Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, and Mariela del Carmen Rosado Tun, and Allan de Jesús Duarte Anchevida, and Rodolfo E. del Rio Rodríguez

During the examination of 913 fish specimens belonging to four families in the Campeche Bank (Gulf of Mexico), 23 gill ectoparasitic monogenean species were found, which belong to three families: Dactylogyridae, Microcotylidae and Diclidophoridae. The species Euryhaliotrema amydrum, E. carbuncularium, E. dunlapae, E. fajeravilae, E. fastigatum, E. longibaculum, E. paracanthi, E. tubocirrus, Haliotrematoides cornigerum, H. gracilihamus, H. heteracantha, H. longihamus, H. magniga...

Omlin Francois X, and Zhou Guofa, and Howard Annabel FV

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Biological control methods are once again being given much research focus for malaria vector control. This is largely due to the emerging threat of strong resistance to pesticides. Larvivorous fish have been used for over 100 years in mosquito control and many species have proved effective. In the western Kenyan highlands the larvivorous fish <it>Oreochromis niloticus </it>L. (Perciformes: Cichlidae) (formerly <it>Tilapia nilotica</it>) is commonly farmed and...

I.A. Russell

The study aimed to determine the distribution and relative abundance of freshwater fish in the Wilderness National Park. Fish assemblages in the Touw and Duiwe rivers were sampled in 1997 and 1998, with a total of 327 fish from nine species recorded. Indigenous species included two freshwater species (Pseudobarbus afer, Sandelia capensis), two catadromous species (Anguilla mossambicus, Myxus capensis), and two estuarine species (Monodactylusfalciformis, Caffrogobius multifasciatus). Three of the...

M. D. Harley, and A. Valentini, and C. Armaroli, and L. Perini, and L. Calabrese, and P. Ciavola

The Emilia-Romagna early-warning system (ER-EWS) is a state-of-the-art coastal forecasting system that comprises a series of numerical models (COSMO, ROMS, SWAN and XBeach) to obtain a daily 3-day forecast of coastal storm hazard at eight key sites along the Emilia-Romagna coastline (northern Italy). On the night of 31 October 2012, a major storm event occurred that resulted in elevated water levels (equivalent to a 1-in-20- to 1-in-50-year event) and widespread erosion and flooding. Since this ...

Umberto Rosani, and Alberto Pallavicini, and Paola Venier

Small non-coding RNAs include powerful regulators of gene expression, transposon mobility and virus activity. Among the various categories, mature microRNAs (miRNAs) guide the translational repression and decay of several targeted mRNAs. The biogenesis of miRNAs depends on few gene products, essentially conserved from basal to higher metazoans, whose protein domains allow specific interactions with dsRNA. Here, we report the identification of key genes responsible of the miRNA biogenesis in 32 b...

J. Song, and X. Fu, and Y. Gu, and Y. Deng, and Z.-R. Peng

Coastal regions become unprecedentedly vulnerable to coastal hazards that are associated with sea level rise. The purpose of this paper is therefore to simulate prospective urban exposure to changing sea levels. This article first applied the cellular-automaton-based SLEUTH model (Project Gigalopolis, 2016) to calibrate historical urban dynamics in Bay County, Florida (USA) – a region that is greatly threatened by rising sea levels. This paper estimated five urban growth parameters by multiple-c...

S. Schløer, and L. Garcia Castillo, and M. Fejerskov, and E. Stroescu, and H. Bredmose

A model for quick load analysis, QuLA, of an offshore wind turbine substructure is presented. The aerodynamic rotor loads and damping are pre-computed for a land-based configuration. The dynamic structural response is represented by the first global fore-aft mode only and is computed in the frequency domain with phases using the equation of motion. The model is compared to the state-of-the-art aeroelastic code Flex5. Both lifetime fatigue and extreme loads are considered in the comparison....

V. Micaroni, and F. Strano, and D. Di Franco, and F. Crocetta, and D. Grech, and S. Piraino, and F. Boero

The marine biodiversity of the Tricase coastal area (Ionian Sea, Italy) was investigated at the MARE Outpost (Avamposto MARE) between 2016 and 2017, with the help of citizen scientists and trained taxonomists. Among the most interesting groups encountered, heterobranch molluscs deserve a special mention. Altogether, 268 specimens were ascribed to this group and referred to 49 taxa. Notwithstanding the extensive literature on Mediterranean heterobranchs, two species proved to be new to the Italia...

Tomohito Yamasaki, and Heriberto Cerutti

We have previously reported that the RNA-binding protein Dull slicer 16 (DUS16) plays a key role in the processing of primary miRNAs (pri-miRNAs) in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. In the present report, we elaborate on the interaction of DUS16 with Dicer-like 3 (DCL3) during pri-miRNA processing. Comprehensive analyses of small RNA libraries derived from mutant and wild-type algal strains allowed the de novo prediction of 35 pri-miRNA genes, including 9 previously unknown ...

Ronald Yeboah, and Kwesi P. Thomford, and Rudolph Mensah, and Alfred A. Appiah, and Ama K. Thomford, and Augustine Ocloo

Context: Peripheral neuropathy is a common neurologic disease that accounts for a lot of physician visits. Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of a Ghanaian herbal product prepared from the stem bark of Antiaris toxicaria subsp. africana (known as Mist Antiaris) in the management of neurological disorders in patients clinically diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy. Methods: A prospective open label non-comparative study was undertaken involving 24 patients seen at the clinic of the Centre for P...

Ana Paula Mendes Bueno, and Maria da Graça Vasconcelos, and Carine Mendonça Francisco, and Luiz Alfredo Pavanin

The organisms known as bioindicators are used to assess changes in the aquatic environment. Incorporated chemical substances in natural environment interfere in the development of these organisms. The research had as objective to avaluate the water quality of the Cocais dam, in Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, using physical-chemical parameters of water and micronucleus test in fish. In this study were used fish of the species Oreochromis niloticus L. (Tilápia-do-nilo) introduced in the dam after its c...

Fábio Hideki Yamada, and Luis Henrique de A. Moreira, and Tiago L. Ceschini, and Ricardo Massato Takemoto, and Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli

Austrodiplostomum compactum (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) parasita os olhos de várias de espécies de peixes. A presença deste parasito, em casos extremos, pode causar exoftalmia, deslocamento da retina, opacidade do cristalino e cegueira ou até a morte. O presente estudo registra novas ocorrências desta metacercária infectando os olhos de quatro novos hospedeiros de peixes, Serrasalmus maculatus coletado no reservatório de Rosana no rio Paranapanema e Hypostomus regani, Schizodon borellii e Aucheni...

Demyanchenko Alisa G.

The article characterises economic state of sea ports of Ukraine through the prism of their classification by different principles and methods. When considering ports in the context of carrying out economic and social functions by them, they could be divided by freight specificity (bulked, loose, container-piece), coefficient of their specialisation could be determined and they could be characterised as hubs, diversified or niche companies. Characteristics of ports as of infrastructural systems ...

Dua R, and Biswas D, and Sindhwani G, and Rawat J

Jagdish Rawat,1 Girish Sindhwani,1 Debasis Biswas,2 Ruchi Dua11Department of Pulmonary Medicine, 2Department of Microbiology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Ram Nagar, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IndiaBackground and objectives: Mechanical ventilation is the recommended treatment in unconscious patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hypercapenic respiratory failure. But, in resource-poor countries, many of these patients are no...

A. Seyler, and F. Wittrock, and L. Kattner, and L. Kattner, and B. Mathieu-Üffing, and B. Mathieu-Üffing, and E. Peters, and A. Richter, and S. Schmolke, and J. P. Burrows

A 3-year time series of ground-based multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) measurements of NO₂ and SO₂ on the island Neuwerk has been analyzed for contributions from shipping emissions. The island is located in the German Bight, close to the main shipping lane (at a distance of 6–7 km) into the river Elbe towards the harbor of Hamburg. Measurements of individual ship plumes as well as of background pollution are possible from this location...

Yehuda Benayahu, and Catherine McFadden

A new genus, Aldersladum (family Alcyoniidae), is established to accommodate a previously described species, Efflatounaria sodwanae Benayahu, 1993 (family Xeniidae) from Sodwana Bay, South Africa that was wrongly assigned to the latter genus. This species is redescribed and a second new species, A. jengi from Penghu Is., Taiwan, is described. The diagnostic features of the new genus include the presence of only figure-eight shaped platelets in all parts of the colony, thus differentiating it fro...

N. Pinardi, and I. Allen, and E. Demirov, and P. De Mey, and G. Korres, and A. Lascaratos, and P.-Y. Le Traon, and C. Maillard, and G. Manzella, and C. Tziavos

The Mediterranean Forecasting system Pilot Project has concluded its activities in 2001, achieving the following goals:</p> <p style="line-height: 20px;">1. Realization of the first high-frequency (twice a month) Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) system for the Mediterranean Sea with XBT profiles for the upper thermocline (0–700 m) and 12 n.m. along track nominal resolution;</p> <p style="line-height: 20px;">2. Realization of the first Mediterranean Multidisciplinary Moored Array ...

Mahyar Amirgholy, and Nima Golshani, and Craig Schneider, and Eric J. Gonzales, and H. Oliver Gao

The majority of existing navigation systems only account for a single aspect of the route choice, like travel time or distance, in finding the optimal route for the trips in the network. In this research, we first identify a range of diverse factors that travelers take into account in their route choice decision in the network. A stated preference survey is conducted to show the heterogeneity in the preferences of users and its dependence to the purpose of the trips over the weekdays and weekend...

Rafael Böcker Zavaro

This article sets out the results of research that aims to determine the characteristics of fishing development in the province of Tarragona not only from the social, territorial, and economic point of view, but also from the perspective of the public policies implemented in this sector. It discusses the role played by the various social, economic and institutional agents, and the importance of the sustainable and  responsible management of fishing.

A. Simeonova, and S. Petkova

Adsorption properties of three different marine algae (Ulva rigida (green algae); Cystoseira barbata (brown algae) and Cystoseira crinita (brown algae)) were investigated. They were collected from the Black Sea coastal area in Varna region, Bulgaria. Kinetics were studied to evaluate the ability of the three algae to sequester Cu (II), Zn (II), Pb (II), Ni (II), Cd (II) from aqueous solution. The maximum biosorption capacity obtained was 2.84 mgeq Ni2+/g for Cystoseira crinita and 2.28 mgeq Cu2+...

Laura Lema, and Nélida Pérez, and Hortensia Araujo

A stratified sampling programme by gear and port was carried out by observers on board vessels in 2000 to study the discard behaviour of trawler fleets operating off Spanish North Atlantic coasts. No relationship between discards in weight or numbers and haul duration was found, so the results in weight are presented in kilograms per haul instead of kilograms per hour, as is usual for catches. The data were analysed in order to find groups of ports with a similar behaviour and to reduce the numb...

Matías Calderón, and Rodrigo Díaz, and Cristian Morales, and Andrés Mühle, and Manuela Rodríguez, and Roberto Rojas, and Vladia Torres, and Juan Villaseca

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: small;">This paper presents the some of the main economic conflicts that emerge in rural areas of Chile due to the accelerated development of primary activities oriented of the export in neoliberal context. We focus on specific areas predominated by the wine, forestry and salmon industry. Together with the above we present the most important political expressions that relate to each of the conflicts treated at each of the territor...

B. W. J. Miles, and C. R. Stokes, and S. S. R. Jamieson

The floating ice shelves and glacier tongues which fringe the Antarctic continent are important because they help buttress ice flow from the ice sheet interior. Dynamic feedbacks associated with glacier calving have the potential to reduce buttressing and subsequently increase ice flow into the ocean. However, there are few high temporal resolution studies on glacier calving, especially in East Antarctica. Here we use ENVISAT ASAR wide swath mode imagery to investigate monthly glacier terminus c...

Aravagli Lucia, and Fontani Vania, and Rinaldi Salvatore, and Mannu Piero

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The aim of this double-blind randomized study is to test the efficacy of a radio electric stimulator device using an auricular reflex therapy protocol for stress-related symptoms.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The study has been carried out on 200 subjects (138 females, 62 males) that voluntarily came to our Institute declaring to "feel stressed".</p> <p>The participants were randomly allocated with a computerized procedure: 150 were treated with auricular therapeuti...

Volckaert Filip AM, and Hellemans Bart, and Batargias Costas, and Louro Bruno, and Massault Cécile, and Van Houdt Jeroen KJ, and Haley Chris, and de Koning Dirk-Jan, and Canario Adelino VM

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In fish, the most studied production traits in terms of heritability are body weight or growth, stress or disease resistance, while heritability of cortisol levels, widely used as a measure of response to stress, is less studied. In this study, we have estimated heritabilities of two growth traits (body weight and length) and of cortisol response to confinement stress in the European sea bass.</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>The F1 progeny analysed (n = 922) belonged ...

Lee Junhee, and Lee Jiwon, and Shin Hyunshang, and Kim Ki-Suk, and Lee Euiju, and Koh Byunghee, and Jang Hyeung-Jin

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Appetite is intricately connected to eating behaviors and shows a high individual variability. In an attempt to approach the problem of gut hormone profiles, appetite, and eating behaviors at the individual level, we have adopted a constitutional typing system widely used in traditional East-Asian medicine, the Sasang constitutional typology, in order to determine the individual variations in appetite, eating behavior, and weight change.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p...

O'Connor Annette M, and Bond Barbara E, and Hirota Linda K, and Fortin Jennifer M, and Col Nananda F

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients increasingly seek more active involvement in health care decisions, but little is known about how to communicate complex risk information to patients. The objective of this study was to elicit patient preferences for the presentation and framing of complex risk information.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>To accomplish this, eight focus group discussions and 15 one-on-one interviews were conducted, where women were presented with risk data in a variety of diffe...

Petroni Agustín, and Cardona Juan F, and Urquina Hugo, and Riveros Rodrigo, and Hurtado Esteban, and Ibáñez Agustín, and Lobos-Infante Alejandro, and Barutta Joaquin, and Baez Sandra, and Manes Facundo

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Integration of compatible or incompatible emotional valence and semantic information is an essential aspect of complex social interactions. A modified version of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) called Dual Valence Association Task (DVAT) was designed in order to measure conflict resolution processing from compatibility/incompatibly of semantic and facial valence. The DVAT involves two emotional valence evaluative tasks which elicits two forms of emotional...

Sharma Nishat, and Pinnaka Anil K, and Raje Manoj, and FNU Ashish, and Bhattacharyya Mani, and Choudhury Anirban

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have found wide range of applications in electronics, biomedical engineering, and chemistry owing to their exceptional opto-electrical properties. Biological synthesis of gold nanoparticles by using plant extracts and microbes have received profound interest in recent times owing to their potential to produce nanoparticles with varied shape, size and morphology. Marine microorganisms are unique to tolerate high salt concentration an...

B.W. Nam, and J.Y. Park

A moored barge alongside quay can be influenced by a nearby passing ship and its ship-generated waves. In this study, a time-domain numerical method based on a three-dimensional potential flow solver is developed to investigate the passing ship problem with a moored barge alongside quay. Potential flows around the passing ship and the moored barge alongside a quay is directly solved by using a classical finite element method. Total computational meshes including a passing ship, a moored barge an...

Tiago R.N. Bertaso, and Marcia R. Spies, and Carla B. Kotzian, and Maria L.T. Flores

The effects of forest conversion to agricultural land uses on assemblages of aquatic insects were analyzed in subtropical streams. Organisms and environmental variables were collected in six low-order streams: three streams located in a forested area, and three in areas converted to agricultural land uses. We expected that the aquatic insects’ assemblage attributes would be significantly affected by forest conversion, as well as by environmental variables. Streams in converted areas presented lo...

S. M. Vicente-Serrano, and R. Nieto, and L. Gimeno, and C. Azorin-Molina, and A. Drumond, and A. El Kenawy, and A. El Kenawy, and F. Dominguez-Castro, and M. Tomas-Burguera, and M. Peña-Gallardo

<p>We analyzed changes in surface relative humidity (RH) at the global scale from 1979 to 2014 using both observations and the ERA-Interim dataset. We compared the variability and trends in RH with those of land evapotranspiration and ocean evaporation in moisture source areas across a range of selected regions worldwide. The sources of moisture for each particular region were identified by integrating different observational data and model outputs into a Lagrangian approach. The aim was t...

Christian Püntener, and Jérémy Anquetin, and Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat

Background. The Swiss Jura Mountains are a key region for Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles. Already in the mid 19th century, the Solothurn Turtle Limestone (Solothurn, NW Switzerland) yielded a great amount of Kimmeridgian turtles that are traditionally referred to Plesiochelyidae, Thalassemydidae, and Eurysternidae. In the past few years, fossils of these coastal marine turtles were also abundantly discovered in the Kimmeridgian of the Porrentruy region (NW Switzerland). These findings inclu...

Josep Coll, and Antoni Garcia-Rubies, and Gabriel Morey, and Antoni M. Grau

The monitoring of fisheries target species in three marine protected areas (MPAs) located in the NW Mediterranean provided important conclusions on management effects. The abundance, occurrence and biomass of large fish showed consistent and growing trends inside the MPAs. Fish diversity was also favoured by protection. Nevertheless, spatial variance of these indicators at a medium scale was often of the same order as that caused by time between different protection levels. The carrying capacity...

J. G. L. Rae, and A. D. Todd, and A. D. Todd, and E. W. Blockley, and J. K. Ridley

This paper presents an investigation of the robustness of correlations between characteristics of Arctic summer cyclones and September Arctic sea ice extent. A cyclone identification and tracking algorithm is run for output from 100-year coupled climate model simulations at two resolutions and for 30 years of reanalysis data, using two different tracking variables (mean sea-level pressure, MSLP; and 850 hPa vorticity) for identification of the cyclones. The influence of the tracking variab...

M. R. Raupach, and M. Gloor, and J. L. Sarmiento, and J. G. Canadell, and T. L. Frölicher, and T. Gasser, and R. A. Houghton, and C. Le Quéré, and C. M. Trudinger

Through 1959–2012, an airborne fraction (AF) of 0.44 of total anthropogenic CO₂ emissions remained in the atmosphere, with the rest being taken up by land and ocean CO₂ sinks. Understanding of this uptake is critical because it greatly alleviates the emissions reductions required for climate mitigation, and also reduces the risks and damages that adaptation has to embrace. An observable quantity that reflects sink properties more di...

O. Aumont, and C. Ethé, and A. Tagliabue, and L. Bopp, and M. Gehlen

PISCES-v2 (Pelagic Interactions Scheme for Carbon and Ecosystem Studies volume 2) is a biogeochemical model which simulates the lower trophic levels of marine ecosystems (phytoplankton, microzooplankton and mesozooplankton) and the biogeochemical cycles of carbon and of the main nutrients (P, N, Fe, and Si). The model is intended to be used for both regional and global configurations at high or low spatial resolutions as well as for short-term (seasonal, interannual) and long-term (climate c...

A. Anisimov, and W. Tao, and G. Stenchikov, and S. Kalenderski, and P. J. Prakash, and Z.-L. Yang, and M. Shi

Dust plumes emitted from the narrow Arabian Red Sea coastal plain are often observed on satellite images and felt in local population centers. Despite its relatively small area, the coastal plain could be a significant dust source; however, its effect is not well quantified as it is not well approximated in global or even regional models. In addition, because of close proximity to the Red Sea, a significant amount of dust from the coastal areas could be deposited into the Red Sea and serve as a ...

B. Zhang, and B. Zhang, and B. Zhang, and J. Zhang, and J. Zhang, and T. Yoshida

Fresh submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) is the key pathway of flux and nutrients for the groundwater from land to the ocean. SGD flux is a current issue of discussion and a means to clarify the coastal marine system under climate change. SGD flux accounts for about one-quarter of the river runoff in the Katakai alluvial fan in Uozu, Toyama, Japan, which is an ideal area to study SGD flux considering the need for a rapid response to climate change and the prior research on SGD there. In...

Andrea Navvaro Noguera

En <em>Andrómaca</em> el coro se encuentra entre dos mujeres víctimas, aunque de diferente modo, de la guerra: Andrómaca y Hermíone. La relación que establece el grupo de mujeres de Ftía con las dos heroínas contribuye a su caracterización y posibilita una plena comprensión de la obra. La centralidad del coro es muy relevante y refuerza la consideración de esta obra como una tragedia coral.

Jean-Christophe Comte, and Rachel Cassidy, and Joy Obando, and Nicholas Robins, and Kassim Ibrahim, and Simon Melchioly, and Ibrahimu Mjemah, and Halimu Shauri, and Anli Bourhane, and Ibrahim Mohamed, and Christine Noe, and Beatrice Mwega, and Mary Makokha, and Jean-Lambert Join, and Olivier Banton, and Jeffrey Davies

Study region: Coastal areas of Kenya (Kilifi County), Tanzania (Kilwa district) and Comoros (Ngazidja island), East Africa. Study focus: Research aimed to understand the physical and societal drivers of groundwater accessibility and identify critical aspects of groundwater access and knowledge gaps that require further monitoring and research. Interdisciplinary societal, environmental and hydrogeological investigations were consistently undertaken in the three areas considered as exemplars of th...

W. Y. Chen, and M. A. Lee, and K. W. Lan, and G. C. Gong

A total of 8459 larval fish were collected from the southern East China Sea during the winter northeasterly monsoon season and the summer southwesterly monsoon season of 2008. The larvae comprised 184 species belonging to 105 families and 162 genera. The abundance in terms of CPUE (number of individuals/1000 m³) of the larvae was approximately 6 times higher during the southwesterly monsoon season than it was during the northeasterly monsoon season. The primary environmental factors a...

Y. Derimian, and M. Choël, and Y. Rudich, and K. Deboudt, and O. Dubovik, and A. Laskin, and M. Legrand, and B. Damiri, and B. Damiri, and I. Koren, and F. Unga, and F. Unga, and M. Moreau, and M. O. Andreae, and M. O. Andreae, and A. Karnieli

Chemical composition, microphysical, and optical properties of atmospheric aerosol deep inland in the Negev Desert of Israel are found to be influenced by daily occurrences of sea breeze flow from the Mediterranean Sea. Abrupt increases in aerosol volume concentration and shifts of size distributions towards larger sizes, which are associated with increase in wind speed and atmospheric water content, were systematically recorded during the summertime at a distance of at least 80 km from th...

Mafalda Freitas, and Luísa Costa, and João Delgado, and Sebastián Jiménez, and Viriato Timóteo, and Joana Vasconcelos, and José A. González

The deep-sea sharks associated as by-catch of the Madeiran midwater drifting longline fishery for scabbardfishes (Aphanopus spp.) were investigated by means of an experimental survey at 800-1200 m depth within the Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone, whose fishing grounds have been exploited during the past 15 years. Nine species of chondrichthyans were identified, belonging to five families: Pseudotriakidae, Centrophoridae, Etmopteridae, Somniosidae and Chimaeridae. Data on length, weight an...

Adriana Elena Bulboaca, and Mihai Blidaru, and Gabriela Dogaru, and Ioana Stanescu, and Alexandra Ina Bulboaca

Introduction: Migraine is a common, chronic and disabling neurovascular disorder that is characterized by severe headache attacks. Pathogenesis of migraine is still unclear, different vascular, neurological, and neuroinflammatory mechanisms have been suggested. Nitric oxide (NO) plays a role during trigeminovascular inflammation associated with migraine attacks, and increased production can lead to increased platelet aggregability. Methods: 37 patients with migraine attack were compared with ...

Christopher Saunderson, and Sally Hickman, and Elaine Wilkinson, and Muzahir Tayebjee

Objectives: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) cases at the Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK, as well as to survey current VTE practices and preventative strategies at other UK-based electrophysiology (EP) centres. Methods: This retrospective pilot study involved all patients who underwent EP studies at Leeds General Infirmary from January 2014 to December 2016. In addition, a telephone survey was conducted of 35 other UK-based EP centres. Results:...

Rachel B. van Oostveen, and Alberto Romero-Palacios, and Richard Whitlock, and Shun Fu Lee, and Stuart Connolly, and Alex Carignan, and C. David Mazer, and Mark Loeb, and Dominik Mertz

Abstract Background A wide range of prophylactic antibiotic regimens are used for patients undergoing open-heart cardiac surgery. This reflects clinical equipoise in choice and duration of antibiotic agents. Although individual-level randomized control trials (RCT) are considered the gold standard when evaluating the efficacy of an intervention, this approach is highly resource intensive and a cluster RCT can be more appropriate for testing clinical effectiveness in a real-world setting. Methods...

Fernando Rizzello, and Chiara Ricci, and Michela Scandella, and Elena Cavazza, and Elisabetta Giovanardi, and Maria Chiara Valerii, and Massimo Campieri, and Antonietta Comparone, and Luigia De Fazio, and Marco Candela, and Silvia Turroni, and Enzo Spisni

Abstract Background (Trans)-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol, commonly called geraniol (Ge-OH), is an acyclic monoterpene alcohol with well-known anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. Ge-OH is a non-toxic compound classified as Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) by the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Food Security Agency. Methods Ge-OH was orally administered at a maximum daily dose of 8 mg kg(− 1) body weight for four weeks in a delayed release formulation capable of r...

Majid Ebrahimzadeh Gheshlaghi, and Ataallah Soltani Goharrizi, and Alireza Aghajani Shahrivar

Thickeners are important units for water recovery in various industries. In this study, a semi-industrial pilot plant thickener similar to the tailing thickener of the Sarcheshmeh Copper Mine was simulated by CFD modeling. The population balance was used to describe the particle aggregation and breakup. In this population balance, 15 particle sizes categories were considered. The Eulerian–Eulerian approach with standard k–ε turbulence model was applied to describe two phases of slurry flow in th...

Christoffer Schander, and Hans Tore Rapp, and Thomas G. Dahlgren

The bone-eating siboglinid polychaete Osedax mucofloris Glover, Källström, Smith & Dahlgren, 2005 is reported from Norwegian waters for the first time. Dense growth was found on bovine bones deposited at 118 meters depth off western Norway. Dwarf males were observed for the first time. The two specimens sequenced were identical to haplotypes previously found at a Swedish whale fall. The possibility of finding additional species of Osedax is discussed.