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Background Opisthorchis viverrini is a food-borne trematode species that might give rise to biliary diseases and the fatal cholangiocarcinoma. In Lao PDR, an estimated 2.5 million individuals are infected with O. viverrini, but epidemiological studies are scarce and the spatial distribution of infection ...
Background Omnivorous diets are high in arachidonic acid (AA) compared to vegetarian diets. Research shows that high intakes of AA promote changes in brain that can disturb mood. Omnivores who eat fish regularly increase their intakes of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), fats ...
Background Chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH) is fast becoming a well established technique for easy and sensitive determination of HER2 gene status in breast cancer. However, for the chromogenic method to achieve status as a safe and reliable technique, the method needs to be validated against ...
Background: Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occurs in many occupational settings. There is evidence in animal models that maternal exposure to PAHs during pregnancy is associated with gastroschisis in offspring; however, to our knowledge, no human studies examining this association ...
Globally, fisheries are challenged by the combined impacts of overfishing, degradation of ecosystems and impacts of climate change, while fisheries livelihoods are further pressured by conservation policy imperatives. Fishers' adaptive responses to these pressures, such as exiting from a fishery to ...
Water monitoring is important in domains including documenting climate change, weather prediction and fishing. This paper presents a simple and energy efficient localization strategy for near surface buoy based sensors. Sensors can be dropped randomly in the ocean and thus self-calibrate in terms of ...
Underwater communication system comprising a plurality of communication modules, each provided with a microprocessor, a memory, a transmitter and a receiver unit; these communication modules are incorporated in an underwater computer and in a plurality of underwater equipment devices; the underwater ...
The device has a container containing an ecosystem of aquatic organisms (AO). The container is provided with a lid (CV) to cover an upper surface of the container. The container provides an entry and an exit (Oi) of water for receiving and delivering a water flow (FO) crossing the container, respectively. ...
A fish feed comprising a plurality of pellets or particles, each pellet or particle having, as its principal component, a fresh cultured polychete product, together with at least one other naturally-occurring or organic material, so as to provide a composite diet comprising a balance of various nutrients ...
The invention relates to a device (10) for separating filets from the spinal column (11) of beheaded, slaughtered fish with open abdominal cavity by cutting the bridge left by the abdominal and back blades around the spinal column (11), the fish being transported on transport saddles (15), comprising ...
The invention concerns a process for improving the shelf life of and/or stabilising products which can spoil under the action of microbes: during the production, processing or packing process, the surfaces of the products and/or their surroundings, in particular the surrounding air and/or surfaces of ...
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an instant ground meat product from at least one ground meat preform which is placed on a rack or a bottom of a drying chamber of a freeze-drier in order to be freeze-dried. According to the invention, a projecting surface of the ground meat preform ...
Maintaining viable populations of salmon in the wild is a primary goal for many conservation and recovery programs. The frequency and extent of connectivity among natal sources defines the demographic and genetic boundaries of a population. Yet, the role that immigration of hatchery-produced adults ...
In the face of global overfishing of wild-caught seafood, ocean fish farming has augmented the supply of fresh fish to western markets and become one of the fastest growing global industries. Accurate reporting of quantities of wild-caught fish has been problematic and we questioned whether similar ...
Fisheries catches worldwide have shown no increase over the last two decades, while aquaculture has been booming. To cover the demand for fish in the growing human population, continued high growth rates in aquaculture are needed. A potential constraint to such growth is infectious diseases, as disease ...
The invention relates to a floating mortar mix or mortar characterised in that said mortar is recyclable and contains low-density materials, mainly selected from botanical, household and industrial waste, new and used empty containers, packaging, polystyrenes, polyurethanes and polyisocyanates, inter ...
The invention relates to a transparent filtering element for preventing damage to healthy eyes and for the treatment and prophylaxis of eyes which are pseudo-aphakic and/or show macular or retinal degeneration. The invention is characterised in that the element is produced by applying a filter with ...
Background Visceral obesity and insulin resistance are associated with a postprandial accumulation of atherogenic chylomicron remnants that is difficult to modulate with lipid-lowering therapies. Dietary fish oil and exercise are cardioprotective interventions that can significantly modify the metabolism ...
Ocean acidification has the potential to cause dramatic changes in marine ecosystems. Larval damselfish exposed to concentrations of CO2 predicted to occur in the mid- to late-century show maladaptive responses to predator cues. However, there is considerable variation both within and between species ...
Mammalian stanniocalcin-1 (STC-1) is one of several ligands targeted to mitochondria. High affinity STC-1 receptors are present on the mitochondrial membranes of nephron cells, myocytes, and hepatocytes, to enable ligand sequestration within the matrix. However, STC-1 receptors have not been characterized ...