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    • Gene Expression and Phenotypic Assessment of Egg Quality across Developmental Stages of Atlantic Cod throughout the Spawning Season 

      Fernández Míguez, María; Presa, Pablo; Puvanendran, Velmurugu; Tveiten, Helge; Hansen, Øyvind J; Pérez, Montse (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-07-08)
      Egg quality in fishes is commonly determined by fertilisation success and cleavage patterns as a phenotypic outcome of underlying regulatory mechanisms. Although these phenotypic estimators of egg quality are useful in farming conditions, these “good quality” egg batches do not always translate to good larval growth and survival. The identification of genes involved in embryonic development may help ...
    • Simulated Digestion of Red Sea Cucumber (Parastichopus tremulus): A Study of Protein Quality and Antioxidant Activity 

      Vu, Dat Trong; Kletthagen, Malin Christine; Elvevoll, Edel Oddny; Falch, Eva; Jensen, Ida-Johanne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-04-12)
      Sea cucumbers from unharvested areas, are underutilized resources which may have the potential to become a future food resource. The aim of this study was to evaluate protein quality and investigate the changes in antioxidant activity from frozen and freeze-dried red sea cucumber (Parastichopus tremulus) subjected to digestion, using an in vitro digestion model. P. tremulus constituted high ...
    • Field collections and environmental DNA surveys reveal topographic complexity of coral reefs as a predictor of cryptobenthic biodiversity across small spatial scales 

      Brodnicke, O.B.; Jensen, M.R.; Thomsen, P.F.; Brorly, T.; Andersen, B.L.; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Præbel, Kim; Brandl, S.J.; Sweet, M.J.; Møller, Peter Daniel Rask; Worsaae, K. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-17)
      Coral reefs represent some of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world but are currently undergoing large-scale degradation due to anthropogenic stressors. Such degradation usually begins with coral bleaching, and if the stress condition is inflicted for too long may eventually result in loss of structural complexity (or “flattening”) of the reef, dramatically changing habitat availability ...
    • A commercial seaweed extract increases growth performance, immune responses, and related gene expressions in whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) 

      Ashour, Mohamed; Al-Souti, Ahmed Said; Mabrouk, Mohamed M.; Naiel, Mohammed A.E.; Younis, Elsayed M.; Abdelwarith, Abdelwahab A.; AbdEl-Kader, Marwa F.; Abu Husein, Mohammad Shaaban; El saharty, Abeer; Elokaby, Mohamed A.; Mansour, Ahmed I.A.; El-Bahlol, Ahmed A.A.; Ringø, Einar; El-Haroun, Ehab; Abdelhamid, Ahmed F. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-22)
      Seaweed liquid extracts are an attractive source of phytochemicals with high potential applicability in the aquafeed-additive industry. A commercial seaweed liquid extract (True Algae Max, TAM®), which has a marine seaweed odor, also dislplays significant levels of polysaccharides, phytochemicals, phenolic, and flavonoid compounds showing antioxidant activities and DPPH inhibition. This study ...
    • Community's ecological traits reflect spatio-temporal variability of climate change impacts 

      Polo Sainz, Julia; Punzón, Antonio; Hidalgo, Manuel; Pecuchet, Laurene Anne Marie; Sainz-Bariáin, Marta; González-Irusta, José Manuel; Esteban, Antonio; García, Encarnación; Vivas, Miguel; Gil de Sola, Luis; López-López, Lucía (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-06-12)
      Climate change is triggering shifts in species distribution eventually altering communities’ biogeography. The composition of a community in terms of its species’ ecological niche informs of a community’s response to environmental conditions and impacts, which is central for a timely conservation. While the thermal niche has been widely explored, given it offers a direct link of warming effects ...
    • Marine-Derived Peptides with Anti-Hypertensive Properties: Prospects for Pharmaceuticals, Supplements, and Functional Food 

      Walquist, Mari Johannessen; Eilertsen, Karl-Erik; Elvevoll, Edel Oddny; Jensen, Ida-Johanne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-22)
      Hypertension, a major health concern linked to heart disease and premature mortality, has prompted a search for alternative treatments due to side effects of existing medications. Sustainable harvesting of low-trophic marine organisms not only enhances food security but also provides a variety of bioactive molecules, including peptides. Despite comprising only a fraction of active natural compounds, ...
    • Parasites alter food-web topology of a subarctic lake food web and its pelagic and benthic compartments 

      Moore, Shannon Elizabeth; Siwertsson, Anna; Lafferty, Kevin D.; Kuris, Armand M.; Soldánová, Miroslava; Morton, Dana; Primicerio, Raul; Amundsen, Per-Arne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-07)
      We compared three sets of highly resolved food webs with and without parasites for a subarctic lake system corresponding to its pelagic and benthic compartments and the whole-lake food web. Key topological food-web metrics were calculated for each set of compartments to explore the role parasites play in food-web topology in these highly contrasting webs. After controlling for effects from ...
    • An Antiherpesviral Host-Directed Strategy Based on CDK7 Covalently Binding Drugs: Target-Selective, Picomolar-Dose, Cross-Virus Reactivity 

      Yu, DongHoon; Wagner, Sabrina; Schütz, Martin; Jeon, Yeejin; Seo, Mooyoung; Kim, Jaeseung; Brückner, Nadine; Kicuntod, Jintawee; Tillmanns, Julia; Wangen, Christina; Hahn, Friedrich; Kaufer, Benedikt B.; Neipel, Frank; Eickhoff, Jan; Klebl, Bert; Nam, Kiyean; Marschall, Manfred (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-01-23)
      he repertoire of currently available antiviral drugs spans therapeutic applications against a number of important human pathogens distributed worldwide. These include cases of the pandemic severe acute respiratory coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19), human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1 or AIDS), and the pregnancy- and posttransplant-relevant human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). In almost ...
    • Use of Algae in Aquaculture: A Review 

      Vijayaram, Srirengaraj; Ringø, Einar; Ghafarifarsani, Hamed; Hoseinifar, Seyed Hossein; Ahani, Saman; Chou, Chi-Chung (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-01)
      The utilization of algae in aquaculture is environmentally friendly, safe, and cost-effective and can effectively substitute for fish meal and fish oil in aquatic feeds. Incorporating algae as dietary supplements leads to significant enhancements in aquatic animals’ health and also improves the aquatic ecosystem. Algae are rich sources of nutrients and serve as the foundational food source in ...
    • Replacing fishmeal with salmon hydrolysate reduces the expression of intestinal inflammatory markers and modulates the gut microbiota in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 

      Sandbakken, Ingrid Schafroth; Su, Hang; Johansen, Louise; Zhang, Yupeng; Ringø, Einar; Røsbak, Randi; Yakovlev, Igor; Five, Kathrine Kjos; Olsen, Rolf-Erik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-22)
      The feed legislation allows the use of fish protein hydrolysates in feed for the same species in which it came from, since enzymatic hydrolysis degrades the proteins and eliminates potential prions, which have caused disease in mammals, but not in fish. In this trial, we investigated the effects of partially replacing dietary fishmeal (FM) with salmon protein hydrolysate (FPH) on the intestinal gene ...
    • Comparing the size selectivity and exploitation patterns of two T0 codends with T90 codends in demersal trawl fishery targeting white croaker (Pennahia argentata) of the northern South China Sea 

      Yang, Bingzhong; Herrmann, Bent; Wan, Rong (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-28)
      The size selectivity and exploitation patterns of two T0 (diamond mesh) codends were tested and compared with T90 (diamond mesh turned by 90◦) codends in demersal trawl fishery targeting white croaker (Pennahia argentata) of the northern South China Sea. The four experimental codends involved two mesh sizes, 30 and 35 mm, respectively. The size selectivity of the T0 codend with mesh size of ...
    • Exploring the potential of extreme citizen science with Danish high school students using environmental DNA for marine monitoring 

      Leerhøi, Frederik; Rytter, Maria; Lillemark, Marie Rathcke; Randeris, Brian; Rix, Christian; Olesen, Jørgen; Olsen, Morten Tange; Møller, Peter Daniel Rask; Lundholm, Nina; Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm; Tøttrup, Anders P. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-03-05)
      Background This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of Qingpeng ointment (QPO), a Tibetan medicine for alleviating symptoms in individuals with acute gouty arthritis (AGA). Methods This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial that involved individuals with AGA whose joint pain, as measured on a visual analog scale (VAS) from 0 to 10, was equal to or greater than ...
    • Brute force prey metabarcoding to explore the diets of small invertebrates 

      Flo, Snorre; Vader, Anna; Præbel, Kim (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-05-06)
      Prey metabarcoding has become a popular tool in molecular ecology for resolving trophic interactions at high resolution, from various sample types and animals. To date, most predator–prey studies of small-sized animals (<1 mm) have met the problem of overabundant predator DNA in dietary samples by adding blocking primers/ peptide nucleic acids. These primers aim to limit the PCR amplification ...
    • Get Out of the BAG! Silos in AI Ethics Education: Unsupervised Topic Modeling Analysis of Global AI Curricula (Extended Abstract) 

      Javed, Rana Tallal; Nasir, Osama; Borit, Melania; Vanhée, Loïs; Zea, Elias; Gupta, Shivam; Vinuesa, Ricardo; Qadir, Junaid (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023)
      This study explores the topics and trends of teaching AI ethics in higher education, using Latent Dirichlet Allocation as the analysis tool. The analyses included 166 courses from 105 universities around the world. Building on the uncovered patterns, we distil a model of current pedagogical practice, the BAG model (Build, Assess, and Govern), that combines cognitive levels, course content, and ...
    • Ethical By Designer - How to Grow Ethical Designers of Artificial Intelligence (Extended Abstract) 

      Vanhée, Loïs; Borit, Melania (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023)
      Ethical concerns regarding Artificial Intelligence technology have fueled discussions around the ethics training received by its designers. Training designers for ethical behaviour, understood as habitual application of ethical principles in any situation, can make a significant difference in the practice of research, development, and application of AI systems. Building on interdisciplinary knowledge ...
    • Thirty Years of Sense and Sensibility in Agent-Based Models: A Bibliometric Analysis 

      Vanhée, Loïs; Borit, Melania (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024-07-21)
      Emotion and cognition are at the core of human behaviour and modelling human behaviour is at the core of social simulation. Using a bibliometric analysis of publications connecting agent-based modelling with cognition (sense), emotion (sensibility), or both, this study describes the evolution of the field, explores trends, and identifies existing gaps, and proposes potential future developments. Our ...
    • Effect of gillnet mesh size on the capture probability and capture patterns in the Asian paddle crab (Charybdis japonica) fishery 

      Yu, Mengjie; Herrmann, Bent; Cerbule, Kristine; Liu, Changdong; Zhang, Liyou; Tang, Yanli (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-04)
      In the Asian paddle crab (Charybdis japonica) gillnet fishery in the Yellow Sea, China, the minimum mesh size (MMS) regulation has been of a major importance due to high bycatch rates of undersized crabs. In this study, we evaluated how gillnet mesh size can affect the capture probability of C. japonica and capture patterns in this fishery by comparing the performance of gillnets with four ...
    • Modeling Realistic Human Behavior in Disasters. A Rapid Literature Review of Agent-Based Models Reviews 

      Giardini, Francesca; Borit, Melania; Verhagen, Harko; Wijermans, Nanda (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2024-07-21)
      Agent-based models of human behaviors in emergencies are extremely important in prevention, preparedness, response and mitigation of crises. However, there is huge variation in the modeling of human cognitions and actions, with varying degrees of realism and even more diverse definitions of how realism should be implemented in the models. The aim of this Rapid Literature Review is to identify existing ...
    • One mesh does not fit all: A dual compartment codend provides flexible selectivity opportunities to manage mixed fisheries 

      Karlsen, Junita Diana; Krag, Ludvig Ahm; Herrmann, Bent (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-11-11)
      Fisheries management is moving from a single-species to an ecosystem-based approach to better balance the technical, biological, and economic aspects of the many mixed-species fisheries in the world. Most mixed fisheries are conducted with trawl gears, which have a hereditary challenge of providing a species and size selectivity that meets the development in management objectives of reducing unwanted ...
    • Why should scientists lead? To underpin policy on marine and polar ecosystems. 

      Misund, Ole Arve (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-04-05)
      I recount my personal history, beginning as a young fisherman, becoming an academic fisheries biologist, and ultimately a leader of institutions dedicated to marine and polar research, higher education, and advising policymakers. After my dissertation in the early 1990s, I embarked on an active research career at the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Norway, developing a sonar method to ...