Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1618: Hall Amplifier Nanoscale Device (HAND): Modeling, Simulations and Feasibility Analysis for THz Sensor Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111618 Authors: Karsenty Mottes HAND (Hall Amplifier Nanoscale Device), a new nano-metric device, was designed, simulated, and modeled for feasibility analysis, with the challenge of combining a well-known macro effect into the nanoscale world. HAND is based on the well-known Hall Effect, and it may enable circuitry...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1615: Fabrication of Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films from Ball-Milled Nanoparticle inks under Various Annealing Temperatures Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111615 Authors: Xianfeng Zhang Engang Fu Maoxi Zheng Yuehui Wang Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) has been recognized as a promising thin-film absorber material of chalcopyrite-related solar cells. A two-stage method for fabricating CZTS films using CZTS nanoparticles was developed. Nanocrystal inks fabricated by a ball-milling...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1616: Nanoparticulate Metal Oxide Top Electrode Interface Modification Improves the Thermal Stability of Inverted Perovskite Photovoltaics Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111616 Authors: Ioannis T. Papadas Fedros Galatopoulos Gerasimos S. Armatas Nir Tessler Stelios A. Choulis Solution processed γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles via the solvothermal colloidal synthesis in conjunction with ligand-exchange method are used for interface modification...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1614: Biosensing and Delivery of Nucleic Acids Involving Selected Well-Known and Rising Star Functional Nanomaterials Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111614 Authors: Susana Campuzano Maria Gamella Verónica Serafín María Pedrero Paloma Yáñez-Sedeño José Manuel Pingarrón In the last fifteen years, the nucleic acid biosensors and delivery area has seen a breakthrough due to the interrelation between the recognition of nucleic acid’s...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1617: Influence of Nanoscale Textured Surfaces and Subsurface Defects on Friction Behaviors by Molecular Dynamics Simulation Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111617 Authors: Ruiting Tong Zefen Quan Yangdong Zhao Bin Han Geng Liu In nanomaterials, the surface or the subsurface structures influence the friction behaviors greatly. In this work, nanoscale friction behaviors between a rigid cylinder tip and a single crystal copper substrate are studied...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 9, Pages 1613: Fibrillar Self-Assembly of a Chimeric Elastin-Resilin Inspired Engineered Polypeptide Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano9111613 Authors: Angelo Bracalello Valeria Secchi Roberta Mastrantonio Antonietta Pepe Tiziana Persichini Giovanna Iucci Brigida Bochicchio Chiara Battocchio In the field of tissue engineering, recombinant protein-based biomaterials made up of block polypeptides with tunable properties arising from the functionalities...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2773: Attenuation of Inflammation and Leptin Resistance by Pyrogallol-Phloroglucinol-6,6-Bieckol on in the Brain of Obese Animal Models Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112773 Authors: Myeongjoo Son Seyeon Oh Junwon Choi Ji Tae Jang Chang Hu Choi Kook Yang Park Kuk Hui Son Kyunghee Byun Obesity induces inflammation both in the adipose tissue and the brain. Activated macrophage infiltration, polarization of macrophages to a more inflammatory type...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2772: Applying Methods for Postnatal Growth Assessment in the Clinical Setting: Evaluation in a Longitudinal Cohort of Very Preterm Infants Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112772 Authors: Montserrat Izquierdo Renau Victoria Aldecoa-Bilbao Carla Balcells Esponera Beatriz del Rey Hurtado de Mendoza Martin Iriondo Sanz Isabel Iglesias-Platas Aim: To analyze different methods to assess postnatal growth in a cohort of very premature infants (VPI) in a clinical...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2771: Malnutrition-Inflammation Score VS Phase Angle in the Era of GLIM Criteria: A Cross-Sectional Study among Hemodialysis Patients in UAE Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112771 Authors: Mirey Karavetian Nada Salhab Rana Rizk Kalliopi Anna Poulia (1) Background: Malnutrition is prevalent in hemodialysis (HD) patients and is associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of malnutrition...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2769: Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index Is Associated with Unique Health Conditions and Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112769 Authors: Ting-Yun Lin Szu-Chun Hung Malnutrition is prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, current nutrition screening tools are not specific to the CKD population. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether the geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI),...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2768: The Relationship between Vitamin D Status and Rotator Cuff Muscle Strength in Professional Volleyball Athletes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112768 Authors: Do Kyung Kim Geon Park Liang-Tseng Kuo Won Hah Park This study aimed to examine the vitamin D status of professional volleyball athletes and to determine its correlation with shoulder muscle strength. We included 52 healthy male professional volleyball players (23.2 ± 4.5 years), who...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2767: Utility of Novel Hypochromia and Microcythemia Markers in Classifying Hematological and Iron Status in Male Athletes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112767 Authors: Jadwiga Malczewska-Lenczowska Olga Surała Joanna Orysiak Dariusz Turowski Beata Szczepańska Paweł Tomaszewski In athletes, no reliable indices exist for an unambiguous evaluation of hematological and iron status. Therefore, the utility of some new red blood cell (RBC) parameters was...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2770: Tamarind Trypsin Inhibitor in Chitosan–Whey Protein Nanoparticles Reduces Fasting Blood Glucose Levels without Compromising Insulinemia: A Preclinical Study Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112770 Authors: Lídia L. R. Matias Rafael O. A. Costa Thaís S. Passos Jaluza L. C. Queiroz Alexandre C. Serquiz Bruna L. L. Maciel Pedro P. A. Santos Christina S. Camillo Catarina Gonçalves Isabel R. Amado Lorenzo Pastrana Ana H. A. Morais In...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2765: Factors Associated with the Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112765 Authors: Osita Kingsley Ezeh Felix Akpojene Ogbo Garry John Stevens Wadad Kathy Tannous Osuagwu Levi Uchechukwu Pramesh Raj Ghimire Kingsley Emwinyore Agho Global Maternal and Child Health Research Collaboration (GloMACH) The early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) within one hour after...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2766: Vitamin D Food Fortification and Nutritional Status in Children: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112766 Authors: Paula Nascimento Brandão-Lima Beatriz da Cruz Santos Concepción Maria Aguilera Analícia Rocha Santos Freire Paulo Ricardo Saquete Martins-Filho Liliane Viana Pires Children are in the risk group for developing hypovitaminosis D. Several strategies are used to reduce this risk. Among...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2763: Is an “Epigenetic Diet” for Migraines Justified? The Case of Folate and DNA Methylation Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112763 Authors: Michal Fila Cezary Chojnacki Jan Chojnacki Janusz Blasiak Migraines are a common disease with limited treatment options and some dietary factors are recognized to trigger headaches. Although migraine pathogenesis is not completely known, aberrant DNA methylation has been reported to be associated with its occurrence....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2764: Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages and the Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112764 Authors: Edyta Suliga Dorota Kozieł Elzbieta Ciesla Dorota Rebak Martyna Głuszek-Osuch Stanisław Głuszek The relationship between alcohol consumption and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is not consistent and may vary between populations, depending on age, sex, ethnicity, cultural traditions and lifestyle....
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2760: Muscular Fitness Mediates the Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Areal Bone Mineral Density in Children with Overweight/Obesity Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112760 Authors: Jose J. Gil-Cosano Luis Gracia-Marco Esther Ubago-Guisado Jairo H. Migueles Jose Mora-Gonzalez María V. Escolano-Margarit José Gómez-Vida José Maldonado Francisco B. Ortega The association between vitamin D [25(OH)D] and bone health has been widely studied...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2761: Effects of Phytochemicals on Blood Pressure and Neuroprotection Mediated Via Brain Renin-Angiotensin System Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112761 Authors: Hae Rin Kim Woo Kyoung Kim Ae Wha Ha Background: The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the brain plays a crucial role in maintaining blood pressure as well as neuroprotection. This study compared the effects of curcumin, quercetin, and saponin on blood pressure, the brain RAS, and cholinergic system...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2762: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis: Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 for Treating Acute Gastroenteritis in Children. An Update Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112762 Authors: Bernadeta Patro-Gołąb Hania Szajewska The effectiveness of Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 (L. reuteri) for the management of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) has been recently questioned. We performed a systematic review to update evidence on L. reuteri for treating AGE in children. We...
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Nutrients, Vol. 11, Pages 2759: Is There a Contribution of Structural Brain Phenotypes to the Variance in Resting Energy Expenditure before and after Weight Loss in Overweight Females? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu11112759 Authors: Corinna Geisler Manfred J. Müller Brain gray (GM) and white matter (WM) are associated with resting energy expenditure (REE). The impact of weight loss on GM and WM masses, as well as on their associations with REE and the ratio between body and brain metabolism,...
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Pathogens, Vol. 8, Pages 236: Hepatitis C Virus among Female Sex Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study Conducted along Rivers and Highways in the Amazon Region Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens8040236 Authors: Oliveira-Filho Aires Cavalcante Raiol Lisboa Frade da Costa Pinheiro Machado Martins Silva-Oliveira Pinho Kupek Lemos Background: Previous studies found a high prevalence of pathogens among female sex workers (FSWs) in the Amazon region,...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 611: An In Situ Gelling System for the Local Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The Loading of Maqui (Aristotelia Chilensis) Berry Extract as an Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Agent Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110611 Authors: Tenci Rossi Giannino Vigani Sandri Bonferoni Daglia Longo Macelloni Ferrari The aim of the present work was the development of an innovative in situ gelling system, to...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 11, Pages 610: Development of Injectable PEGylated Liposome Encapsulating Disulfiram for Colorectal Cancer Treatment Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11110610 Authors: Mohammad Najlah Ammar Said Suliman Ibrahim Tolaymat Sathishkumar Kurusamy Vinodh Kannappan Abdelbary M. A. Elhissi Weiguang Wang Disulfiram (DS), an anti-alcoholism medicine, shows strong anti-cancer activity in the laboratory, but the application in clinics for anti-cancer...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 506: Qualitative and Quantitative Differences in Osmolytes Accumulation and Antioxidant Activities in Response to Water Deficit in Four Mediterranean Limonium Species Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110506 Authors: Sara González-Orenga Mohamad Al Hassan Josep V. Llinares Purificación Lisón M. Pilar López-Gresa Mercedes Verdeguer Oscar Vicente Monica Boscaiu Limonium is a genus represented in the Iberian Peninsula by numerous halophytic species that...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 505: Chenopodium album L. and Sisymbrium officinale (L.) Scop.: Phytochemical Content and In Vitro Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Potential Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110505 Authors: Valentina Amodeo Mariangela Marrelli Veronica Pontieri Roberta Cassano Sonia Trombino Filomena Conforti Giancarlo Statti Spontaneous edible plants have an old history of use in popular traditions all around the world, and the rediscovery of these species could also...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 504: Influence of PGPB Inoculation on HSP70 and HMA3 Gene Expression in Switchgrass under Cadmium Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110504 Authors: Begum Hu Cai Lou This study aimed to evaluate the gene expression of HSP70 and HMA3 in the switchgrass inoculated with plant-growth-promoting-bacteria (PGPB) under cadmium (Cd) stress and to observe the benefit of PGPB in plant growth and development. Plants were grown in hydroponic culture and treated with...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 503: Effect of Wheat Straw as a Cover Crop on the Chlorophyll, Seed, and Oilseed Yield of Trigonella foeunm graecum L under Water Deficiency and Weed Competition Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110503 Authors: Nabil Raheem Lahmod Jawadayn Talib Alkooranee Ahmed Abed Gatea Alshammary Jesús Rodrigo-Comino The effects of water stress on fenugreek crops are well documented. However, little is known about how these plants respond to water deficits under a soil-mulching...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 502: Polyphenol Characterization and Skin-Preserving Properties of Hydroalcoholic Flower Extract from Himantoglossum robertianum (Orchidaceae) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110502 Authors: Miriam Bazzicalupo Bruno Burlando Marcella Denaro Davide Barreca Domenico Trombetta Antonella Smeriglio Laura Cornara Himantoglossum robertianum (Loisel.) P. Delforge is a Mediterranean orchid whose propagation in vitro has been achieved, making it eligible as a...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 501: Phenotypic Plasticity in the Structure of Fine Adventitious Metasequoia glyptostroboides Roots Allows Adaptation to Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110501 Authors: Chaodong Yang Xia Zhang Ting Wang Shuangshuang Hu Cunyu Zhou Jian Zhang Qingfeng Wang Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Cupressaceae) is a rare deciduous conifer which grows successfully in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. This tree has a narrow...
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Plants, Vol. 8, Pages 500: Exotic Plants Used by the Hmong in Thailand Plants doi: 10.3390/plants8110500 Authors: Varangrat Nguanchoo Prasit Wangpakapattanawong Henrik Balslev Angkhana Inta Exotic species are an integral part of the plants used by many ethnic groups, but they usually receive little attention and have been considered alien to the ethnobotanical data. Here, we analyze the plants used by Thai Hmong refugees that are not native to their current habitats in Thailand....
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Prosthesis, Vol. 1, Pages 41-53: Prosthetic and Mechanical Parameters of the Facial Bone under the Load of Different Dental Implant Shapes: A Parametric Study Prosthesis doi: 10.3390/prosthesis1010006 Authors: Cicciù Cervino Terranova Risitano Raffaele Cucinotta Santonocito Fiorillo In recent years the science of dental materials and implantology have taken many steps forward. In particular, it has tended to optimize the implant design, the implant surface,...
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Psych, Vol. 1, Pages 504-515: The Relationship between Sense of Coherence, Stress, Body Image Satisfaction and Eating Behavior in Japanese and Austrian Students Psych doi: 10.3390/psych1010039 Authors: Kato Greimel Hu Müller-Gartner Salchinger Freidl Saito Roth Background: Restrained, emotional, and external eating are related to obesity and eating disorders. A salutogenic model has confirmed sense of coherence (SOC) as a health resource that moderates stress...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 631: Developmental Implications of Children’s Early Religious and Spiritual Experiences in Context: A Sociocultural Perspective Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110631 Authors: Mona M. Abo-Zena Allegra Midgette Religious and spiritual experiences have implications for many aspects of development across the lifespan, including during early childhood. A focus on religion and spirituality expands beyond a discrete domain of social science (e.g., cognitive development)...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 630: Daoism and the Project of an Ecological Civilization or Shengtai Wenming 生态文明 Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110630 Authors: Martin Schönfeld Xia Chen For China today, environmentalism is central. The socialist doctrine of “Xi Jinping Thought” prioritizes transitioning to sustainability in the goal of building an “Ecological Civilization”. This creates unprecedented opportunities for Daoist practitioners to engage...
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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 629: Bewitching Power: The Virtuosity of Gender in Dekker and Massinger’s The Virgin Martyr Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10110629 Authors: Tom Fish This paper considers Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger’s play The Virgin Martyr (1622) in light of scientific notions of the female body circulating during the period to illustrate how the performance of martyrdom manifested a performance of gender virtuosity, elevating it to the status of the supernatural...
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Resources, Vol. 8, Pages 173: Machine Learning, Urban Water Resources Management and Operating Policy Resources doi: 10.3390/resources8040173 Authors: Evangelos Rozos Meticulously analyzing all contemporaneous conditions and available options before taking operations decisions regarding the management of the urban water resources is a necessary step owing to water scarcity. More often than not, this analysis is challenging because of the uncertainty regarding inflows to the system. The...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 314: The Ideal and the Real Dimensions of the European Migration Crisis. The Polish Perspective Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci8110314 Authors: Barbara Cieślińska Małgorzata Dziekońska In the article the so-called European migrant crisis of 2015 is presented from the perspective of Polish society. First, we consider criteria for distinguishing refugees from other types of immigrants. Second, we examine the characteristics of the 2015 inflow which...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 237: Effects of Two Competitive Soccer Matches on Landing Biomechanics in Female Division I Soccer Players Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7110237 Authors: Benjamin J. Snyder Randolph E. Hutchison Christopher J. Mills Stephen J. Parsons Fatigue has been proposed to increase the risk of knee injury. This study tracked countermovement jump, knee isometric strength, and kinetics and kinematics in 8 female soccer players (experimental group) during an anticipated...
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Sports, Vol. 7, Pages 236: Mental Health Symptoms Related to Body Shape Idealization in Female Fitness Physique Athletes Sports doi: 10.3390/sports7110236 Authors: Therese Fostervold Mathisen Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen Physical activity relates to optimal health, still the prevalence of mental health issues is high among athletes. Being young, female, and competing in aesthetic sports is a high-risk combination for mental health symptoms. Fitness physique athletes (FA) match this profile...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 666: The Diversity of Venom: The Importance of Behavior and Venom System Morphology in Understanding Its Ecology and Evolution Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110666 Authors: Schendel Rash Jenner Undheim Venoms are one of the most convergent of animal traits known, and encompass a much greater taxonomic and functional diversity than is commonly appreciated. This knowledge gap limits the potential of venom as a model trait in evolutionary biology. Here,...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 665: Fusarium Mycotoxins Disrupt the Barrier and Induce IL-6 Release in a Human Placental Epithelium Cell Line Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110665 Authors: Negisa Seyed Toutounchi Astrid Hogenkamp Soheil Varasteh Belinda van’t Land Johan Garssen Aletta D. Kraneveld Gert Folkerts Saskia Braber Deoxynivalenol, T-2 toxin, and zearalenone, major Fusarium mycotoxins, contaminate human food on a global level. Exposure to these mycotoxins during pregnancy...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 663: Deoxynivalenol Induces Intestinal Damage and Inflammatory Response through the Nuclear Factor-κB Signaling Pathway in Piglets Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110663 Authors: Xi-Chun Wang Ya-Fei Zhang Li Cao Lei Zhu Ying-Ying Huang Xiao-Fang Chen Xiao-Yan Chu Dian-Feng Zhu Sajid Ur Rahman Shi-Bin Feng Yu Li Jin-Jie Wu Deoxynivalenol (DON) is highly toxic to animals and humans, but pigs are most sensitive to it. The porcine mucosal...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 664: Fusarium-Produced Mycotoxins in Plant-Pathogen Interactions Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110664 Authors: Lakshmipriya Perincherry Justyna Lalak-Kańczugowska Łukasz Stępień Pathogens belonging to the Fusarium genus are causal agents of the most significant crop diseases worldwide. Virtually all Fusarium species synthesize toxic secondary metabolites, known as mycotoxins; however, the roles of mycotoxins are not yet fully understood. To understand how a...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 662: Cranberry Proanthocyanidins Neutralize the Effects of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans Leukotoxin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110662 Authors: Amel Ben Lagha Amy Howell Daniel Grenier Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative bacterium that has been strongly associated with localized aggressive periodontitis. The capacity of A. actinomycetemcomitans to produce a leukotoxin (LtxA) that activates pyroptosis in macrophages and induces...
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Toxins, Vol. 11, Pages 661: ACP-TX-I and ACP-TX-II, Two Novel Phospholipases A2 Isolated from Trans-Pecos Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster Venom: Biochemical and Functional Characterization Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins11110661 Authors: Salomón Huancahuire-Vega Luciana M. Hollanda Mauricio Gomes-Heleno Edda E. Newball-Noriega Sergio Marangoni This work reports the purification and biochemical and functional characterization of ACP-TX-I and ACP-TX-II, two phospholipases...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 183: Immunization with the HisAK70 DNA Vaccine Induces Resistance against Leishmania Amazonensis Infection in BALB/c Mice Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040183 Authors: Abel Martínez-Rodrigo Daniel S. Dias Patrícia A. F. Ribeiro Bruno M. Roatt Alicia Mas Javier Carrión Eduardo A. F. Coelho Gustavo Domínguez-Bernal Leishmania amazonensis is the aetiological agent of a broad spectrum of leishmaniosis in South America. It can cause not only numerous...
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Vaccines, Vol. 7, Pages 182: MVA-Vectored Pentameric Complex (PC) and gB Vaccines Improve Pregnancy Outcome after Guinea Pig CMV Challenge, but Only gB Vaccine Reduces Vertical Transmission Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines7040182 Authors: Heidi Contreras Felix Wussow Claudia Fernández-Alarcón Craig Bierle Jenny Nguyen Don J. Diamond Mark R. Schleiss (1) Background: A congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) vaccine is a major research priority, but the essential glycoprotein...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1063: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Reveals Exposed Residues in the Ligand-Binding Domain of the Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor that Interacts with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-G Envelope Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111063 Authors: Faisal A. Al-Allaf Zainularifeen Abduljaleel Mohiuddin M. Taher Ahmed A. H. Abdellatif Mohammad Athar Neda M. Bogari Mohammed N. Al-Ahdal Futwan Al-Mohanna Zuhair N. Al-Hassnan Kamal H. Y. Alzabeedi Talib M. Banssir...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1061: The U3 and Env Proteins of Jaagsiekte Sheep Retrovirus and Enzootic Nasal Tumor Virus Both Contribute to Tissue Tropism Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111061 Authors: Rosales Gerpe van Lieshout Domm Ingrao Datu Walsh Yu Jong Krell Wootton Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV) and enzootic nasal tumor virus (ENTV) are small-ruminant betaretroviruses that share high nucleotide and amino acid identity, utilize the same cellular receptor,...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1062: Parechovirus A Pathogenesis and the Enigma of Genotype A-3 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111062 Authors: Sridhar Karelehto Brouwer Pajkrt Wolthers Parechovirus A is a species in the Parechovirus genus within the Picornaviridae family that can cause severe disease in children. Relatively little is known on Parechovirus A epidemiology and pathogenesis. This review aims to explore the Parechovirus A literature and highlight the differences between...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1060: Relating GPI-Anchored Ly6 Proteins uPAR and CD59 to Viral Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111060 Authors: Yu Murthy Liu The Ly6 (lymphocyte antigen-6)/uPAR (urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor) superfamily protein is a group of molecules that share limited sequence homology but conserved three-fingered structures. Despite diverse cellular functions, such as in regulating host immunity, cell adhesion, and migration, the physiological...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1059: Mosquitoes of North-Western Europe as Potential Vectors of Arboviruses: A Review Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111059 Authors: Jean-Philippe Martinet Hubert Ferté Anna-Bella Failloux Francis Schaffner Jérôme Depaquit Background: The intensification of trade and travel is linked to the growing number of imported cases of dengue, chikungunya or Zika viruses into continental Europe and to the expansion of invasive mosquito species such as Aedes albopictus...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1058: Use of Monocyte-Derived Macrophage Culture Increases Zika Virus Isolation Rate from Human Plasma Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111058 Authors: Emilia Sippert Bruno C. Rocha Felipe L. Assis Suzan Ok Maria Rios Viral isolation is desirable for many reasons, including development of diagnostic assays and reference materials, and for virology basic research. Zika virus (ZIKV) isolation from clinical samples is challenging, but isolates are known to infect...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1057: A Toxicity Screening Approach to Identify Bacteriophage-Encoded Anti-Microbial Proteins Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111057 Authors: Ushanandini Mohanraj Xing Wan Cindy M. Spruit Mikael Skurnik Maria I. Pajunen The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance among many pathogenic bacteria has created a profound need to discover new alternatives to antibiotics. Bacteriophages, the viruses of microbes, express special proteins to overtake the metabolism...
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Viruses, Vol. 11, Pages 1056: Zika Virus Dissemination from the Midgut of Aedes aegypti is Facilitated by Bloodmeal-Mediated Structural Modification of the Midgut Basal Lamina Viruses doi: 10.3390/v11111056 Authors: Yingjun Cui DeAna G. Grant Jingyi Lin Xiudao Yu Alexander W. E. Franz The arboviral disease cycle requires that key tissues in the arthropod vector become persistently infected with the virus. The midgut is the first organ in the mosquito that needs to be productively...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2393: Treatment of Pulp and Paper Industrial Effluent Using Physicochemical Process for Recycling Water doi: 10.3390/w11112393 Authors: Mehmood Rehman Wang Farooq Mahmood Jadoon Javed Ahmad Physicochemical treatment, consisting of a combination of primary settling, coagulation–flocculation-aided clarification (alum, lime and magnesium sulfate as coagulants) and activated carbon adsorption, was employed for the treatment of...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2392: The Thresholds of Sediment-Generating Rainfall from Hillslope to Watershed Scales in the Loess Plateau, China Water doi: 10.3390/w11112392 Authors: Liang Jiao Dang Cao Obtaining practical thresholds for erosive rainfall plays a crucial role in calculating rainfall erosivity and predicting water erosion. Nevertheless, the study of thresholds on subwatershed and watershed scales remains scarce. Given this, we presented the critical rainfall that...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2391: Treatment of Trichloroethylene with Photocatalyst-Coated Optical Fiber Water doi: 10.3390/w11112391 Authors: Chen Wu Hsieh Chen In this present study, we investigated the effect of photocatalyzation on the degradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) in the aqueous phase by a photocatalyst-coated plastic optical fiber (POF). Two light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with low light intensity were used as the light source and TiO2 and ZnO were used as photocatalysts,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2390: Hydrological Drought Regimes of the Huai River Basin, China: Probabilistic Behavior, Causes and Implications Water doi: 10.3390/w11112390 Authors: Sun Zhang Yao Wen : Hydrological droughts were characterized using the run-length theory and the AIC (Akaike information criterion) techniques were accepted to evaluate the modeling performance of nine probability functions. In addition, the copula functions were used to describe joint probability behaviors...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2382: Numerical Simulations of Hydraulic Characteristics of A Flow Discharge Measurement Process with A Plate Flowmeter in A U-Channel Water doi: 10.3390/w11112382 Authors: Yongye Li Yuan Gao Xiaomeng Jia Xihuan Sun Xuelan Zhang The use of a flow discharge measuring device in irrigated areas is the key to utilizing water in a planned and scientific manner and to developing water-saving irrigation techniques. In this study, a new type of flow discharge...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2388: Evolution Pattern of Tailings Flow from Dam Failure and the Buffering Effect of Debris Blocking Dams Water doi: 10.3390/w11112388 Authors: Guangjin Wang Sen Tian Bin Hu Zhifa Xu Jie Chen Xiangyun Kong Tailings ponds are the indispensable facilities in the mine production and operation. Once the dam is destabilized and damaged, it will pose a serious threat on the life and property of the downstream population and could also potentially cause...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2385: Cool Steam Method for Desalinating Seawater Water doi: 10.3390/w11112385 Authors: Pedro Antonio Arnau Naeria Navarro Javier Soraluce Jose María Martínez-Iglesias Jorge Illas Eugenio Oñate Cool steam is an innovative distillation technology based on low-temperature thermal distillation (LTTD), which allows obtaining fresh water from non-safe water sources with substantially low energy consumption. LTTD consists of distilling at low temperatures...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2387: Long-Term Deceleration of Glaciers in the Eastern Nyainqentanglha Mountains, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau, Revealed from Landsat Images Water doi: 10.3390/w11112387 Authors: Xiyou Fu Jianmin Zhou Temperate glaciers are very sensitive to variations in temperature and precipitation, and thus represent a good indicator of climate change. By exploiting complete Landsat archives during periods of 1988–1990, 2000–2002 and 2014–2016,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2386: Design of a Pressurized Rainfall Simulator for Evaluating Performance of Erosion Control Practices Water doi: 10.3390/w11112386 Authors: Matthew D. Ricks Matthew A. Horne Brian Faulkner Wesley C. Zech Xing Fang Wesley N. Donald Michael A. Perez Construction site erosion and resulting sedimentation constitutes one of the greatest non-point source pollution threats to our nation’s waterways. Erosion control practices are important...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2383: A Mass Balance of Nitrogen in a Large Lowland River (Elbe, Germany) Water doi: 10.3390/w11112383 Authors: Stephanie Ritz Helmut Fischer Nitrogen (N) delivered by rivers causes severe eutrophication in many coastal waters, and its turnover and retention are therefore of major interest. We set up a mass balance along a 582 km river section of a large, N-rich lowland river to quantify N retention along this river segment and to identify the underlying processes....
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2384: Species Richness and Taxonomic Distinctness of Zooplankton in Ponds and Small Lakes from Albania and North Macedonia: The Role of Bioclimatic Factors Water doi: 10.3390/w11112384 Authors: Giorgio Mancinelli Sotir Mali Genuario Belmonte Resolving the contribution to biodiversity patterns of regional-scale environmental drivers is, to date, essential in the implementation of effective conservation strategies. Here, we assessed the species richness S and...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2381: A Novel, Coupled CFD-DEM Model for the Flow Characteristics of Particles Inside a Pipe Water doi: 10.3390/w11112381 Authors: Haotong Zhou Guihe Wang Cangqin Jia Cheng Li This study developed a novel, 3D coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-discrete element method (DEM) model by coupling two software programs, OpenFOAM and PFC3D, to solve problems related to fluid–particle interaction systems. The complete governing equations and the...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2380: Assessment of Lake Water Quality and Eutrophication Risk in an Agricultural Irrigation Area: A Case Study of the Chagan Lake in Northeast China Water doi: 10.3390/w11112380 Authors: Xuemei Liu Guangxin Zhang Guangzhi Sun Yao Wu Yueqing Chen Water quality safety is the key factor to maintain the ecosystem service functions of lakes. Field investigations and statistical analyses were carried out to study the water quality of a large, agriculture-stressed...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2389: Characterization of Diffuse Groundwater Inflows into Streamwater (Part I: Spatial and Temporal Mapping Framework Based on Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing) Water doi: 10.3390/w11112389 Authors: Hugo Le Lay Zahra Thomas François Rouault Pascal Pichelin Florentina Moatar Although fiber optic distributed temperature sensing (FO-DTS) has been used in hydrology for the past 10 years to characterize groundwater–streamwater exchanges,...
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Water, Vol. 11, Pages 2379: Effects of a Large Irrigation Reservoir on Aquatic and Riparian Plants: A History of Survival and Loss Water doi: 10.3390/w11112379 Authors: Francisca C. Aguiar Maria Rosário Fernandes Maria João Martins Maria Teresa Ferreira Dammed rivers have unnatural stream flows, disrupted sediment dynamics, and rearranged geomorphologic settings. Consequently, fluvial biota experiences disturbed functioning in the novel ecosystems. The case study is the large...
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