Agaricus L. from European Mediterranean Countries

Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study

Little is known about the factors which might influence the adherence to a Mediterranean diet in non-Mediterranean European countries. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to determine the associations between socioeconomic, psychological, and physical factors on a Mediterranean diet. In this cross-sectional study, participants were 14-18-year-old adolescents (N = 3071) from two non-Mediter...

The Relationship between Efficiency of Healthcare Costs and Economic Growth: Empirical Validation from Mediterranean Countries

The increase of healthcare costs improved as a rule the health of the population. Sometimes the positive effects of this expense are shaded off. On one hand, this expense improves the offer of the medical care. Other influential factors on the health of population, we quote as example the training, the lifestyle, the hygiene and the distribution of income. On the other hand the increase of thes...

Phosphorus Recovery – Experiences from European Countries

The interest in recovery and reuse by sludge fractionation has increased in recent years, largely due to environmental and political considerations. This article is a survey of the status concerning phosphorus recovery, looking into national policies and experiences in different European countries to find different factors influencing the development of phosphorus recovery. The ambivalence of s...

New records of Muscidae (Diptera) from Mediterranean countries

New records are provided for Muscidae from four different Mediterranean countries, with new distribution records for species in ten different genera. Seven species are newly recorded for Croatia, four species for Montenegro and one species for Bosnia & Herzegovina. In this paper we give the first confirmation of an aquatic larval stage for Lispocephalabrachialis (Rondani, 1877), Lispocephalaspu...

Dietary fat intake of European countries in the Mediterranean area: An update.