D. Ballian, and M. Memišević, and F. Bogunić, and T. Parpan

This study identified altitude differentiation in 44 natural populations of the pedunculate oak in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ranging in altitude from 82 to 860 m. The morphological variation was analyzed on the basis of ten measured and two derived traits, and the populations were divided by altitude into seven groups. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is statistically significant variation between populations, and to identify the nature of altitude differentiation, as impor...

Kadriye Özcan

In this study, active secondary metabolite production capacity of actinomycete isolates obtained from Trabzon (Black Sea) sea sediments was investigated by molecular techniques. Totaly 24 actinomycetes were investigated by PCR based on the presence of secondary metabolite biosynthesis genes PKS / NRPS. According to the PCR results, 25 and 58% of actinomycetes obtained from Trabzon sea sediments were found to contain PKS-NRPS and only NRPS gene regions, respectively. When PCR data were evaluated,...

Allah Bakhsh, and Muhammad Aasim, and Muhammad Abu Bakar Zia, and Muhammet Doğan, and Gökhan Sadı, and Mehmet Karataş, and Khalid Mahmood Khawar

The study presents first report of Agrobacterium mediated genetic transformation in Rice paddy herb (Linmophila aromatica). A. tumefaciens strain C58C1 harboring pBin19 Plasmid containing β-glucuronidase (GUS) and neomycin phosphotransferase II (nptII) gene, under the control of 35S promoter and NOS terminator was used. Shoot tip explants were inoculated for 30 min followed by co-cultivation for 72 h and selected on agar semi solidified MS medium containing 100 mg/l Kanamycin and 1.0 mg/l BA; w...

Frinc Ioana, and Ilies Petru, and Zaharie Florin, and Dima Delia, and Tanase Alina, and Petrov Ljubomir, and Irimie Alexandru, and Berce Cristian, and Lisencu Cosmin, and Berindan-Neagoe Ioana, and Tomuleasa Ciprian, and Bojan Anca

In the past decade, there has been significant progress in clinical hematology with the discovery of targeted molecules and thus the achievement of both hematologic and molecular responses. Nevertheless, chemotherapy remains the treatment of choice for many types of hematological malignancies. Aggressive chemotherapy leads to immunosuppression, accompanied by a high rate of infections and an increased rate of treatment-related mortality. Invasive fungal infections as well as more common bacteria...

Olejnik Adam

The article constitutes an attempt to identify current tendencies regarding the development of unmanned marine technologies such as unmanned surface and underwater vehicles. The analyses were performed on the basis of available literature, databases on research projects and internet sources. The material has been divided with regard to the location the research was conducted, the following groups being identified: the European Union, the United States of America and Poland. On the basis of the r...

Pichanan Methajarunon, MSc, PT, and Chachris Eitivipart, MSc, PT, and Claire J. Diver, PhD, Grad Dip Phys, MCSP, PG Cert Res, and Anchalee Foongchomcheay, PhD, PT

Background: Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and hemiplegia are common disorders that directly cause impairment of balance and gait. Aquatic exercises are used for neurological rehabilitation. It is suggested that the contributing factors of the water setting such as buoyancy, viscosity, and hydrostatic pressure offer an ideal environment for rehabilitative programmes. Objective: To conduct a systematic review of studies that assess the effect of aquatic exercises on balance in neurologi...

I.C.Y. Lam, MSc, and T.K.H. Chu, MSc, and D.M.T. Ng, MSc, and J.S.Y. Cho, PgD, and P.M.Y. Lau, DHSc

Katsumasa Yamada, and Yoshiyuki Tanaka, and Takuya Era, and Masahiro Nakaoka

The relative contributions of environmental and spatial processes in macroinvertebrate community structure (i.e.,  β-diversity) for three functional groups classified on the basis of dispersal ability and microhabitat selection (seagrass-associated [SA], drift-faunal [DF], and benthic-faunal [BF] groups) were examined in a seagrass ecosystem along the Sanriku coast of Japan. Variation partitioning was conducted to explain the environmental heterogeneity and spatial arrangement of local communiti...

A. Megann, and D. Storkey, and Y. Aksenov, and S. Alderson, and D. Calvert, and T. Graham, and P. Hyder, and J. Siddorn, and B. Sinha

We describe a new Global Ocean standard configuration (GO5.0) at eddy-permitting resolution, developed jointly between the National Oceanography Centre and the Met Office as part of the Joint Ocean Modelling Programme (JOMP), a working group of the UK's National Centre for Ocean Forecasting (NCOF) and part of the Joint Weather and Climate Research Programme (JWCRP). The configuration has been developed with the seamless approach to modelling in mind for ocean modelling across timescales and for ...

Lisa eNonaka, and Fumito eMaruyama, and Yuki eOnishi, and Takeshi eKobayashi, and Yoshitoshi eOgura, and Tetsuya eHayashi, and Satoru eSuzuki, and Michiaki eMasuda

Emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the aquaculture environment is a significant problem for disease control of cultured fish in as well as in human public health. Conjugative mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are involved in dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) among marine bacteria. In the present study, we first designed a PCR targeting traI gene encoding essential relaxase for conjugation. By this new PCR, we demonstrated that five of 83 strains isolated from a coast...

Dina Sameh Taha

The presented work aims at identifying the potentials of mobile social networking and geo-coding to promote cities, as well as to test their usefulness as decision support systems for planners. Alexplore is an application that was developed by planners rather than IT specialists using emerging web 2.0 technologies. Penetration rates of mobile internet access, as well as smartphone usage ensure a solid base for such applications worldwide as well as in Egypt. This paper traces the influence of so...

Laurie James Bassett, and Allison White, and Susan Moylan Coombs

Arne M. Malzahn, and Maarten Boersma

We investigated the trophic level of larvae of two fish species (lesser sandeel. Ammodytes marinus, and dab, Limanda limanda) in spring 2004 by means of stable isotope signatures at the helgoland roads station (54°11.18’N and 07°54.00’ E). the signatures were contrasted with the spring succession of phytoplankton and zooplankton. Phytoplankton biomass remained low until the middle of April, when a bloom developed. the δ15N signature of the seston increased until the bloom started then decreased...

Jessica L. Blythe, and Grant Murray, and Mark Flaherty

Change is a defining characteristic of coastal social-ecological systems, yet the magnitude and speed of contemporary change is challenging the adaptive capacity of even the most robust coastal communities. In the context of multiple drivers of change, it has become increasingly important to identify how threatened communities adapt to livelihood stressors. We investigate how adaptation is negotiated in two coastal fishing communities by documenting livelihood stressors, household assets, adap...

L. Vandenbulcke, and A. Barth, and M. Rixen, and A. Alvera-Azcarate, and Z. Ben Bouallegue, and J. M. Beckers

Modern operational ocean forecasting systems routinely use data assimilation techniques in order to take observations into account in the hydrodynamic model. Moreover, as end users require higher and higher resolution predictions, especially in coastal zones, it is now common to run nested models, where the coastal model gets its open-sea boundary conditions from a low-resolution global model. This configuration is used in the "Mediterranean Forecasting System: Towards environmental predict...

Janette Noveras, and Kedma C. Yamamoto, and Carlos E.C. Freitas

We evaluated diversity and distribution of fish species in two habitats: flooded forest and open water of lakes of Rio Negro. Each of four lakes within the Anavilhanas Archipelago was sampled three times from 2009-2010. Species diversity generally was higher in flooded forests and at night, according to correspondence analysis. Predators were most active at night, but showed no preference between the flooded forest and open water habitats. Omnivores, filter feeders, and detritivores were most ac...

Warit Madmarn, and Poonsuk Prasertsan

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Alexander W. A. Kellner

Cácia Aparecida Mendes Rudnicki, and Gisele Cristiane Melo, and Lucélia Donatti, and Helena Gonçalves Kawall, and Edith Fanta

Piaractus mesopotamicus is a freshwater native fish from rivers of the Paraná-Paraguay Basin and of the Pantanal region and has been used for repopulation programs in Brazil. Juvenile fishes were exposed to the sub-lethal dose of 1.08mg/L of the OP Azodrin®400 containing 0.43µL/L of the active principle monocrotophos for 96 h. A frequent pathology in the gills at all times of exposure was epithelial detachment, from minimal until 24 h of exposure, to intense after 48 h of contamination. Deformed...

Raj K. Singh, and Karam Chand, and Sanchay K. Biswas, and Subhasis Batabyal, and Anakn De, and Bimalendu Mondal

The authors describe the serological surveillance of bluetongue virus (BTV) group-specific antibody in goats of the coastal saline (Sunderban) area of West Bengal, India. A recombinant viral protein 7 (rVP7)-based indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the antibody in sera. The bacterially expressed rVP7 was purified by affinity chromatography. The diagnostic performance of the assay was assessed by comparing it to the commercially available previously validated co...

Ana Carolina Pavão, and André Cordeiro Alves dos Santos, and Flávia Bottino, and Roseli Frederigi Benassi, and Maria do Carmo Calijuri

Abstract Aims: to evaluate the richness, biomass and distribution of aquatic macrophytes in a subtropical reservoir in the dry and rainy seasons. Methods this study was carried out in the Itupararanga Reservoir, an important water source in São Paulo State, undergoing a continuous process of eutrophication. Samples of macrophytes were collected at 12 sampling sites in the summer and at 9 sampling sites in the winter in the Itupararanga Reservoir using the quadrat method (0.25 m2). In the labora...

E.M. Elabbasy, and Waleed A.I. Elmorsi

In this paper the linear stability of the delayed logistic equation with additive Allee effect is investigated. We also analyze the associated characteristic transcendental equation, to show the occurrence of Hopf bifurcation at the positive equilibrium. To determine the direction of Hopf bifurcation and the stability of bifurcating periodic solution, we use the normal form approach and a center manifold theorem. Finally, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theor...

Zi-kai WANG, and Li-hong CUI, and Li-hua PENG, and Xu GUO, and Gang SUN, and Wei-feng WANG, and Yun-sheng YANG

Objective　To study the overlapping of involved organs in functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) occurring in the Chinese naval servicemen, and to provide a sound basis for its diagnosis and treatment. Methods　From November 2006 to April 2007, a questionnaire survey was conducted in 8600 officers and soldiers of Chinese naval force in three regions using randomized, stratified, multistage sampling method. All respondents completed the Rome Ⅲ Modular Questionnaire. The collected data were d...

Juan Antonio León-Prados, and Pablo Floría Martín, and José Antonio González Jurado

<b<Resumen</b><p align="justify">En Gimnasia Acrobática (GA) el Toe Pitch to Catch (TPC) es una acción técnica muy usual, lo que motiva la necesidad de proporcionar un modelo técnico del movimiento que permita facilitar la compresión de los factores relacionados con su ejecución. Se analizaron 12 ejecuciones sin penalizaciones técnicas realizadas por una pareja mixta de GA utilizando técnicas de fotogrametría y dinamometría. Para el análisis se dividió el movimiento en tres fases: Impulsión, Vue...

WIRTZ, P.

The sea anemones Actinoporus elegans Duchassaing, 1850 and Anthothoe affinis (Johnson, 1861) are new records from Cape Verde Islands. Also new to the marine fauna of Cape Verde are an undescribed mysid species of the genus Heteromysis that lives in associationwith the polychaete Branchiomma nigromaculata, the shrimp Tulearicoaris neglecta Chace, 1969 that lives in association with the sea urchin Diadema antillarum, an undescribed nudibranch of the genus Hypselodoris, and two undescribed species ...

Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León, and Virginia León-Règagnon, and Monks Scott

A new species of Theletrum is described from the intestine of two palenose morays, Echidna nocturna, collected in Cuajiniquil, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. The new species differs from the type species, T. fustiforme Linton, 1910 by having a subspherical pars prostatica, a subspherical seminal vesicle extending anteriorly to the anterior border of the acetabulum, by the presence of a poorly developed hermaphroditic sac, and by having a larger body size. We also report eight additional specie...

Negi Ajeet, and Sharma Nand, and Mahajan Vikram, and Ranjan Nitin, and Kanga Anil

<b>Background:</b> Intralesional sodium stibogluconate (SSG) has become first line therapy for localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL). <b> Aims:</b> This study compares the efficacy of intralesional SSG given alone with that of intralesional SSG combined with intramuscular SSG. <b> Methods:</b> Thirty-two patients aged between 5-56 years were included in the study. The first group received three injections of intralesional SSG on alternate days while the other group received three injections...

Carla Teixeira de Lima, and Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, and Ana Maria Giulietti

This paper describes the vegetative and reproductive morphology of Cabombaceae species in Brazil, discussing its strategies for survival in an aquatic habitat. Through studies in the field, in cultivation and in the herbarium, we examined the following species: Cabomba aquatica, C. caroliniana, C. furcata and C. haynesii. In cultivation, only C. aquatica, C. furcata and C. haynesii produced flowers. In those three species, the flowers opened during the day on two consecutive days, submerging dur...

Józef URBAŃSKI, and Wacław MORGAŚ, and Krzysztof CZAPLEWSKI

This paper discusses the necessity of further fast development of the new ship’s navigation system for XXI century. The main issues constituting the subject of this paper have been presented.

Suely Rozenfeld, and Sônia Maria Coelho Chaves, and Lenice G da Costa Reis, and Mônica Martins, and Cláudia Travassos, and Walter Mendes, and David Peres Esteves, and Fátima Gloria D César, and Regina Lucia V Almeida, and Sueli Souza Oliveira, and Cosme M F Passos Silva, and Rodrigo C Massafera

Foram analisados os resultados da implantação de estratégia de monitoramento de efeitos adversos aos medicamentos em hospital público no Rio de Janeiro, RJ, em 2007. Com base em análise retrospectiva de 32 prontuários foram encontrados efeitos adversos em 16%. Para identificá-los, foram precisos 38 critérios rastreadores, dos quais os principais foram: uso de antieméticos, interrupção abrupta de medicamentos e sedação excessiva. Apesar das dificuldades, sobretudo relacionadas ao acesso às inform...

Carmen Amelia Villegas-Sánchez, and Leonardo Andrés Abitia-Cárdenas, and Francisco Javier Gutiérrez-Sánchez, and Felipe Galván-Magaña

We analyzed the composition, diversity, and abundance of marine fish at rocky reefs off San José island, Mexico between October 2001 and August 2002. Fish species were recorded using a visual census in 5 sampling areas of 50 by 5 meters at 2 depths, shallow (1-3 meters) and intermediate (5-7 meters). A total of 26 946 organisms were counted, belonging to 84 species. The families Serranidae (9 species), Labridae (8), Pomacentridae (7), and Haemulidae (6) were the most representative. We measured ...

Christie Anna, and Lian Dee Ler

Aims: The evidence on how reflection associates with clinical teaching is lacking. This study explored the reflection pattern of nursing clinical instructor trainees on their clinical teaching and its association with their teaching performance. Methods: Reflection entries on two teaching sessions and respective teaching assessment data of a cohort of Registered Nurses participating in the National Healthcare Group College Clinical Instructor program (n=28) were retrieved for this study. Refl...

Caspeta-Mandujano J., and Salgado-Maldonado G., and Martínez-Ramírez E.

Bruna Rafaella Z. Palermo, and Daniel B.A. Castro, and Letícia Bianca Pereira, and Ana Carolina G. Cauz, and Beatriz L. Magalhães, and Camila Carlos, and Fernanda L.P. da Costa, and Guilherme P. Scagion, and Juliana S. Higa, and Ludimila D. Almeida, and Meiriele da S. das Neves, and Melina Aparecida Cordeiro, and Paula F.V. do Prado, and Thiago M. da Silva, and Thiago Willian A. Balsalobre, and Luciana C. Paulino, and Renato Vicentini, and Lúcio F.C. Ferraz, and Laura M.M. Ottoboni

Here, we describe the genomic features of the Actinobacteria Kocuria sp. SM24M-10 isolated from mucus of the Brazilian endemic coral Mussismilia hispida. The sequences are available under accession number LDNX01000000 (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/LDNX00000000). The genomic analysis revealed interesting information about the adaptation of bacteria to the marine environment (such as genes involved in osmotic and oxidative stress) and to the nutrient-rich environment provided by the coral m...

Gabriel S. Ferreira, and Ascanio D. Rincón, and Andrés Solórzano, and Max C. Langer

The extinct Stereogenyina turtles form a relatively diverse Podocnemididae lineage, with twelve described and phylogenetically positioned species. They are characterized by a wide geographic and temporal range, from the Eocene of Africa to the Pleistocene of Southeast Asia, and a peculiar palate morphology, with a secondary palate that is unique among side-necked turtles. Here, we describe a new Stereogenyina species, based on an almost complete skull from the middle Miocene Capadare Formation, ...

Matthew L. Niemiller, and Kirk S. Zigler, and Pamela B. Hart, and Bernard R. Kuhajda, and Jonathan W. Armbruster, and Breanne N. Ayala, and Annette S. Engel

In the central and eastern United States, cavefishes have been known historically only from the Interior Low Plateau and Ozarks karst regions. Previously, cavefishes were unknown from the Appalachians karst region, which extends from southeastern New York southwestward into eastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, and northeastern Alabama. Here we report the discovery of a new population of the amblyopsid cavefish Typhlichthys subterraneus Girard, 1859 from a cave in Catoosa Co...

Fernando Ribas De Martini

The evolution of naval powers of Argentina, Brazil and Chile in the early twentieth century was a topic that crossed boundaries not only of countries, but also in sectors from the society of these three nations, involved in discussions about the subject: intellectuals, diplomats, military. Today, this theme crosses boundaries between areas of knowledge such as History of Science, Technique and Technology, Diplomatic History, History of Politics and Social Sciences, as well as studies of Foreign ...

Y. LEVITT, and S. D. GRAVE, and N. SHENKAR

This is the first recording on the genus Nikoides Paulson, 1875 in the Mediterranean Sea, with remarks on taxonomy and ecology.

Lucy Cheryl Woodall, and Laura F Robinson, and Alex D Rogers, and Bhavani Emma Narayanaswamy, and Gordon L. J. Paterson

Marine litter is a global challenge that has recently received policymakers’ attention, with new environmental targets in addition to changes to old legislation. There are no global estimates of benthic litter because of the scarcity of data and only patchy survey coverage. However, estimates of baseline abundance and composition of litter are vital in order to implement litter reduction policies and adequate monitoring schemes. Two large-scale surveys of submarine geomorphological features in t...

J. A. Limbacher, and R. A. Kahn

As aerosol amount and type are key factors in the <q>atmospheric correction</q> required for remote-sensing chlorophyll <i>a</i> concentration (Chl) retrievals, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) can contribute to ocean color analysis despite a lack of spectral channels optimized for this application. Conversely, an improved ocean surface constraint should also improve MISR aerosol-type products, especially spectral single-scattering albedo (SSA) retrievals. We introduce a coupled,...

Guoo-Shyng Wang Hsu, and Shun-Yao Hsu

Electrolyzed water is a sustainable disinfectant, which can comply with food safety regulations and is environmental friendly. A two-factor central composite design was adopted for studying the effects of electrode gap and electric current on chlorine generation efficiency of electrolyzed deep ocean water. Deep ocean water was electrolyzed in a glass electrolyzing cell equipped with platinum-plated titanium anode and cathode in a constant-current operation mode. Results showed that current densi...

Alba Ardura, and Serge Planes, and Eva Garcia-Vazquez

DNA barcoding methodologies are being increasingly applied not only for scientific purposes but also for diverse real-life uses. Fisheries assessment is a potential niche for DNA barcoding, which serves for species authentication and may also be used for estimating within-population genetic diversity of exploited fish. Analysis of single-sequence barcodes has been proposed as a shortcut for measuring diversity in addition to the original purpose of species identification. Here we explore the rel...

Abigail E. Cahill, and Spencer A. Koury

Larvae of the marine gastropod Crepidula fornicata must complete a transition from the plankton, where they are highly dispersed, to an aggregated group of benthic adults. Previous research has shown that selective settlement of larvae on conspecific adults is mediated by a water-borne chemical cue. However, variable experimental conditions have been used to study this cue, and standardization is needed in order to investigate factors that may have weak effects on settlement. In this study, we d...

Jessica A. Fujii, and Don McLeish, and Andrew J. Brooks, and John Gaskell, and Kyle S. Van Houtan

The use of limbs for foraging is documented in both marine and terrestrial tetrapods. These behaviors were once believed to be less likely in marine tetrapods due to the physical constraints of body plans adapted to locomotion in a fluid environment. Despite these obstacles, ten distinct types of limb-use while foraging have been previously reported in nine marine tetrapod families. Here, we expand the types of limb-use documented in marine turtles and put it in context with the diversity of mar...

Nicholas A. Macías, and Checo Colón-Gaud, and Jonathan W. Duggins, and Alonso Ramírez

Interspecific interactions can play an important role in determining habitat selection and resource use between competing species. We examined interactions between an omnivorous shrimp and a grazing mayfly, two co-dominant taxa found in Puerto Rican headwater streams, to assess how predator presence may influence mayfly resource use and instantaneous growth in a tropical rainforest ecosystem. We conducted a series of behavioral and growth experiments to determine the effects of the freshwater sh...

O. Duteil, and W. Koeve, and A. Oschlies, and O. Aumont, and D. Bianchi, and L. Bopp, and E. Galbraith, and R. Matear, and J. K. Moore, and J. L. Sarmiento, and J. Segschneider

Phosphate distributions simulated by seven state-of-the-art biogeochemical ocean circulation models are evaluated against observations of global ocean nutrient distributions. The biogeochemical models exhibit different structural complexities, ranging from simple nutrient-restoring to multi-nutrient NPZD type models. We evaluate the simulations using the observed volume distribution of phosphate. The errors in these simulated volume class distributions are significantly larger when preforme...

Ernesto Velázquez-Velázquez, and M. Eugenia Vega-Cendejas, and Jorge Navarro-Alberto

Composition and abundance of the ichthyofauna in estuarine and coastal lagoon systems of the South Pacific in Mexico have been scarcely studied. In particular, there is a lack of information on how environmental variables determine the spatio-temporal structure of fish assemblages in those habitats. In this study, fishes were sampled by drop net during twelve months (May 2004 -April 2005) in 22 sites distributed along the Carretas-Pereyra lagoon, located in the Biosphere Reserve La Encrucijada, ...

M. JAYAKARA BHANDARY, and K.R. CHANDRASHEKAR

Bhandary MJ, Chandrashekar KR. 2014. Diversity and use of ethnomedicinal plants in coastal Karnataka, India. Biodiversitas 15: 89-93. A study was undertaken in Coastal Karnataka, a culturally and floristically diverse region between the Western Ghats and the Arabian sea in India, to document the diversity and uses of ethnomedicinal plants of the area. This study resulted in the documentation of ethnomedicinal uses of 342 species of plants belonging to 34 families. The dominant families of ethnom...

Gürel Türkmen, and Osman Özden, and Hülya Saygı

Aline V. R. Prado, and Erivelto Goulart, and João P. A. Pagotto

ABSTRACT Based on the form-function interaction and its consequence to niche exploitation by fish species, the study aimed to identify ecomorphological patterns and to investigate the possibility of explaining the trophic niche breadth using the pattern of intraspecific ecomorphological diversity. We tested the following hypotheses: i) the morphology explains variations in diet among fish species; ii) the intraspecific ecomorphological diversity is related to the breadth of the trophic niche exp...