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Zoonotic parasites are an increasingly recognised challenge for seafood safety. Anisakid nematodes currently represent the most significant fish‐borne parasitic threat in Atlantic wild fisheries. Recent regional surveys and global syntheses suggest significant increases in the prevalence and intensity of anisakid infections across multiple commercially important fish species, raising concerns for public health, marketability a...
To advance understanding of meiofauna, key components of marine benthic ecosystems, an international team conducted a morphology-based taxonomic survey and workshop around São Miguel, the largest Azorean island, in 2019. The survey yielded critical baseline data on meiofaunal diversity and, despite taxonomic challenges that limited identification of certain taxa, laid a solid foundation for further research. To expand these fi...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Understanding variation in home range size (HR) provides important insights into the underlying ecological processes driving space use. However, it remains unclear whether the interspecific allometric scaling of mammals' HR can also be consistently observed within species and for both sexes. To address this knowledge gap, we GPS‐tracked 349 resident individuals across Brazil, encompassing 18 mammal species. We estimated indivi...
Infection by colombian datura virus induces leaf deformation associated with Indigenous selection of angel’s trumpet (Brugmansia spp.)NARA Subscribed
Angel’s trumpets ( Brugmansia spp.) are important medicinal and ornamental plants belonging to the Solanaceae family, domesticated in the Andean region of South America. Indigenous communities in the Colombian Andes have created unique medicinal cultivars exhibiting a variety of unusual shapes in leaves, and specific uses for ritual or medicinal procedures. These cultivars exhibit leaf symptoms typically associated with viral...
The accelerated growth of marine aquaculture targeting species that require formulated aquafeeds creates a pressing need to find new sustainable ingredients and additives that can secure a premium farming performance, as well as the nutritional value of farmed species. Marine gammarid amphipods can be an excellent source of essential fatty acids (FA), namely, long-chain n -3 polyunsaturated FA (LC-PUFA). However, their potenti...
Cleaning validation in pharmaceutical quality control laboratories: a structured protocol for contamination risk mitigationNARA Subscribed
Background Cleaning activities are critical in pharmaceutical manufacturing to prevent cross-contamination of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). Traditionally, cleaning validation protocols have focused on production lines. However, there is a growing trend toward extending these protocols to Quality Control (QC) laboratories, encompassing both glassware and stainless-steel equipment. Objectives This paper presents a sy...
Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this...
Pinus pinea nuts are commercial relevant Mediterranean edible forest nuts, with an increasing production and market value, whose industrial processing yields a lignocellulosic by-product, the pine nut shells, currently only used for combustion. Little research has been done on pine nut shells that could support a value-added application for this residue. This work studies for the first time the production of oligosaccharides b...
This work aimed to understand how lifelong exercise training promotes the remodelling of the immune system and prostate signalome in a rat model of PCa. Fifty-five male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control sedentary, control exercised, induced PCa sedentary and induced PCa exercised. Exercised animals were trained in a treadmill for 53 weeks. Pca induction consisted on the sequential administration of flutamide,...