Food of sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 (Pisces: Atherinidae) in the estuary of the Mala Neretva River (middle-eastern Adriatic, Croatia)

The feeding habits of sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810 in the mouth of the Mala Neretva River were studied by examining the stomach contents of 1236 fishes collected from March 2001 to February 2002.Thirteen different food categories were identified.The greatest diversity was recorded in winter, especially in January, when 11 categories were

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Food purchase patterns: empirical identification and analysis of their association with diet quality, socio-economic factors, and attitudes

Abstract Background Empirically derived food purchase patterns provide information about which combinations of foods were purchased from households.The objective of this study was to identify what kinds of patterns exist, which level of diet quality they represent and which factors are associated with the patterns.Methods The study made use of repr

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Delayed Phase Post Contrast Computed Tomographic Images in the Diagnosis of Focal Liver Lesions in Dogs: 69 Cases

To describe the computed tomographic (CT) features of focal liver lesions (FLLs) in dogs, that could enable predicting lesion histotype.Dogs diagnosed with FLLs through both CT and cytopathology and/or histopathology were retrospectively collected.Ten qualitative and 6 quantitative CT features have been Short Handrail described for each case.Lastly

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Measurement system as a subsystem of the quality management system

Each measurement system and a control principle must be based on certain facts about the system behaviour Repellents (what), operation (how) and structure (why).Each system is distributed into subsystems that provide an input for the next subsystem.For each system, start is important the begin, that means system characteristics, collecting of data,

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