Inventories provide information on the state of biodiversity at a site or for a geographic region. Species inventories are the basis for systematic study and critical to ecology, biogeography and identification of biological indicators and key species. They also provide key information for assessments of environmental change, for natural resource conservation or recovery of degraded ecosystems....

constructed upon a height (by footing) or breaking in to the ground, in a building, making a close relation between earth and soil is of great importance. in addition, earth as a prior factor in creation of a shade and residence, plays a crucial role in architecture history. throughout the different area, earth is paid attention differently: as a source of cool (in china), a source of heat (cap...

House dust from high mountainous areas of Switzerland contains very few house-dust mites. In contrast to lower-lying regions, only very small quantities of house-dust allergen are found at high altitudes.The cause of this phenomenon seems likely to be the climatic conditions in the high mountains of Europe, where cold air leads to extremely low humidity levels indoors. The soil conditions and a...

from the genus Ligularia (Compositae) plants we have studied the roots of Ligularia tongolensis (FRANCH) HANDMAZZ collected in mountainous areas (altitude: 3600 m) in southwestern China. Ligularia tongolensis is used as a traditional folk medicine in China and its roots can reduce phlegm, relieve coughing and cure pulmonary tuberculosis, urinary track blockages, common cold, and pharyngitis. Ho...

BACKGROUND Rapidly increasing temperatures in the mountain region of Nepal and recent reports of dengue fever and lymphatic filariasis cases from mountainous areas of central Nepal prompted us to study the spatio-temporal distribution of the vectors of these two diseases along an altitudinal transect in central Nepal. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We conducted a longitudinal study in four di...

This study investigates ‘Little Europe’, the rural, mountainous Italian region of quadrilingual Valcanale, bordering Austria and Slovenia. The combined analysis cultural landscape, linguisti...

background & aim: according to the increase in diseases such as diabetes and obesity, using of saccharose alternatives for producing of low-calorie and sugar-free alternatives, are taken into consideration of researchers and industrialists. among them, steviosidewith the 300 times more sweetness than saccharose has special place, due to is a natural. the aim of this study is optimizing of stevi...

Background & Aim: According to the increase in diseases such as diabetes and obesity, using of saccharose alternatives for producing of low-calorie and sugar-free alternatives, are taken into consideration of researchers and industrialists. Among them, steviosidewith the 300 times more sweetness than saccharose has special place, due to is a natural. The aim of this study is op...