Gogoberidze George, and Mamaeva Maria

Nowadays, one of the principal dimensions in attraction of the world economy structures is coastal territories as spaces where marine potential of a state is most pronounced. In this respect, it is vital to set the priorities of development of coastal zones taking into account the changes in the strategic situation in order to maintain the components of marine potential of the Russian Federation at the level of its national interests. The article aims to develop an indicator system of assessment...

M. Reuter, and W. E. Piller, and M. Harzhauser, and A. Kroh

Climate change has an unknown impact on tropical cyclones and the Asian monsoon. Herein we present a sequence of fossil shell beds from the shallow-marine Maniyara Fort Formation (Kachcch Basin) as a recorder of tropical cyclone activity along the NW Indian coast during the late Oligocene warming period (~ 27–24 Ma). Proxy data providing information about the atmospheric circulation dynamics over the Indian subcontinent at this time are important since it corresponds to a major climate reorganiz...

Reshmi B, and Raghunath Ragil, and Unnikrishnan B

Rafael F. Costa, and Fanny A. Yasumaru, and Daniel Lemos

Nursery performance, development, and RNA:DNA ratio were investigated in Farfantepenaeus paulensis (Pérez-Farfante, 1967) postlarvae acclimated from a salinity of 30‰ to higher (35‰) or lower (16, 22 and 29‰) salinities and reared for 20 days. Overall, higher final weight, yield and growth rate were observed at a salinity of 29‰. RNA:DNA ratio indicated reduced growth potential at a salinity of 35‰. Low salinities resulted in more developed individuals. Thus, early postlarval F. paulensis should...

Papathanassiou E., and Kanellopoulos Th. D., and Georgopoulos D., and Papadopoulos V. P., and Karageorgis A. P.

An impressive SGD in Kalogria Bay (SW Peloponnissos) was surveyed for the first time in 2006, revealing the existence of 2 major and 2 minor point sources of freshwater (salinity ~l-2); the discharge was ~ 1000 m3 h−1. The major point source was located in a karstic cavity at 25 m depth. In July 2009, and for a period of one year, the site was monitored intensively. During summer, the underwater discharge was not very strong, the water was flowing from many dispersed points, and salinity range w...

Laura Cal Delgado, and Paloma Morán Martínez, and Jose Miguel Cerda Reverter, and Robert Kelsh

The agouti coat colour gene encodes a paracrine signalling molecule whose differential expression produces the characteristic dorsal-ventral pigment pattern observed in most mammals. We have recently demonstrated that this well-characterised mechanism from mammals also applies to fish with their much more complex pigment patterns. However, the developmental mechanism through which agouti acts to establish these colour differences remains unclear. The present study was undertaken to explore the m...

Juan Antonio de Anda-Montañez, and Alejandro Ramos-Rodríguez, and Susana Martínez-Aguilar

Ricker's stock-recruitment equation, including the multivariate ENSO index (MEI) as an environmental variable, was fitted to data of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea) fishery from Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The equation was then incorporated into an age-structured, bioeconomic model. Uncertainty was incorporated by using environmental fluctuations; seven-year projections, equivalent to one sardine generation, were computed. Five management options were considered in...

Veronique D Bohbot, and Sam eMcKenzie, and Kyoko eKonishi, and Celine eFouquet, and Vanessa eKurdi, and Russell eSchachar, and Michel eBoivin, and Philippe eRobaey

This study sought to investigate navigational strategies across the life span, by testing 8-year old children to 80-year old healthy older adults on the 4 on 8 virtual maze (4/8VM). The 4/8VM was previously developed to assess spontaneous navigational strategies, i.e. hippocampal-dependent spatial strategies (navigation by memorizing relationships between landmarks) versus caudate nucleus-dependent response strategies (memorizing a series of left and right turns from a given starting position). ...

Greeshma Sharma, and Klaus Gramann, and Sushil Chandra, and Vijander Singh, and Alok Prakash Mittal

Abstract Emerging evidence suggests that the variations in the ability to navigate through any real or virtual environment are accompanied by distinct underlying cortical activations in multiple regions of the brain. These activations may appear due to the use of different frame of reference (FOR) for representing an environment. The present study investigated the brain dynamics in the good and bad navigators using Graph Theoretical analysis applied to low-density electroencephalography (EEG) da...

John Wakabayashi

Abstract The transfer (accretion) of materials from a subducting oceanic plate to a subduction-accretionary complex has produced rock assemblages recording the history of the subducted oceanic plate from formation to arrival at the trench. These rock assemblages, comprising oceanic igneous rocks progressively overlain by pelagic sedimentary rocks (chert and/or limestone) and trench-fill clastic sedimentary rocks (mostly sandstone, shale/mudstone), have been called ocean plate stratigraphy (OPS)....

Shahnaz Ashrafi, and Nayyereh Aminisani, and Somaieh Soltani, and Parvin Sarbakhsh, and Seyed Morteza Shamshirgaran, and Mohammad-Reza Rashidi

Background: The present study aimed at assessing the validity of self-reported drug use in people aged 35 and older in a pilot phase of a population-based cohort study. Methods: A total of 1038 adults over 35 years old in Khamene city in East Azerbaijan province were recruited for the pilot phase of Azar cohort; a province-level of a nationwide PERSIAN cohort study completing a questionnaire and providing biological samples from October to December 2014. Information about the history and duratio...

Karina K. Tondato, and Ibraim Fantin-Cruz, and Olavo C. Pedrollo, and Yzel R. Súarez

Ten temporary ponds in northern Pantanal were studied in July 2006 to explore whether a spatial distribution pattern existed in the composition of fish assemblages, and to identify which environmental variables determined their distribution. The existence of any spatial pattern was tested using the multivariate Mantel correlogram, while the influence of environmental variables was quantified by a Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA). A total of 8735 individuals was sampled from 29 species, pr...

Christoph Bauer, and Vivek Jeyakumar, and Eugenia Niculescu-Morzsa, and Daniela Kern, and Stefan Nehrer

Abstract Background Articular cartilage defects are limited to their regenerative potential in human adults. Our current study evaluates tissue regeneration in a surgically induced empty defect site with hyaluronan thiomer as a provisional scaffold in a gel/matrix combination without cells on rabbit models to restore tissue formation. Methods An osteochondral defect of 4 mm in diameter and 5 mm in depth was induced by mechanical drilling in the femoral center of the trochlea in 18 New Zealand Wh...

Catherine Henshall, and Lisa Marzano, and Katharine Smith, and Mary-Jane Attenburrow, and Stephen Puntis, and Jakov Zlodre, and Kathleen Kelly, and Matthew R Broome, and Susan Shaw, and Alvaro Barrera, and Andrew Molodynski, and Alastair Reid, and John R Geddes, and Andrea Cipriani

Abstract Background Treatment decision tools have been developed in many fields of medicine, including psychiatry, however benefits for patients have not been sustained once the support is withdrawn. We have developed a web-based computerised clinical decision support tool (CDST), which can provide patients and clinicians with continuous, up-to-date, personalised information about the efficacy and tolerability of competing interventions. To test the feasibility and acceptability of the CDST we c...

Gunnar Andsberg, and Magnus Esbjörnsson, and Arne Olofsson, and Arne Lindgren, and Bo Norrving, and Mia von Euler

Abstract Background There is a need for a prehospital stroke test that in addition to high sensitivity for stroke, also is able to communicate stroke severity similar to the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). Methods The PreHospital Ambulance Stroke Test (PreHAST), an eight item test based on NIHSS, which scores stroke severity from 0–19 points, was designed and adapted for the ambulance services. In the pilot study the ambulance nurses used PreHAST to assess patients with suspec...

Gertjan van den Bos, and Bart Wiegmans

Abstract Short sea shipping (SSS) is the maritime transport of goods over relatively short distances, as opposed to the intercontinental cross-ocean deep sea shipping. The goal of the current paper is to identify SSS growth potential and the univariate regression analysis indicates that the following variables influence total SSS volume in European countries: land area, coastline, total number of SSS ports, number of small SSS ports, number of large SSS ports, number of inhabitants, Gross Domest...

Silvia R. Brandalise, and Rosemary Assis, and Angelo B. A. Laranjeira, and José Andrés Yunes, and Pedro O. de Campos-Lima

Abstract Background Inflammation is a major feature of sickle cell disease (SCD). Low-dose methotrexate (MTX) has long been used in chronic inflammatory diseases. This pilot study examined the MTX effect on acute vaso-occlusive pain crises (VOC) in SCD patients. Methods Fourteen adults on hydroxyurea with severe and refractory VOC received one intramuscular injection of 10 mg of MTX per week for 12 weeks. A single weekly dose of 5 mg of leucovorin was administered orally 48 h after each MTX inje...

Koty H. Sharp, and Zoe A. Pratte, and Allison H. Kerwin, and Randi D. Rotjan, and Frank J. Stewart

Abstract Background Understanding the associations among corals, their photosynthetic zooxanthella symbionts (Symbiodinium), and coral-associated prokaryotic microbiomes is critical for predicting the fidelity and strength of coral symbioses in the face of growing environmental threats. Most coral-microbiome associations are beneficial, yet the mechanisms that determine the composition of the coral microbiome remain largely unknown. Here, we characterized microbiome diversity in the temperate, f...

Marvin AH Berrevoets, and Jaap ten Oever, and Tom Sprong, and Reinier M van Hest, and Ingeborg Groothuis, and Inger van Heijl, and Jeroen A Schouten, and Marlies E Hulscher, and Bart-Jan Kullberg

Abstract Background The Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy is developing a national antimicrobial stewardship registry. This registry will report both the quality of antibiotic use in hospitals in the Netherlands and the stewardship activities employed. It is currently unclear which aspects of the quality of antibiotic use are monitored by antimicrobial stewardship teams (A-teams) and can be used as indicators for the stewardship registry. In this pilot study we aimed to determine which st...

Mark Duffett, and Karen Choong, and Jennifer Foster, and Elaine Gilfoyle, and Jacques Lacroix, and Nikhil Pai, and Lehana Thabane, and Deborah J Cook, and for The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group

Abstract Background Despite sparse pediatric data on effectiveness, the majority of critically ill children receive medications to prevent gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Stress ulcer prophylaxis may have unintended consequences—increasing the risk of nosocomial infections—which may be more serious and common than the bleeding which these drugs are prescribed to prevent. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in pediatric critical care are exceptionally challenging to complete, thus a rigorous pilo...

Francesca De Lorenzo, and Marina Macchiaiolo, and Carla Maria Carlevaris, and Andrea Bartuli

Abstract A new approach has been designed at the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome aimed at increasing empowerment in Williams Syndrome individuals through tutor-assisted work activities. Williams Syndrome is characterized by a combination of distinguishing physical traits, congenital anomalies, intellectual disabilities, and a specific developmental profile. This manuscript describes the case of a Williams Syndrome patient. There are only few papers in the scientific literature describin...

W. T. Sturges, and D. R. Worton, and R. A. Salmon, and G. P. Mills, and A. Saiz-Lopez, and Z. Fleming, and K. C. Clemitshaw, and S. J.-B. Bauguitte, and D. Ames, and A. E. Jones, and E. W. Wolff

Measurements of a suite of individual NO_y components were carried out at Halley station in coastal Antarctica as part of the CHABLIS campaign (Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow). Conincident measurements cover over half a year, from austral winter 2004 through to austral summer 2005. Results show clear dominance of organic NO_y compounds (PAN and MeONO₂) during the winter months, with low concentrations of inorganic NO<sub>y</su...

Pedro de Araujo Lima Constantino, and Ricardo Ferreira Monteiro, and Machelle D. Wilson

The gall inducer Clusiamyia nitida Maia, 1996 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) often infests the shrub Clusia lanceolata (Camb.) (Clusiaceae) in the Neotropical vegetation of restinga of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Leaves of Clusia lanceolata host up to 20 spheroid galls and show variation in their shape. We aimed to evaluate the effect of gall's intensity on leaves of Clusia lanceolata, and the extension of gall's impact on adjacent non-galled leaves. We analyzed the effect of the number of galls on ...

Ponpai, T., and Penprapai, N., and Lerssutthichawal, T., and Kanghae, H., and Supamattaya, K.

Effects of betaine fortified in the feed on growth performance and resistance to Vibriosis was conducted in P. vannamei of average initial weight 2 gram. In the 6-week feeding trial different feed formulae were tested. Formula 1 feed control was without betaine fortification while in formula 2 through 5 contained betaine at 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 percent, respectively. Determination of weight gain was carried out at 2 week intervals. The results showed that there was no significant difference amo...

S. Aasen, and A. M. Page, and A. M. Page, and K. Skjolden Skau, and K. Skjolden Skau, and T. A. Nygaard

Several studies have emphasized the importance of modelling foundation response with representative damping and stiffness characteristics in integrated analyses of offshore wind turbines (OWTs). For the monopile foundation, the industry standard for pile analysis has shown to be inaccurate, and alternative models that simulate foundation behaviour more accurately are needed. As fatigue damage is a critical factor in the design phase, this study investigates how four different soil-foundat...

J. P. D'Olivo, and M. T. McCulloch, and S. M. Eggins, and J. Trotter

The boron isotopic (&delta;¹¹B_carb) compositions of long-lived <i>Porites</i> coral are used to reconstruct reef-water pH across the central Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and assess the impact of river runoff on inshore reefs. For the period from 1940 to 2009, corals from both inner- and mid-shelf sites exhibit the same overall decrease in &delta;¹¹B_carb of 0.086 ± 0.033&permil; per decade, equivalent to a decline in seawater pH (pH_sw) of ~0.017 ...

Francesco Scarton, and Mauro Bon, and Fabio Perco, and Emiliano Verza

In the decade 1997-2006 the upper Adriatic coastal wetlands (Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia) hosted relevant wintering waterbird numbers: between 295,567 (1997) up to 517,596 (2005), with an overall trend of increase. In the year 2000 this area held almost one third of total wintering waterbirds throughout Italy. Several species (eg. Great White Egret, Common Teal, Wigeon, Curlew, Dunlin) were close to or above 50% of the national total. During the studied period most species increased or rema...

Corrado Battisti, and Aldo Boano, and Michele Cento, and Amedeo Circosta, and Sergio Muratore

Around a yearly cycle (August 2011 - July 2012), we studied the assemblages of waders (Aves Charadriiformes) occurring in a Mediterranean remnant wetland, obtaining a set of diversity metrics. Mean total abundance shows a complementary pattern when compared to species richness and diversity: the highest values of mean total abundance were observed in December-January, due to high dominance of only one very abundant and gregarious species (the lapwing Vanellus vanellus). On the contrary, in this ...

Marko Tucakov, and Milan Vogrin

Presence and correlation between the numbers of Black-headed and Yellow-legged Gull was studies between 1998 and 2004 on Kolut fishponds in NW Serbia. Both species occurred there from February to December. Spring migration culminated in late February and early March. The period of the most intensive autumn concentration was from October to December. The difference between the numbers in all months as well as between the numbers in spring and in autumn was statistically significant. The period of...

William D Orsi, and Sophie eCharvet, and Peter eVdacny, and Joan M Bernhard, and Virginia P Edgcomb

Symbioses between Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya in deep-sea marine environments represent a means for eukaryotes to exploit otherwise inhospitable habitats. Such symbioses are abundant in many low-oxygen benthic marine environments, where the majority of microbial eukaryotes contain prokaryotic symbionts. Here, we present evidence suggesting that in certain oxygen-depleted marine water-column habitats, the majority of microbial eukaryotes are also associated with prokaryotic cells. Ciliates ...

K.S. Sajinkumar, and J.P. Kannan, and G.K. Indu, and C. Muraleedharan, and V.R. Rani

A composite fall-slippage model is proposed in this study for the Tertiary sedimentary coastal cliffs of Varkala in the western coastal tract of Peninsular India which are retreating landwards due to the combination of several factors. The fall model in the present study accounts both spring seepage and wave action, resulting in undercutting and this fall affects only the topmost laterite and the just below sandstone in the cliff. Slippage in this area affects all the litho-units and hence the g...

Seok-Jun Moon, and Sang-Min Choi, and Vien-Quoc Nguyen, and Jong-Seok Oh, and Seung-Bok Choi, and Jung-Hoon Chung, and Jung-Il Kwon, and Woo-Jin Jung

This paper has been focused on developing a new hybrid mount for shipboard equipment used in naval surface ships and submarines. While the hybrid mount studied in our previous research was 100 kg-class series-type mount, the new hybrid mount has been designed as an inertia-type mount capable of supporting a static of 500 kg. The proposed mount consists of a commercial rubber resilient mount, a piezostack actuator and an inertial mass. The piezostack actuator connected with the inertial mass gene...

W. Koeve, and O. Duteil, and A. Oschlies, and P. Kähler, and J. Segschneider

The marine CaCO₃ cycle is an important component of the oceanic carbon system and directly affects the cycling of natural and the uptake of anthropogenic carbon. In numerical models of the marine carbon cycle, the CaCO₃ cycle component is often evaluated against the observed distribution of alkalinity. Alkalinity varies in response to the formation and remineralization of CaCO₃ and organic matter. However, it also has a large c...

Naraporn Somboonna, and Alisa Wilantho, and Somchai Monanunsap, and Suchana Chavanich, and Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang, and Sissades Tongsima

Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse habitats on Earth, but knowledge of their associated marinemicrobiome remains limited. To increase the understanding of the coral reef ecosystem in the lower Gulf of Thailand, this study utilized 16S and 18S rRNA gene-based pyrosequencing to identify the prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiota present in the reef water at Kham Island, Trat province, Thailand (N6.97 E100.86). The obtained result was then compared with the published microbiota from different...

Melissa M. Kendall, and David R. Boone

Little is known about the methanogenic degradation of acetate, the fate of molecular hydrogen and formate or the ability of methanogens to grow and produce methane in cold, anoxic marine sediments. The microbes that produce methane were examined in permanently cold, anoxic marine sediments at Hydrate Ridge (44°35' N, 125°10' W, depth 800 m). Sediment samples (15 to 35 cm deep) were collected from areas of active methane ebullition or areas where methane hydrates occurred. The samples were...

Antonio M. García-Mederos, and Fernando Tuya, and Víctor M. Tuset

Similiparma lurida is a common fish inhabiting shallow-water rocky bottoms of the northeastern Atlantic oceanic archipelagos, and the coasts from Portugal to Senegal. This study was conceptualized to integrate information relative to key population traits of S. lurida, including length and age structure, growth, reproduction and length at maturity, with a description of abundance patterns on shallow reefs, including temporality of recruitment and habitat preferences by juveniles, sub-adults and ...

Netti Aryani, and Indra Suharman, and Hafrijal Syandri

Background: Hemibagrus wyckii Bagridae is one of the important economic fish species that lives in the rivers and reservoir in Riau Province, Indonesia. The present study aimed to determine the reproductive performance of H.wyckii under culture conditions. Method s: A total of 10 female and 10 male fish were selected, and weight, length, characteristics of egg and sperm, and hatchery performance were measured. Eggs were fertilized using the dry method. Egg weight and egg diameters were measured ...

Keser R., and Bray R., and Oguz M., and Çelen S., and Erdoğan S., and Doğuturk S., and Aklanoğlu G., and Marti B.

Lindström Kristina N., and Larson Mia

Local involvement in tourism development is defined as a key issue for sustainable tourism, however it is often questioned and less seldom implemented in reality. Reasons behind this condition are lack of knowledge and practical experience on community-based tourism as a bottom-up approach. In this paper it is argued that local involvement in tourism development is both a democratic right and a strategic destination management tool. The paper scrutinizes a process of collaboration and local part...

Mintourakis Ioannis

When processing satellite altimetry data for Mean Sea Surface (MSS) modelling in coastal environments many problems arise. The degradation of the accuracy of the Sea Surface Height (SSH) observations close to the coastline and the usually irregular pattern and variability of the sea surface topography are the two dominant factors which have to be addressed. In the present paper, we study the statistical behavior of the SSH observations in relation to the range from the coastline for many satelli...

Lusk Stanislav, and Lojkásek Bohumír, and Hanel Lubomír, and Lusková Věra, and Hartvich Petr

The assessment of changes in the population spread of individual ichthyofauna species (lampreys and fishes) as well as the identification of unfavourable impacts is the necessary prerequisite for the correct selection of corrective measures. The river network in the Czech Republic belongs to the three sea-drainage areas (North Sea, Baltic Sea, and Black Sea). The species composition of the original ichthyofauna and the extent of the threat to some species differs in the individual sea-drainage a...

Spilková Jana

Child overweight and obesity represent a serious health problem worldwide. The Czech Republic now ranks the fourth most obese country in Europe and obesity and overweight is becoming more and more frequent in children and teenagers. This pilot study estimates the prevalence of obesity and overweight among Czech teenagers aged 14–15 years in terms of neighbourhood characteristics, and assesses the effects of neighbourhood environmental quality versus family or personal-level factors on teenage ob...

Ariful Islam1, and Ahasan Habib2, and Nagim Md. Uddin1, and Jakir Md. Hossain1, and Israt Jahan Tumpa1, and Ahnad Tausif Ul Haque3, and Zakir Hossain1

The present study was conducted to determine the growth performance of Thai pangas (Pangasius hypophthalmus) in the cage culture system (4.6 × 1.5 × 1.4 m3) of Globe Fisheries Ltd., at Subornachor under Noakhali, Bangladesh for a period of 45 days. The net cage were divided into three treatment groups at the density of 200 fishes/m3, 400 fishes/m3 and 600 fishes/m3 for treatment T1, T2 and T3, respectively. The initial weight of P. hypophthalmus fry was 0.19 ±0.007g and stocked the fry in net ca...

Nabeel M Alikunhi, and Rajendran Narayanasamy, and Kathiresan Kandasamy

Los ácidos grasos se han utilizado con éxito para estudiar la transferencia de materia orgánica en las redes alimentarias costeras y estuarinas. Para delinear las interacciones tróficas en las redes, se analizaron perfiles de ácidos grasos en las especies de microbios (Azotobacter vinelandii y Lactobacillus xylosus), camarones (Metapenaeus monoceros y Macrobrachium rosenbergii) y peces (Mugil cephalus), que están asociadas con la descomposición de las hojas de dos especies de mangle, Rhizophora ...

Luboš Beran

This paper brings results of a malacological survey of the Bystřice River on the territory of the Site of Community Importance (SCI) Bystřice (Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic). The research was focused on the population of endangered bivalve Unio crassus which is the main object of conservation of this SCI. Twenty one species of aquatic molluscs (11 gastropods, 10 bivalves) were found in 2010. Most of the molluscs belong to common and widespread species. Altogether 26 species have been found dur...

W Jack Rejeski, and Michael E Miller, and Abby C King, and Stephanie A Studenski, and Jeffrey A Katula, and et al For the LIFE Investigators (2006)

W Jack Rejeski1, Michael E Miller2, Abby C King3, Stephanie A Studenski4, Jeffrey A Katula1, Roger A Fielding5, Nancy W Glynn4, Michael P Walkup2, Jamile A Ashmore6, For the LIFE Investigators (2006)1Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University; 2Department of Biostatistics, Wake Forest University; 3Stanford University; 4University of Pittsburgh; 5Tuffs University; 6Cooper Institute Objectives: A prospective design was used to examine predictors of adherence to a physical ac...

van Maanen A, and Meijer AM, and Smits MG, and Oort FJ

Annette van Maanen,1 Anne Marie Meijer,1 Marcel G Smits,2 Frans J Oort1 1Research Institute Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 2Centre for Sleep-Wake Disorders and Chronobiology, Hospital Gelderse Vallei, Ede, the Netherlands Abstract: Melatonin treatment is effective in treating sleep onset problems in children with delayed melatonin onset, but effects usually disappear when treatment is discontinued. In this pilot study, we investigated whether classical condi...

N. Cahill, and A. C. Kemp, and B. P. Horton, and A. C. Parnell

We present a Bayesian hierarchical model for reconstructing the continuous and dynamic evolution of relative sea-level (RSL) change with quantified uncertainty. The reconstruction is produced from biological (foraminifera) and geochemical (<i>δ</i>¹³C) sea-level indicators preserved in dated cores of salt-marsh sediment. Our model is comprised of three modules: (1) a new Bayesian transfer (B-TF) function for the calibration of biological indicators into tidal elevation, which is flexi...

Fiona Barker, and Gemma Court

<strong>Background</strong> Computers are used increasingly in patient_clinician consultations. There is the potential for PC use to have an effect on the communication process. <strong>Objective</strong> The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate patient opinion regarding the use of PCbased note taking during diagnostic vestibular assessments. <strong>Method</strong> We gave a simple four-item questionnaire to 100 consecutive patients attending for vestibular assessment at a secondary...

Sergio Daniel Bergese, and Sergio Daniel Bergese, and Erika Graciela Puente, and Maria A. Antor, and Gerardo eCapo, and Vedat O Yildiz, and Alberto A Uribe

Introduction: Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a displeasing experience that distresses surgical patients during the first 24 hours after a surgical procedure. The incidence of postoperative nausea occurs in about 50%, the incidence of postoperative vomiting is about 30%, and in high-risk patients, the PONV rate could be as high as 80%. Therefore, the study design of this single arm, non-randomized, pilot study assessed the efficacy and safety profile of a triple therapy combination w...