In recent decades, global urbanisation has increased dramatically. The study of urbanised areas over the last millennium offers valuable insight into the long-term landslide hazards associated with human settlements. Anthropogenic environmental impact and urbanisation in southern Iberia began around 2200 yr BCE, rendering this region a unique location to examine interactions between building construction and landslide over mil...

This study assessed the functional potential of autochthonous lactic acid bacteria isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of tambaqui ( Colossoma macropomum ) as larviculture probiotics. Five strains were selected and identified as belonging to the genus Weissella . In vitro assays revealed high tolerance to acidic pH (2.0–3.0), resistance to bile salts (10%), biofilm formation capacity, hydrophobicity and direct Aeromonas h...

Sporotrichosis is an implantation mycosis with a high incidence in Brazil. Diagnosing human sporotrichosis poses significant challenges, which can lead to increased morbidity and prolonged treatment duration. Direct examination of fresh biopsies using Blankophor represents a valuable tool for rapid diagnosis, offering high sensitivity.

Mixed‐species forestry is a promising approach to enhance productivity, increase carbon sequestration, and mitigate climate change. Diverse forests, composed of species with varying structures and functional trait profiles, may have higher functional and structural diversity, which are attributes relevant to a number of mechanisms that can influence productivity. However, it remains unclear whether the context‐dependent roles...

Anthropogenic climate change, particularly changes in temperature and precipitation, affects plants in multiple ways. Because plants respond dynamically to stress and acclimate to changes in growing conditions, diagnosing quantitative plant‐environment relationships is a major challenge. One approach to this problem is to quantify leaf responses using spectral reflectance, which provides rapid, inexpensive, and nondestructive...

Greater tree diversity often increases forest productivity by increasing the fraction of light captured and the effectiveness of light use at the community scale. However, light may shape forest function not only as a source of energy or a cause of stress but also as a context cue: Plant photoreceptors can detect specific wavelengths of light, and plants use this information to assess their neighborhoods and adjust their patte...

In the Mediterranean region, numerous wetlands co-exist with competitive agricultural systems. Although wetlands’ hydrology (in water volume, source, and residence time terms) plays a major factor in their ecosystem structure, many of these wetlands have been subjected to different degradation processes. One such case is the Tablas de Daimiel National Park (TDNP), which witnesses one of its most environmentally sensitive times...

This study presents the contents and spatial distribution of arsenic (As) in vineyard soils from the Valdepeñas Protected Designation Origin (PDO) in central Spain. As content varies within the 108.40–0.03 mg·kg −1 range in surface horizons, and within 151.00–0.03 mg·kg −1 in subsurface horizons. The mean value of both horizons is similar: 4.25 and 4.88 mg·kg −1 , respectively. Based on optimal spatial interpolation, the spati...

Accumulating evidence indicates that ceramide (Cer) and palmitic acid (PA) possess the ability to modulate switching of macrophage phenotypes and possess anti-tumorigenic effects; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether Cer and PA could induce switching of macrophage polarization from the tumorigenic M2- towards the pro-inflammatory M1-phenotype,...