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Visitors off the trail: Impacts on the dominant plant, bryophyte and lichen species in alpine heath vegetation in sub-arctic Sweden
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Alpine ecosystems are under increasing pressure due to tourism and recreational activities. When leaving designated trails as is frequently observed, visitors can cause unintentional damage to vegetation. This study ...
Support of intelligent emergent materials to combat COVID-19 pandemic
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
The COVID-19 pandemic, associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection
transmitted via human to human and cause lifethreatening
respiratory diseases, has emerged as an everincreasing
global health and economic crisis since its ...
Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales
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NRC Research Press
, 2021 , Article)
Understanding and predicting large-scale ecological responses to global environmental change requires comparative studies across geographic scales with coordinated efforts and standardized methodologies. We designed, applied ...
Microfluidic-based virus detection methods for respiratory diseases
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
With the recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, the importance of rapid and direct detection of respiratory disease viruses has been well recognized. The detection of these viruses with novel technologies is vital in timely prevention ...
Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.
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Wiley
, 2021 , Article)
The arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are a globally distributed group of soil organisms that play critical roles in ecosystem function. However, the ecological niches of individual AM fungal taxa are poorly understood. ...
Comparing Levels of Metabolic Predictors of Coronary Heart Disease between Healthy Lean and Overweight Females.
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
Screening for the metabolomic signature of coronary heart disease (CHD) before disease onset could help in early diagnosis and potentially disease prevention. In this study, the levels of 17 CHD metabolic biomarkers in ...
Dexamethasone and transdehydroandrosterone significantly reduce pulmonary epithelial cell injuries associated with mechanical ventilation.
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American Physiological Society
, 2021 , Article)
Many patients who suffer from pulmonary diseases cannot inflate their lungs normally, as they need mechanical ventilation (MV) to assist them. The stress associated with MV can damage the delicate epithelium in small airways ...
SIRT1 promotes lipid metabolism and mitochondrial biogenesis in adipocytes and coordinates adipogenesis by targeting key enzymatic pathways.
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Nature Research
, 2021 , Article)
The NAD-dependent deacetylase SIRT1 controls key metabolic functions by deacetylating target proteins and strategies that promote SIRT1 function such as SIRT1 overexpression or NAD boosters alleviate metabolic complications. ...
Mechanosensitive Pathways in Heart Development: Findings from Chick Embryo Studies.
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
The heart is the first organ that starts to function in a developing embryo. It continues to undergo dramatic morphological changes while pumping blood to the rest of the body. Genetic regulation of heart development is ...
Feminization of hawksbill turtle hatchlings in the twenty-first century at an important regional nesting aggregation
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Inter Research
, 2021 , Article)
Projected climate change is forecasted to have significant effects on biological systems worldwide. Marine turtles in particular may be vulnerable, as the sex of their offspring is determined by their incubating temperature, ...