Monika Porwoł

This article describes a pilot study pertaining to the linguistic analysis of meaning with regard to the word ladder[EN]/drabina[PL] taking into account views of digital humanities. Therefore, WordnetLoom mapping is introduced as one of the existing research tools proposed by CLARIN ERIC research and technology infrastructure. The explicated material comprises retrospective remarks and interpretations provided by 74 respondents who took part in a survey. A detailed classification of multiple wor...

S. Dahani, and N. Bouchriti, and Y. Lhor

Co-regulation in food safety represents the shared responsibility between food business operators and the competent authority (CA) to ensure food safety and to comply with the health requirements of importing countries. The evolution of food regulation on one hand and the quality assurance of the veterinary services of the ONSSA according to the ISO 17020 standard on the other hand, need studying the regulation model adopted at national level. The objective of this work is to analyze the main he...

S. Dahani, and O. Elhariri, and N. Bouchriti, and S. Benfadila, and A. Bousselhami

The export of fishery products constitutes a very significant axis of the exchanges with certain countries, especially the countries of the European Union (EU). In Morocco, the exported fish products are controlled by the veterinarians of the National Office of the Health Security of Food products (NOHSF) according to a procedure which is based on documentary control, identity and physical control and possibly analytical control. This control is complemented by monitoring plans. Currently, the p...

Manfred Mortell, and Chean Ahmad, and Khatijah L Abdullah

Aim: The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the applicability, feasibility and practicality of a constructivist-grounded theory design to explore the perceptions of patient advocacy amongst Saudi Arabian Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and to assess the effectiveness of the data collection methodology. Background: Patient advocacy for all patients in a critical care setting is essential as a component of patient safety. However, data, information and knowledge pertaining to Saudi Arab...

Takeshi Tamura, and Daisuke Simizu, and Shuki Ushio, and Kay I. Ohshima

We developed a system to supply Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E) sea ice concentration data to the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JARE). Using this system, digital sea ice concentration data were provided to JARE-51 and -52 on the icebreaker Shirase, with a lag time of 1-2 days. The sea ice data were highly useful during the deployment of the moorings. The system was also utilized by other Japanese research vessels in the Southern Ocean, and the sea ice data were help...

STOICA Georgeta

In this paper I present the traditional fishing tools used in the area of the Danube Delta. More precisely, I speak about the village of Sfantu Gheorghe, a traditional fishing village, where the fishing activity has been the main activity along the years and where, lately, there have been major changes due to the decrease of the fish species.

Filipe Ribeiro, and Edward Hale, and Edward Hale, and Eric Hilton, and Todd Clardy, and Alison Deary

Comparing larval fish assemblages in different estuaries provides insights about the coastal distribution of larval populations, larval transport, and adult spawning locations (Ribeiro et al. 2015). We simultaneously compared the larval fish assemblages entering two Middle Atlantic Bight (MAB) estuaries (Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay, USA) through weekly sampling from 2007 to 2009. In total, 43 taxa (32 families) and 36 taxa (24 families) were collected in Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, respect...

Nikolaus eSteinhoff, and Astrid Maria eHeine, and Julia eVogl, and Konrad eWeiss, and Asita eAschraf, and Paul eHajek, and Peter eSchnider, and Gerhard eTucek

The global cerebral network allows music to do to us what it does. While the same music can cause different emotions, the basic emotion of happy and sad songs can, nevertheless, be understood by most people.Therefore, the individual experience of music and its common effect on the human brain is a challenging subject for research. Various activities such as hearing, processing and performing music provide us with different pictures of cerebral centers in PET. In comparison to these simple acts o...

M.A. PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU, and A. ZENETOS, and M. CORSINI-FOKA, and C.Y. POLITOU

The list of marine alien species in Hellenic waters is updated taking into account new findings (published and unpublished data). According to the present work, the number of these species has increased from 90 (known until end 2003) to 128. Most of them are zoobenthic species followed by fish and macroalgae. An interannual analysis revealed an important increase of alien species during the last years. The study of their geographic distribution showed that their majority is present in the southe...

Daiane Aviz, and Ivana Lia Rodrigues de Carvalho, and José Souto Rosa Filho

Spatial and temporal changes in the structure of soft-bottom macrobenthic communities caused by discharges of urban wastewater were studied in the Guajará Estuary, Amazon coastal zone, Brazil. Samples were taken during the dry and rainy seasons at five sites close to wastewater sources (impacted) and two sites further away from effluent discharges (non-impacted). Samples were collected using a Petersen grab (20×20×20 cm) and passed through a 0.3 mm mesh screen. At each site, several parameters w...

Diana Villalobos Blanco, and Pedro Carazo Vargas

<p align="justify">Fibromyalgia (FM) symptoms cause a decline in the quality of life of people who suffer it, ranging from mild to severe; for that reason diverse therapies have been studied to lessen the health consequences of this syndrome. Aquatic exercises have shown positive results in many studies, setting the objective of performing a meta-analysis of the characteristics of this type of exercise and its association with symptoms caused by fibromyalgia. We included 16 studies (only pure ex...

M. RAKKA, and K. GANIAS

This study assessed the effect of 10% neutral buffered formalin and of three ethanol solutions of different concentration on Mediterranean sardine and European anchovy oocytes over several temporal scales (days, weeks, months). The two species exhibit differences both in the elemental composition and the shape of their oocytes which further allowed an appraisal of oocyte shrinkage dynamics in relation to oocyte shape, developmental stage and composition. We showed that the effect of the preserva...

Wen-Chou Chi, and Tsan-Hon Liou, and Wen-Ni Wennie Huang, and Chia-Feng Yen, and Sue-Wen Teng, and I-Chiu Chang

The aims of our study were to: (1) develop the Disability Grading Decision Support System (DGDSS) and to (2) compare the new International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF)-based disability determination tool (ICF-DDT) with the diagnosis-based disability determination tool (D-DDT). Methods: A total of 9357 patients recruited from 236 accredited institutions were evaluated using the ICF-DDT and the D-DDT, and the presence, severity, and category of the disability identif...

A. Turiel, and J. Isern-Fontanet, and M. Umbert

The repeated observation of the same signatures of mesoscale and submesoscale features in different ocean variables indicates that some common, non-linear processes affect them to a significant extent. A new method to exploit these common signatures to improve the quality of a noisy variable (i.e. increasing the signal-to-noise ratio) using another variable as template has recently been introduced. The method is based on superimposing the multifractal structure of singularity exponents from the ...

S. Lenk, and D. Rybski, and O. Heidrich, and R. J. Dawson, and J. P. Kropp

Failure to consider the costs of adaptation strategies can be seen by decision makers as a barrier to implementing coastal protection measures. In order to validate adaptation strategies to sea-level rise in the form of coastal protection, a consistent and repeatable assessment of the costs is necessary. This paper significantly extends current knowledge on cost estimates by developing – and implementing using real coastal dike data – probabilistic functions of dike costs. Data from Canada and t...

François Bonhomme, and Avi Baranes, and Daniel Golani, and Mireille Harmelin-Vivien

A lack of genetic differentiation between Red Sea and Mediterranean populations of the Lessepsian rabbitfish, Siganus rivulatus, was evidenced using mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome b). This result implies that Mediterranean populations were not founded by a few individuals, but rather that immigration of S. rivulatus into the Mediterranean is a continuous process.

P. ÖSTERHOLM, and M. ÅSTRÖM, and R. SUNDSTRÖM

Reclaiming of Holocene sulphide-bearing sediments, widespread in the coastal areas of Finland, has enabled oxidation of sulphides to a depth of 1–3 m and the subsequent development of acid sulphate soils (pH < 4). This work is concerned with spatial hydrogeochemical patterns, remediation measures and the juridical obligation to improve water quality in one such area, i.e. the Rintala plain (23 km2) in mid-western Finland. Streams draining acid sulphate soils in Rintala are more acid (pH ~ 4 and ...

Felipe V. Ribeiro, and Bernardo A.P. da Gama, and Renato C. Pereira

Despite advances in understanding the ecological functions of secondary metabolites from marine organisms, there has been little focus on the influence of chemically-defended species at the community level. Several compounds have been isolated from the gorgonian octocoral Phyllogorgia dilatata, a conspicuous species that forms dense canopies on rocky reefs of northern Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Manipulative experiments were performed to study: (1) the effects of live colonies of P. dilatata (...

Iván Viegas, and Filipe Martinho, and João Neto, and Miguel Pardal

The population structure, growth, distribution and secondary production of the brown shrimp Crangon crangon (L. 1758) were examined between June 2003 and August 2005 at five stations in the Mondego Estuary, Portugal, using a 2-m beam trawl. Occurrence of immature shrimps suggested almost continuous reproduction with two main recruitment periods in November and March/April; this recruitment pattern is unique and represents a latitudinal transition in the species’ life cycle. Severe drought in win...

Nomfundo F. Moroe, and Kirstie Hughes

Background: The primary goal of chemotherapy is to cure cancer and its symptoms. Hence, in recent years, there has been an increase in cancer paediatric survival rate. However, there have also been adverse side effects such as ototoxic hearing loss because of chemotherapy. Therefore, this study aimed at exploring whether the parents of children undergoing chemotherapy are aware of ototoxic effects of chemotherapy. Methods: A non-experimental quantitative study was conducted to collect data throu...

Daniel S. Frank, and Katie Dunleavy, and Rashidah Nambaziira, and Irene Nayebare, and Bradley Dreifuss, and Mark Bisanzo

Improper management of and resultant poor outcomes from upper extremity injuries can be economically devastating to patients who rely on manual labour for survival. This is a pilot study using the Quick DASH Survey (disabilities of arm, shoulder and hand), a validated outcome measurement tool. Our objective was to assess functional outcomes of patients with acute upper extremity injuries who were cared for by non-physician clinicians as part of a task-shifting programme. Methods: This pilot stud...

Dana Todd, and Dina Byers, and Katy Garth

Uncivil behavior in the classroom threatens the teaching-learning process. Research to date has focused on nursing student incivility in academia with little research examining the faculty role associated with incivility. Due to the lack of research examining faculty incivility toward nursing students, additional research in this area is indicated. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of faculty incivility on nursing students′ satisfaction with their Bachelor of Science Nursing (...

Diogo Teruo Hashimoto, and Fábio Porto-Foresti

Karyotype and other chromosomal markers as revealed by C-banding and silver (Ag) impregnation in two Astyanax bockmanni populations (Barra Seca Stream and Campo Novo River) were examined. The diploid chromosome number 2n = 50 and nearly identical karyotypes were documented. C-banding revealed heterochromatic blocks on the terminal regions of some chromosomes, with high frequencies of polymorphisms. The Ag-impregnation showed that the nucleolus organizer regions (NORs) varied in number, location ...

I. Bianchini Jr., and MB. Cunha-Santino, and AM. Peret

This study presents a kinetic model of oxygen consumption during aerobic decomposition of detritus from seven species of aquatic macrophytes: Cabomba furcata, Cyperus giganteus, Egeria najas, Eichhornia azurea, Salvinia auriculata, Oxycaryum cubense and Utricularia breviscapa. The aquatic macrophytes were collected from Óleo Lagoon situated in the Mogi-Guaçu river floodplain (SP, Brazil). Mineralization experiments were performed using the closed bottles method. Incubations made with lake water ...

Diego Mendes Ferreira Nunes, and André Lincoln Barroso Magalhães, and André Alberto Weber, and Rafael Zeferino Gomes, and Felipe Talin Normando, and Kleber Biana Santiago, and Elizete Rizzo, and Nilo Bazzoli

A total of 312 adults of matrinxã were captured bimonthly, between 2011-2012, in two sites of the rio São Francisco: immediately downstream of the Três Marias Dam (site 1) and in the confluence with the rio Abaeté (site 2). Specimens of Brycon orthotaenia from site 2 presented higher values of total length (32.24 ± 5.70 cm for females and 26.64 ± 3.79 cm for males) and body weight (506.66 ± 332.17 g for females and 267.36 ± 145.84 g for males), when compared with the site 1. In site 2 was regist...

Emilda Rosmine, and Saramma Aikkarakunnath Varghese

Objective: To isolate and screen actinomycetes for antimicrobial activity from mangroves and estuarine soil samples of Cochin. Methods: In the present study, sediment samples collected from mangroves and various stations of Cochin estuary were pretreated and actinomycetes were isolated on different selective media. The isolates were screened for antibiotic activity by following disc diffusion assay (Kirby-Bauer method) against human pathogens, fish pathogens and Gram-positive bacteria. The...

S. Melo, and RL. Bozelli, and FA. Esteves

Spatial and temporal variability of the phytoplankton community in the tropical coastal Imboassica lagoon, an environment naturally isolated from the ocean by a narrow sandbar, was analysed every two weeks for 19 months by sampling three sites. During this study, the lagoon received direct input of marine water three times, resulting in remarkable salinity, nutrient concentrations and phytoplankton biomass variations in both temporal and spatial aspects. The phytoplankton biomass presented relat...

Ana Clara Sampaio Franco, and Daniel Shimada Brotto, and David Man Wai Zee, and Luciano Neves dos Santos

Cetengraulis edentulus is a broadely distributed engraulid in Southwest Atlantic, currently accounting for the main fish species commercially exploited at Guanabara Bay, Brazil. This study aimed to extend the knowledge on reproduction of C. edentulus at Guanabara Bay and to test whether some descriptors of reproductive activity, especially the gonadosomatic index (GSI), and the index of reproductive activity (IRA) changed among seasons. A total of 978 C. edentulus specimens were retrieved from p...

Sherwin S. Fortugaliza

This study employed logistic regression to determine the predictors of elementary students to pass the Science, Technology and Engineering (STE) examination. This examination is prepared by the Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) administered by STE schools as basis for admitting student in the program. One hundred six (106) elementary students who took the exam for school year 2015-2016 were purposively chosen as respondents. Estimation revealed that membership and mathematics grade significant...

Kutsal Gamsız, and Bilge Karahan

Laila M. Bidak, and Sania A. Kamal, and Marwa Waseem A. Halmy, and Selim Z. Heneidy

About one third of the earth’s land surface is covered by deserts that have low and variable rainfall, nutrient-poor soils, and little vegetation cover. Here, we focus on the goods and services offered by desert ecosystems using the northwestern coastal desert of Egypt extending from Burg El-Arab to El-Salloum as an example. We conducted field surveys and collected other data to identify the goods services and provided by native plant species. A total of 322 native plant species were compiled. T...

P. N. Mager, and D. Yu. Klimushkin

The generation of a high-<I>m</I> Alfvén wave by substorm injected energetic particles in the magnetosphere is studied. The wave is supposed to be emitted by an alternating current created by the drifting particle cloud or ring current inhomogeneity. It is shown that the wave appears in some azimuthal location simultaneously with the particle cloud arrival at the same spot. The value of the azimuthal wave number is determined as <I>m</I>~&omega;/&omega;<i>_d</i>, where ω is the e...

Philip eBoyd, and Christopher eBrown

The responses of marine biota to global ocean change is characterised by multiple environmental drivers that interact to cause non-linear changes in organismal performance. Characterising interactions is critical for us to predict whether multiple drivers will accelerate or mitigate future biological responses. There is now a large body of evidence that drivers do not act independently, a common null model, but rather have synergistic or antagonistic effects on organisms. We review the literatur...

S. Bonamano, and V. Piermattei, and A. Madonia, and F. Paladini de Mendoza, and A. Pierattini, and R. Martellucci, and C. Stefanì, and G. Zappalà, and G. Caruso, and M. Marcelli

The understanding of the coastal environment is fundamental for efficiently and effectively facing the pollution phenomena as expected by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, and for limiting the conflicts between anthropic activities and sensitivity areas, as stated by Maritime Spatial Planning Directive. To address this, the Laboratory of Experimental Oceanology and Marine Ecology developed a multi-platform observing network that has been in operation since 2005 in the coastal marine area ...

T. Roy, and F. Lombard, and L. Bopp, and M. Gehlen

Planktonic Foraminifera are a major contributor to the deep carbonate flux and their microfossil deposits form one of the richest databases for reconstructing paleoenvironments, particularly through changes in their taxonomic and shell composition. Using an empirically based planktonic foraminifer model that incorporates three known major physiological drivers of their biogeography – temperature, food and light – we investigate (i) the global redistribution of planktonic Foraminifera under anthr...

F. I. Ormaza-González, and A. Mora-Cervetto, and R. M. Bermúdez-Martínez, and M. A. Hurtado-Domínguez, and M. R. Peralta-Bravo, and V. M. Jurado-Maldonado

A group of small pelagic fish captured between 1981 and 2012 within El Niño area 1–2 by the Ecuadorian fleet was correlated with the oceanographic Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI), and the Oceanographic El Niño Index (ONI) referred to El Niño region 3–4. For the period 1981–2012, total landings correlated poorly with the indexes, but during 2000–2012 (cold PDO) they proved to have a 14–29 % association with both indexes; the negative slope of the curves suggested higher landing during cold e...

Marcel J.W. Veldhuis, and Gijsbert W. Kraay

A brief overview is given of current applications of flow cytometry (FCM) in marine phytoplankton research. This paper presents a selection of highlights and various technical and analytical problems we encountered during the past 10 years. In particular, the conversion of the relative values obtained in terms of size and fluorescence applying FCM to quantitative estimates of cell size, pigment concentration, genome size etc., is addressed. The introduction of DNA -cell-cycle analysis made easil...

Helton Luiz Aparecido Defino, and José Roberto Benites Vendrame, and Antônio Carlos Shimano, and Frank Kandziora

Foram realizados ensaios mecânicos com parafusos do sistema de fixação vertebral USIS para o estudo da influência do tipo de preparo do orifício piloto com sonda ou brocas e o macheamento do trajeto do orifício piloto, na resistência ao arrancamento dos implantes. Os parafusos foram inseridos em corpos de prova de madeira, poliuretana e osso bovino. O preparo do orifício piloto foi realizado com sondas e brocas de 3,5mm. Foram formados três grupos experimentais: I-perfuração com sonda, II-perfur...

W. Gülzow, and G. Rehder, and J. Schneider v. Deimling, and T. Seifert, and Z. Tóth

Methane and carbon dioxide were measured with an autonomous and continuous running system on a ferry line crossing the Baltic Sea on a 2–3 day interval from the Mecklenburg Bight to the Gulf of Finland in 2010. Surface methane saturations show great seasonal differences in shallow regions like the Mecklenburg Bight (103–507%) compared to deeper regions like the Gotland Basin (96–161%). The influence of controlling parameters like temperature, wind, mixing depth and processes like upwellin...

Mário Cardoso, and José Cione

A. E. West, and A. B. Keen, and H. T. Hewitt

The fully coupled climate model HadGEM1 produces one of the most accurate simulations of the historical record of Arctic sea ice seen in the IPCC AR4 multi-model ensemble. In this study, we examine projections of sea ice decline out to 2030, produced by two ensembles of HadGEM1 with natural and anthropogenic forcings included. These ensembles project a significant slowing of the rate of ice loss to occur after 2010, with some integrations even simulating a small increase in ice area. We use an e...

Yasunobu Matsuura

The problem of daytime undersampling of larvae observed at two fixed stations made in the spawning ground of the Brazilian sardine is discussed. The size frequency composition of sardine is also discussed. The predominant species on the stations was the larvae of Sardinella brasiliensis. The larvae of Harengula spp., Scombridae, Bregmacerotidae, Ophidiidae were also collected, but not so abundantly. When compared to other larvae, the undersampling of sardine larvae during daytime was extremely h...

J.-M. Diesch, and F. Drewnick, and T. Klimach, and S. Borrmann

Measurements of the ambient aerosol, various trace gases and meteorological quantities using a mobile laboratory (MoLa) were performed on the banks of the Lower Elbe in an emission control area (ECA) which is passed by numerous private and commercial marine vessels reaching and leaving the port of Hamburg, Germany. From 25–29 April 2011 a total of 178 vessels were probed at a distance of about 0.8–1.2 km with high temporal resolution. 139 ship emission plumes were of sufficient quality to be ana...

Mauricio Ahumada, and Patricio Arana

Se describe la pesca artesanal de cangrejo dorado (Chaceon chilensis) en las islas Robinson Crusoe y Santa Clara, en el archipiélago de Juan Fernández (Chile), desarrollada entre julio de 2005 y mayo de 2006. Se dan a conocer aspectos biológico-pesqueros relativos a esfuerzo y rendimientos de pesca, proporción sexual, así como los resultados de una evaluación directa de biomasa vulnerable mediante el método de area de influencia de las trampas. La extracción se efectuó fundamentalmente en el cua...

Carla Fernandes Macedo, and Ricardo Motta Pinto-Coelho

As espécies zooplanctônicas utilizadas foram <em>Daphnia laevis</em> e <em>Moina micrura</em> e as dietas, as clorofíceas <em>Scenedesmus quadricauda</em> e <em>Ankistrodesmus gracilis</em>. As culturas de cladóceros foram mantidas em sala climatizada. Os neonatos de <em>Daphnia laevis</em> apresentaram comprimento médio de 0,62mm e os adultos, com a dieta de <em>Ankistrodesmus</em> atingiram, 1,50mm e 1,06mm para a de <em>Scenedesmus</em>. Já os neonatos de <em>Moina micrura</em> apresentaram c...

Diego F. Lozano-Cortés, and Fernando A. Zapata

La colonización de hábitat disponible es un proceso fundamental de la ecología de poblaciones y comunidades de organismos marinos. La colonización sobre sustratos artificiales por invertebrados y su variación espacial fue estudiada por un año en el arrecife coralino de La Azufrada, Isla Gorgona (Colombia). Cinco juegos de baldosas (terracota y grés) fueron dispuestos en tres zonas arrecifales (trasarrecife, planicie y talud). Las baldosas fueron recuperadas y examinadas después de 12 meses poste...

Raffaella Ricci, and Dave Ramsey, and Kevin Johnson, and Jeffrey J Borckardt, and Matthew Vallejo, and et al

Raffaella Ricci2, Dave Ramsey3, Kevin Johnson1, Jeffrey J Borckardt1, Matthew Vallejo1, Donna R Roberts4, Mark S George11Brain Stimulation Laboratory (BSL), Institute of Psychiatry; 4Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; 2Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy; 3South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA), Columbia, SC, USAAbstract: Short term immobilization of the lower limb is associated with increased corticospinal excitability a...

G.S.B. Viana, and A.L.P. Freitas, and M.M.L. Lima, and L.A.P. Vieira, and M.C.H. Andrade, and N.M.B. Benevides

We report the antinociceptive activity, determined by the writhing, formalin and hot-plate tests in mice, of crude (F0/60), lectin and carbohydrate fractions isolated by ammonium sulfate precipitation (0 to 60%) from Bryothamnion seaforthii and B. triquetrum, species of red algae. Not only fraction F0/60 but also lectins from both species significantly inhibited acetic acid-induced abdominal contractions after intraperitoneal or oral administrations. In the formalin test, lectins (1 and 5 mg/kg,...

Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat, and Arunima Chauhan, and Anitha Ann Koshy, and P Rekha, and Hemanth Kumar

Background: Oral health has a profound effect on the daily activities of geriatric group. India being a multilingual country, it is essential that instruments used to evaluate the quality of life is in local languages. However, the validation and translational aspect are important before involving a larger cohort of geriatrics. Aim: To assess the reliability of Malayalam version of Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI-m). Settings and Design: Institutionalized elderly in Alleppey, Keral...

Valeria C. Almeida, and Marly P. Nunes