... and Postharvest Officer ofthe Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations, Regional Office for Asia andthe Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand These are indicators of severe land scarcity, ... The views expressed in this publication are those ofthe author and not necessarily reflect the views ofthe Food and Agriculture Organization ofthe United Nations The designation and presentation ... that thechallengesandopportunitiesfor rural infrastructure and agroindustries development in the Asia Pacific Region can be addressed to some extent through the application of each of these Thematic...
... J "The Future of Cloud Computing Is the Recent Past of SOA forthe Software Life Cycle " Database Trends and Applications Formica, "Similarity of XML-Schema Elements: A Structural and Information ... Characteristics and results are shown for each of these specific stages ofthe maturity model Additional studies suggest that the development of pilots for AJAX and XML security integration in the Cloud ... one -for- one correspondence between the application in use on the SaaS platform andthe user requesting it This does not scale well from a performance or security standpoint, and is primarily the...
... years through the development and use of a succession of live food organisms as feed forthe developing larvae The aim ofthe present manual was therefore to review and summarise the latest developments ... permission ofthe copyright owner Applications for such permission, with a statement ofthe purpose and extent ofthe reproduction, should be addressed to the Director, Information Division, Food and ... Countries forthe synthesis of information in the field of aquaculture nutrition The editors would like to thank James de Caluwe, Rudi Bijnens, Magda Vanhooren and March Verschraeghen for their assistance...
... the advantage of allowing control ofthe quality ofthe cultures The major difficulty in microscopic counts is reproducibility, which is a function ofthe sampling, diluting, and filling ofthe ... reduce the time required for upscaling The lag in growth is attributed to the physiological adaptation ofthe cell metabolism to growth, such as the increase ofthe levels of enzymes and metabolites ... Also, the quality ofthe harvested cells may be less predictable than that in continuous systems andfor example vary with the timing ofthe harvest (time ofthe day, exact growth phase) Another...
... of sudden collapses ofthe cultures (Hirayama, 1987) Most probably the reason for these crashes was explained by the poor digestibility ofthe yeast, which requires the presence of bacteria for ... facilitates on one hand the possibilities for automatic feeding but on the other hand requires the use of aeration and cold storage The following standard culture procedure has been developed and tested ... consisting ofthe head, trunk and foot (Fig 3.1.) The head carries the rotatory organ or corona which is easily recognized by its annular ciliation and which is at the origin ofthe name ofthe Rotatoria...
... expansion of aquaculture production in the 1970’s, the demand for Artemia cysts soon exceeded the offer and prices rose exponentially, turning Artemia into a bottleneck forthe expansion ofthe hatchery ... feet and feathers of birds, and when ingested they remain intact for at least a couple of days in the digestive tract of birds Consequently the absence of migrating birds is probably the reason ... salinity is the common feature determining the presence of Artemia, the impact of other parameters (temperature, primary food production, etc.) may at most affect the abundance ofthe population and...
... hatchability Hatchability of cysts is largely determined by the conditions and techniques applied for harvesting, cleaning, drying and storing ofthe cyst material The impact of most of these processes ... dry weight of instar I nauplius The hatching efficiency only accounts forthe number of nauplii that are produced, and not forthe size of these nauplii (strain dependent); by contrast the hatching ... for instar I nauplii (see 4.2.3.; Fig 4.3.4.) For example, forthe culture of carp larvae during the first two weeks, the use of decapsulated cysts constitutes a saving of over one third in the...
... 1986) On the other hand, instar II stages may be more susceptible to digestive enzyme breakdown in the gut ofthe predator since these enzymes can also penetrate the digestive tract ofthe Artemia ... through the consumption of seawater, the main concern regarding the mineral composition of Artemia is whether they meet the requirements of fish or crustacean larvae reared in freshwater For example, ... over the world for enhancing the nutritional value of Artemia with essential fatty acids Figure 4.3.7 Schematic diagram ofthe use of Artemia as vector for transfer of specific components into the...
... influence the feeding behavior of Artemia by affecting the filtration rate, ingestion rate and/ or assimilation: including the quality and quantity ofthe food offered, the developmental stage ofthe ... The main advantages of these products are their low cost and universal global availability Equally important in the evaluation of dry food is the consistency ofthe food quality and supply, and ... in the center ofthe culture tank (Fig 4.4.6.) The base is closed by a PVC-ring and bears a flexible tube forthe evacuation ofthe effluent An aeration collar is fixed to the lower end of the...
... The presence of Artemia is not only essential forthe control ofthe algal blooms The Artemia metabolites and/ or decaying animals are also a suitable substrate forthe development ofthe halophilic ... soils, often found in mangrove areas When exposed to the air, the pyrite of these soils oxidizes to form sulfuric acid Of course liming of these soils is possible However, the quantities of lime ... content in the cysts andthe relative humidity ofthe air For example, at a relative humidity of 70 to 75% cysts may reach a water content of about 10 to 15% after a maximum of 48 h, and drying for...
... area ofthe net the more effective and rapid the filtration Hence, the upper limit ofthe dimensions ofthe nets depends on the ease of handling rather than anything else The effectiveness of filtering ... filtration and prevent losses due to the narrow and strong back current The longer the distance between the propeller andthe net, the wider and shorter the net can be The distance between the propeller ... gates The amount of zooplankton collected depends on the zooplankton concentration in the water flowing out ofthe reservoir and on the volume ofthe water leaving the reservoir Again, the nets...
... zooplankton, and copepods, nematodes and trochophores The document has been prepared to help meet the needs of aquaculture workers of member countries forthe synthesis of information in the field of aquaculture ... spawning before the females, the males must be removed from the container and left out ofthe water, so as to stop the male spawning; the males are put back in the water when a sufficient number of females ... COVER The success of any farming operation for fish and shellfish depends upon the availability of a ready supply of larvae or “seed” for on-growing to market size The cultivation of fish and shellfish...
... They’re born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up They never understand the loveliness andthe ... anyway, and you don’t know it Why not concentrate on the now instead of hoping for better times in the future? Why not understand the now instead of forgetting it and hoping forthe future? Isn’t the ... possible? Of course it is Again and again in my therapy groups I come across people who aren’t there at all Their daddy is there, their mommy is there, but they’re not there They never were there...
... show the existence of approximate solutions ofthe auxiliary problems forthe equilibrium problem, and establish the strong convergence ofthe approximate solutions to an exact solution ofthe ... = ν Then, the assumption (iv) of Theorem 3.2 holds Therefore, our results extend, improve, and unify the corresponding results obtained by Chen and Wu in [19] Theorem 3.4 Let K and X be the same ... (ii) of Theorem 3.2 holds (d) Assumption (iii) of Theorem 3.2 can be obtained by Lemmas 2.12 and 2.13, and conditions (i) and (iii) (see [2]) Thus, the conclusions ofthe theorem follows from the...
... to the design ofthe project and data analysis, and was primarily responsible for writing the manuscript KVA contributed to the design ofthe project, patient recruitment and management, and ... published Therefore, in the present double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical study, we sought to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 5-Loxin® in treatment of OA ofthe knee We assessed the effectiveness ... efficacy in terms of reducing pain and improving the physical ability of OA patients A novel aspect ofthe present study is its evaluation ofthe effect of 5-Loxin® treatment on the cartilage degrading...
... unknown whether these more complex forms of balancing selection have an important role in the patterns of human genetic diversity, and exomes are ideal for this line of inquiry because their cost-effectiveness ... selection, the elimination of deleterious mutations, is by far the most common type of selection Therefore, it is the most relevant to human health because, forthe vast majority of functionally ... resource for understanding how the process and dynamics of admixture manifest themselves in patterns of variation [30] across the genome At the individual level, exome data may allow reconstruction of...
... promotional tool and not a replacement ofthe former; andthe economic and commercial implications ofthe adoption ofthe green economy as a main policy goal, especially regarding the fear of green protectionism ... coverage of sustainable-development issues 22 Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Its Member States, ofthe One Part, andthe Republic of Korea, ofthe Other Part, Off J ofthe European ... those in the Central America AA A “trade and 25 Trade Agreement between the European Union and Its Member States, ofthe One Part, and Colombia and Peru, ofthe Other Part, Off J ofthe European...