IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6768: High-Performance Handball Player’s Time-Motion Analysis by Playing Positions International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186768 Authors: Carmen Manchado Juan Tortosa Martínez Basilio Pueo Juan Manuel Cortell Tormo Helena Vila Carmen Ferragut Francisco Sánchez Sánchez Sonia Busquier Sergio Amat Luis Javier Chirosa Ríos The purpose of this study was to analyze the on-court demands of handball...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2584: Assessing the Karst Groundwater Quality and Hydrogeochemical Characteristics of a Prominent Dolomite Aquifer in Guizhou, China Water doi: 10.3390/w12092584 Authors: Zhongmei Wang Martin Torres Prakash Paudel Liangbo Hu Genlan Yang Xuewei Chu Karst groundwater is one of the primary water resources in most provinces of Southwestern China where karst topography is strongly featured. In Guizhou Province, a prominent geologic sedimentary formation...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2585: Major and Trace Element Geochemistry of Korean Bottled Waters Water doi: 10.3390/w12092585 Authors: Woo-Jin Shin Jong-Sik Ryu Hyung Seon Shin Youn-Young Jung Kyung-Seok Ko Kwang-Sik Lee The Korean bottled water market has continuously expanded during the last 25 years. However, in-depth studies of its geochemistry have not been conducted. Four types of bottled water manufactured in South Korea (i.e., natural mineral water, NMW; functional water,...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2104: In Vitro Characterization of Gut Microbiota-Derived Commensal Strains: Selection of Parabacteroides distasonis Strains Alleviating TNBS-Induced Colitis in Mice Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9092104 Authors: Bernardo Cuffaro Aka L. W. Assohoun Denise Boutillier Lenka Súkeníková Jérémy Desramaut Samira Boudebbouze Sophie Salomé-Desnoulez Jiří Hrdý Anne-Judith Waligora-Dupriet Emmanuelle Maguin Corinne Grangette Alterations in the gut microbiota...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2107: RBM10, a New Regulator of p53 Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9092107 Authors: Ji Hoon Jung Hyemin Lee Shelya X Zeng Hua Lu The tumor suppressor p53 acts as a transcription factor that regulates the expression of a number of genes responsible for DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, metabolism, cell migration, angiogenesis, ferroptosis, senescence, and apoptosis. It is the most commonly silenced or mutated gene in cancer, as approximately 50% of all types of human...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2106: Gastric Juice Expression of Th-17 and T-Reg Related Cytokines in Scleroderma Esophageal Involvement Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9092106 Authors: Stefania Nicola Giovanni Rolla Caterina Bucca Giada Geronazzo Irene Ridolfi Andrea Ferraris Enrico Fusaro Clara Lisa Peroni Luca Dughera Luisa Brussino Background: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disorder which key feature is a fibrotic process. The role of Endothelin-1 (ET-1)...
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Cells, Vol. 9, Pages 2105: Evaluating Serum Heat Shock Protein Levels as Novel Biomarkers for Atrial Fibrillation Cells doi: 10.3390/cells9092105 Authors: Denise M. S. van Marion Eva A. H. Lanters Kennedy S. Ramos Jin Li Marit Wiersma Luciënne Baks-te Bulte Agnes J. Q. M. Muskens Eric Boersma Natasja M. S. de Groot Bianca J. J. M. Brundel Background: Staging of atrial fibrillation (AF) is essential to understanding disease progression and the accompanied increase...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6789: Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Biphenylglyoxamide-Based Small Molecular Antimicrobial Peptide Mimics as Antibacterial Agents International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186789 Authors: Tsz Tin Yu Rajesh Kuppusamy Muhammad Yasir Md. Musfizur Hassan Amani Alghalayini Satyanarayana Gadde Evelyne Deplazes Charles Cranfield Mark D. P. Willcox David StC Black Naresh Kumar There has been an increasing...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6788: Structural Studies of the Lipopolysaccharide Isolated from Plesiomonas shigelloides O22:H3 (CNCTC 90/89) International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186788 Authors: Anna Maciejewska Brygida Bednarczyk Czeslaw Lugowski Jolanta Lukasiewicz Plesiomonas shigelloides is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium which causes foodborne intestinal infections, including gastroenteritis. It is one of the most frequent causes of travellers’...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6786: Diclofenac Degradation—Enzymes, Genetic Background and Cellular Alterations Triggered in Diclofenac-Metabolizing Strain Pseudomonas moorei KB4 International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186786 Authors: Joanna Żur Artur Piński Danuta Wojcieszyńska Wojciech Smułek Urszula Guzik Diclofenac (DCF) constitutes one of the most significant ecopollutants detected in various environmental matrices. Biological clean-up technologies that...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6790: Cardiovascular Complications Associated with COVID-19 and Potential Therapeutic~Strategies International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186790 Authors: Arun Samidurai Anindita Das The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease with severe acute respiratory syndrome, has now become a worldwide pandemic. Despite the respiratory complication, COVID-19 is also associated with significant multiple organ dysfunction,...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2834: The Evolving Applications of Creatine Supplementation: Could Creatine Improve Vascular Health? Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092834 Authors: Holly Clarke Do-Houn Kim Cesar A. Meza Michael J. Ormsbee Robert C. Hickner Creatine is a naturally occurring compound, functioning in conjunction with creatine kinase to play a quintessential role in both cellular energy provision and intracellular energy shuttling. An extensive body of literature solidifies...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2833: Features of Serum Fatty Acids at Acute Ischemic Stroke Onset in Statin-Treated Patients with Hypercholesterolemia Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092833 Authors: Takahisa Mori Kazuhiro Yoshioka Yuhei Tanno Shigen Kasakura In addition to diet therapy, statins are used to prevent cardiovascular disease in patients with hypercholesterolemia (HC). However, acute ischemic stroke (AIS) still occurs in statin-treated patients. How strictly statin-treated...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2832: The Influence of Cyclical Ketogenic Reduction Diet vs. Nutritionally Balanced Reduction Diet on Body Composition, Strength, and Endurance Performance in Healthy Young Males: A Randomized Controlled Trial Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092832 Authors: Pavel Kysel Denisa Haluzíková Radka Petráková Doležalová Ivana Laňková Zdeňka Lacinová Barbora Judita Kasperová Jaroslava Trnovská Viktorie Hrádková Miloš Mráz Zdeněk Vilikus Martin Haluzík...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 598: An Investigation of Three-Finger Toxin—nAChR Interactions through Rosetta Protein Docking Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12090598 Authors: Alican Gulsevin Jens Meiler Three-finger toxins (3FTX) are a group of peptides that affect multiple receptor types. One group of proteins affected by 3FTX are nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR). Structural information on how neurotoxins interact with nAChR is limited and is confined to a small group of neurotoxins....
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2990: Clinical Features and Chest Imaging as Predictors of Intensity of Care in Patients with COVID-19 Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9092990 Authors: Elisabetta Cocconcelli Davide Biondini Chiara Giraudo Sara Lococo Nicol Bernardinello Giulia Fichera Giulio Barbiero Gioele Castelli Silvia Cavinato Anna Ferrari Marina Saetta Annamaria Cattelan Paolo Spagnolo Elisabetta Balestro Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
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Healthcare, Vol. 8, Pages 343: Association of Low Bone Mass with Decreased Skeletal Muscle Mass: A Cross-Sectional Study of Community-Dwelling Older Women Healthcare doi: 10.3390/healthcare8030343 Authors: Koji Nonaka Shin Murata Hideki Nakano Kunihiko Anami Kayoko Shiraiwa Teppei Abiko Akio Goda Hiroaki Iwase Jun Horie This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of skeletal muscle mass, muscle strength, and physical performance among community-dwelling...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 990: Temporal Variability of Drought in Nine Agricultural Regions of China and the Influence of Atmospheric Circulation Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090990 Authors: Haowei Sun Haiying Hu Zhaoli Wang Chengguang Lai In recent decades, the severe drought across agricultural regions of China has had significant impact on agriculture. The standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) has been widely used for drought analyses; however, SPEI...
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JFB, Vol. 11, Pages 64: Development of Bionanocomposites Based on Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)/PolylActide Blends Reinforced with Cloisite 30B Journal of Functional Biomaterials doi: 10.3390/jfb11030064 Authors: Clément Lacoste Benjamin Gallard José-Marie Lopez-Cuesta Olzem Ipek Kalaoglu-Altan Karen De Clerck In the present study, poly(3-hydroxybuturate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) and plasticized polylactide acid (PLA) blends were processed by melt extrusion...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1305: Digitization of Broccoli Freshness Integrating External Color and Mass Loss Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091305 Authors: Yoshio Makino Genki Amino Yellowing of green vegetables due to chlorophyll decomposition is a phenomenon indicating serious deterioration of freshness, and it is evaluated by measuring color space values. In contrast, mass reduction due to water loss is a deterioration of freshness observed in all horticultural crops. Therefore, in this study,...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1304: The Dioscorea Genus (Yam)—An Appraisal of Nutritional and Therapeutic Potentials Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091304 Authors: Jude Obidiegwu Jessica Lyons Cynthia Chilaka The quest for a food secure and safe world has led to continuous effort toward improvements of global food and health systems. While the developed countries seem to have these systems stabilized, some parts of the world still face enormous challenges. Yam (Dioscorea species) is an orphan...
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Foods, Vol. 9, Pages 1306: Inactivation of Aeromonas hydrophila and Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Curcumin-Mediated Photosensitization and Nanobubble-Ultrasonication Approaches Foods doi: 10.3390/foods9091306 Authors: Shamil Rafeeq Setareh Shiroodi Michael H. Schwarz Nitin Nitin Reza Ovissipour The antimicrobial efficacy of novel photodynamic inactivation and nanobubble technologies was evaluated against Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Aeromonas hydrophila as two important aquatic...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6742: Identifying Issues and Priorities in Reporting Back Environmental Health Data International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186742 Authors: Lebow-Skelley Yelton Janssen Erdei Pearson Experts recommend reporting environmental exposure results back to research participants and communities, yet environmental health researchers need further guidance to improve the practice of reporting back. We present...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1324: Inflammation in Obesity-Related Complications in Children: The Protective Effect of Diet and Its Potential Role as a Therapeutic Agent Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091324 Authors: Valeria Calcaterra Corrado Regalbuto Debora Porri Gloria Pelizzo Emanuela Mazzon Federica Vinci Gianvincenzo Zuccotti Valentina Fabiano Hellas Cena Obesity is a growing health problem in both children and adults, impairing physical and mental state...
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Beverages, Vol. 6, Pages 57: Fruit Spirit Production from Coffee Cherries—Process Analysis and Sensory Evaluation Beverages doi: 10.3390/beverages6030057 Authors: Daniel Einfalt Klaus Meissner Lena Kurz Kiatkamjon Intani Joachim Müller Coffee fruit production is an important agricultural sector in more than 70 tropical countries. However, the production of fruit spirits based on coffee fruits has not been investigated to date. This study evaluated, for the first time, its...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6785: Dynamical Behavior of the Human Ferroportin Homologue from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus: Insight into the Ligand Recognition Mechanism International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186785 Authors: Valentina Tortosa Maria Carmela Bonaccorsi di Patti Federico Iacovelli Andrea Pasquadibisceglie Mattia Falconi Giovanni Musci Fabio Polticelli Members of the major facilitator superfamily of transporters (MFS) play an essential role...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6784: Improvement of a Genetic Transformation System and Preliminary Study on the Function of LpABCB21 and LpPILS7 Based on Somatic Embryogenesis in Lilium pumilum DC. Fisch International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186784 Authors: Shengli Song Rui Yan Chunxia Wang Jinxia Wang Hongmei Sun Auxin transport mediates the asymmetric distribution of auxin that determines the fate of cell development. Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6787: Long Non-Coding RNAs as Strategic Molecules to Augment the Radiation Therapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186787 Authors: Uttam Sharma Tushar Singh Barwal Varnali Acharya Karuna Singh Manjit Kaur Rana Satyendra Kumar Singh Hridayesh Prakash Anupam Bishayee Aklank Jain Intrinsic resistance to ionizing radiation is the major impediment in the treatment and clinical...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2582: Trends in the Magnitude and Frequency of Extreme Rainfall Regimes in Florida Water doi: 10.3390/w12092582 Authors: Tasnuva Mahjabin Omar I. Abdul-Aziz Trends in the extreme rainfall regimes were analyzed at 24 stations of Florida for four analysis periods: 1950–2010, 1960–2010, 1970–2010, and 1980–2010. A trend-free pre-whitening approach was utilized to correct data for autocorrelations. Non-parametric Mann-Kendall...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2583: Advancing Knowledge on Cyanobacterial Blooms in Freshwaters Water doi: 10.3390/w12092583 Authors: Elisabeth Vardaka Konstantinos Ar. Kormas Cyanobacterial blooms have become a frequent phenomenon in freshwaters worldwide; they are a widely known indicator of eutrophication and water quality deterioration. Information and knowledge contributing towards the evaluation of the ecological status of freshwaters, particularly since many are used for recreation,...
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Diagnostics, Vol. 10, Pages 698: Cerebral White Matter Lesions on Diffusion-Weighted Images and Delayed Neurological Sequelae after Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Prospective Observational Study Diagnostics doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10090698 Authors: Sangun Nah Sungwoo Choi Han Bit Kim Jungbin Lee Sun-Uk Lee Young Hwan Lee Gi Woon Kim Sangsoo Han Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can result in delayed neurological sequelae (DNS). Factors predicting DNS are...
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Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 879: Uncovering New Drug Properties in Target-Based Drug–Drug Similarity Networks Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12090879 Authors: Lucreţia Udrescu Paul Bogdan Aimée Chiş Ioan Ovidiu Sîrbu Alexandru Topîrceanu Renata-Maria Văruţ Mihai Udrescu Despite recent advances in bioinformatics, systems biology, and machine learning, the accurate prediction of drug properties remains an open problem. Indeed, because the biological environment...
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Membranes, Vol. 10, Pages 237: Antifouling Property of Oppositely Charged Titania Nanosheet Assembled on Thin Film Composite Reverse Osmosis Membrane for Highly Concentrated Oily Saline Water Treatment Membranes doi: 10.3390/membranes10090237 Authors: Nor Akalili Ahmad Pei Sean Goh Abdul Karim Zulhairun Ahmad Fauzi Ismail With the blooming of oil and gas industries, oily saline wastewater treatment becomes a viable option to resolve the oily water disposal issue and to provide...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2831: Serum Vitamin Levels and Their Relationships with Other Biomarkers in Korean Breast Cancer Patients Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092831 Authors: Jee Ah Kim Rihwa Choi Hojeong Won Seonwoo Kim Hee Jun Choi Jai Min Ryu Se Kyung Lee Jonghan Yu Seok Won Kim Jeong Eon Lee Soo-Youn Lee Numerous studies have shown that vitamins reduce the risk of cancers, but the relationship between serum vitamin levels and breast cancer is still controversial....
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6782: Gut Microbiota-Mediated Inflammation and Gut Permeability in Patients with Obesity and Colorectal Cancer International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186782 Authors: Lidia Sánchez-Alcoholado Rafael Ordóñez Ana Otero Isaac Plaza-Andrade Aurora Laborda-Illanes José Antonio Medina Bruno Ramos-Molina Jaime Gómez-Millán María Isabel Queipo-Ortuño Obesity is considered an important factor that increases the risk of colorectal...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6779: Structure, Folding and Stability of Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186779 Authors: Florian Georgescauld Yuyu Song Alain Dautant Nucleoside diphosphate kinases (NDPK) are oligomeric proteins involved in the synthesis of nucleoside triphosphates. Their tridimensional structure has been solved by X-ray crystallography and shows that individual subunits present a conserved ferredoxin fold of about...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6783: Humic Substances Mitigate the Impact of Tritium on Luminous Marine Bacteria. Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186783 Authors: Tatiana V. Rozhko Olga V. Kolesnik Gennadii A. Badun Devard I. Stom Nadezhda S. Kudryasheva The paper studies the combined effects of beta-emitting radionuclide tritium and Humic Substances (HS) on the marine unicellular microorganism—luminous bacteria—under...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 146: Relationship between Physicochemical Characteristics and Pathogenic Leptospira in Urban Slum Waters Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030146 Authors: Daiana de Oliveira Vladimir Airam Querino Yeonsoo Sara Lee Marcelo Cunha Nivison Nery Jr. Louisa Wessels Perelo Juan Carlos Rossi Alva Albert I. Ko Mitermayer G. Reis Arnau Casanovas-Massana Federico Costa Leptospirosis, a zoonosis caused by pathogenic...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 147: COVID-19-Induced Thrombosis in Patients without Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Elevated Fecal Calprotectin: Hypothesis Regarding Mechanism of Intestinal Damage Associated with COVID-19 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030147 Authors: Mauro Giuffrè Stefano Di Bella Gianluca Sambataro Verena Zerbato Marco Cavallaro Alessandro Agostino Occhipinti Andrea Palermo Anna Crescenti Fabio Monica Roberto Luzzati...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 145: Serosurvey of IgG Antibodies against Bartonella henselae and Rickettsia typhi in the Population of Attica, Greece Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030145 Authors: Georgios Dougas Maria Mavrouli Athanassios Tsakris Charalambos Billinis Joseph Papaparaskevas Rickettsia typhi and Bartonella henselae are the causative agents of murine typhus and cat-scratch disease, respectively. A small-scale survey (N = 202) was...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1852: Carbon Nanotubes Improved the Germination and Vigor of Plant Species from Peatland Ecosystem Via Remodeling the Membrane Lipidome Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091852 Authors: Md. Hossen Ali Jean-Marie Sobze Thu Huong Pham Muhammad Nadeem Chen Liu Lakshman Galagedara Mumtaz Cheema Raymond Thomas Application of the nanopriming technique to alleviate seed dormancy has shown promising results in various agricultural crop species....
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Life, Vol. 10, Pages 204: Palmitate but Not Oleate Exerts a Negative Effect on Oxygen Utilization in Myoblasts of Patients with the m.3243A>G Mutation: A Pilot Study Life doi: 10.3390/life10090204 Authors: Leila Motlagh Scholle Helena Schieffers Samiya Al-Robaiy Annemarie Thaele Diana Lehmann Urban Stephan Zierz It is known that exposure to excess saturated fatty acids, especially palmitate, can trigger cellular stress responses interpreted as lipotoxicity. The effect...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2635: Impact of New Systemic Treatment and Radiotherapy in Melanoma Patients with Leptomeningeal Metastases Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092635 Authors: Pauline Tétu Lila Sirven-Villaros Stefania Cuzzubbo Renata Ursu Barouyr Baroudjian Julie Delyon François Nataf Constance De Margerie-Mellon Clara Allayous Wendy Lefevre Antoine F. Carpentier Céleste Lebbé Importance: Few data are available on patients with leptomeningeal disease...
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Cancers, Vol. 12, Pages 2636: Trial Sponsorship and Time to Reporting for Phase 3 Randomized Cancer Clinical Trials Cancers doi: 10.3390/cancers12092636 Authors: Timothy A. Lin Clifton David Fuller Vivek Verma Walker Mainwaring Andres F. Espinoza Austin B. Miller Amit Jethanandani Dario Pasalic Prajnan Das Bruce D. Minsky Charles R. Thomas David R. Fogelman Vivek Subbiah Ishwaria M. Subbiah Ethan B. Ludmir The pace of clinical trial data generation...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 638: Differentiating High-Grade Gliomas from Brain Metastases at Magnetic Resonance: The Role of Texture Analysis of the Peritumoral Zone Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090638 Authors: Csaba Csutak Paul-Andrei Ștefan Lavinia Manuela Lenghel Cezar Octavian Moroșanu Roxana-Adelina Lupean Larisa Șimonca Carmen Mihaela Mihu Andrei Lebovici High-grade gliomas (HGGs) and solitary brain metastases (BMs) have similar imaging appearances,...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 637: Hyperhomocysteinemia and Endothelial Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090637 Authors: Ekaterina Dubchenko Alexander Ivanov Natalia Spirina Nina Smirnova Mikhail Melnikov Alexey Boyko Evgeniy Gusev Aslan Kubatiev Endothelial dysfunction is recognized as one of the leading factors in the pathogenesis of diseases of the central nervous system of various etiologies. Numerous studies have shown...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6740: Community Gardening: Stress, Well-Being, and Resilience Potentials International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186740 Authors: Way Inn Koay Denise Dillon The financial and health burdens of stress associated with increased urbanization have led to a demand for mental health enhancement strategies. While some extant literature details mental health benefits of community gardening, a coherent narrative on the construct...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6739: Levels and Correlates of Physical Activity in Rural Ingwavuma Community, uMkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186739 Authors: Herbert Chikafu Moses J. Chimbari Physical activity, among others, confers cardiovascular, mental, and skeletal health benefits to people of all age-groups and health states. It reduces the risks associated with cardiovascular disease...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6741: Fear and Trembling of Cruise Ship Employees: Psychological Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186741 Authors: Aleksandar Radic Michael Lück Antonio Ariza-Montes Heesup Han The current COVID-19 pandemic has evolved to unprecedented proportions. This research aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on cruise ship employees...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6781: HCV Glycoprotein Structure and Implications for B-Cell Vaccine Development International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186781 Authors: Luisa J. Ströh Thomas Krey Despite the approval of highly efficient direct-acting antivirals in the last decade Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a global health burden and the development of a vaccine would constitute an important step towards the control of HCV. The high genetic variability of the viral...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6780: TIE1 as a Candidate Gene for Lymphatic Malformations with or without Lymphedema International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186780 Authors: Sandro Michelini Maurizio Ricci Dominika Veselenyiova Sercan Kenanoglu Danjela Kurti Mirko Baglivo Alessandro Fiorentino Syed Hussain Basha Sasi Priya Roberta Serrani Juraj Krajcovic Munis Dundar Astrit Dautaj Matteo Bertelli TIE1 is a cell surface protein expressed...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6737: Human Health Risk Assessment through Roasted Meats Consumption International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186737 Authors: Luana C. S. Leite Elaine S. de P. Melo Daniela G. Arakaki Elisvânia F. dos Santos Valter A. do Nascimento Data on the content of metals and metalloids in roasted meats with different types of wood and charcoal are still scarce in the literature. The concentrations of metals (Al, Cr,...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6738: The Effectiveness of Educational Training or Multicomponent Programs to Prevent the Use of Physical Restraints in Nursing Home Settings: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186738 Authors: Anna Brugnolli Federica Canzan Luigina Mortari Luisa Saiani Elisa Ambrosi Martina Debiasi This review assesses the effectiveness of interventions...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 69: Norepinephrine Leads to More Cardiopulmonary Toxicities than Epinephrine by Catecholamine Overdose in Rats Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8030069 Authors: Wen-Hsien Lu Hsin-Hung Chen Bo-Hau Chen Jui-Chen Lee Chi-Cheng Lai Che-Hsing Li Ching-Jiunn Tseng While catecholamines like epinephrine (E) and norepinephrine (NE) are commonly used in emergency medicine, limited studies have discussed the harm of exogenously induced catecholamine overdose. We...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2828: Obese Adipose Tissue Secretion Induces Inflammation in Preadipocytes: Role of Toll-Like Receptor-4 Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092828 Authors: Mariana Renovato-Martins Catharina Moreira-Nunes Georgia C. Atella Christina Barja-Fidalgo João Alfredo de Moraes In obesity, the dysfunctional adipose tissue (AT) releases increased levels of proinflammatory adipokines such as TNFα, IL-6, and IL-1β and free fatty acids (FFAs), characterizing...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Medical Sciences, Vol. 8, Pages 39: Incidence and Impacts of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases among Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Meta-Analysis Medical Sciences doi: 10.3390/medsci8030039 Authors: Panupong Hansrivijit Max M. Puthenpura Charat Thongprayoon Himmat S. Brar Tarun Bathini Karthik Kovvuru Swetha R. Kanduri Karn Wijarnpreecha Wisit Cheungpasitporn Background: The incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and its significance in kidney transplant recipients...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1851: Synchrotron Characterization of Hexagonal and Cubic Lipidic Phases Loaded with Azolate/Phosphane Gold(I) Compounds: A New Approach to the Uploading of Gold(I)-Based Drugs Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091851 Authors: Paola Astolfi Michela Pisani Elisabetta Giorgini Barbara Rossi Alessandro Damin Francesco Vita Oriano Francescangeli Lorenzo Luciani Rossana Galassi Gold(I) phosphane compounds have recently attracted a renewed...
Wed Sep 16, 2020 03:00
JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2989: Impact of Anticholinergic Medication Burden on Mobility and Falls in the Lifestyle Interventions for Elders (LIFE) Study Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9092989 Authors: Patrick Squires Marco Pahor Todd M. Manini Scott Vouri Joshua D. Brown Anticholinergic cognitive burden (ACB) may be associated with detrimental effects on mobility and physical independence in older adults. We evaluated the incidence of major mobility disability (MMD),...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2988: What Is the Ideal Blood Pressure Threshold for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly General Population? Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9092988 Authors: Yoon Jung Park Pil-Sung Yang Hee Tae Yu Tae-Hoon Kim Eunsun Jang Jae-Sun Uhm Hui-Nam Pak Moon-Hyoung Lee Gregory Y.H. Lip Boyoung Joung Intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering in patients with hypertension at increased risk of cardiovascular disease has been...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 72: Teachers’ Opinions towards Educational Robotics for Special Needs Students: An Exploratory Italian Study Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9030072 Authors: Silvia Di Battista Monica Pivetti Michele Moro Emanuele Menegatti Research reveals that robotics can be a valuable tool for school students with special needs (SNs). However, to our knowledge, empirical studies on teachers’ attitudes towards educational robotics for SNs students have been...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6736: The Psychological Process of Residents’ Acceptance of Local Shale Gas Exploitation in China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186736 Authors: Liuyang Yao Dangchen Sui Xiaotong Liu Hui Fan Local communities and their opinion on shale gas exploitation (SGE) play an essential role in the implementation of energy policies, while little is known about the reasoning process underpinning the acceptance...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 112: Translational Roadmap for the Organs-on-a-Chip Industry toward Broad Adoption Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030112 Authors: Vanessa Allwardt Alexander J. Ainscough Priyalakshmi Viswanathan Stacy D. Sherrod John A. McLean Malcolm Haddrick Virginia Pensabene Organs-on-a-Chip (OOAC) is a disruptive technology with widely recognized potential to change the efficiency, effectiveness, and costs of the drug discovery process;...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1421: Altered Envelope Structure and Nanomechanical Properties of a C-Terminal Protease A-Deficient Rhizobium leguminosarum Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8091421 Authors: Dong Jun Ubong Idem Tanya E. S. Dahms (1) Background: Many factors can impact bacterial mechanical properties, which play an important role in survival and adaptation. This study characterizes the ultrastructural phenotype, elastic and viscoelastic properties of Rhizobium...
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Microorganisms, Vol. 8, Pages 1420: Phage Therapy in Gastrointestinal Diseases Microorganisms doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8091420 Authors: Beatriz Gutiérrez Pilar Domingo-Calap Gastrointestinal tract microbiota plays a key role in the regulation of the pathogenesis of several gastrointestinal diseases. In particular, the viral fraction, composed essentially of bacteriophages, influences homeostasis by exerting a selective pressure on the bacterial communities living in the tract. Gastrointestinal...
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Nutrients, Vol. 12, Pages 2830: A Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Predicts Better Sleep Quality in US Women from the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu12092830 Authors: Faris M. Zuraikat Nour Makarem Marie-Pierre St-Onge Huaqing Xi Alekha Akkapeddi Brooke Aggarwal Consumption of a Mediterranean diet has been linked to better sleep health in older, European populations. However, whether this dietary...
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Children, Vol. 7, Pages 138: COVID-19 Impact on Behaviors across the 24-Hour Day in Children and Adolescents: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep Children doi: 10.3390/children7090138 Authors: Lauren C. Bates Gabriel Zieff Kathleen Stanford Justin B. Moore Zachary Y. Kerr Erik D. Hanson Bethany Barone Gibbs Christopher E. Kline Lee Stoner In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, social restrictions to contain the spread of the virus have disrupted behaviors...
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Children, Vol. 7, Pages 139: Pulmonary Hypertension with Prolonged Patency of the Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants Children doi: 10.3390/children7090139 Authors: Ranjit Philip Vineet Lamba Ajay Talati Shyam Sathanandam There continues to be a reluctance to close the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature infants. The debate on whether the short-term outcomes translate to a difference in long-term benefits remains. This article intends to review the pulmonary vasculature...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1212: Photosynthetic Properties of Miscanthus condensatus at Volcanically Devastated Sites on Miyake-jima Island Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091212 Authors: Xiulong Zhang Hao Li Xiaoxing Hu Pengyao Zheng Mitsuru Hirota Takashi Kamijo How photosynthetic-related leaf traits of non-nitrogen (N)-fixing pioneer species respond to extreme habitat conditions of primary succession is still not well-elucidated, especially in volcanically N-deplete habitats....
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 1211: Phytoremediation of a Highly Arsenic Polluted Site, Using Pteris vittata L. and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9091211 Authors: Simone Cantamessa Nadia Massa Elisa Gamalero Graziella Berta Phytoremediation is a promising green technique for the restoration of a polluted environment, but there is often a gap between lab and field experiments. The fern, Pteris vittata L., can tolerate a high soil arsenic concentration and rapidly...
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IJMS, Vol. 21, Pages 6778: A Novel Method for Measuring Serum Unbound Bilirubin Levels Using Glucose Oxidase–Peroxidase and Bilirubin-Inducible Fluorescent Protein (UnaG): No Influence of Direct Bilirubin International Journal of Molecular Sciences doi: 10.3390/ijms21186778 Authors: Sota Iwatani Keiji Yamana Hajime Nakamura Kosuke Nishida Takeshi Morisawa Masami Mizobuchi Kayo Osawa Kazumoto Iijima Ichiro Morioka The glucose oxidase–peroxidase (GOD–POD)...
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JCM, Vol. 9, Pages 2987: The Use of Vasoactive Drugs in the Treatment of Male Erectile Dysfunction: Current Concepts Journal of Clinical Medicine doi: 10.3390/jcm9092987 Authors: George T. Kedia Stefan Ückert Dimitrios Tsikas Armin J. Becker Markus A. Kuczyk Andreas Bannowsky It is widely accepted that disorders of the male (uro)genital tract, such as erectile dysfunction (ED) and benign diseases of the prostate (lower urinary tract symptomatology or benign prostatic hyperplasia),...
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JPM, Vol. 10, Pages 129: Molecular Diagnosis and Novel Therapies for Neuromuscular Diseases Journal of Personalized Medicine doi: 10.3390/jpm10030129 Authors: Rika Maruyama Toshifumi Yokota With the development of novel targeted therapies, including exon skipping/inclusion and gene replacement therapy, the field of neuromuscular diseases has drastically changed in the last several years. Until 2016, there had been no FDA-approved drugs to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1849: SERS-Active Pattern in Silver-Ion-Exchanged Glass Drawn by Infrared Nanosecond Laser Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091849 Authors: Ekaterina Babich Vladimir Kaasik Alexey Redkov Thomas Maurer Andrey Lipovskii The irradiation of silver-to-sodium ion-exchanged glass with 1.06-μm nanosecond laser pulses of mJ-range energy results in the formation of silver nanoparticles under the glass surface. Following chemical removal of ~25-nm...
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Nanomaterials, Vol. 10, Pages 1850: Cu@Pd/C with Controllable Pd Dispersion as a Highly Efficient Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution from Ammonia Borane Nanomaterials doi: 10.3390/nano10091850 Authors: Yanliang Yang Ying Duan Dongsheng Deng Dongmi Li Dong Sui Xiaohan Gao A series of Cu@Pd/C with different Pd contents was prepared using the galvanic reduction method to disperse Pd on the surface of Cu nanoparticles on Cu/C. The dispersion of Pd was regulated by the Cu(I) on...
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Pathogens, Vol. 9, Pages 753: Role of TRP Channels in Shaping the Gut Microbiome Pathogens doi: 10.3390/pathogens9090753 Authors: Ravinder Nagpal Santosh Kumar Mishra Gagan Deep Hariom Yadav Transient receptor potential (TRP) channel family proteins are sensors for pain, which sense a variety of thermal and noxious chemicals. Sensory neurons innervating the gut abundantly express TRPA1 and TRPV1 channels and are in close proximity of gut microbes. Emerging evidence indicates...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6734: The Impacts of Air Pollution on Mental Health: Evidence from the Chinese University Students International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186734 Authors: Daqing Zu Keyu Zhai Yue Qiu Pei Pei Xiaoxian Zhu Dongho Han A growing number of developing countries have experienced worsening air pollution, which has been shown to cause significant health problems. However, few studies have explored the impact...
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IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 6735: Mapping the Finer-Scale Carcinogenic Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Urban Soil—A Case Study of Shenzhen City, China International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186735 Authors: Dongxiang Chen Han Zhao Jun Zhao Zhenci Xu Shaohua Wu The high-precision mapping of urban health risk is a difficult problem due to the high heterogeneity of the urban environment. In this paper, the spatial...
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