Cibeli da Silva, and Jussara Orige Bach Gonçalves, and Gilberto de Oliveira Moritz, and Anita Rademaker Valença, and Katt Regina Lapa

The study aimed to search for information on the profile of graduates of the course of Aquaculture Engineering at UFSC, established in 1999/1. Due to the large number of graduates, the technique used for data collection was the application of an online questionnaire with 20 questions. The survey link was sent by the partners and some telephone networks. Of the 460 graduates of the course, 304 answered the questionnaire. Of these, 90.46% are employed, unemployed 9.21% and 0.33% retired. The objec...

Micheli C Thomas, and Paulo C Lana

We tested experimentally the hypothesis that prevailing locomotion/feeding strategies and body morphology may lead to more active dispersal of free-living marine nematodes, besides passive transport. Neutral Red was applied to the sediment inside cores and the red plume formed during the flood tide was divided into near, middle, and distant zones. At 0.5 m and 1 m from the stained cores, sampling nets were suspended 5 and 10 cm above the sediment-water interface. Dispersion behaviors were define...

Romdhane, M. S., and Jenhani, A. B. R., and Naceur, H. B.

W. Ohira, and K. Honda, and K. Harada

Coastal forests are known to protect coastal areas from environmental degradation. In this paper, we examined another important role of coastal forests – to mitigate tsunami devastations to coastal areas. Using a two-dimensional numerical model (Harada and Imamura model, 2005), we evaluated the damping effects of a coastal forest to resist tsunami inundation in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In the simulations, we set up a two-km long control forest with a representative topography of the study site and...

Teresa Margarida Mouga

Fishing is a socio-economic activity of great relevance worldwide. However the environmental sustainability of the fishing arts is far from being effective. It is necessary to find more selective types of fishing to ensure sustainable catches of target species and also to protect other organisms accidentally caught with no commercial value. The answer to these problems arise, often, from the nature itself, as is the case of bubble net feeding, the feeding behavior of the humpback whale (<i>Megap...

Yang Dongfang, and Wang Qiang, and Zhou Wei, and Su Chunhua, and Zhu Sixi

This paper quantified the horizontal and vertical transferring processes of As in coastal waters in the southwest and the bay mouth of Jiaozhou Bay using investigation data in July and October 1982. Results showed that the horizontal absolute loss amounts of As contents in surface waters were 0.20-2.44 μg L-1, and the horizontal relative loss amounts in surface waters were 19.23%-87.14%, respectively. The horizontal absolute loss amounts of As contents in bottom waters were 0.27-2.44 μg L-1, and...

Rumana Huque, and Prabha Chandra, and Mukesh Dherani, and Veena Satyanarayana, and Cath Jackson, and Kamran Siddiqi, and Atif Rahman

Background Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) during pregnancy is associated with harmful health effects to the foetus and newborn baby. We piloted an intervention targeting pregnant women whose husbands smoked at home, explored intervention acceptability and trial feasibility. Methods The IMPRESS study was administered in Comilla District, Bangladesh. We recruited 48 pregnant women in their first and second trimester, and followed them up at 3 months and within 48 hours after delivery. Outco...

Elise Lépy

Marine ice melting topic is a repetitive phenomenon in alarmist speeches on climate change. The present positive evolution of air temperatures has in all probability many impacts on the environment and more or less directly on societies. Face to the temperature elevation, the ice pack is undergone to an important temporal variability of ice growth and melting. Human populations can be exposed to meteorological and ice hazards engendering a societal risk. The purpose of this paper is to better u...

Gianfranco d'Onghia, and Domingo Lloris, and Chrissi-Yianna Politou, and Letizia Sion, and John Dokos

During an EC-funded research carried out in the Mediterranean Sea deep-water fish (600-4000 m) were collected in the Balearic Sea as well as the western and eastern Ionian Sea. Caelorhynchusmediterraneus is a new record for the Balearic Sea, Cyclothone braueri, Hygophum benoiti, Paralepis speciosa, Chalinura mediterranea, Coryphaenoides guentheri, C. mediterraneus, Lepidion lepidion and Cataetyx laticeps for the western Ionian Sea, and Polyacanthonotus rissoanus, C. guentheri, C. mediterraneus, ...

Dana Fischer, and Götz Berberich, and Michael Zaudig, and Till Krauseneck, and Till Krauseneck, and Sarah Weiss, and Sarah Weiss, and Olga Pollatos

Objective: Previous studies report reduced interoceptive abilities in anorexia nervosa (AN) using various methods. Recent research suggests that different levels of interoceptive processes aiming at different subdomains of interoceptive abilities must be further distinguished as these levels can be differentially affected. Two important levels refer to interoceptive accuracy (IA) derived from objective performance tasks such as the heartbeat detection task, and interoceptive sensibility (IS) as ...

A.-K. Faber, and B. Møllesøe Vinther, and J. Sjolte, and R. Anker Pedersen

This study investigates how variations in Arctic sea ice and sea surface conditions influence <i>δ</i>¹⁸O of present-day Arctic precipitation. This is done using the model isoCAM3, an isotope-equipped version of the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 3. Four sensitivity experiments and one control simulation are performed with prescribed sea surface temperature (SST) and sea ice. Each of the four experiments simulates the atmospheric and isotop...

Heather eLeutwyler, and Erin eHubbard, and Bruce eCooper, and Glenna eDowling

Objectives: The purpose of this report is to describe the impact of a videogame-based pilot physical activity program using the Kinect for Xbox 360 game system (Microsoft, Redmond, WA) on physical activity in older adults with schizophrenia. Methods: In this one group pretest posttest pilot study, twenty participants played an active videogame for 30 minutes, once a week for 6 weeks. Physical activity was measured by self-report with the Yale Physical Activity Survey and objectively with the Sen...

Anna-Maria eMarx, and Ann-Christine eEhlis, and Adrian eFurdea, and Martin eHoltmann, and Tobias eBanaschewski, and Daniel eBrandeis, and Daniel eBrandeis, and Aribert eRothenberger, and Holger eGevensleben, and Christine M. eFreitag, and Yvonne eFuchsenberger, and Andreas J Fallgatter, and Ute eStrehl

In this pilot study near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) neurofeedback was investigated as a new method for the treatment of ADHD. Oxygenated hemoglobin in the prefrontal cortex of children with ADHD was measured and fed back. 12 sessions of NIRS-neurofeedback were compared to the intermediate outcome after 12 sessions of EEG-neurofeedback (slow cortical potentials, SCP) and 12 sessions of EMG-feedback (muscular activity of left and right musculus supraspinatus). The task was either to increase or ...

James W.A. Murphy, and Robert H. Richmond

On Hawaiian reefs, the fast-growing, invasive algae Gracilaria salicornia overgrows coral heads, restricting water flow and light, thereby smothering corals. Field data shows hypoxic conditions (dissolved oxygen (DO2) < 2 mg/L) occurring underneath algal mats at night, and concurrent bleaching and partial tissue loss of shaded corals. To analyze the impact of nighttime oxygen-deprivation on coral health, this study evaluated changes in coral metabolism through the exposure of corals to chronic h...

Jenkins Lekelia

Anecdotally it is often said that fishers are the best inventors of marine conservation technologies. In this paper I describe case studies of Turtle Excluder Devices (TEDs) and dolphin conservation technology, offering empirical evidence that fishers are successful inventors of marine conservation technology. I describe the Local Inventor Effect, in which adoption of a technology is disproportionately high in the geographic area near the inventor&#x2032;s home. In one case, the adoption of a lo...

Laura Ghigliotti, and Federico Mazzei, and Catherine Ozouf-Costaz, and Jørgen S. Christiansen, and Svein-Erik Fevolden, and Eva Pisano

The capelin, Mallotus villosus (Osmeriformes, Osmeridae), is an ecological and commercial key component of the sub-arctic ichthyofauna. Here, we provide the first cytogenetic information on the species based on both conventional karyotyping and chromosomal mapping of 45S and 5S ribosomal genes through fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). The capelin genome displayed a diploid number of 54 with the karyotypic formula 26m/sm+28st/a and a fundamental number (FN) = 80. Both classes of ribosoma...

Saly Gheda, and Mostafa El-Sheekh, and Alaa Abou-Zeid

Objective: To evaluate the potential role of the polysaccharides of the marine algae as an anticancer agent in vitro against colon cancer cell line (CoCa2) and breast cancer (MCF7) cell lines and to measure lactate dehydrogenase enzyme (LDH) activity as biomarker of membrane integrity of the cells. Methods: The cells of breast cancer (MCF7) and colon cancer (CoCa2) were used to evaluate the potential anticancer role of the polysaccharides of marine algae. Anti-proliferative activity against MCF7...

Gaurav Kumar, and Veena Pande, and Shweta Pasi, and Vijay P. Ojha, and Ramesh C. Dhiman

The present study was planned to characterize the microclimate experienced by Aedes larvae in different breeding habitats by determining the temperature variations in water kept in containers during different months under natural conditions. The study was conducted in three municipal zones of Delhi. In each site, four types of container material (plastic, cement, iron and ceramic) were chosen for recording the water temperature in the containers. Daily air and water temperatures (mean, maximum ...

Mohammad S. Rohman, and Risa Ramadhiani, and Widodo Widodo, and Valerinna Y.S. Putri, and Mifetika Lukitasari, and Jayarani F. Putri, and Didik H. Utomo

Context: The angiotensinogen (AGT) G-217A polymorphism has been proved as one factor contributing the susceptibility of hypertension, meanwhile, the effect of this polymorphism to the variability antihypertensive response remains unknown. Aims: To investigate whether the angiotensinogen (AGT) G-217A polymorphism affects the blood pressure response to telmisartan and valsartan in Indonesian hypertensive patients. Methods: The blood pressure was measured by ambulatory blood pressure monitori...

Fallon Cluxton-Keller, and Craig L. Donnelly, and Melony Williams, and Jennifer Buteau, and Patricia Stolte, and Maggie Monroe-Cassel, and Martha L. Bruce

Abstract Background The Federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (HV) Program serves over 100,000 vulnerable families at risk for child abuse in the USA and aims to improve many outcomes, including maternal mental health (HRSA’s Federal Home Visiting Program: partnering with parents to help children succeed, 2017). Most clients are insured by Medicaid, and about 40% are adolescent mothers (pregnant and post-delivery) (The mother and infant home visiting program evaluation: ear...

Paulo de Tarso Chaves, and Soraya Vitório Del Puente

The swordfish, Trichiurus lepturus, caught by small-scale fishermen from a community of southern Brazil was investigated based on 398 individuals landed from August 2006 to August 2007, aiming to evaluate in which periods and fishing techniques the reproductive individuals of this species are most exposed to fishing activities. The analysis took into consideration the length of individuals, the morphological attributes of their gonads, the Gonadossomatic Index (GSI), and the kind of gear used in...

Ozerov Mikhail, and Vasemägi Anti, and Wennevik Vidar, and Niemelä Eero, and Prusov Sergey, and Kent Matthew, and Vähä Juha-Pekka

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>New sequencing technologies have tremendously increased the number of known molecular markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms; SNPs) in a variety of species. Concurrently, improvements to genotyping technology have now made it possible to efficiently genotype large numbers of genome-wide distributed SNPs enabling genome wide association studies (GWAS). However, genotyping significant numbers of individuals with large number of SNPs remains prohibitively expe...

Potter Dara, and Sikanyiti Palver, and Conkling Martha, and Mswia Robert, and Kamocha Stanley, and Mudenda Sheila S, and Mayaka William C, and Marx Melissa A

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Verbal autopsy (VA) can be used to describe leading causes of death in countries like Zambia where vital events registration does not produce usable data. The objectives of this study were to assess the feasibility of using verbal autopsy to determine age-, sex-, and cause-specific mortality in a community-based setting in Zambia and to estimate overall age-, sex-, and cause-specific mortality in the four provinces sampled.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A dedicated c...

Lalk Michael, and Hartung Angelika, and Wilmes Boris, and Liebeke Manuel, and Schweder Thomas, and Neubauer Peter

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis </it>is a cold-adapted γ-proteobacterium isolated from Antarctic sea ice. It is characterized by remarkably high growth rates at low temperatures. <it>P. haloplanktis </it>is one of the model organisms of cold-adapted bacteria and has been suggested as an alternative host for the soluble overproduction of heterologous proteins which tend to form inclusion bodies in established expression hosts. Despite the progress in establ...

G. Esnaola, and J. Sáenz, and E. Zorita, and A. Fontán, and V. Valencia, and P. Lazure

The combination of remotely sensed gappy Sea surface temperature (SST) images with the missing data filling DINEOF (data interpolating empirical orthogonal functions) technique, followed by a principal component analysis of the reconstructed data, has been used to identify the time evolution and the daily scale variability of the wintertime surface signal of the Iberian Poleward Current (IPC), or Navidad, during the 1981–2010 period. An exhaustive comparison with the existing bibliography, and t...

Sowmen Rahman, and Mohammed Ataur Rahman

Most of the coastal cities in Bangladesh are situated on the riverbanks of low-lying tidal zones at an average elevation of 1.0–1.5 m from the sea level. Construction and management of buildings, roads, power and telecommunication transmission lines, drainage and sewerage and waste management are very difficult and vulnerable to climate change disasters. Cyclonic storms associated with tidal floods impact seriously the infrastructures and thus the livelihoods. Although coastal cities are the ult...

Gorka Merino, and Manuel Barange, and Lynda Rodwell, and Christian Mullon

Global marine fisheries production has reached a maximum and may even be declining. Underlying this trend is a well-understood sequence of development, overexploitation, depletion and in some instances collapse of individual fish stocks, a pattern that can sequentially link geographically distant populations. Ineffective governance, economic considerations and climate impacts are often responsible for this sequence, although the relative contribution of each factor is contentious. In this paper ...

Allan D. Santos, and Jonhnatas Silva, and Ana Caroline Lima, and Márcio Santos, and Shirley Lima, and Monalisa Amor, and Carlos Santos, and Arthur Vasconcelos, and Silvio Dolabella, and Karina C.G.M. Araújo

Due to contact and misuse of water drainage channels, schistosomiasis has spread and become a constant concern in northeastern Brazil. The aim of this study was to monitor human cases of Schistosomiasis mansoni and the breeding areas of the snail intermediate host Biomphalaria glabrata through spatial analysis in a community named Invasão do Canal do Guaxinim, located in Barra dos Coqueiros City in an endemic coastal part of the state of Sergipe, Brazil. This research was performed as a cross-se...

Henri Persat, and Gael P. J. Denys, and Agnes Dettaï

Because of its position between Central Europe and the Iberian Peninsula, French territory is an obligatory expansion route for their respective continental faunas, freshwater ones included. The twin Rhine-Rhone river drainage basins make an obvious link between both Central and Northern Europe and the South-Western Europe. But how fish might have dispersed along the series of rivers of the Western side of France (Seine, Loire, Charente, Garonne and Adour) is less evident, as the ice ages have h...

Adelia Maria Miglievich Ribeiro, and Valter Luis Fernandes de Sales

<em>Our research focused on a specific group of workers – those employed in the petroleum industry in the Campos Basin (RJ) by Petrobrás – and service providers. Their interviews provide empirical material for a possible new approach to the offshore workers’ environment based on some issues raised by Axel Honneth, current Critical Theory’s exponent, such as the experience of disrespect, moral feelings of indignation, and his articulation in search for solutions to configure or not a struggle for...

Shokoofeh Shamsi, and Jaydipbhai Suthar

Pseudoterranovosis is a well-known human disease caused by anisakid larvae belonging to the genus Pseudoterranova. Human infection occurs after consuming infected fish. Hence the presence of Pseudoterranova larvae in the flesh of the fish can cause serious losses and problems for the seafood, fishing and fisheries industries. The accurate identification of Pseudoterranova larvae in fish is important, but challenging because the larval stages of a number of different genera, including Pseudoterra...

Stéphane Pradines

Maritime trade in the Indian Ocean led to the emergence of an original African culture, the Swahili culture. The first archaeological evidence of Islamization in East Africa dating back to the eleventh century and are characterized by mosques built in coral limestone. Swahili Islam, tolerant and syncretic, was spread through small groups of merchants and Arab-Persian Shiite refugees, known as Shirazi. These communities have played a decisive role in the urbanization of East African coast.

Travis Bruce

The fall and fragmentation of the Caliphate of Cordova in 1009 opened the door to a new apprehension of Islamic political and religious space. Mujāhid al-‘Āmirī, ruler of the taifa of Denia on the Mediterranean coast, created a caliphate ex novo on the Islamic maritime frontier. Similar to the policies of the early Umayyad caliphs, Mujāhid’s state was based on jihād and territorial expansion, and not on the appropriation of an already Islamicized space. This ambition was doubly unique. First of ...

Hugo Vermeren

The history of the maritime colonization of Algeria in the 19th century underlines the constant dialectic that the French colonial authorities were facing when dealing with the de facto Italian monopoly on fishing and sailing along the North African shores. Instrumental for the military conquest of Algeria, the Italian fishermen were considered essential not only for the fishing industry in this area but also for peopling port cities such as Bône. From the 1860s onwards, the official policy of p...

P. Vijayaraghavan, and S.G. Prakash Vincent

Agro-residues were used as the substrate for the production of fibrinolytic enzyme in solid state fermentation. In this study, two-level full factorial design (25) and response surface methodology were applied to optimize a fermentation medium for the production of fibrinolytic enzyme from the marine isolate Shewanella sp. IND20. The 25 factorial design demonstrated that the physical factors (pH and moisture) and nutrient factors (trehalose, casein, and sodium dihydrogen phosphate) had significa...

Ying-Pin Wang, and Kwee Siong Tew, and Jimmy Kuo, and Fung-Chi Ko, and Pei-Jie Meng

We examined the ability of scleractinian corals with different polyp sizes to remove picoeukaryotes by predation and the effect of coral exudates on picoeukaryote growth. Experiments were conducted by adding picoeukaryotes to Stylophora pistillata (SP) and Montipora stellata (MS). Within six hours the picoeukaryote concentration in the SP and MS tanks was significantly lower than the control without corals. SP showed higher overall activity than MS, and the particle removal activity of MS decrea...

Shuva Bhowmik, and Mohajira Begum, and Md. Abul Hossain, and Matiur Rahman, and A.K.M. Nowsad Alam

Formaldehyde (FA) content in nine commonly available marine and freshwater finfish and one shrimp species marketed in Dhaka was assessed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. Limit of detection and limit of quantification values of 6.90 and 22.90 µg kg−1 were calculated respectively. The study revealed different levels of formaldehyde in analyzed samples. The Kawran bazaar, the Raiyer bazaar and the Mohakhali bazaar of Dhaka city fish were analyzed; the level of the conte...

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Pereira Murilo Anderson, and Nunes Márcia Menezes, and Nuernberg Leonardo, and Schulz Denys, and Batista Cleide Rosana Vieira

Oysters are filter feeders able to ingest particles in suspension that may carry pathogenic microorganisms. In this respect, the consumption of raw oysters can cause foodborne diseases in humans. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the microbiological quality of Crassostrea gigas oysters cultivated and commercialized in the coastal region of Florianópolis, SC, Brazil. The study comprised counts of coliforms at 35ºC and at 45ºC, Escherichia coli and coagulase-positive staphylococci, and ...

Supamattaya, K., and Chotikachinda, R., and Ruangsri, J., and Phongdara, A.

MBV infection in various stages of Penaeus monodon were studied. In hatcheries, MBV infection was detected early in nauplii stage using PCR technique, whereas rates of infection of 11.15-49.50% were observed in PL1 using histological technique, rising up to 15.26-100% in PL 10. In earthen ponds, the infection in PL15 was initially in the range of 68.68-96.00%. The infection was decreased toward the end of the first, second and third month of rearing period ranging between 13.63-54.83%. The labor...

M. Nicolaus, and C. Petrich, and S. R. Hudson, and M. A. Granskog

The amount of solar radiation transmitted through Arctic sea ice is determined by the thickness and physical properties of snow and sea ice. Light transmittance is highly variable in space and time since thickness and physical properties of snow and sea ice are highly heterogeneous on variable time and length scales. We present field measurements of under-ice irradiance along transects under undeformed land-fast sea ice at Barrow, Alaska (March, May, and June 2010). The measurements were perform...

Lúcia Helena Sipaúba-Tavares, and Luiz Augusto Amaral, and Carla Fernandes Macedo

The study verified sanitary aspects in fish ponds with sequential disposal and the effect of the tanks effluent in parallel in the system. Six fish ponds were studied in the dry and the rainy periods and were analyzed microbiological aspects (thermo tolerant coliforms, total coliforms and heterotrophic bacteria), DBO5 and DQO. It had contamination in the water of supplying for thermo tolerant coliforms, either of human or animals, compromising all the fish ponds studied with sanitary indices und...

Bogdan Ołdakowski, and Alicja Krajewska-Sołtys, and Łukasz Kozłowski, and Marcin Kaluźny, and Jan Jędrasik, and Sławomira Gromisz, and Anna Gałkowska, and Katarzyna Bradtke, and Luiza Bielecka, and Anetta Ameryk, and Lena Szymanek, and Dorota Burska, and Adam Krężel, and Marek Kowalewski, and Maciej Matciak, and Urmas Lips, and Inga Lips, and Maria Szymelfenig, and Urmas Raudsepp, and Andreas Lehmann, and Kai Myrberg, and Michał Ostrowski, and Mariusz Zalewski, and Oleg Andrejev, and Irene Suomi, and Victor Zhurbas3, and Olli-Kalle Kauppinen1, and Edith Soosaar3, and Jaan Laanemets3,, and Rivo Uiboupin3,, and Lembit Talpsepp3,, and Maria Golenko, and Nikolai Golenko, and Emil Vahtera

The Baltic Sea Science Congress was held at Rostock University, Germany, from 19 to 22 March 2007. In the session entitled"Upwelling events, coastal offshore exchange, links to biogeochemical processes" 20 presentations were given,including 7 talks and 13 posters related to the theme of the session.This paper summarises new findings of the upwelling-related studies reported in the session. It deals with investigationsbased on the use of in situ and remote sensing measurements as well as numerica...

Guilherme Caiado Sobral, and Mário Vedovello Filho, and Viviane Veroni Degan, and Milton Santamaria Jr

OBJECTIVE: By means of a photoelastic model, this study analyzed the stress caused on conventional and self-ligating brackets with expanded arch wires. METHOD: Standard brackets were adhered to artificial teeth and a photoelastic model was prepared using the Interlandi 19/12 diagram as base. Successive activations were made with 0.014-in and 0.018-in rounded cross section Nickel-Titanium wires (NiTi) and 0.019 x 0.025-in rectangular stainless steel wires all of which made on 22/14 Interlandi dia...

Vladimir Pavan Margarido, and Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior

This is the first description of the karyotype of Leporinus desmotes. The diploid female number was 2n = 54 meta- and submetacentric chromosomes. The nucleolar organizing regions (NORs) were studied by silver nitrate staining and rDNA fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and were found to be located in the telomeric region of the long arm of the 9th pair. C-banding revealed centromeric and telomeric heterochromatin segments in most chromosomes. Intercalar blocks of heterochromatin were obse...

César Peñaherrera, and Alex R Hearn, and Angela Kuhn

White-tip reef sharks are common inhabitants of the shallow waters surrounding the Galapagos Islands, where several known aggregation sites have become touristic attractions. With the aim to describe site fidelity and residency patterns of the white-tip reef sharks in a saltwater creek, we used the ultrasonic telemetry method. The study was undertaken in a saltwater channel South of Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, from May 2008-September 2009. A total of nine transmitters were attached to sharks...

Natalia E Sato, and Daniel Hernández, and María D Viñas

Se analizó la dieta de las larvas de Engraulis anchoita (Hubbs & Marini, 1935) a partir de muestras colectadas, una vez al mes, en una estación costera permanente de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Estación EPEA) durante el período marzo 2000-abril 2001. Se examinó un total de 869 individuos. Los huevos (54,05%), nauplios de copépodos (10,13%) y copepoditos (11,82%)) constituyeron las presas dominantes. El índice alimentario varió entre 1,69 y 40,48%>, sin mostrar un claro patrón estaci...

Leonor Almeida de Souza-Soares, and Neusa Fátima Seibel

The objective of this work was evaluate the possible changes in the chemical and physical characteristics of quail eggs fed with diets containing fish oil and solid fraction of fish chemical silage, along 30 days. The experiment was conducted using 80 quails 19 weeks old, distributed in a total occasional design with 4 treatments, 5 repetitions and 4 birds by experimental unit. The physical analyses were: Haugh Unit, yolk index, volumes of albumens and yolks and relationship of albumen/egg, yolk...

Ari R. Joffe, and Jessica Hogan, and Cathy Sheppard, and Gerda Tawfik, and Jonathan P. Duff, and Gonzalo Garcia Guerra

Abstract Background We aimed to test a novel method of delivery of chloral hydrate (CH) sedation in ventilated critically ill young children. Methods Children < 12 years old, within 72 hours of admission, who were ventilated, receiving enteral tube-feeds, with intermittent CH ordered were enrolled after signed consent. Patients received a CH loading-dose of 10 mg/kg enterally, then a syringe-pump enteral infusion at 5 mg/kg/hour, increasing to a maximum of 9 mg/kg/hour. Cases were compared to hi...

Robyn C. Boeke, and Patrick C. Taylor

State-of-the-art climate models disagree on the magnitude of Arctic climate change. Here the authors show that the principle processes driving the disagreement operate locally in sea ice retreat regions, necessitating comprehensive observations to improve our understanding of atmosphere-ocean-sea ice energy exchanges.