Chemosensors, Vol. 8, Pages 73: Robust and Rapid Detection of Mixed Volatile Organic Compounds in Flow Through Air by a Low Cost Electronic Nose Chemosensors doi: 10.3390/chemosensors8030073 Authors: Jiamei Huang Jayne Wu This work aims to detect volatile organic compounds (VOC), i.e., acetone, ethanol and isopropyl alcohol (IPA) and their binary and ternary mixtures in a simulated indoor ventilation system. Four metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) gas sensors were chosen to form an electronic...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Children, Vol. 7, Pages 109: Does Participation in Sports Influence the Prevalence of and Initiation into Multiple Substance Misuse in Adolescence? A Two-Year Prospective Analysis Children doi: 10.3390/children7090109 Authors: Natasa Zenic Martina Rezic Ivana Cerkez Zovko Hrvoje Vlahovic Tine Sattler Concurrent smoking and harmful drinking (CSHD) in adolescence is an important public health and social problem, while participation in sports is considered as being protective...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Children, Vol. 7, Pages 108: Factors Influencing Sense of Coherence: Family Relationships, High School Life and Autism Spectrum Tendency Children doi: 10.3390/children7090108 Authors: Tomoko Omiya Naoko Deguchi Taisuke Togari Yoshihiko Yamazaki Adolescence is marked by significant life stress. Recently, school refusal and dropouts as well as suicide among Japanese adolescents have increased. Sense of coherence (SOC) is recognized as a competency that helps people deal with stress....
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Climate, Vol. 8, Pages 97: Impact of Climate Change on Land Suitability for the Optimization of the Irrigation System in the Anger River Basin, Ethiopia Climate doi: 10.3390/cli8090097 Authors: Meseret Dawit Megarsa Olumana Dinka Olkeba Tolessa Leta Fiseha Behulu Muluneh Evaluating climate change impacts and the suitability of potential land resources is crucial for sustainable irrigated agricultural systems. This study applied a multi-criteria analysis supported by the Geographic...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Climate, Vol. 8, Pages 96: Ranchers Adapting to Climate Variability in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Utah Climate doi: 10.3390/cli8090096 Authors: Hadia Akbar L. Niel Allen David E. Rosenberg Yoshimitsu Chikamoto In the Upper Colorado River Basin, agriculture is a major contributor to Utah’s economy, which may be stressed due to the changing climate. In this study, two data-mining techniques and interview data are used to explore how climate variability affects agricultural...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Cosmetics, Vol. 7, Pages 67: The Development of a Skin Image Analysis Tool by Using Machine Learning Algorithms Cosmetics doi: 10.3390/cosmetics7030067 Authors: Perry Xiao Xu Zhang Wei Pan Xiang Ou Christos Bontozoglou Elena Chirikhina Daqing Chen We present our latest research work on the development of a skin image analysis tool by using machine-learning algorithms. Skin imaging is very import in skin research. Over the years, we have used and developed different...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 624: Intraepithelial Macrophage Expressing CD163 Is a Histopathological Clue to Evaluate the Malignant Potency of Oral Lichenoid Condition: A Case Report and Immunohistochemical Investigation Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090624 Authors: Manabu Shigeoka Yu-ichiro Koma Maki Kanzawa Masaya Akashi Hiroshi Yokozaki Oral lichenoid conditions (OLC), including oral lichen planus (OLP), oral lichenoid lesions and oral lichenoid dysplasia, differ...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 623: Mass-Forming Portal Biliopathy Presenting as Extreme Wall-Thickening of the Common Bile Duct Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090623 Authors: Jan Binne Hulshoff Frans J. C. Cuperus Robbert J. de Haas Portal biliopathy refers to biliary tree abnormalities in patients with peribiliary collateral vessels and non-neoplastic extrahepatic portal vein occlusion. These biliary abnormalities are caused by vascular compression and ischemic damage of...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 622: Machine Learning Facilitates Hotspot Classification in PSMA-PET/CT with Nuclear Medicine Specialist Accuracy Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090622 Authors: Sobhan Moazemi Zain Khurshid Annette Erle Susanne Lütje Markus Essler Thomas Schultz Ralph A. Bundschuh Gallium-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography (68Ga-PSMA-PET) is a highly sensitive method to detect prostate cancer (PC) metastases. Visual...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 620: Somatostatinoma and Neurofibromatosis Type 1-A Case Report and Review of the Literature Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090620 Authors: Sorina Martin Simona Fica Ovidiu Parfeni Liliana Popa Teodora Manuc Oana Rizea Ioana Lupescu Mirela Gherghe Gabriel Becheanu Adina Croitoru Somatostatinomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors (NET) that arise in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Because of their insidious growth, they are usually...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 621: Preoperative Computer-Assisted Laparoscopy Planning for the Minimally Invasive Surgical Repair of Hiatal Hernia Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090621 Authors: Silviu Daniel Preda Cătălin Ciobîrcă Gabriel Gruionu Andreea Șoimu Iacob Konstantinos Sapalidis Lucian Gheorghe Gruionu Ștefan Castravete Ștefan Pătrașcu Valeriu Șurlin Minimal invasive surgical procedures such as laparoscopy are preferred over open surgery due to...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 618: Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Predicts COVID-19 Severity: A Prospective, Observational Study from the Cincinnati SARS-CoV-2 Emergency Department Cohort Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090618 Authors: Brandon Michael Henry Justin Lee Benoit Stefanie Benoit Christina Pulvino Brandon A. Berger Maria Helena Santos de Olivera Christopher A. Crutchfield Giuseppe Lippi Since previous evidence has demonstrated that red blood...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 619: The Model for Early COvid-19 Recognition (MECOR) Score: A Proof-of-Concept for a Simple and Low-Cost Tool to Recognize a Possible Viral Etiology in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients during COVID-19 Outbreak Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090619 Authors: Gianluca Sambataro Mauro Giuffrè Domenico Sambataro Andrea Palermo Giovanna Vignigni Roberto Cesareo Nunzio Crimi Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi Carlo Vancheri Lorenzo Malatino...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 320: The Permeability of Natural versus Anthropogenic Forest Edges Modulates the Abundance of Ground Beetles of Different Dispersal Power and Habitat Affinity Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12090320 Authors: Tibor Magura Gábor L. Lövei Forest edges are formed by natural or anthropogenic processes and their maintaining processes cause fundamentally different edge responses. We evaluated the published evidence on the effect of various edges on the abundance of ground...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 318: A National Survey of Managed Honey Bee Colony Winter Losses (Apis mellifera) in China (2013–2017) Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12090318 Authors: Jiao Tang Cuiyan Ma Wei Shi Xiao Chen Zhiguang Liu Huihua Wang Chao Chen Surveys of managed honey bee colony losses worldwide have become fundamental for engineering a sustainable and systematic approach to protect honey bees. Though China is a member of the world’s apiculture superpowers,...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 319: Inferring Species Interactions from Long-Term Monitoring Programs: Carnivores in a Protected Area from Southern Patagonia Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12090319 Authors: Francisco Díaz-Ruiz Alejandro Rodríguez Diego Procopio Sonia Zapata Juan Ignacio Zanón-Martínez Alejandro Travaini Protected areas recently created in Argentina often include previously degraded lands, such as sheep ranches in the Patagonian deserts. We show the results of a 14-year...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Environments, Vol. 7, Pages 64: Treatment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Oil Sands Process-Affected Water with a Surface Flow Treatment Wetland Environments doi: 10.3390/environments7090064 Authors: Alexander M. Cancelli Frank A. P. C. Gobas This study applied a passive sampling approach using low-density polyethylene passive samplers to determine the treatment efficiency of the Kearl surface flow treatment wetland for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Oil Sands Process-affected...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Environments, Vol. 7, Pages 63: Identifying Problems in Watering Ponds with Different Purposes Environments doi: 10.3390/environments7090063 Authors: Manuel Pulido Alberto Alfonso-Torreño Jesús Barrena-González Rafael Robina-Ramírez Mohamed Amine Abdennour The main goal of this study was to identify the problems that are putting the viability of watering ponds at risk. For doing that, we have analyzed five different study cases: (I) livestock consumption, Mediterranean climate...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1161: Effect of Sunlight Exposure on Anthocyanin and Non-Anthocyanin Phenolic Levels in Pomegranate Juices by High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Approach Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091161 Authors: Di Stefano Scandurra Pagliaro Di Martino Melilli Quali-quantitative analyses of anthocyanins and non-anthocyanin phenolic compounds performed with the use of liquid chromatography coupled with high resolution mass spectrometry, were evaluated in juice of pomegranate...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1160: Wine Aging Technology: Fundamental Role of Wood Barrels Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091160 Authors: Maria Carpena Aantia G. Pereira Miguel A. Prieto Jesus Simal-Gandara The aging of wines is a process used to preserve wine but also to enhance its properties. It is a process of great interest, mainly because of the additional properties it adds to wines and because of its economic implications. Historically, barrels have been employed for centuries for...
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1159: Chemical Characterization and Bioaccessibility of Bioactive Compounds from Saponin-Rich Extracts and Their Acid-Hydrolysates Obtained from Fenugreek and Quinoa Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091159 Authors: Joaquín Navarro del Hierro Guillermo Reglero Diana Martin Saponin-rich extracts from edible seeds have gained increasing interest and their hydrolysis to sapogenin-rich extracts may be an effective strategy to enhance their potential bioactivity. However,...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1157: Antioxidant, Antibacterial Activities and Mineral Content of Buffalo Yoghurt Fortified with Fenugreek and Moringa oleifera Seed Flours Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091157 Authors: Faten Dhawi Hossam S. El-Beltagi Esmat Aly Ahmed M. Hamed Recently, there is an increasing demand for functional yoghurts by consumer, especially those produced through the incorporation of food of plant origin or its bioactive components. The current research was devoted to...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1158: Yogurts Supplemented with Juices from Grapes and Berries Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091158 Authors: Dimitra Dimitrellou Nikoletta Solomakou Evangelos Kokkinomagoulos Panagiotis Kandylis Nowadays, there is growing interest for the development of enriched dairy products with phenolic compounds derived from edible sources, mainly due to their safety and potential health benefits. Following that trend, in the present study, fruit juices (blueberry, aronia,...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1154: Probiotic Properties and Antioxidant Activities of Pediococcus pentosaceus SC28 and Levilactobacillus brevis KU15151 in Fermented Black Gamju Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091154 Authors: Seo Jin Yang Kee-Tae Kim Tae Young Kim Hyun-Dong Paik Black gamju is Korean traditional beverage fermented with molds. The aim of this study was to assess the probiotic properties and antioxidant activities of novel Pediococcus pentosaceus SC28 and Levilactobacillus brevis...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1155: Extended Harvest Date Alter Flavonoid Composition and Chromatic Characteristics of Plavac Mali (Vitis vinifera L.) Grape Berries Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091155 Authors: Ana Mucalo Edi Maletić Goran Zdunić This study delivers a comprehensive flavonoid fingerprint profile, physiochemical and external color characterization of Plavac Mali grapes through four harvest dates at two distinct vineyards (Split and Zadar) in the Eastern Adriatic region. The experimental...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1156: The Strength of the Nutrient Solution Modulates the Functional Profile of Hydroponically Grown Lettuce in a Genotype-Dependent Manner Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091156 Authors: Biancamaria Senizza Leilei Zhang Begoña Miras-Moreno Laura Righetti Gokhan Zengin Gunes Ak Renato Bruni Luigi Lucini Maria Isabella Sifola Christophe El-Nakhel Giandomenico Corrado Youssef Rouphael Considering that functional components of plant foods are...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1153: Urban Consumer Trust and Food Certifications in China Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091153 Authors: Roberta Moruzzo Francesco Riccioli Fabio Boncinelli Zhaozhong Zhang Jinjin Zhao Yaojia Tang Lara Tinacci Tommaso Massai Alessandra Guidi China has experienced frequent food safety incidents that have undermined consumer trust in the food supply chain. To overcome this problem, China requalified the legislative framework and adopted a comprehensive...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1152: European Markets for Cultured Meat: A Comparison of Germany and France Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091152 Authors: Christopher Bryant Lea van Nek Nathalie C. M. Rolland The negative impacts of meat consumption for animals, the environment, and human health are more pressing than ever. Although some evidence points to an ongoing reduction in meat consumption in Europe, consumers are overall unwilling to cut their meat consumption in a substantial way. The...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1151: Is There Scope for a Novel Mycelium Category of Proteins alongside Animals and Plants? Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091151 Authors: Emma J. Derbyshire In the 21st century, we face a troubling trilemma of expanding populations, planetary and public wellbeing. Given this, shifts from animal to plant food protein are gaining momentum and are an important part of reducing carbon emissions and consumptive water use. However, as this fast-pace of change sets in and begins...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1150: Living the Sweet Life: How Liquorilactobacillus hordei TMW 1.1822 Changes Its Behavior in the Presence of Sucrose in Comparison to Glucose Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091150 Authors: Julia Bechtner Christina Ludwig Michael Kiening Frank Jakob Rudi F. Vogel Liquorilactobacillus (L.) hordei (formerly Lactobacillus hordei) is one of the dominating lactic acid bacteria within the water kefir consortium, being highly adapted to survive in this environment,...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Fractal Fract, Vol. 4, Pages 43: Analysis of Fractional Order Chaotic Financial Model with Minimum Interest Rate Impact Fractal and Fractional doi: 10.3390/fractalfract4030043 Authors: Muhammad Farman Ali Akgül Dumitru Baleanu Sumaiyah Imtiaz Aqeel Ahmad The main objective of this paper is to construct and test fractional order derivatives for the management and simulation of a fractional order disorderly finance system. In the developed system, we add the critical minimum...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
GastrointestDisord, Vol. 2, Pages 246-266: Intestinal Immune Homeostasis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Perspective on Intracellular Response Mechanisms Gastrointestinal Disorders doi: 10.3390/gidisord2030024 Authors: Kishu Ranjan The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves perturbation of intestinal immune homeostasis in genetically susceptible individuals. A mutual interplay between intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and gut resident microbes maintains a homeostatic...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 289: Perception of Patient Safety Culture in the Framework of the Psychosocial Care Network in Western Amazon: A Cross-Sectional Study Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030289 Authors: Marcos Cordeiro Araripe Glauco Martins Silva Marcos Venicius Malveira de Lima Ítalla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra Walédya Araújo Lopes de Melo Gabriel Zorello Laporta The culture of patient safety should be considered a guiding principle for different areas of health....
Sun Aug 23, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 288: COVID-19 in China: Power, Transparency and Governance in Public Health Crisis Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030288 Authors: Jinrui Zhang Ruilian Zhang Public health crises are the “touchstone” to test the ability of national public health crisis governance. The public health crisis in the new era presents new characteristics: systematic, cross-border and uncertainty. The governance dilemma of a public health crisis generally...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 287: Anxiety of Older Persons Living Alone in the Community Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030287 Authors: Jinna Yu Kwisoon Choe Youngmi Kang Anxiety is a common mental health problem among older persons, and the prevalence is higher in those who live alone than those who live with others. This study aimed to explore the experiences of anxiety in older persons living alone. A descriptive phenomenological approach was used to collect and analyze the...
Sat Aug 22, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 286: Impact of COVID-19 on Alzheimer’s Disease Risk: Viewpoint for Research Action Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030286 Authors: Giulia Abate Maurizio Memo Daniela Uberti In the middle of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) outbreak, the main efforts of the scientific community are rightly all focused on identifying efficient pharmacological treatments to cure the acute severe symptoms and developing a reliable vaccine. On the other hand, we cannot...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 285: Determination of the Minimum Detectable Change in the Total and Segmental Volumes of the Upper Limb, Evaluated by Perimeter Measurements Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030285 Authors: José Manuel Tánori-Tapia Ena Monserrat Romero-Pérez Néstor Antonio Camberos Mario A. Horta-Gim Gabriel Núñez-Othón Carlos Medina-Pérez José Antonio de Paz Among female breast cancer survivors, there is a high prevalence of lymphedema subsequent to axillary...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 284: Feasibility of Using a Risk Assessment Tool to Predict Hospital Transfers or Death for Older People in Australian Residential Aged Care. A Retrospective Cohort Study Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030284 Authors: Meidelynn Ooi Ebony T Lewis Julianne Brisbane Evalynne Tubb Tom McClean Hassan Assareh Ken Hillman Helen Achat Magnolia Cardona Residents of Aged Care Facilities (RACF) experience burdensome hospital transfers in the...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 283: Long-Term Trend of Liver Cancer Mortality in Serbia, 1991–2015: An Age-Period-Cohort and Joinpoint Regression Analysis Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030283 Authors: Irena Ilic Sandra Sipetic Grujicic Jovan Grujicic Djordje Radovanovic Ivana Zivanovic Macuzic Sanja Kocic Milena Ilic Background and Objectives: Trends of liver cancer mortality vary widely around the world. The purpose of this study was to assess the trend of liver cancer...
Fri Aug 21, 2020 03:00
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