A taxonomic revision of the scorpaenid genus Brachypterois resulted in three valid species. Brachypterois serrulifer Fowler 1938, previously regarded as ajunior synonym of Sebastes serrulatus Richardson 1846, can be distinguished from its congeners by having usually 16 pectoral-fin rays (vs. 15 in the congeners) and 0-22 spines on the median lateral ridge of the maxilla (vs. almost always absen...

The ability of zebrafish to fully regenerate its caudal fin has been explored to better understand the mechanisms underlying de novo bone formation and to develop screening methods towards the discovery of compounds with therapeutic potential. Quantifying caudal fin regeneration largely depends on successfully measuring new tissue formation through methods that require optimization and standard...

This paper presents the excitation of a longitudinal slot on a hollow rectangular coaxial line by a metal support between two conductors and the fabrication by diffusion bonding of laminated metal thin plates. The measured loss of a straight line is 0.046dB/cm at 60GHz while the simulated one is 0.043dB/cm.

A myxozoan parasite belonging to the genus Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933 (Cnidaria, Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) was isolated from the fins of Labeo dero inhabiting Ranjit Sagar Wetland, Punjab, India. The plasmodium was 0.5-0.7 mm in diameter each containing 80- 100 number of myxospores. Myxospores were egg shaped to ovoidal in valvular view having bluntly pointed anterior and broad rounded posterior e...

In most domestic and commercial refrigeration systems, frost forms on the air-side surface of the air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger. Frost-tolerant designs typically employ a large fin spacing in order to delay the need for a defrost cycle. Unfortunately, this approach does not allow for a very high air-side heat transfer coefficient, and the performance of these heat exchangers is often air-si...

Heat and flow enhancement is a critical weapon for the design of highly efficient, compact, cost-effective devices. The objective this analysis detailed examination implementation different fin shapes on internal side tube aiming heat enhancement. reference empty examined, while use circular, rectangular, triangular fins also studied. Different simulations were conducted with developed computat...

Abstract Herein we describe two new species of Diapoma, one from the Negro River, a tributary Uruguay River in Brazil and Uruguay, Iguaçu Argentina. The basin is distinguished its congeners by following combination characters: black narrow conspicuous line restricted to body horizontal septum, incomplete lateral line, tricuspid teeth inner series premaxilla, lower depth at vertical through dors...

Described is a new species of the genus Stenosemus from Gulf Alaska. It differs other this Northeast Pacific by having longitudinal undulating folds in pleural areas intermediate valves, flattened, smooth dorsal calcareous corpuscules on perinotum and rectangular central teeth radula.

In this paper, a comprehensive study on the performance of parallel plate and rectangular micro channel counter flow heat exchangers is presented. The geometrical parameters of the two configurations are optimized for a given heat transfer rate, effectiveness and pressure drop. In case of rectangular micro channel counter flow heat exchanger, a reduced order model is developed first in which re...