Li-Ping Yao, and Ju Mei, and Fang-Bao Ding, and Li Zhang, and Hui-Ming Li, and Ming Ding, and Xin Yang, and Xiao-Ming Li, and Kun Sun

Abstract To investigate roaming paths planning for diagnosis of congenital heart diseases (CHD) using a cardiovascular virtual endoscopy (VE) system. Forty children were enrolled. VE system was applied to support in establishing a diagnosis. Performance in diagnosing CHDs by CT, VE using automatically planned roaming paths (VE-auto, objects were treated as left heart system and right heart system), VE using manually planned paths (VE-manual), and VE using automatically planned path for left hear...

Antonio M. Martin-Platero, and Brian Cleary, and Kathryn Kauffman, and Sarah P. Preheim, and Dennis J. McGillicuddy, and Eric J. Alm, and Martin F. Polz

Whether marine microbes form strongly differentiated communities over time remains unknown. Here, Martin-Platero and colleagues develop a time series analysis to characterize marine bacteria and Eukarya communities at a fine temporal grain, revealing cohesive but rapidly changing communities.

Stergios D. Zarkogiannis, and Assimina Antonarakou, and Aradhna Tripati, and George Kontakiotis, and P. Graham Mortyn, and Hara Drinia, and Mervyn Greaves

Abstract This study provides evidence that ambient seawater density influences calcification and may account for the observed planktonic foraminifera shell mass increase during glacial times. Volumes of weighed fossil Globigerina bulloides shells were accurately determined using X-ray Computer Tomography and were combined with water density reconstructions from Mg/Ca and δ 18O measurements to estimate the buoyancy force exerted on each shell. After assessment of dissolution effects, the resultin...

Nazzareno Fagoni, and Simone Piva, and Elena Peli, and Fabio Turla, and Elisabetta Pecci, and Livio Gualdoni, and Bertilla Fiorese, and Frank Rasulo, and Nicola Latronico

Abstract Background Weaning protocols expedite extubation in mechanically ventilated patients, yet the literature investigating the application in tracheostomized patients remains scarce. The primary objective of this parallel randomized controlled pilot trial (RCT) was to assess the feasibility and safety of a nurse-led weaning protocol (protocol) compared to weaning based on physician’s clinical judgment (control) in tracheostomized critically ill patients. Results We enrolled 65 patients, 27 ...

Brandon A. Kohrt, and Mark J. D. Jordans, and Elizabeth L. Turner, and Kathleen J. Sikkema, and Nagendra P. Luitel, and Sauharda Rai, and Daisy R. Singla, and Jagannath Lamichhane, and Crick Lund, and Vikram Patel

Abstract Background Non-specialist healthcare providers, including primary and community healthcare workers, in low- and middle-income countries can effectively treat mental illness. However, scaling-up mental health services within existing health systems has been limited by barriers such as stigma against people with mental illness. Therefore, interventions are needed to address attitudes and behaviors among non-specialists. Aimed at addressing this gap, REducing Stigma among HealthcAre Provid...

D. Kondrik, and E. Kazakov, and D. Pozdnyakov

<p>A 19-year (1998–2016) continuous dataset is presented of coccolithophore <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> distributions and activity, i.e. the release of <span class="inline-formula">CaCO₃</span> in water and the decrease of uptake of dissolved <span class="inline-formula">CO₂</span> by <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> cells (e.g. Kondrik et al., 2018a), in Arctic and sub-Arctic seas. The dataset is based on optical remote-sensing data (mostly OC CCI data) with assimilation of different...

İlke Koşar

Dianne Michelle Alves da Silva, and Fabrício Barreto Teresa

The physical structures of streams are subjected to intense changes throughout the seasons. Intense drought in dry periods has been frequent and potentially harmful to aquatic species. In this study, we tested whether the changes in the habitat structure of the streams during the dry period determine the organization of fish communities. Five streams in the Upper Tocantins River were studied in the dry and rainy seasons. The species were characterized by 13 functional traits based on morphologic...

CMR Farrapeira, and ES Mendes, and J. Dourado, and J Guimarães

Samples of water and barnacles Amphibalanus amphitrite were collected from Recife, Brazil, to assess if it accumulates total (TC) and thermotolerant coliforms (TTC) related with sewage pollution. The Most Probable Number (MPN) values and the standard procedures for examination of shellfish were used. Comparatively with the water samples, the highest coliform values came from the barnacles, with TC values ranging from < 3.0 × 10³ to > 2.4 × 10(6) MPN.g-1, and TTC ranging from > 2.4 × 10³ to 2.9 ×...

Svetlana A. Lipina

The article examines the opportunities for further development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation on the basis of innovative standards and technology, as the whole system of state man-agement of innovation processes should be based on innovative strategy of the state in general and the region in particular, without which it is impossible to imagine a real, deep and lasting renewal of the economy and entire society.

Raghunathan Ganeshamurthy, and Thipramalai Thankappan Ajith Kumar, and Nagarajan Balachandran Dhayanithi, and Kapila Tissera

Objective: To investigate antibacterial effects of extracts from the seaweed Chondrococcus hornemanni (C. hornemanni) on bacterial pathogens of marine ornamental fish. Method: Methanol extract obtained from C. hornemanni showed a broad and high antibacterial activity against four fish pathogens including Providencia rettgeri, Aeromonas hydrophila, Vibrio alginoticus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. The crude extract obtained from the dried seaweeds was fractionated and purified using column chr...

Guilherme Manna Cesar

Introduction: With the increasing number of young athletes within a competitive scenario the onset of traumatic and non-traumatic injuries also increases, causing pain, dysfunction, and changes in the quality of life of these young competitors. Objective: The goal of this pilot study was to identify the domains (components) of the quality of life questionnaire of these athletes and also to evaluate whether a degree of functional disability was present. Volunteers: Twelve 16-year-old male volunte...

Florian Leese, and Florian Altermatt, and Agnès Bouchez, and Torbjørn Ekrem, and Daniel Hering, and Kristian Meissner, and Patricia Mergen, and Jan Pawlowski, and Jeremy Piggott, and Frédéric Rimet, and Dirk Steinke, and Pierre Taberlet, and Alexander Weigand, and Kessy Abarenkov, and Pedro Beja, and Lieven Bervoets, and Snaedís Björnsdóttir, and Pieter Boets, and Angela Boggero, and Atle Bones, and Ángel Borja, and Kat Bruce, and Vojislava Bursić, and Jens Carlsson, and Fedor Čiampor, and Zuzana Čiamporová-Zatovičová, and Eric Coissac, and Filipe Costa, and Marieta Costache, and Simon Creer, and Zoltán Csabai, and Kristy Deiner, and Ángel DelValls, and Stina Drakare, and Sofia Duarte, and Tina Eleršek, and Stefano Fazi, and Cene Fišer, and Jean-François Flot, and Vera Fonseca, and Diego Fontaneto, and Michael Grabowski, and Wolfram Graf, and Jóhannes Guðbrandsson, and Micaela Hellström, and Yaron Hershkovitz, and Peter Hollingsworth, and Bella Japoshvili, and John Jones, and Maria Kahlert, and Belma Kalamujic Stroil, and Panagiotis Kasapidis, and Martyn Kelly, and Mary Kelly-Quinn, and Emre Keskin, and Urmas Kõljalg, and Zrinka Ljubešić, and Irena Maček, and Elvira Mächler, and Andrew Mahon, and Marketa Marečková, and Maja Mejdandzic, and Georgina Mircheva, and Matteo Montagna, and Christian Moritz, and Vallo Mulk, and Andreja Naumoski, and Ion Navodaru, and Judit Padisák, and Snæbjörn Pálsson, and Kristel Panksep, and Lyubomir Penev, and Adam Petrusek, and Martin Pfannkuchen, and Craig Primmer, and Baruch Rinkevich, and Ana Rotter, and Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber, and Pedro Segurado, and Arjen Speksnijder, and Pavel Stoev, and Malin Strand, and Sigitas Šulčius, and Per Sundberg, and Michael Traugott, and Costas Tsigenopoulos, and Xavier Turon, and Alice Valentini, and Berry van der Hoorn, and Gábor Várbíró, and Marlen Vasquez Hadjilyra, and Javier Viguri, and Irma Vitonytė, and Alfried Vogler, and Trude Vrålstad, and Wolfgang Wägele, and Roman Wenne, and Anne Winding, and Guy Woodward, and Bojana Zegura, and Jonas Zimmermann

The protection, preservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and their functions are of global importance. For European states it became legally binding mainly through the EU-Water Framework Directive (WFD). In order to assess the ecological status of a given water body, aquatic biodiversity data are obtained and compared to a reference water body. The quantified mismatch obtained determines the extent of potential management actions. The current approach to biodiversity assessment is b...

Jonas Bylemans, and Dianne M. Gleeson, and Mark Lintermans, and Christopher M. Hardy, and Matthew Beitzel, and Dean M. Gilligan, and Elise M. Furlan

Monitoring aquatic biodiversity through DNA extracted from environmental samples (eDNA) combined with high-throughput sequencing, commonly referred to as eDNA metabarcoding, is increasing in popularity within the scientific community. However, sampling strategies, laboratory protocols and analytical pipelines can influence the results of eDNA metabarcoding surveys. While the impact of laboratory protocols and analytical pipelines have been extensively studied, the importance of...

Selcan Arpa, and Suheda Ozcakir

Objective: The aim of this pilot randomized study was to assess the efficacy potential of an electromyo-graphic biofeedback-assisted exercise programme on clinical and functional outcomes of hemiplegic patients in comparison with sham electromyogra-phic biofeedback. Patients and methods: Thirty-four patients with hemiplegia were randomized into 2 groups. Both groups participated in an inpatient rehabilitation programme including exercise interventions and ambulation training 5 days a...

S. Tong, and S. Tong, and D. A. Hutchins, and K. Gao

<p>Marine phytoplankton such as bloom-forming, calcite-producing coccolithophores, are naturally exposed to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR, 280–400&thinsp;nm) in the ocean's upper mixed layers. Nevertheless, the effects of increasing carbon dioxide (<span class="inline-formula">CO₂</span>)-induced ocean acidification and warming have rarely been investigated in the presence of UVR. We examined calcification and photosynthetic carbon fixation performance in the most cosmopolitan cocc...

Alberto Ansola Fernández

<p>Abstract: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Spanish fishing and fishermen were engaged in a process of technical, economic and social transformation that was partly leading them towards the industrialization of the industry and towards the proletarianization of their workers. However, in the artistic representations of the literature, painting and cinema of fishing and fishermen, these economic and social changes tended to appear rather blurred and overlapped by the images ...

YANG Deqing, and XU Zixuan, and GAO Chu

The sound package in noise reduction design of ship cabins has become the main approach for the future. The sound package is a specially designed acoustic component consisting of damping materials, absorption materials, sound isolation materials and base structural materials which can achieve the prescribed performance of noise reduction. Based on the Statistical Energy Analysis(SEA)method, quick evaluation and design methods, and the optimal allocation theory of sound packages are investigated....

FANG Xiongbing, and WU Bo

<b>[Objectives]</b> During ship design,designers often need to extract models of a zone,system or cabin from total ship models.<b>[Methods]</b> Aiming at the application demand for distilling cabin models and taking the Jupiter Tessellation(JT) models exported by FORAN as the research object,an automatic technique for 3D cabin model extraction is developed based on the JT format. By analyzing the composition of cabin models,the information embodied in the diversified models composing the cabin,t...

YE Liyu, and WANG Chao, and LI Peng, and WANG Xidong

<b>[Objectives]</b> The reliability of propeller stress has a great influence on the safe navigation of a ship. To predict propeller stress quickly and accurately,<b>[Methods]</b> a new numerical prediction model is developed by coupling the Boundary Element Method(BEM)with the Finite Element Method (FEM). The low order BEM is used to calculate the hydrodynamic load on the blades, and the Prandtl-Schlichting plate friction resistance formula is used to calculate the viscous load. Next, the calcu...

ZENG Fanming, and LIU Jinlin, and LAI Guojun

In this paper, based on a full analysis of the research status for the overall design of marine power plants, the problem of the improvement of marine power plant design being limited by a lack of research into multidisciplinary coupling simulation and optimization for marine power plant design is pointed out, research into the multidisciplinary integrated design optimization theory and methodology for marine power plants is proposed, and a framework for a multidisciplinary integrated design sys...

ZHU Jun, and LIU Ruijie, and GE Yijun, and WANG Zhiyu, and HUANG Kunlun

The pure loss of stability of a ship is one of the failure modes of the second-generation intact stability criteria. Based on the static surface coordinate system, the generalized pitch angle and draught variable are defined, and a wave equation with clear physical meaning is deduced. Based on the Froude-Krylov hypothesis, combined with AutoCAD 2D surface area computing technology and the VBA programming method, a calculation method of the loss of pure stability of ships in regular waves is prop...

LUO Tian, and WAN Decheng

During the ship design procedure, the analysis of ship rolling motions is of great significance because the rolling motions have extraordinary effects on the sea-keeping, maneuverability and stability of a ship. It is difficult to simulate rolling motions due to the effect of viscosity, which causes many nonlinear components in computation. As such, the potential theory used for other ship motions cannot be used for rolling motions. This paper simulates the rolling motions of the DTMB 5512 ship ...

Asmawati Asmawati

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the microorganisms found on used toothbrushes. In this study 25 toothbrushes were investigated, 10 toothbrushes were used less than 3 months, 10 toothbrushes have been used for 3-6 months, and 5 toothbrushes have been used for more than 6 months. Some gram-positive coccus, such as Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Diplococcus. The results showed there were microbial harbored of used toothbrushes. Toothbrushes that have been used for 6 months were harbore...

S. John, and K. Sivakumar, and B.C. Choudhury, and M. Khan

The paper reports the first sighting of a live Bryde’s Whale Balanoptera edeni / brydei from Odisha waters with notes on its behaviour. The paper also discusses an adjacent Bryde’s Whale population in Bangladesh, north of Odisha; previous records of Bryde’s Whales from Indian waters and possible threats to these cetaceans due to development activities in Odisha waters.

Guelson Batista da Silva, and Humberto Gomes Hazin, and Paulo Víctor Araújo do Nascimento

L. Ponsoni, and F. Massonnet, and T. Fichefet, and M. Chevallier, and D. Docquier

<p>The ocean–sea ice reanalyses are one of the main sources of Arctic sea ice thickness data both in terms of spatial and temporal resolution, since observations are still sparse in time and space. In this work, we first aim at comparing how the sea ice thickness from an ensemble of 14 reanalyses compares with different sources of observations, such as moored upward-looking sonars, submarines, airbornes, satellites, and ice boreholes. Second, based on the same reanalyses, we intend to characteri...

Wei Shi, and Yu Han, and Cheng Guo, and Wenhao Su, and Xinguo Zhao, and Shanjie Zha, and Yichen Wang, and Guangxu Liu

Abstract Large amounts of anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere are taken up by the ocean, which leads to ‘ocean acidification’ (OA). In addition, the increasing application of nanoparticles inevitably leads to their increased release into the aquatic environment. However, the impact of OA on the bioaccumulation of nanoparticles in marine organisms still remains unknown. This study investigated the effects of OA on the bioaccumulation of a model nanoparticle, titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nTiO2)...

Jian Ding, and Chengjiang Ruan, and Ying Guan, and Priti Krishna

Abstract Sea buckthorn is a plant of medicinal and nutritional importance owing in part to the high levels of essential fatty acids, linoleic (up to 42%) and α-linolenic (up to 39%) acids in the seed oil. Sea buckthorn can produce seeds either via the sexual pathway or by apomixis. The seed development and maturation programs are critically dependent on miRNAs. To understand miRNA-mediated regulation of sea buckthorn seed development, eight small RNA libraries were constructed for deep sequencin...

Abbas Akbarpour-Kasgari, and Mehrdad Ardebilipour

Abstract Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) relay communication systems are used as an efficient system in spectral efficiency and power allocation view point. In these systems, some of the facilities need channel state information (CSI). Besides, new estimation methods based on compressed sensing (CS) are well known for their spectral efficiency and accuracy. In this paper, we have used a Distributed CS-based channel estimation method to improve the accuracy and spectral efficiency of channe...

Gh. Eskandari; S. Amirinia; A. Savari; V. Yavari

In this study, the stage of gonadal development, type and season of spawning of Otolithes ruber in the North West of Persian Gulf were identified. O.ruber maturation and spawning were studied by macroscopic, microscopic, and histologic observation of gonads which obtained from October 1996 to September 1997 in Khouzestan coasts. In the histologic sections of gonad tissue, stages I to VII of gonadal development were distinguished. Post Spawning follicules were observed only in stages VI and VII (...

Jane Fajans

Regional food in Brazil embodies history, geography, culture, “race”, class, and identity. The competition between two states, Bahia and Espírito Santo, over who makes the best moqueca exemplifies these factors. This competition has less to do with the taste of each than it has to do with values attributed to religion, culture, “race” and class. The dish embodies qualities of those who make it and the context in which it is made and served.

David Bramoullé

Barqa, Fatimides, Navigation, Geniza, Commerce, Jihad, Méditerranée, Banū Qurrā’, Tribus arabes In spite of their oriental attraction and their installation in Egypt in 973, the Fatimids never lost their interests for Ifriqiya and Sicily. The Geniza letters give new informations concerning the Barqa’s area in modern Libya in the beginning of the xi th century. Unable to ensure the order themselves, the Fatimids had to put up with the settlement in the area of an uncontrollable Bedouins clan: the...

Paulo Ilha, and Sergio Rosso, and Luis Schiesari

ABSTRACT The expansion of the Amazonian agricultural frontier represents the most extensive land cover change in the world, detrimentally affecting stream ecosystems which collectively harbor the greatest diversity of freshwater fish on the planet. Our goal was to test the hypotheses that deforestation affects the abundance, richness, and taxonomic structure of headwater stream fish assemblages in the Upper Xingu River Basin, in Southeastern Amazonia. Standardized sampling surveys in replicated ...

Ralph Maddison, and Elaine Anne Hargreaves, and Sally Wyke, and Cindy M. Gray, and Kate Hunt, and Justin Ihirangi Heke, and Stephen Kara, and Cliona Ni Mhurchu, and Andrew Jull, and Yannan Jiang, and Gerhard Sundborn, and Samantha Marsh

Abstract Background Healthy lifestyle programs that are designed specifically to appeal to and support men to improve lifestyle behaviors and lose weight are needed. The Rugby Fans in Training-New Zealand (RUFIT-NZ) program is delivered by professional rugby clubs and inspired by the successful Football Fans In Training program (FFIT), a gender sensitized weight loss program for obese middle-aged men delivered by professional football clubs in Scotland. RUFIT-NZ required development and evaluati...

Benjamin Gillard, and Kaveh Purkiani, and Damianos Chatzievangelou, and Annemiek Vink, and Morten H. Iversen, and Laurenz Thomsen

The anthropogenic impact of polymetallic nodule harvesting in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone is expected to strongly affect the benthic ecosystem. To predict the long-term, industrial-scale impact of nodule mining on the deep-sea environment and to improve the reliability of the sediment plume model, information about the specific characteristics of deep-sea particles is needed. Discharge simulations of mining-related fine-grained (median diameter ≈ 20 μm) sediment plumes at concentrations...

Nathan M. Bacheler, and Kyle W. Shertzer, and Robin T. Cheshire, and Jamie H. MacMahan

Abstract Extreme weather events strongly influence marine, freshwater, and estuarine ecosystems in myriad ways. We quantified movements of a demersal oceanic fish species (gray triggerfish Balistes capriscus; N = 30) before, during, and after two hurricanes in 2017 using fine-scale acoustic telemetry at a 37-m deep study site in North Carolina, USA. During storms, gray triggerfish movement and emigration rates were 100% and 2550% higher, respectively, than on days with no storms. We found that i...

Vincent Deary, and Elaine McColl, and Paul Carding, and Tracy Miller, and Janet Wilson

Abstract Background Medically unexplained loss or alteration of voice—functional dysphonia—is the commonest presentation to speech and language therapists (SLTs). Besides the impact on personal and work life, functional dysphonia is also associated with increased levels of anxiety and depression and poor general health. Voice therapy delivered by SLTs improves voice but not these associated symptoms. The aims of this research were the systematic development of a complex intervention to improve t...

Xi Zeng, and Fang Wang, and Zhennan Han, and Yanlin Sun, and Yanbin Cui, and Guangwen Xu

To utilize low rank coal efficiently, a fluidized bed two-stage (FBTS) gasification process, mainly consisting of a FB pyrolyzer and a transport FB (TFB) gasifier, has been proposed for the production of clean fuel gas. To verify the feasibility and technical features of this novel gasification technology, a pilot autothermal platform, with a treating capacity of 100 kg/h for coal, was designed and built up. By adopting a kind of lignite from Inner Mongolia, the running state and fuel gas qualit...

Carla Treloar, and Max Hopwood, and Elena Cama, and Veronica Saunders, and L. Clair Jackson, and Melinda Walker, and Catriona Ooi, and Ashley Ubrihien, and James Ward

Abstract Background Deadly Liver Mob (DLM) is a peer-driven, incentivised health promotion program aimed at increasing understanding of hepatitis C, promoting harm reduction in relation to injecting drug use, and linking participants to screening for hepatitis C, other blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections among Aboriginal people in Western Sydney, NSW. This paper presents the evaluation of a pilot study examining the acceptability of the program as a first step of a scalabil...

Jorge Cuellar, and Hugo Yébenes, and Sandra K. Parker, and Gerardo Carranza, and Marina Serna, and José María Valpuesta, and Juan Carlos Zabala, and H. William Detrich

Eukaryotic ectotherms of the Southern Ocean face energetic challenges to protein folding assisted by the cytosolic chaperonin CCT. We hypothesize that CCT and its client proteins (CPs) have co-evolved molecular adaptations that facilitate CCT–CP interaction and the ATP-driven folding cycle at low temperature. To test this hypothesis, we compared the functional and structural properties of CCT–CP systems from testis tissues of an Antarctic fish, Gobionotothen gibberifrons (Lönnberg) (habitat/body...

Liliana Enriqueta Montaño Méndez, and Luis Alberto Hernández González, and Hiram Lomelí Mayoral, and Francisco Javier Mesías Díaz, and Adanelly Ávila Arce

The catch of the giant squid (Dosidicus gigas), represents de second fishing activity most important in volume in Baja California Sur, Mexico; is an essential specie not only at the state level but at the pacific and even the national level. Mexico occupies in the world the eight level in the production of squid, but the national consumption, even though the low price of the product and the high nutritional level, is approximately 0.53...

Elise Hennebert, and Edwicka Gregorowicz, and Patrick Flammang

Many marine invertebrates use adhesive secretions to attach to underwater surfaces and functional groups borne by their adhesive proteins and carbohydrates, such as catechols and phosphates, play a key role in adhesion. The occurrence of sulfates as recurrent moieties in marine bioadhesives suggests that they could also be involved. However, in most cases, their presence in the adhesive material remains speculative. We investigated the presence of sulfated biopolymers in five marine invertebrate...

Peng Zhang, and Xiao-Ming Li, and Xin-Xin Mao, and Attila Mándi, and Tibor Kurtán, and Bin-Gui Wang

Kethia L. González, and Richard Gutiérrez, and Yasnay Hernández, and Olga Valdés-Iglesias, and María Rodriguez

Context: There is a wide variety of methods for obtaining of plant extracts that enable a good yield of bioactive metabolites. For several years, extractive techniques have been perfected for obtaining natural extracts with powerful pharmacological properties. Aims: To determine the influence of various extraction methods (infusion, decoction, microwave, maceration with heat and agitation, and constant heat and agitation) on the content of solids, phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity o...

E. L. Medeiros, and G. V. Fernandes, and G. G. Henry-Silva

Abstract This study evaluated the spatial and temporal distribution and density of the bivalve Donax striatus, at beaches close to the Apodi/Mossoró River estuary, through, six semiannual sampling campaigns were performed between April/2009 and October/2011. The sampled area was delimited by 20 transects that were laid perpendicular to the beach line and extended over 300 m in the intertidal zone. Seven sampling points were established in each transect, organisms and sediment were collected, and...

Bogoyavlensky V. I., and Bogoyavlensky I. V.

The results of development of the Arctic and other Russian seas oil and gas fields have been presented. The state of the offshore seismic exploration and drilling fleets has been analysed. Seismic monitoring has been recommended for efficiency and safety of the offshore fields development increasing. Main directions of Russian oil and gas industry development have been determined

Behnam Shekarchi, and Ali Nekuiefard, and Ramin Manaffar

Objective: To investigate the biological effects of β-glucans in cell wall of new identified strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain YG3-1 on the growth of aquatic invertebrates, in Artemia as model organism. Methods: All yeasts used in the present study were isolated from Rainbow trout intestine and then cultured in yeast extract-peptone-glycerol medium. Activation of β-glucan in yeasts was performed by chemical treatment with 2-mercaptoethanol (2ME) (3.5% v/v). Then nauplii and larvae ind...

Apul Goel, and Sandeep Kumar, and S M Natu, and D Dalela, and R J Sinha, and S Awasthi

Aim: To determine the prevalence of testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) in healthy Indian men employed in a hospital aged above 40 years. Materials and Methods: A general medical health check-up camp was organized for all male employees above 40 years age working in surgical departments. After clinical history and systemic inquiry, subjects were requested to fill the St. Louis University′s ADAM Questionnaire based on which the total and free-serum testosterone estimation was then done. Resu...

Andrew R. Levy, and Bashir Matata, and Sam Pilsworth, and Adrian Mcgonigle, and Lyndsey Wigelsworth, and Linda Jones, and Nicola Pott, and Max Bettany, and Adrian W. Midgley

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a degenerative condition that can impair health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A number of self-management interventions, employing a variety of behavioural change techniques (BCTs), have been adopted to improve HRQoL for COPD patients. However, a lack of attention has been given to group management interventions with an emphasis on incorporating BCTs into rehabilitators’ practice. This study aims to pilot and feasibly explore...