Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 20: The Ethics of Genetic Cognitive Enhancement: Gene Editing or Embryo Selection? Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies5030020 Authors: Marcelo de Araujo Recent research with human embryos, in different parts of the world, has sparked a new debate on the ethics of genetic human enhancement. This debate, however, has mainly focused on gene-editing technologies, especially CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats). Less attention has...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1141: Comprehensive Transcriptomic Analysis for Developing Seeds of a Synthetic Brassica Hexaploid Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091141 Authors: Zhengyi Liu Ruihua Wang Jianbo Wang Polyploidization is a universal phenomenon in plants and plays a crucial role in evolution. In this study, the transcriptomes of developing seeds of a synthetic Brassica hexaploid and its parents (B. rapa and B. carinata) were analyzed to find the gene expression changes in hexaploid...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1143: Phylogenetic and Comparative Analyses of Complete Chloroplast Genomes of Chinese Viburnum and Sambucus (Adoxaceae) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091143 Authors: Hang Ran Yanyan Liu Cui Wu Yanan Cao Phylogenetic analyses of complete chloroplast genome sequences have yielded significant improvements in our understanding of relationships in the woody flowering genus Viburnum (Adoxaceae, Dipsacales); however, these relationships were evaluated focusing only...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1139: Magnetic Field (MF) Applications in Plants: An Overview Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091139 Authors: Mohammad Sarraf Sunita Kataria Houda Taimourya Lucielen Oliveira Santos Renata Diane Menegatti Meeta Jain Muhammad Ihtisham Shiliang Liu Crop yield can be raised by establishment of adequate plant stand using seeds with high germination ratio and vigor. Various pre-sowing treatments are adopted to achieve this objective. One of these approaches...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1142: Intra- and Inter-Specific Crosses among Centaurea Aspera L. (Asteraceae) Polyploid Relatives—Influences on Distribution and Polyploid Establishment Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091142 Authors: Alfonso Garmendia María Ferriol David Benavent P. Pablo Ferrer-Gallego Hugo Merle How polyploids become established is a long-debated question, especially for autopolyploids that seem to have no evolutionary advantage over their progenitors. The Centaurea...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1144: Biosynthesis and Industrial Production of Androsteroids Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091144 Authors: Rituraj Batth Clément Nicolle Ilenuta Simina Cuciurean Henrik Toft Simonsen Steroids are a group of organic compounds that include sex hormones, adrenal cortical hormones, sterols, and phytosterols. In mammals, steroid biosynthesis starts from cholesterol via multiple steps to the final steroid and occurs in the gonads, adrenal glands, and placenta....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1140: Genetic Diversity and Combining Ability of White Maize Inbred Lines under Different Plant Densities Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091140 Authors: Mohamed M. Kamara Medhat Rehan Khaled M. Ibrahim Abdullah S. Alsohim Mohsen M. Elsharkawy Ahmed M. S. Kheir Emad M. Hafez Mohamed A. El-Esawi Knowledge of combining ability and genetic diversity are important prerequisites for the development of outstanding hybrids that are tolerant to high plant...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1138: Characterization of PcLEA14, a Group 5 Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein Gene from Pear (Pyrus communis) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091138 Authors: Tomoki Shibuya Ryota Itai Minori Maeda Hiroyasu Kitashiba Kanji Isuzugawa Kazuhisa Kato Yoshinori Kanayama Fruit trees need to overcome harsh winter climates to ensure perennially; therefore, they are strongly influenced by environmental stress. In the present study, we focused on the pear homolog...
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Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 23: How Do the Different Proteomic Strategies Cope with the Complexity of Biological Regulations in a Multi-Omic World? Critical Appraisal and Suggestions for Improvements Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8030023 Authors: Katrin Marcus Thierry Rabilloud In this second decade of the 21st century, we are lucky enough to have different types of proteomic analyses at our disposal. Furthermore, other functional omics such as transcriptomics have also undergone major...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 451: Approaching Spiritual and Existential Care Needs in Health Education: Applying SOPHIE (Self-Exploration through Ontological, Phenomenological, and Humanistic, Ideological, and Existential Expressions), as Practice Methodology Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090451 Authors: Gulnar Ali Nasreen Lalani Addressing existential and spiritual care needs, often remains a challenge in health education. Spirituality is a subjective human experience that shapes how...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 450: Perspectives on Inclusive Education: Need for Muslim Children’s Literature Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11090450 Authors: Antum A. Panjwani Muslim students and communities in Western sociopolitical and educational contexts confront substantive challenges of racisms, Islamophobia, and under- and misrepresentations in media as well as in literature. Creating a robust repertoire of curricular resources for teaching and learning, teacher development programs,...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 152: Service Organisations’ Cultural Competency When Working with Ethnic Minority Victims/Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse: Results from a Program Evaluation Study in Australia Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9090152 Authors: Pooja Sawrikar Founded in the results of a systematic literature review, a professional development program was developed about the needs of ethnic minority victims/survivors of child sexual abuse, with one component on the role...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 151: ”Should I Stay, or Should I Go?”: The Experiences of, and Choices Available to Women of South Asian Heritage Living in the UK When Leaving a Relationship of Choice Following Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9090151 Authors: Kalwinder K. Sandhu Hazel R. Barrett Researching South Asian women who have departed social norms and married outside the social conventions of their culture widens our understanding and knowledge...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 122: Correction: Kaiseler, M., et al. The Impact of an Outdoor and Adventure Sports Course on the Wellbeing of Recovering UK Military Personnel: An Exploratory Study. Sports 2019, 7(5), 112 Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8090122 Authors: Mariana Kaiseler Chris Kay Jim McKenna The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [...]
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 567: Two Toxic Lipid Aldehydes, 4-hydroxy-2-hexenal (4-HHE) and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE), Accumulate in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090567 Authors: Christophe O. Soulage Caroline C. Pelletier Nans Florens Sandrine Lemoine Laurence Dubourg Laurent Juillard Fitsum Guebre-Egziabher Lipid aldehydes originating from the peroxidation of n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids are increased in hemodialysis (HD)...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 501: Determining Equine Influenza Virus Vaccine Efficacy—The Specific Contribution of Strain Versus Other Vaccine Attributes Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030501 Authors: Sylvia Reemers Denny Sonnemans Linda Horspool Sander van Bommel Qi Cao Saskia van de Zande Vaccination is an effective tool to limit equine influenza virus (EIV H3N8) infection, a contagious respiratory disease with potentially huge economic impact. The study assessed the effects...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 502: Japanese Mothers’ Intention to HPV Vaccinate Their Daughters: How Has It Changed over Time Because of the Prolonged Suspension of the Governmental Recommendation? Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030502 Authors: Asami Yagi Yutaka Ueda Tatsuo Masuda Sayaka Ikeda Takashi Miyatake Satoshi Nakagawa Kei Hirai Tomio Nakayama Etsuko Miyagi Takayuki Enomoto Tadashi Kimura The trend for cervical cancer in younger women has been increasing...
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Vibration, Vol. 3, Pages 217-234: Multiharmonic Resonance Control Testing of an Internally Resonant Structure Vibration doi: 10.3390/vibration3030017 Authors: Alexander D. Shaw Thomas L. Hill Simon A. Neild Michael I. Friswell The experimental characterisation of a nonlinear structure is a challenging process, particularly for multiple degree of freedom and continuous structures. Despite attracting much attention from academia, there is much work needed to create processes that...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 978: A Targeted Metagenomics Approach to Study the Diversity of Norovirus GII in Shellfish Implicated in Outbreaks Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090978 Authors: Marion Desdouits Candice Wacrenier Joanna Ollivier Julien Schaeffer Françoise S. Le Guyader Human noroviruses (NoV) cause epidemics of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) worldwide and can be transmitted through consumption of contaminated foods. Fresh products such as shellfish can be contaminated by human...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 979: Innate Immune DNA Sensing of Flaviviruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090979 Authors: Tongtong Zhu Ana Fernandez-Sesma Flaviviruses are arthropod-borne RNA viruses that have been used extensively to study host antiviral responses. Often selected just to represent standard single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses in early studies, the Flavivirus genus over time has taught us how truly unique it is in its remarkable ability to target not just the RNA sensory...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 980: Diagnostic Challenges in Canine Parvovirus 2c in Vaccine Failure Cases Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090980 Authors: Hiu Ying Esther Yip Anne Peaston Lucy Woolford Shiow Jing Khuu Georgia Wallace Rohan Suresh Kumar Kandarp Patel Ania Ahani Azari Malihe Akbarzadeh Maryam Sharifian Reza Amanollahi Razi Jafari Jozani Aliakbar Khabiri Farhid Hemmatzadeh In this study, three different diagnostic tests for parvovirus were compared...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 977: Manipulation of JAK/STAT Signalling by High-Risk HPVs: Potential Therapeutic Targets for HPV-Associated Malignancies Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12090977 Authors: Ethan L. Morgan Andrew Macdonald Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are small, DNA viruses that cause around 5% of all cancers in humans, including almost all cervical cancer cases and a significant proportion of anogenital and oral cancers. The HPV oncoproteins E5, E6 and E7 manipulate cellular signalling...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2468: Impact of Irrigation Frequency and Planting Density on Bean’s Morpho-Physiological and Productive Traits Water doi: 10.3390/w12092468 Authors: Silas Alves Souza Joslanny Higino Vieira Diego Bispo dos Santos Farias Gustavo Henrique da Silva Catariny Cabral Aleman The correct irrigation frequency relies on the plant population density to increase yield and efficiency in water use. A field experiment was carried out in 2019 to study the effect of...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2475: Seasonal Variation of Dissolved Oxygen in the Southeast of the Pearl River Estuary Water doi: 10.3390/w12092475 Authors: Guangping Liu Weihong He Shuqun Cai Dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in estuaries is highly variable at different spatial and temporal scales, which is affected by physical, chemical and biological processes. This study analyzed the spatial–temporal distributions of dissolved oxygen concentration and bottom hypoxia in...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2474: Α Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Understand Hydrologic and Geochemical Processes at Koiliaris Critical Zone Observatory Water doi: 10.3390/w12092474 Authors: Maria A. Lilli Dionissis Efstathiou Daniel Moraetis Jonathan Schuite Sofia D. Nerantzaki Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis Koiliaris CZO is a European Critical Zone Observatory (CZO) typical of the Mediterranean karstic geomorphology, which represents watersheds affected by humans over the centuries....
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2473: Factors Controlling of Thermal Water Hydrogeochemical Characteristics in Tatun Volcano Group, Taiwan Water doi: 10.3390/w12092473 Authors: Hung-Hsiang Hsu Hsin-Fu Yeh The Tatun geothermal system is located in Northern Taiwan and is hosted by the Tatun volcano group (TVG). The variation in the geochemical composition of thermal waters is considered to be an important indicator of volcanic activity. In this study, we analyzed the chemical and isotopic compositions...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2470: Numerical Modelling and Simulation of Two-Phase Flow Flushing Method for Pipeline Cleaning in Water Distribution Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w12092470 Authors: Zhaozhao Tang Wenyan Wu Xiaoxi Han Ming Zhao Jingting Luo Chen Fu Ran Tao Secondary pollution by microorganisms and substances peeling off from the “growth ring” causes clean water deterioration during the water distribution process. In order to reduce the secondary...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2469: Analytical Modeling of Particle Tracking for Dynamic Pumping Conditions Water doi: 10.3390/w12092469 Authors: Yuan Gao Thomas Sale Movement of fluid particles about historic subsurface releases and through well fields is often governed by dynamic subsurface water levels. Motivations for tracking the movement of fluid particles include tracking the fate of subsurface contaminants and resolving the fate of water stored in subsurface aquifers. Based on superposition...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2472: Spatiotemporal Analysis of Maize Water Requirement in the Heilongjiang Province of China during 1960–2015 Water doi: 10.3390/w12092472 Authors: Tianyi Wang Chong Du Tangzhe Nie Zhongyi Sun Shijiang Zhu Chengxin Feng Changlei Dai Lili Chu Yong Liu Qizong Liang Climate change will have a significant effect on crop water requirement (ETc). The spatial and temporal variations of water requirement of maize under climate change are essential...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2471: Protecting Coastlines from Flooding in a Changing Climate: A Preliminary Experimental Study to Investigate a Sustainable Approach Water doi: 10.3390/w12092471 Authors: Matteo Rubinato Jacob Heyworth James Hart Rising sea levels are causing more frequent flooding events in coastal areas and generate many issues for coastal communities such as loss of property or damages to infrastructures. To address this issue, this paper reviews measures currently in...
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