Adapting the Material Circularity Indicator to evaluate circularity in food systems: two case studies on livestock rearing by Francesco Caraceni, Matteo Cordara, Carlo Brondi, Andrea Ballarino

“…The a-MCI's application was tested using case study data from various animal species (e.g., broilers and pigs), with the latter exhibiting a slightly higher a-MCI in the analysed case studies. …”
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Cloning, Characterization and Expression Pattern of the Ovarian Cytochrome P450 Cyp19a1aGene in Gonadal Developmental Period of Cobaltcap Silverside Hypoatherina tsurugae by Dilip Kumar Bej

“…It consists of an open reading frame (ORF) of 1551 bp that encodes a 517 aa protein, found to be identical to the sequence of other fish species. A phylogenetic tree was constructed by comparing the mRNA sequence of 41 different fishes across various taxa available in the NCBI database and using an outgroup as Acipenser sinensis. …”
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Application of Hyphenated Techniques in Speciation Analysis of Arsenic, Antimony, and Thallium by Rajmund Michalski, Sebastian Szopa, Magdalena Jabłońska, Aleksandra Łyko

“…In view of their importance, the present work overviews and discusses different hyphenated techniques used for arsenic, antimony, and thallium species analysis, in different clinical, environmental and food matrices.…”
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Immune Aspects and Myometrial Actions of Progesterone and CRH in Labor by Nikolaos Vrachnis, Fotodotis M. Malamas, Stavros Sifakis, Panayiotis Tsikouras, Zoe Iliodromiti

“…The mechanisms related to their effect differ between humans and other species, thus, despite extensive research, many questions remain to be answered regarding their mediation in human labor. …”
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Photochemical Reactions of Benzene with Chlorine Radicals in Atmospheric Aqueous Phase by Linchang Dong, Yu Lei, Jun Lu, Han He, Yue Yang, Chengzhu Zhu

“…The results showed that Cl•/Cl2•−-initiated reactions were crucial steps for the consumption and transformation of C6H6, where the conversion rate of benzene decreases with the increase of pH and initial species concentration. Cl• attacked benzene ring to produce the Cl-CHD (6-chlorocyclohexadienyl radical) with a second-order rate constant of (1.2 ± 0.3) × 1010 M−1·s−1, while the rate constant for Cl2•− was much lower ((4.5 ± 0.3) × 106 M−1·s−1). …”
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The human pressure on the middle Vistula River wildlife: the number and distribution of people and their activity on the river during the breeding season of birds by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Ewelina Mastalerz

“…Censuses were conducted in May-June 2014 and 2015, the breeding season of the key species of the riverbed avifauna. The presence and different forms of human activity were recorded, including fishing, camping, water tourism, hiking, motorized tourism, and grazing animals. …”
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Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Sirtuins: Important Targets in Hearing Loss by Lingjun Zhang, Zhengde Du, Shusheng Gong

“…Mitochondrial dysfunction has been suggested to be a risk factor for sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) induced by aging, noise, ototoxic drugs, and gene. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are mainly derived from mitochondria, and oxidative stress induced by ROS contributes to cochlear damage as well as mitochondrial DNA mutations, which may enhance the sensitivity and severity of hearing loss and disrupt ion homeostasis (e.g., Ca2+ homeostasis). …”
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Morphological diversity of tadpoles of fork-tongued frogs (Anura: Dicroglossidae) with different trophic specializations by Anna B. Vassilieva, Trung Duc Nguyen, Pavel A. Sorokin

“…In the present research, the external and internal larval morphologies of seven anuran species of the family Dicroglossidae distributed in Vietnam (Fejervarya limnocharis, Fejervarya moodiei, Hoplobatrachus rugulosus, Limnonectes dabanus, Occidozyga lima, Occidozyga martensii, and Quasipaa verrucospinosa) are described and compared. …”
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Harnessing the power of seaweed: unveiling the potential of marine algae in drug discovery by Leonel Pereira, Ana Valado

“…Seaweeds have demonstrated particular promise in the areas of cancer research, with certain species showing potent antitumor properties. Additionally, their anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and neuroprotective potential has captured scientific interest in the treatment of chronic diseases and neurodegenerative disorders. …”
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The Effect of the Film Thickness, Cooling Rate, and Solvent Evaporation on the Formation of <i>L</i>-Menthol Ring-Banded Spherulites by Tamás Kovács, Tamás Kovács, Márton Detrich, Ferenc Gazdag, Masaki Itatani, István Lagzi

“…This phenomenon can arise from various processes, such as the reaction and mass transport of chemical species, solidification, or solvent evaporation. We investigated the formation of ring-banded spherulites of <i>l</i>-menthol using a thin liquid film in a Petri dish. …”
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The need for smart microalgal bioprospecting by Joan Labara Tirado, Andrei Herdean, Peter J. Ralph

“…Despite this, microalgae-based industries only exploit a handful of species. This lack of biodiversity hinders the expansion of the microalgal industry. …”
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Feasibility and efficiency of microalgae cultivation for nutrient recycling and energy recovery from food waste filtrate. by Yanghang Chen, Wing-Wai Wan, Kai-Hui Cui, Bonnie Pui-Ying Lau, Fred Wang-Fat Lee, Steven Jing-Liang Xu

“…The results indicated that Cyanobacterium aponinum exhibited the highest growth rate (0.530 cells d-1) and maximum cell density (9.6 × 106 cells mL-1) among eight potential microalgal species in 10% food waste filtrate treatment under 10,000 lux and 32°C. …”
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Research on the Strength Variation of Root-Clay Systems under Freeze-Thaw Action by Lin Yang, Hengxing Wang, Chunpeng Han, Hong Guo, Yafeng Gong, Yulong He

“…This study focused on the mechanical properties between roots and clay in the root system of four plant species from different regions of China (northeast, northern, central, and southern areas): Setaria viridis, Eleusine indica, Zoysia japonica, and Carex leucochlora. …”
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Study of Traditional Uses, Extraction Procedures, Phytochemical Constituents, and Pharmacological Properties of Tiliacora triandra by Gitishree Das, Sushanto Gouda, Rout George Kerry, Hernán Cortes, María L. Del Prado-Audelo, Gerardo Leyva-Gómez, Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou, Erick P. Gutiérrez-Grijalva, J. Basilio Heredia, Han-Seung Shin, Jayanta Kumar Patra

“…Bioactive compounds contained in T. triandra include phenolic compounds, alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, fatty acids, essential amino acids, peptides, carbohydrates, vitamins, and nucleic acid precursors. Despite the plant species’ abundance of bioactive compounds, there is very little in vivo and clinical proof of its pharmacological significance. …”
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Sirt3 Regulates Response to Oxidative Stress by Interacting with BER Proteins in Colorectal Cancer by J. Kabzinski, A. Walczak, I. Majsterek

“…Increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) can lead to oxidative DNA damage, which, if unrepaired, can be an underlying cause of cancerogenic transformation. …”
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The Specifics of Manifestations of the Interrelation Political and Legal Consciousness and Development Ideology of State-Building in the Times of the Ancient East by Oleksandr V. Krasnokutsky

“…Investigate the specificity of manifestations of the interrelation political and legal consciousness, and, at the same time, the development of the ideology of state-building as a particular species of theoretically informed practical consciousness, which was used by the creators of state forms in the times of the Ancient East. …”
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Genotoxic impact of BPA and analogs (BPE, BPZ, and BADGE) on Mytilus galloprovincialis: insights from biomarker analysis by Beyza Nalbantlar, Özlem Çakal Arslan

“…The genotoxic effects of analogs such as bisphenol E (BPE), bisphenol Z (BPZ), and bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE)—containing almost the entire alphabet—were investigated on the Mytilus galloprovincialis species exposed to increasing concentrations. When comparing their effects on gills, it was observed that BADGE and BPA had similar impacts, with the micronucleus (MN) frequency determined as BPA (32‰) > BADGE (26.5‰) > BPE = BPZ (24.6‰), respectively. …”
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Evolution of tick vaccinology by José de la Fuente, Srikant Ghosh, Ala Tabor

“…The evolution of tick vaccinology has been driven by multiple challenges such as (1) Ticks are difficult to control, (2) Vaccines control tick infestations by reducing ectoparasite fitness and reproduction, (3) Vaccine efficacy against multiple tick species, (4) Impact of tick strain genetic diversity on vaccine efficacy, (5) Antigen combination to improve vaccine efficacy, (6) Vaccine formulations and delivery platforms and (7) Combination of vaccines with transgenesis and paratransgenesis. …”
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter spp. in broiler chicken carcasses and hygiene practises in informal urban markets in a low-income setting. by Pius Okello, Olivia Graaf Bjöersdorff, Ingrid Hansson, Sofia Boqvist, Joseph Erume

“…Campylobacter spp. was isolated from 66% (79/120) of the carcasses; 32% were C. jejuni, 14% were C. coli and 54% comprised of a mixture of both species. All C. jejuni isolates showed resistance to tetracycline, 88% to ciprofloxacin and 28% to erythromycin. …”
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Profile of Candida bloodstream infections among blood culture-positive patients at a tertiary care hospital by S. Shreya, K. Sandhya Bhat

“…The most common Candida species isolated was Candida tropicalis (46.7%), followed by Candida parapsilosis (13.3%), Candida krusei (10%), and Candida albicans (6.7%). …”
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