Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2084: Current Trends of Essential Trace Elements in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072084 Authors: Takashi Himoto Tsutomu Masaki Essential trace elements play crucial roles in the maintenance of health, since they are involved in many metabolic pathways. A deficiency or an excess of some trace elements, including zinc, selenium, iron, and copper, frequently causes these metabolic disorders such as impaired glucose tolerance...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2087: Home Enteral Nutrition in Adults—Nationwide Multicenter Survey Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072087 Authors: Folwarski Kłęk Zoubek-Wójcik Szafrański Bartoszewska Figuła Jakubczyk Jurczuk Kamocki Kaźmierczak-Siedlecka Kowalczyk Kwella Matras Skonieczna-Żydecka Sonsala-Wołczyk Szopiński Urbanowicz Zmarzły Home enteral nutrition (HEN) is an important part of the health care system, with a growing...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2085: Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in a Large Newborn Cohort from Northern United States and Effect of Intrauterine Drug Exposure Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072085 Authors: Neelakanta Kanike Krupa Gowri Hospattankar Amit Sharma Sarah Worley Sharon Groh-Wargo Vitamin D is not only a vital element in bone health but is also a prohormone. Data regarding distribution of vitamin D status among preterm and term neonates in the United States are limited....
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2083: Dietary Patterns of Adolescents from the Chilean Growth and Obesity Cohort Study Indicate Poor Dietary Quality Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072083 Authors: Martínez Arroyo Corvalán Aguilar Palma Molina Ceballos Sanchez Fisberg Diet during adolescence can have lasting effects on nutritional status, health, and development. We hypothesized that dietary patterns with low-quality nutrition are associated with overweightness. We collected data...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2082: Lactobacillus helveticus-Fermented Milk Whey Suppresses Melanin Production by Inhibiting Tyrosinase through Decreasing MITF Expression Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072082 Authors: Nobutomo Ikarashi Natsuko Fukuda Makiba Ochiai Mami Sasaki Risako Kon Hiroyasu Sakai Misaki Hatanaka Junzo Kamei Whey obtained from milk fermented by the Lactobacillus helveticus CM4 strain (LHMW) has been shown to improve skin barrier function and increase...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2080: Associations of Eating Mode Defined by Dietary Patterns with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the Malaysia Lipid Study Population Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072080 Authors: Gaiyal Viliy Balasubramanian Khun-Aik Chuah Ban-Hock Khor Ayesha Sualeheen Zu-Wei Yeak Karuthan Chinna Kalyana Sundram Tilakavati Karupaiah Cardiometabolic risk is scarcely explored related to dietary patterns (DPs) in Asian populations. Dietary data (n = 562) from...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2078: The Impact of a Slow-Release Large Neutral Amino Acids Supplement on Treatment Adherence in Adult Patients with Phenylketonuria Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072078 Authors: Alessandro P. Burlina Chiara Cazzorla Pamela Massa Christian Loro Daniela Gueraldi Alberto B. Burlina The gold standard treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU) is a lifelong low-phenylalanine (Phe) diet supplemented with Phe-free protein substitutes. Adherence to therapy becomes...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2079: Dietary Protein Intake and Determinants in Māori and Non-Māori Octogenarians. Te Puāwaitanga o Ngā Tapuwae Kia Ora Tonu: Life and Living in Advanced Age: A Cohort Study in New Zealand Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12072079 Authors: Anishka Ram Ngaire Kerse Simon A. Moyes Marama Muru-Lanning Carol Wham Protein intake, food sources and distribution are important in preventing age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. The prevalence and determinants...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 570: Phylogenetic Analyses of Rotavirus A from Cattle in Uruguay Reveal the Circulation of Common and Uncommon Genotypes and Suggest Interspecies Transmission Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9070570 Authors: Matías Castells Rubén Darío Caffarena María Laura Casaux Carlos Schild Samuel Miño Felipe Castells Daniel Castells Matías Victoria Franklin Riet-Correa Federico Giannitti Viviana Parreño Rodney Colina Uruguay is one of the...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 571: Intracellular Growth and Cell Cycle Progression are Dependent on (p)ppGpp Synthetase/Hydrolase in Brucella abortus Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9070571 Authors: Mathilde Van der Henst Elodie Carlier Xavier De Bolle Brucella abortus is a pathogenic bacterium able to proliferate inside host cells. During the first steps of its trafficking, it is able to block the progression of its cell cycle, remaining at the G1 stage for several hours, before it...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 568: Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus in Forestry Workers from Trentino-Alto Adige Region (Northern Italy) Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9070568 Authors: Marina Monini Fabio Ostanello Alessandra Dominicis Valentina Tagliapietra Gabriele Vaccari Annapaola Rizzoli Claudia M. Trombetta Emanuele Montomoli Ilaria Di Bartolo People with some occupational or recreational activities, such as hunters and veterinarians, may have increased risk...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 569: Microbial Etiology and Prevention of Dental Caries: Exploiting Natural Products to Inhibit Cariogenic Biofilms Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9070569 Authors: Xiuqin Chen Eric Banan-Mwine Daliri Namhyeon Kim Jong-Rae Kim Daesang Yoo Deog-Hwan Oh Dental caries is one of the most common microbe-mediated oral diseases in human beings. At present, the accepted etiology of caries is based on a four-factor theory that includes oral microorganisms,...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 663: Harnessing the Complete Repertoire of Conventional Dendritic Cell Functions for Cancer Immunotherapy Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070663 Authors: Lukas Amon Lukas Hatscher Lukas Heger Diana Dudziak Christian H.K. Lehmann The onset of checkpoint inhibition revolutionized the treatment of cancer. However, studies from the last decade suggested that the sole enhancement of T cell functionality might not suffice to fight malignancies...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 662: Enhanced Viability of Probiotics Against Gastric Acid by One-Step Coating Process with Poly-L-Lysine: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070662 Authors: Shwe Phyu Hlaing Jihyun Kim Juho Lee Dongmin Kwak Hyunwoo Kim Jin-Wook Yoo Due to their low acid tolerance, a majority of probiotics face difficulties with regard to surviving in the gastric environment long enough to reach the intestinal surfaces...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 661: Conjugation of Therapeutic PSD-95 Inhibitors to the Cell-Penetrating Peptide Tat Affects Blood–Brain Barrier Adherence, Uptake, and Permeation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070661 Authors: Mie Kristensen Krzysztof Kucharz Eduardo Felipe Alves Fernandes Kristian Strømgaard Morten Schallburg Nielsen Hans Christian Cederberg Helms Anders Bach Malte Ulrikkaholm Tofte-Hansen Blanca Irene Aldana Garcia Martin Lauritzen Birger...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 660: Convection Enhanced Delivery for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Review of a Single Institution Experience Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12070660 Authors: Umberto Tosi Mark Souweidane Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) are a pontine subtype of diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs), primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors of childhood that carry a terrible prognosis. Because of the highly infiltrative growth pattern and the anatomical...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 120: Practice Transformation Driven through Academic Partnerships Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030120 Authors: Renee Robinson Cara Liday Anushka Burde Tracy Pettinger Amy Paul Elaine Nguyen John Holmes Megan Penner Angela Jaglowicz Nathan Spann Julia Boyle Michael Biddle Brooke Buffat Kevin Cleveland Brecon Powell Christopher Owens Evidence-based interventions have been shown to improve the quality of patient care,...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 893: Limited Nitrogen and Plant Growth Stages Discriminate Well Nitrogen Use, Uptake and Utilization Efficiency in Popcorn Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070893 Authors: Shahid Khan Antônio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior Fernando Rafael Alves Ferreira Samuel Henrique Kamphorst Gabriel Moreno Bernardo Gonçalves Marta Simone Mendonça Freitas Vanildo Silveira Gonçalo Apolinário de Souza Filho José Francisco Teixeira do Amaral Ricardo Enrique Bresssan Smith...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 892: Separation and Paired Proteome Profiling of Plant Chloroplast and Cytoplasmic Ribosomes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070892 Authors: Alexandre Augusto Pereira Firmino Michal Gorka Alexander Graf Aleksandra Skirycz Federico Martinez-Seidel Kerstin Zander Joachim Kopka Olga Beine-Golovchuk Conventional preparation methods of plant ribosomes fail to resolve non-translating chloroplast or cytoplasmic ribosome subunits from translating fractions....
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 891: RNAseq Analysis Reveals Altered Expression of Key Ion Transporters Causing Differential Uptake of Selective Ions in Canola (Brassica napus L.) Grown under NaCl Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070891 Authors: Ulfat Athar Khan Kalaji Salinity is one of the major abiotic stresses prevailing throughout the world that severely limits crop establishment and production. Every crop has an intra-specific genetic variation that enables it to cope with...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 889: Identification of Bioactive Phytochemicals in Leaf Protein Concentrate of Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070889 Authors: László Kaszás Tarek Alshaal Hassan El-Ramady Zoltán Kovács Judit Koroknai Nevien Elhawat Éva Nagy Zoltán Cziáky Miklós Fári Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy Jerusalem artichoke (JA) is widely known to have inulin-rich tubers. However, its fresh aerial biomass produces significant levels...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 890: Identification and Expression Analysis of Cold Shock Protein 3 (BcCSP3) in Non-Heading Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. chinensis) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070890 Authors: Huang Wang Duan Hou A cold-related protein, cold shock protein 3 (BcCSP3), was isolated from non-heading Chinese cabbage in this study. BcCSP3 can encode 205 amino acids (aa) with an open reading frame (ORF) of 618 base pairs (bp). Multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 887: In Vitro Propagation of Isoëtes sabatina (Isoetaceae): A Key Conservation Challenge for a Critically Endangered Quillwort Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070887 Authors: Sara Magrini Mattia M. Azzella Rossano Bolpagni Laura Zucconi Isoëtes sabatina is an aquatic quillwort endemic to Italy. It is one of the rarest quillworts in Europe, and is critically endangered due to restricted range and to the continuous decline of both population and habitat...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 886: Gigaspora margarita and Its Endobacterium Modulate Symbiotic Marker Genes in Tomato Roots under Combined Water and Nutrient Stress Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070886 Authors: Matteo Chialva Luisa Lanfranco Gianluca Guazzotti Veronica Santoro Mara Novero Paola Bonfante As members of the plant microbiota, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) may be effective in enhancing plant resilience to drought, one of the major limiting factors threatening crop...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 888: Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, and Biological Activities of the Araucariaceae Family—A Review Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9070888 Authors: Claudio Frezza Alessandro Venditti Daniela De Vita Chiara Toniolo Marco Franceschin Antonio Ventrone Lamberto Tomassini Sebastiano Foddai Marcella Guiso Marcello Nicoletti Armandodoriano Bianco Mauro Serafini In this review article, the phytochemistry of the species belonging to the Araucariaceae...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 356: The Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore: Getai (Songs on Stage) in the Lunar Seventh Month Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070356 Authors: Hong Yin Chan This paper examines the interaction between state power and the everyday life of ordinary Chinese Singaporeans by looking at the Hungry Ghost Festival as a contested category. The paper first develops a theoretical framework building on previous scholars’ examination of the contestation of space and...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 357: White Christian Privilege in 2020: A Review Essay Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11070357 Authors: Emily Suzanne Clark This review essay examines Khyati Y. Joshi’s new book, White Christian Privilege: The Illusion of Religious Equality in America. With attention to relevant historiography on religion and race, as well as reflection on contemporary white Christian nationalism, this review essay argues that Joshi’s book is an important contribution...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 86: Resources 2019 Best Paper Awards Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9070086 Authors: Office Resources is instituting the Best Paper Awards to recognize the outstanding papers published in the journal. [...]
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 55: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Handling Challenges in Kuwait Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2030055 Authors: Janvier Gasana Maryam Shehab The world is currently facing a serious pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which started in Wuhan, China, and was then transmitted rapidly to other countries. Countries applied different methods and procedures in an attempt to prevent or reduce and/or control the incidence of cases and manage existing ones. This paper discusses...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 705-735: From a Comprehensive Pool to a Project-Specific List of Key Performance Indicators for Monitoring the Positive Energy Transition of Smart Cities—An Experience-Based Approach Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3030036 Authors: Angelakoglou Kourtzanidis Giourka Apostolopoulos Nikolopoulos Kantorovitch As cities grow rapidly and energy needs increase, shaping an effective energy transition is a top priority towards urban sustainability...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 100: Global Challenges of Being a Strength Athlete during a Pandemic: Impacts and Sports-Specific Training Considerations and Recommendations Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8070100 Authors: Christopher Latella G. Gregory Haff The ongoing global pandemic brought about by Coronavirus II (SARS-Cov-2 or COVID-19) has caused an ongoing cessation of sporting competitions and training facility closures. This is a fundamental challenge for amateur and elite sporting professionals....
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 454: Characterization of Bacillus cereus in Dairy Products in China Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070454 Authors: Xiao-Ye Liu Qiao Hu Fei Xu Shuang-Yang Ding Kui Zhu Bacillus cereus is a common and ubiquitous foodborne pathogen with an increasing prevalence rate in dairy products in China. High and unmet demands for such products, particularly milk, raise the risk of B. cereus associated contamination. The presence of B. cereus and its virulence factors...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 453: A Long Road to Safer Food Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12070453 Authors: Filippo Rossi As a side eect of food production, mycotoxins have always accompanied humanity, even if the danger posed by these molecules has only recently been understood and new research has begun to identify and study ways to reduce their presence in food. [...]
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 116: Comparison of Latent Tuberculosis Infections among General versus Tuberculosis Health Care Workers in Myanmar Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030116 Authors: Moe Hnin Phyu Hutcha Sriplung Myo Su Kyi Cho Cho San Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong Health care workers (HCWs) in high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence countries have to care for many cases, thus increasing their risk of infection. The objective of the study was...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 33: A Design Workshop’s Contribution to Climate Adaptation in Coastal Settlements in Nigeria Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4030033 Authors: Olumuyiwa Bayode Adegun Olawale Oreoluwa Olusoga With the growth in collaborative engagements for solutions to society’s complex problems, the role of co-designing to address climate change issues of low-income human settlements is becoming significant. This informed a design workshop/charette hosted...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 385: Arthus Reaction as an Adverse Event Following Tdap Vaccination Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030385 Authors: Vitali Pool Larissa Mege Adel Abou-Ali Repeat administration of tetanus toxoid-containing vaccines has rarely been associated with Arthus phenomenon, an immune-complex reaction. In the US, since 2013, tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccines (Tdap) have been recommended for administration during each pregnancy....
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 384: Field Study on the Immunological Response and Protective Effect of a Licensed Autogenous Vaccine to Control Streptococcus suis Infections in Post-Weaned Piglets Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030384 Authors: Lorelei Corsaut Marty Misener Paisley Canning Guy Beauchamp Marcelo Gottschalk Mariela Segura Streptococcus suis is one of the most important bacterial pathogens in weaned piglets and responsible for serious economic losses to the swine...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 92: Gut Microbiome of Healthy and Arthritic Dogs Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030092 Authors: Michela Cintio Elisa Scarsella Sandy Sgorlon Misa Sandri Bruno Stefanon Several studies have underlined the interplay among host-microbiome and pathophysiological conditions of animals. Research has also focused specifically on whether and how changes in the gut microbiome have provoked the occurrence of pathological phenomena affecting...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 758: Validation of Variant Assembly Using HAPHPIPE with Next-Generation Sequence Data from Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070758 Authors: Keylie M. Gibson Margaret C. Steiner Uzma Rentia Matthew L. Bendall Marcos Pérez-Losada Keith A. Crandall Next-generation sequencing (NGS) offers a powerful opportunity to identify low-abundance, intra-host viral sequence variants, yet the focus of many bioinformatic tools on consensus sequence construction has...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 759: Attach Me If You Can: Murine Norovirus Binds to Commensal Bacteria and Fungi Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070759 Authors: Jasmine L. Madrigal Sutonuka Bhar Samantha Hackett Haley Engelken Ross Joseph Nemat O. Keyhani Melissa K. Jones The presence of commensal bacteria enhances both acute and persistent infection of murine noroviruses. For several enteric viral pathogens, mechanisms by which these bacteria enhance infection involve direct interactions...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 754: Temperature Sensitivity: A Potential Method for the Generation of Vaccines against the Avian Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070754 Authors: Sarah Keep Phoebe Stevenson-Leggett Angela Steyn Michael S. Oade Isobel Webb Jamie Stuart Lonneke Vervelde Paul Britton Helena J. Maier Erica Bickerton The Gammacoronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is a highly contagious economically important respiratory...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 755: Innate Immune Sensing of Influenza a Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070755 Authors: Gaurav Malik Yan Zhou Influenza virus infection triggers host innate immune response by stimulating various pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Activation of these PRRs leads to the activation of a plethora of signaling pathways, resulting in the production of interferon (IFN) and proinflammatory cytokines, followed by the expression of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs),...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 756: Beclin1 Binds to Enterovirus 71 3D Protein to Promote the Virus Replication Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070756 Authors: Qi Xiang Pin Wang Ge Yang Siyu Huang Mengying Qin Hua Yang Zhen Luo Kailang Wu Jianguo Wu Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the main pathogen causing hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) in infants and children, which can also lead to severe neurological diseases and even death. Therefore, understanding the replication mechanism of...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 757: The bZIP Proteins of Oncogenic Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070757 Authors: Madeleine L. Stolz Craig McCormick Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors (TFs) govern diverse cellular processes and cell fate decisions. The hallmark of the leucine zipper domain is the heptad repeat, with leucine residues at every seventh position in the domain. These leucine residues enable homo- and heterodimerization between ZIP domain α-helices, generating...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 753: Kikwit Ebola Virus Disease Progression in the Rhesus Monkey Animal Model Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12070753 Authors: Richard S. Bennett James Logue David X. Liu Rebecca J. Reeder Krisztina B. Janosko Donna L. Perry Timothy K. Cooper Russell Byrum Danny Ragland Marisa St. Claire Ricky Adams Tracey L. Burdette Tyler M. Brady Kyra Hadley M. Colin Waters Rebecca Shim William Dowling Jing Qin Ian Crozier Peter B....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2001: Critical Water Geographies: From Histories to Affect Water doi: 10.3390/w12072001 Authors: Daanish Mustafa Sarah J. Halvorson Water resource geography has undergone a considerable transformation since its original moorings in engineering and the pure sciences. As this Special Issue demonstrates, many intellectual and practical gains are being made through a politicized practice of water scholarship. This work by geographers integrates a critical social...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2000: Isolation of Efficient Metal-Binding Bacteria from Boreal Peat Soils and Development of Microbial Biosorbents for Improved Nickel Scavenging Water doi: 10.3390/w12072000 Authors: Hanna Virpiranta Michal Banasik Sanna Taskila Tiina Leiviskä Maiju Halttu Ville-Hermanni Sotaniemi Juha Tanskanen Boreal peatlands with low iron availability are a potential, but rarely studied, source for the isolation of bacteria for applications in metal sorption....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1999: Sustainability Assessment of Water Resources in Beijing Water doi: 10.3390/w12071999 Authors: Yu Yang Li A sustainability assessment of water resources is essential for maintaining regional sustainable development. In this study, a comprehensive assessment of changes in the sustainability of the water resource system in Beijing from 2008 to 2018 was conducted on the basis of the driver-pressure-state-impact-response (DPSIR) model. To reflect the impacts...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1997: Efficient Urban Inundation Model for Live Flood Forecasting with Cellular Automata and Motion Cost Fields Water doi: 10.3390/w12071997 Authors: Maikel Issermann Fi-John Chang Haifeng Jia The mitigation of societal damage from urban floods requires fast hydraulic models for emergency and planning purposes. The simplified mathematical model Cellular Automata is combined with Motion Cost fields, which score the difficulty to traverse an area, to the urbaninundation...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1988: Modelling Hydrological Performance of a Bauxite Residue Profile for Deposition Management of a Storage Facility Water doi: 10.3390/w12071988 Authors: Mandana Shaygan Brent Usher Thomas Baumgartl Accurate scheduling of bauxite residue (red mud) deposition time is required in order to prevent the risk of storage facility failure. This study was conducted to precisely determine the hydraulic parameters of bauxite residue and investigate the capability of...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1998: Sedimentological, Mineralogical and Geochemical Features of Late Quaternary Sediment Profiles from the Southern Tuscany Hg Mercury District (Italy): Evidence for the Presence of Pre-Industrial Mercury and Arsenic Concentrations Water doi: 10.3390/w12071998 Authors: Francesca Pasquetti Orlando Vaselli Giovanni Zanchetta Barbara Nisi Marco Lezzerini Monica Bini Daniela Mele Southern Tuscany (Italy) is an important metallogenic district that...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1992: Energy Dissipation and Hydraulics of Flow over Trapezoidal–Triangular Labyrinth Weirs Water doi: 10.3390/w12071992 Authors: Amir Ghaderi Rasoul Daneshfaraz Mehdi Dasineh Silvia Di Francesco In this work experimental and numerical investigations were carried out to study the influence of the geometric parameters of trapezoidal–triangular labyrinth weirs (TTLW) on the discharge coefficient, energy dissipation, and downstream flow regime, considering...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1991: Aqueous Mercury Removal with Carbonaceous and Iron Sulfide Sorbents and Their Applicability as Thin-Layer Caps in Mercury-Contaminated Estuary Sediment Water doi: 10.3390/w12071991 Authors: Boon-Lek Ch’ng Che-Jung Hsu Yu Ting Ying-Lin Wang Chi Chen Tien-Chin Chang Hsing-Cheng Hsi This study aimed to investigate the Hg removal efficiency of iron sulfide (FeS), sulfurized activated carbon (SAC), and raw activated carbon (AC) sorbents influenced...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1995: Susceptibility Mapping of Soil Water Erosion Using Machine Learning Models Water doi: 10.3390/w12071995 Authors: Mosavi Sajedi-Hosseini Choubin Taromideh Rahi Dineva Soil erosion is a serious threat to sustainable agriculture, food production, and environmental security. The advancement of accurate models for soil erosion susceptibility and hazard assessment is of utmost importance for enhancing mitigation policies and laws. This paper...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1994: Stormwater Detention Reservoirs: An Opportunity for Monitoring and a Potential Site to Prevent the Spread of Urban Microplastics Water doi: 10.3390/w12071994 Authors: Braga Moruzzi Galileu Speranza Tomazini da Conceição Teodoro de Souza Martins Busquets Cintra Campos Stormwater runoff carries pollutants from urban areas to rivers and has the potential to be a main contributing source of microplastics (MPs) to the ecosystem. Stormwater...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1993: A Dual Source of Phosphorus to Lake Sediments Indicated by Distribution, Content, and Speciation: Inle Lake (Southern Shan State, Myanmar) Water doi: 10.3390/w12071993 Authors: Myat Mon Thin Elisa Sacchi Massimo Setti Viviana Re In this study, grab and core sediments from Inle lake were collected and analysed for their water and organic matter (O.M.) contents. Total phosphorus (TPSMT) and P fractions, namely inorganic-P (IP), organic-P (OP), P bound...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1987: Nitrogen Fertilization, Container Type, and Irrigation Frequency Affect Mineral Nutrient Uptake of Hydrangea Water doi: 10.3390/w12071987 Authors: Tongyin Li Guihong Bi Xiaojie Zhao Richard L. Harkess Carolyn Scagel Mineral nutrient uptake of Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Merritt’s Supreme’ affected by nitrogen (N) fertilization rate, container type, and irrigation frequency was investigated. Rooted liners of hydrangea plants...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1996: Assessing the Roles of Terrestrial Stilling and Solar Dimming in Land Surface Drying/Wetting across China Water doi: 10.3390/w12071996 Authors: Kai Duan Jiali Guo Tiesong Hu Xianxun Wang Yadong Mei Decreases in wind speed (i.e., terrestrial stilling) and radiation (i.e., solar dimming) have been identified as important causes of aridity change both globally and regionally. To understand how their roles have varied across different natural and socioeconomic...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1989: On the Occurrence of Metadiaptomus chevreuxi (Calanoida, Diaptomidae, Paradiaptominae) in the Iberian Peninsula, With Notes on the Ecology and Distribution of its European Populations Water doi: 10.3390/w12071989 Authors: Federico Marrone Fernando Ortega Francesc Mesquita-Joanes Francisco Guerrero Temporary ponds are one of the most peculiar ecosystems in the world, being characterized by an extraordinarily rich crustacean fauna, with a high degree...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1990: Algae-Laden Fouling Control by Gravity-Driven Membrane Ultrafiltration with Aluminum Sulfate-Chitosan: The Property of Floc and Cake Layer Water doi: 10.3390/w12071990 Authors: Peng Du Xing Li Yanling Yang Zhiwei Zhou Xiaoyan Fan Jianyong Feng Gravity-driven membrane (GDM) ultrafiltration is a promising water treatment method due to its low energy consumption and low maintenance. However, the low stable permeability in algae-laden water treatment...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1986: Flooding Urban Landscapes: Analysis Using Combined Hydrodynamic and Hydrologic Modeling Approaches Water doi: 10.3390/w12071986 Authors: Manoj K. Jha Sayma Afreen The frequency and severity of floods have been found to increase in recent decades, which have adverse effects on the environment, economics, and human lives. The catastrophe of such floods can be confronted with the advance prediction of floods and reliable analyses methods. This study developed...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 1985: Tree-Type Irrigation Pipe Network Planning and Design Method Using ICSO-ASV Water doi: 10.3390/w12071985 Authors: Zhen Li Zijian Lin Shilei Lyu Zhiwei Wei Heqing Huang Research on tree-type irrigation pipe networks is an important component of agricultural water-saving projects. The optimal design of tree-type irrigation pipe networks is a key aspect regarding the profitability of irrigated agriculture. Meanwhile, swarm intelligence optimization...
Tue Jul 14, 2020 03:00
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