Essays about: "Environmental stress"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 347 essays containing the words Environmental stress.

  1. 21. Legacy effects of temperature alterations on microbial resistance and resilience to drying and rewetting

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Franklin Lee Harris; [2023]
    Keywords : microbial ecology; soil; carbon dynamics; high latitudes; climate change; moisture stress; isotopes; respiration; trait based ecology; soil microbes; Environmental Changes in High Latitudes EnCHIL ; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : With warming in soils due to climate change, a series of secondary factors arise, which have multifaceted effects on soil microbial communities. Of these, alterations to soil moisture are among the most crucial to understanding how microbial functions will change in the face of climate change. READ MORE

  3. 22. Oönskade beteenden hos katt : kunskapsbrist – kärnan av problemet

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Julia Alm Baker; Linnéa Nordlund; [2023]
    Keywords : aggression; avlivning; beteende; djurhälsopersonal; djurägare; etologi; klösning; miljöberikning; naturliga beteenden; omplacering; oro; oönskade beteenden; problembeteenden; stress; tamkatt; urinering; urinmarkering; välfärd;

    Abstract : Katter anses av många som mer självständiga, lättare att sköta och mindre tidskrävande jämfört med till exempel hundar. Detta har troligen bidragit till deras ökande popularitet och att de idag är ett av de vanligaste husdjuren i världen. READ MORE

  4. 23. Effect of a plant-derived nutraceutical on the tolerance of axenically-cultured Artemia towards abiotic or biotic stressor

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Ahumuza Allan Castro; [2023]
    Keywords : Artemia; Hsp70; Vibrio campbellii; plant extract; aquaculture; abiotic stressor;

    Abstract : Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food-production industries worldwide accounting for almost half of fish used for human consumption. Super-intensive, intensive, and semi-intensive farming practices used to produce large farm fish are increasing the frequency of disease outbreaks which is a major problem affecting sustainable aquaculture growth. READ MORE

  5. 24. Assessing Textile Raw Materials and Exploring Sustainable Sources for Future Renewable Textile Materials for IKEA of Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Susan Lan; [2023]
    Keywords : drought; water scarcity; land degradation; cotton Gossypium sp. ; synthetic textiles; viscose; lyocell; IKEA; agro-waste; poplar Populus sp. ; bamboo Bambusoideae ; sustainability;

    Abstract : This degree project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences has been conducted in collaboration with IKEA of Sweden. The textile industry contributes to significant environmental challenges, including pollution and global water scarcity. READ MORE

  6. 25. Influence of Nrf2 Activators and Keap1 Inhibitors on Antioxidative Phenotypes of THP-1-Derived M1 and M2 macrophages: Therapeutic Potential for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för immunologi, genetik och patologi

    Author : Leo Svahn; [2023]
    Keywords : NRF2; KEAP1; THP-1; M1; M2; SLE;

    Abstract : POPULAR SCIENTIFIC SUMMARY Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is not your average disorder. It behaves like a mischievous troublemaker, wreaking havoc throughout the body, causing inflammation that affects multiple organs. READ MORE