Welber Senteio Smith, and Miguel Petrere, and Walter Barrella

A survey was carried out on the fish species in the Sorocaba River basin, the main tributary of the left margin of the Tietê River, located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The species were collected with gill nets. After identification of the specimens, their relative abundance, weight and standard length were determined. Up to the present moment there are not any studies that focus this subject in this hydrographic basin. Fifty-three species, distributed in eighteen families and six orders w...

Andréa C. G. de Paiva, and Marina F. V. Lima, and José R. B. de Souza, and Maria E. de Araújo

The objectives of the present study were to identify species of reef fish that use the Rio Formoso estuary (northeastern Brazil) as a refuge and natural nursery and to describe the spatial distribution of the estuary fish fauna in rainy and dry seasons. A total of 5475 specimens, across 78 species and 39 families, were analyzed; 51.3% of the species were of reef origin. Among these, Eucinostomus melanopterus (Bleeker, 1863), E. gula (Cuvier, 1830), and Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758), i...

André Luiz Carvalho da Silva, and Maria Augusta Martins da Silva, and Luiz Antônio Pierantoni Gambôa, and Amilson Rangel Rodrigues

The coastal geomorphology of Maricá (Rio de Janeiro state) is characterized by a large lagoon and by two sandy barriers that confine a series of small isolated chain-like lagoons. Data collected from ground-penetrating radar and boreholes from the central coastal plain of Maricá provided information on the sedimentary architecture and evolution of this area in the Quaternary. Six lithological units were identified comprising three depositional sequences limited by erosional surfaces, related to ...

D. Terziyski , and H. Kalcheva, and A. Ivanova, and R. Kalchev

Abstract. Three years studies (2004 – 2006) on the main biotic parameters (chlorophyll-a, phytoplankton biomass, zooplankton biomass and bacterioplankton biomass) in carp fish ponds were carried out. The aim of the study was to investigate the biotic factors and the effect of manuring on the fish ponds. The relative -1 changes in these factors in case of fertilization with manure 3000 kg.ha or without fertilization were determined. The impact of fertilization as bottom-up melioration on some ...

İsmail Karaboz, and Atakan Sukatar, and Aslı Parlakay

M. Mosaddegh, and B.M. Gharanjik, and F. Naghibi, and S. Esmaeili, and A. Pirani, and B. Eslami Tehrani, and B. Keramatian, and A. Hassanpour

Iran has 1260 km of coastline that borders the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea in the northwest Indian Ocean. Marine algae are one of the natural resources in the marine ecosystem which produce a wide range of new secondary metabolites with various biological activities that play an important role in the pharmaceutical care. In this study the cytotoxic activity of 28 marine algae of Chabahar coast was assessed against 5 cell lines including MCF-7, HepG-2, A-549, HT-29 and MDBK, through MTT assay. ...

Hogue SL, and Goss D, and Hollis K, and Silvia S, and White MV

Susan L Hogue,1 Diana Goss,1 Kelly Hollis,1 Suyapa Silvia,2 Martha V White3 1Health Solutions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, 2Education and Workforce Development, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, 3Institute for Asthma and Allergy, Wheaton, MD, USA Background: Anaphylaxis is a serious, potentially life-threatening condition. Adequate preparation for anaphylaxis management is imperative for school personnel. This descriptive pilot study assessed preparedness of US sc...

Davies Olabisi Flora, and Adeleye Isaac Adeyemi, and Wang Peng George

Objective: To evaluate the isolation of actinomycetes strains with potential for producing antimicrobials with high methicilin resistance capability. Methods: The soil samples were collected from four different locations of Lagos lagoon. The Actinomycetes were isolated from the samples by serial dilution using spread plate method. Isolates were selected based on their cultural characteristics as well as their Gram reaction and phenotypically and molecularly characterized Streptomyces sp. Is...

Carvalho A, and Barbirato D, and Araujo N, and Martins JV, and Sá Cavalcanti JL, and Santos TM, and Coutinho ES, and Laks J, and Deslandes AC

Alessandro Carvalho,1,2 Dannyel Barbirato,1 Narahyana Araujo,1 Jose Vicente Martins,3 Jose Luiz Sá Cavalcanti,3 Tony Meireles Santos,4 Evandro S Coutinho,5 Jerson Laks,1,2 Andrea C Deslandes1 1Centro de Doença de Alzheimer e Outros Transtornos da Velhice, Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2Centro de Estudo de Pesquisa do Envelhecimento, Instituto Vital Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 3Instituto de Neurologia Deolindo Couto, U...

Ali İşmen, and Çiğdem Yığın, and Fikret Çakır

Kelli Anderson, and Ned Pankhurst, and Harry King, and Abigail Elizur

Tasmanian Atlantic salmon (S. salar) broodstock can experience temperatures above 20 °C, which impairs reproductive development and inhibits ovulation. The present study investigated the prolonged use of gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue (GnRHa) during vitellogenesis as a means of maintaining endocrine function and promoting egg quality at elevated temperature in maiden and repeat spawning S. salar. GnRHa-treatment during vitellogenesis did not compensate for the negative effects of therma...

Rachel L. Welicky, and Kerry A. Hadfield, and Paul C. Sikkel, and Nico J. Smit

A morphological review and molecular characterization of Anilocra haemuli Bunkley Williams & Williams, 1981, were completed using specimens collected from Haemulon flavolineatum Desmarest, 1823 (French grunt) and Epinephelus guttatus Linnaeus, 1758 (red hind). Molecular and morphological data suggest that the isopods parasitizing H. flavolineatum and E. guttatus are different species. The specimens collected from E. guttatus are recognized as a new species, Anilocra bri...

Alcimar das Chagas Ribeiro, and Luciana Silva Boden

<em>This paper discusses the economic relations found in artisan fishing in the municipality of São João da Barra, RJ, based on the conceptual structure of supply chains, in order to understand the levels of interaction among the different actors, and how this reflects in their competitiveness. The qualitative and exploratory survey was carried by using the action research methodology aiming at the identification of the real problems that weakens the activity and, more specifically, possible reg...

José Quintero González

<p>El empleo generalizado del cañón de hierro posibilitó en gran medida la renovación de la Armada, muy limitada hasta entonces por la reducida oferta de los cañones de bronce. En España desempeñó un papel destacado en todo el proceso la fábrica de cañones de Liérganes (Cantabria), que hacia la década de los años veinte del siglo XVIII logró una producción de quinientas piezas anuales, así como la munición necesaria para dotarlas. Por lo que respecta al arsenal de La Carraca, la provisión de art...

Sara Paknejad, and Adeleh Heidari, and Hamed Mousavi-Sabet

A 15-landmark morphometric truss network system was used to investigate the hypothesis of population fragmentation of Shad fish Alosa braschnicowi Borodin, 1904 along the southern Caspian Sea. A total of 181 A. braschnicowi specimens were caught from six localities, respectively from the west to the east including; Astara, Rezvanshahr, Anzali, Tonekabon, Sari and Miankale. Principal component analysis, canonical variates analysis and clustering analysis were used to examine morphological differe...

Yuhchyau eChen, and James eMoon, and Kishan J Pandya, and Derick HM Lau, and Karen eKelly, and Fred eHirsch, and Laurie E Gaspar, and Mary eRedman, and David eGandara

Purpose: Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with poor performance status (PS) or co-morbidities are often not candidates for standard chemoradiotherapy (chemoRT) due to poor tolerance to treatments. A pilot study for poor-risk stage III NSCLC patients was conducted combining cetuximab, a chimeric monoclonal antibody targeting epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), with chest radiation (RT). Methods: Stage III NSCLC patients with Zubrod PS 2, or Zubrod PS 0-1 with poor pulmo...

Lourdes Gonçalves Furtado

The present text is version of a conference pronounced in the Department of Genetics of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), in the landmark of the subject Amazonian populations yesterday, today and perspectives for the future. This discusses emphasized the relevance of the contributions of the first components of the Amazonian society for the society of today. It now comes to compose the scene of this thematic volume of the Bulletin of the Goeldi Museum, the presented data are fruits of previ...

Rodrigo de Andrade Kersten, and Sandro Menezes Silva

A 3 000 m² area of seasonally inundated forest on the island of Ilha do Mel (25º30" S 48º23" W) in Paraná, Brazil, was sampled by collecting plants from all strata, using climbing equipment when necessary. The area harbors 103 species of epiphytes, in 49 genera and 20 families, of which 28 species are pteridophytes and 75 magnoliophytes (64 Liliopsida, 11 Magnoliopsida). The most common families are Orchidaceae, Bromeliaceae, Polypodiaceae and Araceae, and frequent genera are Vriesea, Epidendrum...

Clara A. Rodríguez, and V.D. Chamizo, and Raúl Aguilar

En dos experimentos en piscina circular se entrenó a unas ratas a encontrar una plataforma invisible que estaba localizada siempre en el mismo lugar en relación a una configuración de dos puntos de referencia (X e Y), que se encontraban relativamente lejos y equidistantes de la plataforma. El entrenamiento se llevó a cabo durante días consecutivos (Experimento 1) o cada 4 días (Experimento 2). Ensayos de prueba posteriores, sin la plataforma, mostraron que las ratas preferían buscar en el cuadra...

Lidiana Andrade, and Ana C. B. Kummer, and Ajadir Fazolo, and Simone Dasmaceno, and Salah D. M. Hasan

O efluente proveniente de abatedouro de peixes possui alto teor de nitrogênio, um dos principais causadores de eutrofização nos corpos d'água. Sua remoção pode ser feita em duas etapas separadas: nitrificação e desnitrificação. Este experimento teve como objetivo testar a influência da vazão de ar (valores de 1 a 3 L min-1) e a concentração de nitrogênio amoniacal (de 40 a 100 mg L-1) no processo de nitrificação. Foi utilizado um reator em batelada sequencial com biomassa imobilizada, com volume...

Jayarama S, and Shenoy Shaliny, and Unnikrishnan B, and Ramapuram John, and Rao Manjula

<b>Research Question:</b> What are the socio-demographic profile and risk behavior pattern of seropositive attendees in the voluntary counseling and testing center (VCTC)? <b> Study Design:</b> Retrospective study. <b> Setting:</b> VCTC in the outpatient complex of Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka. <b> Subjects:</b> Records pertaining to all the 539 and 330 seropositive attendees during the years 2005 and 2006, respectively, were included in the study besides data from...

Lyra DP Jr, and Oliveira KS, and Mesquita AR, and Santos AP

Background: Headache, or cephalalgia, is one of the 20 most disabling diseases in the world and affects a large portion of the world’s population. People generally use over-the-counter medications to treat headaches and other minor symptoms. A pharmacist should help patients choose the most effective, safe, and convenient pharmacotherapeutic option. Objective: To assess the counselling skills of community pharmacists for headache management by using the simulated patient approach. Methods: A cro...

Maria Ligia Rangel-S, and Gabriela Lamego, and Andrea Lizabeth Costa Gomes

Apresentam-se e discutem-se os resultados de uma pesquisa realizada com o objetivo de desenvolver uma tecnologia de informação e comunicação via web para a promoção da alimentação saudável, mediante a facilitação do acesso à informação na internet. Buscou-se, mediante entrevistas, conhecer as concepções e identificar demandas e necessidades de informações e conhecimentos sobre o tema, dentre ONGs que trabalham com saúde; e ainda, mapear informações e conhecimentos acerca da alimentação saudável ...

Akram Ahmad, and Isha Patel, and Rajesh Balkrishnan, and G P Mohanta, and P K Manna

Background: Pharmacovigilance is a useful to assure the safety of medicines and protect consumers from their harmful effects. Healthcare professionals should consider Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting as part of their professional obligation and participate in the existent pharmacovigilance programs in their countries. In India, the National PV Program was re-launched in July 2010. Objectives: This survey was conducted in order to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of Indian pharmac...

Yalçın Kaya, and Hünkar Avni Duyar, and Mehmet Emin Erdem

Luisa M. Sarmento-Soares, and Ronaldo F. Martins-Pinheiro, and Arion T. Aranda, and Carine C. Chamon

A new pseudopimelodid catfish of the genus Microglanis, collected in small rivers at the lower and middle Peruípe, middle Jucuruçu and Cahy basins, in the southeastern coast of the Bahia state, is described. The new species has a comparatively high number of anal fin proximal radials, 12, shaped as thin tubes, the last one bearing a laminar extension; a pectoral fin spine with a bony point and with a smaller number of serrations on its posterior border; seven pleural ribs and a narrow head width...

F. Ozan Düzbastılar

RW. Ávila, and DH. Morais, and LA. Anjos, and WO. Almeida, and RJ. Silva

A parasitological survey was conducted in specimens of the semiaquatic coral snake Micrurus surinamensis, a poorly known South American elapid. Four specimens collected at the southern Amazon region in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso were analyzed for endoparasites. Three parasite species were recovered from the snake hosts: the pentastomid Sebekia oxycephala, the nematode Physaloptera sp. and the trematode Opisthogonimus lecithonotus. This represents new locality and host record for S. oxyce...

Marcelo Henrique Farias de Medeiros, and Eduardo Pereira, and Valdecir Angelo Quarcioni, and Paulo Roberto do Lago Helene

Abstract There are some ways to extend the service life of a reinforced concrete structure. This paper focuses on the extension of the service life by treating the surface of reinforced concrete, specifically on the effect of the concrete cover thickness on the surface treatment system efficacy. Thus, chloride migration tests were performed and diffusion chloride coefficients were calculated. The service life of each case (treated or non-treated concrete) was estimated using these data and Fick'...

A. Turra, and M. R. Denadai

Sandy beaches in some areas of the São Sebastião Channel in southeastern Brazil have unremittingly undergone a variety of impacts, including the deposition of rock fragments in the intertidal region. Consequently, these environments support a rich fauna comprising both sandy beach and rocky shore organisms. Two rocky shore gastropods, Tegula viridula and Morula nodulosa, are particularly abundant in such environments. An evaluation of the use of microhabitats by these two species revealed that t...

Rebecca Bentzen, and J. Margaret Castellini, and Ramón Gaxiola-Robles, and Tania Zenteno-Savín, and Lía Celina Méndez-Rodríguez, and Todd O’Hara

Seafood is a valuable source of nutrients important for fetal development. However, seafood consumption is the main route of exposure to monomethyl mercury (MeHg+) for humans. MeHg+ is highly bioavailable and potentially adversely affects fetal neurodevelopment. MeHg+ exposure from fish consumption varies significantly by age and trophic level of fish consumed as well as the frequency and amount of fish consumed. This study investigates total Hg concentrations ([THg]) in hair segments of pregnan...

Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, and Anders Miki Bojesen, and Mads F. Bertelsen, and Nathan Wales, and George H. Balazs, and M. Thomas P. Gilbert

The Chelonid herpesvirus 5 (ChHV5) has been consistently associated with fibropapillomatosis (FP), a transmissible neoplastic disease of marine turtles. Whether ChHV5 plays a causal role remains debated, partly because while FP tumours have been clearly documented to contain high concentrations of ChHV5 DNA, recent PCR-based studies have demonstrated that large proportions of asymptomatic marine turtles are also carriers of ChHV5. We used a real-time PCR assay to quantify the levels of ChHV5 Gly...

Awadhesh N Jha

In common with human health arena, oxidative damage to DNA could play an important role in the development of pathophysiological conditions and ultimately Darwinian fitness of the wild species. Despite the importance, not enough information is available in the literature pertaining to the determination of oxidative damage to DNA in wild species. Among the aquatic organisms, bivalve molluscs and fish species have been widely used for ecotoxicological studies and for the determination of DNA stran...

Jong-Ho Nam, and Inha Park, and Ho Jin Lee, and Mi Ok Kwon, and Kyungsik Choi, and Young-Kyo Seo

Ever since the Arctic region has opened its mysterious passage to mankind, continuous attempts to take advantage of its fastest route across the region has been made. The Arctic region is still covered by thick ice and thus finding a feasible navigating route is essential for an economical voyage. To find the optimal route, it is necessary to establish an efficient transit model that enables us to simulate every possible route in advance. In this work, an enhanced algorithm to determine the opti...

Swapnil Sanmukh, and Krishna Khairnar, and Waman Paunikar, and Satish Lokhande

The bacteria and their phages are the most abundant constituents of the aquatic environment, and so represent an ideal model for studying carbon regulation in an aquatic system. The microbe-mediated interconversion of bioavailable organic carbon (OC) into dissolved organic carbon (DOC) by the microbial carbon pump (MCP) has been suggested to have the potential to revolutionize our view of carbon sequestration. It is estimated that DOC is the largest pool of organic matter in the ocean and, thoug...

Shanmugam Sivagnanam, and Velayudhan Krishnakumar, and Natesan Munuswamy

Surface topography and ultrastructure of dried cysts of Artemia parthenogenetica (Vedaranyam population) and bisexual Artemia sp. (Kelambakkam population) were studied electron microscopically in order to identify the bisexual strain, inhabiting Covelong salterns, Kelambakkam, South India. The scope of this study is to provide substantial information for further characterization of these Artemia strains by the comparison of the cyst morphology and ultrastructure. A cyst of Artemia franciscana wa...

Min Cheol Ryu, and Jun Hyung Jung, and Yong Soo Kim, and Yooil Kim

This paper addresses the safety of two-row tank design by performing the extensive sloshing model tests. Owing to the uncertainties entangled with the scale law transforming the measured impact pressure up to the full scale one, so called comparative approach was taken to derive the design sloshing load. The target design vessel was chosen as 230 K LNG-FPSO with tow-row tank arrangement and the reference vessel as 138 K conventional LNG carrier, which has past track record without any significan...

L Hassan, and h sadati, and j karimi

An integrated fuzzy guidance (IFG) law for a surface to air homing missile is introduced. The introduced approach is a modification of the well-known proportional navigation guidance (PNG) law. The IFG law enables the missile to approach a high maneuvering target while trying to minimize control effort as well as miss-distance in a two-stage flight. In the first stage, while the missile is far from the intended target, the IFG tends to have low sensitivity to the target maneuvering seeking to mi...

ANGELIDIS Panagiotis, and VATSOS N. Ioannis

In the present study, the effects of Dimilin® on the survival and histology of two commercially important marine fish species, sea bream and sea bass, after a short-term exposure, were examined. Sea bream and sea bass fry of similar mean weight (0.25±0.05g SD) were exposed to three concentrations of the pesticide (diflubenzuron), 1500, 1000 and 500 ppm, for 96 h. For each species, three groups of ten fish (replicates) were exposed to each concentration,while three groups were not exposed and kep...

Sandra Muñoz-Rojas, and Luis Amado Ayala-Pérez, and Atahualpa Sosa-López, and Guillermo Jorge Villalobos-Zapata

La Reserva de la Biósfera Los Petenes constituye un hábitat crítico para una gran diversidad de especies de peces, la zona de pastos marinos es utilizada con fines de alimentación, protección, crianza y refugio temporal. El objetivo es analizar la estructura espacio-temporal de la comunidad de peces y su relación con la variabilidad ambiental e identificar las especies dominantes. Se realizaron 12 muestreos mensuales en 24 sitios a partir de mayo 2009 hasta abril 2010. Se realizaron 288 arrastre...

M. Abu Sayeed, and AH Syedur Rahman, and Md. Hazrat Ali, and Subrina Afrin, and Mir Masudur Rhaman, and Mohammad Mainul Hasan Chowdhury, and Akhter Banu

The prevalence of hypertension was reported higher in the coastal areas in different populations of the world. There was no study on the prevalence of hypertension among the coastal people in Bangladesh. This study addressed the prevalence and risk of hypertension among people living in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. Total 32 different coastal communities were selected purposively in the six coastal districts (Barisal, Borguna, Vola, Pirojpur, Potuakhali and Jhalukathi) of Bangladesh. All p...

Anna Dyhdalewicz

The paper presents the results of a research study, whose focal issue was the extent of disclosure in annual reports of costs of trade enterprises on the example of IT companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Due to its limited scope, this study should be treated as a pilot, constituting the introduction to further and more detailed research and analyses, which ultimately will include all companies listed on the WSE within the Polish Classification of Activities (PKD) wholesale and ret...

F. Massonnet, and T. Fichefet, and H. Goosse, and M. Vancoppenolle, and P. Mathiot, and C. König Beatty

Two hindcast (1983–2007) simulations are performed with the global, ocean-sea ice models NEMO-LIM2 and NEMO-LIM3 driven by atmospheric reanalyses and climatologies. The two simulations differ only in their sea ice component, while all other elements of experimental design (resolution, initial conditions, atmospheric forcing) are kept identical. The main differences in the sea ice models lie in the formulation of the subgrid-scale ice thickness distribution, of the thermodynamic processes, of the...

Jeff S. Bowman

Abstract Sea ice plays an important role in high latitude biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems, and climate. A complete understanding of how sea ice biogeochemistry contributes to these processes must take into account the metabolic functions of the sea ice bacterial community. While the roles of sea ice bacteria in the carbon cycle and sea ice microbial loop are evidenced by high rates of bacterial production (BP), their metabolic diversity extends far beyond heterotrophy, and their functionality ...

Maeda Batista dos Anjos, and Jansen Zuanon

Small streams are important components of the landscape in terra firme forests in central Amazonia and harbor a large number of fish species. Nevertheless, the lack of a common sampling protocol in studies of this ichthyofauna hinders comparisons among available results. This study evaluates how the length of stream reach sampled affects estimates of local fish species density in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd order streams, and proposes a mean minimum sampling length that best approximates the absolute numb...

Ravichandran Ramanibai, and Ezhumalai Parthiban, and Madakannu Boothapandi

Objective: To evaluate the toxicity of Annona squamosa (A. squamosa) aqueous (physiological saline) seed soluble extract and its control of mosquito population. Methods: Ovicidal, larvicidal and pupicidal activity of A. squamosa crude soluble seed kernel extract was determined according to World Health Organization. The mortality of each mosquito stage was recorded after 24 h exposured to plant material. Toxicity assay was used to assess the non-target organisms with different concentration...

Samuel Jacob Inbaneson, and Sundaram Ravikumar

Objective: To identify the possible antiplasmodial drugs from bacteria associated with marine sponge Stylissa carteri (S. carteri). Methods: The S. carteri samples were collected from Thondi coast and subjected for enumeration and isolation of associated bacteria. Filter sterilized extracts (100, 50, 25, 12.5, 6.25 and 3.125 毺 g/mL) from isolated bacterial isolates were screened for antiplasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) and potential extracts were also screen...

R. M. Antonio, and I. Bianchini Jr.

Experiments in glucose mineralization were carried out to investigate the effects caused by natural forcing functions on both the decomposition rates and heterotrophy capacity of aquatic ecosystems. In addition, the methodology used could show connections between mineralization rates measured in both laboratory and field work with those measured in aquatic ecosystems. Water samples from Infernão lagoon (21º35'S and 47º51'W) were collected, filtered, enriched with glucose, and incubated under aer...

Salleh N. A. S., and Muda W. M. W.

In order to encourage the eco-friendly technologies in transportation sector, the reliance on fuel need to be reduced and the use of renewable energy (RE) technology as energy source are widely explored by researchers. Thus, this study focus on the feasibility of developing grid-connected renewable energy electric boat charging station for the fishermen in Terengganu using simulation-based method by HOMER software. Five year solar radiation and wind speed data were collected at Universiti Sultan...

Vrenozi, Blerina

The present study unites data from several excursions in typical Mediterranean lowland ecosystems in Albania during the years 2006 to 2009. Spiders from several different habitat types along the coast were analysed in six districts: Saranda, Fieri, Kavaja, Durrësi, Tirana and Lezha. In total 299 adult specimens were collected. They belong to 82 species, 60 genera and 22 families. Six species are new to the Albanian fauna: Aculepeira armida (Audouin, 1826), Zygiella x-notata (Clerck, 1757), Histo...