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Material Type And Roughness Influence Structure Of Inter-Tidal Communities On Coastal Defenses, Eva Cacabelos, Gustavo M. Martins, Richard Thompson, Afonso C.L. Prestes, José Manuel N. Azevedo, Ana I. Neto

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Same-Sex Sexual Behaviour As A Dominance Display, Sarah M. Lane, Alice E. Haughan, Daniel Evans, Tom Tregenza, Clarissa M. House

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Routes Of Contamination Of Ready-To-Eat Vegetables In The Middle East, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Muhammad Murtada, Victor Kuri, Ewen C.D. Todd

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

On The Use Of The Radon Transform To Estimate Longshore Currents From Video Imagery, Rafael Almar, Stanislas Larnier, Bruno Castelle, Timothy Scott, France Floc'h

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Microbiological Quality Of Ready-To-Eat Fresh Vegetables And Their Link To Food Safety Environment And Handling Practices In Restaurants, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Ewen C.D. Todd, Victor Kuri

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

he increased consumption of ready-to-eat salads outside homes as a result of a fast paced lifestyle, awareness on their nutritional attributes and enhanced processing technology is well documented. This study aimed to determine the microbiological quality of fresh-cut salads vegetables in small and medium sized foodservice establishments (SMEs) and to identify risk factors and handling practices through observational assessment in order to investigate if an association between microbiological quality and visual assessment (inspection) scores can be established. A total of 118 samples fresh-cut vegetable salads were collected from 50 inspected locations and analysed microbiologically, in addition to 49 swabs of …

Endometrial Tuberculosis Compounding Polycystic Ovary Syndrome In A Subfertile Woman: A Case Report, Charles Mariara, Angela Koech, P. Waweru, Alfred Murage

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Background: Asymptomatic female genital tuberculosis can impair tubal and endometrial function and later present as subfertility. A majority of the patients with genital tuberculosis in endemic regions present with subfertility and the delay in presentation, coupled with the potential the disease has in mimicking other gynecological conditions, renders it elusive. In addition to the challenge of diagnosing genital tuberculosis, fertility outcomes after treatment are not impressive. This is particularly so in the background of another confounding subfertility factor to which interventional efforts may initially be directed, at the expense of undiagnosed genital tuberculosis. We therefore present a case of subfertility …

Scientific Basis For Standardization Of Fetal Head Measurements By Ultrasound: A Reproducibility Study, R. Napolitano, V. Donadono, E. O. Ohuma, C. L. Knight, Sikolia Wanyonyi, B. Kemp, T. Norris, A. T. Papageorghiou

Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa

Objective: To compare the standard methods for ultrasound measurement of fetal head circumference (HC) and biparietal diameter (BPD) (outer-to-outer (BPDoo) vs outer-to-inner (BPDoi) caliper placement), and compare acquisition of these measurements in transthalamic (TT) vs transventricular (TV) planes.

Methods: This study utilized ultrasound images acquired from women participating in the Oxford arm of the INTERGROWTH-21st Project. In the first phase of the study, BPDoo and BPDoi were measured on stored images. In the second phase, real-time measurements of BPD, occipitofrontal diameter (OFD) and HC in TT and TV planes were obtained by pairs of sonographers. Reproducibility of measurements made by …