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Integrated Evaluation of Contaminant Profiles, Detection Techniques, and Management Strategies for Tannery Sludge

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article critically examines the environmental and health hazards of tannery sludge (TS), a complex by‐product of the leather tanning industry. TS is characterized by a diverse array of contaminants, including heavy metals like chromium, organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds ...
Yashar Aryanfar, Ali Keçebaş, Soheil Hassanzadeh, Arash Nourbakhsh Sadabad, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Shabbir Ahmad, Ahmed Hendy, Hafiz M. Irfan, Shaban Mousavi Ghasemlou, Julio Blanco Fernandez, Jorge Luis Garcia Alcaraz   +10 more
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Temporal factors and habitats drive the variation of microbial distributions and co-occurrence patterns in the Pearl River Estuary

BMC Microbiology
Background Estuaries are dynamic and complicated aquatic ecosystems, where both abiotic and biotic factors heavily vary across seasons and among habitats. However, the distributions and co-occurrence patterns of microorganisms in estuarine ecosystems are
Changyu Zhu, Cuiyi Wang, Jianlin Han, Zijing Quan, Jinghan Zhang, Xuan Lei, Ruixin Zhang, Zhenzhen Yi   +7 more
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Urbanization alters the seasonality of bird communities across China

Avian Research
Urbanization has profoundly reshaped biodiversity, yet its impacts on community seasonal changes remain poorly understood. Here, we used citizen science data from 839 bird species in 37 cities and their corresponding rural areas in China to assess how ...
Zhipeng Xie, Haoting Duan, Baoming Zhang, Minghui Zhou, Ludan Zhang, Jiehua Yu, Jiekun He   +6 more
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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Hand Osteoarthritis: Data From the Osteoarthritis Initiative

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective To explore whether biologic levels of specific per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and a mixture of PFAS—reflecting the overall effect and accounting for correlations among PFAS—relate to incident hand osteoarthritis (HOA) and progression.
Jeffrey B. Driban, Lisa B. Rokoff, Bing Lu, Timothy E. McAlindon, Charles B. Eaton, Mary B. Roberts, Diana Mathes, Colleen Lestician, Zhijin Carrie Xu, Zhihua Tina Fan, Shawn P. O'Leary, Ida K. Haugen, Jérémie Sellam, Alice Courties, Abby F. Fleisch   +14 more
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Complex evolutionary patterns within the tubulin gene family of ciliates, unicellular eukaryotes with diverse microtubular structures

BMC Biology
Background Tubulins are major components of the eukaryotic cytoskeletons that are crucial in many cellular processes. Ciliated protists comprise one of the oldest eukaryotic lineages possessing cilia over their cell surface and assembling many diverse ...
Hua Su, Tingting Hao, Minjie Yu, Wuyu Zhou, Lei Wu, Yalan Sheng, Zhenzhen Yi   +6 more
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Alteration of the Intestinal Bacterial Community in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): The Role of Animal, Plant, and Microbial Diets

Microbiology Research
Intestinal bacterial community in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is increasingly recognized as important for aquaculture and fish health. This review summarizes the current knowledge on how various feed components, including animal- and plant ...
Aleksandra S. Chervochkina, Nadezhda O. Pastukhova, Andrey S. Aksenov   +2 more
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Participant experiences in a breastmilk biomonitoring study: A qualitative assessment

Environmental Health, 2009
Background Biomonitoring studies can provide information about individual and population-wide exposure. However they must be designed in a way that protects the rights and welfare of participants.
Aschengrau Ann, Brown Phil, McClean Michael D, Wu Nerissa, Webster Thomas F   +4 more
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Phylogeography and demographic history of the cyprinid fish Barbodes semifasciolatus: implications for the history of landform changes in south mainland China, Hainan and Taiwan

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Hainan Island and Taiwan Island are adjacent to the southern margin of mainland China and Vietnam. During glacial periods, global sea levels dropped, allowing that the land bridges connected the continental island and mainland, connecting rivers and ...
Junjie Wang, JinXian Wu, Jinquan Yang, Jiabo Chen, Jiemei Yang, Chao Li, Hung-Du Lin, Jun Zhao   +7 more
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Long‐term trends in parasite diversity and infection levels: approaches and patterns

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Parasites exist in every ecosystem, affecting nearly all organisms and playing a complex role in human societies. On the one hand, they contribute substantially to biodiversity and support ecosystem stability by performing essential ecological functions.
Cyril Hammoud, Juan Antonio Balbuena, Isabel Blasco‐Costa, Katie O'Dwyer, Rachel A. Paterson, Tomáš Scholz, Christian Selbach, Bernd Sures, David W. Thieltges   +8 more
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A systematic review on biomonitoring using lichen as the biological indicator: A decade of practices, progress and challenges

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Various methods have been developed to monitor environmental quality, including biomonitoring using lichen. In this paper, a total of 143 previous studies from the last decade were analyzed to gain insight into current practices, progress, and challenges.
Azlan Abas
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