Mirko Tessari, and Sergio Gianesini, and Paolo Spath, and Erica Menegatti, and Maria Grazia Sibilla, and Matilde Zamboni, and Anna Maria Malagoni, and Paolo Zamboni

Mixed leg ulcer is a challenge in vascular diseases because both arterial and venous systems of the lower extremities are involved in the wound pathogenesis. Management is very difficult because the coexistence of the two conditions sometimes prevent to use compression bandaging, which is the cornerstone of venous leg ulcer treatment. It has been recently developed the so called gradient pump (GP), a novel device which permits to intermittently stop the flow in the femoral vein with a pneumatic ...

S. Arndt, and P. Regnier

A transient, vertically resolved, analytical model for the early diagenesis of silica has been developed to quantify the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling in estuarine biogeochemical silica cycling. A sensitivity analysis based on Monte-Carlo simulations is carried out to assess the intensity and timing of benthic diffusive fluxes in response to a pelagic diatom bloom. The diffusive flux dynamics are analyzed over a realistic range of dissolution rate constants (max <i>k</i>_Si &e...

Najib M. Ali, and Haris A. Khan, and Amy Y-Hui Then, and Chong Ving Ching, and Manas Gaur, and Sarinder Kaur Dhillon

Life science ontologies play an important role in Semantic Web. Given the diversity in fish species and the associated wealth of information, it is imperative to develop an ontology capable of linking and integrating this information in an automated fashion. As such, we introduce the Fish Ontology (FO), an automated classification architecture of existing fish taxa which provides taxonomic information on unknown fish based on metadata restrictions. It is designed to support knowledge discovery, ...

Bilal Chughtai, and Melissa Laudano, and Claire Dunphy, and Richard Lee, and Steven A. Kaplan, and Alexis Te

Ngo G. V. , and Sakhno K. N.

The paper considers the problem of improving the manufacturability of ship system pipelines at the stage of designing. Some solutions of manufacturing and installation of ship system pipelines without taking dimensions at the place have been presented. During the experimental calculation the purpose and objectives of the experiment have been defined, the plan of experiment has been designed and the necessary initial data have been prepared. The experimental calculation of the compensating capabi...

Ebrahim Esfandiari, and Awat Feizi, and Zahra Heidari, and Seyed Reza Tabibian, and Pooria Shaabani, and Bijan Iraj, and Payman Adibi, and Amrollah Ebrahimi Varzaneh

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effect of traditional wooden toothbrush usage on most severe constipation, which usually occurs in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients. Methods: In a quasi-experimental study, 61 SCI patients were selected who had injuries in different spinal levels (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar), and severe constipation from one defection in a few days to 3 weeks. They were recommended to use traditional wooden toothbrush for 5 min twice a day...

Keiichiro Hara, and Kazuo Osada, and Chiharu Nishita-Hara, and Masanori Yabuki, and Masahiko Hayashi, and Takashi Yamanouchi, and Makoto Wada, and Masataka Shiobara

The Size distribution and volatility of ultrafine aerosol particles were measured at Syowa Station during the 46-47 Japanese Antarctic Research Expeditions. During the summer, most of the ultrafine particles were volatile particles, which were composed of H_2SO_4, CH_3SO_3H and sulfates bi-sulfates. The abundance of non-volatile particles was ～ 20% during the summer, increasing to>90% in winter-spring. Non-volatile particles in winter were dominantly sea-salt particles. Some ultrafine sea-salt p...

G. Vasanthamani, and S. Sharmila Sita

The research was undertaken to assess the health status of the fish eaters and non-fish eaters and assess the prevalence of nutritional and life style diseases among them. Totally 340 subjects, 173 fish eaters and 167 non fish eaters, in the age group of 20 to 40 years, both male and female subjects were selected. A sub sample of 10 fish eaters and 10 non - fish eaters were selected for the estimation of blood lipid profile. The demographic details, nutritional status, prevalence of nu...

Márcio de Azevedo Figueiredo, and Carlos Frederico Ceccon Lanes, and Daniela Volcan Almeida, and Luis Fernando Marins

In fish, microinjection is the method most frequently used for gene transfer. However, due to delayed transgene integration this technique almost invariably produces mosaic individuals and if the gene is not integrated into germ cells its transmission to descendants is difficult or impossible. We evaluated the degree of in vivo mosaicism using a strategy where a reporter transgene is co-injected with a transgene of interest so that potential germline founders can be easily identified. Transgenic...

Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo, and Natália da Costa Marchiori, and Santiago Benites de Pádua, and José Dias Neto, and Fabiana Pilarski, and Márcia Mayumi Ishikawa, and Maurício Laterça Martins

Family Trichodinidae comprises ciliate protozoa distributed worldwide; they are considered some of the main parasitological agents infecting cultivated fish. However, the trichodinidae parasitizing important fish species cultured in Brazil are unknown, and more taxonomic studies on this group of parasites are required. This research morphologically characterizes Trichodina colisae Asmat & Sultana, (2005) of pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus) and patinga hybrid (P. mesopotamicus × P. brachypomus) cul...

B. A. Seibel, and J. J. Childress

The recently proposed "Respiration Index" (RI = log <i>P</i>O₂/<i>P</i>CO₂) suggests that aerobic metabolism is limited by the ratio of reactants (oxygen) to products (carbon dioxide) according to the thermodynamics of cellular respiration. Here, we demonstrate further that, because of the large standard free energy change for organic carbon oxidation (&Delta;<i>G</i>&deg; = −686 kcal mol⁻¹), carbon dioxide can never reach concentrations that would limit the ther...

Kwok TCY, and Chau WW, and Yuen KSL, and Wong AYM, and Li JCY, and Shiu RYY, and Ho FKY

Timothy CY Kwok1,2, Wai Wang Chau1, Kenneth SL Yuen1,3, Anita YM Wong4, Jessie CY Li1, Rebecca YY Shiu4, Florence KY Ho11Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing, Hong Kong; 2Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 3Laboratory of Neuropsychology, Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong; 4The Hong Kong Chinese Women&#39;s Club Madam Wong Chan Sook Ying Memorial Care and Attention Home for the Aged, Hong KongAbstract: Di...

Simone Ferreira Teixeira, and Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, and Isaíras Pereira Padovan

The reproductive biology of the black grouper Mycteroperca bonaci, caught by artisanal fishermen using hook and line or compressor - assisted spear fishing, from the Northeastern shelf and oceanic banks of Brazil, was studied between August 1996 and April 1998. The sexual pattern, gonadal development, the spawning mode and seasonality were investigated. The gonadal stages indicated that this species is a protogynous hermaphrodite and that transition from female to male occurs through simultaneou...

Şükrü Yıldırım, and Atilla Alpbaz

Gritsenko Vladimir, and Zhurakhovskaya Polina, and Yurov Artyom

Conducting a multi-aspect comparative analysis of curricula of bachelor’s degree programmes in oceanology offered at universities in St Petersburg, Klaipeda and Kaliningrad, the authors trace similarities between the existing variants of oceanologist training in the context of competence modules, disciplines, the so-called academic practices, and the number of hours and credits stipulated in the existing curricula. A formal comparison of generalised quantitative indicators without analysing the ...

Curtis K, and Hitzig SL, and Bechsgaard G, and Stoliker C, and Alton C, and Saunders N, and Leong N, and Katz J

Kathryn Curtis,1 Sander L Hitzig,2,3 Gitte Bechsgaard,4 Candice Stoliker,5 Charlene Alton,3 Nicole Saunders,3 Nicole Leong,6 Joel Katz1 1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, 2St John&rsquo;s Rehab Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 3Lyndhurst Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University Health Network, 4Vidya Institute, 5Student Life, University of Toronto, Toronto, 6Community Care Access Centre, London, ON, Canada...

Witiw, Michael R., and LaDochy, Steve

The relationship between coastal fog in southern California and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is investigated during the last decade. Fog occurrence was examined at two locations in southern California: San Diego and Los Angeles international airports. Both locations are located near the Pacific coast with strong marine influences. The period looked at was 2001 through 2012. The cool season (October-March) and warm season (April-September) were examined separately because of the differe...

Liza Gross

Cengiz Koçak, and Tuncer Katağan

S Sanchez, and AC Swarça, and AS Fenocchio

Karyotypic data on Iheringichthys labrosus from several populations of Paraná River/Argentina are presented. The diploid number was 2n=56 and the karyotype consisted of 42m/sm + 14st/a (NF= 98). The AgNORs were observed in telomeres of the long arm of a st/a chromosome pair. These sites were also positive after C-banding. Heterochromatin was observed in the telomeric position in some chromosomal pairs and can be found in one or both metacentric chromosome arms. The obtained results were compared...

Q. Yang, and M. Losch, and S. N. Losa, and T. Jung, and L. Nerger, and T. Lavergne

Data assimilation experiments that aim at improving summer ice concentration and thickness forecasts in the Arctic are carried out. The data assimilation system used is based on the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) and a local singular evolutive interpolated Kalman (LSEIK) filter. The effect of using sea ice concentration satellite data products with appropriate uncertainty estimates is assessed by three different experiments using sea ice concentration data of the European Space Agency Se...

Aikaterini Glykou

This article explores the economic significance of marine resources in the south-western Baltic Sea during the transition to agriculture. Faunal remains are used in order to explain subsistence patterns, including preferred prey, exploitation of specific ecozones, hunting methods and techniques, butchering and dietary patterns. Seasonality can be linked to specific economic advantages that result from natural faunal abundances and not selective hunting. The importance of marine resources remains...

M Velayatzadeh, and A AskarySary

Toxicity of heavy metals has led to numerous studies on the accumulation of these elements in fish and fishery products such as canned products. The objective of the present study was to determine the concentrations of Hg, Cd, Sn, Zn, Ni, Fe in canned tuna fish from of Khuzestan Provinces. A total number of 54 tuna fish cans from three brands (A, B and C) was collected from Ahvaz retails. The samples were subjected to dry digestion and the concentrations of the heavy metals were measured using A...

Rui Wang, and Xiang-an Yue, and Xu Wei, and Wei Zhang

Based on Darcy's Law and the Helmholta-Smoluchowski equation, an imbibition velocity formula for the water phase with an electric field was deduced, showing that the imbibition velocity with an electric field is to various extents not only related to the rock permeability and characteristic length, the fluid viscosity, the oil-water interface tension and the gravity of the imbibing brine, but also to the fluid dielectric permittivity, zeta potential, applied electric field direction, and strengt...

Nurlindah Hamrun, and Suci Amalia Rachman

One of the most important procedures in denture fabrication and orthodontic treatment is molding the patient’s detail oral cavity to determine the treatment planning. This procedure was done by using alginate impression material or irreversible hydrocolloid in which the basic material is sodium alginate imported from abroad because it is extracted from brown algae which its habitat is not in Indonesia so that it is causes the impression material is relatively expensive roomates is impact to high...

D. Ehlert, and D. Ehlert, and K. Zickfeld

In the Paris Agreement in 2015 countries agreed on holding global mean surface air warming to <q>well below 2 °C above pre-industrial</q> levels, but the emission reduction pledges under that agreement are not ambitious enough to meet this target. Therefore, the question arises of whether restoring global warming to this target after exceeding it by artificially removing CO₂ from the atmosphere is possible. One important aspect is the reversibility of ocean heat uptake and asso...

Johanne Vad, and Covadonga Orejas, and Juan Moreno-Navas, and Helen S. Findlay, and J. Murray Roberts

Coral growth patterns result from an interplay of coral biology and environmental conditions. In this study colony size and proportion of live and dead skeletons in the cold-water coral (CWC) Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) were measured using video footage from Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) transects conducted at the inshore Mingulay Reef Complex (MRC) and at the offshore PISCES site (Rockall Bank) in the NE Atlantic. The main goal of this paper was to explore the development of a simple me...

Eneida Turiján-Espinoza, and Rául Alejandro Salazar-González, and Edith Elena Uresti-Rivera, and Gloria Estela Hernández-Hernández, and Montserrat Ortega-Juárez, and Rosa Milán, and Diana Portales-Pérez

Arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT; E.C. 2.3.1.5) enzymes are responsible for the biotransformation of several arylamine and hydrazine drugs by acetylation. In this process, the acetyl group transferred to the acceptor substrate produces NAT deacetylation and, in consequence, it is susceptible of degradation. Sirtuins are protein deacetylases, dependent on nicotine adenine dinucleotide, which perform post-translational modifications on cytosolic proteins. To explore possible sirtuin participatio...

Gioia Bravini, and Matia Menichini, and Marco Doveri

Groundwater numerical models are necessary instruments for management of water resources and for their protection, both in terms of quantity and quality. In this paper we present a study on an area located along the southern coastline of Versilia (Viareggio,LU) affected by marine intrusion. The main purpose of this work was to create a mathematical flow model based on a conceptual hydrogeological model defined by a multidisciplinary approach. For the realization of the numerical model the ModFlo...

W. Xiao, and Y. Wang, and S. Zhou, and L. Hu, and H. Yang, and Y. Xu

Presumed source specificity of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (brGDGTs) from bacteria thriving in soil/peat and isoprenoid GDGTs (iGDGTs) from aquatic organisms led to the development of several biomarker proxies for biogeochemical cycle and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. However, recent studies reveal that brGDGTs are also produced in aquatic environments besides soils and peat. Here we examined three cores from the Bohai Sea, and found distinct difference in brGDGT composi...

J. Zinke, and L. Reuning, and M. Pfeiffer, and J. A. Wassenburg, and E. Hardman, and R. Jhangeer-Khan, and G. R. Davies, and C. K. C. Ng, and D. Kroon

The western Indian Ocean has been warming rapidly over recent decades, causing a greater number of extreme climatic events. It is therefore of paramount importance to improve our understanding of links between Indian Ocean sea surface temperature (SST) variability, climate change and sustainability of tropical coral reef ecosystems. Here we present monthly resolved coral Sr ∕ Ca records from two different locations from Rodrigues Island (63° E, 19° S) in the south-central Indian Ocean trade wind...

Fatih Başaran, and Osman Özden

Raşit Gurbet

Weferson J. da Graça, and Carla S. Pavanelli

Characidium heirmostigmata new species is described from the rio Ivaí drainage, upper rio Paraná basin, Paraná State, Brazil. The new species is diagnosed among its congeners by the possession of eight to 11 incomplete oblique dark bars on the body sides, extending upwards and downwards from the lateral line, independently of the eight or nine dorsal transverse bars usually present in species of Characidium. The new species is similar to Characidium serrano from the upper rio Uruguay basin, but ...

CM. Santos, and EM. Eskinazi-Sant'Anna

Records of the gastropod Melanoides tuberculatus (Müller, 1774), family Thiaridae, in the Piranhas-Assu River basin in Rio Grande do Norte reveal the dispersal of this native Southeast Asian and East African species into aquatic environments of the Brazilian semiarid region, including artificial environments (reservoirs) and lotic systems. The eutrophic conditions of the local waterbodies appear to favor the present situation, where this invasive species reaches extremely high densities, sometim...

B. M. M. FERNANDES, and R. M. PINTO, and S. C. COHEN

Two species of Digenea were recorded for the first time in South America and in new hosts: Acanthostomum spiniceps (Looss, 1896) (Cryptogonimidae) was reported from Astroscopus sexspinosus (Steindachner, 1877) (Uranoscopidae) and Diplomonorchis sphaerovarium Nahhas & Cable, 1964 (Monorchiidae) from Ophichthus gomesi (Castelnau, 1855) (Ophichthidae). From the latter, Heliconema heliconema Travassos, 1919 (Nematoda, Physalopteridae), was also recovered representing also a new host for this nematod...

Mo Shuqing, and Zhang Xiufeng, and Tang Yali, and Liu Zhengwen, and Kettridge Nicholas

Eutrophication resulting from nutrient loading to freshwater habitats is a severe problem, leading to degradation of ecosystems, including deterioration of water quality, water clarity and loss of biodiversity. Measures enacted to restore degraded freshwater ecosystems often involve the reintroduction of submerged plants and aquatic animals with beneficial ecological functions. In a mesocosm experiment, three treatments (planting with Vallisneria natans, introduction of the snail Bellamya aerugi...

A. Mermerelis

Alexander Martynov, and Kazunori Hasegawa, and Tatiana Korshunova

The marine gastropod Japonacteon nipponensis is a representative species of endangered tidal flat environments in northeastern Asia. It is rated near-threatened in Japanese Red Data Books. A population of a closely similar species had also been recognized in the Russian part of the Sea of Japan at a single locality in Sukhodol Bay and was recently distinguished taxonomically as a subspecies distinct from the Japanese populations. Here we present for the first time molecular evidence that confirm...

Dingxuan He, and Pin Guo, and Paul F. Gugger, and Youhao Guo, and Xing Liu, and Jinming Chen

Many plant species exhibit different leaf morphologies within a single plant, or heterophylly. The molecular mechanisms regulating this phenomenon, however, have remained elusive. In this study, the transcriptomes of submerged and floating leaves of an aquatic heterophyllous plant, Potamogeton octandrus Poir, at different stages of development, were sequenced using high-throughput sequencing (RNA-Seq), in order to aid gene discovery and functional studies of genes involved in heterophylly. A tot...

K. Nebeshwar, and K. Bagra, and D.N. Das

A new cyprinid species, Garra kalpangi is described from the Kalpangi River (Brahmaputra basin) in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The species is closely similar to G. gravelyi, G. rotundinasus and G. elongata in having a shared character i.e. a weakly developed proboscis. It is distinguishable from G. gravelyi for the absence of indistinct black spot at the bases of branched dorsal fin rays and lateral stripes on the side of the body. However, G. rotundinasus possesses lateral stripe along the lat...

Gerusa Eisfeld Milano, and Fabrício Cieslak, and Maria Emilia D. Von der Heyde, and Paulo Cesar Barauce Bento, and Renata Torres, and Jean Fuzetti Cavazza, and Maria de Fátima Aguiar Lopes, and Leilane Lazarotto, and Neiva Leite

The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of aquatic exercise and nutritionalguidance on the body composition of obese children and adolescents. Thirty obese childrenaged 10 to 16 years, with a body mass index (BMI) above the 95th percentile according to theclassification proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2000), weredivided into two groups: the first group started learning to swim (GSwim, n = 10) and the secondgroup underwent a deep water running progr...

Rudã F.B. Santos, and Henrique M. Dias, and Rodrigo Y. Fujimoto

The objective of this work was to evaluate the acute toxicity of formalin and histopathological effects on the Amazon ornamental fish, bluespotted coridora (Corydoras melanistius). A randomized design was used, with ten concentrations of formalin (40%) (0, 3, 6, 12, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250mg.L-1) with four replicates and five fish per container (3L) in static system for 96 hours. The moribund fish were killed and fixed in 10% formalin to proceed the histopathological analysis of gill, live...

Adriana Cristina Pedroso Ferraz

Ahmad, A., and Sulieman, M. F. I., and Usup, G.

V.V. Prystynskaya

The principal causes of operational defects in bridge ballastless deck plates are considered in the article. The drawbacks of these plates construction that prevent from achieving a higher level of bridge framework reliability and durability have been analysed.

Suphat Vongvisessomjai1, and Phairot Chatanantavet2, and Patchanok Srivihok1

Nowadays, the study of interaction of the tide and the salinity barrier in an estuarine area is usually accomplished vianumerical modeling, due to the speed and convenience of modern computers. However, numerical models provide littleinsight with respect to the fundamental physical mechanisms involved. In this study, it is found that all existing numericalmodels work satisfactorily when the barrier is located at some distance far from upstream and downstream boundary conditions.Results are consi...

Melisa Bénard-Valle

Songhui Zheng

口述歷史，簡單地說就是搜集、傳播口頭史料、并以此進行歷史研究和歷史寫作的方法，通過瞭解歷史真相，從而認識歷史的本來面貌。本文回顧了海外口述史學研究經歷的階段。分析了大陸圖書館口述歷史工作存在的問題并提出了相應的對策。作者認為這項工作有助于補充既有文獻的不是，豐富館藏文獻資源，更好地為讀者服務。<br>The oral history is the history narrated by those who experienced. As for the types of oral history, they are varied. The article looks back upon the history of the research of oral history in abroad. After analyzing the problem lying in the history in China, it puts forward to the conferring solution. The author thinks that this work will help to...

Pablo M Rojas

The role of daily vertical migration (DVM) of ichthyoplanktonic associations off Punta Angamos, in northern Chile, was examined. In September 1998 and January 1999, two oceanographic surveys were conducted during coastal upwelling events. Fish larvae were collected during the day/night in three depth strata (0-20, 20-80 and 80-200 m) and inside/outside of upwelling filaments. The study area was dominated by a southward flow along 200 m depth; meanwhile, the Ekman layer did not exceed 20 m depth....