about 60 percent of the world's known reserves of oil reside in the middle east region. as such, any developments of this region are of utmost importance for the world economy. the strait of hormuz is the export conduit for 90 percent of the oil of the countries bordering the persian gulf, supplying 40 percent of world oil consumption, and is controlled by our country. since assessment of ...

The probability of an aquatic animal being available for detection is typically <1. Accounting for covariates that reduce the probability of detection is important for obtaining robust estimates of the population abundance and determining its status and trends. The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a bottom-feeding marine mammal and a seagrass community specialist. We hypothesized that the probability o...

OBJECTIVE To assess primary care processes and clinical characteristics of adults with diabetes in remote northern Australian Indigenous communities. DESIGN Clinical audit from diabetes registers in 21 remote primary healthcare centres in the Torres Strait Health Service District (n = 921), three in Cape York, Queensland (n = 252), and three in the Northern Territory (n = 194), between Septem...

OBJECTIVE To determine the reproducibility and validity of a short FFQ (SFFQ) for Australian rural children aged 10 to 12 years, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. DESIGN In this cross-sectional study participants completed the SFFQ on two occasions and three 24 h recalls. Concurrent validity was established by comparing results of the first SFFQ against food recalls...

A comprehensive hydrodynamic model, COMCOT-S, has been aimed at transport reversal in the Taiwan Strait during the period of Typhoon KROSA in 2007. The numerical model is originally based on COMCOT, and a parametric wind model with atmospheric sub-model is imbedded in COMCOT-S for simulating the typhoon-induced currents. The transport characteristics through the Taiwan Strait under the influenc...

Abstract The Malacca Strait is the importance waters for international shipping routes and more 200 cases of ship collisions in period 1970-2015 this strait. That related to some a shallow depth with many small islands strong current which making strait have highest risk certain seasons. CMEMS data used understanding mechanism current, illustrate pattern tranport volume. research uses descripti...

OBJECTIVE To describe factors that predict wanting to quit smoking in a national sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS The Talking About The Smokes (TATS) project used a quota sampling design to recruit participants from communities served by 34 Aboriginal community-controlled health services and one community in the Torres Strait. Baseline s...

SEDIMENTOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MODERN CIRCULATION THROUGH THE BERING STRAIT AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT HISTORY OF THE BERING AND CHUKCHI SEAS DURING THE LAST DEGLACIATION Sea level regression during the Last Glacial Maximum exposed the Bering Land Bridge, and cut off the connection between the North Pacific and Arctic Ocean, ending the exchange of...

ost is a well established influence on both access to medicines and medication adherence rates. Prescription fees can lead to patients forgoing essential medications and to a decline in health care status among needy populations, an observation that is very familiar to Aboriginal community-controlled health services (ACCHSs). While capped patient copayments and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schem...