background: despite the importance of the postnatal consultation, in morocco, only 22% of women attended these consultations. the aim of this study was to identify associated factors with these consultations and offer suggestions to improve their use. methods: this study was conducted in 2014 in marrakech. a sample of women in reproductive age (15-49 yr) giving birth during 2013 year was enroll...

In the class of Carnot groups we study fine properties of sets of finite perimeter. Improving a recent result by Ambrosio-Kleiner-Le Donne, we show that the perimeter measure is local, i.e., that given any pair of sets of finite perimeter their perimeter measures coincide on the intersection of their essential boundaries. This solves a question left open in [4]. As a consequence we prove a gene...

We derive formulas for the number of polycubes of size n and perimeter t that are proper in n − 1 and n − 2 dimensions. These formulas complement computer based enumerations of perimeter polynomials in percolation problems. We demonstrate this by computing the perimeter polynomial for n = 12 in arbitrary dimension d.

Candidates to the least perimeter partition of a disk into N planar connected regions are calculated for N ≤ 43. A Voronoi construction is used to randomly create the candidates and then the perimeter of each is found with the Surface Evolver. Formulae for the perimeter and number of peripheral regions are given, and the candidates classified according to their topology. The simulation techniqu...

Water deficit is an important factor limiting crop growth all over the world. In order to evaluate genetic variation, heritability and the interrelationship between agronomic traits, twenty chickpea genotypes were cultivated in two separated randomized complete block experiments with three replications under normal irrigated and rainfed conditions. The experiments were carried out at the Agricu...

The effects of plant species (castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) versus sunflower (Helianthus annus L.)) and irrigation regime (freshwater versus secondary treated municipal wastewater) on soil properties and on seed and biodiesel yield were studied in a three year pot trial. Plant species were irrigated at rates according to their water requirements with either freshwater or wastewater effluent...

There are pressing concerns about the interplay between agricultural productivity, water demand, and water availability in semi-arid to arid regions of the world. Currently, irrigated agriculture is the dominant water user in these regions and is estimated to consume approximately 80% of the world’s diverted freshwater resources. We develop an improved irrigated land-use mapping algorithm that ...