During the last century, the socio-economic conditions of European mountain areas have completely changed, particularly in locations far from industrial areas. As a consequence of the migration of workers towards densely inhabited valleys and close-to-mountains lowland areas offering better income opportunities, the population of many small mountain villages has been declining and ageing. The t...

2. Do I hold in my hand the truly appropriate remedy for that lack ? 3. Is the preparation stable, active, pure, and uniform ? 4. Can I accurately determine the dosage ? 5. Is the preparation smoothly active when administered by the route I propose ? 6. Are ill-effects impossible ? Even if these questions cannot be answered in the affirmative, he gives the prescriber one more chance, provided t...

Many, if not all of the oil and gas fields under development, have leaking wells. There are a lot so-called abandoned, ownerless Subsoil users, by one way or another, make efforts to eliminate leakage in such At same time there no universal reliable techniques. The problem well is seriously increasing when wells decommissioned (plugged P&A), even more so development field finished. techniqu...

In healthcare institutions around this country and around the world, mercury sphygmomanometers are being removed.1 In many situations, the decision to replace the instruments is being made without significant input from involved clinicians or consideration of the health risks that will follow if they are replaced by less accurate devices. Blood pressure measurement is an important indicator of ...

a Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Trairi Health Sciences Faculty, Physical Therapy Course, Santa Cruz, RN, Brazil b Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Trairi Health Sciences Faculty, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Santa Cruz, RN, Brazil c Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Trairi Health Sciences Faculty, Public Health Program, Santa Cruz, ...

Spanish holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota) open woodlands (dehesas) maintain a high diversity of plants and animals compared to other forested Mediterranean habits, but little is known about the responses of epiphytic lichens to different management regimes that are applied to this woodland type. The present study was carried out in central-southern Spain and included four management regime...

Chinese wolfberry Lycium barbarum L. (Solanales: Solanaceae), is an ancient herbal medicine and has been used for years in China. However, insect pests associated with this plant had not yet been well studied. The present study characterized the main pests associated with this plant. The method of risk assessment indices and the method of experience formulae were used to analyze the risk of pes...

Residential abandonment is on the rise in many urban areas, with unknown implications for ecosystem structure and function on land slated for partial or full restoration to native habitat. Partial decoupling of human and natural systems could reduce disturbance (e.g., trampling, recreational traffic) and modify vegetation structure in a way that alters soil carbon storage, an ecosystem function...

Recent terrorist attacks in major cities around the world have brought many casualties among innocent citizens. One potential threat is represented by abandoned luggage items (that could contain bombs or biological warfare) in public areas. In this paper, we describe an approach for real-time automatic detection of abandoned luggage in video captured by surveillance cameras. The approach is com...