| testosterone regulates the activity and expression of aromatase in the canary neostriatum. | the estrogen synthesizing enzyme, p450 aromatase, plays a critical role in the regulation of vertebrate sexual behavior. songbirds differ from other avian species in the distribution and expression of aromatase in the telencephalon. the highest concentration of aromatase in the songbird brain is found in the caudomedial neostriatum (ncm). this area surrounds the only nucleus of the neural song system that contains estrogen receptors, the high vocal center (hvc). it has been suggested that estrog ... | 2001 | 11536193 |
| ground-based detectability of terrestrial and jovian extrasolar planets: observations of cm draconis at lick observatory. | the detection of terrestrial-sized extrasolar planets from the ground has been thought to be virtually impossible due to atmospheric scintillation limits. however, we show that this is not the case especially selected (but nevertheless main sequence) stars, namely small eclipsing binaries. for the smallest of these systems, cm draconis, several months to a few years of photometric observations with 1-m-class telescopes will be sufficient to detect the transits of any short-period planets of si ... | 1996 | 11539351 |
| the peopling of the canary islands: a cd4/alu microsatellite haplotype perspective. | a new cd4 microsatellite allele with three ttttc complete repetitions, previously described only in hominoids, has been found in this screening. the number of haplotypes and heterozygosities in the canary islands (15 and 0.746+/-0.007) is more similar to iberian (14 and 0.748+/-0.015) than to north african (18 and 0.827+/-0.009) values. however, in some islands, with less european migratory impact, haplotypes with major african assignation (90[+] and 130[+]) reach frequencies similar to african ... | 2001 | 11543897 |
| using higher organisms in biological early warning systems for real-time toxicity detection. | many biological early warning systems (bews) have been developed in recent years that evaluate the physiological and behavioral responses of whole organisms to water quality. using a fish ventilatory monitoring system developed at the us army centre for environmental health research as an example, we illustrate the operation of a bews at a groundwater treatment facility. during a recent 12-month period, the fish ventilatory system was operational for 99% of the time that the treatment facility w ... | 2001 | 11544040 |
| hair cell death in a hearing-deficient canary. | cell death has been documented in bird auditory inner ear epithelia after induced damage. this cell death is quickly followed by an increase in supporting cell division and regeneration of the epithelium, thereby suggesting a possible relationship between these two processes. however, aspects of this relationship still need to be better understood. the belgian waterslager (bws) canary is an ideal system in which to study cell death and subsequent cell division. in contrast to mixed breed (mb) ca ... | 2001 | 11545153 |
| gas exchange characteristics of a canarian laurel forest tree species (laurus azorica) in relation to environmental conditions and leaf canopy position. | diurnal courses of gas exchange were measured over a 1-year period in fully expanded current-year leaves in the upper (sun-exposed, 18 m above ground) and the lower (shaded, 12 m above ground) canopy of laurus azorica (seub.) franco, a major canopy species of the canarian laurel forest in tenerife, canary islands, spain. laurus azorica exhibited high leaf plasticity in gas exchange characteristics, with a maximum carbon assimilation rate (amax) of shade leaves about 50% that of sun leaves. this ... | 2001 | 11560817 |
| enhancement of the immune response in rabbits to a malaria dna vaccine by immunization with a needle-free jet device. | we compared the needle free jet device device biojector with syringe/needle as a method to administer a dna vaccine encoding the plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein (pfcsp) in albino rabbits. a group of three rabbits was injected by the intramuscular (im) route using a syringe/needle combination, a second group im with the biojector device and a third group both im and intradermal (id) using the biojector. when animals were immunized with the biojector im or im/id as compared to the s ... | 2001 | 11567774 |
| reticuloendotheliosis virus integration in the fowl poxvirus genome: not a recent event. | integration of reticuloendotheliosis virus (rev) into the genome of fowl poxvirus (fpv) has been reported recently. with a view to determine whether this event had occurred in the past, we screened by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) for the presence of rev provirus in the dnas of nine avian poxviruses, some of which had been lyophilized 50 yr ago. for rev, 5' long terminal repeat (ltr) and rev envelope sequences were amplified, whereas for fpv, the major envelope antigen gene and the region flan ... | 2001 | 11569741 |
| a growth cost of begging in captive canary chicks. | nestling birds solicit food from adults by using begging displays that appear paradoxically costly and wasteful. theoretical work suggests that the evolution of such exuberant offspring behavior reflects parent-offspring conflict over the supply of parental investment. originally, extravagant begging was seen as a means of psychological trickery by which offspring could wheedle additional resources from resistant parents. subsequently, costly begging came to be viewed as the hallmark of resolved ... | 2001 | 11572988 |
| gonadal steroid receptor mrna in catecholaminergic nuclei of the canary brainstem. | steroid actions in the song system may be modulated by ascending inputs from catecholaminergic (ca) brain nuclei; however, whether these nuclei contain steroid receptors is unknown. here, we compared the distribution of androgen receptor (ar) and estrogen receptor-alpha (er-alpha) mrna with that of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity (th-ir) in the brainstems of male canaries. areas containing ar and er-alpha mrna overlapped with areas containing th-ir cell bodies in the locus ceruleus and the ... | 2001 | 11578826 |
| incidence and treatment of hydrometra in canary island goats. | | 2001 | 11583129 |
| [preoperative testing routines for healthy, asymptomatic patients in the canary islands (spain)]. | to analyze patterns of routine testing before elective/scheduled surgery in healthy/asymptomatic patients classified as asa i or ii according to the american society of anesthesiologists. | 2001 | 11591278 |
| nucleotide sequence analysis of a novel circovirus of canaries and its relationship to other members of the genus circovirus of the family circoviridae. | the circular, single-stranded dna genome of a novel circovirus of canaries, tentatively named canary circovirus (cacv), was cloned and sequenced. sequence analysis indicated that the genome was 1952 nucleotides (nt) in size and had the potential to encode three viral proteins, including the putative capsid and replication-associated (rep) proteins. the cacv genome shared greatest sequence similarity (58.3% nt identity) with the newly characterized columbid circovirus (cocv) and was more distantl ... | 2001 | 11602793 |
| the metabolic cost of birdsong production. | the metabolic cost of birdsong production has not been studied in detail but is of importance in our understanding of how selective pressures shape song behavior. we measured rates of oxygen consumption during song in three songbird species, zebra finches (taeniopygia guttata), waterslager canaries (serinus canaria) and european starlings (sturnus vulgaris). these species sing songs with different acoustic and temporal characteristics: short stereotyped song (zebra finch), long song with high te ... | 2001 | 11606611 |
| chloroplast dna evidence of colonization, adaptive radiation, and hybridization in the evolution of the macaronesian flora. | most evolutionary studies of oceanic islands have focused on the pacific ocean. there are very few examples from the atlantic archipelagos, especially macaronesia, despite their unusual combination of features, including a close proximity to the continent, a broad range of geological ages, and a biota linked to a source area that existed in the mediterranean basin before the late tertiary. a chloroplast dna (cpdna) restriction site analysis of argyranthemum (asteraceae: anthemideae), the largest ... | 1996 | 11607675 |
| paleopathology in the canary islands. | | 1988 | 11612438 |
| parvalbumin-positive projection neurons characterise the vocal premotor pathway in male, but not female, zebra finches. | parvalbumin (pv) and calbindin (cb) immunoreactivities were assessed in nucleus robustus archistriatalis (ra) of male and female zebra finches, together with retrograde labelling of ra neurons. the results of double and triple labelling experiments suggested that, in males, moderately and faintly pv-positive neurons were projection neurons, but that all intensely pv-positive cells were not. the latter, which are presumably interneurons, were also intensely cb-positive, and may correspond to the ... | 2001 | 11640910 |
| clinical cross-reactivity between artemisia vulgaris and matricaria chamomilla (chamomile). | artemisia vulgaris is a common weed and an important source of allergens on the subtropical island of tenerife, canary islands, spain. it pollinates mainly from july to september, although, due to some local climatic conditions, it may flower throughout the year. cross-reactivity with hazelnut, kiwi, birch, several compositae (ambrosia, chrysanthemum, matricaria, solidago) and grass allergens has been suggested. few studies have addressed the issue of in vivo cross-reactivity between a. vulgaris ... | 2001 | 11642570 |
| simple motor gestures for birdsongs. | we present a model of sound production in a songbird's vocal organ and find that much of the complexity of the song of the canary (serinus canaria) can be produced from simple time variations in forcing functions. the starts, stops, and pauses between syllables, as well as variation in pitch and timbre are inherent in the mechanics and can often be expressed through smooth and simple variations in the frequency and relative phase of two driving parameters | 2001 | 11690514 |
| the diversification of the genus nesotes (coleoptera: tenebrionidae) in the canary islands: evidence from mtdna. | | 2001 | 11697925 |
| differences in auditory and physiological properties of hvc neurons between reproductively active male and female canaries (serinus canaria). | based on neuronal recordings in the hvc, this study investigated differences between reproductively active male and sexually receptive female canaries. it is the first study to describe auditory responses and cell characteristics of hvc neurons in female songbirds and to compare them with the responses and characteristics obtained in males. extracellular single unit recordings showed that in males hvc cells exhibited two types of auditory responses to conspecific and heterospecific song playback ... | 2001 | 11703466 |
| [immigration in canary islands and its potential impact on tuberculosis]. | | 2001 | 11707210 |
| auricular exostoses among the prehistoric population of different islands of the canary archipelago. | it is generally believed that auricular exostoses are due to prolonged exposure to cold water, so their existence in ancient remains may inform us about economic activities in the past. this study was performed to analyze the prevalence of auricular exostoses among 150 pre-hispanic individuals of different islands of the canary archipelago. individuals from gran canaria (6/26), fuerteventura (1/15), and tenerife (2/64), but not from el hierro (0/45), showed auricular exostoses, thus supporting t ... | 2001 | 11713923 |
| virtual sonography through the internet: volume compression issues. | three-dimensional ultrasound images allow virtual sonography even at a distance. however, the size of final 3-d files limits their transmission through slow networks such as the internet. | 2001 | 11720963 |
| [socio-economic coasts of road traffic accidents in the canary islands, spain, in 1997]. | objective: to evaluate the economic impact in terms of direct and indirect costs road traffic accidents in canarias islands (spain) in 1997.method: the cost-of-illness method was used. direct and indirect costs were estimated using prevalence cost, i.e., the costs produced in 1997. direct costs were divided into health services costs, insurance administration costs and the costs of material damage to the vehicles. indirect costs were obtained through transformation of physical units into monetar ... | 2001 | 11734154 |
| antidepressant effects of the methanol extract of several hypericum species from the canary islands. | the aim of the present study was to investigate several neuropharmacological effects of the methanol extract of the aerial parts in blossom of hypericum canariense, h. glandulosum, h. grandifolium and h. reflexum (hypericaceae). these extracts did not alter significantly the locomotor activity, body temperature or the pentobarbital-induced sleeping time, with the exception of h. reflexum which significantly potentiated pentobarbital-induced sleeping time at both doses assayed (500 and 1000 mg/kg ... | 2002 | 11744305 |
| screening of antimicrobial activities in red, green and brown macroalgae from gran canaria (canary islands, spain). | extracts from 44 species of seaweed from gran canaria (canary islands, spain) were screened for the production of antibacterial and antifungal compounds against a panel of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, mycobacteria, yeasts and fungi. a total of 28 species displayed antibacterial activity, of which six also showed antifungal activity. asparagopsis taxiformis and cymopolia barbata were the species with the strongest activities against the broadest spectrum of target microorganisms. all ... | 2001 | 11770818 |
| raman spectroscopy of coloured resins used in antiquity: dragon's blood and related substances. | dragon's blood is a deep red resin which has been used for centuries by many cultures and much prized for it's rarity, depth of colour and alchemical associations. the original source of dragon's blood resin is believed to be dracaena cinnabari from socotra in africa, but since mediaeval times there have been several alternatives from different geographical locations from the canary islands to the east indies. here, the raman spectra of dragon's blood resins from dracaena draco liliacae trees gr ... | 2001 | 11789884 |
| canary islands-north african population affinities: measures of divergence based on dental morphology. | this investigation addresses two related questions about the origins and biological affinities of the canary islands' aboriginal inhabitants. first: with which north african populations do the pre-conquest inhabitants of the canary islands have their greatest affinities? second: does inter-island biological variability among the canary islanders, as has been suggested by other researchers (hooton 1925, schwidetzky 1963), imply that potentially different founding populations remained distinct dur ... | 2001 | 11802567 |
| [african immigration in canary islands (spain) and tuberculous infection]. | | 2002 | 11803009 |
| the effect of dietary carotenoid access on sexual dichromatism and plumage pigment composition in the american goldfinch. | we investigated potential dietary and biochemical bases for carotenoid-based sexual dichromatism in american goldfinches (carduelis tristis). captive male and female finches were given access to the same type and amount of carotenoid pigments in the diet during their nuptial molt to assess differences in the degree to which the two sexes incorporated ingested pigments into their plumage. when birds were fed a uniform, plain-seed diet, or one that was supplemented with the red carotenoid canthaxa ... | 2002 | 11818247 |
| immunotherapy units: a follow-up study. | immunotherapy units are becoming an increasingly important component of allergy and clinical immunology departments in spain. the objective of this study was to establish the rate of adverse reactions registered in an immunotherapy unit in tenerife, canary islands, spain, from may 1998 to may 2000. a total of 5,108 immunotherapy doses were administered to 339 patients (123 males and 216 females): 254 patients (75%) received mite, 48 patients (14.1%) pollen, 7 patients (2%) cat, 2 patients (0.6%) ... | 2001 | 11831448 |
| incidence, pathology and involvement of nasitrema species in odontocete strandings in the canary islands. | | 2002 | 11837592 |
| effects of an industrial effluent on plant colonization and on the germination and post-germinative growth of seeds of terrestrial and aquatic plant species. | major oil sands industrial companies are located in the athabasca oil sands deposit in northeastern alberta, canada. during the process used to extract light crude oil (via hot water digestion and flotation), gypsum is usually added to produce consolidated tails (ct) and ct release water. the vast volumes of process-treated waters (effluent) are held within large dyked tailings ponds. toward testing viable options for reclamation, various hummock-wetlands systems have been constructed; in additi ... | 2002 | 11843534 |
| myxoid adrenal cortical adenoma. | myxoid adrenal cortical adenoma is a rare tumor and, to our knowledge, only 16 cases have been reported. we present the case of a 56-year-old japanese man who was admitted to hospital because of a right adrenal mass that was discovered during a routine physical examination. the resected mass was well circumscribed and contained canary yellow multinodular regions that were surrounded by a brown gelatinous region. histologically, the multinodular regions resembled a conventional adrenal cortical a ... | 2001 | 11844057 |
| [the involvement of the renin-angiotensin system gene polymorphisms in coronary heart disease]. | previous studies angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism ace (i/d), angiotensinogen gene polymorphism, and angiotensin ii at1 receptor polymorphism in relation to coronary heart disease controversial results. this study was designed to analyze the association between these gene polymorphisms and the first coronary event in individuals residing on grand canary island, spain. | 2002 | 11852019 |
| [the social and economic cost of diabetes mellitus]. | to evaluate the economic impact in terms of the direct costs (health care costs) and the indirect costs (effects on production caused by mortality and morbidity) of diabetes mellitus (dm) in the canary islands (spain) during 1998. | 2002 | 11879600 |
| analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of the volatile components of ageratina adenophora spreng., growing in the canary islands. | the essential oil of ageratina adenophora spreng., growing in the canary islands was analyzed by gc-ms. a total of 78 volatile compounds was identified and p-cymene (11.6%) was the major component in the oil. the sesquiterpene fraction (44.3%) was higher than the monoterpene one (32.1%). | 2002 | 11883666 |
| effect of caffeic acid on the color of red wine. | the copigmentation effect of prefermentation additions of different doses of caffeic acid was investigated during the 1997 harvest. microfermentation with the major red grape cultivars listán negro and negramoll, grown in the canary islands, was carried out with the same protocol. visible and uv spectra were registered periodically. hplc chromatograms were carried out. the color enhancement of cv. negramoll wine varied between 13 and 75% (au at 520 nm), and that of cv. listán negro wine between ... | 2002 | 11902957 |
| phylogenetic relationships among the canary island steganacaridae (acari, oribatida) inferred from mitochondrial dna sequence data. | the mite genus steganacarus is represented in the canary islands by three endemic species, one recently discovered species, and several morphotypes of uncertain taxonomic position. we used a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase i gene to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among representatives of the different taxa from the three central islands of the archipelago, tenerife, la gomera and gran canaria. sequence data were analysed by both maximum parsimony and maximum likeliho ... | 2002 | 11903906 |
| prostate enlargement: the canary in the coal mine? | | 2002 | 11916745 |
| vitamins in spanish food patterns: the eve study. | to describe vitamin intakes in spanish food patterns, identify groups at risk for inadequacy and determine conditioning factors that may influence this situation. | 2001 | 11918471 |
| the contribution of haploids, diploids and clones to fine-scale population structure in the seaweed cladophoropsis membranacea (chlorophyta). | local populations of cladophoropsis membranacea exist as mats of coalesced thalli composed of free-living haploid and diploid plants including clonally reproduced plants of either phase. none of the phases are morphologically distinguishable. we used eight microsatellite loci to explore clonality and fine-scale patch structure in c. membranacea at six sites on the canary islands. mats were always composites of many individuals; not single, large clones. haploids outnumbered diploids at all sites ... | 2002 | 11918773 |
| its region of pythium canariense sp. nov., its morphology and its interaction with botrytis cinerea. | a new species pythium canariense (ci-07), isolated from soil samples taken in the san nicolas region of the canary islands (gran canaria, spain), is being described here. this species is characterised by its spherical to pyriform, intercalary to catenulate sporangia, smooth-walled terminal oogonia supplied with monoclinous and diclinous antheridia which at times are branched and wrap around the female gametangia. the fungus has an antagonistic effect on botrytis cinerea, the grey mould fungus. m ... | 2002 | 11934507 |
| semivolatile organochlorine compounds in the free troposphere of the northeastern atlantic. | polychlorobiphenyls (pcbs), hexachlorobenzene (hcb), hexachlorocyclohexanes, and dots were analyzed over 1 entire year period in the air of a high altitude remote site (2367 m above sea level) located in teide (tenerife, canary islands, 28 degrees n16 degrees w) in the eastern north atlantic region. twenty samples were collected providing information on the concentrations of these semivolatile organochlorine compounds (socs) in the free troposphere since the stable and persistenttemperature inve ... | 2002 | 11944664 |
| [knowledge about psa among primary care physicians]. | the use of prostate-specific antigen as a tumor marker has led to an important advancement in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. primary care physicians have started to request this test over the last 5 or 6 years. however, an inadequate use of this tumor marker has been observed. this study analyzes the primary care physicians' knowledge about psa. | 2002 | 12014043 |
| temperature and organic matter dependence of the distribution of organochlorine compounds in mountain soils from the subtropical atlantic (teide, tenerife island). | surface soil samples from teide mountain (canary islands) have been analyzed for polychlorobiphenyls (pcbs), ddts, hexachlorocyclohexanes (hchs), hexachlorobenzene (hcb), and pentachlorobenzene. the samples were situated between 10 and 3400 m above sea level being distributed below, at, and above the permanent inversion layer system characteristic of the subtropical atlantic. all oc concentrations were, in general, low when compared with the data from urban, agricultural, or woodland soils repor ... | 2002 | 12026965 |
| epidemiologic genotyping of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis at a university hospital and comparison with antibiotyping and protein a and coagulase gene polymorphisms. | a total of 124 methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) isolates were ascertained at the university hospital of the canary islands between january 1997 and april 2000. genotyping included pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge) (smai digestion) and pcr-restriction fragment length polymorphism (pcr-rflp) analysis for the coagulase (coa) and protein a (spa) genes. antibiotic resistance was the main phenotypic marker correlated with genotyping results. three main pfge types were detected: ... | 2002 | 12037075 |
| evidence of state-dependent interhemispheric relationships in lizard eeg during the awake state. | the electroencephalogram (eeg) from both hemispheres of eight canary lizards gallotia galloti was registered at 25 degrees c and 35 degrees c during awake state with open eyes (oe) and closed eyes. the possible interdependence between the recorded eegs was assessed by means of newly developed methods of multivariate nonlinear time-series analysis. the interdependence turned out to be significant and greater for the oe state at both temperatures, although it was of linear type in most of the case ... | 2002 | 12046700 |
| mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a canary (serinus canana l.) and a blue-fronted amazon parrot (amazona amazona aestiva). | i report two cases of mycobacteriosis in pet birds due to mycobacterium tuberculosis and discuss the zoonotic implications. the canary with a tuberculous knot in the lung is the first description of m. tuberculosis in a nonpsittacine bird species. | 2002 | 12061666 |
| antimicrobial studies on three species of hypericum from the canary islands. | the antimicrobial activity of several extracts and fractions of the aerial parts of hypericum canariense, hypericum glandulosum and hypericum grandifolium was investigated using the disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods against twelve reference microorganisms (eight bacterial and four fungal strains). the methanol extract and chloroform fraction of h. canariense, as well as the methanol extracts, butanol and chloroform fractions of both h. glandulosum and h. grandifolium exhibited a goo ... | 2002 | 12065165 |
| relationships and evolution of the north african geckos, geckonia and tarentola (reptilia: gekkonidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear dna sequences. | mitochondrial (cytochrome b and 12s rrna) and nuclear (c-mos) genes, analyzed by a variety of methods, indicate that the distinctive northwest african gecko geckonia chazaliae is a member of the tarentola clade, being most closely related to the species of the western canary and cape verde islands. relationships in tarentola as a whole are as follows: (t. americana ((t. mauritanica, t. angustimentalis) ((t. deserti, t. boehmei) ((t. b. boettgeri-south (t. b. boettgeri-north (t. b. bischoffi, t. ... | 2002 | 12069554 |
| [plasma homocysteine levels in spanish patients with coronary artery disease]. | a rise in plasma levels of the amino acid homocysteine (hcy) is a possible risk factor in cardiovascular disease. the mechanisms proposed to explain how hcy can increase the risk of vascular disease include its direct effect on the vascular endothelium and its role in increasing the risk of thrombosis. the present work has been designed to determine hcy levels in patients with coronary artery disease (cad) residents in the canary islands and to establish whether hyperhomocysteinemia can be consi ... | 2002 | 12090055 |
| origin of macaronesian sideritis l. (lamioideae: lamiaceae) inferred from nuclear and chloroplast sequence datasets. | sideritis l. (lamiaceae) comprises approximately 150 species of annuals and perennials distributed chiefly in the mediterranean region. the majority of the species belong to the continental subgenus sideritis which is divided into two perennial (sideritis and empedoclea) and two annual (hesiodia and burgsdorfia) sections. twenty-three species are woody perennials endemic to the macaronesian archipelagos of madeira and the canary islands. in an effort to determine the continental origin of the in ... | 2002 | 12099789 |
| noradrenergic control of auditory information processing in female canaries. | an ethological procedure, based on the study of the sexual responsiveness of female canaries (serinus canaria) to song playbacks was used to investigate the function of central noradrenergic inputs in the processing of auditory information. the effects of a noradrenergic denervation on sexual responses was analyzed in females exposed to playbacks of biological relevant auditory stimuli, i.e. sexually stimulating songs, presented alone or masked by auditory distractors. a decrease in behavioral r ... | 2002 | 12110456 |
| recovery of song preferences after excitotoxic hvc lesion in female canaries. | the courtship solicitation display (csd) of the female canary is a model to study estrogen dependent auditory preferences for male songs. the forebrain auditory-vocal nucleus, hvc, is part of the circuit that determines such preferences. to further develop this model we show that bilateral excitotoxic lesions of the medial part of hvc involving between 18-60% of the bilateral nucleus are behaviorally effective while complete unilateral lesions are not. further, we show that animals recover their ... | 2002 | 12115889 |
| evolutionary dynamics of satellite dna family pim357 in species of the genus pimelia (tenebrionidae, coleoptera). | a large number of repeats of a satellite dna (stdna) family have been cloned and sequenced from species and populations of the genus pimelia (tenebrionidae, coleoptera). the beetles were collected in the canary islands, morocco, the iberian peninsula, and the balearic islands in order to analyze the evolutionary forces and processes acting on abundant stdnas conserved at the genus level. this repetitive family is composed of an abundant a-t-rich stdna, with basic units of 357 bp. all the sequenc ... | 2002 | 12140245 |
| improved quality of life among patients with psoriasis after supervised climate therapy at the canary islands. | a total of 559 norwegian patients with psoriasis completed the dermatology life quality index questionnaire and a dermatologist assessed psoriasis severity before and after climate therapy. there was no control group. a clinically important improvement in quality of life after climate therapy is demonstrated. improvement in disease severity is significantly related to improvement in quality of life. | 2002 | 12140483 |
| elenoside, a new cytotoxic drug, with cardiac and extracardiac activity. | this paper deals with the effects of elenoside, (3-hidroxymethyl-1-methoxy-5,6-methylene-dioxy-4-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-naftoic acid lactone-beta-d-glucoside) an arylnaphthalene lignan with broad spectrum cytotoxicity in a human tumor cell line panel, isolated from justicia hyssopifolia (acanthaceae) grown in the canary islands (spain), on isolated cardiac auricle of rabbits, urinary excretion of rats, and on isolated rat ileum. these effects, using a vehicle (propylene glycol-ethanol-plan ... | 2002 | 12186400 |
| serum copper and zinc concentrations in a representative sample of the canarian population. | serum copper (cu) and zinc (zn) concentrations of 395 individuals (187 males + 208 females) living in canary islands were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. the mean copper and zinc concentrations were 1.10 +/- 0.25 mg/l and 1.16 +/- 0.52 mg/l respectively. our data were similar to other data published in other spanish regions. individuals from lanzarote presented a mean cu and zn concentrations higher (p < 0.05) than individuals from the rest of islands; individuals from el hie ... | 2002 | 12195729 |
| low prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in clinical samples from hospitalized patients of the canary islands, spain. | over the last decade vancomycin-resistant enterococci (vre) have emerged as nosocomial pathogens. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of vre in clinical samples from hospitalized patients in the canary islands. from april to november 2000, 437 enterococci were isolated from patients hospitalized at the four main health care centers in those islands. identification to the species level was performed with the gps-ta (vitek 1) or the wider i system. a pcr assay was used to determi ... | 2002 | 12207212 |
| silica urolithiasis in the dromedary camel in a subtropical climate. | in 1998, two cases of silica urolithiasis occurred in castrated male dromedaries on an intensive camel farm in the canary islands. the immediate attributable cause was the ingestion of large amounts of silica in the feed, estimated as 84.44 g/day. an associated cause was the low level of salt in the diet. daily ingestion of salt from feed and water was estimated to be 21.8 g (8.6 g of sodium). seventy-six castrated males from the same farm were divided into four groups: group a received 30 g of ... | 2002 | 12241096 |
| [epidemiology of hip fractures in the elderly in spain]. | ninety percent of hip fractures (hf) occur in people older than 64 years. we describe the epidemiological data (age, sex, date of admission and discharge and mortality) of elderly with hip fracture in the different regions of spain. | 2002 | 12244785 |
| [notes on the demography and revenue of the canary islands]. | | 1977 | 12278974 |
| [european expansion and aboriginal demographics. the example of the canary islands, 1400-1505]. | the author examines the indigenous population of the canary islands from the thirteenth century to 1505. he uses the limited available data to describe the effect of contact with and eventual colonization by spain on such aspects as spatial distribution, mortality, and forced labor migration to the continent. comparisons are made with the indigenous experience in the americas. | 1992 | 12285699 |
| decree no. 168/1986 on measures to prevent subnormality, 21 november 1986. | section 1 of this decree of the canary islands in spain lays down that maternal and child health care is to be provided within the framework of and form an integral part of primary health care, being provided in coordination with services at the other care levels and, in particular, with family planning centers. section 2 lays down that maternal and child health care is to consist basically of activities in the prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal stages. details of the activities to be undertak ... | 1988 | 12289422 |
| research on better vaccine takes off, as measles deadlines loom. cvi goal: vaccines given earlier in life. | progress is reported on the development of measles vaccines which are not heat sensitive, will not be administered by injection, increase the coverage period, and are unaffected by maternal anti-measles antibodies present in infants aged under 6 months. the world health organization's global program for vaccines and immunization and the children's vaccine initiative are working on a rapid field test for diagnosing measles. measles campaigns have proven successful at achieving high coverage rat ... | 1995 | 12290724 |
| uganda pioneers alvac -- and informed consent. vaccine trials. | pasteur merieux, a french pharmaceutical company, has developed a promising new experimental vaccine against aids. the vaccine, alvac vcp205, contains live, genetically engineered canaripox virus carrying several small fragments of hiv. canaripox virus causes disease among canary birds, but not in humans. alvac vcp205 has already been tested on more than 100 volunteers in the us and france who have shown no ill effects. clinical trials will start in uganda in early 1997, at which point 40 yo ... | 1997 | 12292058 |
| [regional imbalances in the population growth of the canary islands]. | the author discusses changes in the population size and growth of the canary islands from 1950 to 1986. due to a high birth rate, a decrease in mortality, and increasing migration to the area, the population of the canary islands has doubled during this period. the spatial distribution of the population and the factors influencing it are considered. | 1989 | 12316938 |
| [the demography of an atlantic island population. grand canary, 1680-1850]. | the author applies inverse projection methods to data from baptism and death records for the parishes of the island of grand canary from 1680 up to the cholera epidemic of 1851. the relationships among the economy, migration, and other demographic parameters for this isolated population are assessed. he concludes that the island population was not greatly affected by emigration to the americas until the late eighteenth century, and that a high birth rate combined with low levels of mortality w ... | 1991 | 12317192 |
| gonads and singing play separate, additive roles in new neuron recruitment in adult canary brain. | new neurons are constantly added to the high vocal center (hvc) of adult male canaries, serinus canaria. singing and testosterone (t) are known to promote this addition, but it is not known whether either variable can act on its own and what is their effect when acting together. we studied this question by castrating adult male canaries in late summer and quantifying their song in early fall. intact birds served as controls. a 5 d systemic treatment of two daily injections of the cell birth mark ... | 2002 | 12351743 |
| the canary in the mine. | many americans are concerned about their access to health care in the future, especially their ability to pay for needed services. however, a person with a disabling condition requiring ongoing clinical vigilance, supportive care, and other assistive services or technologies faces special difficulties: that person is the "canary in the mine," warning others about fundamental problems within our health care system. persons with disabilities who have health insurance are often unable to get items ... | 2002 | 12370891 |
| epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in the canary islands (spain): a study on the island of la palma. | to determine the prevalence of multiple sclerosis (ms) on the island of la palma, canary islands, spain. | 2002 | 12382152 |
| [concentrations of na, k, ca, and p in serum from a representative sample of the canary islands population]. | as part of the nutritional survey of the canary islands (enca-1998), the concentrations in serum of na, k, ca and p were determined in 395 individuals representing the population of the canary islands. the concentrations were found to be within the reference intervals described for the healthy population. differences were observed in the mean concentrations depending on the island of residence. thus, individuals on the island of tenerife showed higher levels of natremia and calcaemia (p < 0.05) ... | 2002 | 12395610 |
| [guillain-barré syndrome in the northern area of gran canaria and the island of lanzarote]. | the objective of this study is to analyse the incidence and clinical characteristics of guillain barre syndrome (gbs) in the canary islands. | 2002 | 12402219 |
| [ten contributions to the use of qualitative methodology in an audit of internal communication in primary care]. | qualitative methodology, originally belonging to the social sciences domain, has progressively incorporated to health research to the scepticism of many and the admiration of others. nowadays, validity and fiability of these qualitative techniques is still questioned by a great amount of health researchers and their use provokes doubt among reviewers and other members of the scientific community. this article presents as a fundamental measure for the validity of the qualitative methodology its p ... | 2002 | 12422423 |
| sputum eosinophilia and maximal airway narrowing in dermatophagoides pteronyssinus allergic rhinitis patients: only rhinitis or rhinitis plus mild asthma? | to study the existence of bronchial disease among rhinitis patients. to evaluate the laboratory test or set of tests (ie, symptoms, exposure, and sensitization to the allergen, and the provocative dose of methacholine [mth] causing a 20% fall in fev(1) [pd(20)] and the maximal response plateau [mrp] to mth) that best identifies a case of mild asthma. | 2002 | 12426253 |
| variations in antidepressant prescribing practice: clinical need or market influences? | to assess the antidepressant prescribing patterns of community psychiatrists, and the prescriptions issued by general practitioners and private physicians during 1999 in order to analyse and discuss the intensity and sources of variations between doctors. | 2002 | 12426937 |
| metallic content of wines from the canary islands (spain). application of artificial neural networks to the data analysis. | eleven elements, k, na, ca, mg, fe, cu, zn, mn, sr, li and rb, were determined in dry and sweet wines bearing the denominations of origin of el hierro, la palma and lanzarote islands (canary islands, spain). analyses were performed by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry, with the exceptions of li and rb for which flame atomic emission spectrophotometry was used. the content in copper and iron did not present risks of cases. all samples presented a copper and zinc content below the maximum ... | 2002 | 12428457 |
| sex and season influence the proportion of thin spike cells in the canary hvc. | in songbirds, anatomical attributes of song nuclei exhibit sexual and seasonal differences. to extend these data to physiological correlates, neurons ( n= 374) were recorded in the hvc of male and female canaries during and outside the breeding period. surprisingly, a particular type of action potential waveforms was observed more frequently in breeding than in non-breeding birds and in males than in females. these neurons showed both a shorter action potential duration (< 0.4 ms) and a higher f ... | 2002 | 12438915 |
| allozyme diversity in natural populations of viola palmensis webb & berth. (violaceae) from la palma (canary islands): implications for conservation genetics. | genetic diversity was measured by allozyme electrophoresis in eight natural populations of the threatened canarian endemic viola palmensis webb & berth. (violaceae). nineteen alleles corresponding to 11 gene loci were detected. high levels of genetic diversity were found, ranging from 36.3 to 45.4 % for the percentage of polymorphic loci (p), from 1.45 to 1.60 for the average number of alleles per locus (a) and from 0.128 to 0.200 for the expected heterozygosity (h(e)). between 85.5 and 96.6 % o ... | 2002 | 12451028 |
| evaluation of the central properties of several hypericum species from the canary islands. | the infusions of the aerial parts in blossom of hypericum canariense, h. glandulosum, h. reflexum and h. grandifolium (hypericaceae) were evaluated for their pharmacological activity on the central nervous system in mice using various behavioural models including locomotor and muscle relaxant activity, effect on normal body temperature, pentobarbital-induced sleep, oxotremorine and tetrabenazine-induced syndrome, apomorphine-induced hypothermia and 5-hydroxytryptophan-induced head twitches, as w ... | 2002 | 12458477 |
| phylogeography of pipistrelle-like bats within the canary islands, based on mtdna sequences. | evolution of three canary island vespertilionid bat species, pipistrellus kuhlii, pipistrellus maderensis, and hypsugo savii was studied by comparison of approximately 1 kbp of mtdna (from cytochrome b and 16s rrna genes) between islands. mtdna reveals that both p. kuhlii and p. maderensis exist in sympatry on tenerife (and possibly other islands). their morphological similarity explains why their co-occurrence had not been detected previously. levels of sequence divergence are quite low within ... | 2003 | 12470938 |
| differential characteristics in the chemical composition of bananas from tenerife (canary islands) and ecuador. | the contents of moisture, protein, ash, ascorbic acid, glucose, fructose, total sugars, and total and insoluble fiber were determined in cultivars of bananas (gran enana and pequeña enana) harvested in tenerife and in bananas (gran enana) from ecuador. the chemical compositions in the bananas from tenerife and from ecuador were clearly different. the cultivar did not influence the chemical composition, except for insoluble fiber content. variations of the chemical composition were observed in th ... | 2002 | 12475275 |
| pythium segnitium sp. nov., isolated from the canary islands--its taxonomy, its region of rdna, and comparison with related species. | pythium segnitium (ci-44) was isolated from some soil samples taken in the canary islands (spain). this new species is a slow-growing fungus and is perfectly adapted to terrestrial habitat. it belongs to the group of pythium that have smooth-walled oogonia, mostly hypogynous antheridia, and plerotic oospores. the fungus lacks sporangia, zoospores, and hyphal bodies are rarely formed. thus the asexual reproduction, which is so common for fungi and especially for the aquatic ones, is completely la ... | 2002 | 12480105 |
| occupational contact dermatitis from canary-grass seed. | | 2002 | 12492538 |
| mitochondrial dna phylogeography and population history of meladema diving beetles on the atlantic islands and in the mediterranean basin (coleoptera, dytiscidae). | the phylogeny and population history of meladema diving beetles (coleoptera, dytiscidae) were examined using mitochondrial dna sequence from 16s ribosomal rna and cytochrome oxidase i genes in 51 individuals from 22 populations of the three extant species (m. imbricata endemic to the western canary islands, m. lanio endemic to madeira and m. coriacea widespread in the western mediterranean and on the western canaries), using a combination of phylogenetic and nested clade analyses. four main line ... | 2003 | 12492885 |
| higher-order organization and compartmentalization of satellite dna pim357 in species of the coleopteran genus pimelia. | the pim357 satellite dna family is present in 26 pimelia taxa (tenebrionidae, coleoptera) with endemic congeneric species from the canary islands showing higher interrepeat variability than continental ones. in this paper, we compare the repetitive dna sequences of a canarian species that has distinct subfamilies of repeat units, p. radula ascendens, with another without such subfamilies, p. sparsa sparsa. the chromosomal localization of the repeat units and the comparison of the variability of ... | 2002 | 12498348 |
| lead and cadmium levels in coastal benthic algae (seaweeds) of tenerife, canary islands. | lead and cadmium levels of some species of brown-algae (phaeophyta) from the mesolittoral (intertidal area) of the island of tenerife (central-eastern atlantic) were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. the quality control was carried out using a standard "crm 279 ulva lactuca". the mean, minimum and maximum concentrations were 11.21, 2.090 and 81.795 microg/g/dw; and 1.13, 0.190 and 5.130 microg/g/dw for lead and cadmium, respectively. the fact that samples registering the highest cadm ... | 2003 | 12504159 |
| trigonal prismatic vs octahedral coordination geometry: syntheses and structural characterization of hexakis(arylthiolato) zirconate complexes. | treating [li(tmeda)]2[zr(ch3)6] with aryl thiols, hsc6h4-4-r, in a 1:6 stoichiometry in diethyl ether affords excellent yields of [li(tmeda)]2[zr(sc6h4-4-r)6], where r = ch3 (1(2-)) or och3 (2(2-)) and tmeda denotes n,n,n',n'-tetramethylethylenediamine. these complexes are air-sensitive canary-yellow solids, soluble in hexane, diethyl ether, thf, and acetonitrile, that form yellow single crystals of [li(tmeda)](2)1 (diethyl ether solution) or [li(thf)3](2)2 (thf solution) from saturated solution ... | 2000 | 12526455 |
| seasonal regulation of nmda receptor nr2b mrna in the adult canary song system. | developmental changes in the composition and function of n-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (nmdars) are believed to regulate neural plasticity. for example, in songbirds, vocal learning entails nmdar activation, and the sensitive period for such learning in zebra finches (zfs) parallels developmental changes in nmdar density and phenotype within several song-related brain regions. in contrast to zfs, canaries exhibit vocal plasticity recurrently throughout adulthood, prompted by seasonal changes in ... | 2003 | 12555271 |
| evaluating reptile exposure to cholinesterase-inhibiting agrochemicals by serum butyrylcholinesterase activity. | blood samples from lizards (gallotia galloti) collected from two agricultural areas (las galletas and punta del hidalgo) and two reference areas on the island of tenerife (canary islands, spain) were analyzed for butyrylcholinesterase (bche) activity. serum bche activity was characterized first by in vitro experiments using selective substrates and inhibitors. of the total cholinesterase (che) activity, 74% could be attributed to bche activity. this portion of the total che activity was inhibite ... | 2003 | 12558160 |
| analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of the essential oils from the aerial parts of rutheopsis herbanica (bolle) hans. & kunk., gathered in fuerteventura (canary islands). | the essential oil from the aerial parts of rutheopsis herbanica (bolle) hans. & kunk., growing in fuerteventura, canary islands, spain, was studied by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and 42 constituents were identified. the major components were found to be alpha-pinene (29.4%), dillapiole (21.3%), limonene (14.1%), beta-pinene (13.2%) and myristicin (10.0%). as far as we know, this is the first report on the essential oil composition of this species. | 2003 | 12564686 |
| flexible reproduction in wild canaries is independent of photoperiod. | in temperate zone species, timing of the breeding season is determined by the minimum photoperiod or "critical day length" and the development of photorefractoriness. the integration of environmental cues like food, temperature, rainfall, and behavioural interactions determines the breeding window. however, there are a number of examples for breeding activities outside this time window. here we investigated the possible mechanisms for early seasonal breeding activities in a population of wild ca ... | 2003 | 12568786 |
| directional female preference for an exaggerated male trait in canary (serinus canaria) song. | motor constraints on vocal production impose a trade-off between trill rate and frequency bandwidth within birdsong. we tested whether domesticated canary (serinus canaria) females, reared either in acoustic isolation or in aviary conditions, had a preference for broad bandwidth songs with artificially increased syllable rates. the copulation solicitation display (csd) was used as an index of female preference. as predicted, both naive and experienced females were especially responsive to syllab ... | 2002 | 12573066 |
| heliotherapy in atopic dermatitis: a prospective study on climatotherapy using the scorad index. | the aim of this study was to investigate the suitability and effectiveness of heliotherapy in moderate or severe atopic dermatitis in adults in the canary islands. a total of 216 patients participated on 6 different 2- or 3-week heliotherapy trips. using the severity scoring of atopic dermatitis index (scorad), the severity of atopic dermatitis was assessed prior to the start of heliotherapy, after 2 weeks and then 3 months after the end of heliotherapy. a quality-of-life questionnaire was later ... | 2002 | 12575850 |
| [prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the population of canary islands, spain]. | the program for the detection of high blood cholesterol in adults (atp iii) has recently published diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome. its prevalence in the canarian population is reported here. | 2003 | 12605823 |
| selenium and mercury concentrations in sweet and dry bottled wines from the canary islands, spain. | the concentrations of selenium and mercury were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in sweet and dry bottled wines from the canary islands, spain. the concentrations of mercury ranged from 2.6 to 4.9 microg x l(-1) for sweet wines, and from 1.5 to 2.6 microg x l(-1) for dry wines, differences (p < 0.05) being observed according to the island of production and type of wine, but not with respect to vintage. the concentration of selenium varied between 1.0 and 2.0 microg x l(-1) for s ... | 2003 | 12623647 |
| analysis of arsenic, lead and cadmium in wines from the canary islands, spain, by icp/ms. | because of their high toxicity, arsenic, lead and cadmium need to be quantified in food and beverages. for the first time, in this study the content of arsenic, lead and cadmium was investigated in 152 wine samples from the canary islands, spain, belonging to eight denominations of origin (do) and four islands by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (icp-ms). the ranges of concentration found were 0.58-8.45 microg l(-1) for arsenic, 0.20-1.73 microg l(-1) for cadmium and 3.89-159.5 micro ... | 2003 | 12623662 |
| nobel prize winner trading card (circa 1952). elie metchnikoff. | russian doctor and bacteriologist, born in ivanowca in 1845. he began his studies in kharkov, continuing them at the universities of giessen, gothingen, and munich, later being named professor of zoology in odessa in 1870. in the canary islands, he completed some anthropological works, but dedicated himself especially to studies of marine fauna. in 1887, much taken by the work of pasteur, he wrote to him asking for a position in his laboratories; in a short time he became one of the principal co ... | 2003 | 12650160 |