M. A. Nosov, and S. V. Kolesov, and A. V. Denisova

Rapid co-seismic bottom displacements during strong submarine earthquake give rise to intensive low-frequency elastic oscillations of water layer. Nonlinear energy transfer from the elastic oscillations to long gravitational waves may provide an additional contribution to tsunami. The nonlinear tsunami generation mechanism is examined analytically. Finiteness of bottom elasticity is taken into account. General parameters responsible for amplitude and energy of the nonlinear contribution to tsuna...

Angelo Martins Fraga, and Josy Zarur de Matos, and Maurício Eduardo Graipel, and Maurício Lenzi, and Afonso Inácio Orth

Evolutionary adaptations in the morphology and physiology of cactus species have been associated to their mechanisms of dispersal and colonization. The dispersal mechanisms and modes of Opuntia monacantha (Willd.) Haw. (Cactaceae) were characterized in two beaches in Florianopolis, SC, Brazil. A marsupial from the genus Didelphis (Mammalia: Didelphidae) was the only frugivorous and, thus, disperser of fruits, presenting specific eating places. The maritime hydrochory was due to the overwash on r...

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

Objective　To investigate the epidemiology and relative risk factors of functional gastroduodenal disorders (FGD) in servicemen of a Chinese naval force. Methods　The officers and soldiers in a Chinese naval force were surveyed by multistage stratified random cluster sampling method according to FGID Rome Ⅲ classification and diagnostic criteria. FGD was diagnosed and classified by the international harmonization evaluation method (SA for Rome Ⅲ-DQ). Results　8600 officers and soldiers were include...

Rajesh Hosadurga, and Vinita Boloor, and Rajesh Kashyap

Context: In developing countries many chronic conditions including periodontitis are on the rise. Oral health attitudes and beliefs are important factors affecting oral health behavior. Aims: The aim of this pilot study was to assess the existing knowledge about periodontal disease and its impact on treatment seeking behavior in a group of population visiting the out-patient Department of Periodontics, Yenepoya Dental College, India. This study also attempted to identify deficit in the knowledge...

Ernesto Otero, and Kelly K Carbery

Studies of temporal and spatial changes in phytoplankton biomass and turbidity provide essential information on coral reef ecosystem function and health.Fluctuation of phytoplankton biomass responds to several factors including nutrient inputs,both anthropogenic and natural,while turbidity is mostly affected by sediment resuspension or transport from terrestrial systems.These parameters can be used as sentinels of significant environmental factors "modifying "coral reef systems.A chlorophyll a c...

Murilo Zanetti Marochi, and Setuko Masunari

Abstract Brachyuran crabs are one of the most diverse taxa of crustaceans, occurring in almost all coastal habitats. Due to their high morphological diversification, the authors sought to ascertain the existence of morphological patterns related to the habitat of coastal brachyuran crabs. We analyzed 17 species from mangrove forests, rocky shores, sandy beaches and exclusively aquatic marine/estuarine ecosystems. A total of 16 linear measurements of males and 17 of females were obtained for each...

Levent Yurga, and Tufan Koray, and Aslı Başaran-Kaymakçı, and Özdemir Egemen

Hülya Saygı, and Şahin Saka, and Kürşat Fırat, and Tuncer Katağan

Sven O. Kullander, and Carlos A. Santos de Lucena

Six species of Crenicichla, three of which are new, are recognized from the Atlantic coastal rivers of souhteastern Brazil from the state of Bahia south to the state of Rio Grande do Sul: C. mucuryna (upper rio Mucuri, Minas Gerais), C. lacustris (from the rio Paraíba do Sul north to the rio Buranhem, Bahia), C. iguapina, new species (rio Ribeira de Iguape), C. tingui, new species (from the rio Itapocu to the rio Nhundiaquara drainage), C. maculata, new species (lagoa dos Quadros, rio Maquiné, R...

Esat Tarık Topkara, and Süleyman Balık

G. C. M. Vinken, and K. F. Boersma, and A. van Donkelaar, and L. Zhang

We present a top-down ship NO_x emission inventory for the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea based on satellite-observed tropospheric NO₂ columns of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) for 2005–2006. We improved the representation of ship emissions in the GEOS-Chem chemistry transport model, and compared simulated NO₂ columns to consistent satellite observations. Relative differences between simulated and observed NO<sub>2</s...

Rafael Abós, and Glòria Pérez, and Enric Rovira, and Jaume Canela, and Jaume Domènech, and Josep R. Bardina

Objetivo: El programa piloto BEDTAR (Boletín Estadístico de Defunción en Tarragona) evaluó el cambio en la calidad de la certificación de las defunciones, tras una intervención formativa a los médicos de atención primaria del Ámbito de Tarragona, en Cataluña. Diseño: Estudio evaluativo «antes-después» con intervención y sin grupo control. Emplazamiento y participantes: La población objeto de estudio estaba constituida por los médicos de la red reformada de atención primaria del AT. Material y mé...

Wall GC, and Krypel LL, and Miller MJ, and Rees DM

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a complex disorder, with primary symptoms of sleep disturbances, pain, and fatigue. FMS is one of the most common reasons for patient visits to a rheumatologist. Previous studies have suggested that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in patients with rheumatic diseases is common, but such data specific to FMS patients is limited. Objective: The following study sought to describe the prevalence of CAM use in a primary care practice of patients with FMS...

Cremades Ugarte, Javier, and Freire Gago, Oscar, and Peteiro García, César

Undaria pinnatifida is an Asian seaweed that is valuable as an edible species. This kelp was first reported for Spain in the 1980s on Galician coasts, where it is now widely distributed and incorporated into the native community. In Galicia, intertidal populations of the sporophytic phase typically inhabit sites under moderate wave-exposure in the early spring, albeit they can be found throughout the year as the species displays at least two recruitment periods per year. The morphology varies be...

Adolfo Rafael de Roodt, and Ernesto de Titto, and Jorge Adrián Dolab, and Jean-Philippe Chippaux

Envenomation by coral snakes (Micrurus sp.) is one of the most dangerous injuries in America and it is considered as a serious medical emergency, however bites by these snakes appear to be rare. We analyzed epidemiological data, clinical signs and antivenom use in Argentina during the period between 1979-2003. During this period of study 46 non-fatal Micrurus bites were reported. The majority of cases were men from 31 to 40 years old. Bites occurred primarily in spring and summer. Most cases wer...

S. Y. Philip, and M. Collins, and G. J. van Oldenborgh, and B. J. J. M. van den Hurk

We examine the behaviour of the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in an ensemble of global climate model simulations with perturbations to parameters in the atmosphere and ocean components respectively. The influence of the uncertainty in these parametrisations on ENSO are investigated systematically. The ensemble exhibits a range of different ENSO behaviour in terms of the amplitude and spatial structure of the sea surface temperature (SST) variability. The nature of the individual feedback...

J. Franke, and A. Paul, and M. Schulz

When dating marine samples with ¹⁴C, the reservoir-age effect is usually assumed to be constant, although atmospheric ¹⁴C production rate and ocean circulation changes cause temporal and spatial reservoir-age variations. These lead to dating errors, which can limit the interpretation of cause and effect in paleoclimate data. We used a global ocean circulation model forced by transient atmospheric &amp;Delta;¹⁴C variations to calculate reservoir ages for the last ...

R. H. Rhodes, and N. A. N. Bertler, and J. A. Baker, and H. C. Steen-Larsen, and S. B. Sneed, and U. Morgenstern, and S. J. Johnsen

Increasing paleoclimatic evidence suggests that the Little Ice Age (LIA) was a global climate change event. Understanding the forcings and associated climate system feedbacks of the LIA is made difficult by the scarcity of Southern Hemisphere paleoclimate records. We use a new glaciochemical record of a coastal ice core from Mt. Erebus Saddle, Antarctica, to reconstruct atmospheric and oceanic conditions in the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica over the past five centuries. The LIA is identified in ...

M. Zhelamskij

In this paper we explore how to use the magnetic tracking technique for indoor navigation. The six degrees of freedom (6 DoF) magnetic tracking technology is selected because it is less influenced by the environment and has the highest accuracy among other techniques. A new method is proposed, called the alternating direct current (ADC) method, which permits one to get a double update rate, reduce the influence of Earth's magnetic field by a factor of 2 and reduce the power consumption by a fact...

R.P. Deepa, and A.B. Kumar

The paper provides a succinct description of two species of seacucumbers, Holothuria (Semperothuria) imitans Ludwig and Stichopus herrmanni Semper, recorded for the first time from the southwest coast of India.

Mayra Lorena Riveron-Enzastiga, and Noel Carbajal, and David Salas-Monreal

The acoustic Doppler current profiler, temperature, salinity and density data set were recorded monthly over the course of a year in a tropical coral reef system to elucidate the effects of abrupt bathymetric changes on current variability and surface temperature over time. A minimum of five transect repetitions were performed during one diurnal tidal cycle each month during the year 2008. According to the empirical orthogonal functions, the dominant terms were advection and friction due to the ...

A.R. Jamnia, and S.M. Mazloumzadeh, and A.A. Keikha

This paper presents an analysis of technical efficiency of fishery in the Chabahar region, Southern Iran. Chabahar is in the northern end of the Gulf of Oman, is an important case study, having access to 200 km of unspoiled long coastline rich in different varieties of marine life, and fishery is one of the most important economic activities in the region. A Cobb–Douglas stochastic production frontier, including a model for vessel-specific inefficiencies was applied to obtain technical efficienc...

S. T. Lennartz, and G. Krysztofiak, and C. A. Marandino, and B.-M. Sinnhuber, and S. Tegtmeier, and F. Ziska, and R. Hossaini, and K. Krüger, and S. A. Montzka, and E. Atlas, and D. E. Oram, and T. Keber, and H. Bönisch, and B. Quack

Marine-produced short-lived trace gases such as dibromomethane (CH₂Br₂), bromoform (CHBr₃), methyliodide (CH₃I) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) significantly impact tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry. Describing their marine emissions in atmospheric chemistry models as accurately as possible is necessary to quantify their impact on ozone depletion and Earth's radiative budget. So far, marine emissions of trace gases have mainly been prescribed from ...

Stes Aleksej Vladimirovich

In the paper, the data of the red king crab by-catch in demersal fishing in the South-Eastern part of the Barents Sea, including those in the areas forbidden to trawling are presented. The impact of the catch of demersal fish on the distribution of the king crab is analyzed. It was shown that intensive fishing contributes to the growth of crabs’ density, possibly, they are attracted by the wastes of fish factories.

Gianni Gilioli, and Anna Maria Caroli, and Getachew Tikubet, and Hans R. Herren, and Johann Baumgärtner

This paper presents a framework for the development of socio-eco- logical systems towards enhanced sustainability. Emphasis is given to the dynamic properties of complex, adaptive social-ecological systems, their structure and to the fundamental role of agriculture. The tangible components that meet the needs of specific projects executed in Kenya and Ethiopia encompass project objectives, innovation, facilitation, continuous recording and analyses of monitoring data, that allow adaptive managem...

Mićković B., and Nikčević M., and Hegediš A., and Regner S., and Gačić Z., and Krpo-Ćetković Jasmina

Three localities, representing three distinct coastal areas, were investigated: 1. the mouth of the Sutorina River; 2. the mouth of the Jaška River; 3. the mouth of the Bojana River (right branch). Regarding the composition of young mullet assemblages, Lisa saliens, Lisa ramada and Lisa aurata were dominant at the first locality; L. aurata and Chelon labrosus at the second; and at the third L. ramada was clearly dominant, Mugil cephalus occupied the subdominant position, while L. aurata was abse...

Francisco Manoel de Souza Braga

Os peixes foram amostrados quatro vezes em cada local, de julho de 2001 a abril de 2002: inverno (julho de 2001), primavera (outubro de 2001), verão (fevereiro de 2002) e outono (abril de 2002). Foram amostrados segmentos de cinco riachos no sistema do Ribeirão Grande (22o 47’ 08’’ S, 45o 28’ 17’’W). Coletas quantitativas foram feitas com um aparelho de pesca-elétrica ligado a um gerador com capacidade máxima de 1.500 V e 8,7 A de 600 Hz de corrente alternada. Alimentação, mudanças na gordura vi...

Anthony V Nguyen, and Micaela Martinez, and Michael J Stamos, and Mary P Moyer, and Kestutis Planutis, and Christopher Hope, and Randall F Holcombe

Anthony V Nguyen1, Micaela Martinez1, Michael J Stamos2, Mary P Moyer3, Kestutis Planutis1, Christopher Hope1 Randall F Holcombe11Division of Hematology/Oncology and Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 2Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine CA, USA; 3Incell Corporation, San Antonio, TX USAContext: Resveratrol exhibits colon cancer prevention activity in animal models; it is purported to have this activity in humans and inhibit a key signaling pathway involved in colon canc...

ABDELNABY ORABI, and ALI ABDELREHEEM, and KHALED EL-HADDAD, and GAMAL EL-MESIRY, and WAHID FARAG, and AISHA BELAL, and MOHAMMED NASSAR, and FAHMY EL-GAMMAL, and MOHAMMED SHOKRY AHMED AMMAR, and AMGAD SHAABAN

Ammar MSA,El-Gammal F, Nassar M, Belal A, Farag W, El-Mesiry G, El-Haddad K, Orabi A, Abdelreheem A, Shaaban A. 2013. Review: Current trends in coral transplantation – an approach to preserve biodiversity. Biodiversitas 14: 43-53. The increasing rates of coral mortality associated with the rise in stress factors and the lack of adequate recovery worldwide have urged recent calls for actions by the scientific, conservation, and reef management communities. This work reviews the current trends in ...

Kaki C., and d’Almeida G.A.F., and Yalo N., and Amelina S.

This paper summarizes the tectonosedimentary development and petroleum system of the Offshore Benin Basin (OBB). In accordance with structural development, the stratigraphic succession of this basin was divided into 4 sequences: pre-rift (up to Late Jurassic); rift (Neocomian to Lower Cretaceous); transitional (Cenomanian to Santonian) and post-rift (Maastrichtian-Holocene) sequences. Only one Upper Cretaceous petroleum system is well known within this basin. Source rocks of this system con...

Luiz Fernando Ferreira Pereira, and Eliane Viana Mancuzo, and Camila Farnese Rezende, and Ricardo de Amorim Côrrea

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate respiratory muscle strength and six-minute walk test (6MWT) variables in patients with uncontrolled severe asthma (UCSA). METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving UCSA patients followed at a university hospital. The patients underwent 6MWT, spirometry, and measurements of respiratory muscle strength, as well as completing the Asthma Control Test (ACT). The Mann-Whitney test was used in order to analyze 6MWT variables, whereas the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to ...

Anne Caroline BELUSSO, and Barbara Arruda NOGUEIRA, and Leandra Schuastz BREDA, and Marina Leite MITTERER-DALTOÉ

Abstract The objective of this paper is to develop a fish-based product. Through the innovative sensorial check all that apply (CATA) technique, employed in two stages of the development of the product – market research and the sensorial and hedonistic characterization of the final product – the aim was to develop a fish by-product that could respond to the needs of the consumer market. Results showed that the CATA technique is an important instrument for researching the consumer market and indi...

MR Begum

The chemical composition of four edible plant foods species, three fish species and one prawn were analyzed in Food Chemistry Laboratory of Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran in 2014. The analysis of fatty acid and sugars composition were performed by gas liquid chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography, respectively. Protein and lipid content were founded higher in baked and fried in fish S. commersonnianus (74.29%), (20.20%), fish Sphyraena helleri...

Suvaluck Satumanatpan, and Sureeporn Thummikkapong, and Kamalaporn Kanongdate

Biodiversity of benthic fauna was high in the seagrass ecosystem in Kung Krabaen Bay even though the bay’s coasthad many intensive shrimp farms. Halodule pinifolia and Enhalus acoroides were two species of seagrasses distributedwidely in the bay. Their biomass was higher in summer than in the rainy season. 27 families of polychaetes and 10 species ofgastropods were predominantly distributed in the seagrass beds and their biodiversity indices were not different amongtransects (North, East, South)...

R. Samur, and L. Ozyegin, and D. Agaogullari, and F. N. Oktar, and S. Agathopoulos, and C. Kalkandelen, and I. Duman, and B. Ben-Nissan

This study aims to produce apatite structures, such as hydroxyapatite (HA) and fluorapatite (FA), from precursor calcium phosphates of biological origin, namely from sea urchin, with mechano-chemical stirring and hot-plating conversion method. The produced materials were heat treated at 800 °C for 4 hours. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies were conducted. Calcium phosphate phases were developed. The SEM images showed the formation of micro to nano-powders. The expe...

Pete Hay

This paper argues for a shift in the focus of island-themed scholarship away from theories of islandness toward an engagement with psychologies of island experience. The former project has become mired in intractable dilemmas. The present paper pursues two linked lines of observation. First, it is maintained that integral to any coherent notion of islandness is a psychology that simultaneously assimilates containment with remoteness and isolation (the latter not to be equated with disconnectedne...

Padma Rekha Jirge, and Shruti Mahesh Chougule, and Vijayamala Gurudas Gavali, and Deepali Atul Bhomkar

Objective: To evaluate the role of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) supplementation in women with poor ovarian response (POR) undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF). Design: Prospective case-control study. Setting: Private tertiary fertility clinic. MATERIALS AND Methods: 31 infertile women with POR diagnosed as per the Bologna criteria. Interventions: DHEA supplementation for 2 months and a subsequent IVF cycle, after two previous IVF cycles with POR. Main Outcome Measure(S): Dose and duration of...

Carolina Moreira Voloch, and Antonio Mateo Solé-Cava

The sea-bob shrimp, Xiphopenaeus kroyeri, is one of the most important economic marine resources along the entire Brazilian coast. Nevertheless, despite its economic importance, no studies have examined the population genetics of this species. In this paper, we used ten allozyme loci to study the pattern of genetic structuring in X. kroyeri along the southeastern Brazilian coast. Seven of the ten analyzed loci were polymorphic, yielding observed heterozygosity values higher than those reported f...

Cristina Ballarin, and Lara Papini, and Alessandro Bortolotto, and Camilla Butti, and Antonella Peruffo, and Roberta Sassu, and Sandro Mazzariol, and Bruno Cozzi

<strong>Abstract</strong>&#13; This paper reports on the activities of the Mediterranean Tissue Bank for Marine Mammals, established in January 2002. The bank collects fragments of tissues sampled from marine mammals stranded along the Mediterranean coastline and distributes them to scientists working in the field. Tissues are a critical resource for biomedical and innovative research in anatomy, histo-pathology, genetics and toxicology, and the bank exploits the potentials of stranded animals t...

Dieter Muehe, and M. Sperle, and Moysés Gonsalez Tessler, and S. R. Souza

Harvey Marcovitch

Liu Zhaofang, and Lin Hong

Moving ocean platforms, such as ship, fishing vessels and offshore platforms etc, suffer seriously from sea loads as wind, wave, currents and other environmental factors. Platforms’ motions induced from various sea loads have significant effects on crews aboard. Severe motions of the platform can make crew lose balance or cause motion induced interruptions (MIIs). This paper studies postural stability of crews on moving platforms based on Chinese anthropometric standards. The relationships betwe...

Sora Yasri, and Viroj Wiwanitkit

Objective: To call for attention that the problem of iodine deficiency and low salt quality can still be seen in sea coastal province. Methods: A total of 225 salt samples from each available marine salt shop in the sea coastal province of Thailand were collected. All samples were passed to the laboratory for the analysis of iodine content. The basic screening tool was I-KIT test (Mahidol University, Thailand), which was the standard test used in previous survey. Results: Of overall 2...

Prakash Mathiyalagen, and Anand Neelakantan, and Karthik Balusamy, and Kavita Vasudevan, and Johnson Cherian, and Bhuvaneswary Sunderamurthy

Background and Objectives: Renal stone disease is a common disorder of the urinary tract and also a significant problem because of incidence, recurrence, and severe consequences. The complex pathogenetic mechanisms of renal stone formation involve both biologic and environmental risk factors. The present study was performed to identify the role of these parameters among renal stone patients and normal individuals from a coastal union territory region in South India. Methods: The authors conducte...

Rafael Simões Coelho Barone, and Evandro Kleber Lorenz, and Daniel Yokoyama Sonoda, and José Eurico Possebon Cyrino

ABSTRACT: Along the last ten years fish and fishery product trade in Brazil has been on a downward trajectory turning a profit of US$ 98.6 million in 2005 into a loss of US$ 1.25 billion by 2014. On the other hand, the country is a leading producer of grains and has the third largest animal feed industry in the world, which has added 5.5 million hectares of freshwater reservoirs and 3.5 million km2 of an exclusive marine economic zone in the same period, a sizable potential for development of th...

Kamal Shigli, and Pradnya Kakodkar, and Neha Agrawal, and Mamata Hebbal, and Dayanand Huddar, and M Vikneshan

Background: The graduating dentist should be trained in providing treatment utilizing the interdisciplinary approach because of the rapid advancements and increase in patient expectations, which demands for collaboration between the different specialists. Purpose: A pilot study was undertaken with an aim to assess the perception and knowledge of dental interns toward interdepartmental coordination for successful prosthodontic treatment. Subjects and Methods: Dental interns from two dental colleg...

Hefner J, and Berberich S, and Lanvers E, and Sanning M, and Steimer A, and Kunzmann V

Jochen Hefner,1 Sara Berberich,2 Elena Lanvers,3 Maria Sanning,2 Ann-Kathrin Steimer,2 Volker Kunzmann4 1Section of Psychosomatic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Wuerzburg, 2Faculty of Medicine, University of Wuerzburg, Bavaria, 3Children&rsquo;s Hospital of the City of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 4Section of Clinical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Wuerzburg, Bavaria, Germany Background: Fear of cancer progression/recurrence (FOP/FC...

Wagner Franco Molina, and Oscar Shibatta, and Pedro Manoel Galetti Jr.

Cytogenetic analyses performed in populations of the Neotropical freshwater fish Leporinus elongatus of the Upper Paraná River basin showed a chromosome polymorphism involving heterochromatic segments of the nucleolar organizing pair in this species. The NOR-bearing chromosome pair was characterized by two phenotypes identified by the absence (C¹) or presence (C²) of a heterochromatic segment located in an interstitial position of the long arm in this pair. The meiotic segregation of these varia...

A. Penaud, and F. Eynaud, and A. Voelker, and M. Kageyama, and F. Marret, and J. L. Turon, and D. Blamart, and T. Mulder, and L. Rossignol

New dinocyst analyses were conducted on core MD99-2339 retrieved from the central Gulf of Cadiz. Dinocyst and foraminiferal assemblages from this core are combined with existing data off SW Portugal and NW Morocco to investigate past hydrological and primary productivity regimes in the subtropical NE Atlantic Ocean over the last 30 ka. Our results have revealed highest upwelling intensity during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS 1) and the Younger Dryas and weaker upwelling cells during the Last Glacial Ma...

Ravindra Pawar, and Chellandi Mohandass, and Elakkiya Sivaperumal, and Elaine Sabu, and Raju Rajasabapathy, and Tanaji Jagtap

Awareness on antioxidants and its significance in human healthcare has increased many folds in recent time. Increased demand requisite on welcoming newer and alternative resources for natural antioxidants. Seaweed associated pigmented bacteria screened for its antioxidant potentials reveals 55.5% of the organisms were able to synthesize antioxidant compounds. DPPH assay showed 20% of the organisms to reach a antioxidant zone of 1 cm and 8.3% of the strains more than 3 cm. Pseudomonas koreensis (...