The biliary trematode Pseudamphistomum truncatum parasitizes a wide range of fish-eating mammals, including humans. Here we report the emergence of this parasite in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea. One hundred eighty-three of 1 554 grey seals (11.9%) examined from 2002-2013 had detectable hepatobiliary trematode infection. Parasite identification was confirmed as P. truncatum ...

In this paper we introduce a blanket mold imprinting process to prevent complication of the fluid flow and difficulties in producing high pressure seals. Inchannel embedded metal lines were also fabricated within the channel allowing electrochemical detections of analytes. Electrochemical microfluidc device has been fabricated on the PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) substrate by using imprintin...

The behavior of Hawaiian monk seals at French Frigate Shoals was studied in order to obtain information on their adaptation to a tropical climate. The seals were unable to remain on the dry beach platform during the day except during very high winds, extensive cloud cover, or rain. The seals characteristically moved down to wet sand on the beach slope during the day and returned to the beach pl...

SINCE May 2002, a new outbreak of phocine distemper virus (PDV) in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) has been spreading through the North Sea (Harding and others 2002, Jensen and others 2002). By late September 2002, over 17,200 dead harbour seals had been reported dead in European waters (Reineking 2002), approaching the 18,000 deaths resulting from the PDV outbreak in 1988 (Heide-Jørgensen and o...

Abstract The Wadden Sea is a busy environment in which multiple species share limited space. Humans use the area for recreation and economic purposes, while it also represents an ecologically valuable space as one of largest intertidal areas world. Sharing with recognized challenge by seal rehabilitation center Netherlands, who cares seals their habitat, Sea. To diminish harmful effects human-s...

Background Currently, stirred tank reactors (STR) represent the gold standard for the large scale growth of suspension cell lines. Culture performance is strongly influenced by the efficiency of mixing, as measured by the mass transfer coefficient and mixing time. The success of traditional stainless steel or glass STR systems lies in their impeller driven agitation that efficiently mixes large...

One-visit mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) apexification is gaining in popularity over the use of calcium hydroxide barriers. This study examined the sealing properties of two MTA apexification procedures using an in vitro apexification model. White MTA was introduced into instrumented single-rooted canals with standardized artificially created open apices to form 3- to 5-mm-thick orthograde ap...

In this paper, we study flow through thin porous media as in, e.g. seals or fractures. It is often useful to know the permeability of such systems. In the context of incompressible and iso-viscous fluids, the permeability is the constant of proportionality relating the total flow through the media to the pressure drop. In this work, we show that it is also relevant to define a constant permeabi...

People making decisions require information about their options. Across a wide range of tasks, they receive information from diverse sources, such as the Web, print, radio and television. As the Internet Age progresses, each decision maker must increasingly assess the credibility of the author, the credibility of the evidence the author cites, and the credibility of the publisher in order to ga...