J. L. Ramage, and J. L. Ramage, and A. M. Irrgang, and A. M. Irrgang, and A. Morgenstern, and H. Lantuit, and H. Lantuit

Retrogressive thaw slumps (RTSs) are among the most active thermokarst landforms in the Arctic and deliver a large amount of material to the Arctic Ocean. However, their contribution to the organic carbon (OC) budget is unknown. We provide the first estimate of the contribution of RTSs to the nearshore OC budget of the Yukon Coast, Canada, and describe the evolution of coastal RTSs between 1952 and 2011 in this area. We (1) describe the evolution of RTSs between 1952 and 2011; (2) calculat...

Christopher P Lynam, and Laura Uusitalo, and Joana Patrício, and Chiara Piroddi, and Ana M Queiros, and Heliana Teixeira, and Axel G Rossberg, and Yolanda Sagarminaga, and Kieran Hyder, and Nathalie Niquil, and Christian Möllmann, and Christian Wilson, and Guillem Chust, and Ibon Galparsoro, and Rodney Forster, and Helena Verissimo, and Letizia Tedesco, and Marta Revilla, and Suzanna Neville

In Europe, and around the world, the approach to management of the marine environment has developed from the management of single issues (e.g. species and/or pressures) towards holistic Ecosystem Based Management that includes aims to maintain biodiversity and protect ecosystem functioning. Within the European Union, this approach is implemented through the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD, 2008/56/EC). Integrated Ecosystem Assessment is required by the Directive in order to assess Good...

ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER

Luz Elena Mateo-Cid, and A. Catalina Mendoza-González

Se presentan los resultados de un estudio sobre algas marinas bentónicas en 7 localidades de la costa noroccidental de Guerrero, México. Se determinó la presencia de 163 especies de algas marinas. Se identificaron 17 especies de Cyanobacteria, 93 Rhodophyta, 28 Chlorophyta y 25 de Heterokontophyta. Se citan 54 registros nuevos para el litoral de Guerrero, 2 también nuevos, Myrionema strangulans Greville y Acrochaete ramosa (N.L.Gardner) O'Kelly para la costa del Pacífico. Cada especie se acompañ...

Tymon Zieliński

Since 1992 lidar-based measurements have been carried out under various meteorological conditions and at various times of the year. The aerosol optical properties were determined in the marine boundary layer as a function of altitude using such factors as wind direction, duration and velocity and aerosol size distribution and concentration. It was confirmed that in all cases, the total aerosol concentration, size distribution and aerosol extinction increase with wind speed but decrease with al...

Marilza Barbosa de Almeida Marques, and Orlando Moreira-Filho, and Caroline Garcia, and Vladimir Pavan Margarido

Two Siluriformes species endemic to the São Francisco River basin were characterized by conventional and differential cytogenetic analyses involving C-banding, Ag-nucleolar organizer region (NOR) and chromomycin A3 (CMA3) staining, and FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization) with 18S and 5S rDNA probes. Conorhynchus conirostris presents a higher diploid number (2n = 60) than those detected in Pimelodidae representatives, whereas Lophiosilurus alexandri, with a karyotype of 2n = 54 chromosomes, ...

Juan Manuel Audelo-Naranjo, and Domenico Voltolina, and Emilio Romero-Beltrán

Juveniles (3.5 ± 0.3 g) of the white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei were grown during 40 days with no water exchanges, no food addition and four initial densities (25, 50, 75 and 100 g m-3, corresponding to between 8 and 32 shrimp m-2), to determine growth rates, which could be achieved using the periphyton growing on artificial substrates as the only food source. The experimental culture units were 12 polyethylene 1 m³ cylindrical tanks with 4.8 m² of total submerged surface (bottom and walls), pr...

JISLENE B. MATOS, and SUELLEN M.O. DE OLIVEIRA, and LUCI C.C. PEREIRA, and RAUQUÍRIO M. DA COSTA

ABSTRACT The present study aimed to analyze the structure and the temporal variation of the phytoplankton of Ajuruteua beach (Bragança, Pará) and to investigate the influence of environmental variables on the dynamics of this community to provide a basis about the trophic state of this environment. Biological, hydrological and hydrodynamic samplings were performed during a nyctemeral cycle in the months of November/08, March/09, June/09 and September/09. We identified 110 taxa, which were distri...

Nadir Kheir, and William Greer, and Adil Yousif, and et al

Nadir Kheir1, William Greer2, Adil Yousif3, Hajer Al-Geed1, Randa Al Okkah1, Mahmoud Zirie4, Amy Sandridge5, Manal Zaidan61College of Pharmacy, 2Sidra Medical and Research Centre, 3Department of Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, 4Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar; 5Private Research Consultant, 6Al Amal Cancer Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarObjectives: The primary objective of this pilot study was to determine if the Medication...

David Galicia, and Griselda Pulido-Flores, and Rafael Miranda, and Scott Monks, and Scott Monks, and Ana Amezcua, and María Imas, and Angel Chaves, and Arturo Arino

The state of Hidalgo (Mexico) is an important region from the point of view of biodiversity. However, there exists a significant gap in accessible knowledge about species diversity and distribution, especially regarding to freshwater ecosystems. This dataset comprises the sampling records of two projects developed in Hidalgo between 2007 and 2009 about the freshwater fish communities of Tecocomulco lake and rivers belonging to the Metztitlán Canyon Biosphere Reserve. It contains the taxon...

G. Brandt, and K. W. Wirtz

Timing and spatial distribution of phytoplankton blooms in coastal oceans are highly variable. The interactions of various biological and physical factors leading to the observed variability are complex and remain poorly understood. We present an example for distinct differences in the spatio-temporal chlorophyll <i>a</i> (CHL-<i>a</i>) distribution on an interannual scale, integrating high-frequency data from an autonomous measuring device (FerryBox), which operated on an alongshore route in th...

David H Evans, and David H Evans

The Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory has played a central role in the study of fish osmoregulation for the past 80 years. In particular, scientists at the MDIBL have made significant discoveries in the basic pattern of fish osmoregulation, the function of aglomerular kidneys and proximal tubular secretion, the roles of NaCl cotransporters in intestinal uptake and gill and rectal gland secretion, the role of the shark rectal gland in osmoregulation, the mechanisms of salt secretion by the...

S. K. Lauvset, and N. Gruber, and P. Landschützer, and A. Olsen, and J. Tjiputra

We report global long-term trends in surface ocean pH using a new pH data set computed by combining <i>f</i>CO₂ observations from the Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT) version 2 with surface alkalinity estimates based on temperature and salinity. Trends were determined over the periods 1981–2011 and 1991–2011 for a set of 17 biomes using a weighted linear least squares method. We observe significant decreases in surface ocean pH in ~70% of all biomes and a mean rate of decrea...

Durham J, and Phengsavanh A, and Sychareun V, and Hose I, and Vongxay V, and Xaysomphou D, and Rickart K

Jo Durham,1 Alongkone Phengsavanh,2 Vanphanom Sychareun,2 Isaac Hose,1 Viengnakhone Vongxay,2 Douangphachanh Xaysomphou,2 Keith Rickart3 1Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 2Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR; 3Communicable Diseases Branch, Department of Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Purpose: The purpose of this study was to gather the necessary data to support the d...

Hui-Ju Wen

Background: Phthalate diesters are commonly used and have been well established as environmental endocrine disruptors. However, few studies have examined their effects on sex steroid hormones in children. We followed children over time to examine the association between pre- and post-natal phthalate exposure and sex steroid hormone levels at 2, 5, 8, and 11 years of age. Methods: We recruited 430 pregnant women from central Taiwan from 2000 to 2001 and assessed their children at birth, 2, 5, 8,...

Ana Carolina Luchetta, and Luciana Erika Yaginuma Watanabe

Abstract Although marine turtles have always been observed by divers, there are few scientific works on marine turtles in the Laje de Santos Marine State Park (PEMLS). Diurnal (bimonthly) and nocturnal (biannual) surveys were conducted between 2013 and 2015 for a more comprehensive study, totalizing 42 hours of diurnal observations and the capture of 41 turtles during nocturnal dives. During the diurnal surveys, visual observations were made from two land based sites (Paredão da Face Sul and Por...

Marcos Cesar de Oliveira Santos, and Giovanna Corrêa e Figueiredo, and Marie-Francoise Van Bressem

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of cetaceans in the waters surrounding the Marine Protected Area (MPA) known as “Parque Estadual Marinho da Laje de Santos (PEMLS)”, placed in coastal waters at the southeastern coast of Brazil. Boat-based surveys were conducted once a month from June 2013 to June 2015. A specific transect was followed to cover the area of the quoted MPA, as well as its borders. A total of 24 boat-surveys rendered 18 sightings of cetacean groups of the ...

Aorn Sillapasathiwong, and James True

Studies of inshore and offshore coral reef systems usually conclude that there are fundamental differences between them assuming that terrigenous influences diminish with distance from the mainland. However, with few exceptions reefs in Thailand are fringing reefs around continental islands, whether inshore or offshore. We describe patterns in coral community composition along a 70 km transect from the mainland to offshore islands in the southern Andaman Sea. We found that coral assemblages ...

j. Alistair Crame

The origins of present day benthic marine faunas from both the Magellan and Antarctic provinces may lie as far back as the Early Cretaceous (approx. 130 Ma). This was the time of the first significant marine incursion across the Gondwana supercontinent and isolation of a high-latitude group of continents. It was also the probable time of formation of the temperate, Pacific-margin Weddellian Province, which extended from Patagonia, through Antarctica and New Zealand, to south-eastern Australia. B...

Nilufar Matin, and Richard Taylor

Resilience has been studied in a number of disciplines, predominantly in psychosocial and ecological sciences. Although there are striking similarities in their approaches, the psychosocial tradition has centered on the family and its immediate surroundings, whereas the social-ecological approach has focused on macrosystems that stop at the family level. Recently, the need for bridging these gaps has been echoed by researchers from both these traditions, particularly for promoting resilience of ...

Amrutha Avilavalappil, and Rajashekhar K. Patil, and Somashekarappa Hiriyur Mallaiah

Surface seawater and sediment parameters indicate the trophic state of coastal marine systems. We used a biochemical approach to identify descriptors of the trophic state and environmental quality of intertidal ecosystems, based on the analysis of the quality and quantity of sedimentary organic matter, water nutrients and their correlation with the foraminiferal population at two sites on the west coast of India. Surface intertidal sediments were collected for a period of 17 months from January ...

Leen P. van Ofwegen, and Didier Aurelle, and Stéphane Sartoretto

A new genus of soft coral from the Republic of Congo is described, Complexum gen. n. Nine West African octocoral species previously described in the genus Alcyonium by Tixier-Durivault (1955) are referred to this new genus, and a new species is described and figured, C. pusillum sp. n. The new species is characterized by having encrusting growth form and abundant spiny clubs in the surface of the polyparium. It colonizes shallow calcareous rocky banks (5 to 20 m depth) existing in coastal water ...

Kerry-Ann van der Walt, and Ernst R. Swartz, and Darragh Woodford, and Olaf Weyl

South Africa has a relatively large number of threatened freshwater fish species and limited resources to implement conservation programs. Enteromius motebensis was regionally prioritised for action because of its conservation status and flagship status in a nationally important aquatic ecosystem. Genetic diversity of E. motebensis in headwater refugia of the Groot Marico River Catchment was assessed to determine if genetic diversity is important for conservation planning for this species. The r...

Bo-Young Chung, and Soo-Young Kim, and Sung-Chul Shin, and Youn-Hoe Koo, and Andreas Kraus

This study aims to optimize an arrangement of ship compartments with knowledge-based systems. Though great attention has been shown to the optimization of hull forms in recent years, the study on arrangement design optimization has received relatively little attention. A ship is both an engineering system and a kind of assembly of many spaces. This means that, to design an arrangement of ship compartments, it is necessary to treat not only geometric data but also knowledge on topological relatio...

Jace Bradford King, and Jace Bradford King, and Deborah eYurgelun-Todd, and Deborah eYurgelun-Todd, and Amanda eStoeckel, and Jennifer Marie DiMuzio, and Melissa P Lopez-Larson, and Melissa P Lopez-Larson

Widespread disparities in white matter (WM) microstructure and organization have been found in adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); however, little is known about the role sex plays in these differences. The present diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) study performed whole-brain, tract-based, voxel-wise and region of interest (ROI) analyses to investigate WM microstructure differences between ADHD and healthy control (HC) adolescents to examine the impact of sex on measur...

Alexandra eMoura, and Susana eAraújo, and Marta eAlves, and Isabel eHenriques, and Anabela ePereira, and Antonio CM Correia

To understand the contribution of animal- and human-derived fecal pollution sources in shaping integron prevalence and diversity in beach waters, 414 Escherichia coli strains were collected from beach waters (BW, n=166), seagull feces (SF, n=179) and wastewaters (WW, n=69), on the World Biosphere Reserve of the Berlenga Island, Portugal. Statistical differences were found between the prevalence of integrons in BW (21%) and WW (10%), but not between BW and SF (19%). The majority of integrase-posi...

Liu Junhong, and Gu Defeng, and Ju Bing, and Yao Jing, and Duan Xiaojun, and Yi Dongyun

The visibility for low earth orbit (LEO) satellites provided by the BeiDou-2 system is analyzed and compared with the global positioning system (GPS). In addition, the spaceborne receivers’ observations are simulated by the BeiDou satellites broadcast ephemeris and LEO satellites orbits. The precise orbit determination (POD) results show that the along-track component accuracy is much better over the service area than the non-service area, while the accuracy of the other two directions keeps at ...

Fernando Vega-Villasante, and José J Ávalos-Aguilar, and Héctor Nolasco-Soria, and Manuel A Vargas-Ceballos, and José L Bortolini-Rosales, and Olimpia Chong-Carrillo, and Martín F Ruiz-Núñez, and Julio C Morales-Hernández

The red claw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus is native to freshwater habitats of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Its high reproductive and adaptive capacity in different environments allows it to be cultivated, where escaped individuals have established wild populations in countries far from their natural range. In the late 90's and beginning of the 21st century, this crayfish was introduced illegally along the coast of southern Jalisco. Mismanagement led to escape and dispersion. Curre...

Katarzyna Bradtke, and Agnieszka Herman, and Jacek A. Urbański

On the basis of monthly averaged satellite data, this study examined how the annual cycle of the Baltic Sea surface temperature (SST)varied spatially and temporally during the period 1986-2005.We conclude that there are two main thermal seasons in the Baltic Sea separated only by short transitional periods - spring lastingabout one month, and autumn lasting two months. Generally speaking, summer covers the part of the year from June to October withthe highest monthly mean SST in August. Winter, ...

Angela de L.R. Wagener

This paper addresses the limitations the scarcity of reliable scientific information poses to the implementation of effective and sustainable coastal management programmes in developing countries. Alternatives to the current monitoring approaches are suggested as to improve information level on the state of the environment and to decrease data gap on past conditions. The paper aims at encouraging the redesign of monitoring practices in developing countries as to be ground on the best actual scie...

J. P. Werne, and S. Leigh McCallister, and E. C. Minor, and P. K. Zigah

Food webs in aquatic systems can be supported both by carbon from recent local primary productivity and by carbon subsidies, such as material from terrestrial ecosystems, or past in situ primary productivity. The importance of these subsidies to respiration and biomass production remains a topic of debate. While some studies have reported that terrigenous organic carbon supports disproportionately high zooplankton production, others have suggested that phytoplankton preferentially support zoopla...

A. K. Liljedahl, and L. D. Hinzman, and Y. Harazono, and D. Zona, and C. E. Tweedie, and R. D. Hollister, and R. Engstrom, and W. C. Oechel

Projected increases in air temperature and precipitation due to climate change in Arctic wetlands could dramatically affect ecosystem function. As a consequence, it is important to define controls on evapotranspiration, the major pathway of water loss from these systems. We quantified the multi-year controls on midday Arctic coastal wetland evapotranspiration, measured with the eddy covariance method at two vegetated, drained thaw lake basins near Barrow, Alaska. Variations in near-surface soil ...

Mario Paz A., and John Meneses R., and Jorge López M.

Objective. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the digestibility of different nutritional and energy components of artificial diets containing flour fishsilage used in growing of arawana fingerlings (O. bicirrhossum). Materials and methods. 240 fingerlings distributed in 12 tanks with 20 fish per experimental unit were handled, in a completely randomized design made up of 4 treatments with three replicates, each with inclusions of 0 (0ESH), 10 (10ESH), 20(20ESH) and 30% flour fish silag...

Nelson F. de Oliveira, and Vilma S. Santana, and Antonio Alberto Lopes

OBJETIVO: Apresentar uma aplicação da regressão logística para estimar razões de prevalência ou risco relativo, e o uso do método delta para a estimativa de intervalos de confiança. MÉTODOS: Utilizou-se o método delta, visto que esta técnica é adequada para estimar variâncias de funções não lineares de variáveis aleatórias, do tipo razão de proporções. O método baseia-se na expansão da função em série de Taylor, provendo uma aproximação para o cálculo das variâncias. Para estimar as razões de pr...

Patricia J Neafsey, and Gregory Lutkus, and Jessica Newcomb, and et al

Patricia J Neafsey1,2, Gregory Lutkus2, Jessica Newcomb2, Elizabeth Anderson1,21Center for Health Intervention and Prevention (CHIP); 2School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAAbstract: A Next Generation Personal Education Program (PEP-NG) that captures self-reported medication behaviors and delivers a tailored educational intervention on a touchscreen interface was piloted with 11 adults with hypertension, aged 45&amp;ndash;60 years, in a worksite setting. A time series desi...

Zulferiyenni Zulferiyenni, and Marniza Marniza, and Erli Novida Sari

This research was aimed to find the appropriate combination of glycerol and tapioca concentration in the production of Eucheuma cottonii seaweed dreg-based biodegradable films.  A two factors experiment was arranged in a Complete Randomized Design with three replications.  The first factor was three levels of glycerol concentration : 0.25%; 0.5% and 0.75%.  The second factor was three levels of tapioca concentration: 5%; 6% and 7%.  The data of visual observation, Fourier transform infra red  an...

R. Miandro, and C. Dacome, and A. Mosconi, and G. Roncari

Because of concern about possible impacts of hydrocarbon production activities on coastal-area environments and infrastructures, new hydrocarbon offshore development projects in Italy must submit a monitoring plan to Italian authorities to measure and analyse real-time subsidence evolution. The general geological context, where the main offshore Adriatic fields are located, is represented by young unconsolidated terrigenous sediments. In such geological environments, sea floor subsidence, ...

A. Kessler, and J. Tjiputra

Earth system model (ESM) simulations exhibit large biases compares to observation-based estimates of the present ocean CO₂ sink. The inter-model spread in projections increases nearly 2-fold by the end of the 21st century and therefore contributes significantly to the uncertainty of future climate projections. In this study, the Southern Ocean (SO) is shown to be one of the hot-spot regions for future uptake of anthropogenic CO₂, characterized by both the solubility pump an...

P. Vallelonga, and N. Maffezzoli, and A. D. Moy, and M. A. J. Curran, and T. R. Vance, and R. Edwards, and G. Hughes, and E. Barker, and G. Spreen, and A. Saiz-Lopez, and J. P. Corella, and C. A. Cuevas, and A. Spolaor

The Law Dome site is ideal for the evaluation of sea ice proxies due to its location near to the Antarctic coast, regular and high accumulation throughout the year, an absence of surface melting or remobilization, and minimal multiyear sea ice. We present records of bromine and iodine concentrations and their enrichment beyond seawater compositions and compare these to satellite observations of first-year sea ice area in the 90–130° E sector of the Wilkes coast. Our findings support the results ...

Louise eChow, and Liette eWaldron, and Michael eGillings

Antibiotics are disseminated into aquatic environments via human waste streams and agricultural run-off. Here they can persist at low, but biologically relevant, concentrations. Antibiotic pollution establishes a selection gradient for resistance and may also raise the frequency of events that generate resistance: point mutations; recombination; and lateral gene transfer. This study examined the response of bacteria to sub-inhibitory levels of antibiotics. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas ...

Dwi Fitrah Ariani Bahar, and Asmawati Asmawati

Infection, tissue damage, or interference immune response are factors that cause inflasmmatory reactions of teeth and surrounding tissues. To reduce the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs, it is necessary to research which uses the principle of back to nature as a source of medicines. One of the natural ingredients that have anti-inflammatory activity is brown algae Padina sp. containing polysaccharides, PUFA, and fucoxanthin. The purpose of this research is to determine antiinflammatory effec...

Tatiana Saldanha, and Neura Bragagnolo

Due to the adverse effects of the cholesterol oxidation products for the human health, the search of the occurrence and the quantification of these compounds in foods are considered of great importance. In this paper the effect of grilling in hake and sardine on cholesterol oxides formation and fatty acids alterations was investigated. The main fatty acids determined in both fishes were docosahexaenoic (DHA), oleic, eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and palmitoleic. The total lipids, fatty acids and choles...

Alice Mannocci, and Alessio Natali, and Vittoria Colamesta, and Antonio Boccia, and Giuseppe La Torre

OBJECTIVES. The aim of this study was to quantify the level of health related quality of life and burnout in a call centers sample of precarious workers. METHODS. An observational study was carried out in Italy. A self-reported anonymous questionnaire was administered to temporary workers in order to estimate burn-out and quality of life levels. RESULTS. 227 questionnaires were collected. 78% of the sample was female and the mean age was 35.48 years (SD = 9.91). Among the participants, 40% were ...

Luis E. González-Escalante, and Sergio I. Salazar-Vallejo

Nereis garwoodi n. sp. is described on the basis of eight syntype specimens (six atokous and two heteronereis) collected in Bahía Chetumal, Mexican Caribbean coast, and the variability in the paragnath numbers in the pharynx is established using 180 specimens; paragnath numbers are I:10(SD=1.9); II:30 (SD=2.6); III:41 (SD=5.2); IV:29 (SD=3.5), V:1, VI:4, VII-VIII: >30. Its eyes are big and its longest tentacular cirri reaches setiger 11. A revised key to species of Nereis recorded from the Grand...

Zulferiyenni Zulferiyenni, and Marniza Marniza, and Erli Novida Sari

This research was aimed to find the appropriate combination of glycerol and tapioca concentration in the production of Eucheuma cottonii seaweed dreg-based biodegradable films.  A two factors experiment was arranged in a Complete Randomized Design with three replications.  The first factor was three levels of glycerol concentration : 0.25%; 0.5% and 0.75%.  The second factor was three levels of tapioca concentration : 5%; 6% and 7%.  The data of visual observation, Fourier transform infra red  a...

Joshua F. Ceñido, and Boris Itin, and Ruth E. Stark, and Yung-yu Huang, and Maria A. Oquendo, and J. John Mann, and M. Elizabeth Sublette

Lipid microdomains (‘lipid rafts’) are plasma membrane subregions, enriched in cholesterol and glycosphingolipids, which participate dynamically in cell signaling and molecular trafficking operations. One strategy for the study of the physicochemical properties of lipid rafts in model membrane systems has been the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), but until now this spectroscopic method has not been considered a clinically relevant tool. We performed a proof-of-concept study to test the f...

Tina Lohse, and Sabine Rohrmann, and David Faeh, and Torsten Hothorn

Body mass indices (BMIs) are applied to monitor weight status and associated health risks in populations.  Binary or multinomial logistic regression models are commonly applied in this context, but are only applicable to BMI values categorized within a small set of defined ad hoc BMI categories.  This approach precludes comparisons with studies and models based on different categories.  In addition, ad hoc categorization of BMI values prevents the estimation and analysis of the underlying contin...

Yoo-Chul Kim, and Kwang-Soo Kim, and Jin Kim, and Yoonsik Kim, and Il-Ryong Park, and Young-Hun Jang

The KVLCC2 and its modified hull form were investigated in regular head waves using Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) methods. The modified KVLCC2 (named KWP-bow KVLCC2) is designed for reducing wave reflection from the bow. Firstly, the original KVLCC2 is studied for verification of the present code and methodology and the computed time history of total resistance and 2DOF motions (heave and pitch) for the selected two wave length conditions are directly compared with the results...

V. A. Zelinskiy, and M. V. Melynikov

<p><strong>Aim.</strong> The study was designed to assess the specific features of manifestation and progression for critical low limb ischemia in patients with abdominal aortic calcification. <br /><strong>Methods.</strong> The total of 151 patients with low limb critical ischemia due to peripheral arterial disease were enrolled to the study cohort: 79 patients (study group) with abdominal aortic calcification and 72 patients (control group) without any signs of abdominal aortic wall calcificat...

Juris Baldunčiks

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