Q. Wang, and S. Danilov, and D. Sidorenko, and R. Timmermann, and C. Wekerle, and X. Wang, and T. Jung, and J. Schröter

The Finite Element Sea Ice-Ocean Model (FESOM) is the first global ocean general circulation model based on unstructured-mesh methods that has been developed for the purpose of climate research. The advantage of unstructured-mesh models is their flexible multi-resolution modelling functionality. In this study, an overview of the main features of FESOM will be given; based on sensitivity experiments a number of specific parameter choices will be explained; and directions of futur...

Jordi Lleonart, and Beatriz Morales-Nin, and Enric Massutí, and Salud Deudero, and Olga Reñones

The dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) fishery based on the island of Majorca (western Mediterranean) and the population dynamics of the species were studied between 1995 and 1996. Fishing effort, landings and length composition of the catches during the sampling period, as well as the historic catch data series and fleet were analysed. Virtual Population Analysis (VPA), taking as the time unit the week in 1995 and the fortnight in 1996, were also carried out. Dolphinfish is fished from August to...

Fabrizio Gianni, and Fabrizio Bartolini, and Laura Airoldi, and Enric Ballesteros, and Patrice Francour, and Paolo Guidetti, and Alexandre Meinesz, and Thierry Thibaut, and Luisa Mangialajo

Cystoseira species are some of the most important marine ecosystem-engineers, forming extended canopies comparable to land forests. Such forests are sensitive to human disturbances, like the decrease in water quality, the coastal development and the outbreak of herbivores. Conspicuous historical declines have been reported in many regions and several Cystoseira species are presently protected by European Union (EU) environmental policies. The aim of this work was to synthesize the conservation p...

M. Pilar Olivar, and Marina V. Diaz, and M. Alexandra Chícharo

In some routine studies of larval condition based on RNA:DNA ratios, heads and/or guts are removed for further age and feeding analysis. Also, during capture larvae are often found with their eyes missing. In this work we analysed tissues effects (muscle, head, eye, gut and the whole larvae) on RNA:DNA ratios from different species (Sardina pilchardus, Engraulis encrasicolus, Atherina presbyter and Paralichthys orbignyanus) in different developmental stages and from different locations. For all ...

Shinsuke Sadamori, and Taizo Hamada, and Guang Hong, and Nakai Nakai, and Makoto Kawamura, and Arifzan Razak

<span style="font-family: Tribune,Italic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>The purpose of this study was to compare cross-national differences of the recognition of denture adhesive among dentists. The </em><span style="font-family: Tribune,Italic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>design of the research was cross-cultural differences. The research was done in Japan and Indonesia. One hundred and ten denti...

Luciane Finger, and Luís Moretto Neto, and Bruna Ghizoni Vieira

The increase of natural resources usage began from the consumption developed during Industrial Revolution and brought irreversible environmental impacts that, after the 60's and 70's, became relevant to manshood's attention. After the 90's, business, governmental and non-governmental initiatives stood out on the search of a better relationship between men and the environment. Considering these facts, the concepts of Environmental Management and Cleaner Production become more important. Aiming to...

Miguel Carneiro, and Rogélia Martins, and Monica Landi, and Filipe O. Costa

The study of the Portuguese marine ichthyofauna has a long historical tradition, rooted back in the 18th Century. Here we present an annotated checklist of the marine fishes from Portuguese waters, including the area encompassed by the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf and the Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ). The list is based on historical literature records and taxon occurrence data obtained from natural history collections, together with new revisions and occurrences. It co...

D. Privitera, and M.G. Aluigi, and C. Falugi, and M. Chiantore

Echinoderm early developmental stages represent a good tool for toxicity testing in different fields, ranging from environment to food contamination, and in full respect of the 3Rs objectives (Reduction, Refinement, Replacement of animal experiments), that will lead to the reduction of vertebrate use for toxicity testing. Further, sea urchins are key species in a wide range of marine habitats, as they are able to structure algal community. Experiments and observations aiming at the  characteriza...

J.-F. Legeais, and M. Ablain, and L. Zawadzki, and H. Zuo, and J. A. Johannessen, and M. G. Scharffenberg, and L. Fenoglio-Marc, and M. J. Fernandes, and M. J. Fernandes, and O. B. Andersen, and S. Rudenko, and S. Rudenko, and P. Cipollini, and G. D. Quartly, and M. Passaro, and A. Cazenave, and A. Cazenave, and J. Benveniste

Sea level is a very sensitive index of climate change since it integrates the impacts of ocean warming and ice mass loss from glaciers and the ice sheets. Sea level has been listed as an essential climate variable (ECV) by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). During the past 25 years, the sea level ECV has been measured from space by different altimetry missions that have provided global and regional observations of sea level variations. As part of the Climate Change Initiative (CCI) pro...

Silvia eRiva, and Ilaria eCutica, and Caspar eKrampe, and Caspar eKrampe, and Laura eReinecke, and Laura eReinecke, and William eRussell-Edu, and Cristina esantoro, and Angiola eRocino, and Elena eSantagostino, and vega erusconi, and Gabriella ePravettoni, and Gabriella ePravettoni

Despite advances in the management of HIV infection with the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), it is well known that HIV can directly infect the central nervous system (CNS) and, as a result of such infection, neuropsychological impairments can be manifested. In this study we tried to determine whether seropositivity was associated with a poor neuropsychological performance in patients with hemophilia and HIV. Such a cohort of patients is very often underrepresented and...

Jae-Man Lee, and Chun-Ju Lee, and Young-Shik Kim, and Gul-Gi Choi, and Jae-Moon Lew

This paper describes the whole procedures to determine ice-induced global loads on the ship using measured full-scale data in accordance with the method proposed by the Canadian Hydraulics Centre of the National Research Council of Canada. Ship motions of 6 degrees of freedom (dof) are found by processing the commercial sensor signals named Motion Pak II under the assumption of rigid body motion. Linear accelerations as well as angular rates were measured by Motion Pak II data. To eliminate the ...

Yukihiro Kobayashi, and Jiletu Huge, and Shintaro Imamura, and Naoko Hamada-Sato

Background: Parvalbumin and collagen have been identified as cross-reactive allergens for fish allergies. Although doctors realize that various fish elicit allergies, the targets of food allergen labeling laws were only mackerels and salmons in Japan and mackerels in South Korea. This study aimed to reveal the causative species for fish allergy via questionnaires and blood tests. Methods: Questionnaire research was conducted in Japan via the internet concerning allergies for fish-allergic patien...

Alessandro Giufffrida, and Filippo Giarratana, and Davide Valenti, and Daniele Muscolino, and Roberta Parisi, and Alessio Parco, and Stefania Marotta, and Graziella Ziino, and Antonio Panebianco

Three data sets concerning the behaviour of spoilage flora of fillets treated with natural preservative substances (NPS) were used to construct a new kind of mathematical predictive model. This model, unlike other ones, allows expressing the antibacterial effect of the NPS separately from the prediction of the growth rate. This approach, based on the introduction of a parameter into the predictive primary model, produced a good fitting of observed data and allowed characterising quantitatively t...

Voduc N, and Alvarez GG, and Amjadi K, and Tessier C, and Sabri E, and Aaron SD

Nha Voduc1, Gonzalo G Alvarez1, Kayvan Amjadi1, Caroline Tessier2, Elham Sabri3, Shawn D Aaron1&amp;nbsp;1University of Ottawa, Division of Respirology, 2The Ottawa Hospital (General Campus), 3OHRI Methods Centre, Ottawa, ON, CanadaBackground: Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease continue to experience significant functional limitation despite the use of both long-acting anticholinergic and beta-agonist inhalers. Theophylline is a widely available medication which may further...

Jacques Colin

As empresas estão, atualmente, expostas a uma competição mundial que se intensifica pelos gigantescos movimentos de concentração realizados nos últimos quinze anos em todos os setores de atividade e pelo aparecimento de concorrentes oriundos dos novos países industrializados (China, Índia, Brasil, Europa Oriental, etc.). Grandes empresas ocidentais têm identificado rapidamente a oportunidade que representa o recurso a fornecedores oriundos destes novos países (o global sourcing). Nesta comunicaç...

DANIEL J.M. LIMA, and VALTER J. COBO, and MARIANA A.B. DE AQUINO, and ADILSON FRANSOZO

The main goal of this investigation was to characterize the population structure and shell occupancy of two sympatric hermit-crab species, Pagurus brevidactylus and Paguristes tortugae. The study was undertaken at Couves Island on the southeastern coast of Brazil, from March 2010 through February 2011, on subtidal rocky bottoms. Specimens were collected by SCUBA diving sessions. A total of 195 individuals of P. brevidactylus and 132 of P. tortugae were examined. Both populations showed unimodal ...

Marcelo Vianna, and Tabajara Almeida

Trawling for pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis and F. paulensis) catches also large quantities of fish, mostly bony fish, which are discarded, as they have no commercial value. Their composition and abundance were studied in an area that corresponded to the southeastern coastline of Brazil. Ninety one species were registered. Incidental fishing affected mainly small individuals and occured throughout the year. The year round rate of bony fish to shrimp catches was 10,5:1,0. Three assembl...

Ghosh Saradindu, and Panigrahi Kumar Pratap, and Parhi Dayal R.

This paper addresses the performance comparison of Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) with novel Wavelet Neural Network (WNN) of designing intelligent controllers for path planning of mobile robot in an unknown environment. In the proposed WNN, different types of activation functions such as Mexican Hat, Gaussian and Morlet wavelet functions are used in the hidden nodes. The neural networks are trained by an intelligent supervised learning technique so that the robot ...

Gabriela Leonor Sánchez Pascua, and Maria Rosa Casales, and Maria Isabel Yeannes

In a fish paste made with cooked Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis), glycerol (17%), sodium chloride (1.5%) and potassium sorbate (0.1%) the following acid percentages: 0.2; 0.4; 0.6; 0.8, 1 and 1.5% w/w were incorporated to determine the relationship between added acetic acid and the sensorially perceived intensity, and the effects of the combination of sweet-acid tastes. Tests for paired comparison, ranking and structured verbal scales for sweet and acid attributes and psychophysical ...

Taise Miranda Lopes, and Fernando Garcia de Oliveira, and Andréa Bialetzki, and Angelo Antonio Agostinho

The Neotropical region exhibits the largest diversity of fish worldwide; however, little is known about the early development of fish species from this region. Therefore, to contribute to this knowledge, this study aimed to morphologically describe the early stages of development (eggs, larvae and juveniles) of S. pappaterra using morphometric and meristic traits, and to assess changes in growth rates throughout larval and juvenile development by analyzing the relationships between various morph...

Martins Cristiane R., and Ruggeri Giacommo, and De Paoli Marco-A.

The homogenous sulfonation of polystyrene was developed in a pilot plant scale producing polymers with different sulfonation degrees (18 to 22 mole % of sulfonated styrene units). The reaction yield depends chiefly on the concentration ratio of acetyl sulfate and polystyrene. The morphological and thermal properties of the sulfonated polystyrene obtained by homogeneous sulfonation were studied by means of scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry. The g...

Reeta Rasaily, and K K Ganguly, and M Roy, and S N Vani, and N Kharood, and R Kulkarni, and S Chauhan, and S Swain, and L Kanugo

Background & objectives: Kangaroo mother care (KMC - early continuous skin-to-skin contact between mother and infants) has been recommended as an alternative care for low birth weight infants. There is limited evidence in our country on KMC initiated at home. The present study was undertaken to study acceptability of KMC in different community settings. Methods: A community-based pilot study was carried out at three sites in the States of Odisha, Gujarat and Maharashtra covering rural, urban and...

Aline Cristina Tavares, and Edimar Alcides Bocchi, and Guilherme Veiga Guimarães

Abstract Background: Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDCM), most common cardiac cause of pediatric deaths, mortality descriptor: a low left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and low functional capacity (FC). FC is never self reported by children. Objective: The aims of this study were (i) To evaluate whether functional classifications according to the children, parents and medical staff were associated. (iv) To evaluate whether there was correlation between VO2 max and Weber's classifica...

B. R. Hodges

New automated methods are developed for identifying narrow landscape features that cause hydrodynamic blocking and might have critical impacts for management models of river flooding, coastal inundation, climate change, or extreme event analysis. Lidar data processed into a fine-resolution raster (1 m × 1 m) can resolve narrow blocking features in topography but typically cannot be directly used for hydrodynamic modeling. For practical applications such data are abstracted to larger scales, whic...

Lim Sang-Sub, and Mun Jae-Chul, and Kim Tae-Won, and Kang Chung-Gil

In casting steels for offshore construction, manufacturing integral casted structures to prevent fatigue cracks in the stress raisers is superior to using welded structures. Here, mold design and casting analysis were conducted for integral casting steel. The laminar flow of molten metal was analyzed and distributions of hot spots and porosities were studied. A prototype was subsequently produced, and air vents were designed to improve the surface defects caused by the release of gas. A radiogra...

Jianxi Yao

This paper presents a numerical study on investigating on hydrodynamic characteristics of a marine propeller in oblique flow. The study is achieved by RANS simulations on an open source platform - OpenFOAM. A sliding grid approach is applied to compute the rotating motion of the propeller. Total force and moment acting on blades, as well as average force distributions in one revolution on propeller disk, are obtained for 70 cases of com- binations of advance ratios and oblique angles. The comput...

Hassan Salehi, and Abolghsem Golian, and Hassan Kermanshahi, and Reza Farhoosh, and Pooran Abrishamchi

Introduction Poultry meat enriched with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids n-3 (PUFA Lc n-3) can make a nutritionally meaningful contribution to Western diets in which consumption of PUFA Lc n-3 is low. Enrichment of poultry meat with this fatty acid is usually achieved by inclusion of fish oil in broiler diet (23, 24). However, meat enriched in this way is susceptible to quality deterioration by lipid oxidation during storage or cooking, leading to reduction in nutritive value and accumulat...

Allan Manalo, and Luke P. Djukic, and Md Mainul Islam, and Thiru Aravinthan, and Md Shamsuddoha

Offshore oil and gas pipelines are susceptible to corrosion and need rehabilitation to keep them operating in-service conditions. Fibre composite filled with epoxy-based grout is emerging as an effective repair and rehabilitation system for offshore pipelines performing underwater. In such applications, the infill grout is often subjected to moisture and elevated temperature along with compressive, tensile and localised stresses at the defect. Current standards and practices for composite repair...

Antonello Sala, and Gianna Fabi, and Sarine Manoukian

The vertical diel activity of a fish assemblage inhabiting the Senigallia artificial reef (northern Adriatic Sea, Italy) was evaluated from July to November 1996 using enhanced hydroacoustic techniques. Extensive seabed mapping of the area was done using a multibeam echosounder to obtain background imagery of the reef structures and identify the most suitable locations for placing stationary acoustic transducers. Three acoustic transducers were placed inside the reef area, while a fourth was loc...

Isabela Guarnier Domiciano, and Camila Domit, and Ana Paula Frederico Rodrigues Loureiro Bracarense

The green turtle Chelonia mydas is a widely distributed, slowly maturing species with a complex life cycle, using both oceanic and coastal environments. The species is exposed to different threats and is considered an environmental sentinel that indicates variation among, and the severity of hazards to marine ecosystems. This study aimed to describe both anthropogenic impacts, and infectious and parasitic diseases in C. mydas - including cases along the Brazilian coast - and implications for con...

S Ritohardoyno, and A A Akbar, and J Sartohadi, and T S Djohan

Emerging development on the coastal region can result in coastal erosion and mangrove ecosystems damage. This disastercould eliminate settlements, agricultural land and public infrastructure. However, for mitigation of those events happened, the government has been constructing the Breakwaters andmangrove reforestation. We used survey method using quota sampling technique in 90 households. The study used a region-based approach. Measurement of socio-economic characteristics, knowledge, perceptio...

Axel eSchippers, and Anna eBlazejak

A quantitative, real-time PCR (Q-PCR) assay for the functional gene adenosine 5&#180;-phosphosulfate reductase (aprA) of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) was designed. This assay was applied together with described Q-PCR assays for dissimilatory sulfite reductase (dsrA) and the 16S rRNA gene of total Bacteria to marine sediments from the Peru margin (0 – 121 meters below seafloor (mbsf)) and the Black Sea (0 – 6 mbsf). Clone libraries of aprA show that all isolated sequences originate from SRB sh...

Oliana Carnevali, and Gilberto Mosconi, and Fabrizia Centone, and J. M. Navas, and Silvia Zanuy, and Manuel Carrillo, and Niall R. Bromage

The influence of diet on yolk protein composition and egg survival was studied using the sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, as an experimental model. Females were fed to satiation with a high essential fatty acid (EFA) diet during four different periods in the annual cycle: from September to February (vitellogenesis, Group A), from February to April (spawning, Group B), from April to September (postvitellogenesis, Group C) and all the year round (Group D). During the remaining months groups were fe...

M. C. Trifu, and V. Daradici

In situ measurement with a portable multi-parameter sonde was used in the framework of the Cleanwater project – LIFE09 ENV/RO/000612, for a rapid investigation of nitrates pollution in Barlad River basin, in rivers and domestic wells, in addition to laboratory measurements. Water samples were analysed in an accredited laboratory for water monitoring, such as the Vaslui Water Management System from Barlad basin. Sampling campaigns were performed monthly in the period April–November 2011. In order...

Yisrael Schnytzer, and Yaniv Giman, and Ilan Karplus, and Yair Achituv

Crabs of the genus Lybia have the remarkable habit of holding a sea anemone in each of their claws. This partnership appears to be obligate, at least on the part of the crab. The present study focuses on Lybia leptochelis from the Red Sea holding anemones of the genus Alicia (family Aliciidae). These anemones have not been found free living, only in association with L. leptochelis. In an attempt to understand how the crabs acquire them, we conducted a series of behavioral experiments and molecul...

T. Wahl, and C. Mudersbach, and J. Jensen

This paper describes a methodology to stochastically simulate a large number of storm surge scenarios (here: 10 million). The applied model is very cheap in computation time and will contribute to improve the overall results from integrated risk analyses in coastal areas. Initially, the observed storm surge events from the tide gauges of Cuxhaven (located in the Elbe estuary) and Hörnum (located in the southeast of Sylt Island) are parameterised by taking into account 25 parameters (19 sea level...

Cassan Ludovic, and Laurens Pascale

An analytical model is developed to calculate the stage-discharge relationship for emergent and submerged rock-ramp fish passes. A previous model has been modified and simplified to be adapted to a larger range of block arrangement. For submerged flows, a two-layer model developed for aquatic canopies is used. A turbulent length scale is proposed to close the turbulence model thanks to a large quantity of data for fully rough flows from the literature and experiments. This length scale depends o...

Vladimir B. Karataev, and Alexander А. Cherkasov

The article considers foreign emissaries activity within Black Sea coastline during the Caucasian war (1836–1854).

Gerson Meneghetti Sarzi Sartori, and Enio Marchesan, and Daniéli Saúl da Luz, and Ana Paula Vestena Cassol, and Maria Carolina dos Santos Figueiredo, and Maria Angélica Oliveira, and Marcos Venicios Evaldt da Silveira, and Rafael Bruck Ferreira

Em determinadas áreas de arroz, ocorre o desenvolvimento de algas que, dependendo da quantidade e associadas com presença de residual no solo de herbicidas do grupo das imidazolinonas, afetam o desenvolvimento do arroz na fase inicial. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar manejos da adubação de arroz na composição e estrutura das comunidades de algas e na produtividade de arroz irrigado em áreas com residual de herbicidas do grupo das imidazolinonas. O experimento foi conduzido na safra 2008/09, n...

M. D. Shupe, and P. O. G. Persson, and I. M. Brooks, and M. Tjernström, and J. Sedlar, and T. Mauritsen, and S. Sjogren, and C. Leck

Observations from the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS), in the central Arctic sea-ice pack in late summer 2008, provide a detailed view of cloud–atmosphere–surface interactions and vertical mixing processes over the sea-ice environment. Measurements from a suite of ground-based remote sensors, near-surface meteorological and aerosol instruments, and profiles from radiosondes and a helicopter are combined to characterize a week-long period dominated by low-level, mixed-phase, stratocumulus...

Sascha Claus Christoff Steiner, and Demian Alexander Willette

Los ambientes béntico-marinos de Dominica, Antillas Menores, incluyen 1 814.7ha y cerca del 90% de la costa. Este es el primer trabajo sobre el tamaño y distribución de los ambientes costeros sublitorales y sus comunidades epibénticas. Los pastos marinos constituyeron el ambiente más extenso, con 265ha. Los arrecifes coralinos presentaron una cobertura de 72.2ha. Ambos tipos de ambientes se encontraron principalmente en la costa oeste y norte, regiones con la mayor diversidad de ambientes marino...

Luciano N Padovani, and María D Viñas, and Marcelo Pájaro

The feeding of Engraulis anchoita was studied in the coastal reproductive habitat of the northern population during the spawning period. Stomach contents of anchovy adults and plankton samples taken during a research cruise were examined. The highest stomach fullness values were found in the Rio de la Plata estuary, particularly at stations close to the surface salinity front. Copepods, particularly those < 1 mm total length, represented by Paracalanus spp. and Oithona spp., were the most abunda...

Manuel Tantaleán V, and Marianne Lefevre

In this paper, Copiatestes filiferus (Leukart, in Sars, 1885) Gibson and Bray, 1977 (Digenea) and Gorgorhynchus sp. (Acanthocephala) parasites of Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Teleostei), both parasites are new records from Peru and the fish is a new host.

Ferdi Afian, and Grace Wangge, and Dolly RD Kaunang

<p><em><strong>Abstrak</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>Latar belakang</strong>: Tekanan darah sistolik tinggi di antara pilot sipil antara lain akan menyebabkan gangguan kardiovaskular sehingga akan mengganggu kelancaran penerbangan. Tujuan penelitian ini ialah untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor dominan terhadap tekanan darah sistolik tinggi pada pilot sipil.</em></p> <p><em><strong>Metode</strong>: Penelitian potong lintang dengan metode sampling purposif pada pilot yang melakukan pemeriksaan kese...

Valeria Mamouridis, and Francesc Maynou, and Germán Aneiros Pérez

Monthly landings and effort data from the Barcelona trawl fleet (NW Mediterranean) were selected to analyse and standardize the landings per unit effort (LPUE) of the red shrimp (Aristeus antennatus) using generalized additive models. The dataset covers a span of 15 years (1994-2008) and consists of a broad spectrum of predictors: fleet-dependent (e.g. number of trips performed by vessels and their technical characteristics, such as the gross registered tonnage), temporal (inter- and intra-annua...

M. Pyrina, and S. Wagner, and E. Zorita

Two statistical methods are tested to reconstruct the interannual variations in past sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the North Atlantic (NA) Ocean over the past millennium based on annually resolved and absolutely dated marine proxy records of the bivalve mollusk <i>Arctica islandica</i>. The methods are tested in a pseudo-proxy experiment (PPE) setup using state-of-the-art climate models (CMIP5 Earth system models) and reanalysis data from the COBE2 SST data set. The methods were appli...

R. Döscher, and T. Vihma, and E. Maksimovich

Sea ice is the central component and most sensitive indicator of the Arctic climate system. Both the depletion and areal decline of the Arctic sea ice cover, observed since the 1970s, have accelerated since the millennium. While the relationship of global warming to sea ice reduction is evident and underpinned statistically, it is the connecting mechanisms that are explored in detail in this review. <br><br> Sea ice erodes both from the top and the bottom. Atmospheric, oceanic and sea ice proc...

Krystyna Bytniewska

Nitrogen and protein contents in higher aquatic plants deriving from a natural habitat were determined. The following plants were examined: Spirodela polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid., Elodea canadensis Rich., Riccia fluitans L. Total nitrogen and nitrogen of respective fractions were determined by the Kjeldahl method. Nitrogen compounds were fractionated according to Thimann et al. Protein was extracted after Fletcher and Osborne and fractionated after Osborne. It was found, that total protein content i...

D. Neumann, and V. Matthias, and J. Bieser, and J. Bieser, and A. Aulinger, and M. Quante

Atmospheric sea salt particles affect chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere. These particles provide surface area for condensation and reaction of nitrogen, sulfur, and organic species and are a vehicle for the transport of these species. Additionally, HCl is released from sea salt. Hence, sea salt has a relevant impact on air quality, particularly in coastal regions with high anthropogenic emissions, such as the North Sea region. Therefore, the integration of sea salt emission...

Gobalakrishnan Rajagopal, and Sivakumar Kannan

Cellulose is the most abounding biopolymer in the world and there is a great interest in using this material as a substrate for various applications and it is the most important renewable resource for bioconversion. Therefore, it is necessary to screen the cellulolytic bioorganisms. In this context, actinobacteria are one of the most efficient prokaryotes, economically and biotechnologically, for their production of about half of the discovered bioactive secondary metabolites and they can metabo...