Cage rearing of northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus thynnus) in the Adriatic Sea is a relatively novel branch of aquaculture, with scarce literature on fish pathologies. In this study, viscera and gills of 52 specimens of 13 kg tuna showed an interesting composition of digenean parasitofauna. Most abundant and prevalent were the members of the Didymozoidae family Coeliodidymocystis abdominal...

The meaning of the category and concept of mental retardation is explored through the words of a fictional character, and the accounts of real people who have been injured and stigmatized by the label. Examples of the extremes to which people have gone to avoid or escape the term mental retardation are provided. The classification of retardation is presented as a fabrication with no coherence i...