C.K. Ching, and R. Weisman, and K.L. Ho, and B.Y. Tan, and W.S. Teo, and S. Liang, and H. Chong

Ineke Van Der Meulen, and Ineke Van Der Meulen, and Mieke WE Van De Sandt-Koenderman, and Mieke WE Van De Sandt-Koenderman, and Majanka H Heijenbrok, and Majanka H Heijenbrok, and Evy Visch-brink, and Gerard M Ribbers, and Gerard M Ribbers

AbstractMelodic Intonation Therapy (MIT) is a language production therapy for severely non-fluent aphasic patients using melodic intoning and rhythm to restore language. Although many studies have reported its beneficial effects on language production, randomized controlled trials (RCT) examining the efficacy of MIT are rare. In an earlier publication, we presented the results of an RCT on MIT in subacute aphasia and found that MIT was effective on trained and untrained items. Further, we observ...

Eugenia Drakopoulou

The complex historical reality of the Adriatic region, an area located even today on the borderline between East and West, is reflected in the works of religious painting and in the painters’ geographical movements. The art of Orthodox regions was mainly influenced by Venice, but also by the rest of Italy, and, as a result, a unique art emerged in the Ionian Islands, which remained under Venetian control until the end of the eighteenth century. In the course of the eighteenth century, political ...

Jørgen eØdegård, and Thomas eMoen, and Nina eSanti, and Sven Arild eKorsvoll, and Sissel eKjøglum, and Theo H. E. Meuwissen

Reliability of genomic selection (GS) models was tested in an admixed population of Atlantic salmon, originating from crossing of several wild subpopulations. The models included ordinary genomic BLUP models (GBLUP), using genome-wide SNP markers of varying densities (1 to 220k), a genomic identity-by-descent model (IBD-GS), using linkage analysis of sparse genome-wide markers, as well as a classical pedigree-based model. Reliabilities of the models were compared through 5-fold cross-validation....

Mehmet Cengiz Deval, and Kostas Kapiris

During three surveys between September 2009 and June 2011, a total of 20867 specimens of A. antennatus were caught from the 127 successful hauls with a total towing time of 219.5 h. Carapace length ranged between 12-61 mm for females (mean length, 35.8±8.2 mm) and 14-35 mm for males (24.8±3.4 mm). The two-way MANOVA shoved that depth had a significant effect on the abundance (p < 0.05) and biomass (p < 0.01) indices. However, season showed an insignificantly effect on both indices. The highest v...

Ceren Acarturk, and Emre Konuk, and Mustafa Cetinkaya, and Ibrahim Senay, and Marit Sijbrandij, and Pim Cuijpers, and Tamer Aker

Background: The most common mental health problems among refugees are depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an effective treatment for PTSD. However, no previous randomized controlled trial (RCT) has been published on treating PTSD symptoms in a refugee camp population. Objective: Examining the effect of EMDR to reduce the PTSD and depression symptoms compared to a wait-list condition among Syrian refugees. Method: Twenty-nin...

T. Dabrowski, and K. Lyons, and C. Cusack, and G. Casal, and A. Berry, and G. D. Nolan

The Marine Institute, Ireland, runs a suite of operational regional and coastal ocean models. Recent developments include several tailored products that focus on the key needs of the Irish aquaculture sector. In this article, an overview of the products and services derived from the models are presented. The authors give an overview of a shellfish model developed in-house and that was designed to predict the growth, the physiological interactions with the ecosystem, and the level of coliform con...

Hossein Heli, and Fereydoon Gobal

The electrooxidation of methanol in both acidic and alkaline media on poly-crystalline platinum under the regime of cyclic voltammetry is analyzed by application of quadratic logistic equation. The current-charge curves in the anodic cycles fit the logistic differential equation reasonably well and are accounted on the basis of the non-linearity of the kinetics and the effect of positive feedback. In the reverse cycle however, no fit is observed, presumably due to the lack of correlation between...

Fabián Andrés Peña-García, and Armando Ezquerro-Cordón, and Verónica López-Fernández

One of the main challenges at present is to achieve high - quality Education, one which takes into account, along with the whole teaching-learning process, the students’ diverse abilities, skills and cognitive, social and emotional aptitudes. The insertion of multiple intelligences, as well as variables such as creativity, may contribute to the development of singular capacities and students’ school performance. Studying the way these variables are related is imperative. The objective of this in...

Maria Angelica Bazurto Zapata, and Elida Dueñas Meza, and Claudia Jaramillo, and Dario Maldonado Gomez, and Carlos Torres Duque

Purpose: To describe the SpO2 in wakefulness, sleep and during the apnea–hypopnea in adults living in Bogotá, located at 2640 m above sea level. Methods: Descriptive observational study in adults referred for polysomnogram (PSG). A normal Apnea hypopnea index (AHI) was defined as ≤5 and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was classified as mild (AHI 5–15), moderate (AHI 15–30), and severe (AHI >30). T-test or ANOVA test for SpO2 differences between groups was used. Results: 1799 patients, 33% women. 2...

Carlos Azevedo, and Graça Casal, and Ivete Mendonça, and Erisson Carvalho, and Patrícia Matos, and Edilson Matos

A myxosporean parasite in the gill lamellae of the freshwater teleost fish, Sciades herzbergii (Ariidae) (Block, 1794), from the Poti River (Northeast of Brazil) was described by light and electron microscopy studies. Polysporic histozoic cyst-like plasmodia containing several life-cycle stages, including mature spores, were observed. The spores were pyriform and uninucleate, measuring 9.15 ± 0.39 &#956;m (n = 50) long, 4.36 ± 0.23 &#956;m (n = 25) wide and 2.61 ± 0.31 &#956;m (n = 25) thick. El...

J. B. Ries

Synchronized transitions in the polymorph mineralogy of the major reef-building and sediment-producing calcareous marine organisms and abiotic CaCO₃ precipitates (ooids, marine cements) throughout Phanerozoic time are believed to have been caused by tectonically induced variations in the Mg/Ca ratio of seawater (molar Mg/Ca>2="aragonite seas", <2="calcite seas"). Here, I assess the geological evidence in support of secular variation in seawater Mg/Ca and its effects on marine calcifie...

Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli, and Ricardo Massato Takemoto, and Tiago Lopes Ceschini, and Fábio Hideki Yamada, and Luís Henrique de Aquino Moreira

The study analyzed 84 specimens of <em>Metynnis lippincottianus</em> (Cope, 1870) (Characidae) from two environments with different degrees of impact due to a hydroeletric plant; 44 hosts from the upper Parana river floodplain (low degree of impact) and 40 from Paranapanema tributaries (Corvo and Guairacá rivers, high degree of impact). The prevalence found, among the total collected fishes, was 77.4%. One digenetic species, <em>Dadayus pacupeva</em>, and four nematodes, <em>Spinoxyuris oxydoras...

Shariq Ali Khan, and Henry Wenjie Chua, and Premila Hirubalan, and Ranjith Baskar Karthekeyan, and Harikrishnan Kothandan

Background and Aims: Although both frailty and low cerebral oxygen saturation increase the risk of post-operative complications, their relationship is yet to be investigated. The purpose of this observational study was to investigate the association between frailty, intraoperative cerebral oxygen saturation and post-operative complications in elderly patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Methods: After approval from the Institutional Review Board, 25 elderly patients (>65 years) undergoing no...

Carlos A. García-Alzate, and César Román-Valencia, and Hernán Ortega

Hyphessobrycon con 129 especies válidas, es un género de peces que presenta una gran diversidad de especies dentro de la ictiofauna neotropical, alcanza su mayor diversidad en la cuenca del Amazonas con alrededor del 70% de estas especies, es altamente apetecido por los acuaristas por su belleza y colorido y aún se están conociendo nuevas especies. Las medidas de los ejemplares se tomaron punto a punto con calibrador digital. Observaciones de las estructuras óseas y de cartílago se hicieron sobr...

Fernandes Vernie, and Chitre Vidya, and Aras Meena

<b>Context:</b> By convention, the posterior palatal seal area is located on the palate between the anterior and posterior vibrating lines. However, there are opposing views on whether the anterior and posterior vibrating lines can be distinguished as two separate lines of flexion. <b> Aims:</b> The study was carried out to<b> </b> determine whether the anterior and posterior vibrating lines can be distinguished as two separate lines of flexion by unbiased observers. A second part of the stud...

Jaqueline de Oliveira Silva, and Júlia Caetano Martins, and Rosane Luzia de Souza Morais, and Wellington Fabiano Gomes

O desenvolvimento humano envolve fatores biológicos e ambientais que interagem de forma dinâmica e complexa ao longo da vida. Para alguns autores, o meio aquático pode oferecer diversos benefícios ao desenvolvimento infantil; no entanto, estudos sobre estimulação aquática e desenvolvimento típico são escassos. O objetivo deste estudo foi verificar a influência de um programa de estimulação aquática no desenvolvimento de crianças de 0 a 18 meses, com ênfase no desenvolvimento motor. Participaram ...

Eriksson S, and Nilsson J, and Lindell G, and Sturesson C

Sam Eriksson,1,2,* Jan Nilsson,1,2,* Gert Lindell,1,2 Christian Sturesson1,2 1Department of Surgery, Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, 2Sk&aring;ne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden &nbsp;*These authors contributed equally to the study Background: Liver microcirculation can be affected by a wide variety of causes relevant to liver transplantation and resectional surgery. Intraoperative assessment of the microcirculation could possibly predict postoperative outcome. The present pilot stu...

M. D. Hurst, and D. H. Rood, and M. A. Ellis

Quantifying rates of erosion on cliffed coasts across a range of timescales is vital for understanding the drivers and processes of coastal change and for assessing risks posed by future cliff retreat. Historical records cover at best the last 150 years; cosmogenic isotopes, such as ¹⁰Be could allow us to look further into the past to assess coastal change on millennial timescales. Cosmogenic isotopes accumulate in situ near the Earth surface and have been used extensively to quantify...

Ocaña, Óscar, and de los Ríos, A. G.

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Maria de los Angeles Perez Lizama, and Ricardo Massato Takemoto, and Maria José Tavares Ranzani-Paiva, and Luis Marques da Silva Ayroza, and Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli

Piaractus mesopotamicus (Holmberg, 1887) é uma das espécies nativas mais difundidas em pisciculturas no Brasil. Este estudo foi realizado em três pisciculturas do Estado de São Paulo, durante os meses de fevereiro a dezembro de 2004. Oitenta e três espécimes (92,2%) estavamparasitados por pelo menos uma espécie de parasito. Oito espécies de ectoparasitos foram registradas. Anacanthorus penilabiatus, A. spatulathus e Mymarothecium sp. 2 foram classificadas como centrais, e Mymarothecium sp. 1, se...

Rupak Roy, and Aneesha Lobo, and Bikramjeet P Pal, and Carlos Manta Oliveira, and Rajiv Raman, and Tarun Sharma

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of an automated retinal image grading system in diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening. Materials and Methods: Color fundus images of patients of a DR screening project were analyzed for the purpose of the study. For each eye two set of images were acquired, one centerd on the disk and the other centerd on the macula. All images were processed by automated DR screening software (Retmarker). The results were compared to ophthalmologist grading of the same set of photogr...

Lucélia Donatti, and Edith Fanta

The Antarctic fish Trematomus newnesi (Boulenger, 1902) occurs from benthic to pelagic habitats, in seasonally and daily varied photic conditions that induce retinomotor movements. Fish were experimentally kept under constant darkness or light, and 12Light/12Dark for seven days. The retinomotor movement of the pigment epithelium was established through the pigment index, while that of the cones was calculated as the length of the myoid. The retinomotor movement of the pigment epithelium in T.new...

Simone F Teixeira, and Yalan F Duarte, and Beatrice P Ferreira

The mutton snapper Lutjanus analis is an overexploited species of economic importance for the Northeast region of Brazil. To determine the reproductive aspects of the mutton snapper, biological data were sampled from Bahia, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará States, between 7 and 200m depth, from February 1997 to December 1999, performed in the Brazilian Economic Exclusive Zone Study Program (REVIZEE-NE Program). Data on total length (TL), fork length (FL), standard length (SL), ...

Núñez Avellaneda Marcela, and Duque Santiago R.

Ten taxa of algae belonging to the order Chlorococcales are recorded for the first time from the Colombian Amazon basin. Two of these, Nephrocytium limneticum and Sorastrum americanum var. americanum, are recorded for the first time in Colombia.<br>Se registran por primera vez para la Amazonia colombiana 10 taxones de Chlorococcales del fitoplancton y ticoplancton encontrados en algunos lagos del río Amazonas y del río Cotuhé, afluente del río Putumayo. Nephrocytium limneticum y Sorastrum americ...

Natalia E Sato, and Daniel Hernández, and María D Viñas

Se analizó la dieta de Noctiluca scintillans a partir de muestras colectadas mensualmente en una estación costera permanente de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Estación EPEA) entre marzo 2000 y abril 2001. Se examinó un total de 1100 individuos. Las principales presas fueron diatomeas (27,7%), huevos de copépodos (24,1%) y tintínidos (17,9%o). Los géneros/especies de presas más abundantes encontrados en las vacuolas digestivas de N. scintillans fueron en orden decreciente, los tintínido...

P Carvalho, and S. M. Thomaz, and L. M. Bini

Decomposition of aquatic plants is influenced by several biotic and abiotic factors. Among them, temperature plays an important role. Despite the increasing number of studies describing the effects of temperature on the decomposition of aquatic macrophytes, little attention has been given to the decay of submerged macrophytes. In this paper, we assessed the effect of temperature on weight loss and chemical composition of detritus of the submerged aquatic macrophyte Egeria najas Planchon (Hydroch...

Anika Daing, and Sarvendra Vikram Singh, and Charanjeet Singh Saimbi, and Mohammad Akhlaq Khan, and Srikanta Kumar Rath

Background: Increasing evidences support the role of genetic factors in susceptibility to chronic periodontitis. The aim of the present pilot study was to explore the association of two potential single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): Interleukin (IL)-1β + 3954 (rs1143634, C > T) and vitamin D receptor (VDR) TaqI (rs731236, T > C) with chronic periodontitis in a North Indian population. Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight chronic periodontitis subjects and 47 periodontally healthy controls were...

Quanyou Liu, and Zhijun Jin, and Bing Zhou, and Dongya Zhu, and Qingqiang Meng

The natural gas accumulation zone, where the marine carbonate rock strata are developed, was formed in the eastern Sichuan Basin under the influence of several main tectonic movements (Caledonian Movement, Indosinian Movement, Yanshanian Movement, and Himalayan Movement). Most natural gas reservoirs exhibit the structural-stratigraphic traps together with multistage accumulation, late-stage adjustment and reformation, et cetera. The natural gas accumulation zone (or so-called gas reservoir group...

Greta Farina, and Alessandro Agazzi, and Guido Invernizzi, and Anna Campagnoli, and Juan Jose Loor, and Giovanni Savoini

To better understand the interaction between saturated or unsaturated fatty acids and its effect on expression of genes involved in subcutaneous adipose tissue metabolism, 23 second parity alpine dairy goats were enrolled in the experiment and fed either a non fat-supplemented basal diet (C; n=8), the basal diet supplemented with stearic acid (ST; n=7) or the basal diet supplemented with fish oil (FO; n=8). 30g/head/d supplemental fatty acids during the dry period and 50g/head/d during lactation...

Atsuko Fukunaga, and Randall K. Kosaki

A distance-based multivariate control chart is a useful tool for ecological monitoring to detect changes in biological community resulting from natural or anthropogenic disturbances at permanent monitoring sites. It is based on a matrix of any distances or dissimilarities among observations obtained from species composition and abundance data, and bootstrapping techniques are used to set upper confidence bounds that trigger an alarm for further investigations. We extended the use of multivariate...

A.M. Coates, and T.R. Fitzsimmons, and B. Chee, and B. Park, and K. Kapellas, and P.R.C. Howe, and R. Lee, and S. Ivanovski, and M.K. Bartold

Thomas Andersen Rix, and Lotte Maxild Mortensen, and Lotte Maxild Mortensen, and Erik Berg Schmidt

Marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may have beneficial effects in relation to atrial fibrillation (AF) with promising data from experimental animal studies, however, results from studies in humans have been inconsistent. This review evaluates the mechanisms of action of marine n-3 PUFA in relation to AF based on experimental data and provides a status on the evidence obtained from observational studies and interventional trials. In conclusion, there is growing evidence for an effect o...

Oleg Bulatov

Northeast arctic cod stock is one of a most valuable target of fisheries in the Barents Sea. The catches of cod for the period 1960-2014 are widely changed. The minimum level of catches is marked in 1990 (212 thousands ton), and the maximum values of catches were observed in 1969 – 1.2 mill. ton. In the recent years international catch of cod exceeded 1 mill. ton. Fishable and spawning stock biomass (SSB) also widely changed in this period. According to ICES data, SSB had a minimum in 1965 (102 ...

H. M. Allen, and D. C. Draper, and B. R. Ayres, and A. Ault, and A. Bondy, and S. Takahama, and R. L. Modini, and K. Baumann, and E. Edgerton, and C. Knote, and A. Laskin, and B. Wang, and J. L. Fry

Inorganic aerosol composition was measured in the southeastern United States, a region that exhibits high aerosol mass loading during the summer, as part of the 2013 Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) campaign. Measurements using a Monitor for AeRosols and GAses (MARGA) revealed two periods of high aerosol nitrate (NO₃^&minus;) concentrations during the campaign. These periods of high nitrate were correlated with increased concentrations of supermicron crustal and sea...

T. Koenigk, and A. Devasthale, and K.-G. Karlsson

Spatial and temporal variations of summer sea ice albedo over the Arctic are analyzed using an ensemble of historical CMIP5 model simulations. The results are compared to the CLARA-SAL product that is based on long-term satellite observations. The summer sea ice albedo varies substantially among CMIP5 models, and many models show large biases compared to the CLARA-SAL product. Single summer months show an extreme spread of ice albedo among models; July values vary between 0.3 and 0.7 for individ...

Jūratė Kriaučiūnienė, and Gintautas Žilinskas, and Donatas Pupienis, and Darius Jarmalavičius, and Brunonas Gailiušis

As the safe depth for navigation is no longer ensured due to intense accumulation of sediments in the avanport of the old port, which was constructed in 1923–1940, reconstruction of Šventoji port jetties was planned, which should commence in 2013. The assessment of impact of Šventoji port jetties was done on the nearby coasts, based on analysis of the 20th and 21st century cartographic material as well as monitoring data on coastal dynamics. The old port construction caused the formation of t...

M. I. Vousdoukas, and D. Bouziotas, and A. Giardino, and L. M. Bouwer, and L. Mentaschi, and E. Voukouvalas, and L. Feyen

<p>An upscaling of flood risk assessment frameworks beyond regional and national scales has taken place during recent years, with a number of large-scale models emerging as tools for hotspot identification, support for international policymaking, and harmonization of climate change adaptation strategies. There is, however, limited insight into the scaling effects and structural limitations of flood risk models and, therefore, the underlying uncertainty. In light of this, we examine key sou...

QI Haiqing, and LI Zhiyin, and ZHOU Lihua

<b>[Objectives]</b> This paper presents a numerical study of the air environment comfort in a four-person accommodation cabin of a ship in order to analyze the influence of different air supply schemes on the air environment.<b>[Methods]</b> The evaluating indicators of airflow organization are analyzed by CFD and a simulation of the air supply velocity,temperature,relative humidity,PMV and CO₂ concentration of the fluid-domain model under summer design conditions is conducted. Throug...

A. Gilgen, and W. T. K. Huang, and L. Ickes, and L. Ickes, and D. Neubauer, and U. Lohmann

<p>Future sea ice retreat in the Arctic in summer and autumn is expected to affect both natural and anthropogenic aerosol emissions: sea ice acts as a barrier between the ocean and the atmosphere, and reducing it increases dimethyl sulfide and sea salt emissions. Additionally, a decrease in the area and thickness of sea ice could lead to enhanced Arctic ship traffic, for example due to shorter routes of cargo ships. Changes in the emissions of aerosol particles can then influence cloud pr...

Olena Bezverbna, and Monika Załęska-Radziwiłł

The aim of this study was to identify the toxicity, determine and verify safe concentration of effluents containing phenol to the aquatic ecosystems on the basis of single- and multispecies ecotoxicological bioassays. Synthetic wastewater imitating municipal sewage showed acute toxicity in relation to all bioindicators and belonged to the third toxicity class. The most sensible organism was Danio rerio, the most resistance organism was Desmodesmus quadricauda. Chronic safe concentration of wast...

Anirban Banerjee, and Samar K. Saha

We studied the fine structure of some classical and six variant mitochondria from different tissues viz. proboscis gland, spinal gland, ovary, testis, and muscle of a fish ectoparasite, Argulus bengalensis. In the proboscis gland and spinal gland, mitochondria are protected within vesicle to preserve their structure and activity from exposure to glandular synthesis for its parasitic mode of feeding. In the oocytes, mitochondria are larger and cylindrical in appearance. Oocyte mitochondria are h...

M. C. Nash, and W. Adey

Calcified coralline red algae are ecologically key organisms in photic benthic environments. In recent decades they have become important climate proxies, especially in the Arctic and subarctic. It has been widely accepted that magnesium content in coralline tissues is directly a function of ambient temperature, and this is a primary basis for their value as a climate archive. In this paper we show for two genera of Arctic/subarctic corallines, <i>Leptophytum laeve</i> and <i>Kvaleya epila...

Eva García-Seoane, and Sergio Leandro

Estuaries are among the most productive ecosystems and simultaneously among the most threatened by conflicting human activities, which damage their ecological functions. Describing and attempting to understand the structure and functioning of estuaries is an essential step for maintaining and restoring the quality of estuarine ecosystems. The objective of this study was to obtain insights into the ecosystem structure and functioning of Ria de Aveiro. The study area is a coastal lagoon located on...

S. M. Burrows, and O. Ogunro, and A. A. Frossard, and L. M. Russell, and P. J. Rasch, and S. M. Elliott

The presence of a large fraction of organic matter in primary sea spray aerosol (SSA) can strongly affect its cloud condensation nuclei activity and interactions with marine clouds. Global climate models require new parameterizations of the SSA composition in order to improve the representation of these processes. Existing proposals for such a parameterization use remotely sensed chlorophyll <i>a</i> concentrations as a proxy for the biogenic contribution to the aerosol. However, both...

Thirumalai Maruthiah, and Beena Somanath, and Grasian Immanuel, and Arunachalam Palavesam

The current increase in the vast amount of marine crustacean shell waste produced by the fish processing industries has led to the need to find new methods for its disposal. Hence, the present study was carried out via marine shell wastes as substrate for protease production. The maximum production (4000.65 U/ml) from Bacillus sp. APCMST-RS3 was noticed in 3:1% shrimp and oyster shell powder (SOSP) as substrate. Purified protease showed 53.22% and 22.66% enzyme yield; 3.48 and 8.49 fold purity w...

Ndeye Maguette Dieng, and Philippe Orban, and Joel Otten, and Christine Stumpp, and Serigne Faye, and Alain Dassargues

Study region: Groundwater in the southern part of the Saloum Basin in Senegal. Study focus: The Saloum estuary is a hypersaline and ‘inverse’ estuary where the salinity of river water increases in the upstream direction. This region is problematic in that due to the underlain superficial Continental Terminal aquifer bordered by the hypersaline estuary constitutes the unique fresh groundwater reservoir for water supply for its estimated 466,000 residents living in 18 rural districts (belonging to...

Bianca Scolaro, and Marina S. Nogueira, and Aline Paiva, and Adriana Bertolami, and Lucia P. Barroso, and Tomas Vaisar, and Sean P. Heffron, and Edward A. Fisher, and Inar A. Castro

Objective: Statin intolerance, whether real or perceived, is a growing issue in clinical practice. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of reduced-dose statin therapy complemented with nutraceuticals. Methods: First phase: Initially, 53 type 2 diabetic statin-treated patients received a supplementation with fish oil (1.7 g EPA + DHA/day), chocolate containing plant sterols (2.2 g/day), and green tea (two sachets/day) for 6 weeks. Second phase: “Good responders” to supplementation were identified ...

Carmen Blanco, and Mª Ángeles Raduán, and Juan Antonio Raga

The diet of Risso’s dolphin in the Mediterranean is described based on 15 animals stranded between 40°25’N 00°32’W and 37°35’N 00°45’E from April 1987 to January 2003. The prey were mainly oceanic cephalopods. Pelagic octopods, especially A. argo, were the most abundant (mean = 41.28%; SD±34.32). Species belonging to the families Ommastrephidae, Histioteuthidae and Onychoteuthidae were also frequent components of its diet. The bathymetric distribution of cephalopods shows that Risso’s dolphin pr...

Olga Geisel, and Julia Behnke, and Michael Schneider, and Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, and Christian A. Müller

Background: In the majority of patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD), the clinical course is characterized by multiple relapses to drinking, frequently preceded by intense craving for alcohol. The present pilot study aimed to assess the effects of a repetitive imaginary cue-exposure protocol in reducing craving in recently abstinent alcohol-dependent patients. Methods: Sixty-four patients were randomly assigned to six intervention groups and were instructed to repetitively imagine: i) drinkin...