area–Storage Curve of Reservoirs Water doi: 10.3390/w12051242 Authors: Mengfei Mu Qiuhong Tang Songjun Han Xiaomang Liu Huijuan Cui Basic information on global reservoirs is well documented in databases such as GRanD (Global Reservoir and Dam) and ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dams). However, though playing a critical role in estimating reservoir storage variations from remote...
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