Technical note: Image processing for continuous river turbidity monitoring – full-scale tests and potential applications

The development of continuous river turbidity monitoring systems is essential since this is a critical water quality metric linked to the presence of organic and inorganic suspended matter. Current monitoring practices are mainly limited by low spatial and temporal resolutions and costs. This results in the huge challenge of providing extensive and timely water quality monitoring at the global scale. In this work, we propose an image analysis procedure for river turbidity assessment using dif...

Spent Coffee Grounds Extracts: a Sustainable Source of Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Bioactives for managing Lifestyle-Related Chronic Diseases

This review aims to comprehensively examine spent coffee grounds (SCGs) as a sustainable source of antioxidant and immunomodulatory bioactives, with a specific focus on their capacity to modulate membrane-level signaling through ion channels and G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in the context of lifestyle-related chronic diseases. SCGs, the major solid by-product of coffee brewing, represent an underutilized yet highly abundant source of bioactive compounds, including chlorogenic acids, ph...

Algae-Derived Bioactives Reprogram the Gut–SIRT1–Kisspeptin Axis in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is increasingly recognized as a complex, multi-system disorder involving interactions among metabolic dysfunction, chronic low-grade inflammation, and neuroendocrine dysregulation, rather than a condition confined to the ovary. While current management strategies primarily target symptomatic manifestations, such as menstrual irregularity, hyperandrogenism, and insulin resistance, they do not directly address the underlying integrative pathways linking the gut ...

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