Publications by authors named "B C Laurent"

Understanding the solubility dynamics of elements during wet deposition is crucial for assessing their environmental impacts. In this study, we investigated the solubility behaviour of various elements originating from natural and anthropogenic sources using a dataset of 106 samples describing the sequential collections of 8 rainfall events. Our results reveal distinct solubility patterns depending on the type of event, with mineral-dust events exhibiting lower solubility and anthropogenic events displaying higher solubility, in relation with dust content and pH.

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Background: Sexual exploitation of children and adolescents (SECA) is a mostly invisible phenomenon, having negative impacts on adolescents' health and well-being.. There is increasing awarenessof preventative strategies to reduce sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, but limited evidence on their effectiveness and mechanisms.

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This comment critically examines Collins, Evans, and Reyes-Galindo's (CE&RG) concept of 'virtual diversity', proposed as a norm to safeguard scientific expertise in policy-making. CE&RG argue that scientists should acquire 'interactional expertise' in relevant 'non-scientific domains', enabling informed policy advice while preserving scientific integrity. This comment describes CE&RG's dualist approach, which separates epistemic and political concerns, and discusses its implications.

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  • Human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are important for studying human development and diseases, but traditional methods to obtain them can be invasive and complicated.
  • This paper presents a new non-invasive method for collecting urine-derived cells (UDCs) and converting them into iPSCs using a simple and effective process.
  • The study demonstrates that iPSCs derived from UDCs not only have strong differentiation potential but also highlights the method's efficiency by successfully generating cell lines from both healthy individuals and patients with Fragile X syndrome.
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  • The study investigates how omega-3 fatty acids, specifically lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) n-3, are absorbed in the brains of mice with different genetic backgrounds related to Alzheimer's risk (APOE3 vs. APOE4).
  • Researchers aimed to see if supplementing LPC n-3 for two or four months would raise levels of important omega-3s (DHA and EPA) in the frontal cortex of these mice.
  • Results showed that after two months, the APOE3 mice had increased EPA, but not DHA, while APOE4 mice showed no significant changes; after four months, both genotypes had increased EPA, but DHA levels remained largely unchanged, highlighting the need for more research on
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