Enhancing the prediction of arsenic bioavailability in soils with the diffusive gradient in thin film technique.

The diffusive gradient in thin films technique (DGT), with a resin gel based on Lewatit® FO 36 was used for the first time to predict arsenic (As) bioavailability in soils collected in different environmental contexts. The predicted bioavailability, determined by fluxes to DGT, was compared with the bioavailability and bioaccumulation in the plants (Calendula officinalis), where a strong correlation was observed (r = 0.8857 (C/C) and r = 0.

Closed-Loop Insulin Therapy for People With Type 2 Diabetes Treated With an Insulin Pump: A 12-Week Multicenter, Open-Label Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Trial.

Objective: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) combined with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) achieves better glycemic control than multi-injection therapy in people with type 2 diabetes. The effectiveness of closed-loop therapy needs to be further evaluated in this population.

Research Design And Methods: The study objective was to measure the impact of a hybrid closed-loop device (DBLG1) compared with CSII + CGM on glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes previously treated with CSII.

Phytomanagement of a metal-contaminated agricultural soil with Sorghum bicolor, humic / fulvic acids and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi near the former Pb/Zn metaleurop Nord smelter.

As many contaminated agricultural soils can no longer be used for food crops, lignocellulosic energy crops matter due to their ability to grow on such soils and to produce biomass for biosourced materials and biofuels, thereby reducing the pressure on the limited arable lands. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, can potentially produce a high biomass suitable for producing bioethanol, renewable gasoline, diesel, and sustainable aircraft fuel, despite adverse environmental conditions (e.

Plant testing with hemp and miscanthus to assess phytomanagement options including biostimulants and mycorrhizae on a metal-contaminated soil to provide biomass for sustainable biofuel production.

The need of biofuels from biomass, including sustainable aviation fuel, without using agricultural land dedicated to food crops, is in constant demand. Strategies to intensify biomass production using mycorrhizal fungi, biostimulants and their combinations could be solutions for improving the cultivation of lignocellulosic plants but still lack well-established validation on metal-contaminated soils. This study aimed to assess the yield of Miscanthus x giganteus J.

Copper-uptake mediated by an ecofriendly zwitterionic ionic liquid: A new challenge for a cleaner bioeconomy.

This study aims to investigate the ability of an imidazolium biobased Zwitterionic Ionic Liquids (ZILs) in enhancing the phytoavailability of copper from garden (G) and vineyard (V) soils using the model plant ryegrass. Uncontaminated and artificially contaminated CuSO soils, unamended and ZIL-amended soil modalities were designed. The copper/ZIL molar ratio (1/4) introduced was rationally established based on molecular modeling and on the maximal copper concentration in artificially contaminated soil.