The commune of Valparaíso, located on the central coast Chile, represents a territory interest for study impacts derived from socio-natural risks and discussion about its due inclusion in current territorial planning instruments. Particularly, Jaime ravine (quebrada Jaime), foothills coastal mountain range, an interesting site to physical configuration level anthropic intervention that occurs. ...

background: free-living amoebae (fla) are a group of ubiquitous protozoan, which are distrib­uted in the natural and artificial environment sources. the main aim of the current study was to identify the presence of fla in the recreational hot springs of sarein in ardebil province of iran. methods: seven recreational hot springs were selected in sarein city and 28 water samples (four from each h...