this study investigated the factors influencing the decision to plant almonds in the saman region of chaharmahal-bakhtiari province in central iran through conducting an economic survey in 2005. using portfolio investment theory and econometric model esti-mation (shively, 1998), this paper identifies the most important factors influencing the in-dividual farmer’s decision concerning the number ...

We study a land-titling reform implemented as randomized control trial to isolate its effects on litigation. The consisted of demarcating land parcels, registering existing customary rights, and granting additional legal protection right holders. Ten years after implementation, the doubled likelihood households experiencing land-related litigation, but disputes did not escalate into more freque...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To compare the 3-year incidence of major events in patients with bifurcation lesions treated with provisional sirolimus-eluting stents vs everolimus-eluting stents. METHODS A pooled analysis of 2 prospective randomized trials with similar methodology (SEAside and CORpal) was performed. In these trials, 443 patients with bifurcation lesions were randomly assigned to...

Most public discussion of climate change has focused on long-term considerations, such as raised temperatures and sea level, extremes of weather, alterations in the ecology of infectious diseases, or radical changes in land use (1, 2). However, the same actions that can reduce the long-term buildup of greenhouse gases (GHG)--reductions in burning of fossil fuels--can also yield powerful, immedi...

Bangladesh, an alluvial and deltaic land of 147,570 square km, is prone to various natural disasters such as cyclones, floods, and droughts (Ahmad et al., 2001). The total population is about 130 million. The people of this country are still overburdened with various infectious diseases and ailments due to malnutrition. Unfortunately one more environmental hazard from geological sources – arsen...

An auditory feature extraction algorithm for robust speech recognition in adverse acoustic environments is proposed. Based on the analysis of human auditory system, the feature extraction algorithm consists of several modules: FFT, outer-middle-ear transfer function, frequency conversion from linear to Bark scales, auditory filtering, nonlinearity, and discrete cosine transform. Three recogniti...

Keywords: Urban heat island Land use patterns Landscape metrics Soil sealing NDVI Heat-stress risk Vulnerability Demographic change Climate change Berlin a b s t r a c t In western societies, the combined effects of climate warming, proceeding urbanization, and demographic change (e.g. population aging) increase the risk of city populations to be subjected to heat-related stress. To provide a s...

Clindamycin is a lincosamide antibiotic which is approved for the treatment of anaerobic, streptococcal and staphylococcal infections. There has been an increased interest in the use of clindamycin since it achieves high intracellular levels in phagocytic cells, high levels in bone and appears to have an antitoxin effect against the toxin elaborating strains of streptococci and staphylococci. C...

Agriculture faces a series of challenges, i.e. guaranteeing national food security, increasing farmer’s income and reducing the adverse effects on environment human health associated with use fertilizers biocides. At same time, availability resources (e.g. agricultural land) decreases. The objective this study in article is to operationalize methodology assess effectiveness new crop livestock t...