Tave Douglas, and Toya Louie A., and Hutson Alison M.

A major reason why conservation aquaculture is needed to improve the success of aquaculture-assisted fisheries is that traditional production aquaculture produces fish with mal-adaptive behaviors. These behaviors can be produced via domestication and culture techniques, and preventing these mal-adaptive behaviors requires integrating improvements in genetic management and culture protocols. The genetic protocols needed to minimize hatchery-induced genetic changes have received considerable atten...

Michalski Mirosław, and Osek Jacek

Introduction: Growing consumption of shellfish is associated with an increased risk of food poisoning. The study was carried out on live bivalve molluscs available on the Polish market between 2009 and 2013. Material and Methods: ELISA was used for the determination of the following marine biotoxins: paralytic shellfish poison (PSP), amnaesic shellfish poison (ASP), and diarrhoeic shellfish poison (DSP). The molluscs, of which seven species were examined, were obtained from wholesale companies a...

Sergej Jakovlev, and Arūnas Andziulis, and Andrius Daranda, and Miroslav Voznak, and Tomas Eglynas

Today most ship rotation angle (steering control during movement) increase or decrease is done using an operator on deck or the auxiliary system in the ships engine room. Formal regulations suggest using manual inspection of the ship rotation and the work effectiveness of the engine during manoeuvring in ports and in the open sea regions. The accuracy of this procedure is very low and depends on the personnel of the deck. Therefore, automation and computer control systems are constantly require...

Zvonimir Lušič, and Serdjo Kos

The paper presents the selection of ship sailing routes in the coastal area according to the probability of grounding. Taking into consideration the dangers in the heading direction as well as the vicinity and length of the coastline parallel to the ship course, the paper will try to propose a model for choosing the sailing route with the smallest possibility of grounding. The estimation of the dangers on the routes will be based on the potential number of groundings; human factor will not be t...

Nadežda Doronina Koltan, and Stasys Girdzijauskas, and Dalia Štreimikienė

The paper deals with market capacity and the integral parts of it. One of the most critical consisting parts of the market's capacity are market niches, the fulfilment of which depends on market openness or closeness. In the opened market there is a possibility of reproduction, while for the closed market the saturation is more typical. However, reproduction and saturation have one similar feature: both influence the beginning of a crisis. The main difference between reproduction and saturation...

Ondrej Stopka, and Rudolf Kampf

The main advantages of maritime transport are (1) lowest costs, (2) large-scale carriage capacity, (3) carriage of different goods over long distances and (4) the most acceptable mode of transport in the context of the environment. This mode of transport is considered more profitable and more cost-effective than all other transport modes. Modern maritime ports have become the essential nodal components of freight transport networks. This paper is focused on determining the most suitable layout ...

Yeliz Ekinci, and Nimet Uray, and Füsun Ülengin, and Cem Duran

This study was conducted to profile customers according to the level of satisfaction with the service attributes of maritime public transport provided by Seabus Service Company (SSC), the sole provider of maritime transport in Istanbul. Such analysis needs to be conducted by considering market segments in terms of maritime transportation usage and post purchase behavior. This was accomplished by conducting quantitative research through face-to-face surveys of SSC passengers. According to the re...

DU Yicun, and YANG Chen, and LI Yufeng

<b>[Objectives]</b> To improve the security monitoring system operation ability of a crew,<b>[Methods]</b> an approach involving embedding simulation training modules in naval security monitoring systems is adopted so as to design a closed-loop onboard training system. The problems of resource sharing and security isolation are solved by using such key techniques as the interconnection of simulation training modules and actual equipment,cooperative training and training evaluation.<b>[Results]</...

ZHANG Mingxia, and HAN Bingbing, and LU Pengcheng, and ZHAO Zhengbin

<b>[Objectives]</b> Due to its excellent seakeeping, rapidity and stability, Trimaran Small Waterplane Area Center Hull(TriSWACH)has an increasing number of applications in both civil vessels and warships. However, the laws of resistance of different submerged body shapes and side-hull configurations at different speeds still require research. As model tests are time-consuming and expensive, and cannot cover all potential hulls, numerical calculation based on STAR-CCM + is becoming increasingly ...

K. Stolpovsky, and A. W. Dale, and K. Wallmann

The kinetics of particulate organic carbon (POC) mineralization in marine surface sediments is not well constrained. This creates considerable uncertainties when benthic processes are considered in global biogeochemical or Earth system circulation models to simulate climate–ocean interactions and biogeochemical tracer distributions in the ocean. In an attempt to improve our understanding of the rate and depth distribution of organic carbon mineralization in bioturbated (0–20 cm) sediments ...

Lol I. Dahlet, and Nicola Downey-Breedt, and Gabriel Arce, and Warwick H.H. Sauer, and Maria A. Gasalla

The skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, inhabits tropical and subtropical oceans the world over, and contributes substantially to total tuna catches. Both fishing pressure and anthropic influences affect skipjack populations, impacting on economic returns and investment. The present study analyses and compares spatial time series of catch and catch per unit effort (CPUE), of pole-and-line fishing of skipjack tuna from Brazil, South Africa and the Maldives. Both regional and inter-regional analyse...

José J. Castro, and Esther Divovich, and Alicia Delgado de Molina Acevedo, and Antonio Barrera-Luján, and Rodrigo Riera

Total marine fisheries catches within the exclusive economic zone of the Canary Islands, Spain, were reconstructed to include catches from the various small-scale artisanal fleets and their discards, as well as subsistence, recreational and other unreported catch. Total reconstructed catch was estimated at 38600 t in 1950, increasing to 81200 t in 1985, declining to approximately 43700 t year–1 in the early 2000s, and finally spiking to about 65300 t year–1 by the late 2000s. These catches coinc...

Iz H. Bâki

This study provides additional information about the impact of atmospheric pressure on sea level variations. The observed regularity in sea level atmospheric pressure depends mainly on the latitude and verified to be dominantly random closer to the equator. It was demonstrated that almost all the annual and semiannual sea level variations at 27 globally distributed tide gauge stations can be attributed to the regional/local atmospheric forcing as an inverted barometric effect. Statistically sign...

Mathias Hüne, and Ernesto Davis, and Silvia Murcia, and David Gutiérrez, and Daniela Haro

A combination of stomach content and nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) stable-isotope analysis was used to assess the trophic interactions and feeding habits of three notothenioid coastal fish (Champsocephalus esox, Patagonotothen tessellata and Patagonotothen cornucola) and one exotic salmon species (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) with diverse life habits (benthic and benthopelagic) in the Francisco Coloane Coastal Marine Protected Area, southern Chile. The stomach contents of C. esox were mainly f...

Marius O. Jonassen, and Priit Tisler, and Barbara Altstädter, and Andreas Scholtz, and Timo Vihma, and Astrid Lampert, and Gert König-Langlo, and Christof Lüpkes

The main aim of this paper is to explore the potential of combining measurements from fixed- and rotary-wing remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) to complement data sets from radio soundings as well as ship and sea-ice-based instrumentation for atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) profiling. This study represents a proof-of-concept of RPAS observations in the Antarctic sea-ice zone. We present first results from the RV Polarstern Antarctic winter expedition in the Weddell Sea in June–August 2013...

Jenny Maccali, and Claude Hillaire-Marcel, and Christelle Not

Under modern conditions, sediments from the large continental shelves of the Arctic Ocean are mixed by currents, incorporated into sea ice and redistributed over the Arctic Basin through the Beaufort Gyre and Trans-Polar Drift major sea-ice routes. Here, compiling data from the literature and combining them with our own data, we explore how radiogenic isotopes (Sr, Pb and Nd) from Arctic shelf surface sediment can be used to identify inland and coastal sediment sources. Based on discriminant fun...

Attamimi Nafil Rabbani, and Saraswati Ratna

This article will analyze the spatial pattern as well as the degradation pattern of the coral reefs in the Bunaken National Park. Bunaken National Park is a marine national park located in the Province of North Sulawesi; the park was built as means of conservation as well as providing a region for tourism. The national park contains a different type of marine and land ecosystem, one of the many types of the ecosystem that are in the national park is coral reefs. Coral reefs in Bunaken National P...

Caixin Wang, and Bin Cheng, and Keguang Wang, and Sebastian Gerland, and Olga Pavlova

Snow ice and superimposed ice formation on landfast sea ice in a Svalbard fjord, Kongsfjorden, was investigated with a high-resolution thermodynamic snow and sea-ice model, applying meteorological weather station data as external forcing. The model shows that sea-ice formation occurs both at the ice bottom and at the snow/ice interface. Modelling results indicated that the total snow ice and superimposed ice, which formed at the snow/ice interface, was about 14 cm during the simulation period, a...

Grol Richard, and Wensing Michel, and van Lieshout Jan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) receive treatment in primary care, but data have shown that the quality of care for these patients needs to be improved. We aimed to evaluate the impact and feasibility of a programme for improving primary care for patients with CHF.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>An observational study was performed in 19 general practices in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, evaluation involving 15 general practitioners and 77 ...

Gabriela Agurto, and Elizabeth Andrade, and Cecilia Tomalá, and Cristóbal Domínguez, and Paúl Guillén, and Karla Jaramillo, and Antonella Lavorato, and Báslavi Condor-Lujan, and Bolívar Chalén, and Karen Avellaneda, and Olivier Thomas, and Stanislaus Sonnenholzner, and Aminael Sánchez-Rodríguez, and Diego Pacheco, and Francisco Choez, and Jenny Rodríguez

The marine biodiversity program of CENAIM-ESPOL focuses on sessile invertebrates from the “‘El Pelado’ marine reserve”. The present study aims at understanding the different hierarchical levels of biodiversity found at the “El Pelado” and to guide biodiscovery initiatives. Generated biodiversity data were systematized in a database (Darwin Core standard) and integrated into a geographic information system that uses webGIS as a search engine. In this way, the information becomes available to the ...

Shuhei Masuda, and Satoshi Osafune, and Tadashi Hemmi

Abstract The importance of deep ocean observations has been recognized with regard to changes in the deep ocean such as global bottom-water warming. Therefore, sustainable deep ocean monitoring networks that use autonomous profiling floats have been widely proposed, and a number of deep-float deployment initiatives have begun around the world. Deployed floats promise to provide unprecedented deep ocean information. However, present deep-float data are known to have biases. In particular, a depth...

Zhang Bei, and Xue Changhu, and Hu Xiaoqian, and Xu Jie, and Li Zhaojie, and Wang Jingfeng, and Yanagita Teruyoshi, and Xue Yong, and Wang Yuming

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent chronic liver disease in industrialized countries. The present study was undertaken to explore the preventive effect of dietary sea cucumber cerebroside (SCC) extracted from <it>Acaudina molpadioides</it> in fatty liver rats.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups including normal control group, NAFLD model group, and two SCC-treated groups with SCC at 0.006% and 0....

Seung-Ho Ham, and Myung-Il Roh, and Luman Zhao

Traditionally, graphs were the only way to show the results of ship motion analyses. They did not usually impose any feeling about how fast the ship could move or how large the positions of the ship changed. Currently, integrated simulations combining physics-based analyses with IT technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), motion platforms, or other hardware, can offer a potential solution. In ship motion analyses, the dynamic ship response can be obtained by considering the environmental load...

P. Mendryshora, and Н. Kurinenko

Purpose. To analyze the results of rearing and to provide fish culture-biological characteristics of firstly spawning brood rainbow trout based on their offspring reared using industrial technology in the conditions of the trout farm “Sloboda-Banyliv”. Methodology. Rearing was performed in tanks of the trout farm “Sloboda-Banyliv”. The material for the study were age-2 rainbow trout produced from eggs of an autumn-spawning form of rainbow trout. Rearing was performed in a 216 m2 tank with a s...

Denise Alvarez, and José Diego Suarez, and Renata Pereira, and Marcelo Figueiredo, and Milton Athayde

Este artigo analisa as correlações do uso intensivo da tercerização com as relações de trabalho nas plataformas offshore da Bacia de Campos (RJ). Abordamos prioritariamente o intervalo que abrange os últimos 10 anos, período em que acompanhamos de forma sistemática o referido campo empírico. O referencial teórico-metodológico utilizado no curso da pesquisa, na qual se insere esta contribuição, inspira-se com maior ênfase no instrumental da Ergonomia da Atividade e da Psicodinâmica do Trabalho nu...

Edson Lourenço da Silva, and Rosemara Fugi, and Norma Segatti Hahn

Neste trabalho, foram avaliadas as variações temporais e ontogenéticas na dieta de Pimelodus maculatus no reservatório de Manso e na baía Sinhá Mariana, Estado do Mato Grosso. Os peixes foram coletados, mensalmente, de março/2000 a fevereiro/2001 comredes de espera e de arrasto. Foram analisados 199 conteúdos estomacais por meio do método volumétrico. No reservatório, a dieta foi composta basicamente por insetos durante todo o período analisado e independente do tamanho dos exemplares. Na baía S...

Bjerk SM, and Edgington BD, and Rector TS, and Kunisaki KM

Sonja M Bjerk,1 Bradley D Edgington,1 Thomas S Rector,1,2 Ken M Kunisaki1,21University of Minnesota, 2Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USABackground: Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels, commonly observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are associated with muscle weakness in elderly populations, and vitamin D supplementation appears to improve muscle strength and decrease falls in older individuals. We tested the effect of vitamin D supplementation on phy...

Fernanda Cornejo-Granados, and Luigui Gallardo-Becerra, and Miriam Leonardo-Reza, and Juan Pablo Ochoa-Romo, and Adrian Ochoa-Leyva

The shrimp or prawn is the most valuable traded marine product in the world market today and its microbiota plays an essential role in its development, physiology, and health. The technological advances and dropping costs of high-throughput sequencing have increased the number of studies characterizing the shrimp microbiota. However, the application of different experimental and bioinformatics protocols makes it difficult to compare different studies to reach general conclusions about shrimp mic...

Keigo Yada, and Hiroki Mori, and Hiroki Ishibashi

Background/aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of 3D-CT simulation in pediatric minimally invasive surgery. Methodology: adenomatoidPreoperative 3D-CT simulation was performed using data from contrast enhancement MDCT and SYNAPSE VINCENT software. The images of 3D CT simulation were installed to iPad, and were used as intra-operative images. From 2011 to 2015, three cases who underwent minimally invasive surgery were enrolled. (hepatoblastoma (n = 1), Congenital cystic aed...

Wei Feng, and Min Zhong

Total sea level variations (SLVs) are caused by two major components: steric variations due to thermal expansion of seawater, and mass-induced variations due to mass exchange between ocean and land. In this study, the global SLV and its steric and mass components were estimated by satellite altimetry, Argo float data and the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data over 2005–2014. Space gravimetry observations from GRACE suggested that two-thirds of the global mean sea level rise rat...

Nematollah Jaafarzadeh, and nezamaddin mengelizadeh, and mina hormozi nejad

The removal of zinc ions from aqueous solutions on the chitin extracted of shrimp shells has been studied by using batch adsorption method. Experiments were performed as a function of initial pH (3-7), initial metal concentration (50-500mg/l), and adsorbent dose (0/5-10 gr) at 25°C. .The equilibrium metal uptake was increased and percentage biosorption was decreased with an increase in the initial concentration. So, the data showed that optimum pH for efficient biosorption of zinc by chitin was ...

P. Steeb, and S. Krause, and P. Linke, and C. Hensen, and A. W. Dale, and M. Nuzzo, and T. Treude

Large amounts of methane are delivered by fluids through the erosive forearc of the convergent margin offshore of Costa Rica and lead to the formation of cold seeps at the sediment surface. Besides mud extrusion, numerous cold seeps are created by landslides induced by seamount subduction or fluid migration along major faults. Most of the dissolved methane migrating through the sediments of cold seeps is oxidized within the benthic microbial methane filter by anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM)...

Stephen D. Cairns, and Ralf T. S. Cordeiro

A new genus and species of unbranched golden coral, Flagelligorgia gracilis, is described based on several specimens collected off the southeastern coast of the United States. The genus is provisionally included in the family Chrysogorgiidae, pending molecular confirmation. Flagelligorgia morphologically resembles other unbranched chrysogorgiids, such as Distichogorgia, Chalcogorgia, Helicogorgia and Radicipes, to which it is compared. The type species is illustrated and its di...

Renata Manconi, and Annalisa Serusi

A new record of lithistid demosponges is reported from a western Sardinian karstic cave. The new specimen matches the trait of the genus Neophrissospongia (Corallistidae) for an ectosomal skeleton of radial dichotriaenes, a choanosomal skeleton as a network of dicranoclone desmas, and streptaster/amphiaster microscleres with short spiny rays bearing blunt tips. The cave-dwelling N. nana nov. sp. diverges from the other species of the genus in diagnostic characters such as the large irregular pla...

D.-Y. Gong, and S.-J. Kim, and C.-H. Ho

Arctic Oscillation (AO) and Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) are the leading modes of atmospheric circulation in mid-high latitudes. Previous studies have revealed that the climatic influences of the two modes are dominant in extra-tropical regions. This study finds that AO and AAO signals are also well recorded in coral proxies in the tropical South China Sea. There are significant interannual signals of AO and AAO in the strontium (Sr) content, which represents the sea surface temperature (S...

Jacek Piskozub

Svalbard archipelago, a high latitude area in a region undergoing rapid climate change, is relatively easily accessible for field research. This makes the fjords of Spitsbergen, its largest island, some of the best studied Arctic coastal areas. This paper aims at answering the question of how climatically diverse the fjords are, and how representative they are for the expected future Arctic diminishing range of seasonal sea-ice. This study uses a meteorological reanalysis, sea surface temperatur...

Azizov, A., and Suleymanov, S., and Salavatian, M.

Feeding habits of Caspian marine shad Alosa braschnikowii (Borodin, 1904), inhabiting in the western part of Caspian Sea such as prey spectrum and seasonal dynamics have been studied. As in other parts of Caspian Sea, throughout the year, the main hunt of Caspian marine shad constituted kilkas, gobies and shrimps while other groups of zoobenthos were represented in a lesser extent. Importance of other fishes and zoobenthos in the diet of Caspian marine shad is influenced by their ecological m...

Héctor Marín-Moreno, and Michela Giustiniani, and Umberta Tinivella

In the South Shetland Margin (SSM), Antarctic Peninsula, a bottom-simulating reflector indicates the presence of hydrate between ca. 500 and 3000 m water depth (mwd). The cold seabed temperatures allow hydrate stability at shallower water depths. During the past five decades, the Antarctic Peninsula has been warming up faster than any other part of the Southern Hemisphere, and long-term ocean warming could affect the stability of the SSM hydrate reservoir at shallow waters. Here, we model the tr...

Werner Nel

Located in the sub-Antarctic, Marion Island (46&#x00B0; 54&#x2032; S, 37&#x00B0; 45&#x2032; E) has a distinct periglacial environment that is sensitive to climate change. Diurnal soil frost is the most important geomorphic process occurring on the island and this paper aims to understand the synoptic weather circulation pattern associated with summer soil frost occurrence in a sub-Antarctic environment. Preliminary results from automated microclimate measurements in the interior of Marion Island...

Kwiczala Andrzej, and Wejkowski Robert

This article exhibits the results of the analysis performed to verify the effectiveness of the hybrid flue gas denitrification system (herein referred to as HDS) which involved the retrofitting for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) material into a regenerative rotary air heater (RAH). A numerical model corresponding to the actual pilot scale RAH operating conditions was developed. The ultimate intent of the numerical model is to provide a platform where the technology can be implemented on ful...

Oriol Sacristán-Soriano, and Carlos Angulo-Preckler, and Jennifer Vázquez, and Conxita Avila

The continental shelf of Antarctica harbours rich suspension-feeding macroinvertebrate communities that are continuously exposed to large populations of free-living microbes. To avoid settlement or fouling by undesirable microorganisms that could cause infection or collapse filter-feeding systems, these macroinvertebrates might regulate the epibiotic microbial mat through chemical interactions. In Antarctic chemical ecology, the antibacterial roles of natural products remain mostly unknown. A ne...

Ing EB, and Miller NR, and Nguyen A, and Su W, and Bursztyn LLCD, and Poole M, and Kansal V, and Toren A, and Albreiki D, and Mouhanna JG, and Muladzanov A, and Bernier M, and Gans M, and Lee D, and Wendel C, and Sheldon C, and Shields M, and Bellan L, and Lee-Wing M, and Mohadjer Y, and Nijhawan N, and Tyndel F, and Sundaram ANE, and ten Hove MW, and Chen JJ, and Rodriguez AR, and Hu A, and Khalidi N, and Ing R, and Wong SWK, and Torun N

Edsel B Ing,1 Neil R Miller,2 Angeline Nguyen,2 Wanhua Su,3 Lulu LCD Bursztyn,4 Meredith Poole,5 Vinay Kansal,6 Andrew Toren,7 Dana Albreki,8 Jack G Mouhanna,9 Alla Muladzanov,10 Mika&euml;l Bernier,11 Mark Gans,10 Dongho Lee,12 Colten Wendel,13 Claire Sheldon,13 Marc Shields,14 Lorne Bellan,15 Matthew Lee-Wing,15 Yasaman Mohadjer,16 Navdeep Nijhawan,1 Felix Tyndel,17 Arun NE Sundaram,17 Martin W ten Hove,18 John J Chen,19 Amadeo R Rodriguez,20 Angela Hu,21 Nader Khalidi,21 Royce Ing,22 Samuel W...

Helen S. Findlay, and Georgina Gibson, and Monika Kędra, and Nathalie Morata, and Monika Orchowska, and Alexey K. Pavlov, and Marit Reigstad, and Anna Silyakova, and Jean-Éric Tremblay, and Waldemar Walczowski, and Agata Weydmann, and Christie Logvinova

The Arctic Ocean is one of the fastest changing oceans, plays an important role in global carbon cycling and yet is a particularly challenging ocean to study. Hence, observations tend to be relatively sparse in both space and time. How the Arctic functions, geophysically, but also ecologically, can have significant consequences for the internal cycling of carbon, and subsequently influence carbon export, atmospheric CO2 uptake and food chain productivity. Here we assess the major carbon pools an...

Bettina Glasl, and Caitlin E. Smith, and David G. Bourne, and Nicole S. Webster

Genotype-specific contributions to the environmental tolerance and disease susceptibility of corals are widely accepted. Yet our understanding of how host genotype influences the composition and stability of the coral microbiome subjected to environmental fluctuations is limited. To gain insight into the community dynamics and environmental stability of microbiomes associated with distinct coral genotypes, we assessed the microbial community associated with Acropora tenuis under single and cumul...

Olga Alcântara Barros, and João Hermínio Silva, and Gilberto Dantas Saraiva, and Bartolomeu Cruz Viana, and Alexandre Rocha Paschoal, and Paulo Tarso Cavalcante Freire, and Naiara Cipriano Oliveira, and Amauri Jardim Paula, and Maria Somália Viana

The Ipubi and Romualdo Formations are Cretaceous units of the Araripe Basin (Santana Group). The first and most ancient was deposited in a lake environment, and some fossils were preserved in shales deposited under blackish conditions. The second was deposited in a marine environment, preserving a rich paleontological content in calcareous concretions. Considering that these two environments preserved their fossils under different processes, in this work we investigated the chemical composition ...

I. M. Nyenno

The article deals with the risks of implementing the state maritime policy. Causes and factors of their occurrence, consequences and indicators of risks'monitoring are consistently presented. Particular attention is paid to the human resource risk. Based on a comparative analysis of privatized and state port administrations, the main distinctive features of this risk’s emergence have been identified. It is determined that the profitability orientation is inherent to the state port administration...

Johnson Sarah, and Kavi Vikram P, and Harris Andrew T, and Carter Lachlan M, and Kanatas Anastasios

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Oral cancer is as prevalent as cervical and testicular cancer in the United Kingdom. Nursing staff provide the oral health care for the patient population in hospital. Admission to hospital provides a 'window of opportunity' for oral cancer 'screening' via an oral health check during nursing clerking. This study aimed to investigate whether nursing staff are aware of risk factors for oral cancer, its clinical signs, and could therefore provide a 'screening' s...

Walters Stephen J, and Crank Helen, and Breckon Jeff D, and Copeland Robert J, and Goyder Elizabeth, and Hind Daniel, and Dimairo Munyaradzi, and Scott Emma J, and Loban Amanda, and Cooper Cindy L

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Systematic reviews have identified a range of brief interventions which increase physical activity in previously sedentary people. A randomised controlled trial is needed to assess whether providing motivational interviewing, three months after giving initial advice, sustains physical activity levels in those who recently became physically active. This paper reports the results of an internal pilot study designed to test the feasibility of the study in terms ...

Miyata Shinji, and Kinukawa Masashi, and Moy Gary W, and Gunaratne H Jayantha, and Mah Silvia A, and Vacquier Victor D

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mutations in the human polycystic kidney disease-1 (<it>hPKD1</it>) gene result in ~85% of cases of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, the most frequent human monogenic disease. PKD1 proteins are large multidomain proteins involved in a variety of signal transduction mechanisms. Obtaining more information about members of the PKD1 family will help to clarify their functions. Humans have five hPKD1 proteins, whereas sea urchins have 10. The PKD1 pro...

Zhang Weidong, and Li Yunkai, and Li Jing, and Huang Bo, and Pan Futang, and Miao Shujun

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Disaster Medicine training is not included in medical education curriculum in China, even though the country has suffered various disasters annually. We intended to assess the need for continual education regarding disaster management for health professionals in China.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A survey was conducted among 324 health professionals who participated in the response to the Wenchuan earthquake medical relief and public health assessment in October, 2...