What’s new in marine botany of the Eastern Mediterranean?

Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge many years of funding support from the TOTAL Foundation (Paris) within the framework of the project “Brown algal biodiversity and ecology in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea” which has enabled and inspired much of the work covered in this editorial and this special issue. Special thanks go to Laure Fournier (TOTAL Foundation) for her support through inspiring discussions, mentoring and networking.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

On the uses of intermediate infrared and microwave infrared in meteorological satellites Third semiannual report

Analysis of Nimbus satellite high resolution infrared radiation grid point data, surface emissivity in intermediate region, and meteorological modeling for microwave stud

SiGe quantum dots for fast hole spin Rabi oscillations

We report on hole g-factor measurements in three terminal SiGe self-assembled quantum dot devices with a top gate electrode positioned very close to the nanostructure. Measurements of both the perpendicular as well as the parallel g-factor reveal significant changes for a small modulation of the top gate voltage. From the observed modulations we estimate that, for realistic experimental conditions, hole spins can be electrically manipulated with Rabi frequencies in the order of 100MHz. This work emphasises the potential of hole-based nano-devices for efficient spin manipulation by means of the g-tensor modulation technique

Information-aware access network selection

Mobile devices are increasingly presented with multiple connectivity options, including WiFi hotspots, micro-/macro-cells or even other devices in device-to-device (D2D) communications. By and large, connectivity management for mobile devices has primarily focused on contention, congestion and wireless medium conditions. In this paper, we assess the role of information-centrism in mobile device connectivity management. Motivated by the increasing availability of content and services in in-network caches and micro-data centres, we design an access network selection scheme that takes into account information availability within each connectivity option. Our simulations show that information-awareness results in a significant increase of cache hit ratios by up to 115% in certain scenarios

Stability and relapse after orthodontic treatment of deep bite cases—a long-term follow-up study

The purpose of this long-term follow-up study was twofold—firstly, to assess prevalence of relapse after treatment of deep bite malocclusion and secondly, to identify risk factors that predispose patients with deep bite malocclusion to relapse. Sixty-one former patients with overbite more than 50% incisor overlap before treatment were successfully recalled. Clinical data, morphometrical measurements on plaster casts before treatment, after treatment and at long-term follow-up, as well as cephalometric measurements before and after treatment were collected. The median follow-up period was 11.9 years. Patients were treated by various treatment modalities, and the majority of patients received at least a lower fixed retainer and an upper removable bite plate during retention. Relapse was defined as increase in incisor overlap from below 50% after treatment to equal or more than 50% incisor overlap at long-term follow-up. Ten per cent of the patients showed relapse to equal or larger than 50% incisor overlap, and their amount of overbite increase was low. Among all cases with deep bite at follow-up, gingival contact and palatal impingement were more prevalent in partially corrected noncompliant cases than in relapse cases. In this sample, prevalence and amount of relapse were too low to identify risk factors of relaps

New insights on Laminaria digitata ultrastructure through combined conventional chemical fixation and cryofixation

Acknowledgements The research leading to these results received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No .730984, ASSEMBLE Plus project, supporting access of CK and FCK to the Station Biologique de Roscoff. This work was conducted in conjunction with the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), EMBRC-France. French state funds are managed by the ANR within the Investments of the Future program under reference ANR-10-INSB-02. Also, funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) through grants NE/D521522/1, NE/F012705/1, and Oceans 2025 (WP4.5) programs to FCK; the National Science Foundation (CHE-1664657) and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration to CJC and FCK; and the MASTS pooling initiative (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and contributing institutions; grant reference HR09011) is gratefully acknowledged. Finally, we would like to acknowledge Susan Loiseaux-de Goër, Bernard Kloareg, Philippe Potin and Akira F. Peters for their hospitality and support to FCK and CK during their visit to RoscoffPeer reviewedPostprin

Responses of the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to combined temperature and salinity stress at the ionomic, transcriptomic, ultrastructural and photosynthetic levels

Acknowledgements We are particularly grateful to David E. Salt and John M.C. Danku (University of Aberdeen, now at the University of Nottingham) for providing facilities and guidance for the ionomics work within the framework of this study. This research was funded by the European Commission (European Social Fund – ESF; grant no. 375425) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “Education and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Funding Program: THALES - Investing in knowledge society through the European Social Funds (Project Acronym: MANTOLES). We would also like to thank the TOTAL Foundation (Project “Diversity of brown algae in the Eastern Mediterranean”), the European Commission under its Horizon 2021 Research and Innovation Programme (grants ZEROBRINE, grant agreement No. 730390, and WATERMINING, grant agreement No. 869474) and the UK Natural Environment Research Council for their Supplort to FCK (program Oceans 2025 – WP 4.5 and grants NE/D521522/1 and NE/J023094/1). The MASTS pooling initiative (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and contributing institutions; grant reference HR09011) is gratefully acknowledged.Peer reviewedPostprin

New record and phylogenetic affinities of the oomycete Olpidiopsis feldmanni infecting Asparagopsis sp. (Rhodophyta)

Date of Acceptance: 14/09/2015 Acknowledgements. We are grateful to the Total Foundation (Paris) for its funding support to this study, to the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) for a doctoral fellowship to K.F. and to the MASTS pooling initiative (Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland, funded by the Scottish Funding Council and contributing institutions; grant reference HR09011).Peer reviewedPublisher PD