Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1812: The Influence of Nutritional and Lifestyle Factors on Glioma Incidence Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061812 Authors: Bielecka Markiewicz-Żukowska Cancers are the first main cause of premature death in developed countries. Since brain tumors, especially gliomas, are the most lethal type of cancers, risk factors for their prevalence are still being discussed. Nearly 30–50% of all cancers could be prevented by proper nutritional habits and other...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1809: Efficacy and Safety of a Ketogenic Diet in Children and Adolescents with Refractory Epilepsy—A Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061809 Authors: Jana Wells Arun Swaminathan Jenna Paseka Corrine Hanson Epilepsy in the pediatric and adolescent populations is a devastating condition where individuals are prone to recurrent epileptic seizures or changes in behavior or movement that is the direct result of a primary change in the electrical activity...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1808: Validation of a Food Propensity Questionnaire for the Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS) and Results on This Population’s Adherence to Key Food-Group Nutritional Guidelines Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061808 Authors: Theodoros Smiliotopoulos Emmanuella Magriplis Antonis Zampelas Background: Food propensity questionnaires (FPQs) are means of dietary assessment in nutritional epidemiology, which provide valuable information for long...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1805: Effects of Gastrodin against Lead-Induced Brain Injury in Mice Associated with the Wnt/Nrf2 Pathway Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061805 Authors: Liu Tian Zhang Ming Ma Ji Gastrodin (GAS), the main phenolic glycoside extracted from Gastrodia elata Blume, exhibited potential neuroprotective properties. Here we examined the protective effects of GAS against lead(Pb)-induced nerve injury in mice, and explores its underlying mechanisms. Our...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1804: Nutrition and Fitness: Mental Health Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061804 Authors: Riccardo Dalle Grave Mental disorders are one of the leading causes of disability, being associated with about 18 [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1802: In Vitro Fermentation of Sheep and Cow Milk Using Infant Fecal Bacteria Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061802 Authors: Natalie Ahlborn Wayne Young Jane Mullaney Linda M. Samuelsson While human milk is the optimal food for infants, formulas that contain ruminant milk can have an important role where breastfeeding is not possible. In this regard, cow milk is most commonly used. However, recent years have brought interest in other ruminant milk. While...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1803: Novel Therapeutic Approach for the Management of Mood Disorders: In Vivo and In Vitro Effect of a Combination of L-Theanine, Melissa officinalis L. and Magnolia officinalis Rehder & E.H. Wilson Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061803 Authors: Vittoria Borgonetti Paolo Governa Marco Biagi Nicoletta Galeotti Mood disorders represent one of the most prevalent and costly psychiatric diseases worldwide. The current therapies are generally characterized...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1806: The Impact of Protein Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage, Soreness and Fatigue Following Prolonged Walking Exercise in Vital Older Adults: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061806 Authors: ten Haaf Bongers Hulshof Eijsvogels Hopman Background: It is unknown whether protein supplementation can enhance recovery of exercise-induced muscle damage in older adults who have a disturbed...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1800: Dietary Behaviors That Place Young Adults at Risk for Future Osteoporosis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061800 Authors: Alyse Davies Anna Rangan Margaret Allman-Farinelli Dietary behaviors during adolescence and emerging adulthood have important consequences for peak bone mass (PBM) attainment. This study aimed to examine dietary factors that are either beneficial or detrimental to bone health and determine the major sources of calcium in the diets...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1801: The Role of Vitamin D in Respiratory Allergies Prevention. Why the Effect Is so Difficult to Disentangle? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061801 Authors: Hanna Sikorska-Szaflik Barbara Sozańska Asthma and allergic rhinitis are the most common chronic childhood diseases with an increasing prevalence worldwide. There is an urgent need to look for methods of preventing allergic diseases from an early age. The relationship between vitamin D status and allergic...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1798: Vitamin D-Induced Molecular Mechanisms to Potentiate Cancer Therapy and to Reverse Drug-Resistance in Cancer Cells Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061798 Authors: Negri Gentile de Angelis Montò Patalano Colao Pivonello Pivonello Increasing interest in studying the role of vitamin D in cancer has been provided by the scientific literature during the last years, although mixed results have been reported. Vitamin D deficiency has been...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1797: Associations of Serum Retinol and α-Tocopherol Levels with Uric Acid Concentrations: Analysis of a Population-Based, Nationally Representative Sample Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061797 Authors: Yunkyung Kim Jung Hee Choi Jihun Kang Geun-Tae Kim Seung-Geun Lee The effects of serum retinol and α-tocopherol on serum uric acid levels have not been established, especially in Asian people. This study evaluated the independent associations...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1799: Associations between First Trimester Maternal Nutritional Score, Early Markers of Placental Function, and Pregnancy Outcome Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061799 Authors: Francesca Parisi Valeria M. Savasi Ilenia di Bartolo Luca Mandia Irene Cetin This study investigated the associations between maternal adherence to a healthy diet, first trimester placental markers, and pregnancy outcome. Singleton spontaneous pregnancies were enrolled at 11+0–13+6...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1794: A Comparison of Vitamin and Lutein Concentrations in Breast Milk from Four Asian Countries Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061794 Authors: My Tuyen Thi Nguyen Jieun Kim Hyunjun Lee Soyoon Won Yongki Kim Ji A. Jung Dan Li Xuan Hong Mai To Khanh Trang Nguyen Huynh Thanh Van Le Beenish Israr Hyun Joo An Jaehan Kim Vitamins are the essential elements for human life and, particularly, for infant health. Human milk is the best...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1795: Potential of Skin Microbiome, Pro- and/or Pre-Biotics to Affect Local Cutaneous Responses to UV Exposure Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061795 Authors: VijayKumar Patra Irène Gallais Sérézal Peter Wolf The human skin hosts innumerable microorganisms and maintains homeostasis with the local immune system despite the challenges offered by environmental factors such as ultraviolet radiation (UVR). UVR causes cutaneous alterations such as acute (i.e., sunburn)...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1796: Influence of Nitrate Supplementation on Endurance Cyclic Sports Performance: A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061796 Authors: Jorge Lorenzo Calvo Francesca Alorda-Capo Helios Pareja-Galeano Sergio L. Jiménez Endurance can be defined as the capacity to maintain one’s velocity or power output for the longest possible time. Maintaining such activity can lead to the onset of fatigue. Dietary nitrate supplementation produces an ergogenic...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 1792: Untargeted Metabolomics Identifies Key Metabolic Pathways Altered by Thymoquinone in Leukemic Cancer Cells Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12061792 Authors: Asma Ahmed AlGhamdi Mohammed Razeeth Shait Mohammed Mazin A. Zamzami Abdulrahman L. Al-Malki Mohamad Hasan Qari Mohammad Imran Khan Hani Choudhry Thymoquinone (TQ), a naturally occurring anticancer compound extracted from Nigella sativa oil, has been extensively reported to possess potent...
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Particles, Vol. 3, Pages 477-499: Chirally Improved Quark Pauli Blocking in Nuclear Matter and Applications to Quark Deconfinement in Neutron Stars Particles doi: 10.3390/particles3020033 Authors: David Blaschke Hovik Grigorian Gerd Röpke The relativistic mean field (RMF) model of the nuclear matter equation of state was modified by including the effect of Pauli-blocking owing to quark exchange between the baryons. Different schemes of a chiral enhancement of the quark Pauli blocking...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 479: Identification of lncRNAs Involved in PCV2 Infection of PK-15 Cells Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060479 Authors: Jin He Chaoliang Leng Jiazhen Pan Aoqi Li Hua Zhang Feng Cong Huanan Wang Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) can cause severe disease in infected pigs, resulting in massive economic loss for the swine industry. Transcriptomic and proteomic approaches have been widely employed to identify the underlying molecular mechanisms...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 478: Droplet Digital PCR for the Detection of Plasmodium falciparum DNA in Whole Blood and Serum: A Comparative Analysis with Other Molecular Methods Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9060478 Authors: Elena Pomari Ronaldo Silva Lucia Moro Giulia La Marca Francesca Perandin Federica Verra Zeno Bisoffi Chiara Piubelli Background: The estimation of Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia can vary according to the method used. Recently, droplet digital...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 562: Working within the Design Space: Do Our Static Process Characterization Methods Suffice? Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060562 Authors: Moritz von Stosch René Schenkendorf Geoffroy Geldhof Christos Varsakelis Marco Mariti Sandrine Dessoy Annick Vandercammen Alexander Pysik Matthew Sanders The Process Analytical Technology initiative and Quality by Design paradigm have led to changes in the guidelines and views of how...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 563: Metallic Stent Mesh Coated with Silver Nanoparticles Suppresses Stent-Induced Tissue Hyperplasia and Biliary Sludge in the Rabbit Extrahepatic Bile Duct Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060563 Authors: Wooram Park Kun Yung Kim Jeon Min Kang Dae Sung Ryu Dong-Hyun Kim Ho-Young Song Seong-Hun Kim Seung Ok Lee Jung-Hoon Park Recent therapeutic strategies to suppress restenosis after biliary stent placement are insufficient....
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 558: In Vivo Predictive Dissolution (IPD) for Carbamazepine Formulations: Additional Evidence Regarding a Biopredictive Dissolution Medium Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060558 Authors: Marival Bermejo Jessica Meulman Marcelo Gomes Davanço Patricia de Oliveira Carvalho Isabel Gonzalez-Alvarez Daniel Rossi Campos The aim of the present study was to bring additional evidence regarding a biopredictive dissolution medium containing...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 560: Photodegradation of the H1 Antihistaminic Topical Drugs Emedastine, Epinastine, and Ketotifen and ROS Tests for Estimations of Their Potent Phototoxicity Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060560 Authors: Anna Gumieniczek Anna Berecka-Rycerz Urszula Hubicka Paweł Żmudzki Karolina Lejwoda Paweł Kozyra In this study, important H1 antihistaminic drugs, i.e., emedastine (EME), epinastine (EPI), and ketotifen (KET), were irradiated...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 561: PH-Responsive, Cell-Penetrating, Core/Shell Magnetite/Silver Nanoparticles for the Delivery of Plasmids: Preparation, Characterization, and Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060561 Authors: Carlos M. Ramírez-Acosta Javier Cifuentes Maria Claudia Castellanos Rodolfo José Moreno Carolina Muñoz-Camargo Juan C. Cruz Luis H. Reyes Over the past decade, gene therapies have attracted much attention...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 559: Liposome-Embedding Silicon Microparticle for Oxaliplatin Delivery in Tumor Chemotherapy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060559 Authors: Armando Cevenini Christian Celia Stefania Orrù Daniela Sarnataro Maddalena Raia Valentina Mollo Marcello Locatelli Esther Imperlini Nicoletta Peluso Rosa Peltrini Enrica De De Rosa Alessandro Parodi Luigi Del Del Vecchio Luisa Di Di Marzio Massimo Fresta Paolo Antonio...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 557: Comparison between Colistin Sulfate Dry Powder and Solution for Pulmonary Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060557 Authors: Frédéric Tewes Julien Brillault Nicolas Gregoire Jean-Christophe Olivier Isabelle Lamarche Christophe Adier Anne-Marie Healy Sandrine Marchand To assess the difference in the fate of the antibiotic colistin (COLI) after its pulmonary delivery as a powder or a solution, we developed a COLI powder...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 760: Soil and Leaf Ionome Heterogeneity in Xylella Fastidiosa Subsp. Pauca-Infected, Non-Infected and Treated Olive Groves in Apulia, Italy Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060760 Authors: Laura Del Coco Danilo Migoni Chiara Roberta Girelli Federica Angilè Marco Scortichini Francesco Paolo Fanizzi Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca is responsible for the “olive quick decline syndrome” (OQDS) in Salento (Apulia). The main epidemiological...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 759: Traditional Uses of Medicinal Plants by Ethnic People in the Kavrepalanchok District, Central Nepal Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060759 Authors: Gabriele Ambu Ram Prasad Chaudhary Mauro Mariotti Laura Cornara In rural areas of Nepal, where it is difficult to get access to Government health care facilities, people depend on medicinal plants and local healers for health problems. This study concerns an ethnobotanical survey of the Kavrepalanchok District,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 758: Somatic Embryogenesis from Mature Embryos of Olea europaea L. cv. ‘Galega Vulgar’ and Long-Term Management of Calli Morphogenic Capacity Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060758 Authors: Rita Pires Hélia Cardoso Augusto Ribeiro Augusto Peixe António Cordeiro Several olive cultivars, characterized by high-quality olive oil show agronomical issues such as excessive vigor, high susceptibility to biotic and abiotic stresses, and low propagation ability. They...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 757: Polyphenolic Composition and Anti-Melanoma Activity of White Forsythia (Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai) Organ Extracts Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9060757 Authors: Tong-Kewn Yoo Ju-Sung Kim Tae Kyung Hyun Abeliophyllum distichum Nakai, commonly called white forsythia, is a monotypic genus endemic to Korea. Although A. distichum is mainly used as an ornamental plant because of its horticultural value, recent studies have demonstrated its bioactivities, including...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 296: Religion across Axes of Inequality in the United States: Belonging, Behaving, and Believing at the Intersections of Gender, Race, Class, and Sexuality Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060296 Authors: Landon Schnabel Much research considers group differences in religious belonging, behaving, and/or believing by gender, race, ethnicity, class, or sexuality. This study, however, considers all these factors at once, providing the first comprehensive snapshot of...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 297: Buddhist Modernism Underway in Bhutan: Gross National Happiness and Buddhist Political Theory Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11060297 Authors: Jessica Locke This article synthesizes and clarifies the significance of the last half-century’s developments in Bhutan’s politics within the frame of Buddhist political thought. During this time, Bhutan has held a curious position in the international community, both celebrated as a Buddhist Shangri-La...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 45: Learning Sequential Force Interaction Skills Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9020045 Authors: Simon Manschitz Michael Gienger Jens Kober Jan Peters Learning skills from kinesthetic demonstrations is a promising way of minimizing the gap between human manipulation abilities and those of robots. We propose an approach to learn sequential force interaction skills from such demonstrations. The demonstrations are decomposed into a set of movement primitives...
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Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 28: Fault-Event Trees Based Probabilistic Safety Analysis of a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor’s Core Meltdown and Minor Damage Frequencies Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6020028 Authors: Jinfeng Li A systematic probabilistic safety assessment for a boiling water nuclear reactor core is performed using fault trees and event trees analysis models. Based on a survey of the BWR’s safety systems against potential hazards, eight independent failure modes (initiating...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 105: Framing “The Gypsy Problem”: Populist Electoral Use of Romaphobia in Italy (2014–2019) Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9060105 Authors: Laura Cervi Santiago Tejedor Xenophobic arguments have long been at the center of the political discourse of the Lega party in Italy, nonetheless Matteo Salvini, the new leader, capitalizing on diffused Romaphobia, placed Roma people at the center of his political discourse, institutionalizing the “Camp...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 104: Social Impacts of Place-Making in Urban Informal Settlements: A Case Study of Indonesian Kampungs Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9060104 Authors: Poeti Nazura Gulfira Akbar Jurian Edelenbos This study aims to assess the social outcome of place-making in urban informal settlements. This research is guided by the following research question: What are the relationships between regular and temporal place-making towards local capacity, social connection,...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 90: Repeated Menthol Mouth Swilling Affects Neither Strength nor Power Performance Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8060090 Authors: Russ Best Dani Temm Holly Hucker Kerin McDonald This study aimed to assess the effects of repeated menthol mouth swilling upon strength and power performance. Nineteen (10 male) participants completed familiarisation and experimental trials of repeated menthol mouth swilling (0.1% concentration) or control (no swill) in a randomised...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 89: Postural Stability in Athletes: The Role of Age, Sex, Performance Level, and Athlete Shoe Features Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8060089 Authors: Albina Andreeva Andrey Melnikov Dmitry Skvortsov Kadriya Akhmerova Alexander Vavaev Andrey Golov Viktorya Draugelite Roman Nikolaev Serafima Chechelnickaia Daria Zhuk Alexandra Bayerbakh Vladislav Nikulin Erika Zemková The effects of different factors—such as age, sex, performance...
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