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This chapter contains sections titled: Power of Rates, Power Density: Sorting Out the Rates, Typology and Caveats
PERHAPS UNSURPRISINGLY, one of the first things you notice when visiting rooftop farm projects in New York City is how many steps you have to climb. After eight flights I emerge onto the sun-drenched rooftop out of breath and sweating, but it's worth the effort. Aside from a fantastic view of the NYC ...
Mangrove forest dynamics are undergoing constant changes because of both natural and anthropogenic factors. However, the rates and causes of loss and restoration remain largely unknown. This study aims to respond to this concern by analyzing the dynamics of mangrove forests and surrounding land covers ...
In this paper, we present data analytics for a quantitative analysis in a rapid mapping scenario applied for damage assessment of the 2013 floods in Germany and the 2011 tsunami in Japan. These scenarios are created using pre- and postdisaster TerraSAR-X images and a semi-automated processing chain. ...
Abstract Directive 2008/56/CE on Marine Strategy provides a framework for Community actions in order to achieve the objectives of good environmental status by 2020. The Directive was transposed in Italy by Legislative Decree. n. 0 190/2010 which lists future actions to be implemented to achieve the ...
Fatty acid analyses of sperm and erythrocyte cell membrane phospholipids in idiopathic infertile patients evidenced that erythrocyte contents of EPA, DHA, omega-6–omega-3 ratio and arachidonic acid provide a mathematical correspondence for the prediction of EPA level in sperm cells. The erythrocyte ...
Background and Aim. Although mercury is involved in several immunological diseases, nothing is known about its implication in celiac disease. Our aim was to evaluate blood and urinary levels of mercury in celiac patients. Methods. We prospectively enrolled 30 celiac patients (20 treated with normal ...
Sarcopenia is defined as a syndrome characterized by progressive and generalized loss of muscle mass and strength. The more rationale approach to delay the progression of sarcopenia is based on the combination of proper nutrition, possibly associated with the use of dietary supplements and a regular ...
Almost forty years ago, it was first hypothesized that an increased dietary intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from fish fat could exert protective effects against several pathologies. Decades of intense preclinical investigation have supported this hypothesis in a variety of model ...
Coastal environments worldwide are threatened by the effects of pollution, a risk particularly high in semienclosed basins like the Mediterranean Sea that is poorly studied from bioremediation potential perspective especially in the Southern coast. Here, we investigated the physical, chemical, and microbiological ...
Due to anthropogenic activities the relative concentrations of cadmium and manganese have increased in the marine environment. Cephalopods are able to accumulate such metals and, as inhabitant of coastal waters, Octopus vulgaris is continuously exposed to anthropogenic activities. Since no study is ...
The invention relates to a portable device (1), consisting of internal cells (3) which, by swelling, unfold in the form of a balloon around the carrier (6), which is moored there by straps and harnesses ( 7, 8 and 9). Disengaged by the lever (20) of the mechanism (22), the hook (23), driven by a carriage ...
The present invention provides a yarn comprising a composite yarn composed of a core part comprising a short fiber and a sheath part comprising a synthetic fiber filament yarn, the core part and the sheath part being integrated via fluff of the short fiber getting between or entangled with the long ...
This paper presents the first known research to examine sound production by fishes during harmful algal blooms (HABs). Most fish sound production is species-specific and repetitive, enabling passive acoustic monitoring to identify the distribution and behavior of soniferous species. Autonomous gliders ...
Transportation facility or automotive service enterprise location is an interesting and important issue. To improve transportation efficiency, many researchers have addressed the traditional facility location allocation (FLA) problem, e.g., the FLA problem with the minimum transportation cost or the ...
Background The marine environment having vast resources of natural products with potential bioactivities. Among the marine natural products, fatty acids obtained from marine mollusks have broad range of biological activities including antimicrobial and antitumor activities. The present study aims to ...
Background Zinc is an essential trace element in organisms, which serves as a cofactor for hundreds of enzymes that are involved in many pivotal biological processes including growth, development, reproduction and immunity. Therefore, the homeostasis of zinc in the cell is fundamental. The zinc transporter ...
Teleosts show a great variety in visual opsin complement, due to both gene duplication and gene loss. The repertoire ranges from one subfamily of visual opsins (scotopic vision) including rod opsin only retinas seen in many deep-sea species to multiple subfamilies of visual opsins in some pelagic species. ...
The process for making food products based on surimi, comprises obtaining a strip of surimi, depositing a fodder product having cheese close to an edge of the surimi strip (11) using a pump with constant flow, rolling the surimi strip around the fodder product to form a stuffed surimi roll (12), packing ...