Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1171: Normal-Weight Obesity Is Associated with Poorer Cardiometabolic Profile and Lower Physical Fitness Levels in Children and Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041171 Authors: Antonio García-Hermoso Cesar Agostinis-Sobrinho Gloria Eugenia Camargo-Villalba Nubia Mercedes González-Jiménez Mikel Izquierdo Jorge Enrique Correa-Bautista Robinson Ramírez-Vélez Normal-weight obesity (NWO) syndrome has been shown to be associated with cardiometabolic...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1172: Furbellow (Brown Algae) Extract Increases Lifespan in Drosophila by Interfering with TOR-Signaling Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041172 Authors: Yang Li Renja Romey-Glüsing Navid Tahan Zadeh Jakob von Frieling Julia Hoffmann Patricia Huebbe Iris Bruchhaus Gerald Rimbach Christine Fink Thomas Roeder Algal products are well known for their health promoting effects. Nonetheless, an in depth understanding of the underlying molecular...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1170: Quantifying Diet Intake and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk in the UK Airwave Health Monitoring Study: A Data-Driven Approach Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041170 Authors: Larissa C. Hunt Hassan S. Dashti Queenie Chan Rachel Gibson Céline Vetter We used data-driven approaches to identify independent diet exposures among 45 candidate variables, for which we then probed cross-sectional associations with cardiometabolic risk (CMR). We derived...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1168: Efficacy of Vitamins on Cognitive Function of Non-Demented People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041168 Authors: Suh Kim Han Bae Oh Han Kim Previous evidence has suggested that vitamins might be beneficial for cognition. This systematic review aimed to investigate the efficacy of B vitamins, antioxidant vitamins, and vitamin D on the cognitive function of non-demented middle-aged or older people....
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1169: Maternal Allergy and the Presence of Nonhuman Proteinaceous Molecules in Human Milk Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041169 Authors: Pieter M. Dekker Sjef Boeren Alet H. Wijga Gerard H. Koppelman Jacques J. M. Vervoort Kasper A. Hettinga Human milk contains proteins and/or protein fragments that originate from nonhuman organisms. These proteinaceous molecules, of which the secretion might be related to the mother’s allergy status, could...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1161: A Critical Review on the Role of Food and Nutrition in the Energy Balance Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041161 Authors: Simona Bo Maurizio Fadda Debora Fedele Marianna Pellegrini Ezio Ghigo Nicoletta Pellegrini The mass media has increasingly frequently suggested to the general population that specific foods or nutritional schemes are able to affect both human metabolism and energy expenditure, thus facilitating weight loss. This critical review...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1164: The Association between Salt Taste Perception, Mediterranean Diet and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041164 Authors: Nikolina Nika Veček Lana Mucalo Ružica Dragun Tanja Miličević Ajka Pribisalić Inga Patarčić Caroline Hayward Ozren Polašek Ivana Kolčić Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a widespread disorder and an important public health challenge. The purpose of this study was to identify the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1162: A Comparison of the Nutritional Qualities of Supermarket’s Own and Regular Brands of Bread in Sweden Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041162 Authors: Veli-Matti Lappi Antoine Mottas Johan Sundström Bruce Neal Marie Löf Karin Rådholm Processed food is associated with unhealthy qualities such as higher content of harmful fats, sugars and salt. The aim of our study was to compare the nutritional qualities of supermarket’s own brands and...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1165: Dietary Intervention in Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes; Protocol for the DiGest Randomised Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041165 Authors: Laura C. Kusinski Helen R. Murphy Emanuella De Lucia Rolfe Kirsten L. Rennie Linda M. Oude Griep Deborah Hughes Roy Taylor Claire L. Meek Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) annually affects 35,000 pregnancies in the United Kingdom, causing suboptimal health outcomes to the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1166: Lemon Balm and Its Constituent, Rosmarinic Acid, Alleviate Liver Damage in an Animal Model of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041166 Authors: Myungsuk Kim GyHye Yoo Ahmad Randy Yang-Ju Son Chi Rac Hong Sang Min Kim Chu Won Nho Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ranges in severity from hepatic steatosis to cirrhosis. Lemon balm and its major constituent, rosmarinic acid (RA), effectively improve the liver...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1163: Vitamin D Supplementation and Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041163 Authors: Myriam Abboud Suboptimal vitamin D status is associated with elevated blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents. Whether vitamin D supplementation reduces BP remains unclear. To systematically review whether vitamin D supplementation reduces BP in children and adolescents, we conducted a literature...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1167: Current Developments in Digital Quantitative Volume Estimation for the Optimisation of Dietary Assessment Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12041167 Authors: Wesley Tay Bhupinder Kaur Rina Quek Joseph Lim Christiani Jeyakumar Henry Obesity is a global health problem with wide-reaching economic and social implications. Nutrition surveillance systems are essential to understanding and addressing poor dietary practices. However, diets are incredibly diverse...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 308: Effects of Mycoplasmas on the Host Cell Signaling Pathways Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040308 Authors: Sergei N. Borchsenius Innokentii E. Vishnyakov Olga A. Chernova Vladislav M. Chernov Nikolai A. Barlev Mycoplasmas are the smallest free-living organisms. Reduced sizes of their genomes put constraints on the ability of these bacteria to live autonomously and make them highly dependent on the nutrients produced by host cells. Importantly,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 309: Resistance of Tick Gut Microbiome to Anti-Tick Vaccines, Pathogen Infection and Antimicrobial Peptides Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040309 Authors: Agustín Estrada-Peña Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz Dasiel Obregón Ixodes scapularis ticks harbor microbial communities including pathogenic and non-pathogenic microbes. Pathogen infection increases the expression of several tick gut proteins, which disturb the tick gut microbiota and impact bacterial biofilm...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 307: Origin, Potential Therapeutic Targets and Treatment for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040307 Authors: Muhammad Shahid Nadeem Mazin A. Zamzami Hani Choudhry Bibi Nazia Murtaza Imran Kazmi Habib Ahmad Abdul Rauf Shakoori The ongoing episode of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has imposed a serious threat to global health and the world economy. The disease has rapidly acquired a pandemic status affecting...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 306: Genetic Diversity and Recombination in the Plant Pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Detected in Sri Lanka Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9040306 Authors: Thirega Mahalingam Weidong Chen Chandima Shashikala Rajapakse Kandangamuwa Pathirannahalage Somachandra Renuka Nilmini Attanayake Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is an important fungal pathogen on many economically important crops including cabbage worldwide. Even though population structure and genetic...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 75: Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) Ubiquitylation as a Novel Pharmaceutical Target for Cystic Fibrosis Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13040075 Authors: Fukuda Okiyoneda Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene decrease the structural stability and function of the CFTR protein, resulting in cystic fibrosis. Recently, the effect of CFTR-targeting combination therapy has dramatically...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 386: β-Sitosterol Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carrier: Physical and Oxidative Stability, In Vitro Simulated Digestion and Hypocholesterolemic Activity Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040386 Authors: Yasamin Soleimanian Sayed Amir Hossein Goli Jaleh Varshosaz Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli Carla Ghelardini Marzia Cirri Francesca Maestrelli The objective of the present study was to explore the potential of nanostructured lipid carriers...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 384: Importance of Mesoporous Silica Particle Size in the Stabilization of Amorphous Pharmaceuticals—The Case of Simvastatin Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12040384 Authors: Knapik-Kowalczuk Kramarczyk Chmiel Romanova Kawakami Paluch In this paper, the role of mesoporous silica (MS) particle size in the stabilization of amorphous simvastatin (SVT) is revealed. For inhibiting recrystallization of the supercooled drug, the two...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 544: Mosquito Larvicidal Activity, Antimicrobial Activity, and Chemical Compositions of Essential Oils from Four Species of Myrtaceae from Central Vietnam Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040544 Authors: An Huong Satyal Tai Dai Hung Ngoc Setzer Mosquitoes are important vectors of several diseases, and control of these insects is imperative for human health. Insecticides have proven useful in controlling mosquito populations, but insecticide...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 545: Transcriptional Dynamics and Candidate Genes Involved in Pod Maturation of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040545 Authors: Cristina Gómez-Martín Carmen Capel Ana M. González Ricardo Lebrón Fernando J. Yuste-Lisbona Michael Hackenberg José L. Oliver Marta Santalla Rafael Lozano Pod maturation of common bean relies upon complex gene expression changes, which in turn are crucial for seed formation and dispersal....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 543: Comparative Analysis of the Complete Plastid Genome of Five Bupleurum Species and New Insights into DNA Barcoding and Phylogenetic Relationship Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040543 Authors: Jun Li Deng-Feng Xie Xian-Lin Guo Zhen-Ying Zheng Xing-Jin He Song-Dong Zhou Bupleurum L. (Apiaceae) is a perennial and herbal genus, most species of which have high medicinal value. However, few studies have been performed using plastome data in this genus,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 542: Insight into the Chromosome Structure of the Cultivated Tetraploid Alfalfa (Medicago sativa subsp. sativa L.) by a Combined Use of GISH and FISH Techniques Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040542 Authors: Egizia Falistocco Cytogenetic research in Medicago sativa subsp. sativa L., the cultivated tetraploid alfalfa (2n = 4x = 32), has lagged behind other crops mostly due to the small size and the uniform morphology of its chromosomes. However, in the last decades,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 541: Climate Change Enhanced Carotenoid Pro-Vitamin A Levels of Selected Plantain Cultivars Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9040541 Authors: Beloved Mensah Dzomeku Julian P. Wald Jens Norbert Wünsche Donatus Nohr Hans K. Biesalski Diet diversification and the exploitation of traditional, micronutrient-rich germplasm of staple crops are generally regarded as sustainable and low-cost approaches to increase the micronutrient intake of resource-poor people. Sun’s...
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Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 8: Proteomics of Brucella Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8020008 Authors: Poetsch Marchesini Brucella spp. are Gram negative intracellular bacteria responsible for brucellosis, a worldwide distributed zoonosis. A prominent aspect of the Brucella life cycle is its ability to invade, survive and multiply within host cells. Comprehensive approaches, such as proteomics, have aided in unravelling the molecular mechanisms underlying Brucella pathogenesis. Technological...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 209: Kwanŭm (Avalokiteśvara) Divination: Buddhist Reconciliation with Confucianism in the Late Chosŏn Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040209 Authors: Seong U. K. Kim This paper looks at the interactions between Buddhism and Confucianism in the late Chosŏn era through a case study of Kwanŭm (Avalokiteśvara) divination and, thereby, attempts to demonstrate how Buddhist monks navigated their religion in a Confucian-dominant society. In particular, it discusses how...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 212: The Relevance of God to Religious Believers and Non-Believers Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040212 Authors: Ângela Leite Diogo Guedes Vidal Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis Hélder Fernando Pedrosa e Sousa Paulo Dias This study presents a review about what great figures of history thought about the existence of God and a worldwide comparison between religious believers and non-believers using the World Social Survey (WSS) database, comprising a sample...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 210: Religious Interactions in Deliberative Democratic Systems Theory Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040210 Authors: Timothy Stanley The following essay begins by outlining the pragmatist link between truth claims and democratic deliberations. To this end, special attention will be paid to Jeffrey Stout’s pragmatist enfranchisement of religious citizens. Stout defends a deliberative notion of democracy that fulfills stringent criteria of inclusion and...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 211: From ‘Soft’ to ‘Hard’ to ‘Moderate’: Islam in the Dilemmas of Post-2011 Saudi Foreign Policy Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11040211 Authors: Stella Athanasoulia Due to its specific history, Saudi Arabia’s domestic and international politics are inextricably linked together. In the shaping and implementation of the kingdom’s essentially defensive international behavior, Islam has kept a central position as a legitimizing factor and as a tool...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 47: Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9040047 Authors: Ewelina Szałkiewicz Joanna Sucholas Mateusz Grygoruk Despite many years of experience in the river restoration field, which has become one of the most promising areas of water resources management, significant challenges and problems remain. These include the scope and scale of restoration measures, developing...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 39: A Tail Dependence-Based MST and Their Topological Indicators in Modeling Systemic Risk in the European Insurance Sector Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8020039 Authors: Anna Denkowska Stanisław Wanat In the present work, we analyze the dynamics of indirect connections between insurance companies that result from market price channels. In our analysis, we assume that the stock quotations of insurance companies reflect market sentiments, which constitute a very important...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 57: Kenya’s Over-reliance on Institutionalization as a Child Care and Child Protection Model: A Root-cause Approach Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9040057 Authors: Njeri Chege Stephen Ucembe Institutionalization of children who are deprived of parental care is a thriving phenomenon in the global South, and has generated considerable concern both nationally and internationally, in the last two decades. In Kenya, the number of children growing up in...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 52: Effects of One Versus Two Doses of a Multi-Ingredient Pre-Workout Supplement on Metabolic Factors and Perceived Exertion during Moderate-Intensity Running in Females Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8040052 Authors: Jamie R. Erickson Clayton L. Camic Andrew R. Jagim Paige M. Pellersels Glenn A. Wright Shaine E. Henert Carl Foster The primary purpose of this study was to examine the acute effects of one versus two doses of a multi-ingredient pre-workout...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 20: Demonstration of the Effect of Centre of Mass Height on Postural Sway Using Accelerometry for Balance Analysis Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8020020 Authors: Oseikhuemen Osemekhian Davis Ojie Reza Saatchi Mahdieh Saatchi The effect of center of mass (COM) height on stand-still postural sway analysis was studied. For this purpose, a measurement apparatus was set up that included an accelerometry unit attached to a rod: three plumb lines, positioned...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 270: Critical Comparison of Analytical Performances of Two Immunoassay Methods for Rapid Detection of Aflatoxin M1 in Milk Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040270 Authors: Ivan Pecorelli Natascia Guarducci Cristoph von Holst Rita Bibi Michelangelo Pascale Biancamaria Ciasca Antonio F. Logrieco Veronica M. T. Lattanzio Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a secondary metabolite produced by some Aspergillus spp. fungi affecting many crops and feed materials. Aflatoxin...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 269: Treatment of Blepharospasm and Oromandibular Dystonia with Botulinum Toxins Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12040269 Authors: Travis J.W. Hassell David Charles Blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia are focal dystonias characterized by involuntary and often patterned, repetitive muscle contractions. There is a long history of medical and surgical therapies, with the current first-line therapy, botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), becoming standard of care in 1989....
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 49: HSF3 and Hsp70 Expression during Post-Hatch Cold Stress in Broiler Chickens Subjected to Embryonic Thermal Manipulation Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020049 Authors: Amneh H. Tarkhan Khaled M. M. Saleh Mohammad Borhan Al-Zghoul Decades of selective breeding for commercial purposes have rendered the broiler chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) highly susceptible to heat and cold stress. A multitude of studies have documented the effects...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 50: A Comparison of Public Perceptions of Physicians and Veterinarians in the United States Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020050 Authors: April A. Kedrowicz Kenneth D. Royal Veterinary medicine consists of virtually the same medical specialties as human medicine, with veterinarians performing similar roles as medical doctors, albeit with different species. Despite these similarities, anecdotally, some perceptions of veterinarians as not...
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Vibration, Vol. 3, Pages 85-98: The Acute Effects of Whole Body Vibration on Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull Performance Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration3020008 Authors: Hornsby South Stone Lamont Haff Stone The purpose of the present investigation was to examine the acute effects of whole body vibration (WBV) on isometric mid-thigh pull force–time curve (FTC) characteristics. Eleven recreationally trained subjects were randomly assigned to three treatment conditions:...
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