We study the educational outcomes of 1974–75 Bangladesh famine among early life survivors using 1991 micro-census data. find that adversely affected survivor children in areas experienced higher rice prices relative to labour wages. However, living wealthy households famine-stricken escaped adverse effects and had similar as those with no exposure. also that, surprisingly, exposure a double cat...

In recent years, the frequency of mass mortality events in marine ecosystems has increased, and several populations benthic organism have been affected, reducing their density changing size age structure. Few details are known about dynamics these over long time intervals. late summer both 1999 2003 two drastic events, co-occurring with anomalous temperature increases, affected northwestern Med...

OBJECTIVES Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, spiral-shaped, urease-producing bacterium with multiple unipolar flagella. Humans are a major reservoir for H. pylori; however, there are no data on the prevalence of H. pylori among dyspeptic patients who have experienced natural disasters. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of H. pylori in dyspeptic patients who su...

The drought In Kenya, more than 3.7 million people have been affected by the drought. The counties bordering Somalia in the north and east of the country have been the hardest hit. Drought-affected areas are also coping with the influx of refugees travelling from neighboring Somalia to the Dadaab refugee camp, creating an additional burden in the region that is now home to the largest refugee c...

On Friday, 14 April 2017, a heavy flash flood occurred in North-West of Iran that affected 12 cities; the most severely affected and damaged ones were Ajabshir and Azarshahr in East Azerbaijan Province. These Flash floods claimed the lives of 42 people. Major casualties occurred when the victims were trapped inside their cars. According to preliminary analyses, flood damages in East Azerbaijan ...