Gayathry Nayak, and Asha Kamath, and Pratap Kumar, and Anjali Rao

Background: To study the menopause related symptoms affecting the quality of life (QOL) of perimenopausal women in order to understand the prevalence and plan for the interventions. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and nine women were evaluated for perimenopausal symptoms using a 29 item MENQOL questionnaire. Results: The physical and psychosocial symptoms were found to be more prevalent than the vasomotor and sexual symptoms. Conclusion: Perimenopausal symptoms widely vary in women population...

Geovane Cândido da Silva, and José Sabino, and Cleber José Rodrigues Alho, and Vânia Lúcia Brandão Nunes, and Vidal Haddad Junior

INTRODUCTION: The fishes of continental Brazil have socioeconomic importance due to their potential for sport fishing and commercial and subsistence uses, as seen in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, particularly in the municipalities of the Pantanal region, where it is the second largest economic activity. Injuries caused in professional fishermen are common and poorly studied, as in other regions of the country. METHODS: Data were obtained from questionnaires and interviews with 100 professional...

Artur Antonio Andreata, and Claudio Oliveira, and Fausto Foresti

The karyotypes of four Hisonotus species (two provisionally-named species A and D, H. nigricauda, and H. leucofrenatus) were found to have the same diploid number of 2n = 54 and interstitial silver-staining nucleolus organizer regions (Ag-NORs) located on the long arm of the largest metacentric pair. The C-banding pattern appeared to be species-specific, with one group (H. nigricauda and the unnamed species A and D) being characterized by small amounts of positive C-banded segments and containin...

Francesco Chirico, and Giuseppe Ferrari, and Giuseppe Taino, and Enrico Oddone, and Ines Giorgi, and Marcello Imbriani

Introduction: Over the past two decades, numerous studies on indoor air and the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) have been conducted, mostly in office environments. However, there is little knowledge about SBS in police officers. This study was aimed to fill this gap. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in 2016 at the Triveneto Penitentiary Center, Northern Italy. Chi-square was used to test the difference of prevalence between office workers (OWs) and correctional officer...

E. V. Sukharenko, and I. V. Samoylova, and V. S. Nedzvetsky

Neurotoxic effects of aluminum chloride in higher than usual environment concentration (10 mg/L) were studied in brains of fishes from various pelagic areas, especially in sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819), roach (Rutilus rutilus Linnaeus, 1758), crucian carp (Carasius carasius Linnaeus, 1758), goby (Neogobius fluviatilis Pallas, 1811). The intensity of oxidative stress and the content of both cytoskeleton protein GFAP and cytosol Ca-binding protein S100β were determined. The differ...

Tomomi eKarigo, and Yoshitaka eOka

Accumulating evidence suggests that up to three different molecular species of GnRH peptides encoded by different paralogs of gnrh genes are expressed by anatomically distinct groups of GnRH neurons in the brain of one vertebrate species. They are called gnrh1, gnrh2, and gnrh3. Recent evidence from molecular, anatomical, and physiological experiments strongly suggests that each GnRH system functions differently. Here, we review recent advancement in the functional studies of the three different...

Esteban Hernández Esteve

The Heritage of the Spanish Navy at the Disposal of the Information and Knowledge Society. The Naval Archive of Cartagena

Sung-Jo Park, and Hyun-Woo Lee

This study aims to assess fatigue property by the static overload and average load in the fillet welded joints which is on the ship structural steel having gusset welds. To this end, a small specimen was made, to which the same welding condition for the actual ship structure was applied, to perform fatigue tests. In this study, a method to simply assess changes in welding residual stress according to different static overload was suggested. By measuring actual strain at the weld toe, the weld st...

Mateus S. Amaral, and Carla C. Loures, and Patrícia C.M. Da Rós, and Sara A. Machado, and Cristiano E. R. Reis, and Heizir F. de Castro, and Messias B. Silva

A total of 8 assays was conducted to study the influence of different variables namely, light intensity, CO2 level, NaNO3 concentration and aeration rate, on the cultivation of the marine microalgae Chlorella sp. to enhance the biomass feedstock availability for biodiesel. The experiments were designed using a Taguchi L8 experimental array set at two levels of operation, having light intensity (0.85 and 14.5 klux), CO2 (5 and 10%), NaNO3 (0.025 and 0.075 g L-1) and aeration rate (3:33 and 1.67 v...

Htun Naing Myint

The article described a technique for calibrating accelerometers unit on special test stands. The developed method allows to the determining the bias accelerometers unit, errors of scale factors accelerometers unit and angles of non-orthogonal accelerometers unit without presenting stringent requirements for high-precision testing equipment. Obtained by measuring the provisions of a test bed to which you want to set a block of accelerometers to obtain estimates of the instrumental errors of the ...

Francesca Conte, and Annamaria Passantino, and Sabrina Longo, and Eva Voslářová

The overall aim of this paper is to show the factors that may affect consumers’ attitude towards farmed fish products. Consumers ask new products on the basis of different quality attributes: stability, safety, composition, better health effects, environment protection, etc. Different and controversial opinions on farmed and wild fish are also explored by literature review. The authors pay attention also to fish welfare as an emerging issue and effective information about fish products as a fact...

Kerry Hadfield, and Paul Sikkel, and Nico Smit

Two species of Mothocya Costa, in Hope, 1851 are reported from the Virgin Islands. Mothocya xenobranchia Bruce, 1986 was collected from St. John Island from the gills of the Atlantic needlefish, Strongylura marina, which is a new locality record and also confirms a previously uncertain host identity. Mothocya bertlucy sp. n. is described from St. Thomas, St John and Guana Islands, from the gills of the redlip blenny, Ophioblennius macclurei, the first record of a blenny as host for any Mothocya....

M. Relini, and P. Maiorano, and G. D'Onghia, and L. Orsi Relini, and A. Tursi, and M. Panza

A tagging experiment of the blue and red shrimp, Aristeus antennatus was carried out in the Ionian Sea, off Roccella Jonica (RC). The experiment involved 45 shrimps, caught by trawling at night at about 100-150 m in depth. One month after tagging one specimen was recaptured at about 10 nautical miles from the releasing point. As the first case of tagged recaptured deep sea shrimp, this experiment brings important results about the feasibility of experimental studies on displacement and growth an...

Mathilde eDugenne, and Melilotus eThyssen, and David eNerini, and Claude eMante, and Jean-Christophe ePoggiale, and Nicole eGarcia, and Fabrice eGarcia, and Gérald J Grégori

Phytoplankton is a key component in marine ecosystems. It is responsible for most of the marine primary production, particularly in eutrophic lagoons, where it frequently blooms. Because they are very sensitive to their environment, the dynamics of these microbial communities has to be observed over different time scales, however, assessment of short term variability is often out of reach of traditional monitoring methods. To overcome these limitations, we set up a Cytosense automated flow cytom...

Zhe Ma, and Wei Li, and Nianxin Ren, and Jinping Ou

The wind energy resource is considerably rich in the deep water of China South Sea, where wind farms have to face the challenge of extreme typhoon events. In this work, the typhoon effect on the aerodynamic performance of the 5MW OC3-Hywind floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) system has been investigated, based on the Aero-Hydro-Servo-Elastic FAST code. First, considering the full field observation data of typhoon “Damrey” is a long duration process with significant turbulence and high wind sp...

N. Garg, and E. Y. K. Ng, and S. Narasimalu

The study investigates the role of the air–sea interface using numerical simulations of Hurricane Arthur (2014) in the Atlantic. More specifically, the present study aims to discern the role ocean surface waves and sea spray play in modulating the intensity and structure of a tropical cyclone (TC). To investigate the effects of ocean surface waves and sea spray, numerical simulations were carried out using a coupled atmosphere–wave model, whereby a sea spray microphysical model was incorpo...

Roberto Ramos, and Luis Vinatea, and Julia Santos, and Rejane Da Costa

<abstract language="eng">La eficiencia de remoción de materia particulada y nutrientes disueltos de efluentes de estanques de reproductores de Litopenaeus vannamei fue evaluada a escala de laboratorio, empleando tratamientos de sedimentación, filtración por Crassostrea rhizophorae y absorción por Ulva fasciata. En cada tratamiento se empleó un tiempo de residencia hidráulica del efluente de seis horas. En la etapa de sedimentación se utilizaron estanques con 90 L del efluente. Para la etapa de f...

Pavlenko Tatyana, and German Olga, and Frizyuk Miroslava, and Aksenov Nikolay, and Operchyuk Anatoliy

In 2010 one area of Ukraine (Kirovograd area) was selected for a pilot project to reduce radon risks. The project consists of several stages: radon risk training for the public health professionals, measurements of radon concentration in schools and nurseries (more than 1000 buildings were examined), justifications of radon countermeasures and their implementation. The lognormal frequency distribution for equivalent equilibrium concentration was authentically established. The g...

T. Wahl, and C. Mudersbach, and J. Jensen

This paper presents an advanced approach to statistically analyse storm surge events. In former studies the highest water level during a storm surge event usually was the only parameter that was used for the statistical assessment. This is not always sufficient, especially when statistically analysing storm surge scenarios for event-based risk analyses. Here, Archimedean Copula functions are applied and allow for the consideration of further important parameters in addition to the highest storm ...

Tsuneo Odate, and Mitsuo Fukuchi

A workshop on future science plans for "Physical, chemical and biological oceanography in the Southern Ocean" was held on February 18,2000,at the National Institute of Polar Research with 15 participants. In this workshop ship opportunities in the near future were introduced. In the first year of the Sixth Phase of the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (JAREVI program, JARE43-47), which will begin in 2001,two Japanese research vessels, R/V Hakuho Maru (Ocean Research Institute, University o...

Edith Fanta, and Flavia Sant' Anna Rios, and Ana Aparecida Meyer, and Sonia Regina Grotzner, and Tania Zaleski

The Antarctic eelpout Ophthalmolycus amberensis occurs in Admiralty Bay (King George Island, South Shetlands), at 140-200m depth, where light intensity is low. To assess behavioural and sensory adaptations for feeding under these conditions, laboratory tests were undertaken. Dead krill, fish fillet, and live amphipods were the preferred food items. Feeding responses were mainly induced by chemical stimuli. Visual stimuli were weak elicitors, leading to a long delay in the initiation of feeding b...

Sandra Maria Cunha Vidal e Silva, and Rogério Antonio Tuon, and Livia Fernandes Probst, and Brunna Verna Castro Gondinho, and Antonio Carlos Pereira, and Marcelo de Castro Meneghim, and Karine Laura Cortellazzi, and Glaucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To identify and analyze factors associated with preventable child deaths. METHODS This analytical cross-sectional study had preventable child mortality as dependent variable. From a population of 34,284 live births, we have selected a systematic sample of 4,402 children who did not die compared to 272 children who died from preventable causes during the period studied. The independent variables were analyzed in four hierarchical blocks: sociodemographic factors, the characte...

M. Yang, and R. Beale, and T. Smyth, and B. Blomquist

We present here vertical fluxes of oxygenated volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) measured with eddy covariance (EC) during the period of March to July 2012 near the southwest coast of the United Kingdom. The performance of the proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometer (PTR-MS) for flux measurement is characterized, with additional considerations given to the homogeneity and stationarity assumptions required by EC. Observed mixing ratios and fluxes of OVOCs (specifically methanol, acetaldehyde, ...

Nelson eColihueque, and Cristian eAraneda

Appearance traits in fish, those external body characteristics that influence consumer acceptance at point of sale, have come to the forefront of commercial fish farming, as culture profitability is closely linked to management of these traits. Appearance traits comprise mainly body shape and skin pigmentation. Analysis of the genetic basis of these traits in different fish reveals significant genetic variation within populations, indicating potential for their genetic improvement. Work into asc...

R. Hussherr, and M. Levasseur, and M. Lizotte, and J.-É. Tremblay, and J. Mol, and H. Thomas, and M. Gosselin, and M. Starr, and L. A. Miller, and T. Jarniková, and N. Schuback, and A. Mucci

In an experimental assessment of the potential impact of Arctic Ocean acidification on seasonal phytoplankton blooms and associated dimethyl sulfide (DMS) dynamics, we incubated water from Baffin Bay under conditions representing an acidified Arctic Ocean. Using two light regimes simulating under-ice or subsurface chlorophyll maxima (low light; low PAR and no UVB) and ice-free (high light; high PAR + UVA + UVB) conditions, water collected at 38 m was exposed over 9 days to 6 levels of decreasing...

Gang WU, and Guo-yu XU, and Guang-tao LIU, and Qing ZHOU, and Ce LIU, and Peng-fei CHANG

Objective 　To analyze the risk factors for prognosis in intracerebral hemorrhage using decision tree (classification and regression tree, CART) model and logistic regression model. Methods 　CART model and logistic regression model were established according to the risk factors for prognosis of patients with cerebral hemorrhage. The differences in the results were compared between the two methods. Results 　Logistic regression analyses showed that hematoma volume (OR-value 0.953), initial Glasgow ...

Thomas Kiørboe

Marine snow aggregates are believed to be the main vehicles for vertical material transport in the ocean. However, aggregates are also sites of elevated heterotrophic activity, which may rather cause enhanced retention of aggregated material in the upper ocean. Small-scale biological-physical interactions govern the formation and fate of marine snow. Aggregates may form by physical coagulation: fluid motion causes collisions between small primary particles (e.g. phytoplankton) that may then stic...

Y. Zhu, and Y. Zhu, and A. McCowan, and P. L. M. Cook

The effects of changes in catchment nutrient loading and composition on the phytoplankton dynamics, development of hypoxia and internal nutrient dynamics in a stratified coastal lagoon system (the Gippsland Lakes) were investigated using a 3-D coupled hydrodynamic biogeochemical water quality model. The study showed that primary production was equally sensitive to changed dissolved inorganic and particulate organic nitrogen loads, highlighting the need for a better understanding of partic...

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Sharon R. Longford, and Alexandra H. Campbell, and Shaun Nielsen, and Rebecca J. Case, and Staffan Kjelleberg, and Peter D. Steinberg

Abstract Our understanding of diseases has been transformed by the realisation that people are holobionts, comprised of a host and its associated microbiome(s). Disease can also have devastating effects on populations of marine organisms, including dominant habitat formers such as seaweed holobionts. However, we know very little about how interactions between microorganisms within microbiomes - of humans or marine organisms – affect host health and there is no underpinning theoretical framework ...

Marlise Poolman, and Jessica Roberts, and Anthony Byrne, and Paul Perkins, and Zoe Hoare, and Annmarie Nelson, and Julia Hiscock, and Dyfrig Hughes, and Betty Foster, and Julie O’Connor, and Liz Reymond, and Sue Healy, and Rossela Roberts, and Bee Wee, and Penney Lewis, and Rosalynde Johnstone, and Sian Roberts, and Emily Holmes, and Stella Wright, and Annie Hendry, and Clare Wilkinson

Abstract Background While the majority of seriously ill people wish to die at home, only half achieve this. The likelihood of someone dying at home often depends on the availability of able and willing lay carers to support them. Dying people are usually unable to take oral medication. When top-up symptom relief medication is required, a clinician travels to the home to administer injectable medication, with attendant delays. The administration of subcutaneous injections by lay carers, though no...

Maria Cristina PEDRAZINI, and Vera Cavalcanti ARAÚJO, and Victor Angelo Martins MONTALLI

Several treatments for recurrent herpes labialis have been tested, including intradermal snake venom, camphor compresses, psychiatric treatments, vitamin C and other vitamin complexes. Nowadays, topical and systemic retroviral drugs such as acyclovir, valacyclovir and vadarabina are the drugs of choice. However they are only effective for symptoms minimization of existing lesions, without eliminating the virus permanently. In this study an alternative treatment with oral L-lysine is presented. T...

Greicy de la Caridad Rodríguez Crespo, and María Antonia Afre Socorro, and Osvaldo Domínguez Junco, and Yunyleydi Rojas Permuy, and Arialys Pérez Troche

The research aimed to link the concepts of ecological integrity and ecosystem services in mangroves, in search of food security and greater resilience to climate change. It was carried out in two coastal areas in the southwest of the province of Pinar del Río, Cuba; namely, Protected Area of Managed Resources Punta Cortés and Coloma-Las Canas (one in a state of deterioration). A methodological proposal was developed that relates the concepts of ecological integrity, ecosystem services and food s...

Wahyu Widyaningsih, and Nina Salamah, and Fella Qulsum Maulida

Background : Nowadays, cardiovascular disease is increasing in number each year. It is triggered by high cholesterol diet consumed by urban people. Green algae (Ulva lactuca L.) contains phytomelatonin levels that can ease cholesterol. Objective : To know about the effect of giving green algae ethanolic extract in male strain Wistar mice's cholesterol level. Methods : This research involved 36 male strain Wistar mice divided to six groups. Negative control injected with 2 ml/200 gBW lard, posi...

A. L. Webb, and M. A. van Leeuwe, and D. den Os, and M. P. Meredith, and H. J. Venables, and J. Stefels

Abstract Biogenic dimethylsulfide (DMS) is a significant contributor to sulfur flux from the oceans to the atmosphere, and the most significant source of aerosol non sea-salt sulfate (NSS-SO4 2−), a key regulator of global climate. Here we present the longest running time-series of DMS-water (DMSW) concentrations in the world, obtained at the Rothera Time-Series (RaTS) station in Ryder Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). We demonstrate the first ever evaluation of interseasonal and interannual ...

A. A. Venn, and E. Tambutté, and N. Caminiti-Segonds, and N. Techer, and D. Allemand, and S. Tambutté

Abstract The resilience of corals to ocean acidification has been proposed to rely on regulation of extracellular calcifying medium pH (pHECM), but few studies have compared the capacity of coral species to control this parameter at elevated pCO2. Furthermore, exposure to light and darkness influences both pH regulation and calcification in corals, but little is known about its effect under conditions of seawater acidification. Here we investigated the effect of acidification in light and darkne...

Francine Monique Ducharme, and Megan Jensen, and Geneviève Mailhot, and Nathalie Alos, and John White, and Elizabeth Rousseau, and Sze Man Tse, and Ali Khamessan, and Benjamin Vinet

Abstract Background New evidence supports the use of supplemental vitamin D in the prevention of exacerbation of asthma; however, the optimal posology to sufficiently raise serum levels while maximising adherence is unclear. The objective was to ascertain the efficacy of high-dose vitamin D3 in increasing serum vitamin D in preschoolers with asthma and provide preliminary data on safety and efficacy outcomes. Methods We conducted a 7-month, triple-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, pilot tri...

Nai-Chi Chen, and Masato Yoshimura, and Naoyuki Miyazaki, and Hong-Hsiang Guan, and Phimonphan Chuankhayan, and Chien-Chih Lin, and Shao-Kang Chen, and Pei-Ju Lin, and Yen-Chieh Huang, and Kenji Iwasaki, and Atsushi Nakagawa, and Sunney I. Chan, and Chun-Jung Chen

Nai-Chi Chen et al. solved the structures of two shrimp nodaviruses, focusing on the major domains to improve understanding of capsid organization. By combining cryo-EM and x-ray crystallography, the authors were able to observe the structures at a high resolution.

Claire Horner, and Evelyn Tenenbaum, and Douglas Sipp, and Zubin Master

Abstract The sale of unproven stem cell interventions (SCIs) by commercial entities has proliferated in highly developed countries, most notably in the USA. Yet, there have been few criminal prosecutions and regulatory enforcement actions against providers who have violated laws and best practice standards due to the lack of resources and legal ambiguity. While the stem cell research community has invested much in protecting patients and preventing the growth of this industry, some patients are ...

Jiang Xuejun, and Fu Yingzi

The present study adopts a new political intervention analysis approach to evaluate the impact of the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” (MSR) policy. The basic concept is to investigate dependence amongst cross-sectional units to construct counterfactuals without intervention. Thus, the effect of policy intervention is simply the difference between the outcomes with and without intervention. The panel data of 14 countries along MSR are used to illustrate the methodology. Real data analysis shows...

Margareth de Mello Ferreira dos Reis, and Sidney Glina, and Carmita Helena Najjar Abdo

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Many men seek medical treatments complaining that their penises are too small (short) when in fact they are not (they are not cases of micropenis). The objective of the present study was to evaluate men's satisfaction with their own bodies and sex life and the prevalence of erectile dysfunction, among men who were not seeking medical or psychological advice. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study in a private, philanthropic hospital in São Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: In thi...

Anne-Maarit University of Turku, and Linnéa University of Turku, and Ville University of Turku, and , and

Currently, internal IT organizations use outsourcing and offshore arrangements to achieve cost savings and gain access to new capabilities. It was found that suppliers’ personnel at the operational level can face challenges with internalizing their operations based on the agreed outsourcing practices and transferred responsibilities. This study gives voice to the supplier and studies the impact of offshore outsourcing operation development activities. The internal IT unit from Nokia Devices sele...

Thangapalam Jawahar Abraham

Antibiotic-resistant luminous Vibrio harveyi strains isolated from Penaeus monodon larvae were screened for the possession of transferable resistance determinants. All the strains were resistant to chloramphenicol and the determinant coding for chloramphenicol resistance was transferred to Escherichia coli at frequencies of 9.50x10-4 to 4.20x10-4. The results probably suggest the excessive use of chloramphenicol in shrimp hatcheries to combat luminous vibriosis.

P. A. Alpert, and J. Y. Aller, and D. A. Knopf

Ice formation in the atmosphere by homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation is one of the least understood processes in cloud microphysics and climate. Here we describe our investigation of the marine environment as a potential source of atmospheric IN by experimentally observing homogeneous ice nucleation from aqueous NaCl droplets and comparing against heterogeneous ice nucleation from aqueous NaCl droplets containing intact and fragmented diatoms. Homogeneous and heterogeneous ice nucleation ...

Palumbo D, and Mucci A, and Piegari G, and D'Alise V, and Mazza A, and Galderisi S

Davide Palumbo,* Armida Mucci,* Giuseppe Piegari, Valentina D&rsquo;Alise, Annapaola Mazza, Silvana Galderisi Department of Psychiatry, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: The purpose of this pilot study was to assess the efficacy of a new social cognition (SC) remediation intervention, the Social Cognition Individualized Activities Lab (SoCIAL), for subjects with schizophrenia. The training includes a module for emo...

V. Marulanda

The scale-up of a supercritical water oxidation process, based on recent advancements in kinetic aspects, reactor configuration and optimal operational conditions, depends on the research and development of simulation tools, which allow the designer not only to understand the complex multiphysics phenomena that describe the system, but also to optimize the operational parameters to attain the best profit for the process and guarantee its safe operation. Accordingly, this paper reports a multiphy...

Dalibor Petrović

U ovom radu opisan je softver za proračun uzdužne statičke stabilnosti i upravljivosti aviona za osnovnu obuku pilota. Softver je urađen sa numerom da konstruktorima omogući brzo i lako dobijanje potrebnih rezultata vezanih za stabilnost i upravljivost kod preliminarnih proračuna vezanih za ovu vrstu aviona. Program je urađen na osnovu analize velikog broja aviona iz ove klase, a njegova tačnost je testirana na avionu "Lasta". Rezultati koji su dobijeni ovim softverom bili su više od zadovoljava...

Ellen eHines, and Samantha eStrindberg, and Chalatip eJunchompoo, and Lousa Shobhini Ponnampalam, and Anoukchika D. Ilangakoon, and Justine eJackson-Ricketts, and Somchai eMananunsap

Effective conservation of coastal marine mammals is largely dependent on reliable knowledge of their abundance, as well as the ecological and human factors driving their distribution. In developing countries, lack of resources and capacity frequently impedes research needed to estimate abundance and to determine the ecological requirements of coastal marine mammals and the impact of threats related to coastal development and fisheries. Over the course of five years, we developed practical resea...

Li-Ting eTsai, and Li-Ting eTsai, and Jung-Lung eHsu, and Jung-Lung eHsu, and Chien-Te eWu, and Chia-Ching eChen, and Yu-Chin eSu

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of visual rehabilitation of a computer-based visual stimulation (VS) program combining checkerboard pattern reversal (passive stimulation) with oddball stimuli (attentional modulation) for improving the visual acuity (VA) of visually impaired (VI) children and children with amblyopia and additional developmental problems. Six children (3 females, 3 males; mean age = 3.9 ± 2.3 years) with impaired VA caused by deficits along the anter...

Iliana B Baums, and Meghann D Durante, and Aren Ajeng Laing, and Joshua eFeingold, and Tyler eSmith, and Andrew eBruckner, and Joao eMonteiro

Coral populations at distributional margins frequently experience suboptimal and variable conditions. Recurrent El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) warming events have caused extensive mortality of reef-building corals in the Eastern Pacific, and particularly impacted branching pocilloporid corals in the Galápagos Islands. Pocillopora spp. were previously more common and formed incipient reefs at several locations in the Archipelago but now occur as scattered colonies. Here, we report an unusual...