Rohit Verma, and C S Mohanty, and C Kodange

Saturation Diving is a highly technical and advanced form of diving utilized to perform dives at depths greater than 55 metres. It employs physiological principles and decompression techniques which enables the diver to have an almost unlimited stay at the depth. This requires the diver to be saturated at the requisite pressure in a diving chamber for prolonged periods. Saturation diving necessitates stringent fitness standards of divers, careful and exhaustive planning of the dive, creating tai...

T. M. H. Ho, and P. Burny

Purpose of this paper is to identify the tendency of shrimp value chain development and impact of its governance on the small scale shrimp farmers in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach - Data from the shrimp farmers surveys in Mekong delta, Vietnam from 2008-2010 with the update information in 2014 were taken to analyse by the value chain analysis method. Findings – Traditional governance type of the shrimp value chain in the early state (before 2004) showed the different levels of coordinatio...

Omar G. Lizano, and Eric J. Alfaro, and Alfonso Salazar Matarrita

Se propone un método para evaluar enriquecimiento de metales en sedimentos de Bahía Culebra y en el Golfo de Nicoya de Costa Rica a través de la normalización de los elementos y el aluminio usando la regresión lineal de las concentraciones de los elementos y el Aluminio. Las distribuciones de los elementos manganeso y el estroncio de Bahía Culebra no cumplen con las pruebas de normalización y de regresión lineal, indicando una distribución no natural o enriquecimiento de estos elementos en esta ...

Luiz G. S Artioli, and João P Vieira, and Alexandre M Garcia, and Marlise de A Bemvenuti

Este estudo apresenta a composição de espécies, os padrões de distribuição e dominância, e a estrutura de tamanhos da assembleia de peixes em diferentes unidades de hábitat (zonas litoral, profunda e limnética costeira) da lagoa Mangueira, no extremo sul do Brasil. As amostras foram obtidas no norte, centro e sul da lagoa, entre os anos de 2001 e 2007 utilizando-se de diversos amostradores (rede de emalhe, tarrafa, rede de arrasto de praia, puçá e rede de arrasto de fundo). Um total de 52 espéci...

Cristina Alegria

Uneven aged maritime pine stands established by natural regeneration have a great expression in Portugal. These stands being overstocked, as opposed to those established from plantations, provide straight and cylindrical tree boles and logs with less knots that makes them very suitable for certain industrial purposes. Therefore, the aim of this study was to fit a set of equations to predict total volume and merchantable volumes to any merchantable limit for uneven aged maritime pine stands estab...

Edith Fanta

The behavioural patterns and their cireadian rhythms may be adaptive to the peculiar environmental conditions of subtropical brackish waters where Ba-thygobius soporator Valenciennes, 1837 live. Adult fish were caught at the southern Brazilian coast from mangrove rivers and rocky shores in a bay, where temperature and water salinity vary during the day and through the year. Observation on the behaviour of the animals was undertaken in salinity 8.5ppt, 17.0ppt, 25.5ppt and 34.0ppt, each one in te...

T. W. Trull, and T. W. Trull, and T. W. Trull, and A. Passmore, and A. Passmore, and D. M. Davies, and D. M. Davies, and T. Smit, and K. Berry, and K. Berry, and B. Tilbrook, and B. Tilbrook

The Southern Ocean provides a vital service by absorbing about one-sixth of humankind's annual emissions of CO₂. This comes with a cost – an increase in ocean acidity that is expected to have negative impacts on ocean ecosystems. The reduced ability of phytoplankton and zooplankton to precipitate carbonate shells is a clearly identified risk. The impact depends on the significance of these organisms in Southern Ocean ecosystems, but there is very little information on their abun...

Rick Bruintjes, and Andrew N. Radford

Anthropogenic (man-made) noise has been shown to have a negative impact on the behaviour and physiology of a range of terrestrial and aquatic animals. However, direct assessments of fitness consequences are rare. Here we examine the effect of additional noise on early life stages in the model cichlid fish, Neolamprologus pulcher. Many fishes use and produce sounds, they are crucial elements of aquatic ecosystems, and there is mounting evidence that they are vulnerable to anthropogenic noise; adu...

Maiorov Igor Semenovich

Development of variants of concrete strategy of steady wildlife management in various coastal areas of the Far East of Russia should be based on the concept of adaptive bioresource wildlife management with use of the nature-aligned models and the bioinformation analysis.

Lars eWojtecki, and Stefan Jun eGroiss, and Stefano eFerrea, and Saskia eElben, and Christian J. Hartmann, and Stephen eDunnett, and Anne eRosser, and Carsten eSaft, and Martin eSüdmeyer, and Christian eOhmann, and Alfons eSchnitzler, and Jan eVesper

Background: Movement disorders in Huntington´s disease are often medically refractive. The aim of the trial was assessment of procedure safety of deep brain stimulation, equality of internal- and external-pallidal stimulation and efficacy followed-up for 6 months in a prospective pilot trial.Methods: In a conrolled double-blind phase 6 patients (4 chorea-dominant, 2 Westphal-variant) with predominant movement disorder were randomly assigned to either the sequence of 6 week internal-/6 week exter...

Z. Xu, and G. Gao, and J. Xu, and H. Wu

The development of golden tides is potentially influenced by global change factors, such as ocean acidification and eutrophication, but related studies are very scarce. In this study, we cultured a golden tide alga, <i>Sargasssum muticum</i>, at two levels of <i>p</i>CO₂ (400 and 1000 µatm) and phosphate (0.5 and 40 µM) to investigate the interactive effects of elevated <i>p</i>CO₂ and phosphate on the physiological properties of the thalli. Higher <i>p</i>CO₂ an...

J. Rolando Bastida-Zavala, and Linda D. McCann, and Erica Keppel, and Gregory M. Ruiz

Serpulids are an important component of fouling communities. This paper provides an overview of the serpulid species found in North America, as part of a broader study of fouling invertebrates focused on NIS (non-indigenous species) in United States coastal ecosystems. Almost 4400 serpulid specimens were examined from selected fouling plates. Fouling plates were deployed in 26 bays and coastal lagoons along the continental coasts of the United States and Hawaiian islands, primarily in bays and l...

Ben L. Gilby, and Tim Stevens

Understanding changes in trophic group interactions following the implementation of marine protected areas (MPAs) is critical in understanding their success, or otherwise. A systematic review and meta-analysis was used to determine trends in the effects of MPAs on primary producers and herbivores from 57 locations throughout the world. On coral reefs, macroalgal coverage and sea urchin density were significantly (p<0.05) lower within MPAs, with 79% and 83% of MPAs reporting smaller populations o...

C.-Y. Liu, and C.-Y. Liu, and C.-Y. Liu, and W.-H. Feng, and W.-H. Feng, and Y. Tian, and G.-P. Yang, and G.-P. Yang, and G.-P. Yang, and P.-F. Li, and H. W. Bange

We developed a new method for the determination of dissolved nitric oxide (NO) in discrete seawater samples based on the combination of a purge-and-trap setup and a fluorometric detection of NO. 2,3-diaminonaphthalene (DAN) reacts with NO in seawater to form the highly fluorescent 2,3-naphthotriazole (NAT). The fluorescence intensity was linear for NO concentrations in the range from 0.14 to 19 nmol L⁻¹. We determined a detection limit of 0.068 nmol L⁻¹, an average re...

Dongqing Wu, and Wenyu Xu, and Romy Tjuar

In this paper, the effectiveness, applicability and validity of chemical–physical combined methods (CPCMs) for treatment of marine clay (MC) slurries were evaluated. The method CPCM1 combines chemical stabilization and vacuum preloading (VP), while CPCM2 is similar to CPCM1 but includes both the application of surcharge and use of geo-bags to provide confinement during surcharge preloading. The key advantage of CPCM2 using geo-bags is that the surcharge can be immediately applied on the chemical...

Bo Qu, and Albert J. Gabric, and Jing-nan Zhu, and Dao-rong Lin, and Feng Qian, and Min Zhao

The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is one of the major causes of many recent changes in the Arctic Ocean. Generally, it is related to wind speed, sea surface temperature (SST), and sea ice cover. In this study, we analyzed the distributions of and correlations between SST, wind speed, NAO, and sea ice cover from 2003 to 2009 in the Greenland Sea at 10°W to 10°E, 65°N to 80°N. SST reached its peak in July, while wind speed reached its minimum in July. Seasonal variability of SST and wind speed ...

S. Matt, and A. Fujimura, and A. Soloviev, and S. H. Rhee, and R. Romeiser

With the advent of the new generation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites, it has become possible to resolve fine-scale features on the sea surface on the scale of meters. The proper identification of sea surface signatures in SAR imagery can be challenging, since some features may be due to atmospheric distortions (gravity waves, squall lines) or anthropogenic influences (slicks), and may not be related to dynamic processes in the upper ocean. In order to improve our understanding of t...

D. P. Chambers

The ability of empirical mode decomposition (EMD) to extract multi-decadal variability from sea level records is tested using three simulations: one based on a series of purely sinusoidal modes, one based on scaled climate indices of El Niño and the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO), and the final one including a single month with an extreme sea level event. All simulations include random noise of similar variance to high-frequency variability in the San Francisco tide gauge record. The intrinsi...

Ira Arundina, and Yuliati Yuliati, and Pratiwi Soesilawati, and Dian W Damaiyanti, and Dania Maharani

<span style="font-family: Tribune-Bold; font-size: 10pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><strong>Background: </strong><span style="font-family: Tribune-Italic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Indonesia is a country with the world’s biggest potential and producer of sea cucumbers. Golden sea cucumber </em><span style="font-family: Tribune-Italic; font-size: 9pt; color: #231f20; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em...

Aldo Cróquer, and Denise Debrot, and Eduardo Klein, and Martina Kurten, and Sebastian Rodríguez, and Carolina Bastidas

In spite of their economic importance, coral reef communities of the world are rapidly decreasing, and an adequate management planification is needed. The benthic and fish communities of Dos Mosquises Sur and Madrizquí at Los Roques National Park, and Caiman and Cayo Norte at Morrocoy National Park, in Venezuela were monitored during 2003 and 2004. The CARICOMP method was used to describe the benthic community, and the AGRRA protocol was applied to the fish community assessment. The benthic cove...

W. Haeberli, and A. Linsbauer

The potential contribution of glaciers and ice caps to sea level rise is usually calculated by comparing the estimated total ice volume with the surface area of the ocean. Part of this total ice volume, however, does not contribute to sea level rise because it is below the surface of the ocean or below the levels of future lakes on land. The present communication points to this so far overlooked phenomenon and provides a first order-of-magnitude estimate. It is shown that the effect is small (mo...

Hisao Yamagishi

The 45th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE-45) wintering party, consisting of 40 members and 2 journalists, conducted the third year program of the VIth five-year plan of JARE at Syowa Station and inland Dome Fuji Station. The program included observations in meteorology, upper atmosphere physics, atmospheric sciences, glaciology, geophysics, biology and medical science, as well as logistic activities to support the observations and maintain the station from February 1, 2004 to Januar...

Boian Koulov

The EU Marine Strategy Directive (2008/56/EC) proposes four marine regions as a political geographic framework for implementation of the Community's environmental policy. This study critically analyzes the state-based approach, which the Directive uses to outline the regions' boundaries. It suggests that environmental sustainability of marine odies strongly depends on the geographic congruence between their watersheds and the borders of the respective environmental management system, i.e., marin...

Adam Wall, and Daniel Campo, and Regina Wetzer

We examined the potential utility of museum specimens as a source for genetic analysis of fairy shrimp. Because of loss of their vernal pool habitat, some fairy shrimp (including Branchinecta sandiegonensis and B. lynchi) are listed as threatened or endangered in Southern California by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Management of those species requires extensive population genetics studies and the resolution of important genetic complexity (e.g. possible hybridization between endan...

A. N. Nina Naquiah, and S. Mustafa, and S. B. A. Hamid, and M. E. Ali

The agro-based production and consumption of frogs coupled with world-wide trading have been increased in the recent years giving rise to the risk of frog fat adulteration in expensive vegetable and marine oils. For the first time, we profiled here frog fats using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy coupled with multivariate principal component analysis (PCA). The comparison of the FTIR spectral absorbance intensities demonstrated linkage of frog fats to other edible fats and oils. Th...

H. Meusel, and U. Kuhn, and A. Reiffs, and C. Mallik, and H. Harder, and M. Martinez, and J. Schuladen, and B. Bohn, and U. Parchatka, and J. N. Crowley, and H. Fischer, and L. Tomsche, and A. Novelli, and A. Novelli, and T. Hoffmann, and R. H. H. Janssen, and O. Hartogensis, and M. Pikridas, and M. Vrekoussis, and M. Vrekoussis, and M. Vrekoussis, and E. Bourtsoukidis, and B. Weber, and J. Lelieveld, and J. Williams, and U. Pöschl, and Y. Cheng, and H. Su

Characterization of daytime sources of nitrous acid (HONO) is crucial to understand atmospheric oxidation and radical cycling in the planetary boundary layer. HONO and numerous other atmospheric trace constituents were measured on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus during the CYPHEX (CYprus PHotochemical EXperiment) campaign in summer 2014. Average volume mixing ratios of HONO were 35 pptv (±25 pptv) with a HONO ∕ NO_<i>x</i> ratio of 0.33, which was considerably higher than rep...

G. D. Quartly, and J.-F. Legeais, and M. Ablain, and L. Zawadzki, and M. J. Fernandes, and M. J. Fernandes, and S. Rudenko, and S. Rudenko, and L. Carrère, and P. N. García, and P. Cipollini, and O. B. Andersen, and J.-C. Poisson, and S. Mbajon Njiche, and A. Cazenave, and A. Cazenave, and J. Benveniste

Sea level is an essential climate variable (ECV) that has a direct effect on many people through inundations of coastal areas, and it is also a clear indicator of climate changes due to external forcing factors and internal climate variability. Regional patterns of sea level change inform us on ocean circulation variations in response to natural climate modes such as El Niño and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and anthropogenic forcing. Comparing numerical climate models to a consistent s...

Antony Cuya, and Enrique Escobar

In this work, the poison of Phymactis papillosa collected in Ancón bay has been studied biochemically. The venom was obtained by hypotonic shock and then lyophilized. Electrophoretic analysis of the soluble poison showed the presence of 5 protein bands with molecular weights between 5 and 25.1 kDa. The soluble venom was fractionated by filtration chromatography on a Sephadex G-50 column, yielding four protein peaks (I, II, III and IV). In the soluble venom and collected fractions was measured p...

R. Lynch*, and A. Moore, and M. Barlow, and J. O’Sullivan

Advances in mobile phone technology have aided the development of new methods of instantaneous communication, such as SMS picture messaging. Aims: To assess the feasibility of SMS picture messaging as an adjunct in Emergency Medicine (EM) training and identify factors which might impact on its use in Africa. Methods: Pilot project involving fifteen doctors and 10 nurses in an Irish Emergency Department. SMS picture messages, with predetermined learning points, were sent to all participants on Mo...

J. Rudi Strickler, and Ava J. Udvadia, and John Marino, and Nick Radabaugh, and Josh Ziarek, and Ai Nihongi

The question we treat in this contribution is whether or not planktivorous fish can use the motion pattern of planktonic copepods to distinguish these animals from other suspended particles in the water. A targeted overview of the predator-prey relationship is followed by a first report of experiments performed in our laboratory where fish selected between two virtual targets on a TV screen, each target showing a different swimming pattern. The results suggest that fish can perceive temporal vis...

R. Sathya, and N. Kanaga, and P. Sankar, and S. Jeeva

The antioxidant potential of the crude extract and different fractions of Cystoseira trinodis collected from Mandapam coast was determined using total antioxidant capacity and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging activity. The dichloromethane (DCM) fraction isolated from crude methanolic extract by different solvent extractions exhibited prominent antioxidant activity. The DCM fraction was further fractionated with column chromatography to yield 45 fractions. All the column-pu...

L. Peperzak, and E. G. Vrieling, and B. Sandee, and T. Rutten

The developments in the combination of flow cytometry and immunology as a tool to identify, count and examine marine phytoplankton cells are reviewed. The concepts of immunology and flow cytometry are described. A distinction is made between quantitative and qualitative immunofluorescence. Quantitative immunofluorescence, the identification and enumeration of phytoplankton cells, is the research area that has advanced rapidly in the past decade, and is reviewed extensively. Key steps of quantita...

Nermin Karahan, and Sirin Baspinar, and Kemal Kursat Bozkurt, and Eylem Caloglu, and Ibrahim Metin Ciris, and Nilgun Kapucuoglu

Introduction: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent malignant skin tumor. BCC rarely metastasizes, but it is often locally aggressive. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is critical for tumor formation, angiogenesis and metastasis. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are the members of the family of zinc (Zn)- and calcium-dependent endopeptidases that degrade the extracellular matrix. Materials and Methods: In our study, we used immunohistochemical methods for the evaluation of COX-2, MMP-2 and MMP...

Tarso Costa, and Abilio Soares-Gomes

A population of the fiddler crab Uca rapax (Smith, 1870) found in Itaipu Lagoon, southeast Brazil, was sampled monthly from July 2006 to June 2007 in order to study population and reproductive features. The sex ratio of the population was statistically different from the expected (1:1) in almost every month, with a predominance of males. The reproductive cycle and the recruitment of juveniles were continuous, with two peaks. The fecundity ranged from 1.110 to 13.189 eggs (4.984 ± 2.493.8), not d...

Lukavenko A.V.

Defined and justified the designing an algorithm for the formation and operation of the content of physical education students. The algorithm is aimed at correcting the mental and physical condition of students in the relevant classes in high school. In the experiment involved a group of boys and girls of 20 people 17-18 years of age.The program provides theoretical and methodological, practical training, and certain types of control. The basis of the program is a differentiated approach to stud...

F. Tamburini, and K. B. Föllmi

The role of nutrients, such as phosphorus (P), and their impact on primary productivity and the fluctuations in atmospheric CO₂ over glacial-interglacial periods are intensely debated. Suggestions as to the importance of P evolved from an earlier proposal that P actively participated in changing productivity rates and therefore climate change, to most recent ones that changes in the glacial ocean inventory of phosphorus were important but not influential if compared to other macronutr...

Sérgio Araújo Antunes, and Arthur F Novak, and Rodolpho de Camargo

Este estudo apresenta variações, durante a estocagem em gelo, dos teores de umidade, proteína, cinza e trimetilamina na carne de camarões Penaeus (M.) brasiliensis Latreille, capturado na costa centro-sul do Brasil. As mudanças estão relacionadas com o período de estocagem, relação sexo-tamanho e grau de maturação das fêmeas, sendo observadas interações significativas para umidade e proteína. Os teores de umidade e trimetilamina aumentam e os de proteína e cinza decrescem, durante a extensão do ...

Heleno Brandão, and Javier Lobón-Cerviá, and Igor Paiva Ramos, and Ana Carolina Souto, and André Batista Nobile, and Érica de Oliveira Penha Zica, and Edmir Daniel Carvalho

AIM: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diet and biological attributes of the population of Apareiodon affinis residing near net-cage fish farming activities in the Chavantes reservoir. METHODS: Samples were collected from two populations: one near the net cages (NC) and one from an area not influenced by these cages denominated the "reference site" (RS). Monthly sampling was carried out from Mar/2008 to Feb/2009. Fish were caught with a standardized effort using gill nets deployed...

M. G. Sotillo, and R. Aznar, and F. Valero

The present contribution addresses the performance of a statistical extreme wind analysis over the whole Mediterranean Basin. Estimations of return periods and levels are obtained over offshore areas through analysis of annual wind maxima. An alternative regional statistic method, based on regional L-moments, is also proposed. This regional technique allows increasing the sample size, using data from a homogeneous region instead of only from a single location, reducing therefore uncertainty. The...

L.F.N. Bravin, and E.D. Velini, and C. Reigotta, and E. Negrisoli, and M.R. Corrêa, and C.A. Carbonari

Os objetivos deste trabalho foram desenvolver e avaliar o rendimento operacional de um equipamento para controle de plantas aquáticas, além de estabelecer procedimentos que permitissem a otimização dessa prática na UHE de Americana-SP. O equipamento constitui-se de uma esteira de margem (3,0 m de largura x 10,0 m de comprimento) para captação e condução das plantas até um picador, que as fragmenta antes do descarte, facilitando assim sua decomposição e seu transporte. A análise realizada indicou...

Annamaria Pronio, and Annalisa Di-Filippo, and Paola Mariani, and Annarita Vestri, and Chiara Montesani, and Monica Boirivant

Pouchitis is the most common complication following proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis (UC). To provide a standardized definition of pouchitis clinical, endoscopic and histological markers were grouped and weighted in the pouch disease activity index (PDAI). However, the delay in the assessment of the final score due to the time requested for histological analysis remains the main obstacle to the index implementation in clinical practice so that the use of m...

M. Zygmuntowska, and P. Rampal, and N. Ivanova, and L. H. Smedsrud

Sea ice volume has decreased in the last decades, evoked by changes in sea ice area and thickness. Estimates of sea ice area and thickness rely on a number of geophysical parameters which introduce large uncertainties. To quantify these uncertainties we use freeboard retrievals from ICESat and investigate different assumptions about snow depth, sea ice density and area. We find that uncertainties in ice area are of minor importance for the estimates of sea ice volume during the cold season in th...

Natalia Raposo da Silva, and Alexandre Azevedo, and Maria Inês Paes Ferreira

Although it still has great social and economic importance, accounting for a large number of jobs in coastal communities, fishing has received few government incentives in Brazil,. In the city of Macaé, State of Rio de Janeiro, the situation is no different. Until the late 70s, fishing was considered the main socio-economic activity in the region. However, with the installation of the regional headquarters of Petrobras for oil exploration in 1978,, this scenario changed radically. Based on the h...

Sheila M. Bird, and John Strang, and Deborah Ashby, and John Podmore, and J. Roy Robertson, and Sarah Welch, and Angela M. Meade, and Mahesh K.B. Parmar

The prison-based N-ALIVE pilot trial had undertaken to notify the Research Ethics Committee and participants if we had reason to believe that the N-ALIVE pilot trial would not proceed to the main trial. In this paper, we describe how external data for the third year of before/after evaluation from Scotland's National Naloxone Programme, a related public health policy, were anticipated by eliciting prior opinion about the Scottish results in the month prior to their release as official statistics...

Gen Hashida, and Shin-ichiro Nakaoka, and Hisashi Ono, and Takakiyo Nakazawa, and Hisayuki Yoshikawa, and Shuji Aoki, and Shinji Morimoto, and Takashi Yamanouchi, and Tsuneo Odate, and Mitsuo Fukuchi

In order to elucidate the secular trends of oceanic CO_2 uptake in the Indian sector of the Southern Ocean, pCO_2, the partial pressure of CO_2 in the ocean surface layer, has been measured since 1987 on board the icebreaker Shirase. Meridional distributions of pCO_2 along 110゜E in early December clearly show steep changes at such fronts as the subtropical front, subantarctic front, and polar front. Although pCO_2 of each zone shows interannual variation, secular trend is detectable. For example...

Banjac Vojislav V., and Čolović Radmilo R., and Pezo Lato L., and Čolović Dušica S., and Gubić Jasmina M., and Đuragić Olivera M.

Water stability of eight samples of extruded salmon feeds was first determined by applying two gravimetric methods developed by the authors: gravimetric static and wet sieving method. Then, the conductometric method, primarily developed for investigation of nutrient leaching of feed into the water by the authors, was used for each sample. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of the conductometric measurement as a technique for determining water stability of extru...

Ivanov YD, and Bukharina NS, and Pleshakova TO, and Frantsuzov PA, and Andreeva EY, and Kaysheva AL, and Zgoda VG, and Izotov AA, and Pavlova TI, and Ziborov VS, and Radko SP, and Moshkovskii SA, and Archakov AI

Yuri D Ivanov,1 Natalia S Bukharina,1 Tatyana O Pleshakova,1 Pavel A Frantsuzov,1 Elena Yu Andreeva,1 Anna L Kaysheva,1,2 Victor G Zgoda,1 Alexander A Izotov,1 Tatyana I Pavlova,1 Vadim S Ziborov,1 Sergey P Radko,1 Sergei A Moshkovskii,1 Alexander I Archakov1 1Department of Personalized Medicine, Orekhovich Institute of Biomedical Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia; 2PostgenTech Ltd., Moscow, Russia Abstract: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was applied to carry...

Paula E.R. Pereyra, and Renata Mont'Alverne, and Alexandre M. Garcia

ABSTRACT Although ariid catfishe species are known to use coastal systems during some stages of their life cycles, the energetic contribution of estuarine resources and habitat use by many species in this family are still unclear. We used stable isotope analyses to estimate the assimilation of primary carbon sources and to infer the use of estuarine and freshwater habitats by two ariid catfishes Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803) and Genidens genidens (Cuvier, 1829). An isotopic mixing model revea...

Mafalda Maximino Rojão Sobreiro Catarino, and Susana M F Ferreira, and Sílvia C. Gonçalves

Sea urchins are an expensive delicacy in several regions of the world. Some species, like <i>Paracentrotus lividus</i>, have even been over-exploited in the wild, with relevant declines of their populations. Developing and improving aquaculture techniques, such as suitable feeding diets for their rearing, is therefore necessary. <i>Paracentrotus lividus</i> is preferably herbivorous, feeding mainly on macroalgae. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of 3 different types...

Katarína Teplická

Article deals with logistic cost problems, their following, reporting and evaluation in the firm. It gives basic information about possible access of the effective decreasing of the logistic cost by the way of controlling access, or evaluation of Balance Score Card. It indicates short algorithm of logistic costs reporting by the way of controlling.