Water Footprint of the Water Cycle of Gran Canaria and Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

[High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in medical students in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Spain)].

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency has been described in many diseases and indeed in the general population. However fewer reports have been published in young and healthy people. Vitamin D deficiency should not be found in medical students of the Canary Islands, because they have all the resources to avoid it. OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in a population of medic...

unusual vermamoeba vermiformis strain isolated from snow in mount teide, tenerife, canary islands, spain

background: free-living amoebae (fla) are protozoa that are widely distributed in the environment mainly in water and soil related habitats. thermophilic amoebae are among the most common fla in water bodies, being vermamoeba vermiformis one of the most common species reported worldwide from these sources. interestingly, v. vermiformis has often been reported to survive at high temperatures and...

Storage conditions and eruptive dynamics of central versus flank eruptions in volcanic islands: the case of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

We report the results of phase equilibrium experiments on a phonolite produced during one of the most voluminous flank eruptions (ca. 1 km 3) of the Teide-Pico Viejo complex (Tenerife Island). Combined with previous experimental and volcanological data we address the factors that control the structure of the phonolitic plumbing system of Teide-Pico Viejo stratovolcanoes. The Roques Blancos phon...

Suicidal behavior in schizophrenia and its relationship to the quality of psychotic symptoms and insight - a case report.

SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE QUALITY OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS AND INSIGHT A CASE REPORT Francisco J. Acosta, Samuel G. Siris, Elena Díaz, María Salinas, Patricia del Rosario & José L. Hernández Mental Health Research Program, Service of Mental Health, General Health Care Programs Direction, Canary Health Service, Pérez del Toro Street s/n, Gran Canaria, Canary Isl...

p,p'-DDE residues in eggs of European kestrel Falco tinnunculus from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.