Elevated CO affects anxiety but not a range of other behaviours in juvenile yellowtail kingfish.

Elevated seawater CO can cause a range of behavioural impairments in marine fishes. However, most studies to date have been conducted on small benthic species and very little is known about how higher oceanic CO levels could affect the behaviour of large pelagic species. Here, we tested the effects of elevated CO, and where possible the interacting effects of high temperature, on a range of ecologically important behaviours (anxiety, routine activity, behavioural lateralization and visual acuity) in juvenile yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi.

Organ health and development in larval kingfish are unaffected by ocean acidification and warming.

Anthropogenic CO emissions are causing global ocean warming and ocean acidification. The early life stages of some marine fish are vulnerable to elevated ocean temperatures and CO concentrations, with lowered survival and growth rates most frequently documented. Underlying these effects, damage to different organs has been found as a response to elevated CO in larvae of several species of marine fish, yet the combined effects of acidification and warming on organ health are unknown.

Indications of strong adaptive population genetic structure in albacore tuna () in the southwest and central Pacific Ocean.

Albacore tuna () has a distinctly complex life history in which juveniles and adults separate geographically but at times inhabit the same spaces sequentially. The species also migrates long distances and presumably experiences varied regimes of physical stress over a lifetime. There are, therefore, many opportunities for population structure to arise based on stochastic differences or environmental factors that promote local adaptation.

Ocean warming has a greater effect than acidification on the early life history development and swimming performance of a large circumglobal pelagic fish.

Ocean warming and acidification are serious threats to marine life; however, their individual and combined effects on large pelagic and predatory fishes are poorly understood. We determined the effects of projected future temperature and carbon dioxide (CO ) levels on survival, growth, morphological development and swimming performance on the early life stages of a large circumglobal pelagic fish, the yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi. Eggs, larvae and juveniles were reared in cross-factored treatments of temperature (21 and 25°C) and pCO (500 and 985 μatm) from fertilisation to 25 days post hatching (dph).

Component structure of individual differences in true and false recognition of faces.

Principal-component analyses of 4 face-recognition studies uncovered 2 independent components. The first component was strongly related to false-alarm errors with new faces as well as to facial "conjunctions" that recombine features of previously studied faces. The second component was strongly related to hits as well as to the conjunction/new difference in false-alarm errors.

Functional outcomes post carpal tunnel release: a modified replication of a previous study.

Study Design: Exploratory cohort study.

Introduction: To compares the outcome of self-administered questionnaires and physical measures in assessing change in function for participants after carpal tunnel surgery.

Methods: The self-administered questionnaires were the Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (CTQ), the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH), and Short Form-36.

Comparison of cursive handwriting instruction programs among students without identified problems.

The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of cursive handwriting programs in improving letter legibility and form in third-grade students without identified handwriting problems. Four months into the school year, cursive handwriting was assessed for a sample of convenience of 50 third-grade students. Subsequently, students received instruction for 10-15 minutes daily for 6 weeks using either Handwriting without Tears, Loops and Other Groups programs, or, as a control condition, continued instruction in the Zaner-Bloser program.

Community hospital homeopathy clinic: audit of the first 12 months activity.

The aim of the study was to examine the activity of a new service providing a homeopathy clinic at a community hospital. This was initiated in a limited way and was served by a relatively inexperienced practitioner. A range of presenting complaints, treatments and outcomes are described.