Three strains of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii of different geographic origin were tested for their short-term deleterious effects on a diversity of marine protists. All A. ostenfeldii strains were capable of eliciting an apparent allelochemical response, but the various protistan target species were differentially affected. Protists that were negatively affected by exposure...

Since the early part of the 20th Century the impact of a range of anthropogenic activities in our coastal seas has steadily increased. The effect of such activities is a major cause for concern but in the benthic environment few studies exist that date back more than a few decades. Hence understanding long term changes is a challenge. Within this study we utilized a historic benthic dataset and...

Colon or colorectal cancer is a common type of human cancer, which originates in the intestine crassum or the rectum. In the United States, colorectal cancer has one of the highest rates of cancer‑related mortality. Investigating novel chemotherapeutic approaches is significant in the treatment of cancers, such as colorectal cancer. α-tocopherol ether-linked acetic acid (α-TEA) is a potent anti...

BACKGROUND Laterality defects are rare in cattle and usually manifest as asplenia or polysplenia syndrome. These syndromes may be associated with situs ambiguus, which is a dislocation of some but not all internal organs. The objective of this report was to describe the clinical and post-mortem findings including the macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of selected organs in a cow with polysplen...

This paper discusses the process of designing a spatial “knowledgebase” for infrastructure interdependency. Infrastructure interdependency is a new field of research that deals with interrelationships between critical infrastructure sectors in disaster management. The design and implementation of a spatial knowledgebase that mimics interrelationships between selected critical infrastructure sec...

Elevated mortalities of brown trout (Salmo trutta m. fario) and grayling (Thymallus thymallus) were noticed in the Cetina River at the end of the February. Local anglers collected the samples of moribund fish and submitted them to the laboratory for examination. Ectoparasitological, bacteriological and virological examination did not reveal any ectoparasite, bacteria or viral agents, however py...

this article examines the cultural and artistic context of one of the most famous roman frescoes, the Odyssey landscapes. it argues that the painting’s fictive portico frame would have evoked in the roman viewer the experience of the ambulatio, the act of walking for leisure and contemplation that came to be an essential element of a properly hellenized otium. the painted portico thus puts the ...