Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 584: Microbes in Our Food, an Ongoing Problem with New Solutions Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090584 Authors: Birgit M. Prüβ Despite an increasing number of techniques that are designed to mitigate microbial contamination of food and the resulting food borne disease outbreaks, the United States and many other countries across the world continue to experience impressive numbers of such outbreaks. Microbial contamination can occur during activities that...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 585: The Anti-Microbial Peptide (Lin-SB056-1)2-K Reduces Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Release through Interaction with Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipopolysaccharide Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090585 Authors: Lucia Grassi Arianna Pompilio Esingül Kaya Andrea C. Rinaldi Enrico Sanjust Giuseppantonio Maisetta Aurélie Crabbé Giovanni Di Bonaventura Giovanna Batoni Semih Esin The ability of many anti-microbial peptides (AMPs) to modulate...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 583: Preventing and Managing Urinary Tract Infections: Enhancing the Role of Community Pharmacists—A Mixed Methods Study Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090583 Authors: Nathan Peiffer-Smadja Rosalie Allison Leah F. Jones Alison Holmes Parvesh Patel Donna M. Lecky Raheelah Ahmad Cliodna A. M. McNulty Background: Community pharmacists are involved in antimicrobial stewardship through self-care advice and delivering medications for uncomplicated...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 582: S. aureus Colonization, Biofilm Production, and Phage Susceptibility in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090582 Authors: Karlis Racenis Juta Kroica Dace Rezevska Lauris Avotins Edgars Skuditis Anna Popova Ilze Puide Viktorija Kuzema Aivars Petersons Peritonitis caused by Staphylococcusaureus is of major importance in peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients due to its great virulence profile and biofilm...
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Antibiotics, Vol. 9, Pages 581: Diagnosis and Management of UTI in Primary Care Settings—A Qualitative Study to Inform a Diagnostic Quick Reference Tool for Women Under 65 Years Antibiotics doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9090581 Authors: Emily Cooper Leah Jones Annie Joseph Rosie Allison Natalie Gold James Larcombe Philippa Moore Cliodna McNulty Background: To inform interventions to improve antimicrobial use in urinary tract infections (UTIs) and contribute to a reduction...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 837: Different Nitro-Oxidative Response of Odontarrhena lesbiaca Plants from Geographically Separated Habitats to Excess Nickel Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090837 Authors: Feigl Varga Molnár Dimitrakopoulos Kolbert Odontarrhena lesbiaca is an endemic species to the serpentine soils of Lesbos Island (Greece). As a nickel (Ni) hyperaccumulator, it possesses an exceptional Ni tolerance; and it can accumulate up to 0.2–2.4% Ni of...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 835: Peptides from Different Carcass Elements of Organic and Conventional Pork—Potential Source of Antioxidant Activity Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090835 Authors: Kęska Rohn Halagarda M. Wójciak The growing consumer interest in organic foods, as well as, in many cases, the inconclusiveness of the research comparing organic and conventional foods, indicates a need to study this issue further. The aim of the study was to compare the effects...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 834: Cardamonin Inhibits Oxazolone-Induced Atopic Dermatitis by the Induction of NRF2 and the Inhibition of Th2 Cytokine Production Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090834 Authors: Ok-Kyung Yoo Won Jun Choi Young-Sam Keum The skin is constantly exposed to various types of chemical stresses that challenge the immune cells, leading to the activation of T cell-mediated hypersensitivity reactions including atopic dermatitis. Previous studies have demonstrated...
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Antioxidants, Vol. 9, Pages 836: Plant Extracts as Possible Agents for Sequela of Cancer Therapies and Cachexia Antioxidants doi: 10.3390/antiox9090836 Authors: Lee Jeong Kim Park Moon Kim Cancer is a leading cause of the death worldwide. Since the National Cancer Act in 1971, various cancer treatments were developed including chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy and so forth. However, sequela of such cancer therapies and cachexia are problem to the patients....
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 957: Impacts of Multiple Radiance Data Assimilation on the Simulation of Typhoon Chan-Hom Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090957 Authors: Dongmei Xu Aiqing Shu Feifei Shen Jinzhong Min Hong Li Xiaoli Xia With the module of assimilating AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A) and AIRS (Atmospheric Infrared Sounder) data in the WRFDA (Weather Research and Forecasting Model Data Assimilation) system, the impacts of joint assimilation of the radiance...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 956: Drought-Modulated Boreal Forest Fire Occurrence and Linkage with La Nina Events in Altai Mountains, Northwest China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090956 Authors: Shi Liang Gao Wang Shu Warming-induced drought stress and El Nino-associated summer precipitation failure are responsible for increased forest fire intensities of tropical and temperate forests in Asia and Australia. However, both effects are unclear for boreal forests, the largest...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 954: Pollution Characteristics, Chemical Compositions, and Population Health Risks during the 2018 Winter Haze Episode in Jianghan Plain, Central China Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090954 Authors: Huimeng Jiang Xiaowei Lei Han Xiao Danhong Chen Pei Zeng Xingyun Yang Zuwu Wang Hairong Cheng To determine the pollution characteristics, chemical compositions, and population health risks of PM2.5 at different pollution levels, PM2.5 samples...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 953: Temporal and Spatial Variation of PM2.5 in Xining, Northeast of the Qinghai–Xizang (Tibet) Plateau Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090953 Authors: Xiaofeng Hu Yongzheng Yin Lian Duan Hong Wang Weijun Song Guangli Xiu PM2.5 was sampled from January 2017 to May 2018 at an urban, suburban, industrial, and rural sites in Xining. The annual mean of PM2.5 was highest at the urban site and lowest at the rural site, with an average of 51.5 ±...
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Atmosphere, Vol. 11, Pages 955: Benzo[a]pyrene in the Ambient Air in the Czech Republic: Emission Sources, Current and Long-Term Monitoring Analysis and Human Exposure Atmosphere doi: 10.3390/atmos11090955 Authors: Schreiberová Vlasáková Vlček Šmejdířová Horálek Bieser This paper provides a detailed, thorough analysis of air pollution by benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in the Czech Republic. The Czech residential sector is responsible for more than 98.8% of BaP, based on the...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 136: Attitudes and Approaches to Use of Meal Replacement Products among Healthcare Professionals in Management of Excess Weight Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10090136 Authors: Gabrielle Maston Janet Franklin Alice A. Gibson Elisa Manson Samantha Hocking Amanda Sainsbury Tania P. Markovic Meal replacement product-based diets are an effective weight loss intervention used in the management of obesity. Historically, these diets...
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Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 135: Role of Metacognition Thinking and Psychological Traits in Breast Cancer Survivorship Behavioral Sciences doi: 10.3390/bs10090135 Authors: Jessica Ranieri Federica Guerra Dina Di Giacomo Longer survivorship is possible due to advances enabling early detection and treatment. However, cancer survivors are faced with prognostic uncertainty regarding survival, long-term symptoms, surveillance, and consequences of treatment. This study aimed...
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Beverages, Vol. 6, Pages 55: A Comparison of Laboratory Analysis Methods for Total Phenolic Content of Cider Beverages doi: 10.3390/beverages6030055 Authors: Madeleine L. Way Joanna E. Jones David S. Nichols Robert G. Dambergs Nigel D. Swarts Total phenolic content is widely accepted as a key measure of quality for cider. Apple juice and cider, made from six apple varieties including dessert and cider apples, were analysed for total phenolics using three different methods:...
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Bioengineering, Vol. 7, Pages 106: Material Characterization and Substrate Suitability Assessment of Chicken Manure for Dry Batch Anaerobic Digestion Processes Bioengineering doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030106 Authors: Harald Wedwitschka Daniela Gallegos Ibanez Franziska Schäfer Earl Jenson Michael Nelles Chicken manure is an agricultural residue material with a high biomass potential. The energetical utilization of this feedstock via anaerobic digestion is an interesting...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 278: Essentiality and Transcriptome-Enriched Pathway Scores Predict Drug-Combination Synergy Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090278 Authors: Jin Li Yang Huo Xue Wu Enze Liu Zhi Zeng Zhen Tian Kunjie Fan Daniel Stover Lijun Cheng Lang Li In the prediction of the synergy of drug combinations, systems pharmacology models expand the scope of experiment screening and overcome the limitations of current computational models posed by their lack...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 277: Skim-Sequencing Based Genotyping Reveals Genetic Divergence of the Wild and Domesticated Population of Black Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in the Indo-Pacific Region Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090277 Authors: Li Lian Wong Zulaikha Mat Deris Yoji Igarashi Songqian Huang Shuichi Asakawa Qasim Ayub Shu Yong Lim Mhd Ikhwanuddin Shumpei Iehata Kazutoshi Okamoto Mariom Md Asaduzzaman The domestication of a wild-caught aquatic...
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Biology, Vol. 9, Pages 276: Measurable Cytokine Concentrations in Pig Seminal Plasma Are Modified by Semen Handling and Storage Biology doi: 10.3390/biology9090276 Authors: Lorena Padilla Isabel Barranco Inmaculada Parrilla Xiomara Lucas Heriberto Rodriguez-Martinez Jordi Roca Sample handling and storing are critical steps for the reliable measurement of circulating biomolecules in biological fluids. This study evaluates how cytokine measurements in pig seminal plasma...
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Biomedicines, Vol. 8, Pages 334: The Role of Ras-Associated Protein 1 (Rap1) in Cancer: Bad Actor or Good Player? Biomedicines doi: 10.3390/biomedicines8090334 Authors: Chin-King Looi Ling-Wei Hii Siew Ching Ngai Chee-Onn Leong Chun-Wai Mai Metastasis is known as the most life-threatening event in cancer patients. In principle, the immune system can prevent tumor development. However, dysfunctional T cells may fail to eliminate the tumor cells effectively and provide additional...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1293: Ranking Series of Cancer-Related Gene Expression Data by Means of the Superposing Significant Interaction Rules Method Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091293 Authors: Emili Besalú Jesus Vicente De Julián-Ortiz The Superposing Significant Interaction Rules (SSIR) method is a combinatorial procedure that deals with symbolic descriptors of samples. It is able to rank the series of samples when those items are classified into two classes. The method...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1292: Eicosapentaenoic Acid Regulates Inflammatory Pathways Through Modulation of Transcripts and miRNA in Adipose Tissue of Obese Mice Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091292 Authors: Ramalho Pahlavani Kalupahana Wijayatunga Ramalingam Jancar Moustaid-Moussa This study aims to investigate the global profiling of genes and miRNAs expression to explore the regulatory effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) in visceral adipose tissue...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1290: Loss of ADAM9 Leads to Modifications of the Extracellular Matrix Modulating Tumor Growth Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091290 Authors: Anna N. Abety Elke Pach Nives Giebeler Julia E. Fromme Lavakumar Reddy Aramadhaka Cornelia Mauch Jay W. Fox Paola Zigrino ADAM9 is a metalloproteinase strongly expressed at the tumor-stroma border by both tumor and stromal cells. We previously showed that the host deletion of ADAM9 leads to enhanced...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1291: Direct Observation of Sophorolipid Micelle Docking in Model Membranes and Cells by Single Particle Studies Reveals Optimal Fusion Conditions Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091291 Authors: Pradeep Kumar Singh Søren S.-R. Bohr Nikos S. Hatzakis Sophorolipids (SLs) are naturally produced glycolipids that acts as drug delivery for a spectrum of biomedical applications, including as an antibacterial antifungal and anticancer agent, where they induce...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1289: Nucleotide Loading Modes of Human RNA Polymerase II as Deciphered by Molecular Simulations Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091289 Authors: Nicolas E. J. Génin Robert O. J. Weinzierl Mapping the route of nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) entry into the sequestered active site of RNA polymerase (RNAP) has major implications for elucidating the complete nucleotide addition cycle. Constituting a dichotomy that remains to be resolved, two alternatives, direct...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1287: Identification and Characterization of a Novel Thermostable and Salt-Tolerant β-1,3 Xylanase from Flammeovirga pacifica Strain WPAGA1 Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091287 Authors: Zhiwei Yi Zhengwen Cai Bo Zeng Runying Zeng Guangya Zhang β-1,3 xylanase is an important enzyme in the biorefinery process for some algae. The discovery and characterization of new β-1,3 xylanase is a hot research topic. In this paper, a novel...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1288: Activated Protein Kinase C (PKC) Is Persistently Trafficked with Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) Receptor Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091288 Authors: Carol A. Heckman Tania Biswas Douglas M. Dimick Marilyn L. Cayer Protein kinase Cs (PKCs) are activated by lipids in the plasma membrane and bind to a scaffold assembled on the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor (EGFR). Understanding how this complex is routed is important, because this...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1286: Comparative Analysis of Bacteriophytochrome Agp2 and Its Engineered Photoactivatable NIR Fluorescent Proteins PAiRFP1 and PAiRFP2 Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091286 Authors: Faez Iqbal Khan Fakhrul Hassan Razique Anwer Feng Juan Dakun Lai Two photoactivatable near infrared fluorescent proteins (NIR FPs) named “PAiRFP1” and “PAiRFP2” are formed by directed molecular evolution from Agp2, a bathy...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1285: MicroRNAs: Diverse Mechanisms of Action and Their Potential Applications as Cancer Epi-Therapeutics Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091285 Authors: Anna Sadakierska-Chudy Usually, miRNAs function post-transcriptionally, by base-pairing with the 3′UTR of target mRNAs, repressing protein synthesis in the cytoplasm. Furthermore, other regions including gene promoters, as well as coding and 5′UTR regions of mRNAs are able to interact...
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Biomolecules, Vol. 10, Pages 1284: A Review on the Beneficial Role of Silicon against Salinity in Non-Accumulator Crops: Tomato as a Model Biomolecules doi: 10.3390/biom10091284 Authors: Jonas Hoffmann Roberto Berni Jean-Francois Hausman Gea Guerriero Salinity is an abiotic stress that affects agriculture by severely impacting crop growth and, consequently, final yield. Considering that sea levels rise at an alarming rate of >3 mm per year, it is clear that salt stress...
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Biosensors, Vol. 10, Pages 115: Printed Electrodes in Microfluidic Arrays for Cancer Biomarker Protein Detection Biosensors doi: 10.3390/bios10090115 Authors: Lasangi Dhanapala Colleen E. Krause Abby L. Jones James F. Rusling Medical diagnostics is trending towards a more personalized future approach in which multiple tests can be digitized into patient records. In cancer diagnostics, patients can be tested for individual protein and genomic biomarkers that detect cancers at...
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Biosensors, Vol. 10, Pages 116: Impedimetric Sensing of Factor V Leiden Mutation by Zip Nucleic Acid Probe and Electrochemical Array Biosensors doi: 10.3390/bios10090116 Authors: Arzum Erdem Ece Eksin A carbon nanofiber enriched 8-channel screen-printed electrochemical array was used for the impedimetric detection of SNP related to Factor V Leiden (FV Leiden) mutation, which is the most common inherited form of thrombophilia. FV Leiden mutation sensing was carried out in three steps:...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 618: Back Pain in Rare Diseases: A Comparison of Neck and Back Pain between Spinal Cord Ischemia and Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090618 Authors: Anca Elena Gogu Agneta Pusztai Alina Zorina Stroe Daniel Docu Axelerad Any Docu Axelerad Neck and back pain may be noted like a first symptom in rare diseases: spinal cord ischemia and spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF). Spinal cord ischemia is a...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 619: Effect of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Exposure on Cognitive Development in 5 Years Old Children Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090619 Authors: Barbora Blazkova Anna Pastorkova Ivo Solansky Milos Veleminsky Milos Veleminsky Katerina Urbancova Veronika Vondraskova Jana Hajslova Jana Pulkrabova Radim J. Sram Objectives: To analyze the impact of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air at the time of...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 620: Brain Structural and Functional Alterations in Mice Prenatally Exposed to LPS are Only Partially Rescued by Anti-Inflammatory Treatment Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090620 Authors: Francesca Aria Sara A. Bonini Valentina Cattaneo Marika Premoli Andrea Mastinu Giuseppina Maccarinelli Maurizio Memo Aberrant immune activity during neurodevelopment could participate in the generation of neurological dysfunctions characteristic...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 616: The Validity of Steady-State Visual Evoked Potentials as Attention Tags and Input Signals: A Critical Perspective of Frequency Allocation and Number of Stimuli Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090616 Authors: Lu Wang Dan Han Binbin Qian Zhenhao Zhang Zhijun Zhang Zhifang Liu Steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) is a periodic response to a repetitive visual stimulus at a specific frequency. Currently, SSVEP is widely treated...
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Brain Sciences, Vol. 10, Pages 617: The Role of Hp-NCL Network in Goal-Directed Routing Information Encoding of Bird: A Review Brain Sciences doi: 10.3390/brainsci10090617 Authors: Mengmeng Li Zhigang Shang Kun Zhao Shuguan Cheng Hong Wan Goal-directed navigation is a crucial behavior for the survival of animals, especially for the birds having extraordinary spatial navigation ability. In the studies of the neural mechanism of the goal-directed behavior, especially involving...
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