[1] Time series observations during 2004–2006 reveal the presence of 60–90 days intraseasonal events that impact the transport and mixing environment within Makassar Strait. The observed velocity and temperature fluctuations within the pycnocline reveal the presence of Kelvin waves including vertical energy propagation, energy equipartition, and nondispersive relationship. Two current meters at...

Good quality data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are needed to assess the effectiveness of programs and interventions, and to evaluate policies that are designed to improve the status of, and service delivery to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Due to the lack of longitudinal data it is difficult to gain knowledge on the specific causes or consequences of change...

Abstract. The temporal evolution of the characteristics of Denmark Strait Overflow Water (DSOW) is reconstructed using hydrographic data and compared with possible atmospheric forcing mechanisms. It is concluded that the main factor influencing the DSOW characteristics at a time scale of one to several years is the difference in mean sea level pressure across Denmark Strait or, in other words, ...

1 In this review, a lower case ‘i’ is used to spell indigenous when referring to indigenous peoples generally. An upper case ‘I’ is used when referring to both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Indigenous peoples of Australia. There is little documented information regarding the ear health and hearing of Torres Strait Islander people, and much of the information reported here ha...

We ask whether dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and phosphorus (DOP) could account for previously identified Arctic Ocean (AO) inorganic nutrient budget imbalances. We assess transports to/from the AO by calculating indicative budgets. Marked DON:DOP ratio differences between the Amerasian and Eurasian AO reflect different physical and biogeochemical pathways. DON and DOP are exported to the No...

1Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, Pisa, Italy; 3Department of Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Centers, Ein Kerem, Israel; 4Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Rosaria Talarico, MD Luisa Marconcini, Managing ...

Muhammed Emin Akkoyunlu, Yasemin Akkoyunlu, Ismail Necati Hakyemez, Fatma Erboy, Gulhan Arvas, Turan Aslan Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Chest Diseases, Istanbul, Turkey Bezmialem Vakif University, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Istanbul, Turkey Bursa Edicational and Rsearch Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Bursa, T...

We included 90 Hp-infected patients diagnosed histologically. The patients with chronic disease who previously received Hp eradication therapy and underwent gastric surgery were excluded. Patients were randomly divided into 2 groups. The therapy protocol, containing rabeprazole 2x20 mg (Bilim, Kocaeli, Turkey), amoxicillin 2x1 g (Glaxo Smith Kline, İstanbul, Turkey), metronidazole 3x500 mg (I.E...

We calculate the probability of strong shaking in Istanbul, an urban center of 10 million people, from the description of earthquakes on the North Anatolian fault system in the Marmara Sea during the past 500 years and test the resulting catalog against the frequency of damage in Istanbul during the preceding millennium. Departing from current practice, we include the time-dependent effect of s...

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