Pii: S0025-326x(98)00204-5

Pii: S0025-326x(00)00200-9

ALASDAIR J. EDWARDS *, SUSAN CLARK , HUSSEIN ZAHIRà, ARJAN RAJASURIYA§, ABDULLA NASEERà and JASON RUBENS Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Management, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK àMarine Research Centre, Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Marine Resources, Male', Maldives §Coral Reef Research Programme, National Aquatic Resources Research & Development A...

Pii: S0025-326x(99)00037-5

Studies were conducted to assess factors that may in ̄uence the rate and extent of biodegradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in waters of Guayanilla Bay (latitude, 18°N; longitude, 66.45°W) Puerto Rico. Phenanthrene was used as a model PAHs compound. Both the rate and extent of phenanthrene degradation by natural microbial ̄ora present in seawater samples from Guayanilla Bay were quite s...

An Application of Ramp Schemes to Broadcast Encryption

Pii: S0025-326x(00)00039-4

Ria de Vigo is a funnel-shaped, fault-bounded coastal embayment in Galicia, NW Spain. There are a number of important centres of population and industrial activity along its margins, which serve as sources of pollution. Sixty-six subtidal sediment samples have been collected in the Ria. The samples have been subjected to a total digestion technique and analysed for major and trace elements (Al,...

Pii: S0005-7967(98)00204-6

Objective: the present study examined the clinical status of common childhood fears. Method: fears of the 290 children aged 8 to 13 years were assessed and then their severity was explored by means of a structured diagnostic interview measuring anxiety disorders according to the criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Results: childhood fears re ̄ect signi®ca...