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Capturing Flow-weighted Water and Suspended Particulates from Agricultural Canals During Drainage Events
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2017
Nutrients present in particulate form can contribute significantly to the overall loads in agricultural drainage waters. This study describes a novel method to capture flow-weighted water and suspended particulates from farm canal drainage over the entire duration of the drainage event.
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Use of Time Lapse Microscopy to Visualize Anoxia-induced Suspended Animation in C. elegans Embryos
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2012
Described here is an in vivo technique to image sub-cellular structures in animals exposed to anoxia using a gas flow through microincubation chamber in conjunction with a spinning disc confocal microscope. This method is straightforward and flexible enough to suit a variety of experimental parameters and model systems.
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A Flow-through Exposure System for Evaluating Suspended Sediments Effects on Aquatic Life
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2017
A robust and flexible flow-through exposure system designed to maintain sediment in suspension is presented. The system is used to investigate the effects of suspended sediment on various aquatic species and life stages in the laboratory.
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Prescribed 3-D Direct Writing of Suspended Micron/Sub-micron Scale Fiber Structures via a Robotic Dispensing System
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2015
Here, we present a protocol to fabricate freely-suspended, micron/sub-micron scale polymer fibers and “web-like” structures generated via automated direct writing procedure by means of a 3-axis dispensing system.
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Sampling, Sorting, and Characterizing Microplastics in Aquatic Environments with High Suspended Sediment Loads and Large Floating Debris
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2018
Most microplastic research to date has occurred in marine systems where suspended solid levels are relatively low. Focus is now shifting to freshwater systems, which may feature high sediment loads and floating debris. This protocol addresses collecting and analyzing microplastic samples from aquatic environments that contain high suspended solid loads.
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The surrounding fluid acts as a controllable environment in which researchers can adjust temperature, chemical composition, and oxygenation. These conditions help maintain physiological states while allowing investigators to change one or more variables deliberately. As a result, measured neural responses can be interpreted in relation to defined environmental or experimental changes rather than poorly characterized surroundings.
Isolation reduces influences from surrounding tissues, making it easier to examine neuronal activity and synaptic signaling in a more focused system. This narrower experimental context helps investigators connect a measured response with a particular manipulation, such as a chemical agent or electrical stimulus. The approach therefore supports mechanistic analysis before findings are related to broader brain function.
Researchers can regulate temperature, chemical composition, oxygenation, stimulation, and access for measurement. Each variable provides a way to control the experimental context or challenge the neural material. Coordinating these conditions allows investigators to examine how cells or tissue respond to pharmacological or electrical manipulation while maintaining an environment intended to support physiological activity.
Access for measurement allows investigators to observe or record activity while the neural material remains in the controlled fluid environment. This supports electrophysiological recording and cellular analysis, linking experimental manipulation to measurable neural responses. Because researchers can also regulate stimulation and chemical conditions, measurement can be paired with controlled tests of neuronal or synaptic behavior.
A study may maintain isolated neural cells or tissue in the surrounding fluid, regulate physiological conditions, apply pharmacological or electrical manipulation, and measure the resulting response. Electrophysiological recording and cellular analysis provide complementary ways to examine activity and signaling. Together, these activities create a controlled workflow for testing neural mechanisms under defined experimental conditions.
Researchers may choose this approach when they need to examine neuronal activity, synaptic signaling, or responses to a specific pharmacological or electrical manipulation with fewer influences from surrounding tissues. It is also useful when controlled access and adjustable environmental conditions are important. Findings from the isolated system can then contribute to questions about brain function and disease.