OBJECTIVE To obtain data of prevalence of risk of the disorder attention deficit (ADHD) in the child and adolescent population of the Canary Islands. SUBJECTS AND METHOD The sample used is 4858 participants of whom 2553 are girls (52.55%) and 2305 boys (47.45%) with a range of age between 6 and 16 years. Also of the total sample 2500 participants belong to primary while 2358 come from. These ...

In 2012, a new betacoronavirus, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), was identified in humans. Several studies confirmed dromedary camels to be a potential reservoir and a source for human infection. Camels located on the Canary Islands were included in those studies and ca 10% of them were positive for MERS-CoV-specific antibodies. However, these findings could not be corre...

Evolutionary molecular studies of island radiations may lead to insights in the role of vicariance, founder events, population size and drift in the processes of population differentiation. We evaluate the degree of population genetic differentiation and fixation of the Canary Islands blue tit subspecies complex using microsatellite markers and aim to get insights in the population history usin...

A spokesm an for the Dutch airline KLM said all 235 p assen ­ gers and 14 crew m em bers aboard its Boeing 747 w ere killed w hen it collided with a Pan A m erican Boeing 747. Pan American officials in London said the ir plane was carrying 380 passengers and 16 crew m en. In Los A ngeles, w here the Pan American flight originated, officials said the plane had 370 passengers. A irport officials ...