S. Pasquet, and I. Vilibić, and J. Šepić

A systematic survey of high-frequency sea level oscillations (<6 h) measured between 2006 and 2011 along the US East Coast is performed. Raw 1-min resolution sea level data is used. After performing a data quality check, the nine most intense events, with maximum recorded wave heights ranging from 40 to 100 cm, are identified. Focusing on three of these events enables us to recognize two different generation mechanisms: (i) topographically-trapped edge waves which are found to be a significant ...

Rajat Bhandari, and Ranjit Singh Uppal, and Karanprakash Singh Kahlon

Background: Gingival recession (GR) is one of the most common esthetic and functional concerns associated with periodontal disease. A variety of surgical procedures has been introduced to the field of cosmetic periodontology for the treatment of GR. Aim: To evaluate and compare the clinical outcome of semilunar coronally advanced flap (SCAF) with and without button technique in the treatment of Miller′s Class I and II GRs. Study Design: A total of 12 subjects with bilateral single Miller′s Cla...

Blann A

Andrew Blann University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UKThrombosis is the major common endpoint in most human diseases. In the coronary circulation, occlusive thrombi and/or the rupture of atherosclerotic plaque causes myocardial infarction, and in the cerebral circulation thrombosis, causes ischemic stroke. In the venous circulation, venous thromboembolism (VTE), manifesting clinically as pulmonary embolus and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), is a frequ...

J. Kaiser, and O. Abe

The comment by Nicholson (2011a) questions the "consistency" of the "definition" of the "biological end-member" used by Kaiser (2011a) in the calculation of oxygen gross production. "Biological end-member" refers to the relative oxygen isotope ratio difference between photosynthetic oxygen and Air-O₂ (abbreviated ¹⁷&amp;delta;_P and ¹⁸&amp;delta;_P for ¹⁷O/¹⁶O and ¹⁸O/¹⁶O, respectively). The comment...

Victoria L. Egedus, and José Morales Ortega, and Anabelle Alfaro Obando

Dengue fever is the fastest spreading, most prevalent and deadly arthropod-borne viral disease worldwide, present in over 125 countries. In 2013, Costa Rica is experiencing the highest number of Dengue infections since the virus’s reintroduction to the country in 1993. This study evaluated the Dengue-related knowledge of 320 community members, and polled opinions on how to better educate and mobilize the community on Dengue prevention in Quebrada Ganado, Costa Rica during March-May, 2013. In add...

Rodrigo Zeledón, and Julio C Rojas

An ecological control method, using environmental management operations, based on biological and behavioral characteristics of Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811), was implemented as a pilot project in an area of Costa Rica where the bug is prevalent. The sample was represented by 20 houses with peridomestic colonies (two also had indoor infestation), divided in two equivalent groups of 10 each. In one group we intervened the houses, i.e. all objects or materials that were serving as artificial...

Glauco E. P. Cortez, and Jairo A. C. de Araújo, and Paulo A. Bellingieri, and Alexandre B. Dalri

Com o objetivo de avaliar a associação do cultivo de alface em hidroponia com utilização dos resíduos do sistema de criação intensiva de peixe, desenvolveu-se um trabalho no Centro de Aqüicultura, na FCAV-UNESP, Campus de Jaboticabal, SP. A integração foi projetada para que a água circulasse de maneira fechada entre os sistemas, passando pelos tanques de criação de peixes, por um decantador, para remo��ão dos resíduos por um reservatório para conversão biológica da amônia em nitrato e pelo siste...

John Everett Parkinson, and Iliana B Baums

Reef-building corals owe much of their success to a symbiosis with dinoflagellate microalgae in the genus Symbiodinium. In this association, the performance of each organism is tied to that of its partner, and together the partners form a holobiont that can be subject to selection. Climate change affects coral reefs, which are declining globally as a result. Yet the extent to which coral holobionts will be able to acclimate or evolve to handle climate change and other stressors remains unclear....

Patricia Reglero, and Rosa Balbín, and Aurelio Ortega, and Diego Alvarez-Berastegui, and Ana Gordoa, and Asvin P. Torres, and Vicenç Moltó, and Ananda Pascual, and Fernando De La Gándara, and Francisco Alemany

Most of the Atlantic bluefin tuna caught by the purse-seine fleet in the Mediterranean Sea are transferred alive into transport cages and towed to coastal facilities where they are fattened. This major fishery is targeting aggregations of reproductive bluefin tuna that continue spawning within the transport cages. Our study is the first attempt to assess the viability of the spawning events within transport cages placed offshore in a priori favourable locations for larval survival. The study was...

Alain Duran, and Ligia Collado-Vides, and Deron E. Burkepile

Herbivory and nutrient enrichment are drivers of benthic dynamics of coral reef macroalgae; however, their impact may vary seasonally. In this study we evaluated the effects of herbivore pressure, nutrient availability and potential propagule supply on seasonal recruitment and succession of macroalgal communities on a Florida coral reef. Recruitment tiles, replaced every three months, and succession tiles, kept in the field for nine months, were established in an ongoing factorial nutrient enric...

B. Rossaro, and P. Cortesi

The effects of tricyclazole treatments on benthic macroinvertebrates in the field and in laboratory were studied. In field conditions, low density of benthic populations was observed, both in treated and untreated plots, which was attributed to the short period of submersion of the rice field and high water temperature, fungicide treatments had no significant effect. Both laboratory acute toxicity test and a test using a mesocosm suggested a low toxicity of tricyclazole on invertebrates. A reduc...

Artur Klaczak

Seasonal variations in the structure of riverine ichthyofaunas are widely known and have been often commercially exploited. Though, there is only little quantitative data on the community level. We performed a 3-year-long study on the Nida River, a 154-km-long (drainage area of 3844 km2, mean discharge of 22 m3s-1) lowland tributary of the Upper Vistula (SE Poland). Fish were sampled by continuous boat electrofishing at 21 sites within the 100-km-long middle and lower stretch of the river. Surve...

Jonathan A. Warrick, and John M. Melack, and Blair M. Goodridge

Study region: Coastal watersheds of southern California, United States. Study focus: We sought to better understand the rates and variability of suspended-sediment discharge from small coastal watersheds (<100 km2) of California. Suspended-sediment concentrations and stream discharge were measured with automated samplers near the mouths of four small watersheds (10–56 km2). New hydrological insights for the region: The watersheds were found to have suspended-sediment concentrations that extended...

Patrice Guillotreau, and Edward H. Allison, and Alida Bundy, and Sarah R. Cooley, and Omar Defeo, and Véronique Le Bihan, and Sophie Pardo, and R. Ian Perry, and George Santopietro, and Tetsuo Seki

In many parts of the world, both wild and cultured populations of bivalves have been struck by mass mortality episodes because of climatic and anthropogenic stressors whose causes and consequences are not always clearly understood. Such outbreaks have resulted in a range of responses from the social (fishers or farmers) and governing systems. We analyzed six commercial bivalve industries affected by mass mortalities using I-ADApT, a decision support framework to assess the impacts and consequenc...

Juan José Muñoz-Perez, and Andrés Payo, and Jorge Roman-Sierra, and Marina Navarro, and Luís Moreno

This paper presents a simplified and straightforward method for determining optimal beach profile spacing from an economic point of view with an admissible error. This error can be computed theoretically by comparing different profile spacings from two consecutive bathymetries. When a beach sediment budget (from previous monitoring surveys) or the volume density of a beach nourishment project is known, a virtual bathymetry can be designed; therefore, a unique real bathymetry would be needed. The...

Nurlindah Hamrun, and Suci Amalia Rachman

One of the most important procedure in denture fabrication and orthodontic treatment is molding the patient’s detail oral cavity to determine the treatment planning. This procedure does by using alginate impression material or irreversible hydrocolloid which is the basic material is natrium alginate which is imported from abroad because it is extracted from brown algae which habitat is not in Indonesia so it is causes the impression material is relative expensive which is impact to high cost of ...

S. Kern, and K. Khvorostovsky, and H. Skourup, and E. Rinne, and Z. S. Parsakhoo, and V. Djepa, and P. Wadhams, and S. Sandven

We assess different methods and input parameters, namely snow depth, snow density and ice density, used in freeboard-to-thickness conversion of Arctic sea ice. This conversion is an important part of sea ice thickness retrieval from spaceborne altimetry. A data base is created comprising sea ice freeboard derived from satellite radar altimetry between 1993 and 2012 and co-locate observations of total (sea ice + snow) and sea ice freeboard from the Operation Ice Bridge (OIB) and CryoSat Validatio...

Jieping eYang, and Paula H Summanen, and Susanne M Henning, and Mark eHsu, and Hei Man eLam, and Jianjun eHuang, and Chi-Hong eTseng, and Scot E Dowd, and Sydney M Finegold, and David eHeber, and Zhaoping eLi

Background: It has been suggested that gut microbiota is altered in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients. Objective: This study was to evaluate the effect of the prebiotic xylooligosaccharide (XOS) on the gut microbiota in both healthy and prediabetic (Pre-DM) subjects, as well as impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in Pre-DM. Subjects/Methods: Pre-DM (n = 13) or healthy (n = 16) subjects were randomized to receive 2 g / day XOS or placebo for 8-weeks. In Pre-DM subjects, body composition and ...

Carla Giansante, and Giampiero Scortichini, and Valeria Melai, and Sandro Pelini, and Nicola Ferri

To implement European Union Directive 78/659/EEC concerning the quality of fresh waters that require protection or improvement in order to support fish life, the Abruzzo Regional Council commissioned the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G. Caporale’ (by Regional Law No. 50 of 10 August 1994, to conduct a census of the surface freshwaters in the region, and to classify them. The authors describe the freshwater classifications obtained through monitoring campaigns c...

Liliana Rodrigues, and Natália Silveira Siqueira, and Iraúza Arroteia Fonseca

Este trabalho objetivou analisar a riqueza e a abundância de algas perifíticas nos rios do Corvo e Guairacá, tributários do reservatório de Rosana, quando da instalação de tanques-rede. Acreditava-se que o ponto logo à frente dos tanques-rede apresentaria menor riqueza e abundância de algas e que o reservatório influenciaria as estações a jusante dos tanques. Para isso, coletas foram realizadas a montante, em frente e a jusante da instalação de tanques-rede. Independentemente do ambiente, a esta...

Marcos Vinicius Antunes de Lemos, and Thiago Quirino Arantes, and Cristielle Nunes Souto, and Graciela Pessoa Martins, and Janaína Gomes Araújo, and Igo Gomes Guimarães

The expansion in the market of ornamental fish depends on the intensification of production systems and the generation of appropriate technologies. Therefore, it is necessary to know the nutritional requirements of each species for the formulation of nutritionally balanced diets. A 30-day feeding trial was undertaken to evaluate the effects of different dietary digestible protein to energy ratio in diets for Betta splendens fingerlings. Fifty-six all-male B. splendens with 1.03 ± 0.11 g average ...

Bratosin D., and Dobre A-M, and Rugina A., and Calu L., and Tuşa I., and Toader L, and Stan L., and Covaci A., and Petrescu C-M, and Stana I.O., and Turcuş V., and Ardelean A., and Slomianny C., and Marinescu A.G.

During the last decades anthropogenic factors led to a significant enhancement of pollutants in aquatic environment and for several years, chemicals analysis has been commonly employed. These techniques cannot detect and quantify many environmental phenomena such as bioavailability, bioaccumulation and synergistic effects. For these reasons, many investigations for evaluating the effects of xenobiotic on organisms use in vitro or in vivo bioassays. The bioassays give a global response for all ch...

Llusar, M., and Badenes, J. A., and Calbo, J., and Tena, M. A., and Monrós, G.

The addition of several mineralizing agents (alkaline or alkaline-earth halides, KNO3, etc.) in the traditional ceramic synthesis of the “coral pink” iron-zircon (Fe-ZrSiO4) ceramic pigment has been analysed, using two different Fe precursors (sulphate and goethite). FeSO4.7H2O employment as Fe precursor allows us to obtain a better reddish colour than with goethite (FeO(OH)). Results let us to classify the studied mineralisers in two major groups: i) primary or zircon-forming mineralisers, whic...

Silene de Carvalho Costa, and Sandra Maria Hartz

Concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu and Zn were determined in liver and muscle of Leporinus obtusidens. During 2003, the fishes (N = 54) were sampled from three sites along Guaíba Lake (north, central and south zones). The hypotheses tested assumed that there were differences in the location and date as to levels of contamination, association between the trace metal content in the fishes and size, and that the sex influenced metal accumulation. Possible risks of contaminated fish consumption to human h...

Ricardo Silveira Martins, and Débora Silva Lobo, and Weimar Freire da Rocha Júnior, and Homero Fernandes de Oliveira, and Paulo do Carmo Martins, and Luiz Carlos Takao Yamaguchi

O objetivo geral deste artigo é apresentar o desenvolvimento e implementação da racionalização da gestão da logística de captação de leite na Cooperativa Agropecuária Castrolanda (PR). Tal preocupação tem referências na reestruturação experimentada pelo setor e no processo de granelização da coleta, que viabilizou a implementação de nova logística. O modelo utilizou a heurística das economias de Clark e Wright (CW), minimizando a distância total percorrida, como uma proxy dos custos de transport...

José Luis Fernando Luque, and Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo, and Vanessa Doro Abdallah

Current essay describes three new Monogenean species, namely, Cosmetocleithrum striatuli sp. nov., Jainus leporini sp. nov. and Rhabdosynochus guanduensis sp. nov., parasites on the gills of Trachelyopterus striatulus (Steindachner, 1877), Leporinus copelandii Steindachner, 1875 and Centropomus undecimalis (Bloch, 1792), respectively. Fish were collected from the Guandu river, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between August 2005 and November 2008. Cosmetocleithrum striatuli sp. nov. differs from ...

G. Ponce-Díaz, and S. Ortega-García, and S. Hernández-Vázquez

The influence of the lunar phases on the catch-per-unit effort (CPUE) of the striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) captured by the Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico sport-fishing fleet from October 1987 to June 1989 was analyzed. The information is from 3 377 fishing trips by 13 vessels that represent about 10 % of the fleet. The analysis of the CPUE showed a maximum in January 1988 and a minimum in February 1989. Taking into account the knowledge of the factors that had influence on the ...

G. Shapiro, and M. Luneva, and J. Pickering, and D. Storkey

Results of a sensitivity study are presented from various configurations of the NEMO ocean model in the Black Sea. The standard choices of vertical discretization, viz. <i>z</i> levels, <i>s</i> coordinates and enveloped <i>s</i> coordinates, all show their limitations in the areas of complex topography. Two new hybrid vertical coordinate schemes are presented: the "s-on-top-of-z" and its enveloped version. The hybrid grids use <i>s</i> coordinates or enveloped <i>s</i> coordinates in the upper ...

G. G. Laruelle, and H. H. Dürr, and R. Lauerwald, and J. Hartmann, and C. P. Slomp, and N. Goossens, and P. A. G. Regnier

Past characterizations of the land–ocean continuum were constructed either from a continental perspective through an analysis of watershed river basin properties (COSCATs: COastal Segmentation and related CATchments) or from an oceanic perspective, through a regionalization of the proximal and distal continental margins (LMEs: large marine ecosystems). Here, we present a global-scale coastal segmentation, composed of three consistent levels, that includes the whole aquatic continuum with its riv...

Fábio Kummrow, and Dulce Magalhães, and Alexandre Franco, and Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro

OBJETIVO: Desenvolver estratégia para o monitoramento passivo das águas do estuário de Santos quanto à presença de atividade genotóxica e de hidrocarbonetos policíclicos aromáticos. MÉTODOS: Estudo realizado no estuário de Santos, Estado de São Paulo, em 2002. Foram selecionados e avaliados dois pontos de amostragem com diferentes graus de contaminação em duas campanhas de amostragem, utilizando a técnica de blue rayon in situ, análises químicas e o ensaio de Salmonella/microssoma com as linhage...

Simeunović-Bajić Nataša, and Manić Ljiljana, and Majdarević Aleksandra

The goal of this paper is to determine the role of environmental communication in linking the initiator of the project of sustainable development and other subjects in the society, which can lead to organizational change towards sustainable development. The project “Artificial Spawning of the Danube Salmon in the Interest of Enhancing the Wildlife Population of the Drina River” has been analyzed using various methods. This project was initiated by the famous Serbian volleyball player Vlad...

Evanilde Benedito, and Sebastiana Lindaura Arruda Reis, and Angela Maria Marques Sanches-Marques, and Solange de Fátima Lolis

The objective of this work was to perform a temporal quantitative analysis, using the scientometric technique, considering the number of citations that the terms <em>Primary Production of Aquatic Macrophytes</em>and <em> Energetic Ecology</em> received in a 50-year period (1956 to 2006). The study related 189 papers published in 26 magazines. It was verified that researchers of several nationalities are working on the proposed themes, with a predominance of those from developed countries (USA an...

Raúl Ulloa, and Adolfo Vargas, and Cristian Hudson, and Marcelo M Rivadeneira

ABSTRACT. Marine protected areas of multiple uses (MPA-MU), are an important management tool to protect biodiversity and regulate the use of coastal marine resources. However, robust conservation plans require an explicit consideration of not only biological but also social components, balancing the protection of biodiversity with a sustainable exploitation of marine resources. Here we applied the decision-making algorithm MARXAN to provide a zoning analysis at the Mejillones Peninsula MPA-MU in...

Alexandar Pavlov Atanasoff

Waste nonstandard fish combined with wheat bran filler in ratio 60:40 were used for production of new nontraditional protein component called Ribotricin. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effects of new protein component Ribotricin on growth performance, feed utilization and feed ingredients digestibility of carp (Cyprinus carpio L., 1758) fish. The experiment (90 days) involved 160 carp reared in eight concrete tanks with an initial average weight of 0.046 ± 8.04 g in (RT) tank, and f...

Rocío E. González-Castañeda, and Víctor J. Sánchez-González, and Mario Flores-Soto, and Gonzalo Vázquez-Camacho, and Miguel A. Macías-Islas, and Genaro G. Ortiz

Decreased Choline Acetyltransferase (ChAT) brain level is one of the main biochemical disorders in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). In rodents, recent data show that the CHAT gene can be regulated by a neural restrictive silencer factor (NRSF). The aim of the present work was to evaluate the gene and protein expression of CHAT and NRSF in frontal, temporal, entorhinal and parietal cortices of AD patient brains. Four brains from patients with AD and four brains from subjects without dementia were studie...

Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus

Climate change threatens to destroy coral reef ecosystems.When reefs die, economic and food security is threatened,forcing people to move.

Valderrama N. Yhovana, and Ñustez L. Carlos E., and Duarte D. Alvaro

El cultivo del fríjol negro o caraota constituye un importante renglón agrícola de impacto económico y social en el municipio de Arauquita (Arauca), donde cerca de 500 hectáreas se destinan para su siembra en los mesessecos de Octubre y Noviembre. En este municipio la caraota es un cultivo tradicional, en el cual se emplea poca tecnología y existe poca investigación. El producto se comercializa, principalmente, en Venezuela donde existe una alta demanda. Para analizar la Tecnología Local de Prod...

Roy Jordaan, and Anke Niehof, and Affandy Santoso

This article is about recent changes in Pasean, a fishing village on the north coast of the island of Madura, Indonesia (see maps). The village has been described in detail in several publications based on research carried out in the area during 1977-1979, and a short visit in 1982. In May-August 2004, we did fieldwork for a restudy. In this article we report our findings on the changes in Pasean during the past 26 years. The article starts with a description of general changes. The second part ...

Edson de Lara Rodrigues, and Edith Fanta

Among the new substances that were synthesised by the chemical industiy during the last decades, with the aim to improve human prosperity, some cause negative effects on non target organisms like fish. Among the pesticides, the organophosphates (OP) are widely used in cattle management, agriculture and aquaculture activities. Brachydanio rerio Hamilton-Buchman, 1822 is used world-wide in fish-tests for the establishment of the lethal levels of pesticides. Nevertheless, these fish show morphologi...

Eliane Sloboda, and Eny Maria Vieira, and Angela Di Bernardo Dantas, and Luiz Di Bernardo

<abstract language="eng">The aim of this study was to verify the influence of the apparent molecular size of aquatic humic substances on the effectiveness of coagulation with ferric chloride. Coagulation-filtration tests using jar test and bench-scale sand filters were carried out on samples of water with true color of approximately 100 Hazen units, prepared with aquatic humic substances of different molecular sizes (F1: < 0.45 µm, F2: 100 kDa - 0.45 µm, F3: 30 - 100 kDa and F4': < 30 kDa). For ...

Paulo Mafalda Júnior, and Juan Perez de Rubín

Two ichthyoplankton surveys were conducted during July 1994 and July 1995 in the Gulf of Cádiz with the aim of describing composition, abundance, distribution patterns and interannual variations of larval fish assemblages. Interannual differences were found in this study. In 1994, higher salinities were observed at external sites, though in 1995, higher values were observed at intermediate sites. The upper water column was warmer in 1994 and had less fish larvae density. During 1994, Sardinella ...

Sureshkumar Radhakrishnan, and Unnikrishnan K Menon, and Anandkumar Anandakuttan

Background: As with most neurologic conditions, stroke involves impairment of the swallowing mechanism. This could be a spectrum of issues, the worst of which is aspiration. At the same time, the prolonged presence of a naso-gastric tube (NGT) has its own morbidity. Flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is one reliable method to assess the structural and functional status of the oropharynx and larynx, during the swallowing process. Objective: To study the utility of FEES in decisio...

M. El Jarbi, and J. Rückelt, and T. Slawig, and A. Oschlies

This paper presents the application of the Linear Quadratic Optimal Control (LQOC) method to a parameter optimization problem for a one-dimensional marine ecosystem model of NPZD (N for dissolved inorganic nitrogen, P for phytoplankton, Z for zooplankton and D for detritus) type. This ecosystem model, developed by Oschlies and Garcon, simulates the distribution of nitrogen, phytoplankton, zooplankton and detritus in a water column and is driven by ocean circulation data. The LQOC method is used ...

Renata Guimarães Moreira, and Olga Martins Mimura, and Rossana L.V. Andrade Lima, and Geraldo Bernardino

<abstract language="eng">Body fluid ionic content of fishes varies with ambient. Variations in the plasmatic ionic concentration have also been related with sex or maturation cycle, once that reproduction modifies metabolic processes. In fishes, the gallbladder is an important osmoregulatory organ. So, the present work has been focused on the relation of plasmatic and biliar electrolytes with sex and maturation cycle, of the teleost fish Prochilodus scrofa at the resting and mature stages of gon...

José Pedrassoli Salles, and Fernando Scherner, and Cristalina Yoshie Yoshimura, and Maurício Fanganiello, and Zenilda Laurita Bouzon, and Paulo Antunes Horta

The aim of this work was to study the cultivation of Gracilaria domingensis in a mussel farming urbanized area in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Relative growth rate was the parameter used to evaluate the cuttings attachment methods on the cultivation rope, cuttings density, cultivation period and cystocarpic versus unfertile thalli performance. The cultivation was feasible only when protected by net cages due to herbivory. The tie-tie attachment method presented the best results. No differences were o...

Marcelo Luiz Campos Vieira, and Oliveira Wercules Antonio, and Adriana Cordovil, and Ana Clara Tude Rodrigues, and Cláudia Gianini Mônaco, and Tânia Afonso, and Edgar Bezerra Lira Filho, and Marco Perin, and Cláudio Henrique Fischer, and Samira Saady Morhy

FUNDAMENTO: Remodelamento ventricular esquerdo (RVE) após IAM caracteriza fator de mau prognóstico. Há pouca informação na literatura sobre o RVE analisado com ecocardiografia tridimensional (ECO 3D) OBJETIVO: Analisar com ECO 3D as modificações geométricas e volumétricas do ventrículo esquerdo (VE) seis meses após IAM em pacientes submetidos a tratamento primário percutâneo. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo com ECO 3D de 21 indivíduos (16 homens, 56 ± 12 anos), acometidos por IAM com elevação do seg...

Taitson P.F., and Godinho H.P.

L. M. Ivanov, and P. C. Chu

A shallow-water model was used to understand model error induced by non-Gaussian wind uncertainty. Although the model was simple, it described a generic system with many degrees of freedom randomized by external noise. The study focused on the nontrivial collective behavior of finite-amplitude perturbations on different scales and their influence on model predictability. The error growth strongly depended on the intensity and degree of spatial inhomogeneity of wind perturbations. For moderate bu...

Plakiotis C, and Barson F, and Vengadasalam B, and Haines TP, and O&amp;#39;Connor DW

Chris Plakiotis,1,2 Fay Barson,2 Bharathi Vengadasalam,3 Terry P Haines,4 Daniel W O&#39;Connor1,2 1School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2MonashHealth, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 3Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; 4Allied Health Research Unit, Monash University and MonashHealth, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is commonly used to treat depression in older adults. Despite its efficacy in this...

Dragan R. Trifković, and Predrag Dobratić, and Živojin O. Petrović

U radu je prikazan tradicionalan postupak proračuna torzionih oscilacija u sistemu brodske dizel motorne propulzije. Realan sistem zamenjen je ekvivalentnim sistemom sa 19 stepeni slobode kretanja, za koji su analizirane slobodne i prinudne torzione oscilacije i odgovarajuća torziona naprezanja. / The traditional procedure of calculating the torsional vibrations in the ship diesel engine propulsion system is shown in this work. A real system is replaced with an equivalent 19-degree of freedom sy...