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Emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have widely aroused public concern in recent years. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride/perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (POSF/PFOS) had been newly listed in Stockholm Convention in 2009, and short chain chlorinated ...
Recently, there has been a growing need to consider issues related to multiple uses of water-such as navigation, fishing, or recreation-in the operation planning of electrical power systems, specially in predominantly hydro systems. In short-term models, it is of particular importance to consider maximum/minimum ...
A hyperbaric evacuation system for divers, comprising a hyperbaric chamber (8) extending along a respective main direction (A) between a first end portion (8a) and a second end portion (8b), wherein the hyperbaric chamber (8) comprises at least one hatch (11) communicating with a hyperbaric accommodation ...
Today for oceanographic research, many computer vision applications can be used in data analysis, indexing of underwater objects and the estimation of the population statistics of marine animals has been done with the help of the Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles (ROV's). Scientific observation ...
As the need and applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) increase day by day, the research on AUVs become a popular and important topic now a days. A good number of publications are available periodically. Unfortunately till now a review report on current status of the works done on AUVs ...
The energy demand over the years has increased significantly over the year where as the supply of energy from the fossil fuels are continuously reducing at a faster rate. This has turned attention towards the non-conventional renewable sources of energy. One of such energy is wave energy. An oscillating ...
Water is the most abundant, most used and most depleted resource today and hence checking of its wastage and controlling its contamination are the objectives of nations worldwide. The usage of water in households and industrial activities is increasing as the global population trends are on a constant ...
Background Lactococcus garvieae is a rare cause of infective endocarditis (IE) in humans and the bacterium can easily be misidentified. Intracranial haemorrhage often occurs in conjunction with IE, but subdural haemorrhage (SDH) is very rarely encountered. Case presentation The patient was an 81-year-old ...
Timing synchronization is essential in case where multiple sensor nodes with ultrasonic sensors are deployed on the same place. This is because the ultrasonic sensors should be powered at an appropriate timing so as to prevent ultrasonic interference. In this paper, we propose a harmful bird attack ...
The counting of fish (salmon, trout and sea trout) in rivers is a basic tool that allows us to make an inventory of river resources and put its management in order. In this paper we present the design of two low cost optical methods for this purpose. One of them is based on an array of emitters and ...
Objective: The aim of dietary modification, as a cornerstone of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) management, is to optimise metabolic control and overall health. This study describes food and nutrient intake in a sample of adults with T2DM, and compares this to recommendations, and to intake in age, sex, body ...
Introduction: Mycobacterium marinum infection is the most common nontuberculous mycobacterial skin lesions. It results from skin injury and contact with contaminated water, fish, or shellfish; its infections have low frequency, nonspecific symptoms and lack of specific identification methods that can ...
Background: Considering the increasing prevalence of depression in contemporary societies, general tendency for safer treatments with fewer side effects has recently been a subject of interest. Objectives: Food-based strategies, which are one of the outstanding medical solutions in Complementary ...
Predation risk is high for the many small coral reef fishes, requiring successful sheltering or other predator defence mechanisms. Coral-dwelling gobies of the genus Gobiodon live in close association with scleractinian corals of the genus Acropora. Earlier studies indicated that the low movement frequency ...
Recent studies have shown that elevated CO2 can affect the behaviour of larval and juvenile fishes. In particular, behavioural lateralization, an expression of brain functional asymmetries, is affected by elevated CO2 in both coral reef and temperate fishes. However, the potentially interacting effects ...
The present study was conducted to evaluate the influences of different dietary fatty acid profiles on the tissue content and biosynthesis of LC-PUFA in a euryhaline species Japanese seabass reared in seawater. Six diets were prepared, each with a characteristic fatty acid: Diet PA: Palmitic acid (C16:0); ...
The ability of euryhaline Mozambique tilapia to tolerate extreme environmental salinities makes it an excellent model for investigating iono-regulation. This study aimed to characterize and fill important information gap of the expression levels of key ion transporters for Na+ and Cl− in the gill and ...