Introduction: Organic compounds may survive beneath the surface or at the poles of the Moon. If so, at least a fraction of such compounds were probably delivered by asteroids and possibly comets. To the extent that inputs of carbon from different sources might vary as a function of geographic location and composition of crustal materials, future studies can advance our understanding of the orig...

Despite the apparent abundance of land, agricultural land with a dependable growing period represents a fraction of the total land area in Ethiopia. Moreover, land degradation is extensive and severe, particularly in the highlands above 1500 meters above sea level, which account for about 40 percent of the total land area but home for 90 percent of the total population and 70 percent of livesto...

There exists extraordinary morphological and genetic diversity among the maize landraces that have been developed by pre-Columbian cultivators. To explain this high level of diversity in maize, several authors have proposed that maize landraces were the products of multiple independent domestications from their wild relative (teosinte). We present phylogenetic analyses based on 264 individual p...

Regional differences exist in ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality rates in the United States. These variations may in part be related to environmental factors. An examination was conducted in the U.S. on a sample of 101 county age-adjusted ischemic heart disease death rates and several possible environmental factors. A multiple regression model suggests that a combination of altitude, snowfa...

Uncontrolled deforestation and land clearing for agricultural, urban development, infrastructure construction without considering cover management (C&P) factors have resulted in severe soil erosion over the surface of Cameron Highlands state Pahang, Malaysia. Thus, this study determines C&P Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) to forecast loss risk. Land use recorded by PLANMalaysia Depa...

OBJECTIVE The Highlands have one of the highest suicide rates in Scotland. This paper describes suicide and deliberate self-harm in the Highlands in the last 20 years and explores possible reasons for the differences from the Scottish average. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of routine data from the SMRI/SMR01 scheme and information on deaths from the Registrar General. Suicide and undetermined...

A response to the other essays in "An Inventive Age," developing their ecocritical revision of antagonism between an "organic" Romanticism and industrialism. Framing its argument around failure Scottish Highlands industrialize like regions Britain, essay explores some different inflections key contemporary terms "industry," "invention," "improvement" Thomas Garnett's 1800 Tour Highlands. Notwit...

10 Pieter Bruegel the Elder, while best known for his representations of the landscapes and rustic inhabitants of his native Lowlands, did not restrict himself to these topics—in fact, most of his paintings address religious subjects, even when placing them in carefully constructed landscapes. When Bruegel represented biblical events, such as the Tower of Babel or the Conversion of Saint Paul, ...

Ramón Pérez-Tanoira,* Juan Cuadros, and Laura Prieto-Pérez Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Gambo Rural General Hospital, Kore, West-Arsi, Gambo, Ethiopia; Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland;Department of Microbiology, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Madrid, Spain; Division of Infect...

Abstract Shallots are a vegetable commodity that is considered used as spice in cooking, so the need of consumer high. To supply this high consumption needed increased productivity. Productivity can be by using varieties suitable for growing environment, quality seeds, and proper fertilization. One uses seeds from but to obtain production appropriate fertilization necessary. The goal study esta...