Derek G. Bolser, and Arnaud Grüss, and Mark A. Lopez, and Erin M. Reed, and Ismael Mascareñas-Osorio, and Brad E. Erisman

Estimating the growth of fishes is critical to understanding their life history and conducting fisheries assessments. It is imperative to sufficiently sample each size and age class of fishes to construct models that accurately reflect biological growth patterns, but this may be a challenging endeavor for highly-exploited species in which older fish are rare. Here, we use the Gulf Corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus), a vulnerable marine fish that has been persistently overfished for two decades, as...

Mas-Coma Santiago, and Fuentes Marius, and Masià Montserrat, and Escosa Raul, and Latorre Jose, and Sainz-Elipe Sandra, and Bargues Maria

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>International travel and immigration have been related with an increase of imported malaria cases. This fact and climate change, prolonging the period favouring vector development, require an analysis of the malaria transmission resurgence risk in areas of southern Europe. Such a study is made for the first time in Spain. The Ebro Delta historically endemic area was selected due to its rice field landscape, the presence of only one vector, <it>Anopheles atrop...

Hirakata Vânia N, and Barros Aluísio JD

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cross-sectional studies with binary outcomes analyzed by logistic regression are frequent in the epidemiological literature. However, the odds ratio can importantly overestimate the prevalence ratio, the measure of choice in these studies. Also, controlling for confounding is not equivalent for the two measures. In this paper we explore alternatives for modeling data of such studies with techniques that directly estimate the prevalence ratio.</p> <p>Methods</...

Nock Nora L, and Dimitropolous Anastasia, and Tkach Jean, and Frasure Heidi, and vonGruenigen Vivan

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Obesity increases the risk of endometrial cancer (EC) and obese EC patients have the highest risk of death among all obesity-associated cancers. However, only two lifestyle interventions targeting this high-risk population have been conducted. In one trial, food disinhibition, as determined by the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire, decreased post-intervention compared to baseline, suggesting an increase in emotional eating and, potentially, an increase in foo...

Francey Shona, and Thurley Melissa, and Monson Katherine, and Tonin Vittoria, and Killackey Eoin, and Bendall Sarah, and Harrigan Susy, and Bruxner Annie, and Robinson Jo, and Yung Alison R

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Young people with first-episode psychosis (FEP) are at risk of a range of negative outcomes. Specialist FEP services have been developed to provide comprehensive, multi-disciplinary treatment. However, these services are often available for a restricted period and the services that young people may be transferred to are less comprehensive. This represents a risk of drop out from treatment services in a group already considered to be at risk of disengagement. ...

Lídio França do Nascimento, and Priscila Izabel A. P. Medeiros, and Maria Emilia Yamamoto

O estudo do comportamento animal é uma área de pesquisa consolidada, que cresceu e se diversificou em vários países e que deu origem a disciplinas e abordagens de investigação, como a Etologia, a Ecologia Comportamental, a Neuroecologia, a Psicologia e a Psicologia evolucionista. No estudo do comportamento animal, o etograma é a base para estudos comportamentais de espécies pouco conhecidas, como também para comparar comportamentos de populações distintas de uma mesma espécie. Tradicionalmente, ...

Sayyed Ehsan Sadati, and Mahmood Dastmalchi, and Sayyed Ali akbar Sari, and Sayyed Reza Mostafanezhad

The trial was carried out in 1983, using three fast growing species including E. camaldulensis, E. saligna and E. viminalis at Chamestan - Noor Natural Resources Experimental Station. The altitude, latitude and longitude are 85 m. above sea level, 36o, 30` North and 52o, 5` east, respectively. Average annual rainfall is 840 mm. Average daily and absolute maximum and minimum air temperature are 15.8, 36 and - 8oC, respectively. The measured tree parameters were: Survival, height, diameter and ste...

Sayyed Morteza Mortazavi Jahromi, and Awhang Kowsar

Tree planting with drought tolerant species, particularly Acacia and Eucalyptus species may be considered as a logical method for rehabilitation of marginal lands which can potentially meet the needs of local people in terms of wood, fuel wood, fodder, edible fruits, etc. These goals may be much better attained when the trees are planted in floodwater spreading (FWS) systems which drastically change the desert ecosystems through provision of more water and better rooting environments. In 1994, a...

DANIEL B. DE ALENCAR, and JAÉCIO C. DINIZ, and SIMONE A.S. ROCHA, and KELMA M.S. PIRES-CAVALCANTE, and REBECA L. DE LIMA, and KAROLINA C. DE SOUSA, and JEFFERSON O. FREITAS, and RAYSSA M. BEZERRA, and BÁRBARA M. BARACHO, and ALEXANDRE H. SAMPAIO, and FRANCISCO A. VIANA, and SILVANA SAKER-SAMPAIO

ABSTRACT This study evaluated the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of fatty acids from the marine red algae Pterocladiella capillacea (S. G. Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand 1997 and Osmundaria obtusiloba (C. Agardh) R. E. Norris 1991. The gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) identified nine fatty acids in the two species. The major fatty acids of P. capillacea and O. obtusiloba were palmitic acid, oleic acid, arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid. The DPPH radical scave...

Stączek Paweł

A system for estimating the coordinates of automated guided vehicles (AGV) was presented in this article. Ultrasonic waves for distance measurement were applied. Used hardware was characterised, as well as signal processing algorithms. The system was tested on wheeled mobile robot in model 2D environment. The results of working range and errors of position estimation were discussed.

VATSOS N. Ioannis, and ANGELIDIS Panagiotis

Until recently, most cases of humans been affected by fish pathogens, bacterial and parasitic, were limited in certain countries, either due to the inappropriate sanitary measures used in those areas, or due to the local habit of eating raw or undercooked fish. However, as new reliable methods to identify fish pathogens in samples collected from sick humans have been developed, the confirmed cases worldwide have increased. The most common fish bacterial pathogens that can affect humans belong to...

TÖRÖK Liliana

The present paper contains an analysis of the available information dealing with the diversity of algae from Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Undesirable mistake: wrong nominalization of the scientific names which have been found in reference sources or synonyms of the species have been crowed out from the revised checklist.

Vernon E. Thatcher, and José M. Souza-Conceição, and Glauco Fernando Jost

Lironeca desterroensis sp. nov. (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) is described on the basis of 105 females and three males taken from the gill chambers of the marine fish, Cetengraulis edentulus (Cuvier,1829), obtained near Santa Catarina Island, Brazil. The new species resembles Lironeca redmanni Leach, 1818, in size and general appearance but differs from that species in a number of important respects. In the new species, the pleotelson is larger, the pleonites are laterally produced, the uropods have el...

Sehdev Singh, and Shekhar Neema, and Biju Vasudevan

Introduction: Androgenetic alopecia is a common form of alopecia with multifactorial etiology. Finasteride and minoxidil are approved by the FDA for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia. Balding scalp is believed to have relative microvascular insufficiency. Blood vessels in the scalp travel through the intramuscular plane. Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin relaxes muscles and thereby increases blood flow in balding scalp. We conducted a pilot study to evaluate the efficacy of botulin...

Romualdo Del Buono, and Lorenzo Sabatino, and Federico Greco

Background: Direct laryngoscopy is the gold standard of the airway management in patients without predicted difficulties. If unpredicted difficulties are encountered instead, different algorithms to follow have been developed. To date, no single predictor is sufficiently valid. In clinical practice, it is used a combination of them to enhance the estimate, and despite the variety of parameters used, not all the difficult intubations are predicted. The aim of this work is to retrospectively analy...

Fermin Rodrigo, and José María Ruiz-Moreno, and Juan Bernabé García, and María Eugenia Torregrosa, and José Vicente Segura, and David P Piñero

Purpose: To evaluate preliminarily and compare the level of plasmatic biomarkers of vascular risk in patients with and without exudative age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) and to relate it to vascular resistance alterations in the ophthalmic artery (OA), central retinal artery (CRA), posterior temporal ciliary artery (PTCA), and posterior nasal ciliary artery (PNCA). Methods: Color Doppler imaging of the OA, CRA, PTCA, and PNCA was performed in 30 eyes of 30 cataract patients (control group...

Karrigan S Börk

The nightly activity patterns of Noctilio leporinus, a piscivorous neotropical bat, were documented by visual observation over one lunar cycle at a large dock in Golfito, Costa Rica. The activity patterns were compared to the intensity of the moonlight, and a strong correlation between darkness and activity was observed (n = 776, r² = 0.96). This correlation has been observed in many species of mammals and may indicate adaptation by potential prey species to avoid predation by visually oriented ...

M. I. Mityagina

The paper focuses on the occurrence and development of coherent structures observed in the atmosphere above ocean under natural conditions. Microwave imaging radars are suggested as data take instruments. The phenomena of marine atmospheric cells and rolls onset, horizontal planform, aspect ratio and scaling phenomena are examined. Convective patterns manifested in radar images and information derived on the intensity of atmospheric motion are discussed.

Brian Coad, and Nina Bogutskaya

Alburnoides qanati, sp. n. is described from a qanat in the Pulvar River drainage of Fars Province in southern Iran. The new taxon is distinguished from other members of the genus Alburnoides by a combination of characters including a scaled ventral keel, (41, 42)43-47(48, 49) lateral line scales, 2.5-4.2 pharyngeal teeth, commonly 8&frac12; branched dorsal-fin rays, 10-12&frac12; branched anal-fin rays, 40-41 total vertebrae, and caudal vertebral region equal or slightly longer then an abdomina...

Shu-Ying Tseng, and Po-Yu Liu, and Yi-Hsuan Lee, and Zong-Yen Wu, and Chiu-Chen Huang, and Ching-Chang Cheng, and Kwong-Chung Tung

Shewanella algae is a rod-shaped Gram-negative marine bacterium frequently found in nonhuman sources such as aquatic ecosystems and has been shown to be the pathogenic agent in various clinical cases due to the ingestion of raw seafood. The results of this study showed that S. algae was present in approximately one in four samples, including water and shellfish samples. Positive reactions (API systems) in S. algae strains were seen for gelatinase (gelatin); however, negative reactions were found...

J.-P. Jalkanen, and L. Johansson, and J. Kukkonen

Emissions originating from ship traffic in European sea areas were modelled using the Ship Traffic Emission Assessment Model (STEAM), which uses Automatic Identification System data to describe ship traffic activity. We have estimated the emissions from ship traffic in the whole of Europe in 2011. We report the emission totals, the seasonal variation, the geographical distribution of emissions, and their disaggregation between various ship types and flag states. The total ship emissions of...

I. A. CATALAN, and A. DUNAND, and I. ÁLVAREZ, and J. ALOS, and N. COLINAS, and R. D.M. NASH

All demersal fish with planktonic larvae settle at some point early in life, generally around the transformation from larvae to juveniles or soon after. Sampling pre-settlement or very young, settled fish is challenging due to spatial concretions within the habitat and the pulsed, rapid nature of the settlement process. There is a lack of robust methods that enable this sampling, but information on the settlement, that represents a mortality bottleneck, is crucial for the follow-up of population...

Stefano Schiaparelli, and Rüdiger Bieler, and Rosemary E. Golding, and Timothy A. Rawlings, and Timothy M. Collins

A new species of vermetid gastropod belonging to the genus Novastoa Finlay, 1926, N. rapaitiensis sp. nov., is described from French Polynesia and the Great Barrier Reef, based on morpho-anatomical and molecular data, increasing the recognized extant diversity of this genus from five to six species. The new species is characterized by the largest operculum in the genus to date, with a conspicuous spindle-shaped mammilla that readily distinguishes this species from its congeners. Based on availab...

Felipe E. Rodríguez, and Daniel Laporte, and Alberto González, and Katterinne N. Mendez, and Eduardo Castro-Nallar, and Claudio Meneses, and Juan Pablo Huidobro-Toro, and Alejandra Moenne

Abstract Background The marine alga Ulva compressa is the dominant species in coastal areas receiving effluents from copper mines. The alga can accumulate high amounts of copper and possesses a strong antioxidant system. Here, we performed short-term transcriptomic analyses using total RNA of the alga cultivated with 10 μM of copper for 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 h by RNA-seq. Results De novo transcriptomes were assembled using the Trinity software, putative proteins were annotated and classified using ...

R. Sciascia, and M. Berta, and D. F. Carlson, and D. F. Carlson, and D. F. Carlson, and A. Griffa, and M. Panfili, and M. La Mesa, and L. Corgnati, and C. Mantovani, and E. Domenella, and E. Fredj, and M. G. Magaldi, and M. G. Magaldi, and R. D'Adamo, and G. Pazienza, and E. Zambianchi, and E. Zambianchi, and P.-M. Poulain

<p>Understanding the role of ocean currents in the recruitment of commercially and ecologically important fish is an important step toward developing sustainable resource management guidelines. To this end, we attempt to elucidate the role of surface ocean transport in supplying recruits of European sardine (<i>Sardina pilchardus</i>) to the Gulf of Manfredonia, a known recruitment area in the Adriatic Sea. Sardine early life history stages (ELHSs) were collected during two cruises to provide ob...

Sohrab Khan, and Yunxiang Mao, and Dong Gao, and Sadaf Riaz, and Zeeshan Niaz, and Lei Tang, and Sohaib Khan, and Dongmei Wang

Abstract Background Pyropia yezoensis is an important marine crop which, due to its high protein content, is widely used as a seafood in China. Unfortunately, red rot disease, caused by Pythium porphyrae, seriously damages P. yezoensis farms every year in China, Japan, and Korea. Proteomic methods are often used to study the interactions between hosts and pathogens. Therefore, an iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis was used to identify pathogen-responsive proteins following the artificial infection o...

Francisca Wit, and Tim Rixen, and Antje Baum, and Widodo S. Pranowo, and Andreas A. Hutahaean

Abstract In Indonesia, land use change (LUC) in the form of peatland degradation induces carbon loss through direct CO2 emissions, but also via soil leaching of which circa 50% is decomposed and emitted as CO2 from the rivers. However, the fate of the remaining exported leached carbon is uncertain. Here, we show that the majority of this carbon is respired in the estuaries and emitted to the atmosphere. However, a portion is adsorbed into the marine carbon pool where it favors CaCO3 dissolution ...

Sam Porter, and Tracey McConnell, and Lisa Graham-Wisener, and Joan Regan, and Miriam McKeown, and Jenny Kirkwood, and Mike Clarke, and Evie Gardner, and Saskie Dorman, and Kerry McGrillen, and Joanne Reid

Abstract Background Evidence about the effectiveness of music therapy for improving the quality of life of palliative care patients is positive but weak in terms of risk of bias. Methods This study aimed to determine the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy for improving the quality of life of hospice inpatients, as measured by the McGill Quality of Life questionnaire. Objectives included recruitment of 52 participants over 12 months and pro...

Marcus N.A. Ramdwar, and Valerie A. Stoute, and Brandon S. Abraham

There has been a massive influx of Sargassum in the Caribbean causing devastating consequences. The current study investigated the utilization of Sargassum (a mixture of the Sargassum flutens and Sargassum natans species) as a substrate formulated with imported promix. Experiments were conducted during April to May in 2016 to evaluate the performance and quality of hot pepper seedlings using Sargassum-promix formulations. The seedlings were visually evaluated on the 45th day after sowing by an i...

Tamale Andrew, and Ejobi Francis, and Muyanja Charles, and Irene Naigaga, and Nakavuma Jesca, and Ocaido Micheal, and Katuhoire Anne, and Amulen Deborah

Fish consumption is a lifestyle in fishing communities influenced by individual and communal perceptions. However, information about individual perceptions about fish consumption in the vulnerable fishing community in a developing country is lacking. Without this study, the benefits of fish consumption in a vulnerable community may not be realized. Data collection was executed using key informant interviews and survey structured questionnaires. The key informants include fisheries, community dev...

Godfred Darko, and David Azanu, and Nelson Kwame Logo

We determined the health risks associated with the consumption of toxic metals in fish raised from a sewage-fed aquaculture. Concentrations of toxic metals in fish, water and sediments in the waste stabilization ponds were determined using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. All the fish samples had some amount of toxic metals in them. The maximum concentrations of lead, cadmium, copper, chromium and mercury in the water samples were 28.7, 18.2, 246.0, 310.0 and 150.0 μg/kg, respectively, which...

Benoit A. Lalonde, and Christine Garron, and Vincent Mercier

Land-based aquaculture facilities are located throughout Nova Scotia. They are generally located beside streams, to which they discharge large quantities of used water, and their discharges are usually only monitored for some nutrient parameters at varying frequencies. However, intermittent water sampling is not sufficient to assess any aquatic ecosystem health impacts resulting from discharges. Monitoring benthic invertebrate populations’ characteristics can be used to assess aquatic ecosystem ...

Haoyuan Hong, and Biswajeet Pradhan, and Maher Ibrahim Sameen, and Wei Chen, and Chong Xu

This study evaluated the geographically weighted regression (GWR) model for landslide susceptibility mapping in Xing Guo County, China. In this study, 16 conditioning factors, such as slope, aspect, altitude, topographic wetness index, stream power index, sediment transport index, soil, lithology, normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), landuse, rainfall, distance to road, distance to river, distance to fault, plan curvature, and profile curvature, were analyzed. Chi-square feature select...

Wei Chen, and Xiaoshen Xie, and Jianbing Peng, and Jiale Wang, and Zhao Duan, and Haoyuan Hong

The main purpose of this paper is to explore some potential applications of sophisticated machine learning techniques such as the kernel logistic regression, Naïve-Bayes tree and alternating decision tree models for landslide susceptibility analysis at Taibai county (China). Initially, a landslide inventory map containing the information of 212 historical landslide locations was prepared. Seventy percentage (148) of landslides were randomly selected for training models and the remaining were use...

Mahyat Shafapour Tehrany, and Farzin Shabani, and Mustafa Neamah Jebur, and Haoyuan Hong, and Wei Chen, and Xiaoshen Xie

The aim of this research was to evaluate the predictive performances of frequency ratio (FR), logistic regression (LR) and weight of evidence (WoE), in flood susceptibility mapping in China. In addition, the ensemble WoE and LR and ensemble FR and LR techniques were applied and used in the evaluation. The flood inventory map, consisting of 196 flood locations, was extracted from a number of sources. The flood inventory data were randomly divided into a testing data-set, allocating 70% for traini...

Temitope D. Timothy Oyedotun, and Arturo Ruiz-Luna, and Alma G. Navarro-Hernández

Coastal environment is affected by diverse human and natural activities, more than any other natural environment. The main aim of this study is to examine shoreline dynamics of the sandy beach of Mazatlán, a medium-sized tropical coastal city in north-west Mexico. This paper specifically investigates the shoreline change as impacted by natural and anthropogenic interferences on the Mazatlán coastline. The mean high water (MHW) shoreline positions were extracted from Landsat Images (2012–2016) an...

Yang Gao, and Tiantian Yang, and Yafeng Wang, and Guirui Yu

Rivers play an important role in carbon (C) exchange between terrestrial and oceanic water bodies and the atmosphere. The aim of this study was to systematically quantify fluxes in riverine C export and C exchange in the air–sea interface of marine ecosystems in China. Results show that annual C transport from rivers to coastal ecosystems in China can reach up to 64.35 TgC, which accounts for approximately 4.8%–8.1% of global C transport from river systems. In the Bohai Sea, particulate inorgani...

Reece Wartenberg, and Limin Feng, and Jia Jun Wu, and Yim Ling Mak, and Leo L. Chan, and Trevor C. Telfer, and Paul K. S. Lam

Introduction: China is responsible for more than 60% of global aquaculture production. As the frontiers of food production have expanded, the cultivation of marine organisms in coastal zones and the open ocean has grown rapidly. The dominant mariculture industry in China is suspended mariculture, which uses net cages, ropes, or other structures suspended in the water column to cultivate aquatic organisms. This systematic, quantitative review provides a clear and comprehensive account of research...

Thomas M. Arnold, and Richard C. Zimmerman, and Katharina A. M. Engelhardt, and J. Court Stevenson

Introduction: The Chesapeake Bay was once renowned for expansive meadows of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). However, only 10% of the original meadows survive.  Future restoration efforts will be complicated by accelerating climate change, including physiological stressors such as a predicted mean temperature increase of 2–6°C and a 50–160% increase in CO2 concentrations. Outcomes: As the Chesapeake Bay begins to exhibit characteristics of a subtropical estuary, summer heat waves will become ...

Marion Jaud, and Pauline Letortu, and Emmanuel Augereau, and Nicolas Le Dantec, and Mickaël Beauverger, and Véronique Cuq, and Christophe Prunier, and Réjanne Le Bivic, and Christophe Delacourt

The georeferencing process is crucial to the accuracy of terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) data, in particular in the context of diachronic studies relying on multi-temporal surveys. The use of Ground Control Points in the georeferencing process can however be complex when confronted with the practical constraints of coastal surveying. A simple and quick alternative method called “pseudo-direct georeferencing” is proposed in the present paper. This method involves internal inclinometers to measure...

Yi Liu, and Lu Zou, and Zaojian Zou, and Haipeng Guo

Maneuverability is an important hydrodynamic performance of a ship, and should be taken into account during the ship design stage. The present study of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) calculations aims to offer a numerical tool for maneuvering prediction with high accuracy. The virtual captive model tests for a model scale KCS container ship are conducted using unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) computation to obtain the full set of linear and nonlinear hydrodynamic derivatives in...

Jingwei Jiang, and Haopeng Cai, and Cheng Ma, and Zhengfang Qian, and Ke Chen, and Peng Wu

This paper presents a multi-objective optimization methodology that applies the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm-II(NSGA-II) to propeller design, and realizes Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) weak-coupling based on Panel Method (PM) and the Finite Element Method (FEM). The FSI iterative process and the convergent pressure coefficient distribution and pressure fluctuation of HSP (a propeller installed on a Japanese bulk freighter – Seiun-Maru) are numerical calculated. The FSI results tur...

Singh Betsy B, and Udani Jay K, and Singh Vijay J, and Sandoval Elizabeth

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is muscle pain and discomfort experienced approximately one to three days after exercise. DOMS is thought to be a result of microscopic muscle fiber tears that occur more commonly after eccentric exercise rather than concentric exercise. This study sought to test the efficacy of a proprietary dietary supplement, BounceBack™, to alleviate the severity of DOMS after standardized eccentric exercise.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The ...

Cornel Martina C, and Rijmen Frank, and de Lange-de Klerk Elly SM, and Weinreich Stephanie S, and de Kinderen Marja, and Plass Anne

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In the Netherlands no formal recommendations exist concerning preconceptional or antenatal testing for carriership of hereditary haemoglobinopathies. Those at highest risk may be unaware of the possibility of carrier screening. While universal newborn screening has recently been introduced, neither preconceptional nor antenatal carrier testing is routinely offered by health care services to the general public. A municipal health service and a foundation for p...

Olafsdottir Gudbjorg, and Magnusdottir Steinunn, and de Leaniz Carlos, and Knox David, and Consuegra Sonia, and Bjornsdottir Snaedis, and Tompsett Scott, and Olafsson Kristinn, and Fridjonsson Olafur, and Verspoor Eric, and Hjorleifsdottir Sigridur

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Approximately half of the mitochondrial genome inherent within 546 individual Atlantic salmon (<it>Salmo salar</it>) derived from across the species' North Atlantic range, was selectively amplified with a novel combination of standard PCR and pyro-sequencing in a single run using 454 Titanium FLX technology (Roche, 454 Life Sciences). A unique combination of barcoded primers and a partitioned sequencing plate was employed to designate each sequence read to it...

U. Gregersen, and P.C. Knutz , and J.R. Hopper

Adnan Tokaç, and Bent Herrmann, and Gökhan Gökçe, and Ludvig Ahm Krag, and Davud Sadegh Nezhad

European hake (Merluccius merluccius) is an important commercial species for several European bottom trawl fisheries. Therefore, understanding the influence of codend mesh size and shape on the size selection of European hake is critical for defining technical measures for fisheries targeting this species. Based on morphology data collected on European hake, the influence of mesh size and shape on bottom trawl codend size selectivity was investigated by simulation using the FISHSELECT methodolog...

Maryam Tajik Khavh, and Kaveh Khalili

Performance of supply chain usually is measured through multiple-criteria. In this paper, an integrated model is proposed to plan a supply chain with three-echelons of supply, production, and distribution considering both logistic costs and service level, concurrently. A mixed-integer linear mathematical programming model with two objective functions, including minimizing logistic costs, and maximizing service level is developed. Goal programming method is used to solve the proposed multi-object...

Latheef Mohamed, and Abdulla Nasir, and Jupri Mohd Faieez Mohd

MetOcean conditions in the South China Sea (SCS) indicates that unlike other locations such as the North Sea, the magnitude of the currents can be relatively large. In addition, these currents are strongly sheared. The present study focused on the typical design problem of calculating the ultimate base shear and overturning moments for slender fixed structures with the inclusion of the interaction between the currents and the wave field. It has been found that the loads on average can be around ...

Pathirana Hansani N.K.S., and Wimalasena Sudu H.M.P., and De Silva Benthotage C.J., and Hossain Sabrina, and Heo Gang-Joon

The antibacterial activity of lime (Citrus aurantifolia) essential oil (LEO) and limonene was tested against seven Gram-negative and nine Gram-positive fish pathogenic bacteria isolated from cultured olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus (Temminck & Schlegel) in Korea. Limonene was >99% concentrated and LEO consisted of eleven chemical compounds including 56.22% of limonene. Disk diffusion assay, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) tests were don...