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Current development of transgenic shrimp research has been hampered due to the lack of the suitable promoters and efficient transfection methods for crustaceans. A 1642 bp sequence, containing 5’-upstream sequence, exon 1, intron 1 and partial exon 2, which is responsible for transcriptional initiation ...
Method for lowering loads (18) by rope from an offshore platform, in which method an inflatable life-raft (30) is let down from the platform on a descent rope (22) until it is floating on the water, and at least one load on the descent rope is lowered into the inflatable life-raft, characterized in ...
This paper describes the DiverNet system that allows real time reconstruction of diver's posture and its visualization using a virtual 3D model. DiverNet is a network consisting of 17 inertial sensors mounted on diver's body, enabling calculation of orientation of each body part. Based on the obtained ...
Due to the health risk related to occupational air pollution exposure, we assessed concentrations and identified sources of particles and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in a handcraft workshop producing fishing lures. The work processes in the site included polyurethane molding, spray painting, lacquering, ...
The infrared docking aid system was developed and investigated to help small craft such as fishing or recreation boats when they sailed close to the pier or port. The experiment was conducted in water tank with the scaled model boat. The system consisted of the infrared beacon locating at the port and ...
Pests due to terrestrial mollusks cause serious damage, both economic and ecological, in various types of agricultural plantations. In this paper we develop a low cost capacitive sensor that wirelessly communicates with the base, to monitor the activity of land snails. Once implemented physically, it ...
Over the course of three weeks in the spring of 2014, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed three new rules and a policy regarding the regulation of water and ...
The study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different dietary oil sources supplementation on laying hens’ performance and fatty acids profile of egg yolks. Seventy-two 23-week-old laying hens (Tetra-SL) divided into six experimental diets (four replicates and three birds per replication) in a ...
The exceptional reactivity of animal collectives to predatory attacks is thought to be owing to rapid, but local, transfer of information between group members. These groups turn together in unison and produce escape waves. However, it is not clear how escape waves are created from local interactions, ...
Female mate preferences for male traits and resource characteristics affect trait evolution and diversification. Here, we test the effects of male body traits and territory characteristics on within-population female preferences and on population–assortative mating in the cichlid Tropheus moorii. Within-population ...
The largely endemic cichlid species flocks of the East African Great Lakes are among the prime examples for explosive speciation and adaptive radiation. Speciation rates differ among cichlid lineages, and the propensity to radiate has been linked to intrinsic and extrinsic factors such as sexual selection ...
This study aimed to examine the benefits of different amounts of omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids from fish oil (FO) on lipid metabolism, insulin resistance and gene expression in rats fed a high-fructose diet. Male Wistar rats were separated into two groups: Control (C, n = 6) and Fructose ...
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disease. The cytogenetic hallmark of CML is Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome. This study aimed to diagnose suspected CML patients, to monitor CML patients under therapy using cytogenetic and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques to analyze ...
In mammals, the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) plays a key role in regulating various genes involved in lipid metabolism, bile acid synthesis and cholesterol homeostasis, and is activated by a diverse group of compounds collectively termed peroxisome proliferators (PPs). Specific ...
The UK election is coming up and the big wild card, the UK Independence Party, certainly has some interesting policies. Some of them are rational if taken in isolation, and reflect an understanding of bits of EU regulation that have caused Britain harm. UKIP points out that in leaving the EU the UK ...
A structural-health wireless sensor network (WSN) should last for decades, but traditional disposable batteries cannot sustain such a network. Energy is the major impediment to sustainability of WSNs. Most energy is consumed by (i) wireless transmissions of perceived data, and (ii) long-distance multi-hop ...
Driven partly by the US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) 2010-G05 for decommissioning of idle wells and structures on active leases in the Gulf of Mexico’s (GOM) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), decommissioning activities are outpacing historical levels (Fig. 1 ...
Nowadays, new technologies assist the capture and analysis of data for all kinds of organizations. A good example of this trend are the seaports that generate data regarding the management of marine traffic and other elements, as well as environmental conditions given by meteorological sensors and buoys. ...
Introduction Schistosomiasis is one of the neglected tropical diseases targeted for elimination in Uganda through the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme. Praziquantel has been distributed using community resource persons in fixed sites and house-to-house visits; however the uptake is still below ...