β-glucan mitigates ovalbumin-induced airway inflammation by preventing oxidative stress and CD8 T cell infiltration.

Background: Bronchial asthma is a severe respiratory condition characterized by airway inflammation, remodeling, and oxidative stress. β-Glucan (BG) is a polysaccharide found in fungal cell walls with powerful immunomodulatory properties. This study examined and clarified the mechanisms behind BG's ameliorativeactivitiesin an allergic asthma animal model.

Monitoring temporal variations in groundwater levels in urban areas using ground penetrating radar.

Monitoring temporal variations in groundwater levels provides a key to sustainable freshwater resource utilization and management, sustainable land use, and sustainable crop acreage, yield, and production. This study used ground penetrating radar (GPR) to monitor temporal variations in groundwater levels in urban areas, and to define the factors that control these variations. The city of Ismailia, Egypt, was selected as a test site because it is experiencing a rise in groundwater levels that poses potential environmental risks, and it lacks the groundwater wells necessary for monitoring and mitigation.