Article
Forestry
Daniel J. King, Grant L. Harley, Justin T. Maxwell, Karen J. Heeter, Benjamin J. Vandermyde, Robert J. Cosgriff
Summary: Floodplain hardwood forests along the Upper Mississippi River System are ecologically important due to high biodiversity, but recent decline and regeneration failure of hard mast species may lead to loss of diversity. Factors influencing the decline and regeneration failure of Carya illinoinensis are linked to large-scale flood events, climate variability, and anthropogenic impacts, requiring direct forest restoration techniques for species recovery.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Joe Greet, Sarah Fischer, Christopher J. Walsh, Michael J. Sammonds, Jane A. Catford
Summary: Restoring river-floodplain reconnection can promote the maintenance and recruitment of riparian trees, but achieving widespread tree recruitment may require complementary works such as clearing understorey vegetation and direct seeding or planting.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Lindsay S. Millward, Todd M. Wilson, Matt J. Weldy, Mary M. Rowland, Adam Duarte, Damon B. Lesmeister, William J. Ripple
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the associations between small mammals and four broad cover types in riparian areas within the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon, USA. It found positive and negative associations between different species and vegetation cover types, and demonstrated the use of a new multi-species abundance model for analyzing mark-recapture data.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Sarah Fischer, Joe Greet, Christopher J. Walsh, Jane A. Catford
Summary: The study demonstrates that redirecting floods can promote seedling growth and increase survival rates, with different species having varying requirements for flooding and soil moisture. Therefore, variable flooding and drying patterns are essential for creating recruitment niches for different riparian plant species.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ankit Modi, Vishal Kapoor, Vinod Tare
Summary: The lateral dimension of a river system is crucial for the sustainable management of river-floodplains. This study proposes a hydro-bio-geomorphological framework to assess the lateral dimension and introduces the concept of river space. By combining hydrological and bio-geomorphological approaches, the study determines the river space range at hydrometeorological sites in the Ganga river plain.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
K. B. Lininger, J. E. Scamardo, M. R. Guiney
Summary: This study assessed the influence of river corridor morphology and forest stand density on the depositional patterns of large wood (LW) and coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) on a floodplain after an extreme flood in West Creek, Colorado. The results showed the importance of extreme floods for LW deposition and highlighted the role of standing trees as trapping locations for CPOM. The study suggests that forested floodplains play a crucial role in providing habitat and nutrients to floodplain ecosystems, while also influencing geomorphic processes.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ellen Wohl, Richard L. Knox
Summary: The lack of watershed-scale estimates of floodplain carbon stocks limits recognition of the important role of floodplains and river corridor restoration in efforts to enhance carbon sequestration. This study uses the South Platte River watershed in Colorado, USA as a case study and spatially explicit data to illustrate the spatial patterns of floodplain carbon stocks and prioritize floodplain restoration for carbon sequestration.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Andrew W. Tranmer, Rohan Benjankar, Dmitri Vidergar, Daniele Tonina
Summary: Native riparian forests play a crucial role in supporting the ecosystem function for many species, but their regeneration is being hindered by human activities and climate change. To address this issue, a spatially-distributed riparian forest recruitment model was developed to identify the limiting factors and guide management and restoration efforts. The model showed that disturbance mechanism and hydrologic conditions influenced the success of native forest recruitment.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Brittany E. Pugh, Megan Colley, Stephen J. Dugdale, Patrick Edwards, Rebecca Flitcroft, Andres Holz, Matthew Johnson, Michela Mariani, Mickey Means-Brous, Kate Meyer, Kevan B. Moffett, Lisa Renan, Franziska Schrodt, Colin Thorne, Samuel Valman, Upekala Wijayratne, Richard Field
Summary: Historically, wildfires have significantly impacted landscape-scale disturbances and enhanced biodiversity through generating temporally and spatially heterogeneous mosaics of wildfire severity and post-burn recovery. However, river management practices have often disconnected rivers from their floodplains, reducing biodiversity and increasing the likelihood of deep, uniform burns. By focusing on floodplain re-wetting and restoration, river management can reduce wildfire intensity and enhance biodiversity, contributing to climate-change resilience.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Soil Science
Adrian Heger, Joscha N. Becker, Lizeth K. Vasconez Navas, Annette Eschenbach
Summary: In hardwood floodplain forests, significant relationships exist between soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and hydromorphic features, soil texture, C/N ratio, pH, and forest age. The complexity of interactions among heterogeneous microrelief, anthropogenic effects, and hydrologic situation make it challenging to predict SOC stocks accurately without field validation. Profiling the controlling factors for SOC storage in these environments suggests that relief and sedimentation proxies are the strongest factors influencing SOC stocks, while vegetation plays a subordinate role.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marjorie Pereira, Joe Greet, Christopher S. Jones
Summary: The study showed that the soil seedbanks of in-channel geomorphic features were dominated by flood tolerant and native taxa, while floodplains were generally associated with flood intolerant and exotic taxa. The dominance of native flood tolerant taxa in the soil seedbanks of in-channel features suggests these seedbanks can play an important role in the resilience of native riparian plant communities. Given these conditions, environmental flows are likely to have a positive impact on maintaining native riparian plant communities.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Kishor Aryal, Nripesh Awasthi, Tek Maraseni, Hari Krishna Laudari, Pabitra Gotame, Dhan Bahadur Bist
Summary: Nepal's Scientific Forest Management policy aimed to restore and enhance forest conditions, increase employment, timber production, and economic growth, but it may conflict with Nepal's own biodiversity and emission reduction policies. Evaluating a Sal-dominated forest, it was found that while SciFM was beneficial for Sal regeneration, it was counterproductive in achieving national objectives of REDD+, biodiversity conservation, and land productivity enhancement in the short-run. Lessons from SciFM practices were discussed to align with restoration objectives at a national and global scale, with implications for other parts of the world implementing intensive forest management programs.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Alena Havrdova, Jan Douda, Jana Doudova
Summary: Floodplain forests provide diverse habitats and resources for various species, but they are facing intense anthropogenic pressures and habitat homogenization. Climate change, invasive species, river regulation, landscape fragmentation, and other factors have heavily degraded floodplain forests. Restoration projects need to consider the interplay of natural and artificial processes and mitigate other threats to effectively restore and preserve these ecosystems.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ezmie Trevarrow, Ivan Arismendi
Summary: This study used camera trap videos to document wildlife biodiversity and animal activities at several large wood complexes in Rock Creek, Oregon. The results showed that large wood plays an important role in supporting wildlife biodiversity and providing habitat connectivity between terrestrial and aquatic environments. The study also highlighted the variability in the effects of large wood across different stream locations.
BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xarapat Ablat, Gaohuan Liu, Qingsheng Liu, Chong Huang
Summary: This study divided the Linhe reach into four lateral belts based on hydro-geomorphological characteristics and used MODIS-NDVI data to characterize vegetation growth patterns, finding that vegetation in regularly inundated areas performed better than in other belts, with a significant correlation between water persistence time and peak NDVI value.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pedro Arsenio, Patricia Maria Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Ivan Bernez, Filipe S. Dias, Miguel Nunes Bugalho, Simon Dufour
RIVER RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Biology
Tenna Riis, Mary Kelly-Quinn, Francisca C. Aguiar, Paraskevi Manolaki, Daniel Bruno, Maria D. Bejarano, Nicola Clerici, Maria Rosario Fernandes, Jose C. Franco, Neil Pettit, Ana P. Portela, Olga Tammeorg, Priit Tammeorg, Patricia M. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Simon Dufour
Review
Environmental Sciences
Leo Huylenbroeck, Marianne Laslier, Simon Dufour, Blandine Georges, Philippe Lejeune, Adrien Michez
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Jordi Cortina-Segarra, Ismael Garcia-Sanchez, Miriam Grace, Pilar Andres, Susan Baker, Craig Bullock, Kris Decleer, Lynn V. Dicks, Judith L. Fisher, Jan Frouz, Agata Klimkowska, Apostolos P. Kyriazopoulos, David Moreno-Mateos, Patricia M. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Simo Sarkki, Jorge L. Ventocilla
Summary: The study found that the major barriers to ecological restoration in Europe are primarily within the socio-economic domain, rather than the environmental domain. The three most important barriers identified by experts are insufficient funding, conflicting interests among stakeholders, and low political priority given to restoration. The results emphasize the need to increase political commitment, comply with existing nature laws, and optimize financial resources for ecological restoration.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Philippe Janssen, John C. Stella, Bianca Rapple, Charles-Robin Gruel, Gabrielle Seignemartin, Bernard Pont, Simon Dufour, Herve Piegay
Summary: Many terrestrial ecosystems have been significantly transformed by human activities, particularly riverine ecosystems. Through a case study of legacy dike fields along the regulated Rhone River, it was found that long-term channelization and flow regulation have impacted environmental conditions and riparian forests, highlighting the importance of restoration strategies focusing on reconnection between dike fields and rivers.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Patricia M. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Michele Colangelo, Angela Sanchez-Miranda, Raul Sanchez-Salguero, Filipe Campelo, Angelo Rita, Ines Gomes Marques, Antonio Albuquerque, Francesco Ripullone, J. Julio Camarero
Summary: The study shows that the narrow-leaved ash tree exhibits diverse growth responses to climate and drought, with positive responses to wet and cool conditions in winter and negative responses to drought in the warmest-driest sites. Further research is needed to understand the relative roles of climate and hydrology in driving productivity under changing scenarios in the Mediterranean region.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Marta Gonzalez del Tanago, Vanesa Martinez-Fernandez, Francisca C. Aguiar, Walter Bertoldi, Simon Dufour, Diego Garcia de Jalon, Virginia Garofano-Gomez, Dejan Mandzukovski, Patricia Maria Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Summary: River hydromorphology has been significantly impacted by anthropogenic pressures, highlighting the importance of improving river conditions for sustainable management. Riparian vegetation plays a crucial role in sustaining river hydromorphology, yet it is often neglected in assessment protocols. This paper reviews the relevance of riparian vegetation in river hydromorphology and proposes approaches to integrate it into monitoring and assessment practices.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Ines Gomes Marques, Carla Faria, Sofia Isabel Rodrigues Conceicao, Roland Jansson, Tamara Corcobado, Slobodan Milanovic, Yann Laurent, Ivan Bernez, Simon Dufour, Bohumil Mandak, Hassan Ennouni, Abdelouahab Sahli, Mohammed Ater, Francisco Javier Dorado, Ana Delaunay Caperta, Teresa Soares David, Alejandro Solla, Patricia Maria Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Summary: This study assessed differences in seed traits and germination success among populations of the black alder species complex, showing that seed traits varied among populations and could be used to model germination success for different species. Specifically, the southern Spanish species A. lusitanica positively responded to high temperature extremes, potentially indicating tolerance to climate change in southern Europe.
RESTORATION ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Andre Fonseca, Jean-Philippe Ugille, Adrien Michez, Patricia Maria Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Goncalo Duarte, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Maria Rosario Fernandes
Summary: The study found reduced forest connectivity in riparian forests located in the Mediterranean and Central Baltic hydroregions, except for Least Disturbed sites in the Central Baltic hydroregion. The ARZ layer exhibited overall suitability to assess connectivity in the Central Baltic hydroregion, while the Mediterranean hydroregion consistently displayed overestimation of connectivity at all levels of human disturbance. Improvements in spatial resolution and thematic accuracy of the Copernicus ARZ layer are recommended to address this issue.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Andre Fonseca, Vera Zina, Goncalo Duarte, Francisca C. Aguiar, Patricia Maria Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Maria Rosario Fernandes
Summary: The study found that Riparian Ecological Infrastructures in Forest Production and Intensive Agriculture landscapes exhibited the highest and lowest potential for biodiversity-related ecosystem services, respectively. The Forest Production landscape showed higher suitability of forage resources for short- and medium-range dispersers and a higher landscape coverage by Riparian Ecological Infrastructures. Riparian Ecological Infrastructures in the Extensive Agriculture landscape seemed particularly relevant for supporting long-range dispersers.
Article
Forestry
J. Julio Camarero, Michele Colangelo, Patricia M. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Angela Sanchez-Miranda, Raul Sanchez-Salguero, Filipe Campelo, Angelo Rita, Francesco Ripullone
Summary: Riparian ash forests subjected to seasonal drought are facing threats from climate warming and land-use changes, which have complex interactions on tree growth and wood anatomy. Precipitation has a positive impact on plant growth, but its effects vary in dry and wet areas.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Filipe S. Dias, Michael Betancourt, Patricia Maria Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Luis Borda-de-Agua
Summary: The study evaluated the impact of niche-based and neutral factors on changes in community similarity in riparian plant communities, with results supporting the continuum hypothesis, indicating that changes in community similarity are associated with environmental and neutral factors.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Patricia M. Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Eleni Abraham, Francisca Aguiar, Andrea Andreoli, Ligita Balezentiene, Naim Berisha, Ivan Bernez, Michael Bruen, Daniel Bruno, Carlo Camporeale, Andraz Carni, Mila Chilikova-Lubomirova, Dov Corenblit, Renata Custerevska, Tanya Doody, Judy England, Andre Evette, Robert Francis, Virginia Garofano-Gomez, Marta Gonzalez del Tanago, Yasar Selman Gultekin, Florian Guyard, Seppo Hellsten, Georgi Hinkov, Jiri Jakubinsky, Philippe Janssen, Roland Jansson, Jochem Kail, Emine Keles, Mary Kelly-Quinn, Anna Kidova, Timea Kiss, Mart Kulvik, Nicola La Porta, Marianne Laslier, Melissa Latella, Stefan Lorenz, Dejan Mandzukovski, Paraskevi Manolaki, Vanesa Martinez-Fernandez, David Merritt, Adrien Michez, Jelena Milovanovic, Tomasz Okruszko, Eva Papastergiadou, Ellis Penning, Remigiusz Pielech, Emilio Politti, Ana Portela, Tenna Riis, Zeljko Skvorc, Michal Slezak, Barbara Stammel, John Stella, Danijela Stesevic, Vladimir Stupar, Olga Tammeorg, Priit Tammeorg, Therese Moe Fosholt, Gorazd Urbanic, Marc Villar, Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Paul Vrchovsky, Rasoul Yousefpour, Peggy Zinke, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Simon Dufour
Summary: This article identifies and discusses 10 key challenges in riparian vegetation science and management improvement, providing guidance for future research in this field.
WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-WATER
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Juan Guerra-Hernandez, Ramon A. Diaz-Varela, Juan Gabriel Avarez-Gonzalez, Patricia Maria Rodriguez-Gonzalez
Summary: This study assessed the decline of black alder forests using unmanned aerial vehicle data, finding that random forest and logistic modeling approaches can identify important forest health indicators. Aggregating the classification into three and two classes respectively improved the accuracy of the results.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Toshimi Nakajima, Mao Kuragano, Makoto Yamada, Ryo Sugimoto
Summary: This study compared the contribution of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) to river nutrient budgets at nearshore and embayment scales, and found that SGD-derived nutrients become more important at larger spatial scales.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fan Liu, Lei Zhang, Chongyang Zhang, Ziguang Chen, Jingguang Li
Summary: NO2 emissions from wall-mounted gas stoves used for household heating have become a significant source of indoor pollution in Chinese urban areas. The high indoor concentration of NO2 poses potential health risks to residents. It is urgently necessary to establish relevant regulations and implement emission reduction technologies to reduce NO2 emissions from wall-mounted gas stoves.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Letter
Environmental Sciences
Hans Peter H. Arp, Raoul Wolf, Sarah E. Hale, Sivani Baskaran, Juliane Gluege, Martin Scheringer, Xenia Trier, Ian T. Cousins, Harrie Timmer, Roberta Hofman-Caris, Anna Lennquist, Andre D. Bannink, Gerard J. Stroomberg, Rosa M. A. Sjerps, Rosa Montes, Rosario Rodil, Jose Benito Quintana, Daniel Zahn, Herve Gallard, Tobias Mohr, Ivo Schliebner, Michael Neumann
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Philomina Onyedikachi Peter, Binessi Edouard Ifon, Francois Nkinahamira, Kayode Hassan Lasisi, Jiangwei Li, Anyi Hu, Chang-Ping Yu
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between dissolved organic matter (DOM) and Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in sediments from Yundang Lagoon, China. The results show four distinct fluorescent components, with protein-like substances being the most prevalent. Additionally, the total fluorescence intensity and LREE concentrations exhibit a synchronized increase from Outer to Inner to Songbai Lake core sediments. The findings demonstrate a strong correlation between DOM content and pollution levels.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Surya Gupta, Pasquale Borrelli, Panos Panagos, Christine Alewell
Summary: The objective of this study is to incorporate soil hydraulic properties into the erodibility factor (K) of USLE-type models. By modifying and improving the existing equations for soil texture and permeability, the study successfully included information on saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat) into the calculation of K factor. Using the Random Forest machine learning algorithm, two independent K factor maps with different spatial resolutions were generated. The results show that the decrease in K factor values has a positive impact on the modeling of soil erosion rates.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jesmin Akter, Wendy J. M. Smith, Yawen Liu, Ilho Kim, Stuart L. Simpson, Phong Thai, Asja Korajkic, Warish Ahmed
Summary: The choice of workflow in wastewater surveillance has a significant impact on SARS-CoV-2 concentrations, while having minimal effects on HF183 and no effect on HAdV 40/41 concentrations. Certain components in the workflow can be interchangeable, but factors such as buffer type, chloroform, and homogenization speed can affect the recovery of viruses and bacteria.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yu Luo, Xueting Yang, Diwei Wang, Hongmei Xu, Hongai Zhang, Shasha Huang, Qiyuan Wang, Ningning Zhang, Junji Cao, Zhenxing Shen
Summary: Atmospheric PM2.5, which can generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), is associated with cardiorespiratory morbidity and mortality. The study found that both the mass concentration of PM2.5 and the DTT activity were higher during the heating season than during the nonheating season. Combustion sources were the primary contributors to DTT activity during the heating season, while secondary formation dominated during the nonheating season. The study also revealed that biomass burning had the highest inherent oxidation potential among all sources investigated.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Erin L. Murphy, Leah R. Gerber, Chelsea M. Rochman, Beth Polidoro
Summary: Plastic pollution has devastating consequences for marine organisms. This study uses a trait-based framework to develop a vulnerability index for marine mammals, seabirds, and sea turtles in Hawai'i. The index ranks 63 study species based on their vulnerability to macroplastic pollution, providing valuable information for species monitoring and management priorities.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kenji Maurice, Amelia Bourceret, Sami Youssef, Stephane Boivin, Liam Laurent-Webb, Coraline Damasio, Hassan Boukcim, Marc-Andre Selosse, Marc Ducousso
Summary: Growing pressure from climate change and agricultural land use is destabilizing soil microbial community interactions. Little is known about microbial community resistance and adaptation to disturbances, hindering our understanding of recovery latency and implications for ecosystem functioning. This study found that anthropic disturbance and natural disturbance have different effects on the topology and stability of soil microbial networks.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yunhao Li, Yali Feng, Haoran Li, Yisong Yao, Chenglong Xu, Jinrong Ju, Ruiyu Ma, Haoyu Wang, Shiwei Jiang
Summary: Deep-sea mining poses a serious threat to marine ecosystems and human health by disturbing sediment and transmitting metal ions through the food chain. This study developed a new regenerative adsorption material, OMN@SA, which effectively removes metal ions. The adsorption mechanism and performance of the material for metal ion fixation were investigated.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Antonio Medici, Margherita Lavorgna, Marina Isidori, Chiara Russo, Elena Orlo, Giovanni Luongo, Giovanni Di Fabio, Armando Zarrelli
Summary: Valsartan, a widely used antihypertensive drug, has been detected in high concentrations in surface waters due to its unchanged excretion and incomplete degradation in wastewater treatment plants. This study investigated the degradation of valsartan and identified 14 degradation byproducts. The acute and chronic toxicity of these byproducts were evaluated in key organisms in the freshwater trophic chain.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiang Lin, Lianbao Chi, Qing Yuan, Busu Li, Mingbao Feng
Summary: This study investigated the photodegradation behavior and product formation of two representative pharmaceuticals in simulated estuary water. The study found that the formed transformation products of these pharmaceuticals have potential toxicity on marine organisms, including oxidative stress and damage to cellular components.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hua Fang, Dongdong Jiang, Ye He, Siyi Wu, Yuehong Li, Ziqi Zhang, Haoting Chen, Zixin Zheng, Yan Sun, Wenxiang Wang
Summary: This study revealed that exposure to lower levels of air pollutants led to decreased pregnancy rates, with PM10, NO2, SO2, and CO emerging as the four most prominent pollutants. Individuals aged 35 and above exhibited heightened susceptibility to pollutants.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ali Shaan Manzoor Ghumman, Rashid Shamsuddin, Amin Abbasi, Mohaira Ahmad, Yoshiaki Yoshida, Abdul Sami, Hamad Almohamadi
Summary: In this study, inverse vulcanized polysulfides (IVP) were synthesized by reacting molten sulfur with 4-vinyl benzyl chloride, and then functionalized using N-methyl D-glucamine (NMDG). The functionalized IVP showed a high mercury adsorption capacity and a machine learning model was developed to predict the amount of mercury removed. Furthermore, the functionalized IVP can be regenerated and reused, providing a sustainable and cost-effective adsorbent.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Rita Bonfiglio, Renata Sisto, Stefano Casciardi, Valeria Palumbo, Maria Paola Scioli, Erica Giacobbi, Francesca Servadei, Gerry Melino, Alessandro Mauriello, Manuel Scimeca
Summary: This study investigated the presence of aluminum in human colon cancer samples and its potential association with biological processes involved in cancer progression. Aluminum was found in tumor areas of 24% of patients and was associated with epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell death. Additional analyses revealed higher tumor mutational burden and mutations in genes related to EMT and apoptosis in aluminum-positive colon cancers. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of aluminum toxicity may improve strategies for the management of colon cancer patients.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2024)