Summary Species tend to peak in abundance at different times after fires. Over time, species richness (?) and landscape heterogeneity are prone increase lead greater between-site diversity (?). However, post-fire salvage logging can reduce ?-diversity, both directly through its influence on succession. The as-yet understudied response of land snails long-term habitat modification wildfires fore...

Abstract There are currently millions of displaced people encamped in low-quality shelters that jeopardise the health these populations. These shelters, which exhibit poor thermal regulation and air quality, often inhabited by households for several years. Recently, internal environment has been recognised as a determinant occupants indoor quality (IAQ) temperatures have identified critical fac...

Environmental enrichment is a promising strategy to improve the welfare of fish in captivity. However, utilization aquaculture still infrequent, maybe because there paucity knowledge about how its effects depend on factors such as species, developmental stage, social environment or type and extent enrichment. In this study, we evaluated physical rainbow trout juveniles, by exposing them simple ...

BACKGROUND Children who experience homelessness have elevated rates of asthma, a risk factor for other problems. Purpose. Examine rates of asthma and its relation to health care use and adaptive functioning among young children staying in family emergency shelters. METHODS Children and caregivers (N = 138) completed assessments in shelters, including measurement of child cognitive functioning...

Abusive tax shelters implemented through partnerships and S corporations have become increasingly popular amongst tax planners, helping high-income taxpayers to underreport an estimated $91 billion of income annually in the US alone. The most challenging problems for tax collection agencies in this respect are a) the recent upswing in large, tiered partnership structures and b) the evolving nat...

Alcohol Management Plans (AMPs) are a relatively new instrument joining the extensive range of regulations relating to alcohol supply and consumption. AMPs vary in design and implementation across Australia, and include strategies designed to reduce harms resulting from alcohol misuse. The majority of AMPs are based on the principle of harm minimisation and include supply, demand and harm reduc...

We analyzed the sandflies around houses and domestic animal shelters located in residences close to forests in localities on the banks of the Araguari River, Uberlândia, MG, from February 2003 to November 2004. The phlebotomines were captured in the peridomiciliary area, where Shannon traps were utilized in the peridomicile and CDC traps in animal shelters. 2,783 specimens of sandflies were cap...

Background: Some disasters, such as earthquake and flood make the majority of affected people homeless. Theaccommodation of these people in temporary shelters and camps requires some specific ethical issues. The aim of thepresent study was to discuss ethical issues regarding living in camps following natural disasters.Methods: This study is conducted utilizinga qualitative con...

Most cities around the world are in danger of disasters. Among disasters, the earthquake is the most dangerous and ruining one. Iran has been located in the Alpine-Himalayas seismic belt, and because of the significant frequency of severe earthquakes happening all over the country compare to other countries and the state of the unsecured residential and non-residential buildings in most of the ...

Salmonellosis as a zoonotic disease in dogs is not fully understood, and various reports have pointed to the transmission of antibiotic-resistant salmonella from dogs to humans. The current study aimed to evaluate the serologic and bacteriologic prevalence of Salmonella spp. in stray dogs placed in animal shelters around Tehran, compare the results to those of asymptomatic dog...