A. V. Marchenko, and E. G. Morozov

We observed strongly asymmetric tide in a channel connecting the Van Mijen Fjord and Lake Vallunden in Spitsbergen. The channel is approximately 100 m long, 10 m wide, and 1–2 m deep. Asymmetric tide was also observed in the lake. The form of the semidiurnal tide is described by a combination of only three harmonics (<i>M</i>₂, <i>S</i>₂ and <i>M</i>₄) with different amplitudes and phases. The flood dominant form of the surface elevation in the channel (unlike th...

Rocío Joo, and Erich Díaz

The length distribution of catches represents a fundamental source of information for estimating growth and spatio-temporal dynamics of cohorts. The length distribution of caught is estimated based on samples of catched individuals. This work studies the optimum sample size of individuals at each fishing set in order to obtain a representative sample of the length and the proportion of juveniles in the fishing set. For that matter, we use anchovy (Engraulis ringens) length data from different fi...

Tania eAires, and Ester A. Serrão, and Aschwin H. Engelen

As habitats change due to global and local pressures, population resilience and adaptive processes depend not only on their gene pools but also on their associated bacteria communities. The hologenome can play a determinant role in adaptive evolution of higher organisms that rely on their bacterial associates for vital processes. In this study, we focus on the associated bacteria of the two most invasive seaweeds in southwest Iberia (coastal mainland) and nearby offshore Atlantic islands, Aspara...

M.K.R. Dias, and L.R. Neves, and R.G.B. Marinho, and M. Tavares-Dias

The aim of this study was to evaluate the parasites and parasite-host relationship in Colossoma macropomum from eight fish farms in Amapá State, Northern Brazil. A total of 12,242,559 parasites were recovered from hosts in the eight fish farms, and 87.4% of fish were infected by one or more parasite species, such as Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Piscinoodinium pillulare, Trichodinasp. and Tetrahymena sp. (Protozoa), Anacanthorus spathulatus, Linguadactyloides brinkmanni, Mymarothecium boegeri an...

E.M. Rodríguez, and R. Bigi, and D.A. Medesani, and V.S. Stella, and L.S.L. Greco, and P.A.R. Moreno, and J.M. Monserrat, and G.N. Pellerano, and M. Ansaldo

Whole body oxygen consumption and some hemolymph parameters such as pH, partial pressure of gases, level of ions and lactate were measured in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata after both acute (96 h) and chronic (2 weeks) exposure to cadmium at concentrations ranging from 0.4 to 6.3 mg/l. In all instances, the crabs developed hemolymph acidosis, but no respiratory (increased PCO2) or lactate increases were evident. Hemolymph levels of sodium and calcium were always increased by cadmium ...

Prasert Tongnunui, and Suwat Tanyaros

The estuarine clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz, 1782) is an edible bivalve that burrows into bottom sediment to protectitself from environmental fluctuations and predation. This study examined the relationship between clam populations andabiotic environmental conditions in order to develop an understanding of the biological and ecological processes that couldbe used to improve their management and exploitation. The study site was located in the estuary of the Palian River, KantangDistrict, Trang Pr...

Bárbara Pereira Lopes Lobo, and Adriana Maria de Lima e Souza Gomes, and Alessandra Mara Oliveira dos Santos, and Matheus de Souza Klein, and Camila Lacerda Silveira Rocha, and Juliane Ribeiro da Silva

Resumo: OBJETIVO: investigar a qualidade de vida relacionada à voz de participantes de um grupo de canto promovido por profissionais do sistema público de saúde. MÉTODOS: o estudo foi realizado com 86 indivíduos de ambos os sexos, dos quais 46 compunham o grupo controle e 40, o grupo em estudo, cujos usuários participavam do grupo de canto. Os participantes preencheram o questionário de Qualidade de Vida em Voz validado para o português brasileiro. Para verificar a diferença entre as médias do...

Pablo Muniz, and Natalia Venturini, and César C. Martins, and Alia Bano Munshi, and Felipe García-Rodríguez, and Ernesto Brugnoli, and Ana Lúcia Lindroth Dauner, and Márcia Caruso Bícego, and Javier García-Alonso

AbstractSituated opposite the Freshwater Front, Montevideo city with its more than 1.5 million inhabitants encircles Montevideo Bay, where one of the most active and polluted harbors in South America is located. Faecal sterols, trace metals, organochlorine compounds and petroleum derivatives in the sediments of Montevideo Harbor were evaluated and their spatial distribution inside the harbor as well as in the input of two main tributary streams analyzed. Specifically for the harbor sites, a temp...

Cibele S. Pontes

O padrão diário de atividade de Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeidae) é ainda pouco entendido. Com o objetivo de fornecer subsídios para otimizar o manejo nas fazendas de cultivo através do estudo do comportamento deste animal, foram desenvolvidos experimentos com juvenis (7,57 ± 1,01 g), mantidos em aquários (30 l). Para registro da atividade, os aquários foram submetidos a fotoperíodo artificial (fase do claro e do escuro, 12h:12 h), sendo monitorados 16 camarões ...

Sidinei Magela Thomaz, and Eduardo Ribeiro da Cunha

Aquatic macrophytes play an important role in structuring communities in aquatic environments. These plants provide physical structure, increase habitat complexity and heterogeneity and affect various organisms like invertebrates, fishes and waterbirds. The complexity provided by macrophytes has been exhaustively studied in aquatic environments. However, macrophyte complexity has rarely been measured in a standardized fashion, making comparisons among different studies and the establishment of g...

Yasunobu Matsuura

Based on data from two ichthyoplankton surveys carried out off the eastern Brazilian coast in June and November-December 1978, the larval distribution of skipjack is discussed. Skipjack larvae were more abundant in the November-December cruise (southern hemisphere spring). They occurred mainly at stations near the margin of the continental shelf or over seamounts. Out of 240 specimens of scombrid larvae collected in this area, skipjack larvae comprised only 10.4% (25 specimens), whereas the most...

Rajendran P, and Murugan S, and Raju S, and Sundararaj T, and Kanthesh B, and Reddy E

Water borne diseases such as cholera, enteric fever and dysentery were expected after the tsunami, which hit the coastal areas of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. In the present study 151 drinking water sources were collected from the tsunami affected villages and relief shelters and tested for coliforms and pathogens. Nine well water samples were also collected for specific bacteriological analysis. Presence of coliforms was detected in 56 (37&#x0025;) water samples. One isolate each of <i> Sa...

Irala Jokin de, and Fernandez-Crehuet Navajas Rafael, and Serrano del Castillo Amparo

This study describes the behavior of eight statistical programs (BMDP, EGRET, JMP, SAS, SPSS, STATA, STATISTIX and SYSTAT) when performing a logistic regression with a simulated data set that contains a numerical problem created by the presence of a cell value equal to zero. The programs respond in different ways to this problem. Most of them give a warning, although many simultaneously present incorrect results, among which are confidence intervals that tend toward infinity. Such results can mi...

Tanongkiat Kiatsiriroat

A study on the feasibility of biochar production from 3 kinds of freshwateralgae, viz. Spirulina, Spirogyra and Cladophora, was undertaken. Using a slow pyrolysis process in a specially designed reactor, biochar could be generated at 550oC under nitrogen atmosphere. The yields of biochar were between 28-31% of the dry algae.

Darah Ibrahim, and Sheh-Hong Lim

Objective: To extract the bioactive compound from Enteromorpha intestinalis (E. intestinalis) and determine its in vitro antimicrobial activity. Methods: E. intestinalis was extracted by methanol and subjected to antimicrobial screening. The antimicrobial activity was studied by using disc diffusion and broth dilution method. The effect of the extract on the growth profile of the bacterial was also examined via time-kill assay. Microscopy observations using SEM was done to determine the major al...

R. Bermúdez, and M. Winder, and A. Stuhr, and A.-K. Almén, and J. Engström-Öst, and U. Riebesell

Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) is changing seawater chemistry towards reduced pH, which affects various properties of marine organisms. Coastal and brackish water communities are expected to be less affected by ocean acidification (OA) as these communities are typically adapted to high fluctuations in CO₂ and pH. Here we investigate the response of a coastal brackish water plankton community to increasing CO₂ levels as projected for the coming decade...

Luca eZoccarato, and Mauro eCelussi, and Alberto ePallavicini, and Serena eFonda Umani

Over the last two decades, increasing attention has been paid to the impact of jellyfish blooms on marine communities. Aurelia aurita is one of the most studied of the Scyphozoans, and several studies have been carried out to describe its role as a top-down controller within the classical food web. However, little data are available to define the effects of these jellyfish on microbial communities. The aims of this study were to describe the predation impact of A. aurita ephyrae on a natural mic...

S. John

A Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) was sighted on the water surface, three km offshore and 12 km north of Rushikulya river mouth on 22 February 2009. The length of the whale shark indicates that it is likely to be a juvenile. Some physico-chemical parameters along with previous sighting records of the Whale Shark from this region as well as from other coastal states of the country are also mentioned.

A. Fleming, and A.J. Hobday, and A. Farmery, and E.I. van Putten, and G.T. Pecl, and B.S. Green, and L. Lim-Camacho

Climate change is already impacting the biology of the oceans and some dependent industries are in turn responding to these impacts. The development of response options for users of marine resources, such as fishers, is important in guiding adaptation efforts. However, harvesting fish is only the first step in a supply chain that delivers seafood to consumers. Impacts higher up the chain have seldom been considered in fisheries-climate research yet an understanding of these impacts and how clima...

Agostinho Antunes, and Agostinho Antunes

The completion of the human genome sequencing in 2003 opened a new perspective into the importance of whole genome sequencing projects, and currently multiple species are having their genomes completed sequenced, from simple organisms, such as bacteria, to more complex taxa, such as mammals. This voluminous sequencing data generated across multiple organisms provides also the framework to better understand the genetic makeup of such species and related ones, allowing to explore the genetic chang...

Allan A. Boesak

This article examines the manner and method of resistance against patriarchal power and privilege. Two types of power are contrasted. One is the violent, war-like and hierarchical power of an empire, and the other is the faithful resistance of Israel’s prophets. A further distinction is made between violent male power and non-violent female power. It is argued that Miriam was a prophet of the people and her prophetic witness is an example of the power and outcome of non-violent resistance. Her t...

Gassan Darwiche, and Peter Höglund, and Bodil Roth, and Ewa Larsson, and Trygve Sjöberg, and Björn Wohlfart, and Stig Steen, and Bodil Ohlsson

Background: Our hypothesis was that a modified diet would improve blood glucose control with beneficial impact on weight management and overall health in established diabetes. Objective: This prospective interventional study investigated the clinical effect of an Okinawan-based Nordic diet on anthropometry, metabolic control, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Scandinavian type 2 diabetes patients. Design: Food was prepared and delivered to 30 type 2 diabetes patients. Clinical inform...

Francesco eAngelucci, and Antonella ePeppe, and Giovanni A. Carlesimo, and Francesca eSerafini, and Silvia eZabberoni, and Francesco eBarban, and Jacob eShofany, and Carlo eCaltagirone, and Alberto eCosta

Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, besides motor dysfunctions, may also display mild cognitive deficits (MCI) which increase with disease progression. The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a role in the survival of dopaminergic neurons and in the regulation of synaptic connectivity. Moreover, the brain and peripheral level of this protein may be significantly reduced in PD patients. These data suggest that a cognitive rehabilitation protocol aimed at restoring cognitive...

I. Vilibić, and H. Mihanović, and I. Janeković, and I. Janeković, and C. Denamiel, and P.-M. Poulain, and M. Orlić, and N. Dunić, and V. Dadić, and M. Pasarić, and S. Muslim, and R. Gerin, and F. Matić, and J. Šepić, and E. Mauri, and Z. Kokkini, and M. Tudor, and Ž. Kovač, and T. Džoić

The paper investigates the wintertime dynamics of the coastal northeastern Adriatic Sea and is based on numerical modelling and in situ data collected through field campaigns executed during the winter and spring of 2015. The data were collected with a variety of instruments and platforms (acoustic Doppler current profilers, conductivity–temperature–depth probes, glider, profiling float) and are accompanied by the atmosphere–ocean ALADIN/ROMS modelling system. The research focused on the...

Argyris Kallianiotis, and Michele Torre, and Anna Argyri

Age, growth, mortality, reproduction and feeding habits were analysed for Lithognathus mormyrus collected in the coastal waters of the Thracian Sea from November 1997 to September 1999. Specimens ranged from 42 to 341 mm in total length. Weight increased with size allometrically (b = 3.242) for immature individuals and isometrically (b = 2.960) for males, females and intersexuals. Growth was described by the standard form of the von Bertalanffy growth equation and the estimated parameters were k...

Danielle eMonteverde, and Laura eGomez-Consarnau, and Lynda eCutter, and Lauren eChong, and William eBerelson, and Sergio eSanudo-Wilhelmy, and Sergio eSanudo-Wilhelmy

Vitamin B1, or thiamin, can limit primary productivity in marine environments, however the major marine environmental sources of this essential coenzyme remain largely unknown. Vitamin B1 can only be produced by organisms that possess its complete synthesis pathway, while other organisms meet their cellular B1 quota by scavenging the coenzyme from exogenous sources. Due to high bacterial cell density and diversity, marine sediments could represent some of the highest concentrations of putative...

L. Kent, and D. Morton, and P. Reierson

Tullia Isotta Terraneo, and Michael L. Berumen, and Roberto Arrigoni, and Zarinah Waheed, and Jessica Bouwmeester, and Annalisa Caragnano, and Fabrizio Stefani, and Francesca Benzoni

A new scleractinian coral species, Pachyseris inattesa sp. n., is described from the Red Sea. Despite a superficial resemblance with some species in the agariciid genus Leptoseris with which it has been previously confused, P. inattesa sp. n. has micro-morphological characters typical of the genus Pachyseris. This genus, once part of the Agariciidae, is comprised of five extant species and is widely distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. It is currently incertae sedis as a result of r...

K. Schmidt, and T. A. Brown, and T. A. Brown, and S. T. Belt, and L. C. Ireland, and K. W. R. Taylor, and S. E. Thorpe, and P. Ward, and A. Atkinson

Sea ice affects primary production in polar regions in multiple ways. It can dampen water column productivity by reducing light or nutrient supply, provide a habitat for ice algae and condition the marginal ice zone (MIZ) for phytoplankton blooms on its seasonal retreat. The relative importance of three different carbon sources (sea ice derived, sea ice conditioned, non-sea-ice associated) for the polar food web is not well understood, partly due to the lack of methods that enable their un...

Ali Kachuei, and Masoud Amini, and Vahid Sebghatollahi, and Awat Feizi, and Pooria Hamedani, and Bijan Iraj

Background: Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the prevalent type of diabetes in the world. Prediabetic patients are the most probable group to get diabetes. Several studies have mentioned the role of inflammation in the incidence of diabetes. The origin of inflammation can be infection such as Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection. This study was designed to explore the effect of HP eradication on insulin resistance. Materials and Methods: This single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial wa...

Theodore Quarcoopome, and Francis Amevenku, and Patrick Ofori-Danson

The Kpong Headpond was the second created on the Volta River after Akosombo Dam, primarily as a source of hydroelectric power generation and potable water supply, and additionally, it has supported some fish production in Ghana since impoundment. The changes in fish community of the Kpong Headpond were studied to provide baseline information for strategies formulation to support the socio-economic development of the reservoir. The study identified changes in the fish community of the reservoir b...

Jovo D. Dautović

This paper presents the regeneration of parts of ship gas turbine engines by the plasma metallization process. One of the most modern metallization procedures is a plasma process, which has more advantages compared to other metallization procedures. This work will deal with metallization processes, i.e. the plasma-based metallization process and the possibility of applying this process to the regeneration of parts of ship gas turbine engines (GTEs).

Cinthia Eyng, and Christiane Garcia Vilela Nunes, and Ricardo Vianna Nunes, and Horacio Santiago Rostagno, and Luiz Fernando Teixeira Albino, and Flávio Medeiros Vieites, and Paulo Cesar Pozza

Foram determinados a composição química, os valores energéticos, os coeficientes de digestibilidade e aminoácidos digestíveis verdadeiros de subprodutos de abatedouros, pelo método da "alimentação forçada" com galos cecectomizados. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado, com duas farinhas de peixe (FP1 e FP2), duas farinhas de carne e ossos (FCO1 e FCO2) e uma dieta jejum, tendo seis repetições e um galo por unidade experimental. Os valores de energia metabolizável ...

Paula Fraga Maicá, and Maude Regina de Borba, and Tatiana Germano Martins, and Wilson Wasielesky Junior

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of salinity on the culture water quality, performance and body composition of Litopenaeus vannamei juveniles (1.16±0.30 g) reared for 36 days in a super-intensive system without water exchange at salinities of 4, 16 and 32‰. Groups of 200 animals (140/m2) were stocked, with three replicates, in nine fiber-cement tanks (1.11 × 1.29 × 0.70 m) with a useful volume of 400 L. Physical and chemical parameters of water, such as temperature and diss...

Urszula Janas, and Olimpia Bruska

Until recently only two palaemonid species inhabited the southern Baltic: <i>Palaemon adspersus</i> and <i>Palaemonetes varians</i>. Soonafter the year 2000 a new species - <i>Palaemon elegans</i> - arrived and quickly established itself as a new component in the trophicweb. The objects of this research were to define the energy value and energy resources of <i> P. elegans</i> and to compare them withthe corresponding values for the native <i> P. adspersus</i>. These parameters will supply infor...

Oscar Calavia Sáez, and André Villalobos

From the point of view of my own research among the Yaminawa of the Acre River, this paper examines the latest historiography on the indigenous peoples in Brazil - a rather new discipline, since these peoples were viewed as "out of history" not long ago. It brings some questions on the role that the historicity of indigenes plays in the broader theoretical frame of anthropology. Does it tell us anything new about "natives" or about this anthropology that has been leaned, more or less explicitly,...

Ahmed G. Radwan

Recently, conventional logistic maps have been used in different vital applications like modeling and security. However, unfortunately the conventional logistic maps can tolerate only one changeable parameter. In this paper, three different generalized logistic maps are introduced with arbitrary powers which can be reduced to the conventional logistic map. The added parameter (arbitrary power) increases the degree of freedom of each map and gives us a versatile response that can fit many applic...

R. P. Kumarran

<p>Nameer et al. 2015 in their recent paper on vertebrate diversity of Kerala presents an erroneous analysis on marine mammals based on incorrect checklist produced by Nameer (2015). It is necessary that the following errors should be corrected by Nameer et al. (2015) and Nameer (2015) and corrigenda be published.  This helps to prevent misleading information being repeatedly published in future.</p>

H. Wang, and H. Wang, and X. Lyu, and X. Lyu, and H. Guo, and Y. Wang, and S. Zou, and Z. Ling, and X. Wang, and F. Jiang, and Y. Zeren, and W. Pan, and X. Huang, and J. Shen

Marine atmosphere is usually considered to be a clean environment, but this study indicates that the near-coast waters of the South China Sea (SCS) suffer from even worse air quality than coastal cities. The analyses were based on concurrent field measurements of target air pollutants and meteorological parameters conducted at a suburban site (Tung Chung, TC) and a nearby marine site (Wan Shan, WS) from August to November 2013. The observations showed that the levels of primary air polluta...

Cheng-Tsung Huang, and Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai, and Hao-Hueng Chang, and Bei-En Chang, and Yaun-Hou Chen, and Yi-Ping Wang, and Yi-Jane Chen, and Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang, and Chung-Chen Jane Yao

Background/purpose: Obvious craters are consistently found on roots when the teeth move against the screws of a temporary anchorage device (TAD) in human studies. In order to understand the dynamics of tissue reactions with this contact during orthodontic tooth movement (OTM), an animal experiment was performed. Methods: Two mongrel dogs were used. In the first animal, the teeth were moved towards the screws for 12 weeks, and a 6-week healing period was used. In the second animal, loading was co...

Maria Lúcia Guerra Monteiro, and Eliane Teixeira Mársico, and Carlos Adam Conte Junior

Omics is a new technology that uses genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to investigate metabolites from foods. The global demand for fish has shown a progressive increase because it is a significant source of high quality protein, polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially omega-3, and essential minerals. However, there are barriers in the fishery production chain such as lack of standardization, knowledge, and technology transfer to industry. Moreover, fish effective monitoring is difficult due...

Bulavina A. S.

Methodologies for the integral evaluation of the potential impact of continental runoff on the marine aquatic environment have been developed and tested in relation to the catchment area of the White Sea. Integral indicators of pollution potential (PP) and self-purification capacity (SPC) of the river waters have been calculated within the boundaries of the hydrologic areas. The following indicators have been used to calculate the PP: the volume of wastewater and the population density in the ca...

Haruhito Shimoda, and Tatsuo Endoh, and Ken'ichiro Muramoto, and Nobuo Ono, and Takatoshi Takizawa, and Shuki Ushio, and Toshiyuki Kawamura, and Kay I. Ohshima

During the 30th, 31st, and 32nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expeditions (JARE-30,JARE-31,and JARE-32), sea-ice conditions were recorded by video camera on board the SHIRASE. Then, the sea-ice images were used to estimate compactness and thickness quantitatively. Analyzed legs are those toward Breid Bay and from Breid Bay to Syowa Station during JARE-30 and JARE-31,and those toward the Prince Olav Coast, from the Prince Olav Coast to Breid Bay, and from Breid Bay to Syowa Station during JARE-32. ...

Toshiyuki Kawamura, and Takatoshi Takizawa, and Kay. I. Ohshima, and Shuki Ushio

Observations of multiyear land fast sea ice were made in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica over a period of two years from 1990 to 1991 to determine the snow and ice characteristics and ice growth prowth processes. The snow depth in the bay reached remarkably high values of 1.0 to 1.5m during the winter season at offshore stations. From analysis of ice thickness measurements, it is confirmed that fast ice with deep snow cover shows little growth during winter but substantially thickens during the summ...

Fateme Arbabi-Kalati, and Mohammad-Mahdi Farahmand

Background: Lichen planus is an inflammatory mucocutaneous disease which involves 0.2‒4% of the population and has an unknown etiology. There is no definite treatment for the disease and current treatment modalities are palliative in nature. Although the exact cause of lichen planus is not clear, some scientists believe that free radicals and oxidative stress might have a role in causing this condition. The current study was conducted to assess the therapeutic effect of lycopene in treating eros...

Corvin Eidens, and Elisa Bayraktarov, and Torsten Hauffe, and Valeria Pizarro, and Thomas Wilke, and Christian Wild

In Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombian Caribbean), abiotic factors such as light intensity, water temperature, and nutrient availability are subjected to high temporal variability due to seasonal coastal upwelling. These factors are the major drivers controlling coral reef primary production as one of the key ecosystem services. This offers the opportunity to assess the effects of abiotic factors on reef productivity. We therefore quantified primary net (Pn) and gross production (Pg) of the...

Luis Miguel García-Simón, and Rafael Domingo, and Lourdes Montes

The upper Arba de Biel Basin hosts an interesting archaeological ensemble composed by five sites that were repeatedly occupied by human groups from the Upper Magdalenian until the Chalcolithic (between ca. 15,000 and 4,500 years calBP). This work presents the first results of the petrographic study of the local chert (Las Lezas), as well as a dissection of the different strategies concerning its gathering, management and exploitation in every occupation period. The implications derived from the...

N.-X. Geilfus, and N.-X. Geilfus, and R. J. Galley, and B. G. T. Else, and K. Campbell, and T. Papakyriakou, and O. Crabeck, and M. Lemes, and B. Delille, and S. Rysgaard, and S. Rysgaard, and S. Rysgaard

The precipitation of ikaite and its fate within sea ice is still poorly understood. We quantify temporal inorganic carbon dynamics in sea ice from initial formation to its melt in a sea ice–seawater mesocosm pool from 11 to 29 January 2013. Based on measurements of total alkalinity (TA) and total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO₂), the main processes affecting inorganic carbon dynamics within sea ice were ikaite precipitation and CO₂ exchange with the atmosphere. In th...

Bilin Liu, and Xinjun Chen, and Huajie Lu, and Yong Chen, and Weiguo Qian

The jumbo flying squid Dosidicus gigas is widely distributed in the eastern Pacific Ocean and supports an important fishery. Although many studies have been carried out on the biology of this species, limited biological information is available in the waters outside the Exclusive Economic Zone of Chile (EEZ) (20°S-41°S and 74°30’W-84°W). Three surveys were conducted in this area by the Chinese squid jigging vessels during the period from April 2006 to May 2008. The majority of the catch in the s...

Kelly A. Murray, and Monica L. Skomo, and Sandra M. Carter

Objectives: (1) Compare pharmacists' self-assessed knowledge of migraine before and after an educational intervention; (2) Compare pharmacists' self-reported care behaviors following an educational intervention with a control group of pharmacists; (3) Identify interactions between the educational intervention results and individual independent variables. Design: Quasi-experimental, parallel design. Setting: Twenty community pharmacies in northeastern Oklahoma from March to May 2010. Pa...