The nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the causative agent of human angiostrongyliasis, the main clinical manifestation of which is eosinophilic meningitis. Although this parasite has been found recently in its definitive rat host in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), showing a widespread distribution over the north-east part of the island, there are no available data regarding which snail ...

c Tidal gravity observations have been carried out in Tenerife (Canary Islands) at the. base of the Teide volcano, more than two thousand meters above the sea level. The measurements have been done using a Lacoste&Romberg-G gravimeter (number 665), with electronic feedback during a period of six months. The results show, after a suitable correction of the ocean loading and attraction' effects, ...

INTRODUCTION Increasing awareness of the potential chronic health effects of arsenic (As) at low exposure levels has motivated efforts to better understand impaired child development during pregnancy by biomarkers of exposure. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prenatal exposure to As by analysis of an alternative matrix (meconium), to examine its effects on neonatal outcomes and inves...

We show that the Bronnikov theorem on nonexistence of regular electrically charged black holes can be circumvented. In the frame of nonlinear electrodynamics, we present the exact regular black hole solutions of a hybrid type. They are electrically charged, but contain a ‘dual’ core confining a polarization of magnetic charges. The considered example is based on a modification of the AyónBeato ...

We analyze, for the first time, the scaling behavior of the photospheric vertical velocity field. Our analysis is based on data collected by the Italian Panoramic Monocromator (IPM) mounted at the THEMIS telescope at the Spanish “Observatorio del Teide” (Tenerife) of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias. We investigate the occurrence of scaling in the cancellations between downflow and upfl...

In this paper I report on the recent results obtained from the Tenerife switched beam (10 GHz to 33 GHz) experiment and Jodrell Bank 5 GHz interferometer and their predictions for foreground levels. The full data analysis and results will be presented elsewhere. It is found that free-free emission dominates above 10 GHz, whereas synchrotron emission dominates below 5 GHz. In the beginning there...

We present solar equatorial rotation velocities measured with two different spectral lines (Fe I 557.6 nm and Ni I 676.8 nm) and two different spectrometers at the German Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) on Tenerife. The ‘classical’ sidereal solar equatorial rotation velocity of about 2000 m/s has been confirmed. The results are compared with those from velocity data of the Michelson Doppler Imager...