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A watercraft includes a plurality of devices, a central controller, and a display device. The central controller (7) is configured to execute centralized control of the devices. The display device (8) includes a touch panel function. The display device is configured to communicate with the central controller, ...
We present an advanced system for monitoring the behavior of a fish population in an experimental tank and derive a set of characteristic features pertaining to their dynamics. Using a 3-D array of ultrasound transducers, the system provides time series of fish positions, allowing for assessment of ...
An iterative approach to optimising the accumulation of non-native long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in transgenic plants was undertaken in Arabidopsis thaliana. The contribution of a number of different transgene enzyme activities was systematically determined, as was the contribution of endogenous ...
Background Tributyltin (TBT) is a ubiquitous persistent xenobiotic that can be found in freshwater, estuarine and marine ecosystem. TBT is a strong endocrine disrupting compound (EDC) that can cause toxic threat to aquatic organisms. Imposex, sexual deformities and endocrine dysfunctions are the causes ...
Background Aquaculture is the quickest growing sector in agriculture. However, QTL for important traits have been only identified in a few aquaculture species. We conducted QTL mapping for growth traits in an Asian seabass F2 family with 359 individuals using 123 microsatellites and 22 SNPs, and performed ...
Automation of fishery survey through the aid of visual analysis has received increasing attention. In this paper, a novel algorithm for the aggregated segmentation of fish images taken from conveyor belt videos is proposed. The watershed algorithm driven by an automatic marker generation scheme successfully ...
This paper discusses an application of some statistical Natural Language Processing algorithms to a set of articles from Wikipedia about top tourist destinations. The objective is to automatically identify the key features of each destination and then discover other destinations which share similar ...
The aim of this research project is to study how mobile technology shapes, changes and develops learning outside the classroom and school environment, so called informal learning. In Kenya, mobile phones are a ubiquitous and indispensable tool in most people's daily lives. Though smartphones are not ...
We describe a distributed, real-time system for the collection and analysis of underwater acoustic data. The system uses a number of preprocessing steps to classify and detect acoustic events and to identify and compensate for gaps in the data stream. Different event-detection techniques are applied ...
Invadolysin is an essential, conserved metalloprotease which links cell division with cell migration and is intriguingly associated with lipid droplets. In this work we examine the expression pattern, protein localisation and gross anatomical consequences of depleting invadolysin in the teleost Danio ...
To provide an antifouling coating composition which does not contain copper or any copper compound (e.g., cupric oxide) and therefore enables the production of an antifouling coating film that does not undergo discoloration or cracking caused by ultraviolet ray or moisture, can have a low VOC and long-term ...
Relationships between six calcifying plankton groups and pH are explored in a highly biologically productive and data-rich area of the central North Sea using time-series datasets. The long-term trends show that abundances of foraminiferans, coccolithophores, and echinoderm larvae have risen over the ...
This paper is concerned with the design and implementation of a new concept of robot to clean the underwater sections of ship hulls without using any magnetic attachment. The use of this type of robots on a regular basis to preserve a clean hull, usually when ships are in port or anchored, will improve ...
This paper presents a system of multiple coordinating autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) that can localize and track a shark tagged with an acoustic transmitter. Each AUV is equipped with a stereo-hydrophone system that provides measurements of the relative bearing to the transmitter, as well as an ...
Multiple antibiotic resistant pathogens represent a major clinical challenge in both human and veterinary context. It is now well-understood that the genes that encode resistance are context independent. That is, the same gene is commonly present in otherwise very disparate pathogens in both humans ...
Recent evidence has shown that antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) are ubiquitous in natural environments, including sites considered pristine. To understand the origin of ARGs and their dynamics, we must first define their actual presence in the natural bacterial ...
An experimental model for immersion challenge of rainbow trout fry (Oncorhynchus mykiss) with Flavobacterium psychrophilum, the causative agent of rainbow trout fry syndrome and bacterial cold water disease was established in the present study. Although injection-based infection models are reliable ...
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In this investigation, serum steroid hormones such as testosterone (T), 17β-estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P) in 12 female of the migratory population of Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in southeast of Caspian Sea during a year from May 2011 to May 2012 were studied. The results of present study revealed ...
The present study was carried out to study the effect of different dosages of β-glucan suspension on immune response and disease resistance in Anabas testudineus spawns against a fungal pathogen Saprolegnia parasitica. Eight day old spawns were exposed for 3 h in four different dosages of β-glucan suspension ...