INTRODUCTION The sturgeons of the Caspian Sea are considered highly valuable species. The Caspian Sea has traditionally been regarded as the sea of sturgeon since it produces more than 90 percent of the world’s caviar. Despite a remarkable decline of sturgeon numbers over recent years, the Caspian Sea still continues to be of considerable importance in sturgeon fisheries. In 1997, the global la...

[1] Several domes indicative of non-mare volcanism, morphologically as well as spectrally distinct from surrounding mare and highland units, are located in the Gruithuisen region in northern Oceanus Procellarum. The determination of the nature and age of non-mare volcanism helps to put constraints on lunar crustal evolution. The ages of the domes were previously thought to be mid-Imbrian or pos...

Introduction: Luna 16 landed on the northeastern corner of Mare Fecunditatis on September 20, 1970. The robotic mission returned to Earth with a drill core that sampled the regolith to a depth of 35cm. This core was replete with relatively high-Al mare basalts (11-20 wt% Al2O3 compared to typical mare basalts: 7-11 wt% Al2O3). The return of these samples raised two important questions: does Mar...

Lunar sample 15474,4 is a tiny fragment of olivine-augite vitrophyre that is a mare basalt. Although petrographically distinct from all other Apollo 15 samples, it has been ignored since its first brief description. Our new petrographic and mineral chemical data show that the olivines and pyroxenes are distinct from those in other basalts. The basalt cooled and solidified extremely rapidly; som...

Baia Mare S e p t e m b e r 2 1 2 4 , 2 0 0 6 5th International Conference on Applied Mathematics September 21-24, 2006 organized by Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, North University of Baia Mare, Romanian Mathematical Society, Maramureş Branch

* The author is employed at the United Nations Environment Programme’s Regional Office for Europe. The paper is presented by the author in her personal capacity, however, and opinions expressed in this paper should be attributed to the author. They are not meant to represent the positions or opinions of UNEP or the State Parties to the Framework Convention on the Protection of the Marine Enviro...

An Arabian mare was referred for right granulosa-theca cell tumor (GTCT) evaluation. The mare was presented 4.5 years later for a left GTCT, after successfully conceiving and delivering a normal foal in the interim. The concurrent or nonconcurrent occurrence of bilateral GTCT in mares appears to be rare.

1 Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, North University Center of Baia Mare, Dr. V. Babes Street, No. 62A, ZIP 430083, Baia Mare, Romania, [email protected] 2 Department of Informatics Systems and Networks, Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Egyetem ter, 1., 4032, Debrecen, Hungary, su...

Suture ligature failure is a potential complication during laparoscopic ovariectomy techniques utilizing ligatures as a means of hemostasis. This complication in the standing mare and the successful use of laparoscopic electrosurgical instrumentation as the sole means of providing hemostasis to the mesovarium of a mare are described.

An understanding of the endocrinology of equine pregnancy is helpful when considering administration of supplemental hormones to pregnant mares. We will begin with a basic review and continue on to applying this information in practical therapeutic situations. Progesterone begins to rise after ovulation in diestrus, irrespective of pregnancy status, with the development of the corpus luteum (CL...