Associations between macrobenthic communities, measures of water column and sediment exposure, and measures of anthropogenic activities throughout the watershed were examined for the Chesapeake Bay, U.S. The condition of the macrobenthic communities was indicated by a multimetric benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) that compares deviation of community metrics from values at reference site...

Natural forests in southern China have been severely logged due to high human demand for timber, food, and fuels during the past century, but are recovering in the past decade. The objective of this study was to investigate how vegetation cover changes in composition and structure affected the water budgets of a 9.6-km Dakeng watershed located in a humid subtropical mountainous region in southe...

Electrification of all sectors needs net zero electricity (NZE) to slash greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), 38% the global annual energy-related GHG 34 Gt CO2eq. NZE is avoid climate catastrophe, predicted at 2.7 °C rise in mean temperature by 2100 (at 50% probability). There no consensus approach sustainable development systems. This study has developed a novel, rigorous, holistic life cycle asse...

This paper models the prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in domestic dogs in the United States using climate, geographic, and societal factors. We then use this model to forecast the prevalence of antibodies to B. burgdorferi in dogs for 2016. The data available for this study consists of 11,937,925 B. burgdorferi serologic test results collected at the county level within the 48 ...

The development of a third world country requires a conscious balance between different planning and policy issues, such as population growth rate, gross national income, self-reliance and long-term sustainable ecological development. This paper reports on a cross-disciplinary project to design a decision support system (DSS) that aims to assist government policy makers in planning the regional...

The importance of soil factors to the establishment of tree crops is well recognized by forest soil scientists and foresters. It has, however, been overlooked by far too many foresters responsible for major forestation projects. The soil factors found to be significant in the establishment of both planted stock and seedlings from natural or artificial seedf all are: texture and structure charac...

The new rural development paradigm was developed as a response to the inefficiency of the old development model. The expansion of the EU to the Mediterranean countries (Greece 1981, Portugal and Spain 1986) has pointed out large regional disparities, especially in rural regions. Thus, common agricultural policy was developed between 1957 and 1962 when it finally came into force in the EU. The a...

www.thelancet.com Vol 379 February 11, 2012 511 “Usually obstetricians and oncologists don’t spend much time together”, Frédéric Amant told The Lancet. “And this meant a certain group of women were not getting the care they needed: pregnant women with cancer.” Providing the right care for these women is a key focus of Amant’s work as Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at ...