Hagar Tadmor, and Maya Levin, and Tzameret Dadon, and Meital E. Meiman, and Alaa Ajameeh, and Hosam Mazzawi, and Amihai Rigbi, and Ilana Kremer, and Idit Golani, and Alon Shamir

The deficit in ability to attribute mental states such as thoughts, beliefs, and intentions of another person is a key component in the functional impairment of social cognition in schizophrenia. In the current study, we compared the ability of persons with first episode schizophrenia (FE-SZ) and individuals with schizophrenia displaying symptomatic remission (SZ-CR) to decode the mental state of others with healthy individuals and schizoaffective patients. In addition, we analyzed the effect of...

Bin Qi, and Yandong Yang, and Shan Ren, and Lin Liu, and Yuzhong Huang, and Xiaojun Huang

A better placement of proppants has been always the goal pursued in sand fracturing in order to get longer effective fractures and higher flow conductivity. However, it is always difficult to achieve satisfactory effects by conventional processes. On the basis of theoretical analysis and simulation with FracproPT software, basic experiments, and innovative physical modeling experiment, a new impulse-stage fracturing process has been developed by combining a special pumping process with fiber, li...

Sukhoterin Mikhail, and Baryshnikov Sergey, and Rasputina Elena, and Pizhurina Natalia

This study calculates and analyzes torsion moments of a rectangular panel with clamped edges as an element of ship structures under the action of uniform pressure with allowance for transverse shear deformation and examines the contribution of the corresponding shear stresses to the general stress state. In order to solve this problem, the method of infinite superposition of corrective functions of bending and stresses is applied. It involves an iterative process of mutually correcting the discr...

Vokoun Marek

The paper analyses logistics industry in Czech Republic and analyzes clusters and groups of one hundred companies that were active in the market in 2014. Analysis is based on the economic theory of endogenous growth and technological spillovers of multinational firms. They have the know-how and technology, which makes them more productive than local firms which tries to catch up the leaders and try to get as much knowledge as possible. This paper contributes to this theory. Key findings for this...

Dubnov-Raz Gal, and Mashiach-Arazi Yael, and Nouriel Ariella, and Raz Raanan, and Constantini Naama W.

In most combat sports and martial arts, athletes compete within weight categories. Disordered eating behaviors and intentional pre-competition rapid weight loss are commonly seen in this population, attributed to weight categorization. We examined if height categories can be used as an alternative to weight categories for competition, in order to protect the health of athletes.

Torres-Sánchez Sonia Alejandra, and Augustsson Carita, and Jenchen Uwe, and Rafael Barboza-Gudiño J., and Alemán Gallardo Eduardo, and Ramírez Fernández Juan Alonso, and Torres-Sánchez Darío, and Abratis Michael

The Granjeno Schist is a meta-volcanosedimentary upper Paleozoic complex in northeastern Mexico. We suggest different tectonic settings for metamorphism of its serpentinite and talc-bearing rocks based on petrographic and geochemical compositions. According to the REE ratios (LaN/YbN = 0.51 –20.0 and LaN/SmN = 0.72–9.1) and the enrichment in the highly incompatible elements Cs (0.1 ppm), U (2.8 ppm), and Zr (60 ppm) as well as depletion in Ba (1 – 15 ppm), Sr (1 –184 ppm), Pb (0.1 –14 ppm), a...

Yukihiro Kobayashi, and Takuma Kuriyama, and Ryoko Nakagawara, and Michiko Aihara, and Naoko Hamada-Sato

Background: Parvalbumin was identified as a major fish allergen, and has been well investigated. Collagen was identified as a second allergen; however, its allergenic properties remain uncharacterized. Although fish is an important staple in coastal countries, its thermostability is unknown. Therefore, we aimed to determine the thermostability of fish collagen as an allergen. Methods: Meat of seven bony and four cartilaginous fishes was heated at various temperatures and times, and extracts were...

J. Hansen, and M. Sato, and P. Hearty, and R. Ruedy, and R. Ruedy, and M. Kelley, and M. Kelley, and V. Masson-Delmotte, and G. Russell, and G. Tselioudis, and J. Cao, and E. Rignot, and E. Rignot, and I. Velicogna, and I. Velicogna, and B. Tormey, and B. Donovan, and E. Kandiano, and K. von Schuckmann, and P. Kharecha, and P. Kharecha, and A. N. Legrande, and M. Bauer, and M. Bauer, and K.-W. Lo, and K.-W. Lo

We use numerical climate simulations, paleoclimate data, and modern observations to study the effect of growing ice melt from Antarctica and Greenland. Meltwater tends to stabilize the ocean column, inducing amplifying feedbacks that increase subsurface ocean warming and ice shelf melting. Cold meltwater and induced dynamical effects cause ocean surface cooling in the Southern Ocean and North Atlantic, thus increasing Earth's energy imbalance and heat flux into most of the global ocean's s...

Ade Dwi Sasanti, and Widanarni ., and Sukenda .

<p>ABSTRACT</p><p><br />This study was carried out to obtain bacteria isolates from coral reef using co-culture method which potentially inhibit Vibrio harveyi growth. A total of 110 isolates were isolated from Acropora sp., Merulina sp., Hystrix sp., Poecillophora sp., Porites sp., and Haliophora sp., and were screened for their antagonistic activity against V. harveyi in in vitro and in vivo test. Five candidate probiotics (5H1 candidate probiotics isolated from Acropora sp., 11I and 11G isola...

V. G. Tereshchenko

Long-term dynamics of fish assemblage diversity of more than 70 lakes and reservoirs of Russia and the CIS countries were analyzed. The method of revealing of stable state of aquatic assemblages is offered. It is established, that most often the index of domination of the stable fish assemblage is equal 0.3. The factors determining a diversity of the fish assemblage of lakes and reservoirs are revealed.

, Purnamawati, and Daniel Djokosetiyanto, and Kukuh Nirmala, and Enang Harris Surawidjaja, and Ridwan Affandi

<p><strong>ABSTRACT </strong></p><p> </p><p>The aim of the research was to analyze survival rate, specific growth rate, albumin, and feed efficiency and physiological (blood glucose, cortisol, dan haemoglobin) responses of snake head fish juvenil that reared at aerated and unaerated of tidal land water have been conducted in the laboratory. Experiments using completely randomized design with aerated and unaerated as a treatment, and each treatment has twelve replications. The snakehead fish juve...

Bruno Meirelles Salotti, and Gerlando Augusto Sampaio Franco de Lima, and Luiz Joito Corrar, and Marina Mitiyo Yamamoto, and Mara Jane Contrera Malacrida

Esse estudo avalia as consequencias de não se considerarem os efeitos da inflação nas analises das demonstrações contábeis e, além disso, se esses impactos são diferentes em cada setor da economia. A pesquisa considera apenas as empresas que divulgaram as suas demonstrações contábeis corrigidas no periodo de 1996 a 2002. Verificou-se a existência de diferença significativa entre indices calculados pela Lei Societária (sem corregAo) e pela Correção Monetária Integral, tendo sido utilizado o teste...

S. ORFANIDIS, and N. STAMATIS, and V. RAGIAS, and W. SCHRAMM

The results of an intensive monitoring study of main eutrophication parameters in relation to fish farming management, climate and hydrography in the Vassova coastal lagoon (Nestos Delta) are presented. The overall aim is to produce basic knowledge in order to contribute to the management of eutrophication of coastal lagoons at local and national levels. Due to extensive spatiotemporal variability of the measured parameters correlation and regression polynomial analysis was used to identify patt...

N. Tim, and E. Zorita, and B. Hünicke

Detecting the atmospheric drivers of the Benguela upwelling systems is essential to understand its present variability and its past and future changes. We present a statistical analysis of a high-resolution (0.1°) ocean-only simulation driven by observed atmospheric fields over the last 60 years with the aim of identifying the large-scale atmospheric drivers of upwelling variability and trends. The simulation is found to reproduce well the seasonal cycle of upwelling intensity, with a maximum i...

Joana F. Marques, and Ana Luísa Rego, and José Lino Costa, and Maria José Costa, and Henrique N. Cabral

The Lusitanian toadfish, Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801), is distributed from the Ghana coast to the Iberian Peninsula, being particularly abundant on the south coast of Portugal. The differentiation of this species along the Portuguese coast was assessed through the analysis of 10 samples, considering morphological characters (20 morphometric and 16 meristic) and genetic markers (10 allozymes, 11 loci). Southern samples included estuaries and their adjacen...

I. Hoteit, and G. Triantafyllou, and G. Petihakis, and J. I. Allen

A singular evolutive extended Kalman (SEEK) filter is used to assimilate real in situ data in a water column marine ecosystem model. The biogeochemistry of the ecosystem is described by the European Regional Sea Ecosystem Model (ERSEM), while the physical forcing is described by the Princeton Ocean Model (POM). In the SEEK filter, the error statistics are parameterized by means of a suitable basis of empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs). The purpose of this contribution is to trac...

Y. Tang, and J. An, and F. Wang, and Y. Li, and Y. Qu, and Y. Chen, and J. Lin

Many field experiments have found high nitrous acid (HONO) mixing ratios in both urban and rural areas during daytime, but these high daytime HONO mixing ratios cannot be explained well by gas-phase production, HONO emissions, and nighttime hydrolysis conversion of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) on aerosols, suggesting that an unknown daytime HONO source (<i>P</i>_unknown) could exist. The formula <i>P</i>_unknown &approx; 19.60[NO₂] &middot; <i>J</i>(NO<sub>2</...

April W. Armstrong, and Julie Wu, and Mary Ann Johnson, and Dmitry Grapov, and Baktazh Azizi, and Jaskaran Dhillon, and Oliver Fiehn

Importance: While “omics” studies have advanced our understanding of inflammatory skin diseases, metabolomics is mostly an unexplored field in dermatology. Objective: We sought to elucidate the pathogenesis of psoriatic diseases by determining the differences in metabolomic profiles among psoriasis patients with or without psoriatic arthritis and healthy controls. Design: We employed a global metabolomics approach to compare circulating metabolites from patients with psoriasis, psoriasis and pso...

Edna Lindaura Luiz, and Maria Maria da Rocha Lamas

Este trabalho analisa as características de ambientes naturais presentes no distrito de rio Vermelho em Florianópolis/SC a partir da realização de um mapeamento geomorfológico de detalhe, permitindo avaliar a adequação da ocupação humana sobre estes ambientes. Assim, o mapa foi elaborado em escala 1:40.000 no software ArcGIS, a partir do MDT, ortofoto, hillshade, interpretação de fotografias aéreas e saídas a campo. O conhecimento das características destes ambientes mostra que alguns são extre...

M. De Dominicis, and N. Pinardi, and G. Zodiatis, and R. Archetti

In this paper we use MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangian marine surface oil spill model described in Part 1 (De Dominicis et al., 2013), to simulate oil slick transport and transformation processes for realistic oceanic cases, where satellite or drifting buoys data are available for verification. The model is coupled with operational oceanographic currents, atmospheric analyses winds and remote sensing data for initialization. The sensitivity of the oil spill simulations to several model parameterizations ...

Morten eFrederiksen, and Tore eHaug

S. Yi, and S. Yi, and J. Chen, and J. Chen, and Y. Qin, and G. Xu, and G. Xu

There is considerable controversy about the effects of plateau pika (<i>Ochotona curzoniae</i>, hereafter pika) on alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). On the one hand, pika is considered a keystone species. On the other hand, it is being poisoned. Although significant efforts have been made to study the effects of pika at a quadrat scale ( ∼  m²), our knowledge about its distribution and effects at a larger scale is very limited. In this study, we investigated t...

Christopher Cvitanovic, and Nadine A. Marshall, and Shaun K. Wilson, and Kirstin Dobbs, and Alistair J. Hobday

The rapid development of adaptation as a mainstream strategy for managing the risks of climate change has led to the emergence of a broad range of adaptation policies and management strategies globally. However, the success of such policies or management interventions depends on the effective integration of new scientific research into the decision-making process. Ineffective communication between scientists and environmental decision makers represents one of the key barriers limiting the integr...

laura eVillanueva, and Daan R Speth, and theo evanalen, and alex ehoischen, and Mike eJetten, and Mike eJetten

Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria are responsible for a significant portion of the loss of fixed nitrogen from the oceans, making them important players in the global nitrogen cycle. To date, marine anammox bacteria found in both water columns and sediments worldwide belong almost exclusively to Candidatus Scalindua species. Recently the genome assembly of a marine anammox enrichment culture dominated by Candidatus Scalindua profunda became available and can now be used as a templa...

Maria W Smith, and Lisa eZeigler Allen, and Andrew E Allen, and Lydie eHerfort, and Holly M Simon

The Columbia River (CR) is a powerful economic and environmental driver in the US Pacific Northwest. Microbial communities in the water column were analyzed from four diverse habitats: 1) an estuarine turbidity maximum (ETM); 2) a chlorophyll maximum of the river plume; 3) an upwelling-associated hypoxic zone; and 4) the deep ocean bottom. Three size fractions, 0.1-0.8, 0.8-3 and 3-200 μm were collected for each habitat in August 2007, and used for DNA isolation and 454 sequencing, resulting in ...

Eknarin Rodcharoen, and Niel L. Bruce, and Pornsilp Pholpunthin

Cirolana phuketensis sp. n. was collected from coral rubble from the Andaman sea coast of Thailand. C. phuketensis sp. n. is described and fully illustrated; C. phuketensis sp. n. can be recognized by the presence of transverse sutures on pereonites 2–4, pereonite 7 having three transverse sutures forming a nodulose ridge, antennula peduncle with articles 1 and 2 fully fused; pleotelson dorsal surface with 2 sub-median longitudinal carinae, each of which has one prom...

Catrine Ahlen, and Marianne Aas, and Jadwiga Krusnell, and Ole-Jan Iversen

Background: Recurrent legionella outbreaks at one and the same location are common. We have identified a single Legionella pneumophila genotype associated with recurrent Legionella outbreaks over 6 years. Methods: Field emergency surveys following Legionella outbreaks were performed on a vessel in 2008, 2009 and 2013. Water samples from both the distribution and technical parts of the potable water system were analyzed with respect to L. pneumophila [Real-Time PCR, cultivation, serotyping and ge...

L. R. Mudryk, and C. Derksen, and S. Howell, and F. Laliberté, and C. Thackeray, and R. Sospedra-Alfonso, and V. Vionnet, and P. J. Kushner, and R. Brown

The Canadian Sea Ice and Snow Evolution (CanSISE) Network is a climate research network focused on developing and applying state of the art observational data to advance dynamical prediction, projections, and understanding of seasonal snow cover and sea ice in Canada and the circumpolar Arctic. Here, we present an assessment from the CanSISE Network on trends in the historical record of snow cover (fraction, water equivalent) and sea ice (area, concentration, type, and thickness) across Ca...

Charles B. van Rees, and J. Michael Reed

We conducted a spatially explicit, stochastic, individually based population viability analysis for the Hawaiian common gallinule (Gallinula galeata sandvicensis), an endangered subspecies of waterbird endemic to fragmented coastal wetlands in Hawai‘i. This subspecies persists on two islands, with no apparent movement between them. We assessed extirpation risk for birds on O‘ahu, where the resident gallinule population is made up of several fragmented subpopulations. Data on genetic differentiat...

Boris Burkinskyi, and Kateryna Stepanova

Introduction. Maritime economy is one of the most important factors of economic growth and national security. Prior to the post-Soviet stage of development, a high level of "maritime maturity" was achieved in Ukraine. Well-developed and diversified maritime economic complex of Ukraine included maritime transport, fisheries, shipbuilding and ship repair, marine engineering, offshore gas industry, seaports, sea recreation with cruise fleet of international standards, etc. During the last years ...

Zoi Thanopoulou, and Maria Sini, and Konstantinos Vatikiotis, and Christos Katsoupis, and Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos, and Stelios Katsanevakis

Background Underwater visual surveys (UVSs) for monitoring fish communities are preferred over fishing surveys in certain habitats, such as rocky or coral reefs and seagrass beds and are the standard monitoring tool in many cases, especially in protected areas. However, despite their wide application there are potential biases, mainly due to imperfect detectability and the behavioral responses of fish to the observers. Methods The performance of two methods of UVSs were compared to test whether ...

Davide Foffa, and Mark T. Young, and Stephen L. Brusatte

Two of the best known Mesozoic marine reptile assemblages can be found in units deposited in the Jurassic Sub-Boreal Seaway of the UK: the late Middle Jurassic Oxford Clay Formation (OCF) and Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation (KCF). They record two very differently structured faunas, but understanding the turnover between them is hampered by a gap in the fossil record that spans much of the Oxfordian, the so-called “Corallian gap”. We provide a comprehensive review of specimens from the Co...

N. R. Bates, and R. Garley, and K. E. Frey, and K. L. Shake, and J. T. Mathis

The carbon dioxide (CO₂)-carbonate chemistry of sea-ice melt and co-located, contemporaneous seawater has rarely been studied in sea-ice-covered oceans. Here, we describe the CO₂–carbonate chemistry of sea-ice melt (both above sea-ice as "melt ponds" and below sea-ice as "interface waters") and mixed-layer properties in the western Arctic Ocean in the early summer of 2010 and 2011. At 19 stations, the salinity (&sim;0.5 to <6.5), dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC; &sim;20 to ...

Leonardo H. Mendoza-Carbajal

The present work registers for the first time the cyanobacteria Sphaerocavum brasiliense Azevedo y Sant’Anna and Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek in Kondrateva (Microcystaceae, Cyanophyceae) in an algal bloom on Huacachina lagoon (Ica), including the first report of Sphaerocavum for Peru. We suggest the necessity of monitoring these bloom-forming cyanobacteria.

Jianrong eLi

Tea polyphenols (TP) have shown antioxidant activity and antimicrobial properties in the food industry. Assessment of anti-oxidation potential of 6-gingerol (GR) has also been verified. As little is known about the use of tea polyphenols either individually or in combination with 6-gingerol in shrimp paste, we aimed to investigate the effect of tea polyphenols combined with 6-gingerol on the biogenic amines inhibition and quality of shrimp paste stored at 25 °C for 160 days. The shrimp paste sam...

K.AR. KORMAS, and A. NICOLAIDOU, and M. THESSALOU-LEGAKI

Spercheios River discharge rates of nutrients, suspended particulate matter (SPM) and particulate organic carbon (POC) and seawater concentrations of these parameters as well as chlorophyll a(chl a) were measured in the Maliakos Gulf, Greece, on a monthly basis between 1992-1993. From all the nutrients measured, silicate showed the highest discharge rates followed by nitrate, phosphate and nitrite. The river introduced significant amounts of SPM (8.5 – 35.5 Kg d -1 ) with very low POC content (<...

Zohreh Ghodsi, and Ali Shabani, and Bahareh Shabanpour

Golden grey mullet (Liza aurata) is a commercially valuable fish with great demand due to its delicious taste in southern coastal parts of the Caspian Sea. Genetic diversity of marine resources is of vital importance in their management and protection, as this is the first prerequisite for maintaining the consistency of populations in an inconsistent environmental conditions. In this study, we have used six microsatellite locations to investigate the level of genetic variation of Liza aurata in ...

Aldo Croquer, and David Bone, and Carolina Bastidas, and Ruth Ramos, and Elia García

This study evaluated pollution levels in water and sediments of Península de Paraguaná and related these levels with benthic macrofauna along a coastal area where the largest Venezuelan oil refineries have operated over the past 60 years. For this, the concentration of heavy metals, of hydrocarbon compounds and the community structure of the macrobenthos were examined at 20 sites distributed along 40 km of coastline for six consecutive years, which included windy and calm seasons. The spatial va...

P. Venkata Giri Kumar, and Sudheer Deshpande, and Aniruddha Joshi, and Pooja More, and H.R. Nagendra

Background: The variations in Tridoshas are the basis for disease diagnosis and treatment in Ayurveda. The doshas are assessed by sensing the pulse manually with fingers which depends on skill of the physician. There is a need to measure doshas using instruments and study them objectively. Objective: Arterial stiffness is well established pulse parameter in modern medicine and is closely associated to kathinya in the context of Ayurveda. The aim of our study was to measure arterial stiffness usi...

A. Akhand, and S. Maity, and A. Mukhopadhyay, and I. Das, and P. Sanyal, and S. Hazra

The Sundarban is the largest mangrove ecosystem, which is presently vulnerable to climate change related impacts. The western part of it falls in the state of West Bengal between the estuaries of the Hooghly and Ichamati-Raymongal Rivers. The diversity of the genus Ceratium Schrank and the related physicochemical parameters such as Sea Surface Temperature (SST) was studied in the Hooghly-Matla estuary and offshore. Five species of bio-indicator dinoflagellate, Ceratium were identified in the...

P. S. Minyuk, and V. Y. Borkhodoev, and V. Wennrich

Geochemical analyses were performed on sediments recovered by deep drilling at Lake El'gygytgyn in central Chukotka, northeastern Russia (67°30' N; 172°05' E). Major and rare element concentrations were determined using X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) on the < 250 μm fraction from 617 samples dated to ca. 440 and 125 ka, which approximates marine isotope stages (MIS) 11 to 6. The inorganic geochemistry indicates significant variations in elemental composition between glaciations and interg...

Daniela de Carvalho Melo, and Alvino Pedrosa Ferreira, and Leandro Guedes Pereira dos Santos Leal, and Elivan Arantes de Souza, and Alan Loures-Ribeiro, and Antonio Emanuel Barreto Alves de Sousa

Fifty-six villages along the coast of the State of Paraíba, Brazil, were visited to determine and map the occurrence of Amazona amazonica (Linnaeus, 1766). Search was conducted with binoculars and the residents of each locality were interviewed using a questionnaire to obtain information about the occurrence and species´s biological data. Reports of recent and old occurrences, absence and feeding areas were registered. The food items mentioned were fruits, such as cashew, cashew nuts, palm oil, ...

Gondo Puspito, and Supriono Ahmad, and Misbah Sururi

This study aimed to determine lift net’s lamp reflector construction which is able to give highest weight on catch and determine the best fishing time. Three lamp reflector constructions were made of cylinder shape for one construction and cone shape with opening angle α = 62° and 90° for two others. The dimension (øR × HR) for each reflector are 30 × 37 (cm), 40 × 18 (cm) and 40 × 39.62 (cm). Each lamp reflector was being operated by 1 lift net for 15 nights. Total fishing operations were twice...

Carolyn S Friedman, and Nathan eWight, and Lisa M Crosson, and Glenn R VanBlaricom, and Glenn R VanBlaricom, and Kevin D Lafferty, and Kevin D Lafferty

Black abalone, Haliotis cracherodii, populations along the NE Pacific ocean have declined due to the rickettsial disease withering syndrome (WS). Natural recovery on San Nicolas Island (SNI) off Southern California suggested the development of resistance in island populations. Experimental challenges in one treatment demonstrated that progeny of disease-selected black abalone from SNI survived better than did those from naïve black abalone from Carmel Point (CP) in mainland coastal central Calif...

P. Marrec, and T. Cariou, and E. Macé, and P. Morin, and L. A. Salt, and M. Vernet, and B. Taylor, and K. Paxman, and Y. Bozec

From January 2011 to December 2013, we constructed a comprehensive <i>p</i>CO₂ data set based on voluntary observing ship (VOS) measurements in the western English Channel (WEC). We subsequently estimated surface <i>p</i>CO₂ and air–sea CO₂ fluxes in northwestern European continental shelf waters using multiple linear regressions (MLRs) from remotely sensed sea surface temperature (SST), chlorophyll <i>a</i> concentration (Chl <i>a</i>), wind speed (WND), photosy...

Grazia Marina eQuero, and Daniele eCassin, and Margherita eBotter, and Laura ePerini, and Gian Marco eLuna

Prokaryotes in coastal sediments are fundamental players in the ecosystem functioning and regulate processes relevant in the global biogeochemical cycles. Nevertheless, knowledge on benthic microbial diversity patterns across spatial scales, or as function to anthropogenic influence, is still limited. We investigated the microbial diversity in two of the most chemically polluted sites along the coast of Italy. One site is the Po River Prodelta (Northern Adriatic Sea), which receives contaminant ...

Marjolaine eMartin, and Tristan eBarbeyron, and Renée eMartin, and Daniel ePortetelle, and Gurvan eMichel, and Micheline eVandenbol

Bacteria degrading algal polysaccharides are key players in the global carbon cycle and in algal biomass recycling. Yet the water column, which has been studied largely by metagenomic approaches, is poor in such bacteria and their algal-polysaccharide-degrading enzymes. Even more surprisingly, the few published studies on seaweed-associated microbiomes have revealed low abundances of such bacteria and their specific enzymes. However, as macroalgal cell-wall polysaccharides do not accumulate in n...

Y. R. SGHAIER, and R. ZAKHAMA-SRAIEB, and S. MOUELHI, and M. VAZQUEZ, and C. VALLE, and A.A. RAMOS-ESPLA, and J.M. ASTIER, and M. VERLAQUE, and F. CHARFI-CHEIKHROUHA

In the present study, the list of alien marine macrophytes introduced into Tunisia was updated in the light of available data and new observations. A total of 27 alien marine macrophytes have been recorded so far from Tunisia: 18 Rhodophyta, 3 Ochrophyta, 5 Chlorophyta and 1 Magnoliophyta. For each species, the locality (-ies), the year (or) period and the source of the first observation in Tunisia are given. The distribution and the status (casual, cryptogenic, established or questionable) of s...

D. B. Baranowski, and P. J. Flatau, and S. Chen, and P. G. Black

The atmospheric wind stress forcing and the oceanic response are examined for the period between 15 September 2008 and 6 October 2008, during which two typhoons – Hagupit and Jangmi – passed through the same region of the western Pacific at Saffir–Simpson intensity categories one and three, respectively. A three-dimensional oceanic mixed layer model is compared against the remote sensing observations as well as high-repetition Argo float data. Numerical model simulations suggested that magnitude...

Liang Yan, and Ji-guang Zhao, and Huai-rong Shen, and Yuan Li

A new guidance law, called biased retro proportional navigation (BRPN), is proposed. The guidance law is designed to intercept high-speed targets with angular constraint, which can be used for ballistic target interception. BRPN guidance law is defined, and the exact time-varying bias for a required impact angle is derived. Furthermore, the simulation results (trajectory, variation of navigation ratio, capture region, etc) are compared with those of biased proportional navigation (BPN), proporti...