Turtles and tortoises are in trouble

CB Stanford, JB Iverson, AGJ Rhodin, PP van Dijk… - Current biology, 2020 - cell.com
Turtles and tortoises (chelonians) have been integral components of global ecosystems for
about 220 million years and have played important roles in human culture for at least …

The era of digital health: A review of portable and wearable affinity biosensors

J Tu, RM Torrente‐Rodríguez… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Digital health facilitated by wearable/portable electronics and big data analytics holds great
potential in empowering patients with real‐time diagnostics tools and information. The …

The thermal ecology and physiology of reptiles and amphibians: A user's guide

EN Taylor, LM Diele‐Viegas… - … Zoology Part A …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the thermal ecology and physiology of free‐living organisms is accelerating as
scientists and managers recognize the urgency of the global biodiversity crisis brought on by …

Are microplastics destabilizing the global network of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem services?

S Sridharan, M Kumar, NS Bolan, L Singh… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastic has created a new man-made ecosystem called plastisphere. The plastic pieces
including microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have emerged as a global concern …

Novel SeS2-loaded Co MOF with Au@ PANI comprised electroanalytical molecularly imprinted polymer-based disposable sensor for patulin mycotoxin

SP Selvam, AN Kadam, KR Maiyelvaganan… - Biosensors and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract An SeS 2-loaded Co MOF and Au@ PANI nanocomposite comprising the base
matrix of the electrode was developed with electropolymerized molecularly imprinted …

Emergence of infectious diseases and role of advanced nanomaterials in point-of-care diagnostics: a review

K Markandan, YW Tiong, R Sankaran… - Biotechnology and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Infectious outbreaks are the foremost global public health concern, challenging the current
healthcare system, which claims millions of lives annually. The most crucial way to control …

Extreme thermal fluctuations from climate change unexpectedly accelerate demographic collapse of vertebrates with temperature-dependent sex determination

N Valenzuela, R Literman, JL Neuwald, B Mizoguchi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Global climate is warming rapidly, threatening vertebrates with temperature-dependent sex
determination (TSD) by disrupting sex ratios and other traits. Less understood are the effects …

A sensitive label-free impedimetric DNA biosensor based on silsesquioxane-functionalized gold nanoparticles for Zika Virus detection

M Steinmetz, D Lima, AG Viana, ST Fujiwara… - Biosensors and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Zika virus (ZIKV) has recently become a global health challenge due to its rapid
geographical expansion, since it is associated with serious neurological anomalies such as …

Warmer waters masculinize wild populations of a fish with temperature-dependent sex determination

JL Honeycutt, CA Deck, SC Miller, ME Severance… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) exhibit environmental sex determination
(ESD), where environmental factors can influence phenotypic sex during early juvenile …

Thermal spikes from the urban heat island increase mortality and alter physiology of lizard embryos

JM Hall, DA Warner - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Effects of global change (ie urbanization, climate change) on adult organisms are readily
used to predict the persistence of populations. However, effects on embryo survival and …