– the normal and lateral line cycloid scales of a cyprinid fish capoeta damascina (valenciennes incuvier and valenciennes, 1842) have been subjected to the scanning electron microscopy technique in orderto study their detailed structure. the scales have the general morphological characteristics of the cycloidscales. in the normal scale located below the dorsal fin, the focus lies towards the an...

In this study, the antimicrobial activity of the acetone, diethyl ether and ethanol extracts of the lichen Cetraria aculeata has been investigated. The extracts were tested against twelve bacteria and eight fungi and found active against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Aeromonas hydrophila, Proteus vulgaris, Streptococcus faecalis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aerugi...

Branchioblastoma in Sardinella longiceps is described in present study. Large tumour masses were found under the operculum. Tumour is characterized by the multilobed and pale to red in color and located in the brachial chamber of the fish. It varied in consistency from very soft and triable to hard and also vary in size from 17 mm to 33 mm in diameter and 18 to 44 mm in length. Prevalence study...

The algal dominated communities immediately above and below the low-water spring level on a moderately exposed Manx shore were investigated by canopy removal experiments. Fucus serratus, Laminaria digitata and L. hyperborea were removed. Competition was shown to be important in determining the zonation of L. digitata and the distribution along the wave exposure gradient of other species such as...

We determined the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes of three evaniomorph species, Ceraphron sp. (Ceraphronoidea), Gasteruption sp. (Evanioidea), and Orthogonalys pulchella (Trigonalyoidea) as well as the nearly complete mt genome from another evaniomorph species, Megalyra sp. (Megalyroidea). Each of them possesses dramatic gene rearrangements, including protein-coding or rRNA genes. Gene inve...

K. Ohneberg1,2; M. Wolkewitz1,2; J. Beyersmann3; M. Palomar-Martinez4,5; P. Olaechea-Astigarraga6; F. Alvarez-Lerma7; M. Schumacher1 1Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 2Freiburg Center for Data Analysis and Modelling, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 3Institute of Statistics, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; 4Hospital...

In a recent paper, Valdès-Parada and Alvarez-Ramirez [Phys. Rev. E 84, 031201 (2011)] used the technique of volume averaging to derive a "frequency-dependent" dispersion tensor, D(γ)(*), the goal of which is to describe solute transport in porous media undergoing periodic processes. We describe two issues related to this dispersion tensor. First, we demonstrate that the definition of D(γ)(*) is...