Nur Ili Hamizah Mustaffa, and Mariana Ribas-Ribas, and Oliver Wurl

Enrichment of fluorescence dissolved organic matter (FDOM) in the sea surface microlayer (SML) provides insights into biogeochemical processes occurring at the sea surface, including cycling of organic matter, photochemistry, and air-sea gas exchange. We present data concerning the variability of FDOM enrichment in the SML during upwelling events in the Baltic Sea (Cruise M117). Our results show that FDOM is frequently enriched (75% of all samples) and that enrichment factors are significantly h...

Enric Massutí, and John D.M. Gordon, and Joan Morata, and Sarah C. Swan, and Constantí Stefanescu, and Nigel R. Merrett

Data obtained over a period of twenty years from 214 bottom trawls, towed on a single warp at depths between 402 and 1993 m in the western Mediterranean (Algerian and Balearic basins) and eastern North Atlantic (Rockall Trough and Porcupine Seabight), allowed a standardised comparison of density, biomass composition and size-related structure for both the whole fish fauna and for the most common species found within the deep-sea fish assemblages. All four areas are characterised by distinctly di...

A. H. Berner, and C. S. Bretherton, and R. Wood

For the first time, a large eddy simulation (LES) coupled to a bulk aerosol scheme is used to simulate an aircraft-sampled ship track. The track was formed by the M/V <i>Sanko Peace</i> on 13 June 1994 in a shallow drizzling boundary layer with high winds but very low background aerosol concentrations (10 cm⁻³). A Lagrangian framework is used to simulate the evolution of a short segment of track as it is advected away from the ship for 8 h (a downwind distance exceeding 570 km). <br><...

Stuart E. Jones, and Tracey A Cadkin, and Ryan J. Newton, and Katherine D. McMahon, and Katherine D. McMahon

Understanding characteristic variation in aquatic bacterial community composition (BCC) across space and time can inform us about processes driving community assembly and the ability of bacterial communities to respond to perturbations. In this study, we synthesize BCC data from north temperate lakes to evaluate our current understanding of how BCC varies across multiple scales in time and space. A hierarchy of average similarity emerged with the highest similarity found among samples collected...

Beatriz Regina Brito de Oliveira Lavorante, and Paloma Nascimento dos Santos, and Paula Tiyemi Shinozaki Mendes, and Emiko Shinozaki Mendes

O objetivo deste trabalho foi validar um método para determinação de resíduos de oxitetraciclina (OTC) em camarões, por meio de cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência, e avaliar, pelo método validado, a depleção de resíduos de OTC em camarões in vivo. Para a validação, foram utilizados camarões isentos de OTC e camarões adicionados de OTC in vitro. Foram estabelecidos: seletividade, tempo de retenção, linearidade (coeficiente de correlação), faixa de trabalho, recuperação relativa, limites de ...

Alexandre Monkolski, and Sidnei Pressinatti Júnior, and Luiz Alberto Vieira, and Anderson Medeiros dos Santos, and Roger Paulo Mormul

A colonização de invertebrados durante o período de 56 dias de decomposição de duas espécies de plantas aquáticas (<em>Eichhornia azurea e Polygonum ferrugineum</em>) foi investigada para determinar o papel de macroinvertebrados no processo de fragmentação da folha. Durante a análise do material, foi constatado um total de 2096 invertebrados, associados a <em>E.azurea</em> e 6154 invertebrados associados a <em>P. ferrugineum</em>, identificados dentro de 18 táxons, com predominância de larvas de...

A. D. Cezar, and J. L. Luque, and J. F. R. Amato

Metazoan parasites were extracted for 110 Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) (Teleostei: Ephippidae) specimens from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (nearly 21-23° S, 41-45° W). Two new species of monogeneans belonging to genera Sprostoniella and Parancylodiscoides are described and illustrated. The new species of Sprostoniella, differ from S. multitestis, the only known species of the genus, by: 1. the arrangement of septa (with 17 septa, two of them bifid and two in...

C. L. Stevens, and N. J. Robinson, and M. J. M. Williams, and T. G. Haskell

The first turbulence profiler observations beneath land fast sea ice which is directly adjacent to an Antarctic ice shelf are described. The stratification in the 325 m deep water column consisted of a layer of supercooled water in the upper 40 m lying above a quasi-linearly stratified water column with a sharp step in density at mid-depth. Turbulent energy dissipation rates were on average 3&amp;times;10^&amp;minus;8 m² s^&amp;minus;3 with peak bin-averaged values...

Lucélia Donatti, and Tânia Zaleski, and Patrícia Calil, and Edith Fanta

The influence of photoperiod on the ability of Notothenia rossii Richardson, 1844 to detect prey was studied experimentally. In 12L/12D there was the highest number of individuals stimulated visually and chemically while in 24D chemical perception was the same as that observed in 12L/12D, the latter being lower than in 24L. The ultrastructure of chemo- and photo-sensory structures, involved in the detection of food, was studied. The photoreceptor cells of the retina are single and double cones, ...

Mojtaba Tabari, and Mehrdad Ziabari, and Mona Radmard, and Mahdiyeh Radmard

This paper develops a balanced scorecard (BSC) in order to prepare a comprehensive tool for performance evaluation. In this way, an experimental test is conducted in the Resorts of Ramsar Green City located in the north of Iran, in which the factors of a blue ocean strategy influence on the dimensions of the BSC. The sample number of this study consists of 90 managers and experts of the employees who work for Resorts of Ramsar Green City. The acquired data are analyzed with using the t-test. The...

Benjamin J. Tully, and Rohan Sachdeva, and Elaina D. Graham, and John F. Heidelberg

The Tara Oceans Expedition has provided large, publicly-accessible microbial metagenomic datasets from a circumnavigation of the globe. Utilizing several size fractions from the samples originating in the Mediterranean Sea, we have used current assembly and binning techniques to reconstruct 290 putative draft metagenome-assembled bacterial and archaeal genomes, with an estimated completion of ≥50%, and an additional 2,786 bins, with estimated completion of 0–50%. We have submitted our results, i...

Adna Ferreira Garcia

Although saltmarshes are widely recognized as important habitats providing shelter for estuarine organisms and protection against predators, there is still no consensus on the trophic value of marsh plants for estuarine food webs. We employed stable isotopes to evaluate differences in assimilation of nutrients derived from marsh plants with C3 (Juncus acutus, Scirpus maritimus, Scirpus olneyi) and C4 (Spartina densiflora) photosynthetic pathways by resident fishes in three estuaries with contras...

Won Sun Ruy, and Ho Kyeong Kim, and Yong Jin Cho, and Dae Eun Ko

These days, the great part of design processes in the field of ship or offshore manufacturing are planned and implemented using the CAD system customized for shipbuilding companies. It means that all information for design and production could be extracted and reused at the other useful fields which need cost considerable time and efforts. The typical example is the field of welding material quantity evaluation which is demanded during the construction of ship or offshore structures. The proper ...

Lunga Jacobs

The maritime industry is the major enabler of international trade. Major economic events in the international arena such as global recessions affect world trade and therefore the maritime industry as well. South Africa imports and exports major commodities and products therefore such events will also affect the country's economy. This paper explores how different industries within the South African maritime industry have been affected by global economic recessions. As some of them are of great s...

Raouia Ghanem, and Emna Soufi Kechaou, and Jamila Ben Souissi, and Joaquim Garrabou

Gorgonian species play an important ecological role in the structure and function of marine communities. Human activities are negatively affecting the conservation status of gorgonian populations in the Mediterranean. Acquiring knowledge of gorgonian distribution is therefore a key step required to promote efficient management and conservation actions. However, information on the distribution of gorgonian species is lacking in many Mediterranean areas. This study aimed to provide an overview of ...

Gilles Lepoint, and Bruno Frédérich, and Sylvie Gobert, and Eric Parmentier

Isotopic ratios and elemental concentrations of carbon and nitrogen were measured in seven seagrass species colonising different tidal flats near Toliara (SW Madagascar) in order to determine the potential use of these parameters for assessing C processing and sewage use by tropical seagrasses. Nitrogen concentrations measured in upper intertidal seagrasses near Toliara were almost twice those measured on the tidal flat near a healthy mangrove situated 20 km away from Toliara town. At Toliara Be...

Sophia Arlena Ulrich, and Kristina Lehnert, and Ana Rubio-Garcia, and Guillermo J. Sanchez-Contreras, and Christina Strube, and Ursula Siebert

Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are frequently infected with the lungworms Otostrongylus circumlitus and Parafilaroides gymnurus. The infection is often accompanied by secondary bacterial infections and can cause severe bronchopneumonia and even death in affected animals. Hitherto, the detection of lungworm infections was based on post mortem investigations from animals collected within stranding networks and a valid detection method for live free-ranging harbour seals was not available. Recently...

A. Mountz, and J. Loyd

This article examines transnational framings of domestic carceral landscapes to better understand the relationship between offshore and onshore enforcement and detention regimes. US detention on mainland territory and interception and detention in the Caribbean serves as a case study. While the US domestic carceral regime is a subject of intense political debate, research, and activism, it is not often analyzed in relation to the development and expansion of an offshore "buffer zone" to intercep...

J. Grundmann, and N. Schütze, and V. Heck

Groundwater systems in arid coastal regions are particularly at risk due to limited potential for groundwater replenishment and increasing water demand, caused by a continuously growing population. For ensuring a sustainable management of those regions, we developed a new simulation-based integrated water management system. The management system unites process modelling with artificial intelligence tools and evolutionary optimisation techniques for managing both water quality and water quantity ...

J. E. Sawicka, and V. Brüchert

Marine methane emissions originate largely from near-shore coastal systems, but emission estimates are often not based on temporally well-resolved data or sufficient understanding of the variability of methane consumption and production processes in the underlying sediment. The objectives of our investigation were to explore the effects of seasonal temperature, changes in benthic oxygen concentration, and historical eutrophication on sediment methane concentrations and benthic fluxes at two type...

Ana Filipa Silva, and Bernardo R. Quintella, and Bernardo R. Quintella

The Pessegueiro Island Marine Protected Area (MPA), SW coast of Portugal, was implemented in 2011 with the purpose of protect biodiversity and prevent over-exploitation of commercially important fish species. Amongst those species are the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena) and the European conger (Conger conger). In this context, the aim of this study was to assess the importance of this MPA as a refuge/feeding area for these species and to evaluate its location and size adequacy. The study wa...

Christopher H. R. Goatley, and Roberta M. Bonaldo, and Rebecca J. Fox, and David R. Bellwood

Around the world, the decreasing health of coral reef ecosystems has highlighted the need to better understand the processes of reef degradation. The development of more sensitive tools, which complement traditional methods of monitoring coral reefs, may reveal earlier signs of degradation and provide an opportunity for pre-emptive responses. We identify new, sensitive metrics of ecosystem processes and benthic composition that allow us to quantify subtle, yet destabilizing, changes in the ecosy...

Jaqueline Conceição Meireles Gomes, and Juliana Simão Nina de Azevedo, and Adonney Allan de Oliveira Veras, and Jorianne Thyeska Castro Alves, and Isabel Henriques, and António Correia, and Artur Luiz da Costa da Silva, and Adriana Ribeiro Carneiro

The genus Psychrobacter includes Gram-negative coccobacilli that are non-pigmented, oxidase-positive, non-motile, psychrophilic or psychrotolerant, and halotolerant. Psychrobacter strain ENNN9_III was isolated from water in a polluted temperate estuarine system, contaminated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals. The genome has a G + C content of 42.7%, 2618 open reading frames (ORFs), three copies of the rRNAs operon, and 29 tRNA genes. Twenty-five sequences related to the degradation of aromatic ...

Romina B. Ituarte, and Eduardo D. Spivak, and Tomás A. Luppi

The female reproductive biology of a Chasmagnathus granulatus population inhabiting the area near the mouth of Mar Chiquita coastal lagoon, Argentina, was studied. An increase in air temperature during the spring is related to the start of the breeding period, when well defined egg-laying and hatching pulses were observed. Hatching is synchronic during the whole summer but the egg production was not, probably due to the gradual incorporation of young females to the reproductive population. Neith...

Axel eSchippers, and Dagmar eKock, and Carmen eHöft, and Gerrit eKöweker, and Michael eSiegert

Organic-rich subsurface marine sediments were taken by gravity coring up to a depth of 10 meters below seafloor at six stations from the anoxic Black Sea and the Benguela upwelling system off Namibia during the research cruises R/V Meteor 72/5 and 76/1, respectively. The quantitative microbial community composition at various sediment depths was analyzed using total cell counting, CARD-FISH and quantitative real-time PCR (Q-PCR). Total cell counts decreased with depths from 109 – 1010 cells /mL ...

J. N. Sutton, and Y.-W. Liu, and Y.-W. Liu, and J. B. Ries, and M. Guillermic, and E. Ponzevera, and R. A. Eagle, and R. A. Eagle, and R. A. Eagle

The boron isotope composition (<i>δ</i>¹¹B) of marine biogenic carbonates has been predominantly studied as a proxy for monitoring past changes in seawater pH and carbonate chemistry. However, a number of assumptions regarding chemical kinetics and thermodynamic isotope exchange reactions are required to derive seawater pH from <i>δ</i>¹¹B biogenic carbonates. It is also probable that <i>δ</i>¹¹B of biogenic carbonate reflects seawater pH at the organism's ...

Ankita Juneja, and Ganti S. Murthy

Algae, a renewable energy source, has an added advantage of consuming nutrients from wastewater and consequently aiding in wastewater treatment. The algae thus produced can be processed using alternative paths for conversion to fuels. However, due to high moisture content of algae, wet algae processing methods are being encouraged to avoid the dewatering cost and energy. Hydrothermal liquefaction is one such technology that converts the algae into high heating value bio-oil under high temperatur...

Fabio G. Aquino, and Terry Sheldrake, and Judimar Clevelario, and Fabio Pires, and Fernanda M. B. Coutinho

O Brasil é mundialmente renomado como um líder na extração de petróleo, em águas profundas e ultra profundas. Dentro da cadeia produtiva, grande parte do petróleo e do gás produzido é escoada através de dutos flexíveis que conectam os poços de produção às plataformas. Quando estão apoiadas no fundo do mar, em condição de serviço estático, os dutos flexíveis são denominados flowlines e quando se elevam do fundo do mar até a plataforma, em condição de serviço dinâmico, são denominados risers. Os t...

Marcelo Metri Correa, and João Carlos Ker, and Vidal Barrón, and Maurício Paulo Ferreira Fontes, and José Torrent, and Nilton Curi

Vários têm sido os trabalhos contemplando a gênese e as conseqüências da coesão em Argissolos e Latossolos nos tabuleiros costeiros e interioranos. Poucos, entretanto, sãos os estudos referentes à mineralogia da fração argila, sobretudo aqueles referentes à uma completa caracterização dos óxidos de Fe. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar as características químicas e cristalográficas dos óxidos de Fe de solos vermelhos e amarelos, derivados de sedimentos da Formação Barreiras ou de materiais d...

Everaldo R. Porto, and Míriam C.C. de Amorim, and Luis G. de A. Silva Júnior

Com o objetivo de se reduzir os impactos causados pela dessalinização de água salobra proveniente do cristalino no trópico semi-árido brasileiro, a erva-sal (Atriplex nummularia) foi cultivada durante um ano, nos campos da Estação Experimental da Embrapa Semi-Árido. As plantas foram irrigadas com rejeito do processo de dessalinização, com concentração salina média de 11,38 dS m-1, e cada uma recebeu 75 L de água por semana, durante 48 semanas. A salinidade média do perfil de solo, da camada de 0...

L. Delauney, and C. Compère, and M. Lehaitre

These days, many marine autonomous environment monitoring networks are set up in the world. These systems take advantage of existing superstructures such as offshore platforms, lightships, piers, breakwaters or are placed on specially designed buoys or underwater oceanographic structures. These systems commonly use various sensors to measure parameters such as dissolved oxygen, turbidity, conductivity, pH or fluorescence. Emphasis has to be put on the long term quality of measurements, yet senso...

V. Alexandrov, and S. Sandven, and J. Wahlin, and O. M. Johannessen

Retrieval of Arctic sea ice thickness from CryoSat-2 radar altimeter freeboard data requires observational data to verify the relation between these two variables. In this study in-situ ice and snow data from 689 observation sites, obtained during the Sever expeditions in the 1980s, have been used to establish an empirical relation between thickness and freeboard of FY ice in late winter. Estimates of mean and variability of snow depth, snow density and ice density were produced on the basis of ...

Uthra Mohan, and S Karthik babu, and K Vijaya Kumar, and B V Suresh, and Z K Misri, and M Chakrapani

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of mirror therapy on lower extremity motor recovery, balance and mobility in patients with acute stroke. Design: A randomized, sham-controlled, assessor blinded, pilot trial. Setting: Inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit. Subjects: First time onset of stroke with mean post-stroke duration of 6.41 days, able to respond to verbal instructions, and Brunnstrom recovery stage 2 and above were enrolled. Intervention: Mirror therapy group performed 30 minutes of...

Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta, and Aldo Pacheco Ferreira, and Antonio José Rocha Luzardo, and Vincent Brignol, and Vanessa Índio do Brasil, and André Ricardo Maia da Costa de Faro, and Wagner de Jesus Pinto

Objetivo: Estimar o risco de contaminação por cádmio (Cd) através da ingestão de peixe em população consumidora de pescado, na Baía de Sepetiba-SE, Brasil. Métodos: Estimouse o risco de ingestão de cádmio para os consumidores de peixe da área de estudo. Para o controle, baseou-se no consumo de peixe pela população brasileira, tornando possível estimar a probabilidade e risco devido à ingestão de cádmio por avaliação do quociente de perigo (HQ). Resultados: O risco para a ingestão de cádmio foi 1...

H. Herrmann, and T. Gnauk, and S. Lehmann, and J. Karstensen, and D. van Pinxteren, and Y. Iinuma, and C. Müller

Monomethylamine (MA), dimethylamine (DMA) and diethylamine (DEA) were detected at non-negligible concentrations in sub-micrometer particles at the Cap Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) located on the island of São Vicente in Cape Verde during algal blooms in 2007. The concentrations of these amines in five stage impactor samples ranged from 0–30 pg m^&amp;minus;3 for MA, 130–360 pg m^&amp;minus;3 for DMA and 5–110 pg m^&amp;minus;3 for DEA during the spring bloom...

Mohamed Azmi Hassali, and Asrul A Shafie, and Fahad Saleem, and Harith Al-Qazaz, and Imran Masood, and Muhammad Atif, and Hisham Aljadhey

Context: A better understanding of medication safety ensures better health state among healthcare consumers. Aim: The study aims to assess general public awareness toward issues related to medication safety. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted among general public selected conveniently in the state of Penang, Malaysia. Materials and methods: A total of 500 respondents were approached and 476 consumers participated in the survey giving a response rate of 95.2%. Statistical ...

Gisela R A M Marques, and Oswaldo Paulo Forattini

OBJETIVO: Comparar a diversidade da fauna de culicídeos em bromélias de solo segundo ambientes urbano, periurbano e mata primitiva. MÉTODOS: O estudo foi realizado no município de Ilhabela, litoral norte do estado de São Paulo, em tanques de bromélias de ambientes urbano, periurbano e mata. Realizaram-se coletas de imaturos quinzenalmente, de março de 1998 a julho de 1999. A presença e freqüência de espécies nos diferentes ambientes foram comparadas com base em estimativas da diversidade para me...

Risnandar Nasution, and Herqutanto Herqutanto, and Yuliana Yuliana

<p><strong><em>Latar belakang: </em></strong><em>Obesitas pada penerbang dapat menyebabkan inkapasitas mendadak dalam penerbangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kebiasaan makan makanan manis dan faktor lainnya yang berpengaruh terhadap penerbang sipil obes di Indonesia.</em><em> </em></p> <p><em> </em><em> </em></p> <p><strong><em>Metode</em></strong><em>: Desain potong lintang dengan sampel total dari data sekunder penerbang sipil yang melakukan pemeriksaan kesehatan berkala pada pe...

S. Dey, and M. Manorama, and S. N. Ramanujam

<p>Three species of fishes, viz., <em>Bagarius yarrelli, Parambassis lala</em>, listed Near Threatened and <em>Hemibagrus menoda</em>, Least Concern by IUCN, respectively belonging to the families Sisoridae, Ambassidae and Bagridae have been newly recorded from the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra and Surma-Megna river basins of Meghalaya.  Diagnostic characters and brief notes on the habitat ecology of the fishes are given in this paper.</p><div> </div>

Y.M. Ahmed

The incompressible turbulent free surface flow around the complex hull form of the DTMB 5415 model at two different speeds has been numerically simulated using the RANSE code CFX. The Volume of Fluid method (VOF) has been used with CFX for capturing the free surface flow around the ship model at the two speeds. The simulation conditions are the ones for which experimental and numerical results exist. The standard k–ɛ turbulence model has been used in CFX code. The grid generator ICEM CFD has bee...

Émilie eSaulnier-Talbot

Marie-Claire Bernatchez, and Christèle Poirier, and Ernesto Morales, and Désirée Maltais

Caring for a child with cerebral palsy (CP) at home represents a major challenge and can have a significant impact on the caregiver’s physical and psychological well-being. Caregivers and professionals often feel uncomfortable with adolescents’ emerging behaviours. Adolescents’ need for privacy requires a certain level of independence to be achieved. However, the physical environment may cause problems in achieving the required degree of privacy. The main objective of this study was to explore a...

Rafaella Stradiotto Bernardelli, and Auristela Duarte de Lima Moser, and Gerson Linck Bichinho

The spine has a direct influence on postural alignment and movement of the whole body. Lumbar muscles constitute a critical element in trunk performance while weakness of these muscles has been associated with low back pain. Hence, strength profiling of trunk muscles is clinically significant. The objective of this research was to determine, by means of isokinetic dynamometry, peak moment (PM) values during isokinetic concentric and eccentric efforts of trunk flexion and extension in sedentary a...

Loredana Stabili, and Rosa Anna Cavallo

The qualitative and quantitative composition of culturable heterotrophic bacteria in water samples from the Southern Adriatic Sea of Italy was examined. Water samples were collected monthly, for a year, at 16 stations along the coast line between Brindisi and Santa Maria di Leuca. The results obtained described the heterotrophic bacterial community over an annual cycle. Mean values of bacterial densities were 5.3 x 104 CFUml-1 in Brindisi, 5.8 x 104 CFUml-1 in S. Cataldo, 4.3 x 104 CFUml-1 in Ot...

Magnus Nordmo, and Aksel Inge Sinding, and Per Carlbring, and Gerhard Andersson, and Odd E. Havik, and Tine Nordgreen

Background: Guided Internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) is an effective treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, the treatment is not effective for all. The amount and type of therapist contact have been highlighted as a possible moderator of treatment outcome. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine whether treatment effects of ICBT are enhanced with an initial 90 min face-to-face psychoeducation (PE) session for university students with SAD. Method: Unive...

B. Ausín, and B. Ausín, and D. Zúñiga, and D. Zúñiga, and D. Zúñiga, and J. A. Flores, and C. Cavaleiro, and C. Cavaleiro, and C. Cavaleiro, and M. Froján, and N. Villacieros-Robineau, and F. Alonso-Pérez, and B. Arbones, and C. Santos, and C. Santos, and C. Santos, and C. Santos, and F. de la Granda, and C. G. Castro, and F. Abrantes, and F. Abrantes, and T. I. Eglinton, and E. Salgueiro, and E. Salgueiro

A systematic investigation of the spatial and temporal variability in coccolithophore abundance and distribution through the water column of the NW Iberian coastal upwelling system was performed. From July 2011 to June 2012, monthly sampling at various water depths was conducted at two parallel stations located at 42° N. <br><br> Total coccosphere abundance was higher at the outer-shelf station, where warmer, nutrient-depleted waters favoured coccolithophore rather than phytoplanktonic d...

H. Delattre, and C. Vallet-Coulomb, and C. Sonzogni

Stable isotopes of water vapour represent a powerful tool for tracing atmospheric vapour origin and mixing processes. Laser spectrometry recently allowed high time-resolution measurements, but despite an increasing number of experimental studies, there is still a need for a better understanding of the isotopic signal variability at different time scales. We present results of in situ measurements of δ¹⁸O and δD during 36 consecutive days in summer 2011 in atmospheric vapour of a Medit...

Luisa Resende Manna, and Carla Ferreira Rezende

The habitat use is an individual choice that is influenced by physical conditions such as substrate type, food resources availability and adequate depth. However, habitat use is often measured only through interspecific variability because intraspecific variability is supposed to be low. Here, the differences in habitat use by two stream fish assemblages in two different environments (Brazilian rainforest and semiarid) were investigated at both interspecific and intraspecific levels. We performe...

Mun-Sung Kim, and Hong-Shik Park, and Kwang-Hyo Jung, and Ho-Hwan Chun

In the offshore project such as semi-submersible FPU and FPSO, the free fall type life boat called TEMPSC (Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft) has been installed for the use of an emergency evacuation of POB (People on Board) from the topside platform. For the design of life boat arrangement for semi-submersible FPU in the initial design stage, the drop height and launch angle are required fulfill with the limitation of classification society rule and Company requirement, including ...

Cynthia Rowe Smith, and Stephanie eVenn-Watson, and Randall S. Wells, and Shawn P. Johnson, and Natalie eMaffeo, and Brian C. Balmer, and Eric D. Jensen, and Forrest eTownsend, and Khashayar eSakhaee

In humans, ammonium urate nephrolithiasis is rare in the Western hemisphere and more common in Japan and developing countries. Among a variety of risk factors, insulin resistance has been associated with urate nephrolithiasis in people. Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are susceptible to ammonium urate nephrolithiasis, and it is believed that some populations are more likely to develop nephrolithiasis compared to others. In an effort to better understand population-based risk factors f...