Juan Antonio Rosado Zacarías

Chathumi Kavirathna, and Tomoya Kawasaki, and Shinya Hanaoka, and Takuma Matsuda

Abstract With the competitive nature of the liner shipping industry, the transshipment hub port selection process has become complicated with numerous decision-making criteria that need to be considered, and competition between hub ports has accelerated across different regions. The emergence of different liner service networks, such as “hub and spoke” and “relay,” has also intensified the complexity of the hub port selection process. The overlapping of maritime markets simultaneously served by ...

E. Gibbin, and A. Gavish, and I. Domart-Coulon, and E. Kramarsky-Winter, and O. Shapiro, and A. Meibom, and A. Vardi

Abstract Background Global warming has triggered an increase in the prevalence and severity of coral disease, yet little is known about coral/pathogen interactions in the early stages of infection. The point of entry of the pathogen and the route that they take once inside the polyp is currently unknown, as is the coral’s capacity to respond to infection. To address these questions, we developed a novel method that combines stable isotope labelling and microfluidics with transmission electron mi...

M. C. Arostegui, and T. E. Essington, and T. P. Quinn

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Clare Ostle, and Richard C. Thompson, and Derek Broughton, and Lance Gregory, and Marianne Wootton, and David G. Johns

Plastics threaten the ocean environment. Here the authors present a 60 year time series (via the continuous plankton recorder) for the North Atlantic, revealing a significant increase in marine plastic after 1990.

Taeha Ryu, and Eugene Kim, and Jong Hae Kim, and Seong Jun Woo, and Woon Seok Roh, and Sung Hye Byun

Abstract Background A fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) is commonly used to identify the proper placement of a double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) for good lung isolation during thoracic surgery. We hypothesized that the FOB-guided method for DLT placement composed of tracheal intubation under initial guidance by a FOB via the bronchial lumen and subsequent selective left-bronchial intubation could be used to reduce the incidence of DLT malposition and reduce the time required for completion of DLT...

Farsad Eskandary, and Michael Dürr, and Klemens Budde, and Konstantin Doberer, and Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, and Johannes Waiser, and Markus Wahrmann, and Heinz Regele, and Andreas Spittler, and Nils Lachmann, and Christa Firbas, and Jakob Mühlbacher, and Gregor Bond, and Philipp F. Halloran, and Edward Chong, and Bernd Jilma, and Georg A. Böhmig

Abstract Background Late antibody-mediated rejection (ABMR) triggered by donor-specific antibodies (DSA) is a cardinal cause of kidney allograft dysfunction and loss. Diagnostic criteria for this rejection type are well established, but effective treatment remains a major challenge. Recent randomized controlled trials (RCT) have failed to demonstrate the efficacy of widely used therapies, such as rituximab plus intravenous immunoglobulin or proteasome inhibition (bortezomib), reinforcing a great...

Nelson Ferreira Fontoura, and Gianfranco Ceni, and Aloisio Sirangelo Braun, and Camilla da Silva Marques

ABSTRACT This contribution records the reproductive periods of ten dominant freshwater fish species from the Patos Lagoon and Guaíba Lake (Astyanax fasciatus, Cyphocharax voga, Hoplias malabaricus, Oligosarcus jenynsii, Oligosarcus robustus, Hoplosternum littorale, Loricariichthys anus, Parapimelodus nigribarbis, Trachelyopterus lucenai, Pachyurus bonariensis). Data were derived from monthly samples in Casamento Lake (northern Patos Lagoon; Nov. 2002 to Apr. 2004) and Guaíba Lake (Jun. 2005 to M...

Mehmet Demir, and Yigit Akin, and Kubra Asena Kapakin Terim, and Mehmet Gulum, and Evren Buyukfirat, and Halil Ciftci, and Ercan Yeni

ABSTRACT Objectives: Apoptosis effect of oral alpha-blockers is known in the prostate. Apoptosis index of silodosin has not been proved, yet. Aims are to present apoptosis index of silodosin in prostate and to compare this with other currently used alpha-blocker's apoptosis indexes together with their clinical effects. Materials and Methods: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients were enrolled among those admitted to urology outpatient clinic between June 2014 and June 2015. Study groups ...

Valeria Pizarro, and Vanessa Carrillo, and Adriana García-Rueda

Coral reefs are important coastal ecosystems for both humans and marine species due to the diversity of ecosystem services they provide. Unfortunately, and as a consequence of anthropogenic and natural factors these ecosystems are disappearing. To mitigate coral reef degradation and potential loss, several active and passive conservation strategies have been implemented. Active strategies imply the direct intervention of humans in the ecosystem. Ecological restoration (ER) is an active strategy ...

Hernán Ortega, and José Iván Mojica, and Juan Carlos Alonso, and Max Hidalgo

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W.R. Gomes

Richard Starr

The pattern of boom and bust in major commercial fisheries has occurred many times around the world, and always with major economic consequences. A classic example is the sardine fishery in Monterey Bay. At the sardine fishery apex in the 1930s and 1940s, more than 100 vessels harvested 700,000 tons of sardines and sold them to 19 canneries and 20 reduction plants - the largest assemblage of seafood processors in the Western Hemisphere. By 1952 the sardine population had plummeted, the fishery h...

Venugopal Gopikrishnan, and Manickkam Radhakrishnan, and Raasaiyah Pazhanimurugan, and Thangavel Shanmugasundaram, and Ramasamy Balagurunathan

M. Punnam Chander, and Paluru Vijayachari

Nils Teichert, and Mario Lepage, and Alban Sagouis, and Angel Borja, and Guillem Chust, and Maria Teresa Ferreira, and Stéphanie Pasquaud, and Rafaela Schinegger, and Pedro Segurado, and Christine Argillier

Abstract The impact of species loss on ecosystems functioning depends on the amount of trait similarity between species, i.e. functional redundancy, but it is also influenced by the order in which species are lost. Here we investigated redundancy and sensitivity patterns across fish assemblages in lakes, rivers and estuaries. Several scenarios of species extinction were simulated to determine whether the loss of vulnerable species (with high propensity of extinction when facing threats) causes a...

Steffen Jessberger, and Petra Högger, and Franca Genest, and Donald M. Salter, and Lothar Seefried

Abstract Background The standardized maritime pine bark extract (Pycnogenol®) has previously shown symptom alleviating effects in patients suffering from moderate forms of knee osteoarthritis (OA). The cellular mechanisms for this positive impact are so far unknown. The purpose of the present randomized pilot controlled study was to span the knowledge gap between the reported clinical effects of Pycnogenol® and its in vivo mechanism of action in OA patients. Methods Thirty three patients with se...

Rinad S. Beidas, and Emily M. Becker-Haimes, and Danielle R. Adams, and Laura Skriner, and Rebecca E. Stewart, and Courtney Benjamin Wolk, and Alison M. Buttenheim, and Nathaniel J. Williams, and Patricia Inacker, and Elizabeth Richey, and Steven C. Marcus

Abstract Background Informed by our prior work indicating that therapists do not feel recognized or rewarded for implementation of evidence-based practices, we tested the feasibility and acceptability of two incentive-based implementation strategies that seek to improve therapist adherence to cognitive-behavioral therapy for youth, an evidence-based practice. Methods This study was conducted over 6 weeks in two community mental health agencies with therapists (n = 11) and leaders (n = 4). Therap...

Geysa M. de Souza, and Rafael de A. Tubino, and Cassiano Monteiro-Neto, and Marcus R. da Costa

ABSTRACT The bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus, 1766), was used as a species-specific model to study morphometric relationships between otolith size and relative growth variables. Length-weight relationships between Otolith (Length-OL, Height-OH, and Weight-OW) and fish measurements (Total Length-TL and Total Weight-TW) were determined for fishes captured monthly during the year 2015 off the southeastern coast of Brazil. The ANCOVA and Kruskal-Wallis analysis did not indicate significant d...

Ye Huang, and Enze Zhou, and Chengying Jiang, and Ru Jia, and Shuangjiang Liu, and Dake Xu, and Tingyue Gu, and Fuhui Wang

Extracellular electron transfer (EET) is believed to be a bottleneck in microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), also known as biocorrosion, by electro-active microbes. However, there is a lack of any direct evidence at the genetic level to confirm this so far in the literature. In this work, water-soluble electron transfer mediator molecule phenazine‑1‑carboxamide (PCN) produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa was found to mediate the EET between P. aeruginosa and 2205 DSS (duplex stainless stee...

Yurima Cortés, and Emilio Hormazábal, and Hellmuth Leal, and Alejandro Urzúa, and Ana Mutis, and Leonardo Parra, and Andrés Quiroz

Background: Enteric red mouth disease and Saprolegniasis, which are caused by the bacteria Yersinia ruckeri and the oomycete Saprolegnia parasitica, respectively, are important illnesses that affect salmonid farming. Sanitary problems in farms are addressed by the prevention of disease outbreaks or by the treatment of diseases with chemicals. Environmental and governmental restrictions, toxicity and high treatment costs limit the use of drugs. Marine organisms, such as algae, sponges and corals,...

Telailia Salah, and Boutabia Lamia, and Khemis Mohamed Dhaya El-Hak, and Elafri Ali, and Djebbari Nawel

Recently, Mediterranean coastal lagoons have raised considerable environmental concerns. Long-term studies of seasonal changes in waterbird assemblages are therefore extremely important in terms of ecological relevance and conservation of these sensitive ecosystems. An ornithological survey of four years was carried out in a typical costal wetland (El Mellah lagoon) of Northeastern Algeria. Intra-seasonal comparison of waterbird assemblages (diversity indices) demonstrates clear changes between ...

Silvano Avolio

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Radosavljević Vladimir, and Jeremić Svetlana, and Ćirković M., and Lako B., and Milićević Vesna, and Potkonjak A., and Nikolin V.

Cohabitation studies with common carp were conducted to determine whether the Cyprinid Herpes Virus 3 can infect and establish a productive infection in fish species that according to available data, are not susceptible to this virus. In order to examine if other fish species can contribute to further spreading of the virus, goldfish, silver carp, grass carp, prussian carp and tench were exposed to CyHV-3 through cohabitation with infected carp without clinical symptoms. After this period ...

Bio, A., and A. Couto, and R. Costa, and A. Prestes, and N. Vieira, and A. Valente, and J. Azevedo

The Furnas Lake is a small volcanic, monomitic and increasingly eutrophised water body. Next to agricultural nutrient inputs, high densities of herbivorous fish are thought to contribute to high levels of turbidity in the lake, through zooplankton consumption and re suspension of the nutrients accumulated in the sediment. According to the alternative state hypothesis a shift from turbid to clear water conditions is favoured by reduction of nutrient concentrations, increased light availability an...

Sunil Kumar Raina

André Carreira Carlos, and Nilva Kazue Sakomura, and Sandra Regina Freitas Pinheiro, and Fernando Marcelo Micai Toledano, and Renato Giacometti, and José Walter da Silva Júnior

Objetivou-se, com este trabalho, avaliar o uso da alga Lithothamnium calcareum (Pallas) Areschoug nas rações para frangos de corte de 1 a 21 e 21 a 42 dias de idade, em substituição à fonte de cálcio tradicional (calcário calcítico). Para isso, foram utilizados 300 pintos machos, da linhagem Cobb®, que receberam rações contendo o calcário calcítico e a alga Lithothamnium calcareum (colhida de inteira e na forma de areia biodentrítica) como fontes de cálcio. O delineamento experimental utilizado ...

Héctor M Guzman, and Edgardo Díaz-Ferguson, and Angel J Vega, and Yolany A Robles

The dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)is a highly migratory pelagic species commercially exploited by industrial, artisanal and recreational fisheries in tropical and subtropical areas of the world's oceans. Herein, we evaluated the dolphinfish industrial fishery in Pacific Panama for the first time generating a growth model and examining fluctuations in annual total catch and in catch per unit effort (CPUE) over a four-year period (2006-2009). Annual and monthly catch values and biological param...

A.W Bruckner

The marine ornamental fish trade began in the 1930s in Sri Lanka,spread to Hawaii and the Philippines in the 1950s,and expanded to a multi-million dollar industry in the 1970s with fisheries established throughout the tropical Pacific,Indian and Atlantic Oceans.Currently,45 countries supply global markets an estimated 14-30 million fish annually,with an import value of US$28-44 million.The largest suppliers are Indonesia and the Philippines,followed by Brazil,Maldives,Vietnam,Sri Lanka and Hawai...

Thiago Mendes Fernandes, and João Andrade da Silva, and Ana Hermínia Andrade da Silva, and José Marcelino de Oliveira Cavalheiro, and Maria Lúcia da Conceição

The objective of this work was to evaluate the production of flour using by-products (cephalothorax) obtained from the shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) industry, and to perform a sensory analysis of shrimp flour-based products. Physicochemical and microbiological analyses on fresh cephalothorax and on manufactured flour were performed, as well as the determination of cholesterol content of this flour, and the sensorial evaluation of soup and pastry made with this flour. By the microbiological analy...

E. Waugh, and M. Mowlem

A low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is compared with those already available and the motivation for its development is established. It is targeted at ship-based science missions and potential applications are described including a specific science case to measure white capping in the deep ocean. The current vehicle includes a range of more than 1000 Km, carrying a payload of 2 Kg and it can be launched and recovered from a coastal research vessel. The vehicle has flown successfully in Force 4 gus...

Dietwart Nehring

The Baltic Sea covers an area of 415 000 km². A typical brackish sea, it is very sensitive to anthropogenic activities. Inorganic nutrients, trace metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons and crude oil products are contaminants studied in the Baltic Monitoring Programme of HELCOM. The data collected by the riparian countries forms the basis for the periodic assessments of the state of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area produced by HELCOM every five years. Since 1992 marine n...

F. Muñoz-Agel, and M. J. Varas-Lorenzo

Fredy Hernán Martínez Sarmiento, and Diego Mauricio Acero Soto, and Mariela Castiblanco Ortiz

Our motivation focuses on answering a simple question: What is the minimum robotic structure necessary to solve a navigation problem? Our research deals with environments that are unknown, dynamic, and denied to sensors. In particular, the paper addresses problems concerning how to coordinate the navigation of multi-ple autonomous mobile robots without requiring system identification, geometric map building, localization or state estimation. The proposed navigation algorithm uses the gradient of...

Priscila Sousa Vilela da Nóbrega, and Bianca Bentes, and Jussara Moretto Martinelli-Lemos

This study investigates the shrimp found in non-vegetated areas of an estuary of the Amazon River. We ascertained the input of juveniles, species' biometrics and the influence of environmental factors on the abundance of species. The samples were collected monthly, from August 2006 to July 2007, in two places in the estuary, each next to an island. For collecting, we used a manual trawl to perform three hauls per month, totaling 36 samples per site. The abundance of shrimps was estimated as a fu...

Gyu-sik Choi, and Sang Gyu Kwak, and Han Do Lee, and Min Cheol

Objective: Central pain can occur following traumatic brain injury, leading to poor functional recovery, limitation of activities of daily living, and decreased quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine whether high-frequency (10 Hz) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, applied over the primary motor cortex of the affected hemisphere, can be used to manage chronic central pain after mild traumatic brain injury. Design: Prospective randomized feasibility study. ...

Johnatas Adelir-Alves, and Gecely Rodrigues Alves Rocha, and Thiago Felipe Souza, and Pedro Carlos Pinheiro, and Kátia de Meirelles Felizola Freire

Masteria Yunovilsa Putra, and Tutik Murniasih

Objective: To study the distribution and diversity of species and isolated molecules, according to their structure classes, from Indonesian marine organisms. Methods: This study was performed by using the SciFinder® database, MarinLit and references from relevant articles from 1980 to 2014 which collected all the scientific publications dealing with the isolation of chemical compounds from Indonesian marine macroorganisms and microorganisms. Results: The discovery of novel compounds from I...

Gareth G. Roberts, and Philip D. Mannion

Abstract We examine how the history of Phanerozoic marine biodiversity relates to environmental change. Our focus is on North America, which has a relatively densely sampled history. By transforming time series into the time-frequency domain using wavelets, histories of biodiversity are shown to be similar to sea level, temperature and oceanic chemistry at multiple timescales. Fluctuations in sea level play an important role in driving Phanerozoic biodiversity at timescales >50 Myr, and during f...

Håkan Carlsson, and Birgitta Rosén, and Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen, and Anders Björkman, and Christina Brogårdh

Abstract Background Many stroke survivors suffer from sensory impairments of their affected upper limb (UL). Although such impairments can affect the ability to use the UL in everyday activities, very little attention is paid to sensory impairments in stroke rehabilitation. The purpose of this trial is to investigate if sensory re-learning in combination with task-specific training may prove to be more effective than task-specific training alone to improve sensory function of the hand, dexterity...

To-Yi Lam, and Li-Ming Lu, and Wai-Man Ling, and Li-Zhu Lin

Abstracts Background Pain is a common symptom in cancer patients. Acupuncture is a suggested treatment for a wide range of clinical conditions, usually for its beneficial effects on pain control. Si guan xue (the four points) have been widely used in clinical practice, and has shown that it is highly effective, effective in obtaining qi, shows strong acupuncture stimulation, and is simple to manipulate and safe to use. Therefore, the aim of this study is to test the protocol and safety of acupun...

Chaacho Saad, and Bouhaddou Omar, and Dufour Jean-Charles, and Bagayoko Cheick-Oumar, and Fieschi Marius

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We are currently witnessing a significant increase in use of Open Source tools in the field of health. Our study aims to research the potential of these software packages for developing countries. Our experiment was conducted at the Centre Hospitalier Mere Enfant in Mali.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>After reviewing several Open Source tools in the field of hospital information systems, Mediboard software was chosen for our study. To ensure the completeness of Medib...

Haifeng Zhang, and Yajun Lian, and Nanchang Xie, and Chen Chen, and Yake Zheng

Abstract Background Several RCT studies including ours, seem to prove the role of Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) in the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN), but no standardized dosing regimen has been established. In our study, we compare two different methods of administration: single-dose or repeated-dose strategy which was most frequently applied over the years in our centre. Methods An open-label trail was conducted. One hundred patients with classic TN symptoms were recruited, and random...

Adas Darinskas, and Mindaugas Paskevicius, and Gintaras Apanavicius, and Gintaris Vilkevicius, and Liutauras Labanauskas, and Thomas E. Ichim, and Rytis Rimdeika

Abstract Background Cell-based therapy is being explored as an alternative treatment option for critical limb ischemia (CLI), a disease associated with high amputation and mortality rates and poor quality of life. However, therapeutic potential of uncultured adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells has not been evaluated as a possible treatment. In this pilot study, we investigated the efficacy of multiple injections of autologous uncultured adipose-derived SVF cells to treat patien...

Kanako Hamaguchi, and Toshiyuki Kurihara, and Masahiro Fujimoto, and Motoyuki Iemitsu, and Koji Sato, and Takafumi Hamaoka, and Kiyoshi Sanada

Abstract Background Age-related reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) is generally accelerated in women after menopause, and could be even more pronounced in individuals with sarcopenia. Light-load power training with a low number of repetitions would increase BMD, significantly reducing bone loss in individuals at risk of osteoporosis. This study investigated the effects of low-repetition, light-load power training on BMD in Japanese postmenopausal women with sarcopenia. Methods The training ...

Garry A. Tew, and Jenny Howsam, and Matthew Hardy, and Laura Bissell

Abstract Background Yoga is a holistic therapy of expanding popularity, which has the potential to produce a range of physical, mental and social benefits. This trial evaluated the feasibility and effects of an adapted yoga programme on physical function and health-related quality of life in physically-inactive older adults. Methods In this randomised controlled pilot trial, 52 older adults (90% female; mean age 74.8 years, SD 7.2) were randomised 1:1 to a yoga programme or wait-list control. Th...

J. L. Crespo-Picazo, and D. García-Parraga, and F. Domènech, and J. Tomás, and F. J. Aznar, and J. Ortega, and J. M. Corpa

Abstract Background Diseases associated to external parasitosis are scarcely reported in sea turtles. During the last decades several organism have been documented as a part of normal epibiont community connected to sea turtles. The copepod Balaenophilus manatorum has been cited as a part of epibiont fauna with some concern about its parasitic capacity. This study serves three purposes, i.e. (i) it sheds light on the type of life style that B. manatorum has developed with its hosts, particularly...

Richard A. VOLLENWEIDER, and Franco GIOVANARDI

This paper is an extension of an earlier paper on a Trophic Index TRIX, a linear combination of the log of 4 state variables: ChA, aD%O, minN &amp; TP (Vollenweider et al. 1998), to characterizing succinctly the trophic levels of coastal marine areas, and to discuss questions that since have arisen in applying and developing the index further. This entails in depth review of some procedural aspects such as data processing including transformation of rough data; the statistical distribution of TR...

M. Barbier, and A. Reitz, and K. Pabortsava, and A.-C. Wölfl, and T. Hahn, and F. Whoriskey

<p>The United Nations proclaimed a decade of marine science for sustainable development (2021–2030) to develop a common framework that will ensure that ocean science can fully support countries in achieving the goal of sustainable development. Marine scientific understanding is fundamental to managing human activities that affect this environment, and ocean observations have a particularly important role in enhancing the knowledge base of our oceans. With this important task, scientists ha...

Cromwell Mwiti Kibiti, and Anthony Jide Afolayan

Bulbine abyssinica is widely used in folk medicine in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal and toxicity potentials of essential oil, acetone and aqueous extracts of this species using standard procedures and brine shrimp test, respectively. The results showed that the species was active against the growth of Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum and Trichophyton rubrum among the evaluated opportunistic fungi. The toxicity results showed that ...