Author(s): Foote KJ; Biron PM; Grant JWA;

Habitat degradation is one of the major reasons for freshwater species decline. Hydrogeomorphological processes (such as sediment transport, bank erosion, and flooding) operate at the catchment scale and determine habitat features in river reaches. However, habitat quality indices and restoration for freshwater fish species are often implemented at small ...

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Author(s): Joyce BJ; Brown GE;

Neuroplasticity enables teleosts to promote or downregulate the growth of their brains regionally. To compensate for the effects of predation pressure, teleosts may alter their brain morphology and behavioral responses to mitigate its impact on individual fitness. High-predation environments often promote specific patterns of brain growth and produce bold ...

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Author(s): Naghdi N; Elliott JM; Weber MH; Fehlings MG; Fortin M;

Objectives: This study aimed to examine whether preoperative cervical muscle size, composition, and asymmetry from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can predict post-operative outcomes in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM). Methods: A total of 171 patients with DCM were included. Relative total cross-sectional area (RCSA), functional CSA ...

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Author(s): Feng Q; An C; Chen Z; Lee K; Wang Z;

Estuaries are one of the primary pathways for transferring microplastics (MPs) from the land to the ocean. A comprehensive understanding of the load, morphological characteristics, driving factors, and potential risks of MPs in estuaries is imperative to inform reliable management in this critical transboundary area. Extracted from 135 publications, a glo ...

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Author(s): Fekete E; Bíró V; Márton A; Bakondi-Kovács I; Németh Z; Sándor E; Kovács B; Fábián I; Kubicek CP; Tsang A; Karaffa L;

High-yield citric acid production by the filamentous Ascomycete fungus Aspergillus niger requires a combination of extreme nutritional conditions, of which maintaining a low manganese (II) ion concentration (-1) is a key feature. Technical-scale production of citric acid predominantly uses stainl ...

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Author(s): Bettauer V; Costa ACBP; Omran RP; Massahi S; Kirbizakis E; Simpson S; Dumeaux V; Law C; Whiteway M; Hallett MT;

We present deep learning-based approaches for exploring the complex array of morphologies exhibited by the opportunistic human pathogen Candida albicans. Our system, entitled Candescence, automatically detects C. albicans cells from differential image contrast microscopy and labels each detected ...

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Author(s): Mohammad Mohsen Delavari

In this study, eco-friendly and transparent starch-based/polyvinyl alcohol/citric acid composite films are evaluated for their efficacy as wound dressing materials. The starch/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) materials with added citric acid (0.46-1.83 wt%) and glycerol were made and handled based on the modified casting method. This new formulation decreases the ...

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Author(s): Godoy P; Darlington PJ; Whiteway M;

Candida albicans, an important fungal pathogen of humans, displays different morphologies, such as yeast, pseudo-hyphae and hyphae, which are recognized unequally by phagocytic cells of the innate immune response. Once C. albicans cells invade host tissues, immune cells such as macrophages are attracted to the site of infection and activated to recognize, ...

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Author(s): van Leeuwe TM, Arentshorst M, Forn-Cuní G, Geoffrion N, Tsang A, Delvigne F, Meijer AH, Ram AFJ, Punt PJ

There is a growing interest in the use of post-fermentation mycelial waste to obtain cell wall chitin as an added-value product. In the pursuit to identify suitable production strains that can be used for post-fermentation cell wall harvesting, we turned to an Aspergillus niger strain in which th ...

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Author(s): Joyce BJ, Brown GE

J Fish Biol. 2020 May 23;: Authors: Joyce BJ, Brown GE

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Author(s): Opala EA, Verlezza S, Long H, Rusu D, Woodside B, Walker CD

Neuroscience. 2019 Aug 19;: Authors: Opala EA, Verlezza S, Long H, Rusu D, Woodside B, Walker CD

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