The Adriatic Sea is a semi-enclosed sea of the European side of the Mediterranean, covering 138 595 km2 and containing 35 000 km3 of sea water (LUŠIĆ & KOS, 2006). It exchanges its waters with the greater Mediterranean through the Otranto Strait at an approximate rate of 3.3 years (FRANIĆ, 2005), although turnover time varies from 1-5 years when determined with A set of spaceborne synthetic ape...

This paper introduces the Slick architecture and outlines how it may be applied to solve the well known Egg-Cracking Problem. In contrast to other solutions to this problem that are based on formal logics, the Slick architecture is based on general-purpose and low-resolution quantitative simulations. On this benchmark problem, the Slick architecture offers greater elaboration tolerance and allo...

Neuronal stressors such as hypoxia and firing of action potentials at very high frequencies cause intracellular Na+ to rise and ATP to be consumed faster than it can be regenerated. We report the cloning of a gene encoding a K+ channel, Slick, and demonstrate that functionally it is a hybrid between two classes of K+ channels, Na+-activated (KNa) and ATP-sensitive (KATP) K+ channels. The Slick ...

The worldwide increasing recourse to chemical dispersants to deal with oil spills in marine coastal ecosystems is a controversial issue. Yet, there exists no adequate methodology that can provide reliable predictions of how oil and dispersant-treated oil can affect relevant organism or population-level performance. The primary objective of the present study was to examine and compare the effect...

The number of marine pollution arising from illegal oil dischargers from ship tank or bilge pumping is much greater than those spectacular ship accidents. Active microwave sensors deployed on satellites are an important tool in oil spill detection. Among the many different sensors synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is possibly the most suited for oil spill (OS) monitoring and identification, becaus...

Microcosm phytoremediation of crude oil using Spartina alterniflora and simulated via a mathematica model." ii To my family for all their endless support and to the love of my life Adrianna iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost I would like to thank Professor Jerald Schnoor for letting me work for him, sharing his abundance of knowledge, and being an incredible adviser. Thank you to all of the...