BP-3, A MAJOR COMPONENT OF SUNSCREEN, ALTERS WATER COLUMN USE AND FEEDING, BUT NOT AGGRESSION IN NILE TILAPIAS (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS)

BP-3, a major component of sunscreen, alters water column use and feeding, but not aggression in Nile tilapias (Oreochromis niloticus)

Tourism has increased the contact of tourists with the aquatic environment and is transporting harmful substances such as benzophenone (BP-3) into the water.This is an emerging contaminant present in sunscreens and other cosmetics, which can alter the behavior of fish by acting on the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis.We hypothesized that the use o

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Art: ally or tool in science teaching?

We know that art and SAW science have influenced one another over the centuries.As an example, in the nineteenth century, the poets of the Romantic movement portrayed in some of their most beautiful poems the anguish they felt facing the development of thermodynamics and the possibility of heat death of the universe.In recent years different method

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Effect of driving pressure-guided individualised positive end-expiratory pressure on postoperative atelectasis in patients with morbid obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial

Introduction Atelectasis is a common postoperative complication in patients with obesity, contributing to respiratory insufficiency, pneumonia and poor clinical outcomes.Studies have shown that driving pressure (DP)-guided individualised positive end-expiratory pressure can improve respiratory mechanics and oxygenation, while also reducing the inci

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