Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2955: Physicochemical Changes of Air-Dried and Salt-Processed Ulva rigida over Storage Time Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162955 Authors: Valentina F. Pinheiro Catarina Marçal Helena Abreu José A. Lopes da Silva Artur M. S. Silva Susana M. Cardoso The impact of air-drying at 25 °C, brining at 25%, and dry-salting (at 28% and 40%) on the quality and nutritional parameters of Ulva rigida were evaluated over six months of storage. Overall,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2954: Bread-Derived Bioactive Porous Scaffolds: An Innovative and Sustainable Approach to Bone Tissue Engineering Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162954 Authors: Fiume Serino Bignardi Verné Baino In recent years, bioactive glasses gained increasing scientific interest in bone tissue engineering due to their capability to chemically bond with the host tissue and to induce osteogenesis. As a result, several efforts have been addressed to use...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2952: Electrochemical Performance of Nitrogen-Doped TiO2 Nanotubes as Electrode Material for Supercapacitor and Li-Ion Battery Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162952 Authors: Tamilselvan Appadurai Chandrasekar Subramaniyam Rajesh Kuppusamy Smagul Karazhanov Balakumar Subramanian Electrochemical anodized titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanotubes are of immense significance as electrochemical energy storage devices owing to their fast electron transfer by...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2951: A Brønsted Acid-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reaction for the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized γ-Lactam Derivatives Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162951 Authors: Corte Marigorta Palacios Vicario Brønsted acids catalyze a multicomponent reaction of benzaldehyde with amines and diethyl acetylenedicarboxylate to afford highly functionalized γ-lactam derivatives. The reaction consists of a Mannich reaction of an enamine...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2950: Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel N-Acylhydrazone Bond Linked Heterobivalent β-Carbolines as Potential Anticancer Agents Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162950 Authors: Chen Guo Ma Chen Fan Zhang Utilizing a pharmacophore hybridization approach, we have designed and synthesized a novel series of 28 new heterobivalent β-carbolines. The in vitro cytotoxic potential of each compound was evaluated against...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2953: Simultaneous Quantification of Antipsychotic and Antiepileptic Drugs and Their Metabolites in Human Saliva Using UHPLC-DAD Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162953 Authors: Dziurkowska Wesolowski Neuroleptics and antiepileptics are excreted in saliva, which can, therefore, be very useful in determining their concentration in the body. This study presents a method developed to simultaneously identify five neuroleptics—olanzapine, quetiapine,...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2948: Chemical Constituent Profiling of Paecilomyces cicadae Liquid Fermentation for Astragli Radix Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162948 Authors: Wang Mei Liu Li Zhang Wang Geng Dai Zhang Astragli Radix (AR) is one of the most popular traditional Chinese medicines with chemical constituents including flavonoids and saponins. As recently evidenced, some fungi or their fermentation liquid may have the potential to affect the...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2949: Potentiating Antigen-Specific Antibody Production with Peptides Obtained from In Silico Screening for High-Affinity against MHC-II Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162949 Authors: Yoshiro Hanyu Yuto Komeiji Mieko Kato Monoclonal antibodies with high affinity and specificity are essential for research and clinical purposes, yet remain difficult to produce. Agretope peptides that can potentiate antigen-specific antibody production have been reported...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2947: Label-Free Exosomal Detection and Classification in Rapid Discriminating Different Cancer Types Based on Specific Raman Phenotypes and Multivariate Statistical Analysis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162947 Authors: Ping Zhang Limin Wang Yaping Fang Dawei Zheng Taifeng Lin Huiqin Wang Exosomes contain different functional bimolecular characteristics related to physiological or pathological processes and are now recognized as new biomarkers...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2945: The Profile of Secondary Metabolites and Other Bioactive Compounds in Cucurbita pepo L. and Cucurbita moschata Pumpkin Cultivars Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162945 Authors: Bartosz Kulczyński Anna Gramza-Michałowska Plants and animals are sources of various bioactive compounds that exhibit a broad spectrum of health-promoting effects. Scientists continue studies on the chemical composition of many products in search of foods with high nutritional...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2944: The Radiation Sterilization of Ertapenem Sodium in the Solid State Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162944 Authors: Karolina Kilińska Judyta Cielecka-Piontek Robert Skibiński Daria Szymanowska Andrzej Miklaszewski Kornelia Lewandowska Waldemar Bednarski Mikołaj Mizera Ewa Tykarska Przemysław Zalewski For the first time, the influence of ionising radiation on the physicochemical properties of ertapenem in solid state was studied....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2942: Efficient Extraction of Anti-Inflammatory Active Ingredients from Schefflera octophylla Leaves Using Ionic Liquid-Based Ultrasonic-Assisted Extraction Coupled with HPLC Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162942 Authors: Xuqiang Liu Yun Niu Jieqing Liu Mengjun Shi Ruian Xu Wenyi Kang Schefflera octophylla (Lour.) Harms, a kind of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), is commonly used for anti-inflammatory, analgesic, rheumatism, fever, and hemostasis...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2943: Identification of New Inhibitors with Potential Antitumor Activity from Polypeptide Structures via Hierarchical Virtual Screening Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162943 Authors: Elenilze F. B. Ferreira Luciane B. Silva Glauber V. Costa Josivan S. Costa Mayara A. T. Fujishima Rozires P. Leão André L. S. Ferreira Leonardo B. Federico Carlos H. T. P. Silva Joaquín M. C. Rosa Williams J. C. Macêdo Cleydson B. R. Santos Leukemias...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2946: Remarkable Effect of [Li(G4)]TFSI Solvate Ionic Liquid (SIL) on the Regio- and Stereoselective Ring Opening of α-Gluco Carbasugar 1,2-Epoxides Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162946 Authors: Sebastiano Di Pietro Vittorio Bordoni Andrea Mezzetta Cinzia Chiappe Giovanni Signore Lorenzo Guazzelli Valeria Di Bussolo Carba analogues of biologically relevant natural carbohydrates are promising structures for the development of future drugs...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 2941: Characterization and Phytotoxicity Assessment of Essential Oils from Plant Byproducts Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24162941 Authors: Antonella Smeriglio Domenico Trombetta Laura Cornara Marco Valussi Vincenzo De Feo Lucia Caputo The present work describes the chemical characterization and the phytotoxicity assessment of essential oils (EOs) obtained from spent materials or pruning waste of four plant species: Zingiber officinale Roscoe...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1170: Formation of 3-Dimensional Gold, Copper and Palladium Microelectrode Arrays for Enhanced Electrochemical Sensing Applications Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081170 Authors: Catherine E. Hay Junqiao Lee Debbie S. Silvester Microelectrodes offer higher current density and lower ohmic drop due to increased radial diffusion. They are beneficial for electroanalytical applications, particularly for the detection of analytes at trace concentrations....
Thu Aug 15, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1168: The Conductivity and Dielectric Properties of Neobium Substituted Sr-Hexaferrites Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081168 Authors: B. Unal M. Almessiere Y. Slimani A. Baykal A. V. Trukhanov I. Ercan The Nb3+ ion substituted Sr hexaferrites (SrNbxFe12−xO19 (x = 0.00–0.08) hexaferrites (HFs)) were fabricated via a citrate-assisted sol-gel approach. X-ray powder diffractometer analysis affirmed the pureness of all products....
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1169: Functionalized Multiwalled CNTs in Classical and Nonclassical CaCO3 Crystallization Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081169 Authors: Andrónico Neira-Carrillo Patricio Vásquez-Quitral Marianela Sánchez Masoud Farhadi-Khouzani Héctor Aguilar-Bolados Mehrdad Yazdani-Pedram Helmut Cölfen Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are interesting high-tech nanomaterials. MWCNTs oxidized and functionalized with itaconic acid and monomethylitaconate...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1167: Spray-Dried, Nanoencapsulated, Multi-Drug Anti-Tuberculosis Therapy Aimed at Once Weekly Administration for the Duration of Treatment Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081167 Authors: Lonji Kalombo Yolandy Lemmer Boitumelo Semete-Makokotlela Bathabile Ramalapa Patric Nkuna Laetitia L.L.I.J. Booysen Saloshnee Naidoo Rose Hayeshi Jan A. Verschoor Hulda S. Swai Aiming to improve the treatment outcomes of current daily tuberculosis...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1166: Enzymatic Conversion of Oleuropein to Hydroxytyrosol Using Immobilized β-Glucosidase on Porous Carbon Cuboids Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081166 Authors: Chatzikonstantinou Gkantzou Thomou Chalmpes Lyra Kontogianni Spyrou Patila Gournis Stamatis In the present study, we developed novel β-glucosidase-based nano-biocatalysts for the bioconversion of oleuropein to hydroxytyrosol. Using non-covalent or covalent...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1165: L-Aspartic Acid Capped CdS Quantum Dots as a High Performance Fluorescence Assay for Sliver Ions (I) Detection Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081165 Authors: Zhezhe Wang Xuechun Xiao Yue Yang Tong Zou Xinxin Xing Rongjun Zhao Zidong Wang Yude Wang A new high performance fluorescence assay for detection of Ag+ based on CdS quantum dots (QDs) using L-Aspartic acid (L-Asp) as a stabilizer was proposed in this work. The CdS quantum...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1163: Facile Synthesis of SnO2/LaFeO3−XNX Composite: Photocatalytic Activity and Gas Sensing Performance Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081163 Authors: Xi-Tao Yin Davoud Dastan Fa-Yu Wu Jing Li Here SnO2/LaFeO3−XNX composite was fabricated using a wet chemical method and was applied to pollutants degradation and gas sensing for the first time. The composite exhibits high performance for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) dye...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1161: Recent Advances in Oxygen Electrocatalysts Based on Perovskite Oxides Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081161 Authors: Jun Xu Chan Chen Zhifei Han Yuanyuan Yang Junsheng Li Qibo Deng Electrochemical oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution are two key processes that limit the efficiency of important energy conversion devices such as metal–air battery and electrolysis. Perovskite oxides are receiving discernable attention as potential...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1164: Continuous Flow Removal of Anionic Dyes in Water by Chitosan-Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Incorporated in a Dextran Gel Column Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081164 Authors: Sang Yeob Lee Ha Eun Shim Jung Eun Yang Yong Jun Choi Jongho Jeon This paper describes a novel chromatographic method for efficient removal of anionic dyes from aqueous solutions. Chitosan-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles can easily be immobilized on a dextran...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1162: Carvacrol Loaded Solid Lipid Nanoparticles of Propylene Glycol Monopalmitate and Glyceryl Monostearate: Preparation, Characterization, and Synergistic Antimicrobial Activity Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9081162 Authors: Junbo He Shuangshuang Huang Xiaotao Sun Lijuan Han Chao Chang Weinong Zhang Qixin Zhong To develop solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) with stable lipid matrix structures for the delivery of bioactive compounds, a new...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1922: Significant Decrease in Childhood Obesity and Waist Circumference over 15 Years in Switzerland: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081922 Authors: Isabelle Herter-Aeberli Ester Osuna Zuzana Sarnovská Michael B. Zimmermann Despite a global increase in childhood obesity over the past decades, several countries, including Switzerland, have recently reported stabilizing trends. Using national data from school-aged children...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1923: Influence of Water Intake and Balance on Body Composition in Healthy Young Adults from Spain. Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081923 Authors: García Moráis-Moreno Samaniego-Vaesken Partearroyo Varela-Moreiras The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity has become an epidemic public health problem worldwide. In the last years, several investigations have suggested that water intake and retention could have important implications for...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1920: Dietary Patterns of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: The Influence of Treatment Modality Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081920 Authors: Fernanda Santin Daniela Canella Camila Borges Bengt Lindholm Carla Avesani Background: We analyzed the dietary patterns of Brazilian individuals with a self-declared diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and explored associations with treatment modality. Methods: Weekly consumption of 14 food intake markers...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1919: Reply to “When Is a Ketogenic Diet Ketogenic? Comment on Satiating Effect of a Ketogenic Diet and Its Impact on Muscle Improvement and Oxidation State in Multiple Sclerosis Patients. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1156” Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081919 Authors: María Benlloch María Mar López-Rodríguez María Cuerda-Ballester Eraci Drehmer Sandra Carrera Jose Joaquin Ceron Asta Tvarijonaviciute Javier Chirivella David Fernández-García Jose Enrique...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1921: Modulation of Gut Microbiota for Health by Current and Next-Generation Probiotics Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081921 Authors: Reetta Satokari The human gut microbiota is a complex ecosystem and has an essential role in maintaining intestinal and systemic health. Microbiota dysbiosis is associated with a number of intestinal and systemic conditions and its modulation for human health is of great interest. Gut microbiota is a source of novel health-promoting...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1917: Use of Grape Pomace Phenolics to Counteract Endogenous and Exogenous Formation of Advanced Glycation End-Products Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081917 Authors: Pedapati S. C. Sri Harsha Vera Lavelli The increase in consumption of “ultra-processed” foods has raised attention because of the possible adverse effects deriving from the Maillard reaction leading to the formation of toxic advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) during food...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1912: The Effects of High Doses of Caffeine on Maximal Strength and Muscular Endurance in Athletes Habituated to Caffeine Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081912 Authors: Michal Wilk Michal Krzysztofik Aleksandra Filip Adam Zajac Juan Del Coso Background: The main goal of this study was to assess the acute effects of the intake of 9 and 11 mg/kg/ body mass (b.m.) of caffeine (CAF) on maximal strength and muscle endurance in athletes habituated to caffeine....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1916: Dietary Strategies for Weight Loss Maintenance Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081916 Authors: Marlene A. van Baak Edwin C. M. Mariman Weight regain after a successful weight loss intervention is very common. Most studies show that, on average, the weight loss attained during a weight loss intervention period is not or is not fully maintained during follow-up. We review what is currently known about dietary strategies for weight loss maintenance, focusing...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1914: Socio-Ecological Influences on Adolescent (Aged 10–17) Alcohol Use and Unhealthy Eating Behaviours: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081914 Authors: Stephanie Scott Wafa Elamin Emma L. Giles Frances Hillier-Brown Kate Byrnes Natalie Connor Dorothy Newbury-Birch Louisa Ells Excess body weight and risky alcohol consumption are two of the greatest contributors to global disease. Alcohol...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1915: Association between Psychosocial Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Relation to Low Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables in Middle-Aged Men Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081915 Authors: Yoonjin Shin Yangha Kim Stress has been reported to affect dietary intake and chronic disease. This study aimed to investigate the association between psychosocial stress and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in relation to dietary intake. This cross-sectional analysis was...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1913: Associations between Dietary Acid Load and Biomarkers of Inflammation and Hyperglycemia in Breast Cancer Survivors Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081913 Authors: Tianying Wu Phoebe Seaver Hector Lemus Kathryn Hollenbach Emily Wang John P. Pierce Metabolic acidosis can lead to inflammation, tissue damage, and cancer metastasis. Dietary acid load contributes to metabolic acidosis if endogenous acid–base balance is not properly regulated....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1911: Dietary Antioxidant Supplements and Uric Acid in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081911 Authors: Stefanos Roumeliotis Athanasios Roumeliotis Evangelia Dounousi Theodoros Eleftheriadis Vassilios Liakopoulos Increased serum levels of uric acid have been associated with the onset and development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), cardiovascular disease, and mortality, through several molecular pathogenetic mechanisms,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1918: Native Hypovitaminosis D in CKD Patients: From Experimental Evidence to Clinical Practice Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081918 Authors: Carlo Alfieri Oksana Ruzhytska Simone Vettoretti Lara Caldiroli Mario Cozzolino Piergiorgio Messa Native hypovitaminosis D (n-hVITD) is frequently found from the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its prevalence increases with CKD progression. Even if the implications of n-hVITD in chronic kidney...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1909: When is a Ketogenic Diet Ketogenic? Comment on “Satiating Effect of a Ketogenic Diet and Its Impact on Muscle Improvement and Oxidation State in Multiple Sclerosis Patients, Nutrients 2019, 11, 1156” Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081909 Authors: Rainer Johannes Klement Dear Editor, [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1910: Dietary Neuroketotherapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease: An Evidence Update and the Potential Role for Diet Quality Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081910 Authors: Matthew K. Taylor Russell H. Swerdlow Debra K. Sullivan Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease with growing prevalence as the global population ages. Currently available treatments for AD have minimal efficacy and there are no proven treatments for its prodrome,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1905: The Effect of Diabetes-Specific Enteral Nutrition Formula on Cardiometabolic Parameters in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta–Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081905 Authors: Omorogieva Ojo Sharon Marie Weldon Trevor Thompson Rachel Crockett Xiao-Hua Wang Background: The prevalence of diabetes is on the increase in the UK and worldwide, partly due to unhealthy lifestyles, including...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1908: Early Experience Analyzing Dietary Intake Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey—Nutrition Using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Method Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081908 Authors: Karelyn A. Davis Alejandro Gonzalez Lidia Loukine Cunye Qiao Alireza Sadeghpour Michel Vigneault Kuan Chiao Wang Dominique Ibañez Background: One of the underpinning elements to support evidence-based decision-making in food and nutrition is the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1906: Relationship between Nutrition Intake and 28-Day Mortality Using Modified NUTRIC Score in Patients with Sepsis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081906 Authors: Dae Hyun Jeong Sang-Bum Hong Chae-Man Lim Younsuck Koh Jarim Seo Younkyoung Kim Ji-Yeon Min Jin Won Huh In critically ill patients, malnutrition is known to increase morbidity and mortality. We investigated the relationship between nutritional support and 28-day mortality using the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1907: Brain and Cognitive Development in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa: A Systematic Review of fMRI Studies Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081907 Authors: Gaia Olivo Santino Gaudio Helgi B. Schiöth Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder often occurring in adolescence. AN has one of the highest mortality rates amongst psychiatric illnesses and is associated with medical complications and high risk for psychiatric comorbidities, persisting after treatment....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1904: Older Consumers’ Readiness to Accept Alternative, More Sustainable Protein Sources in the European Union Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081904 Authors: Alessandra C. Grasso Yung Hung Margreet R. Olthof Wim Verbeke Ingeborg A. Brouwer Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is a growing concern on account of an aging population and its negative health consequences. While dietary protein plays a key role in the prevention of PEM, it also plays a pivotal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1903: Deuterium-Depleted Water Influence on the Isotope 2H/1H Regulation in Body and Individual Adaptation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081903 Authors: Alexander Basov Liliia Fedulova Mikhail Baryshev Stepan Dzhimak This review article presents data about the influence of deuterium-depleted water (DDW) on biological systems. It is known that the isotope abundances of natural and bottled waters are variable worldwide. That is why different drinking rations...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1902: Ultra-Processed Foods Are Not “Real Food” but Really Affect Your Health Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081902 Authors: Amelia Marti Poor eating habits, such as the increasing consumption of highly processed products, have deleterious effects on health status and represent a serious challenge for public health systems [...]
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1901: Dietary Fat Intake and Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081901 Authors: Julibert Bibiloni Mateos Angullo Tur Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cancer worldwide. Objective: To assess fat intake in older adults with or without MetS. Design: Cross-sectional nutritional survey in older adults living in the Balearic...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1900: Dietary Supplementation with Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Reduces Opioid-Seeking Behaviors and Alters the Gut Microbiome Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081900 Authors: Joshua K. Hakimian Tien S. Dong Jorge A. Barahona Venu Lagishetty Suchi Tiwari Darien Azani Matthew Barrera Suhjin Lee Amie L. Severino Nitish Mittal Catherine M. Cahill Jonathan P. Jacobs Wendy M. Walwyn Opioids are highly addictive substances with...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1899: Trends and Correlates of Overweight among Pre-School Age Children, Adolescent Girls, and Adult Women in South Asia: An Analysis of Data from Twelve National Surveys in Six Countries over Twenty Years Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081899 Authors: Kassandra L. Harding Victor M. Aguayo Patrick Webb Overweight has become a global pandemic and is associated with a rise in diet-related non-communicable diseases and associated co-morbidities. Most of the world’s...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1897: Assessment of Food Safety Knowledge and Behaviors of Cancer Patients Receiving Treatment Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081897 Authors: Holly Paden Irene Hatsu Kathleen Kane Maryam Lustberg Cassandra Grenade Aashish Bhatt Dayssy Diaz Pardo Anna Beery Sanja Ilic Cancer patients receiving treatment are at a higher risk for the acquisition of foodborne illness than the general population. Despite this, few studies have assessed the food...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1898: Acute Effects of Hesperidin in Oxidant/Antioxidant State Markers and Performance in Amateur Cyclists Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081898 Authors: Francisco Javier Martínez-Noguera Cristian Marín-Pagán Jorge Carlos-Vivas Jacobo A. Rubio-Arias Pedro E. Alcaraz Human and animal studies have shown that Hesperidin has the ability to modulate antioxidant and inflammatory state and to improve aerobic performance. The main objective of this study was...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1895: Availability of Donor Milk for Very Preterm Infants Decreased the Risk of Necrotizing Enterocolitis without Adversely Impacting Growth or Rates of Breastfeeding Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081895 Authors: Débora Cañizo Vázquez Sandra Salas García Montserrat Izquierdo Renau Isabel Iglesias-Platas Human milk contains non-nutritional factors that promote intestinal maturation and protect against infectious and inflammatory conditions. In the Neonatal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1894: Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Body Composition and Metabolic Risk Factors in Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081894 Authors: Elisabeth Lerchbaum Christian Trummer Verena Theiler-Schwetz Martina Kollmann Monika Wölfler Stefan Pilz Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch Vitamin D might play a role in metabolic processes and obesity. We therefore examined vitamin D effects on metabolic markers and obesity in a...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1896: Nutritional Risk Factors, Microbiota and Parkinson’s Disease: What Is the Current Evidence? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081896 Authors: Christa Boulos Nathalie Yaghi Rita El Hayeck Gessica NHA Heraoui Nicole Fakhoury-Sayegh Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a frequent neurodegenerative disease among elderly people. Genetic and underlying environmental factors seem to be involved in the pathogenesis of PD related to degeneration of dopaminergic neurons...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1893: “That is an Awful Lot of Fruit and Veg to Be Eating”. Focus Group Study on Motivations for the Consumption of 5 a Day in British Young Men Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081893 Authors: Stephanie Howard Wilsher Andrew Fearne Georgia Panagiotaki Young men do not consume enough fruit and vegetables, increasing their risk for future ill health. To understand what motivates their food choice, a novel conceptual framework that included key concepts from the...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 1892: Quantification of Nervonic Acid in Human Milk in the First 30 Days of Lactation: Influence of Lactation Stages and Comparison with Infant Formulae Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11081892 Authors: Jiahui Yu Tinglan Yuan Xinghe Zhang Qingzhe Jin Wei Wei Xingguo Wang Nervonic acid (24:1 n-9, NA) plays a crucial role in the development of white matter, and it occurs naturally in human milk. This study aims to quantify NA in human milk at different...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 12, Pages 120: Impairment of the Developing Human Brain in Iron Deficiency: Correlations to Findings in Experimental Animals and Prospects for Early Intervention Therapy Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph12030120 Authors: Veronika Markova Charlotte Holm Anja Pinborg Lars Thomsen Torben Moos Due to the necessity of iron for a variety of cellular functions, the developing mammalian organism is vulnerable to iron deficiency, hence causing structural abnormalities...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 414: Application of the Discrete Element Method for Manufacturing Process Simulation in the Pharmaceutical Industry Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080414 Authors: Yeom Ha Kim Jeong Hwang Choi Process simulation using mathematical modeling tools is becoming more common in the pharmaceutical industry. A mechanistic model is a mathematical modeling tool that can enhance process understanding, reduce experimentation cost and improve...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 413: A Mixed Thermosensitive Hydrogel System for Sustained Delivery of Tacrolimus for Immunosuppressive Therapy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11080413 Authors: Hsiu-Chao Lin Madonna Rica Anggelia Chih-Chi Cheng Kuan-Lin Ku Hui-Yun Cheng Chih-Jen Wen Aline Yen Ling Wang Cheng-Hung Lin I-Ming Chu Tacrolimus is an immunosuppressive agent for acute rejection after allotransplantation. However, the low aqueous solubility of tacrolimus...
Wed Aug 14, 2019 03:00
Philosophies, Vol. 4, Pages 49: On Theoretical Incomprehensibility Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies4030049 Authors: Gianfranco Minati This contribution tentatively outlines the presumed conceptual duality between the issues of incompleteness and incomprehensibility—The first being more formal in nature and able to be declined in various ways until specified in the literature as theoretical incompleteness. This is theoretical and not temporary, which is admissible and...
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Philosophies, Vol. 4, Pages 47: Hap-Tech Narration and the Postphenomenological Film Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies4030047 Authors: Daniel Paul O’Brien Within this paper, I explore the look and feel of the subjective point-of-view (POV) shot in narrative cinema and how it presents an awkward and uncomfortable space for the viewer to inhabit. It considers what David Bordwell has called the surrogate body: the concept in which viewers step into the role of an offscreen protagonist....
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Philosophies, Vol. 4, Pages 48: Gadamer, Levinas, and the Hermeneutic Ontology of Ethics Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies4030048 Authors: Christopher King Much debate has been held over the question of whether Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutic approach to ethics and the other can do justice to the alterity of the other, as exemplified in Emmanuel Levinas’s approach to ethics as first philosophy. The challenge to Gadamer and to hermeneutics more generally, comes...
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Philosophies, Vol. 4, Pages 46: Time Is/Time Was/Time Is Not: David Mitchell and the Resonant Interval Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies4030046 Authors: Stuart J. Purcell Seven weeks before the release of his novel, Slade House (2015), David Mitchell began tweeting as a character, “Bombadil”, from the forthcoming text. The tweets appeared on an account, @I_Bombadil (2015), set up by Mitchell, with the platform affording the author the opportunity to extend the...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 288: Identification of Genes Differentially Expressed in Response to Cold in Pisum sativum Using RNA Sequencing Analyses Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080288 Authors: Nasser Bahrman Emilie Hascoët Odile Jaminon Frédéric Dépta Jean-François Hû Olivier Bouchez Isabelle Lejeune-Hénaut Bruno Delbreil Sylvain Legrand Low temperature stress affects growth and development in pea (Pisum sativum L.) and decreases yield. In this study, RNA sequencing...
Thu Aug 15, 2019 03:00
Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 287: Integrated Use of Aureobasidium pullulans Strain CG163 and Acibenzolar-S-Methyl for Management of Bacterial Canker in Kiwifruit Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080287 Authors: Huub de Jong Tony Reglinski Philip A.G. Elmer Kirstin Wurms Joel L. Vanneste Lindy F. Guo Maryam Alavi An isolate of Aureobasidium pullulans (strain = CG163) and the plant defence elicitor acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM) were investigated for their ability to control leaf spot...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 286: Climate, Life Form and Family Jointly Control Variation of Leaf Traits Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080286 Authors: Hao Zhang Zhaoxia Zeng Zhigang Zou Fuping Zeng Variation in leaf traits may represent differences in physiological processes and environmental adaptative strategies. Using multivariate analyses, we investigated 13 leaf traits to quantify the trade-off in these traits and the trait–climate/biome relationships based on the China...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 285: Arabidopsis Flowers Unlocked the Mechanism of Jasmonate Signaling Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8080285 Authors: John Browse James G. Wallis The Arabidopsis male-sterile phenotype has been a wonderful model for jasmonate action in plants. It has allowed us to identify transcription factors that control gene expression during stamen and pollen maturation and provided for the discovery of the JAZ repressor proteins and the mechanism of jasmonate signaling. More...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 482: Teaching Democracy by Teaching Supernaturalism Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080482 Authors: Aaron J. Ghiloni This paper analyzes critiques of the supernatural by John Dewey, a celebrated American philosopher. Dewey rejected the supernatural on scientific and cosmological grounds, but his most significant critique was made on political grounds. In A Common Faith and other writings, Dewey suggests that supernaturalism erodes democracy by promoting a dualism...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 481: The Rise of Calvinist Christianity in Urbanising China Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080481 Authors: Jie Kang Over the past decade, Reformed Christianity, broadly based on the theology of Calvinism, has spread widely in China, especially by appealing to Chinese ‘intellectuals’ who constitute most of the house church leaders in urban areas. It draws its moral guidance from a so-called rational or intellectual focus on biblical theology,...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 479: The Effect of Employee and Customer Religious Beliefs on Business Operating Decisions Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080479 Authors: Richard Metters Business operating decisions and procedures can differ depending on the religious beliefs of either employees or customers. We provide examples of religion affecting operations in the topical areas of location, layout, shift scheduling, and operational compliance, among others. These issues are especially salient...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 480: Gordon Kaufman and a Theology for the Seeker Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080480 Authors: Hans le Grand This article begins to develop a theology for the multi-worldview seeker, based on the constructive theological work of Gordon Kaufman. Seeking, as discussed in this article, is an attitude of life, characterized by interest in more than one theological, philosophical, or spiritual worldview, without any short or mid-term intention to commit oneself to...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 478: Immigration and Multiculturalism in Italy: The Religious Experience of the Peruvian Community in the Eternal City Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080478 Authors: Verónica Roldán The present study on the religious experience of the Peruvian community in Rome belongs to the area of studies on immigration, multiculturalism, and religion in Italy. In this article, I analyze the devotion of the Peruvian community in Rome to “the Lord of Miracles”....
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 476: Hope in Exile: In Conversation with Ezekiel Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080476 Authors: Janina M. Hiebel The question of hope in dark times, though topical, is not new. The Babylonian Exile (597/587–539 BCE) is commonly recognised as perhaps the most profound, yet also most fruitful crisis in biblical (Old Testament) times. It involved the total breakdown of all religious and political structures and institutions that previously had provided meaning...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 477: An Augustinian Meditation on the Saeculum Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10080477 Authors: Matthew Drever Augustine’s account of the saeculum brings together his theological anthropology, ecclesiology, and Christology in establishing the church as the body of Christ—as the place wherein the restless and sinful soul finds renewal through the grace of the incarnation. Such a model of the saeculum pushes back against various contemporary appropriations...
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Risks, Vol. 7, Pages 88: LIBOR Fallback and Quantitative Finance Risks doi: 10.3390/risks7030088 Authors: Marc Pierre Henrard With the expected discontinuation of the LIBOR publication, a robust fallback for related financial instruments is paramount. In recent months, several consultations have taken place on the subject. The results of the first ISDA consultation have been published in November 2018 and a new one just finished at the time of writing. This note describes issues associated...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 56: Mathematical Modeling of Heat Transfer in an Element of Combustible Plant Material When Exposed to Radiation from a Forest Fire Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5030056 Authors: Nikolay Baranovskiy Alena Demikhova The last few decades have been characterized by an increase in the frequency and burned area of forest fires in many countries of the world. Needles, foliage, branches, and herbaceous plants are involved in burning during forest fires. Most forest fires...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 55: A Novel Method of Near-Miss Event Detection with Software Defined RADAR in Improving Railyard Safety Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5030055 Authors: Subharthi Banerjee Jose Santos Michael Hempel Pejman Ghasemzadeh Hamid Sharif Railyards are one of the most challenging and complex workplace environments in any industry. Railyard workers are constantly surrounded by dangerous moving objects, in a noisy environment where distractions can easily result in...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 54: The Relationship between Fitness and Marksmanship in Police Officers Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5030054 Authors: Hannah Muirhead Robin Orr Ben Schram Charlie Kornhauser Ryan Holmes J. Jay Dawes Police officers may be required to discharge their weapon under physical duress. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between fitness and marksmanship to facilitate future strategies to improve marksmanship. Retrospective data were...
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Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 50: Mechanical Energy before Chemical Energy at the Origins of Life? Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1020050 Authors: Helen Greenwood Hansma Forces and mechanical energy are prevalent in living cells. This may be because forces and mechanical energy preceded chemical energy at life’s origins. Mechanical energy is more readily available in non-living systems than the various other forms of energy used by living systems. Two possible prebiotic environments that might have...
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Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 48: Evaluation of Dissolution Enhancement of Aprepitant Drug in Ternary Pharmaceutical Solid Dispersions with Soluplus® and Poloxamer 188 Prepared by Melt Mixing Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1020048 Authors: Stavroula Nanaki Rodanthi Maria Eleftheriou Panagiotis Barmpalexis Margaritis Kostoglou Evangelos Karavas Dimitrios Bikiaris In the present study Aprepitant (APT) ternary solid dispersions (SDs) were developed and evaluated for the first time. Specifically,...
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Sci, Vol. 1, Pages 49: Trend Analysis of Temperature Data for Narayani River Basin, Nepal Sci doi: 10.3390/sci1020049 Authors: Chand Bhattarai Baral Pradhananga Study of spatiotemporal dynamics of temperature is vital to assess changes in climate, especially in the Himalayan region where livelihoods of billions of people living downstream depends on water coming from the melting of snow and glacier ice. To this end, temperature trend analysis is carried out in Narayani river...
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Smart Cities, Vol. 2, Pages 421-432: Integration of Microclimate into the Multi-Agent System Simulation in Urban Public Space Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities2030026 Authors: Xu Tong Xu Urban public space is the main place for human outdoor activities. Simulating human behavior through the Multi-Agent System (MAS) is one of the most important methods for studying public space. However, most of the research on this topic is concerned with the way people behave and the connection...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 241: Identifying the Equilibrium Point between Sustainability Goals and Circular Economy Practices in an Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Context Using Eco-Design Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8080241 Authors: Garcia-Muiña González-Sánchez Ferrari Volpi Pini Settembre-Blundo For manufacturing companies, the transition to circular business models (CBMs) can be hampered both by the lack of relevant data and by operational tools. Eco-design,...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 240: Millennial Consumers’ Responses to Cause-Related Marketing in Support of LGBTQ Homeless Youth Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8080240 Authors: Cammie Hensley Sonali Diddi Karen Hyllegard This study explored Millennial consumers’ responses to a cause-related marketing (CRM) initiative for a sensitive social cause—lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) homeless youth. Qualitative and quantitative research methods...
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 59: In Biomedicine, Thin Is Still In: Obesity Surveillance among Racialized, (Im)migrant, and Female Bodies Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9030059 Authors: Syed Currently there is a plethora of research literature which constructs obesity as an alarming new global pandemic associated with a multitude of acute and chronic diseases rooted in lifestyle factors. Although most of these claims related to obesity are well accepted in the research community, some challenges...
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 58: Between Pleasure and Resistance: The Role of Substance Consumption in an Italian Working-Class Subculture Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9030058 Authors: Placido In this article I discuss how illegal substance consumption can act as a tool of resistance and as an identity signifier for young people through a covert ethnographic case study of a working-class subculture in Genoa, North-Western Italy. I develop my argument through a coupled reading of the work of...
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Societies, Vol. 9, Pages 57: Interviewing and Hiring Practices in Brazilian Academia: Proposals Towards Improvement Societies doi: 10.3390/soc9030057 Authors: Eva O.L. Lantsoght Miguel Abambres Tiago Ribeiro Ana Sousa Though Brazilian academia claims equality, the sector has largely been referred to as non-meritocratic, and academic hiring is still inward-oriented. The Lattes platform, a public curricular information system, reflects elements of this protectionism. This article...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 193: Effects of Bio-Banding upon Physical and Technical Performance during Soccer Competition: A Preliminary Analysis Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7080193 Authors: Will Abbott Stuart Williams Gary Brickley Nicholas J Smeeton Bio-banded competition has been introduced to address the variation in physical maturity within soccer. To date, no research has investigated the effect of bio-banded competition relative to chronological competition. The current study...
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Stats, Vol. 2, Pages 388-415: Negative Spatial Autocorrelation: One of the Most Neglected Concepts in Spatial Statistics Stats doi: 10.3390/stats2030027 Authors: Daniel A. Griffith Negative spatial autocorrelation is one of the most neglected concepts in quantitative geography, regional science, and spatial statistics/econometrics in general. This paper focuses on and contributes to the literature in terms of the following three reasons why this neglect exists: Existing spatial autocorrelation...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 475: Bacteriocin Occurrence and Activity in Escherichia coli Isolated from Bovines and Wastewater Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080475 Authors: Andrew Cameron Rahat Zaheer Emelia H. Adator Ruth Barbieri Tim Reuter Tim A. McAllister The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli and related Enterobacteriaceae is a serious problem necessitating new mitigation strategies and antimicrobial agents. Bacteriocins, functionally diverse...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 474: Structure Elucidation and Toxicity Analysis of the Degradation Products of Deoxynivalenol by Gaseous Ozone Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11080474 Authors: Mengmeng Li Erqi Guan Ke Bian Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) or scab is a fungal disease of cereal grains. Wheat scab affects the yield and quality of wheat and produces mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON), which can seriously threaten human and animal health. In this study, gaseous ozone was used to degrade...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 67: Case Reports of Situs Inversus Totalis and Dextrocardia in Sprague Dawley Rats Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6030067 Authors: Reynaldo Oliva Hernández Jordan D. Lewicky Nya L. Fraleigh Hoang-Thanh Le Situs inversus totalis is a condition where there is a transposition of all internal organs from their normal anatomical location. This infrequent and rare congenital condition has been described in several species of mammals. Dextorcardia...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 756: Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1–Encoded miR-H2-3p Manipulates Cytosolic DNA–Stimulated Antiviral Innate Immune Response by Targeting DDX41 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080756 Authors: Yongzhong Duan Jieyuan Zeng Shengtao Fan Yun Liao Min Feng Lichun Wang Ying Zhang Qihan Li Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), one of the human pathogens widely epidemic and transmitted among various groups of people in the world, often causes symptoms known as...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 755: Development and Evaluation of a Duo Chikungunya Virus Real-Time RT-PCR Assay Targeting Two Regions within the Genome Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080755 Authors: Laurence Thirion Laura Pezzi Iban Corcostegui Audrey Dubot-Pérès Alessandra Falchi Xavier de Lamballerie Remi N. Charrel Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged as a globalized health threat fifteen years ago. There are dozens of RT-PCR assays published. An inventory of the latter was made,...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 754: Cyprinid Herpesvirus 3 Evolves in vitro through an Assemblage of Haplotypes that Alternatively become Dominant or Under-Represented Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080754 Authors: Sandro Klafack Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier Sven M. Bergmann Saliha Hammoumi Lars Schröder Walter Fuchs Angela Lusiastuti Pei-Yu Lee Sarahi Vega Heredia Master student consortium Master student consortium Anne-Sophie Gosselin-Grenet Jean-Christophe Avarre Viruses...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 753: Reliable and Standardized Animal Models to Study the Pathogenesis of Bluetongue and Schmallenberg Viruses in Ruminant Natural Host Species with Special Emphasis on Placental Crossing Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080753 Authors: Ludovic Martinelle Fabiana Dal Pozzo Etienne Thiry Kris De Clercq Claude Saegerman Starting in 2006, bluetongue virus serotype 8 (BTV8) was responsible for a major epizootic in Western and Northern Europe. The magnitude and...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 752: Analysis of Synonymous Codon Usage Bias in Potato Virus M and Its Adaption to Hosts Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080752 Authors: Zhen He Haifeng Gan Xinyan Liang Potato virus M (PVM) is a member of the genus Carlavirus of the family Betaflexviridae and causes large economic losses of nightshade crops. Several previous studies have elucidated the population structure, evolutionary timescale and adaptive evolution of PVM. However, the synonymous codon usage...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 751: Trans-Acting RNA–RNA Interactions in Segmented RNA Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080751 Authors: Laura R. Newburn K. Andrew White RNA viruses represent a large and important group of pathogens that infect a broad range of hosts. Segmented RNA viruses are a subclass of this group that encode their genomes in two or more molecules and package all of their RNA segments in a single virus particle. These divided genomes come in different forms, including...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 750: Proteomics Computational Analyses Suggest that the Antennavirus Glycoprotein Complex Includes a Class I Viral Fusion Protein (α-Penetrene) with an Internal Zinc-Binding Domain and a Stable Signal Peptide Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11080750 Authors: Courtney E. Garry Robert F. Garry A metatranscriptomic study of RNA viruses in cold-blooded vertebrates identified two related viruses from frogfish (Antennarius striatus) that represent a new genus Antennavirus...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1697: Correction: Harding, S.F., et al. Experimental Observation of Inertial Particles through Idealized Hydroturbine Distributor Geometry. Water 2019, 11, 471 Water doi: 10.3390/w11081697 Authors: Samuel F. Harding Marshall C. Richmond Robert P. Mueller The authors wish to make the following corrections to their paper [...]
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1696: Developing a Strategy to Recover Condensate Water from Air Conditioners in Palestine Water doi: 10.3390/w11081696 Authors: Lubna Siam Issam A. Al-Khatib Fathi Anayah Shehdeh Jodeh Ghadir Hanbali Bayan Khalaf Abdalhadi Deghles As the need for water is increasing in Palestine, and the available water resources are barely sufficient to meet the demands of the current quality of life and the economy, air conditioner condensate water could be...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1694: Sustainable Water Resources Management in Small Greek Islands under Changing Climate Water doi: 10.3390/w11081694 Authors: Ioannis M. Kourtis Konstantinos G. Kotsifakis Elissavet G. Feloni Evangelos A. Baltas Five different water resource management scenarios are examined on eight dry islands of the Aegean Sea in Greece, pitting the current practice of water hauling via ship against alternative water supply schemes in delivering a sustainable solution...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1695: Sulfate Radicals-Based Technology as a Promising Strategy for Wastewater
Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1695: Sulfate Radicals-Based Technology as a Promising Strategy for Wastewater Water doi: 10.3390/w11081695 Authors: María Arellano Marta Pazos María Ángeles Sanromán This study was focused on the generation of sulfate radicals and their applicability as powerful oxidants for degrading complex organic compounds with the final objective of operating in flow systems. To this end, the removal of two compounds from the pharmaceutical industry was assessed, lissamine...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1691: Applying Cascade-Correlation Neural Networks to In-Fill Gaps in Mediterranean Daily Flow Data Series Water doi: 10.3390/w11081691 Authors: Cristina Vega-Garcia Mathieu Decuyper Jorge Alcázar The analyses of water resources availability and impacts are based on the study over time of meteorological and hydrological data trends. In order to perform those analyses properly, long records of continuous and reliable data are needed, but they are seldom available....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1692: Trophic Features, Benthic Recovery, and Dominance of the Invasive Mytilopsis Sallei in the Yundang Lagoon (Xiamen, China) Following Long-Term Restoration Water doi: 10.3390/w11081692 Authors: Paolo Magni Serena Como Maria Flavia Gravina Donghui Guo Chao Li Lingfeng Huang A comprehensive set of physicochemical variables in near-bottom water and surface sediments, as well as the soft-bottom macrozoobenthic assemblages were investigated at six...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1693: Effects of Alternating Irrigation with Fresh and Saline Water on the Soil Salt, Soil Nutrients, and Yield of Tomatoes Water doi: 10.3390/w11081693 Authors: Jingang Li Jing Chen Zhongyi Qu Shaoli Wang Pingru He Na Zhang Saline water irrigation has become extremely important in arid and semi-arid areas in northwestern China. To study the effect of alternating irrigation models on the soil nutrients, soil salts, and yield of tomatoes with fresh...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1690: Relationship between Water Temperature of Polish Rivers and Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Water doi: 10.3390/w11081690 Authors: Renata Graf Dariusz Wrzesiński The objective of the paper consisted in determining the effect of macroscale types of NAO, AO, EA, EAWR, SCAND, and AMO atmospheric circulation on changes in water temperature in Polish rivers. The study has made use of a broad body of hydrometeorological materials covering daily water temperature...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1689: Effect of Straw Mulch on Soil Evaporation during Freeze–Thaw Periods Water doi: 10.3390/w11081689 Authors: Junfeng Chen Xue Xie Xiuqing Zheng Jing Xue Chunyan Miao Qi Du Yongxin Xu Reducing soil evaporation is important to alleviate water shortages in arid and semi-arid regions. The objective of this work was to reveal the effect of straw mulch on soil evaporation based on field experiments during a freeze–thaw period in Northern...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1688: Relationship between Peak Stage, Storm Duration, and Bank Storage along a Meandering Stream Water doi: 10.3390/w11081688 Authors: Lucas P. Chabela Eric W. Peterson Groundwater and surface water are often studied as different systems; however, one commonly affects the other. Bank storage, the temporary storage and release of stream water in adjacent aquifers, can contribute a considerable amount of discharge to a river and can be a component in the transport...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1687: Physical Modeling of Ski-Jump Spillway to Evaluate Dynamic Pressure Water doi: 10.3390/w11081687 Authors: Mehdi Karami Moghadam Ata Amini Marlinda Abdul Malek Thamer Mohammad Hasan Hoseini The effects of changes in the angle of pool impact plate, plunging depth, and discharge upon the dynamic pressure caused by ski-jump buckets were investigated in the laboratory. Four impact plate angles and four plunging depths were used. Discharges of 67, 86,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1685: Nitrogen Retention Effects under Reservoir Regulation at Multiple Time Scales in a Subtropical River Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w11081685 Authors: Meibing Liu Xingwei Chen Ying Chen Lu Gao Haijun Deng Reservoirs are an important nitrogen sink as a result of their retention effect, but their retention performance may vary with hydrologic conditions with time-varying characteristics, which also change them from being a sink to source over time. This...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1686: Red Lentil (Lens culinaris) Extract as a Novel Natural Coagulant for Turbidity Reduction: An Evaluation, Characterization and Performance Optimization Study Water doi: 10.3390/w11081686 Authors: Chua Malek Chong Sujarwo Ho Increasing awareness on the detrimental effects of inorganic chemical coagulants and sustainable treatment have paved the way to develop environmentally-benign natural coagulants for water and wastewater treatment. In this...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1684: Characterization and Simulation of a Low-Pressure Rotator Spray Plate Sprinkler Used in Center Pivot Irrigation Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w11081684 Authors: Cruz Octavio Robles Rovelo Nery Zapata Ruiz Javier Burguete Tolosa Jesús Ramiro Félix Félix Borja Latorre Spray sprinklers enable to operate at low pressures (<103 kPa) in self-propelled irrigation machines. A number of experiments were performed to characterize the water distribution...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1683: Morphological Patterns at River Contractions Water doi: 10.3390/w11081683 Authors: Giuseppe Oliveto Maria Cristina Marino Sediment transport at river contractions is an important process of engineering concern which might occur when a river encounters a reduction in flow area because of either natural or artificial constraints. This paper focuses on the morphological patterns that are prone to form at and around the constriction of watercourses based on...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1682: Flood Fatalities in Europe, 1980–2018: Variability, Features, and Lessons to Learn Water doi: 10.3390/w11081682 Authors: Olga Petrucci Luigi Aceto Cinzia Bianchi Victoria Bigot Rudolf Brázdil Susana Pereira Abdullah Kahraman Özgenur Kılıç Vassiliki Kotroni Maria Carmen Llasat Montserrat Llasat-Botija Katerina Papagiannaki Angela Aurora Pasqua Jan Řehoř Joan Rossello Geli Paola Salvati Freddy Vinet José Luis Zêzere...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1681: IPEAT+: A Built-In Optimization and Automatic Calibration Tool of SWAT+ Water doi: 10.3390/w11081681 Authors: Haw Yen Seonggyu Park Jeffrey G. Arnold Raghavan Srinivasan Celray James Chawanda Ruoyu Wang Qingyu Feng Jingwen Wu Chiyuan Miao Katrin Bieger Prasad Daggupati Ann van Griensven Latif Kalin Sangchul Lee Aleksey Y. Sheshukov Michael J. White Yongping Yuan In-Young Yeo Minghua Zhang Xuesong Zhang ...
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