Consumption of marine fish provides both benefits (lean protein, omega-3 fatty acids and essential nutrients) and risks (main source of mercury (Hg) exposure for humans). Mercury is a potent neurotoxin and the source of more fish advisories nationwide than any other toxicant. Despite the widespread nature of Hg, it is unknown whether local Hg contamination reflects national and regional levels ...

Outline shape carries a substantial part of the information present in an object view, and is more economical than classical representations such as geon-structural-descriptions or multiple-views. We demonstrate the utility of silhouette representations for a variety of visual tasks, ranging from basic-level categorization to nding the best view of an object. All these tasks necessitate the com...

New upper and lower bounds are presented for a multi-dimensional generalization of bin pa king alled box pa king. Several variants of this problem, in luding bounded spa e box pa king, square pa king, variable sized box pa king and resour e augmented box pa king are also studied. The main results, stated for d = 2, are as follows: A new upper bound of 2.66013 for online box pa king, a new 14=9 ...

Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Infection Prevention and Control, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia; Infection Prevention and Control, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Sparus aurata Video-tracking Swimming activity Chronotoxicity MS-222 Anaesthesia Fish are frequently exposed to anaesthetics since their use is necessary in several aquaculture procedures. The aim of this study was to investigate the existence of day–night differences in the toxicity and effectiveness of a common fish anaesthetic (MS-222) in juvenile gilthead sea...

island populations of the lake erie watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum) have experienced a dramatic environmental change in the form of a new abundant prey species, the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus). effects of this biotic change on watersnake reproductive characteristics were tested by comparing offspring size and the relationship between female size and offspring number before and af...

plato in theory of philosopher-king believes that all of the members of ideal city-state, whether ruler or citizens, will attain happiness if the philosopher is the ruler. but there are paradoxes in the theory and the bases of the happiness are unstable too. in other words, plato in his theory presents hierarchical dualities (intelligible/visible world, episteme/ doxa,true/ untrue or shadow, …)...

—Despite widespread recognition of the importance of including stakeholders in management decisions for fisheries, an integrated process for broadening stakeholder involvement in the management of marine fisheries in the United States is lacking. Many marine recreational fishery stakeholders feel frustrated by a perceived lack of inclusion in the management process. Here, we describe a collabor...