University of Białystok

Recovery Processes and Delayed Density-Dependent Regulation Reduce Long-Term Insect Damage in Alder Stands

Long-term monitoring data provide an opportunity to distinguish between the prevalence of herbivorous insects and the ecological consequences of their activity. Using observations collected in alder stands within the Polish ICP Forests network during 2013–2025, we investigated te...

C60-Modified Diazonium Cation as a Reactive Agent in Electrochemical Synthesis of Thin Fullerene-Containing Polymeric Films on the Glassy Carbon Electrode

Abstract The electrochemical reduction of the 4-(4,5-fullero-1-methylpyrrolidin-2-yl)benzenediazonium (C60-pyr-benN2+) cation on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) results in the formation of a fullerene-based polymeric phase (poly-C60-pyr-ben) at the electrode surface. The electrode...

Thioredoxin h1-targeted proteins in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.): Insights into metabolic control, stress response, and seed longevity

Seed viability and longevity underpin forest regeneration under changing environmental conditions. European beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) produces intermediate seeds that gradually lose viability during storage, largely through oxidative stress, which makes redox homeostasis centra...

Synthesis of colloidal silver-polyphenols nanocomplexes - physicochemical properties, DFT calculation, modeling of adsorption and antibacterial activity

Abstract The aim of the studies was the investigation of nanocomplexes based on a silver core and attached three polyphenolic compounds belonging to tannins i.e. tannic acid (AgNPs-TA), 3,6-bis- O -di- O -galloyl-1,2,4-tri- O -galloyl- β -D-glucose (AgNPs-RT) and 1,2,3,4,6-penta-...

Sodium Percarbonate-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Degradation of Emerging and Recalcitrant Contaminants Across Water, Soil, Sediment, and Sludge Matrices

The widespread release of emerging and recalcitrant pollutants into the environment necessitates robust removal technologies. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are known for degrading such pollutants, and sodium percarbonate (SPC) emerges as an alternative to liquid H2O2, gener...

Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses in Anti-N Seropositive and Seronegative Vaccinated Participants: Insights from the Bialystok PLUS Study

Background: In the post-pandemic era, SARS-CoV-2 immunity is increasingly shaped by vaccination and previous infection. Understanding the relationship between cellular and humoral immune responses is important for characterizing immunity in vaccinated populations. Methods: This s...

A price to pay: long-term selection for divergent basal metabolic rate affects reproductive success in mice

The adaptive nature of basal metabolic rate (BMR) variation and its link to sustained metabolic performance, for example during reproduction, is one of the most important problems in physiological ecology. Different hypotheses are considered: one claims that low BMR (L-BMR) is ad...

Freshwater Harpacticoida from Borneo (Malaysia): New Records and Faunistic Insights into an Overlooked Group

Borneo, one of the world’s largest tropical islands, has so far been poorly explored for freshwater harpacticoid copepods. Until recently, only twelve species were known, all from the Malaysian state of Sabah. Based on 31 samples collected across Sabah and Sarawak in 2024, we rep...

The Zooplankton International Geospatial dataset: A global repository of spatiotemporal freshwater zooplankton community composition data from lakes and reservoirs to support ecological research

Abstract Zooplankton transfer substantial energy in aquatic food webs and are used as indicators of environmental change. Syntheses of zooplankton community dynamics globally require datasets that span a wide range of environmental gradients; however, these datasets are limited d...

The Gittins Index for a Transparent One-Armed Bandit with a Continuous Payoff Spectrum in Equilibrium States

We present an analogue of the classical Gittins index for a one-armed decision problem with a continuous spectrum of payoffs. The model assumes that the decision-maker observes independent realizations of a random variable and, at each step, decides whether to accept the current...