Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 593: EDTA-Anticoagulated Whole Blood for SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Testing by Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA) and Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080593 Authors: Marc Kovac Lorenz Risch Sarah Thiel Myriam Weber Kirsten Grossmann Nadja Wohlwend Thomas Lung Dorothea Hillmann Michael Ritzler Susanna Bigler Francesca Ferrara Thomas Bodmer Konrad Egli Mauro Imperiali Sonja...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 591: Diagnostic Reference Level of Radiation Dose and Image Quality among Paediatric CT Examinations in A Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080591 Authors: Nor Azura Muhammad Muhammad Khalis Abdul Karim Hasyma Abu Hassan Mazliana Ahmad Kamarudin Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong Kwan Hoong Ng Pediatrics are more vulnerable to radiation and are prone to dose compared to adults, requiring more attention to computed tomography...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 592: Anatomic Investigation of Two Cases of Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery Syndrome, Including the Effects on External Vascular Dimensions Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10080592 Authors: Mitchell H. Mirande Madelyn R. Durhman Heather F. Smith The retroesophageal aberrant right subclavian artery (ARSA) is a variation of the aortic arch that occurs asymptomatically in most patients. However, when symptomatic, it is most commonly associated with...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 314: Opportunistic or Non-Random Wildlife Crime? Attractiveness rather than Abundance in the Wild Leads to Selective Parrot Poaching Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12080314 Authors: Pedro Romero-Vidal Fernando Hiraldo Federica Rosseto Guillermo Blanco Martina Carrete José L. Tella Illegal wildlife trade, which mostly focuses on high-demand species, constitutes a major threat to biodiversity. However, whether poaching is an opportunistic crime within...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 313: Recognition and Characterization of Forest Plant Communities through Remote-Sensing NDVI Time Series Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12080313 Authors: Simone Pesaresi Adriano Mancini Simona Casavecchia Phytosociology is a reference method to classify vegetation that relies on field data. Its classification in hierarchical vegetation units, from plant associations to class level, hierarchically reflects the floristic similarity between different sites on different...
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Environments, Vol. 7, Pages 62: Evaluation of Microaeration and Sound to Increase Biogas Production from Poultry Litter Environments doi: 10.3390/environments7080062 Authors: John Loughrin Stacy Antle Michael Bryant Zachary Berry Nanh Lovanh Microaeration, wherein small amounts of air are introduced into otherwise anaerobic digesters, has been shown to enhance biogas production. This occurs by fostering the growth of facultatively aerobic bacteria and production of enzymes...
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Fermentation, Vol. 6, Pages 83: Improving Kefir Bioactive Properties by Functional Enrichment with Plant and Agro-Food Waste Extracts Fermentation doi: 10.3390/fermentation6030083 Authors: Francesca Aiello Donatella Restuccia Umile Gianfranco Spizzirri Gabriele Carullo Mariarosaria Leporini Monica Rosa Loizzo An increase in the number of novel fortified kefir-based beverages was observed in the last decades. Vegetables were often proposed as convenient resources of bioactive...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1129: Characterization of the Key Aroma Constituents in Fry Breads by Means of the Sensomics Concept Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081129 Authors: Ola Lasekan Fatma Dabaj The key aroma constituents in the volatile fractions isolated FROM two differently processed fry breads by solvent-assisted flavor evaporation were characterized by an aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA). Twenty-two compounds were identified with flavor dilution (FD) factor ranges of 2–516....
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1128: Unravelling Conformational Aspects of Milk Protein Structure—Contributions from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081128 Authors: Tatijana Markoska Todor Vasiljevic Thom Huppertz Changes in the molecular structure and association of milk proteins lead to many desirable (under controlled conditions) or undesirable characteristics of dairy products. Several methods have been used to study the structure of milk proteins and changes...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1127: Methodology for the Determination of Fruit, Vegetable, Nut and Legume Points for Food Supplies without Quantitative Ingredient Declarations and Its Application to a Large Canadian Packaged Food and Beverage Database Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081127 Authors: Laura Vergeer Mavra Ahmed Beatriz Franco-Arellano Christine Mulligan Kacie Dickinson Jodi T. Bernstein Marie-Ève Labonté Mary R. L’Abbé Nutrient profiling (NP) models are useful tools...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1125: Tapioca Dextrin as an Alternative Carrier in the Spray Drying of Fruit Juices—A Case Study of Chokeberry Powder Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081125 Authors: Jolanta Gawałek Ewa Domian This paper analyses the semi-industrial process of spray drying chokeberry juice with carbohydrate polymers used as a carrier. Tapioca dextrin (Dx) was proposed and tested as an alternative carrier and it was compared with maltodextrin carriers (MDx), which are the most common...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1126: A Novel Approach to Structure Plant-Based Yogurts Using High Pressure Processing Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081126 Authors: Shaun Y. J. Sim Xin Yi Hua Christiani Jeyakumar Henry Current plant-based yogurts are made by the fermentation of plant-based milks. Although this imparts fermented flavors and probiotic cultures, the process is relatively longer and often leads to textural issues. The protein content of these plant-based yogurts is also lower than...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1123: A Cup of Hemp Coffee by Moka Pot from Southern Italy: An UHPLC-HRMS Investigation Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081123 Authors: Simona Piccolella Giuseppina Crescente Marialuisa Formato Severina Pacifico After a long period defined by prohibition of hemp production, this crop has been recently re-evaluated in various industrial sectors. Until now, inflorescences have been considered a processing by-product, not useful for the food industry, and their disposal...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1124: Sensorial Perception of Astringency: Oral Mechanisms and Current Analysis Methods Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081124 Authors: Mariana A. Pires Lorenzo M. Pastrana Pablo Fuciños Cristiano S. Abreu Sara M. Oliveira Understanding consumers’ food choices and the psychological processes involved in their preferences is crucial to promote more mindful eating regulation and guide food design. Fortifying foods minimizing the oral dryness, rough,...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1122: Effects of Ultrasound Treatments on Tenderness and In Vitro Protein Digestibility of New Zealand Abalone, Haliotis iris Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081122 Authors: Norma Cecille Bagarinao Lovedeep Kaur Mike Boland Canned pāua, Haliotis iris, is a premium New Zealand product that is exported to Asia. The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of ultrasound treatments on pāua texture, microstructure and in vitro protein digestibility. Whole...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1121: The Human Microbial Metabolism of Quercetin in Different Formulations: An In Vitro Evaluation Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9081121 Authors: Giuseppe Di Pede Letizia Bresciani Luca Calani Giovanna Petrangolini Antonella Riva Pietro Allegrini Daniele Del Rio Pedro Mena Quercetin is one of the main dietary flavonols, but its beneficial properties in disease prevention may be limited due to its scarce bioavailability. For this purpose, delivery...
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Fractal Fract, Vol. 4, Pages 41: Novel Complex Wave Solutions of the (2+1)-Dimensional Hyperbolic Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation Fractal and Fractional doi: 10.3390/fractalfract4030041 Authors: Durur Ilhan Bulut This manuscript focuses on the application of the (m + 1/G’)-expansion method to the (2+1)-dimensional hyperbolic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. With the help of projected method, the periodic and singular complex wave solutions to the considered...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 276: Correlation between Lung Function and Functional Movement in Healthy Adults Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030276 Authors: Hyun-Seung Kim Sung-Hyoun Cho It is difficult to determine whether lung function improves by simple abdominal strengthening exercises, and studies on the correlation of lung function and functional movement are insufficient. Therefore; we aimed to identify the correlation between lung function and functional movement. We recruited...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 275: Regional Regulations and Public Safety Perceptions of Quality-of-Life Issues: Empirical Study on Food Safety in China Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030275 Authors: Guanghua Han Simin Yan Bo Fan In many developing countries, the public is shifting its focus from economic growth to quality-of-life issues. As a result, there is extensive demand for better public administration of quality-of-life issues, ranging from air pollution to food safety...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 274: Study of the Effects of Recognition of Stress on Symptoms and Regular Hospital Visits: An Analysis from Japanese National Statistics Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030274 Authors: Akira Komatsuzaki Sachie Ono Stress is a risk factor for numerous lifestyle diseases, including dental diseases. The purpose of the present study was to investigate how sensitivity to psychological stress relates to subjective symptoms and regular hospital visits using...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 272: Automatic Incident Triage in Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030272 Authors: Khajamoinuddin Syed William Sleeman Michael Hagan Jatinder Palta Rishabh Kapoor Preetam Ghosh The Radiotherapy Incident Reporting and Analysis System (RIRAS) receives incident reports from Radiation Oncology facilities across the US Veterans Health Affairs (VHA) enterprise and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)....
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 273: Validation of the Severity of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Other Measures than History: Activity Bracelet, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and a Validated Activity Questionnaire: SF-36 Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030273 Authors: C. (Linda) M. C. van Campen Peter C. Rowe Frans C. Visser Introduction: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a severe and disabling chronic disease. Grading patient’s...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 271: Fine Particulate Air Pollution, Public Service, and Under-Five Mortality: A Cross-Country Empirical Study Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030271 Authors: Siming Liu Qing Wei Pierre Failler Hong Lan The impacts of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution on health outcomes, especially those of children, have attracted worldwide attention. Based on the PM2.5 concentration data of 94 countries, including the least developed countries estimated...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 270: Regional Differences and Influencing Factors of Allocation Efficiency of Rural Public Health Resources in China Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030270 Authors: Tao Liu Jixia Li Juan Chen Shaolei Yang In the face of increasingly growing health demands and the impact of various public health emergencies, it is of great significance to study the regional differences in the allocation efficiency of the rural public health resources and its improvement...
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 82: The Soul of the Phonograph: Media-Technologies, Auditory Experience, and Literary Modernism in the Age of COVID-19 Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9030082 Authors: Rolf J. Goebel The unpredictable duration of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitates renewed reflection on our collective reliance on video platforms such as Zoom and YouTube for telecommunication and music listening purposes, which have virtually filled the gap left by widely cancelled live performances....
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 81: Temporality and the Carer’s Experience in the Narrative Ecology of Illness: Susan Sontag’s Dying in Photography and Prose Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9030081 Authors: Yianna Liatsos This paper joins a discussion about the representational dissonance and commemorative ethics of two self-referential works that engage with Susan Sontag’s 2004 death from Myelodysplastic Syndrome: Annie Leibovitz’s A Photographer’s Life1990–2005...
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 83: The Upshot on Princess Merida in Disney/Pixar’s Brave: Why the Tomboy Trajectory Is Off Target Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9030083 Authors: Lauren Dundes Princess Merida, the “tomboy” princess in Disney/Pixar’s Brave, won praise for escaping the strictures of femininity and maternal demands for feminine propriety. In addition to her overt defiance of gender roles and demand for agency, Merida also enacts hegemonic masculinity by...
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 80: How Jewish Refugee Critics Changed British Literary Criticism, 1970–2020 Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9030080 Authors: David Herman During the mid- and late 20th century, a small group of Jewish refugee critics changed the way British culture thought about what kind of literature mattered and why. These outsiders went on to have an enormous impact on late 20th-century British literary culture. What was this impact? Why in the last third of the 20th century?...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5951: Social Economic Costs, Health-Related Quality of Life and Disability in Patients with Cri Du Chat Syndrome International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165951 Authors: Yllka Kodra Marianna Cavazza Marta de Santis Andrea Guala Maria-Elena Liverani Patrizio Armeni Maura Masini Domenica Taruscio Background: Cri du Chat syndrome (CdC) is a rare disease caused by the deletion on the short arm of the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5950: Effects of Virtual Reality versus Exercise on Pain, Functional, Somatosensory and Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients with Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165950 Authors: David Morales Tejera Hector Beltran-Alacreu Roberto Cano-de-la-Cuerda Jose Vicente Leon Hernández Aitor Martín-Pintado-Zugasti César Calvo-Lobo Alfonso Gil-Martínez Josué...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5949: Gender Differences in the Association between Positive Drinking Attitudes and Alcohol-Related Problems. The WIRUS Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165949 Authors: Neda S. Hashemi Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen Jens Christoffer Skogen Hildegunn Sagvaag David Gimeno Ruiz de Gimeno Ruiz de Porras Randi Wågø Aas Background: Alcohol consumption is deeply integrated in people’s social-...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5948: A Biomechanical Waist Comfort Model for Manual Material Lifting International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165948 Authors: Yongbao Zhang Jinjing Ke Xiang Wu Xiaowei Luo Low back pain (LBP) is a common disorder that affects the working population worldwide. LBP causes more disability than any other conditions all around the world. Most existing studies focus on the occupational physical factors in association...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5947: Level of Physical Activity and Its Associated Factors among Primary Healthcare Workers in Perak, Malaysia International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165947 Authors: Hazizi Abu Saad Pei Kit Low Rosita Jamaluddin Huei Phing Chee Physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyle have been linked to the occurrence of non-communicable diseases. This study’s purpose was to determine physical activity levels...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5944: Mental Health Problems and Associated Factors in Chinese High School Students in Henan Province: A Cross-Sectional Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165944 Authors: Yan Luo Zhenti Cui Ping Zou Kai Wang Zihan Lin Jinjie He Jing Wang Approximately one in five adolescents experience mental health problems globally. However, studies on mental health problems in Chinese high school students...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5945: Influential Factors Affecting Protective Coping Behaviors of Flood Disaster: A Case Study in Shenzhen, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165945 Authors: Weiwei Cao Yi Yang Jing Huang Dianchen Sun Gaofeng Liu As the risk of urban flooding increases worldwide, floods seriously endanger the safety of people’s lives and property. Understanding the protective coping behaviors of the...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5943: Tensions and Paradoxes of Stigma: Discussing Stigma in Mental Health Rehabilitation International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165943 Authors: Jenny Paananen Camilla Lindholm Melisa Stevanovic Elina Weiste Mental illness remains as one of the most stigmatizing conditions in contemporary western societies. This study sheds light on how mental health professionals and rehabilitants perceive stigmatization....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5942: Diet Quality among Women with Previous Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Areas of Hunan Province International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165942 Authors: Mingshu Li Jingcheng Shi Jing Luo Qing Long Qiping Yang Yufeng OuYang Hanmei Liu Qian Lin Jia Guo Diet quality is critical for postpartum type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) progression among women with a history of gestational diabetes...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5946: Prioritising Housing Maintenance to Improve Health in Indigenous Communities in NSW over 20 years International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165946 Authors: Jeffrey C. Standen Geoffrey G. Morgan Tim Sowerbutts Katrina Blazek Jessica Gugusheff Otto Puntsag Michael Wollan Paul Torzillo Many studies document the relationship between housing quality and health status. Poor housing in Aboriginal...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 5941: Predictors of Survival in Women with High-Risk Endometrial Cancer and Comparisons of Sandwich versus Concurrent Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165941 Authors: Hui-Hua Chen Wan-Hua Ting Hsu-Dong Sun Ming-Chow Wei Ho-Hsiung Lin Sheng-Mou Hsiao Background: to elucidate the predictors of progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in high-risk...
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