Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 104: Production Strategies for Pentamer-Positive Subviral Dense Bodies as a Safe Human Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030104 Authors: Gogesch Penner Krauter Büscher Grode Aydin Plachter Infections with the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) are associated with severe clinical manifestations in children following prenatal transmission and after viral reactivation in immunosuppressed individuals. The development of an HCMV...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 103: Understudied Factors Influencing Fc-Mediated Immune Responses against Viral Infections Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030103 Authors: Sai Priya Anand Andrés Finzi Antibodies play a crucial role in host defense against viruses, both by preventing infection and by controlling viral replication. Besides their capacity to neutralize viruses, antibodies also exert their antiviral effects by crystallizable fragment (Fc)-mediated effector mechanisms. This involves...
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Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 6, Pages 70: Pathological Study on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Silicotic Lung Lesions in Rat Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci6030070 Authors: Mao Komai Karin Mihira Akinori Shimada Ikumi Miyamoto Kikumi Ogihara Yuko Naya Takehito Morita Kenichiro Inoue Hirohisa Takano Silicosis, caused by the inhalation of crystalline silicon dioxide or silica, is one of the most severe occupational diseases. Persistent inflammation and...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 810: First Isolation and Rapid Identification of Newcastle Disease Virus from Aborted Fetus of Dromedary Camel Using Next-Generation Sequencing Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090810 Authors: Teng Wernery Lee Joseph Fung Elizabeth Yeong Kinne Chan Lau Woo Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes morbidities and mortalities in wild and domestic birds globally. For humans, exposure to infected birds can cause conjunctivitis and influenza-like...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 809: Urine and Free Immunoglobulin Light Chains as Analytes for Serodiagnosis of Hantavirus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090809 Authors: Hepojoki Kareinen Strandin Vaheri Holthöfer Mustonen Mäkelä Hedman Vapalahti Hepojoki Rapid point-of-care testing is a megatrend in infectious disease diagnosis. We have introduced a homogeneous immunoassay concept, which is based on the simultaneous binding of antigen and protein L to...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 808: Increased Coffee Intake Reduces Circulating HBV DNA and HBsAg Levels in HBeAg-Negative Infection: A Cohort Study Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090808 Authors: Jack Bee Chook Yun Fong Ngeow Kok Keng Tee Jamie Wan Ting Lee Rosmawati Mohamed Coffee is hepatoprotective and potentially antiviral; however, its anti-hepatitis B virus (anti-HBV) property is not known in humans. This study investigated the influence of coffee drinking behaviour as well as clinical...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 807: Approach to Strain Selection and the Propagation of Viral Stocks for Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Vaccine Efficacy Testing under the Animal Rule Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090807 Authors: Janice M. Rusnak Pamela J. Glass Scott C. Weaver Carol L. Sabourin Andrew M. Glenn William Klimstra Christopher S. Badorrek Farooq Nasar Lucy A. Ward Licensure of a vaccine to protect against aerosolized Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV)...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 806: MiDRMpol: A High-Throughput Multiplexed Amplicon Sequencing Workflow to Quantify HIV-1 Drug Resistance Mutations against Protease, Reverse Transcriptase, and Integrase Inhibitors Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090806 Authors: Shambhu G. Aralaguppe Anoop T. Ambikan Manickam Ashokkumar Milner M. Kumar Luke Elizabeth Hanna Wondwossen Amogne Anders Sönnerborg Ujjwal Neogi The detection of drug resistance mutations (DRMs) in minor viral populations...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 805: Immunopathologic Effects of Prednisolone and Cyclosporine A on Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Replication and Persistence Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090805 Authors: Craig Miller Jordan Powers Esther Musselman Ryan Mackie John Elder Sue VandeWoude Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) induces opportunistic disease in chronically infected cats, and both prednisolone and cyclosporine A (CsA) are clinically used to treat complications such as lymphoma...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 804: Intestinal HAdV Infection: Tissue Specificity, Persistence, and Implications for Antiviral Therapy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090804 Authors: Karin Kosulin Human adenovirus (HAdV) causes infections predominantly in early childhood and the tissue tropism of specific HAdV species determines the clinical manifestation, including infections of the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, and keratoconjunctivitis. Why HAdV shows such a tropism has not yet been...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 803: Faecal Virome Analysis of Wild Animals from Brazil Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11090803 Authors: Matheus A. Duarte João M. F. Silva Clara R. Brito Danilo S. Teixeira Fernando L. Melo Bergmann M. Ribeiro Tatsuya Nagata Fabrício S. Campos The Brazilian Cerrado fauna shows very wide diversity and can be a potential viral reservoir. Therefore, the animal’s susceptibility to some virus can serve as early warning signs of potential human...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1825: The Influence of Urban Flooding on Residents’ Daily Travel: A Case Study of Macau with Proposed Ameliorative Strategies Water doi: 10.3390/w11091825 Authors: Li Zhou Climate change has resulted in more extreme weather events in coastal cities, and understanding how daily life is impacted is crucial to make effective adaptation measures. Using Macau as a testbed, this research describes examines the impacts of flooding caused by storm surges on residents’...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1824: Application of GALDIT in Assessing the Seawater Intrusion Vulnerability of Jeju Island, South Korea Water doi: 10.3390/w11091824 Authors: Sun Woo Chang Il-Moon Chung Min-Gyu Kim Mesfin Tolera Gi-Won Koh Seawater intrusion (SWI) is a major environmental threat to groundwater resources in coastal regions. GALDIT is an index-based SWI vulnerability model that is increasingly being used in many parts of the world to identify regions that are vulnerable...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1826: Estimation of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Granular Soils from Particle Size Parameters Water doi: 10.3390/w11091826 Authors: Ji-Peng Wang Pei-Zhi Zhuang Ji-Yuan Luan Tai-Heng Liu Yi-Ran Tan Jiong Zhang Estimation of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity could benefit many engineering or research problems such as water flow in the vadose zone, unsaturated seepage and capillary barriers for underground waste isolation. The unsaturated hydraulic...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1822: Effects of Spur Dikes on Water Flow Diversity and Fish Aggregation Water doi: 10.3390/w11091822 Authors: Tingjie Huang Yan Lu Huaixiang Liu As a typical waterway modification, the spur dike narrows the water cross section, which increases the flow velocity and flushes the riverbed. Meanwhile, it also protects ecological diversity and improves river habitat. Different types of spur dikes could greatly impact the interaction between flow structure and...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1820: Comparisons of Local Scouring for Submerged Square and Circular Cross-Section Piles in Steady Currents Water doi: 10.3390/w11091820 Authors: Shengtao Du Bingchen Liang The local scouring that occurs around submerged vertical piles in steady currents was studied experimentally in this paper. Three experiments were carried out for square cross-section (SC) piles and a circular cross-section (CC) pile with the same width. The key point scour depths, including...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1821: Enhanced Flocculation Using Drinking Water Treatment Plant Sedimentation Residual Solids Water doi: 10.3390/w11091821 Authors: Sandhya Rao Poleneni Enos Inniss Honglan Shi John Yang Bin Hua Joseph Clamp Inefficient removal of total organic carbon (TOC) leads to the formation of carcinogenic disinfection by-products (DBPs) when a disinfectant is added. This study is performed in an effort to develop a simple, non-invasive, and cost-effective...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1823: Modelling of Flow Parameters through Subsurface Drainage Modules for Application in BIOECODS Water doi: 10.3390/w11091823 Authors: Abdurrasheed Sa’id Abdurrasheed Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof Ebrahim Hamid Hussein Alqadami Husna Takaijudin Aminuddin Ab. Ghani Muhammad Mujahid Muhammad Abdulkadir Taofeeq Sholagberu Muhammad Kashfy Zainalfikry Manal Osman Mohammed Shihab Patel The flow resistance of the existing modules in the bio-ecological...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1816: Crop Performance and Water Productivity of Transplanted Rice as Affected by Seedling Age and Seedling Density under Alternate Wetting and Drying Conditions in Lao PDR Water doi: 10.3390/w11091816 Authors: Rubenito Lampayan Phetmanyseng Xangsayasane Crisanta Bueno Drought is common under rainfed lowlands in Lao People’s Democratic Republic, and with the uncertain onset of rains during the wet season, delay in transplanting results in yield reduction....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1819: Assessment of the Effect of Mulch Film on Crops in the Arid Agricultural Region of China under Future Climate Scenarios Water doi: 10.3390/w11091819 Authors: Lu Deng Xianyong Meng Ruide Yu Qian Wang Plastic mulch film is widely used in agricultural production. However, there are very few studies on degradable mulch film. In order to investigate the effects of using degradable mulch film in arid regions on crop yield and water use efficiency, we used...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1818: Degradation of Methylene Blue via Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Treatment Water doi: 10.3390/w11091818 Authors: Lihang Wu Qinglong Xie Yongbo Lv Zhenyu Wu Xiaojiang Liang Meizhen Lu Yong Nie The degradation of methylene blue (MB) using an upgraded dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma reactor was investigated in this paper. Air plasma was generated in the glass bead packed bed in the reactor, which was propagated into MB solution...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1817: Sulfur Development in the Water-Sediment System of the Algae Accumulation Embay Area in Lake Taihu Water doi: 10.3390/w11091817 Authors: Cheng Liu Shiguang Shao Lei Zhang Yiheng Du Kaining Chen Chengxin Fan Yang Yu Sulfur development in water-sediment systems is closely related to eutrophication and harmful algae blooms (HABs). However, the development of sulfur in water-sediment systems during heavy algae accumulation still remains unclear,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1815: Application of Cold Region Regenerable Biomass in Phosphorus Adsorption in Reclaimed Water Water doi: 10.3390/w11091815 Authors: Jinghui Wu Xiangyu Li Zhian Ying Chi Wang Wu Yang Mingxin Huo Chyi-How Lay Xianze Wang In order to enhance the using efficiency of the adsorbent and decrease production costs, reclaimed saturation Lanthanum modified pine needles (LH pine needles) have been studied as a possible solution. Pine needles gathered...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1814: Effect of a Commercial Air Valve on the Rapid Filling of a Single Pipeline: a Numerical and Experimental Analysis Water doi: 10.3390/w11091814 Authors: Óscar E. Coronado-Hernández Mohsen Besharat Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel Helena M. Ramos The filling process in water pipelines produces pressure surges caused by the compression of air pockets. In this sense, air valves should be appropriately designed to expel sufficient air to avoid pipeline failure....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1813: Physical Parameterization of IDF Curves Based on Short-Duration Storms Water doi: 10.3390/w11091813 Authors: Gutierrez-Lopez Jimenez Hernandez Escalante Sandoval Intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves are empirical mathematical formulations that have been used for years in engineering for planning, design, and operation of hydraulic projects. The expression proposed by Sherman (1931) has been validated and used largely by many...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1810: Activated Carbon Mixed with Marine Sediment is Suitable as Bioanode Material for Spartina anglica Sediment/Plant Microbial Fuel Cell: Plant Growth, Electricity Generation, and Spatial Microbial Community Diversity Water doi: 10.3390/w11091810 Authors: Sudirjo Buisman Strik Wetlands cover a significant part of the world’s land surface area. Wetlands are permanently or temporarily inundated with water and rich in nutrients. Therefore, wetlands...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1811: Nonstationary Flood Hazard Analysis in Response to Climate Change and Population Growth Water doi: 10.3390/w11091811 Authors: Lei Yan Lingqi Li Pengtao Yan Hongmou He Jing Li Dongyang Lu The predictions of flood hazard over the design life of a hydrological project are of great importance for hydrological engineering design under the changing environment. The concept of a nonstationary flood hazard has been formulated by extending the geometric...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1809: Coupling between Nitrification and Denitrification as well as Its Effect on Phosphorus Release in Sediments of Chinese Shallow Lakes Water doi: 10.3390/w11091809 Authors: Zhang Song Zhou Cao Zhou The coupling of nitrification and denitrification has attracted wide attention since it plays an important role in mitigating eutrophication in aquatic ecosystems. However, the underlying mechanism is largely unknown. In order to study the coupling...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1812: Phosphorus Removal with Coagulation Processes in Five Low Buffered Lakes—A Case Study of Mesocosm Research Water doi: 10.3390/w11091812 Authors: Łopata Augustyniak Grochowska Parszuto Tandyrak This research deals with the impact of aluminum coagulants, used as a tool for the rehabilitation of water bodies, on changes in the phosphorus content in lakes with low alkalinity of water. Mesocosm scale experimental investigations in situ using polyaluminium...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1807: Clogging Issues with Aquifer Storage and Recovery of Reclaimed Water in the Brackish Werribee Aquifer, Melbourne, Australia Water doi: 10.3390/w11091807 Authors: Pieter J. Stuyfzand Javier Osma As part of an integrated water-cycle management strategy, City West Water (CWW) is conducting research to develop an aquifer storage recovery (ASR) scheme utilizing recycled water. In this contribution, we address the risk of well clogging based on two ASR bore pilots,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 1808: Hydrological Early Warning System Based on a Deep Learning Runoff Model Coupled with a Meteorological Forecast Water doi: 10.3390/w11091808 Authors: Alberto de la Fuente Viviana Meruane Carolina Meruane The intensification of the hydrological cycle because of global warming raises concerns about future floods and their impact on large cities where exposure to these events has also increased. The development of adequate adaptation solutions such as early...
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