Antibodies, Vol. 9, Pages 3: Acknowledgement to Reviewers of Antibodies in 2019 Antibodies doi: 10.3390/antib9010003 Authors: Antibodies Editorial Office The editorial team greatly appreciates the reviewers who have dedicated their considerable time andexpertise to the journal’s rigorous editorial process over the past 12 months[...]
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 119: Antioxidant and Pro-Oxidant Properties of Carthamus Tinctorius, Hydroxy Safflor Yellow A, and Safflor Yellow A Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9020119 Authors: Bacchetti Morresi Bellachioma Ferretti (1) Carthamus Tinctorius L. (safflower) is extensively used in traditional herbal medicine. (2) The aim of this study was to investigate the bioactive properties of polyphenol extracts from flowers of Carthamus Tinctorius (CT) cultivated in Italy....
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 118: Vitamin D Supplementation Is Associated with Increased Glutathione Peroxidase-1 Levels in Arab Adults with Prediabetes Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9020118 Authors: Ansari Sabico Clerici Khattak Wani Al-Musharaf Amer Alokail Al-Daghri Vitamin D supplementation may be used to lower oxidative stress. This interventional study aimed to investigate the effects of vitamin D supplementation on glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1)...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 117: Identification of New Peptides from Fermented Milk Showing Antioxidant Properties: Mechanism of Action Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9020117 Authors: Tonolo Fiorese Moretto Folda Scalcon Grinzato Ferro Arrigoni Bindoli Feller Bellamio Marin Rigobello Due to their beneficial properties, fermented foods are considered important constituents of the human diet. They also contain bioactive peptides, health-promoting...
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Arts, Vol. 9, Pages 14: Seeing the Dog: Naturalistic Canine Representations from Greek Art Arts doi: 10.3390/arts9010014 Authors: Kitchell This study attempts to demonstrate that ancient Greek authors and vase painters (mostly of the late sixth and early fifth centuries) were well attuned to the many bodily gestures and positions exhibited by dogs in real life and utilized this knowledge in producing their works. Once this is clear, it becomes evident that the Greek public at large...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 150: Coupled Stratospheric Chemistry–Meteorology Data Assimilation. Part I: Physical Background and Coupled Modeling Aspects Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020150 Authors: Richard Ménard Simon Chabrillat Alain Robichaud Jean de Grandpré Martin Charron Yves Rochon Rebecca Batchelor Alexander Kallaur Mateusz Reszka Jacek W. Kaminski A coupled stratospheric chemistry–meteorology model was developed by combining the Canadian...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 149: Contribution of Volcanic and Fumarolic Emission to the Aerosol in Marine Atmosphere in the Central Mediterranean Sea: Results from Med-Oceanor 2017 Cruise Campaign Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020149 Authors: Moretti Salmatonidis Querol Tassone Andreoli Bencardino Pirrone Sprovieri Naccarato This work studied the contribution of the geogenic sources volcanoes and fumaroles to the aerosol in marine atmosphere in the central...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 147: Surface and Aerodynamic Parameters Estimation for Urban and Rural Areas Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020147 Authors: Sozzi Casasanta Ciardini Finardi Petenko Cecilia Argentini : Numerical weather prediction models require an accurate parametrization of the energy budget at the air-ground interface, that can be obtained only through long-term atmospheric boundary layer measurements at different spatial and temporal scales. Despite...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 148: Morphological Traits Influence the Uptake Ability of Priority Pollutant Elements by Hypnum cupressiforme and Robinia pseudoacacia Leaves Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020148 Authors: Capozzi Di Palma Sorrentino Adamo Giordano Spagnuolo In this paper, a biomonitoring survey of airborne priority pollutant elements was carried out using leaves of native black locust and moss bags filled with Hypnum cupressiforme. The aims of the work...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 145: Land-Use and Height of Pollen Sampling Affect Pollen Exposure in Munich, Germany Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020145 Authors: Rojo Oteros Picornell Ruëff Werchan Werchan Bergmann Schmidt-Weber Buters Airborne pollen concentrations vary depending on the location of the pollen trap with respect to the pollen sources. Two Hirst-type pollen traps were analyzed within the city of Munich (Germany): one trap was located 2 m...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 146: Impacts of Climate Change and Remote Natural Catastrophes on EU Flood Insurance Markets: An Analysis of Soft and Hard Reinsurance Markets for Flood Coverage Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11020146 Authors: Tesselaar Botzen Aerts The increasing frequency and severity of natural catastrophes due to climate change is expected to cause higher natural disaster losses in the future. Reinsurance companies bear a large share of this risk in the form of...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 44: Emotional Attitude to Own Appearance and Appearance of the Spouse: Analysis of Relationships with the Relationship of Spouses to Themselves, Others, and the World Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10020044 Authors: Vorontsova Labunskaya The study analyzed the relationship of attitudes toward one’s appearance and appearance of the partner with attitude toward the own personality and that of the other persons’ in married...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 202: Syzygium aromaticum L. (Myrtaceae): Traditional Uses, Bioactive Chemical Constituents, Pharmacological and Toxicological Activities Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020202 Authors: Batiha Alkazmi Wasef Beshbishy Nadwa Rashwan Herbal medicinal products have been documented as a significant source for discovering new pharmaceutical molecules that have been used to treat serious diseases. Many plant species have been reported to have...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 203: Structural Determinants Responsible for the Preferential Insertion of Ribonucleotides by Bacterial NHEJ PolDom Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020203 Authors: Sánchez-Salvador de Vega The catalytic active site of the Polymerization Domain (PolDom) of bacterial Ligase D is designed to promote realignments of the primer and template strands and extend mispaired 3′ ends. These features, together with the preferred use of ribonucleotides (NTPs)...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 201: Potential Antidiabetic Activity of Extracts and Isolated Compound from Adenosma bracteosum (Bonati) Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020201 Authors: Nguyen Pham Luong Le Vo Adenosma bracteosum Bonati. (A. bracteosum) has been used in traditional and modern medicine in Vietnam for curing hepatitis. In this study, ethanol and aqueous extracts of A. bracteosum were evaluated for their α-glucosidase inhibitory activities and anti-hyperglycemic...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 200: Double-Stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) as a Sustainable Tool against Gray Mold (Botrytis cinerea) in Grapevine: Effectiveness of Different Application Methods in an Open-Air Environment Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020200 Authors: Luca Nerva Marco Sandrini Giorgio Gambino Walter Chitarra Grapevine is one of the most important and globally widespread fruit species, with a high impact on the economy of many countries but with an intense environmental...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 198: Trabecular Bone Deficit and Enhanced Anabolic Response to Re-Ambulation after Disuse in Perlecan-Deficient Skeleton Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020198 Authors: Parajuli Pei Zhao Martinez Lu Liu Farach-Carson Kirn-Safran Wang Perlecan/Hspg2, a large monomeric heparan sulfate proteoglycan, is found in the basement membrane and extracellular matrix, where it acts as a matrix scaffold, growth factor depot, and tissue...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 199: Cerevisterol Alleviates Inflammation via Suppression of MAPK/NF-κB/AP-1 and Activation of the Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Cascade Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020199 Authors: Alam Chowdhury Sohrab Rana Hasan Lee As part of our continuous effort to find potential anti-inflammatory agents from endophytic fungi, a Fusarium solani strain, isolated from the plant Aponogeton undulatus Roxb., was investigated. Cerevisterol (CRVS) was identified...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 197: How Quickly Do Proteins Fold and Unfold, and What Structural Parameters Correlate with These Values? Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020197 Authors: Anna V. Glyakina Oxana V. Galzitskaya The correlations between the logarithm of the unfolding rate of 108 proteins and their structural parameters were calculated. We showed that there is a good correlation between the logarithm of folding and unfolding rates (0.79) and protein stability and unfolding...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 195: Copper Ions and Parkinson’s Disease: Why Is Homeostasis So Relevant? Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020195 Authors: Bisaglia Bubacco The involvement of copper in numerous physiological processes makes this metal ion essential for human life. Alterations in copper homeostasis might have deleterious consequences, and several neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson’s disease (PD), have been associated with impaired copper levels....
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 196: Relevance of Hydrogen Bonds for the Histamine H2 Receptor-Ligand Interactions: A Lesson from Deuteration Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10020196 Authors: Kržan Keuschler Mavri Vianello We used a combination of density functional theory (DFT) calculations and the implicit quantization of the acidic N–H and O–H bonds to assess the effect of deuteration on the binding of agonists (2-methylhistamine and 4-methylhistamine)...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 73: Dynamical Role of Pivotal Brain Regions in Parkinson Symptomatology Uncovered with Deep Learning Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020073 Authors: Nguyen Maia Gao F. Damasceno Raj Background: The release of a broad, longitudinal anatomical dataset by the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative promoted a surge of machine-learning studies aimed at predicting disease onset and progression. However, the excessive number...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 72: Downregulation of Astrocytic Kir4.1 Potassium Channels Is Associated with Hippocampal Neuronal Hyperexcitability in Type 2 Diabetic Mice Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020072 Authors: Miguel P. Méndez-González David E. Rivera-Aponte Jan Benedikt Geronimo Maldonado-Martínez Flavia Tejeda-Bayron Serguei N. Skatchkov Misty J. Eaton Epilepsy, characterized by recurrent seizures, affects 1% of the general population. Interestingly,...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 71: Acute and Chronic Insomnia: What Has Time and/or Hyperarousal Got to Do with It? Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10020071 Authors: Vargas Nguyen Muench Bastien Ellis Perlis Nearly one-third of the population reports new onset or acute insomnia in a given year. Similarly, it is estimated that approximately 10% of the population endorses sleep initiation and maintenance problems consistent with diagnostic criteria for chronic...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 321: The RNA-Binding Ubiquitin Ligase MEX3A Affects Glioblastoma Tumorigenesis by Inducing Ubiquitylation and Degradation of RIG-I Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020321 Authors: Bufalieri Caimano Lospinoso Severini Basili Paglia Sampirisi Loricchio Petroni Canettieri Santoro D’Angelo Infante Di Marcotullio Glioblastoma multiforme (GB) is the most malignant primary brain tumor in humans, with an overall survival of...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 322: The Effects of Diet and Dietary Interventions on the Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Analysis and a Systematic Review of Experimental Studies Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020322 Authors: Barchitta Maugeri Magnano San Lio Quattrocchi Degrassi Catalano Basile Agodi There is an ongoing need for solid evidence about the effects of healthy behaviors, and particularly diet, on the quality of life (QoL)...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 323: Ixazomib Improves Bone Remodeling and Counteracts sonic Hedgehog signaling Inhibition Mediated by Myeloma Cells Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020323 Authors: Tibullo Longo Vicario Romano Barbato Di Rosa Barbagallo Anfuso Lupo Gulino Parenti Li Volti Palumbo Di Raimondo Giallongo Multiple myeloma (MM) is a clonal B-cell malignancy characterized by an accumulation of plasma cells (PC) in the bone marrow...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 320: The Non-Coding RNA Landscape of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020320 Authors: Morelli Gullà Rocca Federico Raimondi Malvestiti Agosti Rossi Costa Giavaresi Azab Cagnetta Cea Tagliaferri Neri Munshi Viglietto Tassone Amodio Despite substantial advancements have been done in the understanding of the pathogenesis of plasma cell (PC) disorders, these malignancies remain...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 319: Prognostic and Predictive Molecular Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer: Updates and Challenges Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020319 Authors: Koncina Haan Rauh Letellier Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death among cancer patients. This heterogeneous disease is characterized by alterations in multiple molecular pathways throughout its development. Mutations in RAS, along with the mismatch repair gene deficiency, are currently routinely...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 318: HDAC6—an Emerging Target Against Chronic Myeloid Leukemia? Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020318 Authors: Hélène Losson Michael Schnekenburger Mario Dicato Marc Diederich Imatinib became the standard treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) about 20 years ago, which was a major breakthrough in stabilizing the pathology and improving the quality of life of patients. However, the emergence of resistance to imatinib and other tyrosine kinase inhibitors...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 317: Cancer Glycolytic Dependence as a New Target of Olive Leaf Extract Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020317 Authors: Ruzzolini Peppicelli Bianchini Andreucci Urciuoli Romani Tortora Caderni Nediani Calorini Oleuropein (Ole), the main bioactive phenolic component of Olea europaea L. has recently attracted the scientific attention for its several beneficial properties, including its anticancer effects. This study is intended...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 315: Dephosphorylation of YB-1 is Required for Nuclear Localisation During G2 Phase of the Cell Cycle Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020315 Authors: Mehta McKinney Algie Verma Kannan Harfoot Bartolec Bhatia Fisher Gould Parker Cesare Cunliffe Cohen Kleffmann Braithwaite Woolley Elevated levels of nuclear Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) are linked to poor prognosis in cancer. It has been proposed that...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 312: Development of a Precision Medicine Workflow in Hematological Cancers, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020312 Authors: Bødker Sønderkær Vesteghem Schmitz Brøndum Sommer Rytter Nielsen Madsen Jensen Pedersen Grubach Severinsen Roug El-Galaly Dybkær Bøgsted Within recent years, many precision cancer medicine initiatives have been developed. Most of these have...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 314: Effect of Estrogen Receptor Status on Circulatory Immune and Metabolomics Profiles of HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Enrolled for Neoadjuvant Targeted Chemotherapy Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020314 Authors: Vignoli Muraro Miolo Tenori Turano Di Gregorio Steffan Luchinat Corona HER2-positive breast cancer (BC) represents a heterogeneous cancer disease. In an attempt to identify new stratification models useful for...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 313: Multimodal Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Predictive Factors of Recurrence and Survival in Western Patients Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020313 Authors: Hermida Cassinotto Piron Aho-Glélé Guillot Schembri Allimant Jaber Pageaux Assenat Guiu Background: To identify the predictive factors of recurrence and survival in an unselected population of Western patients who underwent multimodal...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 316: NK Cell-Based Immunotherapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020316 Authors: Terrén Orrantia Mikelez-Alonso Vitallé Zenarruzabeitia Borrego Natural killer (NK) cells are cytotoxic lymphocytes that are able to kill tumor cells without prior sensitization. It has been shown that NK cells play a pivotal role in a variety of cancers, highlighting their relevance in tumor immunosurveillance. NK cell infiltration has been...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 310: Targeting Glutamine Addiction in Gliomas Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020310 Authors: Marta Obara-Michlewska Monika Szeliga The most common malignant brain tumors are those of astrocytic origin, gliomas, with the most aggressive glioblastoma (WHO grade IV) among them. Despite efforts, medicine has not made progress in terms of the prognosis and life expectancy of glioma patients. Behind the malignant phenotype of gliomas lies multiple genetic mutations...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 311: Cinnamaldehyde Enhances Antimelanoma Activity through Covalently Binding ENO1 and Exhibits a Promoting Effect with Dacarbazine Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12020311 Authors: Zhang Gao Cheng Zhang Liu Ma Lei Hao Hou Hou Bai At present, melanoma is a common malignant tumor with the highest mortality rate of all types of skin cancer. Although the first option for treating melanoma is with chemicals, the effects are unsatisfactory...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 323: Painting of Fourth and the X-Linked 1.688 Satellite in D. melanogaster is Involved in Chromosome-Wide Gene Regulation Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020323 Authors: Ekhteraei-Tousi Lewerentz Larsson Chromosome-specific regulatory mechanisms provide a model to understand the coordinated regulation of genes on entire chromosomes or on larger genomic regions. In fruit flies, two chromosome-wide systems have been characterized: The male-specific lethal (MSL)...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 319: Tspan8-Tumor Extracellular Vesicle-Induced Endothelial Cell and Fibroblast Remodeling Relies on the Target Cell-Selective Response Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020319 Authors: Mu Provaznik Hackert Zöller Tumor cell-derived extracellular vesicles (TEX) expressing tetraspanin Tspan8-alpha4/beta1 support angiogenesis. Tspan8-alpha6/beta4 facilitates lung premetastatic niche establishment. TEX-promoted target reprogramming is still being disputed, we explored...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 320: Tumors Provoke Inflammation and Perineural Microlesions at Adjacent Peripheral Nerves Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020320 Authors: Cohnen Kornstädt Hahnefeld Ferreiros Pierre Koehl Deller Geisslinger Scholich Cancer-induced pain occurs frequently in patients when tumors or their metastases grow in the proximity of nerves. Although this cancer-induced pain states poses an important therapeutical problem, the underlying pathomechanisms...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 322: Angiotensin-II-Evoked Ca2+ Entry in Murine Cardiac Fibroblasts Does Not Depend on TRPC Channels Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020322 Authors: Camacho Londoño Marx Kraft Schürger Richter Dietrich Lipp Birnbaumer Freichel TRPC proteins form cation conducting channels regulated by different stimuli and are regulators of the cellular calcium homeostasis. TRPC are expressed in cardiac cells including cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) and have...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 321: Targeting CD38-Expressing Multiple Myeloma and Burkitt Lymphoma Cells In Vitro with Nanobody-Based Chimeric Antigen Receptors (Nb-CARs) Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9020321 Authors: Hambach Riecken Cichutek Schütze Albrecht Petry Röckendorf Baum Kröger Hansen Schuch Haag Adam Fehse Bannas Koch-Nolte The NAD-hydrolyzing ecto-enzyme CD38 is overexpressed by multiple myeloma and other hematological malignancies....
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 75: Ocular Involvement in Friedreich Ataxia Patients and its Relationship with Neurological Disability, a Follow-up Study Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020075 Authors: Rojas Ramírez Hoz Cadena Ferreras Monsalve Salobrar-García Muñoz-Blanco Urcelay-Segura Salazar Ramírez : Background: This study compared functional and structural visual changes in Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) patients with healthy controls (HC) and...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 74: Diagnosis of the Trigeminal Nerve Injury in a Patient with Pontine Hemorrhage Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10020074 Authors: Choi Seo Jang Herein, we present a patient who was diagnosed with trigeminal nerve injury following a pontine hemorrhage. A 38-year-old male was diagnosed with a left pontine hemorrhage and underwent conservative management at the neurosurgery department of a university hospital. After hemorrhage onset, he felt facial...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 55: Isolation and Identification of Endophytic Bacteria from Mycorrhizal Tissues of Terrestrial Orchids from Southern Chile Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12020055 Authors: Herrera Sanhueza Novotná Charles Arriagada Endophytic bacteria are relevant symbionts that contribute to plant growth and development. However, the diversity of bacteria associated with the roots of terrestrial orchids colonizing Andean ecosystems is limited. This study identifies...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 54: Niche Complementarity and Resistance to Grazing Promote the Invasion Success of Sargassum horneri in North America Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12020054 Authors: Marks Reed Holbrook Invasive species are a growing threat to conservation in marine ecosystems, yet we lack a predictive understanding of ecological factors that influence the invasiveness of exotic marine species. We used surveys and manipulative experiments to investigate how an exotic seaweed,...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 53: Species Composition and Distribution of Jellyfish in A Seasonally Hypoxic Estuary, Hood Canal, Washington Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12020053 Authors: Herrmann Keister Seasonal hypoxia (≤2 mg dissolved oxygen L−1) can have detrimental effects on marine food webs. Recent studies indicate that some jellyfish can tolerate low oxygen and may have a competitive advantage over other zooplankton and fishes in those environments. We assessed community...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 139: Developing New Health Material: The Utilization of Spray Drying Technology on Avocado (Persea Americana mill.) Seed Powder Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9020139 Authors: Alissa Hung Hou Lim Ciou Avocado (Persea Americana Mill.) generates byproducts, especially the avocado seeds. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential utilization of avocado seed as a very important, high phenolic content, climacteric fruit with unique characteristics...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 25: Knowledge, Perceptions and Concerns of Diabetes -Associated Complications Among Individuals Living with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010025 Authors: Sanz-Nogués Mustafa Burke O'Brien Coleman The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, perceptions and concerns of individuals living with diabetes mellitus regarding the disorder and its associated long-term health complications. Individuals...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 26: The Role of Empathy in Health and Social Care Professionals Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010026 Authors: Moudatsou Stavropoulou Philalithis Koukouli The current article is an integrative and analytical literature review on the concept and meaning of empathy in health and social care professionals. Empathy, i.e., the ability to understand the personal experience of the patient without bonding with them, constitutes an important communication...
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Humanities, Vol. 9, Pages 13: Sonic Rhetorics as Ethics in Action: Hidden Temporalities of Sound in Language(s) Humanities doi: 10.3390/h9010013 Authors: Katz Sonic rhetorics has become a major area of study in the field of rhetoric, as well as composition and literature. Many of the underlying theories of sonic rhetorics are based on post-Heideggerian philosophy, new materialism, and/or posthumanism, among others. What is perhaps similar across these theories of sonic rhetoric is their...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 865: Development of a Tool to Increase Physical Activity among People at Risk for Diabetes in Low-Resourced Communities in Cape Town International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030865 Authors: Jillian Hill Camille Lavigne Delville Anne-Marie Auorousseau Deborah Jonathan Nasheeta Peer Brian Oldenburg Andre-Pascal Kengne Targeted lifestyle interventions, including physical activity (PA), have been proven...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 861: Effects of 2-Week Exercise Training in Hypobaric Hypoxic Conditions on Exercise Performance and Immune Function in Korean National Cycling Athletes with Disabilities: A Case Report International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030861 Authors: Park Jung Kim Hwang Kim An Lee Jeon Lim We aimed to evaluate the effects of a 2-week exercise training program in hypobaric hypoxic conditions...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 863: Volume and Intensity of Stepping Activity and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in a Multi-ethnic Asian Population International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030863 Authors: Sumner Uijtdewilligen Yee Xian Barreira Sloan Van Dam Müller-Riemenschneider The health benefits of objectively measured physical activity volume versus intensity have rarely been studied, particularly in non-western populations....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 859: Surface Electromyographic Analysis of the Suprahyoid Muscles in Infants Based on Lingual Frenulum Attachment during Breastfeeding International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030859 Authors: França Albuquerque Martinelli Gonçalves Souza Barbosa Muscle electrical activity analysis can aid in the identification of oral motor dysfunctions, such as those resulting from an altered lingual frenulum,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 855: A Decision-Making Algorithm for Rearchitecting of Healthcare Facilities to Minimize Nosocomial Infections Risks International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030855 Authors: Parsia Sorooshian Most of the healthcare facilities (HFs) have to face the nosocomial infections (NIs), which increase the rates of morbidity, mortality, and financial burden on the HFs and the patients. The control of the NIs is a global...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 856: Psychopathological Symptoms and Loneliness in Adult Internet Users: A Contemporary Public Health Concern International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030856 Authors: Leite Ramires Amorim e Sousa Vidal Dinis There are different concepts that translate abusive Internet use. Almost all these concepts converge on excessive time spent online, which can trigger the emergence of problematic situations....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 860: Comparison of the Relative Abuse Liability of Electronic Cigarette Aerosol Extracts and Nicotine Alone in Adolescent Rats: A Behavioral Economic Analysis International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030860 Authors: Harris Smethells Palumbo Goniewicz LeSage Background: Characterizing the determinants of the abuse liability of electronic cigarettes (ECs) in adolescents is needed to inform product regulation...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 858: Dietary Knowledge among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes—Kingdom of Saudi Arabia International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030858 Authors: Sami Alabdulwahhab Ab Hamid Alasbali Alwadani Ahmad Dietary management is considered as a major step in assessing a patient’s knowledge related to nutritional aspects, treatment, and complications of diabetes. Diabetes patients frequently face difficulty...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 862: Pollution, Particles, and Dementia: A Hypothetical Causative Pathway International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030862 Authors: Seaton Tran Chen Maynard Whalley Epidemiological studies of air pollution have shown associations between exposure to particles and dementia. The mechanism of this is unclear. As these seem unlikely in terms of the very small dose likely to reach the brain in usual Western...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 857: Clinical and Lifestyle Factors and Risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030857 Authors: Filippini Fiore Tesauro Malagoli Consonni Violi Arcolin Iacuzio Oliveri Conti Cristaldi Zuccarello Zucchi Mazzini Pisano Gagliardi Patti Mandrioli Ferrante Vinceti Background:...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 864: The Story of Goldilocks and Three Twitter’s APIs: A Pilot Study on Twitter Data Sources and Disclosure International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030864 Authors: Kim Nordgren Emery Public health and social science increasingly use Twitter for behavioral and marketing surveillance. However, few studies provide sufficient detail about Twitter data collection to allow either direct comparisons between studies...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 853: Comparing Single-Objective Optimization Protocols for Calibrating the Birds Nest Aquifer Model—A Problem Having Multiple Local Optima International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030853 Authors: Richard T. Lyons Richard C. Peralta Partha Majumder To best represent reality, simulation models of environmental and health-related systems might be very nonlinear. Model calibration ideally identifies globally optimal...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 851: Factors Affecting Painkillers, Sedatives/Hypnotics, Nicotine, and Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Taiwan International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030851 Authors: Li Chen Chang Yen Substance use has become a major health problem globally for sexual minorities. However, few studies have explored multi-dimensional factors associated with smoking, drinking, and prescription drug use....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 852: Trajectories of Outpatient Service Utilisation of Hypertensive Patients in Tertiary Hospitals in China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030852 Authors: Pan Xu Li Xu Lu Zhang Zhang Ye This study aims to identify the characteristics and trajectories of outpatient service utilisation for hypertensive patients in tertiary hospitals. This study also attempts to investigate the determinants...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 854: An Application of Item Response Theory to Scoring Patient Safety Culture Survey Data International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030854 Authors: Jeong Liao Han Lee Patient safety culture is important in preventing medical errors. Thus, many instruments have been developed to measure it. Yet, few studies focus on the data processing step. This study, by analyzing the Chinese version of the Safety Attitudes...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 850: Environmental Consciousness and Organic Food Purchase Intention: A Moderated Mediation Model of Perceived Food Quality and Price Sensitivity International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030850 Authors: Wang Pham Dang As purchase power and consumption knowledge increase, consumers gradually demand safer and healthier products. In addition, consumers focus greater attention on organic food. This study investigates...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 847: Prevalence of Factors Associated with and Level of Dependence of Psychoactive Substance Use among Mekelle University Students, Ethiopia International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030847 Authors: Gebresilassie Tesema Hadush Kahsay Gidey Lemma Hagos Gebretsadik Mussie Weldemaryam Gebregiorgis Alemayohu L Hackett Background: Psychoactive substance use is a major public health concern globally....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 848: A Feasibility Study Assessing Acceptability and Supply Issues of Distributing LPG Cookstoves and Gas Cylinders to Pregnant Women Living in Rural Bangladesh for Poriborton: The CHANge Trial International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030848 Authors: Raynes-Greenow Islam Khan Tasnim Nisha Thornburg Billah Alam Our aim was to develop a protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 849: Effectiveness and Durability of Transfer Training in Fencing International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030849 Authors: Witkowski Bojkowski Karpowicz Konieczny Bronikowski Tomczak This paper reports the results of an experiment that aimed to study transfer training in fencing. Fencers from the experimental group underwent six-week transfer training while those from the control group underwent...
Wed Jan 29, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 846: Using a Qualitative Phenomenological Approach to Inform the Etiology and Prevention of Occupational Heat-Related Injuries in Australia International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030846 Authors: Hansen Williams Hanson-Easey Varghese Bi Heyworth Nitschke Rowett Sim Pisaniello Epidemiological evidence has shown an association between exposure to high temperatures and occupational...
Wed Jan 29, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 843: Personal Exposure Estimates via Portable and Wireless Sensing and Reporting of Particulate Pollution International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030843 Authors: Agrawaal Jones Thompson Low-cost, portable particle sensors (n = 3) were designed, constructed, and used to monitor human exposure to particle pollution at various locations and times in Lubbock, TX. The air sensors consisted of a Sharp GP2Y1010AU0F...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 838: Effects of Gintonin-Enriched Fraction on Methylmercury-induced Neurotoxicity and Organ Methylmercury Elimination International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030838 Authors: Kim Choi Lee Cho Rhim Kim Hwang Nah : Gintonin is a newly discovered ingredient of ginseng and plays an exogenous ligand for G protein-coupled lysophosphatidic acid receptors. We previously showed that gintonin exhibits...
Wed Jan 29, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 839: Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (pcALCL) in the Elderly and the Importance of Sport Activity Training International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030839 Authors: Sica Vitiello Ronchi Casale Calogero Sagnelli Nachtigal Troiani Franco Argenziano Moscarella Sagnelli Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL) is part of a spectrum of cutaneous...
Wed Jan 29, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 841: Association between Sexual Satisfaction and Depression and Anxiety in Adolescents and Young Adults International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030841 Authors: Rodrigo J. Carcedo Noelia Fernández-Rouco Andrés A. Fernández-Fuertes José Luis Martínez-Álvarez The role of sexual satisfaction in adolescents and young adults’ mental health has not been thoroughly investigated. The aim of this work is to...
Wed Jan 29, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 836: Alcohol Harms over a Period of Alcohol Policy Reform: Surveys of New Zealand College Residents in 2004 and 2014 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030836 Authors: Kypri Maclennan Connor Background: We estimated the change in the prevalence of harms attributed by students to their drinking and to others’ drinking, over a decade of concerted effort by university authorities to reduce antisocial...
Wed Jan 29, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 831: Financial Leverage, Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: Evidence from 30 Provinces in China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030831 Authors: Zhao Yang Li This study seeks to investigate the endogenous relationship between financial leverage, economic growth and environmental degradation in China by employing a the generalized moments method (GMM) panel vector autoregressive (PVAR) approach...
Wed Jan 29, 2020 02:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 842: Keeping People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment in Employment: A Literature Review on Its Determinants International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17030842 Authors: Silvaggi Leonardi Tiraboschi Muscio Toppo Raggi Background: Approximately 10–20% of people with early onset dementias (EOD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are aged under 65 and, due to extended working life and...
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