Assessing the Influence of Salmon Farming through Total Lipids, Fatty Acids, and Trace Elements in the Liver and Muscle of Wild Saithe Pollachius virens

Saithe Pollachius virens are attracted to uneaten salmon feed underneath cages at open-cage salmon farms in Norway. The aggregated Saithe have modified their feeding habits as they have switched from wild prey to uneaten food pellets, which could lead to physiological and biochemical changes in the Saithe. Variations in profiles of total lipids, fatty acids, and trace elements in Saithe liver and muscle were measured to evaluate the influence of fish feed from salmon farms on wild Saithe populations. Farm-aggregated Saithe had higher fat content in liver tissues than did individuals captured more than 25 km away from farms, but no clear differences were found in muscle tissues. High proportions of fatty acids of terrestrial origin, such as oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acids, in liver and muscle tissues of farm-aggregated Saithe reflected the presence of wild Saithe at farms. Accordingly, low proportions of arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosahexaenoic acids in Saithe tissues mirrored the feeding activity at farms. Variations in specific trace element signatures among fish groups also revealed the farming influence on wild Saithe. High levels of Fe, As, Se, Zn, and B in liver, but also As, B, Li, Hg, and Sr in muscle of Saithe captured away from farms indicated the absence of feeding at farms.This study was part of the project “Evaluation of actions to promote sustainable coexistence between salmon culture and coastal fisheries – ProCoEx” funded by The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF). The study was also supported by the Norwegian Research Council through the EcoCoast project

Memoria de la Red de tutores del Programa de Acción Tutorial de la Facultad de Económicas (PATEC)

En el presente curso 2013-2014 el Programa de Acción Tutorial en la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales cumple su novena edición. En el curso 2007-2008, con el objetivo de que el Programa de Acción Tutorial fuera considerado una herramienta dirigida a los alumnos del Centro con identidad propia, pasó a llamarse Programa de Acción Tutorial de Económicas (PATEC) pues coloquialmente al Centro se le identifica con la Facultad de Económicas. Desde entonces, el Programa se ha ido consolidando año a año en la Facultad y son muchas las fortalezas que lo han convertido en un programa con un gran potencial. No obstante, existen ciertas debilidades que se repiten cada año a las que se ha tratado de dar respuesta en las distintas ediciones. El objetivo de la presente comunicación es dar a conocer la evolución del PATEC desde el curso 2007-2008 hasta la actualidad así como las acciones que se han llevado a cabo para subsanar las dificultades encontradas

Trends in Occupational Exposure to Styrene in the European Glass Fibre-Reinforced Plastics Industry

Aim: This study presents temporal trends of styrene exposure for workers in the European glass fibre-reinforced plastics (GRP) industry during the period 1966–2002

Demographic, clinical and antibody characteristics of patients with digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis: data from the DUO Registry

OBJECTIVES: The Digital Ulcers Outcome (DUO) Registry was designed to describe the clinical and antibody characteristics, disease course and outcomes of patients with digital ulcers associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS: The DUO Registry is a European, prospective, multicentre, observational, registry of SSc patients with ongoing digital ulcer disease, irrespective of treatment regimen. Data collected included demographics, SSc duration, SSc subset, internal organ manifestations, autoantibodies, previous and ongoing interventions and complications related to digital ulcers. RESULTS: Up to 19 November 2010 a total of 2439 patients had enrolled into the registry. Most were classified as either limited cutaneous SSc (lcSSc; 52.2%) or diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc; 36.9%). Digital ulcers developed earlier in patients with dcSSc compared with lcSSc. Almost all patients (95.7%) tested positive for antinuclear antibodies, 45.2% for anti-scleroderma-70 and 43.6% for anticentromere antibodies (ACA). The first digital ulcer in the anti-scleroderma-70-positive patient cohort occurred approximately 5 years earlier than the ACA-positive patient group. CONCLUSIONS: This study provides data from a large cohort of SSc patients with a history of digital ulcers. The early occurrence and high frequency of digital ulcer complications are especially seen in patients with dcSSc and/or anti-scleroderma-70 antibodies

BacHBerry: BACterial Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits

BACterial Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits (BacHBerry) was a 3-year project funded by the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Union that ran between November 2013 and October 2016. The overall aim of the project was to establish a sustainable and economically-feasible strategy for the production of novel high-value phenolic compounds isolated from berry fruits using bacterial platforms. The project aimed at covering all stages of the discovery and pre-commercialization process, including berry collection, screening and characterization of their bioactive components, identification and functional characterization of the corresponding biosynthetic pathways, and construction of Gram-positive bacterial cell factories producing phenolic compounds. Further activities included optimization of polyphenol extraction methods from bacterial cultures, scale-up of production by fermentation up to pilot scale, as well as societal and economic analyses of the processes. This review article summarizes some of the key findings obtained throughout the duration of the project

Sparus Aurata H NMR spectra

The NMR data are divided into two folders. One folder with the spectra obtained from the polar extraction (POLAR NMR) and another folder with the spectra obtained from the apolar extraction (APOLAR NMR):-The folders numbered from 10 to 100 in folder APOLAR NMR correspond to sea bream (Sparus aurata) escaped samples.-The folders numbered from 310 to 400 in folder APOLAR NMR correspond to sea bream (Sparus aurata) farmed samples.-The folders numbered from 410 to 500 in folder APOLAR NMR correspond to sea bream (Sparus aurata) wild samples.-The folders numbered from 310 to 400 in folder POLAR NMR correspond to sea bream (Sparus aurata) farmed samples.-The folders numbered from 410 to 500 in folder POLAR NMR correspond to sea bream (Sparus aurata) wild samples.-The folders numbered from 510 to 600 in folder POLAR NMR correspond to sea bream (Sparus aurata) escaped samples

Distribution of Income and Aggregation of Demand.

Under certain regularity conditions, if the distribution of income is price independent and satisfies a condition on the shape of its graph, then total market demand is monotone. The author's methods allow for density functions increasing on some intervals, like unimodal distributions or even densities with more than one peak. Similar assumptions on the distribution of endowments yield a restricted monotonicity property on the aggregate excess demand function of a Walrasian pure exchange economy with wealth determined by market prices. It follows that the unique equilibrium price is stable. Copyright 1995 by The Econometric Society.