Underwater man-made noise is recognized as a major global pollutant in the 21st Century, and its reduction has been included in national and international regulations. Despite the fact that many studies have pointed out the ecological impact of noise on marine organisms, few studies have investigated - in a field context - the behavioral response to boat noise in fish. In the present study we m...

The title compound, C48H75B3Cl6O3, was synthesized in two steps from β-himachalene (3,5,5,9-tetra-methyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8-hexa-hydro-1H-benzo-cyclo-hept-ene), which was isolated from the essential oil of the Atlas cedar (Cedrus Atlantica). The mol-ecule consists of an almost planar cyclo-triboroxane ring [maximum deviation = 0.036 (2) Å] linked to three identical fused ring systems with different c...

Near all-sky imaging photometry was performed from a boat on the Gulf of Aqaba to measure the night sky brightness in a coastal environment. The boat was not anchored, and therefore drifted and rocked. The camera was mounted on a tripod without any inertia/motion stabilization. A commercial digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera and fisheye lens were used with ISO setting of 6400, with the ex...

The conformational landscape and ring-puckering properties of ε-caprolactone have been analyzed by using microwave spectroscopy and quantum chemical calculations. Two conformers were detected in a supersonic jet expansion, the most stable form being a chair containing the ester group in its rectangular flap. This conformation benefits from reduced CH2 bond eclipsing and angle strain, while π-el...

The title compound, C(30)H(50)O(3), which was isolated from a marine endophytic fungus, is a new friedelan derivative. The mol-ecule contains five six-membered rings, which exhibit boat (ring A), distorted boat (ring B) and chair (rings C-E) conformations. The crystal structure is stabilized by inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, which link neighbouring mol-ecules into 12-membered rings.

In the title compound, C(29)H(27)N(3)O(5), a dibenz[b,f][1,4]oxazepine derivative, the cyclo-hexane ring adopts a chair conformation, the oxazepine seven-membered ring has a twist-boat conformation, and the piperidin-2-one ring assumes a flattened boat conformation. Inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding between imino and nitro groups links two mol-ecules into a centrosymmetric dimer.

BACKGROUND Breast cancer survivors who participate in physical activity (PA) are reported to experience improved health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, the quantitative research exploring the relationship between the team-based activity of dragon boat racing and the HRQOL of breast cancer survivors is limited. Given the rising number of breast cancer survivors, and their growing attra...

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a need for better tourism information on a portable media like a PDA or mobile phone. The market segment addressed in this market research was boat tourists in the Baltic Sea Region. Two parallel surveys were carried out; a quantitative survey with a sample of 665 respondents and a qualitative survey with 30 respondents. The results in...