Eva Terzibasi Tozzini, and Aurora Savino, and Roberto Ripa, and Giorgia Battistoni, and Mario Baumgart, and Alessandro Cellerino, and Alessandro Cellerino

In the last decade, our group has intensively studied the annual fish Nothobranchius furzeri as a new experimental model in Biology specifically applied to aging research. We previously studied adult neuronal stem cells of N. furzeri in vivo and we demonstrated an age-dependent decay in adult neurogenesis. More recently we identified and quantified the expression of miRNAs in the brain of N. furzeri and we detected 165 conserved miRNAs and found that brain aging in this fish is associated with c...

Mahmood NMA, and Hussain SA, and Mirza RR

Naza Mohammed Ali Mahmood,1 Saad Abdulrahman Hussain,2 Raouf Rahim Mirza3 1Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq; 2Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Rafidain University College, Baghdad, Iraq; 3Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Background and aim: Much evidence has emerged documenting the involvement of the renin-angiotensin syste...

Praveen Kumar Neema

Andrian P. Gajigan, and Aletta T. Yñiguez, and Cesar L. Villanoy, and Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone, and Gil S. Jacinto, and Cecilia Conaco

Microbes are central to the structuring and functioning of marine ecosystems. Given the remarkable diversity of the ocean microbiome, uncovering marine microbial taxa remains a fundamental challenge in microbial ecology. However, there has been little effort, thus far, to describe the diversity of marine microorganisms in the region of high marine biodiversity around the Philippines. Here, we present data on the taxonomic diversity of bacteria and archaea in Benham Rise, Philippines, Western Pac...

P. Itkin, and P. Itkin, and T. Krumpen

Ice retreat in the eastern Eurasian Arctic is a consequence of atmospheric and oceanic processes and regional feedback mechanisms acting on the ice cover, both in winter and summer. A correct representation of these processes in numerical models is important, since it will improve predictions of sea ice anomalies along the Northeast Passage and beyond. In this study, we highlight the importance of winter ice dynamics for local summer sea ice anomalies in thickness, volume and extent. By me...

A. F. Hofmann, and F. J. R. Meysman, and K. Soetaert, and J. J. Middelburg

We present, by means of a simple example, a comprehensive step-by-step procedure to consistently derive a pH model of aquatic systems. As pH modelling is inherently complex, we make every step of the model generation process explicit, thus ensuring conceptual, mathematical, and chemical correctness. Summed quantities, such as total inorganic carbon and total alkalinity, and the influences of modeled processes on them are consistently derived. The different time scales of processes involved in th...

Zelson Tenório, and Orozimbo Silveira Carvalho, and Odilon Reny Ribeiro Ferreira da Silva, and José Maria Gascó Montes, and Francisca Guerrero López

Se han seleccionado los epipediones de dos suelos representativos de la zona de Tableros Costeros de Brasil, dedicados mayoritariamente al monocultivo de la caña de azúcar. Estos fueron enmendados con torta de caña de azúcar (T), de relación C/N = 19,33, en dosis de 10, 20 y 30 t ha-1, (T1, T2 y T3), respectivamente; la enmienda con vinaza de caña (V), de relación C/N = 32,17, fue de 30, 60 y 90 m³ ha-1, (V1, V2 y V3), respectivamente. Dichas enmiendas se incorporanon al suelo sin compostaje pre...

J. Rohmer, and T. Dewez

Over the last decade, many cliff erosion studies have focused on frequency-size statistics using inventories of sea cliff retreat sizes. By comparison, only a few paid attention to quantifying the spatial and temporal organisation of erosion scars over a cliff face. Yet, this spatial organisation carries essential information about the external processes and the environmental conditions that promote or initiate sea-cliff instabilities. In this article, we use summary statistics of spatial point ...

Ranjeet Kutty, and Shahana Shamsudheen, and Shafeena Ottathaikkal, and Jamsheera Vallikkattil

Estuarine environments are one of the most dynamic aquatic ecosystems and serve many important functions in coastal waters. Larval fish dynamics contribute significantly to understanding the ecology of fish populations as they can indicate the spawning-stock biomass and recruitment in adult fish stocks. Initial development stages of fishes are particularly vulnerable and are influenced by physical and biological processes. Hence the present study was aimed to characterize ichthyoplankton assembl...

Y.-N. Lee, and S. Springston, and J. Jayne, and J. Wang, and J. Hubbe, and G. Senum, and L. Kleinman, and P. H. Daum

The chemical composition of aerosol particles (<i>D</i>_p &le; 1.5 μm) was measured over the southeast Pacific Ocean during the VAMOS (Variability of the American Monsoon Systems) Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-Rex) between 16 October and 15 November 2008 using the US Department of Energy (DOE) G-1 aircraft. The objective of these flights was to gain an understanding of the sources and evolution of these aerosols, and of how they interact with the marine ...

Pablo Javier Fuentealba Carrasco, and Omar A. Barriga

The article presents the psychometric properties of the “Scale of adherence to the principles of Criminal Law” of a pilot study applied to a consecutive sample of 369 cases in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Concepción, Chile. The logic behind the construction of the instrument and its structure is described, focusing on exposing the properties of construct validity through EFA and convergent validity through an inverse correlation with a scale of perceived insecurity. In terms of reliability, ...

Z. DURIS, and A. S. ATES, and H. B. OZALP, and T. KATAGAN

Three anemone-associated decapod crustaceans, two shrimp species, Periclimenes amethysteus and P. aegylios (Caridea: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae), and the crab Inachus phalangium (Brachyura: Inachidae), all collected from the Dardanelles, are reported for the first time from Turkish coasts. Another inachid crab, Macropodia czernjawskii is also reported for the first time to occur in association with the sea anemone, Anemonia viridis. Periclimenes scriptus was the fifth decapod species recorded ass...

João Chambel, and Rui Rocha

The increasing demand for soft corals is reflected on the high attention of the scientific community during the last decades, with several studies focus on production techniques and optimization of coral husbandry (Schlacher <i>et al</i>., 2007;Sella and Benayahu, 2010). However, coral culture success is influenced by the interaction of different factors, such as water movement, temperature, nutrients, heterotrophic feeding and light conditions (Rocha <i>et al</i>., 2013a). Light plays a key rol...

J. M. Díaz, and G. Díaz-Pulido, and J. A. Sánchez

The Gulf of Urabá represents the southernmost portion of the Caribbean Sea. Due to the large amounts of sediment and freshwater discharged by the Atrato river and several minor streams, water conditions in the area are far from being optimal for coral settlement and growth. However, fringing and patch reefs are developed along the rocky shores of the northwest margin of the Gulf. Based on field observations performed at 44 sites (12 of them assessed quantitatively), interpretation of air photogr...

Vincenzo Ferrantelli, and Antonello Cicero, and Antonella Costa, and Angelina Alongi, and Paola Palumbo, and Stefania Graci, and Giuseppe Giangrosso

One of the parasite diseases associated with the consumption of raw fish that occurs with some frequency is the anisakiasis, a human disease caused by the accidental ingestion of larval nematodes of the genus <em>Anisakis</em>, family Anisakidae. At the National Reference Centre for Anisakiasis (C.Re.N.A.) from October 2012 to February 2013, a number of 231 bony fish (Trichiuridae, Engraulidae, Scombridae and Clupeidae) were received from different fishing sites in Sicily. <em>Anisakis pegreffii...

S. Garthe, and V. Peschko, and U. Kubetzki, and A.-M. Corman

Understanding distribution patterns, activities, and foraging behaviours of seabirds requires interdisciplinary approaches. In this paper, we provide examples of the data and analytical procedures from a new study in the German Bight (North Sea) tracking northern gannets (<i>Morus bassanus</i>) at their breeding colony on the island of Heligoland. Individual adult northern gannets were equipped with different types of data loggers for several weeks, measuring geographic positions and other param...

L. Jiang, and L. Jiang, and L. Jiang, and Y.-F. Sun, and Y.-F. Sun, and Y.-F. Sun, and Y.-Y. Zhang, and G.-W. Zhou, and G.-W. Zhou, and X.-B. Li, and L. J. McCook, and L. J. McCook, and J.-S. Lian, and X.-M. Lei, and S. Liu, and L. Cai, and P.-Y. Qian, and H. Huang, and H. Huang

Diurnal fluctuations in seawater temperature are ubiquitous on tropical reef flats. However, the effects of such dynamic temperature variations on the early stages of corals are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the responses of larvae and new recruits of <i>Pocillopora damicornis</i> to two constant temperature treatments (29 and 31 °C) and two diurnally fluctuating treatments (28–31 and 30–33 °C with daily means of 29 and 31 °C, respectively) simulating the 3 °C diel oscill...

Manuel Alfonso Garzón Castrillón, and Tomislav Mandakovic

This paper presents the results obtained in the pilot study of instruments created to comply the specific objective of designing and validating instruments to study the capacity of organizational learning. The Likert measurement scale was used because it allowed to establish the pertinence of the dimension as variable in the context of organizational learning. A One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used, with statistical package SPSS. Some 138 variables in 3 factors and 40 affirmations were ...

Télesphore eSime-Ngando, and Kevin D. Lafferty, and David G. Biron

C. Collins, and A. Mascarenhas, and R. Martinez

From 27 March to 5 April 2009, upper ocean velocities between the Galápagos Islands and Ecuador were measured using a vessel mounted ADCP. A region of possible strong cross-hemisphere exchange was observed immediately to the east of the Galápagos, where a shallow (200 m) 300 km wide northeastward surface flow transported 7–11 Sv. Underlying this strong northeastward surface current, a southward flowing undercurrent was observed which was at least 600 m thick, 100 km wide, and had an observed tra...

Seyedeh Narjes Tabatabei, and Soheil Eagderi, and Iraj Hashemzadeh Segherloo, and Asghar Abdoli

Using fish scale to identity species and population is a rapid, safe and low cost method. Hence, this study was carried out to investigate the possibility of using geometric and morphometric methods in fish scales for rapid identification of species and populations and compare the efficiency of applying few and/or high number of landmark points. For this purpose, scales of one population of Luciobarbus capito, four populations of Alburnoides eichwaldii and two populations of Rutilus frisii kutum...

Isis Milane Batista de Lima, and Ana Eloisa Cruz de Oliveira, and Josemberg Moura de Andrade, and Hemílio Fernandes Campos Coêlho, and Kaline Silva Lima

This work aims to present a study strategy to assist the decision making process about self-efficacy on condom use by multinomial logistic regression. The data analyzed refers to a sample composed of 1260 Brazilians, of which 36% reported always using condoms. According to the decision model considered, the variables indicated that the decision on condom use is modulated by the confidence that the individual feels about the success of its use. Keywords: Self-efficacy, condoms, logistic model.

Lars Rosendahl Appelquist, and Thomas Balstrøm

This paper presents the application of a new methodology for coastal multi-hazard assessment and management in a changing global climate on the state of Djibouti. The methodology termed the Coastal Hazard Wheel (CHW) is developed for worldwide application and is based on a specially designed coastal classification system that incorporates the main static and dynamic parameters determining the characteristics of a coastal environment. The methodology provides information on the hazards of ecosyst...

M. Sammartino, and A. Di Cicco, and S. Marullo, and R. Santoleri

The seasonal and year-to-year variability of the phytoplankton size class (PSC) spatial distribution has been examined in the Mediterranean Sea by using the entire time series of Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) space observations (1998–2010). Daily maps of PSCs have been determined using an empirical model based on a synoptic relationship between surface chlorophyll <i>a</i> and diagnostic pigments referred to different taxonomic groups. The analysis of micro-, nano- and pico-phy...

Paula Roberta Mendes, and Joel Augusto Muniz, and Hélio Rubens de Carvalho Nunes, and Liciana Vaz de Arruda Silveira Chalita, and Luiz Henrique de Aquino

No presente estudo, ajustou-se um modelo de regressão logística para prever a probabilidade de óbito de cães acometidos por gastroenterite hemorrágica. O modelo Logístico é recomendado para variáveis-resposta dicotômicas em estudo de Coorte. Registraram-se 176 animais censitariamente atendidos com gastroenterite hemorrágica em quatro clínicas veterinárias da cidade de Lavras, sul de Minas Gerais, entre os anos de 1992 e 1999. Após terem sido selecionadas por meio do teste de <img src="/img/revis...

Sven Rücker

Even though the sea is characterized by its transgression of all borders, the founding of Sealand has shown that one can transform the sea into some sort of land, into Sea-Land. Because the sea is dislocated, one can set up a location. Because it is not the realm of defined territories, one can declare part of it as a territory and thereby align it with the land and the terrestrial idea of a state. But if one does, it is no longer “sea” in the strong sense of the word,1 but rather a symbolic agg...

DJALAL S. TANDJUNG, and MOESO SURYOWINOTO (ALM), and KUSUMO WINARNO

The coastal area of Baron, Kukup, and Krakal in the southern coast of Yogyakarta is an arid and dried area, and marginal agriculture land. The potential vegetation resources only live on the lands that produce cassava, corn, peanut, and soybean. The increasing benefits of sea products such as fishes still need to be invented. The aims of this research are to inventories and to increase the use of disadvantage resources. This research was conducted from October 1995 to March 1996. The result inve...

Neyde Fabíola Balarezo Giarola, and Herdjania Veras de Lima, and Ricardo Espíndola Romero, and André Maurício Brinatti, and Alvaro Pires da Silva

A coesão de horizontes de solos do Brasil vem sendo associada, principalmente, a fatores físicos e químicos inter-relacionados, mas a influência das propriedades mineralógicas e cristalográficas dos minerais da fração argila também foi aventada por alguns pesquisadores. Neste trabalho, testou-se a hipótese de que a fração argila de horizontes coesos de solos do Sedimento Barreiras da faixa dos Tabuleiros Costeiros é dominantemente caulinítica e apresenta elevado grau de cristalinidade e ordename...

Roldan C. Muñoz, and Brian J. Zgliczynski, and Bradford Z. Teer, and Joseph L. Laughlin

The giant bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum) has experienced precipitous population declines throughout its range due to its importance as a highly-prized fishery target and cultural resource. Because of its diet, Bolbometopon may serve as a keystone species on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, yet comprehensive descriptions of its reproductive ecology do not exist. We used a variety of underwater visual census (UVC) methods to study an intact population of Bolbometopon at Wake Atoll, a remote...

Monjurul Haq, and Seul-Ki Park, and Min-Jung Kim, and Yeon-Jin Cho, and Byung-Soo Chun

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) rich 2-monoacylglycerols (2-MAG), omega-3 polyunsaturated free fatty acids (ω-3 PUFFAs) concentrate, and PUFA enriched acylglycerols were prepared from salmon frame bone oil (SFBO) by enzymatic alcoholysis, urea complexation, and enzymatic esterification, respectively. The yields of 2-MAG, ω-3 PUFFAs concentrate, and PUFA enriched acylglycerols were 40.25, 16.52, and 15.65%, respectively. ω-3 PUFFAs concentrate and PUFA enriched acylglycerols showe...

R. Lindsay, and A. Schweiger

Sea ice thickness is a fundamental climate state variable that provides an integrated measure of changes in the high-latitude energy balance. However, observations of mean ice thickness have been sparse in time and space, making the construction of observation-based time series difficult. Moreover, different groups use a variety of methods and processing procedures to measure ice thickness, and each observational source likely has different and poorly characterized measurement and sampling error...

Moncho Gómez-Gesteira, and Maite Decastro, and Ricardo Prego, and Flavio Martins

A 3D hydrodynamical model is applied to the ria of A Coruña to analyze the evolution of the circulation pattern in the ria after the building of a breakwater (Barrie de la Maza dock) in the sixties. This circulation pattern has changed greatly. On the one hand, the circulation, which was almost parallel to the shore line under the original conditions, now shows a gyre near the end of the dock. On the other hand, a considerable increase (about 30%) in the velocities near the end of the breakwater...

Manuel Mendoza, and Diego Garrido, and Jose M. Bellido

We propose a global index of impact based on the relative vulnerability of the local population of every species and the further application of regression trees globally optimized with evolutionary algorithms to study the fishing impact on the cartilaginous fish in southeastern Spain. The fishing impact is much higher in areas of less than 40 m depth within 11 km of the Cape Palos marine reserve. The impact also depends on the state of the sea and the kind of habitat. Deep-sea habitats associate...

J.-F. Legeais, and M. Ablain, and S. Thao

The assessment of long-term errors in altimeter sea level measurements is essential for studies related to the mean sea level (MSL) evolution. One of the main contributors to the long-term sea level uncertainties is the correction of the altimeter range from the wet troposphere path delay, which is provided by onboard microwave radiometers for the main altimeter missions. The wet troposphere correction (WTC) derived from the operational European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) a...

Guillaume eMinard, and Florencee-Hélène eTran, and Audrey eDubost, and Van eTran-Van, and Patrick eMavingui, and Claire eValiente Moro

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes (Stegomya) albopictus is an invasive species that has spread across the world in the last two decades, showing a great capacity to adapt to contrasting climates and environments. While demonstrated in many insects, the contribution of bacterial symbionts in Aedes ecology is a challenging aspect that needs to be investigated however. Some bacterial species have already been identified in Ae. albopictus using classical methods, but a more accurate survey of mosquito-...

S. M. P. Berben, and K. Husum, and P. Cabedo-Sanz, and S. T. Belt

A marine sediment core (JM09-KA11-GC) from the Kveithola Trough at the western Barents Sea margin has been investigated in order to reconstruct sub-surface temperatures and sea ice distribution at a sub-centennial resolution throughout the Holocene. The relationship between past variability of Atlantic water inflow and sea ice distribution has been established by measurement of planktic foraminifera, stable isotopes and biomarkers from sea ice diatoms and phytoplankton. <br><br> Throughout the e...

Kendra L. Garner, and Michelle Y. Chang, and Matthew T. Fulda, and Jonathan A. Berlin, and Rachel E. Freed, and Melissa M. Soo-Hoo, and Dave L. Revell, and Makihiko Ikegami, and Lorraine E. Flint, and Alan L. Flint, and Bruce E. Kendall

Local increases in sea level caused by global climate change pose a significant threat to the persistence of many coastal plant species through exacerbating inundation, flooding, and erosion. In addition to sea level rise (SLR), climate changes in the form of air temperature and precipitation regimes will also alter habitats of coastal plant species. Although numerous studies have analyzed the effect of climate change on future habitats through species distribution models (SDMs), none have incor...

Florian eKoch, and Theresa K Hattenrath-Lehmann, and Jennifer A Goleski, and Sergio eSanudo-Wilhelmy, and Nicholas S Fisher, and Christopher J Gobler

While vitamin B12 has recently been shown to co-limit the growth of coastal phytoplankton assemblages, the cycling of B-vitamins in coastal ecosystems is poorly understood as planktonic uptake rates of vitamins B1 and B12 have never been quantified in tandem in any aquatic ecosystem. The goal of this study was to establish the relationships between plankton community composition, carbon fixation, and B-vitamin assimilation in two contrasting estuarine systems. We show that, although B-vitamin ...

T. Kuosmanen, and T.M. Fleming, and J. Newell, and M.M. Barry

Aim: The use of computerized mental health programs with vulnerable youth, such as early school leavers, remains relatively unstudied. This pilot study examined the feasibility of delivering a computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (cCBT) gaming intervention (SPARX-R) for young people (age 15–20 years) who have left school early and are attending Youthreach, an alternative education (AE) program in Ireland. Method: Students (n = 146) from twenty-one Youthreach Centers were randomized to SPARX...

E. C. Pope, and R. P. Ellis, and M. Scolamacchia, and J. W. S. Scolding, and A. Keay, and P. Chingombe, and R. J. Shields, and R. Wilcox, and D. C. Speirs, and R. W. Wilson, and C. Lewis, and K. J. Flynn

Ocean acidification, caused by rising concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO₂), is widely considered to be a major global threat to marine ecosystems. To investigate the potential effects of ocean acidification on the early life stages of a commercially important fish species, European sea bass (<i>Dicentrarchus labrax</i>), 12 000 larvae were incubated from hatch through metamorphosis under a matrix of two temperatures (17 and 19 °C) and two seawater <i>p</i>CO₂ levels (ambi...

Mariana Travassos Tolotti, and John David Filmalter, and Pascal Bach, and Paulo Travassos, and Bernard Seret, and Laurent Dagorn

Recently, declining populations of several pelagic shark species have led to global conservation concerns surrounding this group. As a result, a series of species-specific banning measures have been implemented by Regional Fishery Management Organizations (RFMOs) in charge of tuna fisheries, which include retention bans, finning bans and trading bans. There are both positive and negative aspects to most management measures, but generally, the positive aspects outweigh the negatives, ensuring the...

César M. Escobedo-Bonilla, and Sergio Vega-Peña, and Claudio Humberto Mejía-Ruiz

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is a major pathogen in shrimp aquaculture. RNA interference (RNAi) is a promising tool against viral infections. Previous works with RNAi showed different antiviral efficacies depending on the silenced gene. This work evaluated the antiviral efficacy of double-stranded (ds) RNA against two non-structural (orf89, wsv191) WSSV genes compared to structural (vp26, vp28) genes to inhibit an experimental WSSV infection. Gene orf89 encodes a putative regulatory protein ...

Mathias Quoy, and Philippe Gaussier

After a short review of biologically inspired navigation architectures, mainly relying on modeling the hippocampal anatomy, or at least some of its functions, we present a navigation and planning model for mobile robots. This architecture is based on a model of the hippocampal and prefrontal interactions. In particular, the system relies on the definition of a new cell type &ldquo;transition cells&rdquo; that encompasses traditional &ldquo;place cells&rdquo;.

Bijaya Nanda Naik, and Marie Gilbert Majella, and S Parthibane, and Sitanshu Sekhar Kar

Context: Successful tobacco quit by the tobacco users can avoid millions of premature death. However, the physical dependence on tobacco use results in frequent relapse most commonly due to withdrawal symptoms. Aims: The aim of this study was to study the level of tobacco dependence among tobacco users in an urban slum of Puducherry. Materials and Methods: This facility-based descriptive pilot study was conducted among patients aged 15 years or above attending an urban health and training center...

Oriol Cunillera, and Jesús Almeda, and Juan José Mascort, and Josep Basora, and Mercè Marzo-Castillejo

<p><strong></strong><span style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>Introduction:</strong> Kiwifruit consumption has shown to improve functional constipation in healthy elderly population, according to studies in New Zealand and China. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of kiwifruit intake on functional constipation in a Mediterranean patient population characterized by its distinctive nutritional habits.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> An ...

C. Jiao, and M. G. Flanner, and Y. Balkanski, and S. E. Bauer, and N. Bellouin, and T. K. Berntsen, and H. Bian, and K. S. Carslaw, and M. Chin, and N. De Luca, and T. Diehl, and S. J. Ghan, and T. Iversen, and A. Kirkevåg, and D. Koch, and X. Liu, and G. W. Mann, and J. E. Penner, and G. Pitari, and M. Schulz, and Ø. Seland, and R. B. Skeie, and S. D. Steenrod, and P. Stier, and T. Takemura, and K. Tsigaridis, and T. van Noije, and Y. Yun, and K. Zhang

Though many global aerosols models prognose surface deposition, only a few models have been used to directly simulate the radiative effect from black carbon (BC) deposition to snow and sea ice. Here, we apply aerosol deposition fields from 25 models contributing to two phases of the Aerosol Comparisons between Observations and Models (AeroCom) project to simulate and evaluate within-snow BC concentrations and radiative effect in the Arctic. We accomplish this by driving the offline land and sea ...

W. Liu, and H. Xu, and X. Zhao

Agility is regarded as one of the core capabilities and the developing trend of supply chains and their enterprises. Along with the development of economical globalization, supply chain management and containerization as well as container ports as a part of supply chain take more roles like logistics or distribution centers. Under this background, the container terminal should have superior response and develop agility. The main goal of this paper is to emphasize and illustrate the importance an...

Elaine Lara Mendes Tavares, and Roberto Badra de Labio, and Regina Helena Garcia Martins

Análise vocal acústica é método simples e rápido de avaliação vocal e permite diferenciar vozes normais de alteradas. Em crianças, poucas pesquisas analisam os parâmetros vocais acústicos normais nas diversas idades. OBJETIVOS: Estabelecer parâmetros acústicos vocais de normalidade em crianças de 4 a 12 anos. CASUÍSTICA E MÉTODOS: 240 crianças distribuídas por idade em quatro subgrupos: G1 (n-60; 4-5 anos), G2 (n-60; 6-7 anos), G3 (n-60; 8-9 anos) e G4 (n-60; 10-12 anos). Os pais responderam um ...

C. Gabarro, and A. Turiel, and P. Elosegui, and P. Elosegui, and J. A. Pla-Resina, and M. Portabella

Monitoring sea ice concentration is required for operational and climate studies in the Arctic Sea. Technologies used so far for estimating sea ice concentration have some limitations, for instance the impact of the atmosphere, the physical temperature of ice, and the presence of snow and melting. In the last years, L-band radiometry has been successfully used to study some properties of sea ice, remarkably sea ice thickness. However, the potential of satellite L-band observations for obta...

Cristina Santos, and João Pedro Barreiros

With this poster we aim to disclose the ecological characteristics of the resident ichthyofauna in three distinct SE- NW aligned sites off the S coast of Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal. We collected both direct and indirect data about those species near the shoreline – Serretinha, in a close by islet complex – Cabras and over an offshore rocky outcrop – Fradinhos. The work was divided into two parts: a) specimen’s collection for biological sampling, namely the determination of both hepatic an...