The reproductive biology of the tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba has been studied in three very di¡erent environments in Western Australia, namely the lower reaches of the Swan River Estuary and marine waters at the same latitude, i.e. *328S, and a large subtropical marine embayment (Shark Bay) approximately 800 km further north. A macroscopic and histological examination of the gonads demonstrated ...

Human fishing effort is size-selective, preferentially removing the largest individuals from harvested stocks. Intensive, size-specific fishing mortality induces directional shifts in phenotypic frequencies towards the predominance of smaller and earlier-maturing individuals, which are among the primary causes of declining fish biomass. Fish that reproduce at smaller size and younger age produc...

We have performed a Monte Carlo simulation of the influence of diffusing vacancies on the antiphase domain growth process in a binary alloy after a quench through an order-disorder transition. The problem has been modeled by means of a Blume-Emery-Griffiths Hamiltonian whose biquadratic coupling parameter K controls the microscopic interactions between vacancies. The asymmetric term L has been ...

Dengue virus is responsible for the highest rates of disease and mortality among the members of the Flavivirus genus. Dengue epidemics are still occurring around the world, indicating an urgent need of prophylactic vaccines and antivirals. In recent years, a great deal has been learned about the mechanisms of dengue virus genome amplification. However, little is known about the process by which...

Sparidae family is one of the most important demersal group for Turkish fisheries. When considering importance Turkey fisheries, population parameters Pagellus acarne Risso, 1827 have a many proposition future fisheries studies. Studies biology and this species are very limited in Aegean Sea; therefore we aimed to determine (length-weight relationship, age growth parameters, mortality rates rep...

Birds express two β-parvalbumin isoforms, parvalbumin 3 and avian thymic hormone (ATH). Parvalbumin 3 from chicken (CPV3) is identical to rat β-parvalbumin (β-PV) at 75 of 108 residues. CPV3 displays intermediate Ca(2+) affinity--higher than that of rat β-parvalbumin, but lower than that of ATH. As in rat β-PV, the attenuation of affinity is associated primarily with the CD site (residues 41-70...

PURPOSE There are very few epidemiological studies on chronic urticaria (CU). We aimed to investigate the prevalence of CU and to depict demographics and medication patterns for the disease in a nationwide population-based study. METHODS Data on urticaria (L50 of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision) from 2010 to 2014 were obtained from the Korean Health Insurance Revie...

Peitzman ER, Zaidman NA, Maniak PJ, O’Grady SM. Carvedilol binding to 2-adrenergic receptors inhibits CFTR-dependent anion secretion in airway epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 310: L50–L58, 2016. First published November 13, 2015; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00296.2015.—Carvedilol functions as a nonselective -adrenergic receptor (AR)/ 1-AR antagonist that is used for treatment of hy...