Telling the same story: Fishers and landing data reveal changes in fisheries on the Southeastern Brazilian Coast.

An understanding of the effects of fishing on marine ecosystems relies on information about the conserved state of these environments. Non-conventional approaches such as the use of historical data and local ecological knowledge can provide information and help adjust our references of changes in the environment. Also, the combination of different types of data can indicate a fisheries trend that would be undetectable when evaluated separately.

Anesthesia of Epinephelus marginatus with essential oil of Aloysia polystachya: an approach on blood parameters.

This study investigated the anesthetic potential of the essential oil (EO) of Aloysia polystachya in juveniles of dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus). Fish were exposed to different concentrations of EO of A. polystachya to evaluate time of induction and recovery from anesthesia.

[Ocular biometry in children with hypermetropia: utility of the Lenstar LS 900 optical biometer (Haag-Streit(®))].

Patients And Methods: Biometric measurements were recorded in the eyes of 238 children with hypermetropia (3-16 years of age), using the Lenstar 900 biometer (Haag-Streit(®)) with no contact. Four refractive groups were divided by objective refraction and spherical equivalent (group 1, more than 6.00 D; group 2, +4.

[Retinal nerve fiber layer in OCT 3: prospective study of 53 normal children].

Purpose: To measure the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFL thickness) in normal children using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and evaluate the effects of several factors on RNFL thickness, in order to complete results of other studies on this topic.

Material And Method: One hundred and four eyes of 53 normal children were investigated using OCT (Stratus OCT 3, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA, USA) measuring the RNFL thickness. These 28 boys and 25 girls had a mean age of 9.

[Primary exotropia: importance of cerebral MRI].

Introduction: Primary exotropia is a divergent strabismus that appears from the first day of life to the second year. It can be isolated or associated with a pathological context requiring cerebral imaging to determine diagnosis and prognosis. The objective of this study was to report the sensorimotor state and the result of MRI in infantile exotropia.

[Deep sclerectomy in congenital glaucoma: results of a study lasting more than 3 years].

Purpose: To assess the outcome of deep sclerectomy surgery with intraoperative antimitotic application in children with primary and secondary congenital glaucomas.

Patients And Methods: Thirty-seven eyes of 22 children aged from 1 day to 14 years were included in this study; 30 eyes had primary congenital glaucoma and were divided into two groups according to the management delay. Eighteen eyes were managed early (group 1) and 12 eyes were diagnosed late (group 2).

[Rehabilitation on functional amblyopia in Morning Glory Syndrome].

Introduction: Morning Glory syndrome, characterized by an enlarged dysplasic optic disc with glial tissue, is one of the congenital anomalies of the optic nerve. This syndrome is rare, prevalent in the girls, and generally unilateral. It can be revealed with nystagmus, strabismus, or amblyopia.

Diffusion-weighted imaging in normal fetal brain maturation.

Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) provides information about tissue maturation not seen on conventional magnetic resonance imaging. The aim of this study is to analyze the evolution over time of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of normal fetal brain in utero. DWI was performed on 78 fetuses, ranging from 23 to 37 gestational weeks (GW).

[Risk factors for early congenital esotropia].

To elucidate risk factors for congenital esotropia, this review reports on articles written on congenital esotropia during the past few years. The authors distinguish the significant risk factors of esotropia such as heredity, prematurity, perinatal difficulties, and minor risk factors such as ametropia, primary monofixation, and environmental factors.

MRS of normal and impaired fetal brain development.

Cerebral maturation in the human fetal brain was investigated by in utero localized proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Spectra were acquired on a clinical MR system operating at 1.5 T.

Assessment of cortical maturation with prenatal MRI. Part I: Normal cortical maturation.

Cortical maturation, especially gyral formation, follows a temporospatial schedule and is a good marker of fetal maturation. Although ultrasonography is still the imaging method of choice to evaluate fetal anatomy, MRI has an increasingly important role in the detection of brain abnormalities, especially of cortical development. Knowledge of MRI techniques in utero with the advantages and disadvantages of some sequences is necessary, in order to try to optimize the different magnetic resonance sequences to be able to make an early diagnosis.

Assessment of cortical maturation with prenatal MRI: part II: abnormalities of cortical maturation.

The fetal cortical maturation is a long process with predefined steps. Abnormalities can occur at different stages of cortical maturation, resulting in various malformations. They can result from disturbance in cell proliferation, cell differentiation, cell migration and in organization of the cortex.

[Childhood refraction: epidemiology, progression, evaluation and a method for correcting ametropia].

Children's refraction and its progression are important because refractive errors can be precisely corrected. Some types of simple ametropia can generate reversible perturbations after optical correction and others are amblyogenic and strabogenic ametropia. Definition, epidemiology (frequency and risk factors), progression of refraction, evaluation and an optical correction method are described.

[Diagnostic approach for acquired and isolated third cranial nerve palsy: 18 case reports].

Purpose: The aim of this work was to establish a clinical diagnostic flow chart for third nerve palsy.

Material And Methods: [corrected] We report a series of 18 patients with third nerve palsy seen at the department of ophthalmology in the Marseille North Hospital between 1997 and 1999. All patients had a complete clinical examination and were classified into four clinic types.