The geometry and kinematics of rifts are strongly controlled by pre-existing structures that may be present in both the crust and the mantle lithosphere. In the Gulf of Aden, the Tertiary oblique rift developed through inherited Mesozoic extensional basins that trend orthogonal to the direction of Oligo-Miocene divergence. Such inheritance may produce lateral variations in crustal thickness and...

The information on the biodiversity of crustaceans, especially brachyuran crabs northern shore Gulf Aden is even more limited and almost completely unknown. coasts in south Arabian Peninsula at have not received much attention, with few studies field marine general particular. There a large gap knowledge fauna inhabiting coastline this region, so; study aims to fill data part Peninsula. In stud...

• Signs are emerging that the PLA is becoming more confident about its position vis-à-vis Taiwan. At the same time, China believes that a changing international environment requires the Chinese armed forces to have more diversified capabilities. It is therefore placing relatively more emphasis on developing operational capabilities for missions other than against Taiwan (e.g., humanitarian assi...

Resistance-nodulation-division efflux system AdeIJK contributes to intrinsic resistance to various drug classes in Acinetobacter baumannii. By whole-genome sequencing, we have identified in clinical isolate BM4587 the adeN gene, located 813 kbp upstream from adeIJK, which encodes a TetR transcriptional regulator. In one-step mutant BM4666 overexpressing adeIJK, the deletion of cytosine 582 (C(5...

The deep-sea batfish genus Halieutopsis is reviewed based on worldwide collections. Sixteen species are recognized, including five newly described species: echinoderma sp. nov. from eastern Taiwan and northeastern Australia, kawaii Indonesia, okamurai southeastern Japan, murrayi the Gulf of Aden, taiwanea Taiwan. These differ their congeners in escal morphology, squamation, morphometric proport...