ULTIMO AGGIORNAMENTO BANCA DATI: 13/09/2024 13:00:57
Plant disease experimental data have been shown to fit better with a crisp Gompertz model rather than a logistic model. A fuzzy approach based on Zadeh's Extension Principle, which leads to four systems of two parameter dependent autonomous differential equations, is applied to this subject. The solution ...
To measure acoustic frequency, intensity and sensitivity in water tank on the basics of fish movement is a challenging task, for this purpose an autarchic monitoring system is designed. Overall system consists of: acoustic sensor, analog device (spectrometer), software for real time monitoring of acoustic ...
The present work explores the capacity of a machine vision system to detect deviations in the Shannon entropy (SE) of a European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) biological system in response to MeHg contaminated feed. Three groups of fish were exposed for 2 weeks to 0.5, 5 and 10 ppm of methylmercury ...
Pollution in coastal areas is very hazardous for the population. The problem is even higher when this pollution occurs in bathing areas such as beaches in populated areas. In this work, we present a new automatic control application for wastewater plants when pollution is caused by those plants because ...
The development of mobile devices as well as social media platforms recently lead to the necessity of monitoring the latter during crisis and emergency situations. Paradoxically, the huge amount of information available through these new sources may lead to information gaps, within the Public Safety ...
In order to determine the optimal conditions of the oceanographic variables in the habitat of the anchovy “Engraulis ringens” (hereafter referred to as anchoveta for short) were used data of the cruises realized for Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE) between 1985 and 2015. We used generalized additive ...
We examined the relationship between different patterns of meat and seafood consumption and plasma metabolic profiles in an Asian population. We selected 270 ethnic Chinese men and women from the Singapore Prospective Study Program based on their dietary habits assessed with a validated food frequency ...
Ciguatoxins (CTXs), and possibly maitotoxins (MTXs), are responsible for Ciguatera Fish Poisoning, an important health problem for consumers of reef fish (such as inhabitants of islands in the South Pacific Ocean). The habitational range of the Gambierdiscus species is expanding, and new species are ...
Natural medicines are often an attractive option for patients diagnosed with chronic conditions. Three main classes of bioactives that have been reported from marine mussel extracts include proteins, lipids and carbohydrates. Commercially, the most relevant species of marine mollusks belong to two genera, ...
Background India has an immense faunal, floral, as well as cultural diversity with many ethnic communities who are primarily dependent on the traditional medicinal system for their primary health care. Documentation and evaluation of this indigenous remedial knowledge may be helpful to establish new ...
Abstract Objectives The Rapa Nui “ecocide” narrative questions whether the prehistoric population caused an avoidable ecological disaster through rapid deforestation and over‐exploitation of natural resources. The objective of this study was to characterize prehistoric human diets to shed light on ...
Abstract The most utilized method to measure swimming performance of fishes has been the critical swimming speed (UCrit) test. In this test, the fish is forced to swim against an incrementally increasing flow of water until fatigue. Before the water velocity is increased, the fish swims at the water ...
ABSTRACT In June 2014, the first cases of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) were diagnosed on the island of Carriacou, part of the tri-island state of Grenada. In the three months that followed, CHIKV spread rapidly, with conservative estimates of the population infected of at least 60%. Multiple challenges ...
Abstract The complex geological history of East Africa has been a driving factor in the rapid evolution of teleost biodiversity. While there is some understanding of how macroevolutionary drivers have shaped teleost speciation in East Africa, there is a paucity of research into how the same biogeographical ...
Abstract Comparisons of related species that have diverse spatial distributions provide an efficient way to investigate adaptive evolution in face of increasing global warming. The oyster subjected to high environmental selections is a model species as sessile marine invertebrate. This study aimed ...
The very long chain fatty acid elongase (ELOVL) plays an important role in the synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA). Previous studies suggest that chicken could be an alternate source of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). In this study, we detected that ...
Screening of mud crab genus Scylla was conducted in four locations (Marudu Bay, Lundu, Taiping, Setiu) representing Malaysia. Scylla olivacea with abnormal primary and secondary sexual characters were prevalent (approximately 42.27% of the local screened S. olivacea population) in Marudu Bay, Sabah. ...
In vertebrates, the primary sex-determining signals that initiate sexual development are remarkably diverse, ranging from complete genetic to environmental cues. However, no sex determination-related genes have been functionally identified in reptiles. Here, we characterized a conserved DM domain gene, ...
Terrestrial plants use an array of animals as vectors for dispersal, however little is known of biotic dispersal of marine angiosperms such as seagrasses. Our study in the Great Barrier Reef confirms for the first time that dugongs (Dugong dugon) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) assist seagrass ...
The skin is the first barrier of defence in fish, protecting against any external stressor and preserving the integrity and homeostasis of the fish body. The aim of this study was to characterise gilthead seabream skin by isolating cells and studying the cell cycle by flow cytometry, to study the skin ...