Blastomycosis is a fungal disease endemic to the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys and to the southeastern United States [1 ]. From the time blastomycosis was first isolated from the skin by Gilchrist in 1896 [2] , numerous epidemiologic, laboratory, and clinical data have been collated in an attempt to fully define this disease process. There is wide variability in the clinical presentation, ...

His (the eight-tailed dragon’s) eyes are like red ground cherries; his one body has eight heads and eight tails. On his body grow moss and cypress and cryptomeria trees. His length is such that he spans eight valleys and eight mountain peaks. Then Paya-susa-no-wo-no-mikotounsheathed the sword ten hands long which he was wearing at his side, and hacked the dragon to pieces, so that the Pi river ...

Urban megaregions have emerged as a new urbanized form. However, previous studies mostly focused on urban expansion at the city scale, particularly for large cities. Understanding urban expansion at the regional scale including cities having different sizes is important for extending current knowledge of urban growth and its environmental and ecological impacts. Here, we addressed two questions...

In 2010–2012, the hydrogeological model (HM) of Latvia (LAMO) was developed by the scientists of Riga Technical University (RTU). LAMO comprises geological and hydrogeological data provided by the Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (LEGMC) for the active groundwater zone of Latvia. In 2013–2015, LAMO was notably upgraded. The density of hydrographical network (rivers, lakes) wa...

Many ecological restoration projects have been carried out in Southwest China; however, changes vegetation cover the dry valleys of China rarely reported. With their unique characteristics high temperatures and low humidity, these considerably lower than neighboring areas, making them main sediment sources rivers China. Thus, it is imperative to understand China’s valleys, as well effects preci...

Urban flooding is an increasing problem in developing countries, thus understanding flood dynamics is necessary to establish guidelines on urban development and flood management. This paper studied the lower reaches of the Andalien River basin, situated on the coast of the Greater Concepcion Metropolitan Area (CMA), the second most urbanized area in Chile. This basin experienced a record 21 flo...

the objective of this article is to present the established components with regard to the visual quality and legibility of isfahan city according to lynch’s theory. data was gathered in isfahan mainly by way of observation and interviews. additional information was obtained from historical data and urban documents. in the opinion of the citizens, the zayandehrood river, as a natural urban compo...

To verify the possible impact of irrigated urban agriculture on malaria transmission in cities, we studied entomological parameters, self-reported malaria episodes, and household-level data in the city of Kumasi, Ghana. A comparison was made between city locations without irrigated agriculture, city locations with irrigated urban vegetable production, and peri-urban (PU) locations with rain-fed...