Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1371: The Mediating Effects of Eating Disorder, Food Addiction, and Insomnia in the Association between Psychological Distress and Being Overweight among Iranian Adolescents Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12051371 Authors: Chung-Ying Lin Pauline Cheung Vida Imani Mark D. Griffiths Amir H. Pakpour With obesity and excess weight remaining a serious concern worldwide, investigating the mechanisms underlying this is of great importance. Psychological distress...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1370: Daily Coffee and Green Tea Consumption Is Inversely Associated with Body Mass Index, Body Fat Percentage, and Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index in Middle-Aged Japanese Women: A Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12051370 Authors: Yuka Yonekura Masakazu Terauchi Asuka Hirose Tamami Odai Kiyoko Kato Naoyuki Miyasaka This study aimed to investigate the links between coffee (CF)/green tea (GT) consumption and body composition/cardiovascular...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1369: Moderate Intake of Lean Red Meat was Associated with Lower Risk of Elevated Blood Pressure in Chinese Women: Results from the China Health and Nutrition Survey, 1991–2015 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12051369 Authors: Wang Huang Wang Jiang Wang Wang Zhang Zhai Zhang This study aimed to examine longitudinal associations between fatty and lean, fresh red meat intake and blood pressure (BP) in Chinese adults. The data were from...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1368: Exploring the Provider-Level Socio-Demographic Determinants of Diet Quality of Preschool-Aged Children Attending Family Childcare Homes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12051368 Authors: Alison Tovar Patricia Markham Risica Andrea Ramirez Noereem Mena Ingrid E. Lofgren Kristen Cooksey Stowers Kim M. Gans Since food preferences develop during early childhood and contribute to dietary patterns that can track into adulthood, it is critical to support...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1367: Effects of 120 g/h of Carbohydrates Intake during a Mountain Marathon on Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage in Elite Runners Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12051367 Authors: Aitor Viribay Soledad Arribalzaga Juan Mielgo-Ayuso Arkaitz Castañeda-Babarro Jesús Seco-Calvo Aritz Urdampilleta Background—exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and internal exercise load are increased after competing in ultraendurance events such as mountain marathons....
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 371: Experimental Infection of Newly Hatched Domestic Ducklings via Japanese Encephalitis Virus-Infected Mosquitoes Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050371 Authors: Di Di Chenxi Li Junjie Zhang Muddassar Hameed Xin Wang Qiqi Xia Hui Li Shumin Xi Zongjie Li Ke Liu Beibei Li Donghua Shao Yafeng Qiu Jianchao Wei Zhiyong Ma Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a zoonotic pathogen that is maintained by mosquito vectors and...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 369: Brucella abortus Proliferates in Decidualized and Non-Decidualized Human Endometrial Cells Inducing a Proinflammatory Response Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050369 Authors: Zavattieri Ferrero Alonso Paiva Sotelo Canellada Baldi Brucella spp. have been associated with abortion in humans and animals. Although the mechanisms involved are not well established, it is known that placental Brucella infection is accompanied by inflammatory...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 368: Genome Subtraction and Comparison for the Identification of Novel Drug Targets against Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050368 Authors: Uddin Siraj Rashid Khan Ahsan Halim Al-Harrasi Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a major cause of non-tuberculous pulmonary and disseminated diseases worldwide, inducing bronchiectasis, and affects HIV and immunocompromised patients. In MAC, Mycobacterium avium...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 370: Current Status and Trends in Prophylaxis and Management of Anthrax Disease Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050370 Authors: Savransky Ionin Reece Bacillus anthracis has been identified as a potential military and bioterror agent as it is relatively simple to produce, with spores that are highly resilient to degradation in the environment and easily dispersed. These characteristics are important in describing how anthrax could be used as a weapon,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 366: Highly Efficient Vertical Transmission for Zika Virus in Aedes aegypti after Long Extrinsic Incubation Time Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050366 Authors: Menchie Manuel Dorothée Missé Julien Pompon While the Zika virus (ZIKV) 2014–2017 pandemic has subsided, there remains active transmission. Apart from horizontal transmission to humans, the main vector Aedes aegypti can transmit the virus vertically from mother to offspring. Large variation...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 367: Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus and the Host Innate Immune Response Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9050367 Authors: Shasha Li Jinping Yang Zixiang Zhu Haixue Zheng Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), a swine enteropathogenic coronavirus (CoV), is the causative agent of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). PED causes lethal watery diarrhea in piglets, which has led to substantial economic losses in many countries and is a great threat to the global...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 93: Cytokine-Induced Killer (CIK) Cells, In Vitro Expanded under Good Manufacturing Process (GMP) Conditions, Remain Stable over Time after Cryopreservation Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13050093 Authors: Katia Mareschi Aloe Adamini Sara Castiglia Deborah Rustichelli Laura Castello Alessandra Mandese Marco Leone Giuseppe Pinnetta Giulia Mesiano Ivana Ferrero Franca Fagioli Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells are advanced...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 92: The Association Between Vascular Inflammation and Depressive Disorder. Causality, Biomarkers and Targeted Treatment Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13050092 Authors: Hans O. Kalkman Diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, and myocardial infarction are frequently co-morbid with major depressive disorder. In the current review, it is argued that vascular inflammation is a factor that is common to all disorders and that an endothelial dysfunction of the blood-brain...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 91: Is the Way to Fight Cancer Paved with Gold? Metal-Based Carbene Complexes with Multiple and Fascinating Biological Features Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13050091 Authors: Domenico Iacopetta Camillo Rosano Marco Sirignano Annaluisa Mariconda Jessica Ceramella Marco Ponassi Carmela Saturnino Maria Stefania Sinicropi Pasquale Longo Herein, we report the synthesis and the multiple anti-tumor properties of new gold and silver carbene...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 447: Curcumin, Curcumin Nanoparticles and Curcumin Nanospheres: A Review on Their Pharmacodynamics Based on Monogastric Farm Animal, Poultry and Fish Nutrition Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050447 Authors: Moniruzzaman Min Nanotechnology is an emerging field of science that is widely used in medical sciences. However, it has limited uses in monogastric farm animal as well as fish and poultry nutrition. There are some works that have been...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 445: Advances in Nanoliposomes Production for Ferrous Sulfate Delivery
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 445: Advances in Nanoliposomes Production for Ferrous Sulfate Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050445 Authors: Sabrina Bochicchio Annalisa Dalmoro Gaetano Lamberti Anna Angela Barba In this study, a continuous bench scale apparatus based on microfluidic fluid dynamic principles was used in the production of ferrous sulfate-nanoliposomes for pharmaceutical/nutraceutical applications, optimizing their formulation with respect to...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 446: Liposomal and Ethosomal Gels for the Topical Delivery of Anthralin: Preparation, Comparative Evaluation and Clinical Assessment in Psoriatic Patients Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050446 Authors: Dina Fathalla Eman M. K. Youssef Ghareb M. Soliman To enhance anthralin efficacy against psoriasis and reduce its notorious side effects, it was loaded into various liposomal and ethosomal preparations. The nanocarriers were characterized...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 444: Influence of Polymer Composition on the Controlled Release of Docetaxel: A Comparison of Non-Degradable Polymer Films for Oesophageal Drug-Eluting Stents Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050444 Authors: Paris Fouladian Franklin Afinjuomo Mohammad Arafat Amanda Bergamin Yunmei Song Anton Blencowe Sanjay Garg Following the huge clinical success of drug-eluting vascular stents, there is a significant interest in the development...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 443: Biotin-Decorated PAMAM G4.5 Dendrimer Nanoparticles to Enhance the Delivery, Anti-Proliferative, and Apoptotic Effects of Chemotherapeutic Drug in Cancer Cells Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050443 Authors: Endiries Yibru Hanurry Tefera Worku Mekonnen Abegaz Tizazu Andrgie Haile Fentahun Darge Yihenew Simegniew Birhan Wei-Hsin Hsu Hsiao-Ying Chou Chih-Chia Cheng Juin-Yih Lai Hsieh-Chih Tsai Biotin receptors are...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 442: Extracellular Vesicle- and Extracellular Vesicle Mimetics-Based Drug Delivery Systems: New Perspectives, Challenges, and Clinical Developments Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050442 Authors: Prakash Gangadaran Byeong-Cheol Ahn Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small membrane-based nanovesicles naturally released from cells. Extracellular vesicles mimetics (EVMs) are artificial vesicles engineered from cells or in combination with lipid materials,...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 84: A Narrative Review of Continuing Professional Development Needs for Pharmacists with Respect to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8020084 Authors: Kyle J. Wilby Alesha J. Smith Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is rapidly increasing in use worldwide, with many countries now publicly funding use for high risk populations. Pharmacists, as front-line...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 83: Measuring the Development of Therapeutic-Decision-Making Skills by Practicing Pharmacists Undertaking a University-Based Postgraduate Clinical Qualification at Distance Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8020083 Authors: Daniel F. B. Wright Stephen B. Duffull Kyle J. Wilby Aynsley K. Peterson Megan G. Anakin (1) Background: The processes and skills required to make decisions about drug therapy have been termed “therapeutic decision-making”...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 617: Germination Data Analysis by Time-to-Event Approaches Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050617 Authors: Romano Stevanato Germination data are analyzed by several methods, which can be mainly classified as germination indexes and traditional regression techniques to fit non-linear parametric functions to the temporal sequence of cumulative germination. However, due to the nature of germination data, often different from other biological data, the abovementioned...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 618: Mitochondrial Genome of Fagopyrum esculentum and the Genetic Diversity of Extranuclear Genomes in Buckwheat Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050618 Authors: Logacheva Schelkunov Fesenko Kasianov Penin Fagopyrum esculentum (common buckwheat) is an important agricultural non-cereal grain plant. Despite extensive genetic studies, the information on its mitochondrial genome is still lacking. Using long reads generated by single-molecule real-time technology...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 615: Gravity-Sensing Tissues for Gravitropism Are Required for “Anti-Gravitropic” Phenotypes of Lzy Multiple Mutants in Arabidopsis Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050615 Authors: Nozomi Kawamoto Yuta Kanbe Moritaka Nakamura Akiko Mori Miyo Terao Morita Plant posture is controlled by various environmental cues, such as light, temperature, and gravity. The overall architecture is determined by the growth angles of lateral organs, such as roots and branches....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 616: Construction of an Onion (Allium cepa L.) Genetic Linkage Map using Genotyping-by-Sequencing Analysis with a Reference Gene Set and Identification of QTLs Controlling Anthocyanin Synthesis and Content Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050616 Authors: Yousoo Choi Sunggil Kim Jundae Lee Anthocyanins, the pigmented flavonoids responsible for red and blue colors in horticultural products, promote human health by preventing cancers and lowering the risk of cardiovascular...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 614: Breeding Maize Maternal Haploid Inducers Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050614 Authors: Henrique Uliana Trentin Ursula K. Frei Thomas Lübberstedt Maize doubled haploid (DH) lines are usually created in vivo, through crosses with maternal haploid inducers. These inducers have the inherent ability of generating seeds with haploid embryos when used to pollinate other genotypes. The resulting haploid plants are treated with a doubling agent and self-pollinated,...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 611: Functional Traits, Morphology, and Herbage Production of Vernalised and Non-Vernalised Chicory cv. Choice (Cichorium intybus L.) in Response to Defoliation Frequency and Height Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050611 Authors: Mancoba C. Mangwe Racheal H. Bryant Cristian A. Moreno García Thomas M.R. Maxwell Pablo Gregorini Chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) used in pastoral systems has the attributes required of a forage species to reduce animal urinary nitrogen...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 613: The Extracts of Cinnamon and Clove as Potential Biofungicides against Strawberry Grey Mould Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050613 Authors: Lina Šernaitė Neringa Rasiukevičiūtė Alma Valiuškaitė Biofungicides from plants are a possibility for the biocontrol of fungal diseases, as chemical products may be harmful to the environment and humans. Strawberry is one of the many plants infected by grey mould (Botrytis cinerea), and innovative methods of biocontrol...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 612: Strigolactones Control Root System Architecture and Tip Anatomy in Solanum Lycopersicum L. Plants under P Starvation Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050612 Authors: Veronica Santoro Michela Schiavon Francesco Gresta Andrea Ertani Francesca Cardinale Craig J. Sturrock Luisella Celi Andrea Schubert The hormones strigolactones accumulate in plant roots under phosphorus (P) shortage, inducing variations in plant phenotype. In this study, we aimed...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 609: Field Screening of Rice Germplasm (Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica) Based on Days to Flowering for Drought Escape Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050609 Authors: Muhammad Shafiq Ahmad Bingrui Wu Huaqi Wang Dingming Kang Terminal drought stress is one of the restrictive factors in rice production and is expected to upsurge under the current situation of climate change. The study evaluated the performance of 2030 rice genotypes under continuous drought stress...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 610: A Role for Auxin in Ethylene-Dependent Inducible Aerenchyma Formation in Rice Roots Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050610 Authors: Takaki Yamauchi Akihiro Tanaka Nobuhiro Tsutsumi Yoshiaki Inukai Mikio Nakazono Internal oxygen diffusion from shoot to root tips is enhanced by the formation of aerenchyma (gas space) in waterlogged soils. Lysigenous aerenchyma is created by programmed cell death and subsequent lysis of the root cortical cells. Rice (Oryza...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 10: Fractional Synthesis Rates of Individual Proteins in Rat Soleus and Plantaris Muscles Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8020010 Authors: Connor A. Stead Stuart J. Hesketh Samuel Bennett Hazel Sutherland Jonathan C. Jarvis Paulo J. Lisboa Jatin G. Burniston Differences in the protein composition of fast- and slow-twitch muscle may be maintained by different rates of protein turnover. We investigated protein turnover rates in slow-twitch soleus...
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Recycling, Vol. 5, Pages 11: Tire Recycled Rubber for More Eco-Sustainable Advanced Cementitious Aggregate Recycling doi: 10.3390/recycling5020011 Authors: Matteo Sambucci Danilo Marini Marco Valente This research focused on using ground tire rubber (GTR) with different grain sizes as a replacement for the mineral aggregates used in a cement-based mixture suitable for extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing. The use of two types of GTR particles and the possibility to apply rubberized...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 238: Toward a Theology of the Imagination with S.T. Coleridge, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050238 Authors: Mosley While many authors continue to use terms like Christian Imagination or Sacramental Imagination, few seek to define what the term imagination means. In this paper, the author presents his findings based on a close reading of S.T. Coleridge, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Rather than relying either on the definition...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 239: Religion and Social Media: Communication Strategies by the Spanish Episcopal Conference Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050239 Authors: Antonio Baraybar-Fernández Sandro Arrufat-Martín Rainer Rubira-García Over the past few years, we have seen significant changes in religious values and practices. This article describes and analyzes communication strategies carried out by the Spanish Episcopal Conference—i.e., Conferencia Episcopal Española...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 241: Identity, Social Mobility, and Trauma: Post-Conflict Educational Realities for Survivors of the Rohingya Genocide Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050241 Authors: Naved Bakali Shujaat Wasty The Rohingya refugee crisis is a humanitarian disaster with over 740,000 Rohingya leaving their homes in Rakhine State, Myanmar, since August 2017. In the process of this mass exodus, thousands have been brutally murdered and terrorized through a campaign of physical attacks...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 240: Epilogue: Luther’s Theology and Feminism Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050240 Authors: Stjerna ‘Critically’ and ‘compassionately’—these are key words for engaging Luther and feminist scholarship in the same space.[...]
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 237: Intercultural Sensitivity and Ethnocentrism Levels of Theology Students in a Turkish University Sample Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050237 Authors: Erdogan Okumuslar In this study, we aimed to examine the intercultural sensitivity levels and ethnocentrism levels, as well as some variables that affect them, of students studying in the Necmettin Erbakan University Theology Faculty in Turkey. A descriptive survey research method was adopted to realize...
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