Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1736: On Aqua-Based Silica (SiO2–Water) Nanocoolant: Convective Thermal Potential and Experimental Precision Evaluation in Aluminum Tube Radiator Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091736 Authors: Tayyab Raza Shah Hafiz Muhammad Ali Muhammad Mansoor Janjua Although the research on potential use of nanofluids in automotive vehicles is in its embryonic stage, a number of studies have suggested the strong prospect of nanofluids for the efficient thermal...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1734: Influence of Metal Oxide Particles on Bandgap of 1D Photocatalysts Based on SrTiO3/PAN Fibers Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091734 Authors: Fail Sultanov Chingis Daulbayev Seitkhan Azat Kairat Kuterbekov Kenzhebatyr Bekmyrza Baglan Bakbolat Magdalena Bigaj Zulkhair Mansurov This paper deals with the study of the optical properties of one-dimensional SrTiO3/PAN-based photocatalysts with the addition of metal oxide particles and...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1735: ORR in Non-Aqueous Solvent for Li-Air Batteries: The Influence of Doped MnO2-Nanoelectrocatalyst Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091735 Authors: Eleonora Pargoletti Annalisa Salvi Alessia Giordana Giuseppina Cerrato Mariangela Longhi Alessandro Minguzzi Giuseppe Cappelletti Alberto Vertova One of the major drawbacks in Lithium-air batteries is the sluggish kinetics of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). In this context, better...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1733: Broadened Angle-Insensitive Near-Perfect Absorber Based on Mie Resonances in Amorphous Silicon Metasurface Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091733 Authors: Jiangnan Si Shuang Liu Weiji Yang Xuanyi Yu Jialin Zhang Xiaoxu Deng A broadband near-perfect absorber is analyzed by an amorphous silicon (a-Si) hook shaped nanostructure metasurface. The transmission and reflection coefficients of the metasurface are investigated in the point electric...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2671: The Role of Specific Components of a Plant-Based Diet in Management of Dyslipidemia and the Impact on Cardiovascular Risk Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092671 Authors: Elke A. Trautwein Sue McKay Convincing evidence supports the intake of specific food components, food groups, or whole dietary patterns to positively influence dyslipidemia and to lower risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Specific macro- and micro-components of a predominantly plant-based...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2670: Animal, Plant, Collagen and Blended Dietary Proteins: Effects on Musculoskeletal Outcomes Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092670 Authors: Deane Bass Crossland Phillips Atherton Dietary protein is critical for the maintenance of musculoskeletal health, whereappropriate intake (i.e., source, dose, timing) can mitigate declines in muscle and bone mass and/orfunction. Animal-derived protein is a potent anabolic source due to rapid digestion and...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2669: Evaluation of the Prebiotic Potential of a Commercial Synbiotic Food Ingredient on Gut Microbiota in an Ex Vivo Model of the Human Colon Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092669 Authors: Walid Mottawea Salma Sultan Kara Landau Nicolas Bordenave Riadh Hammami Behavior and mood disorders have been linked to gut microbiota dysbiosis through the “microbiota-gut-brain axis”. Microbiota-targeting interventions are promising therapeutic...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2668: A Vegetarian-Style Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Lower Energy, Saturated Fat, and Sodium Intakes; and Higher Whole Grains, Legumes, Nuts, and Soy Intakes by Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2013–2016 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092668 Authors: Shanthy A Bowman Consumer demand for plant-based foods is increasing though the reasons may vary. Plant foods are sole sources of dietary fiber, vitamin C, and flavonoids and good sources...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2667: A Definition of “Regular Meals” Driven by Dietary Quality Supports a Pragmatic Schedule Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092667 Authors: Lohse Faulring Mitchell Cunningham-Sabo Public health guidelines advise eating regular meals without defining “regular.” This study constructed a meaning for “regular” meals congruent with dietary quality. Parents of 4th grade youth in a school-based intervention (Clinicaltrials.gov...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2666: Associations of Heavy Metals with Metabolic Syndrome and Anthropometric Indices Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092666 Authors: Wei-Lun Wen Chih-Wen Wang Da-Wei Wu Szu-Chia Chen Chih-Hsing Hung Chao-Hung Kuo Previous studies have revealed associations between heavy metals and extensive health problems. However, the association between heavy metals and metabolic problems remains poorly defined. This study aims to investigate relationships between...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2665: An Increase in Liver Polyamine Concentration Contributes to the Tryptophan-Induced Acute Stimulation of Rat Hepatic Protein Synthesis Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092665 Authors: Shinichiro Koike Yukihito Kabuyama Kodwo Amuzuah Obeng Kunio Sugahara Yusuke Sato Fumiaki Yoshizawa Tryptophan has a unique role as a nutritional signaling molecule that regulates protein synthesis in mouse and rat liver. However, the mechanism underlying the stimulating...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 721: Detection and Genetic Characterization of Puumala Orthohantavirus S-Segment in Areas of France Non-Endemic for Nephropathia Epidemica Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9090721 Authors: Séverine Murri Sarah Madrières Caroline Tatard Sylvain Piry Laure Benoit Anne Loiseau Julien Pradel Emmanuelle Artige Philippe Audiot Nicolas Leménager Sandra Lacôte Johann Vulin Nathalie Charbonnel Philippe Marianneau Guillaume Castel ...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 720: Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9090720 Authors: Serge Corbeil Abalone viral ganglioneuritis (AVG), caused by Haliotid herpesvirus-1 (HaHV-1; previously called abalone herpesvirus), is a disease that has been responsible for extensive mortalities in wild and farmed abalone and has caused significant economic losses in Asia and Australia since outbreaks occurred in the early 2000s. Researchers from Taiwan, China, and Australia...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 719: Comparison of Japanese Encephalitis Force of Infection in Pigs, Poultry and Dogs in Cambodian Villages Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9090719 Authors: Héléna Ladreyt Heidi Auerswald Sothyra Tum Sreymom Ken Leangyi Heng Saraden In Sokchea Lay Chakriyouth Top Sowath Ly Veasna Duong Philippe Dussart Benoit Durand Véronique Chevalier Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the main cause of human viral encephalitis in Asia,...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 229: 3-Amino-5-(indol-3-yl)methylene-4-oxo-2-thioxothiazolidine Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents: Synthesis, Computational and Biological Evaluation Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13090229 Authors: Volodymyr Horishny Victor Kartsev Vasyl Matiychuk Athina Geronikaki Petrou Anthi Pavel Pogodin Vladimir Poroikov Marija Ivanov Marina Kostic Marina D. Soković Phaedra Eleftheriou Herein we report the design, synthesis, computational,...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceuticals, Vol. 13, Pages 228: Zinc(II)—The Overlooked Éminence Grise of Chloroquine’s Fight against COVID-19? Pharmaceuticals doi: 10.3390/ph13090228 Authors: Aleksandra Hecel Małgorzata Ostrowska Kamila Stokowa-Sołtys Joanna Wątły Dorota Dudek Adriana Miller Sławomir Potocki Agnieszka Matera-Witkiewicz Alicia Dominguez-Martin Henryk Kozłowski Magdalena Rowińska-Żyrek Zn(II) is an inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2′s RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 838: Biological Evaluation of Black Chokeberry Extract Free and Embedded in Two Mesoporous Silica-Type Matrices Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12090838 Authors: Valentina Buda Ana-Maria Brezoiu Daniela Berger Ioana Zinuca Pavel Delia Muntean Daliana Minda Cristina Adriana Dehelean Codruta Soica Zorita Diaconeasa Roxana Folescu Corina Danciu Black chokeberry fruits possess a wide range of biological activities, among...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 835: Assessment of CafA Targeted BAR-Encapsulated Nanoparticles against Oral Biofilms Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12090835 Authors: Hetal Desai Mohamed Y. Mahmoud Jinlian Tan Farnaz Minooei Donald R. Demuth Jill M. Steinbach-Rankins Porphyromonas gingivalis adherence to Streptococcus gordonii is a crucial initial event that facilitates the colonization of P. gingivalis, a key pathogen in periodontal disease. As such, blocking these...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 837: Recent Advances in Nanocarrier-Assisted Therapeutics Delivery Systems Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12090837 Authors: Shi Su Peter M. Kang Nanotechnologies have attracted increasing attention in their application in medicine, especially in the development of new drug delivery systems. With the help of nano-sized carriers, drugs can reach specific diseased areas, prolonging therapeutic efficacy while decreasing undesired side-effects....
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 836: Transferrin Non-Viral Gene Therapy for Treatment of Retinal Degeneration Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12090836 Authors: Karine Bigot Pauline Gondouin Romain Bénard Pierrick Montagne Jenny Youale Marie Piazza Emilie Picard Thierry Bordet Francine Behar-Cohen Dysregulation of iron metabolism is observed in animal models of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), possibly...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 834: Cocrystal Applications in Drug Delivery Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12090834 Authors: Andrea Erxleben Over the past two decades, considerable research efforts in academia and industry have gone into pharmaceutical cocrystals [...]
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 159: Heart Failure Prescribing Quality at Discharge from a Critical Care Unit in Egypt: The Impact of Multidisciplinary Care Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8030159 Authors: Seif El Hadidi Naglaa Samir Bazan Stephen Byrne Ebtissam Darweesh Margaret Bermingham Discharge prescriptions for heart failure (HF) patients may not adhere to the clinical practice guidelines. This study aimed to assess the impact of the clinical pharmacist as a member of a multidisciplinary...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 19: Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Contemporary Idola Mentis Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies5030019 Authors: Marcin J. Schroeder Contemporary Natural Philosophy is understood here as a project of the pursuit of the integrated description of reality distinguished by the precisely formulated criteria of objectivity, and by the assumption that the statements of this description can be assessed only as true or false according to clearly specified verification...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 18: The Philosophy of Freedom and the History of Art: An Interdisciplinary View Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies5030018 Authors: Robert Edward Gordon This article investigates the relationship between the philosophy of freedom and the history of art. It maintains that contemplating the two fields together is productive and necessary in understanding some of the compelling interdisciplinary aspects at work in both arenas. Isaiah Berlin’s seminal...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 17: Natural Morphological Computation as Foundation of Learning to Learn in Humans, Other Living Organisms, and Intelligent Machines Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies5030017 Authors: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic The emerging contemporary natural philosophy provides a common ground for the integrative view of the natural, the artificial, and the human-social knowledge and practices. Learning process is central for acquiring, maintaining, and managing knowledge,...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1135: A High Temperature Environment Regulates the Olive Oil Biosynthesis Network Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091135 Authors: Yael Nissim Maya Shlosberg Iris Biton Yair Many Adi Doron-Faigenboim Ran Hovav Zohar Kerem Benjamin Avidan Giora Ben-Ari Climate change has been shown to have a substantial impact on agriculture and high temperatures and heat stress are known to have many negative effects on the vegetative and reproductive phases of...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1134: Roles of Aquaporins in Plant-Pathogen Interaction Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091134 Authors: Guangjin Li Tong Chen Zhanquan Zhang Boqiang Li Shiping Tian Aquaporins (AQPs) are a class of small, membrane channel proteins present in a wide range of organisms. In addition to water, AQPs can facilitate the efficient and selective flux of various small solutes involved in numerous essential processes across membranes. A growing body of evidence now...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1133: Genetic Diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, the Fusarium Wilt Pathogen of Banana, in Ecuador Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091133 Authors: Freddy Magdama Lorena Monserrate-Maggi Lizette Serrano José García Onofre María del Mar Jiménez-Gasco The continued dispersal of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical race 4 (FocTR4), a quarantine soil-borne pathogen that kills banana, has placed this worldwide industry on alert and triggered enormous...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1132: Selected Plant-Related Papers from the First Joint Meeting on Soil and Plant System Sciences (SPSS 2019)—“Natural and Human-Induced Impacts on the Critical Zone and Food Production” Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091132 Authors: Claudio Zaccone Michela Schiavon Silvia Celletti Teodoro Miano The First Joint Meeting on Soil and Plant System Sciences (SPSS 2019), titled “Natural and Human-Induced Impacts on the Critical Zone and Food Production”,...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Plasma, Vol. 3, Pages 153-165: Bactericidal Properties of Copper-Tin Nanoparticles on Escherichia coli in a Liquid Environment Plasma doi: 10.3390/plasma3030011 Authors: Mohammad Rezayat Morteza Yazdi Mohammad Noghani Reza Ahmadi In this research, copper-tin alloy nanoparticles were made by a mechanical alloying method and were examined by two well-known and common bactericidal tests, optical density, and colony-forming units count in terms of bactericidal properties. To confirm...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 448: ‘Sami Religion’ in Sámi Curricula in RE in the Norwegian School System: An Analysis of the Importance of Terms Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090448 Authors: Bengt-Ove Andreassen Torjer A. Olsen In this article, we map and analyse the changes in conceptualisation and ideas on Sámi and indigenous people in the Sámi (Religious Education) RE curricula for primary and secondary school in the period from 1997 to 2015. Through the analysis...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 447: Taking Lacquer as a Mirror, Expressing Morality via Implements: A Study of Confucian Ritual Spirituality and the Concept of Consumption in the Ming and Qing Dynasties Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090447 Authors: Kuo-Kuang Fan Xue-Hui Li The periods of the Ming and Qing dynasties featured prosperous socioeconomic development; the development of industrial, commercial, and manufacturing production; and active urban consumer behavior with great advocacy...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 92: Identification Using Telematics: An Algorithm to Identify Dwell Locations Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030092 Authors: Christopher Grumiau Mina Mostoufi Solon Pavlioglou Tim Verdonck In this work, a method is proposed for exploiting the predictive power of a geo-tagged dataset as a means of identification of user-relevant points of interest (POI). The proposed methodology is subsequently applied in an insurance context for the automatic identification of...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 91: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Impact of Distance Driven on the Probability of Car Accidents Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8030091 Authors: Jean-Philippe Boucher Roxane Turcotte Using telematics data, we study the relationship between claim frequency and distance driven through different models by observing smooth functions. We used Generalized Additive Models (GAM) for a Poisson distribution, and Generalized Additive Models for Location, Scale, and Shape (GAMLSS)...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 40: Behind Subcontractor Risk: A Multiple Case Study Analysis of Mining and Natural Resources Fatalities Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6030040 Authors: Charan Teja Valluru Andrew Rae Sidney Dekker Subcontractors have always been linked to higher risk by the industry and academia. However, not much work exists in establishing the reasons behind this relationship. Much of the existing work, either categorise subcontractors under a theoretical label of work to apply...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 952-977: Complexity in the Built Environment: Wayfinding Difficulties in the Modular Design of Qatar University’s Most Iconic Building Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3030048 Authors: Mark David Major Heba O. Tannous Doha Elsaman Lolwa Al-Mohannadi Meera Al-Khulifi Shaikha Al-Thani Constructed in the 1980s, the BCR Corridors complex is the most iconic building at Qatar University (QU). However, it is also notorious for way-finding difficulties....
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Smart Cities, Vol. 3, Pages 928-951: BlendSPS: A BLockchain-ENabled Decentralized Smart Public Safety System Smart Cities doi: 10.3390/smartcities3030047 Authors: Ronghua Xu Seyed Yahya Nikouei Deeraj Nagothu Alem Fitwi Yu Chen Due to the recent advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT) and Edge-Fog-Cloud Computing technologies, the Smart Public Safety (SPS) system has become a more realistic solution for seamless public safety services that are enabled by integrating...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 63: Altered Self-Observations, Unclear Risk Perceptions and Changes in Relational Everyday Life: A Qualitative Study of Psychosocial Life with Diabetes during the COVID-19 Lockdown Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10030063 Authors: Dan Grabowski Julie Meldgaard Morten Hulvej Rod When the Danish society went into COVID-19 lockdown, it dramatically changed the conditions for living with a chronic disease like diabetes. The present article highlights the psychosocial...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 120: Associations between Motor Competence, Physical Self-Perception and Autonomous Motivation for Physical Activity in Children Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8090120 Authors: Ole Kristian Ensrud-Skraastad Monika Haga Research indicates that children and adolescents gradually participate less in physical activity with age. Several factors are associated with children’s physical activity levels, such as motor performance, self-perception of athletic competence...
Tue Sep 01, 2020 03:00
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