Pelvic organs prolapse (POP) can be treated surgically with native tissue or by placing mesh implants in the pelvic floor and vaginal wall. Mesh implants are manufactured from different materials. We previously demonstrated that titanised polypropylene meshes induced different macrophage polarization compared to pure polypropylene meshes. However, these differences were only observed in cell cultures where the meshes were enca...

Amplified Arctic warming can induce strong ecosystem changes with adverse climate feedbacks through greenhouse gas (GHG) release. Shifting plant species and traits with permafrost thaw may contribute to the permafrost carbon feedback. How vegetation dynamics in thawing permafrost systems affect GHG release and how this varies with season, plant species, and soil conditions is poorly understood. Here, we assessed GHG emissions,...

Climate change in Arctic ecosystems fosters permafrost thaw and makes massive amounts of ancient soil organic carbon ( OC ) available to microbial breakdown. However, fractions of the organic matter ( OM ) may be protected from rapid decomposition by their association with minerals. Little is known about the effects of mineral‐organic associations ( MOA ) on the microbial accessibility of OM in permafrost soils and it is not c...

Will warming lead to an increased use of older soil organic carbon ( SOC ) by microbial communities, thereby inducing C losses from C ‐rich alpine soils? We studied soil microbial community composition, activity, and substrate use after 3 and 4 years of soil warming (+4 °C, 2007–2010) at the alpine treeline in S witzerland. The warming experiment was nested in a free air CO 2 enrichment experiment using depleted 13 CO 2 (δ 13...

Resource stoichiometry (C:N:P) is an important determinant of litter decomposition. However, the effect of elemental stoichiometry on the gross rates of microbial N and P cycling processes during litter decomposition is unknown. In a mesocosm experiment, beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) litter with natural differences in elemental stoichiometry (C:N:P) was incubated under constant environmental conditions. After three and six month...