Gareth J. Williams, and Jennifer E. Smith, and Eric J. Conklin, and Jamison M. Gove, and Enric Sala, and Stuart A. Sandin

Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific are among the most remote coral reefs on the planet. Here we describe spatial patterns in their benthic communities across reef habitats and depths, and consider these in the context of oceanographic gradients. Benthic communities at both locations were dominated by calcifying organisms (54–86% cover), namely hard corals (20–74%) and crustose coralline algae (CCA) (10–36%). While turf algae were relatively common at both locations (8–22%), la...

E.S. PAPOUTSOGLOU, and A.R. LYNDON

There is very little information available for the only Mediterranean species of parrotfish ( Sparisoma cretense) and its feeding habits, especially since most other parrotfish species are associated with coral reefs. The same lack of information is true for another fish species, the stargazer ( Uranoscopus scaber), which is carnivorous, and important for local fisheries in the Mediterranean. Comparative information is presented concerning the digestive activity and capacity for alpha amylase fo...

T. Kristensen, and B. Salbu, and H.-C. Teien, and B. O. Rosseland, and F. Kroglund, and B. Finstad

Acidification has caused the loss or reduction of numerous Atlantic salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i> L.) populations on both sides of the North Atlantic. Acid deposition peaked in the 1980's and resulted in both chronically and episodically acidified rivers. At present, water quality is improving in all affected rivers due to reduced acid deposition. However, spring snow melt, heavy rainfall and sea salt episodes can still cause short term drops in pH and elevated concentrations of bioavailable alumin...

P. D. Ready, and J. R. Arias, and R. A. Freitas

In the second half of 1980, 112 (or ca. 16%) of the inhabitants of the new settlement of São José, city of Manaus, contracted cutaneous leishmaniasis whilst clearing their properties of terra firme rainforest. With the aid of SUCAM, the authors carried out a pilot study to investigate the feasibility of reducing populations of Lutzomyia umbratilis, the local silvatic vector of Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis, by spraying insecticide on its favoured diurnal resting sites, the bases of the larg...

Jorge Elias Junior, and Richard C. Semelka, and Ersan Altun, and N. Cem Balci, and Sarah L. Thomas, and Shahid M. Hussain, and Diego R. Martin

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to assess 4th year radiology residents' perception of the optimal imaging modality to investigate neoplasm and trauma. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-seven 4th year radiology residents from four residency programs were surveyed. They were asked about the best imaging modality to evaluate the brain and spine, lungs, abdomen, and the musculoskeletal system. Imaging modalities available were MRI, CT, ultrasound, PET, and X-ray. All findings were compared to the ACR appropr...

Mehdi Sadeghzadeh, and Ali Harounabadi, and Maryam Bahadori

One of existing challenges in personalization of the web is increasing the efficiency of a web in meeting the users' requirements for the contents they require in an optimal state. All the information associated with the current user behavior following in web and data obtained from pervious users’ interaction in web can provide some necessary keys to recommend presentation of services, productions, and the required information of the users. This study aims at presenting a formal model based on c...

Emmanuel Gomes Ciolac, and Simone S Mantuani, and Cassiano Merussi Neiva, and Carlos Eduardo Lopes Veradi, and Dalton Müller Pêssoa-Filho, and Leonardo Pimenta

The aim of the present study was to analyse the usefulness of the 6-20 rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale for prescribing and self-regulating high-intensity interval training (HIT) in young individuals. Eight healthy young subjects (age = 27.5±6.7 years) performed maximal graded exercise testing to determine their maximal and reserve heart rate (HR). Subjects then performed two HIT sessions (20 min on a treadmill) prescribed and regulated by their HR (HR: 1 min at 50% alternated with 1 min...

CMR Farrapeira, and ES Mendes, and J. Dourado, and J Guimarães

Samples of water and barnacles Amphibalanus amphitrite were collected from Recife, Brazil, to assess if it accumulates total (TC) and thermotolerant coliforms (TTC) related with sewage pollution. The Most Probable Number (MPN) values and the standard procedures for examination of shellfish were used. Comparatively with the water samples, the highest coliform values came from the barnacles, with TC values ranging from < 3.0 &#215; 10³ to > 2.4 &#215; 10(6) MPN.g-1, and TTC ranging from > 2.4 &#21...

FEUNTEUN E., and ACOU A., and GUILLOUËT J., and LAFFAILLE P., and LEGAULT A.

The Frémur is a 60 km2 catchment of Brittany where many hydraulic works (dams, weirs, gauging structures, etc.) have reduced the recruitment by elvers and glass eels since at least 50 years. In 1992, an eel lift was built on the main dam (14 m high) and in 1996, two other dams (5 m high) located downstream were equipped with eel passes to improve upstream migration. In 1995, before the construction of the passes, eel population parameters (density, biomass and size distribution) were as...

Marcos Guiñez, and Jorge Valdés, and Abdel Sifeddine

Se analizó la variabilidad estacional y espacial de la Zona de Mínimo Oxígeno (ZMO) y su influencia sobre la composición del material orgánico que se deposita en los sedimentos de la bahía de Mejillones del Sur. Los resultados obtenidos indicaron que el límite superior de la ZMO fluctuó durante el año entre 20 y 45 m de profundidad. En verano este límite fluctuó entre 20 y 35 m, mientras que en invierno fluctuó entre 40 y 55 m. Los valores obtenidos del análisis de Rock-Eval, indicaron que la ma...

Martynas Bučas, and Darius Daunys, and Sergej Olenin

Recent results of field studies on the exposed coast of Lithuania were used to model the area occupied by the red alga Furcellaria lumbricalis using the Natural Neighbor interpolation technique, while linear regression was applied to estimate the species' standing stock. The area covered by F. lumbricalis extended for 26 km along the coast between depths of 1 and 15 m. The maximum species cover in the study area ranged between 4 and 10 m depth, which is one of the widest in the Baltic Sea. The m...

D. Gallego, and R. Garcia-Herrera, and P. Ribera, and P. D. Jones

Measurements of wind strength and direction abstracted from European ships' logbooks during the recently finished CLIWOC project have been used to produce the first gridded Sea Level Pressure (SLP) reconstruction for the 1750&ndash;1850 period over the North Atlantic based solely on marine data. The reconstruction is based on a spatial regression analysis calibrated by using data taken from the ICOADS database. An objective methodology has been developed to select the optimal calibration period ...

Khadra C, and Ballard A, and Déry J, and Paquin D, and Fortin JS, and Perreault I, and Labbe DR, and Hoffman HG, and Bouchard S, and LeMay S

Christelle Khadra,1,2 Ariane Ballard,1,2 Johanne D&eacute;ry,1,3 David Paquin,4 Jean-Simon Fortin,5 Isabelle Perreault,6 David R Labbe,7 Hunter G Hoffman,8 St&eacute;phane Bouchard,9 Sylvie LeMay1,2 1Faculty of Nursing, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Research Center, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3Direction of Nursing, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada; 4Department in Creation and New Media, ...

Ch. Jacobi, and T. Fytterer

The horizontal winds in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) at heights of about 80–100 km have been measured continuously since summer 2004 using an all-sky 36.2 MHz VHF meteor radar at Collm, Germany (51.3° N, 13° E). A climatology of the 8-h solar tide has been constructed from these data. The amplitude shows a seasonal behaviour with maximum values during the equinoxes, and it is generally increasing with altitude. The largest amplitudes are measured in autumn, partly reaching values ...

S. Agustí, and C. M. Duarte

The relationship between the percent extracellular carbon release (PER) and the specific lysis rates of phytoplankton was examined across a range of communities spanning from highly oligotrophic ones in the subtropical Atlantic Ocean to productive ones in the N. African upwelling and the Southern Ocean. Communities in oligotrophic waters supported high phytoplankton cell lysis rates and low particulate primary production rates but high dissolved primary production and PER. The percent extracellu...

R Nath, and L Saikia, and G Choudhury, and P P Das

Shewanella algae is an emerging bacteria rarely implicated as a human pathogen. It was infrequently recovered from clinical specimens probably because of inadequate processing of non-fermenting oxidase-positive gram-negative bacilli. We report here isolation of S. algae in pure culture and mixed with E. coli from two cases of acute gastroenteritis with bloody mucous containing diarrhea occurring at the same time. As this organism is not a normal flora of the gut, the possible source of infection...

M.-A. Sicre, and G. Siani, and D. Genty, and N. Kallel, and L. Essallami

Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) were reconstructed over the last 25 000 yr using alkenone paleothermometry and planktonic foraminifera assemblages from two cores of the central Mediterranean Sea: the MD04-2797 core (Siculo–Tunisian channel) and the MD90-917 core (South Adriatic Sea). Comparison of the centennial scale structure of the two temperature signals during the last deglaciation period reveals significant differences in timing and amplitude. We suggest that seasonal changes likely accoun...

Ramshekhar Menon, and V S Lekha, and Sunitha Justus, and P Sankara Sarma, and P S Mathuranath

Aims: This pilot study sought to determine whether the Malayalam adaptation of Addenbrooke′s Cognitive Examination (M-ACE) can effectively identify patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (a-MCI) and the impact of measures of learning and free recall. Materials and Methods: A cohort of 23 patients with a-MCI aged between 55-80 years diagnosed as per current criteria and 23 group matched cognitively normal healthy controls (CNHC) were studied. The measures of acquisition and delayed reca...

Felipe do Nascimento Vieira, and Adolfo Jatobá, and José Luiz Pedreira Mouriño, and Celso Carlos Buglione Neto, and Jairo Sousa da Silva, and Walter Quadros Seiffert, and Mariana Soares, and Luis Alejandro Vinatea

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of a diet supplemented with Lactobacillus plantarum on performance, immunological parameters, and bacterial microbiota of the digestive tract of white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). We used six earthen ponds (1.2 ha) stocked with 14 shrimp m−2 (3 g mean weight). Three ponds received a diet supplemented with L. plantarum and three were maintained as control. The survival and feed efficiency of shrimp fed the supplemented diet were g...

PONCIN P., and JEANDARME J., and RINCHARD J., and KESTEMONT P.

Le comportement de reproduction du goujon Gobio gobio L. a été analysé à partir de 15 séquences complètes d'accouplement d'une même femelle en aquarium. L'accouplement implique un mâle et une femelle qui effectuent une nage ondulatoire vers la surface de l'eau où les ovules sont libérés. Des mâles opportunistes peuvent parfois participer à cette séquence. L'évolution des comportements non sexuels (nage, fouille, montée en surface) et sexuels (nage de synchronisation, accouplement) sur u...

Abílio C.S.P. Bittencourt, and Zelinda M.A.N. Leão, and Ruy K.P. Kikuchi, and José M.L. Dominguez

This paper shows that the location of the shoreface bank reefs along the northeastern and eastern coasts of Brazil, in a first order approximation, seem to be controlled by the deficit of sediment in the coastal system. The sediment transport pattern defined by a numerical modeling of wave refraction diagrams, representing circa 2000 km of the northeastern and eastern coasts of Brazil, permitted the regional-scale reproduction of several drift cells of net longshore sediment transport. Those dri...

Andrej NOVÁK, and Jan ČILLÍK

This paper attempts to offer the reader a consistent overview of P-RNAV and also of other variations of Area Navigation and its role and possibilities in European Airspace. An interesting question is, if it has any chance in fragmented European ATM System. Possibilities in countries like Slovak Republic are also mentioned.

Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti, and Ricardo José Soares Pontes, and Ana Cláudia Ferreira Regazzi, and Francisco José de Paula Júnior, and Rodrigo Lins Frutuoso, and Emanuel Primos Sousa, and Fábio Fernandes Dantas Filho, and José Wellington de Oliveira Lima

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a competência de peixes na predação de larvas de Aedes aegypti, em condições de laboratório. MÉTODOS: Foram testados machos e fêmeas de cinco espécies de peixe. Os testes de predação duravam cinco semanas para cada espécie. Cada ensaio compreendia quatro caixas testes e quatro caixas controles. Das caixas controle, duas tinham somente um peixe e as outras duas, apenas larvas. Cada caixa teste continha um peixe e larvas. Na primeira semana foram expostas 100 larvas em cada caixa...

Adam Adamski, and Jakub Łozowicki, and Piotr Kaczyński, and Hazem M. Kalaji

The aim of this study was to pilot the determination of the state of contamination with residues of plant protection products of freshwater ecosystems in areas of intensively used agriculture in the Podlasie voivodship. The analytical studies sought residues 431 active ingredients (a.i.) of pesticides. The qualitative and quantitative determination was performed using liquid chromatography technique coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. 85% of the samples tested showed the presence of residues....

Jacobs Karen, and Boissy Patrick, and Roy Serge H

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Throughout the medical and paramedical professions, self-report health status questionnaires are used to gather patient-reported outcome measures. The objective of this pilot study was to evaluate in individuals over 60 years of age the usability of a PDA-based barcode scanning system with a text-to-speech synthesizer to collect data electronically from self-report health outcome questionnaires.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Usability of the system was tested on a sa...

Aylward Paul, and Stocks Nigel P, and Frank Oliver R

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients attending general practices receive only about sixty per cent of the preventive services that are indicated for them. This pilot study explores patient acceptability and perceived utility of automatically generated prevention summary and reminder sheets provided to patients immediately before consultations with their general practitioners.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Adult patients attending a general practitioner in a practice in Adelaide and a general pr...

Ott Jurg, and Shen Yuanyuan, and Liu Zhe

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In genome-wide association studies, it is widely accepted that multilocus methods are more powerful than testing single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) one at a time. Among statistical approaches considering many predictors simultaneously, scan statistics are an effective tool for detecting susceptibility genomic regions and mapping disease genes. In this study, inspired by the idea of scan statistics, we propose a novel sliding window-based method for identi...

Lawrence Mark L, and Gülsoy Nagihan, and Dumpala Pradeep R, and Karsi Attila

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Flavobacterium columnare </it>causes columnaris disease in cultured and wild fish populations worldwide. Columnaris is the second most prevalent bacterial disease of commercial channel catfish industry in the United States. Despite its economic importance, little is known about the expressed proteins and virulence mechanisms of <it>F. columnare</it>. Here, we report the first high throughput proteomic analysis of <it>F. columnare </it>using 2-D LC ESI MS/...

Chen Yi-Chih, and Chen Chih-Ken, and Wang Liang-Jen

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Comorbid anxiety symptoms,in patients with a primary anxiety disorder or a mood disorder, leads to poor patient outcomes and burdens the healthcare system. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility of extended-release quetiapine fumarate (quetiapine XR) for the treatment of patients with either a primary anxiety disorder or a mood disorder with comorbid anxiety symptoms compared to a placebo, as an adjunct to antidepressant therapy.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Thi...

West Therese, and Fleishman Sharon, and Hashim Anjum, and Ming Xue, and Kang Ning, and Chen Xiang, and Zimmerman-Bier Barbie

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the United States, a medical home model has been shown to improve the outcomes for children with special health care needs. As part of this model, primary care physicians provide comprehensive medical care that includes identification of delayed and/or atypical development in children and coordination of care with specialists. However, it is not clear if families of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) rely on the medical home model for care of the...

Fernández-Gómez Beatriz, and Fernàndez-Guerra Antonio, and Casamayor Emilio O, and González José M, and Pedrós-Alió Carlos, and Acinas Silvia G

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genomic Islands (GIs) have key roles since they modulate the structure and size of bacterial genomes displaying a diverse set of laterally transferred genes. Despite their importance, GIs in marine bacterial genomes have not been explored systematically to uncover possible trends and to analyze their putative ecological significance.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We carried out a comprehensive analysis of GIs in 70 selected marine bacterial genomes detected with Isla...

Joaquim J. Vicente, and Elias dos Santos

De 149 autópsias realizadas em peixes, os autores coletaram diversos helmintos, no litoral de Macaé, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. A maior parte das espécies aqui estudadas, são redescritas, algumas apenas referidas e uma nova espécie do gênero Rhipidocotyle Diesing, 1858, é descrita nesta oportunidade.<br>From 149 fishes examined the authors obtaied several helminths in Macaé Coast, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. A new species is presently described and some only refered. The helminths were ...

A.L. Cavenaghi, and E.D. Velini, and E. Negrisoli, and F.T. Carvalho, and M.L.B.T. Galo, and M.L.B. Trindade, and M.R. Corrêa, and S.C.A. Santos

Este trabalho foi realizado na UHE Mogi-Guaçu, pertencente à AES Tietê S.A. Levantamento de plantas aquáticas e amostragem de água e sedimento foram realizados em julho de 2001 (estação seca), novembro de 2001 (início da estação chuvosa) e março de 2002 (final da estação chuvosa). Foram feitas 846 análises de água e 516 de sedimento, avaliando-se 47 características da água e 41 do sedimento. Espécies marginais e flutuantes foram as principais infestantes do reservatório, merecendo destaque as es...

Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada, and José Luis Castro-Aguirre, and José De La Cruz Agüero

La Bahía de Banderas ubicada en el Pacífico central mexicano alberga una gran riqueza íctica la cual se menciona por primera vez en este elenco sistemático, donde se incluyen 210 especies, 145 géneros y 74 familias. La lista se integra con representantes de 205 especies capturados durante recolectas realizadas entre 1997 a 1998, así como de otras cinco observadas e identificadas de modo positivo, aunque no recolectadas. Los resultados indican un número bastante alto con afinidad tropical (117) r...

FN McDonald, and SC Cox

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P nyachhyon, and P C Kim

Reconstruction of the maxillofacial skeleton after traumatic injury is not always straightforward because of its three dimensional complex anatomy and aesthetic signifi cance. In case of zygomaticorbital injury induced by trauma resulting in enophthalmos, the patient is affected on both function and cosmesis. To prevent diplopia or conspicuous asymmetry, exact correction of the orbital symmetry is required. The aim of this case report is to demonstrate the use of an intraoperative image guided n...

Antoine eCollin, and Philippe eArchambault, and Serge ePlanes

Reliably translating real-world spatial patterns of ecosystems is critical for understanding processes susceptible to reinforce resilience. However the great majority of studies in spatial ecology use thematic maps to describe habitats and species in a binary scheme. By discretizing the transitional areas and neglecting the gradual replacement across a given space, the thematic approach may suffer from substantial limitations when interpreting patterns created by many continuous variables. Here,...

E. Organelli, and E. Organelli, and M. Barbieux, and H. Claustre, and C. Schmechtig, and A. Poteau, and A. Bricaud, and E. Boss, and N. Briggs, and G. Dall'Olmo, and G. Dall'Olmo, and F. D'Ortenzio, and E. Leymarie, and A. Mangin, and G. Obolensky, and C. Penkerc'h, and L. Prieur, and C. Roesler, and R. Serra, and J. Uitz, and X. Xing

Since 2012, an array of 105 Biogeochemical-Argo (BGC-Argo) floats has been deployed across the world's oceans to assist in filling observational gaps that are required for characterizing open-ocean environments. Profiles of biogeochemical (chlorophyll and dissolved organic matter) and optical (single-wavelength particulate optical backscattering, downward irradiance at three wavelengths, and photosynthetically available radiation) variables are collected in the upper 1000 m every 1 to 10 d...

Sascha eSjollema, and Charlotte eVavourakis, and Harm eVan Der Geest, and Dick eVethaak, and Dick eVethaak, and Wim eAdmiraal

Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) and Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) of the solar spectrum affect microalgae directly and modify the toxicity of phytotoxic compounds present in water. As a consequence seasonal variable PAR and UVR levels are likely to modulate the toxic pressure of contaminants in the field. Therefore the present study aimed to determine the toxicity of two model contaminants, the herbicides diuron and Irgarol®1051, under simulated irradiance conditions mimicking different ...

Mário Ferreira, and Filomena Magalhães

Imperfect detection (i.e., failure to detect a species when the species is present) is increasingly recognized as an important source of uncertainty and bias in species distribution modeling. Although methods have been developed to solve this problem by explicitly incorporating variation in detectability in the modeling procedure, their use in freshwater systems remains limited. This is probably because most methods imply repeated sampling (≥ 2) of each location within a short time frame, which ...

Mahmut Dağlı

In this study, It was investigated biodiversity and conservation status of fish of Ceyhan River basin in Osmaniye province. Ceyhan River flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The fish specimens were obtained by elektroshocker from rivers and streams, with trammel nets from lakes and reservoirs. Conservation status of each fish was given based on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Anguilla anguilla, Cyprinus carpio, Carassius gibelio, Acanthobrama marmid, Alburnus orontis, Pseudophoxinus zekayi,...

Alex eCostidis, and Sentiel A Rommel

AbstractCetaceans have long been considered capable of limiting diving-induced nitrogen absorption and subsequent decompression sickness through a series of behavioral, anatomical, and physiological adaptations. Recent studies however suggest that in some situations these adaptive mechanisms might be overcome, resulting in lethal and sublethal injuries. Perhaps most relevant to this discussion is the finding of intravascular gas and fat emboli in mass-stranded beaked whales. Although the so...

Tai Sheng Yeh, and Nu Hui Hung, and Tzu Chun Lin

Edible seaweed products have been consumed in many Asian countries. Edible seaweeds accumulate iodine from seawater, and are therefore a good dietary source of iodine. An adequate consumption of seaweed can eliminate iodine deficiency disorders, but excessive iodine intake is not good for health. The recommended dietary reference intake of 0.15 mg/d and 0.14 mg/d for iodine has been established in the United States and Taiwan, respectively. In this study, 30 samples of seaweed were surveyed for ...

A. K. Luhar, and I. E. Galbally, and M. T. Woodhouse, and M. Thatcher

Schemes used to parameterise ozone dry deposition velocity at the oceanic surface mainly differ in terms of how the dominant term of surface resistance is parameterised. We examine three such schemes and test them in a global climate–chemistry model that incorporates meteorological nudging and monthly-varying reactive-gas emissions. The default scheme invokes the commonly used assumption that the water surface resistance is constant. The other two schemes, named the one-layer and two-layer react...

Laís Samira Correia Nunes, and Antonio Fernando Monteiro Camargo

Abstract: Aim Non-destructive methods for estimating aquatic macrophytes biomass may be employed by using indirect measurements, especially in experimental studies, thus enabling the conservation of plant samples. It is possible to estimate macrophyte biomass by developing mathematical equations that relate the plants’ dry mass to their morphological variables. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between different morphological variables and biomass in order to determine whic...

Yu. Oziransky, and N. Kolesnyk, and S. Shcherbak, and R. Коnonenko, and М. Fedorenko, and V. Mosnitskyy, and S. Nеkrasov

Purpose. The State of Israel is one of the world leaders in the development of modern technologies, particularly in fisheries industry. E.g., 30 fish farms annually provide production of over 18,000 tons of fish, with an average yield of more than 8 tons per hectare. The fish equipment manufactured in this country is supplied to the Asia, Africa, Europe, South and North America countries, Australia. Israelis' specialists and companies design, build and implement engineering and technological sup...

Cristina M. Bührnheim, and Tiago P. Carvalho, and Luiz R. Malabarba, and Stanley H. Weitzman

Amazonspinther dalmata, a new miniature characid from the streams of rio Purus and rio Madeira, right bank tributaries of the rio Amazonas, is described as a new genus and species of the subfamily Cheirodontinae. The unique characters of the new genus and species are the three remarkable black blotches on the base of the dorsal, anal, and caudal fins, the anteriormost proximal radial of the anal fin with an anteriorly extended lamina entering the abdominal cavity, and the extremely elongate caud...

Abhishek Dubey, and Snehal Upadhyay, and Somil Mathur, and Surya Kant, and Balendra Pratap Singh, and Rakesh Makwana

Aims: The study aimed to compare the craniofacial features of North Indian patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to that of normal North Indian population. Materials and Methods: Selected 25 North Indian subjects (age: 18–65 years) were divided into two groups (OSA group [n = 14] and non-OSA group [n = 9]) according to the results of full night polysomnographic sleep study. Body mass index (BMI), neck circumference (NC), and lateral cephalograms were recorded for each subject in ...

Liza Gross

Cindy Fernández-García, and Jorge Cortés, and Juan José Alvarado, and Jaime Nivia-Ruiz

Caulerpa sertularioides has been spreading in Bahía Culebra, a seasonal upwelling bay in the north Pacific of Costa Rica, since 2001. The survey was carried out from December 2003 to March 2005, in several locations around Bahía Culebra, located inside the Gulf of Papagayo. This study investigated spatial and temporal patterns, percent coverage, monthly growth rate, reproductive adaptations, and morphological variations of frond length and stolon diameter of Caulerpa sertularioides, at different...