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Aims The aims of the current study were to characterise the outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Francisella noatunensis subsp. orientalis (Fno) STIR‐GUS‐F2f7, and identify proteins recognised by sera from tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, (L) that survived experimental challenge with Fno. Methods and Results The composition of the OMPs of a virulent strain of Fno (STIR‐GUS‐ F2f7), isolated from diseased red Nile tilapia in UK, was examined. The sarcosine‐insoluble OMP fraction was screened with ...

Over the past decade and with the increasing use of the Internet, the assessment of health issues using online search traffic data has become an integral part of Health Informatics. Internet data in general and from Google Trends in particular have been shown to be valid and valuable in predictions, forecastings, and nowcastings; and in detecting, tracking, and monitoring diseases’ outbreaks and epidemics. Empirical relationships have been shown to exist between Google Trends’ data and offici...

Presence of coastal aquaculture activities in marine landscapes is growing. However, there is insufficient knowledge on the subsequent ecological interactions between these activities and marine fish communities. The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate the direct and indirect ecological effects of aquaculture activities on marine fish communities in Scotland. A combination of empirical and modelling approaches was employed to collect evidence of how aquaculture activities affect marine...

First paragraph: Two identical side by side images of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, photographed from below, appear to rise at differ­ent angles (Kingdom, Yoonessi, & Gheorghiu, 2007a,b; see Fig. II.21- 1). Although the name of the illusion is a play on the name of the famous building, the illusion works for any image of a receding object. The illusion was discovered by accident in 2007 during a psychophysics (behavioral) experiment conducted by two of the authors. Test observ­ers were shown col...