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Basque inshore skippers' long term behaviour: a logit approach
(EDP Sciences, 2008)
Based on the discrete optimal choice theory and a random utility model (RUM) framework, this paper focuses on the firm's long-term choices.A behavioural study on the stay and exit decisions of the fishing firms belonging ...
Fishing effort validation and substitution possibilities among components: the case study of the VIII division European anchovy fishery
(Routledge. Taylor & Francis, 2003)
Command and control regulation programs, particularly input constraints, typically
fail to achieve stated objectives, because fishermen may substitute unregulated for
regulated inputs. It is, thus, essential to have an ...
Institutional designs to face the dark side of total allowable catches
(Oxford Journals, 2007)
Setting total allowable catches (TACs) is an endogenous process in which different agents and institutions, often with conflicting interests and opportunistic behaviour, try to influence policy-makers. Such policy-makers, ...
Is the Current Regulation of the VIII Division European Anchovy Optimal?
(Kluwer Academic Publ., 2001-05)
This paper sets out to assess the workability of the regulation currently in force in the European anchovy fishery of the VIII division. Particular attention is paid to the importance of the institutional regime in the ...
Resveratrol inhibits nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in rats
(BioMed Central, 2008-09-09)
Background: The prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is high. NAFLD is linked to obesity, diabetes mellitus, and hypertriglyceridemia. Approximately 20% of patients with NAFLD will eventually develop ...
Effect of resveratrol on alcohol-induced mortality and liver lesions in mice
(BioMed Central, 2006-11-14)
Background
Resveratrol is a polyphenol with important antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties. We investigated the effect of resveratrol on alcohol-induced mortality and liver lesions in mice.
Methods
Mice were ...
Upconversion cooling of Er-doped low-phonon fluorescent solids
(American Physical Society, 2009-01)
We report on a novel mechanism for laser cooling of fluorescent solids based on infrared-to-visible upconversion often found in rare-earth-doped low-phonon materials. This type of optical cooling presents some advantages ...
Comparison of predicted body fat percentage from anthropometric methods and from impedance in university students
(Cambridge University Press, 2004-11)
The objective of the present study was to compare different methods for evaluating body fat percentage (BF%) (anthropometric methods and bioelectrical impedance analysis) in university students. Subjects were 653 healthy ...
A short training program improves the accuracy of portion-size estimates in future dietitians
(Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición, 2007)
[EN] The objective of this study was to determine whether a short training program, using real foods, would decreased their portion-size estimation errors after training. 90 student volunteers (20.18±0.44 y old) of the ...
Cooperative learning strategies to teach nutrition to geriatric nursing staff
(Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición, 2008)
[EN] The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that cooperative learning strategies will help to increase nutrition knowledge of nurses and nursing assistants caring for the elderly in different institutional ...