Common pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) is a benthopelagic marine fish belonging to the teleost family Sparidae, and a newly recruited species in Mediterranean aquaculture. The paucity of genetic information relating to sparids, despite their growing economic value for aquaculture, provides the impetus for exploring the genomics of this fish group. Genomic tool development, such as genetic linkage...

What is Pandora Syndrome ? Is this terminology more helpful than FUS or FLUTD or IC ? Results of studies over the past 20 years indicate that idiopathic/interstitial cystitis in cats is the result of complex interactions between the bladder, nervous system, adrenal glands, husbandry practices, and the environment in which the cat lives. A recent review emphasizes that many cats with a diagnosis...

The following paper discusses the way in which female beauty was conceived of ancient Greek culture, especially Hesiodic description creation Pandora. As I argue, some aspects this creature that, according to feminist academic writers, might have resulted from an unsympathetic perception women, as a matter fact, may be part positively charged image ideal woman epics. alleged artificiality and s...

Curiosity—the desire for information—underlies many human activities, from reading celebrity gossip to developing nuclear science. Curiosity is well recognized as a human blessing. Is it also a human curse? Tales about such things as Pandora’s box suggest that it is, but scientific evidence is lacking. In four controlled experiments, we demonstrated that curiosity could lead humans to expose th...

PANDORA is a EU FP7 project that is developing new computational methods to make underwater robots Persistently Autonomous, significantly reducing the frequency of assistance requests. The aim of the project is to extend the range of tasks that can be carried on autonomously and increase their complexity while reducing the need for operator assistances. Dynamic adaptation to the change of condi...

This paper shortly introduces features of a software system called PANDORA-BOX. 1 It shows a novel use of timelinebased planning as the core element in a dynamic training environment for crisis managers. A trainer is provided with a combination of planning and execution functionalities that allow him to maintain and adapt a “lesson plan” as the basis for the interaction between him and the invo...

Urban settings represent a challenging environment for teleoperated and autonomous robot systems. We present a new design for a highly terrainable robot system, detailing the major mechanical, electrical and control systems. The Pandora robot system is a tracked robot system with selfcontained computing, power and wireless communications systems. A sensor suite including stereoscopic and panosp...