Flood is natural phenomenon that cannot becompletelycontrolled by man. Floodis a global problem. Even urban areas whichhave good development planning and drainage systemsare susceptible to floods. Flooding in area usually associated with poor system maintenance, failure plan system, not planned properly,and climate change factors. Typically,engineering measuresare meanttoreduce severity of floo...

Oceania is a diverse region both biologically and culturally. Yet the also marked by high rates of biodiversity loss due to major threats such as habitat destruction, climate change invasive species (Kingsford et al., 2009). Evidence-based strategies are needed for successful conservation in region, targeted research delivering on urgent practical questions can support this. In 2015, we set out...

Corresponding authors: North America: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / [email protected]. Central America and the Caribbean: [email protected], South Africa: Ademe Mekonnen [email protected], Europe: Peter Bissolli [email protected], Asia: Tim Li [email protected], Oceania: Catherine Ganter [email protected]

This paper introduces the concept of homogeneous non-causality in heterogeneous panels. This concept is used to examine a panel of data for evidence of a causal relationship between GDP and carbon emissions. The technique is compared to the standard test for homogeneous non-causality in homogeneous panels and heterogeneous non-causality in heterogeneous panels. In North America, Asia and Oceani...

Each year new exotic species are transported across the world through global commerce, causing considerable economic and ecological damage. An important component of managing invasion pathways is to identify source populations. Some of the most widespread exotic species are haplodiploid ambrosia beetles. The ability to mate with siblings (inbreed) and their transportable food source (symbiotic ...

1The Third Department of International Medicine, Tokyo Medical University 2Division of Health and Nutrition Monitoring, National Institute of Health and Nutrition 3Division of Human Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition 4Department of Geriatric Disease Medicine, University of Tokyo 5International Diabetes Institute (Australia) 6Department of Nutrition and Physiology, Kyoritsu Wo...