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View article: Development of an In-House Application that Uses Generative AI to Summarize Oncology Histories
Development of an In-House Application that Uses Generative AI to Summarize Oncology Histories Open
View article: Ultrasensitive imaging-based sensor unlocked by differential guided-mode resonance
Ultrasensitive imaging-based sensor unlocked by differential guided-mode resonance Open
View article: Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread
Validated Inventories of Non-Indigenous Species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as Tools for Regional Policy and Patterns of NIS Spread Open
This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS) inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national and taxonomic experts, with species records observed until December 2020. These datasets…
View article: A Critical Checklist of the Marine Fishes of Malta and Surrounding Waters
A Critical Checklist of the Marine Fishes of Malta and Surrounding Waters Open
A critical review of marine fishes from Malta (Central Mediterranean) recorded up to December 2022 in the technical and semi-popular literature, during the Mediterranean International Trawl Survey (MEDITS), and in commercial fisheries land…
View article: Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species
Unpublished Mediterranean and Black Sea records of marine alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species Open
To enrich spatio-temporal information on the distribution of alien, cryptogenic, and neonative species in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, a collective effort by 173 marine scientists was made to provide unpublished records and make th…
View article: Fistularia commersonii (bluespotted cornetfish)
Fistularia commersonii (bluespotted cornetfish) Open
The bluespotted cornetfish, Fistularia commersonii, occurs natively in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It spread from the Red Sea into the Mediterranean Sea via adult movement through the man-made Suez Canal, and expanded its distribution t…
View article: 1.7 µm - 1.73 µm tunable ultrafast Raman fiber laser pumped by 1.6 µm dissipative soliton pulses
1.7 µm - 1.73 µm tunable ultrafast Raman fiber laser pumped by 1.6 µm dissipative soliton pulses Open
Here, we report an all-fiber tunable ultrafast Raman laser synchronously pumped by a home-made 1.6 µm dissipative soliton (DS) picosecond (ps) laser, which produces Stokes light beyond 1.7 µm. The Raman gain medium is a segment of highly g…
View article: New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean)
New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean) Open
The occurrence of three bony ray-finned fishes, Thorogobius ephippiatus (Lowe, 1839), Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque, 1810, and Grammonus ater (Risso, 1810) is reported for the first time in the scientific literature from Maltese coastal wate…
View article: New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (August 2022)
New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (August 2022) Open
In this Collective Article on alien and cryptogenic diversity in the Mediterranean Sea we report a total of 19 species belonging to nine Phyla and coming from nine countries. Several of these records concern fish species, and of particular…
View article: Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach
Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach Open
Priority deep-sea areas for conservation in the deep Mediterranean Sea from Fanelli et al., 2021. Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8…
View article: Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach
Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach Open
Priority deep-sea areas for conservation in the deep Mediterranean Sea from Fanelli et al., 2021. Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8…
View article: Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach
Identifying Priorities for the Protection of Deep Mediterranean Sea Ecosystems Through an Integrated Approach Open
Benthic habitats of the deep Mediterranean Sea and the biodiversity they host are increasingly jeopardized by increasing human pressures, both direct and indirect, which encompass fisheries, chemical and acoustic pollution, littering, oil …
View article: Reconstructing Bioinvasion Dynamics Through Micropaleontologic Analysis Highlights the Role of Temperature Change as a Driver of Alien Foraminifera Invasion
Reconstructing Bioinvasion Dynamics Through Micropaleontologic Analysis Highlights the Role of Temperature Change as a Driver of Alien Foraminifera Invasion Open
Invasive alien species threaten biodiversity and ecosystem structure and functioning, but incomplete assessments of their origins and temporal trends impair our ability to understand the relative importance of different factors driving inv…
View article: First record of Paranthias cf. furcifer (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae) from the central Mediterranean, with notes on the identification of marine species from imagery
First record of Paranthias cf. furcifer (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Serranidae) from the central Mediterranean, with notes on the identification of marine species from imagery Open
An individual fish, identified as a species of Paranthias, is recorded from a photograph taken in July 2013 at Marsascala, Malta. The species is likely to be P. furcifer but since no actual specimen has been forthcoming in spite of a long …
View article: A Drone’s Eye View: A Preliminary Assessment of the Efficiency of Drones in Mapping Shallow-Water Benthic Assemblages
A Drone’s Eye View: A Preliminary Assessment of the Efficiency of Drones in Mapping Shallow-Water Benthic Assemblages Open
The study assesses consumer drone efficiency for surveying shallow-water benthic cover. We hypothesised that using a drone would reduce duration, and manpower requirements, while increasing accuracy, relative to manual surveys. Results obt…
View article: Distribution, abundance and colony size of the invasive coral Oculina patagonica de Angelis, 1908 (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Malta
Distribution, abundance and colony size of the invasive coral Oculina patagonica de Angelis, 1908 (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) in Malta Open
The zooxanthellate, scleractinian coral Oculina patagonica is known from various
\nlocations in both west and east basins of the Mediterranean Sea, but there are only
\nthree casual records of this cryptogenic species from the Central-Ioni…
View article: Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species
Unpublished Mediterranean records of marine alien and cryptogenic species Open
Good datasets of geo-referenced records of alien species are a prerequisite for assessing the spatio-temporal dynamics of biological invasions, their invasive potential, and the magnitude of their impacts. However, with the exception of fi…
View article: Towards a marine strategy for the deep Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of current ecological status
Towards a marine strategy for the deep Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of current ecological status Open
View article: Exploring Correlations Between Properties Using Artificial Neural Networks
Exploring Correlations Between Properties Using Artificial Neural Networks Open
The traditional aim of materials science is to establish the causal relationships between composition, processing, structure, and properties with the intention that, eventually, these relationships will make it possible to design materials…
View article: Non-indigenous species refined national baseline inventories: A synthesis in the context of the European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Non-indigenous species refined national baseline inventories: A synthesis in the context of the European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive Open
View article: Seasonal changes in populations of Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla in the Maltese Islands
Seasonal changes in populations of Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla in the Maltese Islands Open
Caulerpa taxifolia var. distichophylla, an alien alga in the Mediterranean Sea, was first recorded from the Maltese Islands in 2013. Initial observations suggested that it underwent complete frond regression in winter, possibly due to the …
View article: Algal substratum preferences of the alien Foraminiferan amphistegina lobifera in shallow water
Algal substratum preferences of the alien Foraminiferan amphistegina lobifera in shallow water Open
The Lessepsian foraminiferan Amphistegina lobifera is particularly numerous on algae in shallow water. We sampled foraminiferans from three algae (Cystoseira spp., Padina pavonica and Halopteris sp.) within the 0.75 - 2.0 m depth zone from…
View article: Preparation and Characterization of Biobased Poly(Ethylene- 2,5-Furan Dicarboxylate)/Clay Nanocomposites
Preparation and Characterization of Biobased Poly(Ethylene- 2,5-Furan Dicarboxylate)/Clay Nanocomposites Open
Poly(ethylene 2,5-furan dicarboxylate)/Clay nanocomposites was prepared via esterification and polycondensation reaction. Biobased monomer was first intercalated into the interlayer regions of clay minerals by ion exchange reaction. Then, …
View article: How good is your marine protected area at curbing threats?
How good is your marine protected area at curbing threats? Open
View article: On the energy required to maintain an ocean mirror using the reflectance of foam
On the energy required to maintain an ocean mirror using the reflectance of foam Open
Among the various interventions proposed to remediate the health and security effects of climate change by solar radiation protection is the proposal to enhance natural ocean whitecap formation. Compared to other solar protection intervent…
View article: Review of literature on the implementation of the MSFD to the deep Mediterranean Sea
Review of literature on the implementation of the MSFD to the deep Mediterranean Sea Open
Summary based on the state-of-the-art for the deep Mediterranean Sea with the final aim of identifying knowledge and gaps, descriptor by descriptor (such as lack of data, indicators, thresholds). This document is an analysis of all scienti…
View article: On the occurrence of Cephalopholis hemistiktos and C. taeniops (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Serranidae) in Malta, with corrections of previous misidentifications
On the occurrence of Cephalopholis hemistiktos and C. taeniops (Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Serranidae) in Malta, with corrections of previous misidentifications Open
The only species of Cephalopholis currently known from the Mediterranean is Cephalopholis taeniops (Valenciennes, 1828), which was recorded from Libya, Malta, and Lampedusa after having autochthonously extended its original Atlantic range.…
View article: A bevy of surgeons: first record of Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) from the central Mediterranean, with notes on other Acanthuridae recorded in the region
A bevy of surgeons: first record of Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) from the central Mediterranean, with notes on other Acanthuridae recorded in the region Open
The doctorfish Acanthurus chirurgus (Bloch, 1787) is reported for the first time from the central Mediterranean, based on a specimen caught in Maltese waters during August 2016. Since the only previous Mediterranean record of this species …
View article: Mordförsöket i Strömsund : Examensarbete Journalistprogrammet, våren 2017, Institutionen för mediestudier, Stockholms universitet. En radiodokumentär om en skjuten imam och en tafflig torped
Mordförsöket i Strömsund : Examensarbete Journalistprogrammet, våren 2017, Institutionen för mediestudier, Stockholms universitet. En radiodokumentär om en skjuten imam och en tafflig torped Open
För en handfull år sedan, i februari 2012, blev en imam och politisk flykting skjuten i Strömsund av en uzbekisk torped. Gärningsmannen dömdes till livstid i mars 2016 och de senare åren har inneburit betydande ökning av flyktingar till Sv…
View article: On the occurrence of Coronaster briareus (Echinodermata, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae) in the Mediterranean Sea
On the occurrence of Coronaster briareus (Echinodermata, Forcipulatida, Asteriidae) in the Mediterranean Sea Open