XXVII.—The Mollusca of St. Helena

Epidemic of poliomyelitis in St. Helena.

Helena Macedo

This supplement aims to disseminate results obtained from the fi rst dietary survey carried out in Brazil, in which food records for two non-consecutive days were obtained for each interviewee. The supplement contains six studies which address aspects linked to analyzing the prevalence of consumption of different foods, inadequate intake in different age groups, guidelines for analyzing the sam...

Genetics and shell morphometrics of assimineids (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

The Assimineidae are a family of amphibious microgastropods that can be mostly found in estuaries and mangroves in South Africa. These snails often occur in great numbers and are ecologically important to the St Lucia Estuary, which forms a crucial part of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Genetic and shell morphometric analyses were conducted on individuals collected...

Synergistic use of remote sensing data for the study of the Azores and St. Helena current systems

The Azores and St. Helena currents (AzC and StHC, respectively, the latter also known as Tristan da Cunha current), in the North and South Subtropical Atlantic Ocean, have been subject of a few studies using in situ data, that pointed towards a number of similarities between them regarding intensity, depth penetration and volume transport, and the latitudes at which their main cores are found (...

HELENA Stage 2 - Danish Overview

Since the early days of software engineering, a number of methods, processes, and practices to design and develop software systems have been proposed and applied in industry, e.g., the Rational Unified Process, Agile Software Development, etc. However, since no silver bullet exists, organizations use rich combinations of agile and/or traditional methods and practices, rather than following a si...