Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3478: “Transitivity”: A Code for Computing Kinetic and Related Parameters in Chemical Transformations and Transport Phenomena Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193478 Authors: Hugo G. Machado Flávio O. Sanches-Neto Nayara D. Coutinho Kleber C. Mundim Federico Palazzetti Valter H. Carvalho-Silva The Transitivity function, defined in terms of the reciprocal of the apparent activation energy, measures the propensity for a reaction to proceed and...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3476: Solid-Phase Chemical Synthesis of Stable Isotope-Labeled RNA to Aid Structure and Dynamics Studies by NMR Spectroscopy Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193476 Authors: Owen Becette Lukasz T. Olenginski Theodore K. Dayie RNA structure and dynamic studies by NMR spectroscopy suffer from chemical shift overlap and line broadening, both of which become worse as RNA size increases. Incorporation of stable isotope labels into RNA has provided several...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3474: Therapeutic Use of Scoparia dulcis Reduces the Progression of Experimental Osteoarthritis Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193474 Authors: Marcus Vinícius Viégas Lima Abner de Oliveira Freire Emerson Lucas Frazão Sousa André Alvares Marques Vale Alberto Jorge Oliveira Lopes Cleydlenne Costa Vasconcelos Mônica Virginia Viégas Lima-Aragão Humberto Oliveira Serra Rosane Nassar Meireles Guerra Liberio Ana Paula Silva de Azevedo dos Santos...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3475: Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Activity of Esculetin from Microsorium fortunei In Vitro and In Vivo Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193475 Authors: Si-Xin Huang Jun-Fei Mou Qin Luo Qing-Hu Mo Xian-Li Zhou Xiao Huang Qing Xu Xiang-Duan Tan Xu Chen Cheng-Qin Liang Coumarins are widely present in a variety of plants and have a variety of pharmacological activities. In this study, we isolated a coumarin compound from Microsorium fortunei...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3473: Cinnamomum cassia Presl: A Review of Its Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193473 Authors: Chunling Zhang Linhong Fan Shunming Fan Jiaqi Wang Ting Luo Yu Tang Zhimin Chen Lingying Yu Cinnamomum cassia Presl is a tropical aromatic evergreen tree of the Lauraceae family, commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is also a traditional spice, widely used around the world....
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3471: Spray Congealing: An Emerging Technology to Prepare Solid Dispersions with Enhanced Oral Bioavailability of Poorly Water Soluble Drugs Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193471 Authors: Serena Bertoni Beatrice Albertini Nadia Passerini The low and variable oral bioavailability of poorly water soluble drugs remains a major concern for the pharmaceutical industry. Spray congealing is an emerging technology for the production of solid dispersion to enhance...
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Molecules, Vol. 24, Pages 3472: Tuning Gel State Properties of Supramolecular Gels by Functional Group Modification Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules24193472 Authors: Dipankar Ghosh Matthew T. Mulvee Krishna K. Damodaran The factors affecting the self-assembly process in low molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) were investigated by tuning the gelation properties of a well-known gelator N-(4-pyridyl)isonicotinamide (4PINA). The N―H∙∙∙N interactions responsible for gel formation in 4PINA...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1375: Enhancing the Relative Sensitivity of V5+, V4+ and V3+ Based Luminescent Thermometer by the Optimization of the Stoichiometry of Y3Al5−xGaxO12 Nanocrystals Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101375 Authors: Kniec Ledwa Marciniak In this work the influence of the Ga3+ concentration on the luminescent properties and the abilities of the Y3Al5−xGaxO12: V nanocrystals to noncontact temperature sensing were investigated. It was shown that...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1374: Toxicological Assessment of ITER-Like Tungsten Nanoparticles Using an In Vitro 3D Human Airway Epithelium Model Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101374 Authors: Isabelle George Chiara Uboldi Elodie Bernard Marcos Sanles Sobrido Sarah Dine Agnès Hagège Dominique Vrel Nathalie Herlin Jerome Rose Thierry Orsière Christian Grisolia Bernard Rousseau Véronique Malard The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1373: Dynamic Imaging of Transferrin Receptor Molecules on Single Live Cell with Bridge Gaps-Enhanced Raman Tags Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101373 Authors: Qinnan Zhang Jiaosheng Li Ping Tang Xiaoxu Lu Jindong Tian Liyun Zhong A metal nanoparticles-based surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique has been developed for biosensing and bioimaging due to its advantages in ultra-narrow line width for multiplexing, ultra-high sensitivity...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1371: Structure and Magnetism of Co2Ge Nanoparticles Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9101371 Authors: Onur Tosun Frank M. Abel Balamurugan Balasubramanian Ralph Skomski David J. Sellmyer George C. Hadjipanayis The structural and magnetic properties of Co2Ge nanoparticles (NPs) prepared by the cluster-beam deposition (CBD) technique have been investigated. As-made particles with an average size of 5.5 nm exhibit a mixture of hexagonal and orthorhombic...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2289: The Influence of Caffeine Expectancies on Simulated Soccer Performance in Recreational Individuals Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102289 Authors: Shabir Hooton Spencer Storey Ensor Sandford Tallis Higgins Caffeine (CAF) has been reported to improve various facets associated with successful soccer play, including gross motor skill performance, endurance capacity and cognition. These benefits are primarily attributed to pharmacological...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2291: Impact of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome—A Systematic Review Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102291 Authors: Zhang Mocanu Cai Dang Slater Deehan Walter Madsen Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a gut microbial-modulation strategy that has been investigated for the treatment of a variety of human diseases, including obesity-associated metabolic disorders. This study appraises current literature...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2290: Heterozygotes Are a Potential New Entity among Homozygotes and Compound Heterozygotes in Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102290 Authors: Husein Wanes Marten Zimmer Naim Congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID) is an autosomal recessive disorder of carbohydrate maldigestion and malabsorption caused by mutations in the sucrase-isomaltase (SI) gene. SI, together with maltase-glucoamylase (MGAM),...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2292: The Winning Weaning Food (WWF): The Development of a Complementary Food for Food-Insecure Infants and Young Children in Malawi Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11102292 Authors: Theophilus Miller Oldewage-Theron Dawson Growing evidence exists for the benefits of adequate infant and young children feeding (IYCF) practices at the weaning stage (≥ 6 months), including optimal growth, building the immune system, cognitive development, healthy food...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 492: Manufacturing Different Types of Solid Dispersions of BCS Class IV Polyphenol (Daidzein) by Spray Drying: Formulation and Bioavailability Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11100492 Authors: Gean Pier Panizzon Fernanda Giacomini Bueno Tânia Ueda-Nakamura Celso Vataru Nakamura Benedito Prado Dias Filho Daidzein (DZ) is a polyphenolic compound belonging to Biopharmaceutical Classification System class IV, which shows that it may have...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 372: Differential Effects of Increasing Salinity on Germination and Seedling Growth of Native and Exotic Invasive Cordgrasses Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8100372 Authors: Infante-Izquierdo Castillo Grewell Nieva Muñoz-Rodríguez Soil salinity is a key environmental factor influencing germination and seedling establishment in salt marshes. Global warming and sea level rise are changing estuarine salinity, and may modify the colonization ability of halophytes....
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 371: A Novel Aspect of Essential Oils: Coating Seeds with Thyme Essential Oil induces Drought Resistance in Wheat Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8100371 Authors: Maissa Ben-Jabeur Rubén Vicente Camilo López-Cristoffanini Noura Alesami Naceur Djébali Adrian Gracia-Romero Maria Dolores Serret Marta López-Carbonell Jose Luis Araus Walid Hamada Coating seeds with biostimulants is among the promising approaches in crop production to increase crop...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 370: The Changbai Alpine Shrub Tundra Will Be Replaced by Herbaceous Tundra under Global Climate Change Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8100370 Authors: Yinghua Jin Jiawei Xu Hongshi He Mai-He Li Yan Tao Yingjie Zhang Rui Hu Xiang Gao Yunyu Bai Huiyun Wang Yingying Han Significant replacement of shrub species by herbaceous species has been observed in the Changbai alpine tundra zone, China, since the 1990s. This study used plot surveys to...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 549: Ibn Gabirol and Judah ha-Levi’s Usage of Dialogue: The Role of the Disciple in Fons Vitae and that of the King in Kitāb al-Khazarī Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10100549 Authors: Aviram Ravitsky The literary framework of Solomon Ibn Gabirol’s Fons Vitae is a conversation between a master and a disciple. In this article, the nature of the disciple’s questions will be analyzed in order to explain the advantages of the dialogical process in...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 548: Positive Youth Religious and Spiritual Development: What We Have Learned from Religious Families Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10100548 Authors: David C. Dollahite Loren D. Marks In this article, we highlight the contributions of the findings from a branch of the American Families of Faith national research project that pertain to positive religious and spiritual development in youth. We present detailed findings from six previous studies on religious youth...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 160: Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1) Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040160 Authors: Sureau Lohest Van Mol Bauler Achten In social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), the use of a participatory approach to define and select assessment criteria and indicators (C&Is) is recommended given the specificity of social issues, but it has been, for now, rarely implemented and presents...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 159: Circular Economy and its Comparison with 14 Other Business Sustainability Movements Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040159 Authors: Gergely Tóth Circular economy is not the first, and probably not the last “movement” in the arena of sustainability macroeconomic and business solutions. In this article we produce a—not full—list of similar movements from the 1990s, publish a comparative table and propose a simple framework...
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Safety, Vol. 5, Pages 63: Estimating the Number of Agricultural Fatal Injuries Prevented by Agricultural Engineering Developments in the United States Safety doi: 10.3390/safety5040063 Authors: Salah F. Issa Kiana Patrick Steven Thomson Bradley Rein Agriculture has been consistently marked as one of the deadliest industries by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). While this statistic is widely used in promoting agricultural safety and health, it does not paint...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 269: Profile of Female Sterilization in Brazil Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8100269 Authors: Ernesto F. L. Amaral (1) Background: This study analyzes the profile of female sterilization in Brazil by age, parity, type of delivery, place of delivery, color/race, region of residence, years of schooling, marital status, number of unions, and desired number of children reported by women; (2) Methods: The descriptive analysis is based on the most recent...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 564: Snake Venoms in Drug Discovery: Valuable Therapeutic Tools for Life Saving Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100564 Authors: Mohamed Abd El-Aziz Garcia Soares Stockand Animal venoms are used as defense mechanisms or to immobilize and digest prey. In fact, venoms are complex mixtures of enzymatic and non-enzymatic components with specific pathophysiological functions. Peptide toxins isolated from animal venoms target mainly ion channels, membrane receptors...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 562: Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel Insecticidal Decapeptide from the Myrmicine Ant Manica rubida Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100562 Authors: John Heep Marisa Skaljac Jens Grotmann Tobias Kessel Maximilian Seip Henrike Schmidtberg Andreas Vilcinskas Ant venoms contain many small, linear peptides, an untapped source of bioactive peptide toxins. The control of agricultural insect pests currently depends primarily on chemical...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 563: Natural Occurrence in Venomous Arthropods of Antimicrobial Peptides Active against Protozoan Parasites Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100563 Authors: Elias Ferreira Sabiá Júnior Luis Felipe Santos Menezes Israel Flor Silva de Araújo Elisabeth Ferroni Schwartz Arthropoda is a phylum of invertebrates that has undergone remarkable evolutionary radiation, with a wide range of venomous animals. Arthropod venom is a complex mixture of molecules and a source...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 561: Imbalance in the Blood Concentrations of Selected Steroids in Pre-pubertal Gilts Depending on the Time of Exposure to Low Doses of Zearalenone Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11100561 Authors: Anna Rykaczewska Magdalena Gajęcka Ewa Onyszek Katarzyna Cieplińska Michał Dąbrowski Sylwia Lisieska-Żołnierczyk Maria Bulińska Andrzej Babuchowski Maciej T. Gajęcki Łukasz Zielonka Zearalenone (ZEN) is a mycotoxin that not only binds to estrogen...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 896: Characterizing the PRRSV nsp2 Deubiquitinase Reveals Dispensability of Cis-Activity for Replication and a Link of nsp2 to Inflammation Induction Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100896 Authors: Shaochuan Zhou Xinna Ge Can Kong Teng Liu Aijing Liu Peng Gao Jiangwei Song Lei Zhou Xin Guo Jun Han Hanchun Yang The papain-like cysteine protease 2 (PLP2) within the N-terminus of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 895: Using Statistical Phylogenetics for Investigation of Enterovirus 71 Genotype A Reintroduction into Circulation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100895 Authors: Vakulenko Deviatkin Lukashev Neurovirulent enterovirus 71 (EV-A71) caused a massive epidemic in China in 2008–2011. While subgenotype C4 was the major causative agent, a few isolates were almost identical to the prototype EV-A71 strain and belonged to genotype A. This variant was allegedly...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 894: The Canine Morbillivirus Strain Associated with An Epizootic in Caspian Seals Provides New Insights into the Evolutionary History of this Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11100894 Authors: Wendy K. Jo Martin Peters Aidyn Kydyrmanov Marco W. G. van de Bildt Thijs Kuiken Albert Osterhaus Martin Ludlow Canine morbillivirus (canine distemper virus; CDV) is a worldwide distributed morbillivirus that causes sporadic cases and recurrent epizootics among...
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Vision, Vol. 3, Pages 50: New Perspectives on Serialism and Parallelism in Oculomotor Control During Reading: The Multi-Constituent Unit Hypothesis Vision doi: 10.3390/vision3040050 Authors: Chuanli Zang Currently there are several computational models of eye movement control that provide a good account of oculomotor behavior during reading of English and other alphabetic languages. I will provide an overview of two dominant models: E-Z Reader and SWIFT, as well as a recently proposed...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1998: Scouring of Replenished Sediment through Reservoir Flood Discharge Affects Suspended Sediment Concentrations at Downstream River Water Intake Water doi: 10.3390/w11101998 Authors: Lee Lai Guo Sumi Dredging is a commonly used sedimentation management strategy to remove mechanically deposited sediment from reservoirs. However, dredged sediment disposal is costly. Dredged sediment can be considered a beneficial resource and used for riverbed replenishment...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1997: Knowledge Co-Production and Transdisciplinarity: Opening Pandora’s Box Water doi: 10.3390/w11101997 Authors: Brugnach Özerol This Special Issue aims to reflect on knowledge co-production and transdisciplinarity, exploring the mutual interaction between water governance and water research. We do so with contributions that bring examples from diverse parts of the world: Bolivia, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Namibia, the Netherlands, Palestine, and South Africa....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1995: Development of a Heterogeneity Analysis Framework for Collaborative Sponge City Management Water doi: 10.3390/w11101995 Authors: Bing Li Shou Long Dong Yue Fei Huang Guang Qian Wang Rapid urbanization, inappropriate urban planning and the changing climate in many countries have resulted in flooding, water shortage and water pollution around the world. Although the sponge city concept has been applied in both macro-scales and micro-scales to address...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1996: Investigating Homeowners’ Preferences for Smart Irrigation Technology Features Water doi: 10.3390/w11101996 Authors: Xumin Zhang Hayk Khachatryan Smart irrigation systems are relatively new technologies that optimize irrigation schedules in residential landscapes, thus leading to reduced irrigation water use and potential contamination. To promote the use of such technologies, the landscape services industry has introduced innovative features such as the...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1994: Assessment of Rainfall Kinetic-Energy–Intensity Relationships Water doi: 10.3390/w11101994 Authors: Claudio Mineo Elena Ridolfi Benedetta Moccia Fabio Russo Francesco Napolitano Raindrop-impact-induced erosion starts when detachment of soil particles from the surface results from an expenditure of raindrop energy. Hence, rain kinetic energy is a widely used indicator of the potential ability of rain to detach soil. Although it is widely recognized...
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