Antioxidants, Vol. 8, Pages 288: Spotlight on a New Heme Oxygenase Pathway: Testosterone-Induced Shifts in Cardiac Oxidant/Antioxidant Status Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox8080288 Authors: Renáta Szabó Denise Börzsei Krisztina Kupai Alexandra Hoffmann Rudolf Gesztelyi Anikó Magyariné Berkó Csaba Varga Anikó Pósa A low testosterone level contributes to the development of oxidative damages; however, the cardiovascular effects of exogenous hormone therapy are not...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1817: Consumers’ Responses to Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling: Results from a Sample from The Netherlands Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081817 Authors: Egnell Talati Gombaud Galan Hercberg Pettigrew Julia Front-of-pack labels (FoPLs) are efficient tools for helping consumers identify healthier food products. Although discussions on nutritional labelling are currently ongoing in Europe, few studies have compared the effectiveness of FoPLs...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1816: Endothelium-Dependent Vasorelaxant Effect of Prunus Persica Branch on Isolated Rat Thoracic Aorta Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081816 Authors: Bumjung Kim Kwang-Woo Kim Somin Lee Cheolmin Jo Kyungjin Lee Inhye Ham Ho-Young Choi Peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) is a popular fruit consumed by people worldwide, owing to its pleasant flavor and high mineral nutrient content. A few plants from the genus Prunus, such as Prunus yedoensis, Prunus...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1814: A Dietary Intervention of Bioactive Enriched Foods Aimed at Adults at Risk of Metabolic Syndrome: Protocol and Results from PATHWAY-27 Pilot Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081814 Authors: Achim Bub Corinne Malpuech-Brugère Caroline Orfila Julien Amat Alice Arianna Adeline Blot Mattia Di Nunzio Melvin Holmes Zsófia Kertész Lisa Marshall Imola Nemeth Luigi Ricciardiello Stephanie Seifert Samantha Sutulic Marynka Ulaszewska...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1813: Xylitol’s Health Benefits beyond Dental Health: A Comprehensive Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081813 Authors: Krista Salli Markus J. Lehtinen Kirsti Tiihonen Arthur C. Ouwehand Xylitol has been widely documented to have dental health benefits, such as reducing the risk for dental caries. Here we report on other health benefits that have been investigated for xylitol. In skin, xylitol has been reported to improve barrier function and suppress...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1815: The Validity of Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Intake Using Plasma Vitamins A, C, and E: The SAYCARE Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081815 Authors: Tatiana Sadalla Collese Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes Tara Rendo-Urteaga Liania Alves Luzia Patrícia Helen de Carvalho Rondó Dirce Maria Lobo Marchioni Heráclito Barbosa Carvalho Despite that fruits and vegetables are key elements for health promotion, there are limited studies validating...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1812: Energy Intake Requirements in Pregnancy Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081812 Authors: Jasper Most Sheila Dervis Francois Haman Kristi B Adamo Leanne M Redman Energy intake requirements in pregnancy match the demands of resting metabolism, physical activity, and tissue growth. Energy balance in pregnancy is, therefore, defined as energy intake equal to energy expenditure plus energy storage. A detailed understanding of these components and their...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1811: Preterm Birth: A Narrative Review of the Current Evidence on Nutritional and Bioactive Solutions for Risk Reduction Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081811 Authors: Tinu M. Samuel Olga Sakwinska Kimmo Makinen Graham C. Burdge Keith M. Godfrey Irma Silva-Zolezzi Preterm birth (PTB) (<37 weeks of gestation) is the leading cause of newborn death and a risk factor for short and long-term adverse health outcomes. Most cases are of unknown cause....
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1810: Supplementation with Synbiotics and/or Branched Chain Amino Acids in Hepatic Encephalopathy: A Pilot Randomised Placebo-Controlled Clinical Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081810 Authors: Helen Vidot Erin Cvejic Liam J. Finegan E. Arthur Shores David G. Bowen Simone I. Strasser Geoffrey W. McCaughan Sharon Carey Margaret Allman-Farinelli Nicholas A. Shackel Introduction: Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is common in patients with...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1809: Weight Matters—Factors Influencing Eating Behaviors of Vulnerable Women Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081809 Authors: Marcela Vizcarra Ana María Palomino Lorena Iglesias Alejandra Valencia Patricia Gálvez Espinoza Andiara Schwingel Women from low socioeconomic backgrounds are more affected by obesity than men. The influence of weight as a determinant of women’s eating behaviors has seldom been studied, especially in Latin America....
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1808: Nutrient Patterns, Cognitive Function, and Decline in Older Persons: Results from the Three-City and NuAge Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081808 Authors: Benjamin Allès Cécilia Samieri Marthe-Aline Jutand Pierre-Hugues Carmichael Bryna Shatenstein Pierrette Gaudreau Guylaine Ferland Pascale Barberger-Gateau Danielle Laurin Dietary patterns, or the combination of foods and beverages intake, have been associated with better cognitive...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1807: Correction: Faught et al. “Socioeconomic Disadvantage across the Life Course is associated with Diet Quality in Young Adulthood” Nutrients, 2019, 11(2), 242 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081807 Authors: Erin L. Faught Lindsay McLaren Sharon I. Kirkpatrick David Hammond Leia M. Minaker Kim D. Raine Dana Lee Olstad The authors wish to make a correction to the published version of their paper [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1805: Impact of Foods and Dietary Supplements Containing Hydroxycinnamic Acids on Cardiometabolic Biomarkers: A Systematic Review to Explore Inter-Individual Variability Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081805 Authors: Daniela Martini Laura Chiavaroli Antonio González-Sarrías Letizia Bresciani Susana A. Palma-Duran Margherita Dall’Asta Georgia-Eirini Deligiannidou Marika Massaro Egeria Scoditti Emilie Combet Viktorija Maksimova Mireia Urpi-Sarda...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1804: Effect of the Resveratrol Rice DJ526 on Longevity Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081804 Authors: Md. Saidul Islam Yan Yan Jin Hea-Jong Chung Hyeon-Jin Kim So-Hyeon Baek Seong-Tshool Hong Resveratrol is the best-known chemical for extending the lifespan of various organisms. Extensive recent research has shown that resveratrol can extend the lifespan of single-celled organisms, but its effects on the extension of animal lifespans are marginal....
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1806: Fermented Foods: Definitions and Characteristics, Impact on the Gut Microbiota and Effects on Gastrointestinal Health and Disease Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081806 Authors: Eirini Dimidi Selina Rose Cox Megan Rossi Kevin Whelan Fermented foods are defined as foods or beverages produced through controlled microbial growth, and the conversion of food components through enzymatic action. In recent years, fermented foods have undergone a surge in...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1803: Higher Pro-Inflammatory Dietary Score is Associated with Higher Hyperuricemia Risk: Results from the Case-Controlled Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study_Cardiovascular Disease Association Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081803 Authors: Hye Sun Kim Minji Kwon Hyun Yi Lee Nitin Shivappa James R. Hébert Cheongmin Sohn Woori Na Mi Kyung Kim In previous studies, the elevated dietary inflammatory index (DII®) scores have been consistently...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1802: Health Benefits of Mediterranean Diet Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081802 Authors: Daniela Martini Growing evidence shows that a dietary pattern inspired by Mediterranean Diet (MD) principles is associated with numerous health benefits [...]
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 12, Pages 118: Matrix Metalloproteinase in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph12030118 Authors: Eithne M. Maguire Stuart W. A. Pearce Rui Xiao Aung Y. Oo Qingzhong Xiao Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) affects 4–5% of men over 65, and Aortic Dissection (AD) is a life-threatening aortic pathology associated with high morbidity and mortality. Initiators of AAA and AD include smoking and arterial hypertension,...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 395: Oxaliplatin–Biomimetic Magnetic Nanoparticle Assemblies for Colon Cancer-Targeted Chemotherapy: An In Vitro Study Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080395 Authors: Ylenia Jabalera Beatriz Garcia-Pinel Raul Ortiz Guillermo Iglesias Laura Cabeza José Prados Concepcion Jimenez-Lopez Consolación Melguizo Conventional chemotherapy against colorectal cancer (CRC), the third most common cancer in the world, includes oxaliplatin...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 394: Dermal Delivery of the High-Molecular-Weight Drug Tacrolimus by Means of Polyglycerol-Based Nanogels Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080394 Authors: Fiorenza Rancan Hildburg Volkmann Michael Giulbudagian Fabian Schumacher Jessica Isolde Stanko Burkhard Kleuser Ulrike Blume-Peytavi Marcelo Calderón Annika Vogt Polyglycerol-based thermoresponsive nanogels (tNGs) have been shown to have excellent skin hydration properties...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 393: BMP-2 Gene Delivery-Based Bone Regeneration in Dentistry Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080393 Authors: Shin-Young Park Kyoung-Hwa Kim Sungtae Kim Yong-Moo Lee Yang-Jo Seol Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) is a potent growth factor affecting bone formation. While recombinant human BMP-2 (rhBMP-2) has been commercially available in cases of non-union fracture and spinal fusion in orthopaedics, it has also been applied to improve...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 392: Pharmacokinetic Profile and Anti-Adhesive Effect of Oxaliplatin-PLGA Microparticle-Loaded Hydrogels in Rats for Colorectal Cancer Treatment Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080392 Authors: Sharif Md Abuzar Jun-Hyun Ahn Kyung Su Park Eun Jung Park Seung Hyuk Baik Sung-Joo Hwang Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most malignant and fatal cancers worldwide. Although cytoreductive surgery combined with chemotherapy is considered...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 109: Financial Incentive Required for Pharmacy Students to Accept a Post-Graduation Position in Rural and Undesirable Pharmacy Settings Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030109 Authors: Erin Ulrich Jonathan Hurdelbrink Jason Perepelkin Kelli Welter Background: It has been estimated that in 2018, 20% of pharmacy students were unemployed following graduation. However, many pharmacy positions go vacant each year, with the majority of these positions existing...
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Pharmacy, Vol. 7, Pages 108: The Creation of a Practice-Based Network of Pharmacists Working in Family Medicine Groups (FMG) Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy7030108 Authors: Anne Maheu Marie-Claude Vanier Léonie Rouleau Nicolas Dugré Line Guénette A needs assessment study of pharmacists working in family medicine groups (FMG) demonstrated the necessity to build a practice-based network. This network would foster a faster integration into FMG and a more efficient collaborative...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 270: Constructing a Reference Genome in a Single Lab: The Possibility to Use Oxford Nanopore Technology Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080270 Authors: Yun Gyeong Lee Sang Chul Choi Yuna Kang Kyeong Min Kim Chon-Sik Kang Changsoo Kim The whole genome sequencing (WGS) has become a crucial tool in understanding genome structure and genetic variation. The MinION sequencing of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) is an excellent approach for performing WGS and...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 269: Effect of Thermospermine on the Growth and Expression of Polyamine-Related Genes in Rice Seedlings Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080269 Authors: Minaho Miyamoto Satoshi Shimao Wurina Tong Hiroyasu Motose Taku Takahashi A mutant defective in the biosynthesis of thermospermine, acaulis5 (acl5), shows a dwarf phenotype with excess xylem vessels in Arabidopsis thaliana. Exogenous supply of thermospermine remarkably represses xylem differentiation in the...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 268: Genetic Characterization of Apulian Olive Germplasm as Potential Source in New Breeding Programs Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080268 Authors: Sion Taranto Montemurro Mangini Camposeo Falco Gallo Mita Debbabi Amar Pavan Roseti Miazzi The olive is a fruit tree species with a century-old history of cultivation in theMediterranean basin. In Apulia (Southern Italy), the olive is of main social, cultural and economicimportance,...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 267: Hybrid-Transcriptome Sequencing and Associated Metabolite Analysis Reveal Putative Genes Involved in Flower Color Difference in Rose Mutants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080267 Authors: Ping Huang Furong Lin Bin Li Yongqi Zheng Gene mutation is a common phenomenon in nature that often leads to phenotype differences, such as the variations in flower color that frequently occur in roses. With the aim of revealing the genomic information and inner mechanisms,...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 470: Pray the White Way: Religious Expression in the NFL in Black and White Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080470 Authors: Scholes Athletes, particularly players in the National Football League, have repeatedly invoked God in order to glorify, praise, or even credit the divine with success on the field. This essay examines the ways in which different types of religious language used to bring God onto the gridiron are received and evaluated along racial lines....
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 469: Decolonizing the Intercultural: A Call for Decolonizing Consciousness in Settler-Colonial Australia Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080469 Authors: Abraham Bradfield Throughout this article I make a case for decolonizing consciousness as a reflexive orientation that reforms the ways in which Indigenous and non-Indigenous life-worlds are navigated and mutually apprehended in a settler colonial context. I consider how through decolonizing dominant habits of thought...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 468: Do Thor and Odin Have Bodies? Superperception and Divine Intervention among the Old Norse Gods Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080468 Authors: Declan Taggart In Old Norse mythology, gods like Freyja, Odin, and Thor are usually characterized as human-like creatures: they walk and ride animals, eat, grow old, and even die. Was there more to conceptions of Old Norse gods than those anthropomorphic representations? This article presents evidence that the gods of...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 467: Christian Education and the Construction of Female Gentility in Modern East Asia Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080467 Authors: Jeesoon Hong This study explores the relationship between Christian education and the construction of female gentility in East Asia around the turn of the twentieth century. Because American missionary schools played an important role in the region, notions of female gentility were greatly influenced by the cultural values of the...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 465: Rhetorica and Exemplum: The Genesis of Christian Literature in Late Imperial China Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080465 Authors: Li This paper offers a survey of how European rhetoric reached China in the transitional period between the Ming and the Qing dynasties. The focus of my paper is how a verbal ars is transformed into the written ars, thus inaugurating the Christian literature in late imperial China.
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 466: Sustainable International Relations. Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’ and the Planetary Implications of “Integral Ecology” Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080466 Authors: Ferrara This paper analyzes the theoretical and pragmatic implications for international relations and world politics of the new holistic approach to climate change articulated by Pope Francis in the Encyclical Laudato Si’, particularly through the notion of “integral...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 464: Haiti’s Pact with the Devil?: Bwa Kayiman, Haitian Protestant Views of Vodou, and the Future of Haiti Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080464 Authors: Bertin M. Louis Jr. This essay uses ethnographic research conducted among Haitian Protestants in the Bahamas in 2005 and 2012 plus internet resources to document the belief among Haitian Protestants (Haitians who practice Protestant forms of Christianity) that Haiti supposedly made a pact with the Devil (Satan)...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 140: Toward Science-Based and Knowledge-Based Targets for Global Sustainable Resource Use Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8030140 Authors: Stefan Bringezu The article discusses key aspects to be considered for the orientation of sustainable resource policies. Resource management at the local scale needs to be supplemented by governmental action in order to adjust production and consumption toward acceptable levels of global resource use. What is acceptable is...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 87: On the Laplace Transforms of the First Hitting Times for Drawdowns and Drawups of Diffusion-Type Processes Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7030087 Authors: Gapeev Rodosthenous Chinthalapati We obtain closed-form expressions for the value of the joint Laplace transform of therunning maximum and minimum of a diffusion-type process stopped at the first time at which theassociated drawdown or drawup process hits a constant level before an independent exponentialrandom...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 86: Optimal Risk Budgeting under a Finite Investment Horizon Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7030086 Authors: Marcos López de Prado Ralph Vince Qiji Jim Zhu The Growth-Optimal Portfolio (GOP) theory determines the path of bet sizes that maximize long-term wealth. This multi-horizon goal makes it more appealing among practitioners than myopic approaches, like Markowitz’s mean-variance or risk parity. The GOP literature typically considers risk-neutral investors...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 68: Modeling Parallel Robot Kinematics for 3T2R and 3T3R Tasks Using Reciprocal Sets of Euler Angles Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8030068 Authors: Moritz Schappler Svenja Tappe Tobias Ortmaier Industrial manipulators and parallel robots are often used for tasks, such as drilling or milling, that require three translational, but only two rotational degrees of freedom (“3T2R”). While kinematic models for specific mechanisms for these tasks exist, a general...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 8, Pages 67: Pinch Grasp and Suction for Delicate Object Manipulations Using Modular Anthropomorphic Robotic Gripper with Soft Layer Enhancements Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics8030067 Authors: Godwin Ponraj Joseph Vedhagiri Avataram Venkatavaradan Prituja Changsheng Li Guoniu Zhu Nitish V. Thakor Hongliang Ren This paper is an extension of our previous work about a modular anthropomorphic robotic hand with soft enhancements focusing on simultaneous pinch...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 233: Moral Foundations in the 2015-16 U.S. Presidential Primary Debates: The Positive and Negative Moral Vocabulary of Partisan Elites Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8080233 Authors: Paul G. Lewis Moral foundations theory (MFT) suggests that individuals on the political left draw upon moral intuitions relating primarily to care and fairness, whereas conservatives are more motivated than liberals by authority, ingroup, and purity concerns. The theory...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 189: Effects of Linear Versus Changes of Direction Repeated Sprints on Intermittent High Intensity Running Performance in High-level Junior Football Players over an Entire Season: A Randomized Trial Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7080189 Authors: Edvard H Sagelv Ivar Selnæs Sigurd Pedersen Svein Arne Pettersen Morten B Randers Boye Welde Background: Changes of direction (COD) repeated sprints (RSs) might have greater relevance to football than linear RSs....
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 7, Pages 40: Real-Time Measurement of Herbicides in the Atmosphere: A Case Study of MCPA and 2,4-D during Field Application Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics7030040 Authors: Trey Murschell Delphine K. Farmer Atmospheric sources of herbicides enable short- and long-range transport of these compounds to off-target areas but the concentrations and mechanisms are poorly understood due, in part, to the challenge of detecting these compounds in the atmosphere. We present chemical...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 461: Evolution of Asian Corn Borer Resistance to Bt Toxins Used Singly or in Pairs Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080461 Authors: Yueqin Wang Yudong Quan Jing Yang Changlong Shu Zhenying Wang Jie Zhang Angharad M. R. Gatehouse Bruce E. Tabashnik Kanglai He Transgenic crops producing insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have revolutionized pest control, but the benefits of this approach have been reduced by the evolution of...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 460: Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080460 Authors: Jaqueline Moraes Bazioli João Raul Belinato Jonas Henrique Costa Daniel Yuri Akiyama João Guilherme de Moraes Pontes Katia Cristina Kupper Fabio Augusto João Ernesto de Carvalho Taícia Pacheco Fill Citrus are vulnerable to the postharvest decay caused by Penicillium digitatum, Penicillium italicum, and Geotrichum citri-aurantii, which...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 459: Mechanisms of Botulinum Toxin Type A Action on Pain Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080459 Authors: Matak Bölcskei Bach-Rojecky Helyes Already a well-established treatment for different autonomic and movement disorders, the use of botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) in pain conditions is now continuously expanding. Currently, the only approved use of BoNT/A in relation to pain is the treatment of chronic migraines. However, controlled clinical studies...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 84: Sex-Specific Differences in HLA Antibodies after Pneumococcal Vaccination in Kidney Transplant Recipients Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030084 Authors: Lindemann Oesterreich Wilde Eisenberger Muelling Horn Heinemann Witzke In transplant recipients vaccination against Streptococcus pneumoniae is recommended to reduce mortality from invasive pneumococcal disease. It is still debated if vaccination in transplant recipients triggers...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 83: Artificial Anti-HIV-1 Immunogen Comprising Epitopes of Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies 2F5, 10E8, and a Peptide Mimic of VRC01 Discontinuous Epitope Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030083 Authors: Andrey P. Rudometov Anton N. Chikaev Nadezhda B. Rudometova Denis V. Antonets Alexander A. Lomzov Olga N. Kaplina Alexander A. Ilyichev Larisa I. Karpenko The construction of artificial proteins using conservative B-cell and T-cell epitopes is...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 82: V2-Specific Antibodies in HIV-1 Vaccine Research and Natural Infection: Controllers or Surrogate Markers Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030082 Authors: Ralf Duerr Miroslaw K. Gorny Most human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine trials have lacked efficacy and empirical vaccine lead targets are scarce. Thus far, the only independent correlate of reduced risk of HIV-1 acquisition in humans is elevated levels of V2-specific antibodies identified in the modestly...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 66: Detection of Bovine Leukemia Virus RNA in Blood Samples of Naturally Infected Dairy Cattle Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6030066 Authors: Irene Alvarez Natalia Gabriela Porta Karina Trono The viral expression in vivo, in bovine leukemia virus (BLV)-infected cattle, is considered to be restricted to extremely low levels, and the mitosis of infected B lymphocytes is regarded as the main mode of virus persistence within the infected...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 723: A Combination of Real-Time PCR and High-Resolution Melting Analysis to Detect and Identify CpGV Genotypes Involved in Type I Resistance Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080723 Authors: Aurélie Hinsberger Stéphane Theulier Saint Germain Patrice Guerrero Christine Blachère-López Miguel López-Ferber Sandrine Bayle Cydia pomonella granulovirus, in particular CpGV-M isolate, is used as a biological control against the codling moth (CM), Cydia pomonella....
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 722: Inhibition of L. monocytogenes Biofilm Formation by the Amidase Domain of the Phage vB_LmoS_293 Endolysin Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080722 Authors: Pennone Sanz-Gaitero O’Connor Coffey Jordan van Raaij McAuliffe Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous Gram-positive bacterium that is a major concern for food business operators because of its pathogenicity and ability to form biofilms in food production environments. Bacteriophages (phages)...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 721: Prevalence, Geographic Distribution, Risk Factors and Co-Infections of Feline Gammaherpesvirus Infections in Domestic Cats in Switzerland Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080721 Authors: Novacco Kohan Stirn Meli Díaz-Sánchez Boretti Hofmann-Lehmann Recently, a gammaherpesvirus was described in domestic cats (FcaGHV1). The goal of the present study was to investigate the presence of FcaGHV1 in Swiss domestic cats and analyze potential risk...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 720: Rates of Molecular Evolution in a Marine Synechococcus Phage Lineage Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080720 Authors: Anne Kupczok Tal Dagan Cyanophages are characterized by vast genomic diversity and the formation of stable ecotypes over time. The evolution of phage diversity includes vertical processes, such as mutation, and horizontal processes, such as recombination and gene transfer. Here, we study the contribution of vertical and horizontal processes to short-term...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 719: Hepatitis E Virus Replication Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080719 Authors: Robert LeDesma Ila Nimgaonkar Alexander Ploss Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a small quasi-enveloped, (+)-sense, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Hepeviridae family. There are at least 20 million HEV infections annually and 60,000 HEV-related deaths worldwide. HEV can cause up to 30% mortality in pregnant women and progress to liver cirrhosis in immunocompromised individuals...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 718: Fast, Sensitive and Specific Detection of Thailand orthohantavirus and its Variants Using One-Step Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080718 Authors: Vololoniaina Raharinosy Jean-Michel Heraud Harinirina Aina Rabemananjara Sandra Telfer Danielle Aurore Doll Rakoto Claudia Filippone Jean-Marc Reynes Genetic variants of Thailand orthohantavirus (THAIV) have been recently reported from rodents...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 717: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Dromedary Camels in Africa and Middle East Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080717 Authors: Kandeil Gomaa Nageh Shehata Kayed Sabir Abiadh Jrijer Amr Said Byarugaba Wabwire-Mangen Tugume Mohamed Attar Hassan Linjawi Moatassim Kutkat Mahmoud Bagato Shama El-Shesheny Mostafa Perera Chu Hassan Elsokary Saad...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 716: Usefulness of Eurasian Magpies (Pica pica) for West Nile virus Surveillance in Non-Endemic and Endemic Situations Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080716 Authors: Napp Montalvo Piñol-Baena Gómez-Martín Nicolás-Francisco Soler Busquets : In September 2017, passive surveillance allowed the detection of West Nile virus (WNV) lineage 2 for the first time in northern Spain in a northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis). However, a cross sectional study...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 715: Application of the Phage Lysin Ply5218 in the Treatment of Streptococcus suis Infection in Piglets Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080715 Authors: Zhaofei Wang Jingjiao Ma Jian Wang Denghui Yang Licheng Kong Qiang Fu Yuqiang Cheng Hengan Wang Yaxian Yan Jianhe Sun Streptococcus suis (S. suis) is a gram-positive bacterium and zoonotic pathogen. Currently it poses a serious problem in the swine industry due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 714: Genetic Variability of Chikungunya Virus in Southern Mexico Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080714 Authors: Kame A. Galan-Huerta Viviana C. Zomosa-Signoret Román Vidaltamayo Sandra Caballero-Sosa Ildefonso Fernández-Salas Javier Ramos-Jiménez Ana M. Rivas-Estilla Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that causes Chikungunya fever. CHIKV entered Mexico through the state of Chiapas in October 2014. To fully understand the Chikungunya...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1624: Assimilation of Satellite-Based Data for Hydrological Mapping of Precipitation and Direct Runoff Coefficient for the Lake Urmia Basin in Iran Water doi: 10.3390/w11081624 Authors: Akbari Haghighi Aghayi Javadian Tajrishy Kløve Water management in arid basins often lacks sufficient hydro-climatological data because, e.g., rain gauges are typically absent at high elevations and inflow to ungauged areas around large closed lakes is difficult...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1625: Spatiotemporal Patterns of Terrestrial Evapotranspiration in Response to Climate and Vegetation Coverage Changes across the Chinese Loess Plateau Water doi: 10.3390/w11081625 Authors: Zheng Lin Zhu Spatiotemporal patterns of evapotranspiration (ET) and its controlling factors are important for ecosystem services and water resources management in the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP). In this study, we assessed the spatial patterns of ET and then investigated...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1622: Effect of the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation on Changes in Climatic Conditions and River Flow in Poland Water doi: 10.3390/w11081622 Authors: Dariusz Wrzesiński Andrzej A. Marsz Anna Styszyńska Leszek Sobkowiak The purpose of this study is to find connections between the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (NA THC), climate elements, such as cloud cover, precipitation, air temperature, sunshine duration, and relative humidity, and flow...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1623: MRT-Lattice Boltzmann Model for Multilayer Shallow Water Flow Water doi: 10.3390/w11081623 Authors: Kevin R. Tubbs Frank T.-C. Tsai The objectives of this study are to introduce a multiple-relaxation-time (MRT) lattice Boltzmann model (LBM) to simulate multilayer shallow water flows and to introduce graphics processing unit (GPU) computing to accelerate the lattice Boltzmann model. Using multiple relaxation times in the lattice Boltzmann model has an advantage...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1621: Satellite Estimation of Chlorophyll-a Using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Sensor in Shallow Coastal Water Bodies: Validation and Improvement Water doi: 10.3390/w11081621 Authors: Mohd Manzar Abbas Assefa M. Melesse Leonard J. Scinto Jennifer S. Rehage The size and distribution of Phytoplankton populations are indicators of the ecological status of a water body. The chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration is estimated as a proxy...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1620: System Dynamics Approach for Assessing the Behaviour of the Lim Reservoir System (Serbia) under Changing Climate Conditions Water doi: 10.3390/w11081620 Authors: Milan Stojkovic Slobodan P. Simonovic Investigating the impact of climate change on the management of a complex multipurpose water system is a critical issue. The presented study focuses on different steps of the climate change impact analysis process: (i) Use of three regional climate models (RCMs),...
Tue Aug 06, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1619: Determining the Relation between Groundwater Flow Velocities and Measured Temperature Differences Using Active Heating-Distributed Temperature Sensing Water doi: 10.3390/w11081619 Authors: Wiecher Bakx Pieter J. Doornenbal Rebecca J. van Weesep Victor F. Bense G.H.P. Oude Essink M.F.P. Bierkens Active Heating-Distributed Temperature Sensing (AH-DTS) has the potential to allow for the measurement of groundwater flow velocities in situ. We placed...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1617: Enhancing the Ecological Value of Sea Dikes Water doi: 10.3390/w11081617 Authors: Scheres Schüttrumpf Sea dikes protect low-lying hinterlands along many coasts all around the world. Commonly, they are designed as embankments with grass covers or grey revetments accounting for the prevailing hydraulic loads. So far, incorporation of ecological aspects in the dike design is limited. With regard to increasing environmental awareness and climate change adaptation...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1618: Wave-Induced Oscillatory Flow Over a Sloping Rippled Bed Water doi: 10.3390/w11081618 Authors: Carla Faraci Pietro Scandura Carmelo Petrotta Enrico Foti In this paper, the findings of an experimental analysis aimed at investigating the flow generated by waves propagating over a fixed rippled bed within a wave flume are reported. The bottom of the wave flume was constituted by horizontal part followed by a 1:10 sloping beach. Bedforms were generated...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1616: Estimating Rainfall Thresholds for Landslide Occurrence in the Bhutan Himalayas Water doi: 10.3390/w11081616 Authors: Abhirup Dikshit Raju Sarkar Biswajeet Pradhan Saroj Acharya Kelzang Dorji Consistently over the years, particularly during monsoon seasons, landslides and related geohazards in Bhutan are causing enormous damage to human lives, property, and road networks. The determination of thresholds for rainfall triggered landslides is one...
Mon Aug 05, 2019 03:00
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