Rachidi S, and Awada S, and Al-Hajje A, and Bawab W, and Zein S, and Saleh N, and Salameh P

Samar Rachidi,1 Sanaa Awada,1 Amal Al-Hajje,1 Wafaa Bawab,1 Salam Zein,1 Nadine Saleh,1,2 Pascale Salameh1,21Laboratory of Epidemiological and Clinical Research, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon; 2Faculty of Public Health Labanese University, Beirut, LebanonBackground: The harmful effects of medication and licit substance use during pregnancy may potentially constitute a major public health concern. Our study aims to assess risky exposure of Lebanese pregnant women to drugs, tobacco, caffein...

A. P. Young, and R. T. Guza, and W. C. O'Reilly, and R. E. Flick, and R. Gutierrez

The frequency, spatial distribution, and dimensions of coastal cliff retreats, a basic statistic underlying cliff top hazard assessment, are presented for 7.1 km of unprotected and slowly retreating coastal cliffs near Point Loma in San Diego, California, US. Using 8 airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) surveys collected over 5.5 years, 130 individual cliff edge failures (primarily rockfalls, block falls, and topples) were detected. Footprint areas varied from 3 to 268 m², max...

Lana Bezerra Fernandes, and Luiz Fernando Fróes Fleury Junior

Demonstra-se quadro raro de Elefantíase Nostra, na sua forma verrucosa, no dorso de pé de homem de 80 anos por episódios prévios de erisipela de repetição. As lesões confluentes vegetantes e difusas em dorso de pé são comparáveis aos corais Trumpet Coral (Caulastrea curvata)<br>Study of a rare case of Elephantiasis Nostra in verrucous form on the dorsum of the foot of an 80year-old male with a history of recurrent erysipelas infection. The vegetant, confluent lesions on the foot resemble Trumpet...

E.M. Patiño, and M.A. Judis, and M. Sanchez Negrette, and D.O. Pochon, and J.F. Cedres, and G. Rebak, and A.M. Romero, and M.M. Doval, and G.A. Crudeli

The aim of this research work was to investigate the influence of fish oil supplementation on the concentration of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and omega 6 and 3 in samples of buffalo milk. A total of 24 female buffaloes separated at random into three groups were fed for 49 days with: natural pasture (group I), supplemented with 70mL of fish oil (group II) and 140mL of fish oil (group III). In the experiment the concentration of CLA showed differences (P<0.05) among the three groups, with a ma...

Francesco Costanzo, and Mauro Federico

We present a new computational tool for predicting the behaviour of marine currents through the Strait of Messina. Presently, their evaluation is based on the "tavole di corrente'' (currents tables) edited by the Hydrographic Institute of the Italian Navy. These tables are published every year and contain, for each day and at a fixed location, the maximum, minimum and zero values of the marine currents at the time in which they are expected. In the present work we describe a new software that co...

Joanne Kemp, and Kate Moore, and Marlene Fransen, and Trevor Russell, and Matthew Freke, and Kay M Crossley

Abstract Background Despite the increasing use of hip arthroscopy for hip pain, there is no level 1 evidence to support physiotherapy rehabilitation programs following this procedure. The aims of this study were to determine (i) what is the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) investigating a targeted physiotherapy intervention for early-onset hip osteoarthritis (OA) post-hip arthroscopy? and (ii) what are the within-group treatment effects of the physiotherapy intervention and a h...

George A. Heckman, and Veronique M. Boscart, and Kelsey Huson, and Andrew Costa, and Karen Harkness, and John P. Hirdes, and Paul Stolee, and Robert S. McKelvie

Abstract Background Heart failure (HF) affects 20% of long-term care (LTC) residents and is associated with significant morbidity, acute care visits, and mortality. Barriers to HF management are staff knowledge gaps and ineffective interprofessional (IP) communication. This pilot study assessed the acceptability, feasibility, and impact of an intervention to (1) improve HF knowledge; (2) improve IP communication; and (3) integrate improved knowledge and communication processes into work routines...

Paul B. Leonard, and Robert F. Baldwin, and R. Daniel Hanks

Abstract Systematic conservation planning has been used extensively throughout the world to identify important areas for maintaining biodiversity and functional ecosystems, and is well suited to address large-scale biodiversity conservation challenges of the twenty-first century. Systematic planning is necessary to bridge implementation, scale, and data gaps in a collaborative effort that recognizes competing land uses. Here, we developed a conservation planning process to identify and unify con...

Nick T. Shears, and Melissa M. Bowen

Abstract Accelerated warming of western boundary currents due to the strengthening of subtropical gyres has had cascading effects on coastal ecosystems and is widely expected to result in further tropicalization of temperate regions. Predicting how species and ecosystems will respond requires a better understanding of the variability in ocean warming in complex boundary current regions. Using three ≥50 year temperature records we demonstrate high variability in the magnitude and seasonality of w...

Jiang Zhu, and Yajun Chen, and Labao Zhang, and Xiaoqing Jia, and Zhijun Feng, and Ganhua Wu, and Xiachao Yan, and Jiquan Zhai, and Yang Wu, and Qi Chen, and Xiaoying Zhou, and Zhizhong Wang, and Chi Zhang, and Lin Kang, and Jian Chen, and Peiheng Wu

Abstract The monitor of sea fogs become more important with the rapid development of marine activities. Remote sensing through laser is an effective tool for monitoring sea fogs, but still challengeable for large distance. We demonstrated a Long-distance Lidar for sea fog with superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD), which extended the ranging area to a 180-km diameter area. The system, which was verified by using a benchmark distance measurement of a known island, is applied to ...

Boris A. Zelle, and Gurpreet Singh, and Deanna L. Kitchen, and Roberto J. Fajardo, and Mohit Bhandari, and Melissa A. Valerio

Abstract Background Patients’ perceptions of their healthcare have been reported to influence clinical outcomes following orthopedic trauma. Findings across clinical outcomes have demonstrated significant differences in perceptions towards healthcare between Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites. However, ethnic disparities in perceptions towards orthopedic injuries have not been examined in the literature. Aim of study The aim of this pilot study is to explore whether Hispanic patients with isolate...

Cristina Pulido, and Joan Lluís Riera, and Enric Ballesteros, and Eglantine Chappuis, and Esperança Gacia

<p class="Predeterminado">Distribution of aquatic macrophytes in lakes is related to geographical, morphological, catchment and water chemistry variables as well as human impacts, which modify the original environment. Here, we aim at building statistical models to establish the ecological niches of 11 aquatic macrophytes (10 different phanerogams and the genus <em>Nitella</em>) from oligotrophic soft-water lakes and infer their ecological requirements and environmental constraints at the southe...

Lydia eDjenoune, and Lydia eDjenoune, and Lydia eDjenoune, and Lydia eDjenoune, and Lydia eDjenoune, and Lydia eDjenoune, and Hanen eKhabou, and Hanen eKhabou, and Hanen eKhabou, and Hanen eKhabou, and Fanny eJoubert, and Fanny eJoubert, and Feng B. Quan, and Feng B. Quan, and Sophie eNunes Figueiredo, and Sophie eNunes Figueiredo, and Sophie eNunes Figueiredo, and Sophie eNunes Figueiredo, and Laurence eBodineau, and Laurence eBodineau, and Filippo eDel Bene, and Filippo eDel Bene, and Filippo eDel Bene, and Céline eBurcklé, and Céline eBurcklé, and Céline eBurcklé, and Céline eBurcklé, and Céline eBurcklé, and Hervé eTostivint, and Hervé eTostivint, and Claire eWyart, and Claire eWyart, and Claire eWyart, and Claire eWyart

Over ninety years ago, Kolmer and Agduhr identified spinal cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons (CSF-cNs) based on their morphology and location within the spinal cord. In more than two hundred vertebrate species, they observed ciliated neurons around the central canal that extended a brush of microvilli into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Although their morphology is suggestive of a primitive sensory cell, their function within the vertebrate spinal cord remains unknown. The identification of...

Jay J Lunden, and Jay J Lunden, and Conall G McNicholl, and Christopher R Sears, and Cheryl L Morrison, and Erik eCordes

Changing global climate due to anthropogenic emissions of CO2 are driving rapid changes in the physical and chemical environment of the oceans via warming, deoxygenation, and acidification. These changes may threaten the persistence of species and populations across a range of latitudes and depths, including species that support diverse biological communities that in turn provide ecological stability and support commercial interests. Worldwide, but particularly in the North Atlantic and deep Gul...

Edward Barriga, and Carlos Salazar, and Jacqueline Palacios, and Miguel Romero, and Aldo Rodríguez

Se determinó la distribución, abundancia relativa y estructura poblacional de Haliporoides diomedeae frente a la zona norte de Perú (3°30'S-10°00'S), con los resultados de dos cruceros desarrollados en 2007 y 2008 a bordo del B/O Miguel Oliver, que realizó investigaciones de la fauna bentodemersal entre 200 y 1.500 m de profundidad, mediante un muestreo al azar estratificado de arrastre de fondo. En 122 lances realizados en cuatro sectores y tres estratos se capturó un total de 48.056 kg, compue...

Italo Fernández, and Marco Antonio Retamal, and Miguel Mansilla, and Francisco Yáñez, and Víctor Campos, and Carlos Smith, and Guillermo Puentes, and Ariel Valenzuela, and Hernán González

Epibionts on the surface of the skin and shell of a specimen of Chelonia mydas and three Lepidochelys olivacea found floating on the coast of Concepción, Chile, between June 2010 and December 2012, were analyzed. These epibionts were analyzed during the clinical inspection and the tissue changes related to its settlement, with filamentous algae around, were observed. Subsequently, the epibionts were identified by morphological observation. The knowledge about theses epibionts in Chile is reviewe...

E. Oyague Passuni, and M.S. Maldonado Fonkén

Peatlands (known as bofedales in the Peruvian Andes) provide important social and environmental services in the Peruvian Puna ecoregion, especially as sources of water and forage for domestic livestock. In biological terms, these peatlands are key habitats with their own community structure, dynamics and interactions; and they serve as biodiversity hotspots within the High Andes. In this article we assess the relationships between: (i) physical structure, (ii) water quality, (iii) plant communit...

Andrea Marazzo, and Jean L. Valentin

Two species of marine cladocerans, Penilia avirostris Dana, 1852 and Evadne tergestina Claus, 1877 were collected in thirteen samples at a fixed station in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro (30-meter depth) by means of vertical tows with a 200 µm mesh size net at different times from September 12th to 15th, 1995. The parthenogenetic females of Evadne tergestina bore mature embryos (with pigmented eye) only in the samples collected at night, whereas Penilia avirostris at any time of day. This phenome...

Igor Kolegaev

A proper marine transport development should provide independence of foreign trade and increase efficiency of national economy due to expansion of transport services export. However, to achieve these goals, optimization of investments and proper development and management of functional activity of fleet and ports are required. Normalized development and marine transport potential of a country, as shown by the experience of world’s leading maritime states, predetermine high functional efficiency ...

Cusack SL, and Jaros M, and Kuss M, and Minkowitz HS, and Winkle P, and Hemsen L

Susan L Cusack,1 Mark Jaros,2 Michael Kuss,3 Harold S Minkowitz,4 Peter Winkle,5 Lisa Hemsen61Cusack Pharmaceutical Consulting, Burlington, NJ, 2Summit Analytical, Denver, CO, USA; 3Premier Research Group, Austin, TX, USA; 4Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA; 5Advanced Clinical Research Institute, Anaheim, CA, USA; 6Innocoll Technologies, Athlone, IrelandBackground: XaraColl&amp;reg;, a collagen-based implant that delivers bupivacaine to the site of surgical trauma, ...

Nataša Mori, and Anton Brancelj

Microcrustacean (Copepoda, Ostracoda) assemblages were investigated at the interface of the vadose and phreatic zones in the alpine karstic aquifer from the Julian Alps in Slovenia (SE Europe). Two temporary and one perennial karstic outlets were sampled by filtering the water several times over 2 years. Concurrently, benthos from the mouth of a perennial spring and from an adjacent spring brook were collected. Altogether 24 microcrustacean species were recorded. The spatial and temporal variati...

A. M. Sayer, and G. E. Thomas, and R. G. Grainger

A model of the sea surface bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) is presented for the visible and near-IR channels (over the spectral range 550 nm to 1.6 μm) of the dual-viewing Along-Track Scanning Radiometers (ATSRs). The intended application is as part of the Oxford-RAL Aerosols and Clouds (ORAC) retrieval scheme. The model accounts for contributions to the observed reflectance from whitecaps, sun-glint and underlight. Uncertainties in the parametrisations used in the BRDF mo...

J. Zumaque, and F. Eynaud, and S. Zaragosi, and F. Marret, and K. M. Matsuzaki, and C. Kissel, and D. M. Roche, and B. Malaizé, and E. Michel, and I. Billy, and T. Richter, and E. Palis

The rapid climatic variability characterising the Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 3 (~60–30 cal ka BP) provides key issues to understand the atmosphere–ocean–cryosphere dynamics. Here we investigate the response of sea-surface paleoenvironments to the MIS3 climatic variability through the study of a high resolution oceanic sedimentological archive (core MD99-2281, 60°21' N; 09°27' W; 1197 m water depth), retrieved during the MD114-IMAGES (International Marine Global Change Study) cruise from the sou...

Marcelo B Jatene, and Luiz Fernando Caneo, and Carla Tanamati, and Leonardo Mulinari, and Vinicius José da Silva Nina

Leonardo Maltchik, and Marina Schmidt Dalzochiov, and Cristina Stenert, and Ana Silvia Rolon

The selection of priority areas is an enormous challenge for biodiversity conservation. Some biogeographic methods have been used to identify the priority areas to conservation, and panbiogeography is one of them. This study aimed at the utilization of panbiogeographic tools, to identify the distribution patterns of aquatic insect genera, in wetland systems of an extensive area in the Neotropical region (~280 000km²), and to compare the distribution of the biogeographic units identified by the a...

Rocío Mariano-Jelicich, and Germán García, and Marco Favero

Lagoons along the western coast of the South Atlantic Ocean shelter high densities of juvenile fish and are key areas for several seabirds that rely on the resources offered by this kind of ecosystem. The objective of this study was to analyze fish composition and abundance in shallow-water areas of the estuarine region of Mar Chiquita Coastal Lagoon (Argentina) and the diet composition of the Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) during its non-breeding season as well as evaluating its inter-annual va...

Ana Claudia Sánchez-Ortiz, and Antonio Luna-González, and Ángel Isidro Campa-Córdova, and Ruth Escamilla-Montes, and María del Carmen Flores-Miranda, and José Manuel Mazón-Suástegui

In aquaculture, probiotics have been tested for enhancing the immune system and promoting growth and survival rate of many marine species like shrimp and mollusks. In order to isolate bacteria with a high probiotic potential for marine shellfish aquaculture, homogenates of the gastrointestinal tract from adult mangrove cockle, Anadara tuberculosa, were obtained to perform in vitro and in vivo assays. Isolates were tested in vitro for hemolytic activity, hydrophobicity, tolerance to ammonia nitro...

Ivchenko Vladislav, and Boronilov Anatoly

Russia promotes the application of GLONASS satellite information system in regional economies. In three regions, the system has already been introduced and is widely used, 21 more regions are introducing the system. Experts believe that this process will take from 3 to 5 years. The introduction and integrated use of GLONASS pose a number of organizational and economic problems for regional administrations. One of such problems is the evaluation of economic benefit from GLONASS implementation in ...

Chandhirasekar Devakumar, and Hemalatha Gopalakrishnan, and Arulvasu Chinnasamy, and Balakumar Subramanian, and Prabhu Durai

Abstract Background The silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are used in the production of numerous commercial and medical products and are found to have adverse effects on animals. The sessile marine polychaete worm, Hydroides elegans, was examined for the influence of AgNPs on external fertilization and early developmental stages. Results Toxicity of AgNPs at various concentrations were examined on germ cells, fertilization rate, and early developmental stages. The EC50 was evaluated as 3 nM AgNPs; ho...

Roberto M. CENCI

The aim of this work is to verify whether water moss (Fontinalis antipyretica) could be used as a monitor of trace element contamination in lotic and lentic waters. The investigation was split up the into three sequential experimental trials. 1) Experiments have been set up in lab in order to evaluate the amount of trace elements (Cd, Pb, Cr, Cu and Hg) released by moss during a period of 133 days, under controlled chemical-physical conditions. A release of 64% of Hg, 83% of Cr and 70% of Pb was...

Hyun Ji Lee, and Sung Hwan Park, and In Seong Yoon, and Gyoon-Woo Lee, and Yong Jung Kim, and Jin-Soo Kim, and Min Soo Heu

Abstract Roe is the term used to describe fish eggs (oocytes) gathered in skeins and is one of the most valuable food products from fishery sources. Thus, means of processing are required to convert the underutilized yellowfin tuna roes (YTR) into more marketable and acceptable forms as protein concentrate. Roe protein concentrates (RPCs) were prepared by cooking condition (boil-dried concentrate, BDC and steam-dried concentrate, SDC, respectively) and un-cooking condition (freeze-dried concentr...

Hiroyuki Kumeta, and Haruka Nakayama, and Kenji Ogura

Abstract Although fish is an important part of the human diet, it is also a common source of food allergy. The major allergen in fish is parvalbumin, a well-conserved Ca2+-binding protein found in the white muscle of many fish species. Here, we studied the solution structure of the parvalbumin Sco j 1, derived from the Pacific mackerel, using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We mapped the IgE-binding epitope proposed in a recent study onto the present structure. Interestingly, three of f...

Mari A. Sandell, and Maria Carmen Collado

Abstract Background Microbial communities are influenced by environmental factors including host genetics. We investigated the relationship between host bitter taste receptor genotype hTAS2R38 and oral microbiota, together with the influence of geographical location. Methods hTAS2R38 polymorphisms and 16S bacterial gene sequencing from oral samples were analyzed from a total of 45 healthy volunteers from different geographical locations. Results Genetic variation in the bitter taste receptor TAS...

Amila Sandaruwan Ratnayake, and Chaminda Wimal Kularathne, and Yoshikazu Sampei

Abstract The Mannar Basin is an under-explored offshore sedimentary basin in terms of petroleum geology. The Cretaceous to Paleogene cutting samples were collected in three offshore exploration wells (i.e. the Dorado North, Dorado and Barracuda) in the Mannar Basin. In this study, kerogen type, quantity and thermal maturity of sedimentary organic matter were ascertained using Rock–Eval pyrolysis and vitrinite reflectance analyses. In addition, 1-D basin modelling was used to analyse the timing o...

Subha Raju, and Madhumathi Sivamurugan, and Karuna Gunasagaran, and Thirunavukkarasu Subramani, and Munuswamy Natesan

Abstract Background Resisting degradation, nonylphenol (NP) remains as a critical compound contaminating many habitats. Prevalence of nonylphenol in the ecosystem of Indian coastlines is not well documented as that of fresh water. Hence, the present study was intended to estimate the concentration of nonylphenol from water and sediments samples of Chennai (Madras) coastline which is polluted with anthropogenic activities from the city. Results Six stations were sampled such as Ennore mouth, Enno...

T. H. Rose, and D. A. Smale, and G. Botting

Over 2000 km of Western Australian coastline experienced a significant marine heat wave in February and March 2011. Seawater temperature anomalies of +2–4 °C were recorded at a number of locations, and satellite-derived SSTs (sea surface temperatures) were the highest on record. Here, we present seawater temperatures from southwestern Australia and describe, in detail, the marine climatology of Cockburn Sound, a large, multiple-use coastal embayment. We compared temperature and dissolved oxygen ...

Méndez-Gómez, E., and Rivas-Montaño, A.M., and Cortés-Ruiz, J.A.

Given the incidence of human poisonings attributed to raw shrimp consumption in southern of Sinaloa and northern of Nayarit in recent years, white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) was sampled from three wildestuaries where it’s been captured and one sample was taken from a sale center in order to determine the possible presence of toxigenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus, from May to December of 2012. Samples were analyzed by Biochemical test and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), they were also te...

L. Tramontana, and I. Ortosecco, and F. Giordano

We highlight the fractal behaviour of marine measurement networks when determining the Earth's total magnetic field and the spatial trend of the field itself. This approach is a convenient alternative method of assessing the coverage of an area by a set of measurements whenever the environmental situations do not permit a regular distribution of the measurement points. The Earth's magnetic field is sampled in marine areas when the measuring apparatus is moving, even at low speeds, whilst attempt...

N. Goldenson, and S. J. Doherty, and C. M. Bitz, and M. M. Holland, and B. Light, and A. J. Conley

The presence of light-absorbing aerosol particles deposited on arctic snow and sea ice influences the surface albedo, causing greater shortwave absorption, warming, and loss of snow and sea ice, lowering the albedo further. The Community Earth System Model version 1 (CESM1) now includes the radiative effects of light-absorbing particles in snow on land and sea ice and in sea ice itself. We investigate the model response to the deposition of black carbon and dust to both snow and sea ice. For the...

M.J. Islam

During dry season, physico-chemical properties of waters from 30 ponds of Thakugaon Sadar Upazila, Thakurgaon, Bangladesh were analyzed for its quality and suitability for aquaculture. The variation in the physico-chemical parameters of the aquaculture ponds above or below standard values has potential effects on the health and productivity of aquaculture. Overall, we found that the pond water were acidic to neutral in nature (pH varied from 6.0 to 7.2) and could be suitable for aquaculture. The...

Gaspar González-Sansón, and Consuelo Aguilar, and Ivet Hernández, and Yureidy Cabrer, and Noelis Suarez-Montes, and Fernando Bretos, and David Guggenheim

The main goal of the study was to obtain field data to build a baseline of fish assemblage composition that can be used comparatively for future analyses of the impact of human actions in the region. A basic network of 68 sampling stations was defined for the entire region (4 050 km2). Fish assemblage species and size composition was estimated using visual census methods at three different spatial scales: a) entire region, b) inside the main reef area and c) along a human impact coastal gradient...

Radiša R. Stefanović

The paper analyzes the flow of some multimedia services, and points to the possibility of applying some of the services in the broadband environment to improve the logistic needs of the army. The need to convey information in different forms (from text, data, graphics, still pictures to video motion pictures) is increasing continually. Requests for information transfer in high resolution require increasing the flow to several dozens of Mb/s. Broadband represents the platform for a wide range of ...

Juliana Rizzo Gnatta, and Patricia Petrone Piason, and Cristiane de Lion Botero Couto Lopes, and Noemi Marisa Brunet Rogenski, and Maria Júlia Paes da Silva

Objective: To verify if the use of ylang ylang essential oil by cutaneous application or inhalation alters the anxiety and self-esteem perception and physiological parameters as blood pressure and temperature. Method : A pilot study with 34 professionals from a nursing group randomized in three groups: one received the ylang ylang essential oil by cutaneous application, the second received through inhalation and the third (placebo) received the ylang ylang essence through cutaneous application. ...

Unnikrishnan B, and Rekha T, and Kumar Ganesh, and Reshmi B, and Mithra P, and Sanjeev B

D. V. Stepanov, and V. V. Novotryasov

Observational evidence is presented for interaction between nonlinear internal Kelvin waves at the &omega;_t,i (where the &omega;_t is the semidiurnal frequency and the &omega;_i is the inertial frequency) and random oscillations of the background coastal current at the sub-inertial Ω frequency in the Japan/East Sea. Enhanced coastal currents at the sum &omega;₊ and difference ω-frequencies &omega;_&plusmn;=&omega;_t,i &plusmn; &Omega;...

Nelson N. Turgo

Places in the contemporary world are subjected to the workings of differentiating logics, foremost of which is globalization and to the other end, the counter-logic of localization, which results in, amongst others, the instantiation of differing spaces. These spaces, oftentimes co-existing and overlapping, are a result of contrapuntal forces, enacting their own colonization of places by people of varying interests. This article explores the other uses of kumisyunan (fish trading houses) by magr...

L. Cucci

The Sibari Plain in the Northeastern Calabrian Arc displays a well-developed suite of marine terraces. This paper&#13; deals with i) the identification and correlation of the terraces; ii) their age assignment and a tentative reconstruction&#13; of the uplift history of the area; iii) the relationships between terraces and major faults in the study area and between uplift in the Plain and pattern of Quaternary uplift throughout the Calabrian Arc. Identifying wavecut platforms and inner-edge frag...

Sato J, and Nakaaki S, and Torii K, and Oka M, and Negi A, and Tatsumi H, and Narumoto J, and Furukawa TA, and Mimura M

Junko Sato,1 Shutaro Nakaaki,2 Katsuyoshi Torii,1 Mizuki Oka,2 Atsushi Negi,1 Hiroshi Tatsumi,3 Jin Narumoto,4 Toshi A Furukawa,5 Masaru Mimura21Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, 2Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 3Department of Health Science, Faculty of Psychological and Physical Science, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, 4Department of Psychiatry, Graduate Schoo...

Renata Beatriz Fernandes Santos, and Andréa Tortosa Marangoni, and Adriana Neves de Andrade, and Marilena Manno Vieira, and Karin Zazo Ortiz, and Daniela Gil

OBJETIVO: verificar o desempenho de indivíduos pós-traumatismo cranioencefálico em testes comportamentais para avaliação do processamento auditivo. MÉTODO: participaram da pesquisa 10 indivíduos audiologicamente normais com histórico de trauma craniano. Foram submetidos a: audiometria tonal liminar, logoaudiometria, medidas de imitância acústica (timpanometria e pesquisa dos reflexos acústicos) e avaliação comportamental do processamento auditivo (Testes de Localização Sonora, Memória Sequencial...

Virag Venekey, and Tatianne Pereira Gomes de Melo

Abstract Shrimp farming reduces demand on wild fishery stocks and avoids environmental damage resulting from fishing practices, however, it has the potential to affect the water quality if not properly managed. In this study the impacts of a shrimp farm in an Amazonian estuary were evaluated, focusing on changes in nematodes regarding taxonomic composition, richness, density and diversity. Sampling was conducted in August 2004 (dry season) and January 2005 (rainy season) in the river at stations...