Precise knowledge about the extent of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; c. 26.5-19 cal. ka BP) is important in order to 1) improve paleo-ice sheet reconstructions, 2) provide a robust empirical framework for calibrating paleo-ice sheet models, and 3) locate potential shelf refugia for Antarctic benthos during the last glacial period. However, reliable reconst...

The dryline is a prominent feature of the northern Australian environment. Recently, Arnup and Reeder (2007) constructed a low-level climatology of the northern Australian dryline from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology’s operational Limited Area Prediction System (LAPS) (Puri et al. 1998) forecasts and automatic weather station (AWS) observations. They suggested that the dryline develops as ...

F ontaine et al. provide insight into the structure of a geographically disjunct population on a severe downtrend (1). To understand these data, they turned to a Bayesian statistical approach, providing the mathematical base for changing existing beliefs in light of new evidence. Their hybrid simulation/genomic analysis is one of the latest demonstrations that increasing crossfertilization betw...

Vancomycin susceptibility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been changed over time and its average minimum inhibitory concentration increased from 1.5 to 1.75 mg/L. A recently published guideline by the American Society of Health Pharmacist recommended a daily dose of 15-20 mg/kg every 8 to 12 hours of vancomycin to achieve a trough concentration between 15-20 mg/L for treatmen...

The activity of glutathione-S-transferase (GST) in blood cells, liver, spleen and gonads in five Black Sea fish species horse mackerel Trachurus mediterraneus (Staindachner), high body pickarel Spicara flexuosa (Rafinesque), shore rockling Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (L.), round goby Neogobius melanostomus (Pallas), scorpion fish Scorpaena porcus (L.) caught in coastal area of Sevastopol (Black ...

Castanea sativa Mill. is thought to be originated from Turkey. It is an important deciduous angiosperm with edible fruits and valuable wood. It has a wide distribution from east Black sea to Marmara and Aegean Regions. Because of its wide distribution, C. sativa grows on different ecological, geological, climatic and edaphic condition and these results in different associations with different c...

The inflow of warm and saline Atlantic water from the North to Western Arctic is provided by two branches, namely, Fram Strait branch Barents Sea water. pathways these branches merge at St. Anna Trough, then both propagate eastward along continental slope, albeit different depths. As a result, local interaction between in trough affects properties large-scale flow Eastern deep basins. In this s...

The present study was conducted at Khorassan Agricultural Research Center in order to determine the amount of seeds in nursery and the best transplanting date for black zira (Bunium persicum) bulbs from nursery to field and to find out the best cultivation pattern in the field. Treatments consisted of six seed rates (20, 60, 100, 180 and 220 kg/ha) which were sown on November 1996. Results reve...