Publications by authors named "K I Loken"

Article Synopsis
  • This study explores how current-use pesticides (CUPs) affect coastal and marine waters, which is important to protect ocean life from pollution.
  • Researchers looked at 28 different CUPs from the Baltic Sea to clean Arctic waters and found that 14 were present in some locations, especially near the Baltic outflow.
  • Some pesticides, like atrazine and tebuconazole, can travel long distances, and the study suggests that the Baltic Sea is a major source of these chemicals in ocean waters.
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Serum corticosterone, serum buprenorphine, body weight change, consumption of food and water and behaviour-based pain assessment were measured in catheterised and non-catheterised male Wistar rats undergoing myocardial infarct (MI) surgery under general anaesthesia following buprenorphine dosing by subcutaneous (Bup-SC, 0.05 mg/kg) and oral (Bup-O, 0.4 mg/kg) routes.

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Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) are a focus in marine protection. Several CECs are released with wastewater effluents to coastal environments and their offshore occurrence has been recently documented. Routine monitoring is key for implementing marine protection acts, however infrastructural, financial, and technical limitations hinder this task along broad spatial transects.

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The aquatic bioconcentration of a chemical is typically determined using conventional fish tests. To foster the approach of alternatives to animal testing, a combination of computational models and in vitro substrate depletion bioassays (e.g.

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Background: Biotechnology companies are process-driven organizations and often struggle with their ability to innovate. Universities, on the other hand, thrive on discovery and variation as a source of innovation. As such, properly structured academic-industry partnerships in medical technology development may enhance and accelerate innovation.

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