ABSTRACT The community composition of parasites was characterized in Astronotus ocellatus from a tributary of the Amazon River, northern Brazil.The prevalence was 87.9%, and a total of 526,052 parasites were collected, with a mean of 15,941 parasites per host.Nine taxa of ecto- and endo-parasites were identified, but Ichthyophthirius multifiliis wa
The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is nowadays one of the main centres of cinematographic production in the Russian Federation.Films are often low-budget and boast a wide spectrum of genres.They are mostly shot in the Sakha language and draw on local history, heroic epic, cosmogony, heritage, costumes, and spiritual values.In the present work the phen
Particle Filtering is a nonlinear and non-Gaussian model-based Bayesian Filtering algorithm based on Monte Carlo Sampling techniques.This filtering methodology can be used to increase the reliability and the availability of the monitored system combining the measurements on the system itself and the analytical model of the observed phenomena.Inside
BACKGROUND:Experience of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is associated with mental illness.Advocacy has little effect on mental health outcomes of female DVA survivors and there is uncertainty about the effectiveness of psychological interventions for this population.OBJECTIVE:To test effectiveness of a psychological intervention delivered by adv
The energy transition towards increased electric power production from renewable energy (RE) resources creates new challenges to ensure the stability of power grids.In conventional power grids voltage fluctuations can be controlled locally.Here, it is explored whether this may be changed by the energy transition.It is well established that the incr