ACCOMMODATION SPACE INDICATES DUNE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL ALONG AN URBANIZED AND FREQUENTLY NOURISHED COASTLINE

Accommodation space indicates dune development potential along an urbanized and frequently nourished coastline

With densely populated areas well below mean sea level, the Netherlands relies heavily on its dunes to ensure coastal safety.About half of the sandy coastline, however, is subject to structural marine erosion Socks and requires frequent sand nourishment as a counteractive measure.A key component of present-day coastal safety policy is creating favo

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Appetitively motivated tasks in the IntelliCage reveal a higher motivational cost of spatial learning in male than female mice

The IntelliCage (IC) permits the assessment of the behavior and learning abilities of mice in a social home cage context.To overcome water deprivation as an aversive driver of learning, we developed protocols in which spatial learning is motivated appetitively by the preference of mice for Space Art sweetened over plain water.While plain water is a

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Antiarthritic potential of berberine loaded invasomal gel

Background: Numerous plants and plant isolates have been widely reported for the treatment of arthritis.Berberine, a cationic flavonoid, obtained from Berberis aristata DC.(Berberidaceae) has been well reported for the treatment of arthritis.The lipid-based vesicular system including invasomes overcome the stratum corneum barrier and can effectivel

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