Author(s): Freeman-Cole CE; Jaeger JAG;

While landscape connectivity is an important focus of Canada's conservation goals, Canadian national parks are vulnerable to habitat loss, the breaking-up of habitat patches, and a reduction in their connectivity to surrounding ecosystems. This study measured landscape fragmentation in 43 Canadian national parks and control areas throughout their hi ...

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Author(s): Baik JH; Hwang JH; Ryu H; Gomez-Alvarez V; Kim KT; Hyoung Lee W;

This study evaluates a mixed-culture microbial fuel cell (MFC) as a rapid, real-time biosensor for detecting water toxicity caused by heavy metals and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) compounds. A dual-chamber MFC (200 mL) equipped with carbon fiber electrodes was operated with an electroactive biofilm on the anode, and toxicity respons ...

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Author(s): Abichou T; Arkian F; Howarth E; Malmir T; Hossain RI; Buntov P; Dudak Y; Risk D;

The Tracer Correlation Method (TCM), when applied to quantify landfill methane emissions, relies on previously developed stringent quality control thresholds (R2 = 0.80 and Emission Rate Deviation (ERD) = 20 %, hereafter referred to as the Gold Standard. However, these thresholds often exclude a substantial portion of the collected data, limiting wider ...

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Author(s): Dewan K; Mulrennan ME; Georgekish E;

Community-based monitoring (CBM) programs are increasingly recognized as essential for adaptive environmental stewardship. Yet, the CBM literature often highlights successful cases and privileges evaluations by external experts over those of community members themselves. To address this gap, we drew on insights from 23 semistructured interviews with Cre ...

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Author(s): Wu KY; Su ME; Kim Y; Nguyen L; Marchand M; Tran SD;

Wearable biosensors are revolutionizing the landscape of modern healthcare by enabling continuous, non-invasive monitoring and real-time diagnostics across a myriad of medical applications. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of wearable biosensors, beginning with an exploration of their fundamental components, including biological elements, ...

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Author(s): Adeola AO; Clermont-Paquette A; Piekny A; Naccache R;

Carbon dots (CDs) have garnered significant interest for their potential use in multiple applications due to their size, fluorescent properties, high photostability, low toxicity and biocompatibility. CDs can be tailored for specific needs, as they can be synthesized with diverse precursors and techniques for functionalization. Since the applications of ...

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Author(s): Bouchaud CC; Chriqui JR; Slim M; Gouin JP; Plourde H; Cohen TR;

Background: Self-monitoring is an important behavioral change technique to help users initiate and maintain dietary changes. Diet self-monitoring tools often involve the itemization of foods and recording of serving sizes. However, this traditional method of tracking does not conform to food guides using plate-based approach to nutrition education, such ...

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Author(s): Sadiq Z; Safiabadi Tali SH; Hajimiri H; Al-Kassawneh M; Jahanshahi-Anbuhi S;

Recent years have witnessed an exponential increase in the research on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)-based colorimetric sensors to revolutionize point-of-use sensing devices. Hence, this review is compiled focused on current progress in the design and performance parameters of AuNPs-based sensors. The review begins with the characteristics of AuNPs, follow ...

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Author(s): Mehrabi M; Zamani B; Hamou-Lhadj A;

The development of IoT-based Android health monitoring mobile applications (apps) using traditional software development methods is a challenging task. Developers need to be familiar with various programming languages to manage the heterogeneity of hardware and software systems and to support different communication technologies. To address these proble ...

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Author(s): Shen Y, Khorasani K

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Author(s): Slobodchikova I; Sivakumar R; Rahman MS; Vuckovic D;

Routine mycotoxin biomonitoring methods do not include many mycotoxin phase I and phase II metabolites, which may significantly underestimate mycotoxin exposure especially for heavily metabolized mycotoxins. Additional research efforts are also needed to measure metabolites in vivo after exposure and to establish which mycotoxin metabolites should be pr ...

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