T. Vihma, and R. Pirazzini, and I. Fer, and I. A. Renfrew, and J. Sedlar, and M. Tjernström, and C. Lüpkes, and T. Nygård, and D. Notz, and J. Weiss, and D. Marsan, and B. Cheng, and G. Birnbaum, and S. Gerland, and D. Chechin, and J. C. Gascard

The Arctic climate system includes numerous highly interactive small-scale physical processes in the atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean. During and since the International Polar Year 2007–2009, significant advances have been made in understanding these processes. Here, these recent advances are reviewed, synthesized, and discussed. In atmospheric physics, the primary advances have been in cloud physics, radiative transfer, mesoscale cyclones, coastal, and fjordic processes as well as in boundary lay...

Kodishala Chanakya, and Liza Rajasekhar

Background: Fingertip abnormalities in the form of digital ulcers and gangrene is well known in systemic sclerosis (SSc), but little has been described about the frequency and systemic associations of finger print (FP) abnormalities in these patients. Our objective was to study the FP abnormalities in SSc patients and find possible association with digital vasculopathy. Methods: Patients with SSc and SSc overlap with other connective tissue diseases were screened for FP abnormalities using a Sta...

Fernando Korn Malerbi, and Caio Vinicius Regatieri, and João Roberto de Sa, and Paulo Henrique Morales, and Michel Eid Farah, and Sergio Atala Dib

Abstract Background To report fluorescein angiography findings in a group of albuminuric Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients without diabetic retinopathy. Methods Fifteen albuminuric T1DM patients with normal/near normal estimated glomerular filtration rate without diabetic retinopathy underwent fluorescein angiography; presence of microaneurysms, vascular permeability changes and retinal malperfusion were evaluated. Results Fluorescein angiography revealed microaneurysms, blood-retinal bar...

Haitham Abaza, and Michael Marschollek

Abstract Background Due to the ubiquity of mobile phones in low and middle income countries, we aimed to examine the feasibility of SMS education among diabetic patients in Egypt, and assess the impact of educational text messages, compared to traditional paper-based methods, on glycemic control and self-management behaviors. Methods We conducted a 12-week randomized controlled trial at Misr University for Science & Technology hospital in Cairo-Egypt. Known as MUST diabetes awareness program, pa...

Lucas Aparecido Rosa Leite, and Angela Kinoshita, and Oswaldo Baffa, and Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo, and Vanessa Doro Abdallah

Aquatic environmental pollution due to negative human activities remains a major problem. Bioindicators that primarily describe the total concentration of the respective pollutant are very useful tools to aid in the chemical analysis of water in order to obtain knowledge about the levels of pollutants in the environment. This study therefore used Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy (ESR) to detect the presence of transition metals (copper, iron and manganese) and possible radicals present in sa...

Han-Ying Wu, and Feng-Ling Yang, and Lan-Hui Li, and Yerra Koteswara Rao, and Tz-Chuen Ju, and Wei-Ting Wong, and Chih-Yu Hsieh, and Michael V. Pivkin, and Kuo-Feng Hua, and Shih-Hsiung Wu

Abstract As part of our ongoing search for novel therapeutic structures from microorganism, the chemical examination of marine fungus Phoma sp. resulted in the isolation of ergosterol, ergosterol peroxide (EP), and 9,11-dehydroergosterol peroxide (DEP). The bioassay results demonstrated that the three isolates reduced the viability of various cancer cells, with EP being highest in human lung cancer cell line A549 cells. EP induced caspase-dependent apoptosis through mitochondrial damage in A549 ...

Noriyuki Takada, and Atsushi Suzuki, and Hiroshi Ishii, and Katsuyuki Hironaka, and Takayuki Hironiwa

Abstract Diagenetic alteration of aragonite coral skeletons causes changes in their chemical and isotopic compositions. Such altered coral samples are unsuitable for age dating or paleoclimate reconstructions. Recently developed microanalysis techniques have elucidated secondary aragonite precipitation and calcite overgrowth on primary aragonitic coral skeletons, but an effective screening method for bulk samples is still desirable. Although powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis is widely used...

Jianghong Liu, and Ying Cui, and Linda Li, and Lezhou Wu, and Alexandra Hanlon, and Jennifer Pinto-Martin, and Adrian Raine, and Joseph R. Hibbeln

Abstract Greater fish consumption is associated with improved cognition among children, but the mediating pathways have not been well delineated. Improved sleep could be a candidate mediator of the fish-cognition relationship. This study assesses whether 1) more frequent fish consumption is associated with less sleep disturbances and higher IQ scores in schoolchildren, 2) such relationships are not accounted for by social and economic confounds, and 3) sleep quality mediates the fish-IQ relation...

Dominic Winski, and Erich Osterberg, and David Ferris, and Karl Kreutz, and Cameron Wake, and Seth Campbell, and Robert Hawley, and Samuel Roy, and Sean Birkel, and Douglas Introne, and Michael Handley

Abstract Future precipitation changes in a warming climate depend regionally upon the response of natural climate modes to anthropogenic forcing. North Pacific hydroclimate is dominated by the Aleutian Low, a semi-permanent wintertime feature characterized by frequent low-pressure conditions that is influenced by tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures through the Pacific-North American (PNA) teleconnection pattern. Instrumental records show a recent increase in coastal Alaskan precipitation and Ale...

Stošić-Panić Danijela, and Kircher Monika

The paper presents the results of a pilot study of the entrepreneurial activity of women in selected regions of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Austria, focusing on the components of the social capital of female entrepreneurs. Bearing in mind the importance of social capital for starting the entrepreneurial activity, and for the business performance of entrepreneurs, the study was conducted in order to identify the basic characteristics and possible differences in business discussion ...

M. A. Briggs, and J. W. Harvey, and S. T. Hurley, and D. O. Rosenberry, and T. McCobb, and D. Werkema, and J. W. Lane Jr.

<p>Brook trout (<i>Salvelinus fontinalis</i>) spawn in fall and overwintering egg development can benefit from stable, relatively warm temperatures in groundwater-seepage zones. However, eggs are also sensitive to dissolved oxygen concentration, which may be reduced in discharging groundwater (i.e., seepage). We investigated a 2&thinsp;km reach of the coastal Quashnet River in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, to relate preferred fish spawning habitats to geology, geomorphology, and discharging grou...

Santiago García-López, and Verónica Ruiz-Ortiz, and Luis Barbero, and Ángel Sánchez-Bellón

Wetlands are sensitive and complex systems whose conservation is a priority. For the correct understanding of their hydrological dynamics, it is necessary to determine the different elements of the water budget and, in particular, the geometry of the wetland basin in order to estimate the variations in storage capacity. This paper presents a novel, low-cost, user-friendly photogrammetric technique to obtain high-resolution datasets using non-metric cameras located in unmanned aerial systems (UAS...

Nan-qi Song, and Nuo Wang, and Wan-ni Lin, and Nuan Wu

In this study, remote sensing and numerical modelling were used to monitor the distribution of suspended particulate matter (SPM) concentrations induced by a reclamation construction of an offshore artificial island airport in China’s Bohai Sea. A hydrodynamic model and a water quality model were used to simulate the SPM diffusion under the actions of tides and currents. An artificial neural network (ANN) model was then developed based on HJ-1A/1B satellite and measured SPM concentrations. The o...

Carlos Scotto Espinoza

This article provides a standard computerized digitized based on the number of pixels. They found eight characteristic blue color tones in both the body and dorsal fin to be used in the potential for mass selection breeding color pattern of the commercial variety or Half Black-Blue Diamond ornamental fish Guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Ten pairs of sires selected with an average of eighty F1 offspring per couple (Total = 734), were randomly selected twelve male animals more attractive for its ...

Marius Pretorius

Many institutions embark on entrepreneurship education, as ultimately start-ups benefit economic growth; but institutions unfortunately lack tools and benchmarks for assessing the quality of their programmes. The uniqueness of different programmes, however, does not allow meaningful comparative assessment between them, so this study applies an assessment model that gives feedback on a case study. An in-depth case-study application of the assessment model indicated the following: Programme conte...

J. I. Ellis, and D. Clark, and J. Atalah, and W. Jiang, and C. Taiapa, and M. Patterson, and J. Sinner, and J. Hewitt

Abstract Sedimentation, nutrients and metal loading to coastal environments are increasing, associated with urbanization and global warming, hence there is a growing need to predict ecological responses to such change. Using a regression technique we predicted how maximum abundance of 20 macrobenthic taxa and 22 functional traits separately and interactively responded to these key stressors. The abundance of most taxa declined in response to sedimentation and metal loading while a unimodal respo...

Chandrika Bendigiri, and Smita Zinjarde, and Ameeta RaviKumar

Abstract Recalcitrant environmental pollutants, like bromoorganics and epoxides are hydrolysed with limited substrate specificities by microbial oxygenases, reductases, hydrolases and dehalogenases. Here, we report the identification and characterisation of a protein (XP_504164) from the tropical marine yeast Yarrowia lipolytica NCIM 3589, known to degrade bromoorganics and epoxides. Multiple sequence alignment suggests it belongs to α/β superfamily with conservation of catalytic triad and oxyan...

Elizaldy A. Maboloc, and Kit Yu Karen Chan

Abstract Ocean acidification (OA) is known to directly impact larval physiology and development of many marine organisms. OA also affects the nutritional quality and palatability of algae, which are principal food sources for many types of planktonic larvae. This potential indirect effect of OA via trophic interactions, however, has not been fully explored. In this study, veligers of Crepidula onyx were exposed to different pH levels representing the ambient (as control) and low pH values (pH 7....

Liang Qiu, and Meng-Meng Chen, and Xiao-Yuan Wan, and Chen Li, and Qing-Li Zhang, and Ruo-Yu Wang, and Dong-Yuan Cheng, and Xuan Dong, and Bing Yang, and Xiu-Hua Wang, and Jian-Hai Xiang, and Jie Huang

Abstract A newly discovered iridescent virus that causes severe disease and high mortality in farmed Litopenaeus vannamei in Zhejiang, China, has been verified and temporarily specified as shrimp hemocyte iridescent virus (SHIV). Histopathological examination revealed basophilic inclusions and pyknosis in hematopoietic tissue and hemocytes in gills, hepatopancreas, periopods and muscle. Using viral metagenomics sequencing, we obtained partial sequences annotated as potential iridoviridae. Phylog...

Joseph M. Furman, Dawn A. Marcus

<p><b>Background: </b>Limited evidence suggests that rizatriptan given before vestibular stimulation reduces motion sickness in persons with migraine-related dizziness. The present study was designed to test whether rizatriptan is also effective in protecting against visually-induced motion sickness and to test whether rizatriptan blocks the augmentation of motion sickness by head pain.</p> <p><b>Material and Methods: </b>Using randomized double-blind, placebo-controlled methodology, 10 females,...

Kružić Nikolina, and Mustać Bosiljka, and Župan Ivan, and Čolak Slavica

The objective of this review is to present current status of meagre aquaculture in Croatia. Meagre Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) is a fast growing migratory fish species which used to be widespread along the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Today, it is very rare in fisheries catches and is considered highly endangered. Recently, meagre has become an increasingly important species in the Mediterranean aquaculture. In Croatia, meagre is a relatively new cultured species whose farming started after th...

Gang Gao, and Heping Xiong, and Kunmei Chen, and Jikang Chen, and Ping Chen, and Chunming Yu, and Aiguo Zhu

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.) is a traditionally terrestrial fiber crop. However, hydroponic technology can enhance the quantity and quality of disease free Ramie plant seedlings for field cultivation. To date, few studies have attempted to examine the hydroponic induction of ramie roots and the molecular responses of ramie roots to aquatic environment. In this study, ramie tender stems was grown in the soil or in a hydroponic water solution, and cultured in the same environmental condition...

Claudio D. Miranda, and Alfredo eTello, and Patricia L. Keen

Consumer demand for affordable fish drives the ever-growing global aquaculture industry. The intensification and expansion of culture conditions in the production of several finfish species has been coupled with an increase in bacterial fish disease and the need for treatment with antimicrobials. Understanding the molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance prevalent in aquaculture environments is important to design effective disease treatment strategies, to prioritize the use and registra...

Ryutaro Goto, and Hiroshi Ishikawa

The Galeommatoidea is a bivalve superfamily that exhibits high species diversity in shallow waters. Many members of this superfamily are associated commensally with burrowing marine invertebrates in benthic sediments. The genus Borniopsis is known only from eastern Asia and exhibits high host diversity (e.g., mantis shrimps, crabs, holothurians, sipunculans and echiurans). A new species, Borniopsis mortoni sp. n., is described from mud flats at the mouth of the Souzu River, sou...

Paolo Casale, and Nicoletta Conte, and Daniela Freggi, and Carla Cioni, and Roberto Argano

Skeletochronology was applied to humerus bones to assess the age and growth rates of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Mediterranean Sea. Fifty-five dead turtles with curved carapace lengths (CCL) ranging from 24 to 86.5 cm were collected from the central Mediterranean. Sections of humeri were histologically processed to analyze annual growth marks. Two approaches were used to estimate the somatic growth in the form of a von Bertalanffy growth function. The first approach was based...

Christopher Michael Johnson, and Christopher Michael Johnson, and Christopher Michael Johnson, and Lynnath Elizabeth Beckley, and Halina Kobryn, and Genevieve Ellen Johnson, and Iain Kerr, and Roger Payne

The distribution and use of pelagic habitat by sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) is poorly understood in the south-eastern Indian Ocean off Western Australia. However, a variety of data are available via online portals where records of historical expeditions, commercial whaling operations, and modern scientific research voyages can now be accessed. Crowdsourcing these online data allows collation of presence-only information of animals and provides a valuable tool to help augment areas of lo...

Mehmet Atlar, and Kwangcheol Seo, and Roderick Sampson, and Devrim Bulent Danisman

While displacement type Deep-V mono hulls have superior seakeeping behaviour at speed, catamarans typically have modest behaviour in rough seas. It is therefore a logical progression to combine the superior seakeeping performance of a displacement type Deep-V mono-hull with the high-speed benefits of a catamaran to take the advantages of both hull forms. The displacement Deep-V catamaran concept was developed in Newcastle University and Newcastle University's own multi-purpose research vessel, w...

O.G. Sokunbi, and L. Muhwhati, and P. Robinson

To explore the effects of using acupunture and core stability experiences to treat acute low back pain among industrial workers at an Occupational health department in the UK.

C. Lemmen, and R. Hofmeister, and R. Hofmeister, and K. Klingbeil, and K. Klingbeil, and M. H. Nasermoaddeli, and M. H. Nasermoaddeli, and O. Kerimoglu, and H. Burchard, and F. Kösters, and K. W. Wirtz

Shelf and coastal sea processes extend from the atmosphere through the water column and into the seabed. These processes reflect intimate interactions between physical, chemical, and biological states on multiple scales. As a consequence, coastal system modelling requires a high and flexible degree of process and domain integration; this has so far hardly been achieved by current model systems. The lack of modularity and flexibility in integrated models hinders the exchange of data and mod...

Hendri Jaya Permana, and Didin Erma Indahyani, and Yenny Yustisia

Patients with visual impairment experienced debris, calculus and a high index of oral hygiene. Low salivary flow and difficulty in cleaning the oral cavity in patients with visual impairment caused high accumulation of plaque that causes a decrease in the pH of saliva. Low pH of saliva affects the balance of the composition of inorganic email. Calcium is the largest inorganic content of the email, thus dissolving calcium email can be an indication of enamel demineralization. This study aimed to ...

F. Richter, and M. Drusch, and L. Kaleschke, and N. Maaß, and X. Tian-Kunze, and S. Mecklenburg

Sea ice is a crucial component for short-, medium- and long-term numerical weather predictions. Most importantly, changes of sea ice coverage and areas covered by thin sea ice have a large impact on heat fluxes between the ocean and the atmosphere. L-band brightness temperatures from ESA's Earth Explorer SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) have been proven to be a valuable tool to derive thin sea ice thickness. These retrieved estimates were already successfully assimilated in forecast...

ANNE-CATHERINE LESCRAUWAET, and JORGE GIBBONS, and LEONARDO GUZMAN, and ADRIAN SCHIAVINI

Abundance of Commerson‘s dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède 1804), in the eastern portion of the Strait of Magellan was estimated by means of aerial transects in autumn (June 1996). Using a helicopter at 100 m altitude and 129 km h-1, 58 sightings representing 98 animals (average group size Es = 1.7, SD = 0.13) along 818.6 km of linear transects were recorded. Data analysis with "Distance" software gave a density estimation of 0.34 ind km-2 (CV = 0.27) and a population size of 1,206 ...

Martins FPA, and Massetti T, and Crocetta TB, and Bianchi Lopes P, and da Silva AA, and Figueiredo EF, and de Abreu LC, and da Silva TD, and Monteiro CBM

Fabiana Paula Almeida Martins,1,2 Tha&iacute;s Massetti,3 Tania Brusque Crocetta,1 Priscila Bianchi Lopes,4 Amanda Abreu da Silva,2 Eliketylen Fernandes Figueiredo,2 Luiz Carlos de Abreu,1 Talita Dias da Silva,5 Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro3 1Study Design and Scientific Writing Laboratory, ABC Medical School (FMABC), Santo Andr&eacute;, S&atilde;o Paulo, Brazil; 2Research Laboratory, Northern Union of Education (UniNorte), Bar&atilde;o do Rio Branco Faculty, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil; 3Post...

M. F. Islam, and B. Bhattacharya, and I. Popescu, and I. Popescu

<p>Bangladesh, one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, has a dynamic delta with 123 polders protected by earthen dikes. Cyclone-induced storm surges cause severe damage to these polders by overtopping and breaching the dikes. A total of 19 major tropical storms have hit the coast in the last 50 years, and the storm frequency is likely to increase due to climate change. The present paper presents an investigation of the inundation pattern in a protected area behind dikes due to flo...

Sophia Papadakis, and Vergina Konstantina Vyzikidou, and Victoria G. Vivilaki, and Constantine Ι. Vardavas, and Andriani Ν. Loukopoulou, and Theodosia Peleki, and Vaso Evangelopoulou, and Panagiotis Behrakis

Introduction An estimated 6-19% of women in Europe smoke during pregnancy. We conducted a pilot study to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of the clinical practice recommendations of the 2017 Tobacco Cessation Guidelines for High-risk Groups (TOB-G) for Pregnant and Post-Partum Women in an outpatient obstetrics setting. Methods The guideline recommendations were tested in a sample of 67 pregnant women recruited from obstetrics outpatient visits. Pregnant women who smoked received three ...

Hibiki Kimura, and Yuuki Kawabata

The kinematic and behavioral components of the escape response can affect the outcomes of predator-prey interactions. For example, because sensory perception range can have spatial bias, and because turn duration before the initiation of escape locomotion can be smaller when prey is oriented away from predators, the prey's body orientation relative to a predator at the onset of the escape response (initial orientation) could affect whether prey successfully evade predators. We tested this hypoth...

Adriana Migliaro, and Victoria Moreno, and Paul Marchal, and Ana Silva

Daily rhythms allow anticipation of changes and allocation of energy to better cope with predictable events. Rhythms in behavior result from a complex combination of physiological processes timed by the nervous system and synchronized with external information. We aimed to understand how rhythmic behaviors arise in nature, when weakly electric fish are exposed to cyclic environmental influences and social context. Gymnotus omarorum is a South American nocturnal pulse-type gymnotiform. Its electr...

Shin Eun Chul, and Kim Sung Hwan, and Hakam Abdul, and Istijono Bambang

Coastal regions are vulnerable to erosion and depletion of land areas for human habitation and economic activities. A description of various types of the hydraulic structures associated in erosion protection applications are provided. Recently, because of the shortage of natural rock, traditional forms of river and coastal structures have become very expensive to build and maintain. Therefore, the materials used in hydraulic and coastal structures are changing from the traditional rubble and con...

Z. Yin, and Z. Yin, and Y. Li, and H. Wang, and H. Wang

<p>Recently, early winter haze pollution in the North China Plain has been serious and disastrous, dramatically damaging human health and the social economy. In this study, we emphasized the close connection between the number of haze days in early winter in the North China Plain and the September–October sea ice in the west of the Beaufort Sea (<span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i>=0.51</span>) via both observational analyses and numerical experiments. Due to efficient radiative cooling, the re...

Joseph K. Wulifan, and Jacob Mazalale, and Christabel Kambala, and William Angko, and Job Asante, and Stephen Kpinpuo, and Albino Kalolo

Abstract Background Documentary evidence points to high unmet need for family planning across sub-Saharan Africa. Modern contraceptive use has been staggering over decades with unacceptable marginal increases given that one in three women still report unmet need in Ghana. This study sought to re-examine through a further analysis on the prevalence and determinants of unmet need for family planning in Ghana using married women extracted from the recent 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey. Me...

Florent Fuchs, and Clémentine Lefevre, and Marie-Victoire Senat, and Hervé Fernandez

Abstract Our goal was to evaluate the performance of fetal fibronectin (fFN) test alone or combined with cervical length (CL), to predict spontaneous preterm birth (PTB) in symptomatic twin pregnancies. We carry out a short pilot study including all uncomplicated diamniotic twin pregnancies with symptoms of preterm labor (PTL) and intact membranes at 24–33 weeks + 6 days of gestation. Studied outcome were spontaneous delivery within 7 and 14 days of testing and spontaneous PTB at <34 and <37 wee...

Jennie L. Hill, and Jamie M. Zoellner, and Wen You, and Donna J. Brock, and Bryan Price, and Ramine C. Alexander, and Madlyn Frisard, and Fabiana Brito, and Xiaolu Hou, and Paul A. Estabrooks

Abstract Background To describe the identification, adaptation, and testing of an evidence-based pediatric weight management program for a health disparate community. Methods A community advisory board (CAB) of decision-makers and staff from local health care, public health, and recreation organizations engaged with academic partners to select an evidence-based program (EBP) for local implementation. Three EBPs were identified (Traffic Light, Bright Bodies, Golan and colleagues Home Environmenta...

Amy E. Maas, and Ian T. Jones, and Adam M. Reitzel, and Ann M. Tarrant

In bilaterian animals, the circadian clock is intimately involved in regulating energetic metabolism. Although cnidarians exhibit diel behavioral rhythms including cycles in locomotor activity, tentacle extension and spawning, daily cycles in cnidarian metabolism have not been described. To explore a possible circadian metabolic cycle, we maintained the anemone Nematostella vectensis in a 12 h light/dark cycle, a reversed light cycle, or in constant darkness. Oxygen consumption rates were measur...

Tor-Olav Nævestad, and Kristine V. Størkersen, and Alexandra Laiou, and George Yannis

Seafaring is among the most hazardous occupations, and more knowledge is needed to inform preventive measures. One way of developing such knowledge is to compare different sub-sectors, to shed light on factors influencing occupational safety. Previous research has indicated a higher risk of serious occupational injuries in coastal cargo transport compared to passenger transport, hypothesizing that this could be due to the safety culture in coastal cargo transport. The aims of the present paper a...

Seungyeul Yoo, and Wenhui Wang, and Qin Wang, and M Isabel Fiel, and Eunjee Lee, and Spiros P. Hiotis, and Jun Zhu

Abstract Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection leads to liver fibrosis, which is a major risk factor in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and an independent risk factor of recurrence after HCC tumor resection. The HBV genome can be inserted into the human genome, and chronic inflammation may trigger somatic mutations. However, how HBV integration and other genomic changes contribute to the risk of tumor recurrence with regards to the different degree of liver fibrosis is not clearly ...

M. Sanuy, and E. Duo, and W. S. Jäger, and P. Ciavola, and J. A. Jiménez

<p>Integrated risk assessment approaches to support coastal managers' decisions when designing plans are increasingly becoming an urgent need. To enable efficient coastal management, possible present and future scenarios must be included, disaster risk reduction measures integrated, and multiple hazards dealt with. In this work, the Bayesian network-based approach to coastal risk assessment was applied and tested at two Mediterranean sandy coasts (Tordera Delta in Spain and Lido degli Est...

S. Ueda, and K. Osada, and K. Hara, and M. Yabuki, and F. Hashihama, and J. Kanda

<p>Mixing states of soot-containing aerosol particles constitute important information for the simulation of climatic effects of black carbon in the atmosphere. To elucidate the mixing states and morphological features of soot-containing particles over remote oceans, we conducted on-board observations over the southern Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean during the TR/V <i>Umitaka-maru UM-08-09</i> cruise, which started from Benoa, Indonesia, on 1 December 2008 via Cape Town, South Africa,...

Lisi Bi, and Zhenhuan Ren, and Xiuwei Ye, and Tianyou Liu, and Jihua Qiao

By systemic processing, comprehensive analysis, and interpretation of gravity data, we confirmed the existence of the west segment of the coastal fault zone (west of Yangjiang to Beibu Bay) in the coastal region of South China. This showed an apparent high gravity gradient in the NEE direction, and worse linearity and less compactness than that in the Pearl River month. This also revealed a relatively large curvature and a complicated gravity structure. In the finding images processed by the gra...

Radmila Razlog, and Janice Pellow, and Sally J. White

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an increasingly prevalent behavioural disorder characterised by inattention, impulsivity and hyperactivity.  Valeriana officinalis is a botanical medicine that has been found to be beneficial in the treatment of disorders characterised by restlessness. To date, no research has been conducted on homeopathic preparations of Valeriana officinalis for this condition. The aim of this three-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study was to det...

B.K.K.K. Jinadasa, and A.S. Mahaliyana, and N.P.P. Liyanage, and G.D.T.M. Jayasinghe

Non-essential trace metals, namely mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and arsenic (As), and essential trace elements copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) found in muscle tissues were analysed and compared between female, male skipjack tuna (SJT) in the Indian Ocean, Sri Lanka. Forty-four (20 female and 24 male) individual specimens of SJT were investigated using an atomic absorption spectrometer. The mean trace elements of the male fish were determined to include Hg, 0.12; Cd, 0.02; As, 0.85;...