2019 State-of-the-Science of Dispersants and Dispersed Oil (DDO) in U.S. Arctic Waters: Public Health and Food Safety [PDF]
Chemical dispersants were employed on an unprecedented scale during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and could be a response option should a large spill occur in Arctic waters. The use of dispersants in response to that spill raised
Coastal Response Research Center
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No improvement of sleep from vitamin D supplementation: insights from a randomized controlled trial
Background: Vitamin D has been linked to sleep health in observational studies. Data from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with vitamin D is scarce.
A.U. Larsen +3 more
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An investigation into the effect on skin surface temperature of three cryotherapy modalities [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the comparative cooling effect at the knee, of Crushed Ice and two commonly used commercial cryotherapy modalities, following a clinically relevant application of 20 minutes.
Hardaker, Natalie +3 more
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Сон в Антарктиде: от проблем с засыпанием до понимания проблем [PDF]
From the fi rst expeditions, adaptation to the harsh environment of Antarctica, the expeditionists complained of a trouble sleeping. During a long stay on the continent, the polar explorers are exposed to a large number of extreme environmental factors ...
Бабийчук, Г.А. +4 more
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Background It remains unclear whether or which prediagnostic lifestyle and dietary factors influence colorectal cancer (CRC) survival following diagnosis.
Guri Skeie +3 more
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Background Body mass index (BMI) increases while cardiometabolic risk factors decrease in individuals in high‐income countries. This paradoxical observation raises the question of whether current measures of overweight and obesity properly identify ...
Marie W. Lundblad +5 more
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Divergent functional traits in three sympatric Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus morphs are not coupled with the age of the lineage divergence [PDF]
Three genetically discrete morphs of Arctic charr in Loch Rannoch, Scotland originated from a recent divergence within the lake (in situ) (piscivore and benthivore morphs) and from secondary contact of two older lineages (ex situ; a planktivore–piscivore/
Adams, Colin +4 more
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A gall mite,Aceria rhodiolae(Acari: Eriophyidae), altering the phytochemistry of a medicinal plant,Rhodiola rosea(Crassulaceae), in the Canadian Arctic [PDF]
ABSTRACTThe eriophyid mite Aceria rhodiolae (G. Canestrini) is known to induce galls on the flowers and leaves of roseroot, Rhodiola rosea L., in subarctic and alpine regions of Europe. After discovering galls on the inflorescences of roseroot in Nunavik (Quebec), northeastern Canada, we examined the mites extracted from the galls and compared them ...
F. Beaulieu +4 more
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Background Cancer is a leading cause of premature death worldwide and incidence is expected to rise in the coming decades. Many cohort studies, measuring lifestyle factors at one time-point, have observed that overall healthy lifestyles were inversely ...
Sairah L. F. Chen +6 more
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Pole-to-Pole Connections : Similarities between Arctic and Antarctic Microbiomes and Their Vulnerability to Environmental Change [PDF]
Acknowledgments JK acknowledges the Carl Zeiss foundation for PhD funding, the Marie-Curie COFUND-BEIPD PostDoc fellowship for PostDoc funding, FNRS travel funding and the logistical and financial support by UNIS.
Bahram, Mohammad +14 more
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