desertification of the arid and semi-arid lands of the world has been proceeding for more than a thousand years.human-induced degradation in these areas is regularly cited as one of the principal causes of desertification.euphrates and tigris basin as the case study of this research in some aspects is almost unique in the world. but thisbasin has been confronted to progressive desertification. ...

objectives: an effective safety management requires paying attention to human factors. one of the most important methods for achievement to accident prevention is using safety climate or safety culture. moreover, some studies suggest that in most organizations behavior contributes to 86-96% of all injuries. this cross-sectional study was performed on the functional units’ workers of khuzestan p...

Results As expected, all the three factors, propagule pressure, climate suitability and host availability, significantly explained quarantine arthropod invasions in Europe, but the propagule pressure only had a positive effect on invasion success when considered together with climate suitability and host availability. Climate change according to the A1F1 scenario generally increased the climate...

This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on the total factor productivity (TFP) of agricultural manufacturing firms in Hanoi, Vietnam. Endogeneity of the production function and of the investment climate variables is addressed by using econometric models, based on individual firm information, and by aggregating investment climate factors by various business lines. Specifical...

Climate change is a global issue with effects that are difficult to manage at a regional scale. Yet more often than not climate factors are just some of multiple stressors affecting species on a population level. Non-climatic factors-especially those of anthropogenic origins-may play equally important roles with regard to impacts on species and are often more feasible to address. Here we assess...

safety climate received substantial attention due to its potential for explaining variation in safety-related outcomes. aim of present study was to determine degree of safety climate related to incidents reporting rate and its dimensions among workers’ isfahan steel company. a self-administered anonymous was distributed to 189 workers. the survey included demographic factors, incidents reportin...

The extensive mortality of yellow-cedar along more than 1000 kilometers of the northern Pacific coast of North America serves as a leading example of climate effects on a forest tree species. In this article, we document our approaches to resolving the causes of tree death, which we explain as a cascade of interacting topographic, forest-structure, and microclimate factors that act on a unique ...

background: workplace safety has been a concern of workers and managers for decades. measuring safety climate is crucial in improving safety performance. it is also a method of benchmarking safety perception. objective: to develop and validate a psychometrics scale for measuring nurses' safety climate. methods: literature review, subject matter experts and nurse's judgment were used in items de...

BACKGROUND Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is an important infectious disease caused by different species of hantaviruses. As a rodent-borne disease with a seasonal distribution, external environmental factors including climate factors may play a significant role in its transmission. The city of Shenyang is one of the most seriously endemic areas for HFRS. Here, we characterized th...

Knowledge of factors that trigger human response to climate change is crucial for effective climate change policy communication. Climate change has been claimed to have low salience as a risk issue because it cannot be directly experienced. Still, personal factors such as strength of belief in local effects of climate change have been shown to correlate strongly with responses to climate change...