Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 864: Extracellular Vesicles in Smoking-Mediated HIV Pathogenesis and their Potential Role in Biomarker Discovery and Therapeutic Interventions Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9040864 Authors: Sanjana Haque Sunitha Kodidela Kelli Gerth Elham Hatami Neha Verma Santosh Kumar In the last two decades, the mortality rate in people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) has decreased significantly, resulting in an almost normal longevity in this population. However, a large...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 862: New Insights from IGF-IR Stimulating Activity Analyses: Pathological Considerations Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9040862 Authors: Joseph A.M.J.L. Janssen Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) play a crucial factor in the growth, differentiation and survival of cells in health and disease. IGF-I and IGF-II primarily activate the IGF-I receptor (IGF-IR), which is present on the cell surface. Activation of the IGF-IR stimulates...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 866: Phosphoinositides in Retinal Function and Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9040866 Authors: Theodore G. Wensel Phosphatidylinositol and its phosphorylated derivatives, the phosphoinositides, play many important roles in all eukaryotic cells. These include modulation of physical properties of membranes, activation or inhibition of membrane-associated proteins, recruitment of peripheral membrane proteins that act as effectors, and control of membrane trafficking....
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 860: Quantifying the Role of Stochasticity in the Development of Autoimmune Disease Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9040860 Authors: Lindsay B. Nicholson Konstantin B. Blyuss Farzad Fatehi In this paper, we propose and analyse a mathematical model for the onset and development of autoimmune disease, with particular attention to stochastic effects in the dynamics. Stability analysis yields parameter regions associated with normal cell homeostasis, or sustained periodic...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 857: The JNK Signaling Pathway in Inflammatory Skin Disorders and Cancer Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9040857 Authors: Manel B. Hammouda Amy E. Ford Yuan Liu Jennifer Y. Zhang The c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), with its members JNK1, JNK2, and JNK3, is a subfamily of (MAPK) mitogen-activated protein kinases. JNK signaling regulates a wide range of cellular processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation, survival, apoptosis, and inflammation. Dysregulation...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 858: Modulation of STAT3 Signaling, Cell Redox Defenses and Cell Cycle Checkpoints by β-Caryophyllene in Cholangiocarcinoma Cells: Possible Mechanisms Accounting for Doxorubicin Chemosensitization and Chemoprevention Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9040858 Authors: Antonella Di Sotto Silvia Di Giacomo Elisabetta Rubini Alberto Macone Marco Gulli Caterina Loredana Mammola Margherita Eufemi Romina Mancinelli Gabriela Mazzanti Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA)...
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Children, Vol. 7, Pages 28: Multiple Points Change in the Association of Blood Pressure Subtypes with Anthropometric Indices of Adiposity among Children in a Rural Population Children doi: 10.3390/children7040028 Authors: Peter M. Mphekgwana Kotsedi D. Monyeki Herbert M. Makgopa Phuti J. Makgae Background: Hypertension has gained global significance and risk of cardiovascular disease, and adiposity is the most important of the conditions associated with and considered responsible...
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Children, Vol. 7, Pages 27: Impact of Psycho-Educational Activities on Visual-Motor Integration, Fine Motor Skills and Name Writing among First Graders: A Kinematic Pilot Study Children doi: 10.3390/children7040027 Authors: Livia Taverna Marta Tremolada Barbara Tosetto Liliana Dozza Zanin Scaratti Renata This pilot study presents the effects on acquisition of pre-writing skills of educational activities targeting visual-motor integration and fine motor skills on a convenient...
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Climate, Vol. 8, Pages 52: Modelling of Regional Economic Metabolism Climate doi: 10.3390/cli8040052 Authors: Afonso Silva Bruno Augusto Sandra Rafael Johnny Reis Myriam Lopes Sérgio Costa Carlos Borrego The current linear economic system has led Europe to unsustainable development, aggravating several issues, such as climate change, limitation of resources, and pollution. As a sustainable alternative, circular economy (CE) has been promoted around the world. This economic...
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Clocks & Sleep, Vol. 2, Pages 120-142: The Association between Sleep Duration and Quality with Readmissions: An Exploratory Pilot-Study among Cardiology Inpatients Clocks & Sleep doi: 10.3390/clockssleep2020011 Authors: Clementine Labrosciano Rosanna Tavella Amy Reynolds Tracy Air John F. Beltrame Isuru Ranasinghe Robert J. T. Adams Background: Readmissions within 30 days of discharge are prominent among patients with cardiovascular disease. Post hospital syndrome...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 199: Cervical Lymph Node Metastases in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma—How Much Imaging Do We Need? Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10040199 Authors: Johannes Laimer Anke Lauinger Otto Steinmassl Vincent Offermanns Astrid E. Grams Bettina Zelger Emanuel Bruckmoser Cervical lymph node metastases in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) are key predictors of disease specific survival. It was therefore the aim of this study to evaluate how much...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 137: The Effect of a Dam Construction on Subtidal Nematode Communities in the Ba Lai Estuary, Vietnam Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12040137 Authors: Nguyen Thi My Yen Ann Vanreusel Lidia Lins Tran Thanh Thai Tania Nara Bezerra Ngo Xuan Quang Nematode communities and relevant environmental variables were investigated to assess how the presence of a dam affects the Ba Lai estuary benthic ecosystem, in comparison to the adjacent dam-free estuary Ham Luong....
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 138: Enough Is Enough? Searching for the Optimal Sample Size to Monitor European Habitats: A Case Study from Coastal Sand Dunes Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12040138 Authors: Simona Maccherini Giovanni Bacaro Enrico Tordoni Andrea Bertacchi Paolo Castagnini Bruno Foggi Matilde Gennai Michele Mugnai Simona Sarmati Claudia Angiolini A robust survey method that samples the main characteristics of plant assemblages is needed to assess the conservation...
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Diversity, Vol. 12, Pages 136: Effect of Predation on Shaping Parental Brood Defense and Larval Ontogeny of Convict Cichlids Leading to Population Divergence Diversity doi: 10.3390/d12040136 Authors: Brian D. Wisenden (1) Predation selects for antipredator competence in prey. For fishes with parental care, brood predators exert selection on the morphological phenotype of offspring, and also exert strong selection pressure to promote parental care behavior of adults. (2) This review summarizes...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 417: Perception of the Attributes of Sherry Wine and Its Consumption in Young People in the South of Spain Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040417 Authors: Serafín J. Cruces-Montes Ana Merchán-Clavellino Antonio Romero-Moreno Alberto Paramio The wine with the designation of origin “Jerez-Xerez-Sherry” is one of the most produced in Spain and with a greater volume of exports abroad. This study analyzes the preferences of Sherry Wine and its different...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 415: Cooking Effect on the Bioactive Compounds, Texture, and Color Properties of Cold-Extruded Rice/Bean-Based Pasta Supplemented with Whole Carob Fruit Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040415 Authors: Claudia Arribas Blanca Cabellos Carmen Cuadrado Eva Guillamón Mercedes M. Pedrosa Pasta is considered as the ideal vehicle for fortification; thus, different formulations of gluten-free pasta have been developed (rice 0–100%, bean 0–100%, and...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 416: Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Quantification of α-solanine, α-chaconine, and Solanidine in Potato Protein Isolates Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040416 Authors: Søren D. Nielsen Jesper M. Schmidt Gitte H. Kristiansen Trine K. Dalsgaard Lotte B. Larsen For potato proteins to be used as a food ingredient, the level of natural potato defense substances, the glycoalkaloids (GAs), should be limited. In this work, a method is developed for quantification...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 413: Characterization of the Key Aroma Compounds in Traditional Hunan Smoke-Cured Pork Leg (Larou, THSL) by Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis (AEDA), Odor Activity Value (OAV), and Sensory Evaluation Experiments Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040413 Authors: Dandan Pu Yuyu Zhang Huiying Zhang Baoguo Sun Fazheng Ren Haitao Chen Yizhuang Tang The key aroma compounds in smoke-cured pork leg were characterized by gas chromatography–olfactometry coupled...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 414: Pulsed Electric Field Processing of Red Grapes (cv. Rondinella): Modifications of Phenolic Fraction and Effects on Wine Evolution Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040414 Authors: Piergiorgio Comuzzo Sabrina Voce Cristian Grazioli Franco Tubaro Marco Marconi Gianmaria Zanella Marco Querzè Pulsed electric field (PEF) is a non-thermal technology able to promote color and polyphenols extraction from grape skins. Most of the publications about PEF in winemaking...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 411: Effects of Immersion Freezing on Ice Crystal Formation and the Protein Properties of Snakehead (Channa argus) Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040411 Authors: Shulai Liu Xiaohong Zeng Zhenyu Zhang Guanyu Long Fei Lyu Yanping Cai Jianhua Liu Yuting Ding This study aimed to evaluate the effect of immersion freezing (IF) at different temperatures on ice crystal formation and protein properties in fish muscle. Snakehead blocks were frozen by IF at −20,...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 412: Predictive Correlation between Apparent Sensory Properties and the Formation of Heterocyclic Amines in Chicken Breast as a Function of Grilling Temperature and Time Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040412 Authors: Dániel Pleva Katalin Lányi Lívia Darnay Péter Laczay In the present set of experiments, we studied the correlation between the heterocyclic amine (HCA) concentration and the color changes of the chicken breast with or without skin during grilling...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 409: Polymeric Sorbent Sheets Coupled to Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry for Trace-Level Volatile Analysis—A Multi-Vineyard Evaluation Study Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040409 Authors: Madeleine Y. Bee-DiGregorio Hui Feng Bruce S. Pan Nick K. Dokoozlian Gavin L. Sacks Etched polymeric sorbent sheets (solid-phase mesh-enhanced sorption from headspace (SPMESH) sheets) were recently described as an alternative to solid-phase microextraction (SPME)...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 410: Are Students Really Cautious about Food Waste? Korean Students’ Perception and Understanding of Food Waste Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9040410 Authors: Maidul Islam The amount of food wasted by Korean households is significant and to some extent could be preventable. It is not well illustrated how Korean students perceive food waste and how much they know about the consequences of food waste. This study aimed to examine Korean students’ perception of food...
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Fractal Fract, Vol. 4, Pages 10: Generalized Integral Inequalities of Chebyshev Type Fractal and Fractional doi: 10.3390/fractalfract4020010 Authors: Paulo M. Guzmán Péter Kórus Juan E. Nápoles Valdés In this paper, we present a number of Chebyshev type inequalities involving generalized integral operators, essentially motivated by the earlier works and their applications in diverse research subjects.
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 84: The Monetary Value of Human Lives Lost to Suicide in the African Continent: Beating the African War Drums Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8020084 Authors: Kirigia Muthuri Muthuri Background: Suicide is an important public health problem in the African continent whose economic burden remains largely unknown. This study estimated the monetary value of human lives lost due to suicide in the African continent in 2017. Methods: The human capital approach...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2431: Equine-Assisted Intervention to Improve Perceived Value of Everyday Occupations and Quality of Life in People with Lifelong Neurological Disorders: A Prospective Controlled Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072431 Authors: Anna María Pálsdóttir Marie Gudmundsson Patrik Grahn People with neurological disorders suffer from poor mobility, poor balance, fatigue, isolation and monotonous everyday...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2429: Exposure of Live-Line Workers to Magnetic Fields: A Dosimetric Analysis
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2429: Exposure of Live-Line Workers to Magnetic Fields: A Dosimetric Analysis International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072429 Authors: Oriano Bottauscio Alessandro Arduino Davide Bavastro Davide Capra Arianna Guarnieri Alessandro A. Parizia Luca Zilberti In this paper the authors present the results of a dosimetric analysis related to the exposure of live-line workers to the magnetic fields generated...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2427: Consumers’ Attitudes Facing Entomophagy: Polish Case Perspectives International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072427 Authors: Agnieszka Orkusz Wioletta Wolańska Joanna Harasym Arkadiusz Piwowar Magdalena Kapelko Based on high nutritional value and low production costs, edible insects are an excellent and sustainable source of animal proteins. However, completely replacing meat with edible insects requires...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2426: Impact of the Severities of Glaucoma on the Incidence of Subsequent Dementia: A Population-Based Cohort Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072426 Authors: Fu-Hsuan Kuo Jui-Fu Chung Min-Yen Hsu Chia-Yi Lee Jing-Yang Huang Ming-Ju Hsieh Shun-Fa Yang The aim of the present study was to survey the relationship between the severity of glaucoma and subsequent dementia using the National...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2428: Effectiveness of Respite Care via Short-Stay Services to Support Sleep in Family Caregivers International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072428 Authors: Shihomi Sakurai Yumiko Kohno Family caregivers of older people who need care often experience sleep disorders, which can lead to various health problems. Although respite care is used in many countries, its effectiveness has not been fully demonstrated. We analyzed...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2425: Psychometric Validation and Reference Norms for the European Spanish Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire: DCDQ-ES International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072425 Authors: Rebeca Montes-Montes Laura Delgado-Lobete Javier Pereira Sergio Santos-del-Riego Thais Pousada The Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ) is a widely used and well-validated tool that contributes to...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2422: Increased Risk of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and It’s Comorbidities in Women with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072422 Authors: Ho Chen Hsieh Chen Hsu Yip Kao Objective: To investigate the prevalence of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and its comorbidities in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). Population: In this cohort study, patients...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2423: The Gulf War Women’s Health Cohort: Study Design and Protocol International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072423 Authors: Benjamin E. Ansa Kimberly Sullivan Maxine H. Krengel Vahé Heboyan Candy Wilson Stacey Iobst Steven S. Coughlin Military service and deployment affect women differently than men, underscoring the need for studies of the health of women veterans and their receipt of health care...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2421: Residues and Dissipation of the Herbicide Imazapyr after Operational Use in Irrigation Water International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072421 Authors: Dugdale Butler Finlay Liu Rees Clements Imazapyr is a herbicide that can be used in irrigation canals to control a range of aquatic weed species, however, its residual nature, combined with its phytotoxicity to crops at low concentrations, means...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2420: Relationship between Mentalizing and Working Conditions in Health Care International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072420 Authors: Steinmair Richter Löffler-Stastka Mentalizing describes the human ability to comprehend one’s own and others’ mental states and is seen as one of the core competencies of psychotherapists. Current research has emphasized the importance of both early dyadic...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2424: Analysis of the Actions and Motivations of a Community during the 2017 Torrential Rains in Northern Kyushu, Japan International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072424 Authors: Atsuko Nonomura Kazuhito Fujisawa Mari Takahashi Hideo Matsumoto Shuichi Hasegawa Damage caused by weather events has increased dramatically across the world in recent years. In the case of Japan, record-breaking rainfall has caused...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2419: Presenteeism, Psychosocial Working Conditions and Work Ability among Care Workers—A Cross-Sectional Swedish Population-Based Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072419 Authors: Klas Gustafsson Staffan Marklund Constanze Leineweber Gunnar Bergström Emmanuel Aboagye Magnus Helgesson Presenteeism, attending work while ill, has been examined in different contexts in the last few decades....
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2418: Stronger Increases in Cognitive Functions among Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Older Adults in China: A Longitudinal Analysis with Multiple Birth Cohorts International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072418 Authors: Fan Yang Jiangling Cao Dongfu Qian Aixia Ma Highly variable changes in cognitive functions occur as people get older, and socio-economically disadvantaged older adults are more likely to suffer...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 2415: High Particulate Matter Burden of Cigarettes from the United Arab Emirates and Germany: Are There Country-Specific Differences? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17072415 Authors: Markus Braun Rawya Al-Qaysi Doris Klingelhöfer Ruth Müller David A. Groneberg Although the big tobacco companies offer the same cigarette brands across countries, little is known about the potential regional differences...
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