| delta6-desaturase sequence evidence for explosive pliocene radiations within the adaptive radiation of macaronesian echium (boraginaceae). | the oceanic islands of macaronesia provide an ideal temporal and spatial context to test hypotheses of plant evolution using a novel set of phylogenetic markers, delta(6)-desaturase sequences. in contrast to the limited resolution of standard molecular markers (nrdna and plastid sequences), the delta(6)-desaturase sequence phylogeny of echium unequivocally reconstructs its active colonization across islands and archipelagos (madeira, the canary islands, and cape verde), as well as its subsequent ... | 2009 | 19398027 |
| caboxamycin, a new antibiotic of the benzoxazole family produced by the deep-sea strain streptomyces sp. ntk 937. | caboxamycin, a new benzoxazole antibiotic, was detected by hplc-diode array screening in extracts of the marine strain streptomyces sp. ntk 937, which was isolated from deep-sea sediment collected in the canary basin. the structure of caboxamycin was determined by mass spectrometry, nmr experiments and x-ray analysis. it showed inhibitory activity against gram-positive bacteria, selected human tumor cell lines and the enzyme phosphodiesterase. | 2009 | 19198633 |
| determinants of organochlorine levels detectable in the amniotic fluid of women from tenerife island (canary islands, spain). | organochlorines (ocs) tend to accumulate in human tissues and can be measured in amniotic fluid (af). the detection of ocs in af samples reflects intrauterine exposure of human beings to these persistent organic pollutants. the present study was performed to evaluate the level of contamination of af by ocs in 100 pregnant women from tenerife island (canary islands, spain). gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (gc/ms) was used to identify and quantify the analytes, including 7 polychlorobiphenyl ... | 2009 | 19403124 |
| consort hypersensitivity pneumonitis. | to date, there is little information in the literature that hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to birds may occur without direct contact to birds. a 62-yr-old pensioner developed mild flu-like symptoms, fatigue and polyuria several hours after each meeting with his new female partner, either in hotels or his apartment. after divorcing from her ex-husband, who was a canary fancier, the female had moved into a bungalow approximately 6 months earlier. when the couple met for the first time at the bun ... | 2009 | 19407057 |
| prenatal environmental effects match offspring begging to parental provisioning. | the solicitation behaviours performed by dependent young are under selection from the environment created by their parents, as well as wider ecological conditions. here we show how mechanisms acting before hatching enable canary offspring to adapt their begging behaviour to a variable post-hatching world. cross-fostering experiments revealed that canary nestling begging intensity is positively correlated with the provisioning level of their own parents (to foster chicks). when we experimentally ... | 2009 | 19419982 |
| co-speech gesture in bimodal bilinguals. | the effects of knowledge of sign language on co-speech gesture were investigated by comparing the spontaneous gestures of bimodal bilinguals (native users of american sign language and english; n = 13) and non-signing native english speakers (n = 12). each participant viewed and re-told the canary row cartoon to a non-signer whom they did not know. nine of the thirteen bimodal bilinguals produced at least one asl sign, which we hypothesise resulted from a failure to inhibit asl. compared with no ... | 2008 | 19430579 |
| history of uterine artery occlusion and subsequent pregnancy. | objective: during mature placenta formation, select fetal trophoblasts invade maternal decidual arterioles and junctional zone arteries and change them into low-resistance uteroplacental arteries. consequently, physicians performing vascular procedures that occlude the uterine arteries should understand their effects on miscarriage rates, the various toxemias of pregnancy, gross and microscopic placental anatomy, and invasive placentation. thus, the objective of this article is to review the eff ... | 2009 | 19457823 |
| [health services utilization by the immigrant population in spain]. | to compare health services utilization between the immigrant and indigenous populations in spain. | 2009 | 19467739 |
| fluxes of nitrous oxide and methane on an abandoned peat extraction site: effect of reed canary grass cultivation. | drained organic soils are among the most risky soil types as far as their greenhouse gas emissions are considered. reed canary grass (rcg) is a potential bioenergy crop in the boreal region, but the atmospheric impact of its cultivation is unknown. the fluxes of n(2)o and ch(4) were measured from an abandoned peat extraction site (an organic soil) cultivated with rcg using static chamber and snow gradient techniques. the fluxes were measured also at an adjacent site which is under active peat ex ... | 2009 | 19467859 |
| song learning in domesticated canaries in a restricted acoustic environment. | many songbirds learn their songs early in life from a song model. in the absence of such a model, they develop an improvised song that often lacks the species-typical song structure. open-ended learners, such as the domesticated canary, are able to modify their songs in adulthood, although the mechanisms that guide and time the song-learning process are still not fully understood. in a previous study, we showed that male domesticated canaries lacking an adult song model in their first year subst ... | 2009 | 19474048 |
| ensifer meliloti bv. lancerottense establishes nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with lotus endemic to the canary islands and shows distinctive symbiotic genotypes and host range. | eleven strains were isolated from root nodules of lotus endemic to the canary islands and they belonged to the genus ensifer, a genus never previously described as a symbiont of lotus. according to their 16s rrna and atpd gene sequences, two isolates represented minority genotypes that could belong to previously undescribed ensifer species, but most of the isolates were classified within the species ensifer meliloti. these isolates nodulated lotus lancerottensis, lotus corniculatus and lotus jap ... | 2009 | 19477097 |
| spatio-temporal upwelling trends along the canary upwelling system (1967-2006). | spatio-temporal trends in upwelling patterns were studied along the canary upwelling system for the period 1967-2006. the northwestern coast of african from lat 20 degrees n to 32 degrees n is observed to be under a permanent upwelling regime characterized by coastal sea surface temperatures (sst) colder than the oceanic ones at the same latitude. the temperature difference is termed the temperature upwelling index (ui(sst)). this regime is consistent with the wind-derived ekman transport (ui(w) ... | 2008 | 19076422 |
| willingness to undergo colorectal cancer screening in first-degree relatives of hospitalized patients with colorectal cancer. | to evaluate whether willingness to undergo colonoscopy screening is influenced by being a first-degree relative of hospitalized patients with or without colorectal cancer after briefing and surgeon recommendation. | 2009 | 19349529 |
| correcting for purifying selection: an improved human mitochondrial molecular clock. | there is currently no calibration available for the whole human mtdna genome, incorporating both coding and control regions. furthermore, as several authors have pointed out recently, linear molecular clocks that incorporate selectable characters are in any case problematic. we here confirm a modest effect of purifying selection on the mtdna coding region and propose an improved molecular clock for dating human mtdna, based on a worldwide phylogeny of > 2000 complete mtdna genomes and calibratin ... | 2009 | 19500773 |
| bdnf increases brdu-ir cells in the injured adult zebra finch hippocampus. | steroid-mediated cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival can be triggered by learning, experience, and brain injury. in the uninjured canary song system, testosterone induces cell proliferation that is blocked by an antibody to brain-derived neurotrophic factor (bdnf). however, little is known with regard to the effects of neurotrophic factors on injury-induced cell proliferation and incorporation. to address this, adult male zebra finches received bilateral hippocampal lesions by infu ... | 2009 | 19512953 |
| low-dimensional dynamical model for the diversity of pressure patterns used in canary song. | during song production, oscine birds produce large air sac pressure pulses. during those pulses, energy is transferred to labia located at the juncture between the bronchii and the trachea, inducing the high frequency labial oscillations which are responsible for airflow modulations, i.e., the uttered sound. in order to generate diverse syllables, canaries (serinus canaria) use a set of air sac pressure patterns with characteristic shapes. in this work we show that these different shapes can be ... | 2009 | 19518278 |
| trace element concentrations in raillietina micracantha in comparison to its definitive host, the feral pigeon columba livia in santa cruz de tenerife (canary archipelago, spain). | the use of systems involving bird parasites as bioindicators of environmental pollution has been scarcely studied in comparison to other models involving fish and rodent parasites, which have been demonstrated as particularly adequate due to their bioaccumulation capacities. the present study evaluated the accumulation of nine trace elements in the cestode raillietina micracantha and in its host columba livia collected from the densely populated city of santa cruz de tenerife (canary islands, sp ... | 2010 | 19526264 |
| a chemotaxonomic study of nine canarian sideritis species. | nine taxa of the sideritis genus, sideritis argosphacelus var. spicata, sideritis candicans var. eriocephala,sideritis discolor, sideritis kuegleriana, sideritis lotsyi, sideritis lotsyi var. mascaensis, sideritis marmorea, sideritis soluta and sideritis tenoi, which are endemic from the canary islands, have been chemically studied. the diterpene sicanatriol 7beta,18-diacetate was obtained from s. argosphacelus var. spicata, whilst a nor-diterpene, epiadejone, and the 3(2h)-benzofuranone solutin ... | 2009 | 19535115 |
| goats, birds, and emergent diseases: apparent and hidden effects of exotic species in an island environment. | exotic species can have devastating effects on recipient environments and even lead to the outbreak of emergent diseases. we present here several hidden effects that the introduction of goats has had on the lesser short-toed lark, calandrella rufescens, the commonest native bird inhabiting the island of fuerteventura (canary islands). vegetation structure varied with grazing pressure, and indeed, vegetation was all but eradicated from the locality with greatest goat densities, which was also whe ... | 2009 | 19544728 |
| clinicopathologic analysis of uterine sarcomas from a single institution in the canary islands. | to evaluate the clinicopathologic data and prognostic factors for patients with uterine sarcomas treated at a single institution, with special emphasis on malignant mixed müllerian tumors (mmmt). | 2009 | 19555952 |
| [outcome of the critical patient according to the sex and the age]. | to determine if gender and age are associated with differences in mortality in patients requiring critical care. | 2009 | 19558936 |
| content of lead and cadmium in barred hogfish, bodianus scrofa, island grouper, mycteroperca fusca, and portuguese dogfish, centroscymnus coelolepis, from canary islands, spain. | concentration of lead and cadmium has been analyzed in bodianus scrofa and mycteroperca fusca captured in the canary islands coast. concentration of pb ranged from 2.53 to 306.40 and 4.97 to 792.00 microg kg(-1) respectively, while that of cd ranged from 1.75 to 1854.50 and 6.78 to 656.00 microg kg(-1). the same metals have been analyzed in muscles, liver and skin of centroscymnus coelolepis from canary islands, with contents of pb and cd ranged between 24.18-96.12 microg kg(-1) and 32.00-3266.5 ... | 2009 | 19597713 |
| epidemiology of diabetes-related lower extremity amputations in gran canaria, canary islands (spain). | we have studied the rate of lower extremity amputations (leas) in the south of gran canaria. the incidence rate was 319.7 per 100,000 (95% ci, 258.6-380.8) per year in the diabetic subjects. the incidence of both diabetic and non-diabetic leas is the highest reported in spain. | 2009 | 19604593 |
| impact of alien plant invaders on pollination networks in two archipelagos. | mutualistic interactions between plants and animals promote integration of invasive species into native communities. in turn, the integrated invaders may alter existing patterns of mutualistic interactions. here we simultaneously map in detail effects of invaders on parameters describing the topology of both plant-pollinator (bi-modal) and plant-plant (uni-modal) networks. we focus on the invader opuntia spp., a cosmopolitan alien cactus. we compare two island systems: tenerife (canary islands) ... | 2009 | 19609437 |
| susceptibility to infection and immune response in insular and continental populations of egyptian vulture: implications for conservation. | a generalized decline in populations of old world avian scavengers is occurring on a global scale. the main cause of the observed crisis in continental populations of these birds should be looked for in the interaction between two factors -- changes in livestock management, including the increased use of pharmaceutical products, and disease. insular vertebrates seem to be especially susceptible to diseases induced by the arrival of exotic pathogens, a process often favored by human activities, a ... | 2009 | 19623256 |
| [lifestyle, socioeconomic status and morbidity in postmenopausal women with grade ii and iii obesity]. | obesity has become a major public health problem in all western countries, and its prevalence is increasing. this condition is associated with a higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary heart disease; furthermore, obesity is a risk factor for mortality. | 2009 | 19627743 |
| phylogeography and genetic structure of the canarian common chaffinch (fringilla coelebs) inferred with mtdna and microsatellite loci. | the widespread common chaffinch (fringilla coelebs) inhabits five of the seven canary islands. sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1002bp) revealed new insights into the systematics and phylogeography of this taxon. additionally, a set of microsatellite loci were analyzed to examine the structure of these populations. our results suggest that a new species of the genus fringilla is present in the canary islands, which comprises at least three subspecies, but with a different distri ... | 2009 | 19632343 |
| demographic history of canary islands male gene-pool: replacement of native lineages by european. | the origin and prevalence of the prehispanic settlers of the canary islands has attracted great multidisciplinary interest. however, direct ancient dna genetic studies on indigenous and historical 17th-18th century remains, using mitochondrial dna as a female marker, have only recently been possible. in the present work, the analysis of y-chromosome polymorphisms in the same samples, has shed light on the way the european colonization affected male and female canary island indigenous genetic poo ... | 2009 | 19650893 |
| measurement of key compositional parameters in two species of energy grass by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. | two energy grass species, switch grass, a north american tuft grass, and reed canary grass, a european native, are likely to be important sources of biomass in western europe for the production of biorenewable energy. matching chemical composition to conversion efficiency is a primary goal for improvement programmes and for determining the quality of biomass feed-stocks prior to use and there is a need for methods which allow cost effective characterisation of chemical composition at high rates ... | 2009 | 19660936 |
| [antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular typing of enterococcus faecium isolated from humans, chickens and environment in canary islands (spain)]. | comparative studies on antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and molecular typing of enterococcus isolates of different origins provides valuable information concerning the epidemiology of enterococcal infections. we analyzed clinical isolates and we surveyed faecal samples of humans (hospitalised patients and healthy volunteers), faecal samples of poultry and environmental samples. a total of 68 e. faecium isolates were obtained: 43 from humans, 5 from poultry and 20 from water. we compared the ... | 2009 | 19662544 |
| accumulation of toxic metals (pb and cd) in the sea urchin diadema aff. antillarum philippi, 1845, in an oceanic island (tenerife, canary islands). | this document shows the results obtained from a study on the concentration of toxic heavy metals in the internal tissue and exoskeleton of sea urchins, collected from their natural habitat. the levels of lead and cadmium were measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. the mean concentrations of lead and cadmium in the internal tissue were 304.04 and 260.54 microg/kg respectively, whereas in the shell they were 185.02 and 142.48 microg/kg. we also performed a statistical analysi ... | 2010 | 19399849 |
| removal of personal care compounds from sewage sludge in reed bed container (lysimeter) studies--effects of macrophytes. | sludge reed beds have been used for dewatering (draining and evapotranspiration) and mineralisation of sludge in europe since 1988. although reed beds are considered as a low cost and low contamination method in reducing volume, breaking down organic matter and increasing the density of sludge, it is not yet clear whether this enhanced biological treatment is suitable for degradation of organic micro-pollutants such as personal care products. within this project the effect of biological sludge t ... | 2009 | 19682727 |
| molecular characterization of cryptosporidium spp. from fecal samples of birds kept in captivity in brazil. | the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of cryptosporidium species and genotypes in birds kept in captivity in brazil. a total of 966 samples from 18 families of birds was collected and stored in 5% potassium dichromate solution at 4 degrees c until processing. oocysts were purified in sheather sugar solution following extraction of genomic dna. molecular analyses were performed using nested-pcr for amplification of fragments of the 18s subunit of rrna gene and of the actin gene. a ... | 2009 | 19683397 |
| heavy and trace metal concentrations in three rockpool shrimp species (palaemon elegans, palaemon adspersus and palaemon serratus) from tenerife (canary islands). | trace metal concentrations (fe, cu, co, zn, ni and v) were investigated in three rockpool shrimp species (palaemon elegans, palaemon adspersus and palaemon serratus) from six littoral sampling sites (polluted and non-polluted) of tenerife in the canary islands (central eastern atlantic), spain. sex ratio for all three species has been determined: females predominate over males in all species and significant differences in total length and cephalothorax length was detected between sexes, being fe ... | 2010 | 19685272 |
| temporal evolution of the abo allele frequencies in the canary islands: the impact of the european colonization. | the indigenous canary islands population suffered a strong cultural and genetic impact when they were colonized by europeans in the fifteenth century. the molecular analysis of the abo blood group gene on aboriginal and seventeenth to eighteenth century remains confirms the demographic history of the islands depicted by previous archaeological, anthropological, and genetic studies. abo allele frequencies clearly related canarian aborigines with north african berber populations, its most probable ... | 2009 | 19693495 |
| "canary measures" among the ahrq patient safety indicators. | despite the fact that the agency for healthcare research and quality patient safety indicators (psis) are useful for evaluating adverse events in hospitals, the 20 psis make it difficult to summarize broad trends across indicators. this study aims to identify 1 or more measures among the psis best suited for a quick index of general patient safety status. the 1997-2002 nationwide inpatient sample was used to calculate the hospital-level risk-adjusted rates of the psis. both pairwise correlation ... | 2009 | 19696232 |
| insulin-like growth factor-i (igf-i) serum concentrations in healthy children and adolescents: relationship to level of contamination by ddt-derivative pesticides. | serum levels of insulin-like growth factor i (igf-i) play a critical role in children growth and in the pathogenesis of several diseases. in addition, recent studies suggest that ddt-derivative organochlorine pesticides (oc-ddts) could influence igf levels in human beings. | 2010 | 19699127 |
| ionic liquid based dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for the extraction of pesticides from bananas. | this paper describes a dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (dllme) procedure using room temperature ionic liquids (rtils) coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection capable of quantifying trace amounts of eight pesticides (i.e. thiophanate-methyl, carbofuran, carbaryl, tebuconazole, iprodione, oxyfluorfen, hexythiazox and fenazaquin) in bananas. fruit samples were first homogenized and extracted (1g) with acetonitrile and after suitable evaporation and reco ... | 2009 | 19700165 |
| novel avian bornavirus in a nonpsittacine species (canary; serinus canaria) with enteric ganglioneuritis and encephalitis. | a canary bird (serinus canaria) died with nonsuppurative ganglioneuritis of the proventriculus and gizzard and encephalitis, lesions comparable to proventricular dilatation disease (pdd) of psittacine birds. recently, several genotypes of a novel avian bornavirus have been linked to pdd. in the canary, bornaviral antigen was detected by immunohistochemistry in both neural and extraneural tissues. the widespread viral dissemination was confirmed by reverse transcription-pcr. sequence analysis rev ... | 2009 | 19706702 |
| the striking geographical pattern of gastric cancer mortality in spain: environmental hypotheses revisited. | gastric cancer is decreasing in most countries. while socioeconomic development is the main factor to which this decline has been attributed, enormous differences among countries and within regions are still observed, with the main contributing factors remaining elusive. this study describes the geographic distribution of gastric cancer mortality at a municipal level in spain, from 1994-2003. | 2009 | 19737377 |
| canary prostate active surveillance study: design of a multi-institutional active surveillance cohort and biorepository. | active surveillance is a management plan for localized prostate cancer that offers selective delayed intervention on indication of disease progression, allowing patients to delay or avoid treatment and associated side-effects. outcomes from centers that promote active surveillance are favorable, with high rates of disease-specific survival. however, there remains a need for prognostic variables or biomarkers that distinguish with high specificity the aggressive cancers that progress on surveilla ... | 2010 | 19758683 |
| radiometric analysis of farmed fish (sea bass, gilthead bream, and rainbow trout) from tenerife island, spain. | this study analyzed the content of gamma-emitting radionuclides in fish farmed on the island of tenerife (canary islands, spain). the fish species included in this study were sea bass, gilthead bream, and rainbow trout. the first two species are produced in offshore enclosures, while the third is produced in a freshwater fish farm. all measurements were performed using two high-purity germanium gamma-ray detectors. the content of gamma-emitting radionuclides in the fodder used to feed the differ ... | 2009 | 19777898 |
| daily dietary intake of iron, copper, zinc and manganese in a spanish population. | to evaluate the daily dietary intake of essential metals in the canary islands, the iron, copper, zinc and manganese contents in 420 food and drink samples collected in local markets were analysed by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (icp-aes). the estimated daily dietary intakes of iron, copper, zinc and manganese are 13.161 mg/day, 2.098 mg/day, 8.954 mg/day and 2.372 mg/day, respectively. the iron dietary intake was found to be below the recommendations fixed for adult w ... | 2009 | 19817638 |
| association of taq 1b cetp polymorphism with insulin and homa levels in the population of the canary islands. | cholesteryl ester transfer protein (cetp) is an enzyme with a key role in lipoprotein metabolism. a common genetic polymorphism, the taq 1b, influences cetp activity and hdl-cholesterol levels, with individual homozygotes for the b1 allele exhibiting higher enzyme activity and lower hdl-cholesterol levels than carriers of at least one b2 allele. our aim was to analyze the influence of taq 1b cetp polymorphism on cardiovascular risk factors in a representative sample of adult subjects from canary ... | 2011 | 19822408 |
| [assessment of nutritional quality in healthy pregnant women of the canary islands, spain]. | to describe the composition of the diet of healthy pregnant women of the canary islands and to estimate the nutritional quality using the healthy eating index (hei). | 2009 | 19679322 |
| an examination of amphibian sensitivity to environmental contaminants: are amphibians poor canaries? | nearly two decades ago, the global biodiversity crisis was catapulted to the front pages of newspapers with the recognition of worldwide amphibian declines. amphibians earned their appellation, 'canaries in a coal mine', because of apparent high sensitivity to human-mediated environmental change. the most frequently cited causes for high susceptibility include permeable skin, a dual aquatic-terrestrial life cycle and a relatively rudimentary immune system. while some researchers have questioned ... | 2010 | 19845728 |
| [analysis of the epidemiological characteristics and prognostic factors in probable or confirmed invasive meningococcal disease in a cohort of adolescents and adults during an epidemic outbreak]. | to describe the profile of people suffering invasive meningococcal disease in andalusia and the canary islands, and identify the risk factors for death. | 2009 | 19480778 |
| influence of social conditions in song sharing in the adult canary. | in songbirds, experience of social and environmental cues during a discrete period after birth may dramatically influence song learning. in the canary, the ability to learn new songs is assumed to persist throughout life. the aim of the present study was to investigate whether social context could guide changes in adult song. three groups of canaries were kept in different social and temporal conditions. results showed that the multiple hierarchical levels of the canary song structure were affec ... | 2009 | 19495816 |
| trypanosoma evansi infection in mainland spain. | an outbreak of trypanosoma evansi infection that occurred in mainland spain is described. the outbreak occurred on an equine and camel farm to which dromedary camels from an infected area of the canary islands had recently been introduced. one of these camels developed clinical signs and t. evansi was discovered in a blood smear examination. the herd was evaluated in order to determine the extent of the disease. the results showed that 76% of the camels, 35% of the donkeys and 2% of the horses w ... | 2010 | 19864069 |
| the wide-spread distribution of diphtheroids and their occurrence in various lesions of human tissues. | it is evident from this work and from the work of others that organisms having diphtheroidal morphology are wide-spread in their distribution in the human body. they are readily isolated from miscellaneous skin lesions, probably thriving better in pathological soils as saprophytes than in normal skin, although they can be obtained quite easily from the latter. various strains can also be cultivated from the air, at least in this environment. aside from the air and superficial parts of the human ... | 1915 | 19867885 |
| gene polymorphisms in tyms, mthfr, p53 and mdr1 as risk factors for breast cancer: a case-control study. | breast cancer (bc) is a complex disease influenced by environmental and genetic factors. the disease has important genetic and environmental components, most of them are still unknown. an important role of gene polymorphisms related to the risk of developing bc has been reported. however, the results have been controversial. we investigated the association of tser, mthfr c677t, p53 codon 72 and mdr1 c3435t gene polymorphisms with breast carcinoma in women from canary islands (spain). blood sampl ... | 2009 | 19885596 |
| [lifestyle and treatment adherence of type 2 diabetes mellitus people in the canary islands]. | the canary islands population experiences the highest type 2 diabetes (dm2) mortality in spain. we studied lifestyle, unknown dm2 and treatment adherence in diabetics of these islands. | 2009 | 19893884 |
| atoxoplasmosis in canary fledglings: severe lymphocytic enteritis with preferential parasitism of b lymphocytes. | all fledgling canaries (serinum canarius) in a small private aviary died from atoxoplasmosis during a single breeding season. the birds were clinically normal when removed from their parents at 2 mo of age, but by 3 mo of age all had died following an illness characterized by progressive lethargy, anorexia, and debilitation. cachexia, splenomegaly, and pale foci in the liver were evident at necropsy. microscopically, there was striking infiltration of the intestinal lamina propria by mononuclear ... | 2009 | 19848092 |
| unusual pathology of canary poxvirus infection associated with high mortality in young and adult breeder canaries (serinus canaria). | mortality in excess of 65% occurred in a flock of 450 canaries (serinus canaria). clinical signs in the canaries included severe respiratory distress, loss of feathers and/or scaly skin on the head, neck and back, anorexia, loss of weight and fluffed-up appearance of several days duration before death. gross pathology in most of the canaries included thickened eye lids and small scab-like nodules on the skin of the head and neck, enlarged thymus, mild to severe consolidation of lungs and exudate ... | 2009 | 19937516 |
| study of an unusual paratyphoid epornitic in canaries (serinus canaria). | high mortalities in 17 canary flocks from different regions of tehran, iran, were reported. necropsy and histopathologic examination revealed necrotic hepatitis and overall congestive septicaemia in carcasses. salmonella enterica was isolated from 34 examined samples, two samples from each flock, including visceral organs of carcasses and droppings of live diseased birds. all isolates were typed as salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium by conventional serotyping. antibiotic resistance profilin ... | 2009 | 19937532 |
| evidence for adaptive evolution of olfactory receptor genes in 9 bird species. | it has been suggested that positive selection, in particular selection favoring a change in the protein sequence, plays a role in the evolution of olfactory receptor (or) gene repertoires in fish and mammals. ors are 7-transmembrane domain (tm) proteins, members of the g-protein-coupled receptor superfamily in vertebrate genomes, and responsible for odorant binding and discrimination. or gene repertoires in birds are surprisingly large and diverse, suggesting that birds have a keen olfactory sen ... | 2010 | 19965911 |
| mummy as a drug. | the use of mummy as a drug was widespread in europe from the twelfth to the seventeenth centuries, and its employment lingered on for a hundred years later.its supposed virtue was originally based upon the medicinal properties of natural bitumen obtained from the dead sea and elsewhere. during the middle ages mummy was obtained from embalmed human bodies-in egypt-which were believed to have been prepared with bitumen. even at the present day the statement is current that the egyptians used bitum ... | 1927 | 19986148 |
| presence of c. albidus, c. laurentii and c. uniguttulatus in crop and droppings of pigeon lofts (columba livia). | columba livia is an important reservoir and carrier of cryptococcus neoformans, cryptococcus uniguttulatus, cryptococcus laurentii and cryptococcus albidus. upper digestive tract of this species is also known as a habitat for cryptococcus neoformans. given the increasing clinical interest of this microorganism, 331 swabs from crop and 174 dropping samples from pigeon lofts in grand canary island have been studied. the obtained results show an extensive presence samples 81 positive (24.47%) of cr ... | 2010 | 20012367 |
| outbreaks of keratoconjunctivitis in a camel herd caused by a specific biovar of moraxella canis. | two tributyrin hydrolysis-negative moraxella isolates obtained in cases of keratoconjunctivitis in camelus dromedarius in the canary islands showed highest degrees of 16s rrna gene sequence similarity to moraxella canis. a level of dna relatedness to the m. canis type strain of 79% confirmed the identity of the isolates as a tributyrin hydrolysis-negative biovar of m. canis. | 2010 | 20032257 |
| the relationship among mental health status (ghq-12), health related quality of life (eq-5d) and health-state utilities in a general population. | to assess the relationship between mental health and health-related quality of life (hrql) in the general population, and to map ghq-12 as a screening test for population psychological distress to a generic health state measure (eq-5d) in order to estimate health state values and allow deriving quality-adjusted life years. | 2009 | 20034201 |
| determinants of health care costs of hiv-positive patients in the canary islands, spain. | the aims of this study were to estimate medical expenditures on human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) treatment and to identify significant associated variables. we performed a retrospective multi-centre study in the canary islands using a sample of 569 patients recruited at outpatient visits. the study examined demographic and clinical variables, health-related quality of life (hrqol), and health care resources. clinical data was obtained from medical records and patient interviews. several empiri ... | 2010 | 20049503 |
| disproportionately high incidence of diabetes-related end-stage renal disease in the canary islands. an analysis based on estimated population at risk. | an exceptionally high incidence of diabetes-related end-stage renal disease (dm-esrd) has been reported in the canary islands. this phenomenon was attributed to an increased prevalence of diabetes in this community. we compared the incidence of dm-esrd in the canary islands with the rest of spain among the estimated number of individuals at risk (people with diabetes in the population). | 2010 | 20064954 |
| a canary in the coal mine: documenting citizenship and identity in the state of massachusetts. | the u.s. federal government requires original documentation of citizenship and identity for applicants to qualify for coverage under medicaid. the purpose of this investigation is to identify what challenges one state medicaid agency has faced when implementing this requirement; and to identify what strategies this agency and other interested parties (e.g., providers, community advocates) adopted to help overcome them. | 2010 | 20074830 |
| health information exchange, biosurveillance efforts, and emergency department crowding during the spring 2009 h1n1 outbreak in new york city. | novel h1n1 influenza spread rapidly around the world in spring 2009. few places were as widely affected as the new york metropolitan area. emergency departments (eds) in the region experienced daily visit increases in 2 distinct temporal peaks, with means of 36.8% and 60.7% over baseline in april and may, respectively, and became, in a sense, the "canary in the coal mine" for the rest of the country as we braced ourselves for resurgent spread in the fall. biosurveillance efforts by public health ... | 2010 | 20079955 |
| chemotaxonomy of gonospermum and related genera. | aerial parts of gonospermum fruticosum collected at several locations in the canary islands afforded, in addition to known compounds, four sesquiterpene alcohols related to costol and a sesquiterpene lactone, whose structures were established on the basis of their spectroscopic data and chemical transformations. except for gonospermum species collected on the island of tenerife, those collected on the island of el hierro and, in a previous study those from la gomera, contain sesquiterpene lacton ... | 2010 | 20096903 |
| innovative individuals are not always the best demonstrators: feeding innovation and social transmission in serinus canaria. | feeding innovation occurs when individuals choose a novel, unknown type of food and/or acquire new feeding skills. here we studied feeding innovation and social transmission of the new feeding habit in canaries. adult canaries eat a wide variety of seeds but avoid larger ones such as those of sunflowers. we determined whether adults of both sexes are equally prone to innovate when confronted with sunflower seeds and whether free-interactions facilitate transmission of the new feeding habit in a ... | 2010 | 20111590 |
| [glove perforation in surgery and protective effect of double gloves]. | to investigate the incidence of glove perforation in programmed surgery and compare perforation rates between single-gloves and double-gloves. to evaluate the extent to which glove perforations remain undetected during surgery. | 2010 | 20116312 |
| strains nodulating lupinus albus on different continents belong to several new chromosomal and symbiotic lineages within bradyrhizobium. | in this work we analysed different chromosomal and symbiotic markers in rhizobial strains nodulating lupinus albus (white lupin) in several continents. collectively the analysis of their rrs and atpd genes, and 16s-23s intergenic spacers (its), showed that they belong to at least four chromosomal lineages within the genus bradyrhizobium. most isolates from the canary islands (near to the african continent) grouped with some strains isolated on mainland spain and were identified as bradyrhizobium ... | 2010 | 20135225 |
| mine wastewater treatment using phalaris arundinacea plant material hydrolyzate as substrate for sulfate-reducing bioreactor. | a low-cost substrate, phalaris arundinacea was acid hydrolyzed (reed canary grass hydrolyzate, rcgh) and used to support sulfate reduction. the experiments included batch bottle assays (35 degrees c) and a fluidized-bed bioreactor (fbr) experiment (35 degrees c) treating synthetic mine wastewater. dry plant material was also tested as substrate in batch bottle assays. the batch assays showed sulfate reduction with the studied substrates, producing 540 and 350mgl(-1) dissolved sulfide with rcgh a ... | 2010 | 20137922 |
| air pollution and mortality in the canary islands: a time-series analysis. | the island factor of the cities of las palmas de gran canaria and santa cruz de tenerife, along with their proximity to africa and their meteorology, create a particular setting that influences the air quality of these cities and provides researchers an opportunity to analyze the acute effects of air-pollutants on daily mortality. | 2010 | 20152037 |
| finding of parastrongylus cantonensis (chen, 1935) in rattus rattus in tenerife, canary islands (spain). | parastrongylus cantonensis is a parasite of murid rodents that can infect humans and cause health problems as eosinophilic meningitis. although it is endemic in south asia, the pacific islands, australia, usa, and a few caribbean islands, it has been extended to new geographical regions. in the canary islands (spain) a survey of helminths of rattus rattus, rattus norvegicus and mus musculus domesticus was carried out. furthermore, five species of molluscs were examined for nematode larvae to det ... | 2010 | 20153283 |
| [seasonal influence in characteristics of patients admitted to an intensive care unit]. | to investigate seasonal variability in the epidemiology and the outcome of critical illness. | 2010 | 20156706 |
| twins switched at birth: a case from the canary islands. | monozygotic (mz) twins switched at birth represent a rare class of twins who are reared apart and reunited (mza). background data and descriptive findings from a case study of such a pair, born thirty-six years ago in the canary islands, are presented. | 2010 | 20158315 |
| area-specific migration and recruitment of new neurons in the adult songbird brain. | neuron recruitment has been implicated in morphological and functional plasticity in the adult brain. whereas mammals restrict neuron recruitment specifically to two regions of known plasticity, the hippocampus and olfactory bulb, newborn neurons are found throughout the forebrain of adult songbirds. in order to study the area-specificity of the widespread proliferation and recruitment in the songbird brain, six adult male canaries received repetitive intraperitoneal injections of the mitotic ma ... | 2010 | 20187140 |
| overcrowding: emergency departments are the canary in the coal mine and overcrowding is the poisonous gas. | | 2010 | 20195156 |
| geographical pcb and ddt patterns in shearwaters (calonectris sp.) breeding across the ne atlantic and the mediterranean archipelagos. | although seabirds have been proposed as useful biomonitors for organochlorine contaminants (ocs) in marine environments, their suitability is still unclear. to understand the geographic variability and the influence of seabird trophic ecology in oc levels, we analyzed pcbs, ddts, delta(13)c, and delta(15)n in the blood of adult calonectris shearwaters throughout a vast geographic range within the northeast atlantic ocean (from cape verde to azores) and the mediterranean sea (from the alboran sea ... | 2010 | 20205384 |
| in-hospital complications and mortality following major lower extremity amputations in a series of predominantly diabetic patients. | the purpose of this study was to analyze the outcomes of major lower extremity amputations (mleas) in a series, including diabetic patients, with the aim to study whether diabetes mellitus is a risk factor of in-hospital mortality and perioperative complications. a retrospective analysis of 283 mleas (221 of these patients were diabetic and 62 were nondiabetic) performed between january 1, 1998, and december 31, 2008, at the general surgery department and diabetic foot unit of la paloma hospital ... | 2010 | 20207619 |
| avian bornavirus associated with fatal disease in psittacine birds. | thanks to new technologies which enable rapid and unbiased screening for viral nucleic acids in clinical specimens, an impressive number of previously unknown viruses have recently been discovered. two research groups independently identified a novel negative-strand rna virus, now designated avian bornavirus (abv), in parrots with proventricular dilatation disease (pdd), a severe lymphoplasmacytic ganglioneuritis of the gastrointestinal tract of psittacine birds that is frequently accompanied by ... | 2010 | 20219910 |
| standardization of a test for antimalarial effect with plasmodium cathemerium in the canary. | | 1947 | 20263114 |
| studies on the chemotherapy of the pox viruses; the effect of commercial penicillin and other selected substances on canary pox virus. | | 1947 | 20264683 |
| electron micrographs of the elementary bodies of fowl pox and canary pox. | | 1946 | 20277791 |
| divergence times and colonization of the canary islands by gallotia lizards. | the canary islands have become a model region for evolutionary studies. we obtained 1.8 kbp of mtdna sequence from all known island forms of the endemic lizard genus gallotia and from its sister taxon psammodromus in order to reanalyze phylogenetic relationships within the archipelago, estimate lineage divergence times, and reconstruct the colonization history of this group. well-supported phylogenies were obtained using maximum parsimony and bayesian inference. previous studies have been unable ... | 2010 | 20307675 |
| molecular population genetics of the obp83 genomic region in drosophila subobscura and d. guanche: contrasting the effects of natural selection and gene arrangement expansion in the patterns of nucleotide variation. | chromosomal inversion polymorphism play a major role in the evolutionary dynamics of populations and species because of their effects on the patterns of genetic variability in the genomic regions within inversions. though there is compelling evidence for the adaptive character of chromosomal polymorphisms, the mechanisms responsible for their maintenance in natural populations is not fully understood. for this type of analysis, drosophila subobscura is a good model species as it has a rich and e ... | 2011 | 20332808 |
| source areas and long-range transport of pollen from continental land to tenerife (canary islands). | the canary islands, due to their geographical position, constitute an adequate site for the study of long-range pollen transport from the surrounding land masses. in this study, we analyzed airborne pollen counts at two sites: santa cruz de tenerife (sco), at sea level corresponding to the marine boundary layer (mbl), and izaña at 2,367 m.a.s.l. corresponding to the free troposphere (ft), for the years 2006 and 2007. we used three approaches to describe pollen transport: (1) a classification of ... | 2011 | 20333410 |
| mesoscale eddies: hotspots of prokaryotic activity and differential community structure in the ocean. | to investigate the effects of mesoscale eddies on prokaryotic assemblage structure and activity, we sampled two cyclonic eddies (ces) and two anticyclonic eddies (aes) in the permanent eddy-field downstream the canary islands. the eddy stations were compared with two far-field (ff) stations located also in the canary current, but outside the influence of the eddy field. the distribution of prokaryotic abundance (pa), bulk prokaryotic heterotrophic activity (pha), various indicators of single-cel ... | 2010 | 20357833 |
| associations between lactase persistence and the metabolic syndrome in a cross-sectional study in the canary islands. | the single nucleotide polymorphism (snp) lct -13910 c>t, associated with genetically determined phenotypes of lactase persistence (lp) or non-persistence (lnp), was studied in relation to the metabolic syndrome (ms). | 2010 | 19844753 |
| high prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases in children aged 6 and 7 years from the canary islands: the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood. | to investigate the prevalence of bronchial asthma and allergic diseases in schoolchildren from the canary islands, spain. | 2009 | 19862938 |
| mitochondrial dna patterns in the macaronesia islands: variation within and among archipelagos. | macaronesia covers four atlantic archipelagos: the azores, madeira, the canary islands, and the cape verde islands. when discovered by europeans in the 15th century, only the canaries were inhabited. historical reports highlight the impact of iberians on settlement in macaronesia. although important differences in their settlement are documented, its influence on their genetic structures and relationships has yet to be ascertained. in this study, the hypervariable region i (hvri) sequence and co ... | 2010 | 19927277 |
| the influence of climate on durum wheat quality in tuscany, central italy. | climate and meteorological conditions greatly affect agricultural activities, modifying plant responses and determining the quantity and the quality of production. in this respect, the aim of this research was to analyze the quality of winter durum wheat (triticum turgidum l. var. durum), in terms of protein content through the use of meteorological information. meteorological conditions were described utilizing both local weather station data (air temperature, cumulated precipitation) and large ... | 2011 | 20358232 |
| diversity of vibrios in the haemolymph of the spider crab maja brachydactyla. | the aim of this study was to characterise and identify vibrios isolated from the haemolymph of apparently healthy adult spider crabs (maja brachydactyla) wild-caught in the spanish localities of galician coast and in the canary islands and also from captive animals held at irta's facilities in the ebro delta of catalonia, north-west spanish mediterranean coast. | 2010 | 20374412 |
| [mental disease, existence of diagnostic, use of psychotropic medication: differences by autonomous communities under the national health survey 2006]. | most of the studies on psychological distress in spain have been conducted in small geographical areas or specific population groups. however, there are no studies that provide representative data for each autonomous community (ac). the objectives of this paper are to determine, both in spain and in the ac, the prevalence of psychological distress, diagnosis, use of psychoactive medication, social support and self-perceived health, as well as to study the association between psychological distre ... | 2010 | 20376411 |
| [study of the first outbreak of vana enterococcus faecium in the canary islands]. | in july, 2005 the first vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (vref) with a genotype vana was isolated in hospital universitario de canarias (huc). from september to december 2005, vref vana was isolated from another 15 patients (3 nosocomial infections and 12 rectal carriers). all of them were kidney transplant patients hospitalized in the nephrology ward. this study describes the first vref vana outbreak in the huc and the epidemiological link of the first vref vana isolates found in anoth ... | 2010 | 20378209 |
| [case report: sepsis and multi organ dysfunction syndrome in a patient returning from holiday on the canary islands: a difficult diagnosis]. | a forty-five year old male tourist suffers a febrile illness, delirium and severe abdominal pain on the fifth day of his holiday trip to the canary islands (spain). after hospitalization he presents a surgical abdomen which requires emergency laparotomy however without detectable pathology. progressing critical illness and septic shock leads to multiple organ failure, but focus identification is not possible. well after return to germany diagnostic uncertainty persists due to recurrent fever and ... | 2010 | 20387177 |
| species of botryosphaeriaceae occurring on proteaceae. | the botryosphaeriaceae includes several species that are serious canker and leaf pathogens of proteaceae. in the present study, sequence data for the its nrdna region were used in conjunction with morphological observations to resolve the taxonomy of species of botryosphaeriaceae associated with proteaceae. neofusicoccum luteum was confirmed from buckinghamia and banksia in australia, and on protea cynaroides in south africa. a major pathogen of banksia coccinea in australia was shown to be n. a ... | 2008 | 20396581 |
| temporal and territorial analysis of multiple deliveries in spain (1900-2006). | temporal variations in the frequency of multiple maternities in many western european countries have been described. however, within a single country, regional differences are observed. urban industrialized regions and rural agricultural areas have experienced in recent decades a distinct decline in multiple deliveries, which in cases have been related to maternal age and parity changes. research on multiple deliveries in spain is scarce and none of the studies go back to the beginning of the 20 ... | 2010 | 20397751 |
| distribution of size fractionated dissolved iron in the canary basin. | the distribution of size fractionated dissolved iron (dfe, <0.2 mum) species was determined in the upper water column (0-150 m) of the canary basin (25-32 degrees n and 18-24 degrees w) on a research cruise in october 2002. a dfe concentration gradient resulting from a decrease in both soluble iron (sfe, <0.02 microm) and colloidal iron (cfe, 0.02-0.2 microm) was shown to extend from the coast of north west africa into the oligotrophic gyre (varying from approximately 1 nm in the shelf region to ... | 2010 | 20399495 |
| association between glycemic index, glycemic load, and fructose with insulin resistance: the cdc of the canary islands study. | the involvement of carbohydrates in triggering insulin resistance (ir) remains a source of controversy. | 2010 | 20419457 |
| trachea epithelium as a "canary" for cigarette smoking-induced biologic phenotype of the small airway epithelium. | the initial site of smoking-induced lung disease is the small airway epithelium, which is difficult and time consuming to sample by fiberoptic bronchoscopy. we developed a rapid, office-based procedure to obtain trachea epithelium without conscious sedation from healthy nonsmokers (n= 26) and healthy smokers (n= 19, 27 +/- 15 pack-year). gene expression differences (fold change >1.5, p < 0.01, benjamini-hochberg correction) were assessed with affymetrix microarrays. a total of 1,057 probe sets w ... | 2009 | 20443905 |
| lotus endemic to the canary islands are nodulated by diverse and novel rhizobial species and symbiotypes. | genetic and symbiotic characterization of 34 isolates from several lotus species endemic to the canary islands showed extraordinary diversity, with bacteria belonging to different species of the genera mesorhizobium (17 isolates), sinorhizobium (12 isolates) and rhizobium/agrobacterium (5 isolates). in a previous report, we showed that the sinorhizobium isolates mostly belonged to s. meliloti. here, we focused on the remaining isolates. the lotus mesorhizobial strains were distributed in the rrs ... | 2010 | 20447791 |
| [nursing in the canary islands and the academic and professional changes]. | to find out the wishes of nurses in the canary islands in light of the new academic and professional changes, and to identify whether the sociodemographic variables can influence their decisions. | 2010 | 20452797 |