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In medical and pharmacological research, various human disease models in small fish, such as medaka (Oryzias latipes), have been created. To investigate these disease models noninvasively, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is suitable because these small fish are no longer transparent as adults. However, ...
CO2-driven seawater acidification has been demonstrated to enhance intestinal bicarbonate secretion rates in teleosts, leading to an increased release of CaCO3 under simulated ocean acidification scenarios. In this study, we investigated if increasing CO2 levels stimulate the intestinal acid–base regulatory ...
Evaluating the degree of metal exposure and bioaccumulation in estuarine organisms is important for understanding the fate of metals in estuarine food webs. We investigated the bioaccumulation of Hg, methylmercury (MeHg), Cd, Se, Pb, and As in common intertidal organisms across a watershed urbanization ...
Abstract In this paper, we analyzed the data on marine disasters in Chinese coastal areas over twenty-four years from 1989 to 2012. According to the results of the analysis, the uncertainty degree of marine disaster hazards increased, and the exposure and vulnerability of coastal hazard bearing bodies ...
Abstract In this paper, we investigate the influence of the ship speed on the ship-lock interaction when a 12,000-TEU ship model enters the Third Set of Panama Locks by solving the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations in combination with the k-. Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence ...
Research about the artificial muscle made of fishing lines or sewing threads, called the twisted and coiled polymer actuator (abbreviated as TCA in this paper) has collected many interests, recently. Since TCA has a specific power surpassing the human skeletal muscle theoretically, it is expected to ...
This research introduces the narratives and sensor driven behavior treatment framework in the form of a serious game. For this, well-known fairy tale, the Fisherman and the Genie from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, also known as the Arabian Nights, is refined to be used as the narrative ...
This paper argues that cyber-attacks are increasingly being seen as a threat to maritime situational awareness in the Asia Pacific region, and highlights how the Japanese and Taiwanese governments have been developing both offensive and defensive cyber operations to ameliorate vulnerabilities in their ...
Background Selection of sperm for intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is usually considered as the ultimate technique to alleviate male-factor infertility. In routine ICSI, selection is based on morphology and viability which does not necessarily preclude the chance injection of DNA-damaged or ...
Background Manipulating the dietary fatty acid (FA) content can alter FA profiles of reproductive tissues. Numerous researchers have evaluated the effect of fish oil (FO) supplementation on reproductive characteristics in domestic animals, but reliable information concerning dietary FO effects on semen ...
The ability to change coloration allows animals to modify their patterning to suit a specific function. Many freshwater fishes, for example, can appear cryptic by altering the dispersion of melanin pigment in the skin to match the visual background. However, melanin-based pigments are also used to signal ...
The purpose of this study was to develop a pharmaceutical formulation containing fatty acid extract rich in free omega-3 fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid for topical use. Although the health benefits of cod liver oil and other fish oils taken orally as a dietary supplement ...
Diverse phytophagous heteropteran insects, commonly known as stinkbugs, are associated with specific gut symbiotic bacteria, which have been found in midgut cryptic spaces. Recent studies have revealed that members of the stinkbug families Coreidae and Alydidae of the superfamily Coreoidea are consistently ...
Abstract Dietary fish oil‐derived n‐3 PUFA supplementation can increase muscle mass, reduce oxygen demand during physical activity, and improve physical function (muscle strength and power, and endurance) in people. The results from several studies conducted in animals suggest that the anabolic and ...
The wide distribution of many seagrasses may be attributable to exploitation of currents. However, many species have seeds heavier than seawater, limiting surface floating, and thus, deep water becomes a potential barrier between suitable habitats. In this investigation, we studied the dispersal potential ...
Evidence on the association between dietary component, dietary pattern and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is scarce. A major challenge is the high degree of correlation among dietary constituents. We aimed to identify dietary pattern associated with NPC and to illustrate the dose-response relationship ...
Robotic competitions are ideal benchmarks for robotics research. In this paper, we introduce a class of robotic fish competitions which use biomimetic robotic fish to play water polo-like games. In such competitions, the boxfish-like robots use their onboard cameras to acquire environment information ...
This article presents an application of modified local search (MLS) to design meal's plan for obestity by food exchange list. Both computational experiment and implementation are elaborated. Three obesity cases have been tested with 10 independent trials. The minimum searching time of case I, II, and ...
This work considers the possibility of using the absolute depressions “Bajo del Gualicho” (- 72 m) and “Bajo de San Julián” (-107m), Río Negro and Santa Cruz Provinces respectively, for tidal electrical generation by means of a connection with the Atlantic Sea in Argentinean Patagonia Region [1]. This ...
Traditionally, Capoeta populations from the southern Caspian Sea basin have been considered as Capoeta capoeta gracilis. Study on the phylogenetic relationship of Capoeta species using mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences show that Capoeta population from the southern Caspian Sea basin is distinct ...