Laura S. Bleker, and Jeannette Milgrom, and Alexandra Sexton-Oates, and Tessa J. Roseboom, and Alan W. Gemmill, and Christopher J. Holt, and Richard Saffery, and Huibert Burger, and Susanne R. de Rooij

Abstract Background Children prenatally exposed to maternal depression more often show behavioral and emotional problems compared to unexposed children, possibly through epigenetic alterations. Current evidence is largely based on animal and observational human studies. Therefore, evidence from experimental human studies is needed. In this follow-up of a small randomized controlled trial (RCT), DNA-methylation was compared between children of women who had received cognitive behavioral therapy (...

Fontje Kaligis, and Jan-Hendrik Eisenbarth, and Dorothee Schillo, and Jobel Dialao, and Till F. Schäberle, and Nils Böhringer, and Robert Bara, and Sven Reumschüssel, and Gabriele M. König, and Heike Wägele

Abstract Background Bunaken National Park (BNP) is one of the most famous marine national parks in Indonesia with an extraordinary diversity in marine life forms. However, this diversity is threatened by an increasing population on the islands, ongoing destructive fishing techniques and lately by an increase in tourism. Protecting and managing the future use of BNP resources will require the assessment of both, local marine biodiversity through monitoring efforts and the identification and subse...

A. Melattparast

A special temperature fluctuation exists in waters of Southern Caspian Sea Depth survey of upto 100 m indicates that there are two thermal phenomena annually, One thermal phenomenon occurs in summer and autumn and the other one in winter and spring. The least disolved oxygen concentration at various depth was recorded in depth of 100 m and was 7 mg/l, This is an indication of good mixing of lake strata because of two cold cycles in winter and spring...... References

Somnath Mukherjee, and Dibyajyoti Sahoo, and Aishwarya Ramnath, and Rituparna Maiti

Leonie Venter, and Du Toit Loots, and Lodewyk J. Mienie, and Peet J. Jansen van Rensburg, and Shayne Mason, and Andre Vosloo, and Jeremie Z. Lindeque

Functional hypoxia is a stress condition caused by the abalone itself as a result of increased muscle activity, which generally necessitates the employment of anaerobic metabolism if the activity is sustained for prolonged periods. With that being said, abalone are highly reliant on anaerobic metabolism to provide partial compensation for energy production during oxygen-deprived episodes. However, current knowledge on the holistic metabolic response for energy metabolism during functional hypoxi...

Crăciun Elena C., and Colosi Horaţiu A., and Ţărmure Viorica

Scopul acestui studiu a fost evaluarea statusului vitaminei B12 într-un eşantion al populaţiei urbane adulte din România. În studiu au fost incluşi 80 de subiecţi non-vegetarieni, cu vârste cuprinse între 19 şi 74,6 ani, care nu au utilizat suplimente de vitamina B12 sau alimente fortificate cu vitamina B12. Dozarea vitaminei B12 serice s-a realizat prin metoda imunochimică cu detecţie prin chemiluminiscenţă pe analizor Elecsys 2010 (Roche). Concentraţia serică a vitaminei B12 s-a încadrat în in...

Prabowo Aditya Rio, and Bae Dong Myung, and Sohn Jung Min, and Zakki Ahmad Fauzan, and Cao Bo

The impact phenomenon is inseparable part of every physical things, from substantial particle until macrostructure namely ship. In ship collisions, short-period load is distributed during impact process from striking ship into struck ship. The kinetic energy that is used to move striking ship is absorbed by struck ship that makes its structure undergoes plastic deformation and failure. This paper presents study that focuses on predicting occurred damage on side hull of struck ship for various im...

Yooyen T., and Moravec F., and Wongsawad C.

Seyed Ali Johari, and Mohammad Reza Kalbassi, and Il Je Yu

Objective: To investigate the effects of powdered silver zeolite (SZ) on the in vitro growth of the fish pathogen Saprolegnia sp. Methods: The antifungal activity of SZ was evaluated by determining the minimum inhibitory concentrations using two-fold serial dilutions of powdered SZ in a glucose yeast extract agar at 22 °C. The growth of Saprolegnia sp. on the SZ agar treatments was compared to that on SZ-free agar controls. Results: The results showed that SZ had an inhibitory effect on th...

EK. Resende, and DKS. Marques, and LKSG. Ferreira

The "tucunaré", Cichla piquiti, an exotic Amazonian fish has become established along the left bank of the Paraguay River in the Pantanal. It was introduced by escaping from culture ponds in the Upper Piquiri River and spread downstream, along the lateral flooded areas of that river, continuing through the clear waters of the left bank of the Paraguay River and reaching south as far as the Paraguai Mirim and Negrinho rivers. Adult spawners have been found in the region, meaning that it is a self...

DM Villela, and EA de Mattos, and AS Pinto, and SA Vieira, and LA Martinelli

The Atlantic Forest is one of the most important biomes of Brazil. Originally covering approximately 1.5 million of km², today this area has been reduced to 12% of its original size. Climate changes may alter the structure and the functioning of this tropical forest. Here we explore how increases in temperature and changes in precipitation distribution could affect dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in coastal Atlantic Forest of the southeast region of Brazil The main conclusion of this article is ...

Ana Paula Pozzo Rios Rolla, and Katharina Eichbaum Esteves, and Antônio Olinto Ávila-da-Silva

This study aimed to characterize the trophic structure of the fish assemblage in streams of the Serra Japi, an ecotonal area between the Atlantic Forest and inland forests of São Paulo State, Southeastern Brazil. Fish were collected with electrofishing equipment in 15 sites covering different regions, substrate types and riparian vegetation, distributed throughout the Caguaçú River, Caxambú, Piraí and Guapeva River micro-basins, during the rainy (January/February) and dry season (June) of 2007. ...

Marlene Sofia Arcifa, and André Luiz Henríques Esguícero

The composition and abundance of the fish assemblage were evaluated in the fish ladder of Ourinhos Dam, the newest dam (closed in 2005) in the cascade of dams constructed on the Paranapanema River. Samplings were carried out three times on a diel cycle, in three sampling periods, two in the warm season and one in the cold season of 2008 - 2009. The ladder was closed and emptied and the entire fish assemblage was sampled and identified. Most individuals were released alive downstream of the dam. ...

Luis Otero-Díaz, and Jorge O. Pierini, and Paulo Chambel-Leitao, and Madalena Malhadas, and Joao Ribeiro, and Jose Chambel-Leitao, and Juan Restrepo

Las trayectorias de las gotas simuladas con el modelo 3-D de dispersión de petróleo en la plataforma del mar Caribe colombiano mostraron que las gotas con diámetro de 50 μ m , forman una pluma subsuperficial, la cual es transportada horizontalmente y puede permanecer debajo de la superficie por largo tiempo. Esta pluma podría tener un impacto muy restringido, porque la dispersión es controlada solamente por las corrientes oceánicas, las cuales a 1000 metros de profundidad, tienen baja intensidad...

Maryam Mirzaei, and Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, and Nayyreh Amini Sani, and Fatemeh Bakhtari-Aghdam, and Saeed Dastgiri

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a self reported physical activity (PA) questionnaire based on data from the pilot phase of the AZAR Cohort Study. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all 35-70 years old people living in Khameneh, a city in East Azarbaijan, Iran were invited to take part in the pilot phase of the AZAR Cohort Study. A total of 952 people completed the self-reported PA questionnaire and the International Physical Activity Questi...

Masoumeh Babajanpour, and Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi, and Homayoun Sadeghi Bazargani

Background: The human factors are of great importance, especially Motorcycle Rider BehaviorQuestionnaire (MRBQ) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in motorbike riders in road traffic injuries. This study aimed to predict MRBQ score by ADHD score and the underlying predictors by the logistic quantile regression (LQR), as a new strategy.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 311 motorbike riders were randomly sampled by a clustering method in Bukan, northwest of Iran. The data we...

Vishal Gupta, and Hemant R Kushwaha

Abstract The survival of wetland plant species largely relies on physiological adaptations essential for submergence and desiccation. Intertidal seaweeds, unlike terrestrial plants, have unique adaptations to submergence and can also sustain desiccation arising from tidal rhythms. This study determined the differential metabolic regulations in the inter-tidal seaweed species Ulva lactuca against the submergence and desiccation. During desiccation, the relative water content of the algal thalli d...

Lukas Schmutzer

This paper explores how Marianne Fritz’s novel Dessen Sprache du nicht verstehst incorporates its sources. On the one hand it traces the many contexts of the novel’s title, which cites Deuteronomy, the fifth Book of Moses. At the same time it interrogates the usage of a quote by Franz Grillparzer, «Es ist ein gutes Land» («It is a good land»), and how it communicates with other quotes within the novel. Thereby the essay develops a unique way of reading the novel, which many still judge to be unr...

Corinne E. Hill, and Sarah A. Sapouckey, and Alexander Suvorov, and Laura N. Vandenberg

Developmental exposures to bisphenol A (BPA), an estrogen receptor agonist, can disrupt development of the female reproductive tract in rodents and non-human primates. Due to an increased public knowledge of negative health effects associated with BPA exposure, BPA has begun to be phased out of many consumer products and in some cases it has been replaced with structurally similar compounds including bisphenol S (BPS). This study examined CD-1 mice exposed to a low dose of BPS during early devel...

David Stanley, and Denise Blanchard, and Amali Hohol, and Marani Hutton, and Anna McDonald

Aim: To identify how clinical leadership was perceived by Health Professionals (HPs) (excluding nurses and doctors) and to understand how effective clinical leadership relates to initiating and establishing a culture of change and progression in the health services. Methodology: This pilot study used a mixed methods approach, although quantitative methodological principles dominated. An on-line (SurveyMonkey) questionnaire was distributed via email links to HPs throughout the Western Australian ...

Pierre De Wit, and Keith Yamada, and Marina Panova, and Carl André, and Kerstin Johannesson

Abstract Isopods of the genus Idotea have an unusual ability to feed on algae containing high amounts of chemical defense molecules, such as species of the genera Fucus and Ulva. In this study, we compared gene expression patterns of Idotea balthica individuals fed with Fucus vesiculosus to individuals fed with Ulva lactuca. We generated the first-ever transcriptome assembly for this species, and found 3,233 differentially expressed genes across feeding regimes. However, only a handful of biolog...

Tobias Weinmann, and Céline Vetter, and Susanne Karch, and Dennis Nowak, and Katja Radon

Abstract Background The effect of shift work on impairment of cognition in later life has not yet been sufficiently investigated. Therefore, we aimed at testing the feasibility of a large-scale epidemiologic study examining this putative association in a pilot study. Methods Between January and April 2017, a cross-sectional study invited a random sample of 425 former and current employees of a German university hospital aged 55 years and older to undergo a cognitive test battery (including the R...

Yi Feng Lai, and Yan Ru Tan, and Shu Xin Oh, and Xianqi Wang, and Angelina Hui Min Tan

Patient journey with multiple stopovers has long been recognized as suboptimal and attempts to co-locate pharmacists with physicians have been explored in various healthcare systems to integrate processes and improve patient experience. This prospective study aims to evaluate and compare process efficiency between a decentralized prescription review workflow (intervention) and conventional prescription filling workflow (control). Both workflows were concurrently assessed in selected specialist o...

P. Martin, and N. Cherukuru, and A. S. Y. Tan, and A. S. Y. Tan, and N. Sanwlani, and A. Mujahid, and M. Müller

<p>South-East Asia is home to one of the world's largest stores of tropical peatland and accounts for roughly 10&thinsp;% of the global land-to-sea dissolved organic carbon (DOC) flux. We present the first ever seasonally resolved measurements of DOC concentration and chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) spectra for six peatland-draining rivers and coastal waters in Sarawak, north-western Borneo. The rivers differed substantially in DOC concentration, ranging from 120–250&thinsp;µm...

Dariusz Bernacki, and Christian Lis

The aim of the paper is to determine the size and structure of the Gross Value Added (GVA) generated by the supply of services in Szczecin seaport. Correlations, multipliers, and elas&shy;ticities between different port services are indicated in the paper. The GVA is an economic measure of the size of generated production. In seaports, it expresses the value of the generated and delivered flow of services of warehousing and cargo handling, securing the safe movement and mooring of ships in port ...

Inês Barros, and Hugo Froufe, and George Marnellos, and Conceição Egas, and Jennifer Delaney, and Michele Clamp, and Ricardo Serrão Santos, and Raul Bettencourt

<em>Background:</em> The deep-sea mussels <em>Bathymodiolus azoricus</em> (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) are the dominant macrofauna subsisting at the hydrothermal vents site Menez Gwen in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). Their adaptive success in such challenging environments is largely due to their gill symbiotic association with chemosynthetic bacteria. We examined the response of vent mussels as they adapt to sea-level environmental conditions, through an assessment of the relative abundance of host-sym...

R. Andersen, and R. Taylor, and N.R. Cowie, and D. Svobodova, and A. Youngson

In the UK, large areas of blanket bogs were afforested with non-native conifers between the 1960s and the 1980s. Following recognition of the detrimental effects of such practice on biodiversity and carbon stocks, large-scale restoration trials started in the late 1990s and are further supported by recent changes in policy. The removal of forestry from peatlands is likely to be a widespread land-use change in the coming decades and could affect adjacent freshwater systems. This study aimed to in...

Francisco José Suñé Grande, and Hans Jörg Witt, and Josep Bonet Avalos

<p>The Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Química has a long tradition in the deployment of social competencies in engineering curricula through Integrated Projects (IP) carried out in structured teams. Social competencies are taught and practiced during the development of the IPs. We conceptually introduce a methodology for a 360^o assessment of the students’ social competencies, as a tool to foster the improvement of their competency levels. In this article we analyze the results o...

David Barrie Johnson

Two acidophilic algae, identified as strains of Chlorella protothecoides var. acidicola and Euglena mutabilis, were isolated in pure culture from abandoned copper mines in Spain and Wales and grown in pH- and temperature-controlled bioreactors. The Chlorella isolate grew optimally at pH 2.5 and 30 ˚C, with a corresponding culture doubling time of 9 hours. The isolates displayed similar tolerance (10-50 mM) to four transition metals tested. Growth of the algae in liquid media was paralleled with ...

Sepedeh Gholizadeh, and Abbas Moghimbeigi, and Jalal Poorolajal, and Mohammadali Khjeian, and Fatemeh Bahramian

Background:Obesity and hypertension are the most important non-communicable diseases thatin many studies, the prevalence and their risk factors have been performedin each geographic region univariately.Study of factors affecting both obesity and hypertension may have an important role which to be adrressed in this study. Materials &Methods:This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1000 men aged 20-70 living in Bushehr province. Blood pressure was measured three times and the average of them w...

Elisabeth Ytteborg, and Marijana Todorcevic, and Aleksei Krasnov, and Harald Takle, and Inger Øien Kristiansen, and Bente Ruyter

In order to study the potential plasticity of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) precursor cells (aSPCs) from the adipogenic mesenchyme cell lineage to differentiate to the osteogenic lineage, aSPCs were isolated and cultivated under either osteogenic or adipogenic promoting conditions. The results strengthen the hypothesis that aSPCs most likely are predestined to the adipogenic lineage, but they also hold the flexibility to turn into other lineages given the right stimuli. This assumption is suppor...

Atsuhiko Isobe, and Shinsuke Iwasaki, and Keiichi Uchida, and Tadashi Tokai

The spatio-temporal distributions of these plastics are not fully characterized. Here the authors examined the sources, sinks and pathways and projected microplastic concentrations for 2066 and found that most plastics accumulate in the North Pacific, with the highest concentrations predicted in the East Asia Seas and central North Pacific.

Itxaso Montánchez, and Elixabet Ogayar, and Ander Hernández Plágaro, and Anna Esteve-Codina, and Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, and Maite Orruño, and Inés Arana, and Vladimir R. Kaberdin

Abstract Discovering the means to control the increasing dissemination of pathogenic vibrios driven by recent climate change is challenged by the limited knowledge of the mechanisms in charge of Vibrio spp. persistence and spread in the time of global warming. To learn about physiological and gene expression patterns associated with the long-term persistence of V. harveyi at elevated temperatures, we studied adaptation of this marine bacterium in seawater microcosms at 30 °C which closely mimick...

Martínez-Aquino A., and Aguilar-Aguilar R.

Okorie Anyaele & Abiodun Obemb

Background & objectives: An efficient larvivorous fish must show a predilection for mosquito larvae in thepresence of alternative preys. This study compares the feeding capacity and preference of Aphyosemion gularisexposed to different kinds of aquatic macroinvertebrates.Methods: Various prey organisms such as Anopheles larvae and pupae, Culex larvae, chironomid larvae andostracods were either singly and/or jointly presented at different densities to the fish and the number of preyconsumed in 12...

Rachmawati Rusydi

Yellow velvetleaf (Limnocharis flava) is one of aquatic plant which lives by floating on the water. This plant is recognized as vegetable and source of bioactive components. This experiment was purposed to analyze proximate composition of yellow velvetleaf leaves and stems for some parameters such as water content, ash, fat, protein, fibre, and total carotenoid. The methods of this experiment were proximate analysis and total carotenoid analysis of fresh yellow velvetleaf’s leaves and stems. Res...

Paulo Henrique Nascimento Santos, and Marcos Tavares-Dias

Abstract This study was the first investigation on the parasites of Triportheus rotundatus, a Characiformes fish from the Amazon, in Brazil. All the fish collected (100%) in a tributary from the Amazon River system were infected by one or more parasite species. The mean species richness of parasites was 4.9 ± 0.9, the Brillouin index was 0.39 ± 0.16, the evenness was 0.24 ± 0.09 and the Berger-Parker dominance was 0.81 ± 0.13. A total of 1316 metazoan parasites were collected, including Anacanth...

Amin O.M., and Ha N.V., and Ha D.N.

The occurrence of acanthocephalans of the genus Neoechinorhynchus Stiles and Hassall, 1905 in Vietnamese waters is reported for the first time. Six new species are described from seven species of marine fish of the families Belonidae, Clupeidae, Megalopidae, Mugilidae, and Sciaenidae, collected in Halong Bay of the eastern seaboard of Vietnam in 2008 and 2009. These are Neoechinorhynchus (Neoechinorhynchus) plaquensis n. sp. characterized by dermal plaques covering the entire trunk; Neoechinorhy...

Thais Rutkowski, and Paulo Ricardo Schwingel, and Renan Todesco Brilha, and Marcelo Rodrigues-Ribeiro

Arvoredo Island, located in Santa Catarina state - south Brazil, and its surrounding area were defined as a Conservation Unit (CU) in the category of Biological Reserve since 1990. This research aimed to analyze the inter-annual and seasonal (winter and summer) variations of ichthyoplankton densities at Arvoredo Biology Marine Reserve (ABMR), and their relationship with environmental variables in 1997/1998 (Campaign 1), 2007/2008 (Campaign 2) and 2008/2009 (Campaign 3). Fish eggs and larvae were...

Katarzyna TUROŃ, and Dagmara GOLBA, and Piotr CZECH

The article presented the analysis of progress CSR good practices areas in logistic companies. Authors considered areas of good practices, which were reported by DB Schenker and Raben Group to “Responsible Business in Poland. Good Practices” from 2010 to 2014. The authors also verified the occurrence of niche in logistic CSR areas, which could be used by the other companies that starts their CSR activities.

Chutintorn Chauywong, and Sasithorn Boonprakong, and Amornrat Phongdara, and Warapond Wanna

In our previous study, we reported that the nucleotide sequence of a 14-3-3ε cDNA clone from Litopenaeus vannamei encodes two transcripts, designated as 14-3-3EL and 14-3-3ES. Based on the retained introns we observed in 14-3-3EL by alternative splicing, we aimed to investigate the genomic structure of this gene. The 14-3-3ε gene, encoded by 2,311 bp of DNA sequence, is interrupted by three introns of 48, 1,124 and 365 bp in size. In addition, using the SWISS-MODEL, the predicted 3D model of...

Rezwan Siddiqui

Riverbank erosion and the consequent formation of new islands in the Bay of Bengal cause frequent changes in the shape and size of the delta, forcing the inhabitants to migrate frequently.

Raptis S, and Chen JN, and Saposnik F, and Pelyavskyy R, and Liuni A, and Saposnik G

Stavroula Raptis,1,* Jia Ning Chen,2,* Florencia Saposnik,2 Roman Pelyavskyy,2 Andrew Liuni,3 Gustavo Saposnik2,4 On behalf of the Stroke Outcomes Research Canada Working Group (SORCan- www.sorcan.ca) 1Applied Health Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, 2Stroke Outcomes and Decision Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Medicine, St. Michael&rsquo;s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, 3Medical Department, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd., Burlington, ON, Canada; 4Neuro...

Giancarlo Vinci, and Gabriella Zampaglione, and Fabrizio Grossi, and Andrea Balbi, and Alice Mannocci, and Daniele Masala

The physical activity is an important aspect of good health for everyone; it is even more important for psychiatric patients who usually live an unhealthy lifestyle. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of football practice on the self-reported health quality of life (SRHQL) and Wellbeing in schizophrenic subjects. A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program performed by Daily Center Mazzacurati, D...

H. Hu, and A. Bourbonnais, and J. Larkum, and H. W. Bange, and M. A. Altabet

O₂ deficient zones (ODZs) of the world's oceans are important locations for microbial dissimilatory nitrate (NO₃⁻) reduction and subsequent loss of combined nitrogen (N) to biogenic N₂ gas. ODZs are generally coupled to regions of high productivity leading to high rates of N-loss as found in the coastal upwelling region off Peru. Stable N and O isotope ratios can be used as natural tracers of ODZ N-cycling because of distinct kinetic isotope effects as...

V. L. Meccia, and U. Mikolajewicz

<p>As ice sheets grow or decay, the net flux of freshwater into the ocean changes and the bedrock adjusts due to isostatic adjustments, leading to variations in the bottom topography and the oceanic boundaries. This process was particularly intense during the last deglaciation due to the high rates of ice-sheet melting. It is, therefore, necessary to consider transient ocean bathymetry and coastlines when attempting to simulate the last deglaciation with Earth system models (ESMs). However...

W. Gong, and S. R. Beagley, and S. Cousineau, and M. Sassi, and R. Munoz-Alpizar, and S. Ménard, and J. Racine, and J. Zhang, and J. Chen, and H. Morrison, and S. Sharma, and L. Huang, and P. Bellavance, and J. Ly, and P. Izdebski, and L. Lyons, and R. Holt

<p>A first regional assessment of the impact of shipping emissions on air pollution in the Canadian Arctic and northern regions was conducted in this study. Model simulations were carried out on a limited-area domain (at 15&thinsp;km horizontal resolution) centred over the Canadian Arctic, using the Environment and Climate Change Canada's on-line air quality forecast model, GEM-MACH (Global Environmental Multi-scale – Modelling Air quality and CHemistry), to investigate the contribution fr...

WANG Rui-Bo, and LI Shuanglin, and HAN Zhe

In recent years, long-term continuous sea-ice datasets have been developed, and they cover the periods before and after the satellite era. How these datasets differ from one another before the satellite era, and whether one is more reliable than the other, is important but unclear because the sea-ice record before 1979 is sparse and not continuous. In this letter, two sets of sea-ice datasets are evaluated: one is the HadISST1 dataset from the Hadley Centre, and the other is the SIBT1850 (Gridde...

Leanne K. Morgan, and Adrian D. Werner, and Aine E. Patterson

Study region: Fresh groundwater is thought to occur off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, in the confined Leederville and Yarragadee aquifers. Onshore hydraulic heads suggest that offshore groundwater may be augmenting onshore groundwater extraction, which is a critical component of Perth’s water supply. Study focus: To assess offshore freshwater conditions, we apply variable-density flow and transport modelling to a simplified cross-sectional representation of the Perth Basin offshore aqui...

P. Soto, and L.A. Domínguez-Inzunza, and W. Rivera

A solar absorption cooling system of 5 kW of cooling capacity operating with the ammonia/lithium nitrate mixture was developed at the Instituto de Energías Renovables (IER) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and then transferred and installed at the Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán (ITC), in Culiacán, Sin. The heat was supplied to the cooling system by means of a solar collector field. The cooled water produced by the absorption systems was used to provide air conditioning. T...