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In recent years, Vietnam has seen strong and fast development in breeding industrial chicken, including the South-Eastern region. However, this speedy development has caused many problems, most notably environmental pollution. This issue has been, is, and will be causing serious damage to humans and ...
Grey system forecasting theory model and nonlinear autoregressive (NAR) neural network model for forecasting the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the city of Shenzhen are established in this paper separately. The number of EVs from 2006 to 2015 was used as the raw data in two models. The effectiveness ...
Tidal flats form boundaries between marine and terrestrial environments, and reported rapid decreases in their extent require improved measures of their status. Current methods for delineating tidal flats have low accuracy because of the limited precision of available imagery, and they cannot identify ...
A massive green tide (i.e., Ulva prolifera bloom) event in summer 2015 in the Yellow Sea was investigated using satellite imagery and a trajectory model. First, the occurrence and evolution of the macroalgal bloom were studied based on time series of cloud-free Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ...
We developed and successfully applied data-driven models that heavily rely on readily available remote sensing datasets to investigate probabilities of algal bloom occurrences in Kuwait Bay. An artificial neural network (ANN) model, a multivariate regression (MR) model, and a spatiotemporal hybrid model ...
Abstract This study aimed to evaluate DNA damage in animal and plant cells exposed to water from the Água Boa stream (Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) by using bioassays, and to identify the chemical compounds in the water to determine the water quality in the area. Through the cytotoxicity bioassay ...
Assigning functions to uncultivated environmental microorganisms continues to be a challenging endeavour. Here, we present a new microscopy protocol for fluorescence in situ hybridisation-correlative light and electron microscopy (FISH-CLEM) that enabled, to our knowledge for the first time, the identification ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a worldwide problem with serious health and economic repercussions. Since the 1940s, underuse, overuse, and misuse of antibiotics have had a significant environmental downside. Large amounts of antibiotics not fully metabolized after use in human and veterinary medicine, ...
Cooperation and competition are core issues in various fields, since they are claimed to affect the evolution of human societies and ecological organizations. A long-standing debate has existed on how social behaviors and preferences are shaped with culture. Considering the economic environment as part ...
Background The aim of this investigator-initiated trial is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the novel Luminor® paclitaxel-coated drug-eluting balloon (DEB) catheter (iVascular, S.L.U., Barcelona, Spain) in inhibiting restenosis and in ensuring long-term vascular patency. Methods/design This ...
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) constitute a large family of organic pollutants emitted in the environment as complex mixtures, the compositions of which depend on origin. Among a wide range of physiological defects, PAHs are suspected to be involved in disruption of reproduction. In an aquatic ...
Regular consumption of long-chain n-3 fatty acids (LC n-3 FA) reduces postprandial triacylglycerolaemia. Functional foods and supplements are alternative sources of LC n-3 FA; however, emulsification technologies, food matrices and altered lipid oxidation levels affect their bioavailability. Moreover, ...
Several previous studies have shown that a diet score based on the Japanese food guide Spinning Top (the original score) is associated with both favourable and unfavourable dietary intake patterns. We developed a food-based diet quality score (the modified score) and examined associations with nutrient ...
The process parameters governing the production of fibrinolytic enzyme in solid state fermentation employing Bacillus cereus IND5 and using cuttle fish waste and cow dung substrate were optimized. The pH value of the medium, moisture content, sucrose, casein and magnesium sulfate were considered for ...
Background: Nutritional studies focus on traditional cultural models and lifestyles in different countries. The aim of this study was to examine the adherence to the Mediterranean diet, life habits, and risk factors associated with cardiovascular diseases among people living in different geographical ...
SIL1 is a nucleotide exchange factor for the endoplasmic reticulum chaperone, BiP. Mutations in the SIL1 gene cause Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome (MSS), an autosomal recessive disease characterized by cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, congenital cataracts, and myopathy. To create novel zebrafish models ...
Partially owing to their isolation and remote distribution, research on seamounts is still in its infancy, with few comprehensive datasets and empirical evidence supporting or refuting prevailing ecological paradigms. As anthropogenic activity in the high seas increases, so does the need for better ...
Inflammation and activation of the acute phase response (APR) are energetically demanding processes that protect against pathogens. Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are antigens commonly used to stimulate inflammation and the APR, respectively. We tested the hypothesis that the ...
Big hydro projects using dams and tidal barriers can wreak havoc with ecosystems, causing extensive flooding, soil erosion and deforestation. Does this leave hydro up the creek? Several projects have found ways to extract the latent energy from rivers, with some based on very old ideas. The paper discusses ...
All the good news about seafood—the health and nutritional benefits, the wide varieties and flavors—has had a positive effect on consumption: people are eating more seafood ( http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/seafood/pdfs/SeafoodSavvy.pdf). Yet consumers want to be assured that seafood is as safe as, or ...