Publications by authors named "M A Beaumont"
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- Sodium chloride (NaCl) is significant across various fields, including geochemistry and food production, and is one of the most prevalent salts in the cosmos.
- Researchers discovered a new form of NaCl, a metastable dihydrate, created by rapidly freezing a NaCl solution, which transforms into hydrohalite and ice Ih when heated above 190 K.
- This finding suggests that the presence of this new hydrate on icy celestial bodies, like Jupiter and Saturn's moons, could indicate areas where subsurface brines have recently frozen, highlighting potential targets for future space missions.
The foodborne mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) produced by species threats animal and human health through disruption of the intestinal barrier. Targeting the gut microbiota and its products appears as a promising strategy to mitigate DON intestinal toxicity. In this study, we investigated whether the bacterial metabolite butyrate could alleviate epithelial barrier disruption induced by DON.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe destruction of wildlife habitats due to the exponential growth of human population and its encroachment into wild areas is a major threat to many species around the world. In order to understand the effects of human disturbance on the Philippine tarsier (Carlito syrichta), we evaluated its population status by quantifying the species' population density in an agricultural habitat and assessed the degree of human disturbance in the area. We did the study in Subayon, Bilar, Bohol, where we surveyed 32 ha out of the total 115 ha of the village between April and June 2017.
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- Following the detection of a novel highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 in Newfoundland in late 2021, Canada ramped up surveillance efforts of wild birds to track the spread of the virus nationwide.* -
- During the first year of surveillance (November 2021-November 2022), over 6,000 sick and dead birds were tested, revealing that 27.4% were positive for HPAIV across various species and regions, particularly in the Atlantic and Central Flyways.* -
- The findings highlighted the need for ongoing monitoring and collaboration, as wild birds serve as both victims and reservoirs of the virus, with a notable prevalence of Eurasian-origin strains identified throughout
Pickering water-in-water (W/W) emulsions stabilized by biobased colloids are pertinent to engineering biomaterials with hierarchical and confined architectures. In this study, stable W/W emulsions are developed through membranization utilizing biopolymer structures formed by the adsorption of cellulose II nanospheres and a globular protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA), at droplet surfaces. The produced cellulose II nanospheres (NPcat, 63 nm diameter) bearing a soft and highly accessible shell, endow rapid and significant binding (16 mg cm ) with BSA.
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