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3 weeks ago | sciencedirect.com | Yuhao Wang |Li Lin |Shuming Nie |Junyang Mei

Dense-core vesicles (DCVs) are found in various types of cells, such as neurons, pancreatic β- cells, and chromaffin cells. These vesicles release transmitters, peptides, and hormones to regulate diverse functions, such as the stress response, immune response, behavior, and blood glucose levels. In traditional electron microscopy after chemical fixation, it is often reported that the dense cores occupy a portion of the vesicle toward the center and are surrounded by a clear halo.

4 weeks ago | sciencedirect.com | Jie Jenny Zou |Zhu Wang |Zhi-Cheng Wu |He-Ping Zhao

High-salinity industrial wastewater (e.g., from pickling, pharmaceuticals, and chemical industries) poses significant challenges to conventional activated sludge processes (Tan et al., 2019) due to its osmotic stress on microbial cells, leading to inhibited metabolic activity, cell lysis, and poor nitrogen removal efficiency (Kartal et al., 2006; Khatibi, 2019; Zhu et al., 2015).

1 month ago | sciencedirect.com

Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (cyanoHABs) represent significant threats to human health and environmental sustainability. These blooms, characte…

1 month ago | sciencedirect.com | Ann T Gregory |A. Robert Denniss |Maria Cheung |Karen Flood

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

1 month ago | sciencedirect.com | Matthew McEvoy |Jillian A Tullis |Patrick Dillon |Lan Huang

Section snippetsWhat is already known•Advance care planning is an approach of discussing, documenting, and deciding on end-of-life preferences between patients, families, and health care providers. •Advance care planning is increasingly implemented in oncology care to improve the quality of end-of-life care for patients with advanced cancer. •The existing studies on the effects of advance care planning in patients with advanced cancer are inconsistent.