Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1090: Nicking Endonuclease-Mediated Vector Construction Strategies for Plant Gene Functional Research Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091090 Authors: Qi Gong Bin Wang Xubiao Lu Jiantao Tan Yuke Hou Taoli Liu Yao-Guang Liu Qinlong Zhu Plant genetic engineering vectors, such as RNA interference (RNAi) and CRISPR/Cas9 vectors, are important tools for plant functional genomics. Efficient construction of these functional vectors can facilitate the study...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1091: Circadian Regulation Does Not Optimize Stomatal Behaviour Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091091 Authors: Víctor Resco de Dios William R.L. Anderegg Ximeng Li David T. Tissue Michael Bahn Damien Landais Alexandru Milcu Yinan Yao Rachael H. Nolan Jacques Roy Arthur Gessler The circadian clock is a molecular timer of metabolism that affects the diurnal pattern of stomatal conductance (gs), amongst other processes, in a broad array of...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 438: Hegemonic Religions, Majoritarianism, and the Legitimate Limits of Governmental Religious Bias Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090438 Authors: Nahshon Perez Recent major court decisions and important political events in democratic countries demonstrated, explicitly or implicitly, governmental bias in favor of a given religious tradition. Some prominent cases include the Swiss minarets ban of 2009, the 2011 ECtHR decision in the Lautsi case (Lautsi vs. Italy...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 439: The Carving of Kṛṣṇa’s Legend: North and South, Back and Forth Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090439 Authors: Charlotte Schmid This paper emphasizes the role played by the sculptural tradition in the elaboration of religious narratives that today are mostly studied through texts. It aims to demonstrate that according to the documents we know, the legend of Kṛṣṇa has been built through one continuous dialogue between different media, namely texts and carvings,...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 88: Hedging on Betting Markets Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030088 Authors: Gustav Axén Dominic Cortis The possibility to use hedging strategies is an often neglected aspect in the literature on prediction/betting markets, as most papers assume that bettors will bet according to their beliefs about the probability of the outcome of the event, as opposed to the direction in which the odds will move. This ignores strategies that try to buy low and sell high through...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 66: Integrity Analysis for GPS-Based Navigation of UAVs in Urban Environment
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 66: Integrity Analysis for GPS-Based Navigation of UAVs in Urban Environment Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9030066 Authors: Oguz Kagan Isik Juhyeon Hong Ivan Petrunin Antonios Tsourdos The increasing use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in safety-critical missions in both civilian and military areas demands accurate and reliable navigation, where one of the key sources of navigation information is presented by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)....
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 118: Survey of Barbell Trajectory and Kinematics of the Snatch Lift from the 2015 World and 2017 Pan-American Weightlifting Championships Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8090118 Authors: Aaron J. Cunanan W. Guy Hornsby Mark A. South Kristina P. Ushakova Satoshi Mizuguchi Kimitake Sato Kyle C. Pierce Michael H. Stone Analysis of elite performances is important to elucidate the characteristics of effective weightlifting technique contributing to the...
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Stats, Vol. 3, Pages 330-342: Chi-Square and Student Bridge Distributionsand the Behrens–Fisher Statistic Stats doi: 10.3390/stats3030021 Authors: Wolf-Dieter Richter We prove that the Behrens–Fisher statistic follows a Student bridge distribution, the mixing coefficient of which depends on the two sample variances only through their ratio. To this end, it is first shown that a weighted sum of two independent normalized chi-square distributed random variables is chi-square...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 546: Saporin from Saponaria officinalis as a Tool for Experimental Research, Modeling, and Therapy in Neuroscience Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090546 Authors: Alexey P. Bolshakov Mikhail Yu. Stepanichev Yulia V. Dobryakova Yulia S. Spivak Vladimir A. Markevich Saporin, which is extracted from Saponaria officinalis, is a protein toxin that inactivates ribosomes. Saporin itself is non-selective toxin but acquires high specificity after conjugation with...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 137: Intestinal Schistosomiasis and Giardiasis Co-Infection in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can a One Health Approach Improve Control of Each Waterborne Parasite Simultaneously? Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030137 Authors: John Archer Lisa O’Halloran Hajri Al-Shehri Shannan Summers Tapan Bhattacharyya Narcis B. Kabaterine Aaron Atuhaire Moses Adriko Moses Arianaitwe Martyn Stewart E. James LaCourse Bonnie...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 474: Current Clinical Trials Protocols and the Global Effort for Immunization against SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030474 Authors: Gabriel N. A. Rego Mariana P. Nucci Arielly H. Alves Fernando A. Oliveira Luciana C. Marti Leopoldo P. Nucci Javier B. Mamani Lionel F. Gamarra Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the biggest health challenge of the 21st century, affecting millions of people globally. The outbreak of severe acute...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 473: Investigation on Spontaneous Abortion and Human Papillomavirus Infection Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030473 Authors: Mauro Tognon Andrea Tagliapietra Federica Magagnoli Chiara Mazziotta Lucia Oton-Gonzalez Carmen Lanzillotti Fortunato Vesce Carlo Contini John Charles Rotondo Fernanda Martini Viral infections are considered to be risk factors for spontaneous abortion (SA). Conflicting results have been reported on the association...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 936: Structural Comparison of Diverse HIV-1 Subtypes using Molecular Modelling and Docking Analyses of Integrase Inhibitors Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090936 Authors: Darren Isaacs Sello Given Mikasi Adetayo Emmanuel Obasa George Mondinde Ikomey Sergey Shityakov Ruben Cloete Graeme Brendon Jacobs The process of viral integration into the host genome is an essential step of the HIV-1 life cycle. The viral integrase (IN) enzyme catalyzes integration....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 939: Chikungunya E2 Protein Produced in E. coli and HEK293-T Cells—Comparison of Their Performances in ELISA Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090939 Authors: Flávia Fonseca Bagno Lara Carvalho Godói Maria Marta Figueiredo Sarah Aparecida Rodrigues Sérgio Thaís de Fátima Silva Moraes Natália de Castro Salazar Young Chan Kim Arturo Reyes-Sandoval Flávio Guimarães da Fonseca Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that causes a disease...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 937: HIV and Human Coronavirus Coinfections: A Historical Perspective Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090937 Authors: Palesa Makoti Burtram C. Fielding Seven human coronaviruses (hCoVs) are known to infect humans. The most recent one, SARS-CoV-2, was isolated and identified in January 2020 from a patient presenting with severe respiratory illness in Wuhan, China. Even though viral coinfections have the potential to influence the resultant disease pattern in the host,...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 938: Effect of Postmortem Degradation on the Preservation of Viral Particles and Rabies Antigens in Mice Brains. Light and Electron Microscopic Study Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090938 Authors: Jeison Monroy-Gómez Gerardo Santamaría Ladys Sarmiento Orlando Torres-Fernández Rabies diagnosis is mainly made on fresh brain tissue postmortem by means of the direct immunofluorescence test. However, in some cases, it is not possible to use this technique, given...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 935: No G-Quadruplex Structures in the DNA of Parvovirus B19: Experimental Evidence versus Bioinformatic Predictions Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090935 Authors: Gloria Bua Daniele Tedesco Ilaria Conti Alessandro Reggiani Manuela Bartolini Giorgio Gallinella Parvovirus B19 (B19V), an ssDNA virus in the family Parvoviridae, is a human pathogenic virus, responsible for a wide range of clinical manifestations, still in need of effective and specific antivirals....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 933: Sexual Transmission of Arboviruses: A Systematic Review Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090933 Authors: Bradley J. Blitvich Tereza Magalhaes S. Viridiana Laredo-Tiscareño Brian D. Foy Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) are primarily maintained in nature in transmission cycles between hematophagous arthropods and vertebrate hosts, but an increasing number of arboviruses have been isolated from or indirectly detected in the urogenital tract and sexual secretions...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 931: Tracking Community Timing: Pattern and Determinants of Seasonality in Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Northern Florida Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090931 Authors: Agustin I. Quaglia Erik M. Blosser Bethany L. McGregor Alfred E. Runkel Kristin E. Sloyer Dinesh Erram Samantha M. Wisely Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena Community dynamics are embedded in hierarchical spatial–temporal scales that connect environmental drivers with species...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 932: Lytic Cell Death Mechanisms in Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Infected Macrophages: Roles of Pyroptosis and Necroptosis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090932 Authors: Lori Bedient Swechha Mainali Pokharel Kim R. Chiok Indira Mohanty Sierra S. Beach Tanya A. Miura Santanu Bose Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of viral bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants and children worldwide. Inflammation induced by RSV infection...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 934: The Yin and the Yang of Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B—When to Start, When to Stop Nucleos(t)ide Analogue Therapy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090934 Authors: Samuel Hall Jessica Howell Kumar Visvanathan Alexander Thompson Over 257 million individuals worldwide are chronically infected with the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV). Nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs) are the first-line treatment option for most patients. Entecavir (ETV) and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2386: Stable Isotope Hydrology of Cave Groundwater and Its Relevance for Speleothem-Based Paleo-Environmental Reconstruction in Croatia Water doi: 10.3390/w12092386 Authors: Maša Surić György Czuppon Robert Lončarić Neven Bočić Nina Lončar Petra Bajo Russell N. Drysdale Speleothems deposited from cave drip waters retain, in their calcite lattice, isotopic records of past environmental changes. Among other proxies, δ18O is recognized as...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2385: Lag Time as an Indicator of the Link between Agricultural Pressure and Drinking Water Quality State Water doi: 10.3390/w12092385 Authors: Hyojin Kim Nicolas Surdyk Ingelise Møller Morten Graversgaard Gitte Blicher-Mathiesen Abel Henriot Tommy Dalgaard Birgitte Hansen Diffuse nitrogen (N) pollution from agriculture in groundwater and surface water is a major challenge in terms of meeting drinking water targets in many parts of Europe. A...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2384: Understanding the Biogeochemical Impacts of Fish Farms Using a Benthic-Pelagic Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12092384 Authors: Evgeniy V. Yakushev Philip Wallhead Paul E. Renaud Alisa Ilinskaya Elizaveta Protsenko Shamil Yakubov Svetlana Pakhomova Andrew K. Sweetman Kathy Dunlop Anfisa Berezina Richard G. J. Bellerby Trine Dale Sustainable development of the salmon farming industry requires knowledge of the biogeochemical impacts...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2381: A Biosorption-Pyrolysis Process for Removal of Pb from Aqueous Solution and Subsequent Immobilization of Pb in the Char Water doi: 10.3390/w12092381 Authors: Yue Wang Jinhong Lü Dongqing Feng Sen Guo Jianfa Li The application of biosorption in the removal of heavy metals from water faces a challenge of safe disposal of contaminated biomass. In this study, a potential solution for this problem was proposed by using a biosorption-pyrolysis process...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2382: Estimating Suspended Sediment Concentrations from River Discharge Data for Reconstructing Gaps of Information of Long-Term Variability Studies Water doi: 10.3390/w12092382 Authors: Bárbara M. Jung Elisa H. Fernandes Osmar O. Möller Möller Felipe García-Rodríguez Suspended sediment rating-curves are low cost and reliable tools used all around the world to estimate river suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) based on either linear or non-linear regression...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2383: Sustainability Assessment in Water Infrastructure Projects—Existing Schemes and Challenges in Application Water doi: 10.3390/w12092383 Authors: Sonja Cypra Fabian Knepper Susanne Kytzia Elke Petersson Ecological, economic and societal challenges require decision-making and planning processes aiming at sustainability in water management. Such processes are increasingly informed and supported by sustainability assessment schemes. The focus of this article...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2379: Coastal Flooding Risk Assessment Using a GIS-Based Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w12092379 Authors: Vahid Hadipour Freydoon Vafaie Kaveh Deilami Coastal areas are expected to be at a higher risk of flooding when climate change-induced sea-level rise (SLR) is combined with episodic rises in sea level. Flood susceptibility mapping (FSM), mostly based on statistical and machine learning methods, has been widely employed...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2378: Use of Remote Sensing Tools to Measure a Fluvial Geomorphic Design-Input Parameter for Land Reclamation Water doi: 10.3390/w12092378 Authors: Ramón Sánchez-Donoso Nicholas Bugosh José F. Martín-Duque Fluvial geomorphic approaches for reclamation landform design have been applied since 2000, mostly in mined lands, as an alternative to conventional landform design methods. Those approaches aim to reconstruct mature landforms and drainage networks that...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2380: Study on Water Absorption–Dehydration Characteristics for SAP Composite Soil for Rainwater Harvesting Water doi: 10.3390/w12092380 Authors: Youwei Qin Tao Yang Siyuan Wang Fangling Hou Pengfei Shi Zhenya Li As a water absorption material, superabsorbent polymer (SAP) has gained its popularity in agriculture and environmental remediations. This study conducted a comparative investigation on saturated water content of cinnamon soil mixed with...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2377: Proposal for Water Quality Improvement by Using an Innovative and Comprehensive Restoration Method Water doi: 10.3390/w12092377 Authors: Jolanta Grochowska This study was conducted on Miłkowskie Lake (23.7 ha; 15.0 m) in the context of implementing new restoration methods for improving the water quality. The study found that the nutrient loads introduced into the lake from catchment are higher than the critical concentrations for the ecosystem. This indicates...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2376: Analysis of the Relative Importance of Model Parameters in Watersheds with Different Hydrological Regimes Water doi: 10.3390/w12092376 Authors: Yelena Medina Enrique Muñoz Depending on the purpose of the study, aggregated hydrological models are preferred over distributed models because they provide acceptable results in terms of precision and are easy to run, especially in data scarcity scenarios. To obtain acceptable results in terms of hydrological process...
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