J. Tekampe, and H. van Middendorp, and F. C. G. J. Sweep, and S. H. P. P. Roerink, and A. R. M. M. Hermus, and A. W. M. Evers

Abstract Background Conditioning of physiological responses can be achieved by repeatedly pairing a previously neutral conditioned stimulus with the administration of a pharmacologically salient unconditioned stimulus. This type of conditioning has been effective for specific immune and endocrine responses, but results with regard to conditioning of cortisol, a key stress-regulatory parameter, are currently unclear. This paper describes a pharmacological conditioning design, optimized for the ex...

Joshua P. Totty, and Amy E. Harwood, and Paris L. Cai, and Louise H. Hitchman, and George E. Smith, and Ian C. Chetter

Abstract Background Surgical site infection in vascular surgery has a reported incidence of up to 19%. A novel method of reducing this rate of infection is dressings coated with dialkylcarbamoylchloride (DACC), a hydrophobic wound contact layer that binds bacteria and removes them from the wound bed. Early research has suggested that DACC-coated wound dressings are effective in reducing surgical site infection when applied to wounds healing by primary intention post-operatively, therefore this t...

Xiaojun Zhang, and Jianbo Yuan, and Yamin Sun, and Shihao Li, and Yi Gao, and Yang Yu, and Chengzhang Liu, and Quanchao Wang, and Xinjia Lv, and Xiaoxi Zhang, and Ka Yan Ma, and Xiaobo Wang, and Wenchao Lin, and Long Wang, and Xueli Zhu, and Chengsong Zhang, and Jiquan Zhang, and Songjun Jin, and Kuijie Yu, and Jie Kong, and Peng Xu, and Jack Chen, and Hongbin Zhang, and Patrick Sorgeloos, and Amir Sagi, and Acacia Alcivar-Warren, and Zhanjiang Liu, and Lei Wang, and Jue Ruan, and Ka Hou Chu, and Bin Liu, and Fuhua Li, and Jianhai Xiang

The Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei is an important aquaculture species and a promising model for crustacean biology. Here, the authors provide a reference genome assembly, and show that gene expansion is involved in the regulation of frequent molting as well as benthic adaptation of the shrimp.

Carolina A. Contador, and Vida Rodríguez, and Barbara A. Andrews, and Juan A. Asenjo

Abstract Background There is little published regarding metabolism of Salinispora species. In continuation with efforts performed towards this goal, this study is focused on new insights into the metabolism of the three-identified species of Salinispora using constraints-based modeling. At present, only one manually curated genome-scale metabolic model (GSM) for Salinispora tropica strain CNB-440T has been built despite the role of Salinispora strains in drug discovery. Results Here, we updated,...

Khaled A. El-Damhougy, and El-Sayed S. E. Salem, and Maged M. A. Fouda, and Montaser A. M. M. Al-Hammady

Abstract Background Gall crabs were described 150 years ago, but little is known about their biology, ecology, and taxonomy. Studying the breeding season can facilitate the understanding of the adaptive strategies and reproductive potential of gall crab and its relationship with the environment and other species. Results Growth and reproductive biology of the coral gall crab, Hapalocarcinus marsupialis, were studied at Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. A total of 209 specimens were collected from d...

Robert J. Price, and Pamela Tom

Addressing seafood safety concerns through research and technology transfer is a major objective of the California Sea Grant Extension Program. Currently a major emphasis of the Sea Grant Extension Program is educating the seafood industry about the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system. Proper cooking destroys viruses, bacteria and parasites that can contaminate seafood. However, seafood may also contain natural toxins that are no...

Louis Botsford

Upwelling of nutrient-rich waters makes California's coastal ocean one of the most productive in the world. Better understanding of the year-to-year changes in populations due to El Niños, and recent awareness of decade-to-decade widespread changes in the ocean and atmosphere, have improved our ability to project the effects of fishing and climate change on marine populations. On smaller scales, we are also finding that weekly changes in upwelling win...

Mirko Orlić

Yucheng Wu, and Tong Liu, and Meng Cao, and Liang Li, and Weiyang Xu

Abstract The pilot contamination caused by sharing the non-orthogonal pilots among users is considered to be a bottleneck of the massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems. This paper proposes a pilot scheduling scheme based on the degradation to address this problem. Through computing the degradation of the users, the proposed scheduling assigns the optimal pilot sequence to the user who suffers from the greatest degradation in a greedy way. Moreover, the proposed scheme is further optimiz...

Lorian E. Schweikert, and Michael S. Grace

Abstract Background For many fish species, retinal function changes between life history stages as part of an encoded developmental program. Retinal change is also known to exhibit plasticity because retinal form and function can be influenced by light exposure over the course of development. Aside from studies of gene expression, it remains largely unknown whether retinal plasticity can provide functional responses to short-term changes in environmental light quality. The aim of this study was ...

Emma J. Ridley, and Andrew R. Davies, and Rachael Parke, and Michael Bailey, and Colin McArthur, and Lyn Gillanders, and D. James Cooper, and Shay McGuinness, and for the Supplemental Parenteral Nutrition Clinical Investigators

Abstract Background In the critically ill, energy delivery from enteral nutrition (EN) is often less than the estimated energy requirement. Parenteral nutrition (PN) as a supplement to EN may increase energy delivery. We aimed to determine if an individually titrated supplemental PN strategy commenced 48–72 hours following ICU admission and continued for up to 7 days would increase energy delivery to critically ill adults compared to usual care EN delivery. Methods This study was a prospective, ...

Valdirene Esgarbossa Loureiro-Crippa, and Norma Segatti Hahn

Nesse estudo foram avaliados aspectos da dieta e morfologia trófica de duas espécies simpátricas, uma de Cheirodontinae e uma de Aphyocharacinae, associadas a macrofitas aquáticas, em nove lagoas isoladas da planície de inundação do alto rio Paraná, Brasil, no ano de 2001. A análise da dieta mostrou que <em>Aphyocharax anisitsi</em> consumiu predominantemente microcrustáceos e <em>Serrapinnus notomelas</em> predominantemente algas. A morfologia do trato alimentar, incluindo boca, dentes, rastros...

Chris Lewa

Thousands of stateless Rohingyas are leaving Burma andBangladesh, dreaming of a better life in Malaysia.

Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, and Carmen M. González-Ramos, and Pedro J. Alejandro-Camis

Coral reefs have largely declined across the northeastern Caribbean following the 2005 massive bleaching event. Climate change-related sea surface warming and coral disease outbreaks of a white plague-like syndrome and of yellow band disease (YBD) have caused significant coral decline affecting massive reef building species (i.e., Orbicella annularis species complex) which show no apparent signs of recovery through larval sexual recruitment. We addressed coral recruit densities across three spur...

Muge Sayitoglu, and M. Cem Ar, and Ozden Hatirnaz, and Seniz Ongoren, and Umit Ure, and Zafer Baslar, and Sema Sirma, and Yildiz Aydin, and Ugur Ozbek, and Burhan Ferhanoglu

Objective: Monitoring minimal residual disease has become increasingly important in clinical practice of ALL management. Break-point fusion regions of leukaemia related chromosomal aberrations and rearranged immunoglobulin (Ig) and T cell-receptor (TCR) genes are used as leukaemia specific markers in genetic studies of MRD.Material and Methods: A total of 31 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed ALL were screened for eligibility criteria. Of those 26 were included in the study. One patient w...

P.A Araoye

The effect of physical factors on fish species composition was studied during 12 months in Asa Lake, Nigeria. Fish and water samples were collected bimonthly (March 2003 to February 2004) in the morning. Fish samples were caught with gill nets set at the surface and bottom habitats. There were 11 fish families and 21 species. Osteoglossidae, Anabantidae, Channidae, Schilbedae and Cyprinidae were rare and occurred seasonally in fishermen catches, while Mormyridae, Cichlidae, Mochokidae, Characida...

Gonzalo Fernández, and Daniela Cichero, and Alok Patel, and Victor Martínez

Seriola lalandi has been recognized as a potential aquaculture species in Chile, however, little is known about the genetic structure of local populations. This is important, as the current production system is based on an initial wild catching and ill management of these stocks can cause reduced genetic variability. To assess the genetic structure of local S. lalandi we evaluated 27 published microsatellite markers developed from genomic libraries of other species of the genera. However only 12...

Neivys García Delgado, and Ana Iris Frías Vázquez, and Hiran Cabrera Sánchez, and Roberto Menéndez Soto del Valle, and Yusvel Sierra Gómez, and Ana María Suárez Alfonso

The aim of the present work was to investigate the anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects of methanolic extract from D. obtusata using classic models in mice (croton oil-induced ear edema and acetic acid-induced writhing) and a phospholipase A2 activity test. Qualitative analysis of the chemical composition of seaweed was also determined by extraction with solvents of increasing polarity and precipitation and color tests. Results of qualitative chemical study showed the presence of lacton...

Lejla Duraković, and Mihaela Blažinkov, and Andrea Skelin, and Sanja Sikora, and Frane Delaš, and Mirna Mrkonjić-Fuka, and Katarina Huić-Babić, and Sulejman Redžepović

Temperature-dose relationships with aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) were studied using the brine shrimp Artemia salina larvae as an biological indicator in the temperature range from 20 °C to 40 °C. Increase in the incubation temperature resulted in sensitivity increase by the brine shrimp to AFM1. Optimum sensitivity occured at 30 °C. Positive results were obtained at 0.18 μg AFM1 x L-1 of whole pasteurized milk with a mortality of over 15%. Greater than 90 % mortality occurred at dose levels of 0.9 μg AFM...

R. Fernandez, and J. Piechnik, and R. Fabris, and G. Malnic, and L.C. Fernandes

In the present study we determined the effect of chronic diet supplementation with n-3 PUFA on renal function of healthy and cachectic subjects by providing fish oil (1 g/kg body weight) to female rats throughout pregnancy and lactation and then to their offspring post-weaning and examined its effect on renal function parameters during their adulthood. The animals were divided into four groups of 5-10 rats in each group: control, control supplemented with fish oil (P), cachectic Walker 256 tumor...

M. D. Andrés-Hernández, and D. Kartal, and J. N. Crowley, and V. Sinha, and E. Regelin, and M. Martínez-Harder, and V. Nenakhov, and J. Williams, and H. Harder, and H. Bozem, and W. Song, and J. Thieser, and M. J. Tang, and Z. Hosaynali Beigi, and J. P. Burrows

Peroxy radicals were measured by a PeRCA (Peroxy Radical Chemical Amplifier) instrument in the boundary layer during the DOMINO (Diel Oxidant Mechanisms In relation to Nitrogen Oxides) campaign at a coastal, forested site influenced by urban-industrial emissions in southern Spain in late autumn. Total peroxy radicals (RO₂* = HO₂ + &Sigma;RO₂) generally showed a daylight maximum between 10 and 50 pptv at 13:00 UTC, with an average of 18 pptv over the 15 days of me...

Michael Joseph, and Hlulani Mabasa, and Thembinkosi Mabila, and Simon Mothoa, and Esther Ramani

n Bestaande dokument oor die taalprofiele van werknemers van die Universiteit van die Noorde klassifiseer werknemers as 'Engels- en/of Noord-Sotho-sprekend'. Die wanvoorstellings van hierdie eenvoudige beskrywing en die multitaligerykdom wat ons weer weI bestaan, het die skrywers van hierdie artikel gemotiveer am 'n grootskaalse kwantitatiewe ondersoek na multitaligheid aan die UNIN te doen. Dit het egter geblyk dat die versamelde data van die hele universiteit langdradig en onhanteerbaar is, wa...

Fabiola Lango Reynoso, and María Castañeda-Chávez, and Jorge E Zamora-Castro, and Galdy Hernández-Zárate, and Magdiel A Ramírez-Barragán, and E Solís-Morán

La industria de la acuariofilia es un mercado que se encuentra en expansión. Aun cuando no existe información exacta respecto a cifras y valores del comercio internacional, se calcula que esta industria genera ganancias sobre US$ 300 millones con una tasa de crecimiento anual del 14%. De esta cifra, aproximadamente US$ 28 a 44 millones corresponden a peces ornamentales de origen marino. No obstante, una de las controversias que ha generado el comercio de especies marinas es que casi la totalidad...

M. Baldini, and P. Selzer

La llegada al ambiente de bacterias antibiótico-resistentes compromete su calidad higiénico sanitaria. Se analizó la prevalencia de diferentes especies de Enterococcus en aguas del estuario de Bahía Blanca y sus patrones de resistencia a los antibióticos. Se identificaron bioquímicamente 103 aislamientos . Para evaluar la resistencia a antibióticos se implementó la técnica de difusión en agar utilizando discos de vancomicina (Van 30 µg), gentamicina (GenH 120 µg), estreptomicina (StrH 300 µg), t...

Paulo Cesar de Paiva, and José Roberto Machado Cunha da Silva

<abstract language="spa">El macrobentos de estanques de cultivo de Penaeus subitilis y Penaeus schmitti se estudió en la costa nordeste de Brasil durante 12 semanas. El poliqueto Laeonereis culveri (2 433 ind/0.1m2) y el anfípodo Grandidierella bonnieroides (2 726 ind/0.1m2) fueron intensamente depredados por los peneidos. Ningún individuo de G. bonnieroides sobrevivió más de seis semanas: en el tiempo restante L. culveri, que también puede reclutarse en el periodo, fue el principal recurso natu...

Rozane Valente Marins, and Francisco José de Paula Filho, and Carlos Artur Sobreira Rocha

<abstract language="eng">Phosphorus geochemistry as a proxy of environmental estuarine processes at the Jaguaribe River, Northeastern Brazil. Sedimentation of different phosphorus geochemical fractions can characterize the natural or anthropogenic processes dominant in the watershed. Selective chemical extraction of different phosphorus geochemical forms in estuarine sediments showed the predominance of inorganic over organic forms suggesting an increase in inorganic phosphorus input from anthro...

Tan Bingchang, and He Hu, and Gu Jiao, and Li Kuanyi

Invasive macrophyte Myriophyllum aquaticum is capable of assimilating nutrients from both the sediments and the water column. However, which is the major source of nutrients supporting M. aquaticum growth under various nutrient regimes has not been well documented. Here we conducted a two-factorial outdoor experiment (three levels of nutrient loading and two types of sediments) from 23 May to 27 June 2016, to assess M. aquaticum responses to different nutrient levels in the water column and the ...

M. Dishma, and W. Vishwanath

Barilius profundus, a new species of bariline cyprinid fish is described from the Koladyne River, Mizoram, India. It is distinguished from congeners in having the following combination of characters: great body depth at dorsal-fin origin (32.0–-37.3 % SL), 17–18 pre-dorsal scales, 7–10 dark blue bars on the sides of the body, 30–32 + 2–3 lateral line scales, ½7/1/2½ lateral transverse scales and 12 circumpeduncular scales. Key to species of Barilius of northeastern India is provide...

J. F. Oxmann, and L. Schwendenmann

Knowledge of calcium phosphate (Ca-P) solubility is crucial for understanding temporal and spatial variations of phosphorus (P) concentrations in water bodies and sedimentary reservoirs. In situ relationships between liquid- and solid-phase levels cannot be fully explained by dissolved analytes alone and need to be verified by determining particular sediment P species. Lack of quantification methods for these species limits the knowledge of the P cycle. To address this issue, we (i) optimized a...

M. Winck, and M. Drummond, and P. Viana, and J.C. Pinho, and J.C. Winck

Sleep bruxism (SB) and obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) share common pathophysiologic pathways.We aimed to study the presence and relationship of SB in a OSAS population.Patients referred with OSAS suspicion and concomitant SB complains were evaluated using a specific questionnaire, orofacial evaluation and cardio-respiratory polygraphy that could also monitor audio and EMG of the masseter muscles.From 11 patients studied 9 had OSAS. 55.6% were male, mean age was 46.3 ± 11.3 years, an...

Arthur Anker, and Sammy De Grave

Alpheus cedrici sp. n. is described based on two specimens collected under rocks while scuba diving off the coast of Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean. The new species belongs to the Alpheus macrocheles (Hailstone, 1835) species complex and appears to be most closely related to the eastern&ndash;central Atlantic A. macrocheles, the western Atlantic A. amblyonyx Chace, 1972, and the eastern Pacific A. bellimanus Lockington, 1877 and A. rectus Kim &amp; Abele, 1988. However, it differs from...

K. M. Huang, and K. M. Huang, and K. M. Huang, and A. Z. Liu, and S. D. Zhang, and S. D. Zhang, and S. D. Zhang, and F. Yi, and F. Yi, and F. Yi, and C. M. Huang, and C. M. Huang, and C. M. Huang, and Q. Gan, and Q. Gan, and Q. Gan, and Y. Gong, and Y. Gong, and Y. Gong, and Y. H. Zhang

Relative to extensive studies of interactions between the quasi 2-day wave and tides, nonlinear interaction of the 16-day wave with tides was reported less, in particular interaction with the diurnal tide. We present an observational study of a possible nonlinear interaction event between the 16-day wave and the diurnal tide based on meteor radar measurement at Maui. An obvious 16-day wave can be observed from raw wind data. Its maximum meridional wind amplitude can attain 18.0 m s<sup>−1<...

Anna Stafecka

Atlas of the Baltic languages: from idea to pilot project Dialectologists from Latvian Language Institute of the University of Latvia and the Department of Language History and Dialectology of the Institute of the Lithuanian Language, have developed a proposal for a joint project entitled, The Atlas of the Baltic Languages, which is intended to demonstrate the close kinship of these two Baltic languages. A pilot project, supported by a grant from the University of Latvia and Directorate for the ...

Daniele Colembergue Cunha, and Valéria Texeira Crexi, and Luiz Antonio de Almeida Pinto

O fracionamento de óleos via "winterização" consiste numa cristalização fracionada, na qual os triacilgliceróis de óleos e gorduras são separados pela cristalização parcial na fase líquida. O objetivo deste trabalho consistiu na determinação das variáveis significativas e das condições operacionais do processo de "winterização" via solvente do óleo de pescado. Como matéria-prima empregou-se o óleo de pescado bruto de indústrias pesqueiras, o qual foi branqueado. Na etapa de "winterização", o óle...

Claudio Oliveira, and Lurdes Foresti de Almeida Toledo

The fish Dormitator maculatus has a chromosomes number of 2n = 46, females having a karyotype of 14 M, 28 SM, 2 ST and 2A and males 13 M, 28 SM, 3 ST and 2A. The presence of a heteromorphic pair in the males and a corresponding homomorphic pair in the females suggest the occurrence of an XX/XY sex chromosome system in D. maculatus. The putative X chromosome has a pericentromeric C-band positive segment and the putative Y chromosome a C-band positive short arm.

B. Kucienska, and G. B. Raga, and R. Romero-Centeno

Lightning activity detected by the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) over oceanic regions adjacent to Mexico is often as high as that observed over the continent. In order to explore the possible causes of the observed high flash density over those regions, the relationships between lightning, rainfall, vertical hydrometeor profiles, latent heating, wind variability and aerosol optical depth are analyzed. The characteristics of lightning and precipitation over four oceanic zones adja...

Vipin Dhansoia, and Hemant Bhargav, and Kashinath Metri

Objectives: To compare the immediate effect of mind sound resonance technique (MSRT) with supine rest (SR) on state anxiety and psychomotor performance in 15 (eight male and seven female) right-handed generalized anxiety disorder patients (GAD) with an age range of 34.8 ± 12.8 years. Materials and Methods: Self as control design was followed. Diagnosis of GAD was made by a psychiatrist using sections of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Participants practiced MSRT or SR (...

G. Denuault

This paper presents a review of applications of electrochemical methods in ocean sensing. It follows the white paper presented at the OceanSensors08 workshop held at the Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde, Germany, from 31 March to 4 April 2008. The principles of electrochemical techniques are briefly recalled and described. For each technique, relevant electrochemical sensors are discussed; known successful deployments of electrochemical sensors are recalled; challenges experience...

Giuliano Buzá-Jacobucci, and Fosca Pedini Pereira-Leite

The presence of particular algal species can directly influence the distribution and abundance of mesoherbivores. The aim of this study was to answer the following questions: Do Sargassum beds of different localities show variation in the load of epiphytic algae? Do Sargassum beds of different localities show variation in the density of herbivore amphipods? Does the density of these amphipods in the same algal bed vary with epiphyte load? Are species of Sargassum and their epiphytes equally cons...

Sandra Posada O., and Luis Gomez O., and Ricardo Rosero N.

Objective. To model the growth in dogs of different size and breeds that during their development showed a relative body weight according to the standards of their racial group. Materials and methods. The data used were obtained from the Canine Research Center (CIC), property of Empresa Solla S.A., located in the municipality of Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia). The parameters of the growth curve were defined based on the logistic model using the procedure PROC NLIN of the SAS. Results. The adult ...

KAINÃ R.C. FAGUNDES, and MATHEUS M. ROTUNDO, and RENATA B. MARI

ABSTRACT Morphological analysis of the digestive tract of Sphoeroides testudineus showed an esophagus with an anterior and a posterior portion, the abdominal pouch. No stomach was observed between the abdominal pouch and the intestine. The intestine was arranged in three segments and two loops, and the distal portion had the rectum opening into the anus. Histochemical analyses showed that the esophagus secreted acid mucosecretions, and that there was a qualitative increase in goblet cells from t...

Márcia Elisa da Silva Padilha, and Walter Augusto-Ruiz

O óleo de pescado tem sido alvo de várias pesquisas em função dos benefícios nutricionais dos ácidos graxos poliinsaturados. Esse fato pode ser comprovado pelos estudos epidemiológicos que relacionam a baixa incidência de doenças cardiovasculares com o consumo de ácidos graxos n-3 (EPA-eicosapentaenóico e DHA-docosahexaenóico) provenientes de peixes marinhos. A obtenção de ácidos graxos poliinsaturados n-3 pode ser realizada por hidrólise enzimática. A hidrólise enzimática de óleos e gorduras, o...

Elena Orrù

The Italian Navigation Code has transposed the practices developed at international level, in particular in international contracts for the ‘’locazione’’ and ‘’noleggio’’ of ships, distinguishing between the ship lease, from the one side, and the charter, from the other. The latter, in particular, consists of voyage charter and time charter. However, the Italian discipline differs in several respects from the contract types developed at international level. As for pleasure vessels, a specific ...

Insani L., and Fadjar M., and Maftuch

Coastal areas have a wide range of resources that can be utilized in multiple ways. Land utilization of coastal areas has been done for various interests, one of which is for shrimp aquaculture (farming). Continuous shrimp farming activities will lead to environmental degradation, characterized by decreased water quality. Besides, the area or spatial arrangement of shrimp aquaculture development that does not pay attention to the environmental carrying capacity due to improper management can cau...

Adriana Vincenca Padovan

The direct action is an action of an injured third party against the insurer of the wrongdoer's liability. As a general rule a contract of insurance of liability is a res inter alios acta, and the right of direct action can only be exceptionally granted by a statute. The direct action is virtually always granted when insurance is compulsory. Voluntary marine insurance of liability is provided through P&I Clubs based on mutuality and due to its specificity can hardly sustain a wide right of direc...

Yangyang Deng, and Haijiang Wang, and Shuo Liu, and Min Sun, and Xiaohong Li

Abstract In order to make up the shortcomings of some existing ship target detection algorithms for high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images, a ship target detection algorithm based on information theory and Harris corner detection for SAR images is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the SAR image is pretreated, and next, it is divided into superpixel patches by using the improved simple linear iterative clustering (SLIC) superpixel generation algorithm. Then, the self-information val...

Tashnica Taime Sylvester, and Sven David Charles Parsons, and Paul David van Helden, and Michele Ann Miller, and Andre Gareth Loxton

Abstract Background The immune response against tuberculosis in lions is still poorly defined and our understanding is hampered by the lack of lion specific reagents. The process for producing antibodies against a specific antigen is laborious and not available to many research laboratories. As the search for antibody cross-reactivity is an important strategy for immunological studies in veterinary medicine, we have investigated the use of commercially available antibodies to characterize T cell...

William M. Goldsmith, and Andrew M. Scheld, and John E. Graves

Abstract Background Pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) are a valuable tool for estimating mortality of pelagic fishes released from commercial and recreational fishing gears. However, the high cost of PSATs limits sample sizes, resulting in low-precision post-release mortality estimates with little management applicability. We evaluate the performance of a lower-cost PSAT designed to enable large-scale post-release mortality studies. The tag uses solar rather than battery power, does not inc...

Kiran K. Dayanand, and Kishore Punnath, and Valleesha Chandrashekar, and Rajeshwara N. Achur, and Srinivas B. Kakkilaya, and Susanta K. Ghosh, and Suchetha Kumari, and D. Channe Gowda

Abstract Background Malaria is highly prevalent in many parts of India and the Indian subcontinent. Mangaluru, a city in the southwest coastal region of Karnataka state in India, and surrounding areas are malaria endemic with 10–12 annual parasite index. Despite high endemicity, to-date, very little has been reported on the epidemiology and burden of malaria in this area. Methods A cross-sectional surveillance of malaria cases was performed among 900 febrile symptomatic native people (long-time ...