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Macroalgae in biomonitoring of metal pollution in the Bay of Bengal coastal waters of Cox’s Bazar and surrounding areas

Scientific Reports, 2021
Although coastal water marine algae have been popularly used by others as indicators of heavy metal pollution, data within the Bay of Bengal for the estuarine Cox’s Bazar region and Saint Martin’s Island has remained scarce. Using marine algae, the study
M. R. Rakib, Y. N. Jolly, D. C. Dioses-Salinas, Carlos Ivan Pizarro-Ortega, G. De-la-Torre, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, Abdullah Alsubaie, Abdulraheem S. A. Almalki, D. Bradley   +8 more
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Increased BBB Permeability Enhances Activation of Microglia and Exacerbates Loss of Dendritic Spines After Transient Global Cerebral Ischemia

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2018
Ischemic stroke can induce rapid disruption of blood-brain barrier (BBB). It has been suggested that increased BBB permeability can affect the pathological progression of ischemic tissue.
Furong Ju, Yanli Ran, Lirui Zhu, Xiaofeng Cheng, Hao Gao, Xiaoxia Xi, Zhanli Yang, Shengxiang Zhang   +7 more
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Fat rather than health – Ecotoxic responses of Bufo raddei to environmental heavy metal stress during the non-breeding season

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022
The non-breeding season is a critical period for iteroparous animals to repair damage and store energy, which is crucial for future survival and reproductive success. However, it is unknown how animals allocate energy efficiently among reproduction, self-
Wenya Zhang, Hao Sun, Rui Su, Shengnan Wang   +3 more
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The Comet Assay as a Tool in Human Biomonitoring Studies of Environmental and Occupational Exposure to Chemicals—A Systematic Scoping Review

Toxics
Biomonitoring of human populations exposed to chemical substances that can act as potential mutagens or carcinogens, may enable the detection of damage and early disease prevention.
C. Ladeira, Peter Møller, Lisa Giovannelli, G. Gajski, A. Haverić, E. Bankoglu, A. Azqueta, Marko Gerić, Helga Stopper, José Cabêda, F. S. Tonin, Andrew Collins   +11 more
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Methionine Promoted the Growth of Golden Pompano by Activating Intestinal Transport and TOR Signaling Pathway

Aquaculture Nutrition
This experiment aimed to study the effects of methionine (Met) on growth performance, intestinal structure and transport, Met metabolism, and target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway in golden pompano (Trachinotus ovatus).
Zhikang Song, Yuanyuan Zhou, Yingtao Li, Zhiwen Chen, Xingyuan Liu, Xinting Liu, Zhenzhu Sun, Chaoxia Ye   +7 more
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Global mercury concentrations in biota: their use as a basis for a global biomonitoring framework

Ecotoxicology
An important provision of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the adopted measures and its implementation.
David C. Evers, J. Ackerman, S. Åkerblom, Dominique Bally, Nil Basu, Kevin Bishop, Nathalie Bodin, H. F. V. Braaten, Mark E. H. Burton, P. Bustamante, Celia Chen, J. Chételat, Linroy D Christian, R. Dietz, Paul Drevnick, C. Eagles‐Smith, Luis E. Fernández, Neil Hammerschlag, Mireille Harmelin-Vivien, Agustin Harte, E. Krümmel, José Lailson Brito, Gabriela Medina, Cesar Augusto Barrios Rodriguez, I. Stenhouse, E. Sunderland, A. Takeuchi, Tim Tear, Claudia M Vega, Simon Wilson, Pianpian Wu   +30 more
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Emerging 2D Materials and Their Hybrid Nanostructures for Label‐Free Optical Biosensing: Recent Progress and Outlook

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in label‐free optical biosensors based on 2D materials and rationally designed mixed‐dimensional nanohybrids, emphasizing their synergistic effects and novel functionalities. It also discusses multifunctional sensing platforms and the integration of machine learning for intelligent data analysis.
Xinyi Li, Yonghao Fu, Yuehe Lin, Dan Du
wiley   +1 more source

Laser Micromachining of Liquid Metal Patterns for Stretchable Electronic Circuits

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A cleanroom‐free fabrication strategy combines UV‐laser micromachining with a copper foil wetting layer to rapidly produce high resolution, liquid metal based stretchable electronic circuits on diverse substrates. The scalable, maskless process enables complex circuit designs (<$<$3 h, ∼$\sim$15/device) with excellent electrical stability under strain,
Merjen Palvanova, Patrick McManigal, Grace Fredrickson, Eric J. Markvicka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

eDNA metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool for marine protected areas

bioRxiv, 2020
Monitoring of marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical for marine ecosystem management, yet current protocols rely on SCUBA-based visual surveys that are costly and time consuming, limiting their scope and effectiveness.
Zachary J Gold, J. Sprague, D. Kushner, Erick Zerecero, P. Barber   +4 more
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Research Progress in Wearable Microneedle Sensors for Health Analysis

Advanced Sensor Research, EarlyView.
Wearable biosensors are transforming personal healthcare by enabling minimally invasive, molecular‐level monitoring. Emerging electrochemical microneedle sensors can detect analytes in interstitial fluid, enabling painless extraction and real‐time tracking.
Adnan Zameer, Yang Guo, Hongda Wang, Qiang Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source