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Casimir Effect in the Rainbow Einstein's Universe
In the present paper we investigate the effects caused by the modification of
the dispersion relation obtained by solving the Klein-Gordon equation in the
closed Einstein's universe in the context of rainbow's gravity models. Thus, we
analyse how the quantum vacuum fluctuations of the scalar field are modified
when compared with the results obtained in the usual General Relativity
scenario. The regularization, and consequently the renormalization, of the
vacuum energy is performed adopting the Epstein-Hurwitz and Riemann's zeta
functions.Comment: 15 pages, 1 figure. To appear in Europhysics Letter
Review of a Small-scale Pelagic Longline Fishery off Northeastern Brazil
The annual catches of four small longliners operating off northeast Brazil from 1983 to 1997 were examined across different areas and locations. The total catch comprised tunas (30%), sharks (54%), billfishes (12%), and other fish species (4%). Fishing strategy and annual composition of catches showed large spatial and temporal variabilities with the dominant catches alternating among yellowfin tuna,
Thunnus albacares; gray sharks, Carcharhinus spp.; and blue shark, Prionace glauca. Catches of blue and gray sharks
showed a significant interaction among seamounts, with gray sharks occurring in maximum abundance around those seamounts
that had relatively deep summits and low-sloping depth profiles. Results are discussed in terms of the various factors that may have influenced distribution of effort
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