Foraminifera-derived carbon contribution to sedimentary inorganic carbon pool: A case study from three Norwegian fjords.

Norwegian fjords have been recently recognized as hot spots for carbon burial due to the large amounts of terrestrial organic matter delivered to fjord sediments, as well as the high sediment accumulation rates. Here, we present the first data on the contribution of benthic foraminiferal inorganic carbon to the sediments of three Norwegian fjords. Our study shows that calcareous foraminifera, which are among the most abundant calcifying organisms in the modern global oceans, can constitute between 15% and 33% of inorganic carbon accumulated in the sediments of the two studied southern Norwegian fjords (Raunefjorden and Hjeltefjorden).

[The usefulness of thermography in the diagnostics of dry eye syndrome].

Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate corneal temperature in patients with dry eye syndrome, and in normal subjects by measuring with infrared radiation thermography.

Material And Methods: Each eye of 9 patients with dry eye syndrome and each eye of 13 normal subjects, were evaluated in this study. The corneal surface temperature was measured during 15 seconds after opening the eye.

[A 0,05% cyclosporine treatment of the advanced dry eye syndrome].

Purpose: The purpose of our study has been to present the results obtained from the treatment with 0.05% cyclosporine solution in drops in patients with severe aggravation of dry eye syndrome manifestations who otherwise did not suffer from any systemic disease (a three-month treatment). Another group in whom we used the same treatment were those who suffered from dry eye syndrome, which developed in the course of Sjogren's syndrome, and graft versus host disease following bone marrow transplantation (a six-month treatment).

[Immunological phenomenons in the pathology of the tear film. Is cyclosporine the turn point in the Sjögren's syndrome treatment? Preliminary report].

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the new way in the casual treatment, resulting in the normalization of immunological processes on the ocular surface.

Material And Methods: 5 patients (4 women and 1 men with mean age of 55.5 years, range 45 to 59 years) with Sjögren's syndrome--type dry eye, were included in the study.

[Dacryocystography and dacryoscintigraphy in diagnosis of naso-lacrimal duct obstruction].

Purpose: To find the right diagnostic test through checking the drainage of lacrimal ducts.

Material And Methods: Dacryocystography of lacrimal ducts was performed in 25 patients by using 0.5-1 ml of Lipidiol and conducting X rays in different head positions--3-4 photograph in A-P projection (exposition's parameters 85-90 kV and 12-15 mAs, distance lamp-table: 100-130 cm, Philips Diagnose 93).