Pharmaceutics, Vol. 12, Pages 448: Neuroprotective Effect of Ropinirole Lipid Nanoparticles Enriched Hydrogel for Parkinson’s Disease: In Vitro, Ex Vivo, Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Evaluation Pharmaceutics doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12050448 Authors: Narendar Dudhipala Thirupathi Gorre Parkinson’s disease (rp) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Ropinirole (RP) is a newer generation dopamine agonist used for the treatment of PD. It is prescribed as oral...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 626: Differential Response of Tomato Plants to the Application of Three Trichoderma Species When Evaluating the Control of Pseudomonas syringae Populations Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050626 Authors: María E. Morán-Diez Eduardo Tranque Wagner Bettiol Enrique Monte Rosa Hermosa Trichoderma species are well known biocontrol agents that are able to induce responses in the host plants against an array of abiotic and biotic stresses. Here, we investigate,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 625: Distribution Pattern of Gymnosperms’ Richness in Nepal: Effect of Environmental Constrains along Elevational Gradients Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050625 Authors: Bikram Pandey Nirdesh Nepal Salina Tripathi Kaiwen Pan Mohammed A. Dakhil Arbindra Timilsina Meta F. Justine Saroj Koirala Kamal B. Nepali Understanding the pattern of species distribution and the underlying mechanism is essential for conservation planning. Several climatic...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 624: Bacterial Compound N,N-Dimethylhexadecylamine Modulates Expression of Iron Deficiency and Defense Response Genes in Medicago truncatula Independently of the Jasmonic Acid Pathway Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050624 Authors: Vicente Montejano-Ramírez Ernesto García-Pineda Eduardo Valencia-Cantero Plants face a variety of biotic and abiotic stresses including attack by microbial phytopathogens and nutrient deficiencies. Some bacterial volatile organic compounds...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 623: The Potential Risk of Plant-Virus Disease Initiation by Infected Tomatoes
Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 623: The Potential Risk of Plant-Virus Disease Initiation by Infected Tomatoes Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050623 Authors: Chen Klap Neta Luria Elisheva Smith Elena Bakelman Eduard Belausov Orly Laskar Oded Lachman Amit Gal-On Aviv Dombrovsky During 2019, tomato fruits showing viral-like symptoms of marbled yellow spots were abundant in Israel. The new symptoms were distinctive from those typical of tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV)...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 622: Co-Regulation of Clustered and Neo-Functionalized Genes in Plant-Specialized Metabolism Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050622 Authors: Takayuki Tohge Alisdair R. Fernie Current findings of neighboring genes involved in plant specialized metabolism provide the genomic signatures of metabolic evolution. Two such genomic features, namely, (i) metabolic gene cluster and (ii) neo-functionalization of tandem gene duplications, represent key factors corresponding to...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 621: Contrasting Leaf Trait Responses of Conifer and Broadleaved Seedlings to Altered Resource Availability Are Linked to Resource Strategies Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050621 Authors: Yan-Li Zhang Barbara Moser Mai-He Li Thomas Wohlgemuth Jing-Pin Lei Christoph Bachofen (1) Understanding tree seedling responses to water, nutrient, and light availability is crucial to precisely predict potential shifts in composition and structure of forest communities...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 620: Silicon and Gibberellins: Synergistic Function in Harnessing ABA Signaling and Heat Stress Tolerance in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050620 Authors: Adil Khan Saqib Bilal Abdul Latif Khan Muhammad Imran Raheem Shahzad Ahmed Al-Harrasi Ahmed Al-Rawahi Masood Al-Azhri Tapan Kumar Mohanta In-Jung Lee Date palm is one of the most economically vital fruit crops in North African and Middle East countries,...
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Plants, Vol. 9, Pages 619: Foliar Application of an Amino Acid-Enriched Urea Fertilizer on ‘Greco’ Grapevines at Full Veraison Increases Berry Yeast-Assimilable Nitrogen Content Plants doi: 10.3390/plants9050619 Authors: Alessandro Mataffo Pasquale Scognamiglio Antonio Dente Daniela Strollo Giuseppe Colla Youssef Rouphael Boris Basile Reaching a sufficient yeast assimilable nitrogen (YAN) content in berries at harvest is considered a main viticultural goal for wine-making,...
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Proteomes, Vol. 8, Pages 11: Milk-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Inter-Organism, Cross-Species Communication and Drug Delivery Proteomes doi: 10.3390/proteomes8020011 Authors: Rahul Sanwlani Pamali Fonseka Sai V. Chitti Suresh Mathivanan Milk is considered as more than a source of nutrition for infants and is a vector involved in the transfer of bioactive compounds and cells. Milk contains abundant quantities of extracellular vesicles (EVs) that may originate from multiple...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 244: Reimagining Anger in Christian Traditions: Anger as a Moral Virtue for the Flourishing of the Oppressed in Political Resistance Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050244 Authors: Wonchul Shin This paper aims to reimagine anger, which has been traditionally understood as one of the capital vices in Christian traditions, as a moral virtue of the oppressed in their resistance against structural injustice. This essay first examines the contemporary discussions on...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 243: Revolutionary Hope in Dark Times: Zizek on Faith in the Future Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050243 Authors: Geoffrey Boucher In this article, I interpret Zizek’s recent call to “abandon hope” and embrace the “courage of hopelessness,” as a provocation to articulate a new kind of utopia, rather than an endorsement of despair. On Zizek’s analysis, progressive hopes are currently directed towards fixing...
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Religions, Vol. 11, Pages 242: Introductory Thoughts about Peace, Politics and Religion Religions doi: 10.3390/rel11050242 Authors: Jeffrey Haynes Recent years have seen a growing literature on the interactions between peace, politics and religion, including their diverse and often complex relationships. Underpinning this literature is an increase, more generally, in scholarly and policy interest in connections between religion and politics. The context is that over the last three decades,...
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Resources, Vol. 9, Pages 58: Thermal Tourism and Geoheritage: Examining Visitor Motivations and Perceptions Resources doi: 10.3390/resources9050058 Authors: Anna Chrobak Francesca Ugolini David Pearlmutter Antonio Raschi Kúpele Vyžne Ružbachy spa and San Giovanni spa are very well known spas located in Slovakia and in Italy. Both spas are surrounded by environmental and historical richness, including geological features that hold considerable potential for geotourism....
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 47: Implementing the Rearrangement Algorithm: An Example from Computational Risk Management Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8020047 Authors: Marius Hofert After a brief overview of aspects of computational risk management, the implementation of the rearrangement algorithm in R is considered as an example from computational risk management practice. This algorithm is used to compute the largest quantile (worst value-at-risk) of the sum of the components of a random vector...
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Risks, Vol. 8, Pages 46: Die Hard: Probability of Default and Soft Information Risks doi: 10.3390/risks8020046 Authors: Giampaolo Gabbi Michele Giammarino Massimo Matthias The research aims to verify whether the credit risk of small and medium-sized enterprises can be estimated more accurately using qualitative variables together with financial information from reports. In our paper, we select qualitative variables within the conceptual framework of the balanced scorecard to assess...
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Robotics, Vol. 9, Pages 34: The Use of UTAUT and Post Acceptance Models to Investigate the Attitude towards a Telepresence Robot in an Educational Setting Robotics doi: 10.3390/robotics9020034 Authors: Jeonghye Han Daniela Conti (1) Background: in the last decade, various investigations into the field of robotics have created several opportunities for further innovation to be possible in student education. However, despite scientific evidence, there is still strong scepticism surrounding...
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Safety, Vol. 6, Pages 25: Effects Influencing Pedestrian–Vehicle Crash Frequency by Severity Level: A Case Study of Seoul Metropolitan City, South Korea Safety doi: 10.3390/safety6020025 Authors: Seung-Hoon Park Min-Kyung Bae This study aimed to determine how built environments affect pedestrian–vehicle collisions. The study examined pedestrian–vehicular crashes that occurred between 2013 and 2015 in Seoul, Korea, by comparing and analyzing different effects of...
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Sci, Vol. 2, Pages 33: Railway Vehicle Wheel Restoration by Submerged Arc Welding and Its Characterization Sci doi: 10.3390/sci2020033 Authors: Byeong-Choo Coo Young-Jin Lee When a railway vehicle moves on a curved rail, sliding contact occurs between the rail head side and wheel flange, which wears the wheel flange down. The thinned flange needs to be restored above the required minimum thickness for structural safety. In this study, a new process and welding wire for restoring worn-out...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 82: Normative Power Europe as an Ingroup Projection? The EU’s Response to the Arab Uprising Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050082 Authors: Tapia-León Galdeano-Gómez This paper aims to understand the social-psychological dimension of the Normative Power Europe discourse using ingroup projection as a discursive/cognitive practice of othering. It takes issue with most poststructuralist studies that conduct analyses of Normative Power Europe based...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 81: Heterodox Economy in the Neoliberal Education Age Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050081 Authors: Juan Agustín Franco Martínez Miguel Angel Garcia-Gordillo Since the last global crisis, the critical debate on economy and the teaching of heterodox economy has resurfaced. To review the magnitude and pedagogical consequences for critical education in economics and finance is the objective of this paper, which also proposes a didactic strategy based...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 79: Neoliberal Reforms in Higher Education and the Import of Institutions Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050079 Authors: Nureev Volchik Strielkowski The implementation of neoliberal reforms in higher education coincides with the radical institutional changes in the transition from a planned to a market economy. The modernization of higher education is also connected with the concept of the “entrepreneurial” university that...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 80: Need for an Integrated Deprived Area “Slum” Mapping System (IDEAMAPS) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050080 Authors: Dana R. Thomson Monika Kuffer Gianluca Boo Beatrice Hati Tais Grippa Helen Elsey Catherine Linard Ron Mahabir Catherine Kyobutungi Joshua Maviti Dennis Mwaniki Robert Ndugwa Jack Makau Richard Sliuzas Salome Cheruiyot Kilion Nyambuga Nicholus Mboga...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 78: Migration and Conflict in a Global Warming Era: A Political Understanding of Climate Change Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050078 Authors: Silja Klepp Christiane Fröhlich This special issue explores underrepresented aspects of the political dimensions of global warming. It includes post- and decolonial perspectives on climate-related migration and conflict, intersectional approaches, and climate change politics as a new tool of governance. Its...
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Social Sciences, Vol. 9, Pages 77: The Relationship between Children’s Aspiration Profiles and Self-Efficacy, Life Satisfaction, and Academic Achievement Social Sciences doi: 10.3390/socsci9050077 Authors: Paolo Bozzato Limited research in the psychology literature has addressed the specifics of children’s future orientations. Using a thematic approach, the present study investigates children’s personal aspirations for their adult lives via a questionnaire that addressed...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 26: Psychosocial Implications of Large-Scale Implementations of Solar Power in Malaysia Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8020026 Authors: Ai Ni Teoh Yun Ii Go Tze Chuen Yap The present study aimed to investigate the psychosocial impacts of large-scale solar (LSS) power projects. There were 225 participants (n = 109 women, n = 3 did not indicate gender) participated in our study by completing a series of questionnaires. We found that participants...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 25: Gate Sizing Methodology with a Novel Accurate Metric to Improve Circuit Timing Performance under Process Variations Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8020025 Authors: Zahira Perez-Rivera Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle Victor Champac The impact of process variations on circuit performance has become more critical with the technological scaling, and the increasing level of integration of integrated circuits. The degradation of the performance of the circuit...
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Technologies, Vol. 8, Pages 24: Modeling Pneumonia-Induced Bloodstream Infection Using Graph Theory to Estimate Hospital Mortality Technologies doi: 10.3390/technologies8020024 Authors: Dimitrios Zikos Maria Athanasopoulou Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) bloodstream infections comprise a major cause of crude hospital mortality. This is a cross-sectional study that used claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (N = 565,875). The study objective is to represent...
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Toxics, Vol. 8, Pages 34: Effect of Exposure of Plastic Infant Feeding Bottle Leached Water on Biochemical, Morphological and Oxidative Stress Parameters in Rats Toxics doi: 10.3390/toxics8020034 Authors: Mahendra K. Pant Abul H. Ahmad Manisha Naithani Hari S. Pandey Monika Pandey Jayanti Pant Bisphenol A (BPA) is leached out from plastic infant feeding bottles that are filled with warm milk/water due to high temperatures, exposing the infants to BPA. The present study...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 323: Shedding Light on the Venom Proteomes of the Allergy-Relevant Hymenoptera Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp) and Vespula spp. (Yellow Jacket) Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050323 Authors: Johannes Grosch Christiane Hilger Maria Beatrice Bilò Stephanie Kler Maximilian Schiener Gunnar Dittmar François Bernardin Antoine Lesur Markus Ollert Carsten B. Schmidt-Weber Simon Blank Allergic reactions to stings of Hymenoptera species...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 322: A Screening Tool for the Direct Analysis of Marine and Freshwater Phycotoxins in Organic SPATT Extracts from the Chesapeake Bay Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050322 Authors: Michelle D. Onofrio Claude R. Mallet Allen R. Place Juliette L. Smith Many detection methods for phycotoxins, bioactive compounds produced by harmful algae, focus on one compound or a class of related compounds. Multiple harmful algal species often co-occur in the environment, however,...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 321: Assessment of Ciguatera and Other Phycotoxin-Related Risks in Anaho Bay (Nuku Hiva Island, French Polynesia): Molecular, Toxicological, and Chemical Analyses of Passive Samplers Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050321 Authors: Mélanie Roué Kirsty F. Smith Manoella Sibat Jérôme Viallon Kévin Henry André Ung Laura Biessy Philipp Hess Hélène Taiana Darius Mireille Chinain Ciguatera poisoning is a foodborne illness caused by the consumption...
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Toxins, Vol. 12, Pages 320: Extracting and Analyzing Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids in Medicinal Plants: A Review Toxins doi: 10.3390/toxins12050320 Authors: Thomas Kopp Mona Abdel-Tawab Boris Mizaikoff Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are distributed in plant families of Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, and Fabaceae and serve in the chemical defense mechanism against herbivores. However, they became a matter of concern due to their toxicity associated with the high risk of intake within herbal...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 79: The Predictive Factors for Severe Leptospirosis Cases in Kedah Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020079 Authors: Rakesh Singh Sandhu Halim Bin Ismail Mohd Hasni Bin Ja’afar Sanjay Rampal Over the past decade, increased awareness about leptospirosis disease in developing and industrialized countries has resulted in increased numbers of leptospirosis cases being reported worldwide. About 5% to 15% of leptospirosis...
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TropicalMed, Vol. 5, Pages 78: Modelling the Use of Vaccine and Wolbachia on Dengue Transmission Dynamics Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020078 Authors: Meksianis Z. Ndii The use of vaccine and Wolbachia has been proposed as strategies against dengue. Research showed that the Wolbachia intervention is highly effective in areas with low to moderate transmission levels. On the other hand, the use of vaccine is strongly effective when it is implemented...
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Urban Science, Vol. 4, Pages 25: Air Change in Low and High-Rise Apartments Urban Science doi: 10.3390/urbansci4020025 Authors: Yonghang Lai Ian A. Ridley Peter Brimblecombe Air exchange in tall apartment buildings is critical in controlling indoor environments in urban settings. Airtightness is relevant to energy efficiency, thermal comfort and air quality experienced by urban dwellers who spend much of their time indoors. While many air change measurements have been made in residential...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 222: Newcastle Disease Virus as a Vaccine Vector for 20 Years: A Focus on Maternally Derived Antibody Interference Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020222 Authors: Zenglei Hu Jie Ni Yongzhong Cao Xiufan Liu It has been 20 years since Newcastle disease virus (NDV) was first used as a vector. The past two decades have witnessed remarkable progress in vaccine generation based on the NDV vector and optimization of the vector. Protective antigens of a variety...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 221: Prevalence, Genotype Distribution, and Predictors against HPV Infections Targeted by 2-, 4-, 9-Valent HPV Vaccines among Japanese Males Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020221 Authors: Yukimasa Matsuzawa Tadaichi Kitamura Motofumi Suzuki Yasuhiro Koyama Kazuyoshi Shigehara Objectives: Epidemiological reports of sexual life and human papilloma virus (HPV) infection among Japanese men are scarce, and the necessity of HPV vaccines for males is regarded...
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Vaccines, Vol. 8, Pages 220: A Novel Synonymous Mutation of Sars-Cov-2: Is This Possible to Affect Their Antigenicity and Immunogenicity? Vaccines doi: 10.3390/vaccines8020220 Authors: Sung-Jae Kim Van-Giap Nguyen Yong-Ho Park Bong-Kyun Park Hee-Chun Chung The S glycoprotein of coronaviruses is important for viral entry and pathogenesis with most variable sequences. Therefore, we analyzed the S gene sequences of SARS-CoV-2 to better understand the antigenicity and immunogenicity...
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