Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 659: BLIGHTSIM: A New Potato Late Blight Model Simulating the Response of Phytophthora infestans to Diurnal Temperature and Humidity Fluctuations in Relation to Climate Change Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080659 Authors: Hossein A. Narouei-Khandan Shankar K. Shakya Karen A. Garrett Erica M. Goss Nicholas S. Dufault Jorge L. Andrade-Piedra Senthold Asseng Daniel Wallach Ariena H.C van Bruggen Temperature response curves under diurnal...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 660: Epidemiological Trends of Five Common Diarrhea-Associated Enteric Viruses Pre- and Post-Rotavirus Vaccine Introduction in Coastal Kenya Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080660 Authors: Arnold W. Lambisia Sylvia Onchaga Nickson Murunga Clement S. Lewa Steven Ger Nyanjom Charles N. Agoti Using real-time RT-PCR, we screened stool samples from children aged <5 years presenting with diarrhea and admitted to Kilifi County Hospital, coastal...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 658: Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Classical Swine Fever and Future Perspectives Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080658 Authors: Lihua Wang Rachel Madera Yuzhen Li David Scott McVey Barbara S. Drolet Jishu Shi Classical swine fever (CSF) is a highly contagious viral disease of pigs, including wild boar. It is regarded as one of the major problems in the pig industry as it is still endemic in many regions of the world and has the potential...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 657: Growth Temperature, Trehalose, and Susceptibility to Heat in Mycobacterium avium Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080657 Authors: Simonne Guenette Myra D. Williams Joseph O. Falkinham Mycobacterium avium is capable of an adaptive, reversible response to high-temperature survival depending on its growth temperature. Trehalose concentrations of M. avium cells grown at 42 °C were significantly higher compared to those of cells grown at 25 °C....
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 656: Salmonella Hessarek Gastroenteritis with Bacteremia: A Case Report and Literature Review Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080656 Authors: Pierangelo Chinello Guido Granata Vincenzo Galati Fabrizio Taglietti Simone Topino Emanuela Caraffa Carolina Venditti Nazario Bevilacqua Lucilla Sbardella Stefano Bilei Nicola Petrosillo Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotype Hessarek (Salmonella Hessarek) is considered a serovar...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 654: Biofilm Formation Ability and Presence of Adhesion Genes among Coagulase-Negative and Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci Isolates from Raw Cow’s Milk Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080654 Authors: Joanna Gajewska Wioleta Chajęcka-Wierzchowska The capacity for biofilm formation is one of the crucial factors of staphylococcal virulence. The occurrence of biofilm-forming staphylococci in raw milk may result in disturbances in technological processes in dairy...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 655: Coordinated In Vitro Release of Granulysin, Perforin and IFN-γ in TB and HIV/TB Co-Infection Associated with Clinical Outcomes before and after Anti-TB Treatment Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9080655 Authors: Nada Pitabut Panadda Dhepakson Shinsaku Sakurada Naoto Keicho Srisin Khusmith Granule-associated killing molecules released from cytotoxic T lymphocytes participate as a crucial step in immunity against tuberculosis (TB), but the role...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 195: Juvenile Hemochromatosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080195 Authors: Akiyoshi Takami Yasuaki Tatsumi Katsuhisa Sakai Yasumichi Toki Katsuya Ikuta Yuka Oohigashi Junko Takagi Koichi Kato Kazuhisa Takami Juvenile hemochromatosis (JH), type 2A hemochromatosis, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of systemic iron overload due to homozygous mutations of HJV (HFE2), which encodes...
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Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 194: Parthenolide as Cooperating Agent for Anti-Cancer Treatment of Various Malignancies Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13080194 Authors: Malgorzata Sztiller-Sikorska Malgorzata Czyz Primary and acquired resistance of cancer to therapy is often associated with activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB). Parthenolide (PN) has been shown to inhibit NF-κB signaling and other pro-survival signaling pathways, induce apoptosis and reduce...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 778: Combination Delivery of Alpha-Tocopheryl Succinate and Curcumin Using a GSH-Sensitive Micelle (PAH-SS-PLGA) to Treat Pancreatic Cancer Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080778 Authors: Tilahun Ayane Debele Hung-Chang Wu Shang-Rung Wu Yan-Shen Shan Wen-Pin Su Pancreatic cancer is one of the highest causes of mortality throughout the world; thus, it requires an effective treatment strategy. Some chemotherapeutic agents used in the...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 777: Spontaneous In Situ Formation of Liposomes from Inert Porous Microparticles for Oral Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080777 Authors: Maryam Farzan Gabriela Québatte Katrin Strittmatter Florentine Marianne Hilty Joachim Schoelkopf Jörg Huwyler Maxim Puchkov Despite the wide-spread use of liposomal drug delivery systems, application of these systems for oral purposes is limited due to their large-scale formulation...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 776: Compatible Stability and Aerosol Characteristics of Atrovent® (Ipratropium Bromide) Mixed with Salbutamol Sulfate, Terbutaline Sulfate, Budesonide, and Acetylcysteine Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080776 Authors: Yiting Chen Shilin Du Zhirui Zhang Wenxiu He Enhao Lu Rui Wang Xianyi Sha Yan Ma (1) Background: It is common practice in the treatment of respiratory diseases to mix different inhalation solutions for simultaneous...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 775: Noninvasive Assessment of Fibrosis Following Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rodents Utilizing Na Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080775 Authors: Per Mose Nielsen Christian Østergaard Mariager Daniel Guldager Kring Rasmussen Marie Mølmer Federica Genovese Morten Asser Karsdal Christoffer Laustsen Rikke Nørregaard Fibrosis is often heterogeneously distributed, and classical biopsies do not reflect...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 773: Use of Supplemented or Human Material to Simulate PD Behavior of Antibiotics at the Target Site In Vitro Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080773 Authors: Alina Nussbaumer-Pröll Markus Zeitlinger In antimicrobial drug development, in vitro antibiotic susceptibility testing is conducted in standard growth media, such as Mueller–Hinton broth (MHB). These growth media provide optimal bacterial growth, but do not consider certain host...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 772: Radical Dendrimers Based on Biocompatible Oligoethylene Glycol Dendrimers as Contrast Agents for MRI Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080772 Authors: Songbai Zhang Vega Lloveras Daniel Pulido Flonja Liko Luiz F. Pinto Fernando Albericio Miriam Royo José Vidal-Gancedo Finding alternatives to gadolinium (Gd)-based contrast agents (CA) with the same or even better paramagnetic properties is crucial to overcome their established...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 774: The Multifaceted Histidine-Based Carriers for Nucleic Acid Delivery: Advances and Challenges Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080774 Authors: Jiaxi He Songhui Xu A. James Mixson Histidines incorporated into carriers of nucleic acids may enhance the extracellular stability of the nanoparticle, yet aid in the intracellular disruption of the nanoparticle, enabling the release of the nucleic acid. Moreover, protonation of histidines in the...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 770: Electrospun Bioactive Wound Dressing Containing Colloidal Dispersions of Birch Bark Dry Extract Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080770 Authors: Francis Kamau Mwiiri Johanna M. Brandner Rolf Daniels Novel birch bark dry extract (TE)-loaded polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber mats intended for wound therapy were developed through an electrospinning process. Colloidal dispersions containing TE as the active substance were prepared by the high-pressure...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 769: Hybrid Pectin-Liposome Formulation against Multi-Resistant Bacterial Strains Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080769 Authors: Lígia Nunes de Morais Ribeiro Eneida de Paula Daise Aparecida Rossi Guilherme Paz Monteiro Edson Campos Valadares Júnior Rogério Reis Silva Rodrigo Franco Foued Salmen Espíndola Luiz Ricardo Goulart Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca This work describes the development of a gastroresistant antimicrobial...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 771: Independent Tailoring of Dose and Drug Release via a Modularized Product Design Concept for Mass Customization Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080771 Authors: Rydvikha Govender Susanna Abrahmsén-Alami Anette Larsson Anders Borde Alexander Liljeblad Staffan Folestad Independent individualization of multiple product attributes, such as dose and drug release, is a crucial overarching requirement of pharmaceutical products for individualized...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 145: Community Pharmacists’ Motivation and Barriers to Providing and Billing Patient Care Services Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030145 Authors: Liesl D. Reyes Jenny Hong Christine Lin Jeffrey Hamper Lisa Kroon Recently, California (CA) pharmacists’ scope of practice has expanded to include independently prescribing self-administered hormonal contraceptives, nicotine replacement therapy medications, travel health medications, routine vaccinations,...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 144: Stigma of Opioid Use Disorder and Its Indirect Effects on Student Pharmacists’ Perceptions and Attitudes Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030144 Authors: Elizabeth A. Hall Alina Cernasev Umida Nasritdinova Michael P. Veve Kenneth C. Hohmeier Objectives: Pharmacists play a vital role in serving patients during the ongoing nationwide opioid epidemic, and so it is also critical to educate the next generation of pharmacists on opioids and opioid use...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1043: Effect of Ultraviolet C Irradiation on Isoflavone Concentrations in Different Cultivars of Soybean (Glycine max) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081043 Authors: Krishna Bahadur Karki Awdhesh Kumar Mishra Seong-Jin Choi Kwang-Hyun Baek Phytoestrogens are naturally occurring plant polyphenolic compounds present in high concentrations in soybean products. Phytoestrogens are divided into three classes: lignans, isoflavones, and coumestans. Nine types of glycoside...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1042: The Role of Grafting in the Resistance of Tomato to Viruses Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081042 Authors: Roberta Spanò Massimo Ferrara Donato Gallitelli Tiziana Mascia Grafting is routinely implemented in modern agriculture to manage soilborne pathogens such as fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, and viruses of solanaceous crops in a sustainable and environmentally friendly approach. Some rootstock/scion combinations use specific genetic resistance mechanisms...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1041: Intraspecific Variations in Functional and Molecular Traits of Near-Endemic Onopordum alexandrinum Boiss. in Natural and Anthropogenic Habitats along the Western Mediterranean Coast of Egypt: Implications for Conservation Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081041 Authors: Aya Yahia Ibrahim Mashaly Magdy El-Bana Rehab Rizk Ghada El-Sherbeny Onopordum alexandrinum is a near-endemic to Egypt and neighboring countries. Its habitats are designated as priority...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1039: Canthaxanthin, a Red-Hot Carotenoid: Applications, Synthesis, and Biosynthetic Evolution Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081039 Authors: Bárbara A. Rebelo Sara Farrona M. Rita Ventura Rita Abranches Carotenoids are a class of pigments with a biological role in light capture and antioxidant activities. High value ketocarotenoids, such as astaxanthin and canthaxanthin, are highly appealing for applications in human nutraceutical, cosmetic, and animal feed...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1040: Chlorophyll a Fluorescence Transient and 2-Dimensional Electrophoresis Analyses Reveal Response Characteristics of Photosynthesis to Heat Stress in Malus. ‘Prairifire’ Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081040 Authors: Tao Wang Siqian Luo Yingli Ma Lingyu Li Yinfeng Xie Wangxiang Zhang Flowering crabapples are a series of precious ornamental woody plants. However, their growth and development are inhibited in the subtropical regions due to the weak...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1037: Molecular Mechanisms Supporting Rice Germination and Coleoptile Elongation under Low Oxygen Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081037 Authors: Chiara Pucciariello Rice germinates under submergence by exploiting the starch available in the endosperm and translocating sugars from source to sink organs. The availability of fermentable sugar under water allows germination with the protrusion of the coleoptile, which elongates rapidly and functions as a snorkel toward...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1038: Autophagy Dances with Phytohormones upon Multiple Stresses Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081038 Authors: Yifan Li Yanni Lin Xi Li Shaoying Guo Yifeng Huang Qingjun Xie Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved process for turning over unwanted cellular components, thus promoting nutrient recycling and maintaining cellular homeostasis, which eventually enables plants to survive unfavorable growth conditions. In addition to plant growth and development,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1036: A GATA Transcription Factor from Soybean (Glycine max) Regulates Chlorophyll Biosynthesis and Suppresses Growth in the Transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081036 Authors: Chanjuan Zhang Yi Huang Zhiyuan Xiao Hongli Yang Qingnan Hao Songli Yuan Haifeng Chen Limiao Chen Shuilian Chen Xinan Zhou Wenjun Huang Chlorophyll plays an essential role in photosynthetic light harvesting and energy transduction in green...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1035: Genetic Distinctiveness Highlights the Conservation Value of a Sicilian Manna Ash Germplasm Collection Assigned to Fraxinus angustifolia (Oleaceae) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081035 Authors: Loredana Abbate Francesco Mercati Giuseppe Di Noto Myriam Heuertz Francesco Carimi Sergio Fatta del Bosco Rosario Schicchi The cosmopolitan genus Fraxinus comprises about 40 species occupying several habitats in the Northern Hemisphere. With some species...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1033: An AC-Rich Bean Element Serves as an Ethylene-Responsive Element in Arabidopsis Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081033 Authors: Chunying Wang Tingting Lin Mengqi Wang Xiaoting Qi Ethylene-responsive elements (EREs), such as the GCC box, are critical for ethylene-regulated transcription in plants. Our previous work identified a 19-bp AC-rich element (ACE) in the promoter of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) metal response element-binding transcription factor 1...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1032: Silicon Supply Improves Leaf Gas Exchange, Antioxidant Defense System and Growth in Saccharum officinarum Responsive to Water Limitation Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081032 Authors: Verma Anas Chen Rajput Malviya Verma Singh Singh Song Li Silicon (Si) is not categorized as a biologically essential element for plants, yet a great number of scientific reports have shown its significant effects in various crop plants and environmental...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1034: The Cypriot Indigenous Grapevine Germplasm is a Multi-Clonal Varietal Mixture Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081034 Authors: Apostolis Grigoriou Georgios Tsaniklidis Marianna Hagidimitriou Nikolaos Nikoloudakis Cypriot vineyards are considered as one among the earliest niches of viticulture and a pivotal hub for the domestication and dissemination of grapevine. The millennial presence of Vitis spp. in this Eastern Mediterranean island has given rise to...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1031: Jaceidin Flavonoid Isolated from Chiliadenus montanus Attenuates Tumor Progression in Mice via VEGF Inhibition: In Vivo and In Silico Studies Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9081031 Authors: Sameh S. Elhady Enas E. Eltamany Amera E. Shaaban Alaa A. Bagalagel Yosra A. Muhammad Norhan M. El-Sayed Seif N. Ayyad Amal A. M. Ahmed Mohamed S. Elgawish Safwat A. Ahmed Phytochemical study of Chiliadenus montanus aerial parts afforded six compounds;...
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Recycling, Vol. 5, Pages 17: Assessment of Eco-Friendly Pavement Construction and Maintenance Using Multi-Recycled RAP Mixtures Recycling doi: 10.3390/recycling5030017 Authors: David Vandewalle Vítor Antunes José Neves Ana Cristina Freire The demand for more sustainable solutions has led an ever-growing number of stakeholders to being committed to pursue the principles of sustainability in pavement management. Different stakeholders have been looking for tools and methodologies...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 423: Religion at the Margins: Resistance to Secular Humanitarianism at the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080423 Authors: Nusrat Jahan Mim This paper joins the growing body of work on Human Rights and Religion and examines the impacts of religious practices in protecting the socioeconomic and cultural rights of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. Based on an empirical study at eight different camps in Kutupalong, Cox’s...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 422: Religiosity of Polish Catholics in the UK: Attitude towards Faith, Affiliation, Membership and Religious Practices Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080422 Authors: Marek Wódka Stanisław Fel Jarosław Kozak This paper is based on sociological quantitative studies carried out in 2019 on a sample of 620 Polish Catholics living in London, Swindon, or Oxford. Those studies and their findings are limited only to those Catholics who make up the communities around...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 421: The Politics of Purity, Disgust, and Contamination: Communal Identity of Trotter (Pig) Sellers in Madina Zongo (Accra) Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080421 Authors: Rashida Alhassan Adum-Atta The interplay of food, people, and market in the multi-religious and multi-ethnic neighborhood of Madina Zongo, Accra, results to some extent in food exchange. In a plural setting like Madina Zongo, an important aspect of their co-existence is the sharing of food; in...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 420: The Guilt Phenomenon. An Analysis of Emotions Towards God in Highly Religious Adolescents and Young Adults Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080420 Authors: Tobias Künkler Tobias Faix Marie Jäckel In his model of religiosity, Huber postulates a “qualitative leap” between the groups of the “religious” and the “highly religious”. Correspondingly, the data from the Empirica Youth Survey 2018 underline...
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