Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 699: In Vitro Evaluation of Self-Nano-Emulsifying Drug Delivery Systems (SNEDDS) Containing Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) for the Oral Delivery of Amphotericin B Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080699 Authors: Eleni Kontogiannidou Thomas Meikopoulos Helen Gika Emmanuel Panteris Ioannis S. Vizirianakis Anette Müllertz Dimitrios G. Fatouros Amphotericin B (AmpB), one of the most commonly used agents in the treatment of...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 697: Quality by Design Based Formulation Study of Meloxicam-Loaded Polymeric Micelles for Intranasal Administration Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080697 Authors: Bence Sipos Piroska Szabó-Révész Ildikó Csóka Edina Pallagi Dorina Gabriella Dobó Péter Bélteky Zoltán Kónya Ágota Deák László Janovák Gábor Katona Our study aimed to develop an “ex tempore” reconstitutable, viscosity enhancer- and preservative-free...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 698: Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of Carbosilane Dendrimers Functionalized with Polyphenolic Moieties Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080698 Authors: Natalia Sanz del Olmo Cornelia E. Peña González Jose Daniel Rojas Rafael Gómez Paula Ortega Alberto Escarpa Francisco Javier de la Mata A new family of polyphenolic carbosilane dendrimers functionalized with ferulic, caffeic, and gallic acids has been obtained through...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 130: The Expanding Role of the Oncology Pharmacist Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030130 Authors: Lisa M. Holle Eve M. Segal Kate D. Jeffers Although oncology pharmacists have been involved in the care of cancer patients for over 50 years, the role of the oncology pharmacist continues to expand. Initially, pharmacists were primarily based within either an inpatient or outpatient pharmacy setting and their work focused on providing the necessary safety checks...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 128: Choosing Evolution over Extinction: Integrating Direct Patient Care Services and Value-Based Payment Models into the Community-Based Pharmacy Setting Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030128 Authors: Mercadante Yokota Hwang Hata Law The American healthcare payment model introduced Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) into a position of power that currently puts into question the state of the pharmacy profession, especially in the community field....
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 129: Implementation of a Urinary Tract Infection Treatment Protocol to Improve Prescribing Practices in the Long-Term Care Facility of a Veteran’s Healthcare System Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030129 Authors: Spencer H. Durham Natalie S. Hohmann Addison H. Ragan Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a commonly diagnosed problem in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), but antimicrobial treatment is often incorrectly prescribed. Although bacterial resistance...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 127: Job Satisfaction among Swedish Pharmacists Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030127 Authors: Sofia Mattsson Maria Gustafsson Understanding the role of pharmacists’ job satisfaction is important because a lack of job satisfaction might have negative impacts on patient care and safety. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore and compare job satisfaction among pharmacists graduating from the pharmacy programs at Umeå University,...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 126: Trends in Clinical Pharmacist Integration in Family Medicine Residency Programs in North America Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030126 Authors: Jennie B. Jarrett Jody L. Lounsbery (1) Objective: To determine the change in prevalence of clinical pharmacists as clinician educators within family medicine residency programs (FMRPs) in North America and to describe their clinical, educational and administrative scope over time. (2) Methods: A systematic review...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 944: Leaves of White Beetroot As a New Source of Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080944 Authors: Urszula Gawlik-Dziki Laura Dziki Jakub Anisiewicz Ewa Habza-Kowalska Małgorzata Sikora Dariusz Dziki The white beetroot cv. Śnieżna Kula is the first betanin-free beetroot registered in the European Union. The aim of this study was to compare the phenolic acids profile and antioxidant capacity of leaves of white (SK)...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 943: The Influence of the Dilution Rate on the Aggressiveness of Inocula and the Expression of Resistance against Fusarium Head Blight in Wheat Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080943 Authors: Toth Gyorgy Varga Mesterhazy In previous research, conidium concentrations varying between 10,000 and 1,000,000/mL have not been related to any aggressiveness test. Therefore, two Fusarium graminearum and two Fusarium culmorum isolates were tested in the field on seven...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 942: Macro- and Micronutrients from Traditional Food Plants Could Improve Nutrition and Reduce Non-Communicable Diseases of Islanders on Atolls in the South Pacific Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080942 Authors: Graham Lyons Geoff Dean Routan Tongaiaba Siosiua Halavatau Kabuati Nakabuta Matio Lonalona Gibson Susumu Pacific Islanders have paid dearly for abandoning traditional diets, with diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCD) widespread....
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 940: Photoreceptors Regulate Plant Developmental Plasticity through Auxin Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080940 Authors: Küpers Oskam Pierik Light absorption by plants changes the composition of light inside vegetation. Blue (B) and red (R) light are used for photosynthesis whereas far-red (FR) and green light are reflected. A combination of UV-B, blue and R:FR-responsive photoreceptors collectively measures the light and temperature environment and adjusts...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 939: Diversity of Secondary Metabolites in Roots from Conium maculatum L. Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080939 Authors: Chizzola Lohwasser Background: Conium maculatum is known as highly toxic plant, due to piperidine alkaloids present in the aerial parts. In a first attempt, in various tap root samples, however, alkaloids could not be detected. The present study describes active compounds in the tap roots from 16 populations harvested at maturity. The compounds...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 941: Diversity of Nematode Microbial Antagonists from Algeria Shows Occurrence of Nematotoxic Trichoderma spp. Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080941 Authors: Benttoumi Colagiero Sellami Boureghda Keddad Ciancio Fungi and bacteria associated to phytoparasitic nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Meloidogyne spp. in Algeria were identified and characterized. Trichoderma spp. showed the highest prevalence in the cysts of G. rostochiensis. A number...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 937: Identification and Bioinformatic Analysis of the GmDOG1-Like Family in Soybean and Investigation of Their Expression in Response to Gibberellic Acid and Abscisic Acid Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080937 Authors: Yingzeng Yang Chuan Zheng Umashankar Chandrasekaran Liang Yu Chunyan Liu Tian Pu Xiaochun Wang Junbo Du Jiang Liu Feng Yang Taiwen Yong Wenyu Yang Weiguo Liu Kai Shu Seed germination is one of the most important...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 938: Recent Advances of In Vitro Culture for the Application of New Breeding Techniques in Citrus Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080938 Authors: Lara Poles Concetta Licciardello Gaetano Distefano Elisabetta Nicolosi Alessandra Gentile Stefano La Malfa Citrus is one of the most important fruit crops in the world. This review will discuss the recent findings related to citrus transformation and regeneration protocols of juvenile and adult explants. Despite...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 935: Effect of Mesos Components (MgSO4, CaCl2, KH2PO4) on In Vitro Shoot Growth of Blackberry, Blueberry, and Saskatoon Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080935 Authors: Júlia Hunková Alena Gajdošová Monika Szabóová Berry fruit species are, in many countries, considered biologically and economically valuable and important species of small fruits. The aim of this work was to examine the influence of either decreased or increased mesos concentrations (MgSO4, CaCl2,...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 936: Identification of Leaf-Scale Wheat Powdery Mildew (Blumeria graminis f. sp. Tritici) Combining Hyperspectral Imaging and an SVM Classifier Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080936 Authors: Jinling Zhao Yan Fang Guomin Chu Hao Yan Lei Hu Linsheng Huang Powdery mildew (PM, Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici) is a devastating disease for wheat growth and production. It is highly meaningful that the disease severities can be objectively and accurately identified...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 16: High-Throughput Identification of the Rhodnius prolixus Midgut Proteome Unravels a Sophisticated Hematophagic Machinery Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8030016 Authors: Radouane Ouali Karen Caroline Valentim de Brito Didier Salmon Sabrina Bousbata Chagas disease is one of the most common parasitic infections in Latin America, which is transmitted by hematophagous triatomine bugs, of which Rhodnius prolixus is the vector prototype for the study of...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 383: American Muslims’ Da’wah Work and Islamic Conversion Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080383 Authors: Yufeng Chen Saroja Dorairajoo Prior to the “9/11 attacks”, negative images of Islam in America were prevalent, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks made the situation for, and image of, Islam more sinister than before. Notwithstanding the extreme Islamophobia, one notes that, ironically in America, more people have been embracing Islam since,...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 384: Responses to Apocalypse: Early Christianity and Extinction Rebellion Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080384 Authors: Cullan Joyce The Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement has grown rapidly in the past two years. In popular media, XR has sometimes been described using religious terminology. XR has been compared to an eco-cult, a spiritual and cultural movement, and described as holding apocalyptic views. Despite XR lacking the distinctive religiosity of new testament...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 382: Ancestors Are Watching: Ritual and Governance at Peck San Theng, a Chinese Afterlife Care Organization in Singapore Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080382 Authors: Chi-cheung Choi Kwong Wai Siew Peck San Theng 新加坡廣惠肇碧山亭 (hereafter PST) is a non-profit organization registered under Singapore’s Societies Ordinance, founded in 1870 by Chinese immigrants from three prefectures of Guangdong province: Guangzhou 廣州, Zhaoqing 肇慶 and Huizhou 惠州. Until the...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 57: Is Artificial Man Still Far Away: Anthropomimetic Robots Versus Robomimetic Humans Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9030057 Authors: Veljko Potkonjak The article presents a viewpoint on the current status and limitations of humanoid robotics and possible future progress. It may be seen as a continuation of the article “How far away is artificial man?” published in 2001 by a group of authors, among them the author of the present text, in IEEE...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 129: The End of Resettlement? U.S. Refugee Policy in the Age of Trump
Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 129: The End of Resettlement? U.S. Refugee Policy in the Age of Trump Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9080129 Authors: Beers In the past three years, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented actions to slow the flow of refugees to the United States and undermine the foundations of the world’s largest refugee resettlement system. This article considers both the empirical substance of the White House’s anti-refugee policies,...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 57: A Creative Writing Workshop on Sexuality and Ageing: A Spanish Pilot Case Study Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10030057 Authors: Stončikaitė Mina-Riera Negative stereotypes about old age abound in our present-day society, which often considers older people as sexually incapable or even asexual. On the other hand, active ageing ideologies foster the practice of sex in later life as a sign of healthy and active ageing. The aim of this pilot case study was...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 56: Organizational Silos: A Scoping Review Informed by a Behavioral Perspective on Systems and Networks Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10030056 Authors: Fabio Bento Marco Tagliabue Flora Lorenzo In recent years, several organizations have implemented interventions aimed at integrating work processes and bridging network clusters. These are often permeated by different assumptions regarding clusters in organizational settings. There are concerns about the formation...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 104: Effects of Supplementary Strength–Power Training on Neuromuscular Performance in Young Female Athletes Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8080104 Authors: Konstantina Karagianni Olyvia Donti Christos Katsikas Gregory C. Bogdanis This study examined the effects of a short-duration supplementary strength–power training program on neuromuscular performance and sport-specific skills in adolescent athletes. Twenty-three female “Gymnastics for...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Stats, Vol. 3, Pages 239-245: Learning from Data to Optimize Control in Precision Farming Stats doi: 10.3390/stats3030018 Authors: Alexander Kocian Luca Incrocci Precision farming is one way of many to meet a 55 percent increase in global demand for agricultural products on current agricultural land by 2050 at reduced need of fertilizers and efficient use of water resources. The catalyst for the emergence of precision farming has been satellite positioning and navigation followed...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 42: Perceived Usefulness, Satisfaction, Ease of Use and Potential of a Virtual Companion to Support the Care Provision for Older Adults Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8030042 Authors: Jegundo Dantas Quintas Dutra Almeida Caravau Rosa Martins Pacheco Rocha This article reports a study aiming to determine the perceptions of older adults needing formal care about the usefulness, satisfaction, and ease of use of CaMeLi,...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 475: Effective Zearalenone Degradation in Model Solutions and Infected Wheat Grain Using a Novel Heterologous Lactonohydrolase Secreted by Recombinant Penicillium canescens Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080475 Authors: Larisa Shcherbakova Alexandra Rozhkova Dmitrii Osipov Ivan Zorov Oleg Mikityuk Natalia Statsyuk Olga Sinitsyna Vitaly Dzhavakhiya Arkady Sinitsyn This paper reports the first results on obtaining an enzyme preparation that might...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 474: The Fst/Ldr Family of Type I TA System Toxins: Potential Roles in Stress Response, Metabolism and Pathogenesis Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080474 Authors: Keith Weaver The parpAD1 locus was the first type I toxin–antitoxin (TA) system described in Gram-positive bacteria and was later determined to be the founding member of a widely distributed family of plasmid- and chromosomally encoded TA systems. Indeed, homology searches revealed that the toxin...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 473: Biofilm Formation and Antibiotic Resistance Phenotype of Helicobacter pylori Clinical Isolates Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080473 Authors: Kartika Afrida Fauzia Muhammad Miftahussurur Ari Fahrial Syam Langgeng Agung Waskito Dalla Doohan Yudith Annisa Ayu Rezkitha Takashi Matsumoto Vo Phuoc Tuan Junko Akada Hideo Yonezawa Shigeru Kamiya Yoshio Yamaoka We evaluated biofilm formation of clinical Helicobacter pylori isolates from...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 470: Use of AbobotulinumtoxinA in Adults with Cervical Dystonia: A Systematic Literature Review Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080470 Authors: Alfonso Fasano Vijayashankar Paramanandam Mandar Jog Cervical dystonia (CD) is a neurological movement disorder characterized by sustained involuntary muscle contractions. First-line therapy for CD is intramuscular injections of botulinum neurotoxin (e.g., abobotulinumtoxinA) into the affected muscles. The objective of...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 471: Outbreak of Oleander (Nerium oleander) Poisoning in Dairy Cattle: Clinical and Food Safety Implications Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080471 Authors: Luigi Ceci Flavia Girolami Maria Teresa Capucchio Elena Colombino Carlo Nebbia Fabio Gosetti Emilio Marengo Fabrizio Iarussi Grazia Carelli Oleander is a spontaneous shrub widely occurring in Mediterranean regions. Poisoning is sporadically reported in livestock, mainly due to the ingestion...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 472: Scavenging Intracellular ROS Attenuates p-Cresyl Sulfate-Triggered Osteogenesis Through MAPK Signaling Pathway and NF-κB Activation in Human Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080472 Authors: Jia-Feng Chang Chih-Yu Hsieh Jian-Chiun Liou Shih-Hao Liu Chi-Feng Hung Kuo-Cheng Lu Chih-Cheng Lin Chang-Chin Wu Shuk-Man Ka Li-Li Wen Mai-Szu Wu Cai-Mei Zheng Wen-Chin Ko Osteogenesis in human arterial smooth...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 469: The Dual Function of the Fungal Toxin Candidalysin during Candida albicans—Macrophage Interaction and Virulence Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080469 Authors: Annika König Bernhard Hube Lydia Kasper The dimorphic fungus Candida albicans is both a harmless commensal organism on mucosal surfaces and an opportunistic pathogen. Under certain predisposing conditions, the fungus can overgrow the mucosal microbiome and cause both superficial and life-threatening...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 123: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 123: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tuberculosis Control: An Overview Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030123 Authors: Kefyalew Addis Alene Kinley Wangdi Archie C A Clements Throughout history, pandemics of viral infections such as HIV, Ebola and Influenza have disrupted health care systems, including the prevention and control of endemic diseases. Such disruption has resulted in an increased burden of endemic diseases...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 122: Mapping the Geographic Distribution of Tungiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030122 Authors: Mark A. Deka The geographic distribution of tungiasis is poorly understood, despite the frequent occurrence of the disease in marginalized populations of low socioeconomic status. To date, little work is available to define the geography of this neglected tropical disease (NTD). This exploratory study...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 418: Expression of Concern: Artigas-Jerónimo et al. A Novel Combined Scientific and Artistic Approach for the Advanced Characterization of Interactomes: The Akirin/Subolesin Model. Vaccines 2020, 8, 77 Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030418 Authors: Vaccines Editorial Office Vaccines Editorial Office The Editorial Office of Vaccines has decided to issue the following Expression of Concern about the published paper: A Novel Combined Scientific and Artistic Approach...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
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