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Biodiversity Conservation
Persia Khan, Laura Eliuk, Sandra Frey, Christopher Bone, Jason T. Fisher
Summary: Coexistence mechanisms among wildlife species may be affected by human disturbance and invasive species. The expansion of white-tailed deer in North America may alter the diel activity of other species and impact conservation efforts.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Brandon M. Jarvis, James D. Hagy III, Wilson Melendez, Cody W. Simmons, Yongshan Wan
Summary: Hypoxia, caused by excessive nitrogen and phosphorus, is common in coastal waterbodies. This study focused on diel-cycling hypoxia in shallow and highly productive estuaries, using continuous monitoring data and simulation models. The results showed consistent low oxygen conditions and significant vertical gradients in near bottom dissolved oxygen, demonstrating the need for detailed measurements and accurate simulation models in understanding oxygen dynamics in shallow estuaries.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
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Biology
Federico Riva, Andre-Philippe Drapeau Picard, Maxim Larrivee
Summary: This study used a experimental macrocosm to test the importance of endogenous mechanisms in determining temporal patterns in foraging activity of butterflies. The results showed that 96% of butterfly species reached their foraging peak around solar noon, suggesting the existence of an endogenous mechanism regulating the timing of butterfly foraging activity within suitable environmental conditions.
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Soil Science
Chao Guan, Peng Zhang, Changming Zhao, Xinrong Li
Summary: The study found that soil respiration in BSC-dominated microsites was inhibited under warming treatment, with moss-dominated crusts experiencing a higher level of inhibition compared to lichen-dominated crusts. Soil respiration rates were significantly increased by rainfall pulses during precipitation events and then gradually declined.
Review
Neurosciences
Josh Goheen, John A. E. Anderson, Jianfeng Zhang, Georg Northoff
Summary: This systematic review discusses the evidence that respiration plays a fundamental role in coordinating neural activity, behavior, and emotion. The main findings are that respiration affects neural activity in various brain regions, modulates different frequency ranges in brain dynamics, and different respiration protocols yield different neural and mental effects. The effects of respiration on the brain are related to concurrent modulation of biochemical and physiological variables. The connection between respiration and neuro-mental features like emotion holds promise for therapeutic usage in mental disorders.
NEUROSCIENCE BULLETIN
(2023)
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Orthopedics
Xia Wang, Thomas A. Perry, Jimmy Caroupapoulle, Alexander Forrester, Nigel K. Arden, David J. Hunter
Summary: The study aimed to monitor workplace physical activity and estimate lower-limb loading across different occupations in healthy participants. The research found significant individual variations in lower-limb loading among participants in light manual occupations, sometimes even exceeding those in heavy manual occupations.
BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Angelica Plata-Rueda, Jose Cola Zanuncio, Jose Eduardo Serrao, Luis Carlos Martinez
Summary: The study characterized oregano essential oil (OEO) and its insecticidal properties against T. molitor, showing high contact toxicity and repellent effects on the beetle. OEO exposure led to decreased survival rates and respiration levels in different developmental stages of T. molitor, indicating its potential as an alternative to synthetic insecticides.
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Plant Sciences
Dandan Hu, Rongfa Li, Shuting Dong, Jiwang Zhang, Bin Zhao, Baizhao Ren, Hao Ren, Haiyan Yao, Ziqiang Wang, Peng Liu
Summary: Salt stress has a negative impact on maize plants, but salt-tolerant varieties incur lower metabolic costs and employ strategies such as the formation of higher root cortical aerenchyma, larger cortical cell size, and lower root cortical cell file number to counteract the stress. These varieties also reduce respiration rate and increase alternate oxidative respiration rate to mitigate oxidative damage on root respiration. They also reduce Na+ uptake, constrain Na+ translocation, and reduce Na+ accumulation in leaves, thereby preventing the negative effects of salt stress on shoot biomass formation.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Leonie Glasson, Jenna Panter, David Ogilvie, Richard Patterson
Summary: Retirement is an important transition in later life, and its association with physical activity is inconclusive. This study used data from the English Longitudinal Study on Aging to examine the association between retirement and physical activity, and found that retirement was associated with an increase in physical activity. However, the effects varied by occupational activity level, with sedentary or standing occupation retirees experiencing an increase in physical activity, while retirees from occupations involving heavy manual labor showing a decrease.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Cosimo Aliani, Eva Rossi, Marco Luchini, Italo Calamai, Rossella Deodati, Rosario Spina, Piergiorgio Francia, Antonio Lanata, Leonardo Bocchi
Summary: In this study, a methodological approach based on RF and SVM classifiers was proposed to assess the presence and severity of COVID-19. The results showed that the RF and SVM classifiers achieved high accuracy in discriminating between healthy subjects and COVID-19 patients, as well as differentiating the severity of COVID-19.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Shani Folschweiller, Jonas-Frederic Sauer
Summary: Respiration-driven rhythms play a role in coordinating local activity in the mPFC, but the extent to which it engages the network in a state-dependent manner is unknown.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Yulong Li, Chao Gao, Sashuang Rong, Jialin Gu, Huiwei Zhao, Shiming Su, Wei Liu
Summary: The combination of Mercapto-functionalized palygorskite and zinc fertilizer effectively reduces Cd uptake in plants and restores soil microbial activity, providing a safe and efficient method for remediation of Cd-contaminated farmlands.
LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
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Engineering, Marine
Pei-Chi Ho, Gwo-Ching Gong, Vladimir Mukhanov, An-Yi Tsai
Summary: This study utilized flow cytometry to investigate short-term variations in the abundance of picophytoplankton in coastal regions of northeastern Taiwan. The research found that growth rates of picophytoplankton were higher during daytime than during 24-hour incubation periods, suggesting that estimates based on 24-hour sampling may not accurately reflect the true growth rates of these populations.
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
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Chemistry, Applied
Sellam Perinban, Valerie Orsat, Vijaya Raghavan
Summary: Plasma activated water (PAW) can disinfect fresh-cut apples while maintaining their quality attributes. PAW activated for 20 minutes and 30 minutes can maintain the quality of fresh-cut apples during a 12-day storage period.
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Amy E. Maas, Andrea Miccoli, Karen Stamieszkin, Craig A. Carlson, Deborah K. Steinberg
Summary: This study utilized measurements of respiration and dissolved organic carbon from the subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean in August 2018 to explore the effectiveness of pre-existing allometric relationships in predicting metabolic rates of diel vertically migrating zooplankton and testing taxon-specific influences. The results showed that non-taxon-specific allometric equations were associated with the best predictive model, while taxon-specific coefficients led to overestimation of DOG production. There is a distinct allometric relationship for DOG excretion between taxa, with more carnivorous groups showing slightly higher DOG production.
JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH
(2021)
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Zoology
Marcelo S. Crivellaro, Bianca L. Zimmermann, Marlise L. Bartholomei-Santos, Keith A. Crandall, Marcos Perez-Losada, Georgina Bond-Buckup, Sandro Santos
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2018)
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Limnology
Glaucia Bolzan Cogo, Cristiane Biasi, Eduardo Stringini Severo, Vania Loro, Sandro Santos
ANNALES DE LIMNOLOGIE-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY
(2018)
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Evolutionary Biology
Bianca L. Zimmermann, Marcelo S. Crivellaro, Caroline B. Hauschild, Marlise L. Bartholomei-Santos, Keith A. Crandall, Marcos Perez-Losada, Federico Giri, Pablo Collins, Sandro Santos
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2018)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Francisco Diogo R. Sousa, Lourdes M. A. Elmoor-Loureiro, Sandro Santos
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
(2018)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Samuel Coelho Faria, Roberta Daniele Klein, Patricia Gomes Costa, Marcelo Schuler Crivellaro, Sandro Santos, Sergio Luiz de Siqueira Bueno, Adalto Bianchini
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
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Zoology
Cristiane Biasi, Glaucia B. Cogo, Luiz U. Hepp, Sandro Santos
IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA
(2019)
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Anatomy & Morphology
Alexandre Palaoro, Danilo G. Muniz, Sandro Santos
JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY
(2020)
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Environmental Sciences
Cristina Cerezer, Aline Teixeira Marins, Felipe Osmari Cerezer, Eduardo Stringini Severo, Jossiele Wesz Leitemperger, Nelson Miguel Grubel Bandeira, Renato Zanella, Vania Lucia Loro, Sandro Santos
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2020)
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Evolutionary Biology
Bianca L. Zimmermann, Ivanice Buzatto, Sandro Santos, Federico Giri, Franco Teixeira de Mello, Keith A. Crandall, Marcos Perez-Losada, Marlise L. Bartholomei-Santos
Summary: Cryptic species pose a challenge for morphologically based species identification, but molecular approaches can provide valuable taxonomic hypotheses. Research on South American freshwater crabs of the genus Aegla suggests that morphological similarity does not always indicate genetic relatedness, and there may be cryptic species present. The diversity of these crustaceans seems to be influenced by factors such as habitat fragmentation, morphological stasis, and recent divergence.
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Zoology
Mrcio Limberger, Sandro Santos, Daniela Da Silva Castiglioni
Summary: This study describes a new species of freshwater amphipod in the Varzea River basin in southern Brazil, and compares it with previously discovered species. The diversity of freshwater amphipods in this region is intriguing, and further research can help uncover the evolutionary history and patterns of diversification of the genus Hyalella.
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Fisheries
Alessandra Janaina Becker, Sandro Santos, Berta Maria Heinzmann, Braulio Otomar Caron, Bernardo Baldisserotto
Summary: This study evaluated the induction and recovery time of anesthesia in the amphipod crustacean H. bonariensis exposed to essential oils. The results showed that the essential oils and their major compounds affected the anesthesia and locomotor activity of the amphipods.
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Zoology
Glaucia Brisotto, Luciane Ayres-Peres, Sandro Santos
Summary: This study describes the population structure of Tallitroides topitotum in terms of morphometric and reproductive aspects. The research findings show a significant correlation between body and head lengths, as well as body and marsupium lengths in ovigerous females. However, there is no correlation between morphometric data and female fertility. Additionally, there is a positive correlation between the size of individuals and the latitude of occurrence, although not significant.
IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA
(2022)
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Zoology
Fernando Benso-Lopes, Sandro Santos, Alexandre V. Palaoro
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2019)
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Alessandra Angelica de Padua Bueno, Paula Beatriz Araujo, Sandro Santos
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Marine & Freshwater Biology
Joele S. Baumart, Glaucia B. Cogo, Fidel E. C. Morales, Sandro Santos
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sang Hyuck Lee, Mi Ae Kim, Young Chang Sohn
Summary: This study characterized the CCAP signaling system in Pacific abalone and revealed its relationship with the calcium/PKC and cAMP/PKA signal transduction pathways. It provides new insights into the evolutionary origins of the NPS and OT/VP signaling systems in protostomes.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hanna Scheuffele, Erica V. Todd, John A. Donald, Timothy D. Clark
Summary: Global warming is causing an increase in extreme weather events, affecting ecosystems and the behavior of ectotherms. More research is needed to understand the impact of diurnal thermal variability and improve climate change predictions.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jaakko Haverinen, Ahmed Badr, Markus Eskelinen, Matti Vornanen
Summary: The acclimatization of certain ectothermic vertebrates to winter conditions involves reduced energy consumption, achieved through decreased movement activity, depression of cellular functions, or switching to anaerobic energy production. This study on crucian carp showed that winter-acclimatized fish exhibited lower metabolic rates and a shift to anaerobic energy production during anoxia. Winter dormancy in crucian carp is achieved through active reduction of energy consumption, a slowed metabolic rate, and a direct response to oxygen absence.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Maria Cruz Sueiro, Cynthia A. Awruch, Gustavo M. Somoza, Walter S. Svagelj, Maria G. Palacios
Summary: According to life-history theory, there might be different immunological strategies between reproductive and non-reproductive periods due to limited resources. Our study on two sympatric marine fish species, rockfish and sandperch, found that reproductive individuals showed lower immune function, but higher levels of natural antibodies in rockfish females, compared to their non-reproductive counterparts. On the other hand, reproductively active sandperch males showed lower levels of natural antibodies and higher neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and spleen index compared to non-reproductive males. The study highlights the species-specific patterns of immunity and the potential influence of resource limitation and abiotic factors on immune trade-offs in fish.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
James B. Cummins, Dane A. Crossley II
Summary: This study focuses on cardiovascular development in altricial bird species, which has been less studied compared to precocial species. The researchers investigated the cholinergic and adrenergic receptor mediated control of arterial blood pressure and heart rate in the neotropic cormorant. The findings suggest that both cholinergic and adrenergic tone play a role in cardiovascular regulation in embryonic birds.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ru Xia, Hong-Kang Liu, Xi-Feng Liu, Xin Deng, Chuan-Jie Qin, Yuan-Fa He, Shi-Mei Lin, Yong-Jun Chen
Summary: This study cloned the genes encoding glucokinase and glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit in largemouth bass, revealing their distribution and transcriptional regulation. The results showed that the functions of G6pc and Gck in LMB were highly conserved in evolution, and the interconversion of glucose and G6P in the liver was well regulated at the transcript level under high starch diet, but a futile cycle was induced after a glucose load.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
(2024)
