Chandrasekar H, and Gesundheit N, and Nevins AB, and Pompei P, and Bruce J, and Bereknyei Merrell S

Hamsika Chandrasekar,1 Neil Gesundheit,2 Andrew B Nevins,3 Peter Pompei,4 Janine Bruce,5 Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell6 1Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 2Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 3Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 4Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanfo...

Sara Martins Francisco

Species with dispersal mediated by planktonic larvae are expected to be more likely to show temporal genetic variation, due to differences in larval mortality and dispersal ability. The shanny Lipophrys pholis is a typical benthic rocky intertidal fish and its dispersion is limited to its long larval stage. In contrast, the sand-smelt Atherina presbyter has a very short planktonic life, small size and weak swimming capabilities, which translates into reduced dispersion potential. A total of 226 ...

Denis Abessa, and Thaisa Marques Vicente, and Lucas Buruaem Moreira, and Lucas Gonçalves Morais, and Ana Carolina Feitosa Cruz, and Mirella Massonetto, and Bruno Galvão de Campos, and Márcia Caruso Bícego, and Satie Taniguchi, and Marcos Antonio Hortellani, and Jorge Eduardo de Souza Sarkis

Abstract In this study, the quality of sediments from three Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) located on the coast of São Paulo (Laje de Santos Marine State Park - PEMLS; Xixova-Japui State Park - XJSP; and Central Coast Marine Protection Area - APAMLC) was assessed. Four sampling surveys were conducted (September/October 2013; January 2014; July 2014; January 2015). Sediment samples were collected at10 sites, distributed along the 3 MPAs. Samples were analyzed for sediment texture, total organic ca...

Gerry Liston Putra, and Hadi Tresno Wibowo, and Fendra Agusta

Indonesia as an archipelagic nation highly requires a model of sea transportation as interconnection mainframe between islands. An effective and efficient use of sea transportation is the main factor to improve Indonesian economy. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the sea transportation model that services throughout Indonesian sea. It has been known that an alternative solution to this specific need is the use of Semi Trimaran Flat Hull Ship. The main supporting reason is the good stabilit...

Yang Liming, and Liu Jun

As the accident of a vessel impacting a bridge pier will cause serious disaster, such as destroyed bridge, sinking ship and polluting environment, the technology and method to protect bridge pier from ship collision have been widely investigated recently. Due to the huge kinetic energy of large-tonnage ship and the short time duration in the collision, the studies involve impact mechanics. A developed flexible crashworthy device has been developed to protect bridges, which consists of an outer s...

Chernukhin Ye., and Halchenko O.

The paper treats a number of unique relics of the literature of the Urums - Turkish speaking Greeks settled in the Ukrainian part of the Azov sea region since 1780. Detailed archeographic descriptions of two codices, used in liturgical service in the Greek churches of Crimea and Azov sea region during the 18th-19th centuries, are presented. The structure of both manuscripts is typical for the Greek Church Evagelistarions with Saturday-Sunday Gospel lessons, in this case in Urum dialect, written ...

H. de Moel, and G. M. Ganssen, and F. J. C. Peeters, and S. J. A. Jung, and D. Kroon, and G. J. A. Brummer, and R. E. Zeebe

About one third of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO₂) released into the atmosphere in the past two centuries has been taken up by the ocean. As CO₂ invades the surface ocean, carbonate ion concentrations and pH are lowered. Laboratory studies indicate that this reduces the calcification rates of marine calcifying organisms, including planktic foraminifera. Such a reduction in calcification resulting from anthropogenic CO₂ emissions has not been observed, or q...

Ligia Terezinha Lopes Simonian

Through this paper the relations between gender, social mobilizations and sustainability in the context of the Trambioca Island - Barcarena, Para, Brazil -, specially regarding the shrimp (Macrobrachium amazonicum) fisherwomen. The research was oriented by the anthropological methodology of fieldwork and by the photographic production, but strategies were incorporated in a way to allow data production to do an analysis towards the political economy. Fundamentally, it revealed an experience in wh...

G. Arratia, and H.-P. Schultze

The late Late Jurassic fishes collected by the Tendaguru expeditions (1909–1913) are represented only by a shark tooth and various specimens of the neopterygian <i>Lepidotes</i>. The <i>Lepidotes</i> is a new species characterized by a combination of features such as the presence of scattered tubercles in cranial bones of adults, smooth ganoid scales, two suborbital bones, one row of infraorbital bones, non-tritoral teeth, hyomandibula with an anteriorly expanded membranous outgrowth, two extras...

Itay eCohen, and Itay eCohen, and Zvy eDubinsky

Reciprocal transplantation of Stylophora pistillata coral fragments between deep (30m) and shallow sites (3m) was conducted gradually and resulted with 100% survival. Photoacclimation of transplants at both depths showed two distinct phases: at the first phase, within two weeks, zooxanthellae density decreased below (at 3m) and increased beyond (at 30m) these of the control values at the new depth, while chlorophyll a per zooxanthellae cell remained as in the original depths, thereby fully adjus...

Maria Yanina Esper

In this study, the frequency ratio and logistic regression models are applied and verified for the analysis of debris flow susceptibility in a portion of the Dry Frontal Andes and Occidental Preandes of San Juan at approximately 30°S latitude, through aninvestigation based on a Geographic Information System (GIS). The site under study covers an area of 2175.9 km2 with a debris flow area of 42.45 km2. For this purpose, thematic layers including debris flow inventory, lithology, elevation, slope, ...

Bamidele I. Olu-Owolabi, and Foluso O. Agunbiade, and Kayode O. Adebowale

Information obtainable from metal speciation is far more valuable with respect to bioavailability, toxicity and fate of metals than information from total metal data. Therefore, metal speciation on sediment to assess the bioavailability, fate and mobility of As, Cd, Cr, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and V in the crude oil prospecting area of Ondo state Nigeria was carried out in this study.  Five operationally defined metals species: exchangeable specie, carbonate bound specie, iron/manganese bound specie, or...

Mahin Al Nahian, and Ali Ahmed, and Attila N. Lázár, and Craig W. Hutton, and Mashfiqus Salehin, and Peter Kim Streatfield

Salinity intrusion in coastal Bangladesh has serious population health implications, which are yet to be clearly understood. The study was undertaken through the ‘Assessing Health, Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation in Populous Deltas’ project in coastal Bangladesh. Drinking water salinity and blood pressure measurements were carried out during the household survey campaign. The study explored association among Socio-Ecological Systems (SESs), drinking water salinity and blo...

A. Dinauer, and A. Mucci

The incomplete spatial coverage of CO₂ partial pressure (<i>p</i>CO₂) measurements across estuary types represents a significant knowledge gap in current regional- and global-scale estimates of estuarine CO₂ emissions. Given the limited research on CO₂ dynamics in large estuaries and bay systems, as well as the sources of error in the calculation of <i>p</i>CO₂ (carbonic acid dissociation constants, organic alkalinity), estimates of ai...

Sarah L Morgan, and Patricia M Palagi, and Pedro L Fernandes, and Eija Koperlainen, and Jure Dimec, and Diana Marek, and Lee Larcombe, and Gabriella Rustici, and Teresa K Attwood, and Allegra Via

One of the main goals of the ELIXIR-EXCELERATE project from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme is to support a pan-European training programme to increase bioinformatics capacity and competency across ELIXIR Nodes. To this end, a Train-the-Trainer (TtT) programme has been developed by the TtT subtask of EXCELERATE’s Training Platform, to try to expose bioinformatics instructors to aspects of pedagogy and evidence-based learning principles, to help them better design, develop and deliver...

J. Armstrong, and R. Wilby, and R. J. Nicholls

This paper asserts that three principal frameworks for climate change adaptation can be recognised in the literature: scenario-led (SL), vulnerability-led (VL) and decision-centric (DC) frameworks. A criterion is developed to differentiate these frameworks in recent adaptation projects. The criterion features six key hallmarks as follows: (1) use of climate model information; (2) analysis of metrics/units; (3) socio-economic knowledge; (4) stakeholder engagement; (5) adaptation of implementation...

Leonardo Cruz Rosa, and Carlos Emilio Bemvenuti

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata on meiofauna at three intertidal habitats across a tidal exposure gradient (i.e., an emerged salt marsh, an emerged mudflat and a submerged mudflat) in an estuarine embayment of Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil. Meiofauna community was dominated by nematodes and ostracods, following by copepods and turbellarians. Densities of all studied organisms varied significantly among habitats. Highest values were observed ...

S. Marullo, and B. Buongiorno Nardelli, and M. Guarracino, and R. Santoleri

The time series of satellite infrared AVHRR data from 1985 to 2005 has been used to produce a daily series of optimally interpolated SST maps over the regular grid of the operational MFSTEP OGCM model of the Mediterranean basin. A complete validation of this OISST (Optimally Interpolated Sea Surface Temperature) product with in situ measurements has been performed in order to exclude any possibility of spurious trends due to instrumental calibration errors/shifts or algorithms malfunctioning rel...

Rossi L, and Tomao F, and Lo Russo G, and Papa A, and Zoratto F, and Marzano R, and Basso E, and Giordani E, and Verrico M, and Ricci F, and Pasciuti G, and Francini E, and Tomao S

Luigi Rossi,1 Federica Tomao,2 Giuseppe Lo Russo,1 Anselmo Papa,1 Federica Zoratto,1 Raffaella Marzano,3 Enrico Basso,1 Erika Giordani,1 Monica Verrico,1 Fabio Ricci,4 Giulia Pasciuti,5 Edoardo Francini,6 Silverio Tomao11Oncology Unit, ICOT Hospital, 2Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Policlinico Umberto I Hospital, University of Rome, 3Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 4Department of Surgery, S Maria Goretti Hospital, Latina, 5Oncology Unit, Don Luigi Liegro Hospital, Gaeta,...

Laura Fillinger, and Claudio Richter

Cold-water corals provide an important habitat for a rich fauna along the continental margins and slopes. Although these azooxanthellate corals are considered particularly sensitive to ocean acidification, their responses to natural variations in pH and aragonite saturation are largely unknown due to the difficulty of studying their ecology in deep waters. Previous SCUBA investigations have shown an exceptionally shallow population of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in near-surface wa...

Zhong-Hua Tang, and Qing Huang, and Hui Wu, and Lu Kuang, and Shi-Jian Fu

Predation is one of the key factors governing patterns in natural systems, and adjustments of prey behaviors in response to a predator stimulus can have important ecological implications for wild fish. To investigate the effects of predators on the behavior of prey fish and to test whether the possible effects varied with predator size, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) and snakehead (Channa argus) (a size-matched predator treatment with a similar body size to prey fish and a larger predator t...

Alireza Mashkoori, and Abdolraman Bahrami, and Farshid Ghorbani Shahana, and Mohammad Javad ZareSakhvidi, and Alireza Koohpaei, and Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi

The marine coral has a porous outer surface and it has served in the processes such as water treatment systems, removal of carbon dioxide and adsorption of arsenic. Based on the need for cheap and efficient adsorbents, in sampling, the aim of this study, comparison of the efficiency of marine coral powder and activated charcoal in adsorption of volatile organic hydrocarbons was considered. In this experimental research, a certain concentrations of 8 volatile organic hydrocarbons: (para-Xylene, C...

Maria Cristina Follesa, and Cristina Porcu, and Antonello Mulas, and Susanna Salvador, and Angelo Cau

The reproductive biology of the bathyal viviparous fish Cataetyx alleni was described based on 34 specimens (17 females and 17 males) caught during experimental trawl surveys carried out between 800 and 1700 m depth in the southeastern Sardinian Sea (central-western Mediterranean). Males and females were present at similar size intervals. For the first time, the internal fertilization was demonstrated by the finding of free spermatozoa scattered in the ovarian cavity. Based on macroscopic and hi...

Latif A, and Mandane B, and Anderson E, and Barraclough C, and Travis S

Asam Latif,1 Baguiasri Mandane,2 Emma Anderson,3 Caroline Barraclough,3 Samantha Travis4 1School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; 2University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK; 3Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; 4NHS England, North Midlands, Mansfield, UK Background: As global life expectancy increases, older people with chronic diseases are being required to manage multiple and complex medicine re...

Edith Fanta, and Flavia Sant'Anna Rios, and Ana Aparecida Meyer

The Antarctic zoarcid Ophthalmolycus amberensis occurs in Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetlands) at 140 to 200m depth, where the bottom can be irregular, covered with gravel, or homogeneous, muddy, with fine sediment. In tanks, fish behaviour and adaptations to these two types of substrate were observed. The fish were active for less than 2% of the time an average, but individual variability was high. A circadian rhythm of motility was observed. They swam with rowing movements of th...

Eduardo Tobar, and Mario A. Abedrapo, and Jaime A. Godoy, and Jose L. Llanos, and Mauricio J. Díaz, and Rodrigo Azolas, and Gunther R. Bocic, and Jaime A. Escobar, and Rodrigo A. Cornejo, and Carlos M. Romero

Abstract Background: Post-operative delirium is a serious complication in patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. It remains unclear whether peri-operative hemodynamic and perfusion variables affect the risk for postoperative delirium. The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate the association between perfusion and hemodynamics peri-operative with the appearance of post-operative delirium. Methods: Prospective cohort study of adults 60 years or older undergoing elective open colon ...

Marcus Vinicius da COSTA, and Aline Kazumi Nakata da SILVA, and Priscila Rodrigues e RODRIGUES, and Luiza Helena Meller da SILVA, and Antonio Manoel da Cruz RODRIGUES

Abstract By the analytical model proposed by Dincer and Dost, the mass transfer parameters (moisture transfer coefficient and moisture diffusivity) of shrimp samples were determined. Three sets of drying experiments were performed with three samples of shrimp: without boiling (WB), boiled in salt solution (SB) and boiled in salt solution and subjected to liquid smoking process (SBS). The experiments were performed under controlled conditions of drying air at temperature of 60°C and velocity of ...

V.I. Lushchak, and T.V. Bahnjukova, and A.V. Spichenkov

The modification of pyruvate kinase (PK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity in foot muscle of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis during exposure to air and recovery in water was investigated. In the course of exposure to air, the activity of these enzymes measured at high and low substrate concentrations showed successive increases and decreases. Returning the mussels to water after exposure to air affected enzyme activity in a manner similar to anaerobiosis. When measuring at saturated ...

E. Petrova, and S. Stoykov

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to establish the biodiversity status of the macrozoobenthos in some protected marine areas (NATURA 2000) along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The observation stations in the period 2010-2012 were within the frames of the following habitats: 1160 – Large shallow inlets and bays; 1110 – Sandbanks, slightly covered by seawater and Sublittoral mussel banks on sediment. In general, the data shows steady state compared to the 1980s, except for the area near Kamchia R...

Ariadne do Nascimento Moura, and Emanuel Cardoso do Nascimento, and Ênio Wocyli Dantas

Spatial and temporal variations in phytoplankton communities in continental waters have received attention from limnologists, since they are differently influenced by many physico-chemical and biological factors. This study was undertaken with the aim to identify the environmental variables that influence the temporal and spatial dynamics of the phytoplankton near a fish farm in the Jucazinho reservoir, in a semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil. Samples were taken from three sampling sites, a...

Evanilde Benedito, and Naiara Zanatta, and Vivian de Mello Cionek

This study aimed to characterize the reproductive strategies of fish from first order streams. Samplings were performed every three months from June 2008 to March 2009, using electric fishing at three streams: Conceição, Scherer and Jurema, located in the municipalities of Diamante do Norte and Amaporã, Paraná State, Brazil. We obtained the total weight (g), standard or total length (cm), sex and maturation stage for each specimen. Limnological data were obtained with portable equipments. The mi...

Biel Obrador, and Joan Lluís Pretus, and Margarita Menéndez

This work aims to characterise the current autotrophic compartment of the Albufera des Grau coastal lagoon (Menorca, Balearic Islands) and to assess the relationship between the submerged macrophytes and the limnological parameters of the lagoon. During the study period the submerged vegetation was dominated by the macrophyte Ruppia cirrhosa, which formed dense extensive meadows covering 79% of the surface. Another macrophyte species, Potamogeton pectinatus, was also observed but only fo...

Carolina Costa Pera, and Naiara Zanatta, and Patricia Almeida Sacramento, and Vivian de Melo Cionek, and Evanilde Benedito

Conservation Units (CU) aim to contribute to the balance between human and environmental demand, by protecting natural resources and biological communities. In this study we examined the differences in the attributes of the fish community in four stretches of an urban stream, two inside and two outside the CU, without vegetation cover, and tested the hypothesis that the presence of riparian vegetation is positively reflected in the attributes of fish fauna. Five species were caught, distributed ...

Ernest Naylor

Chronobiology began as a curiosity-driven science and now impacts significantly on the science of medicine through medical rhythm research and chronotherapeutics. However, whilst it has long been evident that rational exploitation and management of living organisms and their environments require detailed biological understanding, incorporation of the time-base of living systems into such activities has been slow. Evidence suggests that marine management and conservation strategies, whether direc...

C. Laufkötter, and M. Vogt, and N. Gruber

We analyse long-term trends in marine primary and particle export production and their link to marine phytoplankton community composition for the period 1960–2006 using a hindcast simulation of the Biogeochemical Elemental Cycling Model coupled to the ocean component of the Community Climate System Model. In our simulation, global primary and export production decrease significantly over the last 50 yr, by 6.5% and 8% respectively. These changes are associated with an 8.5% decrease in small phyt...

Yu Yang, and Chengwei Zhang, and Huijun Tian, and Wangang Chen, and Xiadong Peng, and Hao Zhang

The reserves of Coalbed Methane (CBM) in Qinshui Basin are quite promising, but the outputs from CBM wells are quite small even after massive hydraulic fracturing. Herein the fracture system with #3 and #15 coal seams in Qinshui basin was analyzed, and it was found that both of the macro-scale fractures and micro-scale fractures are filled with clay and carbonate minerals, which explains the low productivity of CBM wells after conventional hydraulic fracturing. Acid fracturing has long been an e...

Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, and Parviz Zare

In this study, partial and complete replacement of live food (Artemia nauplii) with a microdiet was investigated in post-larval Indian white shrimp, Fenneropenaeus indicus. Post-larvae (PL1) were stocked into nine 20-L vessels (5-L water volume) at a density of 50 L-1. Shrimp were fed six times a day over 10 days. At the end of the feeding period, there was no significant difference in quality index (stress-test survival) among treatments. Statistical analysis of results showed that partial or c...

Janina Seemann, and Alexandra Yingst, and Rick D. Stuart-Smith, and Graham J. Edgar, and Andrew H. Altieri

Fish communities associated with coral reefs worldwide are threatened by habitat degradation and overexploitation. We assessed coral reefs, mangrove fringes, and seagrass meadows on the Caribbean coast of Panama to explore the influences of their proximity to one another, habitat cover, and environmental characteristics in sustaining biomass, species richness and trophic structure of fish communities in a degraded tropical ecosystem. We found 94% of all fish across all habitat types were of smal...

Claire M. Spillman, and Alistair J. Hobday

Marine aquaculture businesses are subject to a range of environmental conditions that can impact on day to day operations, the health of the farmed species, and overall production. An understanding of future environmental conditions can assist marine resource users plan their activities, minimise risks due to adverse conditions, and maximise opportunities. Short-term farm management is assisted by weather forecasts, but longer term planning may be hampered by an absence of useful climate informa...

Verena Häussermann, and Günter Försterra

The first complete zoogeographical analysis of Chilean shallow water sea anemones (Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) and their taxonomic relations with neighbouring faunas is provided, based on extensive recent sampling in combination with a literature review. Between 1994 and 2004, we collected more than 1000 specimens of 32 distinct species of Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia at more than 100 sites along the Chilean coast between Arica (18°30’S; 70°19’W) and the Straits of Magellan (53°36’S 70°5...

Utami Nurul Hasanah

Penelitian ini bertujuan mengevaluasi keefektifan dan mengetahui hambatan yang dihadapi dalam implementasi Kurikulum 2013 pada SMA pilot project di Kota Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian evaluasi menggunakan model Discrepancy Provus dengan sasaran guru. Instrumen pengumpul data berupa angket dengan jawaban skala 2 (Guttman). Validitas instrumen berupa validitas logis dan empiris dihitung dengan Pearson product moment. Reliabilitasnya dihitung dengan teknik Kuder-Richardson (KR20). Tek...

Michael Passow, and Hélder Pereira, and Leslie Peart

Recentemente, o Brasil aderiu ao Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, que realiza expedições científicas em todo o mundo. Isso permitiu que cientistas brasileiros pudessem participar na exploração do fundo do oceano nas imediações de uma fossa oceânica ao largo da Costa Rica. A perfuração do fundo do oceano para fins científicos foi proposta pela primeira vez em 1957 e começou na década de 60 do século XX. Em 1968, naquela que foi apenas a sua terceira expedição, o “Glomar Challenger” recuperou am...

Fabrizio Florit, and Gabriele Facchin, and Tatsiana Hubina

In June 2006 a new coordinated waterbird monitoring programme was developed within the framework of an Interreg project. Census data, gathered on the basis of a kilometric grid, were stored in a database and processed by a GIS, created for integration with all environmental databases. Preliminary maps, describing spatial variation of bird richness and abundance, are presented.

Velayudhannair Vivek, and Sunila Thomas, and Bindu J. Nair, and Alex Daniel Vineet, and Jincy Thomas, and Prasanna Ranimol, and Aswathy K. Vijayan

Radiography plays an important role in detection of interproximal caries. The aim of study is to compare diagnostic ability of photo stimulable phosphor (PSP) with direct measurement using stereomicroscope in detecting proximal caries. Hundred proximal surfaces of 50 extracted human posterior teeth were radiographed with dental X-ray unit. The image receptors used was storage phosphor plate Vista scan (size 2), (time of exposure 0.4 s). Radiographs were interpreted and caries lesions were classi...

Martin Arnould et Didier Moreau

Les contradictions dans les politiques publiques de conservation de la biodiversité sont inhérentes à la complexité des problématiques en jeu et des logiques d'acteurs. Comment désamorcer les conflits d'intérêts ? Comment améliorer l'appropriation collective des objectifs de conservation ? Des éléments de réflexion sont proposés à partir de l'exemple des politiques « poissons migrateurs ».<br>Contradictions in biodiversity conservation public policies are inherent in the complexity of the issues...

Katie Quaeck-Davies, and Victoria A. Bendall, and Kirsteen M. MacKenzie, and Stuart Hetherington, and Jason Newton, and Clive N. Trueman

Incrementally grown, metabolically inert tissues such as fish otoliths provide biochemical records that can used to infer behavior and physiology throughout the lifetime of the individual. Organic tissues are particularly useful as the stable isotope composition of the organic component can provide information about diet, trophic level and location. Unfortunately, inert, incrementally grown organic tissues are relatively uncommon. The vertebrate eye lens, however, is formed via sequential deposi...

Elena Berg, and Janel Paukovits, and Jennifer Axelband, and Jonathan Trager, and Dina Ryan, and Kathleen Cichonski, and Mark Kopnitsky, and Daniel Zweitzig, and Rebecca Jeanmonod

Introduction: Early identification of sepsis is critical as early treatment improves outcomes. We sought to identify threshold values of secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2)-IIA that predict sepsis and bacterial infection compared to nonseptic controls in an emergency department (ED) population. Materials and Methods: This is a prospective cohort of consenting adult patients who met two or more systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria with clinical diagnosis of infectious source lik...

Abdul Malik, and A Jaelani, and Neni Widaningsih, and Gt Khairun Ni'mah, and Raviani, and Sakiman, and N Sasongko

Objective: To explore the effect of fish oil at different concentrations on post-thawed semen of Kalang swamp buffalo. Methods: A total of 4 Kalang swamp buffalo bulls with 3-5 years of age and weighed about 340-360 kg were slected. Semen was regularly collected from these buffalo bulls once a week by an artificial vagina. Fish oil was supplementary at the dosages of 0 mg (control), 50 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, and 200 mg to the extender (skim milk-egg yolk). Fresh, pre-freezing and frozen semen were ...

Cristiane Rodrigues Pedroni, and Anamaria Siriani de Oliveira, and Fausto Bérzin

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present pilot study was to describe pain complaints of TMD patients and cervical spine dysfunction. METHODS: Fourteen women with myogenous TMD, cervical motion limitation and rotation of at least one of the three first cervical vertebrae evidenced by radiographic examination participated in this study. The multidimensional pain evaluation was accomplished by a Brazilian version of the McGill Pain Questionnaire. RESULTS: The results showed that the most painful body ...

José da Silva Mourão, and Jandeson Brasil, and Fernando Bastos

Exotic freshwater fish can have deleterious effects on local biodiversity, although these impacts often only become apparent many years after the introduction. Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) may be a useful source of information in situations where formal technical studies are insufficient, but few works have examined the reliability of information generated through this approach. We examined the reliability of LEK by investigating the impacts of Nile tilapia on fishery stocks in an artificial...