Karma Yangchen, and Ramashanker Siddharth, and Saumyendra V Singh, and Raghuwar D Singh, and Himanshi Aggarwal, and Niraj Mishra, and Shuchi Tripathi, and Kirti Srivastava, and Teethraj Verma, and Pradeep Kumar

Background: Radiation stents made of Lipowitz metal or cerrobend alloy are commonly used to shield uninvolved tissues from electron beams used in therapeutic radiation treatment of head and neck cancers. However, studies investigating the efficacy of cerrobend shielding stent in patients with unilateral buccal carcinoma remain rare. Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of cerrobend shielding stents in minimizing the potential adverse effects of radiation on oral tissues in buccal carcinoma patients...

Tsuda, R.T., and Walsh, S.K.

The Polynesian algal bibliographic checklist is based on records from past references for American Samoa and Samoa (380 spp.), Cook Islands (111 spp.), Johnston Atoll (190 spp.), Line Islands (250 spp.), Niue (3 spp.), Phoenix Islands (193 spp.), Pitcairn Islands (23 spp.), Tokelau (1 sp.), Tonga (109 spp.), Wake Atoll (121 spp.) and Wallis and Futuna (191 spp.) and consists of three sections. The first section (I. Classification) provides a listing of classes, orders, and families of the 238 ge...

Daura R. Eiras-Stofella, and Suzane M. Fank-de-Carvalho

Gills of the seawater fish Cathorops spixii (Agassiz, 1829) were submitted to routine processing for observation in scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The wrinkled surface of the gill filaments showed well-defined cellular ultrastructures. Microridges on cellular surface were projected over all gill structures, including respiratory lamellae. Chloride cells were usually at primary lamellae. Some rodlet cells were found. Mucous secretory cells were uncommon at all parts of the gill ar...

Miguel Guevara, and César Lodeiros, and Olga Gómez, and Nathalie Lemus, and Paulino Núñez, and Lolymar Romero, and Aléikar Vásquez, and Néstor Rosales

Se realizaron cultivos discontinuos (medio Algal con 0.5 mM de NaNO3 y 27% de NaCl) de cinco cepas de Dunaliella sp., aisladas de diferentes lagunas hipersalinas de Venezuela (Araya, Coche, Peonía, Cumaraguas y Boca Chica) y una cepa de referencia (Dunaliella salina LB1644). Los bioensayos se mantuvieron a 25 ± 1 °C con aireación constante, fotoperiodo 12:12 y dos intensidades luminosas (195 y 390 µE.m-2.s-1) durante 30 días. El crecimiento celular se determinó diariamente mediante conteo celula...

Jana Kobelyanskaya, and Valentyna P. Bobykina, and Halina Piekarek-Jankowska

The paper presents a lithodynamic interpretation of the Polish-Russian morphological and lithological research project along the marine coastal zoneof the Vistula Spit, carried out between July and September 2008. 78.4% of the coastal zone is characterized by a balanced environment, with fractionaltransport of sediments as bed and suspended load. Deposition was observed in 8.2% of the study area. A dynamic environment with a deficit of bedmaterial, local turbulences and erosive trends were foun...

Ines Drenjančević-Perić, and Stjepan Meseljević, and Goran Martinović

Aim Coronary and heart diseases (CHD) represent one of thegreatest medical problems in the developed world. To facilitatethe CHD probability estimation procedure, as well as to speed upthe procedure of making and issuing patient’s final diagnosis, wedeveloped the Risk estimation application (‘’CHD Risk’’).Methods Risk estimation is based upon a multivariate analysis ofstatistical data by using logistic regression as a method for probabilityestimation. The method estimates how the final outcome i...

A. Engel, and C. Borchard

<I>Emiliania huxleyi</I> (strain B 92/11) was exposed to different nutrient supply, CO₂ and temperature conditions in phosphorus controlled chemostats to investigate effects on organic carbon exudation and partitioning between the pools of particulate organic carbon (POC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). ¹⁴C incubation measurements for primary production (PP) and extracellular release (ER) were performed. Chemical analysis included the amount and composition of high mole...

J. Igel, and T. Günther, and M. Kuntzer

Freshwater lenses, as important resource for drinking water, are sensitive to climate changes and sea level rise. To simulate this impact on the groundwater systems, hydraulic subsurface models have to be designed. Geophysical techniques can provide information for generating realistic models. The aim of our work is to show how ground-penetrating radar (GPR) investigations can contribute to such hydrological simulations. In the pilot area, Borkum island, GPR was used to map the shape of the grou...

G. Piangiamore, and G. Nardone, and P. Lusiani, and G. Canepa, and R. Bozzano, and G. Bianco, and N. Bencivenga, and G. Arena, and O. Faggioni, and M. Soldani

Sea level oscillations are the superposition of many contributions, among which the main are astronomic and meteorological low-frequency tides. In Ligurian Sea meteo-tide components, being most ample than astronomic fluctuations, drive water exchange in harbours. The present note shows first results about port of Genoa concerning a coherency study between atmospheric variation and corresponding sea level adjustment (meteorological tide). The newtonian forecasting method of meteorological tides i...

Gutierrez-Diaz E, and Silva Cotta J, and Mu&ntilde;oz-Negrete FJ, and Gutierrez-Ortiz C, and Morgan-Warren RJ, and Maltman J

Esperanza Gutierrez-Diaz,1 Jose Silva Cotta,2 Francisco J Mu&ntilde;oz-Negrete,3 Consuelo Gutierrez-Ortiz,4 Robert J Morgan-Warren,5 John Maltman5 On behalf of the GIFT study group1Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Doce de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital de S&atilde;o Jo&atilde;o, Porto, Portugal; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Ram&oacute;n y Cajal, IRYCIS, Universidad Alcal&aacute;, Madrid, Spain; 4Department of Ophthalmology,...

Jana Menegassi del Favero, and June Ferraz Dias

In order to analyze the time-space variation of the fish fauna in the surf zone fish communities at Ilha do Cardoso State Park, São Paulo, Brazil, four consecutive hauls were done over a year on three beaches with different degrees of exposure, at low and high tide. To evaluate the influence of each abiotic variable over the fish community, a Canonical Correspondence Analysis was conducted. We identified 7.286 individuals belonging to 20 families and 47 species, most specimens collected were juv...

Sirlei Jaiana Kleinübing, and Rodrigo Silveira Vieira, and Marisa Masumi Beppu, and Eric Guibal, and Meuris Gurgel Carlos da Silva

The marine algae Sargassum filipendula was collected from São Paulo seashore (Brazil) and submitted to treatment with acid. The biosorption mechanisms of Cu2+ and Ni2+ ions onto acidic algae Sargassum filipendula were examined using various analytical techniques: Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and potentiometric titration (pH ZPC). The effect of acidic treatment on algae by hydrochloric acid (pH 2.0,...

GACHE Carmen, and MULLER Johanna Walie

Beginning with the winter of 1992, we performed a continuous ornithological survey in different wintering areas belong the Prut River basin. We took in our attention the most important dam lakes, fishponds and some observatory points on the Prut River valley. We created a database about the trend and the actual situation of waterfowls’ population in this part of Romania, identifying the best sites for birds’ during the cold season and monitoring the activities that disturb the birds’ life, estim...

Carla Ferreira Rezende, and Maíra Moraes, and Luisa Resende Manna, and Rafael Pereira Leitão, and Érica Pelegrinni Caramaschi, and Rosana Mazzoni

The Mato Grosso is a typical Atlantic Forest stream located on the East coast of Brazil, approximately 70km from Rio de Janeiro city. From its source at about 800m a.s.l, the stream drains a 30km² area of the Northwestern part of the municipality of Saquarema, state of Rio de Janeiro and flows into the Saquarema Lagoon system. We hypothesized that fish species occupy distinct mesohabitats, with the prediction that their occurrences and densities differ among the microhabitats of riffles, runs an...

I. Kalantzi, and A. Marín, and I. Karakassis, and E. T. Apostolaki, and P. Malea, and C. Sanz-Lázaro

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the seagrass <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> on the cycling of a wide set of trace elements (Ag, As, Ba, Bi, Cd, Co, Cr, Cs, Cu, Fe, Ga, Li, Mn, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sr, Tl, V and Zn). We measured the concentration of these trace elements in different compartments of <i>P. oceanica</i> (leaves, rhizomes, roots and epiphytes) in a non-polluted seagrass meadow representative of the Mediterranean and calculated the annual budget from a mass balance. We provide ...

Rocío García-Urueña, and Arturo Acero P, and Víctor Coronado-Carrascal

Objective. Fish species community structure and benthic organisms coverage were studied in five localities in Santa Marta where the lionfish is present. Materials and methods. Abundance of fish species, including lion fish, was established using 30 m random visual censuses and video transects; trophic guilds were established according to available references. On the other hand benthic coverage was evaluated using the software Coral Point Count (CPCe) 4.0. Results. Families with higher species nu...

S. Rysgaard, and D. H. Søgaard, and M. Cooper, and M. Pu&amp;cacute;ko, and K. Lennert, and T. N. Papakyriakou, and F. Wang, and N. X. Geilfus, and R. N. Glud, and J. Ehn, and D. F. McGinnis, and K. Attard, and J. Sievers, and J. W. Deming, and D. Barber

The precipitation of ikaite (CaCO₃ &sdot; 6H₂O) in polar sea ice is critical to the efficiency of the sea ice-driven carbon pump and potentially important to the global carbon cycle, yet the spatial and temporal occurrence of ikaite within the ice is poorly known. We report unique observations of ikaite in unmelted ice and vertical profiles of ikaite abundance and concentration in sea ice for the crucial season of winter. Ice was examined from two locations: a 1 m thick lan...

A. Saiz-Lopez, and J.-F. Lamarque, and D. E. Kinnison, and S. Tilmes, and C. Ordóñez, and J. J. Orlando, and A. J. Conley, and J. M. C. Plane, and A. S. Mahajan, and G. Sousa Santos, and E. L. Atlas, and D. R. Blake, and S. P. Sander, and S. Schauffler, and A. M. Thompson, and G. Brasseur

We have integrated observations of tropospheric ozone, very short-lived (VSL) halocarbons and reactive iodine and bromine species from a wide variety of tropical data sources with the global CAM-Chem chemistry-climate model and offline radiative transfer calculations to compute the contribution of halogen chemistry to ozone loss and associated radiative impact in the tropical marine troposphere. The inclusion of tropospheric halogen chemistry in CAM-Chem leads to an annually averaged depletion o...

J. M. Brown, and L. O. Amoudry, and F. M. Mercier, and A. J. Souza

The accurate parameterisation of momentum and heat transfer across the air–sea interface is vital for realistic simulation of the atmosphere–ocean system. In most modelling applications accurate representation of the wind stress is required to numerically reproduce surge, coastal ocean circulation, surface waves, turbulence and mixing. Different formulations can be implemented and impact the accuracy of the instantaneous and long-term residual circulation, the surface mixed layer, and the genera...

Juarez C. B. Pezzuti, and Alexander Turra, and Fosca P. P. Leite

Hermit crabs use gastropod shells as shelter and are adapted to follow chemical cues released from tissues of dead or injured gastropods as a way to find new and more adequate shells. The species composition, crab size, shell types adequacy and physical condition were compared between attracted individuals and crabs collected in previous samples. The previous sampling was carried out in five areas before each experiment. Then, five baits of crushed gastropods in nylon net bags were installed in ...

Brigitte Gavio, and Viviana P. Reyes-Gómez, and Michael J. Wynne

In the Colombian Caribbean, the marine macroalgal flora of the Seaflower International Biosphere Reserve has been little studied, despite its ecological importance. Historical records have reported only 201 macroalgae species within its area of almost 350 000km². However, recent surveys have shown a diversity of small algae previously overlooked. With the aim to determine the macroalgal diversity in the Reserve, we undertook field surveys in different ecosystems: coral reefs, seagrass beds, and ...

Ghaemmaghami F, and Behtash N, and Yarandi F, and Moosavi A, and Toogeh Gh.R, and Khanafshar N

This study was designed to assess the role of first-line chemotherapy with 5-FU and platinum in the treatment of advanced or recurrent cervical cancer, ten patients with advanced or recurrent cancer of the cervix, with no prior chemotherapy were entered in phase II trial, from Oct. 2000 to Nov. 2001. Eight patients were treated with cis-platinum (50 mg/m2 over 60 minutes in first day) followed by 5-FU (1 g/m2 over 24 hours for 4 days) and two patients with impaired renal function were treated wi...

R.S.E.W. LEUVEN, A.J. HENDRIKS, M.A.J. HUIJBREGTS, H.J.R. LENDERS,J. MATTHEWS, G. VAN DER VELDE

This paper describes the effects that temperature changes in the Rhine river distributaries have on native and exotic fish diversity. Site-specific potentially affected fractions (PAFs) of the regional fish species pool were derived using species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) for water temperature. The number of fish species in the river distributaries has changed remarkably over the last century. The number of native rheophilous species declined up until 1980 due to anthropogenic disturbance...

Shai Davidai, and Thomas Gilovich

In six studies, we find evidence for an upward mobility bias, or a tendency to predict that a rise in ranking is more likely than a decline, even in domains where motivation or intention to rise play no role. Although people cannot willfully change their height (Study 1), and geographical entities cannot willfully alter their temperature (Study 2), number of natural disasters (Study 3), levels of precipitation (Studies 4A and 4B), or chemical concentration (Study 5), subjects believed that each ...

Sruthima N. V. S. Gottumukkala, and Suneetha Koneru, and Satheesh Mannem, and Narendra Mandalapu

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of 1% curcumin (CU) solution and compare it with conventional irrigant i.e., 0.2% chlorhexidine (CHX) gluconate and a positive control (saline) as an adjunct to thorough scaling and root planing. Materials and Methods: A total of 23 patients with non-adjacent probing pocket depths (PPDs) ≥5mm were randomly assigned to CHX, CU and positive control irrigation groups and subjected to randomized single blinded clinical control trial. The clinica...

F. Sorrentino, and M. Morganti, and E. Maccioni, and R. Falciai, and N. Beverini, and C. Trono

The present paper will discuss the work in progress at the Department of Physics of the University of Pisa in collaboration with the IFAC laboratory of CNR in Florence to develop pressure sensors with outstanding sensitivity in the acoustic and ultrasonic ranges. These devices are based on optically-pumped fiber lasers, where the mirrors are Bragg gratings written into the fiber core.

Holly E. Reed, and Catherine S. Andrzejewski, and Michael J. White

This article uses life history calendar (LHC) data from coastal Ghana and event history statistical methods to examine inter-regional migration for men and women, focusing on four specific migration types: rural-urban, rural-rural, urban-urban, and urban-rural. Our analysis is unique because it examines how key determinants of migration-including education, employment, marital status, and childbearing-differ by sex for these four types of migration. We find that women are significantly less mobi...

Matheus Nicolino Peixoto Henares, and Antonio Fernando Monteiro Camargo

AIM: To evaluate the growth of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms and Salvinia molesta Mitchell in tanks used for treating aquaculture effluent and compare the results with literature data in order to estimate the nutrients saturation point. METHODS: An experiment with six rectangular fiberglass tanks were separated in two treatments, inflow and outflow (higher and lower nutrient concentration), and the two macrophytes above cited was carried out during 50 days. A floating quadrat with 0.25 m² o...

Norma Suely Evangelista-Barreto, and Fatima Cristiane Teles de Carvalho, and Regine Helena S. dos Fernandes Vieira, and Cristhiane Moura Falavina dos Reis, and Andrew Macrae, and Dália dos Prazeres Rodrigues

Thirty water samples were collected, at two week intervals, from the estuary of the River Cocó. The aim was to characterize the presence, distribution and types of Aeromonas spp, in the estuary of the River Cocó, Ceara, Brazil (03º46'28.83''S e 38º26'36.52''S). Aeromonas were identified in 19 (63%) samples analyzed by plating and CFU counts. Presence/absence tests were positive for 11 (37%) of the samples resulting in the detection of Aeromonas in a total of 23 (77%) of samples. CFU counts varie...

Francisco José Bezerra

Os manguezais são ecossistemas que apresentam alta biomassa e concentração de biodiversidade. Estas características favorecem a utilização por muitas populações que vivem tradicionalmente da mariscagem e da pesca artesanal, como é o caso da que habita o Distrito de Acupe (Santo Amaro, Estado da Brahia), situado na margem oeste da Baía de Todos os Santos. Além dos recursos pesqueiros, a população também faz uso da vegetação do manguezal, conhecida localmente como “mangue”. O presente trabalho tem...

S. KATSANEVAKIS, and K. TSIAMIS, and G. IOANNOU, and N. MICHAILIDIS, and A. ZENETOS

An updated inventory of alien marine species from coastal and offshore waters of Cyprus is presented. Records were compiled based on the existing scientific and grey literature, including HCMR database of Mediterranean alien species, technical reports, scientific congresses, academic dissertations, and websites, as well as on unpublished/personal observations. The listed species were classified in one of five categories: established, invasive, casual, cryptogenic, and questionable. The mode of i...

Theodora Lola-Luz, and Franck Hennequart, and Michael Gaffney

Brassica crops are rich is phytochemical compounds and frequent consumption of these vegetables has been associated with a lower risk in cancer, heart disease, hypertension and stroke. The effect of three commercial extracts of the brown seaweed, Ascophyllum nodosum, on phytochemical content and yield in cabbage plants was tested under field conditions in two consecutive crops. Total phenolic content was higher in all seaweed treated plants, with the highest increase recorded with AlgaeGreenTM ...

H. Janadeleh, and A. Hosseini Alhashemi, and S.M.B. Nabavi

The major aim of the present study was to investigate element (Fe, Ni, Pb, V, Zn) concentrations in sediment and different tissues of Phragmities australis and Typha latifolia in Hor al-Azim Wetland Southwest Iran. Sampling of sediments and aquatic plants was carried out during spring and summer 2014. Results showed that the mean  concentrations of elements in Phragmities australis  in root and stem-leaf were as follows: Iron:4448 mg/kg, Nickel: 28 mg/kg, Lead:8 mg/kg, Vanadium:10 mg/kg  and Zin...

José Rodrigo Rojas M., and Germán Pequeño R.

Plectranthias lamillai new species, is described and illustrated as a new anthiine serranid fish from Alejandro Selkirk Island, the westernmost island of the Juan Fernández Archipelago, about 700 km west of Chile at 33°45´S, 80°51´W. The following combination of characters distinguishes it from all other serranids: dorsal fin rays X,16; principal caudal-fin rays 17 (8+9); pectoral-fin rays 16; gillrakers 28 (8+20); tubed lateral-line scales 40-41; 10 rows of scales on cheek; maxilla narrow and r...

Grażyna Chaberek-Karwacka, and Rameswar Nag

One of the main factors of socio-economic development is proper and adequate for needs logistic infrastructure. Of course the infrastructure development needs huge amounts of funds which usually developing country cannot afford. But nowadays, the countries of East and Central Asian region faced new possibilities connected with the China New Silk Road initiative. The project aims to around 60 countries where most of them are enthusiastic to the idea, except India. India because of its geographica...

A. GIANGRANDE, and A. COSENTINO, and C. LO PRESTI, and M. LICCIANO

In the present paper, morphological and ecological observations on 4 sabellid taxa, Branchiomma bairdi, B. luctuosum, Megalomma lanigera and Myxicola sp., collected from the coastal lake of Faro (Messina, Ionian Sea) (26-36 psu), are reported. Megalomma lanigera, Myxicola sp. and B. luctuosum were collected from the soft bottom in shallow water and B. bairdi from the hard bottom of an internal channel. The presence of the latter is remarkable, as there is no previous record of this species along...

Muhammad Obie

The abundant coastal and marine resources in Tomini Bay are constantly contested between various actors, namely the state, private entities, multilateral institutions, NGOs and the indigenous community, the Bajo Tribe. On the one hand, the Bajo Tribe utilises coastal and marine resources as a livelihood base, while, on the other hand, private entities with concession permits from the state seek to take maximum benefit for their economic prosperity. The research aims to analyse the concession of ...

Hasan Basri Ormanci, and Fatma Arik Colakoglu

The objective of this study was to determine nutritional and sensorial properties of lakerda, a traditional salted fish product, produced from Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda). From the point of nutritional characterization, chemical content and amino acid and fatty acid compositions of lakerda have been investigated. For determination of sensorial attribute, instrumental texture, instrumental color, and descriptive sensorial analyses were conducted. Chemical composition of lakerda was 52.22% water...

S. GRIMES, and A. BAKALEM, and J.C. DAUVIN

Sampling surveys (1976-2013) of soft-bottom communities and some hard bottom communities along the Algerian coast (1,180 km) have allowed the collection of 114 species of crustacean decapods of which of 37 were reported for the first time for the Algerian decapods fauna; for these species additional comments concerning their ecological and geographical patterns are given. The inventory of all benthic and pelagic decapods recorded along the Algerian coast reaches 253 species. Three families on a ...

A.J. Bartkowiak-Higgo, and C.M. Veary, and E.H. Venter, and A-M. Bosman

To assess post-evisceration contamination of broiler carcasses, 300 samples were randomly selected during routine slaughter in the winter of 2004. The samples originated from 50 chicken carcasses, taken directly after evisceration, as well as 25 samples from ready-to-sell packages of fresh intestines (mala) and livers. The samples were taken in batches over a period of 4 weeks to allow randomised sampling from different farms of origin. Conventional culture-based detection methods of Campylobact...

R. L. Tilling, and A. Ridout, and A. Shepherd

Timely observations of sea ice thickness help us to understand the Arctic climate, and have the potential to support seasonal forecasts and operational activities in the polar regions. Although it is possible to calculate Arctic sea ice thickness using measurements acquired by CryoSat-2, the latency of the final release data set is typically 1 month due to the time required to determine precise satellite orbits. We use a new fast-delivery CryoSat-2 data set based on preliminary orbits to c...

Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, and Luciana Mendes Bahia Menezes, and Valquiria Silva, and Ricardo Galhardoni, and José Sasson, and Massako Okada, and Kleber Paiva Duarte, and Lin T. Yeng, and Daniel Ciampi de Andrade

Topical treatments have gained popularity for general use as an adjunct to systemic drugs in neuropathic pain, but their use produces variable clinical results and local adverse events. Objective To evaluate the safety and analgesic effect of a formulation of liposomal capsaicin (LC) (0.025%) in patients with post herpetic neuralgia (PHN). Method Patients who remained symptomatic after first-and second-line treatment were randomized to receive LC for six weeks in a placebo-controlled, crossover ...

Denise Tonetta, and Maria Luiza Schmitz Fontes, and Mauricio Mello Petrucio

The aquatic metabolism comprises production and mineralization of organic matter through biological processes, such as primary production and respiration that can be estimated by gases concentration in the water column. AIM: The study aimed to assess the temporal variability of pCO2 and pO2 in the littoral zone of a subtropical coastal lake. Our hypotheses are i) high variability in meteorological conditions, such as temperature and light, drive the high variability in pCO2 and pO2, and ii) the ...

Marcelo Knoff, and Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente, and Roberto Magalhães Pinto, and Delir Corrêa Gomes

New records for nematode species recovered from elasmobranch fishes in Brazil are established and new systematical arrangements proposed. Parascarophis sphyrnae Campana-Rouget, 1955 from the spiral valve of Sphyrna zygaena is referred for the first time in South America as a new host record. Procamallanus (S.) pereirai Annereaux, 1946, from the spiral valve of Raja castelnaui is reported parasitizing an elasmobranch host. Nematode larvae of the genera Anisakis, Contracaecum, Pseudoterranova and ...

Janaína Jamile Ferreira Saraceno, and Ismênia Machado Mateus, and Tâmara Lopes Machado, and Fernando Pistarini Gonçalves, and Alan Diego Negretto, and Yoshitaka Nakashima, and André Marcelo Vieira Gomes, and Suel Abujamra

OBJETIVO: Descrever a relação entre os resultados visuais e a morfologia macular através da tomografia de coerência óptica (OCT) em pacientes submetidos à remoção da membrana epirretiniana idiopática. MÉTODOS: Dez olhos de 10 pacientes com diagnóstico de membrana epirretiniana idiopática foram incluídos neste estudo. Todos os olhos foram submetidos à vitrectomia posterior via pars plana pelo mesmo cirurgião, durante o período de fevereiro de 2002 a março de 2004. A acuidade visual corrigida usan...

Anil Karlekar, and Saswata Bharati, and Ravindra Saxena, and Kanchan Mehta

Background: Laser therapy, for its established analgesic properties with minimal side effects, has been used for the treatment of chronic pain. However, it has not been used for the treatment of acute postoperative pain. This pilot study was designed to assess the feasibility and efficacy of Class IV laser on postoperative pain relief following off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCABG) surgery, as a component of multimodal analgesia (MMA) technique. Methods: This open observational prospect...

Tjaša Kanduč, and Davorin Medaković, and Tadej Dolenec

Samples of Mytilus galloprovincialis were collected from entire Eastern Adriatic coast to determine δ18O and δ13C performed on calcite and aragonite shell layers. The aim of this work was to check whether shells of M. galloprovincialis are good environmental indicators (water temperature, salinity). Based on measured isotopic composition of oxygen in shell layers and assumed isotopic composition in water temperatures of calcite and aragonite of shell layers were calculated. The calculated temper...

Francisco J Palacio

El estúdio inicial de la fauna y distribución de cefalópodos de Brasil se convirtio en una revisión de la zoogeografía de la región Tropical-Subtropical del sur del Brasil. Observaciones iniciales sobre zoogeografía marina brasileña tuvieron lugar en la primera parte del siglo XIX por naturalistas franceses, principalmente d'Orbigny, trabajando en cefalópodos. Posteriormente, el primer patrón global de provincias zoologicas, definidas por James Dana en 1853 y basadas en zonas de temperaturas oce...

Roberta Ferreira Carvalho, and Madeline Rezende Mazon, and Ana Paula dos Santos Silva, and Leticia Silva Oliveira, and Claiton André Zotti, and Saulo da Luz e Silva, and Paulo Roberto Leme

ABSTRACT: Additives are used in high concentrate diets to prevent metabolic disorders in cattle. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of calcium sources and monensin on the control of ruminal acidosis in Nellore cattle that were abruptly shifted to a high (92.3%) concentrate diet. Eight cannulated steers were randomly assigned to two contemporary 4x4 Latin square. Treatments involved the addition of a calcium source, either limestone (LI) or a product derived from calcareous algae (CA)...

C. H. Lechuga-Devéze, and A. Reyes-Salinas, and M. L. Morquecho-Escamilla

Bahía Concepción (Gulf of California) was studied to describe some extremely low dissolved-oxygen values at the bottom of the bay. Surveys included measurements of vertical distribution of temperature, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, nitrite, phosphates and hydrogen sulfide. Thermal stratification from early spring to autumn and a well-mixed water column during the winter were present. Dissolved-oxygen concentration was homogeneous in the water column from winter to spring (5-7 mg L-1). From summer t...