Abstract Discharge of mine tailings significantly impacts the ecological status sea. Methods to efficiently monitor extent dispersion is essential protect sensitive areas. By combining underwater robotic sampling with ocean models, we can choose informative sites and adaptively change robot’s path based on in situ measurements optimally map distribution near a seafill. This paper creates stocha...

BACKGROUND Great health inequalities have been reported in China over the past few years. Height has been used as an important parameter of health and it may also be distributed unequally in different regions. By studying height data of Chinese children and adolescents aged 7 to 18 years, we analyze height inequalities and their change trends during 1985-2010. METHODS On the base of data from...

ABSTRACT Habitat fragmentation is one of the leading causes edge genesis and its effects. Functional tree traits such as wood density, height, diameter are essential variables from which it possible to infer several ecological processes. This study assessed variability functional trees over two habitats (edge interior) a forest remnant. The hypothesis tested were i) would have lower values at e...

Food systems exert major pressures on the environment. This paper reviews what is known and not about environmental impacts along food supply chains, looking at contribution of different stages chain, impact products, heterogeneity among producers, role international trade. review shows that most in chains occur through land use change or stage agricultural production. Livestock (especially rum...

Let $G= (V,E)$ be a $(p,q)$-graph. A bijection $f: Eto{1,2,3,ldots,q }$ is called an edge-prime labeling if for each edge $uv$ in $E$, we have $GCD(f^+(u),f^+(v))=1$ where $f^+(u) = sum_{uwin E} f(uw)$. Moreover, a bijection $f: Eto{1,2,3,ldots,q }$ is called a semi-edge-prime labeling if for each edge $uv$ in $E$, we have $GCD(f^+(u),f^+(v))=1$ or $f^+(u)=f^+(v)$. A graph that admits an  ...

We developed a generic model for delineating area of edge influences D-AEI for quantifying edge effects within a landscape by combining remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), moving window (3×3), and computer programming techniques. Our model provided a more realistic assessment of edge effects than those based on traditional methods. Unique characteristics of the D-AEI model inc...

Landscape genomics correlates genetic variation patterns with geographic variables to investigate how geographical and environmental characteristics affect the genetic structure of populations (Luikart et al., 2003; Joost et al., 2007; Holderegger & Wagner, 2008; Pariset et al., 2009; Shwartz et al., 2009). A field combining molecular markers, genetics and landscape structure was first describe...