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Effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on the microbiota and functional diversity of enzymes in soil

Environmental Sciences Europe, 2018
BackgroundThe increasing production of nanoplastics and the fragmentation of microplastics into smaller particles suggest a plausible yet unclear hazard in the natural environment, such as soil.
T. T. Awet, T. T. Awet, Yvonne Kohl, Florian Meier, Susanne Straskraba, Anna-Lena Grün, T. Ruf, Carsten Jost, R. Drexel, E. Tunç, C. Emmerling   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang, Zelin Cheng, Teng Li, Fulian Wang, Liangminghui Zhang, Xiuxiu He, Lili Liu, Wei Wang, Aibin Liang, Guang Yang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discourse ethics and functional diversity [PDF]

, 2018
En este artículo hacemos un breve recorrido por algunas de las ideas fundamentales de la ética del diálogo (K.O. Apel, J. Habermas y A. Cortina) considerando que constituye un enfoque adecuado para afrontar las obligaciones de justicia con la totalidad
Aparicio Payá, Manuel
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Functional diversity of small nucleolar RNAs

Nucleic Acids Research, 2019
Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are short non-protein-coding RNAs with a long-recognized role in tuning ribosomal and spliceosomal function by guiding ribose methylation and pseudouridylation at targeted nucleotide residues of ribosomal and small nuclear ...
T. Bratkovič, J. Božič, B. Rogelj
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships between functional alpha and beta diversities of flea parasites and their small mammalian hosts

Parasitology
We studied the relationships between functional alpha and beta diversities of fleas and their small mammalian hosts in 4 biogeographic realms (the Afrotropics, the Nearctic, the Neotropics and the Palearctic), considering 3 components of alpha diversity (
Boris R. Krasnov, Irina S. Khokhlova, M. Fernanda López Berrizbeitia, Sonja Matthee, Juliana P. Sanchez, Georgy I. Shenbrot, Luther van der Mescht   +6 more
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The role of climate and plant functional trade-offs in shaping global biome and biodiversity patterns

, 2011
Aim: Two of the oldest observations in plant geography are the increase in plant diversity from the poles towards the tropics and the global geographic distribution of vegetation physiognomy (biomes). The objective of this paper is to use a process-based
Ackerly, Anderson, Betts, Box, Box, Currie, Diaz, Ehleringer, Field, Francis, Garnier, Grime, Hawkins, Hillebrand, Holdridge, Kier, Kleidon, Kleidon, Kreft, Köppen, Lavorel, Legendre, Mittelbach, Mokany, Monserud, Neilson, Olson, Pausas, Petchey, Prentice, Rahbek, Ramankutty, Raunkiaer, Reich, Reineking, Schimper, Schwinning, Sheffield, Thornley, Tilman, Tilman, Violle, von Humboldt, Westoby, Whittaker, Williams, Woodward, Woodward   +47 more
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Self esteem and functional diversity [PDF]

, 2014
La presente comunicación pretende analizar la autoestima en las personas con diversidad funcional y como esto condiciona una situación de ocultamiento e invisibilidad a partir de la propuesta del modelo de diversidad funcional.
Iniesta Martínez, Almudena, Martínez Sanz, Alicia, Mañas-Viejo, Carmen   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Time after time – circadian clocks through the lens of oscillator theory

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Oscillator theory bridges physics and circadian biology. Damped oscillators require external drivers, while limit cycles emerge from delayed feedback and nonlinearities. Coupling enables tissue‐level coherence, and entrainment aligns internal clocks with environmental cues.
Marta del Olmo, Carolin Ector, Hanspeter Herzel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coupling between taxonomic and functional diversity in protistan coastal communities

Environmental Microbiology, 2019
The study of protistan functional diversity is crucial to understand the dynamics of oceanic ecological processes. We combined the metabarcoding data of various coastal ecosystems and a newly developed trait-based approach to study the link between ...
P. Ramond, Marc Sourisseau, N. Simon, S. Romac, S. Schmitt, F. Rigaut-Jalabert, N. Henry, C. de Vargas, R. Siano   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source