Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 417: Enhancement of Tetravalent Immune Responses to Highly Conserved Epitopes of a Dengue Peptide Vaccine Conjugated to Polystyrene Nanoparticles Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030417 Authors: Yanqi Chan Seyed Davoud Jazayeri Babu Ramanathan Chit Laa Poh Vaccination remains the major approach to the prevention of dengue. Since the only licensed live attenuated vaccine (LAV) lacked efficacy against all four serotypes, other vaccine platforms, such as synthetic...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 413: Proteomic Analysis of Human Immune Responses to Live-Attenuated Tularemia Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030413 Authors: Yie-Hwa Chang Duc M. Duong Johannes B. Goll David C. Wood Travis L. Jensen Luming Yin Casey E. Gelber Nicholas T. Seyfried Evan Anderson Muktha S. Natrajan Nadine Rouphael Robert A. Johnson Patrick Sanz Mark J. Mulligan Daniel F. Hoft Francisella tularensis (F. tularensis) is an intracellular...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 414: Alterations in the Human Plasma Lipidome in Response to Tularemia Vaccination Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030414 Authors: Kristal M. Maner-Smith Johannes B. Goll Manoj Khadka Travis L. Jensen Jennifer K. Colucci Casey E. Gelber Carolyn J. Albert Steven E. Bosinger Jacob D. Franke Muktha Natrajan Nadine Rouphael Robert A. Johnson Patrick Sanz Evan J. Anderson Daniel F. Hoft Mark J. Mulligan David A. Ford Eric...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 412: Transcriptomic and Metabolic Responses to a Live-Attenuated Francisella tularensis Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030412 Authors: Johannes B. Goll Shuzhao Li James L. Edwards Steven E. Bosinger Travis L. Jensen Yating Wang William F. Hooper Casey E. Gelber Katherine L. Sanders Evan J. Anderson Nadine Rouphael Muktha S. Natrajan Robert A. Johnson Patrick Sanz Daniel Hoft Mark J. Mulligan The immune response...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 416: Schistosoma Haematobium Extracellular Vesicle Proteins Confer Protection in a Heterologous Model of Schistosomiasis Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030416 Authors: Gebeyaw G. Mekonnen Bemnet A. Tedla Darren Pickering Luke Becker Lei Wang Bin Zhan Maria Elena Bottazzi Alex Loukas Javier Sotillo Mark S. Pearson Helminth parasites release extracellular vesicles which interact with the surrounding host tissues, mediating host–parasite...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 415: An Unbiased Immunization Strategy Results in the Identification of Enolase as a Potential Marker for Nanobody-Based Detection of Trypanosoma evansi Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030415 Authors: Zeng Li Joar Esteban Pinto Torres Julie Goossens Didier Vertommen Guy Caljon Yann G.-J. Sterckx Stefan Magez Trypanosoma evansi is a widely spread parasite that causes the debilitating disease “surra” in several types of ungulates....
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 100: The Lysine Methyltransferase SMYD2 Is Required for Definite Hematopoietic Stem Cell Production in the Mouse Embryo Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030100 Authors: Melissa A. Edwards Mark A. Brown Ilham Alshiraihi Dillon K. Jarrell Haley O. Tucker The five-membered SET and MYND domain-containing lysine methyltransferase (SMYD) family plays pivotal roles in development and differentiation. Initially characterized within the cardiovascular...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 99: Epidemiology and National Surveillance System for Foot and Mouth Disease in Cattle in Thailand during 2008–2019 Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7030099 Authors: Orapun Arjkumpa Tedsak Yano Rotchana Prakotcheo Chalutwan Sansamur Veerasak Punyapornwithaya Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a prominent transboundary disease that threatens livestock production and can disrupt the trade in animals and animal products at both regional...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 806: Viral Metagenomic Content Reflects Seawater Ecological Quality in the Coastal Zone Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080806 Authors: Anastasia Tsiola Grégoire Michoud Stilianos Fodelianakis Ioannis Karakassis Georgios Kotoulas Alexandra Pavlidou Christina Pavloudi Paraskevi Pitta Nomiki Simboura Daniele Daffonchio Manolis Tsapakis Viruses interfere with their host’s metabolism through the expression of auxiliary metabolic genes...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 807: Novel Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase Binding Protein Encoded by Bacteriophage T5 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080807 Authors: Klimuk Mekler Lavysh Serebryakova Akulenko Severinov The Escherichia coli bacteriophage T5 has three temporal classes of genes (pre-early, early, and late). All three classes are transcribed by host RNA polymerase (RNAP) containing the σ70 promoter specificity subunit. Molecular mechanisms responsible for...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 804: Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection Induces Chromatin Remodeling to Activate Growth Factor and Extracellular Matrix Secretion Pathways Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080804 Authors: Xu Qiao Mann Garofalo Brasier Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is associated with reduced lung function through unclear mechanisms. In this study, we test the hypothesis that RSV infection induces genomic reprogramming...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 803: Application of Reverse Genetics in Functional Genomics of Potyvirus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080803 Authors: Maathavi Kannan Zamri Zainal Ismanizan Ismail Syarul Nataqain Baharum Hamidun Bunawan Numerous potyvirus studies, including virus biology, transmission, viral protein function, as well as virus–host interaction, have greatly benefited from the utilization of reverse genetic techniques. Reverse genetics of RNA viruses refers to...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 805: In Silico Insights into the SARS CoV-2 Main Protease Suggest NADH Endogenous Defences in the Control of the Pandemic Coronavirus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080805 Authors: Annamaria Martorana Carla Gentile Antonino Lauria COVID-19 is a pandemic health emergency faced by the entire world. The clinical treatment of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) CoV-2 is currently based on the experimental administration of HIV antiviral drugs, such...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 802: Yellow Fever Virus Down-Regulates mRNA Expression of SOCS1 in the Initial Phase of Infection in Human Cell Lines Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080802 Authors: Michael B. Yakass David Franco Osbourne Quaye Flaviviruses are constantly evolving diverse immune evasion strategies, and the exploitation of the functions of suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) and protein inhibitors of activated STATs (PIAS) to favour virus replication has been described for...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 801: Determining the Suitability of MinION’s Direct RNA and DNA Amplicon Sequencing for Viral Subtype Identification Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080801 Authors: Deborah M. Leigh Christopher Schefer Carolina Cornejo The MinION sequencer is increasingly being used for the detection and outbreak surveillance of pathogens due to its rapid throughput. For RNA viruses, MinION’s new direct RNA sequencing is the next significant development. Direct RNA sequencing...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 800: Genome Analysis of Two Novel Synechococcus Phages that Lack Common Auxiliary Metabolic Genes: Possible Reasons and Ecological Insights by Comparative Analysis of Cyanomyoviruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080800 Authors: Tong Jiang Cui Guo Min Wang Meiwen Wang Xinran Zhang Yundan Liu Yantao Liang Yong Jiang Hui He Hongbing Shao Andrew McMinn The abundant and widespread unicellular cyanobacteria Synechococcus plays an important role...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 799: Reversal of T Cell Exhaustion in Chronic HCV Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080799 Authors: Sylwia Osuch Karin J. Metzner Kamila Caraballo Cortés The long-term consequences of T cell responses’ impairment in chronic HCV infection are not entirely characterized, although they may be essential in the context of the clinical course of infection, re-infection, treatment-mediated viral clearance and vaccine design. Furthermore, it is unclear...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 798: Molecular Tracing of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy in the First Three Months of the Epidemic Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080798 Authors: Alessia Lai Annalisa Bergna Sara Caucci Nicola Clementi Ilaria Vicenti Filippo Dragoni Anna Maria Cattelan Stefano Menzo Angelo Pan Annapaola Callegaro Adriano Tagliabracci Arnaldo Caruso Francesca Caccuri Silvia Ronchiadin Claudia Balotta Maurizio Zazzi Emanuela Vaccher Massimo Clementi Massimo...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 797: A Lactococcal Phage Protein Promotes Viral Propagation and Alters the Host Proteomic Response During Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080797 Authors: Marie-Laurence Lemay Sandra Maaß Andreas Otto Jérémie Hamel Pier-Luc Plante Geneviève M. Rousseau Denise M. Tremblay Rong Shi Jacques Corbeil Stéphane M. Gagné Dörte Becher Sylvain Moineau The lactococcal virulent phage p2 is a model for studying the Skunavirus genus, the most...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 796: Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Pre-S Mutants in Plasma Predicts Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080796 Authors: Chiao-Fang Teng Tsai-Chung Li Hsi-Yuan Huang Jia-Hui Lin Wen-Shu Chen Woei-Cherng Shyu Han-Chieh Wu Cheng-Yuan Peng Ih-Jen Su Long-Bin Jeng Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the most common and lethal human cancers worldwide. Despite curative...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 795: Effect of the Route of Administration of the Vaccinia Virus Strain LIVP to Mice on Its Virulence and Immunogenicity Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080795 Authors: Sergei N. Shchelkunov Stanislav N. Yakubitskiy Alexander A. Sergeev Alexei S. Kabanov Tatiana V. Bauer Leonid E. Bulychev Stepan A. Pyankov The mass smallpox vaccination campaign has played a crucial role in smallpox eradication. Various strains of the vaccinia virus (VACV) were used...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 794: Differential Viral-Host Immune Interactions Associated with Oseltamivir-Resistant H275Y and Wild-Type H1N1 A(pdm09) Influenza Virus Pathogenicity Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080794 Authors: Beatriz Vidaña Pamela Martínez-Orellana Jaime Martorell Massimiliano Baratelli Jorge Martínez Lourdes Migura-Garcia Lorena Córdoba Mónica Pérez Inmaculada Casas Francisco Pozo Lorenzo Fraile Natàlia Majó María Montoya Oseltamivir is a common...
Fri Jul 24, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2124: Water Pollution in a Densely Populated Megapolis, Dhaka Water doi: 10.3390/w12082124 Authors: Toriqul Bashar Ivan W.H. Fung Rapid urbanization has been a boon for industrial growth in Bangladesh, leading the Dhaka megapolis to become one of the least livable places in the world. These circumstances, however, have received little attention by policy makers and in academic research. Using mainly secondary data, this article explores the water quality of the...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2123: Vadose Zone Lag Time Effect on Groundwater Drought in a Temperate Climate Water doi: 10.3390/w12082123 Authors: Wossenyeleh Verbeiren Diels Huysmans An essential factor in the propagation of drought, from meteorological drought to groundwater drought, is the delay between a precipitation event and the groundwater recharge reaching the groundwater table. This delay, which mainly occurs in the vadose zone of the hydrological cycle, is often poorly...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2120: Urban Flood Modeling Using 2D Shallow-Water Equations in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Water doi: 10.3390/w12082120 Authors: Gnenakantanhan Coulibaly Babacar Leye Fowe Tazen Lawani Adjadi Mounirou Harouna Karambiri Appropriate methods and tools accessibility for bi-dimensional flow simulation leads to their weak use for floods assessment and forecasting in West African countries, particularly in urban areas where huge losses of life and property are...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2121: Removal of 17β-Estradiol by Activated Charcoal Supported Titanate Nanotubes (TNTs@AC) through Initial Adsorption and Subsequent Photo-Degradation: Intermediates, DFT calculation, and Mechanisms Water doi: 10.3390/w12082121 Authors: Taobo Huang Baozhu Pan Haodong Ji Wen Liu A low-cost composite of activated charcoal supported titanate nanotubes (TNTs@AC) was developed via the facile hydrothermal method to remove the 17β-estradiol (E2, a model...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2122: Flood Risk Governance for More Resilience—Reviewing the Special Issue’s Contribution to Existing Insights Water doi: 10.3390/w12082122 Authors: Matczak Hegger There is lively scholarly and societal debate on the need to diversify flood risk management strategies to contribute to more flood resilience. The latter requires dedicated governance strategies related to which relevant insights are currently emerging. However, more systematic theoretical and...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2119: Seasonal Climate Forecast Skill Assessment for the Management of Water Resources in a Run of River Hydropower System in the Poqueira River (Southern Spain) Water doi: 10.3390/w12082119 Authors: Contreras Herrero Crochemore Aguilar Polo Run of river (RoR) hydropower systems, despite being one of the most cost-effective and environmentally benign energy technologies, have the disadvantage that production is not constant because it is subject...
Sun Jul 26, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2118: Metal Mobilization as an Effect of Anthropogenic Contamination in Groundwater Aquifers in Tutuila, American Samoa Water doi: 10.3390/w12082118 Authors: Okuhata Dulai Shuler Fackrell El-Kadi Groundwater is the primary drinking water source on most oceanic islands, including Tutuila, American Samoa. Drinking water quality on Tutuila is impacted by anthropogenic pollution sources such as on-site sewage disposal systems, piggeries, and agricultural...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2116: Precipitant Effects on Aggregates Structure of Asphaltene and Their Implications for Groundwater Remediation Water doi: 10.3390/w12082116 Authors: Christian B. Hammond Dengjun Wang Lei Wu Asphaltenes generally aggregate, then precipitate and deposit on the surfaces of environmental media (soil, sediment, aquifer, and aquitard). Previous studies have recognized the importance of asphaltene aggregates on the wettability of aquifer systems, which has long...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2117: Features and Control of Submerged Horizontal Vortex in Stepped Dissipation Wells Water doi: 10.3390/w12082117 Authors: Boran Zhang Mengshan Shi Lvtan Yao Wuyi Wan Unlike a horizontal intake vortex, a submerged horizontal vortex is not bounded by a free surface. It has an axial air core submerged in a vessel such as a dissipation well. Due to the motion of its bound point (where the vortex ends), the front wall of the dissipation well could be damaged...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2115: Development of an Environmental Decision Support System for Enhanced Coagulation in Drinking Water Production Water doi: 10.3390/w12082115 Authors: Jordi Suquet Lluís Godo-Pla Meritxell Valentí Marta Verdaguer Maria J. Martin Manel Poch Hèctor Monclús Drinking water production is subject to multiple water quality requirements such as minimizing disinfection byproducts (DBPs) formation, which are highly related to natural organic matter (NOM)...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2114: Definitions of Water Quality: A Survey of Lake-Users of Water Quality-Compromised Lakes Water doi: 10.3390/w12082114 Authors: Ashley M. Votruba Jessica R. Corman Understanding and defining water quality is an important precursor for influencing pro-environmental behavior and accurately assessing potential outcomes of human–lake interactions. This study surveyed 82 lake-users in Nebraska regarding their definitions of water quality and the importance...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2112: Effects of Irrigation Discharge on Salinity of a Large Freshwater Lake: A Case Study in Chagan Lake, Northeast China Water doi: 10.3390/w12082112 Authors: Liu Zhang Zhang Xu Wu Wu Sun Chen Ma The salinization of freshwater lakes by agricultural activities poses a threat to many lake ecosystems around the world. Quantitative, medium- to long-term studies are needed to understand how some common agricultural practices, such...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2113: Breaching Barriers: The Fight for Indigenous Participation in Water Governance Water doi: 10.3390/w12082113 Authors: Ryan E. Emanuel David E. Wilkins Indigenous peoples worldwide face barriers to participation in water governance, which includes planning and permitting of infrastructure that may affect water in their territories. In the United States, the extent to which Indigenous voices are heard—let alone incorporated into decision-making—depends...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2111: Water Quality Index of Suceava River in Suceava City Metropolitan Area Water doi: 10.3390/w12082111 Authors: Andrei-Emil Briciu Adrian Graur Dinu Iulian Oprea The water quality of rivers worldwide is of persistent interest due to its impact on human life. Five streamwater quality parameters of Suceava River were monitored in 2019 upstream and downstream of Suceava city, Romania: dissolved oxygen, specific conductivity, pH, oxidation-reduction potential,...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2110: Kinematics of Particles at Entrainment and Disentrainment Water doi: 10.3390/w12082110 Authors: Rui Aleixo Federica Antico Ana M. Ricardo Rui M.L. Ferreira We address the issue of characterizing experimentally entrainment and disentrainment of sediment particles of cohesionless granular beds in turbulent open channel flows. Employing Particle Image Velocimetry, we identify episodes of entrainment and of disentrainment of bed particles by analysing...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2109: A Hamiltonian Interacting Particle System for Compressible Flow Water doi: 10.3390/w12082109 Authors: Simon Hochgerner The decomposition of the energy of a compressible fluid parcel into slow (deterministic) and fast (stochastic) components is interpreted as a stochastic Hamiltonian interacting particle system (HIPS). It is shown that the McKean–Vlasov equation associated to the mean field limit yields the barotropic Navier–Stokes equation...
Sat Jul 25, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2108: Structural Safety Assessment of Connection between Sloshing Tank and 6-DOF Platform Using Co-Simulation of Fluid and Multi-Flexible-Body Dynamics Water doi: 10.3390/w12082108 Authors: Sang-Moon Yun Sung-Pill Kim Soh-Myung Chung Woo-Jin Shin Dae-Seung Cho Jong-Chun Park Prediction of sloshing loads, which is one of the most important issues in the design of LNG carriers, has usually been carried out by experiments. When designing a 6-DOF platform...
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