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Legacy pollution and our struggle to control non-point source pollution

To tackle legacy pollution and non-point source pollution, we must identify the sources, sinks and hot spots – but is it already too late?
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Workers at risk: How do traumatic jobs affect essential workers?

R. Nicholas Carleton and Gregory S Anderson analyse the workplace stressors and risks of public safety personnel and front-line healthcare workers.
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Exploring the entrepreneurial ability of women

Are women as under-confident in their entrepreneurial ability as we have been led to believe? Dr Jennifer E. Jennings from the University of Alberta investigates.

The value of adult relationships in preventing youth suicide attempts 

Associate Professor, Lynne Fullerton, PhD, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, examines the results of a recent study exploring the link between positive adult relationships and the impact on youth suicide attempt resilience.
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Challenges bringing CB₂R medicine to bedside

Drug hunters explain how to overcome pitfalls on the way to CB2R medicine and therapeutics.

Microbes on a chip: How microfluidics can help us better understand and engineer electroactive...

Electroactive microbes exchange electrons with their environment for survival.

Assessing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in urban, rural, and minority-owned agriculture in the...

As the global community aims to feed the 8 billion people on the planet, assessing PFAS substances in urban and rural agriculture becomes an important component of the mission.

Whole-person integrative oncology – A path to improved outcomes and patient empowerment

Integrative oncology gives patients the tools to not only make the environment as inhospitable to cancer as possible – it also empowers patients to take some control back after receiving a cancer diagnosis.
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Global food security – Part 4; Enhancing a struggling food system

Professor Curtis R Youngs, the M.E. Ensminger Endowed Chair of International Animal Agriculture at Iowa State University, analyses the flaws of the food system in his fourth part analysis of global food security.

The fentanyl crisis: Death at the end of the rainbow

Chelsea Unkel, Ryan Hogans, & Pamela Lein from the University of California, Davis, analyse the fentanyl crisis responsible for increases in drug overdose across the US.

Remyelinating versus neuroprotective therapies for multiple sclerosis

Reducing clinical relapses and improving quality of life is at the heart of MS treatment; here Tara M. DeSilva explores the benefits of remyelinating versus neuroprotective therapies for tackling MS.
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Solutions to waste management in informal settlements in South Africa

Researchers look at the unfolding tragedy of waste management in informal settlements in South Africa and transferable models for community-based solutions.
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Killing cancer softly: The resolution of cancer lies in tumor cells

Dr Dipak Panigrahy, M.D., an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School looks at killing tumor cells to resolve the cancer epidemic.

Practising intellectual humility without compromising strongly held convictions

In the second part of the discussion of bridging the cultural divide in social discourse, Peter C. Hill at Biola University looks at intellectual humility with consideration to one’s convictions.
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Information overload and the ossification of immunological research

Peter Bretscher, Faculty in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan questions whether there is a way of fostering resilience in immunological research.
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Evaluating a novel treatment for opioid use disorder based on dual-brain psychology and photobiomodulation

Dr. Fredric Schiffer, founder and CEO of MindLight, LLC, looks at treatments for opioid use disorder based on Dual-Brain Psychology and photobiomodulation. Dr. Schiffer is also a part-time assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

Bridging the cultural divide in social discourse: The role of intellectual humility

Peter C. Hill, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Office of Academic Research and Grants, Biola University, sheds light on the role of intellectual humility when it comes to bridging the cultural divide.
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Mentoring diverse graduate students in agriculture, geoscience, and related disciplines: Are you a mentor?

Mentoring starts from within the faculty member – a mentor guides a student from situation to solution using their lived experiences and expertise.
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Tick-borne Diseases Transmission Research: Co-Feeding in Ticks

Tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis are primarily transmitted during the blood feeding process, through systemic and co-feeding horizontal transmission routes.
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Upregulation of hnRNPC1/C2 expression in preeclampsia: a potential rationale for vitamin D insensitivity

Drs Yuping Wang and David F. Lewis from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – Shreveport discuss hnRNPC1/C2 upregulation, a potential rationale for vitamin D insensitivity.

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