Marissa Salvo, and Stefanie C Nigro, and Deborah Ward

<p><strong>Background</strong> Utilisation of the electronic medical record (EMR) is believed to facilitate timely access to patient information, enhance communication between care team members and further promote clinical decision support.</p><p><strong>Objective</strong> To determine if pharmacist-generated electronic consults (e-consults) improve blood pressure control among patients with uncontrolled hypertension in a multisite health centre.</p><p><strong>Methods</strong> Pharmacists genera...

Amable J. Rivas, and Manuel L. Lemos, and Carlos R. Osorio

Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (formerly Vibrio damsela) is a pathogen of a variety of marine animals including fish, crustaceans, molluscs and cetaceans. In humans, it can cause opportunistic infections that may evolve into necrotizing fasciitis with fatal outcome. Although the genetic basis of virulence in this bacterium is not completely elucidated, recent findings demonstrate that the phospholipase-D Dly (damselysin) and the pore-forming toxins HlyApl and HlyAch play a main role in ...

Al-Gedadi NA, and Hassali MA, and Shafie AA

Objective: To explore the consumers’ perceptions and knowledge towards issues surrounding generic medicines utilization in Penang, Malaysia.Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted with consumers who attended the annual University open day. Using convenience sampling, survey forms were distributed to the respective consumers via the help of a group of trained 1st year pharmacy students. For a period of 5 days, 400 respondents had participated in the survey. Analysis of the response from t...

Kris Lane

Looks at how Western law was interpreted and applied to perceived cannibals and corsairs in the Spanish Caribbean in the 16th and 17th c., by Spanish jurists in the period, and at the development of the cannibal and corsair image in Spanish culture. Author outlines the convergence of terms suggesting a growing semantic linkage between certain indigenous peoples, specially the famed "Carib cannibals", and foreign, mostly Western European, corsairs poaching on Spanish wealth. He describes how of t...

Madhanraj Kalyanasundaram, and Sherin Billy Abraham, and Divija Ramachandran, and Venkatachalam Jayaseelan, and Joy Bazroy, and Zile Singh, and Anil Jacob Purty

Background: The traditional teaching learning methods involve a one way process of transmission of knowledge leaving the students lacking behind in creative abilities. Medical schools need to change their teaching strategies to keep the interest of students and empower them for future self- learning and critical thinking. Objective: To assess the impact of mind mapping technique in information retrieval among medical college students in Puducherry. Methods: A pilot study was conducted using expe...

Prashant S Adole, and Parampreet S Kharbanda, and Sadhna Sharma

Background & objectives: Simultaneous administration of phenytoin and isoniazid (INH) in tuberculous meningitis (TBM) or tuberculoma patients with seizures results in higher plasma phenytoin level and thus phenytoin intoxication. N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) enzyme catalyses two acetylation reactions in INH metabolism and NAT2 gene polymorphism leads to slow and rapid acetylators. The present study was aimed to evaluate the effect of allelic variants of N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) gene as a pre...

Cristiane Delgado Alves Rodrigues, and Caroline Andréia Pizano, and Melina Tarossi, and Ligia dos Santos Roceto, and Desanka Dragosavac

Avaliar a articulação temporomandibular (ATM) e a função respiratória no pré e pós-operatório de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia cardíaca eletiva, com intubação orotraqueal (IOT) e verificar se há correlação entre o Índice de disfunção clínica craniomandibular (IDCCM) com a função respiratória. Foram avaliados pacientes no pré, primeiro e segundo dias de pós-operatório (PO1, PO2) de cirurgia cardíaca com até 24 horas IOT. Na avaliação da ATM foi utilizado o IDCCM e para a avaliação respiratória ...

Paola Bully, and Alvaro Sanchez, and Gonzalo Grandes, and Haizea Pombo, and Ma Soledad Arietalenizbeaskoa, and Veronica Arce, and Catalina Martinez, and on behalf of the PVS Group

Abstract Background Feasible and valid assessment of healthy behaviors is the first step for integrating health promotion in routine primary care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the validity and reliability of the “prescribe healthy life” screening questionnaire, a brief tool for detecting physical activity levels, consumption of fruit and vegetables, tobacco use and patients’ compliance with minimal recommendations. Methods An observational cross-sectional study to...

J. Müller

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Diego Igawa Martinez, and Ana Júlia Fernandes Cardoso de Oliveira

Urban development in coastal areas is intense and leads to the increase of sewage outfall and other negative impacts as consequences. Thus, stringent regulations establishing limits to the microbiological contamination of water and seafood are needed. The objective of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of Enterococci and Thermotolerant Coliform densities in the flesh of mussels Perna perna as an alternative tool for monitoring the microbiological quality of coastal waters. The study also c...

K. W. Nicholls, and K. J. Heywood, and M. R. Price

Melt water from the floating ice shelves at the margins of the southeastern Weddell Sea makes a significant contribution to the fresh water budget of the region. In February 2005 a multi-institution team conducted an oceanographic campaign at Fimbul Ice Shelf on the Greenwich Meridian as part of the Autosub Under Ice programme. This included a mission of the autonomous submarine Autosub 25 km into the cavity beneath Fimbul Ice Shelf, and a number of ship-based hydrographic sections on the contin...

L. Meire, and K. E. R. Soetaert, and F. J. R. Meysman

Climate change and changing nutrient loadings are the two main aspects of global change that are linked to the increase in the prevalence of coastal hypoxia – the depletion of oxygen in the bottom waters of coastal areas. However, it remains uncertain how strongly these two drivers will each increase the risk of hypoxia over the next decades. Through model simulations we have investigated the relative influence of climate change and nutrient run-off on the bottom water oxygen dynamics in the Oys...

Louis Laurencelle, and Marlène Galdin

Statistical properties of the ability level estimate (theta) in item response theory (IRT) were investigated through a Monte Carlo investigation, based on data generated with a four cases multifactor design. Dichotomous items and the logistic two-parameter IRT model in a one-dimensional setting have been chosen. The estimation procedure was the marginalized Bayesian item parameters estimation and EAP estimation for theta. The property of invariance is discussed. Results show that estimation of t...

Rahul Bansal, and Monika Gupta, and Bhaskar Agarwal, and Sachin Sharma

Background: High level of stress, anxiety and depression is seen among medical students. Aims: To assess the impact of brief structured yoga intervention on mental well being of MBBS students. Materials and Methods: The participants consisted of 82 MBBS students of 3 rd semester in the age group of 18-23 years. The students were assessed at baseline and at the end of one month of specific yoga intervention by using General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). Results: The students reported improvem...

H. Perea, and E. Gràcia, and P. Alfaro, and R. Bartolomé, and C. Lo Iacono, and X. Moreno, and E. Masana, and EVENT-SHELF Team

The Bajo Segura fault zone (BSFZ) is the northern terminal splay of the Eastern Betic shear zone (EBSZ), a large left-lateral strike-slip fault system of sigmoid geometry stretching more than 450 km from Alicante to Almería. The BSFZ extends from the onshore Bajo Segura basin further into the Mediterranean Sea and shows a moderate instrumental seismic activity characterized by small earthquakes. Nevertheless, the zone was affected by large historical earthquakes of which the largest was the 1829...

Bartolo Concha-Frías, and Carlos Alfonso Álvarez-González, and Gabriela Gaxiola, and Xavier Chiappa, and Adolfo Sánchez-Zamora, and Rafael Martínez-García, and Susana Camarillo-Coop, and Emyr Peña, and Luis Daniel Jiménez-Martínez, and Fanny Janet De la Cruz-Alvarado

A total of 300 Centropomus undecimalis juveniles, with an average initial weight of 3.16 ± 0.28 g and average total length of 7.17 ± 0.22 cm, were reared for eight weeks using a recirculating system to determine the dietary protein requirement for their growth and survival. The e ect of ve experimental diets containing 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60% total protein content and two salinities (brackish water, BW at 5 UPS and marine water, MW at 36 UPS) were assessed. Fish were fed ve times per day at 2.5...

Đeri Lukrecija, and Božić Sanja, and Stamenković Predrag, and Nagy Imre

The main aim of the paper is to investigate the influence of formal education level on decision-making process when choosing a tourist destination based on multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA). The survey was conducted on the sample of 252 respondents from Bačka region (Vojvodina/Serbia). Also, this study strives to examine the influence of education level on decision-making process including all five phases of decision-making process: need awareness, information search, alternatives estim...

Hiroki Takahashi, and Shin Kanemaru, and Kokichi Kamiyama, and Teruo Furukawa

Snow features and meteorological conditions at H68, on the route between Syowa and Mizuho Stations, was investigated during summer 2002. The observations were carried out in late October, with the setting up of an automatic meteorological station. The snow surface features were measured to make clear the inclination along the prevailing wind direction, and snow observations were made on a vertical dug snow wall. Continuous climatic records in the following two months, obtained by the meteorologi...

L. STAMATOPOULOS, and G. ALEVIZOS

The coastal area of western Peloponnese is characterized by Pleistocene and Holocene marine deposits. The study area shows the effects of different phases of coastal morphology evolution and is located along a wave-dominated and microtidal coast in the northwestern Peloponnese, 40 km southwest of Patras city. Three significant morphogenetic phases occurred during the Holocene. The first was radiometrically aged from 7000 to 3810 years BP, marking the end of the rapid postglacial transgress...

Anais Guyon, and Kirsty F. Smith, and Maria P. Charry, and Olivier Champeau, and Louis A. Tremblay

The UV-filter benzophenone and the anti-inflammatory diclofenac are commonly detected in the environment. The aim of this study was to assess the multigenerational effects of chronic exposure to low concentrations of these chemicals on toxicity and DNA methylation levels in the copepod Gladioferens pectinatus. Acute toxicity tests were conducted to determine the sensitivity of G. pectinatus to the chemicals. All chemicals impacted breeding, hatching and egg viability. Diclofenac (1 mg.L-1) reduc...

Xiaoxiao Wang, and Hong Lin, and Xueli Qu, and Hongwei Zheng, and Jianxin Sui, and Limin Cao

The matrix effect is a serious problem for the immunoassay of antibiotic residues, which greatly restricts its real application in fishery products as well as other foodstuffs. Till now the related information on the colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay (GICA) is still limited. Therefore, five species of fish as samples, and the interference of main matrix components on the analysis of ciprofloxacin was investigated. Some water-soluble proteins were demonstrated to have significant affluen...

Hiroshi Sasaki, and Kentaro Watanabe

Heterogeneity in the horizontal distribution of standing stock of ice algae was observed by the SCUBA divings in January 1983,in a fast ice area of Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica. Colonies of ice algae easily came off from the undersurface of sea ice due to the mechanical disturbances from the ice corer and from water movements caused by a diver. The bottom layer of sea ice was here and there fragile as the substratum of ice algae and was susceptible to disturbances. Based on the observations, the ...

Camilla Alves Santos, and Danielly Veloso Blanck, and Patrícia Domingues Freitas

The sequences of all different RNA transcripts present in a cell or tissue that are related to the gene expression and its functional control represent what it is called a transcriptome. The transcripts vary between cells, tissues, ontogenetic and environmental conditions and the knowledge that can be gained through them is of a solid relevance for genetic applications in aquaculture. Some of the techniques used in transcriptome studies, such as microarrays, are being replaced for next-generatio...

Rodrigo Silvestre Martins, and José Angel Alvarez Perez

A carcass of a giant squid Architeuthis sp. was found afloat off Southern Brazil (28°05'S, 45°35'W) on 29 August 1999. The specimen was a mature female of 116 cm mantle length and had arms incomplete and tentacles missing. The specimen was morphologically similar to those previously described for the Southwest Atlantic, but a few peculiarities were found on the shape of the fins, head and the cross-section and length of ventral arms. Spermatophores were found embedded within the skin of the left...

K. A. Koho, and K. G. J. Nierop, and L. Moodley, and J. J. Middelburg, and L. Pozzato, and K. Soetaert, and J. van der Plicht, and G-J. Reichart

Burial of organic matter (OM) plays an important role in marine sediments, linking the short-term, biological carbon cycle with the long-term, geological subsurface cycle. It is well established that low-oxygen conditions promote organic carbon burial in marine sediments. However, the mechanism remains enigmatic. Here we report biochemical quality, microbial degradability, OM preservation and accumulation along an oxygen gradient in the Indian Ocean. Our results show that more OM, with biochemic...

A. Yamamoto, and M. Kawamiya, and A. Ishida, and Y. Yamanaka, and S. Watanabe

The largest pH decline and widespread undersaturation with respect to aragonite in this century due to uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the Arctic Ocean have been projected. The reductions in pH and aragonite saturation state in the Arctic Ocean have been caused by the melting of sea ice as well as by an increase in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Therefore, future projections of pH and aragonite saturation in the Arctic Ocean will be affected by how rapidly the reducti...

David Verdiell-Cubedo, and Francisco J. Oliva-Paterna, and Mar Torralva

We investigated the relationships, at a local level, between fish condition and environmental variables in Gobius cobitis juveniles. The relationships between 14 ecological variables of shallow areas of the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (water temperature, water salinity, depth, submerged vegetation richness, submerged vegetation cover, submerged vegetation volume, substrate size, substrate heterogeneity, fish species richness, potential competitor fish species abundance and biomass, G. cobitis abund...

Chutima Tantikitti, and Duangrat Chookird, and Amornrat Phongdara

Fishmeal quality is of great importance for production of aquatic animals particularly shrimp; however it varies widely depending on raw materials and processing methods. A seven week feeding trial was conducted using five diets to examine effects of fishmeal quality on growth performance, protein digestibility and expression of gene regulating trypsin in Litopenaeus vannamei. Each test diet was fed four times daily to four groups of shrimp with an average initial weight of 2.2 g shrimp-1. T...

Vidal Haddad Junior, and Edson Luiz Fávero Junior, and Felipe Augusto Horácio Ribeiro, and Bruno da Costa Ancheschi, and Gabriel Isaac Pereira de Castro, and Rafael Costa Martins, and Guilherme Borghini Pazuelo, and Jun Ricardo Fujii, and Rodolfo Brum Vieira, and Domingos Garrone Neto

INTRODUCTION: Accidents caused by fish are common in inland fishing communities in Brazil, being work-related injuries in the majority of cases. These populations have no information on the mechanisms of trauma or envenoming. METHODS: Through a questionnaire administered to fishermen, we obtained clinical and epidemiological data on accidents in Rosana, Pontal do Paranapanema, State of São Paulo, Brazil. These data were analyzed and converted into an easily understood prevention and treatment pr...

G.-L. Zhang, and J. Zhang, and S.-M. Liu, and J.-L. Ren, and Y.-C. Zhao

Dissolved nitrous oxide (N₂O) was measured in the waters of the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary and its adjacent marine area during five surveys covering the period of 2002–2006. Dissolved N₂O concentrations ranged from 6.04 to 21.3 nM, and indicate great temporal and spatial variations. Distribution of N₂O in the Changjiang Estuary was influenced by multiple factors and the key factor varied between cruises. Dissolved riverine N₂O was observed mont...

Maurício Hostim Silva, and Rosemeri Carvalho Marenzi, and Rodrigo Pereira Medeiros, and Leopoldo Cavaleri Gerhardinger

Investigamos aspectos gerais do Conhecimento Ecológico Local (CEL) de pescadores de espinhel e pesca subaquática sobre sete espécies de peixes marinhos da família Serranidae (habitat de ocorrência, tamanho máximo e denominação popular) e as principais alterações percebidas no ambiente marinho na Baía Babitonga, Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Em termos gerais, o CEL sobre os peixes corrobora a literatura em ictiologia, trazendo informações originais em escala local. Pescadores de comunidades v...

C. Y. Ju, and Y. G. Jia, and H. X. Shan, and C. W. Tang, and W. J. Ma

With increasing urbanization, particularly in the coastal regions of developing countries, the development of disaster management schemes is needed as the losses from a single event can destroy decades of development and threaten local populations, buildings and infrastructure. Geo-environmental suitability is often evaluated systematically in order to assess the nature of hazards and their potential damage to human life, land, buildings and other property. A suitability assessment will indicate...

Meira, G. R., and Padaratz, I. J., and Alonso, C., and Andrade, C.

The distance of concrete structures from the sea is an important aspect when studying the deleterious effect of airborne salinity in marine environment zone. It permits to know how the durability of structures is affected by increasing the distance from the sea. This paper presents results of an experimental work on assessing the effect of the distance from sea on chloride aggressiveness, considering both the airborne salinity and chloride content in concrete specimens located at different dista...

H.A.O. Rocha, and C.R.C. Franco, and E.S. Trindade, and L.C.M. Carvalho, and S.S. Veiga, and E.L. Leite, and C.P. Dietrich, and H.B. Nader

Fucans, a family of sulfated polysaccharides present in brown seaweed, have several biological activities. Their use as drugs would offer the advantage of no potential risk of contamination with viruses or particles such as prions. A fucan prepared from Spatoglossum schröederi was tested as a possible inhibitor of cell-matrix interactions using wild-type Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO-K1) and the mutant type deficient in xylosyltransferase (CHO-745). The effect of this polymer on adhesion prop...

Gilson Luiz Volpato

Em uma revisão recente sobre o conceito de bem-estar em peixes, defendo que a preocupação sobre o bem-estar desses animais é definitivamente uma questão genuína, sendo nosso desafio a busca de métodos válidos para avaliação desse estado nesses animais. Nesse mesmo texto, defendo que devemos aumentar a ênfase nos estudos sobre a preferência dos animais, ao invés das tentativas frustradas de demonstrações empíricas do estado de senciência nos animais não-humanos. Partindo desse substrato teórico, ...

Valdenice Aparecida de Menezes, and Rossana Barbosa Leal, and Marcela Motta Moura, and Ana Flávia Granville-Garcia

A respiração representa uma das funções vitais do organismo cujo desequilíbrio causa uma série de alterações em vários órgãos e sistemas. OBJETIVO: Verificar a influência de fatores socioeconômicos e demográficos na determinação do padrão de respiração. Forma de Estudo: transversal. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Amostra de 143 crianças de 9 a 10 anos, de duas escolas da cidade do Recife-PE, uma particular e a outra pública. O diagnóstico da respiração foi feito pelos testes placa de Glatzel e tempo de água...

Buitinga Laurien, and Braakman-Jansen Louise MA, and Taal Erik, and van de Laar Mart AFJ

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Time Trade-Off (TTO) is a widely used instrument for valuing preference-based health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The TTO reveals preferences for own current health (‘utilities’) on a scale anchored between death (0) and perfect health (1). Limited information on the external validity of the TTO is available. Aim of this pilot study was to examine the construct validity of both an interview TTO and a computer-based TTO in patients with rheumatoid arth...

Titanji Vincent PK, and Manga Lucien, and Bigoga Jude D, and Coetzee Maureen, and Leke Rose GF

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Malaria is a major public health problem in Cameroon. Unlike in the southern forested areas where the epidemiology of malaria has been better studied prior to the implementation of control activities, little is known about the distribution and role of anophelines in malaria transmission in the coastal areas.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>A 12-month longitudinal entomological survey was conducted in Tiko, Limbe and Idenau from August 2001 to July 2002. Mosquitoes capt...

Vermersch Patrick, and Benrabah Rabah, and Schmidt Nicolas, and Zéphir Hélène, and Clavelou Pierre, and Vongsouthi Cyrille, and Dubreuil Patrice, and Moussy Alain, and Hermine Olivier

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Treatment options for patients suffering from progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) remain inadequate. Mast cells actively participate in the pathogenesis of MS, in part because they release large amounts of various mediators that sustain the inflammatory network. Masitinib, a selective oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor, effectively inhibits the survival, migration and activity of mast cells. This exploratory study assessed the safety and clinical benefit...

Dudbridge Frank, and Wason James MS

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are a widely used study design for detecting genetic causes of complex diseases. Current studies provide good coverage of common causal SNPs, but not rare ones. A popular method to detect rare causal variants is haplotype testing. A disadvantage of this approach is that many parameters are estimated simultaneously, which can mean a loss of power and slower fitting to large datasets.</p> <p>Haplotype testing effectively t...

MATTHEW R LEE, and JUAN CARLOS CASTILLA, and MIRIAM FERNÁNDEZ, and MARCELA CLARKE, and CATHERINE GONZÁLEZ, and CONSUELO HERMOSILLA, and LUIS PRADO, and NICOLAS ROZBACZYLO, and CLAUDIO VALDOVINOS

A comprehensive literature review was conducted to determine the species richness of all the possible taxa of free-living benthic marine invertebrates in Chile. In addition, the extent of endemism to the Pacific Islands and deep-sea, the number of non-indigenous species, and the contribution that the Chilean benthic marine invertebrate fauna makes to the world benthic marine invertebrate fauna was examined. A total of 4,553 species were found. The most speciose taxa were the Crustacea, Mollusca ...

Murado Miguel A, and Fraguas Javier, and Montemayor María I, and Vázquez José A

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hyaluronic acid is one of the biopolymers most commonly used by the pharmaceutical industry. Thus, there is an increasing number of recent works that deal with the production of microbial hyaluronic acid. Different properties and characteristics of the fermentation process have been extensively optimised; however, new carbon and protein sources obtained from by-products or cheap substrates have not yet been studied.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Mussel processing was...

Boberg Jonas, and Johnson Gunilla, and Zary Nabil, and Fors Uno GH

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Web-based Simulation of Patients (Web-SP) project was initiated in order to facilitate the use of realistic and interactive virtual patients (VP) in medicine and healthcare education. Web-SP focuses on moving beyond the technology savvy teachers, when integrating simulation-based education into health sciences curricula, by making the creation and use of virtual patients easier. The project strives to provide a common generic platform for design/creation,...

Patnaik Amar, and Yashmaina Sridhar, and Reddy Budda, and Naidu Madireddy, and Rani Pingali

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Availability of a range of techniques and devices allow measurement of many variables related to the stiffness of large or medium sized arteries. There is good evidence that, pulse wave velocity is a relatively simple measurement and is a good indicator of changes in arterial properties. The pulse wave velocity calculated from pulse wave recording by other methods like doppler or tonometry is tedious, time-consuming and above all their reproducibility depends...

Chiwata Ichiro, and Torii Kengo

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many researchers have not accepted the use of occlusal treatments for temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). However, a recent report described a discrepancy between the habitual occlusal position (HOP) and the bite plate-induced occlusal position (BPOP) and discussed the relation of this discrepancy to TMD. Therefore, the treatment outcome of evidence-based occlusal adjustments using the bite plate-induced occlusal position (BPOP) as a muscular reference positi...

Stanković Slavka, and Jović Mihajlo, and Mihajlović Marija L., and Joksimović Danijela, and Tanaskovski Bojan

Concentrations of Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, Pb, Ni, Co, As, Co, and Hg in the sea grass Posidonia oceanica and surface sediment samples were determined. Together with P. oceanica, surface sediment samples were collected at eight locations in the major demographic, tourist and port areas along the Montenegrin coast to assess metal pollution. The metal pollution index (MPI) and metal enrichment factor (EF) were calculated and used to evaluate the impact of heavy metals in the surface sedim...

Sheldon Rao, and Naveen Ramesh

Background: Mental health disorders affect around 500 million people worldwide. In India, around 10-12% of people are affected by a mental disorder either due to stress, depression, anxiety, or any other cause. Mental health of workers affects the productivity of the workplace, with estimates putting these losses to be over 100 million dollars annually. Aims: The study aims to measure depression, anxiety, and stress levels of workers in an industry and to investigate if it has any effect on prod...

Renato Orrú Pedroso Gerólamo, and Mary Toshie Kayano

Variações do ciclo anual da Temperatura da Superfície do Mar (TSM) do Pacífico Tropical entre 20ºN e 20ºS, para o período de 1854 a 2006, foram estudadas usando análises de ondaletas. O estudo mostrou que o ciclo anual, considerando-se a variância para em torno de 1 ano, de TSM possui variabilidade interanual e interdecenal. Existem indicações de que a maior parte das variações interanuais no ciclo anual de TSM das áreas do hemisfério Norte (HN) e do hemisfério Sul (HS), está relacionada ao cicl...

Zélia Maria Pimentel Nunes, and Xavier Lazzaro, and Alberto Carvalho Peret

Analisou-se o crescimento dos peixes, a composição das espécies e a produtividade de quatro policultivos (P75, P78, P87 e P207), visando melhorar o manejo e a produtividade pesqueira dos pequenos açudes (0,1-5,0ha) do Semi-Árido brasileiro. Simulou-se as condições desses açudes em viveiros com 120 e 5.000 m² de área, sem renovação de água, utilizando moderada quantidade de adubo e fertilizante. A biomassa inicial variou de 75 a 207kg ha-1, sendo formada por: tilápia do Nilo (Oreochromis niloticu...

Ligia Uribe Gonçalves, and Felipe Ferroli, and Elisabete Maria Macedo Viegas

This study evaluated the effects of two lipids sources of fish residue (tilapia and salmon) compared with a vegetable oil source (soybean oil) on the fatty acid profiles of male and female lambari. This experiment was developed in a completely randomized experimental design in a 3 × 2 factorial arrangement, totaling 6 treatments resulting from the combination of the three experimental diets for both sexes, with four replications for each treatment. This study involved 120 male (2.58±0.13 g) and ...