Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 953: Nanoemulsion Stabilized by Safe Surfactin from Bacillus Subtilis as a Multifunctional, Custom-Designed Smart Delivery System Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100953 Authors: Lewińska Domżał-Kędzia Jaromin Łukaszewicz The developing field of bio-nanotechnology aims to advance colloidal research via the introduction of multifunctional nanoparticles to augment the dermal effectiveness of active substances. Self-emulsifying drug delivery...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 952: Organic Salts Based on Isoniazid Drug: Synthesis, Bioavailability and Cytotoxicity Studies Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12100952 Authors: Santos Branco Duarte Tuberculosis is one of the ten causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Some of the anti-tuberculosis drugs used in clinic studies, despite being effective for the treatment of tuberculosis, present serious adverse effects as...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Pharmacy, Vol. 8, Pages 186: Recent Formulation Advances and Therapeutic Usefulness of Orally Disintegrating Tablets (ODTs) Pharmacy doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8040186 Authors: Chinwala This review highlights the recent formulation advances (different methods of preparation involving various novel approaches) that have been advancing the use of ODT as a popular dosage form. Furthermore, the important characteristics of ODTs that are required for patient compliance and appropriate therapeutic...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 28: The Natural-Artificial Distinction and the Technologization of Sport
Philosophies, Vol. 5, Pages 28: The Natural-Artificial Distinction and the Technologization of Sport Philosophies doi: 10.3390/philosophies5040028 Authors: Astobiza The natural-artificial distinction is not only an abstract metaphysical question dedicated to classifying and differentiating between entities and phenomena that occur in nature from man-made objects. The distinction between the natural and the artificial is central to the philosophy of technology and an interesting heuristic...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1341: Drought-Induced Responses of Nitrogen Metabolism in Ipomoea batatas Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101341 Authors: Houqiang Xia Tao Xu Jing Zhang Ke Shen Zongyun Li Jingran Liu This study investigated the effect of water stress, simulated by the polyethylene glycol (PEG-6000) method, on nitrogen (N) metabolism in leaves and roots of hydroponically grown sweet potato seedlings, Xushu 32 (X32) and Ningzishu 1 (N1). The concentrations of PEG-6000 treatments...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1342: Linkage Map Development by EST-SSR Markers and QTL Analysis for Inflorescence and Leaf Traits in Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101342 Authors: Min Fan Yike Gao Zhiping Wu Qixiang Zhang Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.) are famous ornamental crops with high medicinal and industrial values. The inflorescence and leaf traits are key factors that affect the yield and quality of chrysanthemum....
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1340: Development of a Full-Length Infectious Cdna Clone of the Grapevine Berry Inner Necrosis Virus Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101340 Authors: Xudong Fan Zunping Zhang Fang Ren Guojun Hu Chen Li Baodong Zhang Yafeng Dong Grapevine berry inner necrosis virus (GINV) belongs to the genus Trichovirus in the family Betaflexiviridae. The GINV isolate LN_BETA_RS was obtained from a “Beta” grapevine (Vitis riparia × Vitis...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1336: Understanding Host–Pathogen Interactions in Brassica napus in the Omics Era Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101336 Authors: Ting Xiang Neik Junrey Amas Martin Barbetti David Edwards Jacqueline Batley Brassica napus (canola/oilseed rape/rapeseed) is an economically important crop, mostly found in temperate and sub-tropical regions, that is cultivated widely for its edible oil. Major diseases of Brassica crops such as Blackleg, Clubroot, Sclerotinia Stem...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1339: In Vitro Decoated Seed Germination and Seedling Development for Propagation of Wild Mandrake (Mandragora autumnalis Bertol.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101339 Authors: Al-Ahmad The establishment of an efficient in vitro propagation system for the conservation of the Mediterranean Mandragora autumnalis is highly desirable due to its scarcity, besides its potential medicinal and pharmacological properties. In a separate unpublished study, this species has proved...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1337: OsmiR535, A Potential Genetic Editing Target for Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance in Oryza sativa Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101337 Authors: Erkui Yue Huan Cao Bohan Liu OsmiR535 belongs to the miR156/miR529/miR535 superfamily, a highly conserved miRNA family in plants. OsmiR535 is involved in regulating the cold-stress response, modulating plant development, and determining panicle architecture and grain length. However, the role that OsmiR535...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1335: Identification of Candidate Genes Involved in Fruit Ripening and Crispness Retention Through Transcriptome Analyses of a ‘Honeycrisp’ Population Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101335 Authors: Hsueh-Yuan Chang Cindy B. S. Tong Crispness retention is a postharvest trait that fruit of the ’Honeycrisp’ apple and some of its progeny possess. To investigate the molecular mechanisms of crispness retention, progeny individuals derived from a ’Honeycrisp’...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1338: Structural and Functional Organization of the Root System: A Comparative Study on Five Plant Species Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101338 Authors: Sofo Elshafie Camele Plants are affected by soil environments to the same extent that they affect soil functioning through interactions between environmental and genetic factors. Here, five plant species (broad bean, pea, cabbage, fennel, and olive) grown under controlled pot conditions were tested for their...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1330: Computational Identification and Comparative Analysis of Conserved miRNAs and Their Putative Target Genes in the Juglans regia and J. microcarpa Genomes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101330 Authors: Le Wang Tingting Zhu Karin R. Deal Jan Dvorak Ming-Cheng Luo MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important factors for the post-transcriptional regulation of protein-coding genes in plants and animals. They are discovered either by sequencing small RNAs or computationally....
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1327: Early Detection of Airborne Inoculum of Nothopassalora personata in Spore Trap Samples from Peanut Fields Using Quantitative PCR Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101327 Authors: Munir Wang Dufault Anco A quantitative PCR (qPCR)-assay was developed to detect airborne inoculum of Nothopassalora personata, causal agent of late leaf spot (LLS) on peanut, collected with a modified impaction spore trap. The qPCR assay was able to consistently detect as few...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1328: Phytotoxic Activity of the Natural Compound Norharmane on Crops, Weeds and Model Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101328 Authors: López-González Ledo Cabeiras-Freijanes Verdeguer Reigosa Sánchez-Moreiras Norharmane is a secondary metabolite that appears in different species of land plants. In this paper, we investigated for the first time the specificity of norharmane through germination and growth tests on some crops as Zea mays L. (maize),...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1333: Natural Variations and Dynamic Changes of Nitrogen Indices throughout Growing Seasons for Twenty Tea Plant (Camellia sinensis) Varieties Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101333 Authors: Zhang Ye Zhang Huang Zhao Tea (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) leaves are harvested multiple times annually accompanied by a large amount of nitrogen (N) removed. Therefore, tea plantations are characterized by high requirements of N. This study aimed to assess...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1334: Transcriptome-Based Analysis of Phosphite-Induced Resistance Against Pathogens in Rice Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101334 Authors: Huang Cai Zhang Ruan Phosphite (PHI) has been used in the management of Phytophthora diseases since the 1970s.We assessed the effect of PHI on controlling the incidence of Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae and Pyricularia grisea. As a result, PHI application significantly inhibited the incidence of the diseases. To clarify...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1332: Chloroplast Genome Analysis of Two Medicinal Coelogyne spp. (Orchidaceae) Shed Light on the Genetic Information, Comparative Genomics, and Species Identification Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101332 Authors: Jiang Miao Wang Ni Hu Zeng Huang Although the medicinal properties of Coelogyne spp. have been previously studied, there is little genomic information providing a valuable tool for the plant taxonomy, conservation, and utilization...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1329: Artocarpus Lakoocha Roxb. and Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. Flowers: New Sources of Bioactive Compounds Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101329 Authors: Gupta Rather Jha Shashank Singhal Sharma Pathak Sharma Mastinu Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. (AH) and Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb. (AL) are two endemic plants that grow on the Asian continent. To date, their applications have been aimed at using their fruit as a food source or for some...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1331: Antibacterial, Mutagenic Properties and Chemical Characterisation of Sugar Bush (Protea caffra Meisn.): A South African Native Shrub Species Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9101331 Authors: Vambe Aremu Chukwujekwu Gruz Luterová Finnie Van Staden Protea caffra is used as a diarrhoeal remedy in South African herbal medicine, however, its pharmacological properties remain largely unknown. In the present study, extracts from different Protea...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Prosthesis, Vol. 2, Pages 297-303: Ascending Aorta Resection and End-To-End Anastomosis: Redistribution of Wall Shear Stress Induced by a Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Prosthesis doi: 10.3390/prosthesis2040026 Authors: Raffa Pasta Although aortic resection and end-to-end anastomosis are applied to repair ascending aortic aneurysm, there is a lack of information on the late risk of post-operative complications, such as aortic dissection and aneurysmal re-dilatation. It is recognized...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Recycling, Vol. 5, Pages 26: Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminated with Lithium Ion Battery Active Materials—A Proof-of-Concept Study Recycling doi: 10.3390/recycling5040026 Authors: Jonas Henschel Maximilian Mense Patrick Harte Marcel Diehl Julius Buchmann Fabian Kux Lukas Schlatt Uwe Karst Andreas Hensel Martin Winter Sascha Nowak The lithium-ion battery is the most powerful energy storage technology for portable and mobile devices. The enormous demand...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 513: Spiritual Struggles of Nones and ‘Spiritual but Not Religious’ (SBNRs) Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100513 Authors: Linda Mercadante Spiritual struggles are a distinct problem which have implications for psychological, social, emotional and physical health. They are not unique to religious persons; instead both the religiously unaffiliated (Nones) and those who call themselves “Spiritual but not Religious,” (SBNR) have struggles with...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 515: Jeong: A Practical Theology of Postcolonial Interfaith Relations Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100515 Authors: Park This article examines Korean American Christians’ involvement in interfaith relations from a practical theology perspective. The author begins the research with the broad question, “What is going on with Korean American Christians in interfaith engagement?” and interrogates more specifically the methods through...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 517: Ritual Void or Ritual Muddle? Deconsecration Rites of Roman Catholic Church Buildings Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100517 Authors: Kim de Wildt The decrease in people who regularly celebrate liturgy in western Europe has led to the question of what to do with so-called obsolete church buildings. This question not only refers to whether or not a church building will be converted, reused or demolished, but also to the question of whether or not such a building...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 516: Exclusionary Populism and Islamophobia: A Comparative Analysis of Italy and Spain Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100516 Authors: Laura Cervi Exclusionary populism is well known for twisting real grievances of the citizens, by problematizing the gap between “us” and “them”, capitalizing on identity lines, calling out as “others” those who do not share “pure people’s” identity...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 519: How Relationship-Enhancing Transcendent Religious Experiences during Adversity Can Encourage Relational Meaning, Depth, Healing, and Action Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100519 Authors: David C. Dollahite Loren D. Marks Alyssa Banford Witting Ashley B. LeBaron Kaity Pearl Young Joe M. Chelladurai Research on the relationship between religion, spirituality, and health suggests that religious involvement can help people deal with various kinds...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 518: The Image of Guru Nanak in Dadu-Panthi Sources Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100518 Authors: Fenech This essay examines the issue of Guru Nanak’s inclusion in the mid-to-late seventeenth-century devotional text prepared by the Dadu-panthi savant, Raghavdas, the Bhakt-māl or Garland of Devotees. This text follows by some decades the similarly titled Bhakt-māl of Nabha Das. However, while Nabha Das excludes Guru Nanak, Raghavdas’ Bhakt-māl...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 512: VUOIŊŊALAŠVUOHTA—Sámi Spirituality, Yoik and Its Relations Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100512 Authors: Tuula Sharma Vassvik The subject of identity is important in today’s political landscape. This article explores the way in which indigenous identity in particular is a contested subject, taking into account the way indigeneity in itself was, and still is, created within colonial contexts. The “validity” of indigenous peoples...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 514: Reconciling the God of Traditional Theism with the World’s Evils Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100514 Authors: Attfield Replying to James Sterba’s argument for the incompatibility of the world’s evils with the existence of the God of traditional theism, I argue for their compatibility, using the proposition that God has reasons for permitting these evils. Developing this case involves appeal to an enlarged version of both the Free Will...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 511: The Black Madonna: A Theoretical Framework for the African Origins of Other World Religious Beliefs Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100511 Authors: Janet Michello This review summarizes existing scholarship in order to theorize how Abrahamic religions and Hinduism were influenced by African beliefs, in order to illuminate the contributions that African beliefs have had on other world religions. The review begins with a brief historical overview of the origins...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 510: Crossing and Conversion among North Korean Refugee-Migrants Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11100510 Authors: Jin-Heon Jung While pivotal in the lives of North Korean refugee-migrants, the role of religion has been largely neglected in most studies. After being exposed to Protestant missionary networks, either while dwelling in Northeast China or en route to the South, about 80 percent of North Korean refugee-migrants arriving in South Korea affiliate themselves...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 120: Does Training Improve Sanitary Inspection Answer Agreement between Inspectors? Quantitative Evidence from the Mukono District, Uganda Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9100120 Authors: Richard King Kenan Okurut Jo Herschan Dan J. Lapworth Rosalind Malcolm Rory Moses McKeown Katherine Pond Sanitary inspections (SIs) are checklists of questions used for achieving/maintaining the safety of drinking-water supplies by identifying observable actual...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 105: Pricing with Variance Gamma Information Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8040105 Authors: Lane P. Hughston Leandro Sánchez-Betancourt In the information-based pricing framework of Brody, Hughston & Macrina, the market filtration {Ft}t≥0 is generated by an information process {ξt}t≥0 defined in such a way that at some fixed time T an FT-measurable random variable XT is “revealed”. A cash flow HT is taken to depend on...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 104: Corporate Governance and Cost of Capital: Evidence from Emerging Market Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8040104 Authors: Muhammad Yar Khan Anam Javeed Ly Kim Cuong Ha Pham This study used a researcher self-constructed corporate governance index as a proxy to measure the firm-level corporate governance compliance and disclosure with the 2002 Pakistani Code of Corporate Governance, to examine the relationship between corporate governance and cost of capital....
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 85: On the Benefits of Color Information for Feature Matching in Outdoor Environments Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9040085 Authors: Annika Hoffmann The detection and description of features is one basic technique for many visual robot navigation systems in both indoor and outdoor environments. Matched features from two or more images are used to solve navigation problems, e.g., by establishing spatial relationships between different poses in which the robot captured...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 84: The Effect of the FIRST Robotics Program on Its Graduates Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9040084 Authors: Shahaf Rocker Yoel Daphna Shwartz Asher Maayan Schohet Yehudit Judy Dori The program For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) for young students incorporates project-based learning (PBL) with designing and building wireless-controlled robots. The students are guided by experts, mostly engineers. The FIRST organization...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 83: Mapping Three Electromyography Signals Generated by Human Elbow and Shoulder Movements to Two Degree of Freedom Upper-Limb Robot Control Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9040083 Authors: Pringgo Widyo Laksono Kojiro Matsushita Muhammad Syaiful Amri bin Suhaimi Takahide Kitamura Waweru Njeri Joseph Muguro Minoru Sasaki This article sought to address issues related to human-robot cooperation tasks focusing especially on robotic operation using...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 82: Directional-Sensor Network Deployment Planning for Mobile-Target Search Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9040082 Authors: Shiraz Wasim Zendai Kashino Goldie Nejat Beno Benhabib In this paper, a novel time-phased directional-sensor network deployment strategy is presented for the mobile-target search problem, e.g., wilderness search and rescue (WiSAR). The proposed strategy uses probabilistic target-motion models combined with a variation of a standard...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 75: A Hybrid Approach: Dynamic Diagnostic Rules for Sensor Systems in Industry 4.0 Generated by Online Hyperparameter Tuned Random Forest Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2040075 Authors: Ahlam Mallak Madjid Fathi In this work, a hybrid component Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) approach for industrial sensor systems is established and analyzed, to provide a hybrid schema that combines the advantages and eliminates the drawbacks of both model-based and data-driven methods...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 45: Preventive Effect of a Polyphenol-Rich Extract from Geranium sanguineum L. on Hepatic Drug Metabolism in Influenza Infected Mice Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88040045 Authors: Silviya Abarova Lyubka Tancheva Rumen Nikolov Julia Serkedjieva Elitsa Pavlova Alessia Bramanti Ferdinando Nicoletti Nikolay T. Tzvetkov The decreased hepatic drug metabolism (predominately first phase) is one of the essential reasons for numerous...
03:00
Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 78: The Constitutive Practices of Public Smartphone Use Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10040078 Authors: Ida Marie Henriksen Marianne Skaar Aksel Tjora The smartphone has become the most ubiquitous piece of personal technology, giving it significant social importance and sociological relevance. In this article, we explore how the smartphone interacts with and impacts social interaction in the setting of the urban café. Through analyzing 52 spontaneous...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 52: UV Photo-Oxidation of Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8040052 Authors: Devon Shedden Kristen M. Atkinson Ibrahim Cisse Shin Lutondo Tyshawn Roundtree Michilena Teixeira Joel Shertok Michael Mehan Gregory K. Thompson Surendra K. Gupta Gerald A. Takacs Since polybenzimidazole (PBI) is often used in the aerospace industry, high-temperature fuel cells, and in redox flow batteries, this research investigated...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 85: The Acute Effects of Electronic Cigarette Vaping and Tobacco Cigarette Smoking on Choroidal Thickness in Young, Healthy, Habitual, Dual Smokers Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8040085 Authors: Olga E. Makri Athina Pallikari Konstantinos Kagkelaris Stylianos N. Mastronikolis Georgios Karanasios Chrysanthos Symeonidis Panagiotis Plotas Constantine D. Georgakopoulos The present study aims to evaluate and compare the acute effects of tobacco cigarettes...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 84: Does Hemoperfusion Increase Survival in Acute Paraquat Poisoning? A Retrospective Multicenter Study Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8040084 Authors: Ying-Tse Yeh Chun-Kuei Chen Chih-Chuan Lin Chia-Ming Chang Kai-Ping Lan Chorng-Kuang How Hung-Tsang Yen Yen-Chia Chen The efficacy of hemoperfusion (HP) in patients with acute paraquat poisoning (PQ) remains controversial. We conducted a multi-center retrospective study to include acute PQ-poisoned...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 651: Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation and Dietary Protein Level on Growth Performance, Serum Chemistry and Immune Response in Weanling Piglets Fed Differing Concentrations of Aflatoxin Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12100651 Authors: Ding Wang Merlin D. Lindemann Mark J. Estienne Effects of folic acid and protein levels on growth and serum chemistry in pigs fed aflatoxin were determined in two experiments. Increasing aflatoxin (250 to 800 ppb) decreased (P...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 158: PrEP Use Awareness and Interest Cascade among MSM and Transgender Women Living in Bali, Indonesia Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5040158 Authors: Rissa Cempaka Brigitta Wardhani Anak Agung Sagung Sawitri Pande Putu Januraga Benjamin Bavinton Indonesia has not implemented HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) despite global calls for its scale-up, and there is limited information about attitudes towards PrEP among...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 598: Exploring the Potential of T-Cells for a Universal Influenza Vaccine Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040598 Authors: Sharon Vijayanand Keegan Braz Gomes Rikhav P. Gala Mohammad N. Uddin Martin J. D’Souza Among the four types of influenza viruses, the influenza A strains and their subtypes have been responsible for causing worldwide pandemics and seasonal epidemics [...]
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 596: Therapeutic Vaccines and Cancer Immunotherapy Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040596 Authors: Darshak Bhatt Toos Daemen Cancer immunotherapy and immunization are the next steps towards safe and effective cancer treatment [...]
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 597: From the Infection to the Immunotherapy in Cervical Cancer: Can We Stop the Natural Course of the Disease? Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040597 Authors: Luvero Lopez Bogani Raspagliesi Angioli Cervical cancer (CC) is the second leading cause of cancer death in women aged 20–39 years. Persistent infection with oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV) represents the most important risk factor for the development of cervical...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 595: Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of a Non-Living Anthrax Vaccine versus a Live Spore Vaccine with Simultaneous Penicillin-G Treatment in Cattle Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040595 Authors: Jauro Ndumnego Ellis Buys Beyer Heerden : Sterne live spore vaccine (SLSV) is the current veterinary anthrax vaccine of choice. Unlike the non-living anthrax vaccine (NLAV) prototype, SLSV is incompatible with concurrent antibiotics use in an...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 594: Shortening the Lipid A Acyl Chains of Bordetella pertussis Enables Depletion of Lipopolysaccharide Endotoxic Activity Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040594 Authors: Jesús Arenas Elder Pupo Coen Phielix Dionne David Afshin Zariri Alla Zamyatina Jan Tommassen Peter van der Ley Whooping cough, or pertussis, is an acute respiratory infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Whole-cell vaccines, which were...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 593: Immunization with Plant-Derived Multimeric H5 Hemagglutinins Protect Chicken against Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus H5N1 Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040593 Authors: Hoang Trong Phan Van Thi Pham Thuong Thi Ho Ngoc Bich Pham Ha Hoang Chu Trang Huyen Vu Elsayed M. Abdelwhab David Scheibner Thomas C. Mettenleiter Tran Xuan Hanh Armin Meister Ulrike Gresch Udo Conrad Since 2003, H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 592: CD163 Antibodies Inhibit PRRSV Infection via Receptor Blocking and Transcription Suppression Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040592 Authors: Huiling Xu Zehui Liu Suya Zheng Guangwei Han Fang He CD163 has been identified as the essential receptor for Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRSV), a major etiologic agent of pigs. Scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain 5–9 (SRCR5–9) in CD163 was shown to be responsible...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 153: Humoral Immune Responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei Antigens in Captive and Wild Macaques in the Western Part of Java, Indonesia Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7040153 Authors: Testamenti Noviana Iskandriati Norris Jiranantasak Tuanyok Wahyudi Sajuthi Pamungkas Burkholderia pseudomallei, the Gram-negative bacterium which causes melioidosis, is a threat to human and a wide range of animal species. There...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 152: Carprofen Permeation Test through Porcine Ex Vivo Mucous Membranes and Ophthalmic Tissues for Tolerability Assessments: Validation and Histological Study Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7040152 Authors: Lidia Gómez-Segura Alexander Parra Ana C. Calpena Álvaro Gimeno Antonio Boix-Montañes Carprofen (CP), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), is profusely used in veterinary medicine for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 7, Pages 151: Roughage to Concentrate Ratio and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Inclusion Could Modulate Feed Digestion and In Vitro Ruminal Fermentation Veterinary Sciences doi: 10.3390/vetsci7040151 Authors: Kampanat Phesatcha Burarat Phesatcha Metha Wanapat Anusorn Cherdthong The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of the roughage-to-concentrate (R:C) ratio and the addition of live yeast (LY) on ruminal fermentation characteristics...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1151: House Dust Mite Exposure Causes Increased Susceptibility of Nasal Epithelial Cells to Adenovirus Infection Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101151 Authors: Malik Aydin Ella A. Naumova Friedrich Paulsen Wenli Zhang Felix Gopon Christian Theis Sören Lutz Eric Ehrke-Schulz Wolfgang H. Arnold Stefan Wirth Anja Ehrhardt Adenovirus (AdV) infections in the respiratory tract may cause asthma exacerbation and allergic predisposition, and the...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1149: Advances in Honey Bee Virus Research Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101149 Authors: Chejanovsky n/a
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1150: Impact of Microbiota: A Paradigm for Evolving Herd Immunity against Viral Diseases Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101150 Authors: Asha Shelly Priya Gupta Rahul Ahuja Sudeepa Srichandan Jairam Meena Tanmay Majumdar Herd immunity is the most critical and essential prophylactic intervention that delivers protection against infectious diseases at both the individual and community level. This process of natural vaccination is immensely pertinent to the...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1146: Superimposition of Viral Protein Structures: A Means to Decipher the Phylogenies of Viruses Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101146 Authors: Janne J. Ravantti Ane Martinez-Castillo Nicola G.A. Abrescia Superimposition of protein structures is key in unravelling structural homology across proteins whose sequence similarity is lost. Structural comparison provides insights into protein function and evolution. Here, we review some of the original findings and thoughts...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1148: Review of Hepatitis E Virus in Rats: Evident Risk of Species Orthohepevirus C to Human Zoonotic Infection and Disease Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101148 Authors: Gábor Reuter Ákos Boros Péter Pankovics Hepatitis E virus (HEV) (family Hepeviridae) is one of the most common human pathogens, causing acute hepatitis and an increasingly recognized etiological agent in chronic hepatitis and extrahepatic manifestations. Recent studies reported that not only are...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1144: Tracking SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage: Evidence of Changes in Virus Variant Predominance during COVID-19 Pandemic Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101144 Authors: Javier Martin Dimitra Klapsa Thomas Wilton Maria Zambon Emma Bentley Erika Bujaki Martin Fritzsche Ryan Mate Manasi Majumdar Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, is frequently shed in faeces during...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1145: Unmapped RNA Virus Diversity in Termites and their Symbionts Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101145 Authors: Callum Le Lay Mang Shi Aleš Buček Thomas Bourguignon Nathan Lo Edward C. Holmes Despite their ecological importance, nothing is known about the diversity and abundance of RNA viruses in termites (Termitoidae). We used a metatranscriptomics approach to determine the RNA virome structure of 50 diverse species of termite that differ in both phylogenetic...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1143: Characterization of the Vaginal DNA Virome in Health and Dysbiosis Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101143 Authors: Rasmus Riemer Jakobsen Thor Haahr Peter Humaidan Jørgen Skov Jensen Witold Piotr Kot Josue Leonardo Castro-Mejia Ling Deng Thomas Dyrmann Leser Dennis Sandris Nielsen Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is characterized by a reduction in Lactobacillus (L.) spp. abundance and increased abundance of facultative anaerobes, such as Gardnerella...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 1147: Single Amino Acid Substitutions Surrounding the Icosahedral Fivefold Symmetry Axis are Critical for Alternative Receptor Usage of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12101147 Authors: Xiao-Hua Gong Xing-Wen Bai Ping-Hua Li Hui-Fang Bao Meng Zhang Ying-Li Chen Pu Sun Hong Yuan Lei Huang Xue-Qing Ma Yuan-Fang Fu Yi-Mei Cao Kun Li Jing Zhang Zhi-Yong Li Dong Li Zeng-Jun Lu Zai-Xin Liu The integrins...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Vision, Vol. 4, Pages 43: Autoimmune Dry Eye without Significant Ocular Surface Co-Morbidities and Mental Health Vision doi: 10.3390/vision4040043 Authors: Ashena Dashputra Nanavaty Dry eye symptoms can negatively affect the psychological, physical, and social functioning, which can potentially impair the health-related quality of life. This review evaluated the association between autoimmune related dry eye in the absence of significant ocular surface co-morbidities and mental...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2826: Analysis and Control of the Physicochemical Quality of Groundwater in the Chari Baguirmi Region in Chad Water doi: 10.3390/w12102826 Authors: Allaramadji Beyaitan Bantin Hongping Wang Xia Jun Water resources are threatened nowadays by pollution that comes from domestic, industrial and agricultural discharges without prior treatment. This pollution causes the degradation of water quality. Surface pollutants can seep through the soil into water tables....
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2824: Monitoring Waterborne Pathogens in Surface and Drinking Waters. Are Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) Simultaneously Efficient in the Elimination of Enteric Viruses and Fecal Indicator Bacteria (FIB)? Water doi: 10.3390/w12102824 Authors: Daniel Salvador Maria Filomena Caeiro Fátima Serejo Paulo Nogueira Rui Neves Carneiro Célia Neto Monitoring the quality of water is a requisite to prevent outbreaks related to waterborne diseases, predominantly...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2825: Ecosystem Services under a Climate-Change-Impacted Water Infrastructure in a Highly Forested Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12102825 Authors: Xupu Li Liwei Zhang Patrick J. O’Connor Junping Yan Bin Wang De Li Liu Pengtao Wang Zhuangzhuang Wang Luwen Wan Yingjie Li Climate change can have critical impacts on ecosystem services (ESs) and their inter-relationships, especially for water-related services. However, there has been little work...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2823: City Resilience towards Coastal Hazards: An Integrated Bottom-Up and Top-Down Assessment Water doi: 10.3390/w12102823 Authors: Rina Suryani Oktari Syamsidik Rinaldi Idroes Hizir Sofyan Khairul Munadi Community resilience is increasingly required to adapt to the effects of the frequency and severity of the ever-increasing number of coastal hazards. This paper uses the case study of the city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, which was devastated by the...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2821: Evaluation of Permeable Brick Pavement on the Reduction of Stormwater Runoff Using a Coupled Hydrological Model Water doi: 10.3390/w12102821 Authors: Xiaoran Fu Jiahong Liu Weiwei Shao Chao Mei Dong Wang Wenchang Yan In several cities, permeable brick pavement (PBP) plays a key role in stormwater management. Although various hydrological models can be used to analyze the mitigation efficiency of PBP on rainfall runoff, the majority do not consider...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2822: Open-Surface Water Bodies Dynamics Analysis in the Tarim River Basin (North-Western China), Based on Google Earth Engine Cloud Platform Water doi: 10.3390/w12102822 Authors: Chen Kang Yang Bu Cao Gao The Tarim River Basin (TRB), located in an arid region, is facing the challenge of increasing water pressure and uncertain impacts of climate change. Many water body identification methods have achieved good results in different application...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2820: Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic through Changes in Outbound Tourism on Water Demand: The Case of Liège (Belgium) Water doi: 10.3390/w12102820 Authors: Nguyen Bich-Ngoc Jacques Teller The COVID-19 pandemic has led to many countries closing their borders, and numerous people spending their holidays at home instead of traveling abroad. This sudden reduction in travel activities, and other ‘new normals’, might have influenced...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2819: Age of Water Particles as a Diagnosis of Steady-State Flows in Shallow Rectangular Reservoirs Water doi: 10.3390/w12102819 Authors: Dewals Archambeau Bruwier Erpicum Pirotton Adam Delhez Deleersnijder The age of a water particle in a shallow man-made reservoir is defined as the time elapsed since it entered it. Analyzing this diagnostic timescale provides valuable information for optimally sizing and operating such structures....
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2817: Run-Out Simulation of a Landslide Triggered by an Increase in the Groundwater Level Using the Material Point Method Water doi: 10.3390/w12102817 Authors: Antonello Troncone Luigi Pugliese Enrico Conte Deformation mechanisms of the slopes are commonly schematized in four different stages: pre-failure, failure, post-failure and eventual reactivation. Traditional numerical methods, such as the finite element method and the finite difference method, are...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2818: Study of Snap Loads for Idealized Mooring Configurations with a Buoy, Inextensible and Elastic Cable Combinations for the Multi-Float M4 Wave Energy Converter Water doi: 10.3390/w12102818 Authors: Peter Stansby Efrain Carpintero Moreno There has been considerable modelling and wave basin validation of the multi-mode, multi-float, moored wave energy converter M4. The 6 float (2 power take off) (PTO) configuration is considered here with mooring from a buoy...
Sun Oct 11, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2816: Assessing the Groundwater Quality in the Liwa Area, the United Arab Emirates Water doi: 10.3390/w12102816 Authors: Alina Barbulescu Yousef Nazzal Fares Howari Last period groundwater quality raises big concerns all over the world since it is a limited source of drinkable water and for agricultural and industrial use. While the suitability of the groundwater of Liwa aquifer (Abu Dhabi Emirate) for agricultural use has been previously partially studied,...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2815: Soil Salinity and Moisture Control the Processes of Soil Nitrification and Denitrification in a Riparian Wetlands in an Extremely Arid Regions in Northwestern China Water doi: 10.3390/w12102815 Authors: Meng He Liu Chen Lin Luo Soil nitrification and denitrification are key nitrogen (N) removal processes in riparian wetlands in extremely arid regions, but the driving factors of the two N processes in these wetlands are still unclear. We...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2813: Climatic Influences on Agricultural Drought Risks Using Semiparametric Kernel Density Estimation Water doi: 10.3390/w12102813 Authors: Marangely Gonzalez Cruz E. Annette Hernandez Venkatesh Uddameri A bivariate kernel density estimation (KDE) method was utilized to develop a stochastic framework to assess how agricultural droughts are related to unfavorable meteorological conditions. KDE allows direct estimation of the bivariate cumulative density function...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2811: Organic Degradation Potential of Real Greywater Using TiO2-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes Water doi: 10.3390/w12102811 Authors: Alrousan Afkhami Bani-Melhem Dunlop In keeping with the circular economy approach, reclaiming greywater (GW) is considered a sustainable approach to local reuse of wastewater and a viable option to reduce household demand for freshwater. This study investigated the mineralization of total organic carbon (TOC) in GW...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2812: Environmental Flow Releases for Wetland Biodiversity Conservation in the Amur River Basin Water doi: 10.3390/w12102812 Authors: Nikitina Dubinina Bolgov Parilov Parilova Flow regulation by large dams has transformed the freshwater and floodplain ecosystems of the Middle Amur River basin in Northeast Asia, and negatively impacted the biodiversity and fisheries. This study aimed to develop environmental flow recommendations for the Zeya and...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2814: Measurement of Biochemical Methane Potential of Heterogeneous Solid Substrates: Results of a Two-Phase French Inter-Laboratory Study Water doi: 10.3390/w12102814 Authors: Thierry Ribeiro Romain Cresson Sébastien Pommier Sébastien Preys Laura André Fabrice Béline Théodore Bouchez Claire Bougrier Pierre Buffière Jesús Cacho Patricia Camacho Laurent Mazéas André Pauss Philippe Pouech Maxime Rouez Michel Torrijos Biochemical...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2810: Phytoplankton–Macrophyte Interaction in the Lagoon of Venice (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) Water doi: 10.3390/w12102810 Authors: Fabrizio Bernardi Aubry Francesco Acri Gian Marco Scarpa Federica Braga The coexistence of phytoplankton and macrophytes in the Lagoon of Venice (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) was investigated using in situ data collected monthly as part of International Long Term Ecosystem Research (LTER), together with satellite imagery...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2809: Experimental Study on Aeration Performance and Bubble Characteristics of Inverted Umbrella Aerator Water doi: 10.3390/w12102809 Authors: Cui Dai Jinnan Guo Jiawei Liu Liang Dong Houlin Liu In order to understand the aeration performance of inverted umbrella aerator and bubble characteristics in aeration tank under different conditions, and to reveal the internal relationship between bubble characteristics and aeration performance, an experimental...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2808: Passive Detection of Phosphorus in Agricultural Tile Waters Using Reactive Hybrid Anion Exchange Resins Water doi: 10.3390/w12102808 Authors: Zhe Li Maria Librada Chu Lowell Gentry Ying Li Corey Mitchell Yuji Arai Tile drainage waters carry considerable loads of phosphorus (P) from agricultural fields to rivers and streams in the Midwestern U.S. An innovative and economical approach to monitor dissolved reactive P (DRP) flux in tile waters is...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2805: Response of Agricultural Drought to Meteorological Drought: A Case Study of the Winter Wheat above the Bengbu Sluice in the Huaihe River Basin, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12102805 Authors: Chao Gao Cai Chen Yi He Tian Ruan Gang Luo Yanwei Sun This study investigated the responses of winter wheat to drought for the above part of the Bengbu Sluice in the Huaihe River based on the daily scale dataset of 60 meteorological stations from 1961–2015....
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2806: Water Level Fluctuations and Air Temperatures Affect Common Reed Habitus and Productivity in an Intermittent Wetland Ecosystem Water doi: 10.3390/w12102806 Authors: Alenka Gaberščik Mateja Grašič Dragan Abram Igor Zelnik Lake Cerknica is an intermittent wetland ecosystem with extreme water level fluctuations. It hosts extensive reed stands that have colonized different habitat types. Two different stands were compared: a lake stand not directly influenced...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2804: An Improved Configuration of Vertical-Flow Mesh Tube Filters for Seawater Pretreatment: Performance, Cleaning, and Energy Consumption Water doi: 10.3390/w12102804 Authors: Dong-Ho Kim Changkyoo Choi Chulmin Lee Rusnang Syamsul Adha Thanh-Tin Nguyen Sang-Jun Ahn Hee-Jong Son In S. Kim Roughing filters are types of porous media filter used in pretreatment systems where the raw water contains a large amount of suspended particles (SPs) and...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2807: Geomorphology of Canyon Outlets in Zrmanja River Estuary and Its Effect on the Holocene Flooding of Semi-enclosed Basins (the Novigrad and Karin Seas, Eastern Adriatic) Water doi: 10.3390/w12102807 Authors: Ozren Hasan Slobodan Miko Dea Brunović George Papatheodorou Dimitris Christodolou Nikolina Ilijanić Maria Geraga Detailed multi-beam bathymetry, sub-bottom acoustic, and side-scan sonar observations of submerged canyons with tufa barriers...
Sat Oct 10, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2802: Towards Characterising Microplastic Abundance, Typology and Retention in Mangrove-Dominated Estuaries Water doi: 10.3390/w12102802 Authors: Joelene Govender Trishan Naidoo Anusha Rajkaran Senzo Cebekhulu Astika Bhugeloo Sershen Naidoo Plastic and, particularly, microplastic (MP) pollution is a growing research theme, dedicated largely to marine systems. Occurring at the land–sea interface, estuarine habitats such as mangroves are at...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2803: What We Know about Water: A Water Literacy Review Water doi: 10.3390/w12102803 Authors: Meghan McCarroll Hillary Hamann Water literacy, or the culmination of water-related knowledge, attitudes and behaviors, is a relatively new field of study with growing importance for sustainable water management and social water equity. However, its definition and use across existing literature are varied and often inconsistent. This paper seeks to synthesize and streamline...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2798: Quantitative Analysis of the Sub-Cloud Evaporation of Atmospheric Precipitation and Its Controlling Factors Calculated By D-Excess in an Inland River Basin of China Water doi: 10.3390/w12102798 Authors: Xinggang Ma Wenxiong Jia Guofeng Zhu Shijin Wang Atmospheric precipitation is an important part of the water circle in an inland basin. Based on the analytical results of 149 precipitation samples and corresponding surface meteorological data collected...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2799: Benthic Diatom Communities in Urban Streams and the Role of Riparian Buffers Water doi: 10.3390/w12102799 Authors: Petra Thea Mutinova Maria Kahlert Benjamin Kupilas Brendan G. McKie Nikolai Friberg Francis J. Burdon Urbanization impacts stream ecosystems globally through degraded water quality, altered hydrology, and landscape disturbances at the catchment and riparian scales, causing biodiversity losses and altered system functioning. Addressing...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2801: Improved Coastal Erosion Prevention Using a Hybrid Method with an Artificial Coral Reef: Large-Scale 3D Hydraulic Experiment Water doi: 10.3390/w12102801 Authors: Taeyoon Kim Seungil Baek Yongju Kwon Jooyong Lee Sung Min Cha Soonchul Kwon Coastal erosion, a worldwide social issue, has garnered substantial attention. Numerous methods have been implemented to control coastal erosion problems; however, the presence of rigid structures limits erosion...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2800: Effects of Land Cover and Atmospheric Input on Nutrient Budget in Subtropical Mountainous Rivers, Northeastern Taiwan Water doi: 10.3390/w12102800 Authors: Chung-Te Chang Yu-Ting Shih Li-Chin Lee Jun-Yi Lee Tsung-Yu Lee Teng-Chiu Lin Jr-Chuan Huang The nutrient budget, the difference between the nutrient output via stream and input via precipitation, can provide insights into how environmental processes affect forested ecosystem biogeochemistry....
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2797: Urban Groundwater Processes and Anthropogenic Interactions (Porto Region, NW Portugal) Water doi: 10.3390/w12102797 Authors: Maria José Afonso Liliana Freitas José Manuel Marques Paula M. Carreira Alcides J.S.C. Pereira Fernando Rocha Helder I. Chaminé Groundwater in fissured rocks is one of the most important reserves of available fresh water, and urbanization applies an extremely complex pressure which puts this natural resource at risk....
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2796: Big Data Analytics and Its Role to Support Groundwater Management in the Southern African Development Community Water doi: 10.3390/w12102796 Authors: Zaheed Gaffoor Kevin Pietersen Nebo Jovanovic Antoine Bagula Thokozani Kanyerere Big data analytics (BDA) is a novel concept focusing on leveraging large volumes of heterogeneous data through advanced analytics to drive information discovery. This paper aims to highlight the potential role BDA can...
Fri Oct 09, 2020 03:00
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου