Visual Environment for a Good Lookout at Sea

Good news for sea turtles.

Following the overexploitation of sea turtle populations, conservation measures are now in place in many areas. However, the overall impact of these measures is often unknown because there are few long time-series showing trends in population sizes. In a recent paper, George Balazs and Milani Chaloupka chart the number of green turtles Chelonia mydas nesting in Hawaii over the past 30 years and...

SEA : a Symbolic Environment for

We here present the system SEA which integrates manipulations over boolean and multiplicity automata. The system provides also self development facilities.

Visual awareness: Still at sea with seeing?

Recent experiments clarify the role of the primary visual cortex and other cortical areas in visual awareness and blindsight.

Tokelau: a unique low allergen environment at sea level.

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that children in Tokelau have a lower prevalence of asthma and atopy compared to Tokelauan children resident in New Zealand. We hypothesized that the low asthma and atopy prevalence in Tokelau may be associated with low indoor allergen levels. METHODS Dust was collected from bedding and floors of 76 homes and four public buildings in Tokelau and from the...

Sustainable medicine: good for the environment, good for people.