Since 2010, with the creation of the National Cancer Institute, the Argentine Republic has been tackling the battle against cancer as a genuine public health problem. Today in Argentina, there is a "cancer policy" whose pillars are prevention, education, assistance, and research. In this article, we provide information about the incidence and mortality of the tumours most common in adults and c...

With the advent of new FCC policies on spectrum allocation for next generation wireless devices, we have a rare opportunity to redesign spectrum access protocols to support demanding, latency-sensitive applications such as high-def media streaming in home networks. Given their low tolerance for traffic delays and disruptions, these applications are ill-suited for traditional, contention-based C...

The study investigates feeding habits of thermophilic species and with subtropical affinity in the fishing catch Bay Medulin (northeastern Adriatic Sea), contributes to knowledge about their presence recently extended distributional range. In our methodology, Seriola dumerili, Sphyraena sphyraena, Lichia amia, Coryphaena hippurus, Caranx crysos, Pomatomus saltatrix, incidence Trachinotus ovatus...

Age and growth of the European barracuda, Sphyraena sphyraena, were determined by examining sagittal otoliths belonging to fish sampled in eastern Adriatic Sea, as northernmost region Mediterranean. A total 113 specimens (59 females, 53 males, one individual indeterminate sex), ranging from 23.4 42.5 cm length, analyzed. The maximum observed age was 5 years for both females this barracuda popul...

Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) were implanted with acoustic telemetry transmitters (n = 42) and monitored within a stationary acoustic receiver array (n = 53 receivers) in The Bahamas to examine residency, seasonal movements, and habitat use. Barracuda were monitored for up to 980 days and remained within the array area »33% (median value) of the time. Most tagged barracuda were transien...

Analyses of ciguatoxicity in the great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda and quantity of toxic benthic dinoflagellates on coastal reefs (correlated with the number of cases of human ciguatera intoxications in Puerto Rico) were used to construct a model formulated on data obtained during the period of 1985-1988. The validity of the proposed model has been questioned by recent data obtained during th...

In previous chapters, we have attempted to define the term “gel” in a consistent and meaningful way, while recognizing that the gel state is often easier to recognize than to define (if it looks like “Jello”, feels like “Jello”, and responds like “Jello”, it must be a gel [1]). This leads us to the theme of the present chapter, the elucidation of phase diagrams and composition maps for molecula...