Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 39: The Role of Personality Factors and Empathy in the Acceptance and Performance of a Social Robot for Psychometric Evaluations Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9020039 Authors: Silvia Rossi Daniela Conti Federica Garramone Gabriella Santangelo Mariacarla Staffa Simone Varrasi Alessandro Di Di Nuovo Research and development in socially assistive robotics have produced several novel applications in the care of senior people. However, some are still...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 38: eLearning 4.0 as a Sustainability Strategy for Generation Z Language Learners: Applied Linguistics of Second Language Acquisition in Younger Adults Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10020038 Authors: Marcel Pikhart Blanka Klímová The implementation of various eLearning platforms has seen an incredible and unprecedented rise in the past decade in our universities. The aim of this pilot research study is to explore the gap in second language acquisition research...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 73: The Reliability of Neuromuscular and Perceptual Measures Used to Profile Recovery, and the Time-Course of such Responses following Academy Rugby League Match-Play Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8050073 Authors: Aben Hills Higgins Cooke Davis Jones Russell In professional academy rugby league (RL) players, this two-part study examined; A) the within- and between-day reliability of isometric mid-thigh pulls (IMTP), countermovement jumps (CMJ),...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 72: Reliability of a Repeated High-Intensity Effort Test for Elite Rugby Union Players Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8050072 Authors: Adrien Vachon Nicolas Berryman Iñigo Mujika Jean-Baptiste Paquet Tony Monnet Laurent Bosquet This study aimed to adapt a repeated high-intensity effort (RHIE) test to the rugby union physical demands and assess both sprint time and tackle indices reliability. Following a familiarization session, sixteen elite rugby union...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 30: Thermal and Visual Imaging to Assist with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Examination of the Knees Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8020030 Authors: Nwaizu Saatchi Hawley Ward Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) causes inflammation of the joints, and it is frequently associated with their pain and stiffness. Its timely diagnosis is important to avoid its progressive damage to the bones and cartilage. Increases in the joint’s temperature...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 37: Biomarkers of Environmental Toxicants: Exposure and Biological Effects Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8020037 Authors: Turesky Lu Biomarkers of environmental toxicants are measures of exposures and effects, some of which can serve to assess disease risk and interindividual susceptibilities.[...]
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 347: Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin (-Like) Genes sey, selw, selx, selz, sel26 and sel27 in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050347 Authors: Meiji Soe Aung Noriko Urushibara Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya Masahiko Ito Satoshi Habadera Nobumichi Kobayashi Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) are virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus associated with various toxic diseases...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 346: Removal of Small Kernels Reduces the Content of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Oat Grain Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050346 Authors: Guro Brodal Heidi Udnes Aamot Marit Almvik Ingerd Skow Hofgaard Cereal grain contaminated by Fusarium mycotoxins is undesirable in food and feed because of the harmful health effects of the mycotoxins in humans and animals. Reduction of mycotoxin content in grain by cleaning and size sorting has mainly been studied in wheat....
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 345: Molecular Biology of Escherichia Coli Shiga Toxins’ Effects on Mammalian Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050345 Authors: Christian Menge Shiga toxins (Stxs), syn. Vero(cyto)toxins, are potent bacterial exotoxins and the principal virulence factor of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), a subset of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). EHEC strains, e.g., strains of serovars O157:H7 and O104:H4, may cause individual cases as well as large outbreaks...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 343: Temporary Membrane Permeabilization via the Pore-Forming Toxin Lysenin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050343 Authors: Nisha Shrestha Christopher A. Thomas Devon Richtsmeier Andrew Bogard Rebecca Hermann Malyk Walker Gamid Abatchev Raquel J. Brown Daniel Fologea Pore-forming toxins are alluring tools for delivering biologically-active, impermeable cargoes to intracellular environments by introducing large conductance pathways into cell...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 342: Targeting the Early Endosome-to-Golgi Transport of Shiga Toxins as a Therapeutic Strategy Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050342 Authors: Danyang Li Andrey Selyunin Somshuvra Mukhopadhyay Shiga toxin (STx) produced by Shigella and closely related Shiga toxin 1 and 2 (STx1 and STx2) synthesized by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are bacterial AB5 toxins. All three toxins target kidney cells and may cause life-threatening renal disease. While...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 344: Paralytic Shellfish Toxins (PST)-Transforming Enzymes: A Review Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050344 Authors: Mariana I. C. Raposo Maria Teresa S. R. Gomes Maria João Botelho Alisa Rudnitskaya Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are a group of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning through blockage of voltage-gated sodium channels. PSTs are produced by prokaryotic freshwater cyanobacteria and eukaryotic marine dinoflagellates. Proliferation of...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 341: Monitoring Phenolic Compounds in Rice during the Growing Season in Relation to Fungal and Mycotoxin Contamination Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050341 Authors: Paola Giorni Silvia Rastelli Sofia Fregonara Terenzio Bertuzzi Total phenolic content (TPC) and several phenolic acids present in rice grains were compared with fungal infection and mycotoxin presence throughout the growing season. Samples of 4 rice varieties were collected in 2018 and 2019 at...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 248: Knowledge and Attitude towards Vaccination among Healthcare Workers: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study in a Southern Italian Region Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020248 Authors: Giuseppe Di Martino Pamela Di Giovanni Arturo Di Girolamo Piera Scampoli Fabrizio Cedrone Michela D’Addezio Francesca Meo Ferdinando Romano Maria Bernadette Di Sciascio Tommaso Staniscia Background: In Italy, the loss of confidence towards vaccination...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 247: Immunological Basis of Genesis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Unique Challenges and Potential Opportunities through Immunomodulation Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020247 Authors: Kumar Jayant Nagy Habib Kai W. Huang Mauro Podda Jane Warwick Ramesh Arasaradnam A majority of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) develops in the setting of persistent chronic inflammation as immunological mechanisms have been shown to play a vital role in the initiation,...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 245: HPV Vaccination as Adjuvant to Conization in Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Study under Real-Life Conditions Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020245 Authors: Marta del Pino Cristina Martí Ines Torras Carla Henere Meritxell Munmany Lorena Marimon Adela Saco Aureli Torné Jaume Ordi Background: Recent studies have shown preliminary evidence that vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) could decrease the risk of...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 246: Identifying Cattle Breed-Specific Partner Choice of Transcription Factors during the African Trypanosomiasis Disease Progression Using Bioinformatics Analysis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020246 Authors: Abirami Rajavel Felix Heinrich Armin Otto Schmitt Mehmet Gültas African Animal Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is a disease caused by pathogenic trypanosomes which affects millions of livestock every year causing huge economic losses in agricultural production...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 244: Myxoma Virus-Encoded Host Range Protein M029: A Multifunctional Antagonist Targeting Multiple Host Antiviral and Innate Immune Pathways Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020244 Authors: Masmudur M. Rahman Grant McFadden Myxoma virus (MYXV) is the prototypic member of the Leporipoxvirus genus of the Poxviridae family of viruses. In nature, MYXV is highly restricted to leporids and causes a lethal disease called myxomatosis only in European rabbits (Oryctologous...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 242: Safety Surveillance of Pneumococcal Vaccine Using Three Algorithms: Disproportionality Methods, Empirical Bayes Geometric Mean, and Tree-Based Scan Statistic Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020242 Authors: Hyesung Lee Ju Hwan Kim Young June Choe Ju-Young Shin Introduction: Diverse algorithms for signal detection exist. However, inconsistent results are often encountered among the algorithms due to different levels of specificity used in defining the...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 243: N-Terminal Fatty Acids of NEFMUT Are Required for the CD8+ T-Cell Immunogenicity of In Vivo Engineered Extracellular Vesicles Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020243 Authors: Chiara Chiozzini Francesco Manfredi Claudia Arenaccio Flavia Ferrantelli Patrizia Leone Maurizio Federico We recently described a cytotoxic CD8+ T lymphocyte (CTL) vaccine platform based on the intramuscular (i.m.) injection of DNA eukaryotic vectors expressing antigens...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 68: Minimal Invasive Piezoelectric Osteotomy in Neurosurgery: Technic, Applications, and Clinical Outcomes of a Retrospective Case Series Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7020068 Authors: Alberto Maria Crovace Sabino Luzzi Luca Lacitignola Gerardo Fatone Alice Giotta Giotta Lucifero Tomaso Vercellotti Antonio Crovace Objective: To report the physical and technical principles, clinical applications, and outcomes of the minimal...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Vibration, Vol. 3, Pages 99-115: H2 and H∞ Optimal Control Strategies for Energy Harvesting by Regenerative Shock Absorbers in Cars Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration3020009 Authors: Alessandro Casavola Francesco Tedesco Pasquale Vaglica Regenerative suspension systems, unlike traditional passive, semi-active or active setups, are able to convert the traditionally wasted kinetic energy into electricity. This paper discusses flexible multi-objective control design strategies based...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 577: Comparative Genomics Unveils Regionalized Evolution of the Faustovirus Genomes Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050577 Authors: Khalil Geballa-Koukoulas Hadjer Boudjemaa Julien Andreani Bernard La Scola Guillaume Blanc Faustovirus is a recently discovered genus of large DNA virus infecting the amoeba Vermamoeba vermiformis, which is phylogenetically related to Asfarviridae. To better understand the diversity and evolution of this viral group, we sequenced...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 576: Antiviral Effects of Hydroxychloroquine and Type I Interferon on In Vitro Fatal Feline Coronavirus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050576 Authors: Tomomi Takano Kumi Satoh Tomoyoshi Doki Taishi Tanabe Tsutomu Hohdatsu Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP) is a viral disease with a high morbidity and mortality by the FIP virus (FIPV, virulent feline coronavirus). Several antiviral drugs for FIP have been identified, but many of these are expensive...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 575: Tolerance of Honey Bees to Varroa Mite in the Absence of Deformed Wing Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050575 Authors: John M. K. Roberts Nelson Simbiken Chris Dale Joel Armstrong Denis L. Anderson The global spread of the parasitic mite Varroa destructor has emphasized the significance of viruses as pathogens of honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations. In particular, the association of deformed wing virus (DWV) with V. destructor and its devastating...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 573: First crAss-Like Phage Genome Encoding the Diversity-Generating Retroelement (DGR) Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050573 Authors: Vera Morozova Mikhail Fofanov Nina Tikunova Igor Babkin Vitaliy V. Morozov Artem Tikunov A new crAss-like genome encoding diversity-generating retroelement (DGR) was found in the fecal virome of a healthy volunteer. The genome of the phage referred to as the crAssphage LMMB, belonged to the candidate genus I of the AlphacrAssvirinae...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 574: Unexpected Genetic Diversity of Two Novel Swine MRVs in Italy Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050574 Authors: Cavicchio Tassoni Zamperin Campalto Carrino Leopardi Benedictis Beato Mammalian Orthoreoviruses (MRV) are segmented dsRNA viruses in the family Reoviridae. MRVs infect mammals and cause asymptomatic respiratory, gastro-enteric and, rarely, encephalic infections. MRVs are divided into at least three serotypes: MRV1, MRV2 and MRV3....
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 569: Polyinosinic: Polycytidylic Acid and Murine Cytomegalovirus Modulate Expression of Murine IL-10 and IL-21 in White Adipose Tissue Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050569 Authors: Pablo Garcia-Valtanen Ruth Marian Guzman-Genuino John D. Hayball Kerrilyn R. Diener White adipose tissue (WAT) produces interleukin-10 and other immune suppressors in response to pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). It also homes a subset of B-cells specialized in the...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 571: The Role of Extracellular Vesicles as Allies of HIV, HCV and SARS Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050571 Authors: Flavia Giannessi Alessandra Aiello Francesca Franchi Zulema Antonia Percario Elisabetta Affabris Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer-enclosed entities containing proteins and nucleic acids that mediate intercellular communication, in both physiological and pathological conditions. EVs resemble enveloped viruses in both structural...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 570: Molecular, Evolutionary, and Structural Analysis of the Terminal Protein Domain of Hepatitis B Virus Polymerase, a Potential Drug Target Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050570 Authors: Timothy S. Buhlig Anastasia F. Bowersox Daniel L. Braun Desiree N. Owsley Kortney D. James Alfredo J. Aranda Connor D. Kendrick Nicole A. Skalka Daniel N. Clark Approximately 250 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, which...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 572: Development, Characterization, and Application of Two Reporter-Expressing Recombinant Zika Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050572 Authors: Sang-Im Yun Byung-Hak Song Michael E. Woolley Jordan C. Frank Justin G. Julander Young-Min Lee Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne transplacentally transmissible flavivirus, is an enveloped virus with an ~10.8 kb plus-strand RNA genome that can cause neurological disease. To facilitate the identification...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 568: Rous Sarcoma Virus Genomic RNA Dimerization Capability In Vitro Is Not a Prerequisite for Viral Infectivity Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050568 Authors: Shuohui Liu Rebecca Kaddis Maldonado Tiffiny Rye-McCurdy Christiana Binkley Aissatou Bah Eunice C. Chen Breanna L. Rice Leslie J. Parent Karin Musier-Forsyth Retroviruses package their full-length, dimeric genomic RNA (gRNA) via specific interactions between the Gag polyprotein and a “Ψ”...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 567: Genome Analysis of a Novel Tembusu Virus in Taiwan Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12050567 Authors: Shih-Huan Peng Chien-Ling Su Mei-Chun Chang Huai-Chin Hu Su-Lin Yang Pei-Yun Shu We identified and isolated a novel Tembusu virus (TMUV) strain TP1906 (TMUV-TP1906) from a Culex annulus mosquito pool collected from the northern part of Taiwan in 2019. The TMUV-TP1906 genome is a 10,990-nucleotide-long, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA, consisting of...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1502: Glacier Changes and Their Linkage to the Climate-Topographic Context in the Borohoro Mountains, Tian Shan 1977–2018 Water doi: 10.3390/w12051502 Authors: Yanan Li Against the backdrop of climate change and socio-ecological sustainability, studying glacier changes provides essential knowledge to the basic water needs and security for regions and populations under such threats, such as Central Asia. Little attention has focused on glaciers in the northern periphery...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1501: Springs and Springs-Dependent Taxa of the Colorado River Basin, Southwestern North America: Geography, Ecology and Human Impacts Water doi: 10.3390/w12051501 Authors: Lawrence E. Stevens Jeffrey Jenness Jeri D. Ledbetter The Colorado River basin (CRB), the primary water source for southwestern North America, is divided into the 283,384 km2, water-exporting Upper CRB (UCRB) in the Colorado Plateau geologic province, and the 344,440 km2, water-receiving...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1503: Optimized Pumping Strategy for Reducing the Spatial Extent of Saltwater Intrusion along the Coast of Wadi Ham, UAE Water doi: 10.3390/w12051503 Authors: Modou A. Sowe Sadhasivam Sathish Nicolas Greggio Mohamed M. Mohamed Many coastal aquifers are facing severe anthropogenic impacts such as urbanization, industrialization and agricultural activities are resulting in a saltwater intrusion. This establishes the need for a sustainable groundwater management...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1500: Comparative Analysis of Recurrent Neural Network Architectures for Reservoir Inflow Forecasting Water doi: 10.3390/w12051500 Authors: Halit Apaydin Hajar Feizi Mohammad Taghi Sattari Muslume Sevba Colak Shahaboddin Shamshirband Kwok-Wing Chau Due to the stochastic nature and complexity of flow, as well as the existence of hydrological uncertainties, predicting streamflow in dam reservoirs, especially in semi-arid and arid areas, is essential...
Sun May 24, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1497: The First Video Witness of Coastal Boulder Displacements Recorded during the Impact of Medicane “Zorbas” on Southeastern Sicily Water doi: 10.3390/w12051497 Authors: Giovanni Scicchitano Giovanni Scardino Sebastiano Tarascio Carmelo Monaco Giovanni Barracane Giuseppe Locuratolo Maurilio Milella Arcangelo Piscitelli Gianfranco Mazza Giuseppe Mastronuzzi Over the last few years, several authors have presented contrasting models to...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1498: Spatiotemporal Water Yield Variations and Influencing Factors in the Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau Water doi: 10.3390/w12051498 Authors: Huiting Lu Yan Yan Jieyuan Zhu Tiantian Jin Guohua Liu Gang Wu Lindsay C. Stringer Martin Dallimer Understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of water yield and its influencing factors is important for water resources management. In this study, we used the seasonal water yield model (SWYM)...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1496: Uptake of Sulfate from Ambient Water by Freshwater Animals Water doi: 10.3390/w12051496 Authors: Griffith Lazorchak Haring To better understand how the sulfate (SO42−) anion may contribute to the adverse effects associated with elevated ionic strength or salinity in freshwaters, we measured the uptake and efflux of SO42− in four freshwater species: the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas, Teleostei: Cyprinidae), paper pondshell...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1499: Do Land Use Changes Balance out Sediment Yields under Climate Change Predictions on the Sub-Basin Scale? The Carpathian Basin as an Example Water doi: 10.3390/w12051499 Authors: Paulina Orlińska-Woźniak Ewa Szalińska Paweł Wilk The issue of whether land use changes will balance out sediment yields induced by climate predictions was assessed for a Carpathian basin (Raba River, Poland). This discussion was based on the Macromodel DNS (Discharge–Nutrient–Sea)/SWAT...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1492: Life Cycle of Oil and Gas Fields in the Mississippi River Delta: A Review Water doi: 10.3390/w12051492 Authors: Day Clark Chang Hunter Norman Abstract: Oil and gas (O&G) activity has been pervasive in the Mississippi River Delta (MRD). Here we review the life cycle of O&G fields in the MRD focusing on the production history and resulting environmental impacts and show how cumulative impacts affect coastal ecosystems. Individual...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1494: Evaluation of Radar-Gauge Merging Techniques to be Used in Operational Flood Forecasting in Urban Watersheds Water doi: 10.3390/w12051494 Authors: Wijayarathne Coulibaly Boodoo Sills Demand for radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPEs) as precipitation forcing to hydrological models in operational flood forecasting has increased in the recent past. It is practically impossible to get error-free QPEs due to the intrinsic limitations of...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1493: Study on the Performance Improvement of Axial Flow Pump’s Saddle Zone by Using a Double Inlet Nozzle Water doi: 10.3390/w12051493 Authors: Cao Li The operating range of axial flow pumps is often constrained by the onset of rotating stall. An improved method using a double inlet nozzle to stabilize the performance curve is presented in the current study; a single inlet nozzle and three kinds of double inlet nozzle with different rib gap widths at the inlet...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1491: Automated Location Detection of Retention and Detention Basins for Water Management Water doi: 10.3390/w12051491 Authors: Sonja Teschemacher Daniel Bittner Markus Disse Retention and detention basins are engineering constructions with multiple objectives; e.g., flood protection and irrigation. Their performance is highly location-dependent, and thus, optimization strategies are needed. LOCASIN (Location detection of retention and detention basins) is...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1495: An Integrative Information Aqueduct to Close the Gaps between Satellite Observation of Water Cycle and Local Sustainable Management of Water Resources Water doi: 10.3390/w12051495 Authors: Su Zeng Romano Manfreda Francés Dor Szabó Vico Nasta Zhuang Francos Mészáros Sasso Bassiouni Zhang Rwasoka Retsios Yu Blatchford Mannaerts The past decades have seen rapid advancements in space-based...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1489: Comparing Internal Flow in Freezing and Evaporating Water Droplets Using PIV Water doi: 10.3390/w12051489 Authors: Linn Karlsson Anna-Lena Ljung Staffan Lundström The study of evaporation and freezing of droplets is important in, e.g., spray cooling, surface coating, ink-jet printing, and when dealing with icing on wind turbines, airplane wings, and roads. Due to the complex nature of the flow within droplets, a wide range of temperatures, from freezing...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1490: Hydroclimatic Variability at Local, Regional and Global Scales Water doi: 10.3390/w12051490 Authors: Scott Curtis Hydroclimate is non-stationary and varies in often unpredictable ways on local, regional and global scales, which can lead to water insecurity. This editorial relates the advances and challenges in our understanding of the spatio-temporal relationship between climate variability and change and the components of the hydrologic cycle through the...
Sat May 23, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1486: A New Method for Rapid Measurement of Canal Water Table Depth Using Airborne LiDAR, with Application to Drained Peatlands in Indonesia Water doi: 10.3390/w12051486 Authors: Ronald Vernimmen Aljosja Hooijer Dedi Mulyadi Iwan Setiawan Maarten Pronk Angga T. Yuherdha Water management in lowland areas usually aims to keep water tables within a narrow range to avoid flooding and drought conditions. A common water management target parameter is the...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1481: Application of Soft Computing Models with Input Vectors of Snow Cover Area in Addition to Hydro-Climatic Data to Predict the Sediment Loads Water doi: 10.3390/w12051481 Authors: Waqas Ul Hussan Muhammad Khurram Shahzad Frank Seidel Franz Nestmann The accurate estimate of sediment load is important for management of the river ecosystem, designing of water infrastructures, and planning of reservoir operations. The direct measurement of sediment is the...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1487: Sentinel-2 Application to the Surface Characterization of Small Water Bodies in Wetlands Water doi: 10.3390/w12051487 Authors: Jesús Pena-Regueiro Maria-Teresa Sebastiá-Frasquet Javier Estornell Jesús Antonio Aguilar-Maldonado Developing indicators to monitor environmental change in wetlands with the aid of Earth Observation Systems can help to obtain spatial data that is not feasible with in situ measures (e.g., flooding patterns). In this study,...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1485: Can the Stream Quantification Tool (SQT) Protocol Predict the Biotic Condition of Streams in the Southeast Piedmont (USA)? Water doi: 10.3390/w12051485 Authors: Sara Donatich Barbara Doll Jonathan Page Natalie Nelson In some states, the Stream Quantification Tool (SQT) has been adopted to quantify functional change of stream mitigation efforts. However, the ability of the SQT protocol to predict biological function and uphold the premise of the Stream...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1488: Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Turbulent Open Channel Flow Over a Rough Scour Hole Downstream of a Groundsill Water doi: 10.3390/w12051488 Authors: Cheng-Kai Chang Jau-Yau Lu Shi-Yan Lu Zhong-Xiang Wang Dong-Sin Shih This study discusses the mechanism for the occurrence of equilibrium and non-equilibrium scour holes. By using a particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurement system, it measures the turbulent flow fields in an open channel...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1482: Correction: Maykot, J.K. and Ghisi, E. Assessment of A Rainwater Harvesting System in A Multi-Storey Residential Building in Brazil. Water 2020, 12, 546 Water doi: 10.3390/w12051482 Authors: Maykot Ghisi The authors wish to make the following correction to this paper [...]
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1483: Coupled Microbiological–Isotopic Approach for Studying Hydrodynamics in Deep Reservoirs: The Case of the Val d’Agri Oilfield (Southern Italy) Water doi: 10.3390/w12051483 Authors: Pietro Rizzo Antonio Bucci Anna Maria Sanangelantoni Paola Iacumin Fulvio Celico The studies upstream of the petroleum industry include oil and gas geological exploration and are usually focused on geological, structural, geophysical, and modeling techniques. In this...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1480: Accelerating Contaminant Transport Simulation in MT3DMS Using JASMIN-Based Parallel Computing Water doi: 10.3390/w12051480 Authors: Xingwei Liu Qiulan Zhang Tangpei Cheng To overcome the large time and memory consumption problems in large-scale high-resolution contaminant transport simulations, an efficient approach was presented to parallelize the modular three-dimensional transport model for multi-species (MT3DMS) (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa,...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1484: Real Time Flow Forecasting in a Mountain River Catchment Using Conceptual Models with Simple Error Correction Scheme Water doi: 10.3390/w12051484 Authors: Nicolás Montes José Ángel Aranda Rafael García-Bartual Methods in operational hydrology for real-time flash-flood forecasting need to be simple enough to match requirements of real-time system management. For this reason, hydrologic routing methods are widely used in river engineering. Among them,...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1478: Individual Water-Saving Response Based on Complex Adaptive System Theory: Case Study of Beijing City, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12051478 Authors: Hanqing Liu Yong Zhao Haihong Li Lizhen Wang Qingming Wang It is of significance to examine the factors impacting individual water-saving behavior and their mechanism of action for water demand management, especially for domestic water demand management. To provide a solution to the issues of individual...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1479: Geochemical Assessment of Potential Sources for Nitrate in the Wasia Aquifer, Al Kharj Area, Central Saudi Arabia Water doi: 10.3390/w12051479 Authors: Abid Khogali Peter Birkle Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani Martin Keller Bassam Tawabini Mohammad Makkawi Nitrate (NO3−) represents one of the major groundwater constituents with increasing distribution and concentration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to determine potential sources...
Fri May 22, 2020 03:00
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