1 School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, BT52 1SA, UK 2 Siena Eye Laser, 53035 Monteriggioni, Siena, Italy 3 Emmetropia Mediterranean Eye Institute, Plateia Eleytherias 44, 71201, Heraklion, Crete, Greece 4 School of Life & Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK 5 Midland Eye Institute, 50 Lode Lane, Solihull, West Midlan...

Immediate action is required in the Mediterranean to address environmental degradation that is mainly driven by consumption patterns. Increasing stress on biological and social systems is put by unsustainable consumption patterns. Food consumption patterns are important drivers of environment degradation. The objective of this review paper is to explore natural resources-food nexus in the Medit...

The Mediterranean Region of the West Palearctic is one most species-rich biomes in world, hosting a high level endemism and relict species with important conservation value. North Africa Atlas Mountains (spanning Morocco, Algeria Tunisia) belong to poorly-investigated region area, overlooked aquatic biodiversity; hence, number still remain be discovered. subgenus Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken,...

The plain east of the Neusiedler See, the “Seewinkel” (Fig. 1), is one of the most important biodiversity hot-spot regions in Austria. A number of factors contribute to its richness: (1) The area is situated geographically within the Hungarian plain, i.e. open towards the east but isolated from the west by several mountain ridges. Thus, many organisms with a Central Asian or ancient Mediterrane...

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a well-described monogenic autosomal recessive disorder with highest occurrence in the Mediterranean region. In this article, we describe the experience of a center in the Czech Republic that follows four families with members bearing mutations in MEFV gene without provable ancestry from the Mediterranean region. We also discuss the clinical picture of the ...

Abstract Euthynnus (family Scombridae) is a genus of marine pelagic fish species with worldwide distribution that comprises three allopatric species: E. alletteratus , affinis and lineatus . All them targeted by artisanal commercial fisheries. We analyzed 263 individuals from Atlantic Pacific Oceans using two genetic markers, the mtDNA Control Region (350 bp) nuclear calmodulin (341 bp). The re...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Two Phragmites australis taxa are recognized in Europe: P. australis ssp. altissimus, also known as Phragmites isiaca, in the Mediterranean region and P. australis in the temperate region. Another taxonomic group in the Mediterranean is Phragmites frutescens. European genotypes are diverse genetically, cytologically and morphologically, and are related to African, Asiatic an...

The most common hemoglobinopathies, viz, hemoglobins S and C, and α- and β-thalassemias, were investigated through the molecular screening of 116 subjects from the community of Saracura, comprising fugitive African slaves from farms of the municipality of Santarém, in the west of Pará State, Brazilian Amazon. The observed frequency of the HBB*S gene (0.9%) was significantly lower than that enco...

INTRODUCTION HIV drug treatment has greatly improved life expectancy, but increased risk of cardiovascular disease remains, potentially due to the additional burdens of infection, inflammation and antiretroviral treatment. The Mediterranean Diet has been shown to reduce cardiovascular risk and mortality in the general population, but no evidence exists for this effect in the HIV population. Thi...