Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 958: So Uncommon and so Singular, but Underexplored: An Updated Overview on Ethnobotanical Uses, Biological Properties and Phytoconstituents of Sardinian Endemic Plants Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080958 Authors: Cinzia Sanna Andrea Maxia Giuseppe Fenu Maria Cecilia Loi The last decades have recorded an increase of plant-based drug discovery processes. Indeed, natural products possess a superior chemical diversity as compared to synthetic ones, leading to...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 957: Predicting the Potential Current and Future Distribution of the Endangered Endemic Vascular Plant Primula boveana Decne. ex Duby in Egypt Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080957 Authors: Mohamed Abdelaal Mauro Fois Mohammed A. Dakhil Gianluigi Bacchetta Ghada A. El-Sherbeny Knowledge about population attributes, current geographic distribution, and changes over predicted climate change for many threatened endemic vascular plants is particularly limited...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 959: Medicinal Properties of Lilium candidum L. and Its Phytochemicals Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080959 Authors: Michele Zaccai Ludmila Yarmolinsky Boris Khalfin Arie Budovsky Jonathan Gorelick Arik Dahan Shimon Ben-Shabat Lilium candidum L., known as Madonna, meadow, or white lily, is a bulbous plant from the Liliaceae family, originating in the Middle East. L. candidum has been abundantly used in folk medicine since ancient times to relieve...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 956: First Steps in the Successful Fertilization of Rice and Arabidopsis: Pollen Longevity, Adhesion and Hydration Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9080956 Authors: Sunok Moon Ki-Hong Jung Understanding the behavior of pollen during pollination is important for food security in the future. The elucidation of pollen development and growth regulation largely relies on the study of the dicotyledonous model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. However, rice (Oryza sativa) pollen...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 389: New Approaches to ‘Converts’ and ‘Conversion’ in Africa: An Introduction to the Special Issue Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080389 Authors: Jason Bruner David Dmitri Hurlbut It is our goal in this special issue on “Religious Conversion in Africa” to examine the limitations of a long-standing bias toward Christianity with respect to the study of “conversion.” Furthermore, we want to use this issue to prime other scholarly...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 390: Black Deaths Matter Earning the Right to Live: Death and the African-American Funeral Home Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11080390 Authors: Candi K. Cann Black Deaths Matter: Earning the Right to Live—Death and the African-American Funeral Home recounts the history of black funeral homes in the United States and their role in demanding justice for bodies of color and the black community. Through funeral pageantry and vigilant support for local communities,...
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Sci. Pharm., Vol. 88, Pages 31: Antileishmanial Activity and Influence on Mitochondria of the Essential Oil from Tagetes lucida Cav. and Its Main Component Scientia Pharmaceutica doi: 10.3390/scipharm88030031 Authors: Lianet Monzote Yamilet Gutiérrez Laura Machin Katrin Staniek Ramón Scull Prabodh Satyal Lars Gille William N. Setzer Current antileishmanial drugs are toxic, expensive, and resistance to them has emerged. Several studies have focused on natural products...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 135: Graduates’ Opium? Cultural Values, Religiosity and Gender Segregation by Field of Study Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9080135 Authors: Izaskun Zuazu This paper studies the relationship between cultural values and gender distribution across fields of study in higher education. I compute national, field and subfield-level gender segregation indices for a panel dataset of 26 OECD countries for 1998–2012. This panel dataset expands the focus...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 134: Pre-Service Teachers’ Critical Digital Literacy Skills and Attitudes to Address Social Problems Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9080134 Authors: Jordi Castellví María-Consuelo Díez-Bedmar Antoni Santisteban The emergence and expansion of social networks in the digital age has led to social transformations that have a great impact within the field of education. Teacher-training programs face the challenge of preparing future teachers to critically...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 133: The Association between Family Structure Changes and High School Completion in South Africa Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9080133 Authors: Annah Vimbai Bengesai Nompumelelo Nzimande Over the past few years, family structures have been dramatically transformed, yet limited research from South Africa has assessed the effect on children’s developmental outcomes. Using data from the National Income Dynamics Study, we aim to contribute...
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Societies, Vol. 10, Pages 59: An Asset-Based Perspective of the Economic Contributions of Latinx Communities: An Illinois Case Study Societies doi: 10.3390/soc10030059 Authors: Ivis García Zafer Sönmez The study aims to measure Latinx share of economic activities and highlight and its increasing role in the economic future of their state. As a methodology we use input-output model-based IMPLAN to calculate the economic footprint of Latinx in Illinois. We demonstrate how this labor...
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Sports, Vol. 8, Pages 105: Daily School Physical Activity Is Associated with Higher Level of Physical Activity Independently of Other Socioecological Factors Sports doi: 10.3390/sports8080105 Authors: Amanda Lahti Björn Rosengren Jan-Åke Nilsson Magnus Dencker Magnus Karlsson Only one fifth of children aged 11–17 years are physically active for 60 min (min)/day. As physical activity (PA) levels track from childhood to adulthood, it is important to establish healthy...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 51: Astrocytes Are More Vulnerable than Neurons to Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticle Toxicity in Vitro Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8030051 Authors: Jorge Humberto Limón-Pacheco Natalie Jiménez-Barrios Alejandro Déciga-Alcaraz Adriana Martínez-Cuazitl Mónica Maribel Mata-Miranda Gustavo Jesús Vázquez-Zapién Jose Pedraza-Chaverri Yolanda Irasema Chirino Marisol Orozco-Ibarra Some studies have shown that silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2-NPs) can...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 50: Increased Mitochondrial Fragmentation Mediated by Dynamin-Related Protein 1 Contributes to Hexavalent Chromium-Induced Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Complex I-Dependent Cytotoxicity Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8030050 Authors: Yu Ma Yujing Zhang Yuanyuan Xiao Fang Xiao Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) pollution is a severe public health problem in the world. Although it is believed that mitochondrial fragmentation is a common phenomenon in apoptosis, whether...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 482: Warning on False or True Morels and Button Mushrooms with Potential Toxicity Linked to Hydrazinic Toxins: An Update Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080482 Authors: Emmeline Lagrange Jean-Paul Vernoux Recently, consumption of the gyromitrin-containing neurotoxic mushroom Gyromitra sp. (false morel), as gourmet food was hypothesized to play a role in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis genesis. The present review analyses recent data on edibility and toxicity...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 483: Primary Human Derived Blood Outgrowth Endothelial Cells: An Appropriate In Vitro Model to Study Shiga Toxin Mediated Damage of Endothelial Cells Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080483 Authors: Wouter J. C. Feitz Nicole C. A. J. van de van de Kar Ian Cheong Thea J. A. M. van der van der Velden Carolina G. Ortiz-Sandoval Dorothea Orth-Höller Lambert P. J. W. van den van den Heuvel Christoph Licht Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a rare disease...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 481: Molecular and Structural Basis of Cross-Reactivity in M. tuberculosis Toxin–Antitoxin Systems Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12080481 Authors: Himani Tandon Akhila Melarkode Vattekatte Narayanaswamy Srinivasan Sankaran Sandhya Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome encodes over 80 toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems. While each toxin interacts with its cognate antitoxin, the abundance of TA systems presents an opportunity for potential non-cognate interactions....
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 124: Factors Affecting Continued Participation in Tuberculosis Contact Investigation in a Low-Income, High-Burden Setting Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030124 Authors: Michelle May D. Goroh Christel H.A. van den Boogaard Mohd Yusof Ibrahim Naing Oo Tha Swe Fredie Robinson Khamisah Awang Lukman Mohammad Saffree Jeffree Timothy William Anna P. Ralph Setting: Outpatient clinics, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia;...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 126: Parinaud’s Oculoglandular Syndrome: A Case in an Adult with Flea-Borne Typhus and a Review Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030126 Authors: M. Kevin Dixon Christopher L. Dayton Gregory M. Anstead Parinaud’s oculoglandular syndrome (POGS) is defined as unilateral granulomatous conjunctivitis and facial lymphadenopathy. The aims of the current study are to describe a case of POGS with uveitis due to flea-borne...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 127: Sickle Cell Disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Assessing Physicians’ Knowledge and Practices Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030127 Authors: Benoît Mukinayi Mbiya Ghislain Tumba Disashi Béatrice Gulbis Background: Sickle cell disease is a major public health issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but it is still poorly understood by health professionals. The objective of this study was to assess...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 125: Ensuring the Safety of Yellow Fever Vaccination in Travelers—The Experience at a Large U.S. Academic Medical Center in Colorado Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5030125 Authors: Mehdi Bandali Jonathan Schultz Kimlien Than Donna McGregor Solana Archuleta Sindhu Chadalawada William Mundo Daniel Chastain Carlos Franco-Paredes Elaine Reno Andrés F. Henao-Martínez Background: Yellow fever (YF) virus...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 425: Epidemiologic Profile of Type-Specific Human Papillomavirus Infection after Initiation of HPV Vaccination Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030425 Authors: Masayuki Sekine Manako Yamaguchi Risa Kudo Sharon J. B. Hanley Megumi Hara Sosuke Adachi Yutaka Ueda Etsuko Miyagi Sayaka Ikeda Asami Yagi Takayuki Enomoto Organized human papillomavirus vaccination (OHPV) in Japan was introduced in 2010 for girls aged 12–16 years who...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 424: Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies for Influenza: Passive Immunotherapy and Intranasal Vaccination Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8030424 Authors: Mrityunjoy Biswas Tatsuya Yamazaki Joe Chiba Sachiko Akashi-Takamura Influenza viruses cause annual epidemics and occasional pandemics. The high diversity of viral envelope proteins permits viruses to escape host immunity. Therefore, the development of a universal vaccine and broadly neutralizing antibodies...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 823: Profiling Transcripts of Vector Competence between Two Different Aedes aegypti Populations in Florida Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080823 Authors: Dongyoung Shin Seokyoung Kang Chelsea T. Smartt A Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak in Italy in 2007 spread to include the islands of the Caribbean and most of the Americas and still circulates in Europe and Africa. Florida being close in distance to the Caribbean islands experienced a CHIKV outbreak in 2014...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 824: Persistent BK Polyomavirus Viruria is Associated with Accumulation of VP1 Mutations and Neutralization Escape Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080824 Authors: Dorian McIlroy Mario Hönemann Ngoc-Khanh Nguyen Paul Barbier Cécile Peltier Audrey Rodallec Franck Halary Emilie Przyrowski Uwe Liebert Maryvonne Hourmant Céline Bressollette-Bodin To investigate the relationship between neutralization escape and persistent high-level BK polyomavirus...
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 822: Regulatory B Lymphocytes Colonize the Respiratory Tract of Neonatal Mice and Modulate Immune Responses of Alveolar Macrophages to RSV Infection in IL-10-Dependant Manner Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080822 Authors: Daphné Laubreton Carole Drajac Jean-François Eléouët Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti Richard Lo-Man Sabine Riffault Delphyne Descamps Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the prevalent pathogen of lower respiratory tract infections in children....
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Viruses, Vol. 12, Pages 821: Novel Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors with Potent Interferon-Independent Antiviral Activity against Mammarenaviruses In Vitro Viruses doi: 10.3390/v12080821 Authors: Yu-Jin Kim Beatrice Cubitt Yingyun Cai Jens H. Kuhn Daniel Vitt Hella Kohlhof Juan C. de la Torre Mammarenaviruses cause chronic infections in rodents, which are their predominant natural hosts. Human infection with some of these viruses causes high-consequence disease,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2145: Sub-Hourly Variability of Stable Isotopes in Precipitation in the Marginal Zone of East Asian Monsoon Water doi: 10.3390/w12082145 Authors: Tingting Han Mingjun Zhang Shengjie Wang Deye Qu Qinqin Du Isotope data at mid-latitude locations are commonly available on annual, monthly, and daily timescales; however, they are rarely available for the variations occurring on the sub-hourly scale within individual precipitation events. To fill this gap,...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2144: Expert Knowledge and Perceptions About the Ecosystem Services and Natural Values of Hungarian Fishpond Systems Water doi: 10.3390/w12082144 Authors: Péter Palásti Márton Kiss Ágnes Gulyás Éva Kerepeczki In the past few decades, multiple theoretical studies have highlighted the diverse capabilities of freshwater fishpond systems in the provision of water-related ecosystem services (ESs). However, practical studies to confirm this statement are still...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2142: Combining Water Quality Indices and Multivariate Modeling to Assess Surface Water Quality in the Northern Nile Delta, Egypt Water doi: 10.3390/w12082142 Authors: Mohamed Gad Salah Elsayed Farahat S. Moghanm Mohammed H. Almarshadi Abdullah S. Alshammari Khaled M. Khedher Ebrahem M. Eid Hend Hussein Assessing surface water quality for drinking use in developing countries is important since water quality is a fundamental aspect of surface...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2143: Characterizing Supply Variability and Operational Challenges in an Intermittent Water Distribution Network Water doi: 10.3390/w12082143 Authors: John J. Erickson Yamileth C. Quintero Kara L. Nelson Intermittent piped water supply is common in low- and middle-income countries and is inconvenient for users, particularly when supply schedules are unreliable. In this study, supply schedules and operational challenges were characterized in intermittent areas...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2140: Long-Term Hydro–Climatic Trends in the Mountainous Kofarnihon River Basin in Central Asia Water doi: 10.3390/w12082140 Authors: Aminjon Gulakhmadov Xi Chen Nekruz Gulahmadov Tie Liu Rashid Davlyatov Safarkhon Sharofiddinov Manuchekhr Gulakhmadov Hydro–climatic variables play an essential role in assessing the long-term changes in streamflow in the snow-fed and glacier-fed rivers that are extremely vulnerable to climatic variations...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2141: Ecosystem-Based Restoration to Mitigate Eutrophication: A Case Study in a Shallow Lake Water doi: 10.3390/w12082141 Authors: Konghao Zhu Yao Wu Chunhua Li Jun Xu Min Zhang Under the influence of human activities, eutrophication has become an increasingly serious global phenomenon, especially in shallow lakes. Many studies have shown that aquatic macrophytes play a significant role in controlling eutrophication, but only few of these studies are...
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Water, Vol. 12, Pages 2139: Riverbed Changes of the Uppermost Atchafalaya River, USA—A Case Study of Channel Dynamics in Large Man-Controlled Alluvial River Confluences Water doi: 10.3390/w12082139 Authors: Bo Wang Y. Jun Xu Wei Xu Heqin Cheng Zhongyuan Chen Weiguo Zhang River confluences are important nodes for downstream sediment transport and geomorphological development. Previous studies have established the knowledge that under natural conditions, river confluence...
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