Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 236: Religious Engagement and the Migration Issue: Towards Reconciling Political and Moral Duty Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050236 Authors: Joanna Kulska The increasingly acknowledged post-secular perspective has resulted in the emergence of some new approaches theorizing this phenomenon. One such approach has been the concept of religious engagement, which calls for the redefinition of the perception of religious non-state actors towards including them as important...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 57: Biomethane Yield from Different European Phragmites australis Genotypes, Compared with Other Herbaceous Wetland Species Grown at Different Fertilization Regimes Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9050057 Authors: Franziska Eller Per Magnus Ehde Claudia Oehmke Linjing Ren Hans Brix Brian K. Sorrell Stefan E. B. Weisner Phragmites australis, Typha latifolia, T. angustifolia and Arundo donax are tall wetland graminoids with the potential to replace...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 56: Development of a Protective Enclosure for Remote Sensing Applications—Case Study: Laser Scanning in Underground Coal Mines Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9050056 Authors: Mark Dunn Peter Reid John Malos Sensing for equipment location and mapping in explosion risk zones such as underground coal mines is a difficult proposition due to the regulatory requirement for certified protective enclosures to safely house the required complex electrical equipment....
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 33: Collection and Analysis of Human Upper Limbs Motion Features for Collaborative Robotic Applications Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9020033 Authors: Elisa Digo Mattia Antonelli Valerio Cornagliotto Stefano Pastorelli Laura Gastaldi (1) Background: The technologies of Industry 4.0 are increasingly promoting an operation of human motion prediction for improvement of the collaboration between workers and robots. The purposes of this study were to fuse...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 24: Effect of Road Markings and Traffic Signs Presence on Young Driver Stress Level, Eye Movement and Behaviour in Night-Time Conditions: A Driving Simulator Study Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6020024 Authors: Darko Babić Dario Babić Hrvoje Cajner Ana Sruk Mario Fiolić The study investigates how the presence of traffic signalling elements (road markings and traffic signs) affects the behaviour of young drivers in night-time conditions. Statistics show that...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 23: Sports Injuries in the Australian Regular Army Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6020023 Authors: Robin Orr Ben Schram Rodney Pope Sports participation in the military is important for physical fitness and building morale and camaraderie. However, injuries caused by sports are detrimental to military capability. The purpose of this study was to investigate patterns of injury from sports participation in Australian Regular Army personnel. Injury data spanning a...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 32: Making Japenese Ukiyo-e Art 3D in Real-Time Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020032 Authors: Innes Brown Ognjen Arandjelović Ukiyo-e is a traditional Japanese painting style most commonly printed using wood blocks. Ukiyo-e prints feature distinct line work, bright colours, and a non-perspective projection. Most previous research on ukiyo-e styled computer graphics has been focused on creation of 2D images. In this paper we propose a framework for rendering interactive 3D...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 385-400: Does Adoption of Ridehailing Result in More Frequent Sustainable Mobility Choices? An Investigation Based on the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) 2017 Data Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3020020 Authors: Vivekananda Das Among many changes potentially induced by the adoption of ridehailing, one key area of interest in transportation and urban planning research is how these services affect sustainable mobility choices, such as usage of...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 76: Holding Complexity: Lessons from Team-Teaching. An Interdisciplinary Collegiate Course on Urban Sustainability Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050076 Authors: Melissa Keeley Lisa Benton-Short Lead instructors discuss the structure, opportunities, and pedagogical challenges of an interdisciplinary team-taught course on urban sustainability involving seven professors from six departments across four of George Washington University’s schools...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 75: Comparing Reports of Child Sexual and Physical Abuse Using Child Welfare Agency Data in Two Jurisdictions with Different Mandatory Reporting Laws Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050075 Authors: Mathews Bromfield Walsh Empirical analysis has found that mandatory reporting legislation has positive effects on case identification of child sexual abuse both initially and over the long term. However, there is little analysis of the initial and...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 61: Listening to Preferred Music Improved Running Performance without Changing the Pacing Pattern during a 6 Minute Run Test with Young Male Adults Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8050061 Authors: Nidhal Jebabli Urs Granacher Mohamed Amin Selmi Badriya Al-Haddabi David G. Behm Anis Chaouachi Radhouane Haj Sassi Several studies have investigated the effects of music on both submaximal and maximal exercise performance at a constant work-rate. However,...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 60: Anaerobic Power Assessment in Athletes: Are Cycling and Vertical Jump Tests Interchangeable? Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8050060 Authors: Micah Gross Fabian Lüthy Regularly assessing anaerobic power is important for athletes from sports with an explosive strength component. Understanding the differences and overlap between different assessment methods might help coaches or smaller-scale testing facilities maximize financial and temporal resources. Therefore,...
Sat May 09, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 59: Effects of the Barbell Load on the Acceleration Phase during the Snatch in Elite Olympic Weightlifting Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8050059 Authors: Ingo Sandau Urs Granacher The load-depended loss of vertical barbell velocity at the end of the acceleration phase limits the maximum weight that can be lifted. Thus, the purpose of this study was to analyze how increased barbell loads affect the vertical barbell velocity in the sub-phases of the acceleration phase...
Fri May 08, 2020 03:00
Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 23: An Interactive Real-Time Cutting Technique for 3D Models in Mixed Reality Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8020023 Authors: Paolo Caligiana Alfredo Liverani Alessandro Ceruti Gian Maria Santi Giampiero Donnici Francesco Osti This work describes a Mixed Reality application useful to modify and cut virtual objects. A digital simulation of surgical operations is presented. Following this approach, surgeons can test all the designed solutions...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 319: Nematicidal Activity of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) Assisted by Phytochemical Analysis Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050319 Authors: Nikoletta Ntalli Konstantinos M. Kasiotis Eirini Baira Christos L. Stamatis Kyriaki Machera To date, there has been great demand for ecofriendly nematicides with beneficial properties to the nematode hosting plants. Great efforts are made towards the chemical characterization of botanical extracts exhibiting nematicidal...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 318: Orally Administered Fumonisins Affect Porcine Red Cell Membrane Sodium Pump Activity and Lipid Profile Without Apparent Oxidative Damage Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050318 Authors: András Szabó Omeralfaroug Ali Katalin Lóki Krisztián Balogh Miklós Mézes Tibor Bartók Levente Horváth Melinda Kovács Weaned piglets (n = 3 × 6) were fed 0, 15 and 30 mg/kg diet fumonisin (FB1, FB2 and FB3, i.e., FBs, a sphinganine analogue mycotoxin),...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 317: A Pharmacokinetic Study Comparing the Clearance of Vancomycin during Haemodialysis Using Medium Cut-Off Membrane (Theranova) and High-Flux Membranes (Revaclear) Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050317 Authors: Hussain Allawati Linda Dallas Sreejith Nair Janine Palmer Shaiju Thaikandy Colin Hutchison Medium cut-off membrane (MCO) dialysers have been shown to remove a range of middle molecules, which are associated with adverse outcomes in haemodialysis...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 316: Verotoxin-1-Induced ER Stress Triggers Apoptotic or Survival Pathways in Burkitt Lymphoma Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050316 Authors: Justine Debernardi Catherine Pioche-Durieu Eric Le Cam Joëlle Wiels Aude Robert Shiga toxins (Stxs) expressed by the enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli and enteric Shigella dysenteriae 1 pathogens are protein synthesis inhibitors. Stxs have been shown to induce apoptosis via the activation of extrinsic and...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 315: High Dosage of Botulinum Toxin Type A in Adult Subjects with Spasticity Following Acquired Central Nervous System Damage: Where Are We at? Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050315 Authors: Intiso Simone Bartolo Santamato Ranieri Gatta Di Rienzo Spasticity is a common disabling disorder in adult subjects suffering from stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Spasticity may be a disabling symptom in people...
Sun May 10, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 314: The Use of Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Chronic Joint Pain: Clinical and Experimental Evidence Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050314 Authors: Nicole Blanshan Hollis Krug Chronic osteoarthritis pain is an increasing worldwide problem. Treatment for osteoarthritis pain is generally inadequate or fraught with potential toxicities. Botulinum toxins (BoNTs) are potent inhibitors of neuropeptide release. Paralytic toxicity is due to inhibition at the neuromuscular...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 313: Drug Delivery Strategies for Enhancing the Therapeutic Efficacy of Toxin-Derived Anti-Diabetic Peptides Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050313 Authors: Reeju Amatya Taehoon Park Seungmi Hwang JaeWook Yang Yoonjin Lee Heesun Cheong Cheol Moon Hyun Duck Kwak Kyoung Ah Min Meong Cheol Shin Toxin peptides derived from the skin secretions of amphibians possess unique hypoglycemic activities. Many of these peptides share cationic and amphipathic...
Sun May 10, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 312: Oral Chronic Toxicity of the Safe Tetrodotoxin Dose Proposed by the European Food Safety Authority and Its Additive Effect with Saxitoxin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050312 Authors: Andrea Boente-Juncal Paz Otero Inés Rodríguez Mercedes Camiña Mercedes Rodriguez-Vieytes Carmen Vale Luis Botana Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent natural toxin causative of human food intoxications that shares its mechanism of action with the paralytic shellfish...
Sat May 09, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 311: Efficacy of Mycotoxin Detoxifiers on Health and Growth of Newly-Weaned Pigs under Chronic Dietary Challenge of Deoxynivalenol Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050311 Authors: Debora Muratori Holanda Sung Woo Kim The efficacy of yeast-based mycotoxin detoxifiers on health and growth performance of newly-weaned pigs (27-d-old) fed diets naturally contaminated with deoxynivalenol was investigated. Sixty pigs were individually assigned to five treatments for 34...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 310: The First Proteomic Study of Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 Exposed to Cyanotoxin BMAA under Nitrogen Starvation Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050310 Authors: Olga A. Koksharova Ivan O. Butenko Olga V. Pobeguts Nina A. Safronova Vadim M. Govorun The oldest prokaryotic photoautotrophic organisms, cyanobacteria, produce many different metabolites. Among them is the water-soluble neurotoxic non-protein amino acid beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), whose biological...
Sat May 09, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 309: Repurposing Cancer Drugs Batimastat and Marimastat to Inhibit the Activity of a Group I Metalloprotease from the Venom of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050309 Authors: Harry J. Layfield Harry F. Williams Divyashree Ravishankar Amita Mehmi Medha Sonavane Anika Salim Rajendran Vaiyapuri Karthik Lakshminarayanan Thomas M. Vallance Andrew B. Bicknell Steven A. Trim Ketan Patel Sakthivel...
Sat May 09, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 308: Evaluation of Matrix Issues in the Applicability of the Neuro-2a Cell Based Assay on the Detection of CTX in Fish Samples Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050308 Authors: David Castro Ronald Manger Oscar Vilariño Ana Gago-Martínez Ciguatoxins (CTXs) are a group of neurotoxins responsible for the syndrome ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) as a result of the consumption of contaminated fish. The presence of these toxins has been detected around the Pacific,...
Sat May 09, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 307: HPLC-MS/MS Method for the Detection of Selected Toxic Metabolites Produced by Penicillium spp. in Nuts Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050307 Authors: Davide Spadaro Giovanna Roberta Meloni Ilenia Siciliano Simona Prencipe Maria Lodovica Gullino Penicillium spp. are emerging as producers of mycotoxins and other toxic metabolites in nuts. A HPLC-MS/MS method was developed to detect 19 metabolites produced by Penicillium spp. on chestnuts, hazelnuts,...
Fri May 08, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 306: Pan-Genomic Analysis of Clostridium botulinum Group II (Non-Proteolytic C. botulinum) Associated with Foodborne Botulism and Isolated from the Environment Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050306 Authors: Jason Brunt Arnoud H. M. van Vliet Sandra C. Stringer Andrew T. Carter Miia Lindström Michael W. Peck The neurotoxin formed by Clostridium botulinum Group II is a major cause of foodborne botulism, a deadly intoxication. This study aims to understand...
Fri May 08, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 77: Gaps in Hepatitis B Vaccination Completion and Sero-Protection for People Who Inject Drugs in Hpakant, Myanmar, 2015–2018 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020077 Authors: Nilar Shwe Yee Aung Yu Naing Julita Gil Cuesta Mrinalini Das Kapilkumar Dave Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) is recommended for high-risk groups, such as people who inject drugs (PWIDs). As part of a harm reduction program by a non-governmental...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 76: Progression Rate from the Indeterminate Form to the Cardiac Form in Patients with Chronic Chagas Disease: Twenty-Two-Year Follow-Up in a Brazilian Urban Cohort Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020076 Authors: Hasslocher-Moreno Xavier Saraiva Sangenis Holanda Veloso Costa Mendes Brasil Silva Mediano Sousa Most patients with chronic Chagas disease (CD) present the indeterminate...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 75: The Endless Challenges of Arboviral Diseases in Brazil Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020075 Authors: Magalhaes Chalegre Braga Foy In this Editorial, we list and discuss some of the main challenges faced by the population and public health authorities in Brazil concerning arbovirus infections, including the occurrence of concurrent epidemics like the ongoing SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic.
Sat May 09, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 74: New Imaging Parameters to Predict Sudden Cardiac Death in Chagas Disease Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020074 Authors: Renata J. Moll-Bernardes Paulo Henrique Rosado-de-Castro Gabriel Cordeiro Camargo Fernanda Souza Nogueira Sardinha Mendes Adriana S. X. Brito Andréa Silvestre Sousa Chronic Chagas’ cardiomyopathy is the most severe and frequent manifestation of Chagas disease, and has a high social...
Fri May 08, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 216: Targeting Host Innate and Adaptive Immunity to Achieve the Functional Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020216 Authors: Ezzikouri Kayesh Benjelloun Kohara Tsukiyama-Kohara Despite the availability of an effective preventive vaccine for hepatitis B virus (HBV) for over 38 years, chronic HBV (CHB) infection remains a global health burden with around 257 million patients. The ideal treatment goal for CHB infection would...
Mon May 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 215: Identification of Novel Adjuvants for Ebola Virus-Like Particle Vaccine
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 215: Identification of Novel Adjuvants for Ebola Virus-Like Particle Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020215 Authors: Feng Nakatsu Lopes Imai Yamayoshi Yamashita Watanabe Kawaoka Ebola virus disease is a severe disease, often fatal, with a mortality rate of up to 90%. Presently, effective treatment and safe prevention options for Ebola virus disease are not available. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop control measures...
Sun May 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 214: Evaluation of Varicella Immunity during Pregnancy in Apulia Region, Southern Italy Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020214 Authors: Trombetta Montomoli Viviani Coluccio Marchi Varicella is a highly contagious, infectious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Those at higher risk of severe complications are immunocompromised individuals, adults, non-immune pregnant women, and newborns. According to the gestational time, when varicella-zoster...
Sun May 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 213: Safety Profile of a Virus-Like Particle-Based Vaccine Targeting Self-Protein Interleukin-5 in Horses Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020213 Authors: Jonsdottir Fettelschoss Olomski Talker Mirkovitch Rhiner Birkmann Thoms Wagner Bachmann Kündig Marti Fettelschoss-Gabriel ：Background: Insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is an eosinophilic allergic dermatitis of horses caused by type I/IVb reactions against mainly...
Sat May 09, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 212: Investigating the Impact of Delivery System Design on the Efficacy of Self-Amplifying RNA Vaccines Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020212 Authors: Giulia Anderluzzi Gustavo Lou Simona Gallorini Michela Brazzoli Russell Johnson Derek T. O’Hagan Barbara C. Baudner Yvonne Perrie messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccines combine the positive attributes of both live-attenuated and subunit vaccines. In order for these to be applied for clinical use,...
Fri May 08, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 64: Pneumoperitoneum in Veterinary Laparoscopy: A Review Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020064 Authors: Jacqueline Scott Ameet Singh Alexander Valverde Objective: To review the effects of carbon dioxide pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy, evaluate alternative techniques to establishing a working space and compare this to current recommendations in veterinary surgery. Study Design: Literature review. Sample Population: 92 peer-reviewed...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 63: Characterizing the Role of SMYD2 in Mammalian Embryogenesis—Future Directions Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020063 Authors: Dillon K. Jarrell Kelly N. Hassell Debbie C. Crans Shari Lanning Mark A. Brown The SET and MYND domain-containing (SMYD) family of lysine methyltransferases are essential in several mammalian developmental pathways. Although predominantly expressed in the heart, the role of SMYD2 in heart development has...
Tue May 12, 2020 03:00
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