MAZEN T. ABUALTAYEF, and ABDEL FATTAH N. ABD RABOU, and AHMED A. ABU FOUL, and SAID M. GHABAYEN, and HASSAN M. ELSINWAR

Abualtayef MT, Abd Rabou AN, Abu Foul AA, Ghabayen SM, Elsinwar HM. 2014. Microbial water quality of coastal recreational water in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. Nusantara Bioscience 6: 26-32. Wastewater disposal into the Mediterranean coast of the Gaza Strip has many negative effects, whether on the environment or on human health, thus microbiological analysis of seawater samples was carried out. The microbial analysis was confined on two types of fecal indicators (fecal coliform and fecal streptoc...

Ahmed Ali Bahaj, and Abdulla Salim Bin Ghouth

A descriptive KAP study about smoking was conducted in all the ten secondary schools in Hadramout coastal districts during October 2004 – April 2005 and a total of 317 teachers were enrolled in the study (182 male, 135 female teachers). The findings revealed that about 8% of the teachers were smokers; all smokers were males (prevalence 14%). Only 10% of teachers had received training to limit smoking among students, and 27% had educational materials about harmful effects of smoking. The study...

M. Peña, and E. Kalnay, and M. Cai

We apply a simple dynamical rule to determine the dominant forcing direction in locally coupled ocean-atmosphere anomalies in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/ NCAR) reanalysis data. The rule takes into account the phase relationship between the low-level vorticity anomalies and the Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies. Analysis of the frequency of persistent coupled anomalies for five-day average data shows that, in gener...

Laura Sampson, and Alan Giraldo

Gorgona National Park protects fertile waters that support large vertebrates, including green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), and for them, gelatinous zooplankton constitute a food resource that can be found year-round in Gorgona Island´s coastal waters. This study was carried out to determine the abundance of salps and doliolids around Gorgona Island over a year, and to determine whether this is a resource that could be used reliably year-round by green turtles and other large plankton-feeding pr...

Ruchika M Saxena, and P C Deepika

Background: Periodontitis is associated with glycemic control in patients with diabetes. The purpose of this study was to determine if glycosylated hemoglobin is elevated in patients with periodontitis who are non-diabetic adults. Materials and Methods: A total of 36 patients were selected and were divided into test and control groups. Test group included 18 adults without diabetes, but with periodontitis (having at least five teeth with probing depth (PD) ≥5 mm, bleeding on probing (BOP), and...

Víctor Ayala-Pérez, and Nallely Arce, and Roberto Carmona

La avifauna acuática invernal de la ciénaga de Tláhuac fue estudiada de noviembre de 2006 a febrero de 2007; se identificaron 40 especies, 3 de las cuales corresponden a nuevos registros. El área fue utilizada por, al menos, 25 000 aves acuáticas; 5 fueron las especies dominantes: 3 anátidos (Anas clypeata, A. platyrhynchos diazi y Oxyura jamaicensis), 1 ave playera (Limnodromus scolopaceus) y 1 gallareta (Fulica americana). Sobresalió por su abundancia A. platyrhynchos diazi, subespecie endémic...

Andrzej FELLNER, and Krzysztof BANASZEK, and Paweł TRÓMIŃSKI

First in the Poland tests of the EGNOS SIS (Signal in Space) were conducted on 5th October 2007 on the flight inspection with SPAN (The Synchronized Position Attitude Navigation) technology at the Mielec airfield. This was an introduction to a test campaign of the EGNOS-based satellite navigation system for air traffic. The advanced studies will be performed within the framework of the EGNOS-APV project in 2011. The implementation of the EGNOS system to APV-I precision approach operations, is co...

Manoj P. Brahmane, and Krishna Mitra, and Sudhanshu S. Mishra

We used random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) to generate species-specific diagnostic fragment patterns for the molecular identification of the ornamental aquarium fish species Badis badis and Dario dario. Seven arbitrary oligodecamer primers produced a total of 116 bands of which 98.23% were polymorphic. The size of the amplified products was in the range 340 bp to 2170 bp. Intraspecies genetic similarity was 0.879 ± 0.023 for B. badis and 0.840 ± 0.014 for D. dario while interspecies ...

Simone Elias, and Rita de Cássia Maio Dardes, and Cláudio Kemp, and Angela Flavia Logullo, and Thaís Heinke, and Edmund Chada Baracat, and Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima

OBJETIVOS: avaliou-se o tecido mamário de mulheres antes e depois de seis meses de terapia estroprogestativa combinada contínua (0,625 mg de estrogênios conjugados eqüinos associados a 2,5 mg de acetato de medroxiprogesterona). MÉTODOS: todas as pacientes foram avaliadas antes de se instituir o tratamento e consideradas aptas para este. Foram obtidos fragmentos de tecido mamário por meio de biópsia percutânea com agulha grossa (acoplada a um propulsor automático - "core-biópsia"). O material foi...

Davi de Holanda Cavalcante, and Suzete Roberta da Silva, and Paloma Damasceno Pinheiro, and Ádila da Cunha Martins, and Marcelo Vinícius do Carmo e Sá

The present research aimed to assess a lab-scale model to study periphyton-based systems for fish culture. Twenty-five liters plastic aquaria were stocked with three Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, juveniles (0.77±0.09g; 12 fish m-2) for 6 weeks in a 2x2 factorial design. Small plastic bottles were placed in some aquaria for periphyton development. Two feeding regimes were employed: "full-fed" (standard feeding rates were fully adopted) and "half-fed" (50% of standard feeding rates)....

ZORNITSA ZAHARIEVA, and VENISLAVA SPASOVA, and GENADI GAVRILOV

Acoustic deterrent devices (pingers) were used on static fishing gear called dalyans in an attempt to reduce bycatch of small cetaceans and/or to reduce depredation in the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Between April and July 2015 dalyans were equipped with harbour porpoise pingers in the northern part of the coast. Observations were carried out on regular bases on active (with pingers) and on control dalyans (without pingers). The preliminary results were positive in reducing damages on fishin...

Ruxandra Cretu, and Daniela Neagos, and Andreea Musteata, and Bohiltea Roxana, and Laurentiu Camil Bohiltea

Antenatal detection the chromosome abnormalities in high risk pregnancies and correlation between karyotype analysis and FISH (Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization). Amniotic fluid karyotyping and FISH have been offered to pregnant women with genetic risk, using the standard method and GTG banding techniques. Were found 22 abnormal karyotypes: 13 cases with numerical abnormalities (13 homogenuous aneuploidies: trisomies – 3 cases of 47,XX+21, 3 cases of 47,XY+21; 2 cases of 47,XY+18, 1 case of 47,X...

Ostojić Aleksandar, and Savić Nebojša, and Vaško Željko

The objective of research presented in the paper is to determine the basic parameters affecting the purchase, supply and consumption of fish in the market of the city of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The survey was conducted on a random sample of 100 respondents. The data were analyzed by univariante (frequency and distribution) and two-variant statistical methods and cross-tabulation. The conclusions are that for the purchase of fish, freshness is a primary factor, which is to be expecte...

William George Van Bonn, and Sophie eDennison, and Sophie eDennison, and Peter eCook, and Andreas eFahlman

A yearling California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) was admitted into rehabilitation with signs of cerebellar pathology. Diagnostic imaging that included radiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated space-occupying lesions predominantly in the cerebellum that were filled partially by CSF-like fluid and partially by gas, and cerebral lesions that were fluid filled. Over a maximum period of four months, the brain lesions reduced in size and the gas resorbed and was replaced by...

Thibaut Girardot, and Thomas Rimmelé, and Guillaume Monneret, and Julien Textoris, and Fabienne Venet

Abstract Background Sepsis-associated hyperlactatemia is a widely used biomarker, associated with initial severity and poor outcomes. This increased circulating lactate concentration has been proposed to result in part from a mismatch between oxygen delivery and demand in organs. However, other mechanisms may participate. In particular, a metabolic reprogramming similar to the Warburg effect initially described in cancer cells could lead to increased lactate production by immune cells such as T ...

Zhitao Huang, and Yuli Jiang, and Xiefa Song, and Eric Hallerman, and Lei Peng, and Dengpan Dong, and Teng Ma, and Jieming Zhai, and Wensheng Li

Abstract While biofilters are widely used to metabolize ammonia and other wastes in marine recirculating aquaculture systems, the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial and archaeal communities have not been characterized across a diversity of production systems. Using a metagenomics approach, we characterized the ammonia-oxidizing microbiological community of biofilters in a commercial recirculating marine aquaculture system producing hybrid grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus × E. fuscoguttatus). Cloning an...

Dana E. Boccio

The promotion of students’ welfare is one of the central professional and ethical responsibilities of school psychology practitioners. However, some practitioners are subjected to pressure from administrators to engage in behavior that runs counter to ethical mandates and may be detrimental to students’ well-being. The phenomenon of administrative pressure to violate ethical standards might be explained by professionals’ adherence to disparate ethical philosophies, with school psychologists prio...

István Szűcs, and Ildikó Edit Tikász, and Milán Fehér, and László Stündl

The present paper discusses the findings of primary research related to the development of smoked fish filet made of the barramundi into a functional food, including product tasting. The study sought to provide information for the target audience, in our case, for consumers in hypermarkets on (1) about their certain fish consumption habits, (2) their attitudes towards conscious fish consumption, (3) the reputation of the barramundi brought to the domestic market recently and the related consider...

Ingrid V. Bassett, and Leah S. Forman, and Sabina Govere, and Hilary Thulare, and Simone C. Frank, and Bright Mhlongo, and Elena Losina

Abstract Background Community-based GeneXpert MTB/RIF testing may increase detection of prevalent TB in the community and improve rates of TB treatment completion. Methods We conducted a pilot randomized trial to evaluate the impact of GeneXpert screening on a mobile HIV testing unit. Adults (≥18y) underwent rapid HIV testing and TB symptom screening and were randomized to usual mobile unit care (providing sputum on the mobile unit sent out for GeneXpert testing) or the “Test & Treat TB” interve...

Alexander J. Corrick, and David Selby, and David M. McKirdy, and Philip A. Hall, and Se Gong, and Christine Trefry, and Andrew S. Ross

Abstract An understanding of the temporal evolution of a petroleum system is fundamental to interpreting where hydrocarbons may be trapped in the subsurface. However, traditional exploration methods provide few absolute constraints on the timing of petroleum generation. Here we show that 187Re/187Os geochronology may be applied to natural crude oil seepage to determine when petroleum generation occurred in offshore sedimentary basins. Using asphaltites collected from the South Australian coastli...

JL. Luque, and NN. Felizardo, and LER. Tavares

One hundred and twenty-eight specimens of namorado sandperches, 62 P. numida and 66 P. semifasciata, collected between October 2002 and June 2003 off the Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Lat 23° S and Long 42° W), were examined to study their metazoan parasites. Parasite communities of these fish were composed basically of endoparasites, mainly digenean and cestodes species, with low prevalence and abundance but having high parasite species richness values (at the component community level). A...

Paulo dos Santos Pompeu, and Carlos Barreira Martinez

The construction of fish passages has been one of the strategies adopted by the Brazilian energy sector in order to diminish the effects of barriers on fish communities. However, studies of the efficiency of these mechanisms are scarce. The present study evaluated the efficiency and selectivity of the first trap and truck fish passage system in Brazil, installed in Santa Clara Dam, Mucuri River. The species composition in the Santa Clara Dam fish lift was compared to the original composition of ...

Veysel Aysel, and Hüseyin Erduğan, and Emine Şükran Okudan, and Hakan Erk

Dejan Živković , and Gradimir Basarić , and Stojan Jovelić

U ovom radu opisano je merenje opštih vibracija na sedištu pilota kod dva tipa helikoptera (po jedna letelica) sa turbomlaznim motorima, kao i trećinsko-oktavna analiza ubrzanja opštih vibracija u sve tri ose. Iz dobijenih rezultata sledi da su nivoi ubrzanja kod prvog tipa helikoptera najveći u trećinsko-oktavnom opsegu sa centralnom frekvencijom od 16 Hz. Maksimalne vrednosti ubrzanja opštih vertikalnih vibracija izmerene su za režime lebdenja (0,977 m/s2) i horizontalnog leta pri brzini od 25...

Bipul Kumar Dey, and Md. Mer Mosharraf Hossain, and Sanjoy Banerjee Bappa, and Shirin Akter, and Shoumo Khondoker

The study was carried out to assess the impact of diseases on fish production in baors of Jessore district, Bangladesh from March 2012 to January 2013. Studied baors were selected randomly from each sub-district which covered 39.22% of total baors and 71.87% baor areas in Jessore district. All the surveyed baors were affected more or less by various diseases and in 80% baors noticeable production loss occurred almost every year. The main diseases were epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS), dropsy,...

Palani Damotharan, and Anguchamy Veeruraj, and Muthuvel Arumugam, and Thangavel Balasubramanian

Objective: To evaluate the antibacterial activity of sea snake (Enhydrina schistosa) venom protein against drug-resistant human pathogenic bacterial strains. Methods: The venom was collected by milking process from the live specimens of sea snake are using capillary tubes or glass plates. Venom was purified by ion exchange chromatography and it was tested for in-vitro antibacterial activity against 10 drug-resistant human pathogenic bacterial strains using the standard disc diffusion method...

B. Buongiorno Nardelli, and G. Larnicol, and E. D’Acunzo, and R. Santoleri, and S. Marullo, and P. Y. Le Traon

The Near Real Time (NRT) operational products developed from satellite data (AVHRR, Topex/Poseidon, Ers-2) in the framework of the Mediterranean Forecasting System Pilot Project (MFSPP, autumn 1998–autumn 2000) are described and compared to delayed time products over the Mediterranean sea. MFSPP SLA and SST data are then discussed in the general context of the Mediterranean circulation, showing the interannual variability of the fields and identifying recurrent or anomalous features ...

Valeria Pizarro, and Sara C. Rodríguez, and Mateo López-Victoria, and Fernando A. Zapata, and Sven Zea, and Claudia T. Galindo-Martínez, and Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, and Joseph Pollock, and Mónica Medina

Coral reefs are commonly associated with oligotrophic, well-illuminated waters. In 2013, a healthy coral reef was discovered in one of the least expected places within the Colombian Caribbean: at the entrance of Cartagena Bay, a highly-polluted system that receives industrial and sewage waste, as well as high sediment and freshwater loads from an outlet of the Magdalena River (the longest and most populated river basin in Colombia). Here we provide the first characterization of Varadero Reef’s g...

Tai-Yuan Chen, and Cheng-Hong Hsieh, and Deng-Fwu Hwang

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a naturally occurring toxin in food, especially in puffer fish. TTX poisoning is observed frequently in South East Asian regions. In TTX-derived food poisoning outbreaks, the amount of TTX recovered from suspicious fish samples or leftovers, and residual levels from biological fluids of victims are typically trace. However, liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry methods have been demonstrated to qualitatively and quantitat...

D. Hill, and K. R. W. Bell, and D. McMillan, and D. Infield

The growth of wind power production in the electricity portfolio is striving to meet ambitious targets set, for example by the EU, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020. Huge investments are now being made in new offshore wind farms around UK coastal waters that will have a major impact on the GB electrical supply. Representations of the UK wind field in syntheses which capture the inherent structure and correlations between different locations including offshore sites are required. ...

Mercedes Conradi, and Eugenia Bandera, and Sofya V. Mudrova, and Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko

Spaniomolgus is a symbiotic genus of copepods of the poecilostomatoid family Rhynchomolgidae and is known to be associated with shallow-water reef-building hermatypic corals. Three species of this genus were previously found only in washings of Acropora and Stylophora in northern Madagascar. Four coral morphotypes of Stylophora pistillata (Pocilloporidae) were collected by SCUBA at 1 to 28 m depth in five sites in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea in 2013. Copepods found on ...

V. N. Aswathy, and O. Boucher, and M. Quaas, and U. Niemeier, and H. Muri, and J. Mülmenstädt, and J. Quaas

Simulations from a multi-model ensemble for the RCP4.5 climate change scenario for the 21st century, and for two solar radiation management (SRM) schemes (stratospheric sulfate injection (G3), SULF and marine cloud brightening by sea salt emission SALT) have been analysed in terms of changes in the mean and extremes of surface air temperature and precipitation. The climate engineering and termination periods are investigated. During the climate engineering period, both schemes, as intended, of...

Scott Glenn Cole, and Per-Olav eMoksnes

Valuing nature’s benefits in monetary terms is necessary for policy-makers facing trade-offs in how to spend limited financial resources on environmental protection. We provide information to assess trade-offs associated with the management of seagrass beds, which provide a number of ecosystem services, but are presently impacted by many stressors. We develop an interdisciplinary framework for valuing multiple ecosystem services and apply it to the case of eelgrass (Zostera marina), a dominant s...

Roxana Moogouei

In this study various important indices were selected to assess the sustainable aquaculture strategies in rural areas of Iran. In addition the government officials, consultants and managers were surveyed to assess the indices of aquaculture development. The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats   analyses were used to make a comprehensive evaluation on internal and external factors, participating the development of aquaculture strategies. The sum of the attractiveness scores from the ...

Pimpan Tansakul, and Saowapa Angsupanich, and Benjawan Kaewderm

Species diversity of soil algae and environmental relationship were studied from undisturbed and disturbed forests at Ton Ngachang Wildlife Sanctuary and nearby reserved forests. Soil samples were collected in both dry and rainy seasons, in May and October 1999 respectively. Soil algal density was estimated by the dilution-culture method, using NSIII medium. The cultures were incubated at 25ºC and room temperature. Twenty-two genera of soil algae in Cyanophyta, Chlorophyta and Bacillariophyta di...

Joanna K. York, and Zbigniew Witek, and Sylwia Labudda, and Stanis³aw Ochocki

The organic matter production/respiration balance in the coastal water column was examined, both the primary production and community respiration being measured with the oxygen light-and-dark bottle method. Community respiration (CR) was always lower than the gross primary production (GPP) measured at a standard light intensity of 390 &#181;E m^-2 s^-1, which amounted, on average, to 30% of GPP. During most of the <i>in situ</i> sampling period, the coastal system (6-7 m...

Ivchenko Vladislav, and Teplitsky Vladimir

Our country has set a course for the economy modernisation on the basis of innovative development. In the post-war period until 1991, the exclave of Russia — the Kaliningrad region — showed high rates of socioeconomic development due to the establishment of a large-scale sea fishing industry. Such success rested on research and innovative activity. This article analyses the successful innovative development of the fishing fleet in the historical perspective: new vessels, the development of new e...

Renan Éboli Lopes, and Karla da Silva Ramos, and Cristiane Campello Bressani, and Ilma Kruse de Arruda, and Ariani Impieri de Souza

OBJETIVOS: este estudo avaliou a prevalência de anemia e hipovitaminose A em puérperas no Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira - IMIP. MÉTODOS: estudo descritivo tipo corte transversal com uma amostra de 72 puérperas que já se encontravam de alta hospitalar. RESULTADOS: a idade variou entre 12 e 41 anos, com mediana de 22,5 anos. Observou-se bom nível de escolaridade, embora sete delas referissem três ou menos anos de estudo. Uso de algum tipo de suplemento contendo ferro durante a...

Wilson Rogério Boscolo, and Arcangelo Augusto Signor, and Anderson Coldebella, and Guilherme Wolff Bueno, and Aldi Feiden

Objetivou-se com o presente trabalho avaliar a inclusão da farinha de resíduo da indústria de filetagem de peixes em rações orgânicas para tilápias do Nilo (O. niloticus) na fase de crescimento, sobre o desempenho zootécnico (ganho de peso, conversão alimentar e sobrevivência), características de carcaça (rendimento de carcaça, tronco limpo, filé, gordura visceral, e índice hepatossomático) e composição química (umidade, proteína bruta, matéria mineral e extrato etéreo) dos peixes. Utilizaram-se...

Alfredo Tenuta Filho, and Luciene Fagundes Lauer Macedo, and Déborah Inês Teixeira Favaro

O pescado contém substancialmente maiores concentrações de selênio (Se) do que outras carnes e é, por isso, considerado a maior fonte dietária desse nutriente. Ao mesmo tempo, o pescado também é a maior fonte de ingestão de mercúrio (Hg) na dieta humana, cuja toxidez pode ser reduzida pelo Se, por interação entre ambos. Em consequência, a biodisponibilidade do Se é reduzida. No presente estudo, a ocorrência do Se foi avaliada em espécies marinhas de peixes brasileiros, comercialmente disponíveis...

F Pieruccini-Faria, and MRTP Menuchi, and R Vitório, and LTB Gobbi, and F Stella, and S Gobbi

CONTEXTO: Os efeitos da levodopa na marcha de pacientes com Doença de Parkinson (DP) em terrenos desobstruídos são conhecidos, mas pouco se conhece sobre seus efeitos na marcha com obstáculos. OBJETIVO: Este estudo objetivou descrever, por meio de ferramenta cinemática, o comportamento locomotor de pacientes com DP e verificar as estratégias locomotoras, sem e sob o efeito da levodopa, durante a ultrapassagem de obstáculos de diferentes alturas. MÉTODO: Cinco pacientes com DP (Hoehn e Yahr= 2±0;...

E. Kazantsev

A description of a deterministic chaotic system in terms of unstable periodic orbits (UPO) is used to develop a method of an <i>a priori </i>estimate of the sensitivity of statistical averages of the solution to small external influences. This method allows us to determine the forcing perturbation which maximizes the norm of the perturbation of a statistical moment of the solution on the attractor. The method was applied to the barotropic ocean model in order to determine the perturbation...

E. Bosom, and J. A. Jiménez

A methodology for coastal hazard assessment at regional scale is presented and applied to the Catalan coast (NW Mediterranean). The method separately evaluates erosion and inundation hazards by using wave time series and beach characteristics (slope and sediment grain size). Obtained hazard time series are fitted to extreme probability distributions for different coastal sectors which are defined in function of local wave climate. This approach allows to compare the spatial variation of hazard i...

Jin Zhou, and Yong-Min Lao, and Zhi-Ping Ma, and Zhong-Hua Cai

Phycosphere environment is a typical marine niche, harbor diverse populations of microorganisms, which are thought to play a critical role in algae host and influence mutualistic and competitive interactions. Understanding quorum sensing-based acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) language may shed light on the interaction between algal-associated microbial communities in the native environment. In this work, we isolated an epidermal bacterium (was tentatively named Enterobacter sp. ST3, and deposited i...

A. S. Fors, and C. Brekke, and A. P. Doulgeris, and T. Eltoft, and A. H. H. Renner, and S. Gerland

In this study, we investigate the potential of sea ice segmentation by C- and X-band multi-polarisation synthetic aperture radar (SAR) features during late summer. Five high-resolution satellite SAR scenes were recorded in the Fram Strait covering iceberg-fast first-year and old sea ice during a week with air temperatures varying around 0 &deg;C. Sea ice thickness, surface roughness and aerial photographs were collected during a helicopter flight at the site. Six polarimetric SAR features were e...

David A. Newby, and Barrie Stokes, and Anthony J. Smith

Abstract Background Junior doctors undertake a significant amount of prescribing; however, they are not well prepared for this, and report they would like more training in their undergraduate courses. To address this we tested a pharmacist-led prescribing program for final-year medical students. Methods Sixteen final-year students took part in the program. The program involved students writing prescriptions and getting feedback from clinical pharmacists, undertaking prescribing and calculation t...

Leslie A. Slota, and Esther M. Miranda, and David R. McClay

Abstract Background The sea urchin is a basal deuterostome that is more closely related to vertebrates than many organisms traditionally used to study neurogenesis. This phylogenetic position means that the sea urchin can provide insights into the evolution of the nervous system by helping resolve which developmental processes are deuterostome innovations, which are innovations in other clades, and which are ancestral. However, the nervous system of echinoderms is one of the least understood of ...

Samara R.B. Damasceno, and Jocélia C. Rodrigues, and Renan O. Silva, and Lucas A.D. Nicolau, and Luciano S. Chaves, and Ana L.P. Freitas, and Marcellus H.L.P. Souza, and André L.R. Barbosa, and Jand-Venes R. Medeiros

Seaweeds are the most abundant source of polysaccharides such as alginates and agar, as well as carrageenans. This study aimed to investigate the gastroprotective activity and the mechanism underlying this activity of a sulfated-polysaccharide fraction extracted from the algae Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V. Lamour. (Gigartinales– Rhodophyta). Mice were treated with sulfated-polysaccharide fraction (3, 10, 30, and 90 mg/kg, p.o.) and, after 30 min, they were administered 50% ethanol (0.5 mL/25 ...

Mayaris Zepeda Méndez, and Mirjam J. Nijdam, and F. Jackie June ter Heide, and Niels van der Aa, and Miranda Olff

Background: Trauma-focused psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been demonstrated to be efficacious, but also have considerable non-response and dropout rates. Intensive treatment may lead to faster symptom reduction, which may contribute to treatment motivation and thereby to reduction of dropout. Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an intensive five-day inpatient treatment with Eye Movement Desensi...

Ritesh Shah, and Jessica R Benson, and Jeffrey M Muir

Component malpositioning during Birmingham hip resurfacing increases the risk for component wear, metallosis, component loosening, and the likelihood of dislocation and revision surgery. Computer-assisted navigation can increase the accuracy to which components are placed, and the utilization of this technology in Birmingham hip resurfacing is increasing. The present report summarizes the accuracy of acetabular component positioning in a Birmingham hip resurfacing case utilizing navigation. Intr...