Mohamed Afifi, and Ali Alkaladi, and Osama A. Abu Zinada, and Michel Couderchet

The mRNA expression profile of some antioxidant genes in skin, gills, livers, and muscles of Siganus canaliculatus and Epinephelus morio was used as an indicator of petroleum hydrocarbons pollution in six areas at Jeddah and Yanbu coasts in KSA. Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPHs) were determined in both sea water and sediments collected from the studied areas. The mRNA expression levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and g...

A. Welti, and K. Müller, and Z. L. Fleming, and F. Stratmann

Measurements of the concentration and variability of ice nucleating particles in the subtropical maritime boundary layer are reported. Filter samples collected in Cabo Verde over the period 2009–2013 are analyzed with a drop freezing experiment with sensitivity to detect the few rare ice nuclei active at low supercooling. The data set is augmented with continuous flow diffusion chamber measurements at temperatures below −24 °C from a 2-month field campaign in Cabo Verde in 2016. The data ...

Andrea Gori, and Christine Ferrier-Pagès, and Sebastian J. Hennige, and Fiona Murray, and Cécile Rottier, and Laura C. Wicks, and J. Murray Roberts

Rising temperatures and ocean acidification driven by anthropogenic carbon emissions threaten both tropical and temperate corals. However, the synergistic effect of these stressors on coral physiology is still poorly understood, in particular for cold-water corals. This study assessed changes in key physiological parameters (calcification, respiration and ammonium excretion) of the widespread cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus maintained for ∼8 months at two temperatures (ambient 12 °C and e...

Peng eZhang, and Shan eLin, and Shan eLin, and Hong eAo, and Lijuan eWang, and Xiaoyan eSun, and Xiaoyan eSun, and Zhisheng eAn

Lake Qinghai is the largest lake in China and situated in an important climate-sensitive zone on the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau, making it an ideal place to study the environmental evolution of the northwest China as well as the interplay between the Asian monsoon and the westerlies in late Quaternary. In this study, detailed rock magnetic measurements were carried out on the offshore soils of Lake Qinghai. The dry grassland samples have higher magnetic susceptibility than that o...

Bilal Ahmad, and Michael E. Fitzpatrick

Residual stress is generally considered as the main criterion in laser shock peening for enhancement of fatigue life. However, changes in material hardness, microstructure and surface roughness can also affect component performance. These three aspects are investigated in this paper for welded marine steel samples subjected to laser peening. After laser peening an increase in hardness was seen across the weld and parent metal, with the local hardness dependent upon the initial hardness of the re...

P. J. Hezel, and T. Fichefet, and F. Massonnet

Almost all global climate models and Earth system models that participated in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) show strong declines in Arctic sea ice extent and volume under the highest forcing scenario of the representative concentration pathways (RCPs) through 2100, including a transition from perennial to seasonal ice cover. Extended RCP simulations through 2300 were completed for a~subset of models, and here we examine the time evolution of Arctic sea ice in...

Rakhi Khemka, and Sonal Rastogi, and Neha Desai, and Arunangshu Chakraborty, and Subir Sinha

Background and Aims: The use of ultrasound (US) scanning to assess the depth of epidural space to prevent neurological complications is established in current practice. In this study, we hypothesised that pre-puncture US scanning for estimating the depth of epidural space for thoracic epidurals is comparable between transverse median (TM) and paramedian sagittal oblique (PSO) planes. Methods: We performed pre-puncture US scanning in 32 patients, posted for open abdominal surgeries. The imaging w...

Priyadharshini Krishnaswamy, and Shoba Nair

Background: The pain associated with cancer is highly detrimental to the quality of life of the affected individuals. It also contributes to the anxiety of the patient. There is a need for a nonpharmacological approach in addition to the pharmacological therapy for the management of the pain for a more holistic improvement in the individual. With this study, we wish to achieve this through music. Objective: To assess the effect of music therapy on pain scores and anxiety levels of cancer patien...

Semra Akçay, and Özdemir Egemen

Tayeb Bassam, and H. Robert Superko, and Michael Caulfield

Cardiovascular disease is a major health problem in the Saudi population. Fish consumption and blood fish oil levels have been linked to CHD risk in European, American, and Japanese populations. A knowledge gap exists regarding blood omega-3 fatty acid levels in the Saudi population. The omega-3 index (% of fatty acids composed of EPA + DHA) <3.5% has been linked to increased CVD risk in European and American investigations. A EPA/AA ratio <0.75 has been linked to increased CVD risk in a Japanes...

Iraha S, and Hirami Y, and Ota S, and Sunagawa GA, and Mandai M, and Tanihara H, and Takahashi M, and Kurimoto Y

Satoshi Iraha,1&ndash;5&nbsp;Yasuhiko Hirami,1,2 Sachiko Ota,1,2 Genshiro A Sunagawa,3 Michiko Mandai,1&ndash;3 Hidenobu Tanihara,5 Masayo Takahashi,1&ndash;4 Yasuo Kurimoto1,2 1Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Biomedical Research and&nbsp;Innovation Hospital, 2Department of Ophthalmology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 3Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, 4Application Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Graduate School of Medic...

Sunaryo Sunaryo, and Ramadhani Adri Wirawan

Indonesia has more than 17,000 islands and has plenty of beautiful beaches and underwater spots which have great potential for maritime tourism. Tourism was ranked 3rd on Indonesia's foreign income and plays an important role for the country’s ecomony. Despite having potential advantages, the government has not yet maximized its efforts to develop the attractiveness of its maritime tourism. Beside the beautiful spots Indonesia is also blessed with all year long sun shine, which could be tapped a...

Tao Shiqi, and Zhang Xiaoqing, and Wang Yaowu

Offshore wind turbines (WTs) are frequently exposed to the risk from lightning, storm, and waves. As a kind of fixed foundations, jacket foundation can effectively reduce the correlatively risk and loss. In order to provide more information about the lightning protection of jacket foundation, a simulation model has been built by simplifying the hollow steel tubes into a series of solid steel cylinders. And some conclusions on the grounding resistance of jacket foundation have been summarized in ...

Kurniawati Achmadah, and Wasiq Hidayat Jafron

Marine mammals in Indonesia mainly consisting of whales and dolphins belonging to the Cetacean and duyung or dugong of the order Sirenia. These rare animals are protected by law. However, the frequency of marine mammal occurrences stranded in Indonesia is now getting higher, as in East Java. Based on data from whale stranding of Indonesia, at least 12 marine mammal stranded incident occurred only in East Java in 2003-2017. Some events are also reported by BKSDA East Java and BPSPL Denpasar. Know...

Sebastián Rosenfeld, and Jaime Ojeda, and Mathias Hüne, and Andrés Mansilla, and Tamara Contador

Egg masses of the Patagonian squid Doryteuthis (Amerigo) gahi attached to giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) in the Magellanic channels of the sub-Antarctic ecoregion in southern South America is documented for the first time. Of seven egg masses observed between 2008 and 2011, one was taken to the laboratory to be analysed and photographed. Comprising long transparent capsules containing eggs, the masses were strongly attached to the stipes of M. pyrifera. This macroalgae is a potentially import...

Young-Boong Kim, and Yun-Sang Choi, and Su-Kyung Ku, and Dai-Ja Jang, and Hajah Hasnah binti Ibrahim, and Ki Bong Moon

Background: This study was conducted to compare the quality characteristics between shrimp pastes from Korea and Brunei. Belacan is a fermented shrimp paste from Brunei. Korea manufactures two products: one is fermented and dried Saewoojeot shrimp paste, and the other is a dried shrimp paste. Methods: The quality characteristics studied were: chemical composition, amino acids, minerals, fatty acids, cholesterol, water activity, pH, and salinity. Results: The moisture and salinity content were hi...

Muszyński-Huhajło Mateusz, and Miodoński Stanisław, and Rucka Katarzyna

Aeration is considered as one of the most energy consuming process during the wastewater treatment process and its proper design plays important role in further overall wastewater treatment plant energy balance. Design guidelines for aeration systems in mainstream treatment of municipal wastewater are well known, however there are some doubts about transferring them to sidestream treatment installations. Different process rates, reactors geometry and treated medium composition may significantly ...

Liyanarachchi Waruna Arampath De Silva, and Hajime Yamaguchi, and Jun Ono

With the recent rapid decrease in summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean extending the navigation period in the Arctic sea routes (ASR), the precise prediction of ice distribution is crucial for safe and efficient navigation in the Arctic Ocean. In general, however, most of the available numerical models have exhibited significant uncertainties in short-term and narrow-area predictions, especially in marginal ice zones such as the ASR. In this study, we predict short-term sea-ice conditions in the A...

Ruibo Lei, and Zhanhai Zhang, and Ilkka Matero, and Bin Cheng, and Qun Li, and Wenfeng Huang

Reflection and transmission of irradiance by the combined snow and sea ice layer were measured at an ice camp (ca. 10 days) and several short-term stations (ca. 2 h) established in the western sector of the Arctic Ocean above 80&#x00B0;N during the 2010 summer. These measurements were made with an intention to quantify the apparent optical properties of snow and sea ice, and to evaluate their roles in the mass balance of snow-covered sea ice in the High Arctic. The integrated 350&#x2013;920 nm a...

Vieira H.C., and Soares A.M.V.M., and Morgado F., and Abreu S.N.

The consumption of fish is usually considered the main route of contamination of mercury in humans. In a climate change scenario implying ocean acidification, mercury methylation is expected to increase leading to bioaccumulation increments in the food chain, affecting mainly coastal populations. In this study, mercury accumulation and fish consumption was evaluated considering mercury concentrations in human scalp hair in relation to fish consumption habits in adolescents (16 to 21 years old) ...

Ten Jorge, and López-Espín José J, and Moreno-Grau Stella, and Elvira-Rendueles Belén, and García-Sánchez Antonio, and Martínez-García María J, and Vergara-Juárez Nuria, and Roca Manuela, and Moreno José M, and Mendiola Jaime, and Bernabeu Rafael, and Torres-Cantero Alberto M

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Animal studies have shown the reproductive toxicity of a number of heavy metals. Very few human observational studies have analyzed the relationship between male reproductive function and heavy metal concentrations in diverse biological fluids.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The current study assessed the associations between seminal and hormonal parameters and the concentration of the 3 most frequent heavy metal toxicants (lead, cadmium and mercury) in three differen...

Courtney A. Deck, and Christophe M. R. LeMoine, and Patrick J. Walsh

Elasmobranch diets consist of high quantities of protein and lipids, but very low levels of carbohydrates including glucose. Reflecting this diet, most tissues use lipids and ketone bodies as their main metabolic fuel. However, the rectal gland has been shown to be dependent on glucose as a fuel, so we hypothesized that glucose transporters (GLUTs) would be present and upregulated in the gland during times of activation (e.g. following a meal). In this study, we searched for and identified putat...

F.J.A. Broeze

Martin Cernvall, and Josefin Sveen, and Kerstin Bergh Johannesson, and Filip Arnberg

Background: There is a need for accessible interventions in the aftermath of traumatic events with documented efficacy for preventing or reducing negative mental health consequences. The PTSD Coach is a mobile app that has shown to be effective in reducing symptoms of posttraumatic stress (PTSS). Objective: The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the user satisfaction, perceived helpfulness and potential reductions of PTSS and symptoms of depression among participants using the Swedish ...

M Krishnan Kutty

The estimation of optimum conditions for regulating a fishery when growth and mortality rates are unknown

Aldyn Overend, and Kong Khoo, and Michael Delorme, and Vanessa Krause, and Ardashes Avanessian, and David Saltman

A physician/nurse collaborative team sought to determine whether a nurse-led telephone clinic (Teleclinic) could effectively and safely be used to follow patients with indolent and chronic hematological malignancies. Patients seen at their routine follow-up visit were assessed for eligibility for the Teleclinic, then referred to the pilot Teleclinic by their oncologist. Patients were interviewed by telephone by an oncology nurse experienced in hematologic malignancies. Fifty-three patients conse...

D. J. Mothabang

The purpose of this paper is to present a perspective on Physiotherapy Research in South Africa, reflecting on results from a pilot study. Articles published in the South African Journal of Physiotherapy during the year 2002 constituted the sample for analysis. Of the 25 articles published, 17 were by South African Physiotherapists, with 11 coming from academics. Sixteen of the 25 articles (60 %) were ‘research articles’ - suggesting a satisfactory level of research in the profession. However, t...

Westman Berndt, and Lundqvist Sara, and Störsrud Stine, and Ringström Gisela, and Simrén Magnus

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Many IBS patients experience that they receive limited information and that the health care system does not take their complaints seriously. We aimed to develop a structured patient education, an 'IBS school', and investigate if the efficacy could be evaluated in terms of improved knowledge, symptom severity and health related quality of life (HRQOL).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The IBS school consisted of six weekly two hour sessions in a group setting. Five diffe...

Joana Paula Lima de Castro, and Luís Eduardo Castanheira Costa, and Maísa Pessoa Pinheiro, and Thiago dos Santos Francisco, and Pedro Hermano Menezes de Vasconcelos, and Lizandra Mistrello Funari, and Renata Moschini Daudt, and Gustavo Ramalho Cardoso dos Santos, and Nilo Sérgio Medeiros Cardozo, and Ana Lúcia Ponte Freitas

Abstract A sulfated polysaccharide fraction from the red alga Gracilaria intermedia (PLS) was obtained by papain digestion (60 °C, 30 min). The extract was subjected to colorimetry and turbidimetry analysis, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, 1H, 13 C and 2D 1H COSY nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis. Antioxidant activity tests were performed (chelation of ferrous ion, total antioxidant capacity, and scavenging of DPPH radicals); sign...

Liana Mara Rocha Teles, and Camila Félix Américo, and Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá, and Camila Teixeira Moreira Vasconcelos, and Odaléa Maria Brüggemann, and Ana Kelve de Castro Damasceno

ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational manual in the instrumentalization of companions to provide support to the parturients and check its influence on the satisfaction of companions and women during vaginal delivery. Method: pilot study of a randomized controlled clinical trial with 65 companions and puerperal women (intervention = 21 and control = 44). The previous knowledge of the companions was evaluated at baseline. The Evaluation Form for Companions in the ...

J. P. Naulin, and D. Moncoulon, and S. Le Roy, and R. Pedreros, and D. Idier, and C. Oliveros

A model has been developed in order to estimate insurance-related losses caused by coastal flooding in France. The deterministic part of the model aims at identifying the potentially flood-impacted sectors and the subsequent insured losses a few days after the occurrence of a storm surge event on any part of the French coast. This deterministic component is a combination of three models: a hazard model, a vulnerability model, and a damage model. The first model uses the PREVIMER system to estima...

SH.E. RAMADAN, and A.M. KHEIRALLAH, and KH.M. ABDEL-SALAM

The present work aims to relate the settlement of marine fouling organisms in three different harbours in Alexandria city which present a wide range of ecological/environmental variations. Theses are the Abu Qir, Eastern and El-Dekheila harbours. Monthly samples of marine fouling were collected from the three harbours by using white roughened polystyrene test panels (12.5x12.5 cm), as well as physicochemical, chemical and other biological data. Results were treated with multivariate statistical ...

C. B. Mouw, and A. Barnett, and G. A. McKinley, and L. Gloege, and D. Pilcher

Particulate organic carbon (POC) flux estimated from POC concentration observations from sediment traps and ²³⁴Th are compiled across the global ocean. The compilation includes six time series locations: CARIACO, K2, OSP, BATS, OFP, and HOT. Efficiency of the biological pump of carbon to the deep ocean depends largely on biologically mediated export of carbon from the surface ocean and its remineralization with depth; thus biologically related parameters able to be estimated from sate...

S. R. Ahn, and S. J. Kim

Watershed health, including the natural environment, hydrology, water quality, and aquatic ecology, is assessed for the Han River basin (34 148 km²) in South Korea by using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). The evaluation procedures follow those of the Healthy Watersheds Assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Six components of the watershed landscape are examined to evaluate the watershed health (basin natural capacity): stream geomorphology, hydr...

Urška KIRN, and Manja ZUPAN

The objective of this study was to determine whether teat order affects piglets’ play during lactation. The 11 piglets of Krškopolje breed were observed in a pen with straw. Animals had two additional objects, the ball and the rope. Direct observations lasted 5 weeks, 3 times a week in 2 daily intervals (7.30 am–9.30 am, 11.00 am–1.00 pm) with 15 min of observational periods. Observations of play types (i.e. object -, social -, locomotor play, playing with a sow) started on the 4th day after bir...

Marisa Rangel, and Miriam Falkenberg

The first marine natural products that served as leads or scaffolds for medicines were discovered in the middle of last century: the arabinosyl glycosides from the marine sponge Tectitethya crypta. Synthesis and modifications of the natural molecules generated antiviral and antileukemic drugs developed in the 1970’s and in the following decades, including the first effective treatment against HIV infection. With the improvement of techniques for the elucidation of chemical structure of the ...

羅綸新 Lwun-Syin Lwo, and 張正杰 Cheng-Chieh Chang, and 童元品 Yuan-Ping Tung, and 楊文正 Wen-Cheng Yang

本研究旨在：一、應用概念圖命題模式及開放性問答評量高中生海洋科學概念與素養之現況。二、以問卷試題診斷高中生海洋科學迷思概念之情形。研究以基隆市5 所公立高級中學學生為對象，共計發出361 份問卷，有效樣本346 份，回收率為96%。研究結果顯示：一、高中生在海洋科學概念詞彙運用前三名為暖化、地震及地球。二、高中生在海洋科學概念詞彙運用產生迷思的三大詞彙為生質能源、黑潮及親潮。三、高中生海洋概念以知識面向的概念最高。四、高中生在海洋科學迷思概念試題評量中，平均答對率只有53%。五、黑潮得名緣由為高中生在海洋科學迷思概念評量中答對率最低的題目，僅有16%。六、「瞭解冰期與間冰期海平面的升降，對全球生物與自然環境可能造成影響」為高中生最常帶有迷思概念的能力指標。研究的結果可供我國海洋教育相關人員及高中教師參考，以提升海洋教育實施之成效與國民海洋科學素養。 The purposes of this study were to examine the literacy of senior high school students regarding marine-science concept...

LT Dall'Agnol, and RN Martins, and ACR Vallinoto, and KTS Ribeiro

The present study intended to characterize the phenotypic and genetic diversity of Brazilian isolates of Chromobacterium violaceum from aquatic environments within the Amazon region. Nineteen isolates showed morphological properties of C. violaceum and the majority grew at 44°C. Low temperatures, in contrast, showed to be inhibitory to their growth, as eleven isolates did not grow at 10ºC and nine did not produce pigmentation, clearly indicating an inhibition of their metabolism. The largest var...

Renato Soares Cardoso, and Carlos Edwar de Carvalho Freitas

Estudos buscando identificar as características físicas, operacionais e econômicas da frota pesqueira sediada na Amazônia Central foram efetuados, deixando lacunas sobre as características da frota nas regiões periféricas. Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar os custos necessários para a entrada de novas embarcações na atividade pesqueira e fornecer informações relativas ao custo das expedições e da renda econômica da atividade. O estudo foi realizado na região do Médio rio Madeira e foram ...

C. Sirignano, and R. E. M. Neubert, and C. Rödenbeck, and H. A. J. Meijer

Seeking for baseline conditions has biased the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂) and later on also oxygen (O₂) monitoring networks towards remote marine stations, missing part of the variability that is due to regional anthropogenic as well as land biotic activity. We present here a five-year record of atmospheric CO₂ concentrations and oxygen/nitrogen (O₂/N₂) ratio measurements from the coastal stations Lutjewad (LUT), The Netherlands and Ma...

Janika Mette, and Marcial Velasco Garrido, and Volker Harth, and Alexandra M. Preisser, and Stefanie Mache

Abstract Background Offshore work has been described as demanding and stressful. Despite this, evidence regarding the occupational strain, health, and coping behaviors of workers in the growing offshore wind industry in Germany is still limited. The purpose of our study was to explore offshore wind employees’ perceptions of occupational strain and health, and to investigate their strategies for dealing with the demands of offshore work. Methods We conducted 21 semi-structured telephone interview...

Adam Hambly, and Colin Stedmon

FluorRAS will develop a sensor that can save recycled fish farms 30% per year in water and energy consumption for water treatment, as well as optimize nitrogen removal. The sensor will be developed in a partnership between engineers (Krüger A / S) and researchers (DTU), and the product will be made available to the entire sector through Danish Aquaculture. Global aquaculture production is expected to double within the next 15 years. Recycling technology has a great potential for supporting en...

Yinwei Lin, and Jing-Tang Yang, and Ruimin Chen

A three-dimensional modeling of fish school performed by a modified Adomian decomposition method (ADM) discretized by the finite difference method is proposed. To our knowledge, few studies of the fish school are documented due to expensive cost of numerical computing and tedious three-dimensional data analysis. Here, we propose a simple model replied on the Adomian decomposition method to estimate the efficiency of energy saving of the flow motion of the fish school. First, the analytic solutio...

Maxim Kolos

Belarus is one of the largest manufacturers of potash fertilizers. Geographical remoteness from commodity markets and absence of its own exit to sea require transshipment of production in foreign seaports. In this article, the author is analyzing, deriving from logistic considerations, according to which principles of such delivery system should be designed, what can be the criterion of its efficiency, how volumes of cargo transported through various channels influence self‐organizing capacity ...

Paul Olin

Jodi Cassell

John Stumbos

Ir. Hrytsyniak, and T. Shvets

Purpose. Forming a thematic bibliographic list of publications on studies of low-temperature preservation of sexual cells of various fish families and species and creating gene banks in order to preserve the genetic diversity of endangered fish species populations. Methods. Complete and selective methods were applied in the process of the systematic search. The bibliographic core have been formed with the publications exclusively in Ukrainian and Russian from the fund of scientific library of...

A. A. Sidorov, and A. V. Volkov

Metallogenic model of the margin sea lithosphere is a complex combination of rejuvenated mineralization of the Precambrian basement terrains, of different types of sulfidized zones Verkhoyansk (Pz-J) sedimentary formations and the post-magmatic generations in accretion (J-K1) and post-accretion (K1-Cz) structures. The intensity of mineralization and unique ore regions are closely related to the features of these combinations. Favorable combinations may be identified as a result of geochemical is...

Rajesh S Javherani, and Vedavati B Purandare, and Anjali A Bhatt, and Suganthi S Kumaran, and Mehmood G Sayyad, and Ambika G Unnikrishnan

Background: In patients with diabetes related end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis, blood glucose management can be challenging due to the kinetics of glucose and insulin in addition to other factors. The glucose monitoring systems which measure glucose levels continuously may be useful to study the glucose profile of patients with diabetes undergoing hemodialysis. Our study is designed to use ambulatory glucose profile to study the glucose pattern – during, before, and after a session...